HIS 100/110 - Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Not Offered 2015-2016

Celebrated in the popular imagination as the age where “anything goes,” America in the 1920s witnessed modernizing and traditional forces clash over such issues as immigration, prohibition, radicalism, consumerism and changing moral standards. This course explores the cultural ferment of the time, examining how the forces of modernity and traditionalism made the Twenties both liberating and repressive.

Prerequisite(s): HIS 110 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
When offered as HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone Requirement.
When offered as HIS 110, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone Requirements.
 

Considered a United States History.
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.