Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
HIST 214 - THE HISTORY WARS
Long Title: THE HISTORY WARS: ARGUING OVER AMERICA'S ORIGINS
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This class will have a lecture/discussion format. We will examine recent high-profile public struggles over the places of race and slavery in the American past. We will contextualize the 1619 Project and the 1836 Project by looking at earlier fights over history curricula and by discussing debates in other countries over controversial aspects of their pasts. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HIST 214 if student has credit for HIST 314.