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Department of
History
Course Descriptions
Winter 2018
NEWSLETTER

Department Location: 416 Varner
Department Phones: (248)370-3510 or
(248)370-3511

Undergraduate Advisor: Liz Shesko
403 Varner
(248) 370-3529


Department Office Hours:
M-F 8am-4:30pm
Please call department phone #’s for
undergraduate advising appts.

Chair: Todd Estes
411 Varner (248)370-3534

Graduate Advisor: Don Matthews
404 Varner (248)370-3525

Information contained in this memo is current as of 11/17/17 and is subject to change.
1Noteworthy Items:
Requirement for all history
courses: There is an appropriate
writing component in all history
courses at all levels.


 Courses that satisfy the
university general education
requirement in the Western
civilization knowledge area: HST
1300, HST 1400, HST 1100, HST 1200
& HST 2280. (Note: not all courses
are offered every semester.)

 1Courses that satisfy the
university general education
requirement in U.S. diversity: HST
1100, HST 1200, HST 2280, HST 3280,
HST 3140, HST 3265, HST 3275, &
HST 3285. (Note: not all 1courses
are offered every semester.)

1Winter 2018

Classes_

1HST 1100
(CRN #: 12037)

Introduction to American
History Before 1877
E. Dwyer
MWF, 10:40–11:47 AM, 363 SFH
In this survey we discuss
American history from the period
before European colonization, all
the way to the Civil War and
Reconstruction. We examine how
America was colonized, how
America evolved from separate


colonies to a united country
seeking independence, and how
that new nation became an
economic powerhouse that
stretched from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Throughout the semester
we explore how questions of labor
and citizenship drove that united
nation to secession, Civil War, and
ultimately Emancipation and
reunion.
Requirements: TBA
Books: Shi, For the Record; A
Documentary on History of
America, Vol.1.

1HST 1100

(CRN #: 12038)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
M. J. Miles
TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 242 EH
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era. Focuses on
the social, political, and economic
development of the United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion, and
film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term
exam (essay and objective), inclass final exam (essay and
objective); book review paper;
eight in-class open-book textbook
reading quizzes; attendance.
Books: Oakes, Of the People, 3rd
Edition, Vol. 1; Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass; Akers, Abigail Adams;
Dew, Apostles of Disunion.

1HST 1100
(CRN #: 10628)
Introduction American
History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 165 SFH
Surveys American history from

colonial times through the
Reconstruction era, focusing
upon the formation of the United
States and the forces promoting
unity and division in the new
nation.
Style: Lecture, discussion,
interactive learning activities.
Requirements: Reading, weekly
assessments, two essays, eportfolio.
Books: TopHat, US History
Interactive Textbook; Also, history
database from Kresge Library.

1HST 1100
(CRN #: 10036)
Introduction to American
History Before 1877
B. Zellers
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 2085 HHB
The course traces the
transformation of America from a
place, a destination for
immigrants from many nations, to
a distinctive social order. We will
examine the evolution of American
society, culture, economy, and
politics through the era of
Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: Two examinations
and two essays.
Books: Tindall, America: A
Narrative History; Binder/Reimers,
The Way We Lived, Vol 2; Youngs,
Eleanor Roosevelt; Kazin, A Godly
Hero.
Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket
Style Manual; Weiner, Enemies.

1HST 1100
(CRN #: 11774)
Introduction American
History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
On-line
Surveys American history from
colonial times through the
Reconstruction era, focusing
upon the formation of the United
States and the forces promoting
unity and division in the new
nation.
Requirements: Readings, weekly
assessments, two essays, eportfolio.
Books: TopHat, US History
Interactive Textbook; Also, history
database from Kresge Library.

1HST 1200

(CRN #: 10038)
Introduction American
History Since 1877
C. Shelly
MWF, 8:00-9:07 AM, 242 EH
This survey of American history
since Reconstruction emphasizes
political, economic, social, and
diplomatic themes. Major topics
include immigration, race
relations, politics and political
reform efforts, the Great

Depression, twentieth-century
wars (hot and cold), etc.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: 4-6 page paper
based on assigned reading; three
or four exams (primarily essay).
Books: Foner, Give Me Liberty;
Bell, Out of This Furnace;
McElvaine, Down & Out in the
Great Depression.

1HST 1200
(CRN #: 10039)
Introduction American
History Since 1877
J. Powell
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 242 EH

Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: TBA
Books: Tindall & Shi, America: A
Narrative; Von Drehle, Triangle:
The Fire that Changed America;
O’Brien, The Things They Carried.

1HST 1200
(CRN #: 10405)
Introduction American
History Since 1877
D. Clark
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 233 HH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present.
Focuses on the social, political,
and economic development of the
United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion & film.
Requirements: Take-home midterm essay exams, take-home final
exam.
Books: Clark, Who Built America?
Argersinger, The Triangle
Shirtwaist Fire; Dittmer, Freedom
Summer: A Brief History;
Schlosser, Fast Food Nation.

1HST 1200
(CRN #: 10401)
Introduction American
History Since 1877
M. Miles
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 242 EH
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present.
Focuses on the social, political,
and economic development of the
United States.


Style: Lecture, discussion & film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term
exam (essay and objective), inclass final exam (essay and
objective); book review paper;
eight in-class open-book textbook
reading quizzes; attendance.
Books: Oakes, Of the People,
Concise 3rd Edition, Vol. 2.;
Washington, Up From Slavery;
Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt: A
Personal and Public Life; Seiler,
Republic of Drivers: A Cultural
History of Automobility in
America.

1HST 1200

(CRN #: 10588)
Introduction American
History Since 1877
B. Zellers
M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 2085 HHB
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an industrialurban nation with global interests
and challenges these posed
American hopes and expectations.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Two brief essays,
two examinations.
Books: Tindall, America; Binder &
Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol.
2; Hayden, Building Suburbia;
Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl.
1Recommended: Hacker, A
Pocket Style Manual; Youngs,
Eleanor Roosevelt.

1HST 1300
(CRN #: 11763)
Introduction European
History Before 1715
J. Naus
MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 2085 HHB
This course surveys the history of
Europe from the ancient period

through the Middle Ages,
Renaissance, Reformation and the
Early Modern Periods. While this
course will emphasize Western
Civilization, we will also pay
specific attention to the evergrowing contacts and interactions
between the West and the rest of
the world. This course will
emphasize those developments
that help students understand
their own place in the modern
world. For example, we will think
about Greek and Roman culture
not only in an ancient context, but

also in terms of how they
impacted the development of
Western society. In the same vein,
students will assess the
development of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam as well as
the evolution of political
structures and ideologies that
continue to impact our world
today.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Cole, Symes, Coffin &
Stacey, Western Civilization: Their
History and Their Culture;

Euripides, The Trojan Women;
Wiesner, Ruff & Wheeler,
Discovering the Western Past.

1HST 1300
(CRN #: 13002)
Introduction European
History Before 1715
D. Hastings
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 233 HH
Surveys the history of Europe
from 1the ancient period through
the Middle Ages, Renaissance,
Reformation and the Early Modern
periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Kagan, The Western
Heritage, Vol 1; Brophy,
Perspectives from the Past, Vol 1;
Radice, The Letters of Abelard
and Heloise.

1HST 1400
(CRN #: 10032)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
J. Powell
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 105 WH
Surveys the history of Europe

from the Enlightenment to the
present.
Style: Lecture and discussion
Requirements: TBA
Books: Perry, Western
Civilization; France, The Gods Will
Have Blood; Camus, The Stranger.

1HST 1400
(CRN #: 11764)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
I. Greenspan
1TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 206 EH

Surveys the history of Europe
from the Enlightenment to the
present.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Western
Civilization, Vol. II.; Perry, Sources
of the Western Tradition, Vol 2.

1HST 1400
(CRN #: 14083)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
I. Greenspan
1TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 242 EH

Surveys the history of Europe
from the Enlightenment to the
present.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Western
Civilization, Vol. II.; Perry, Sources
of the Western Tradition, Vol 2.

1HST 2010
(CRN #: 13590)
World History
W. Matthews
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 386 MSC
Surveys major trends in world
history 3000 BCE to the present,
including technological,
economic, and political
transformations. Satisfies the
university general education
requirement in the global
perspective knowledge
exploration area.
Style: Lecture & Discussion
Requirements: Three tests, one
essay.
Books: Reilly, The Human
Journey; A Concise Introduction
to World History; Marks, The
Origins of the Modern World;

Gordon, When Asia was the
World.
1Recommended: TBA

1HST 2105
(CRN #: 14084)
History of Michigan
C. Shelly
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 208 EH
Examines various aspects of
Michigan history from the precolonial era through the twentieth
century. Economic, political,
social, and environmental themes
receive emphasis.
Style: Discussion; lecture;
occasional videos.


Requirements: 3 or 4 exams
(primarily essay); 1 or 2 papers.
Books: Rubenstein & Ziewacz,
Michigan: A History of the Great
Lakes State; Dowd, War Under
Heaven; Watts, The People’s
Tycoon; Boyle, Arc of Justice.

1HST 3000
(CRN #: 10357)
Seminar in Historical
Research

L. Shesko
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 307 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060; one
history course; History major or
instructor permission. This course
introduces students to
historiography, methods of
historical research, and the
writing of research papers. Each
student will select a research
topic related to Latin America in
the Cold War.
Style: Seminar
Requirements: A series of
assignments culminating in a 2025 page research paper based on
primary and secondary sources.
Books: Rabe, The Killing Zone;
Turabian, A Manual for Writers of
Term Papers and Theses.

1HST 3000
(CRN #: 14791)
Seminar in Historical
Research
G. Bekele
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 433 VAR
Prerequisites: WRT 1060; one
history course; History major or
instructor permission.
The course introduces students to

historiography, methods of
historical research, and the
writing of research papers.
Style: Discussion
Requirements: Book Reviews, a
major (22 page-long) term paper,
and presentations.
Books: Gaddis, The Landscape of
History; Cooper, Africa in the
World; Easterly, The Tyranny of
Experts; Turabian, A Manual for
Writers; Cohen, The Mind of the
African Strong Man.

1HST 3000
(CRN#: 15283)
Seminar in Historical
Research
T. Estes

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 204 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 1060; one
history course; History major or
instructor permission.
The course introduces students to
historiography, methods of
historical research, and the
writing of research papers.
Style: Lecture and Discussion
Requirements: A 20-25 page

research paper with footnotes and
bibliography plus other shorter
assignments.
Books: Rampolla, A Pocket Guide
to Writing in History; Booth,The
Craft of Research; Hoeffelle, The
Essential Historiography Reader.

1HST 3110/5100
(CRN #: 14090, 14091)
History of North
American Colonies
G. Milne
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 281 EC
Prerequisites: WRT 1060; Traces
the development of Spanish,
French, Dutch, and English
colonies in North America from
1492 to 1763. Reviews their social,
political, and religious
dimensions. Attention given to
roles of Africans and non-elite
European and Euro-American men
and women.
Style: TBA
Requirements: Four book reviews,
a midterm, and a take-home final
exam.
Books: Edelson, Plantation
Enterprise in Colonial South

Carolina; Richter, Before the
Revolution: American’s Ancient
Pasts; Dawdy, Building the Devil’s
Empire; McConville, The King’s
Three Faces; Warren, New
England Bound; Rampolla, A
Pocket Guide to Writing in
History.

1HST 3145/5145
(CRN #: 14095, 14096)
Civil War/Reconstruction
1850-1876
E. Dwyer
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 204 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060; In this
course on the American Civil War
and Reconstruction we look at the
myriad factors that caused the
Civil War, and what that war was
like for soldiers and civilians alike,
in the North and in the South. We
also discuss the war’s many

impacts, examining how the war
shaped economics, politics,
popular culture, and the
environment. Finally, we explore
the legacies of the Civil War, and
why the war remains contentious

over 150 years later.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Gienapp, The Civil War
and Reconstruction; McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom; Berry,
Weirding the War.

1HST 3206/5206
(CRN #: 13548, 13549)
Cold War America, 19451990
D. Clark
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 123 HH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060; Topics to
be explored include the origins of
the Cold War between the United
States and the Soviet Union,
McCarthyism, Vietnam, the Civil
Rights Movement, the Women’s
Movement, and the end of the
Cold War.
Style: Discussion and film.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Journals on readings, three takehome essays exams.
Undergraduate Books: Zaretsky,
Major Problems in American
History Since 1945; Borstelmann,
The Cold War and The Color Line;
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind;
Olson & Roberts, Where the

Domino Fell; Schrecker, The Age
of McCarthyism.
Graduate Requirements:
Undergraduate readings plus
additional work in area of interest.
Graduate Books: Minimum of four
additional books beyond
undergraduate list.

1HST 3270/5270
(CRN #: 11778, 11779)
History of American
Cities
D. Dykes
MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 123 HH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
A survey of the growth and
development of American cities
and the quality of city life from
colonial times to the present. The
effect of such forces as
industrialization, immigration,
migration, and
transportation as well as trade and
economic patterns upon city


organization and life will be
discussed. Special attention will
be given to the positions of cities

and suburbs within metropolitan
areas.
Style: Lectures, speakers and
films.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Two examinations and a research
project.
Undergraduate Books: Chudacoff
& Smith, The Evolution of
American Urban Society; Teaford,
Cities of the Heart Land: The Rise
and Fall of the Industrial Midwest;
Darden & Thomas, Detroit: Race
Riots, Racial Conflict, and Efforts
to Bridge the Racial Divide;
History 3270-5270 coursepack
articles.
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Graduate Books: all of the above
and Chudacoff, Major Problems in
American Urban History.

1HST 3280
(CRN #: 14097)
Civil Rights Movement in
America
D. Dykes
MWF, 1:20-2:27 AM, 204 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
The course will survey the system

of racial segregation and
discrimination established in the
19th century, the contributions of
early 20th century civil rights
organizations and the significance
of World War II in the fight against
racial discrimination before
emphasizing the mass action
campaigns of the 1950's and
1960's and their aftermath.
Recently released documentary
videotapes, autobiographical and
biographical accounts,
sociological analyses and
historical interpretations will be
used to evoke the spirit of the
times.
Style: Lecture, discussion, films.
Requirements: Two examinations
(objective and essay) and a
research paper.
Books: Williams, Thurgood
Marshall: American
Revolutionary; Marable, Race,
Reform, and Rebellion; Aldridge,
Becoming American: The African
American Quest for Civil Rights,
1861-1976.
Graduate books: Ransby, Ella
Baker and the Black Freedom

Struggle.

1HST 3322
(CRN #: 14107)
The Middle Ages, 11001500
J. Naus
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 1006 HHB
Prerequisite: WRT 1060; This
course will introduce students to
the period of the High and Late
Middle Ages, roughly from the
stirrings of church reform in the
eleventh century through the fall
of Constantinople in the midfifteenth. By making full use of
the range of historical and
archaeological evidence, students
will be introduced not only to the
main people and cultures, idea
and institutions of the Central and
Late Middle Ages, but will also be
instructed about the discipline of
history and the techniques used
by medieval historians. To this
end, in addition to “learning the
narrative” we will be devoting
substantial time to reading,
thinking about, and discussing the
original sources. In a number of
classes, we will have the
opportunity to hone our skills as

historians by working on specific
research techniques, specific
subjects of historical study, and
important (and oftentimes very
current) debates among scholars.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Jordan, Europe in the
High Middle Ages; Moore, The
Formation of a Persecuting
Society; Maddenand & Queller,
The Fourth Crusade and the
Conquest of Constantinople;
Boccaccio, The Decameron;
Raffel, Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight.

1HST 3405/5405
(CRN #: 14803, 14804)
Nationalism in Modern
Europe
D. Hastings
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 271 SFH
1Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Origins and development of
nationalism in Europe from the
eighteenth through twentieth
centuries. Political formation of
European nation states, the varied
cultural manifestations of

nationalism and the reawakening
of European nationalism in the
aftermath of the Cold War.

Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Paper and 2 exams
Books: Breuilly, The Formation of
the First German Nation State;
Mosse, Nationalization of the
Masses; Payne, A History of
Fascism 1914-1945; Gellner,
Nations and Nationalism;
Hutchinson & Smith, Nationalism;
Riall, Risorgimento: The History
of Italy from Napoleon to NationState; Burleigh, Earthly Powers;
Burleigh, Sacred Causes.

1HST 3435/5435
(CRN #: 14073, 14074)
Britain 1911 to Present
S. Moran
R, 6:30-9:50 PM, 93 MSC
1Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Undergraduate Books: Moran,
Patrick Pearse and the Politics of
Redemption; Heyck, The Peoples

of the British Isles; Cannadine,
The Decline & Fall of the British
Aristocracy; Overy, The Morbid
Age; Wasson, Sources and
Debates in Modern British
History; Madhusree, Churchill’s
Secret War.
Graduate Books: TBA
Recommended: Waugh, Men at
Arms.

1HST 3480/5480
(CRN #: 13874, 13875)
Germany Since 1740
D. Hastings
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 123 HH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
German politics, society and
culture from Frederick the Great to
the present.
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Books: Martin, A History of
Modern Germany 1800 to the
Present; Fullbrook, German
History Since 1800; Pine, Hitler’s
National Community; Browning,
Ordinary Men.

1HST 3520/5520
(CRN #: 14105, 14106)
Cold War in the Middle
East
W. Matthews


TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 272 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Examines conflict and peace
making in the Middle East in the
context of the Cold War, especially
decolonization, nationalism, and
revolution as these issues were
affected by U.S. – Soviet rivalry.
Style: Lecture & Discussion
Requirements: Essay & Book
Critique.
Books: Mansfield, A History of the
Middle East; Takeyh & Simon, The
Pragmatic Superpower; Alvandi,
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah;
Wilford, American’s Great Game.

1HST 3660/5660
(CRN #: 14108, 14109)
History of
Argentina/Brazil/Chile
L. Shesko
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 312 PH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060; The
political, social, and cultural
history of Argentina, Brazil, and
Chile from the 19th century to the
present, including Indian warfare
and slavery; immigration,
industrialization and nationalism;
dictatorship and transition to
democracy; race, soccer, and
carnival.
Style: Discussion & Lecture.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Reading responses, midterm
essay exam, two 4-page papers,
12-page research paper.
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Hutchinson, miller,
Milanich & Winn, The Chile
Reader, Nouzeilles & Montaldo,
The Argentina Reader; Levine &
Crocitti, The Brazil Reader; Stern,
Remembering Pinochet’s Chile;
Elena, Dignifying Argentina;
Graham, Feeding the City.

1HST 3710/5710
(CRN #: 14110, 14194)
Ancient African
Civilizations
G. Bekele

MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 123 HH
Prerequisites: WRT 1060;
This course seeks to examine the
ideas and forces that had shaped
African history from prehistoric
times to around 1650 CE. The
civilizations and organized states
that arose in northeast Africa
(including Egypt, Nubia, and
Ethiopia) both before and shortly

after the dawn of the common era
would be one of our major areas
of interest in this course.Then we
will shift our focus to West Africa,
which became one of the
epicenters of state craft and
cultural transformation in that
continent in the "middle ages".
The birth of the "Atlantic system"
after 1500 CE and its impact on
the changing trajectory of African
history will be the other subjects
that this course seeks to uncover.
Books: Mieroop, A History of
Ancient Egypt; Ehret, The
Civilization of Africa; Stenhouse,
The conquest of Abyssinia;
Phipipson, Foundation of an
African Civilization; Conrad,

Empires of Medieval West Africa.

1HST 3810/5810
(CRN #: 14114, 14115)
China’s Last Dynasty:
Qing/1644-1911
Y. Li
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 236 DH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060: History of
China’s last great dynasty from its
founding by the Manchus in 1644
through its powerful early
emperors to its final collapse in
1911. Course includes discussion
of traditional Chinese culture and
institutions, territorial expansion,
the Opium Wars and the 19th
century revolutionary movement.
Style: Lecture/discussion/film
Requirements: Quizzes, midterm;
oral presentation; course paper.
Books: Crossley, The Manchus;
Rowe, China’s Last Empire: The
Great Qing; Fu, Six Records of a
Floating Life.
Graduate Books: Same as above
plus: Fay; The Opium War, 18401842.

1HST 3820/5820
(CRN #: 13010, 13011)

China Since 1949
Y. Li
T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 123 HH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Yarong Jiang & David
Ashley, Mao’s Children in the New
China; Sijie, Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress; Ye, China
Candid; Gerth, As China Goes, So
Goes the World.

1HST 3903
(CRN #: 14116)
ST: Ancient Rome
J. Naus
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 1031 HHB
Prerequisites: WRT 1060: This
course focuses on the history of
the Roman Republic and Empire.
While the course is a broad survey
of Roman history, special attain is
paid to the expansion of Roman
influence across the
Mediterranean during the Republic
period, the transition from the
republic to empire, and finally the
collapse of the imperial
government in the fifth century.

Emphasis ill also be paid to the
emergence of Christian in the
fourth century. Much of the
course material will be readings in
the original primary sources. To
this end, in addition to “learning
the narrative” we will be devoting
substantial time to reading,
thinking about, and discussing the
original sources. In a number of
classes, we will have the
opportunity to hone our skills as
historians by working on specific
research techniques, specific
subjects of historical study, and
important (and oftentimes very
current) debates among scholars.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Oxford, A Brief History of
the Romans, 2nd edition; Ian ScottKilvert, The Rise of the Roman
Empire; Graves, The Twelve
Caesars (Penguin Classics);
Perkins, The Fall of Rome and the
End of Civilization.

1HST 3906
(CRN #: 14071)
ST: Jewish History
I. Greenspan

TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 204 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 1060;
This course will consider the
history of the Jewish people from
its earliest beginnings to the
present. Readings/topics will
include: a short introductory
survey to the present,
antisemitism and its impact on the
historical development of the
Jewish people, conflict with
ancient Rome, life under the
Islamic empires, accusations of
ritual murder in early modern
Europe, the importance of Yiddish
as a language and culture, and the


process of emancipation in the
nineteenth century.
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
Five book write-ups and two
papers.
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Sheindin, A Short History
of the Jewish People; Goodman,
Rome and Jerusalem; Cohen,
Under Crescent and Cross; Pochia Hsia, Trent 1475; Weinstein,
Yiddish; Goldfarb, Emancipation;

Laqueur, The Changing Face of
Anti-Semitism.
Recommended: TBA

1HST 3909
(CRN #: 14117)
History of Murder in
America
E. Dwyer
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 164 SFH
Prerequisites: WRT 1060; This
course follows the history of
American murder, from the legal
system’s origins in British
Common Law, to the present. Over
the course of the semester we’ll
explore what conditions have led
murder rates to rise and fall,
evolving views about murderers
and murder victims, and the
history of representations of
murder in popular culture.
Style: TBA
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Capote, In Cold Blood;
Lane, Murder in America: A
History.
Recommended: TBA

11HST 3920
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Readings in
History
1Staff
Prerequisites: WRT 1060; and
instructor permission.
Independent but directed readings
for juniors and seniors interested
in fields of history in which
advanced courses are not
available. Offered each semester.
It is the student’s responsibility to
contact and make arrangements
with an instructor prior to
registering for this course.

1HST 3930

(CRN #: TBA)
Field Experience: Public
History
Staff
Prerequisites: HST 3000 with a
grade of 3.3 or higher and JR/SR
standing; 24 credits in history, of
which at least 8 must be at the
300-400 level; instructor
permission. Field experience in

history, with faculty supervision
that incorporates student
performance in an occupational
setting. May not be repeated for
credit. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact and make
arrangements with an instructor
prior to registering for this course.

1HST 4978
(CRN #: 12626)
Capstone in American
History
D. Dykes
MW, 3:30-5:17 PM, 314 PH

Prerequisites: History major;
HST 3000; 20 credits in history;
senior standing.
Urbanization of African Americans
in the twentieth century is the
subject of this capstone course.
Our analysis will start with
historiography: how the story of
African American urbanization has
been interpreted by past writers.
Then, we will evaluate three recent
major studies, all on Detroit.
Discussion of research
techniques and student reports on

their research progress will
precede the completion of a
substantial research paper on
some aspect of African American
urbanization.
Style: Discussion.
Requirements: Research paper,
mid-term examination and class
participation.
Books: Thompson, Life for Us Is
What We Make It; Sugrue, The
Origins of the Urban Crisis;
Thompson, Whose Detroit?
Politics, Labor, and the Race in a
Modern American City.

1HST 4978
(CRN #: 13012)
Capstone in American
History
G. Milne
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 318 PH

Prerequisites: History major;
HST 3000; 20 credits in history;
senior standing.
In this capstone course students
investigate topics in American
history in a seminar setting. Under
the guidance of the faculty leader,

substantive issues, research
techniques and historiographical
problems will be considered as
the student prepares a research
paper to be submitted at the
conclusion of the course. This
section will focus on the history of
colonial era New England.
Style: TBA
Requirements: a final research
paper and interim assignments
including a prospectus, book
reviews, and a complete first draft
submitted for revision.
Books: Turabian: A Manual for
Writers of Research Papers,
Theses, and Dissertations 8th
Edition (do not buy previous
editions); Conforti, Saints and
Strangers: New England in British
North America; Gaglano et al.,
Doing History: Research and
Writing in the Digital Age; Bremer,
The Puritan Experiment: New
England Society from Bradford to
Edwards.

1HST 4978
(CRN #: 13547)
Capstone in American

History
D. Clark
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 202A ODH
Prerequisites: History major; HST
3000; 20 credits in history; senior
standing. In this capstone course
students investigate topics in
American history during the 1950s
in a seminar setting. Under the
guidance of the faculty leader,
substantive issues, research
techniques and historiographical
problems will be considered as
the student prepares a research
paper to be submitted at the
conclusion of the course.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Turabian, A Manual for
Writers.

1HST 4995
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Research in
History
Staff


Prerequisite: HST 3000;
permission of supervising

instructor.
1Directed individual readings on
specific topics.

1HST 5920
(CRN #: TBA)
Directed Readings for
Graduate Students
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of supervising
instructor.
1Directed individual readings on
specific topics.

HST 6995
(CRN#: TBA)
Research Tutorial
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of supervising
instructor.
Directed individual research
leading to the writing of a
scholarly paper of substantial
length. May be repeated for
credit.

HST 6998
(CRN #: TBA)

Field or Thesis
Examination
Staff
Prerequisite: grad status,
permission of faculty advisor.
Examination taken in the last
semester of the student’s
program; student must secure
permission of the faculty advisor
before registering.