HIS 500
STUDIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Aspects of American life: significant trends, policies, and ideas in politics, diplomacy, and national culture. Topics for study dictated by student needs and interests.
HIS 501
STUDIES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Cultural, political, and economic perspectives on European history.
HIS/BUS 536
THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Problems and issues relating to the free enterprise system functioning within a modern industrial society; analysis of the interrelationships of basic business concepts with the decision-making processes of corporate management; emphasis on historical trends and their futuristic implications.
HIS 590
INDEPENDENT STUDY
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Independent inquiry into a specific topical
area of U.S., European, or third-world history.
HIS 602/PSC 612
CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
3, 3/0
Characteristic cultural features of the Middle Eastern countries, with emphasis on Islam; interaction with the Western world; cultural and social changes under way; fundamentalism; problems typical of the underdeveloped nations of the world today.
HIS 603
SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
3, 3/0
Social roots of thought; effect of ideas on American society; continuing patterns of thought, such as Puritanism, liberalism, democracy; contributions of intellectual leaders.
HIS 605
STUDIES IN AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY
3, 3/0
Comparison of colonial policies pursued by European powers in the new world; modification in a new environment of such transplanted elements as the family, church, schools, economy, and government.
HIS 606
PROBLEMS IN BRITISH HISTORY
3, 3/0
Major constitutional, political, social, and intellectual factors that shaped Britain during one of the following periods: medieval England; Tudor Stuart; the eighteenth century; Victorian; the twentieth century.
HIS 607
THE UNITED STATES IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD AFFAIRS
3, 3/0
U.S. foreign policy; United States and the United Nations; Atlantic and Pacific commitments; internal problems (defense, production, inflation, taxation).
HIS 608
REFORM AND REFORMERS IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
3, 3/0
Economic and social milieu creating need for reform; personality characteristics of reform leaders; structure and operations of reform movements; selected reform movements and periods of widely sponsored reform sentiment; changes wrought in American society.
HIS 609
HISTORY OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY
3, 3/0
Problems of Russian and Soviet foreign policy, with special emphasis on the postrevolutionary period.
HIS 610
BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Slavery, Northern free blacks, and American racial thought from colonial era to Civil War; Northern blacks and the Civil War; black thought during Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction eras; “Black Reconstruction”;
problems of American blacks from 1895 to World War II; leadership; urban migration; twentieth-century black thought; American segregationist thought.
HIS 612
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE FAR EAST
3, 3/0
The concept of the United States as a Pacific power; American reaction to European penetration of China; the “open door” policy and dollar diplomacy; American initiative in opening of Japan; World War I and disarmament;
events leading to Pearl Harbor; World War II and American “containment” policy; the Korean War and American security pact system in the Pacific; war and peace in Southeast Asia; examination (evaluation) of the Nixon doctrine in the Pacific.
HIS 613
LATIN AMERICA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
3, 3/0
Social and political conditions in Latin American in the early twentieth century; the Latin American economies and the industrial world; nationalism, reform, and revolution (1900–1945); economic, political, and international problems (from World War II to Castro); major issues in Latin America today; the United States and Latin America.
HIS 614
PROBLEMS IN CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY
3, 3/0
Particular cultural, intellectual, social, economic, and historiographical problems. Consult with instructor prior to registration for information on specific topics.
HIS 615
MODERN EUROPEAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
3, 3/0
Function, structure, behavior, and ideological basis of major European political movements since the turn of the twentieth century.
HIS 616
PROBLEMS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Major trends, movements, and ideas that determined the course of European history from 1500 to the present.
HIS 617
MODERN EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM
3, 3/0
Historical theories and social science; theories of imperialism; origins of World War I as a test case of theories; colonialism in Africa, Asia, and Oceanis; colonialism in the new world; breakup of the colonial empires.
HIS 618
STRANGERS IN THE LAND: TWENTIETH-CENTURY IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
3, 3/0
The role of the United States in world population movements during the twentieth century; shifts in governmental policy; major groups of twentieth-century immigrants; how and why they came; patterns of settlement;
American nativism; assimilation and alienation of immigrants.
HIS/ANT 620
EXCEPTIONAL HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS: HISTORICAL AND
CULTURAL CONCERNS
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
A panorama of Hispanic history and culture as it pertains to the major Hispanic populations of the United States, with a concentration on the Puerto Rican and Mexican American populations. Emphasizes the relationship of
language and culture, the ultimate implications for bilingual special education, and the Hispanic exceptional child.
HIS 623
PROBLEMS IN U.S. HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Critical and in-depth examination of specific topics or periods in U.S. history within the context of larger interpretations of American historical development. The student may use the course to explore subjects for an eventual master’s project. May be taken more than once but not with the same professor; it must
be taken with another professor in a different historical specialization. Check with individual professors for topics covered in any given semester.
HIS 640
TOPICS IN THIRD WORLD HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Social, economic, and political conditions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America under Western colonialism; reform and revolution in the non-Western world; challenge of nationbuilding in the third world; relations between the developed nations and the third world; cold war and the third world; the United
States and the third world.
HIS 646
TOPICS IN CANADIAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Selected themes in Canadian history from the precontact period to the present: settlement; emergence as an independent state; nature of Canadian federalism; role in the modern world.
HIS 660
MUSEUMS AND SOCIETY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Museum theory and practice for history and education students and those in such disciplines as anthropology, art, art history, biology, and home economics. Extensive reading; illustrated lectures; exercises in museum and historical agency–related problems.
HIS 665
CRITICAL ISSUES IN MUSEUM STUDIES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Historical, legal, and logistical issues facing museums and museum collections. An opportunity to conduct in-depth research on a topic relevant to the student’s graduate and professional interests.
HIS 688
INTERNSHIP
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Prerequisites: Graduate status; minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0; background of courses or experience within the area of interest; permission of adviser and department chair.
Guided and supervised field experiences to complement the student’s academic program.
HIS 690
MASTER’S PROJECT
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Research or investigation of a particular historical topic or issue, planned and carried out by the student in consultation with the instructor.
HIS 695
MASTER’S THESIS
6, 0/0
Individual investigation of an original problem submitted in acceptable form
according to directions given by the Graduate School.
HIS 700
SEMINAR IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Sources, monographs, and general histories in the bibliography of American history; collections of historical materials; historical organizations and services; analysis of selected topics and authors.
HIS 701
SEMINAR IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EUROPEAN HISTORY
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Sources, monographs, and general histories in the historical bibliography of selected European countries; collections of historical materials; historical organizations; problems of research; analysis of selected topics and
authors.
HIS 702
SEMINAR IN MODERN RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
HISTORY
3, 3/0; Offered by contract only.
Research in the problems of the former Soviet Union, from the establishment of Marxism on Russian soil to the present, emphasizing ideological problems and Russian foreign policy, particularly toward Europe.
HIS 703
READING SEMINAR IN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Readings on topics and historical periods in American, European, and third world history. Topics vary each session.
HIS 704
RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Preparation of individual research papers on some undeveloped aspect of American, European, or third world history; guidance in the location and use of source materials, bibliographical tools, and writing technique. Topics vary each session. May be taken up to three times.
HIS 709
LOCAL HISTORY: RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
3, 3/0
Preparation of individual research papers on some undeveloped aspect of local history; guidance in historical research and writing techniques. Topics vary each session. May be taken up to three times.
HIS 711
SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY
3, 3/0
Problems in American social, intellectual, or diplomatic history as determined by student needs and staff; historical methodology; the philosophy of history and historical writing; individual projects and seminar discussion. Topics vary each session. May be taken up to three times.
HIS 795
MASTER’S THESIS
3-6, 0/0; Offered by contract only.
Individual investigation of an original problem submitted in acceptable form according to directions given by the Graduate School.
History and Social Studies Education
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