HST 143 MILLENNIAL GENERATION IN THE U.S.
This course focuses on the United States in the last thirty five years, from the early 1980s to the present. Millennials are the first generation of Americans to grow up with the Internet, have a high sense of achievement and structure, along with a general desire for “immediacy,” all of which present both great potentials and perils. Every generation looks at the one(s) after it and with a mix of hope and trepidation. As it is a field of history that is just starting to be analyzed historically, it is exciting that students can be some of the first creators and analyzers of this new historical era. It is an oft-repeated phrase that history repeats itself. Studying the Millennial Generation will allow students to see if the aforementioned phrase is true or are the people of this generation destined to do things heretofore unseen and unknown.
Offered
Offered fall and winter.