{"id":13,"date":"2017-06-29T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/history\/default\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T18:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:50:55","slug":"default","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of History &amp; World Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #0000ff\">DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND WORLD PERSPECTIVES<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-587_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:900px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-587_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-588 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-588\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/1-e1660311890425.jpg\" alt=\"History Major Kendyl speaking at commencement 2019\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">History Major Kendyl Harmeling was chosen as the University's Commencement Speaker for the 2019 ceremonies<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-589 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-589\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/2-e1660311903816.jpg\" alt=\"2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Amanda O\u2019Boy, Andrew Vince and Jessie Britton published their article \"A Poisoned Past Book Review Assignment: Reading and Writing Academic Book Reviews as an Effective Pedagogical Tool\" in New England Journal of History 73:1 (Fall 2016), 116-131<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-590 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-590\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/3-e1660311932627.jpg\" alt=\"3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Alysha Olson won the Provost\u2019s Award for her WRD poster, May 2022<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-id-591 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-591\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/4-e1660312149456.jpg\" alt=\"4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Alumnus History Major Chris Brown works as an officer in the NYPD. He was our invited speaker for the 2019 History Department Honors Assembly.<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-id-592 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-592\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/5-e1660311964719.jpg\" alt=\"5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">David Frankel, Joseph Guarna, Kayvon Atherton,  William Coghlan and Michelle Rochniak presented their research<br \/>and writing at the 6th annual  Making History: A CSU Conference on March 25, 2022 at Southern CT State University<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-id-593 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-593\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/6-e1660311971857.jpg\" alt=\"6\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Dr Duffy\u2019s New York History courses include dining and walking tours of New York City<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-id-594 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-594\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-7 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/7-e1660311979816.jpg\" alt=\"7\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Dafina Berisha, Ava Westervelt, Stephanie Miller, Alysha Olson, Hailey Strom, Ryan Perreault and Shannon K. Rupar were inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honors Society in May 2022 (Not pictured Erin Murray and Kristen Roessler)<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-8 soliloquy-id-595 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-595\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-8 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/8-e1660312011321.jpg\" alt=\"8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">History Faculty Michael Nolan, Jennifer Duffy and Leslie Lindenauer<\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-9 soliloquy-id-596 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-596\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-9 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/9-only-the-student-on-the-left_-e1660312006255.jpg\" alt=\"9 only the student on the left_\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\">Alumnus History Major Mark Paskell (left) is living and working in Japan! Mark is teaching English in the Japanese school system in the Kanto region, located on the main island of Honshu<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/1-e1660311890425.jpg\" alt=\"History Major Kendyl speaking at commencement 2019\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/2-e1660311903816.jpg\" alt=\"2\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/3-e1660311932627.jpg\" alt=\"3\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/4-e1660312149456.jpg\" alt=\"4\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/5-e1660311964719.jpg\" alt=\"5\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/6-e1660311971857.jpg\" alt=\"6\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/7-e1660311979816.jpg\" alt=\"7\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/8-e1660312011321.jpg\" alt=\"8\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/08\/9-only-the-student-on-the-left_-e1660312006255.jpg\" alt=\"9 only the student on the left_\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h5><strong>224 Warner Hall<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>181 White Street<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Danbury, CT 06810<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>(203) 837-8484<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Welcome to the website of the Department of History, Philosophy, and World Perspectives at Western! The department offers undergraduate and graduate students a range of exciting courses dedicated to debating the ever-evolving ideas, institutions and challenges that have shaped the human past and present. We currently offer courses in American, Latin American, Asian and European history. In addition to a major and minor in History, we also offer minors with specialized focuses: Urban Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, European History, American History and Middle Eastern Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Danbury, Connecticut is an ideal location for exploring the past. It has been the site of indigenous cultures for millennia. The city was a colonial outpost, Revolutionary War battle site, and center of the US hat-making industry. Today, the greater Danbury and New York City areas provide unmatched museums, historic sites, research centers, and many fascinating internship opportunities for History students.<\/p>\n<p>Western&#8217;s history majors receive a first-class liberal arts education and learn to think and read critically, write well, and plan and execute complex projects. A History degree prepares students for careers in politics, law, business, non-profits, the arts, public service or primary and secondary education or for graduate study in law, business, and humanities. Our alumni have succeeded in these fields and in others: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/alumni-news\/\">https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/alumni-news\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p><strong>Our goals are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide an interdisciplinary forum in which students can debate the political, social, cultural, religious, economic, and geographic aspects of history.<\/li>\n<li>To introduce students to world perspectives and help them understand global political and cultural relations.<\/li>\n<li>To help students develop their abilities to think critically, discuss, and explain clearly historical issues and problems.<\/li>\n<li>To cultivate writing, research, and analysis skills that will help students lead successful professional and personal lives.<\/li>\n<li>To provide a history\/education curriculum that imparts a broad base of knowledge about historical events, principles, and theories, so that students have the foundational knowledge they need to educate others.<\/li>\n<li>To facilitate our students\u2019 understanding of their national and community heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Our undergraduate course offerings include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 100 \u00a0\u00a0Introduction to History \u00a0(FY)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 115 \u00a0\u00a0Latin American and Caribbean History<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 147 \u00a0\u00a0History of Slavery in the Americas<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 148\u00a0\u00a0 US to 1877<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 149\u00a0\u00a0 US since 1877<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 186\u00a0\u00a0 Europe: Ancient and Medieval<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 187\u00a0\u00a0 Modern Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 200\u00a0\u00a0 Colonial America<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 201\u00a0\u00a0 Immigrant New York City<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 225\u00a0\u00a0 Doing Public History<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 233\u00a0\u00a0 The Irish in America<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 250\u00a0\u00a0 Conquest and Survival in Latin America 1492-1812<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 251\u00a0\u00a0 Resistance and Revolution in Latin America 1812 to the present<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 271\u00a0\u00a0 Medieval Europe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 277\u00a0\u00a0 Modern China<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 288\u00a0\u00a0 Renaissance and Reformation<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 291\u00a0\u00a0 Nationalism and Imperialism in Europe 1848-1914<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 292\u00a0\u00a0 The Era of the World Wars in Europe 1914-1945<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 293\u00a0\u00a0 Europe Since 1945<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 302\u00a0\u00a0 The American Revolution 1763-1789<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 303\u00a0\u00a0 The Age of Jefferson 1789-1829<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 318\u00a0 \u00a0The Civil War<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 319\u00a0\u00a0 Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 321\u00a0 \u00a0Medieval Cities<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 325\u00a0 \u00a0Witchcraft in New England<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 330\u00a0\u00a0 Medieval Britain (410-1453)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 332\u00a0\u00a0 The Germans<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 341\u00a0\u00a0 The Russians<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 363\u00a0\u00a0 The American City<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 367\u00a0\u00a0 Building America: History of Architecture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 368 \u00a0\u00a0New York City: History and Culture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 375\u00a0\u00a0 War, Peace and Memory in Latin America<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 380\u00a0\u00a0 Film as History<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 388\u00a0\u00a0 Modern Viet Nam: Memory and History<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 416 \u00a0\u00a0Race and Power in US History<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 425\u00a0\u00a0 Gender and Popular Culture in American History<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 450\u00a0\u00a0 Historiography<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 475\u00a0\u00a0 Seminar in History- topic varies each semester<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 490\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Seminar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">His 494\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Seminar Honors<\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our course expectations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 94.6797%\" width=\"738\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6476%\" width=\"162\"><strong>Course Level:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.3411%\" width=\"150\"><strong>100<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7568%\" width=\"144\"><strong>200<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6698%\" width=\"156\"><strong>300<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 43.0207%\" width=\"126\"><strong>400<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6476%\" width=\"162\">Description:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.3411%;padding: 5px\" width=\"150\">These courses introduce content and source materials in history<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7568%;padding: 5px\" width=\"144\">These courses also introduce content, but at a much more specific level, and encourage deeper engagement with a specific subject area.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6698%;padding: 5px\" width=\"156\">These courses prioritize questions of analysis, research, and interpretation, and focus on analysis of primary and secondary sources.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 43.0207%;padding: 5px\" width=\"126\">These courses place historical ideas in advanced historiographical context.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6476%\" width=\"162\">Reading Expectation:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.3411%\" width=\"150\">No specific standard<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7568%;padding: 5px\" width=\"144\">An introduction to close reading techniques of primary and secondary sources is expected.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6698%;padding: 5px\" width=\"156\">Students may expect reading assignments of up to 100 pages per week.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 43.0207%;padding: 5px\" width=\"126\">Students can expect readings with a high level of complexity, similar to what might be expected in a 500-level MA class. Readings may be up to 200 pages per week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6476%\" width=\"162\">Writing Expectation:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.3411%;padding: 5px\" width=\"150\">Minimum of 10 pages, but writing can be informal (essay exams, in-class discussion prompts)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7568%;padding: 5px\" width=\"144\">Minimum of 10 pages, but writing can be informal (essay exams, in-class discussion prompts)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6698%;padding: 5px\" width=\"156\">Minimum of 10 pages of formal writing.*<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 43.0207%;padding: 5px\" width=\"126\">Minimum of 15 pages of formal writing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6476%\" width=\"162\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.3411%\" width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7568%\" width=\"144\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.6698%;padding: 5px\" width=\"156\">\u201c<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 43.0207%\" width=\"126\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8220;Formal writing\u201d is creative work conducted outside of class\u2014it may take the form of research papers, position papers, multimedia projects, or curriculum design, but it is arrived at through careful consideration and revision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND WORLD PERSPECTIVES 224 Warner Hall 181 White Street Danbury, CT 06810 (203) 837-8484 Welcome to the website of the Department of History, Philosophy, and World Perspectives at Western! The department offers undergraduate and graduate students &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}