Jul 08, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

T3 4140 - Slavery: 1400 to the present


Employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines historical, anthropological, sociological and literary studies to discuss the institution, practice and experience of slavery in different regions of the world during the early modern and modern periods.

Requisites: Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will become familiar with the main facts and narratives pertaining to the history of slavery in the early modern and modern worlds.
  • Students’ will improve their writing skills and writing style by learning how to structure, argue, and reference an academic paper.
  • Students’ will learn to read critically works in different fields of humanities and social sciences and to identify and compare the research and argumentation style of each field.
  • Students’ work will reflect the use of an interdisciplinary approach that combines historical, anthropological, sociological and literary analyses in their discussion of major issues and themes related to topic of early modern and modern slavery.


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