HIST 390: The Digital Past

HIST 390-DL1: The Digital Past
(Spring 2021)

Online

Section Information for Spring 2021

In this course, students will survey the history of the U.S. Navy, with a focus on the nineteenth century. We will be investigating all aspects of naval life, from tactics to training to exploration and science, and surveying wars such as the First Barbary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and the World Wars. As part of this project, we will be collaboratively creating a digital project, which may take the form of a podcast, a text adventure game, or some other digital project as determined by the class. 

HIST 390 DL1 is a distance education section that meets asynchronously.

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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
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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