HIST 102

Fall 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Reacting to the Past

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Credit: 3 hours.

An introduction to history through participation in role-playing games set in the past. Topics will vary each time the course is taught. Students will take on the roles of historical figures (famous or obscure) engaged in difficult and complicated situations, and will be obliged to adhere to the beliefs and circumstances of those figures while attempting to pursue a course of action that will help them win the game -- and possibly alter the course of history.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 102 class schedule data for fall 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	67091	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Thompson, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect course. Section Info: Topic: Science in European Society This course will give a broad introduction to the ways in which Europeans have understood and interacted with science from the 17th century to the present. Specifically, it will focus on the Trial of Galileo in the early 17th century, the 1960 Oxford evolution debate, and European acid rain discussions in the 1980s. A key component of the course will be Reacting to the Past games, which will alolow students to immerse themselves in the historical topics discussed.
	67092	Lecture-Discussion	B	2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF	Gregory Hall	Duncan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect course. Section Info: Topic: Conflict and Unity in American History This course will explore social conflict and division in American History through the Reacting to the Past program, in which students will enact roles as historical figures in weeks-long games designed to immerse students in the concerns of historical moments. We will be focusing on two historical moments: the trial of Anne Hutchinson in Puritan New England, and the bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village in 1913. Within these periods, issues of gender, religion, and ideology created dissension about priorities and self-definition as communities struggled for unity. In this course, students will determine which interests will carry the day in each and thereby define the community.