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HIS 100/130 - The Way We Never Were: American Family History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Spring Semester

This seminar focuses on the changing American family, its myths and realities, and  places it in historical, cultural, economic, and philosophic contexts. What are the consequences of the many illusions and fallacies that Americans have generated around family life?  Frequent short writing assignments, multimedia blogging, and archival labs based on primary sources will be part of the fabric of this course, which will conclude with making digital stories, short films based on individual family history.

Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 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 130, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone Requirements.

Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.