HIST 242 - Open Topics in History, Including Foreign Travel

This course outlines briefly the geographic, economic, political, and cultural background of the region in which travel will take place. It focuses on the particular country of the journey’s destination and examines the scope of its history, culture, and special achievements from early times to the present. Special lectures by local professors on selected topics at universities, the country’s parliament, or other institutions of interest are scheduled in addition to visits to museums and the country’s most outstanding sites.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

Analyze the geographic, economic, political, and cultural background of the country of study.
Analyze the destination country’s history in a wider historical context, i.e. the impact on its culture and history of the countries surrounding it and in turn its impact on their culture and history.
Analyze the economic and cultural relation of the destination country with the United States, the impact of immigration of its inhabitants to the United States at different times in history and the subsequent development of ‘hybrid’ cultures in the United States, as well as the impact of remittances sent back to the home country. Note that this outcome and other outcomes depend on destination country.

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