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HIST 312

History of Ideas

History College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Course Description

Interrelationship of influential ideas and historical events from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.

When Taught

Contact Department

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

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3

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3

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3

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Title

Trace Influence of Ideas

Learning Outcome

Relate and trace how ideas continue to influence societies and their institutions

Title

Historical Knowledge of Approaches to Intellectual History

Learning Outcome

Identify broadly how different approaches to intellectual history operate, e.g. Lovejoy, Cambridge School (Skinner), Berlin, Koselleck, Strauss, etc.

Title

Recognize the Development of Modern Thought

Learning Outcome

Awaken in you the realization of how certain modes of modern thought that you might have taken for granted as having existed "forever" can be seen as developments in response to specific historical circumstances.

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Conflict Resolution

Learning Outcome

Explain how ideas, when extended to their logical conclusions, may challenge your personal world view and consider, as well as articulate, how to resolve such conflicts.

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Analytical Writing

Learning Outcome

Write an intellectual history research paper.

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Recognize Historical Periodization

Learning Outcome

Recognize the usefulness, but also the problematic nature of historical periodization.

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Develop Interdsciplinary Thinking Skills

Learning Outcome

Develop interdisciplinary, synthetic, thinking skills, particularly in being able to see history in cultural artifacts and then identify and place these into discursive contexts.