HIST 10
North Adams, Massachusetts: Past, Present, and Future Winter 2019

Cross-listed AMST 11
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This class gives students a chance to learn about resources and assets of Massachusetts’s smallest city, North Adams. Readings, tours, films, field trips, and meetings with people who work with or lead nonprofits and civic organizations will introduce students to local history, current conditions in the city, and plans for future cultural and economic development. Students will be expected to complete assigned readings (assorted articles) and to attend all class meetings. Final assessment will be based on students’ engagement in thoughtful discussions of class materials and in-person encounters and experiences. In addition, students will complete a final research project (written or multimedia) that they present to the class and two reflection papers. Most class sessions will take place off campus; students must be available to travel off campus and attend occasional sessions that occur outside of the regular class hours. Adjunct Instructor Bio: Anne Valk is Associate Director for Public Humanities at Williams, with affiliations in the Center for Learning in Action; the Office of Institutional Diversity; and the department of history.
The Class: Format: afternoons
Limit: 15
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: 2- to 3-page paper; final project
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: first-year students preferred
Materials/Lab Fee: none
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AMST 11 HIST 10
Attributes: EXPE Experiential Education Courses

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