Spring 2013 Advanced Courses
HISTORY DEPARTMENT ADVANCED COURSES SPRING 2013
The SFA History Department will offer the following advanced and graduate courses during the spring 2013 semester. For more information about individual courses, see the instructor.
All 300 and 400 level courses have a prerequisite of 6 hours of history.
To help students meet degree requirements, each semester the department will designate certain courses Writing Enhanced.
HIS 301 U.S. DIPLOMATIC, 1776-1900, Dr. Cooper, MWF 10:00-10:50, F-477
Survey of U.S. diplomatic history from the era of the American Revolution through the Open Door Policy.
HIS 303 GLOBAL DIPLOMACY, Dr. Davis, TR 11:00-12:15, F-477
Survey of the complexities of international relations since the end of World War II, including the rise and fall of the Cold War and the role of the Third World in global affairs.
- Meets an elective requirement for the International Studies minor.
- May count toward the International Business major – see MMIB Department.
HIS 319 MIDDLE AGES, Dr. Dahmus, TR 9:30-10:45, F-474
Survey of the political, social, economic and cultural developments of European civilization from the classical period to the end of the Middle Ages.
HIS 321 WORLD HISTORY, Dr. Catton, MW 2:30-3:45, F-472
Introduction to the history of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and of Western contact with their people and cultures.
- Meets an elective requirement for the International Studies second major or minor.
- Meets a requirement for those seeking teacher certification in History for grades 8-12.
- May count toward the International Business major – see MMIB Department.
HIS 335.501 HISTORY OF TEXAS, Mr. Bradford, Web course
The course is designed as a comprehensive survey course in Texas history beginning with pre-Columbian contact and continuing until the contemporary era. Because the course covers such an expansive timeframe, a number of topics will only be cursorily covered in class lectures, making it essential that students supplement their understanding of course content with readings in the textbooks. The primary focus of the course will be the various political, social, and cultural themes that have played key roles in the development of Texas and Texans, and the emphasized themes will be the ones the instructor feels most essential in gaining an understanding of Texas in a historical perspective. Course themes will include the exploration of the diverse cultural legacies of the state, the place of Texas in the American South, and the role of economic boom-and-bust cycles in shaping the state. Because this is an upper-level history course, a key element of the course will be the growth of critical thinking among the students concerning the examination of historical themes and paradigms.
- This course meets a requirement for those seeking teacher certification in social studies for grades 4-8.
HIS 343 COLONIAL AMERICA, Dr Lannen, MWF 9:00- 9:50, F-477
Study of the colonial foundations of British North America from the earliest beginnings to the end of the French and Indian War in 1763.
HIS 412 TUDOR-STUART, Dr. Malpass, MWF 11:00- 11:50, F-475
This course examines two of the most dynamic dynasties in British and European History from 1485 until the Glorious Revolution in 1714 in terms of constitutional, religious, economic and military history. The influence of character and society on the evolution of British government and culture will be a focal point for the emergence of the modern state.
HIS 414 JAZZ AND RACE IN AMERICA, Dr. Carney, T 4:00- 6:30, F-474
This course examines the creation and development of jazz music in the United States with a particular focus on . Specific topics include the role of race in the creation and reception of early jazz; the cultural context and meaning of jazz in the 1960s and 1970s; jazz and the concept of black masculinity; and studies of key figures such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. This is a study of the racial and cultural meaning of jazz and no background in music is necessary to take this class.
HIS 448 GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVISM, Dr. Beisel, MWF 11:00-11:50, F-477
This course will be a study of the sweeping changes that occurred in the American society, economy, politics, diplomacy, and culture between the end of Reconstruction and the conclusion of the Great War. Students familiar with such well-known national figures and events as Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Armour & Swift, Jane Addams, San Juan Hill, the Homestead Strike, and skyscrapers will learn about others such as the Hello Girls, The Otis Company, Jimmy Winkfield, Lillian Russell, Molly Maguires, Delano & Aldrich, and the telephone excise tax.
HIS 459 NAZI GERMANY, Dr. Jackson, W 4:00-6:30, F-480
Few brief periods in history have made as much difference in the lives of millions of people as did the years between 1930 and 1945. The epicenter of the period was in Germany, where the National Socialist regime after 1933 organized and launched a racial and military war. This course will discuss the continuities and discontinuities in German history – the “before, during, and after” impact of the Nazi regime. The ways the experiences of Germany were comparable to that of other Western nations will also be discussed. Some of the topics highlighted will be: Why did the Weimar Republic fail? Why did the Nazis succeed? How did the Nazis stand democracy on its head? What contradictions in democracy made this possible? What happened to individual rights in the totalitarian state? How did the radical departure from the ethics of the Western tradition turn Social Darwinism into the Holocaust? Was Hitler personally to blame or was the guilt collective? What responsibility do foreign governments like the U.S. have in the Nazi march to war and horror? What lessons can be gleaned from a study of the period? The course will be divided into three parts: The Nazi rise to power, their actions and policies while in power, and their waging of total war on Europe and the Jews.
HIS 470. 090 SENIOR SEMINAR, Dr. Carney, M 4:00- 6:30, F472
Course designed to refine the research and writing skills of undergraduate history majors, giving them the opportunity to complete a research project based on the use of primary documents.
- Required of all undergraduate history majors.
HIS 470.091 SENIOR SEMINAR, Dr. Allen, TR 12:30- 1:45, F474
Course designed to refine the research and writing skills of undergraduate history majors, giving them the opportunity to complete a research project based on the use of primary documents.
- Required of all undergraduate history majors.
GRADUATE COURSES
HIS 531 HISTORICAL RESEARCH, WRITING AND EDITING, Dr. Sosebee, MW 7:30- 8:45, F-477
Introduction to basic historical research and writing, and information literacy useful for history. Includes lectures, readings
and work within ongoing projects.
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May be repeated once with change of topic
HIS 536 HISTORICAL MEMORY, Dr. Sandul, T 6:00- 8:30, F-477
Topical studies in various aspects of Public History: historic preservation, cultural resource management, local and family history.
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May be repeated with change of topic
HIS 561 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Dr. Taaffe, MW 6:00- 7:15, F-474
1850-1865 - Special topics in Federal and Confederate affairs, civilian and military, foreign and domestic.
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May be repeated once with change of topic
HIS 567 HISTORICAL BORDERLANDS, Dr. Rex Galindo, R 6:00-8:30, F477
This course introduces graduate students to the major concepts, developments, and problems in the history and historiography of Borderlands. It examines the phenomenon of borderlands from a comparative and global perspective, centering on the US.-Mexico borderlands but taking into account other borderlands regions in other continents and different time periods: especially China’s northern frontier with pastoral nomads, the Roman imperial borderlands, and the Christian-Moslem frontiers of early modern Europe. The timeframe is therefore wide. The course explores porous geographical areas where human interactions were shaped by the encounter and association, many times violently, of distinct cultures. The course emphasizes the multicultural forces involved in the different historical processes that shaped the borderlands and their societies. The class will take a strong comparative approach, meaning to underscore similarities as well as contradictions in the evolution of the different borderlands in a global, historical context.
HIS 580 THE TEACHING OF HISTORY, Dr. Cox, T 6:00- 8:30, F-480
An intensive study of the methods and techniques in the teaching of history.