Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

History Today explores the assumptions, practices, and ideas that have shaped the way we think both about the past and about our function as students of the past. In this course, we will focus on the debates and trends that influence the study of history today, paying particular attention to the “objectivity question” and the relationship between objectivity and subjectivity in the study of history. In addition, we will study the issues of evidence, causation, and periodization within the field. By the end of the semester, ideally we will have a heightened understanding not only of how this field of study has evolved over time but also of how historians have incorporated into their study of the past the approaches and tools of other disciplines.

Student Outcomes

After taking this course, students will be able to: - evaluate historical arguments, historiographical debates and develop and frame historical arguments in their own work. - communicate complex historical analysis in written form with appropriate scholarly attribution and communicate effectively in class discussions and presentations. - evaluate historical problems in relation to sources and synthesize historical literature

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