Lone Star College-Online awarded nearly $150,000 to develop customized courses

(February 26, 2025)

Woodlands Online

Lone Star College-Online made history by securing a nearly $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to transform its U.S. History curriculum. R. Chris Davis, Ph.D., LSC-Online History and Humanities professor, will lead the three-year project to introduce thematic tracks within popular U.S. History survey courses, allowing students to specialize in subfields that align with their interests and career goals.

"I've always wanted to tailor my courses to the interests of my students. When you have such a diverse range of interests, majors and career paths, it is hard to do that in just one course," said Davis. "So, I had this idea of creating tracks, different modules, and different assignments that students can self-select. For example, nursing students or healthcare professionals might want to look at U.S. History through the lens of health and medicine, focusing more on pandemics and vaccines and how they have informed this subject while still covering the basics."