AFH 5934 Topics in African History 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Topics in African History
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AFH 6259 Seminar in Modern Africa 3 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
In-depth reading and discussion of aspects of modern African history. Seminar focuses on specific themes, such as ethnicity, colonialism, violence, warfare, gender, religion, and nationalism.
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AFH 6805 Theo/Met African Hist 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Theories and methods that underlie the study of African history and change as the field has evolved over the last four or more decades. Attention to changing frameworks for viewing the African past, with a focus on the historians' research methods and techniques.
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AFH 6934 Africa 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Africa
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AFH 6936 Readings in African History 3 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Readings in African History
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AMH 5405 The South to 1860 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
History of the South from the Civil War to present, emphasizing the South as an integral region and its relationship to the rest of the nation. Not open to students who have taken AMH 4403 or equivalent.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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AMH 5930 Topics in United States History 3 Credits, Max 15 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Topics in United States History
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AMH 6198 Early American Society 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Readings seminar focusing on a selected topic or topics in American history through the War of 1812.
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AMH 6199 Nineteenth Century America 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Readings seminar focusing on a topic or topics in nineteenth century American history.
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AMH 6290 Modern America 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Readings seminar focusing on topics in American history in the twentieth century.
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AMH 6465 Seminar in U.S. Urban History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Historical development of American cities and ways in which the urbanization process has reshaped social life.
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AMH 6516 Seminar in American Foreign Relations and Expansion 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
American foreign policy since 1945, the United States response to Third World nationalism, the changing historiographical debate over the nature of U.S. diplomacy, and other selected topics.
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AMH 6557 Seminar in Constitutional or Legal History of the United States 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Chronological and thematic analysis of the evolution of American law, legal institutions, and constitutionalism from their English origins to present.
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EUH 5195 The Archaeology of the Middle Ages 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Examining key issues in the theory and practice of medieval archaeology. Major themes include the relation between history and archaeology, nationalism in archaeology, urban centers, rural settlements, church and monastic archaeology, wetland archaeology, mortuary archaeology, crafts, social relations, power in the Middle Ages, gender, ethnicity, and state formation.
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EUH 5934 Topics in European History 3 Credits, Max 15 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Topics in European History
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EUH 6126 Readings in Medieval History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Major themes; readings combine classic studies that shaped the field with current work exploring issues like gender, textuality and historical memory, and popular religion.
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EUH 6174 Conversion in the Middle Ages 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Examines the religious experience of the middle ages through reading and discussion of concepts such as conversion, martyrdom, sainthood, gender, and power.
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EUH 6289 Readings, Modern Europe 3 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Major themes; readings combine classic studies that shaped the field with current works exploring a wide range of topics.
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EUH 6469 Modern German History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Interpretations of and approaches to German history, and introduction to advanced research in the area.
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HIS 5485 Special Studies in the History of Science 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Special Studies in the History of Science
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HIS 5939 Second-Year Research Seminar 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Students in the seminar will produce a research paper of approximately 10,000 words. The paper should be based on research into primary materials, placed in the context of a larger historiographical conversation. The paper may be a preliminary investigation into a dissertation topic or may be on an unrelated subject.
Prerequisite: Second year status in MA or Ph.D. program
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HIS 6061 Introduction to Historiography 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Introduction to the schools, theories, and philosophies of the discipline of history.
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HIS 6416 Problems in Comparative Legal History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Seminar begins with the question of what comparative legal history is and considers a series of case studies to explore approaches to comparative legal history.
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HIS 6488 Readings in the History of Science 1-4 Credits, Max 12 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Inquiry into the development of western scientific thought and institutions. Specific historical topics having intellectual coherence and substantial historiography.
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HIS 6905 Individual Study 1-3 Credits, Max 12 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Individual Study
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HIS 6910 Supervised Research 1-5 Credits, Max 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Research
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HIS 6940 Supervised Teaching 1-5 Credits, Max 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Teaching
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HIS 6943 Internship in Historical Applications 2-4 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Internship in Historical Applications
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HIS 6957 Nonthesis Project in History 1-3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Nonthesis research.
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HIS 6971 Research for Master's Thesis 1-15 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Master's Thesis
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HIS 7979 Advanced Research 1-12 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy.
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HIS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation 1-15 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Doctoral Dissertation
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LAH 5438 Modern Mexico 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Topics in Mexican history from independence in 1821 to the present. Emphasizes the Diaz dictatorship and the Mexican Revolution. Not open to students who have taken LAH 4433 or equivalent.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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LAH 5476 Caribbean History to 1800: Slavery, Colonization, and International Conflict 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Social, economic, and political history of the West Indies and the Circumcaribbean region to around 1800. Emphasizes slave societies. Not open to students who have taken LAH 4471.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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LAH 5607 History of Amazonia 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Introduction to the history of the Amazon region. Places the region in the wider context of Latin American history and Atlantic history from the pre-colonial era to the 1980s.
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LAH 5637 Brazil Since 1750 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
History of Brazil from the Portuguese era of reform to the military regime of 1964-85.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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LAH 5933 Topics in Caribbean History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Introduction to historiography of the Caribbean. Pre-Columbian times to the present.
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LAH 5934 Topics in Latin American History 3 Credits, Max 16 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Topics in Latin American History
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LAH 6934 Seminar in Colonial Spanish America 3 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Seminar in Colonial Spanish America
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LAH 6936 Seminar in History of Brazil 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Seminar in History of Brazil
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LAH 6938 Seminar in Modern Spanish America 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Seminar in Modern Spanish America
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WOH 5932 Topics in World History 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Examines major themes and topics in world history.