HST 3920 CRN #:TBA Directed Readings in History Staff Prerequisite: WRT 1060; Permission of instructor.. It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instr
Trang 1Department Location: 416 Varner
Department Phones: (248)370-3510 or
(248)370-3511
Department Office Hours:
M-F 8am-4:30pm
Chair: James Naus
413 Varner (248)370-3531
naus@oakland.edu
Graduate Advisor: Don Matthews
404 Varner (248)370-3525
matthews@oakland.edu
Undergraduate Advisor: Liz Shesko
403 Varner (248) 370-3529
shesko@oakland.edu
Please call department phone #’s for undergraduate advising appts.
Information contained in this memo is current as of 3/05/19 and is subject to change.
1 Noteworthy 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.)
11 Spring 2019 Classes S01 session (5/06/19-6/26/19)
HST 1200 (CRN # 30486) Introduction to American History Before 1877
C Shelly
MWR, 7:30-9:35 AM, 2085 HHB, 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, Vol 2; Bell, Out of This Furnace; Boyle, Arc of Justice
HST 2010 (CRN # 33105) World History
W Matthews
TR, 6:30-9:50 PM, 210 EH
Department of
History Course Descriptions
Summer 2019
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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: TBA
Requirements: Lecture &
Discussion
Books: Reilly, The Human
Journey, Second Edition: A
Concise Introduction to World
History; Marks, The Origins of the
Modern World, Third Edition;
Gordon, When Asia was the
World.
1Recommended: TBA
HST 3206/5206
(CRN # 32211, 32212)
Cold War America,
1945-1990
D Clark
MW, 5:30-8:50 PM, 206 EH
Prerequisites: 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:
Take-home essays, journals
Undergraduate Books: Zaretsky,
Atwood, 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
& Deery, The Age of McCarthysim:
A Brief History with Documents
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Graduate Books: TBA
HST 3900/5900
(CRN # 33397, 33398)
ST: Warfare in Early
America
G Milne
MWR, 12:00-2:05 PM, 306 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060
Surveys the history of organized violence in North America from approximately 1250 CE through the War of 1812 Attention is paid
to the persistent interplay between Native American, African, and European styles of warfare and their effects on early modern societies and economies
Style: Lecture, discussion.
Requirements: Short papers and a take-home final exam.
Books: West Point History of Warfare [online]; Starkey, European and Native American Warfare; Steele, Warpaths:
Invasions of North America; Lee, Barbarians and Brothers: Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865.
HST 3920 (CRN #:TBA)
Directed Readings in History
Staff Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Permission of instructor
Independent but directed readings for juniors and seniors interested
in fields of history in which advanced courses are not available It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.
HST 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 3000-4000 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.
HST 4995 (CRN #: TBA)
Directed Research in History
Staff Prerequisites: HST 3000;
instructor permission.
Directed individual research for advanced history majors It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.
HST 5920 (CRN #: TBA) Directed Readings
Staff Prerequisite: Grad stndg;
permission of supervising instructor.
Directed individual readings on specific topics.
HST 6995 (CRN #: TBA) Research Tutorial
Staff Prerequisite: Grad stndg;
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 stndg;
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.
1 Summer 2019 Classes S02 Session (7/01/19 -8/21/19) HST 1100
(CRN #: 31071) Introduction to American History Before 1877
M J Miles MWR, 9:45-11:50 AM, 2085 HHB
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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),
in-class final exam (essay and
objective); book review paper;
in-class open-book textbook reading
quizzes; attendance.
Books: Oakes, Of the People, 3 rd
Edition, Vol 1; Douglass,
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass; Akers, Abigail Adams;
Dew, Apostles of Disunion.
1 HST 1200
(CRN #: 33382)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
J Powell
ON-LINE
Surveys American history from
Reconstruction to the present,
emphasizing the emergence of the
United States as an
industrial-urban 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.
1 HST 1400
(CRN #: 31250)
Introduction to European
History Since 1715
D Hastings
MWR, 12:00-2:05 PM, 2085 HHB
Surveys the history of Europe
from the Enlightenment to the
present
Style: Lecture and discussion
Requirements: 2 Commentaries
Books: TBA
1 HST 3210/5210
(CRN #: 33388, 33389)
American Foreign
Relations 20th Century
K Miller
MW, 5:30-8:50 PM, 204 DH
Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
American foreign policy
concerning strategic problems
from the Spanish-American War to
the present The focus will largely
fall on issues of diplomacy with equal partners,
notably the two World Wars and the Cold War However, there will
be substantial discussion of asymmetrical diplomacy, such as Caribbean interventions and the Vietnam War.
Style: Lecture/discussion
Undergraduate Requirements:
TBA Graduate Requirements: TBA Books: Articles (mostly from JSTOR)
1 HST 3400/5400 (CRN #: 33395, 33396) Europe Since 1914
S Moran
TR, 6:30-9:50 PM, TBA Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
An analysis of 20th century European history The focus will
be on central role played by the First and Second World Wars and their impact upon politics, society, and culture.
Style: Lecture, some films.
Undergraduate Requirements:
Three essay examinations.
Graduate Requirements: Same.
Books: Roberts, Elegy: The First Day on the Somme; Moran, Patrick Pearse and the Politics of Redemption; Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier; Mosley, Fascist Voice;
Eckhertz, D Day Through German Eyes; Stromberg, Europe in the Twentieth Century
HST 3920 (CRN #: TBA) Directed Readings in History
Staff Prerequisite: WRT 1060;
Permission of instructor
Independent but directed readings for juniors and seniors interested
in fields of history in which advanced courses are not available It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.
HST 3930 (CRN #: TBA) Field Experience: Public History
Prerequisites: WRT 1060;
HST 3000 with a grade of 3.3 or higher and JR/SR stndg; 24 credits in history, of which at least
8 must be at the 3000-4000 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.
HST 4995 (CRN #: TBA) Directed Research in History
Staff Prerequisites: HST 3000;
instructor permission Directed individual research for advanced history majors It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.
HST 5920 (CRN #:TBA) Directed Readings
Staff Prerequisite: Grad stndg;
permission of supervising instructor.
Directed individual readings on specific topics.
HST 6995 (CRN #: TBA) Research Tutorial
Staff Prerequisite: Grad stndg;
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 stndg;
permission of faculty advisor Examination taken in the last semester of the student’s program; student must secure
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