HIST 312
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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.
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Trace Influence of Ideas
Learning Outcome
Relate and trace how ideas continue to influence societies and their institutions
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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.
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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.
