HIST 269 - Topics in United States, Latin American or Canadian History

FDR: HU
Credits: 3 in fall or winter; 4 in spring
A course offered from time to time, depending on student interest and staff availability, on a selected topic or problem in United States, Latin American or Canadian history. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Spring 2012

HIST 269: The Freedom Ride. (4). An intensive study of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of the Freedom Riders. This reading- and writing-intensive four-week study includes a two-week tour of major Civil Rights protest sites in the lower Southern United States. (HU). DeLaney

Topic for Fall 2011

HIST 269: Seminar in American History: The First Four Presidents (3). This seminar examines the lives and times of the first four presidents of the United States – George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. It focuses on the presidencies of the four men but also explores their lives both before and after their administrations, examining their preparation for holding the office, their elections, their strengths and weaknesses, their successes and failures, and their contributions to the development of the office. Students read extensively in both primary and secondary sources, discuss their reading in class, and write essays on topics assigned by the professor. (HU) Merchant.