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Academic Year 2005/2006
Issues in Contemporary Historiography
HIST 362 FA
This course introduces history majors to a range of problems, debates, and critical practices in the discipline of history. Part I explores varieties of evidence, historical imagination, and the perennial problem of
structure
versus agency. We conclude Part I with an example of how a topical field develops within the discipline, using slavery as our object lesson. Part II provides an opportunity for students to examine a specific historical
problem and arrive at their own conclusions based on primary source study. Part III will consider distinct methods of and approaches to historical interpretation and explanation, including micro and macro-history,
feminist
and gender-based approaches, and deconstruction and post-modernism.
MAJOR READINGS
The readings for this course will include a broad range of critical essays and selected primary source documents.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be responsible for several short essays on the weekly readings and a final research design project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course is a required course for all history majors.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Pinch,William R.
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC104;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: 2 Jr. major: 13
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 0 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
SECTION 02
- Instructor(s): Schwarcz,Vera
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC125;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: 2 Jr. major: 13
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 0 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
SECTION 03
- Instructor(s): Holmes,Oliver W.
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC107;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: 2 Jr. major: 13
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 0 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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