HST - History
The political, religious, socio-economic and cultural life of England under the Tudors, focusing on the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: One of
HST 101, 102, 350, 351; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores the social, cultural and political development of British America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite: One of the following:
HST 111, 323, 324, 326, 351; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
An investigation of nation-building, the formation of new institutions, ideologies, decision-making, and personalities during the precarious decades following the American Revolution. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: One of
HST 110, 111, 301; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
America changed dramatically between 1824 and 1848. This course explores relations with Native Americans, political democracy, industrialization, women's roles, reform, westward expansion, and slavery. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite: One of
HST 111, 320; or graduate status. Recommended: While this course does not require or expect detailed knowledge of the Jacksonian Era, students should be broadly familiar with basic periods and developments in nineteenth century America.
Credits
3(3-0)
Causes and process of secession, the conduct of war, and the reconstruction of the South to1877. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite: One of
HST 111, 320; or graduate status. Recommended: While this course does not require or expect detailed knowledge of the Civil War, students should be broadly familiar with basic periods and developments in nineteenth century America.
Credits
3(3-0)
Social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the end of Reconstruction through the Progressive era. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite:
HST 112 or 321; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
The United States as a world power after World War I, the decade of the 1920s, the depression era, the impact of modern global war.
Credits
3(3-0)
Course examines the unique relationship between African Americans and the American legal system from Colonial times to the present. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Recommended: one of
HST 111, 320, 324; one of 112, 321, 325; or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course focuses on the American Indian people in the Great Lakes Region, from early European contact through the nineteenth century. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: One of the following:
HST 111, 323, or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
The major issues in American diplomacy, beginning with the birth of the Republic and continuing to the Spanish-American War. Prerequisites:
HST 110,
HST 111.
Credits
3(3-0)
The major issues of United States diplomacy, beginning with the Spanish-American War and continuing to the present.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course analyzes how industrialization transformed America and how it altered living standards, culture, lab, business, and politics. This course may be offered in an online format. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Recommended: At least 12 hours of humanities and social science.
Credits
3(3-0)
Using cultural texts such as films, novels, monographs and lectures, this course examines American politics and political culture from 1865 to the present. Recommended:
HST 112 or
PSC 105 and 9 additional hours of history or political science; or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Individual and group studies in regional and local Michigan history.
Credits
1-3(Spec)
An examination of the history of the Middle East and its relations with Europe and the United States from the 17th century to the present. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites:
HST 237 or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Political, economic, social, and cultural history of the late Roman republic (c. 133-27 BC), emphasizing modern historiography and ancient sources in English translation. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite: One of
HST 101,238, 338; or graduate status. Recommended: While this course does not require or expect detailed knowledge of Roman history, students should be broadly familiar with basic periods and developments in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Credits
3(3-0)
Athenian political and social change in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. relying primarily on contemporary or near contemporary documents in translation. Recommended:
HST 238.
Credits
3(3-0)
The social, cultural, political and intellectual history of Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Recommended: 6 hours of European history before 1815.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course will examine the period dominated by Napoleon Bonaparte (1795-1815) and its political, social, and cultural impact on European and transnational history. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Recommended: 9 hours of history coursework or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Currents of Russian thought. Emphasis on the nineteenth century.
Credits
3(3-0)
Political, social, and economic change in Europe from the First World War through the Second; emphasis on fascism and the failure of democracy. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisite:
HST 102 or 106 or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
Students propose, design, and develop role-playing and other face-to- face games for use in the world history classroom. Prerequisite: 300- level writing intensive course and 56 credit hours or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study of the political, social, cultural and economic interactions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Recommended: One of:
HST 111,
HST 163,
HST 176,
HST 324,
HST 341,
HST 377,
HST 511.
Credits
3(3-0)
Africa on the eve of European colonization, the colonization of Africa, the struggle for independence, the post-independence period, neo- colonialism, the Cold War and globalization. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites:
HST 176, 201 or 202, or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
Discover why public historians are on the cutting edge, preserving and interpreting our heritage as writers, researchers, curators, media personalities, policy analysts, archivists, and more. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites:
HST 301 and
MST 310; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
A practical introduction to archives theory, management, and issues; hands-on learning experience with primary source materials. Prerequisites:
HST 301 and
MST 310; or graduate standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
An introduction to the methodology and use of Oral History in historical research, interpretation, and documentation. May be offered as Writing Intensive. Prerequisites:
HST 301 and
MST 310; or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
Focused readings on a special topic to be arranged with the instructor. Prerequisite: Junior standing with a 3.0 average in 12 hours of history or graduate standing, plus the consent of the instructor and the Director of Graduate Studies.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
Enter the growing field of applied history through a supervised hands-on experience chosen to match your interests. Prerequisites: Permission of academic advisor and work supervisor.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
Study of a selected historical topic at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Recommended: 12 hours of HST.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
This course examines various theoretical approaches and methodologies that have shaped historical research and writing. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the History Department’s graduate programs.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An intensive investigation of historiographical issues in transnational and comparative history. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Prerequisite: Admission to one of the graduate history programs.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An investigation of historical interpretations and methodologies dealing with major themes in American history from 1607 to 1865. Recommended: Admission to graduate program in history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An investigation of historians’ interpretations and methodologies on the major topics and themes in American history from 1865 to the present. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the graduate programs in history.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
This course traces the ways in which historians have thought about and practiced history from ancient times until the present.
Credits
3(3-0)
An investigation of historians’ interpretations and methodologies on a major topic, theme, or period in American history. Repeatable up to 12 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Prerequisite: Admission to history MA program.
Credits
3-12(3-0)
An investigation of historians’ interpretations and methodologies on a major topic, theme, or period in world history. Repeatable up to 12 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Prerequisite: Admission to history MA program.
Credits
3-12(3-0)
A non-credit course intended for students who have completed all program credits but still need to use university resources to complete their degree requirements.
Credits
1(1-0)
A historiographical investigation of major topics, interpretations, and methodologies in African American history. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the graduate history programs; six hours of African American history.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An investigation of major historical issues, interpretations, and methods in the history of the ancient Near/Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions to 600 C.E. Recommended: Admission to the graduate program in history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
A historiographical investigation of major topics, interpretations, and methodologies in Modern Middle Eastern history, post-18th century C.E. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second topic for the second 3 hours. Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in history. Recommended: 6 hours of Middle Eastern history.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An investigation of historians, their interpretations and methodologies on the major topics and themes in ancient and medieval history to 1450. Recommended: Admission to the graduate program in history.
Credits
3(3-0)
A historiographical investigation of major topics, interpretations, and methodologies in early modern European history (c. 1500-1700). Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the History Department's graduate programs.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
An analytical investigation of several historical issues, topics, and themes in modern European history (1789 to the present). Recommended: Admission to the graduate program in history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 credit hours each, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
A historiographical investigation of major topics, interpretations, and methodologies in Colonial Latin American history. A student may take this course twice, each time for 3 credits, but only if the specific topic and literature change. Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in history. Recommended: 6 hours of Latin American history or two years of Spanish or Portuguese.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
A historiographic investigation of major themes, methodologies and interpretations of the history of slavery in a comparative perspective through an analysis of secondary literature. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Learn why historic preservationists chain themselves to structures, pursue policy-making, and develop long-range plans. This course explores historic preservation theory, methods, and ethics. Prerequisites: 3 hours of History and 3 hours of Museum Studies; or admission to the graduate program in history. Recommended: At least 2 of the following:
HST 532, 595, 600, 710,
MST 546, 550, 551.
Credits
3(3-0)
Focused readings on a special topic to be arranged with the instructor. Prerequisites: Admission to the History graduate program; consent of the instructor and the History Department's Director of Graduate Studies.
Credits
1-9(Spec)
Courses on selected historical issues offered at partner institutions for students in the history graduate program.
Credits
1-15(Spec)
Seminar in historical research and writing. This course or an arranged substitute is required for the Accelerated Master’s program. Prerequisite:
HST 301 and admission to the Accelerated Master’s Program in History.
Credits
3(3-0)
An investigation of historical interpretations and methodologies of a selected historical topic at a level suitable for graduate students. A student may take this course twice, for three hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second three hours. Recommended: Admission to the graduate program in History.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
This course explores the scholarship on pedagogy, theories of learning, and course conceptualization to train graduate students how to teach history at the college level. Recommended: Admission to one of the History Department’s graduate programs.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in intellectual and cultural history. Recommended: Admission to graduate program in history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in the history of colonial British and Revolutionary America. Preparation of a research paper based on primary sources. Recommended:
HST 111,
HST 511, and at least one of the following:
HST 323,
HST 324, HST 326,
HST 330,
HST 351, HST 512,
HST 562,
HST 602. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in the history of nineteenth century America. Recommended:
HST 111 or
HST 112 plus at least one more course in this period of American history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Primarily devoted to research training and writing techniques, this seminar will focus on a particular phase of the Civil War era. Recommended:
HST 111 and
HST 112, and a 500-level course in nineteenth-century American history.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in the history of the United States in the twentieth century. Recommended:
HST 111 plus at least one more course in this field of American history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 credit hours each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Primarily devoted to research training and writing techniques, each seminar will focus on a particular phase of American diplomatic history. Recommended:
HST 111 and
HST 112 and one course in US history.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study of a designated topic in African American history through research in primary sources and the production of a substantial scholarly paper. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the graduate history programs; six hours of African American history.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a selected topic from the Ancient World. Development of research skills and scholarly writing appropriate to the field. Recommended: 9 hours of pre-modern history or one year of an ancient language. A student may take this course twice, for 3 credit hours each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a designated topic in medieval history (c. 500-1500) through research in primary and secondary sources and the production of a substantial scholarly paper. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the History Department’s graduate programs.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a designated topic in European history (c. 1500-1700) through research in primary and secondary sources and the production of a substantial scholarly paper. Repeatable up to 6 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Recommended: Admission to one of the History Department’s graduate programs.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a cultural, social, political, or economic issue of the eighteenth century. Recommended: 6 hours of modern European history, including some study of the eighteenth century.
Credits
3(3-0)
A study of a major aspect of 19th-century Europe with emphasis on historical method. Recommended:
HST 102 or
HST 351 plus one additional course in this general area of European history. A student may take this course twice, for 3 credit hours each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a major aspect of 20th-century Europe with emphasis on historical method. Recommended: 6 hours of European history (at least 3 at the 500 level) including one of the following:
HST 102,
HST 106,
HST 558. A student may take this course twice, for 3 credit hours each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in Latin American history. Recommended:
HST 163 or an advanced course in the fieldof Latin American history.
Credits
3(3-0)
Topics such as developments in education, medicine, women, child care, distribution of wealth, and decision-making in China since the Cultural Revolution (1966-1969). Recommended:
HST 168.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study of a selected topic in the history of the African diaspora. Preparation of research paper based on primary sources. A student may take this course twice, for 3 hours of credit each time, but must choose a second instructor for the second 3 hours.
Credits
3-6(3-0)
Prerequisites: 12 hours of junior, senior, or graduate-level history and the permission of the department chairperson and the instructor.
Credits
3-6(Spec)
Seminar in historical research and writing. Repeatable up to 12 hours when content does not duplicate previous topics. Prerequisite: Admission to one of the History Department’s graduate programs. Recommended:
HST 600 and a colloquium.
Credits
3-12(3-0)
Seminar on selected historical issues offered at partner institutions for students in the history graduate program.
Credits
1-15(Spec)
A thorough experience in historical research and the presentation of that research in an acceptable thesis of a master’s degree level. CR/NC Only. Prerequisites: Written consent of advisor and department chairperson.
Credits
1-9(Spec)
Writing workshop for students in the writing stages of their thesis or dissertation. Repeatable up to 10 hours. This course may be offered in an online format. CR/NC only. Prerequisite: completed proposal (thesis or dissertation) on file and permission of instructor.
Credits
1-10(1-0)
Focused readings on a special topic to be arranged with the instructor. Prerequisites: Admission to the History doctoral program; consent of the instructor and the History Department’s Director of Graduate Studies.
Credits
1-9(Spec)
CR/NC only. Prerequisites: successful completion of comprehensive examination for Ph.D. and written approval of dissertation proposal to take more than 3 credit hours of dissertation credit.
Credits
1-36(Spec)