TOPICS: LAW, TRUTH, AND NON-FICTION WRITING in Fall 2018 (HI2091A)

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Course Master: 
TOPICS IN HISTORY (HI2091)
Term: 
Fall 2018
Discipline: 
HI (History)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Cross Listed: 
TOPICS: LAW, TRUTH, AND NON-FICTION WRITING in Fall 2018 (HI2091A)
Exam Date: 
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 15:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Michelle Kuo

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate fluency in legal reasoning, extracting key facts and applying the law to those facts.
  2. Understand connections between law and history, grounding and framing the theory of cases with historical detail and context.
  3. Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of law and its social impact, explaining clear stakes of cases and their social impact.
  4. Integrate law into the liberal arts curriculum, in particular demonstrating an ability to tell a persuasive and coherent story using a combination of oral presentation and writing skills

Book List

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 10, 2018
End Date: 
Friday, December 21, 2018
RoomDayStart TimeEnd Time
SD-4
Wednesday
13:45
16:40