HI 303 Renaissance History

Arts & Letters-History. Intermediate Writing. This course examines the Renaissance (approximately 1350 to 1620) thematically as we study together this tumultuous time of great art; new ideas; lively mercantile piazze, busy merchants and traders, bloody vendettas;foods and material goods from distant places, and the encounters that occurred between people in the East and in the West. We will consider the religious turmoil of the age, the effects of plague, political upheaval, and warfare on people's daily lives, and take some time to think about love, marriage, family, and sex, coming to understand the Renaissance as a time of ordinary and extraordinary people whose lived experiences shaped the age. Cross listed with HI 303; students may not get credit for one course if they have taken the other. Students enrolled in this course at the 300-level will have the following additional requirements: a research project that is both a written paper and a presentation to the class, in which they will, using appropriate primary and secondary sources, develop a new interpretation of some aspect of the Renaissance. In addition, 300-level students will have one additional text to read, will be required to attend six sessions during which we will discuss the additional reading, progress on the research paper, and peer review drafts of one another's work. HI 303 students will also serve as leaders during regular class discussion. Those without previous a history course, or a 4 or 5 on an AP History exam, are encouraged to enroll in the cross-listed HI 206 course. Distribution: CL,HIS,IW,W. Prerequisite: Must have completed freshman year. Take CORE 110 or HNR 150. Take 1 OC, oral communications course. Take a previous History course, except HI 203, with a minimum grade of B- (or scored a 4 or 5 on an AP History exam, giving you college credit for HI 121). Students not meeting these requirements are encouraged to take HI 203. . Corequisite: Take TH-101 previously or concurrently. Take 1 PR, philosophical reasoning course previously or concurrently. . Crosslisted as: HI 203. Offered: At the Discretion of the Dept.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

HI 203

Prerequisite

Must have completed freshman year. Take CORE 110 or HNR 150. Take 1 OC, oral communications course. Take a previous History course, except HI 203, with a minimum grade of B- (or scored a 4 or 5 on an AP History exam, giving you college credit for HI 121). Students not meeting these requirements are encouraged to take HI 203.

Corequisite

Take TH-101 previously or concurrently. Take 1 PR, philosophical reasoning course previously or concurrently.

Distribution

CL,HIS,IW,

Offered

At the Discretion of the Dept