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History 566
The Contemporary United States since 1963
Credit hours: 5
GEC categories: Consult academic advisor
Prerequisites: Consult academic advisor.
Text Books:
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Example Syllabus:
Website: http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/phelps51/christopherphelps.htm
Course Objectives: This advanced-level American history course aims to provide basic knowledge of the contours of American history since 1945, to elevate comprehension and appreciation of historical interpretation, and to encourage thoughtful verbal expression of ideas, clear and compelling writing, and careful reading.
Course Content: This course examines the immense changes in the life of the United States in the last half-century, concentrating in particular on political culture. Topics will include radical movements and cultural transformations of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, immigration and new perceptions of race, feminism and transformations of gender norms, the conservative turn of the 1970s and 1980s, and what some have called the hyper-capitalism of the globalized economy since the 1980s.
Method of Presentation: The course will be conducted as a seminar, meaning that lectures will be few and brief, if any. Instead, discussion of reading is the rub. We will aspire to judicious analysis of the assigned readings by charting their arguments, assessing their evidence, and evaluating their merit.
Method of Evaluation: Student performance will be weighed by attendance, participation, and four papers on the assigned texts (with room for student choice in text and topic).
