Key Issues and Events in American Social Change Precapstone

Harvard Extension School

HIST E-597

Section 1

CRN 15772

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This course inherently espouses an interdisciplinary approach. We consider the multi-century narrative of social reform movements in the United States by emphasizing the materials and methods used in government, history, and religion. Topics include abolition, suffrage, temperance, the New Deal, civil rights, and Great Society initiatives of the 1960s. While together studying the primary sources relevant to the weekly topics, students assemble their own topics and produce an analysis of the literature relevant to their research topic.

Registration Closes: August 28, 2025
Credits: 4

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Term

Fall Term 2025

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Live Attendance Web Conference

Credit Status

Graduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Stephen Shoemaker, PhD

Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University


Meeting Info

W 8:10pm - 10:10pm (9/2 - 12/20)

Participation Option: Online Synchronous

Deadlines

Last day to register: August 28, 2025

Prerequisites

Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government, history, or religion, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing, have completed the engaging in scholarly conversation series (if required), and be in the process of successfully completing all other degree requirements. Candidates must enroll in the capstone, HIST E-599, in the upcoming spring term as their one-and-only final course (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone). Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. See minimum technology requirements.

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CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
15772 1 Online Synchronous Stephen Shoemaker Open W 8:10pm - 10:10pm
 Sep 2 to Dec 20

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