HIST 200

Fall 2018 All Classes

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Intro Hist Interpretation

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Credit: 3 hours.

Through the careful examination of a specific topic or theme, this course provides a thorough introduction to historical interpretation. Particular attention will be devoted to research strategies, writing practices, handling primary and secondary sources, and the analysis of historiography.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

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HIST 200 class schedule data for fall 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32494	Lecture-Discussion	A	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	Gregory Hall	Hogarth, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Info: Topic: The Atlantic World: Slavery, Disease, and Society Description: This course examines the methods historians use to understand the economic, environmental, and human costs associated with the Atlantic slave system from 1600s to the 1800s. We will focus on how slavery, war, and disease contributed to the development and settlement of North and South America and the West Indies. We will examine how contact between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans contributed to the development of gendered and racialized identities, and how those identities influenced definitions of health and sickness in the Atlantic World. Moreover, we will examine how experiences with epidemic diseases and the unfamiliar climates of the Americas influenced labor and settlement patterns, as well as conquest and commerce. Students will learn how to craft and critique historical arguments by interpreting historical evidence, framing research questions, and presenting their ideas. This course includes class discussion, analyses of secondary and primary sources, book reviews, and a longer, end-of-semester project.
32497	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Liebersohn, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Info: Topic: Music in History Description: This course will examine the changing political uses of music in the modern era. Nationalists have mobilized music to define national communities, while globalization has furthered a counter-movement of musical cultures that overlap and borrow from each other. The phonograph, the two World Wars, the end of colonialism and the internet have also changed the role of music in public life. We will study these themes through music from many different times and places including popular, folk, classical jazz, music from India and China, klezmer, and today's world music. In this class you'll listen to music, read and write about music, and talk about music; you'll make field trips to the Krannert Center, the Library and the Sousa Archive. You'll also be working on your reading, research, writing and discussion skills. I count on enjoying the class, ad I hope you come away with a real enthusiasm for history.
32500	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Armory	Sepkoski, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Title: Science and Technology Section Info: Topic: Science and Technology Catalog Description: This course will introduce students to methods of historical interpretation and analysis through a consideration of controversial episodes in the history of modern science. Topics will include the eugenics movement and scientific racism; the atomic bomb and the Cold War; and environmentalism and climate change. By examining moments when scientists have been drawn into heated social and political debates, students will develop critical thinking skills as historians, and will be encouraged to consider their own individual responsibilities in a culture increasingly shaped by scientific knowledge and technology.
39271	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	Natural History Building	Denby, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Title: A Queer United States Section Info: Title: A Queer United States The purpose of this course is to teach the craft of history. We will learn how to analyze primary and secondary sources; how to critically examine what historians think of history; and how to write, edit, and present historical research. To accomplish this, we will focus on LGBTQ history in the United States, from the colonial period through today’s contemporary issues, concentrating on the social, cultural, and political aspects of queer history.