Graduate History Courses

HI 910 The Study and Writing of History
Historical methodology, modern historiographical views, and the emergence of the New History; i.e., psycho-history, family history, and quantitative history.
3 credits
 
HI 912 Industrial Revolution: Past, Present, Future
Prerequisite: Survey course in modern history
A comparison of the European and American Industrial Revolutions and their consequences from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Field trips are planned to mill towns and industrial cities.
3 credits
 
HI 914 The Gilded Age: 1865-1900
A depiction of the period when America went through a rapid socio-economic transformation in the areas of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration.
3 credits
 
HI 915 Populism, Progressivism and Socialism in the US: 1877-1920
Analysis of three reform movements that were an ideological response to the Gilded Age’s excesses and an attempt to humanize America’s economic transformation.
3 credits
 
HI 918 The US and the Middle East
Discusses growth of US economic, cultural, political, and strategic interests in Middle East; emphasis on post-World War II period.
3 credits
 
HI 920 Japan in the Twentieth Century
An evaluation of the role of Japan as an emerging world power and economic giant during the present century.
3 credits
 
HI 922 US & Soviet Relations
A study of the central issues in American-Soviet relations since 1917. Special attention will be devoted to the question of recognition, the origins of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and recent developments.
3 credits
 
HI 924 Selected Topics in US-East Asian Relations
An examination of major problems affecting American foreign policy in East Asia since World War II; i.e., the origins of the Cold War in Asia, America’s entry into the Korean War, the Offshore Islands issue, America’s involvement in the Vietnam conflict, and US-Chinese relations.
3 credits
 
HI 936 History of the American South
A survey from the colonial era to the present, with a particular focus upon slavery and race relations.
3 credits
 
HI 937 American Revolutionary Period
The political, military, economic, and social history of America from 1763 to 1787.
3 credits  

HI 938 The American Civil War
The political, military, economic, and social history of America from 1850 to 1877.
3 credits
 
HI 939 American History at the Movies
A variety of movies are used as launching pads to explore American history and the relationship of film to history.
3 credits
 
HI 940 Teaching History with Film
A study of history through film and media.
3 credits
 
HI 941 Medieval History
Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses (1327-1485).
3 credits
 
HI 942 Tudor-Stuart England
The political, cultural and social development of England, 1485-1688.
3 credits
 
HI 943 World War I
The period 1870-1918, focusing upon the origins of the First World War.
3 credits
 
HI 944 World War II
A survey of the mass industrial global conflict between 1939-1945.
3 credits
 
HI 945 The Rise of Islam
Course focuses on the rise of Islam, the Arab Empire, and the impact of the Arab/Islamic Civilization on Europe.
3 credits
 
HI 952 Russia in the Twentieth Century
An evaluation of major political economic, and diplomatic developments in the Soviet Union, stressing Leninism, Stalinism, and Khruschevism.
3 credits
 
HI 953 The Mind of Modern Russia
An analysis of the central attitudes and ideas that have shaped the Russian mind from the Muscovite era to the present.
3 credits
 
HI 970 China in the Twentieth Century
A consideration of the major political, diplomatic, and intellectual developments in China since 1949.
3 credits
 
HI 990 Special Topics in History
An investigation of an historical issue, event or personality of mutual interest to the instructor and students.
3 credits
 
HI 995 Thesis Option
Research and writing of thesis.
3 credits