There is still time to add a History course to your Autumn 2021 schedule! If you’re working on General Education (especially Writing credits!) and/or Areas of Knowledge requirements, these are some great options. The below History courses currently have seats open:
HSTCMP 202 World Wars I and II Digital Histories
MW 1:30pm – 3:20pm
SLN: 16541
Dr. Laurie Marhoefer
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
HSTCMP 259 Race and Slavery Across the Americas
TTH 2:30pm – 4:50pm
SLN: 16548
Dr. Stephanie Smallwood
The development of racial slavery across North, South Americas, Caribbean from 1500-1800 will be surveyed in this course. Through a comparative examination of slavery, we will explore how slavery supported colonization, making European settlement across Americas viable; how ideas about racial difference developed, operated differently; and how enslaved peoples' resistance to bondage helped abolish slavery in Americas by late 1800s.
I&S credits, DIV credits, W credits optional
HSTAA 231 Race and American History
TTh 10:00am – 11:20am (with Friday quiz section)
SLN: 16495
Dr. Moon-Ho Jung
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
HSTLAC 185 Race, Gender, and Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
TTh 1:30pm – 3:20pm (with Friday quiz section)
SLN: 16563
Dr. Ileana Rodriguez-Silva
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
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to History academic advising at histadv@uw.edu with any questions! You might be closer to completing a History minor than you think: https://history.washington.edu/minors.