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Osborne, Myles Gregory

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  • HIST 1228 - Introduction to Sub-Saharan African History Since 1800
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
    Introduces students to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa from 1800 to the present. Major topics of study included the trans-Atlantic slave trade, African state-building, European colonialism, African responses to colonialism and issues facing independent African nations, ranging from debt to HIV/AIDS.
  • HIST 3020 - Historical Thinking & Writing
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
    The second cornerstone course for history majors centers on the essential skills all historians use. Students will advance their reading, sourcing, and research techniques, hone critical, analytical, and synthetic skills, navigate scholarly discourse, and practice historical writing. As this simultaneously satisfies the College's upper-division writing requirement, all sections involve substantial, regular, and varied writing assignments as well as instruction in methods and the revision process. All topical variations of this course are limited to a maximum of 18 students in order to focus on supporting students as they learn to write - and think - like an historian. Topics will vary by section. Recommended for sophomores or juniors, HIST 3020 may be taken concurrently with, but not prior to, HIST 1800. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • HIST 3110 - Honors Seminar
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
    Practical historiography for students who wish to write a senior honors thesis. Emphasizes choice of topic, critical methods, research, organization, argumentation, and writing. Recommended restriction: History GPA of 3.5 or higher. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • HIST 3120 - Honors Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
    Intended for students writing an Honors Thesis in History. Department enforced prerequisite: HIST 3110 and instructor consent.
  • HIST 4238 - History of Southern Africa
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
    Examines the history of southern Africa history from the earliest times to the present. Short background readings and lectures cover southern African's history and class discussions of novels are layered over these basics. Topics of study include Cecil Rhodes and the diamond/gold mines; Shaka and the Zulu "nation"; apartheid; Nelson Mandela and the antiapartheid movement; issues facing South Africa today.
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