Knowledge of Contemporary World History. Subject taught in the first year of Bachillerato and in some courses of the degree.

PART 1: HISTORY 1. India - Early civilizations and ancient political entities in the Dekan peninsula - India of the great Mughals - The period of British domination - Gandhi, Independence and the Congress Party - Society, Culture and Religion in Contemporary India 2. China - The dynasties of Ancient China. - The Ming and the T'sing: Political and institutional framework and society and culture - The lifting of the boxers and The China of the last emperors. - The Chinese Revolution and the Mao regime - The Chinese Post-Maoist. 3. Japan - Japan of the time Sengoku. - The great unifiers and the Tokugawa. Politics, society and culture - The Meiji revolution. - Contemporary Japan and the imperialism of World War II. - The Japanese reconstruction 4. Korea and other large Asian countries. 5. Africa - African pre-colonial political entities their social and cultural organization - The colonial domination in Africa. Causes, development and consequences. - African slavery - African regions before the 20th century. Social and cultural aspects - The colonial change (1918-1950) and the independent countries - The processes of decolonization - Obstacles and Challenges for African Development in the Contemporary Age PART 2. POLITICS Asia Geopolitics. · Asia as geographical region: general characterization and internal contrasts. - Population and development. Explanatory Keys to the Recent Economic Emergency in Asia. - The major regional powers of South and East Asia: case studies (China, Japan, India). - Main geopolitical tensions and threats. - Importance, challenges and perspectives of Asia in global geopolitics. Africa Geopolitics. - Introduction to African geography: general characterization and regional contrasts - The curse of resources: a geography of underdevelopment. - Geopolitical conflicts in Africa. Study of cases. - Africa and international society. Reflections on the role and future of Africa in a global world.

K1: Identify the key historical processes of history, from Antiquity to globalization, recognizing their political and social implications K2: To know the historical evolution of political institutions, from Antiquity to the present day, identifying their impact on government systems K5: Describe the actors, institutions, and processes that shape international relations, explaining their influence on the global landscape K6: To compare historical economic systems, relating them to their socio-political context from Antiquity to the present day K7: Relate social movements and struggles for civil rights to changes in social structures throughout history and analyze changes in cultural expressions (art, literature, religion) and their link to historical and political processes S1: Build solid historical and political arguments from a rigorous documentary base S2: Apply logical and creative thinking in solving complex historiographical and political problems S3: Experiment with research methodologies, simulating historical or political situations relevant to their analysis S4: Simulate geopolitical scenarios and international conflicts, demonstrating understanding of their implications S5: Demonstrate academic writing skills by crafting essays and articles based on original research S6: Perform critical analyses of historical and geopolitical maps, relating them to historical events and processes S7: Compose interdisciplinary research projects, integrating economic, sociological and cultural perspectives S8: Creating innovative approaches to address historical and political problems C1: Have critical and analytical skills evaluating historical sources and political texts to interpret their relevance in real contexts C3: Actively participate in interdisciplinary projects to analyze historical and political phenomena from multiple perspectives C4: Demonstrate the ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into practical scenarios such as public policy analysis or historical-cultural projects C5: Develop skills to convey clear and grounded ideas about history and politics, orally and in writing

1. Introduction and Concepts of Colonisation and Decolonisation 2. Developments in the Far East I: China 3. The Evolution of the Far East II: Japan 4. The Indonesian and Indochinese Processes 5. Indian Independence and the Bandung Conference 6. The Road to Africa. The Palestinian and Egyptian spaces 7. The Maghreb. Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria 8. Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa 9. Three disparate processes. Senegal, Ghana and Congo 10. Revolutions of different calibres. Burkina Faso, Libya and South Africa. 11. Back to Asia. Mongolia and the Korean conflict

AF1. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CLASSES. They will present the knowledge that students must acquire. They will receive the class notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitate the monitoring of classes and the development of subsequent work. Exercises, practical problems will be solved by the student and evaluation tests and workshops will be held to acquire the necessary skills. AF2. TUTORIES. Individualized assistance (individual tutorials) or in groups (collective tutorials) to the students by the teacher. AF3. INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WORK OF THE STUDENT. MD1. THEORY CLASS. Presentations in the teacher's class with computer and audiovisual media support, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and the materials and bibliography are provided to complement the learning of the students. MD2. PRACTICES. Resolution of practical cases, problems, etc. raised by the teacher individually or in groups. MD3. TUTORIES. Individualized assistance (individual tutorials) or in groups (collective tutorials) to the students by the teacher. Enviar comentarios Historial Guardadas Comunidad