Freshman Seminar: Making History

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What is history? Why study it? Who makes it? How? These are complex, vital questions. History is more than the study of the past; it is an indispensable means by which individuals and societies understand themselves, sort the true from the false, and decide what matters. This course, the first in a three-course sequence at the core of the Aurora University history major, provides an introduction to the methods and sources historians use, the development of the study of history over time, the role of history in public life, and the careers historians pursue.