NEWSLETTER
Department Location: 416 VarnerDepartment Phones: (248)370-3510 or (248)370-3511
Department Office Hours:
M-F 8am-4:30pm
Chair: Todd Estes
411 Varner(248)370-3534
Graduate Advisor: Don Matthews
404 Varner (248)370-3525
/ Undergraduate Advisor: Craig Martin
403 Varner
(248) 370-3527
Please call department phone #’s for undergraduate advising appts.
Information contained in this memo is current as of 10/24/16 and is subject to change.
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 101, HST 102, HST 114, HST 115& HST 292. (Note: not all courses are offered every semester.)
Courses that satisfy the university general education requirement in U.S. diversity: HST 114, HST 115, HST 292, HST 318, HST 319, HST 322, HST 361, & HST 362. (Note: not all courses are offered every semester.)
Winter 2017 Classes
HST 101
(CRN # 12122)
Introduction to European History Before 1715
J. Naus
MWF, 9:20-10:27AM, 205 VAR
Surveys the history of Europe from the ancient period through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and the Early Modern periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Cole, Symes, Coffin & Stacey, Western Civilization: Their History and Their Culture; Euripides, The Trojan Women; Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars; Machiavelli, The Prince.
HST 101
(CRN #: 13907)
Introduction to European HistoryBefore 1715
I.Greenspan
MWF, 1:20-2:27PM, 205 VAR
Surveys the history of Europe from the ancient period through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and the Early Modern periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Cengage Advantage Books; Western Civilization, Vol. 1: To 1715, 9th Edition; Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition, Vol. 1, 8th edition.
HST 101
(CRN #: 10798)
Introduction to European HistoryBefore 1715
D. Hastings
TR, 1:00-2:47PM, 206 VAR
Surveys the history of Europe from the ancient period through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and the Early Modern periods.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Kagan, The Western Heritage, Vol. 1; Brophy et al, Perspectives from the Past, Vol. 1; Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise.
HST 102
(CRN #: 10042)
Introduction to European HistorySince 1715
I. Greenspan
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 205VAR
Surveys the history of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, Vol. II; Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition, Vol 2, 8th edition.
HST 102
(CRN #: 12123)
Introduction to European History Since 1715
J. Powell
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 202B ODH
Surveys the history of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.
Style: Lecture and discussion
Requirements: TBA
Books: Perry, Western Civilization; France, The Gods Will Have Blood; Camus, The Stranger.
HST 114
(CRN #: 12462)
Introduction to American History Before 1877
C. Shelly
MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 102 MSC
This survey of American history emphasizes political, economic, and social themes. Major topics include English colonization, origins of the American Revolution, development of American political thought and practice, social reform movements, slavery and race relations, nineteenth-century expansion, origins of the Civil War, etc.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: 4-6 page paper based on assigned reading; two or three exams (primarily essay); possibly one or two quizzes.
Books: Tindall & Shi, America; Franklin, The Autobiography and other Writings; Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
HST 114
(CRN #: 15398)
Introduction to American History Before 1877
G. Milne
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 2085 HHB
Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era.
Style: Lecture & discussion
Requirements: TBA
Books:Norton et al., A People and a Nation Vol. 1, 10th edition, bundled withMajor Problems in American History Vol. 1, 4th edition.
HST 114
(CRN #: 10730)
Introduction to American History Before 1877
B. Zellers
T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 206 VAR
The course traces the transformation of America from a place, a destination for immigrants from many nations, to a distinctive social order. We will examine the evolution of American society, culture, economy, and politics through the era of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Two examinations and two essays.
Books: Tindall, America; Binder & Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol. 1; Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin;Hagedorn, Beyond the River.
Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual; McMillen, Seneca Falls.
HST 114
(CRN #: 10046)
Introduction to American History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 263 SFH
Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era, focusing upon the formation of the United States and the forces promoting unity and division in the new nation.
Style:Lecture, discussion, interactive learning activities.
Requirements: Reading, weekly assessments, two essays, e-portfolio.
Books:Cengage Learning, MindLink for MindTap U.S. History; Also, History Databases from Kresge Library.
HST 114
(CRN #: 12139)
Introduction to American History Before 1877
D. Prentiss
ON LINE
Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era, focusing upon the formation of the United States and the forces promoting unity and division in the new nation.
Style: Lecture, discussion,
Interactive learning activities.
Requirements: Readings, weekly assessments, two essays, e-portfolio.
Books:Cengage Learning, MindLink for MindTap U.S. History 6-months Printer Access Card.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10048)
Introduction to American History Since 1877
C. Shelly
MWF, 8:00-9:07 AM, 302 PH
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; two or three exams (primarily essay).
Books: Tindall & Shi, America, Vol. 2; Bell, Out of This Furnace; McElvaine, Down & Out in the Great Depression.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10049)
Introduction to American History Since 1877
D. Clark
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 105WH
Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present, emphasizing the emergence of the United States as an industrial-urban nation with global interests.
Style: Discussion of readings and films.
Requirements: Four take-home essay exams; reading in advance for class discussions.
Books: Faragher et al, Out of Many, Vol II; Argersinger, The Triangle Fire; Dittmer, Freedom Summer; Schlosser, Fast Food Nation.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10050)
Introduction to American History Since 1877
K. Miller
MW, 3:30-5:17 PM, 205 VAR
Surveys American History from Reconstruction to the present, emphasizing how structural circumstances benefit some groups differently than others.
Style: Mostly lecture with some discussion.
Requirements: homework assignments, a book essay, three quizzes, and a final examination.
Books: Schaller, American Horizons, Vol 2, Concise Edition; Vance, Hillbilly Elgey.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10465)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
M. J. Miles
TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 302PH
Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present. Focuses on the social, political, and economic development of the United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion & film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term exam (essay and objective), in-class final exam (essay and objective); book review paper; eight in-class open-book textbook reading quizzes; attendance.
Books:Oakes, Of the People, Concise 2nd Edition, Vol. II.; Washington, Up From Slavery; Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life; Seiler,
Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10460)
Introduction to American
History Since 1877
M. J. Miles
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 314 PH
Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present. Focuses on the social, political, and economic development of the United States.
Style: Lecture, discussion & film.
Requirements: In-class mid-term exam (essay and objective), in-class final exam (essay and objective); book review paper; eight in-class open-book textbook reading quizzes; attendance.
Books:Oakes, Of the People, Concise 2nd Edition, Vol. II.; Washington, Up From Slavery; Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life; Seiler,
Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America.
HST 115
(CRN #: 10678)
Introduction to American History Since 1877
J. Powell
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 302 PH
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
HST 115
(CRN #: 14763)
Introduction to American History Since 1877
B. Zellers
R, 6:30-9:50 PM, 206 VAR
Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present, emphasizing the emergence of the United States as an industrial-urban nation with global interests and challenges these posed American hopes and expectations.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Requirements: Two brief essays, two examinations.
Books: Tindall, America; Binder & Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol. 2;Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt; Kazin, A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan.
Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual; Weiner, Enemies.
HST 205
(CRN #: 14819)
World History
D. Matthews
TR, 8:00-9:47AM, 306 PH
Surveys major trends in world 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; A Concise Introduction to World History; Marks, The Origins of the Modern World; Gordon, When Asia was the World.
Recommended: TBA
HST 300
(CRN#: 10047)
Seminar in Historical Research
J. Naus
MWF, 10:40-11:47AM, 433 VAR
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one history course; History major or instructor’s permission.
The development of critical judgment regarding the nature and use of historical evidence; historiographical readings, library investigation into specific topics within a general historical subject, a research paper and a presentation of the paper to the seminar.
Style: TBA
Requirements: TBA
Books: Riley-Smith, The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading; Peters, The First Crusade; Chazen, In the Year 1096, Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
HST 300
(CRN#: 10052)
Seminar in Historical Research
C. Martin
MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 479 VAR
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one history course; History major or instructor permission.
The course introduces students to historiography, methods of historical research, and the writing of research papers.
Style: Lecture and Discussion
Requirements: A 15-20 page research paper with footnotes and bibliography plus other shorter assignments.
Books: Herlihy, The Black Death and the Transformation of the West; Arnold, History: A Very Short Introduction; Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers; Green, The House of History.
HST 300
(CRN#: 10411)
Seminar in Historical Research
E. Shesko
MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 371 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160; one history course; History major or instructor permission. This course introduces students to historiography, methods of historical research, and the writing of research papers. Each student will select a research topic related to Latin America in the Cold War.
Style: Seminar
Requirements: A series of assignments culminating in a 20-25 page research paper based on primary and secondary sources.
Books: Rabe, The Killing Zone; Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers and Theses.
HST 300
(CRN#: 13909)
Seminar in Historical Research
G. Milne
TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 206 EH
Prerequisites: WRT 160; one history course, History major or instructor’s permission. Each student will formulate and conduct a research project on some aspect of colonial New England (broadly construed as any time up to 1763). For the research project, the student will select a topic, subject to the instructor’s approval, from that era, and write a research paper that is fully annotated with footnotes and bibliography according to the standards of scholarly research and writing. They will make presentations of their research findings during class time.
Style: Seminar
Requirements: Research project, (papers and presentations), attendance.
Books:Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 8thedition;Conforti, Saints and Strangers: New England in British North America; Gaglano et al., Doing History: Research and Writing in the Digital Age, 2ndedition; Bremer, The Puritan Experiment: New England from Bradford to Edwards.
HST 301/501
(CRN #: 12144, 12145)
History of American Cities
D. Dykes
TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 281 EC
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
A survey of the growth and development of American cities and the quality of city life from colonial times to the present. The effect of such forces as industrialization, immigration, migration, andtransportation as well as trade and economic patterns upon city organization and life will be discussed. Special attention will be given to the positions of cities and suburbs within metropolitan areas.
Style: Lectures, speakers and films.
Undergraduate Requirements: Two examinations and a research project.
Undergraduate Books: Chudacoff & Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society; Warner, The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth; Teaford, Cities of the Heart
Land: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest; Darden & Thomas, Detroit; History 301/501 coursepack articles.
Graduate Requirements: TBA
Graduate Books: all of the above and Chudacoff, Major Problems in American Urban History.
HST 320/520
(CRN #: 14770, 14771)
Cold War America, 1945-1990
D. Clark
MW, 3:30-5:17 PM, 165 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
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 in a global context, women’s rights, and the end of the Cold War.
Style: Discussion and film.
Undergraduate Requirements: Journals on readings, three take-home essays exams.
Undergraduate Books: Zaretsky, 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, The Age of McCarthyism.
Graduate Requirements:
Undergraduate readings plus additional work in area of interest.
Graduate Books: Minimum of four additional books beyond undergraduate list.
HST 326/526
(CRN #: 13911, 13912)
The Italian Renaissance
C. Martin
MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 236 DH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
The European Renaissance period, with emphasis on the Italian experience: art, humanism, politics and society, the economy and religion, c. 1300-c. 1550.
Style: Lecture & discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements: Term paper, weekly discussions, midterm and final exams.
Graduate Requirements: As above, with term paper 20-25 pages,to include historiographical problems.
Undergraduate Books: Brucker, The Society of Renaissance Florence; Kaborycha, A Short History of Renaissance Italy; Musa & Bondanella, The Italian Renaissance Reader.
Graduate Books: same as above, plus Woolfson, Palgrave Advances in Renaissance Historiography; with additional readings/meetings, TBA.
HST 338/538
(CRN #: 13291, 13292)
Ireland, 1691 to the Present
S. Moran
W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 265 SFH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Modern Ireland from the Williamite wars to contemporary Ireland. Emphasis on the question of Irish national identity. Topics include colonial Ireland, revolution and the union, Catholic emancipation, the Great Famine, nationalism and republicism, 1916, forging the new state and society and the North.
Style: Lecture, discussion & films.
Undergraduate Requirements: Two essays take home final & map quiz.
Graduate Requirements: Historiography paper & two essays
Undergraduate Books: Lydon, The Making of Ireland: A History; Swift, A Modest Proposal and Other Satires; Moran, Patrick Pearse and the Politics of Redemption; Donnelly, Captain Rock; Hennsbey, Hunger Strike; Dworkin, Ireland & Britain; Green, Odd Man Out.
Graduate Books: Same as undergraduates.
HST 339/539
(CRN #:11721, 11722)
Women Early Modern Europe 1500-1789
S. Chapman Williams
TR, 1:00-2:47PM, 312 PH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
Assesses women’s contributions to the changes and events of early modern Europe, examines women in the private and public spheres, and explores the dynamic of gender in studying the impact of women on politics, the economy, literacy and culture, and religious practices and beliefs. (Identical with WGS 339.)
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements:Two seven page papers, mid-term and final exams, required participation in class discussions, pop quizzes on course readings.
Undergraduate Books:Wiesner-Hanks, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe; Louis Menetra, Journal of My Life; Gluckel, Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln; Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre; Dunn, From Mother to Son.
Graduate Requirements: One researchpaper (15 pages with historiography and primary sources), one book review essay, mid-term and final exams, required participation in class discussions, pop quizzes on course readings.
Graduate Books: Same as above, plus additional readings and seminar meetings TBA.
HST 343/543
(CRN #: 15121, 15122)
Germany Since 1740
D. Hastings
TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 239 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
German politics, society and culture from Frederick the Great to the present.
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements: TBA
Books: Kitchen, History of Modern Germany; Fulbrook, German History Since 1800; Orlow, History of Germany, 1871 to Present; Browning, Ordinary Men; Kirk, Nazi Germany.
HST 356/556
(CRN #: 13293, 13294)
Modern Middle East
W. Matthews
TR, 10:00-11:47AM, 388 MSC
Prerequisite: WRT 160;Covers the major themes in Middle East history since 1800 including Orientalism, imperialism, nationalism, liberal movements, gender relations, and the emergence of the Islamic movements.
Style: Lecture & Discussion.
Requirements: TBA
Books:Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East; Toledano, Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East; Neep, Occupying Syria; Erilch, Inside Syria.
Graduate Books: TBA
HST 374/574
(CRN #: 13920, 13921)
China in Revolution 1911-1949
Y. Li
TR, 8:00-9:47AM, 204 EH
Prerequisite: WRT 160;
China’s 20th century revolutionary experience, focusing on the 1911, 1928 and 1949 revolutions. Topics include the struggle between China’s two revolutionary parties, the Nationalists and Communists; social change under the Republic; World War II in Asia; and the civil war.
Style: Lecture and discussion.
Undergraduate Requirements: Quizzes, midterm, final paper.
Graduate Requirements: Quizzes, response, papers, research paper.
Undergraduate Books: Zarrow, China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949. Spence, The Gate of Heavenly Peace.