The request for curriculum revisions to M.A. in History

Date: June 11, 2013
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: May 9, 2013
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Spring 2014

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Courses In History (HIST)

HIST 5000. Problems in American History. (3) Prerequisite: HIST 2600 or permission of the department. A colloquium designed around a problem in American history, requiring reading, discussion, reports and a major paper. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

HIST 5001. Problems in European History. (3) Prerequisites: HIST 2600 or permission of the department. A colloquium designed around a problem in European history, requiring reading, discussion, reports and a major paper. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Yearly, Summer) (Evenings)

HIST 5002. Problems in Non-Western History. (3) Prerequisite: HIST 2600 or permission of the department. A colloquium designed around a problem in non-Western history, requiring reading, discussion, reports and a major paper. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Yearly)

HIST 5300. Introduction to Public History. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. This course will provide an overview of the main subfields in the field of Public History. Students will learn the fundamentals of Museum Studies, Historic Preservation, and other fields at the discretion of the instructor. This course is the first in a sequence of required courses for graduate students doing the Public History concentration; it is also open to advanced undergraduates with the permission of the department. (Yearly)

HIST 6000. Topics in History. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Intensive treatment of a period or broader survey of a topic, depending on student needs and staff resources. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

HIST 6001. Colloquium in United States History before 1865. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A reading colloquium focused on the major events and historiographical approaches in U.S. history to the Civil War. (Annually)

HIST 6002. Colloquium in United States History since 1865. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A reading colloquium focused on the major events and historiographical approaches in U.S. history since the Civil War. (Annually)

HIST 6101. Colloquium in 19th-Century European History. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A reading colloquium focused on the major events and historiographical approaches in European history during the long 19th century (1789-1914).

HIST 6102. Colloquium in 20th-Century European History. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A reading colloquium focused on the major events and historiographical approaches in European history from World War I to the late 20th century.

HIST 61516201. Colloquium in Colonial Latin American History. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 6251. Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A topical colloquium devoted to selected themes in colonial Latin American history. Provides an introduction to research methods, documentary sources, and the critical analysis of historical literature. Topics will change. May be repeated for credit. (Alternate years)

HIST 61526202. Colloquium in Modern Latin American History. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 6252. Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A topical colloquium devoted to selected themes in modern Latin American history. Provides an introduction to research methods, documentary sources, and the critical analysis of historical literature. Topics will change. May be repeated for credit. (Alternate years)

HIST 6196. Urban Systems for School Administrators. (3) Corequisite: POLS 6196. An interdepartmental, team-taught course which consists of a survey of the causes and consequences of urbanization in the United States with particular attention to the urban South. Urbanization is treated as a system linking historic, political, economic, and social factors, particularly since 1945. (Summer)

HIST 6200. History Teaching Alliance Institute. (3) Open under special arrangement. Pass/Unsatisfactory grading only. (On demand)

HIST 6210. Early America, 1607-1820. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Development of American institutions from the period of English settlement through the establishment of Republicanism under the Constitution. (Alternate years)

HIST 6215. Jacksonian America, 1820-1848. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Examination of important economic, social and political changes including industrialization, the rise of the Democratic Party and reform movements. (Alternate years)

HIST 6220. The Old South. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Evolution of the Old South from the 17th century to its collapse in the Civil War and Reconstruction, focusing on southern distinctiveness and the tension between democracy and slavery. (Alternate years)

HIST 6225. The New South. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Continuity and change in the South from the late-19th century, including industrialization, politics, class and race relations, and religion. (Alternate years)

HIST 6230. European Social History. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Examination of the views of different writers on class formation, the rise of modern institutions, gender relations and social protest including why certain schools of thought such as modernization or Marxism become popular at particular historical moments. (Alternate years)

HIST 6240. U.S. Political and Economic History, 1865-1939. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Emergence of the modern industrial economy and the concomitant development of a large bureaucratic federal government including big business, technological innovation, the labor movement, progressive reform and regulatory policies. (Alternate years)

HIST 6250. Comparative Slavery and Race Relations. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 6250. Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Slavery in the New World through its abolition including Indian and African slaves, the slave trade, the economics of slavery, and the impact of slavery on modern race relations in the Americas. (Alternate years)

HIST 6265. Cold War America. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Domestic and foreign policy problems accompanying the post-World War II struggle between East and West, Communism and capitalism including McCarthyism, modern technology, foreign aid, Korea, Vietnam, civil rights, gender roles and natural resources. (Alternate years)

HIST 6310. History Museums Museum Studies. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Introduces students to the management, curatorial, public relations, and fundraising aspects of historical museums and related historical sites. These skills are acquired through readings, term projects, and a “hands-on” experience at local museums and historical sites. (YearlyAlternate years)

HIST 6320. Historic Preservation. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. An introduction to the theory and practice of identifying, preserving and restoring buildings, sites, structures and objects in the historic built environment of the United States. (YearlyAlternate years)

HIST 6330. History in the Digital Age. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Analyzes the impact of new media technology on the discipline of history as well as well as the ways in which new media enhances the discipline by making history accessible to a much broader audience. Involves a new media project that will require students to learn to work as a team, important to their preparation for careers in public history settings. Coursework includes common readings of texts and encounters with online studies, with emphasis on the media projects. (YearlyAlternate years)

HIST 6400. Internship. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the Director of Public History and faculty advisor. Completion of 145 hours of work as an intern, plus a journal and reflection paper. (On demand)

HIST 6601. Graduate Colloquium. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. A colloquium focused on a theme or period. Assigned readings, short papers and reports directed toward developing research and writing skills. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

HIST 6693. Historiography and Methodology. (3) Prerequisite: Six hours of graduate study in History and permission of the department. A study of historians and their philosophical and methodological approaches. Required of all M.A. candidates. (Sprng) (Evenings)

HIST 6694. Seminar in Historical Writing [replaces HIST 6698. Introduction to Historical Writing]. (3) Prerequisite: HIST 6693 and permission of the department. Seminar on the process of writing a history thesis, including evidence, argument, narrative, and organization. In this seminar, students will write a thesis chapter or research paper. Required of all M.A. candidates. (Fall)

HIST 6698. Introduction to Historical Writing. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Seminar on the process of thesis writing including primary source materials, rules of evidence, structure of an argument, and organization of the thesis and its chapters. Students write a thesis chapter or research paper. May be repeated for credit. (Fall)

HIST 6894. Readings in History. (3) Prerequisite: prior written permission of instructor. Coverage of historical periods or topics through individually designed reading programs; scheduled conference with a staff member. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

HIST 6901. Directed Readings/Research. (3) Prerequisite: prior written permission of instructor and graduate coordinator. Graduate students will meet individually or in small groups with the instructor and will be assigned readings and/or research on a theme that relates to the lectures of an undergraduate course. Attendance at the lectures is a course requirement. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

HIST 6997. Directed Research. (3) Prerequisite: prior written permission of instructor. Investigation of a historical problem culminating in a research paper. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)

HIST 6998. Exam Preparation. (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Preparation for comprehensive exams in three fields of historical study. (On demand)

HIST 6999. Thesis. (3, 6) May be repeated by permission, if taken for three hours credit. Six hours of Thesis may be taken during a single semester. Appropriate research and written exposition of that research is required. (On demand)