Graduate Courses
The following list of graduate courses is taken from the History section of the Graduate Catalog. Not all courses are offered every semester.
500 Thesis (1-15) P/NP only.
502 Registration for Use of Facilities (3-15) Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses University facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. S/NC only.
510 Foundations of Graduate Study in History (3) Assumptions and methods of historians. Required of all candidates for advanced degrees.
511 Teaching World Civilization (3) Methodology, conceptualization, historiography, text-book selection and syllabus construction to prepare students to teach courses in world civilization.
513 Teaching United States History (3) Methodology, conceptualization, historiography, text-book selection and syllabus construction to prepare students to teach courses in U.S. history.
515 Introduction to American History to 1840s (3) Survey of major themes, methodologies, and interpretations in early American historiography.
516 Introduction to American History, 1840s – present (3) Survey of major themes, methodologies, and interpretations in modern American historiography.
521 M.A. Readings (3) Directed readings in preparation for M.A. examinations. Open only to master's candidates in history. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs. S/NC only.
529 Topics in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History (3) Reading seminar. European history, c. 200-600 CE. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
530 Topics in Medieval History (3) Reading Seminar: European history. C. 600-1400 CE. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
531 Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History (3) Reading seminar: 15th- and 16th-Century movements and trends. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
532 Topics in Modern Europe (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on movements and trends that are multinational in focus. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
533 Topics in European National History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on intra-national topics, usually British, Russian, German or French. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
541 Topics in Early American History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on early North American history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
542 Topics in 19th-Century United States (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on 19th-century United States. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
543 Topics in 20th-Century United States (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on 20th-century U.S. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
544 Topics in U.S. Environmental History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on U.S. environmental history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
551 Topics in the History of Foreign Relations (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on foreign relations. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
552 Topics in Military History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on military history; military operations, social impact of war and naval strategy in foreign policy. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
555 Topics in United States Social and Economic History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on U.S. social and economic history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
556 Topics in European Social and Economic History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on social or economic history of European nations. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
557 Topics in Cultural and Intellectual History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on cultural and intellectual history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
558 Topics in United States Regional and Local History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on regions, states and cities of the South. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
559 Topics in Jewish History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on Jewish history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
561 Topics in Latin American History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources in Latin America. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
562 Topics in Asian History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources on Asian history; East Asia and Middle East. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
563 Topics in African History (3) Reading Seminar: Africa. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
580 Topics in History (3) Reading seminar: secondary sources for new topics. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
585 Topics in World History (3) Reading seminar in transnational themes involving analysis of two or more world cultures. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hrs.
591 Foreign Study (1-15) See College of Arts and Sciences. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hrs.
592 Off-Campus Study (1-15) See College of Arts and Sciences. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hrs.
593 Independent Study (1-15) See College of Arts and Sciences. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hrs.
600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15) P/NP only. May be repeated.
621 Directed Readings (3) Directed readings to prepare candidate for doctoral comprehensive examination. May be repeated. Maximum 1 per doctoral field. S/NC only.
629 Seminar in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History (3) Research seminar on primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper in European history, c. 200-600 CE. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
630 Seminar in Medieval History (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper on European history, c. 600-1400 CE. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
631 Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper in 15th- and 16th-century European history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
632 Seminar in Modern European History (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in modern European history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
641 Seminar in 17th- and 18th-Century America (3) Research seminar in primary sources. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
642 Seminar in 19th-Century United States (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in 19th-century U.S. history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
643 Seminar in 20th-Century United States (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in 20th-century U.S. history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
651 Seminar in Military and Foreign Relations History (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in military or foreign relations history. Focus varies. Not restricted by national grouping. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.
658 Seminar in United States Regional and Local History (3) Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in regional and local history. Focus varies. May be repeated. Maximum 15 hrs.