Graduate Courses
The History Department offers numerous courses each semester that cover a broad range of topical areas. Please visit this site often as the contents are updated for each semesters course offerings.
Please visit the Graduate Course Catalog for more information on all of our course offerings.
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See below for Summer & Fall 2024 Course Offerings
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History 5310 | Western European History Since 1815
Field | European History
Term | Fall 2024A seminar based on selected topics in the history of Western Europe from 1815 to the present. The Fall 2024 iteration will focus on Europe in the Nineteenth Century. May be repeated with a different emphasis.
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History 5313 | Early American History
Field | United States History
Term | Summer 1, 2024A seminar based on selected topics in the Colonial Revolutionary and Early National periods of the United States history. May be repeated with different emphasis.
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History 5316C | Women and Gender in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Field | European History
Term | Fall 2024This graduate reading seminar examines the histories of African, European, and Indigenous women in the Atlantic World from 1500 to 1800. We will emphasize comparisons between empires and the methodological challenges of researching early modern women.
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History 5345D | Oral History: Theory & Practice
Field | Public History
Term | Fall 2024A seminar based upon developing a theoretical and practical understanding of the techniques of oral historical research and document preservation and presentation.
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History 5345O | Immigration and US History
Field | United States History
Term | Fall 2024This course will examine the history of immigration and citizenship in the United States beginning with the colonial era and extending through present day. It will consider the causes of immigration as well as the social, cultural and economic experiences of various immigrant groups and the development of immigrant group identities. This reading seminar will introduce graduate students to a sampling of recent works in the field as well as some foundational texts.
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History 5348 | History of Texas Music
Field | United States History
Term | Fall 2024This course examines the evolution of music in Texas and the American Southwest from pre-Colombian times to the present, with an emphasis on how music reflects the ethnically diverse history and culture of the region.
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History 5351F | US Women's History
Field | United States History
Term | Fall 2024This course offers graduate students an introduction in the topics, themes, and issues that animate the history of women in the US.
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History 5361 | Historiography and Methods
Field | Core Course
Term | Fall 2024A general introduction to key concepts, approaches, and challenges involved in reading, researching, and writing history at the professional level.
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History 5362 | Military History
Field | United States History
Term | Summer 2, 2024This seminar is based on selected topics in military history. May be repeated with different emphases up to nine hours.
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History 5371 | The Practice of Public History
Field | Public History
Term | Fall 2024A seminar addressing the definition, evolution, and philosophy of public history.
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History 5375N | Digital History
Field | Public History
Term | Fall 2024Through the life of Erauso, the so-called "Soldier-Nun," who escaped a convent as a teenager to live as a conquistador in the Spanish army, this graduate course will teach students digital tools and methods while studying the history of gender and sexuality in Renaissance Spain.
Students will be introduced to virtual exhibition creation, GIS mapping, database creation, timeline creation, social network analysis, text analysis, podcasting, image editing, and data visualization. Students will engage with primary and secondary sources to learn data visutalization.
This class has been designed so that students only need proficiency with personal computing. Students will work as a team and individually to produce and contribute to a variety of digital projects.
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History 5382 | China and the Modern World
Field | World History
Term | Fall 2024This course examines Chinese relations with the modern world from 1800 to the present, focusing on the external aggression and internal transformation between 1839 and 1945; the split into two Chinas in 1949; the mainland China/Taiwan developments, interactions between the two Chinese governments and among the world community since then.
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History 5398 | General Research Seminar
Field | Core Courses
Term | Fall 2024A seminar designed to enhance research and writing skills in history. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.