Looking for a class to add to your Autumn 2021 schedule? Want to explore a new topic, fulfill some General Education or Areas of Knowledge requirements, and/or possibly work towards a History minor? If so, please consider the below History courses that currently have seats available:
HSTAA 231 Race and American History
TTh 10:00am – 11:20am (with Friday quiz section)
SLN: 16495
This course will survey U.S. history, from its beginnings to today, by exploring how race has enabled conceptions of the American nation and empire, and shaped everyday practices and social interactions among different peoples. How have racial concepts, racial representations, and racial practices fundamentally defined power dynamics in the U.S.? From slave revolts to the Black Lives Matter movement, how have various individuals and organizations framed and pursued racial justice?
I&S credits, DIV credits, Optional linked writing course (ENGL 298 A) for C or W credits
HSTCMP 202 World Wars I and II Digital Histories
MW 1:30pm – 3:20pm
SLN: 16541
The First and Second World Wars were human-made catastrophes that engulfed the globe and killed upwards of eighty million people, including tens of millions of civilians. Each war remade the world. Their aftershocks reverberate today and continue to shape global politics. This class explores the history of both wars, focusing on military technology, ethics, racism, empire, gender and sexuality, and social history. We will use digital methods to uncover and share stories from the wars that shaped the modern world. No prior tech experience needed.
I&S credits, Optional linked writing course (ENGL 298 C) for C or W credits
HSTLAC 185 Race, Gender, and Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
TTh 1:30pm – 3:20pm (with Friday quiz section)
SLN: 16563
The anti-immigration, racist violence(s) of today are one expression of the 500-year ongoing forms of conquest, colonization, and resistance in the Americas. This course explores both the logics that produced and sustains such structures of dominations, and the multiple alternative imaginations, challenges, and resistances to them.
I&S credits, DIV credits, W credits optional
*Please note that this course satisfies the Foundations category for the Diversity minor! If you’d like to learn more about the Diversity minor, please click on this link: https://divminor.washington.edu/minor-requirements
HSTAM 111 The Ancient World
MTWTH 10:30am – 11:20am (with Friday quiz section)
SLN: 16522
This course, a broad survey of the ancient world, will introduce you to the history of western Eurasia from the Paleolithic era (“Old Stone Age”) to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 410 CE. We will study the half-dozen major cultural traditions – those of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome, and early Christianity – that have most deeply influenced the development of all subsequent Western civilization.
I&S credits
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to History academic advising at histadv@uw.edu with any questions!