Curriculum
Courses
Faculty

• HIST-H 500 History of Historical Thought (4 cr.)Approaches to the historian’s craft and reflections on history as a type of scholarly thinking. Recommended for new graduate students and others interested in history as a branch of knowledge.
• HIST-H 501 Historical Methodology (4 cr.)Discussion and applica­tion of the various methods and strategies used in historical research, toward the goal of developing a research design for the thesis.
• HIST-H 509 Special Topics in European History (3 cr.)Intensive study and analysis of special topics in history of Europe. Topics will vary from semester to semester. It may be repeated with different topics.
• HIST-H 511 Special Topics in United States History (3 cr.)Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in United States history. Topics will vary from semester to semester. It may be repeated with different topics.
• HIST-H 516 History of Philanthropy in the United States (3 cr.)Ap­proaches philanthropy as a social relation between various groups and looks at issues ranging from the relation between government and the economy to African-American activism to women’s roles. The course explores past and current debates about such issues to analyze the past, understand the present, and shape the future.
• HIST-H 518 History of International Humanitarian Assistance (3 cr.)This course covers the history of international humanitarian assistance during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its focus is on the movements and activities that developed in wealthier countries (Europe and the U.S.) which attempted to help those in other lands in need of assistance (e.g., food, shelter, medical care), as a result of a variety of causes, both natural and man-made, such as famine, flood, epidemics, earthquakes, and volcanoes as well as wars and government oppression. The responses took many forms, governmental and nongovernmental, in a world that underwent very dramatic changes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• HIST-H 521 Special Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History (3 cr.) Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in African, Asian, or Latin American history. Topics will vary from semester to semester, e.g., traditional Asia, modern Asia, Latin American intellectual history. It may be repeated with different topics.
• HIST-H 542 Public History (4 cr.)The application of history to public needs and public programs. Historic preservation, archival man­agement, oral history, editing, public humanities programming, historical societies, etc.
• HIST-H 543** Practicum in Public History (1-4 cr.)Internships in public history programs, fieldwork, or research in the historical ante­cedents of contemporary problems. Students may enroll in HIST-H 543 only after having taken (or while taking) HIST-H 542.
• HIST-H 546 History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (3 cr.)Study of topics in the history of science, medicine, and technol­ogy. It may be repeated (with different topics) with the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies.
• HIST-H 547 Special Topics in Public History (3 cr.)Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in public history. Topics will vary from semester to semester, e.g., to include historic preserva­tion, material culture, archival practice, local & community history, and historical editing. It may be repeated with different topics.
• HIST-H 548 Historical Administration (3 cr.)This course presents an overview of issues faced by administrators and mid-level managers who work in museums, historical societies, archives, special collection libraries, and other cultural resource agen­cies. Topics, speakers, and readings are focused on issues that are unique to agencies that collect, preserve, and interpret historical resources.
• HIST-H 575 Graduate Readings in History** (arr cr.)A maximum of three (3) credits total of HIST-H 575 may be applied toward the M.A. in History.
• HIST-T 500 Topics in History (1-3 cr.) Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of a limited scope from the perspective of social and historical studies. Topics will vary, but ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. It may be repeated with different topics.

Colloquia

These courses are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

• HIST-H 615 Colloquium: Early Modern Western European History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 620 Colloquium: Modern Western European History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 630 Colloquium: British History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 650 Colloquium: United States History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 699 Colloquium: Comparative History (4 cr.)

Seminars

These courses involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

• HIST-H 715 Seminar: Early Modern European History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 720 Seminar: Modern Western European History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 723 Seminar: British History (4 cr.)
• HIST-H 750 Seminar in United States History (4 cr.)

Thesis

• HIST-H 898 M.A. Thesis** (1-6 cr.)
• HIST-G 598 History Thesis Research** (0 cr.)A. students who have completed all requirements for the degree except for the thesis may enroll in this course. Permission of the Director of Graduate Studies is required.

**These courses are eligible for a deferred grade.