HISTORY (HIST)
HIST 112 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500
Prerequisite: None
This course will seek to answer the question What is civilization? by studying certain historical moments in the West-classical Greece, the Roman Republic, early Christianity, the High Middle Ages, and the Renaissance-in order to see the changes over time in politics, religion, society, economics, and culture and to realize the extent to which the present world has inherited these institutional and intellectual foundations of human life. Meets Core credit for historical reasoning.
Credit: 3
HIST 113 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM 1500
Prerequisite: None
This course examines how the peoples of Western Europe understood freedom and sought to secure it in the 500 years from the Renaissance to World War II. Focusing on selected historical moments during this period, the course considers how this quest for freedom transformed politics, religion, economics, and morality; it also examines the reaction to this transformation, especially in totalitarianism. Meets Core credit for historical reasoning.
Credit: 3
HIST 201 - TOPICS IN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
Prerequisite: None
This course will study key topics in Greek and Roman antiquity. Topics may include: imperialism, sport and spectacle, literature, the family, women, or slavery in the Greek and Roman worlds; or authors such as Plutarch, Cicero, or Seneca. Repeatable as topics change. HIST 201/POLSC 201 credit.
Credit: 3
HIST 212 - AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR
Prerequisite: None
An examination of the creation and development of a distinctively American civilization, from its origins through the Civil War (to 1865). Meets Core credit for historical reasoning.
Credit: 3
HIST 213 - AMERICAN HISTORY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Prerequisite: None
An examination of how the fundamental American principles of freedom and equality developed as the United States emerged as the world’s leading power from the Civil War to the present. Meets Core credit for historical reasoning.
Credit: 3
HIST 218 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Prerequisite: None
A view of women as participants in the nation's growth from the earliest colonial settlements to the present. Emphasis on student use of multi-media, including films, tapes, slides, and guest speakers, to rediscover the record of women in American national life.
Credit: 3
HIST 236 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Prerequisite: SEE POLSC 236 for course description
Credit: 3
HIST 239 - HISTORY OF OHIO
Prerequisite: None
A study of Ohio Country from its prehistoric inhabitants to the present, with a focus on the state’s significance in the nation. Will emphasize the role of Ohio in the United States, including Ohio’s role in the Northwest Territory and how it served as the model for statehood; its importance in 19th century political and economic affairs; and its shift from agriculture to industry to a 21st century post-industrial economy.
Credit: 3
HIST 261 - ANCIENT GREECE
Prerequisite: None
This course examines the political, military and intellectual history of Ancient Greece, emphasizing the developments that have most influenced the Greco-Roman tradition in Western culture. Focusing on selected literary sources written during this period, the course confronts the rise of the polis, the development of political thought, tragedy, comedy, philosophy, and the spread of Hellenism throughout the Mediterranean.
Credit: 3
HIST 264 - ANCIENT ROME AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
Prerequisite: None
This course examines the political, military and intellectual history of Ancient Rome, including the rise of Christianity within Rome. Focusing on selected literary sources written during this period, the course examines the internal and external tensions that led to the rise and decline of Rome, including the factors in Roman history that were central to the rise of Christianity.
Credit: 3
HIST 267 - MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Prerequisite: None
A study of ideas, events, individuals, and trends of Europe from the late Roman era to the Italian Renaissance, with an emphasis on showing how the modern world arose from a combination of Roman, Christian, and Germanic elements. The course will examine the rise of Christianity (both Roman and Orthodox), the struggle against Islam, the development of feudal society, the revival of trade and towns, and the ongoing battle between the papacy and the European monarchies.
Credit: 3
HIST 268 - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Prerequisite: None
This course covers the intellectual and political history of the European Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation. Focusing on literary sources written during this period, the course examines the intellectual developments, art, literature, politics, and religious thought that shattered the Medieval world-view and led to the scientific revolution. The central purpose of this course is to understand how Italian and northern Humanism developed and influenced later western history.
Credit: 3
HIST 269 - AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT (1600-1789)
Prerequisite: None
Examines the intellectual and political reformation that swept Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Will focus on the revolution in modern natural science, the rise and fall of absolute government, the growth of the English constitution, and the development of a new liberal philosophy.
Credit: 3
HIST 270 - AGE OF REVOLUTION AND REACTION (1789-1900)
Prerequisite: None
Examines the history of Europe from the French Revolution to the years just before the outbreak of WWI. Topics studied include the Congress of Vienna, industrialization, ideologies such as liberalism, socialism, democracy and nationalism, the Franco-Prussian War, and colonial expansion.
Credit: 3
HIST 271 - 20TH CENTURY EUROPE TO THE PRESENT
Prerequisite: None
A survey of the ideas, events, individuals, and trends of Europe since 1900, emphasizing the rise of totalitarianism and the two world wars. Through a combination of lecture and discussion of primary sources, the course will examine the origins and outcomes of World War I; the rise of collectivist dictatorships in Russia, Italy, and Germany; the Great Depression and its effects; the road to World War II, and the war itself, the postwar trends toward European union and decolonization; and the Cold War.
Credit: 3
HIST 293 - INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY
Prerequisite: Major or Minor in History
This course is designed to provide on-the-job experiences for students working in historical research, or to gain practical experience in an area of potential career interest. Each internship is arranged by the student’s advisor with a specific official for a designated purpose, comporting with the student’s interest and capabilities. Students will work under the guidance of an on-site supervisor, following a learning plan to be developed jointly by the supervisor, the student, and a faculty advisor. Internships may be for either three or six hours in a local office; nine hours for a summer program; or 12 hours for an off-campus semester.
Credit: 3-12
HIST 301 - CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Prerequisite: None
Survey of human settlement and its relationship with the physical environment, including population, ethnic and cultural patterns, economic and political organizations and the uses of land and natural resources.
Credit: 3
HIST 321 - WARFARE: ANCIENT AND MODERN
Prerequisite: None
This course provides a comparative study of warfare across history, using selected conflicts from the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds to illustrate the underlying themes, causes, and motivations of wars.
Credit: 3
HIST 327 - AFRICA
Prerequisite: None
An introductory discussion of Africa before the age of Imperialism followed by an intensive study of the period of foreign control, and then a study of the independence movement and the Africa of today.
Credit: 3
HIST 329 - LATIN AMERICA
Prerequisite: None
A survey of Latin America from the days of discovery and colonization to the present time, focusing on contemporary institutions of selected Latin American countries, especially Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, and the Caribbean and Central America Republics, including relations with the United States and the problems confronting the extension of democracy in Latin America.
Credit: 3
HIST 341 - MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Prerequisite: None
This course explores the development and character of important Middle Eastern countries and of relations between them, with emphasis on the influence of geography, history, religion, political ideas, statesmanship, culture, European imperialism, and natural resources. HIST 341/POLSC 341 credit.
Credit: 3
HIST 343 - MODERN EAST ASIA
Prerequisite: None
In this course, students consider the political, diplomatic, and cultural history of East Asia - specifically Japan, China, Korea, and Vietnam-from roughly 1600 to the present. Of particular interest will be how the civilization of East Asia was transformed in the modern era, mainly as a result of its contact with the West.
Credit: 3
HIST 351 - COLONIAL AMERICA
Prerequisite: None
This course covers colonial America from 1500 to 1776. Stress is laid upon the European backgrounds and the evolution of the political, economic and social institutions of the colonies.
Credit: 3
HIST 352 - THE AMERICAN FOUNDING
Prerequisite: None
A seminar on the principles and practices of America's founding statesmen. We examine how the founders formulated and reconciled ideas (natural rights, separation of powers, federalism) with interests (economic, political, regional, etc.). HIST 352/POLSC 352 credit.
Credit: 3
HIST 353 - THE EARLY REPUBLIC: US 1791-1820
Prerequisite: None
In this course we will examine the political, diplomatic, intellectual, and social history of the United States from 1791 to 1820.
Credit: 3
HIST 354 - NATIONHOOD AND SECTIONAL CONFLICT: US 1820-1854
Prerequisite: None
This course will cover the main events, personalities, developments, and ideas in the United States between 1820 and 1854.
Credit: 3
HIST 355 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
Prerequisite: None
An examination of the origins, progress, and consequences - political, historical, and economic - of the American Civil War. In addition to the military aspects of the Civil War, the course looks at the immediate and long-term problems of Reconstruction.
Credit: 3
HIST 356 - AGE OF ENTERPRISE AND PROGRESSIVISM
Prerequisite: None
A study of the rise of modern America. The course begins in 1877 with the end of Reconstruction, and it finishes with America's entry into World War I. Students will examine the beginnings of industrialization, the rise of cities, immigration, progressive reform, and America's ascendency to world power.
Credit: 3
HIST 357 - AMERICA IN THE AGE OF WORLD WARS
Prerequisite: None
A study of the American experience from 1920 to 1945, exploring the Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, New Deal, and the Second World War. Political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural currents will be addressed as well as foreign policy issues.
Credit: 3
HIST 358 - POSTWAR AMERICA: 1945-1973
Prerequisite: None
An examination of the United States during the three decades following the Second World War. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis.
Credit: 3
HIST 359 - CONTEMPORARY AMERICA: 1974 TO PRESENT
Prerequisite: None
Examines the United States from the end of Watergate to the present, with emphasis on the rise of the new conservatism, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the search for a new foreign policy. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis.
Credit: 3
HIST 360 - ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Prerequisite: None
This course is a survey of the economic development of the United States from its foundation until the present time. It emphasizes the development of industry and commerce.
Credit: 3
HIST 364 - WORLD WAR II
Prerequisite: None
An examination of World War II, the most widespread, costly, and destructive war in the history of the planet. This course will cover the origins of the war, the strategies pursued by the participants, and the major events in both the Pacific and European theaters from the 1930s until 1945. Further, it will consider the significance of the war for the history of Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Credit: 3
HIST 370 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Prerequisite: None
Examines various topics, themes or ideas in American History. Students should check schedule and/or instructor to ascertain what topics are currently being offered. May be taken multiple times if the topic is different.
Credit: 1-3
HIST 375 - LINCOLN
Prerequisite: None
A seminar that considers the political thought, actions, and statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln before and during the Civil War. Readings include a number of his speeches, with special emphasis on the Lincoln and Douglas debates. HIST 375/POLSC 375 credit.
Credit: 3
HIST 380 - TOPICS IN HISTORY
Prerequisite: None
This course treats various topics, themes and ideas in European or World History. Students should check schedule and/or instructor to ascertain what topics are currently being offered. The course may be taken multiple times if the topics are different.
Credit: 1-3
HIST 381 - CHURCHILL
Prerequisite: See POLSC 381 for course description.
Credit: 3
HIST 393 - INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY
Prerequisite: Major or Minor in History
This course is designed to provide on-the-job experiences for students working in historical research, or to gain practical experience in an area of potential career interest. Each internship is arranged by the student’s advisor with a specific official for a designated purpose, comporting with the student’s interest and capabilities. Students will work under the guidance of an on-site supervisor, following a learning plan to be developed jointly by the supervisor, the student, and a faculty advisor. Internships may be for either three or six hours in a local office; nine hours for a summer program; or 12 hours for an off-campus semester.
Credit: 3-12
HIST 465 - THE STUDY OF HISTORY SEMINAR
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior History Major or Permission
Introduction to methods of historical research and writing. Exposure to specific writings, emphasizing ideas and trends of either European or American historians, but especially the latter.
Credit: 3
HIST 493 - INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY
Prerequisite: Major or Minor in History
This course is designed to provide on-the-job experiences for students working in historical research, or to gain practical experience in an area of potential career interest. Each internship is arranged by the student’s advisor with a specific official for a designated purpose, comporting with the student’s interest and capabilities. Students will work under the guidance of an on-site supervisor, following a learning plan to be developed jointly by the supervisor, the student, and a faculty advisor. Internships may be for either three or six hours in a local office; nine hours for a summer program; or 12 hours for an off-campus semester.
Credit: 3-12
HIST 497 - THESIS SEMINAR
Prerequisite: Senior status and departmental major or minor
The course is designed for a major or minor in the Department who is researching and writing a senior thesis. It is a guided, intensive study of some topic of interest to the student, which results in a substantial scholarly paper. The student may not have acquired or be in the process of acquiring more than 3 hours of academic credit for work connected to the project to be undertaken in HIST 497/POLSC 497 (for example, through Independent Study). The student may repeat the course if no other academic credit for work connected to the project was acquired.
Credit: 3
HIST 501 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Prerequisite:
This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and against independence, culminating in the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War as a military, social and cultural event in the development of the American nation and state; and the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
Credit: 2
HIST 502 - THE AMERICAN FOUNDING
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This course is an intensive study of the constitutional convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. It will include a close examination of the Federalist Papers and the anti-federalist writings.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 503 - SECTIONALISM AND CIVIL WAR
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This class is a study of the sectional conflict beginning with nullification crisis. The course will not only examine the political, social, and economic developments in the period leading to the Civil War, but will emphasize the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John C. Calhoun.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 505 - THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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The transition to an industrial economy posed many problems for the United States. This course examines those problems and the responses to them that came to be known as progressivism. The course includes the study of World War I as a manifestation of progressive principles. The course emphasizes the political thought of John Dewey, Herbert Croly, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, and their political expression of progressive principles.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 506 - RISE OF MODERN AMERICA 1914-1945
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With the exception of the Civil War era, it is difficult to find another thirty-year period in U.S. history during which the nation underwent such dramatic change. In 1914 the United States was no more than a regional power, with a primarily rural demography and a relatively unobtrusive federal government. Thanks to the experience of two world wars, a major cultural conflict (the 1920s), and a disastrous economic crisis the country was transformed into the global economic and military power that it remains to this day. This course will examine the cultural, economic, military, and diplomatic events and trends of the period 1914-1945.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 507 - LINCOLN
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This course provides an in-depth study of Abraham Lincoln's political thought and action. Students will study Lincoln's most important speeches, as well as study various aspects of his political leadership, including his role as the leader of the Republican party and as commander in chief. The course will also provide opportunities for students to analyze Lincoln's rhetoric and political argumentation.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 510 - GREAT AMERICAN TEXTS
Prerequisite:
This course is an intensive study of one important text in American history, politics, or literature. Examples might include The Federalist Papers, Franklin's Autobiography, Tocqueville's Democracy in America, or Twain's Huckleberry Finn. The text may change from course to course and the course may be repeated up to two times with the permission of the associate director.
Credit: 2
HIST 601 - SOURCES OF THE AMERICAN REGIME
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This course examines the European heritage of ideas and practices upon which the American Founders drew as they devised a new government for the United States.
Credit: 2
HIST 602 - EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
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An examination of the motives behind and the consequences of the expansion of European power beginning in the sixteenth century. The course focuses on the European settlement of North America and the interactions between Europeans and indigenous peoples.
Credit: 2
HIST 603 - COLONIAL AMERICA
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This course focuses on the development of an indigenous political culture in the British colonies. It pays special attention to the development of representative political institutions and how these emerged through the confrontation between colonists and King and proprietors. The course also considers imperial politics through a study of the Albany Plan of Union.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 604 - THE EARLY REPUBLIC
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Having adopted a form of government, the Americans had to make it work. This course examines their efforts to do so, as the Republic took shape amid foreign dangers, political conflict, westward expansion, and religious revivals.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 605 - THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE
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In the last decades of the 19th century, the United States took decisive steps away from its rural, agrarian past toward its industrial future, assuming its place among world powers. This course examines that movement, covering such topics as business-labor relations, political corruption, immigration, imperialism, the New South, and segregation and racism.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 607 - AMERICA DURING THE COLD WAR
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The simmering conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1989 was the defining phenomenon of the age, affecting not only the country's foreign policy but its politics, society, economy, and culture as well. In this course students will examine the most important events, ideas, and personalities of the forty-four years from the end of World War II to the end of the Reagan administration.
Credit: 2
HIST 608 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
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This course will examine military aspects of the war, as well as political developments during it, including the political history of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. The course also examines the post-war Amendments and the Reconstruction era.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 609 - WORLD WAR II
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An examination of World War II, the most widespread, costly, and destructive war in the history of the planet. This course will cover the origins of the war, the strategies pursued by the participants, and the major events in both the Pacific and European theaters from the 1930s until 1945. Further, it will consider the significance of the war for the history of Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 610 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
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Students examine events and issues in the foreign policy of the American republic. Topics include the major schools of thought and approaches, the connection between domestic and foreign politics, and the connection between the principles of the American regime and its foreign policy. Course may be taken twice with the permission of the program Chair.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 611 - THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR
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The course examines how Americans have used military force, focusing on the relationship between civilian and military leaders, characteristic strategic approaches, and the connection between our political principles and our military practices.
Credit: 2
HIST 613 - POSTWAR AMERICA, 1945 TO 1973
Prerequisite:
An examination of the United States during the three decades following the Second World War. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 614 - CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, 1974 TO PRESENT
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Examines the United States from the end of Watergate to the present, with emphasis on the rise of the new conservatism, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the search for a new foreign policy. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis.
Credit: 2
HIST 620 - THE REFORM TRADITION IN AMERICA
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America has lived through three periods of sustained interest in reforming its political and social life, the first in the decades preceding the Civil War, the second in the decades preceding World War I and the third in the decade or two following World War II. The course examines aspects of these reform movements, particularly their connection to religion and Protestant theology.
Credit: 2
HIST 621 - RACE AND EQUALITY IN AMERICA
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This course explores the history of black Americans as they strove to secure their dignity as human beings, and rights as American citizens, in the face of racial prejudice. Students will examine the writings of leading black intellectuals and activists about human equality, slavery, self-government, the rule of law, emancipation, colonization, and citizenship. The course will also review laws, constitutional amendments, court cases, and social criticism addressing civil and political rights in America.
Credit: 2
HIST 622 - RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS
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From the time that the first Europeans arrived in America, religion has been an important part of American life. This course examines the various ways in which religion has played a role in American history, with particular emphasis on the role of religion in American politics.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 623 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS
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This course explores the history of women in America from the early 19th century to the present, especially the political struggle to gain increased civil and political rights. Using primary source material from leading female intellectuals and activists, this course will consider the myriad ways that women have helped to shape the course of United States history and politics.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 624 - AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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An examination of the nature and development of the United States by way of its culture. What does American music, art, literature, and film reveal about America? How has America shaped the culture of its people? The course addresses these questions through a selective examination of some American culture during some distinctive episodes in American History. Because of the breadth of possible topics covered in this course, it may be taken more than once with the permission of the chair.
Credit: 2
HIST 630 - AMERICAN STATESMEN
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Even though the powers of the American Executive are controlled and limited, extraordinary acts of statesmanship are possible. This seminar examines those presidents who have demonstrated extraordinary political leadership. We will examine such statesmen and the political circumstances in which their prudence revealed itself. Among those examined will be Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt. Course may be taken more than once with permission of the program Chair.
Credit: 2
HIST 631 - AMERICAN POLITICAL RHETORIC
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This course examines the principles and practice of American political rhetoric through the careful reading of the speeches of its leading statesmen.
Credit: 2
HIST 632 - THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY I, WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN
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This course is an examination of the political and development of the office of president from the Founding era through the Civil War. It focuses on how the presidency shaped American political life as the country grew and struggled with rising sectional tensions.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 633 - THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY II, JOHNSON TO THE PRESENT
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This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from Reconstruction to the present. It focuses on how changing conceptions of the presidency have shaped American political life in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially as America has become a global power.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 640 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Prerequisite:
Individual or group studies of coursework in history. Graduate standing, permission of the professor of record and the approval of the director of graduate studies in education.
Credit: 1
HIST 641 - THE SUPREME COURT
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The course is an intensive study of the highest court in the federal judiciary, focusing on the place of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional order. Areas of study may include the relationship between the Court and the other branches of the federal government as well as the states; the Court's power of judicial review; and judicial politics and statesmanship. We will examine these kinds of issues by investigating how the Court has interpreted the Constitution in some of its most historic decisions.
Credit: 2
HIST 642 - POLITICAL PARTIES
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This course examines the development of American political parties, focusing on the meaning of parties and historic moments in the rise and fall of political parties from the Founding era to the present. Topics may include re-aligning elections, changing coalitions within American parties, and the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 643 - CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND POWERS
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A study of the American constitutional framework for the exercise of governmental power, as well as the individual rights it was meant to protect. Through reading Court cases and other materials, students address such questions as: how should the Constitution be interpreted? What are the respective powers of the Courts, the Congress and the President? What do "liberty" and "equality" mean in the context of the Constitution? What limits on those powers does the Constitution impose? What is the proper constitutional relationship between the state and the federal government? Because of the breadth of possible topics covered in this course, it may be taken more than once with the permission of the chair.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 644 - THE CONGRESS
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This course focuses on the legislative branch of the US government. It examines topics such as the constitutional powers of Congress, the relations between Congress and the other branches of the federal government and the states, and the changing structure and internal politics of Congress.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 660 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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Topics courses allow faculty to meet the needs of small groups of students by offering a course specifically designed to examine an important contemporary or historical topic in significant depth and detail. Course may be repeated with permission of the program Chair.
Credit: 2-3
HIST 670 - DIRECTED STUDY
Prerequisite: Permission of Chair
Students wishing to develop expertise requiring study beyond what is offered in other courses may arrange with a professor to work individually on a topic.
Credit: 2
HIST 680 - SEMINAR IN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, AND CIVICS
Prerequisite: Note: no more than four hours of HIST 680 credit may be applied to MAHG or MASTAHG degree requirements.
An intensive study of topics related to American political, diplomatic, social, and economic history (including state and local history); the origins, philosophies, structures, and practices of national, state and local governments in the United States; and/or the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a self-governing society.
Credit: 1-4
HIST 691 - THESIS
Prerequisite: Permission of the Thesis/Capstone Coordinator
In order to complete requirements for the degree, each student must complete a thesis, capstone project, or comprehensive exam. The purpose of the thesis is to show mastery of both subject matter and analytical and interpretive skills.
Credit: 4
HIST 692 - CAPSTONE PROJECT
Prerequisite: Permission of the Thesis/Capstone Coordinator
In order to complete requirements for the degree, each student must complete a thesis or capstone project. The purpose of the capstone project is to show mastery of both subject matter and analytical and interpretive skills.
Credit: 4
HIST 693 - QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
Prerequisite: Completion of all required coursework and permission of Program Director
The qualifying examination evaluates the candidates' understanding of significant ideas, events, persons, and text in American history and government. Additionally, the exam will evaluate the candidate's ability to analyze and use documentary evidence in academic writing. Exams are offered as arranged by the student and the student's examination advisor.
Credit: 0
HIST 6XX - EFFECTIVE WRITING FOR MAHG AND MASTAHG
Prerequisite: Permission
Students in this course will work to improve basic writing skills, with the specific intent of becoming more effective writers in general, and during their time in the MAHG or MASTAHG programs. The purpose of the course is for the student to develop an extended essay meeting at least the minimal requirements specified in the MAHG and MASTAHG grading rubric for content knowledge, analysis of, and interpretation. The focus will be on improving the organization, structure, and logic of written work; improving clarity and readability; and identifying and correcting errors in grammar and usage. The course is offered concurrently with other courses and may be taken more than once upon the recommendation of the chair.
Credit: 0