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This course will unravel a modern story of our interconnected existence across almost 14 billion years of time; drawing on knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. It is designed for students who intend on taking AP World History in the future. Big History students integrate the knowledge produced into a coherent historical story of increasing complexity as they place themselves in the context of this big story that moves from the origins of the planet to the history of the future. Studies include the life and death of stars; aggregation of  planets; development of Earth; geological formation of continents; evolution of life on Earth; influence of language; interconnectivity and collective learning; the emergence of agrarian civilizations and the first city-states; growing economic interdependence among humans; the collision of cultures; the modern industrialized world; and humans’ relationship with the biosphere. This course has students look towards the future; and consider the next great thresholds of complexity.

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• SSCI
• 1 year of other Social Science

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