Humanities Degrees in the USA

...the beginnings of a modern consumer society, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, including its origins, and the rise and fall of Napoleon. Lectures...

...formula got challenged in the 19th century when the ideas of nation-state emerged and eventually, along with Western economic and military advance...

...and the final research paper, see the Assignments section. Don't show me this again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course...

...MIT OpenCourseWare is a free & open publication of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. No enrollment or registration... Learn about: Financial Training...

...demographic systems; global population movements; the industrial revolution; the rise of the modern consumer; colonialism and empire building... Learn about: Climate Change, Economic History...

...2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session The following syllabi come from a variety of different terms. They illustrate the evolution of this course over...

...only on the development of Christian thought and practice, but on its challengers as well. The core themes of the course include the emergence of a uniform...

...Communication intensive subjects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences should require at least 20 pages of writing divided among 3-5 assignments... Learn about: GCSE Mathematics...

...of textual and visual sources, from historical writing to documents, from fiction to film. There will be an in-class, closed-book final...

...the essay's insight and organization, and the articulateness of the writing. Spelling and grammar count. Short papers will be down graded. Late papers will also be down graded...

...Each of these examinations will consist of a map exercise, short identifications and a longer essay based on the broad topics in the study sheet...

...from the 1800s till the present day. Students are required to have some knowledge about South Asia. However it is not a necessary pre-requisite and I...

...lecture 3; initial bibliography, lecture 4; annotated bibliography, lecture 6. Grading will be as follows: response papers and class discussion...

...and South America from the mid-18th century to the mid-20th century. Among other things, we will examine contrasting processes of invention and technological development...

...in either the past or the present. Each student will be expected to complete a substantial research paper on a topic of their choosing as the culminating... Learn about: Economic History...

...will enable you to become familiar with the major questions of modern U.S. history from post-Reconstruction to the present. The course aims to introduce... Learn about: American History...

...is a substantial research paper, on any reasonable subject of interest to you. These papers should be between 15-20 pages long, and should explore...

...This course is a graduate / advanced undergraduate reading seminar in the global history of the last millennium, with a particular focus on technological change... Learn about: Economic History, Climate Change...

...again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. MIT OpenCourseWare is a free &...

...the historical dimensions of—and debates about—slave plantations and factory farm labor; industrial processing and technologies of food preservation... Learn about: American History...