Spring 2027

History of American Thought, 1859 to the Present

Examines philosophy, science, political theory, social criticism, and arts in American life from 1859 to the present, focusing on intellectual movements and cultural shifts.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 3.21 GPA, 52.6% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.42 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 81.5% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and summarize the broad contours of and major issues in American intellectual history

  • Identify and illustrate the transnational and transtemporal dimensions of American thought

  • Demonstrate the relevance of a historical perspective to contemporary issues

  • Judge the context in which sources were created, searching for chronological and other relationships among them, and assessing the sources in light of that knowledge

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Sophomore standing or 3 credits in HISTORY or HIST SCI

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HISTORY 302

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    • 3 credits in HISTORY or HIST SCI

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 3.21 GPA, 52.6% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.42 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 81.5% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Influence of Darwinism on religion
  • Impact of industrialization on societal ideas
  • Early 20th-century conceptions of race, ethnicity, and gender
  • Post-WWII liberalism and existentialism
  • Rise of postmodernism in academia and popular culture

Skills

  • Summarize major issues in American intellectual history
  • Illustrate transnational and transtemporal dimensions of American thought
  • Assess historical sources within their chronological and contextual frameworks

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