HIST 101 - Topics in History

Credit Hours: 1-3

Provides an in-depth look at a historical event, person, movement, or topic accessible to first and second-year students. Course readings will include both secondary sources and a wide variety of primary sources (e.g. written, visual, oral, audio, video, material culture). It combines a lecture-discussion format to the initial period (1-2 credits) with an opportunity for students to engage in direct research (1 credit) for the last several weeks of the semester. This directed research can take a variety of forms (paper, blog, podcast, film, etc.).