HISTORY 5578R      The Holocaust And The State Of Israel
See course description for HISTORY 478.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5580      The History Of The American South I
A study of the political, intellectual, cultural, economic, and social development of the American South up to and including the Civil War. Special topics discussed will e the plantation system , slavery, abolition, secession, the Confederacy and the interaction of the region with the nation.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5581      Research Methodologies
An introduction to a variety of research tools and techniques including such topics as evidence, critical method, verification, bibliography, book review, computers, statistics, and archival methods.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5581GR      How To - History I
This foundational course in the doing of history will use the ""great books"" of historical scholarship to introduce graduate students to historical questions, methods, theories, and rhetorical strategies. The goal of the course is for the student to learn how to engage in historical criticism and formulate historical questions for themselves. This required course must be taken in the first year of graduate study in history.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5582      Colloquium In American History I
These courses are designed to acquaint the graduate student with the writings and theories of major American historians. Faculty lectures are combined with student bibliographical essays and the reading of important historical works in order to prepare the student for the final examination taken upon completion of M.A. course work. Books read in the course compose a large proportion of the departmental reading list. M.A. candidates in American history are required to take both courses. History 582 covers American history to 1865; HISTORY 583 covers the period since that date.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5582GR      How To - History II
This foundational course in the doing of history will introduce graduate students to professional obligations and research methodologies of academic historians. Pragmatic in focus, it will prepare students for all stages of research and teaching through all aspects of an historical career from graduate school to full professorship or other directions. This required course must be taken in the first year of graduate study in history and it fulfills the SGS recommendation for ethical instruction. Prerequisites: History 5581GR.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5583      Colloquium In American History II
These courses are designed to acquaint the graduate student with the writings and theories of major American historians. Faculty lectures are combined with student bibliographical essays and the reading of important historical works in order prepare the student for the final examination taken upon completion of M.A. course work. Books read in the course compose a large proportion of the departmental reading list. M.A. candidates in American History are required to take both courses. History 582 covers American History to 1865; HISTORY 583 covers the period since that date.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5583GR      Medieval Methods & Paleography
This course examines the methodology and historiography of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Through an introduction to paleography, the study of handwritings, it prepares students for advanced work in these fields. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course examines the historical and cultural settings for texts, their physical form and production, as well as the tradition of textual transmission in the medieval and early modern world. In addition to gaining familiarity with many different types of primary sources, such as literary, artistic, legal, and notarial sources, students will be exposed to methods for archival work in various European nations. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5584R      Colloquium In European History I
The European History Colloquium I will examine some of the crucial problems or watersheds in European history from antiquity through the Reformation. Course requirements include weekly discussions on specific topics and a research paper or project due by the end of the semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5585      Colloquium In European History II
The European History Colloquium II will examine some of the crucial problems or watersheds in European history from the Reformation through the 20th century. The course seeks to provide an in-depth study of specific topics and of the associated bibliography.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5585GR      Colloquium in U.S. History
Students read broadly in the historiography of a particular historical problem, place, period, or specialization in U.S. History in order to master the relevant literature and hone their skills of historical criticism.Prerequisites: History 5581GR or concurrent enrollment in History 5581GR.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5586GR      Colloquium In World History
Students read broadly in the historiography of a particular historical problem, place, period, or specialization in world history in order to master the relevant literature and hone their skills of historical criticism. Prerequisite; Concurrent enrollment/successful completion of 5581GR
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5587R      Research Seminar
Students in this course will produce a major research paper under the direction of the instructor: a self-contained thesis chapter, an article for publication or the equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5587RA      Research Seminar
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5587RB      Research Seminar
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5590      History Of The American South II
A study of the political, intellectual, cultural, economic, and social development of the American South since the Civil War. Topics discussed will be the molding of a ""New South,: twentieth century internal developments and the interaction of the region with the nation.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5591      Archival Methods
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5592      Archival Internship
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 5593      Museum Studies
This course is designed to acquaint students with specific careers in museums and historical agencies; to introduce students to the wide range of operating issues facing those working in the museum profession on a day-to-day basis; and to familiarize students with the organizations, reference works and resources available to develop the skills and training required for those who choose to make this their profession.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5597      Non-Thesis Research/Reading
Individual direction of student reading or research by selected, consenting faculty. This course can be taken only when faculty supervision is unavailable in colloquia or seminars.
Credits: 1-6 hours
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