2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History

Critical examination of the history of U.S. workers from the period of the American Revolution to the present. Focus will be on historiographical developments and debates relating to major social, economic, political and cultural changes in working class life in this period and on the ways in which workers created and responded to these changes. Prerequisite: HIS 200 or 201. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Explain the historical significance of key themes, events, and people relevant to the history of US workers.
  2. Assess the persuasiveness of historians' claims about the past.
  3. Interpret primary source evidence to make claims about the past.
  4. Establish a primary source's historical context through sourcing techniques.



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