Examines the nature of history, historical research, and the writing of history.

An analysis of the topics in Chinese history from earliest times to the present.

Investigates selected topics in the history of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.

Investigates selected topics in Latin American history. May focus on colonial or post-independence period.

A study of central issues of modern African history, including social transformation, the emergence of the nation-state, economic underdevelopment and the problem of southern Africa.

Investigates topics in the history of colonial and revolutionary America through direct research and/or readings.

Focus of seminar will be on research and writing topics for the American Southwest from the Spanish period through the territorial period to the statehood period when full admission secured.

Investigation of a topic in American history. Content depends on instructor.

A seminar for advanced undergraduate and graduate students that will investigate select topics in Medieval and Renaissance history through research and readings.

Students will examine a specific topic and write a critical essay incorporating research, historical methodology, analysis, and expository skills at the graduate level.

A consideration in depth of European historical development focusing on key issues in European history.

This graduate-level course explores a historical topic, theme, or methodological approach. Content depends on instructor.

Reading seminar explores environmental history. Through a variety of monographs and articles, read and discuss themes, methodologies and subjects. Readings will focus on the twentieth century and cover a global scope.

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)

Focuses on the writing of an article-length research paper of publication quality grounded in primary sources. History M.A. students are required to take six credits of HIST 690 and earn at least a B on the research project to pass the course.