Graduate Courses in History (6000-7000 level)

6010 Historiography. Three credits. An introduction to history’s major schools of thought. Through reading, class discussion, and essays, students explore critical interpretations in American, European, and non-Western history.

6020 Historical Research Methods. Three credits. Sharpens comprehension of historical interpretation by exploring, through reading, research, and class discussion, possible alternative explanations for specific historical events and themes.

6110/ 7110 Seminar: Colonial and Early American History to 1800. Three credits. Exploration of major themes in the history of early North America, focusing on the interaction between Indians, Europeans, and Africans, and the place of colonial American in the Atlantic world.

6120/ 7120 Seminar: The Era of the American Revolution. Three credits. Secondary reading, discussion, and primary research on the period between the beginning of the Seven Years’ War in 1756 and the death of Thomas Jefferson in 1826.

6130/ 7130 Seminar: Jacksonian America. Three credits. Exploration of a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural topics in the Jacksonian era and an analysis of the relationship between these topics and similar events abroad.

6140 Seminar: Old South. Three credits. Examines the major secondary works which have shaped our understanding of the colonial and antebellum South.

6150/ 7150 Seminar: New South. Three credits. Readings and research in aspects of the American South since 1865.

6160/ 7160 Seminar: American West. Three credits. Major issues in the history of the West and developments in U.S. West historiography.

6170/ 7170 Seminar: Recent American History. Three credits. The bibliography, interpretation, and selected topics of the history of the United States since 1900.

6180/ 7180 Seminar: American Diplomatic History. Three credits. Selected topics of U.S. diplomatic history treated in depth. Conflicting scholarly interpretations are analyzed and diplomatic source materials are consulted. Formal paper required.

6210/ 7210 Seminar: American Social History. Three credits. Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission required. Focuses on selected topics in American social history through directed readings, research, and discussion.

6230/ 7230 Seminar: American Women’s History. Three credits. Focuses on selected topics in American women’s history through directed readings, research, and discussion.

6240/ 7240 Seminar: African American History. Three credits. Selected topics in African American history. Emphasis on the post-Reconstruction period of United States history. 6250/ 7250 Seminar: American Cultural and Intellectual History. Three credits. Readings and research in selected topics from the colonial period to the present.

6260/ 7260 Seminar: American Religious History. Three credits. Specific themes in the development of religion in America explored through directed readings, research, writing, and discussion.

6310 Seminar: Medieval Europe. Three credits. A reading seminar stressing bibliography, interpretation, and methodologies for either the socioeconomic, cultural-intellectual, or political-military history of the Middle Ages.

6320 Seminar: Renaissance and Reformation Europe. Three credits. A reading seminar stressing bibliography, interpretation, and methodologies for either the socioeconomic, cultural-intellectual, or political-military history of the Renaissance and Reformation.

6340 Seminar: Topics in Premodern Europe. Three credits. A research seminar covering selected topics in European history before 1715.

6350/ 7350 Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Europe. Three credits. Prerequisite: Elementary knowledge of French. The story, sources, and significance of eighteenth-century Europe from the decline of Louis XIV to the rise of Napoleon I. A combination of lectures, discussions, oral reports, and research projects.

6360/ 7360 Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Europe. Three credits. Selected topics. A research paper using primary materials required.

6370/ 7370 Seminar: Recent European History. Three credits. A combined readings and research seminar of twentieth-century Europe. The readings will be over several major topics. The research will involve thorough knowledge and use of available materials—primary and secondary—on each student-selected topic.

6380/ 7380 Seminar: The Third Reich. Three credits. Preparation for students to think critically, research competently, and write intelligently about the history of National Socialist Germany.

6390 Seminar: European Women’s History. Three credits. Investigates aspects of women’s lives in Europe. Countries and time periods covered selected by the instructor. Topics include women and religion, women and war, women and the family, and the impact of ethnicity, class, nationality, gender, and race on European women’s lives.

6410/ 7410 Seminar: Latin America. Three credits. Selected topics in the social, economic, and political development of Latin America.

6420/ 7420 Seminar: Far East. Three credits. The bibliography interpretation and selected topics in the history of China and Japan.

6640 Thesis Research. One to six credits. Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of thesis. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of master’s research each semester until completion. S/U grading.

7640 Dissertation Research. One to six credits. Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of dissertation. Once enrolled student should register for at least one credit hour of doctoral research each semester until completion. S/U grading.

6910/ 7910 Selected Studies in American History. Three credits. Intensive reading on a carefully defined topic in American history to be selected by the student in conference with the instructor.

See:  Graduate Courses in History (5000 level)

        Graduate Courses in Public History