IIT Madras – Humanities and Social Sciences
DEPARTMENT OF Humanities & Social Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
The aim of the course is to introduce the students the historical roots of the contemporary globalized world. The course surveys the major patterns and events of human activity from a global perspective within a chronological framework, while familiarizing students with interactions, parallelisms, and incongruities in the historical and cultural patterns of diverse societies and civilizations. The course aims to develop an understanding of modes and patterns of historical change