AMST 3003 is also offered in Fall 2024
AMST 3003 is also offered in Fall 2022
AMST 3003 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | AMST 3003 Section 001: Public History (23151)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
AMIN 3001 Section 001
HIST 3001 Section 090
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Blegen Hall 250
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Interpretations of collective past as produced in public venues, including museum exhibitions, films, theme parks, websites. Intellectual and political issues in history produced for public audiences. Career opportunities.
- Class Description:
- This course is both an introduction to public history and an examination into the meanings and impacts of security and anti-terrorism policies in Minnesota since September 11, 2001. It provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction to the theory, methods, practice, and politics of public history and digital history. It allows students to explore the possibilities and challenges of the producing history in settings outside of academia.
- Grading:
- 50% Special Projects
15% Reflection Papers
15% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: The grade will rely heavily on the engaged student who participates fully in all class components, including collaborative project work.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
5% Film/Video
15% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations
5% Field Trips
10% Guest Speakers
5% Web Based Students will work collaboratively on public history projects both during and outside of class sessions.
- Workload:
- 40 Pages Reading Per Week
10-15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: major public history projects (exhibition and digital projects).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23151/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2013
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