HIS3081 Personal History

This course focuses on student exploration of a topic of historical as well as personal significance using the tools and methods of historians. Examples of personal history will include common readings that embody their authors’ search for knowledge and understanding about people and events that lie beyond individual lives yet are powerfully connected to family experiences or a sense of identity. Using an online genealogy research program, students will construct a family tree and then investigate the historical background of their ancestors and/or an identity of their choosing. Throughout, students will explore ancestry in relation to such issues as race, ethnicity, religion, and social class. Students who do not wish to publicly share elements of their personal or family history, or of their personal identity, will not be required to do so. A final research paper will focus on providing historical context for a pivotal moment in their identity history. Beyond the specific projects related to personal history, students should emerge from this course with enhanced skills in research and source-based writing. Credits: 3.000

WRT1012 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 And REL1011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1012 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1021 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1022 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1031 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HIS1032 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or PHI1011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or