Topics in European History (Post-1700)
Special topics or new approaches of current interest to the instructor. This course may be used to fulfill the history major distribution requirement in 300-Level Post-1700 European History or may count as a 300-Level history elective. Students may repeat the course for credit when the topic changes.
Outcomes: Students will gain familiarity with the topic; the ability to make connections between secondary and primary sources; and the capacity to think critically about the ways that historians have approached major issues.
Composers & West Cult snc 19C
Special topics or new approaches of current interest to the instructor. This course may be used to fulfill the history major distribution requirement in 300-Level Post-1700 European History or may count as a 300-Level history elective. Students may repeat the course for credit when the topic changes.
Outcomes: Students will gain familiarity with the topic; the ability to make connections between secondary and primary sources; and the capacity to think critically about the ways that historians have approached major issues.
Composers and Modern Western Culture: 19th to 20th Century -- Taught in a blended fashion, HIST 300C-001 combines in-person discussions with online lectures and more. This course explores the lives and works of famed composers within the socio-political and cultural transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries. By examining pivotal musical figures within their historical contexts, students will gain understanding of how music both shaped and responded to significant intellectual and cultural shifts in modern Europe.
Students will study composers like Beethoven, Schubert, Schumannn, Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg; address their works within cultural and political contexts; explore transitions from Romanticism and Impressionism through Cubism, Abstraction, and beyond.
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