Courses
History
Note:More detailed descriptions of all undergraduate courses in history at Temple are available on the department website at www.temple.edu/histdept/und_course.html .
0401. Introduction to
World History (3 s.h.)
A review of the concept of World History and its historiography;
an introduction to materials now available to the study of
World History; and an introduction to key themes and conceptual
frameworks in the study of World History.
0402. Introduction to
American History (3 s.h.)
Introduction to study of American history at the graduate level.
Examines major interpretations and schools of thought. Political,
social, and diplomatic history including republicanism, the
Jacksonian revolution, slavery, social mobility in the U.S.,
the rise of America as a world power, the cold war, and the
development of labor.
0403. Topics in History (3
s.h.)
Introduction to a variety of historical and normally comparative
topics and themes in, such as environmental or psychological
history.
0406. Historical Writing
and Editing (3 s.h.)
Training in the style and the mechanics of writing and editing
history. Writing for wide audiences and for profit as well
as for professional audiences.
0407. World War II. (3
s.h.)
Refighting the military history of World War II, with the battles
emphasized but placed in their diplomatic, political, and economic
contexts. This course is designed as an introduction to graduate
study in history for college graduates who have a basic knowledge
of modern history. Through lectures and discussion, and with
readings tailored to the interests of each student, the major
issues of the causes, conduct, and significance of World War
II will be raised and examined as they have emerged in debate
among the participants in the events and historians.
0408. Introduction to
the Third World (3 s.h.)
An introduction to the historical issues and literature concerning
broad thematic areas of Third World life such as imperialism,
economic development, global economic organization, peasant
life, urbanization, migration, nationalism, cultural and social
change, the role of the state, and international relations.
0409. Introduction to
European History (3 s.h.)
Overview of the field, its shape, main lines of research, and
central concerns. Through selected readings, discussion, and
guest speakers, participants gain understanding of current
practice including political, social, and cultural history,
the treatment of Europe in global studies and in contemporary
metahistory.
0412. Studies in 20th
Century Europe (3 s.h.)
Discusses major events in 20th century Europe such as the origins
of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, the rise
of fascism in Italy and Germany, World War II, and the subsequent
collapse of European political dominance. Investigates the
Cold War, the demise of communism in Eastern Europe, and the
gradual economic and political establishment of the European
Union. In addition to a standard historiographic study of these
topics, the course includes developments in the "new cultural
history" and the history of "representations" and "memory."
0418. Family History/
Oral Histrory (3 s.h.)
The American family since the 17th century, together with training
in the theory and methods of oral history. Emphasis on the
changing role of the family in American society. Includes an
oral interviewing project
0419. New Themes in
the History of Slavery (3 s.h.)
0422. Vietnam War Studies (3
s.h.)
This reading seminar explores the significant English- and
French-language historical literature on the "Vietnam wars," considered
in the large sense of the political and military struggles
from 1945 to 1991 for control of the Indochina peninsula.
0433. Studies in American
Material Culture (3 s.h.)
Introduction to literature from several fields that uses artifacts
to understand culture. Exploration of various theoretical approaches.
Topics include architecture, folk art, photography, decorative
arts, landscape design, historic preservation, and the use
of interior space.
0436. Studies in U.S.
Political History Since 1928 (3
s.h.)
A graduate studies course devoted to the critical evaluation
of the historiography of U.S. political history since the election
of 1928. Students read and evaluate selected writings on such
topics as the politics of the Great Depression, the New Deal
Revolution, Domestic Politics During World War II, the Politics
of Fear and Loyalty, the Fair Deal, Eisenhower, Kennedy, the
Politics of Civil Rights, the Politics of Dissent, LBJ and
the Great Society, the "New Politics" (1968), the Republican
Majority since Nixon, Interest-Group Politics, and the Paradigms
of American Politics.
0437. Managing History (3
s.h.)
The organization an ddirection of historical museums, historical
sites, and public programs in history. Strudents will work
with case studies, paying close attention to both the presentation
of hisrtorical content and the managmetn issues of nessity
addresed in public progrmaing, budgets, grant writing, personnel,
relations with other institutions and government,and public
relations.
0438. Applied Social
History (3 s.h.)
Introduction to the practical uses of history outside the classroom.
Practical experience in the application of oral history, historic
preservation, history museums, living history, material culture,
the interpretations of photographs, and other ways of using
historical studies in the community. On-site visits, guest
lecturers, and a chance to focus on one aspect of a growing
field.
0441. Comparing Women's
Histories (3 s.h.)
Exploration of two to three selected topics in women's history
in comparative, global perspective. Topics may include: 1)
gender, race, and state; 2) women, religion, and social change;
3) women in industrializing societies; 4) domestic contestations;
5) histories and theories. See current semester description.
0443. Studies in Imperialism (3
s.h.)
This course will attempt to define imperialism and to understand
the various ways in which historians and other scholars have
approached the study of imperialism. Focusing primarily on
the modern European empires, we will examine imperialism from
the perspective of economic, enviromental, millitary, diplomatic
and cultural history.
0445. Comparative Social
and Economic History (3 s.h.)
A comparative examination of peasant politics and rural social
movements with particular focus on the questions of class/community,
alternative nationalisms, and revolution. Suitable for students
of various disciplines and world areas.
0446. Atlantic World:
1500-1800 (3 s.h.)
Examines main aspects of social and economic change in which
the Old World and the New interacted in the 17th and 18th centuries:
colonization; commercial agriculture and trade; servitude,
free labor, and slavery; migration; changing lifestyles and
expectations; the development of family and community; religion,
reform, and revolts.
0450. Studies in American
Colonial History (3 s.h.)
A survey of how American society developed before the Revolution:
the evolution of American politics and political institutions;
the changing imperial system; internal and external conflicts;
how the economies and lifestyles of the various colonial regions
developed; the role of women; free and forced migration; the
foundations of modern American life in the experience, thought,
and values of colonists before 1775.
0452. Revolutionary
Republicanism, 1760-1820 (3 s.h.)
A readings course. Students read and evaluate recent historical
literature about various topics including: the origins of the
American Revolution; the origins and impact of "republican" ideology;
the cultural impact of the Revolution; the political economy
of the Constitution; the origins of early national politics;
and the development of a pre-industrial society.
0454. Early U.S. Social
History (3 s.h.)
Introduction to American social history from 1800 until the
Civil War. Recent research on the structure of American society,
the American family, immigration, the worker, urban developments,
and the reform movements of the Jacksonian era.
0455. Studies in Civil
War and Reconstruction (3 s.h.)
Unlike many courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction period,
this course will focus on the ordinary citizen rather than
the rich and powerful. Much attention will also be paid to
issues of race, class, and gender.
0457. Studies in Recent
Urban History (3 s.h.)
This course is broadly interdisciplinary, concerned with major
developments in America's large cities from the mid-nineteenth
century to the present. Basic issues include: the changing
spatial structure of the city, social and geographical mobility,
the nature of ethnicity and the Black experience, the development
of crime and rioting, the structure of local politics, and
the movements for urban reform.
0458. Recent U.S. History (3
s.h.)
Presents a new approach to the history of the United States
since World War II, focusing on social and economic change.
Topics include: urbanization and suburbanization, rise of post-industrial
economy, racial problems, shift of population and political
power to the Sunbelt, and the impact of new technologies. Relates
the political history of the era to these fundamental socio-economic
changes.
0459. American Intellectual
History (3 s.h.)
Investigates ways that historians and other scholars have interpreted
modern popular culture, 1800 to the present. American media,
sports, entertainment, fashion art, as well as American myths,
ideas, and popular thought are some of the topics that will
be explored.
0461. Studies in American
Diplomatic History (3 s.h.)
Introduction to American diplomatic history. Readings in, and
discussion of, the principal schools of interpretation and
conceptual frameworks. Chronological parameters vary each semester,
but normally emphasis on the modern period.
0462. Studies in African
American History (3 s.h.)
The emphasis is on the period since the Civil War. Focus changes;
possible topics include Reconstruction and rise of segregation;
urbanization of the black population; history of black women
in U.S.; Civil Rights revolution.
0463. History of U.S.
Military Policy (3 s.h.)
Surveys major interpretations of the critical issues in American
military history -the proper organization of armed forces in
democracy, the American attitude toward war and peace, questions
of the effectiveness of American military planning and war
making. Each student will present an oral and written report
on an assignment topic involving such issues.
0467. Studies in Modern
American Social History (3 s.h.)
The theme of the course in recent years is Race, Ethnicity,
and Poverty in the U.S., 1870-1940. The main subject is the
impact of industrialization and urbanization on the working
class, the poor, and minority groups during the period when
the U.S. emerged as an industrial power. Attention is also
given to the response to poverty, both by private charities
and the state.
0469. Studies in U.S.
Urban Crime (3 s.h.)
Examines the significant scholarship and issues involved in
understanding the history of crime in American cities, with
special emphasis upon the period since the Civil War. The course
deals mostly with the organized underworld, including drugs,
gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, professional theft, and
other on-going criminal activities. By linking the underworld
to the city structure, sports history, entertainment, and reform,
the course will examine the interrelationship of American urban
and social history with the changing underworld.
0470. Knowledge in
America (3 s.h.)
Overview of significant themes in the social history of knowledge
in America, 1750-1980. Treats scientific knowledge within its
institutional setigns and its social, political, and cultural
contexts. Considered are nationalism, technology and industialization,
disciplinary settings for the study of man, and scientific
medicine.
0472. Studies in Foreign
Policy of the Cold War (3 s.h.)
Focused discussion of the international environment from the
Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Sample topics: U.S. Russian relations, the nuclear arms competition
and arms control, regional rivalries, summitry, alliance politics,
crisis management, intelligence agencies, and critical personalities.
Emphasis on historiography and contending methodologies.
0475. Studies in Comparative
History of War (3 s.h.)
Beginning with the emergence of armies and navies that can
be considered "modern" because of the professional educational
qualification of their officers, this course examines the historical
literature dealing with warfare and armed forces around the
world from the 17th century to the present.
0479. Studies in Naval
History (3 s.h.)
European, asian, and American millitary history with specail
emphasis on the role of navies as institutions and their im,pact
on modernhistory since the 17th century. The course is designed
as an intensive introduction to an examination of the historical
literature and historical methodology employed to desacribe
the roles of navies and naval power as modern institutions.
0480. Women and Gender
in American Society (3 s.h.)
Introduction to the historiography of women and gender in the
United States. Although not a survey, the course highlights
major themes and approaches from the colonial era to the present.
0485. Gender, Class,
and Nation in Modern Europe (3
s.h.)
An exploration of changing social and economic roles of European
women in the modern era and the impact of gender, class, and
nationality on middle-class, working-class, and peasant women
in England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia.
0490. History of Sexuality (3
s.h.)
Studies recent work on sexuality and its relation to gender,
race, class, and power. The course's emphasis is on modern
U.S. and Europe because that is where the most theoretically
interesting recent work has been done, but the course will
also look at the ancient world and pre-modern Europe, and consider
cross-cultural.
0495. Women in Pre-industrial
Societies (3 s.h.)
A study of the social, economic, cultural, and political roles
of women, with emphasis on pre-modern Europe but with attention
also to traditional China, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin
America. Particular attention to issues of empowerment vs.
oppression and continuity vs. change.
0515. Studies in Renaissnace
and Revolution (3 s.h.)
The transformation of European culture in the Renaissance and
early modernperiod, with special attention to the role of intellectuals.
Important works in the field help to focus discussion of histoiography,
philosophical, and methodoligical issues, and the function
of ideas and attitudes in sociocultural change.
0518. Studies in Early
Modern Europe (3 s.h.)
European society in the medieval and early modern period. Recent
research on social class, family and kinship, work, literacy,
urbanization, gender, resistance and rebellion, and marginal
social groups.
0520. Studies in European
Expansion (3 s.h.)
This course examines the growth and decline of the modern European
empires from the eighteenth century through the present-day
post-colonial world. We will examine various theories of imperial
expansion including economic, political, military and cultural
and will look at specific topics such as gender and imperialism,
post-coloniality, subalternity and resistance, colonial nationalism,
and interactions between metropole and empire. The texts we
will use range from some of the classic works on European imperialism
to more recent texts in the fields of literary criticism, cultural
studies and anthropology, as well as history.
0525. Studies in Modern
European History (3 s.h.)
Readings and discussions on selected topics in modern European
history.
0528. Age of Enlightenment (3
s.h.)
Examines the ideas that comprise the Enlightenment, focusing
especially on the philosophers of France who helped to popularize
the movement. The important topics to be studied include the
origins of modern science, the critique of religion, empiricism
in philosophy and psychology, political theory espousing natural
rights and social contract, the foundations of classical economic
theory, and the search for humanistic ethics.
0529. Studies in European
Social History (3 s.h.)
Introduction to the literature in European social history.
Discussion on readings and the questions, issues, and problems
of current interest in the field.
0532. European Military
History and Policy (3 s.h.)
Introduces the literature and problems of Europe's military
history since 1789. Examines both the practical and theoretical
contributions of the battlefield, the cabinet room, and the
individual military leader as theorist. Social and economic
factors are also considered.
0552. Studies in Soviet
Society (3 s.h.)
0561. Studies in African
History (3 s.h.)
Social and cultural history of Africa dealing with themes such
as statehood, gender relations, ecology, demography, religion,
and nationalism.
0591. Studies in Chinese
History (3 s.h.)
0593. Directed Readings (3
s.h.)
Preparation for the Ph.D. examination through independent supervised
readings in history.
0594. Directed Readings (3
s.h.)
Preparation for the Ph.D. examination through independent supervised
readings in history.
0595. Directed Readings (3
s.h.)
Preparation for the Ph.D. examination through independent supervised
readings in history.
0596. Directed Readings (3
s.h.)
Preparation for the Ph.D. examination through independent supervised
readings in history.
0601. Studies in Japanese
History (3 s.h.)
Introduces selected issues in modern Japanese history through
reading and discussion of key texts. Considers the role of
native trends and foreign influences in the making of modern
Japan.
0624. Archives and
Manuscripts (3 s.h.)
An introduction to the theoretical and applied aspects of historical
records management. Taught in cooperation with local archives
and historical societies.
0625. Teaching History
in College (1-3 s.h.)
Required of all teaching assistants and recommended for all
graduate students interested in teaching on the college level.
Methods of teaching are analyzed, including writing and delivering
a lecture, leading a discussion, using audiovisual materials,
writing exams, and techniques for grading.
0643. Practicum in
Archives and Manuscripts (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: History 624.
Students work for 12 hours per week at a local public or institutional
archive or historical society which meets their own particular
interest. Basic work in the standard professional archival
operations with specific projects agreed upon between the student,
the instructor, and the repository.
0644. Research in Archives
and Manuscripts (3 s.h.)
Second course of Archives sequence. Students, individually
directed by the instructor, will undertake an in-depth research
project. Investigations will concern some aspect of an operation
or administration of archival institutions, or the care and
preservation of records of historical significance.
0650. Seminar in Comparative
History (3 s.h.)
A research and writing seminar on topics in comparative history.
Most recently this seminar has analyzed the origins, development,
and repercussions of nationalism from a world-historical, comparative
and historiographic perspective. Another frequently stressed
theme is comparative women's history. In addition to producing
a primary-source based paper, integral to the seminar is discussion
of research techniques, the historian's methodology, and the
craft of history.
0654. Seminar in Women's
History (3 s.h.)
The students' principal task in this seminar will be the research,
writing, and completion of an original paper, based on primary
research, in United States Women's history. Research topics
will be of the students' choosing, subject to professor's approval.
0660. Seminar in American
Colonial History (3 s.h.)
Research in colonial American history, using resources locally
available or by arrangement with the instructor. Research paper
required, and seminar discussion of it. Topics open to negotiation.
0667. Seminar in Modern
American Social History (3 s.h.)
Research seminar on race, ethnicity, gender, and poverty during
the period of massive industrialization and urbanization, 1870-1940.
0680. Seminar in International
History (3 s.h.)
This research seminar explores a range of subjects in international
history, with particular emphasis on 20th century diplomatic
and military history. Research topics are not restricted to
any geographic area. Students will prepare an oral presentation
and research paper on a specific subject of his/her choosing
but approved by the instructor. The research will utilize some
secondary but principally primary sources.
0681. Seminar in African
American History (3 s.h.)
Course will cover topics in African American History and African
American Women.
0685. Seminar in American
Cultural History (3 s.h.)
A research seminar designed for advanced M.A. and Ph.D. students
in the cultural history of the United States. Focusing on the
past patterns of a peoples' attitudes, values, and beliefs,
and their interaction with the ways in which people actually
behave, cultural history, broadly defined, is the study of
cultural production. Specific subjects may include, among others,
the study of literature and media; ritual (both religious and
secular); or the construction of race and ethnicity, gender
and sexuality. In this course, the primary emphasis will be
on the research and writing of an article-length paper based
principally on primary sources.
0686. Seminar in American
History (3 s.h.)
General research and writing seminar in American history. Students
engage in original research in a selected field and prepare
an article-length paper; students also explore various research
techniques and gain experience in writing and editing for publication.
0690. Seminar in U.S.
Military Policy (3 s.h.)
A survey of the major research issues and problems in the field,
with each student required to write a research paper using
primary sources.
0799. Preliminary Exam
Preparation (variablecredit s.h.)
0899. Pre-dissertation
Research (variablecredit s.h.)
0950. Directed Research (3or6
s.h.)
0951. Directed Research (3or6
s.h.)
0976. Dissertation
Colloquium (1-3 s.h.)
For doctoral students writing dissertations and residing in
the Philadelphia area. Provides a sense of community among
dissertation writers, in which they can explore problems confronted
in dissertation design, research, and writing, and find helpful
comments and criticism at the time they are engaged in dissertation
research. Prospectuses, outlines, and chapters may be offered
to the group for discussion.
0999. Dissertation Research (variablecredit s.h.)