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Interests/Issues: What intrigues you and what would you like to know more about?

What prior experience do you have with history? (classes taken, books read, documentaries watched, etc.)

What aspects of your working environment do you anticipate being an obstacle to your ability to engage as a student? 

What’s your phone number? This will only be used in cases of emergency.

“It’s” with an apostrophe is a contraction for it is. “It’s” should only be used when the writer could also have written “it is.” For example, “It’s really cold outside.” “Its” without an apostrophe is the possessive form of it and is used to indicate ownership. For example, “The book is missing one of its pages.”   Which would be the best one to use to fill in the blank in this sentence: _____ going to be a great semester! 

At 3:05 p.m. on January 13, 2026, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the population of the world was 8,161,028,571 people.   What was the estimated population of the world at 2:59 p.m. on January 13, 2026?

Mole Hill in Dayton, Virginia is the remains of an extinct volcano.  Which of the following is an extinct volcano?     

Mean refers to the mathematical average of a group of numbers. If I wanted to calculate the mean grade on a test in this class, I would add all of the test scores together and then divide it by the number of people in the class.  Median refers to the halfway point in a group of numbers. At the median score, half of the grades would be higher than the median, and half of the grades would be lower than the median. In order to calculate the median, I would need to list all of the scores in order from highest to lowest and then find the score in the middle.  If I added all of the test scores together and divided it by the number of people in the class, I would have calculated the: 

Auguste Comte is credited with being the founder of sociology.  Who is the founder of sociology?

When setting up Canvas Notifications, students are required to select ‘Notify immediately for ___ and ___.