Summer II 2009 Courses
HISTORY DEPARTMENT ADVANCED COURSES SUMMER II 2009
The SFA History Department will offer the following advanced and graduate courses during the Summer II 2009 semester. For more information about individual courses, see the instructor.
All 300 and 400 level courses have a prerequisite of 6 hours of history.
HIS 310 AMERICAN SPORTS, Dr. Lannen, MTWR 2:45-4:40, F-480
This course is an examination of the development of sports in America from the colonial era to the present. Topics include race, gender, commercialism, drug use and abuse, violence, and the continuing interactions between sports and American society.
HIS 313 HISTORY OF MOTHERHOOD, Dr. Cooper, MTWR 10:15-12:10, F-480
This course will examine the ways in which women have experienced motherhood around the world throughout history and consider how national, societal, class, financial, racial, and generational influences have shaped and been shaped by women as they choose to accept or reject motherhood.
HIS 459 NAZI GERMANY, Dr. Jackson, MTWR 12:30-2:25, F-480
Few brief periods in history have made so 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 the Nazis succeeded? 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.
GRADUATE COURSES
HIS 582 INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC HISTORY, Dr. Beisel, MTWR 5:00-6:55, F-480
This graduate level introduction to public history will familiarize students with the development of the public history field and its place with the broader history discipline. Throughout the semester, students will explore through readings, site visits, and class discussions, the wide range of career options in public history including archives, museums, nonprofit historical organizations, government agencies and programs, and private sector venues such as business corporations and consulting firms.