Course Description // M.M. Rasha Hamid Majeed
This course description provides a summary of the most important characteristics of the course and the learning outcomes that the student is expected to achieve, demonstrating whether he or she has made the most of the learning opportunities available. It must be linked to the program description.
1. Educational Institution, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) University - Faculty of Arts
2. University Department/History Center
3. Course name/code History of Europe in the Renaissance/HEH327
4. Programs in which bachelor’s degrees are included
5. Available forms of attendance are mandatory
6. Semester/Year Annual
7. Number of study hours (total) 90
8. The date this description was prepared is September 2022
9. Course objectives
Introducing the student to the history of Europe in the Renaissance era and acquainting him with the most important historical events that had an impact on the political, economic, social and military situations of the two countries, during the period of the Renaissance era from the beginning of the sixteenth century AD until the French Revolution of 1789.
Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations that Europe witnessed in the Renaissance.
Introducing the student to the exploration movement and how it affected the history of Europe
Working to enable students to acquire knowledge in line with quality standards in higher education
Enabling students to acquire scientific knowledge in order to be able to supply the labor market with effective outputs
10. Learning outcomes and methods of teaching, learning and evaluation
A- Knowledge and understanding
A1- Familiarizing students with the sources for studying the history of Europe in the Renaissance
A2- Preparing students scientifically so that they are able to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it in the teaching process
A3- Empowering students intellectually to comprehend the scientific method
A4- Enabling students to write scientific research and reports in a correct scientific manner
A5- Familiarize students with methods of research and scientific thinking
B - Subject-specific skills
B1 - Organizing and strengthening students’ experiences by preparing them mentally by acquiring knowledge
B2 - Students acquire the greatest amount of scientific information about the history of Europe in the Renaissance
B3 - Enabling students to participate in group dialogues
B4- Enabling students to comprehend the course
Teaching and learning methods
Using different teaching methods, including raising the problem during the lecture and discussing it with the students in a scientific dialogue method, using maps, blackboards, and books as illustration tools.
Evaluation methods
Written and oral exams, dialogue, discussion, daily reports, research
C- Thinking skills
C1- Enabling students to understand the scientific method
C2- Enabling students to think scientifically, deduce, analyze and criticize
C3- Enabling students to interpret historical events and draw conclusions from them
C4- The ability to describe the prescribed curriculum
Teaching and learning methods
Increasing the acquired knowledge, speed, and breadth of learning by developing strategies that activate the student’s memory by relying on thinking, analysis, deduction, planning, and self-organization.
Evaluation methods
Discussing scientific topics that stimulate deep thinking, in order to develop thinking and discussion skills
D - General and transferable skills (other skills related to employability and personal development).
D1- Class leadership skills
D2- Planning skills
D3- Evaluation skills and emphasizing individual differences among students
D4- Viewing and application skills
10. Course structure
Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/or subject Teaching method Evaluation method
32 2 Introducing students to the most important ideas related to each word mentioned in the history of Europe in the nineteenth century. Giving lectures
Explanation and clarification of tests
Reports and studies
1-3 2 The student learns about: The French Revolution of 1789. Lecture, test and achievement
4-6 2 The student learns about: Napoleonic France, Europe, lecture, test and achievement
7-9 2 The student learns about: Europe from the Congress in Vienna until the revolutions of 1848. Lecture, test and achievement.
10-12 2 The student learns about: political theories in Britain, lecture, test and achievement
13-15 2 The student learns about: the Eastern Question and the Crimean War. Lecture, test and collection
16-26 2 The student learns about: the Italian unit, lecture, test and achievement
27-30 2 The student learns about: The League of the Three Emperors/The Agadir Crisis Lecture Testing and Achievement
31-32 2 The student learns about: the Italian-Libyan war
Balkan Wars Lecture Test and Collection
11. Infrastructure
1 - Required textbooks: The History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century by Muhammad Muzaffar Al-Adhami (methodical book)
2- Main references (sources): A. J. Grant and Harold Temperley, Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
Muhammad Fouad Shukri, The Conflict between the Bourgeoisie and Feudalism 1789-1848
Recommended books and references (scientific journals, reports,....) Journal of Historical Studies - House of Wisdom
Al-Ustad Magazine - College of Education / Ibn Rushd - University of Baghdad
College of Education Journal - College of Education for Girls - University of Baghdad
11. Infrastructure
Required readings:
Basic texts
Course books
Other
Special requirements (including, for example, workshops, periodicals, software, and websites)
Social services (including, for example, guest lectures, vocational training, and field studies)
12. Acceptance
Prerequisites
The smallest number of students
The largest number of students