Introduces students to the major topics, themes, and debates in early modern Atlantic history using the Atlantic World as a category of analysis. Atlantic history diverges from traditional imperial and state histories of the western hemisphere in recognizing that the Americas were shaped by all of the peoples of the Atlantic basinnot just Europeans but Africans and Native Americans as well. Accordingly, this course emphasizes the contacts, interchanges, and conflicts between the different groups that inhabited the Atlantic World, offering new insights into the cultural, social, political, and economic processes that transformed the early Americas between 1400 and 1800 and laid the groundwork for contemporary American society.
4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeTake a course with her, genuinely nice and kind person who cares for her students but doesn't lose the crux of her intellectual curiosity. Will challenge you to think outside the box and engage with some seriously cool history.
Graded based on a midterm, final, book report essay, and attendance/participation. Overall there's a fair amount of reading but the professor is an easy grader.
Professor Moore is genuinely the greatest professor I've had in my 4 years at UCSB. She completely reignited my passion for the History major after a series of incredibly boring and tedious required courses. She is incredibly helpful, accommodating, and has great takes when it comes to the U.S.'s dark and problematic history.
she's really nice and understanding. took pass/fail as a GE but would've gotten an A. the assignments are a very reasonable amount of work, and the final was reasonable especially because she gave a useful study guide. overall learned a lot without having to put in too much work. lots of reading, but asking chat to summarize is usually good enough.
this class had very long and kind of boring lectures, but you can tell she cares about the subjects. mandatory attendance and participation for sections and the papers weren't that hard.
Lectures long and honestly a bit boring. Class was easy and you just need to participate in section to get a good grade (30% of grade). Exams were take-home essays and not difficult to do. Probably wouldn't take again, but needed to for major credit.