Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: RACIAL CROSSINGS: MIXING, PASSING AND INTERRACIAL RELATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Class examines race in American history by juxtaposing supposedly rigid definitions of racial difference prior to the mid-20th century with individuals, families and groups whose lives crossed racial boundaries. Focus will be on people of African, American and European descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This course is limited to first-year students only; any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: FSEM 175.