History < University of Colorado Boulder

Programs Offered

Master's Degree

History - Master of Arts (MA)

Doctoral Degree

History - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

At CU Boulder, history graduate students are trained in the central principles and research methods that characterize the discipline of history through class instruction and professional development seminars. They also gain a thorough grounding in their particular geographical area of study as well as an ability to situate that area of study in a larger global context.

All history graduate students focus their studies in two equally weighted fields:

A regional/national field (i.e., American/U.S. history, European history or Asian history); and
A global/thematic field, for which students are required to take a variety of courses that examine global and transnational history through specific thematic lenses.

For the purposes of the comprehensive examination (portfolio), students are expected to work with their faculty advisors to craft subfields of emphasis within both the regional/national and global/thematic fields.

For more information, visit the department's Graduate Students webpage.

Course code for this program is HIST.

Faculty

While many faculty teach both undergraduate and graduate students, some instruct students at the undergraduate level only. For more information, contact the faculty member's home department.

Anderson, Fred W.
Professor Emeritus; PhD, Harvard University

Anderson, Virginia D.
Professor Emerita; PhD, Harvard University

Andrews, Thomas G.
Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Babicz, Martin Charles
Teaching Associate Professor; PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Buffington, Robert Marshall
Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Arizona

Carlos, Ann M.
Professor Emerita

Catlos, Brian Aivars
Professor; PhD, University of Toronto

Chambers, Lee Virginia
Professor Emerita; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Chester, Lucy P.
Associate Professor; PhD, Yale University

Ciarlo, David Michael
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Dauverd, Celine
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Desautels-Stein, Justin Jacob
Associate Professor; LLM, Harvard University; JD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dike, Steven
Instructor; PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Engel, Barbara A.
Distinguished Professor Emerita

Fenn, Elizabeth Anne
Distinguished Professor Emerita; PhD, Yale University

Ferry, Robert J.
Associate Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Gautam, Sanjay Kumar
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Chicago

Gerber, Matthew Dean
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Gross, David L.
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gutmann, Myron
Professor Emeritus; PhD, Princeton University

Hammer, Paul E.J.
Professor; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

Hanna, Martha
Professor Emerita; PhD, Georgetown University

Hohlfelder, Robert
Professor Emeritus

Hulden, Vilja Paivikki
Assistant Teaching Professor; PhD, University of Arizona

Hunt, Peter
Professor; PhD, Stanford University

Hutchinson, Erin M
Assistant Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Jankowski, James P.
Professor Emeritus

Jaworski, Taylor Allen
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Arizona

Kadia, Miriam L. Kingsberg
Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kalisman, Hilary Falb
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kent, Susan K.
Professor Emerita; PhD, Brandeis University

Kim, Kwangmin
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Lawrence-Sanders, Ashleigh
Assistant Professor; PhD, Rutgers University

Lim, Sungyun A.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Limerick, Patricia N.
Professor; PhD, Yale University

Lindquist, Thea L.
Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Little, Katherine C.
Professor; PhD, Duke University

Lovejoy, Henry Barrett
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California-Los Angeles

Maeda, Daryl Joji
Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Main, Gloria L.
Professor Emerita

Mann, Ralph
Professor Emeritus

McGranahan, Carole Ann
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

McIntosh, Marjorie K.
Distinguished Professor Emerita

Mendoza Gutierrez, Natalie
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Mukherjee, Mithi
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Chicago

Ngo Nyeck, Sybille
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Los Angelos

Ordaz, Jessica
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Davis

Osborne, Myles Gregory
Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Paradis, David
Teaching Professor of Distinction, Associate Teaching Professor; PhD, Emory University

Pegelow Kaplan, Thomas
Professor, Chair; Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Phillips, George H.
Professor Emeritus

Pittenger, Mark A.
Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Ruestow, Edward G.
Professor Emeritus

Shell, Hanna Rose
Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Shiue, Carol Hua
Professor; PhD, Yale University

Silleras-Fernández, Núria
Associate Professor; PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Sohi, Seema
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Washington

Spires, David N.
Senior Instructor Emeritus

Stanford-McIntyre, Sarah
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Wyoming

Sutter, Paul Shriver
Professor; PhD, University of Kansas

Wei, William
Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Weston, Timothy B.
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Willis, John Matthew
Associate Professor; PhD, New York University

Wood, Peter H.
Professor Adjunct

Wood, Tony
Assistant Professor; Ph.D., New York University

Yonemoto, Marcia A.
Professor, Chair; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Young, Phoebe S.K.
Professor; PhD, University of California, San Diego

Zeiler, Thomas W.
Professor; PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Courses

HIST 5000 (3) Historical Methods: Introduction to the Professional Study of History

Introduces purposes, materials, and techniques of historical scholarship. Theory, practice, and criticism.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 5012 (3) Graduate Colloquium in European History

Acquaints students with key works in the literature of European history, and addresses matters of method and interpretation. Department enforced requisite: admission to the graduate program in history.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 5061 (3) Twilight of Antiquity

Explores the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire in the western Mediterranean and its survival in the East as Byzantium. Emphasizes Christianity; barbarians; social, economic and cultural differences; contemporary views of Rome; and modern scholarship. No Greek or Latin is required.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4061 and CLAS 4061 and CLAS 5061
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 5106 (3) Graduate Colloquium in United States History

Students gain an acquaintance with major works in the field and discuss current issues of interpretation and methodology.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 5116 (3) History of U.S. Foreign Relations, 1865-1940

Traces the rise of the United States to world power. Explores the interactions of expansionist and isolationist impulses with politics, ideology, culture and economics, with a focus on the Spanish American War and the acquisition of empire, World War I and the coming of World War II. Instructor's permission required for non-history graduate students.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4116
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 5125 (3) Early American History to 1763

Explores the colonial era of American history from the pre-Columbian period to the end of the Seven Years' War. Topics include pre-contact Native societies, exploration, European settlement and Native American responses, labor system and the rise of slavery, imperial wars, and the developments in religion, society, politics and culture.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4125
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Chronological Periods

HIST 5126 (3) History of U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1941

Traces the development of the United States as a superpower. Details American power and diplomacy in World War II and the rise of the national security state in the Cold War. Explores the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, and the era of modern-day globalization.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4126
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 5128 (3) The History of Modern Mexico Since 1821

Centers on the Mexican search for political consolidation and stability through the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Focuses on the Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) and the post revolutionary rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Examines the War on Drugs and the causes of Mexican migration to the United States.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4128
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 5129 (3) Colloquium in Modern Asian History

Introduces major topics and themes in Asian history. Analyzes readings relating to topics such as imperialism, cultural agency, gender, race, nationalism, decolonization, and revolution.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5205 (3) The Colonial Wars and the Coming of American Independence, 1739-1776

Investigates imperial warfare and its effects during the late colonial period, concentrating on the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the disruption of Anglo-American relations and the origins of the War of American Independence (1775-1783).

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4205
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Chronological Periods

HIST 5215 (3) The Revolutionary War and the Making of the American Republic, 1775-1801

Investigates the Revolutionary War and its impact on the creation of American political institutions, as well as its cultural, social and economic effects, from the Battles of Lexington and Concord through the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4215
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Chronological Periods

HIST 5222 (3) War and the European State, 1618-1793

Studies the development of the European states in response to international power struggles in the 17th and 18th centuries (up to the French Revolution).

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4222
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 5223 (3) The French Revolution and Napoleon

Traces the origins, course, and consequences of the most important modern revolution, the French Revolution of 1789. While seeking to explain how a liberal movement for progressive change soon degenerated into the factional bloodbath of the Terror, will also examine the revolution's global impact and how three decades or revolutionary warfare lead to the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4223
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 5235 (3) Jacksonian America

Focuses on the social and cultural history of the Jacksonian Era. Issues include the transformation of the market economy, slavery, moral reform, Indian removal, changes in ideas about men's and women's natures and roles, western expansion, and political culture.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4235
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Chronological Periods

HIST 5303 (3) Venice and Florence during the Renaissance

Comparative urban study of Florence and Venice from 13th through 16th centuries. Principal subjects are the distinctive economies of the cities, political developments, Renaissance humanism, patronage of the arts, and foreign policy.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4303
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 5328 (3) The Modern Middle East, 1600 to the Present

Primarily from 1800 to the present. Attention divided equally between the region's political history and international relations and its patterns of economic, social and cultural modernization in the main countries.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4328
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5339 (3) Borderlands of the British Empire

Examines the development of the borderlands of the British empire through imperial expansion, consolidation, and early decolonization. Focuses on the 19th and early 20th centuries. Topics include domination, resistance and negotiation in areas such as India, Afghanistan, the Palestine Mandate. Aims for students to acquire skills in comparative history and to develop a better understanding of the roots of contemporary conflicts.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4339
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5343 (3) Spain and Portugal during the Golden Age

Surveys the history of Spain and Portugal from the late medieval period through early modern period. Explores the thought, art, politics and socio-economic milieu of the Golden Age. Topics include attitudes toward minorities, the Inquisition, the Age of Exploration and the establishment of colonial empires in Asia and the Americas, court culture and architecture, religious conflicts and literary production. Formerly HIST 5064.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4343
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Topical

HIST 5349 (3) Decolonization of the British Empire

Examines the end of the British Empire. Focuses on connections between imperial territories, such as networks of anticolonial activists and links between British decision makers. Students will acquire research skills and develop a better understanding of the roots of contemporary conflict. Prior coursework in British imperial history and excellent writing skills are required.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4349
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General

HIST 5358 (3) Childhood in Modern Israel/Palestine

Examines topics relating to History, Jewish Studies and Israel/Palestine studies. Analyzes the history of modern childhood in Israel and Palestine from the 19th century to the present. Themes include agency, work, life cycle and culpability. Topics range from collective parenting on Israeli Kibbutzim, growing up in Ottoman Palestine, to the legal status of stone-throwing Palestinian children. Sources include memoirs, literature, films, monographs and articles.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: JWST 4358 and HIST 4358 and JWST 5358
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Recommended: Prerequisite HIST/JWST 4338 History of Modern Israel/Palestine, this course would give students relevant background on the history of the region, but is not required.

HIST 5378 (3) Jews in and of the Middle East

Examines the modern history and culture of Jewish communities in the Middle East and North Africa; Jews' and Muslims' encounters with empire, westernization and nationalism; representations of Sephardi and Eastern Jews; Jewish-Muslim relations in Europe and the U.S.; and contact and conflict between Jews and Muslims in (and about) Israel/Palestine. Sources include memoirs, newspapers and films.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4378, JWST 4378, and JWST 5378
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

HIST 5448 (3) Wars of Liberation in Southeast Asia

Uses the contemporary nations of Indonesia, Myanmar, and Singapore as case studies to examine the making and unmaking of European and Japanese colonialism in Southeast Asia in the years surrounding World War II. In what ways did different communities understand and narrate imperialism and independence? How can we understand wars of liberation as local, regional, and global experiences, with legacies for today?

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4448 and ASIA 4448
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5538 (3) History of Modern India

Examines the history of India from the British conquest of India in the late 18th century to independence in 1947. Emphasizes the impact of British rule on the political, economic and social development of modern India.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4538
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Recommended: Prerequisite 6 hours of any history coursework.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5548 (3) Women in Modern India

Examines the history of women and gender in India from the late 18th century to the present. Explores topics such as the changing legal status of women in the colonial and postcolonial period, marriage, domesticity and patriarchy, and women's education and participation in anti-colonial and postcolonial politics, women, work and the environment, violence against women, and women and globalization.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4548
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5554 (3) Researching European Jewish Life

This upper-level hybrid class is a research and learning initiative of CU Boulder¿s History Department with the Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies at the Open University of Israel and the Center for Research in Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. It revolves around an in-person research seminar in Europe. Topics will vary, beginning with a focus on egodocuments in the study of twentieth-century German Jewish life.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: JWST 4554 and HIST 4554
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

HIST 5618 (3) From Genghis Khan to the Opium War: Early Modern China

Examines political, social, and cultural history of China from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to the opium War (1839-1842). Topics covered include the development of imperial political institution and gentry society, Conquest Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism, China's "medieval economic revolution", Chinese world order in East Asia, Qing multiethnic empire, Chinese overseas migration, and the coming of the West.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4618
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

HIST 5619 (3) Women in East Asian History

Considers major issues in the history of women in East Asia (China, Korea, Japan) in the 17th through 20th centuries. Focuses on gender roles in Asian family, state, and cultural systems. Topic varies in any given semester.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4619 and WGST 4619
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5628 (3) Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644-1949

Examines the brilliance of the Qing dynasty, its collapse in 1911, and the bloody and chaotic several decades that followed, up to the 1949 Communist Revolution. Focuses on such topics a Qing imperialism in Central Asia, global capitalism and Western imperialism in China, the opium trade, domestic violence, nationalism, concepts of modernity, competing revolutionary movements, and WW II in Asia.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4628
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5638 (3) Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present

Examines the dramatic, often tragic, and globally transformative history of China under the Chinese Communist Party. Focuses on such topics as political, social, and cultural revolution, nationalism, Maoism, the Great Leap Forward, Red Guards and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the Deng Xiaoping era, relations with Taiwan, the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, and China's rise as a world power.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4638
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 5658 (3) Between Beijing and Baghdad: China and Islam

Traces how "Muslims in China" transformed themselves into "Chinese Muslims" while at once accommodating and conflicting with Chinese states and people throughout history until the present time.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4658
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5728 (3) Japan¿s Empire: Birth and Death

Begins with early modern Japan, proceeds through the era of rapid modernization after the Meiji Restoration in the mid-19th century, and concludes with Japan's gradual descent into prolonged war, first with China and then in the Pacific.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4728
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5738 (3) History of Early Modern Japan (1590-1868)

Covers the history of early modern Japan (1590-1868). Explores the political, social, cultural and economic context of Japan's history from the era of Warring States through the rise and fall of the Tokugawa military government (Shogunate).

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4738
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 5761 (3) Roman Law

Studies the constitutional and legal history of ancient Rome; emphasizes basic legal concepts and comparisons with American law. No Greek or Latin required.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4761 and CLAS 4761 and CLAS 5761
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 5840 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by consent of faculty and student.

HIST 5841 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 5842 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 5843 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 5844 (1-3) Independent Study-Europe/Topical

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Topical

HIST 5845 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 5846 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 5847 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 5848 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 5849 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 6000 (3) Teaching History in the University

Introduces graduate students to basic pedagogy with special attention to discipline-specific methods, practices, and challenges in teaching history at the college level. In touching upon and integrating the several stages of teaching in a graduate student¿s career and after, this course provides a solid foundation for students to continue their pedagogical development as their instructional experience and skills become more advanced.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

HIST 6012 (3) Readings in Modern European History

Graduate Readings in Modern European History will explore a facet of Modern European History in depth. Topic will very by instructor.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to History (HIST) graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 6019 (3) Readings in World History

Explores various topics and methods in history and historical writing concerning world areas (areas other than the U.S. and Europe). Geared toward graduate students in History, but students from other disciplines with graduate standing may enroll with instructor consent. Topic and content of course will vary depending on instructor.

HIST 6020 (3) Modern Empires: Readings in Imperial History

Introduces major topics and themes in imperial history. Reviews central theories of modern colonial empire, ranging from economic and political motivations for expansion, to the cultural and social impact of empire, to post-colonialism.

HIST 6028 (3) Readings in Modern Latin American History

Examines major themes and topics in the social, political and economic history of Latin America. Possible topics include nationalism and state-building, neocolonialism, revolution and reaction, race, and gender.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Recommended: Prerequisite HIST 5128.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 6109 (3) Readings in Asian History

Explores a specific theme in Asian History in depth. Topic may vary each semester.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 6116 (3) Readings in American Diplomatic History

Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Recommended: Requisite undergraduate work in American history.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 6123 (3) Readings in English History Since 1688

Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 6317 (3) Readings in the American West

Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 2

HIST 6326 (3) Readings in United States Intellectual History

Examines the history of ideas and the social history of intellectuals in American society during the 19th and 20th centuries. Stresses social and political dimensions and the changing cultural and institutional contexts of intellectual discourse.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to History (HIST) graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 6410 (3) Readings in Environmental History

Offers historical perspective on the complex and interdependent relationship between human social and cultural institutions and the natural world. Considers interdisciplinary methodologies incorporating history, biology, geography, law, and other disciplines. Formerly HIST 6417.

HIST 6420 (3) Memory and History in Transnational Perspective

Engages in debates about historical methods and how the past is represented. Central topics will include memory and the forces of nationalism and war; commemoration and monuments; the role of memory in the construction of race and ethnicity; personal past and cultural remembrance; and the relationships between academic, public, and popular histories.

HIST 6427 (3) Readings in African American History

Introduces classic and recent scholarship, and critical issues in African American history, from slavery to the present.

HIST 6528 (3) Reading in South Asian History

Introduces major topics and themes in South Asian history. Reviews central theories relating to topics such as religion, nationalism, law, gender, colonialism, and literature.

Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 6540 (3) Readings in Cultural History and Theory

Introduces standard works and recent developments in cultural history. Explores structuralism and post-structuralism, semiotics, social construction, relativism, hegemony, and the idea of postmodernity in the uses of culture as an historical category.

HIST 6756 (3) Race and Nationalism

Focuses on analytical, ideological, cultural, and political tensions between understandings of race and nationalism. Readings are interdisciplinary, but students identify and analyze tensions between race and nationalism at particular historical moments.

Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 6790 (3) Readings in Digital History

Re-conceptualizes topics surrounding traditional theories, methods, and practices of writing history in the digital age. Topics revolve around collating big data, curating digital exhibits, copyright and image preparation for digital/print publications, website development/design, cartography, sustainability and preservation, among other themes. Lab work provides conceptual and technical recommendations required to conceive, launch, and preserve online digital history projects.

HIST 6800 (3) Readings in Global History

Explores various topics, regions, and methods in history and historical writing by utilizing a global/thematic approach. Geared toward graduate students in History, but students from other disciplines with graduate standing may enroll with instructor consent. Topic and content of course will vary depending on instructor.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 6940 (1) Master's Candidate for Degree

Registration intended for students preparing for a thesis defense, final examination, culminating activity, or completion of degree.

HIST 6950 (1-6) Master's Thesis

Registration intended for students working on a master's thesis.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 7000 (3) Seminar in Historical Research and Writing

Discusses methods of historical research, writing, and revision. Along with common reading discussion, students will produce a research paper based on original historical research. Fulfills research seminar (7000-level) requirements for students of all fields.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 15.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

HIST 7119 (3) Graduate Research Seminar in Asian History

Prepares students for research in historical documents in Asian languages in order to write a substantial original research paper based on primary and secondary source materials.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Recommended: Requisite background in Asian history.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 7252 (3) Seminar: Early Modern Europe, 16th to 18th Centuries

Introduces graduate students to various research approaches and methods in early modern European historiography and requires them to produce a substantial and original research paper using both primary and secondary sources. Specific topics will vary.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 7257 (3) Seminar: History of the American Frontier

Requisites: Restricted to History (HIST) graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 2

HIST 7415 (3) Graduate Seminar in Modern United States History

Introduces students to various research approaches and methods in modern U.S. historiography and requires them to produce a substantial and original research paper using both primary and secondary sources.

HIST 7800 (3) Research Seminar in Global History

Discusses various topics, themes and methods which inform the field of Global History. Readings and research papers will explore transnational and global historical interactions, including the exchange of ideas, peoples, commodities, and cultural practices. Geared toward graduate students in History, but students from other disciplines with graduate standing may enroll with instructor consent. Topic and content of course will vary depending on instructor.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Requisites: Restricted to History (HIST) graduate students only.

HIST 7840 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 7841 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 7842 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 7843 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 7844 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Europe: Topical

HIST 7845 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 7846 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 7847 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 7848 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 7849 (1-3) Independent Study

Course content determined by faculty and student.

HIST 8990 (1-10) Doctoral Dissertation

All doctoral students must register for no fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 30.00 total credit hours.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global