HIST 146B
American Working Class Movements
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Major episodes in social, trade union, and cultural history of American working class from Colonial times to present, with emphasis on both organized and unorganized labor, history of Knights of Labor, AFL-CIO, and development of labor politics. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2015 - This was a really great class. I never would have taken it if not to satisfy a requirement for my minor and I'm so glad I did. Professor Higbie is HILARIOUS and you can tell he's extremely extremely intelligent. The lectures move really quickly which can be stressful at times because you're trying to write everything down. He posts the slides online but doesn't really lecture from the slides anyway, so it's not too helpful. The midterm consists of key terms, short answers and an essay, and you really have to read as much as the textbook as you can to get a good score. The textbook (Killing For Coal) is annoying because it reads like a novel, it's not so simple to find an answer in there. Also, there was no final exam, just a final essay, so you don't really have to read anything the second half of the quarter. The only extra credit opp I remember was from a game we played in section, so if you want extra cred you have to go to every section.
Fall 2015 - This was a really great class. I never would have taken it if not to satisfy a requirement for my minor and I'm so glad I did. Professor Higbie is HILARIOUS and you can tell he's extremely extremely intelligent. The lectures move really quickly which can be stressful at times because you're trying to write everything down. He posts the slides online but doesn't really lecture from the slides anyway, so it's not too helpful. The midterm consists of key terms, short answers and an essay, and you really have to read as much as the textbook as you can to get a good score. The textbook (Killing For Coal) is annoying because it reads like a novel, it's not so simple to find an answer in there. Also, there was no final exam, just a final essay, so you don't really have to read anything the second half of the quarter. The only extra credit opp I remember was from a game we played in section, so if you want extra cred you have to go to every section.
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