HIST 295

History Today: Debates and Practices

An introduction to history as a discipline, including why historians interpret the past in different and often contested ways; problems of historical method, including use of evidence, objectivity, causation, periodization and categories of historical analysis (such as, nation-state, gender, race and class); and current approaches and methodologies in the history profession.

Distribution Area Prerequisites Credits
1 course

Fall Semester information

David Gellman

295A: History Today: Debates and Practices


Spring Semester information

David Gellman

295A: History Today: Debates and Practices