History 101 - FYS: Forgery, Fraud, Bunk

'This course examines why we are susceptible to bad history, how history is used and abused, how forgeries and imaginative recreations of the past like The Da Vinci Code become accepted as truthful even after they have been debunked, why forgery is so pervasive, and how to discern between 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' in the writing of history. The course examines a variety of media (historical works, novels, newspapers, videos, artworks, movies, etc.).'

This course is limited to first-year students.