History

Master of Arts

In this program the Master of Arts degree is ordinarily an incidental degree that can be granted on the way to full Ph.D. candidacy. It can also be awarded under other circumstances. To be granted an M.A. degree in History the student must have completed at least twelve  courses totaling 36  graded credits and a Master’s Essay approved by the advisor. The Master’s Essay will be a paper of the kind and quality that could be submitted as an article to a refereed journal for possible publication. Students can apply to receive the M.A. degree once these requirements are complete.

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History are required to pass at least 12 semester courses totaling 36 graded credits. Students must take a set of written exams covering three fields of study as approved by the advisor and a two-hour oral examination.

Students must demonstrate foreign language mastery or proficiency as specified in the descriptions of their academic programs within the department.

The Graduate Studies Committee will review all first- and second-year students before the conclusion of the spring semester and authorize their continuation in the program. 

Students are expected to complete pre-dissertation requirements, including coursework, language examinations, general examinations and the dissertation prospectus, prior to the beginning of the third year of study.  Students may petition for a one-term extension to fulfill these requirements with approval of the Director of Graduate Studies and the Graduate School.  Students in the fields of Ancient Europe and Medieval Europe are eligible for a two-term extension to complete all pre-dissertation requirements.

After submission of the dissertation, a final oral examination is given in which the candidate must defend the dissertation.

Program in Legal History

The history department, in cooperation with the School of Law, enables students to develop special competency in American legal history and in English legal history. A joint committee of the faculty in history and in law administers the program. Admission to the program is through the usual procedures of admission to the Department of History.

African History

• HIAF 7002 - The History and Historiography of Africa Credits: 3

East Asian History

• HIEA 5151 - Mao and the Chinese Revolution Credits: 3
• HIEA 8011 - East Asian History Credits: 3
• HIEA 8211 - Japanese History Credits: 3
• HIEA 9021 - Tutorial in “China in Hot and Cold Wars in Modern Times”… Credits: 3
• HIEA 9022 - Tutorial in “Making of the ‘Chinese Nation’”… Credits: 3
• HIEA 9023 - Tutorial in Modern Japanese Thought, Culture, & Politics Credits: 3

European History

• HIEU 5001 - Dark Age Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 5011 - Late Archaic Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 5013 - The Early Medieval Mediterranean Credits: 3
• HIEU 5021 - Greece in the Fifth Century Credits: 3
• HIEU 5031 - Greece in the Fourth Century Credits: 3
• HIEU 5051 - Roman Empire Credits: 3
• HIEU 5061 - Roman Imperialism Credits: 3
• HIEU 5062 - Philosophy and Theory of History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5082 - Modernity and History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5141 - Thucydides Credits: 3
• HIEU 5302 - Nationality, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 5312 - Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5352 - The British Economy Since 1850 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5662 - Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History Credits: 3
• HIEU 5871 - Early Modern Europe Seminar Credits: 3
• HIEU 5882 - Modern Europe, 1750-1890 Credits: 3
• HIEU 5892 - Europe since 1890 Credits: 3
• HIEU 7001 - Colloquium in Medieval European History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7002 - Colloquium in Early Modern European History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7003 - Colloquium in Modern European History I Credits: 3
• HIEU 7013 - Anthropology of Ancient Greece Credits: 3
• HIEU 7014 - Ancient History Credits: 3
• HIEU 7071 - Fragmentary Roman Historians Credits: 3
• HIEU 7211 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
• HIEU 7261 - Early Modern England Credits: 3
• HIEU 7301 - History of Science Credits: 3
• HIEU 7471 - European Economic History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8011 - Ancient History Credits: 3
• HIEU 8452 - Twentieth Century Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 8461 - Twentieth-Century Europe and Russia Credits: 3
• HIEU 8642 - Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy Credits: 3
• HIEU 9021 - Philosophy and Theory of History Credits: 3
• HIEU 9022 - History of Ideas-Intellectual History: Modern Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 9023 - Tutorial in the History of the Modern British Empire Credits: 3
• HIEU 9024 - Tutorial in the History of Modern Britain Credits: 3
• HIEU 9025 - Tutorial in the Late Roman Republic Credits: 3
• HIEU 9026 - Tutorial in Early Modern British History Credits: 3
• HIEU 9027 - Tutorial in English Legal History Credits: 3
• HIEU 9028 - Tutorial in British Legal and Political Thought Credits: 3
• HIEU 9029 - Tutorial in the History of Reformation Europe Credits: 3
• HIEU 9030 - Tutorial in the History of Early Modern Europe Credits: 3

Latin American History

• HILA 7001 - Colonial Latin America Credits: 3

Middle Eastern History

• HIME 5052 - World War I in the Middle East Credits: 3
• HIME 7011 - History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca.570-1500 Credits: 3
• HIME 7021 - History and Historiography of the Middle East, ca. 1500-Present Credits: 3
• HIME 7031 - Colonialism and Nation-Building in the Arab World Credits: 3

South Asian History

• HISA 5021 - Historiography of Early Modern South Asia Credits: 3
• HISA 5101 - Economic History of India Credits: 3
• HISA 7111 - Peasant Movements in Modern India Credits: 3
• HISA 8061 - Social History of Modern India Credits: 3
• HISA 8111 - Peasant Movements in Modern Indian History Credits: 3

General History

• HIST 5002 - Global History Credits: 3
• HIST 5031 - Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data Credits: 3
• HIST 5062 - Commerce, Culture, and Consumption in World History Credits: 3
• HIST 5063 - Theory and/of History: Recent Perspectives Credits: 3
• HIST 5077 - Pius XII, Hitler, the US and World War II Credits: 3
• HIST 5092 - Multiculturalism in the Ottoman Empire Credits: 3
• HIST 5621 - Genocide Credits: 3
• HIST 5920 - History of Documentary Photography Credits: 3
• HIST 7001 - Approaches to Historical Study Credits: 3
• HIST 7002 - Graduate Colloquium on World History Credits: 3
• HIST 7011 - Atlantic World Credits: 3
• HIST 7021 - History and Historiography of Empire Credits: 3
• HIST 7051 - Economic History Credits: 3
• HIST 7061 - Comparative Readings in British America and Latin America Before 1800 Credits: 3
• HIST 7071 - Methods in Social History Credits: 3
• HIST 7161 - Forced Migration, Genocide, and Human Rights: A Transnational History Credits: 3
• HIST 7162 - Cultures of War: Readings in War and Society Credits: 3
• HIST 7191 - History of Technology: Theory and Methods Credits: 3
• HIST 7231 - Topics in Environmental History Credits: 3
• HIST 8001 - Master’s Essay Writing Credits: 3
• HIST 8011 - Summer Research Seminar Credits: 3
• HIST 8021 - Research Seminar in History Credits: 3
• HIST 8211 - English Legal Thought Credits: 3
• HIST 8212 - English Legal History Credits: 3
• HIST 8240 - Law: Comparative Contexts, to 1850 Credits: 3
• HIST 8331 - Research Seminar in the History of Gender and Sexuality Credits: 3
• HIST 8451 - Twentieth-Century History: Europe and America Credits: 3
• HIST 8501 - Forced Migration in the Modern World Credits: 3
• HIST 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Credits: 1 to 12
• HIST 8999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 1 to 12
• HIST 9011 - The Practice of History Credits: 3
• HIST 9012 - Dissertation Prospectus Credits: 3
• HIST 9021 - Tutorial in the History of the Human Sciences Credits: 3
• HIST 9022 - Tutorial in Global Legal History Credits: 3
• HIST 9023 - Tutorial in Visual and Aural History Credits: 3
• HIST 9024 - Tutorial in Historical Digital Visualization Credits: 3
• HIST 9025 - Tutorial in the History of Cartography Credits: 3
• HIST 9960 - Graduate-level Section of Undergraduate Course Credits: 3
• HIST 9961 - Supervised Reading and Tutorial Credits: 3
• HIST 9962 - General Exam Preparation Credits: 3
• HIST 9963 - Legal History Workshop Credits: 3
• HIST 9964 - Master’s Essay Revision Credits: 3
• HIST 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Credits: 3 to 12
• HIST 9999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 1 to 12

United States History

• HIUS 5022 - Economic Culture in Early America Credits: 3
• HIUS 5081 - Turning Points in U.S. History: Micro-Analytic Methods Credits: 3
• HIUS 6010 - Settlement of Am West, ca 1848-1900 Credits: 1
• HIUS 6011 - Learning History Credits: 1
• HIUS 6012 - Responding to Crises of Modernity: the US in the Progressive Era Credits: 1
• HIUS 6014 - The Progressive Era, the New Deal and the Transformation of American Democ Credits: 1
• HIUS 6015 - Leadership in History Credits: 1
• HIUS 6016 - Hearing the Civil Rights Movement Credits: 1
• HIUS 6017 - The Other Liberalism: The United States in Vietnam Credits: 1
• HIUS 6018 - America and the Sixties Credits: 1
• HIUS 6019 - The Paradox of Prosperity Credits: 1
• HIUS 6029 - Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds Credits: 1
• HIUS 6030 - Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Credits: 1
• HIUS 6031 - The Origins of the US Welfare State Credits: 1
• HIUS 6032 - Methods Teaching Credits: 1
• HIUS 6033 - Collaboration and Identity in Early America Credits: 1
• HIUS 6034 - Meeting Challenges of World History Survey Credits: 1
• HIUS 6035 - The Progressive Era and the Reform Impulse Credits: 1
• HIUS 6036 - Methods Course in Teaching History Credits: 1
• HIUS 6037 - Methods Course in Teaching History Credits: 1
• HIUS 6038 - The Executive Branch and National Policy Credits: 1
• HIUS 7002 - Introductory Colloquium in American History Credits: 6
• HIUS 7021 - Comparative Cultural Encounters in North America, 1492-1800 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7031 - Colonial British America Credits: 3
• HIUS 7041 - The Early American Republic, 1783-1830 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7051 - Antebellum America Credits: 3
• HIUS 7071 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 3
• HIUS 7072 - Civil War And The Constitution Credits: 3
• HIUS 7101 - Early American Military History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7131 - The Emergence of Modern America, ca. 1870-ca. 1930 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7141 - America Since 1930 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7231 - The American South Before 1900 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7232 - The South Since 1900 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7261 - American Political Development in Action Credits: 3
• HIUS 7451 - Urban History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7471 - American Labor History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7481 - Approaches to Social History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7611 - Women’s History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7621 - Topics in United States Gender History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7641 - The American West Since 1850 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7651 - The History of United States Foreign Relations Credits: 3
• HIUS 7652 - Constitutional History I: From the Revolution to 1896 Credits: 3
• HIUS 7653 - Constitutional History II: The Twentieth Century Credits: 3
• HIUS 7654 - Civil Rights from Plessy to Brown Credits: 3
• HIUS 7655 - American Legal History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7656 - Crime & Punishment in American History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7657 - Colloquium in Modern US History – Conservatism and the Right Credits: 3
• HIUS 7658 - Nineteenth-Century American Social and Cultural History Credits: 3
• HIUS 7659 - Twentieth Century US Cultural Hisory Credits: 3
• HIUS 8002 - Topics in United States Political History Since 1840 Credits: 3
• HIUS 8021 - Research Seminar in Early American History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8022 - Research Seminar in Modern American History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8041 - The Age of Jefferson Credits: 3
• HIUS 8051 - Antebellum America Credits: 3
• HIUS 8230 - The Nineteenth-Century South Credits: 3
• HIUS 8235 - Topics in Modern Southern History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8451 - The History of United States Foreign Relations Credits: 3
• HIUS 8755 - American Legal History Credits: 3
• HIUS 8756 - Lawyers in American Public Life Credits: 3
• HIUS 9021 - Tutorial in Transnational US History Credits: 3
• HIUS 9022 - Tutorial in the History of American Capitalism Credits: 3
• HIUS 9023 - Tutorial in Early American History to 1763 Credits: 3