Dr.
Marion Lucas. Offered Tues/Thurs., 9:30-1:45 a.m.
This
class will be largely discussion. Students will be assigned readings
on specific topics which will be discussed in class. The class will
also include a role-playing "Pre-Civil War Peace Conference." Each student
will be expected to research a Civil War leader and then to "be that
person" at the Peace Conference. There will aslo be an "End of Reconstruction
Conference" following the same format. There will also be "special analysis
classes on turning points in the Civil War. representing participants.
I plan for the class to tour one Civil War Battlefield.
For
more information, e-mail Dr. Lucas.
History 322/Honors--Age of Enlightement
Dr. Robert Dietle. Offered MWF, 1:25-2:15 p.m.
This course will look at some of the leading members of
the eighteenth-century Enlightenment -- Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume, Adam
Smith, Gibbon -- to see how their works tried to change the way people
thought about themselves and the world. We will also study the social
and political context of these ideas by referring to the wider history
of eighteenth-century Europe and America.
The class will combine lectures with discussions of readngs
from the period. The assignments will include classics such as Voltaire's
Candide and Rousseau's First Discourse. We will also explore
how Enlightenment themes emerged in eighteenth-century plays, poems,
and novels. Students will give an in-class report on an assigned topic
and will write two short (3-4 page) essays.
For more information, e-mail
Dr. Dietle.
