History
Department of History and Political Science
Our department explores the present and past through two distinct disciplines: History and Political Science. History is the study of the human past as it is constructed and interpreted with human artifacts, written evidence, and oral traditions. It requires empathy for people, respect for intelligent debate, and the skillful use of an evolving set of practices and tools. Political Science addresses questions about the organization and function of governments, public policies and political processes, systems, and political behavior. Political scientists use both humanistic and scientific perspectives and tools and a variety of methodological approaches to examine the processes, systems, and political dynamics of all countries and regions of the world. All History and Political Science courses emphasize critical reading, rigorous research, and strong oral and written communication skills. The History program encompasses a minor and a major, with optional concentrations in Public History or Foreign Service. The department also offers a minor in Political Science, a minor in Pre-Law, and a minor in Middle East Studies. History majors complete a capstone project through a seminar course, as an independent senior thesis, or by being accepted into the fall American Antiquarian Society Seminar. The department supports the Upsilon Rho chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society.
Faculty
Nathan Angelo, Assistant Professor (2016), B.A. Hofstra University; M.A. New York University and City University of New York; Ph.D. New School for Social Research
Joseph Preston Baratta, Associate Professor (1999), B.A. St. John's College; M.A., M.A.T., Ph.D. Boston University
Erika Briesacher, Assistant Professor (2012), B.A. Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ph.D. Kent State University
Anthony Dell'Aera, Assistant Professor (2016), B.A. Trinity College; M.A., Ph.D. Brown University
Martin Fromm, Assistant Professor (2013), B.A. Brown University; M.A. Stanford University; Ph.D. Columbia University
Michael Gesin, Associate Professor (2007), B.A. Worcester State College; M.A., Ph.D. Brandeis University
Aldo V. Garcia Guevara, Department Chair/Sociology, Associate Professor (2006), B.A. University of North Carolina, Asheville; M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Charlotte Haller, Associate Professor (2004), B.A. Brown University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Tona J. Hangen, Department Chair, Associate Professor (2008), B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. Brandeis University
Peter Holloran, Professor (1999), A.B. Suffolk University; M.A., Ph.D. Boston University
Tanya Mears, Assistant Professor (2010), B.S. Tuskegee University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Alison K. Okuda, Assistant Professor (2017), B.A. University of California; M.Phil., Ph.D., New York University
Najib E. Saliba, Professor (1971), A.B. Miami University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan
Robert W. Smith, Associate Professor (2007), B.A. Syracuse University; M.A., Ph.D. College of William and Mary
HI-103 World Civilization I
LASC Categories: GP, TLC
Surveys economic, social, political and intellectual developments of world civilizations and their inter-relationship from ancient times to 1500.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-104 World Civilization II
LASC Categories: GP, TLC
Surveys economic, social, political and intellectual development of world civilizations and their inter-relationship from 1500 to 1914.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-105 World Civilization III
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Surveys economic, social, political, and intellectual development of world civilizations and their interrelationship from 1914 to the present.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-111 US History I
LASC Categories: USW, CON
From colonization through the Civil War era. A study of politics, society, economy, diplomacy, and culture in that period.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-112 US History II
LASC Categories: CON, USW
From the Civil War ers to the present. Topics include politics, society, economy, diplomacy, and culture in modern America.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-193 First Year Seminar History
LASC Categories: FYS
Introductory level course covering topics of special interest to first year students. Offered only as a First Year Seminar.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
HI-201 International Relations I
LASC Categories: USW, GP, WAC
Prerequisites: PO-101 and HI-103 or HI-104 and EN-102, EN-202, or EN-250.
Theory and practice of international security (realism and internationalism) and international political economy (liberalism and protectionism) in their historical context.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
HI-202 International Relations II Globalization
LASC Categories: USW, GP, WAC
Prerequisites: PO-101 or HI-103 or HI-104 and EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
The promise and problems of globalization (spread of free market capitalism and political democracy).
Spring only and every year. 3 Credits
HI-203 The United States Since 1945
LASC Categories: USW, DAC, WAC
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Explains the history and culture of the United States since 1945.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-204 History of Science and Technology
LASC Categories: GP, TLC, WAC
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Progress of science since the Enlightenment, including applied science or technology from the 19th century. Complements History of Mathematics.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-205 Native America
This survey covers the broad sweep of native American history and focuses on the encounter between American and European civilizations and how Native culture has adapted through the centuries.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-206 A History of Warfare
An examination of the role of war in conflict resolution, great battles which changed history, and the impact of technology on war.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-207 American West: Myth and Reality
The historic development of the West, its impact on the American character, and a study of how myths became accepted "fact."
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-208 American Immigrant History
Survey of immigration. Topics such as old-world background, impact on the United States, nativism, cultural pluralism, religion, mobility, family and politics.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-211 History of US Foreign Policy I
LASC Categories: USW
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112
Colonial origins to the era of the Spanish American War. The sources and developments of United States foreign policy in that period.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-212 History of US Foreign Policy II
LASC Categories: USW
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112
From 1900 to recent times: United States foreign policy traditions and the challenges of great power status. [Cross listed as PO 212.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-213 Colonial Latin America
The People of Latin America from Pre-Columbian societies to the wars for independence, focusing on race, sex and power.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-214 Modern Latin America
LASC Categories: TLC, GP, DAC
The people of Latin America from independence to the present, focusing on race, sex and power.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-215 History of American Thought
LASC Categories: TLC, USW, DAC, WAC
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112 and EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Explores the history of ideas in the United States, including major intellectual movements, thinkers, and texts. Cross-listed with Women's Studies.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-216 Economic History of the US
An introduction to United States economic development; particular attention will be paid to industrialization and the labor force.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-217 US Social History
LASC Categories: TLC, USW, DAC, WAC
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Survey of social and cultural history. Topics such as family, religion, education, popular literature, architecture, transportation, and reform.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-218 US Constitutional History I
LASC Categories: CON, HBS, USW
The development of constitutional history to 1865.[Cross listed as PO-218.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-219 US Constitutional History II
LASC Categories: CON, USW, HBS
The development of the United States constitution since 1865.[Cross listed as PO-219.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-221 African-American History I
The people of African descent from the emergence of the slave trade to the Civil War, focusing on race, gender, and power.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-222 African-American History II
The people of African descent from the end of the Civil War through the twentieth century, focusing on race, class, gender, and power.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-223 History of France I
Prerequisites: HI-103 and HI-104
Social, cultural and military developments of France during the Middle Ages and the Capetian, Valois and Bourbon periods to 1750.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-224 English History I
LASC Categories: TLC, WAC
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104 and EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
English history from earliest settlement to the reign of Elizabeth I. Origins of the Common Law, Parliament, and English liberty.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-225 English History II
LASC Categories: WAC, TLC
Prerequisites: EN-102 or EN-250 or EN-202 and any one of the following: HI 103, HI 104, HI 105, HI 111, HI 112, HI 203, HI 224, HI/PO 241.
English history through the English Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire, the World Wars, and decline.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-226 Latin American History Through Film
This course will explore how filmmakers have portrayed Latin American History in their movies.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-230 Nicaragua, the US and the World
LASC Categories: USW, DAC, TLC
The course will examine the impact of globalization and imperialism on the lives of Nicaraguans at home and in their diasporic communities.
Spring only and every year. 3 Credits
HI-232 European Intellectual Hist II
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104
The main theoretical works, philosophic, psychological and scientific, of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-233 History of Latin America
The Spanish Conquest, colonial institutions, wars of independence, and development of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-234 Russian History I
A study of major political, economic, social, intellectual and diplomatic currents in Russia, from the Kievan era to Stalin.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-235 Russian History II
A study of major political, economic, social, intellectual, and diplomatic currents in Russia, from the Kievan era to Stalin.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-236 Modern Far East History I
The cultural, political, and economic roots of modern East ASia, focusing on China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-237 Modern Far East History II
The transformation and re-invention of East Asian societies since World War II.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-240 American Popular Culture
This course is an introduction and survey of the multi-disciplinary field of American Popular Culture, analyzing popular or non-elite culture in the United States from the colonial era to the present.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-241 English Constitutional History
LASC Categories: GP, HBS
The development of English Constitution from the Magna Carta through revolution, supremacy of Parliament, reform acts, entry into European Union, and devolution.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-242 History of Early Modern Europe
Forces that shaped Europe since the Reformation: the political, economic, and intellectual context of the external expansion as well as the external turmoils, such as the Thirty Years War and the European economy to 1789.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-243 Introduction to Public History
Introduction to the field, theory, and practice of Public History and associated institutions such as museums, archives, and historical sites.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-244 American Urban History
The process of accelerating urbanization in America since the nineteenth century: cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of urban life.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-245 History of Modern Germany I
The origins and growth of Brandenburg-Prussia; their impact on the rest of Germany from the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire to the emergence of the Second Reich in 1871.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-246 History of Modern Germany II
German economic and political crises from 1870 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-247 Central America and the Caribbean
This survey examines the political, cultural and social history of Central America and the Caribbean from pre-Columbian times to the present with an emphasis on the 20th century.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-248 Seminar on Globalization & Human Rights
LASC Categories: USW, GP, DAC
A.I.D. program participants in their sophomore year will explore globalization and human rights and issues of personal growth and academic development.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-249 US Labor History I
The relationship between workers, their employers and the surrounding community between 1815 and World War II.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-250 Special Topics in History
Special topics at the introductory or intermediate level; especially appropriate for first and second-year students.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-251 Roots of China's Rise: Reform, Revolution and Reinvention
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Examines the modern historical roots of China's rise as an international power, from the decline of its last imperial dynasty through the tumults of 20th century social movements to its recent emergence as a global economic power.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-255 Faculty-Led Study Abroad: China Cultural Immersion
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Experientially based immersion in the culture and society of China, consisting of language study, visits to historical and cultural sites, cultural immersion activities in local life, and the opportunity to engage with Chinese students.
Other or on demand. 3 Credits
HI-257 Political Terrorism in Historical Perspective
A comparative approach to the terrorist movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, concentrating on the European groups.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-258 Russia Since the Stalin Era
An analysis of the major political, economic and diplomatic developments in the (former) Soviet Union since the death of Stalin; the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-260 Egypt Since 1798
A discussion of Napoleon's occupation of Egypt, the rise of Muhammad 'Ali, Suez Canal, British Occupation, Egyptian Nationalism, Nasser's Revolution.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-261 Middle East History I
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
The rise and expansion of Islam; the Caliphate; Muslim religion, civilization and its impact on the West, decline of medieval Islam.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-262 Middle East History Il: The Ottoman Empire, 1289-1920
LASC Categories: TLC, WAC, GP
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
The Ottoman Empire: expansion, institutions, impact on Europe, decline of the Empire.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-263 US-Middle East Relations
LASC Categories: USW, GP
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104 or HI-111 or HI-112
Course will discuss the influence the Middle East has had on United States policy since United States independence to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-267 US-Latin American Relations
LASC Categories: USW, WAC, DAC
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
This course will analyze the political, economic, social, and cultural impact of the interactions between and among the governments and people of the US and Latin America.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-270 History of Modern Italy
Study of modern Italy from 1789 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-274 Sex, Marriage and the Family
LASC Categories: TLC, DAC
This course will undertake a study of courtship, marriage, and family life-cycle patterns in comparative perspective.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-275 The History of Childhood
The central focus of this course is to determine how children were regarded and treated by adults during the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-276 Jewish History I
This course constitutes a systematic introduction to the Biblical history of the Jewish people down to the 12th century.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-277 Jewish History II
History of the Jewish people from Medieval period to early Modernity.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-281 History of France II
Prerequisites: HI-103 and HI-104
Social, cultural, and diplomatic developments in France from 1750 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-285 History of Baseball
LASC Categories: DAC, USW, TLC
History of baseball from the first bat-and-ball games to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-290 Health and Healing in America
LASC Categories: ICW, TLC, WAC
Prerequisites: EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Explores topics in the history of medicine, health, disease, and healing in US history.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-300 The Early National Period of the US: 1783-1829
LASC Categories: USW, TLC
Prerequisites: HI-111
The Confederation, Constitution, the emergence of political parties, and the rise of American nationality.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-302 Medieval History
Prerequisites: HI-103
Cultural, social and diplomatic European history of the Middle Ages from fall of the Roman Empire until the rise of the Renaissance.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-303 Colonial History I
Prerequisites: HI-111 and HI-112
European background and reasons for American colonization, intercolonial rivalries, formation of the 17th century English colonies. British colonial policy to 1689.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-304 Colonial History II
Establishment of Georgia, French and Indian Wars, 18th century colonial civilization, causes of the American Revolution, the Revolution to 1783.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-305 Ancient History
Prerequisites: HI-103
The history, culture and politics of ancient Greece and Rome.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-306 Renaissance and Reformation
Prerequisites: HI-103
Intellectual and cultural history of Europe from the middle of the thirteenth to the middle of the sixteenth century.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-308 Europe in the Age of Revolution and Nationalism: 1789-1870
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104
The French Revolution, Napoleon, Congress of Vienna; nationalism, liberalism, socialism; Second French Empire; German and Italian unifications.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-309 Diplomatic History of Modern Europe
The foreign policies of the major European nations from 1870 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-310 Massachusetts History
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112
A survey of Massachusetts history from its colonial origins to the present era, including the social, economic, political, constitutional development of state history and culture.
Every year. 3 Credits
HI-312 20th Century Europe I
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104
The politics and economics of World War I; the pattern of restlessness between the wars in the rise of dictatorship in Germany, Italy, and Spain; the regimentation of economic control.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-313 20th Century Europe II
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104
Politics and diplomacy of World War II; the dynamics of the rebirth of Europe since VE Day. The effects of total war upon Europe.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-314 20th Century Middle East History
LASC Categories: GP, TLC, DAC
Prerequisites: HI-103 or HI-104 or HI-105 or HI-111 or HI-112 or HI-261
The Young Turk Revolution, division of Ottoman Empire in World War I; rise of new states; the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-316 American-Russian Relations 1781- Present
Prerequisites: HI-104 or HI-105 or HI-111 or HI-112.
An analysis of American-Russian relations from their inception to the present, stressing the period since 1917.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-319 Material Culture
Focuses on the way scholars use and analyze objects in historical, social and cultural content.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-320 Citizen Nation
LASC Categories: CON, TLC, USW, DAC, WAC
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112 and EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Explores the history and meaning of citizenship in the United States, including discrimination, rights struggles and changing citizenship criteria.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-321 Museums and Society
Course on the history of museums and their development as a major space for public history and memory.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-322 Nationalism
LASC Categories: GP, HBS, DAC
Examines the theories of nationalism, the development of the modern nation-state, and its effect on global politics.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-323 Empire
Prerequisites: HI-103 and HI-104
Theories and models of colonization, the reaction of colonized peoples, and the way historians analyze imperialism from 1400 to 1920's.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-330 Politics of the Middle East I
Prerequisites: one course from HI-104 HI-105 HI-111 HI-112 PO-101 HI-261 or HI-314
Discusses governments and politics of eastern Arab countries, Turkey, Iran, and Israel. International rivalries in the area are also discussed. [Cross listed as PO330.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-333 Women in Latin America
Prerequisites: HI-213 HI-214 HI-226 or HI-247
Examines the roles of women in diverse societies including Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean nations. Emphasis on the modern period.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-335 Imperial Crossroads of Modern East Asia
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Examines East Asian history at the crossroads of Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Korean colonial and nationalist movements in a region called Manchuria, presently China's northeast border with Russia, Korea, and Mongolia.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-337 Travels in Asia
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Travels in Asia examines modern East Asian history through the lens of Chinese, Japanese, European, and American travel narratives from the seventeenththrough the twentieth centuries.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-338 History of Political Theory I
The development of political thought from the Greeks to the Enlightenment. [Cross listed as PO338.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-339 History of Political Theory II
The development of political thought from the Enlightenment to the present. [Cross listed as PO339.]
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-345 Religions in America
LASC Categories: TLC, USW, DAC, WAC
Prerequisites: HI-111 and HI-112 and EN-102 or EN-202 or EN-250
Considers topics in American religious history and explores religious diversity in the past and in contemporary United States.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-349 America on Film
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112
This course examines the origins and nature of the US film industry and how it uses and abuses history from 1893 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-350 Native American Women
Prerequisites: HI-205 or equivalent.
Examines Indian women from the time of European contact to the modern era. Emphasizes culture, community and arenas of power.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-351 Age of Jackson
LASC Categories: USW, TLC
Prerequisites: HI-111 or HI-112
Political, social, economic, and intellectual developments in the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-352 Civil War and Reconstruction
Prerequisites: HI-111
Sectionalism, slavery, and modern industrial warfare as well as their impact on the political and racial fabric of America.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-353 The Age of Reform: 1877-1920
Prerequisites: HI-111 and HI-112
An analysis of the transformation of America, including reform response to the Gilded Age's industrialization, urbanization and immigration patterns.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-356 The History of the Cold War
LASC Categories: USW
Prerequisites: HI-104 or HI-105 or HI-112
The origins of the Cold War, American, Soviet and Chinese foreign policies, arms control negotiations and future prospects.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-366 American Revolutionary Period
LASC Categories: TLC, USW
Basis problems between English colonies and mother country, military aspects of the American Revolution, Confederation Period, making of the Constitution. Consent of instructor.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-380 American Foreign Policy Since the Cold War
LASC Categories: HBS, USW, CON
Prerequisites: PO-101 or PO-110 or HI-112 or HI-212
Instruments of American foreign policy; major foreign policy developments since 1989.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-381 The First World War
The origins, course, and consequences of the First World War.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-400 Independent Study in History
Special topics for advanced research and study under the guidance of a faculty member. Consent of instructor.
Fall and Spring and every year. 1-6 Credits
HI-408 Directed Study: History
Directed study offers students who because of unusual circumstances may be unable to register for a course when offered, the opportunity to complete an existing course with an established syllabus under the direction and with agreement from a faculty member.
3 Credits
HI-411 The Historian's Craft
Prerequisites: HI-111 HI-112 HI-103 HI-104
A methods course providing hands-on exploration of American history as both a professional field and a scholarly discipline.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-420 Seminar in American Constitutional History
Prerequisites: one of the following: HI-218, PO-218, HI-219, PO-219, HI-241, PO-241.
Reading, research and discussion on a specially selected phaseof American constitutional development; an original paper of significant scholarship is required. Consent of instructor.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-421 Seminar in English Constitutional History
Reading, research and discussion on a phase of English constitutional development; an original paper of significant scholarship is required. Consent of instructor.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-422 Seminar in Ancient Constitutional History
Reading, research and discussion of a selected phase of ancient constitutional development; an original paper is required. Permission of instructor. Consent of instructor.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-430 European History and Historians
The study of Europe's major schools of historical thought with emphasis on how Europe's history has been written. Consent of instructor.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-435 Issues in Modern Middle East
Prerequisites: HI-261 or HI-314 or PO-330
Emphasizes reading, research and writing. Students will choose issues, research them, make a class presentation, then develop the presentation into a paper.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
HI-440 Internship in History
Internships in museums, archives, government agencies, etc. at beginning professional level in cooperating institutions, under joint supervision of agency and faculty.
Fall and Spring and every year. 6-12 Credits
HI-450 Special Topics in History
Advanced special topics in history; course may be taught as an upper level seminar.
Other or on demand. 3 Credits
HI-460 Senior Research Seminar in History
LASC Categories: WAC, CAP
Prerequisites: HI-411 and EN-102, EN-202 or EN-250
Capstone research, writing and portfolio seminar for seniors in the history major; students produce a substantive original research paper.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
HI-465 American Antiquarian Society Seminar
LASC Categories: CAP
Prerequisites: HI-411 Permission of Instructor
The American Antiquarian Society sponsors a prestigious annual seminar each fall for a select group of undergraduates from Worcester colleges and universities; participants produce a substantial original research paper. The topic and theme varies year to year, guided by a visiting scholar at the AAS. Suitable for upper-level undergraduates who can work independently and have strong analytical and writing skills. Usually 2 slots are reserved for WSU students through a competitive application process.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits