Graduate Courses Information

The department seeks to help students earn an M.A. in two years and complete the coursework for a Ph.D. in one additional year. The standard rotation of course offerings should be useful for planning purposes but is not a commitment by the department. The selection of topics courses (numbered Hist 700 and identified by suffix and title) and other advanced reading courses (700-level courses except 701-710, 720, and 783) available in any term will depend on the faculty teaching in the program, and the availability of all courses will depend on the fields elected by current students.

For example in Spring 2006, which is Spring of Year 2 in the schedule below, the department will offer topics courses Hist 700A (“Internationalizing American History”), Hist 700B (“Problems in Women’s and Gender History”), and Hist 700C (“Economic Growth and Development in Modern History”) as well as advanced reading courses Hist 712 (“Practicum in Public History”), Hist 748 (“The Middle East and North Africa, 1798-1962"), Hist 764 (“History of American Women”), and Hist 766 (“Readings in American Diplomatic History, 1914 - present”). The department will not offer Hist 706 or 807, which no students presently need.

As noted below, the department makes a particular effort to offer topic courses every semester that meet field requirements in Culture, Identity, and Economic Development (CIED). These courses also fit into various combinations of other fields.

The department expects students to meet field requirements primarily through the announced course offerings, but it recognizes that it recognizes that independent work can be an important element of some students’ programs. Students planning to count individualized arrangements toward field requirements should obtain the approval of the graduate committee prior to the semester in which the student would like to take the independent course.

A list of all graduate courses offered by the department since 2001-2002, with descriptions of topics courses, is available online. For descriptions of all department courses other than topics courses, consult the Graduate Bulletin.

Standard Rotation of Graduate Courses (other than Public History)

Year 1, Fall

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 701: Reading Seminar in Colonial American History

Hist 702: Reading Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 707a: Reading Seminar in Modern European History, 1789-1900 or

Hist 796: European Historiography

Hist 720: Introduction to the Study of History

Hist 7__: Advanced Reading Course

Hist 783: History and Theory

Hist 802: Research Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 803: Research Seminar in American History, 1876-present

Year 1, Spring

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 702: Reading Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 703: Reading Seminar in American History since 1876

Hist 7__: Advanced Reading Course

Hist 801: Research Seminar in Colonial American History

Hist 815: Dissertation Prospectus Seminar

Year 2, Fall

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 701: Reading Seminar in Colonial American History

Hist 702: Reading Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 707b: Reading Seminar in European History, 1900-present

Hist 720: Introduction to the Study of History

Hist 7__: Advanced Reading Course

Hist 783: History and Theory

Hist 802: Research Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 803: Research Seminar in American History, 1876-present

Year 2, Spring

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 700_: Topic Course (CIED)

Hist 702: Reading Seminar in American History, 1789-1876

Hist 703: Reading Seminar in American History since 1876

Hist 706: Reading Seminar in Early Modern European History

Hist 7__: Advanced Reading Course

Hist 807: Research Seminar in Modern European History

Hist 815: Dissertation Prospectus Seminar