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His 364 History of American Technology M & W 6:30 - 9:10 p.m. Room M-44
		Instructor: Professor David Lux Bryant College, F 421 Smithfield, RI 02917	Ph: 401-232-6433 E-mail: dlux@bryant.edu

Office Hours:

Mon.& Wed.: 4:30 6:15		Other times by Arrangement

HIS 364 -- The History of American Technology -- offers a survey of the major historical issues in the development of American technology from the colonial period through the 20th century.

The course web site -- www.bryant.edu/~history -- provides the full on-line syllabus for HIS-364.

Required Texts:

Ruth Schwartz Cowan, More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave, Basic Books, 1983.
Sarah H. Gordon, Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929, Ivan R. Dee, 1997.
Harold C. Livesay, American Made, Little Brown, 1979.
Alan I. Marcus and Gary Segal, Technology in America: A Brief history, Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Grading:

Reading Quizzes (10%), Midterm (30%), Project (30%), and Final (30%)

10 % -- Quizzes -- Scantron True/False
30 % -- Midterm -- Scantron + Essay (Sample available in the on-line syllabus)
30 % -- Project -- Explained in Class.
Also see on-line syllabus assignment Syllabus > Grading > Project
30 % -- Final -- (Cumulative) Scantron + Essay (Sample available in the on-line syllabus)