HIST 3340 — Technologies of Text
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ADNUpath EINUpath EXusually offered: falltypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Examines innovations that have reshaped how humans share information, e.g., the alphabet, the book, the printing press, the postal system, the computer. Focuses on debates over privacy, memory, intellectual property, and textual authority that have historically accompanied the rise of new media forms and genres. Offers students an opportunity to gain skills for working with texts using the rapidly changing tools of the present, e.g., geographic information systems, data mining, textual analysis.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 80% | 3.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 45% · T 55% · W 0% · Th 45% · F 55%
Common patterns: TF (55% of sections), MR (45% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Jessica Linker (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (HIST course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All HIST courses · Plan it at numap.app