HP 250 - Sustainability of Global Citizenship

• Understand important historical developments in modern global history (including, most specifically, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and explain their significance.
• Evaluate the relationships between major trends in global current events (like the UDHR) and their historical influences.
• Interpret both primary (like the UDHR) and secondary historical sources by critically evaluating and analyzing their contents.
• Employ main models of historical analysis like continuity vs. change, multiple causality, context, and comparison/contrast.
• Analyze modern historical developments by understanding and utilizing the 4 main subcategories [or themes] within historical studies: a) Social History; b) Political History; c) Economic History; and d) Cultural History.
• Communicate historical analyses effectively in writing & discussion.
• Consider the ramifications of the concept of universal human rights and the United Nations’ UDHR on the student’s chosen professional field.
• Evaluate the advantages and the challenges involving the concept of universal human rights for diverse global cultures, societies, religions, and belief systems in the 21st century.