HIST 390: The Digital Past

HIST 390-003: The Digital Past
(Fall 2018)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

Blue Ridge Hall 129

Section Information for Fall 2018

In this course, students will learn to do history using digital tools. The course, which satisfies the University’s IT requirement, teaches the fundamentals of information technology by applying them to practical historical problems. Students will learn how to find, interpret, and analyze primary sources on the web as well as how to put them into context with secondary literature. They will also learn skills related to creating, manipulating, and interpreting datasets, creating visualizations, analyzing documents using digital tools, and effectively presenting visual and textual sources on the web. Each week students will learn a digital tool and then use that tool to analyze a historical problem related to the history of the Progressive Era in the United States. Instructor: Amanda Regan

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Teaches the fundamentals of information technology within the context of a history course. Students learn fundamentals and skills as well as how our society became so enamored of and dependent on these knowledge and information tools. Understanding a new technology requires understanding how new technologies transform the societies that embrace them. Emphasizes the use of free and open-source software whenever possible. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Info Tech & Computing
Schedule Type: Lecture
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This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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