HIST 295 - Topics in History

FDR: FDR designation varies with topic.
Credits: 3 in fall or winter; 4 in spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

A seminar offered from time to time depending on student interest and staff availability, in a selected topic or problem in history. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Winter 2012:

HIST 295: The Scientist as National Hero (3). An in-depth study of the place of scientists in society, from the time of the Victorian professionalization of science until today, giving special attention to the formation of a 20th-century elite of Nobel Laureates and their role in public affairs. (HU) Rupke.

Topic for Spring 2012:

HIST 295-01: Topic in History: Animal Behavior and Human Morality, 1800-present (4). An in-depth exploration of the history of the study of animal behavior in its bearing on human morality, from the beginning of the professionalization of the subject around 1800 until the present day. (HU) Rupke. Spring 2012