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Oct 31, 2024
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2022-2023 Hill Book (Class of 2026) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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HIS 100/136 - Fact or Fiction? Myth, Reality and Conspiracy in America (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically
What do “alternative facts,” beliefs in UFOs and space aliens, Christian millennialism, competing theories about the JFK assassination, the Death of Elvis Presley, or the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s American citizenship have in common? This course explores, through writing and focused research, historical, cultural, and political myths and conspiracies in American culture, focusing on the changeable and sometimes fantastic nature of historical truth.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 136 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
HIS 136, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
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