How to Contact Us:

Dan Dupre (interim chair)
704-687-4646
ddupre@uncc.edu

HIST-6000:
The U.S. Constitution: History, Theory, and Practice
Kierner
Summer Session I

 Is the U.S. Constitution a “democratic” document? Was it envisioned as conservative or radical by the men who wrote it? What does it mean when politicians and pundits invoke the “original intent” of the Founding Fathers? Can we ever know the Founders’ intent—and, if so, should we care? 

In this mostly online graduate seminar, students will read contemporary documents and modern scholarship to assess the meaning of the Constitution to those who supported and opposed it in 1787, and to those who have debated its meaning ever since.

HIST 2100 A20:
The Final Solution
Lansen
Summer Session II

The Final Solution.  (WO)  Using the Nazi ‘Final Solution of the Jewish Question’ as a starting point, this course offers students hands-on training in the fundamental methodological skills of researching, interpreting, and presenting history in written and oral forms. While getting acquainted with the context of and controversies surrounding the execution of the Final Solution, students practice primary and secondary source analysis, historical interpretation, and thesis formulation; in addition to gaining insights in historiographical debate and revisionist history.  

HIST 2111-001
Technology and Science in Society II: Since the Industrial Revolution
Thorsheim
Summer Session I 

This course explores the history of science and technology since the eighteenth century. We will study the causes and consequences of industrialization, the ways in which society has shaped—and been shaped by—technologies such as steam engines, cars, pesticides, weapons, and computers, and the role of science in both fascist and democratic societies. No prior scientific or technical knowledge is needed.