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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Investigates continuity and change in American West. Topics include economic development, ethnicity, rural and urban life, and role of federal government. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Joint project of instructor and students into various aspects of common topic in Civil War era, with emphasis on historiography and historical method. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Survey of social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and political changes in United States during period of rapid growth and expansion. Topics include second-party system; growth of sectionalism, nationalism, and expansionism; industrialization and spread of market economy; rise of romantic reform and evangelical religion; and growth of abolitionist and proslavery movements. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Investigates evolution of civil liberties in American history, and interaction of three branches of government in applying various constitutional guarantees. Students read extensively in Supreme Court decisions and secondary literature, and undertake independent research. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Investigates breakdown of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, and role of revolutionary ideology of republicanism. Discusses leadership and policies of republic in hostile international context. Students read extensively in monographic literature and prepare research paper. Prerequisites Graduate standing Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Detailed examination of Virginia society on eve of American Revolution, and role in events from 1750 to 1789. Combines lectures, discussion of major themes, ideas, and personalities. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Advanced introduction to major approaches to and themes in American intellectual history. Avoids positing American mind in beginning, instead exploring diversity of American thinkers. Focuses on several pivotal decades in American thought, and sees American thinkers in social contexts. Explores how nonelites have shaped American thought. Provides diverse and multifarious look at important American minds. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Selected political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural forces that shaped the post-World War II American experience. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Study of selected issues in American foreign relations and changing historical interpretations of American diplomacy. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Focuses on various approaches historians have taken to history of American culture: questions they asked, assumptions they made, disciplinary tools they used, and types of materials they analyzed. Concentrates on patterns of culture, and what they say about American past and present. Prerequisites Graduate standing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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