HIST 200

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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 spring 2022
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34112	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	315 Gregory Hall	Barrett, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Topic: Anything but Consensus: Twentieth Century U.S. Political History Description: This course introduces students to historical interpretation through an examination of Americans who have dared to reshape the United States in the twentieth century. A range of leaders and case studies will be examined to explore the ways in which historians have documented how change has occurred in cities, workplaces, and a range of other sites in the United States. Over the course of the semester, students will improve their research skills and writing practices as they conduct their own research and produce a final research project.
34113	Lecture-Discussion	B	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	315 Gregory Hall	Burgos, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Topic: Race and the City Description: The 1880s Census captured a significant demographic shift as those counted had changed from a predominantly rural to urban population. This shift continued over the next several decades as cities became increasingly the place where the majority of Americans lived as well as the place where immigrants settled. This course will explore the evolution of cities as both a physical place and as an imagined space where residents from diverse backgrounds sought to make community, pursue work in the industrial sector, and strove to make the city “home.” Focusing mainly on Chicago, this course examines this history by examining the formation and development of urban communities by various racial and ethnic groups. Assigned materials will explore theories and paradigms about the social, economic, and political forces that shaped these communities and what that says about these groups specifically and about the “city” within American life and cultural imagination.
34114	Lecture-Discussion	C	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	315 Gregory Hall	Hoganson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Title: Food in Global History Topic: This class provides an introduction to the craft of history, with food as its unifying theme. Readings will touch on a wide variety of topics, such as hunger, healthfulness, ecology, nationalism, domesticity, ethnicity, taste, animal welfare, labor, technology, trade, development, colonialism, and war. As this wide range of approaches to the history of food suggests, the course aims to expose you to multiple veins of scholarship as well as to teach you to think like a historian and to develop skills fundamental to historical practice.
39385	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	315 Gregory Hall	Sepkoski, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Title: The Scientific Revolution? Description: The so-called “Scientific Revolution” of the 16th and 17th centuries is often considered one of the decisive turning points in modern Western history. Spanning roughly from the publication of Nicholas Copernicus’s sun-centered model of the universe to Isaac Newton’s theory of universal gravitation (and including developments in chemistry, biology, anatomy, experimental method, and other topics), the Scientific Revolution has also been a source of debate and contention among historians about themes including gender, social class, imperialism, and the nature of historical change itself. Through an exploration of diverse historical approaches and perspectives and a close reading of select primary sources, this course will introduce students to historical interpretation, research, and writing. No prior scientific background is necessary—we will examine science as a product of human culture, not as a set of technical discoveries.
39386	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	329 Davenport Hall	Maggid Alon, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Topic: Difference and co-existence in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries Description: This course will address questions of difference and co-existence in the Middle East utilizing the central categories of race, culture, gender, class, and ethnicity. The course will provide an introduction to historical analysis through the examination of primary and secondary sources, the reexamination of prevailing stereotypes, and engagement with key terms and concepts. Finally, the students will write a research paper based on original research on a topic of their choice related to the topic of the course. If you want to gain experience in writing and in research, and you want to think outside the box, join us!