Courses

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Graduate colloquia have 400-level numbers; seminars have 500-level numbers.  Graduate students may take up to three courses at the 300-level for the M.A. degree and up to three additional courses at the 300-level for the Ph.D. degree. Graduate students who take courses at the 300-level will be required to do additional assignments and may be examined more extensively than undergraduates in these courses. Courses at the 300-level offered by the Department of History are listed in the Undergraduate Studies Catalog

2007 Graduate Courses Offered

Fall 2007
400 Twentieth Century Approaches to History (Erenberg)  
419 English Social History: 1500-1750: Order and Disorder in Early Modern England(Bucholz)
450 Topics: Readings in 19th Century U.S. History (Gilfoyle)
458 U.S. Social and Cultural History (Hirsch)
480 Public History: Method and Theory (Mooney-Melvin)
481 Mgmt. of Historic Resource (Karamanski)
483 Oral History: Method and Practice (Manning)
488 Topics: Medieval History : The Commentary Tradition in the Medieval West (Gross-Diaz)
491 Modern Europe 1789-1870 (Kaufman)
559 The Ethnic Experience (Galush)

Course descriptions for Fall 2007

HISTORY 400/800 Twentieth Century Approaches to History
(Dr. Erenberg) Tu 6:00-8:30 p.m., CC 528
The course will cover the many important historical approaches of the Twentieth Century. Among these will be the Annales School, psychohistory, labor history, the new social history, gender history, quantification, Marxism, and American Studies. Attention will be devoted to both American and European developments. The course will consist of intense readings and discussions.

HISTORY 419/801 English Social History 1500-1750: Order and Disorder in Early Modern England
(Dr. Bucholz) Mon 6:00-8:30 p.m., TBA
This course is a seminar in the social and cultural history of early modern England. While not unaware of the political and constitutional developments of the Tudor and Stuart periods, it proposes to concentrate upon those enduring beliefs and continuing realities which formed the background to the lives of the great mass of the common people. It will focus, in particular, upon the tension between how early modern English men and women saw their world (ordered, hierarchical, stable, divinely sanctioned) and what their world was actually and increasingly like (disordered, socially mobile, unstable, secular). This tension will be explored through reading and critical discussion of the best and most recent work in demography, iconography, family history, women's history, and the histories of material culture, popular culture, religion, education, and crime. Thus, students enrolled in this course will be exposed not only to current work on an interesting and important subject, but also to a wide variety of historical methodologies as well as the preoccupations and techniques of related fields such as anthropology and art history. (S/05)

HISTORY 450/802 Topics: Readings in 19th-Century U.S. History (Dr. Gilfoyle)Wed 4:15-6:45 p.m., TBA
This course provides an intensive introduction to major historical writing on the nineteenth-century United States. Major themes include the evolution of republicanism, the rise and decline of African slavery, the emergence of urban and industrial communities, the appearance of racial, ethnic and class conflict, the construction of new gender roles, changing patterns of sexual behavior, the American literary "renaissance," the transformation of American culture, the Civil War. The course seeks to provide students with a framework to comprehend and critique the most recent literature on nineteenth-century American history.

HISTORY 458/803 U.S. Social and Cultural History
(Dr. Hirsch) Th 6:00-8:30 p.m., CC 528
This reading course will survey the historiography of 19th and 20th century American social and cultural history to explore the role of class in shaping culture and the use of culture as a resource in class struggle. This course provides a foundation for Hist 558.

HISTORY 480/804 Public History: Method and Theory
(Dr. Mooney-Melvin) Mon 6:00-8:30 p.m., CC 528
This course explores the field of public history with special emphasis on the theoretical and methodological challenges faced when preserving or presenting history outside of a formal classroom setting. Also under consideration will be the professional responsibilities of the historian in dealing with employment issues, society, and the historical profession. Students will be able to understand the theoretical and methodological issues of importance to the field of public history, to reflect upon ethical issues involved in the presentation of history, and participate in applied projects drawing upon public history methodologies and presentation modes. THIS COURSE IS ONLY OPEN TO PUBLIC HISTORY MAJORS AND MINORS. IF YOU PLAN TO HAVE PUBLIC HISTORY AS A MINOR FIELD, THE MINOR FIELD PAPERWORK MUST BE COMPLETED AND IN YOUR FILE BEFORE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE. THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS SECRETARY WILL HAVE THE LIST OF STUDENTS APPROVED FOR THIS COURSE.

HISTORY 481/805 Management of Historic Resources
(Dr. Karamanski) Tu 6:00-8:30 p.m., TBA
Historical sources are not limited to paper records or recorded memories. Archaeological ruins, buildings, and landscapes also represent valuable sources of information concerning the past. Through lectures and discussions, this course will consider the methods of identifying, preserving, and interpreting such historical resources. Topics will include historic preservation law, the National Register of Historic Places, historic districts, historical archaeology, landscape interpretation, historic architecture, cultural-resource impact statements, and the use of historic resources in public interpretation. Students will each prepare a National Register nomination. It will be necessary for the class to meet several times for field trips to historic sites in the Chicago area. These trips will be scheduled several weeks in advance at times mutually convenient for the class.

HISTORY 483/805 Oral History: Method and Practice
(Dr. Manning) Th 7:00-9:30 p.m., TBA
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of oral history by asking several questions of the discipline, including: What, exactly, is oral history and what sets it apart from other historical research methodologies? What are the principle ethical issues involved in undertaking oral history? How does one conduct, record, and archive an interview? What steps are necessary in constructing an oral history project? What are the merits of the various products which can be derived from oral history in both texts and multimedia? In addition to reading oral historical texts and theory, students will conduct three interviews and participate in an ongoing oral history project with the Cook County Circuit Court. After completing this course students should understand the range of possibility regarding oral history and how to use oral history within their own careers as scholars.

HISTORY 488/807 Topics: Medieval History: The Commentary Tradition in the Medieval West
(Dr. Gross-Diaz) Fri. 2:00-5:00 p.m., Newberry Library (Off Campus)

This course meets at the Newberry Library on Fridays 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 9/28/2007 - 12/7/2007. Students registering for this course should contact the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium and inform them of their registration (312) 255-3514.

Medievalists are increasingly attentive to commentaries as sources for understanding the ways medieval people studied, taught, expressed complex and original ideas, and organized information. This course will be a survey of recent trends and approaches in utilizing medieval commentaries in a variety of subject areas and formats. While most of the commentaries studied will be Latin, a few will be in vernaculars and we will even investigate images as commentary. (In most cases the commentaries studied in class will be available in English or other modern language translation; however, some familiarity with Latin will be expected.) The aim is to introduce students to the creative ways commentaries are being used to better understand the Middle Ages. The course will be taught on Friday afternoons at the Newberry Library. Students will have at least one exercise based on a choice of manuscript or incunable from the collection.

HISTORY 491/808 Modern Europe 1789-1890
(Dr. Kaufman)Wed 4:15-6:45 p.m., TBA
This course is an introduction to the major debates, canonical works and recent scholarship about European society, culture and politics from the late eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century. Possible topics include the French and Industrial Revolutions, the formation of class identities and cultures, modernity and modernization, nationalism and nation-building, and colonialism and empire-building. The course will prepare students to take major and minor exams in modern Europe.

HISTORY 498 Dissertation Research
Register for this course when you begin work on your thesis or dissertation, preferably after a Proposal has been submitted to the Graduate School, been approved by your committee and accepted by the Graduate School. There are 3 credit hours attached to this course. Registering three times for this course in your program will give you the 9 credit hours which applies to work on your dissertation.

HISTORY 499 Directed Study
Student must have a Directed Study form filled out and approved by faculty member agreeing to direct this course prior to registration and on file in the Graduate School Office. Student must also inform department secretary of their intention to take this course and who will serve as their director before they register through LOCUS.

HISTORY 559/812 The Ethnic Experience
(Dr. Galush) Wed. 6:00-8:30 p.m., CC 528
The course will explore the twin themes of immigration and ethnicity throughout American history. The Ethnic Experience will be structured by the development and exposition of topics chosen by students from the above. Students will engage in original research, with the several stages of exploration and writing providing the basis for common discussion. Additional secondary materials may be included also. Foreign language use is desirable but not required. The result will be an original work enhanced by the ongoing commentary of colleagues.

HISTORY 581/813 Practicum in Public History
(Dr. Karamanski) TBA
Practicums provide students with specific exposure to an aspect of the practice of public history. Practicums are undertaken either under the direct supervision of Loyola faculty or the joint supervision of the public history program director and a cooperating off-campus supervisor. To be arranged in consultation with the Director of the Public History Program. IF YOU PLAN TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE YOU MUST SEE DR. KARAMANSKI BEFORE REGISTRATION.

HISTORY 582/814 Public History Internship
(Dr. Karamanski) TBA
The internship will provide an extended practical experience in the field of public history. Internships are tailored to fit the needs of the individual student and the needs of the off-campus agency involved. As part of their program, all public history students must undertake an internship either doing public history in the private sector or with a public agency. The internship is available during any semester and its timing is related to an indivdual student's progress in the program. The number of weeks it will last and hours per week entailed will vary from experience to experience, although it must run minimum of six weeks. Upon successful completion of their internship, students will earn three hours of credit. IF YOU PLAN TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE YOU MUST SEE DR. KARAMANSKI BEFORE REGISTRATION.

HISTORY 598 Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Register for this course prior to taking Ph.D. comprehensives. The purpose of the course is to produce a dissertation topic and proposal. There are 3 credit hours attached to this course.

HISTORY 599 Directed Primary Research
Register for this course if you are planning to write your MASTER'S ESSAY during this semester. You will also have to fill out and have approved by your advisor a department Directed Primary Research (Master's Essay) form and a Directed Study form (for the Graduate School) prior to registration. There are 3 credit hours attached to this course.

HISTORY 600 Dissertation Supervision
Register for this course when you have completed all course work towards the Ph.D. except the dissertation. The purpose of this course is to maintain active enrollment in the Graduate School. There are no credit hours attached to this course and a grade of CR is assigned, however, progress towards completion of the dissertation is expected. Lack of substantial progress may result in a grade of NC (NO CREDIT given). You do not need to register for this course in the summer.

HISTORY 605 Master's Study
This course requires the permission of the Graduate Program Director or the Chairman. Register for this course to maintain active enrollment if you are not registered for any graduate courses at the master's level, but are studying for examinations. You do not need to register for this course in the summer.

HISTORY 610 Doctoral Study
This course requires the permission of the Graduate Program Director or the Chairman. Register for this course to maintain active enrollment if you are not registered for any graduate courses at the Ph.D. level but are studying for examinations. You do not need to register for this course in the summer.