Course Learning Outcomes
- Understanding the economic history of humanity from approximately 10000-8000 BC to the early 20th century.
- Learning the historical evolution of economies in terms of the transitions from hunting/gathering to agricultural production, from barter economies to market economies, from agriculture-based economies to industrial economies.
- Comprehending the historical evolution of economies in terms of the transitions from slave mode of production to feudal serfdom, and from feudalism to the emergence of wage-labor and capitalism.
- Grasping the critical historical roles of colonization and imperialism in shaping the dynamics of the modern world economy.
- Perceiving the critical historical roles of technological and institutional changes in the process of economic development.
- Acquiring a scholarly historical background on which to assess why some countries have become more developed and prosperous, while others remained less developed and relatively poorer.
- Improving the reading capacities, analytical thinking abilities and writing skills of the students.