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Graduate Courses

G585 Modern China (3 cr.)
Survey of the final century of dynastic rule and the rise to power of the Nationalist and Communist parties, highlighting social and clutural developments, the impact of Western imperialism, and the evolution of revolutionary ideologies. Credit given only for G585 or G462.

H500 History of Historical Thought (4 cr.)
Approaches to the historian’s craft and reflections on history as a type of scholarly thinking. Recommended for new graduate students and others interested in history as a branch of knowledge. With the consent of the director of graduate studies, may be repeated for credit when the instructor differs.

H501 Historical Methodology (4 cr.)
Discussion and application of the various methods and strategies used in historical research.

H516 History of Philanthropy in the United States (3 cr.)
Approaches philanthropy as a social relation between various groups and looks at issues ranging from the relationship between government and the economy to African-American activism to women’s roles. Explores past and current debates about such issues in order to analyze the past, understand the present, and shape the future.

H521 Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History (3cr.)
This is a topics course.

H542 Public History (4 cr.)
The application of history to public needs and public programs. Historic preservation, archival management, oral history, editing, public humanities programming, historical societies, etc.

H543 Practicum in Public History (1-4 cr.)
P: H542. Internships in public history programs, field work, or research in the historical antecedents of contemporary problems.

H546 Special Topics in the History of Science and Technology (3 cr.)
Study of topics in the history of science, medicine, and technology. May be repeated once for credit.

H547 Special Topics in Public History (3 cr.)
Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in public history. Topics will vary from semester to semester, e.g., to include historic preservation, archival practice, and historical editing.

H548 Historical Administration (3 cr.)
This course presents an overview of issues faced by administrators and mid-level managers who work in museums, historical societies, archives, special collection libraries, and other cultural resource agencies. Topics, speakers, and readings focus on issues that are unique to the agencies that collect, preserve, and interpret historical resources.

H575 Graduate Readings in History
Readings course.

Colloquia (4 cr.)
Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal; they are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Seminars (4 cr.)
These courses involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.