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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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