Courses
Below is a list of graduate courses offered through the History Department. Additionally, we offer a list of the courses specifically offered for upcoming semesters below.
HIST 6320 METROPOLITAN ATLANTA 3.0
Metropolitan Atlanta. (Same as Geog 6768 and Soci 6279.) Interdisciplinary perspective focusing on social, historical, and geographic processes which have shaped the Atlanta region.
HIST 6920 ORAL HISTORY 4.0
Oral History. Comprehensive introduction to oral history, its evolution, methodological and theoretical concerns, interviewing techniques, and applications.
HIST 6940 ADMN & USE OF HIST ARCHIVES 3.0
Administration and Use of Historical Archives. Creation, preservation, and use of historical records which includes the study of archival principles and techniques; practical experience in the University and local, Federal, and State archival depositories.
HIST 7010 ISSUES & INTERP IN AMER HIST 4.0
Issues and Interpretations in American History. Study and discussion of important historical questions; introduction to the historiography of the field.
HIST 7020 ISSUES & INTERP IN EURO HIST 4.0
Issues and Interpretations in European History. Study and discussion of important historical questions; introduction to the historiography of the field.
HIST 7030 ISSUES & INTERP IN WORLD HIST 4.0
Issues and Interpretations in World History. Study and discussion of important historical questions; introduction to the historiography of the field.
HIST 8000 HISTORICAL METHODS/THEORY 4.0
Introduction to Historical Methods and Theory. A general introduction to the theoretical and analytical frameworks used by historians, which can include but is not limited to Marxist, gender, anthropological, sociological, cultural, linguistic, and postcolonial interpretative methods. Required of all candidates for graduate degrees in history, to be taken in the first year of residence if possible. A grade of B or higher is required of all M.A. and Ph.D. candidates.
HIST 8005 INTRO TO GRAD STUDIES IN HIST 1.0
Introduction to Graduate Studies in History. Equips students with practical skills and strategies for successful completion of graduate work in history; introduces students to professisonal issues and professional culture.
HIST 8008 TEACHING HISTORY 1.0 to 4.0
Teaching History. Required for students who are Graduate Teaching Assistants or Graduate Laboratory Assistants. May be repeated for credit. Does not count toward degree requirements.
HIST 8010 SEM IN AMER COL & REVOL HIST 4.0
Seminar in American Colonial and Revolutionary History. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8020 SEM IN US HIST IN 19TH CENT 4.0
Seminar in United States History in the Nineteenth Century. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8030 SEM IN US HIST IN 20TH CENT 4.0
Seminar in United States History in the Twentieth Century. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8035 US LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL HIST 4.0
US Legal & Constitutional History. Seminar in the historiography and evidentiary materials of United States Legal and Constitutional History. Examines the multiple legalities of colonial America, the debate about the origins and meanings of the Constitution, the law of slavery, and the development of both public and private law through the twentieth century. Intellectual topics will also include metahistorical accounts of law and constitution, as well as theories of jurisprudence and their relation to the lived experience.
HIST 8040 SEM: US CULTRL&INTELLCTL HIST 4.0
Seminar in U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8050 SOUTHERN CITIES 3.0
Southern Cities. Patterns of urban development in the South with emphasis on the growth of three or four cities. Field trips to such cities as Columbus, Savannah, Birmingham, or Charleston will be required. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8060 SEM: HISTORY OF THE SOUTH 4.0
Seminar in the History of the South. Selected topics in the political, social, cultural, and economic history of the antebellum and postbellum South.
HIST 8070 SEM IN AFRICANAMERICAN HIST 4.0
Seminar in AfricanAmerican History. (Same as AAS 6025.) A three topic sequence which explores the diversity in AfricanAmerican ideologies, movements, class and gender. Topics vary according to instructor. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8080 SEMINAR: INTERNAT’L HIST OF US 4.0
Seminar in the International/Transnational History of the United States.Consideration of theoretical and methodological approaches, across fields and disciplines, relevant to U.S. international/transnational. Historical and historiographical themes vary, as does emphasis on reading and research. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 8200 SEM IN ANCIENT HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Ancient History. Content alternates between Greece and Rome. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8210 SEM MEDIEVAL EURO HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Medieval European History. Selected topics in the history of medieval Europe. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8220 SEM EARLY MOD EURO HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Early Modern European History. Selected topics in the history of early modern Europe. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8230 SEM IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Modern European History. Selected topics in the history of modern Europe. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8250 SEMINAR IN RUSSIAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Russian History. Readings in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. Topics vary and include Kievan and Muscovite Russia, Imperial Russia, Revolutionary Russia, and the Stalinist Soviet Union. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8252 SEMINAR IN GERMAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in German History. Selected topics in the history of Germany. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8254 SEMINAR IN FRENCH HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in French History. Selected topics in the history of France. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8260 EARLY MOD BRIT, IRISH, ATL HIS 4.0
Seminar in Early Modern British, Irish, and Atlantic History. Selected topics in the history of early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8270 MOD BRIT, IRISH & IMP HIST 4.0
Seminar in Modern British, Irish and Imperial History. Selected topics in the history of modern Britain, Ireland and the British Empire. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8280 SEM EURO CULT & INT HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in European Cultural and Intellectual History. Selected topics in the cultural and intellectual histories of Europe. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8400 GLOBAL SOC. MOVEMENTS 4.0
Global Social Movements in Historical Perspective. Global, inter/transnational, and diasporic social movements in historical perspective; topics may include abolitionism and pacifism, anticolonialism, feminist and women’s movements, socialism, communism, and labor and peasant movements, movements for immigrant, indigenous and human rights, etc. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8410 SEMINAR IN AFRICAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in African History. Selected topics from African history. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8420 SEM IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Latin American History. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8430 SEM IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in South Asian History. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8440 SEM IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in East Asian History. Content varies in threepart rotation: China to 1850, Japan to 1868; and Comparative Modernization of China and Japan. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8450 SEM IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Middle Eastern History. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8460 SEM IN ATLANTIC WORLD HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Atlantic World History. Examination of the political, social, cultural, and economic interactions of the inhabitants of the Africa, Europe, and the Americas and their descendants. Topics may include comparative conquest, colonialism, geopolitical struggles, commodities, slavery and abolition, race and gender relations, revolution, migration, and 19th and 20th century nationalisms. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8500 SEMINAR IN EURASIAN HISTORY 4.0
Seminar in Eurasian History. Selected topics in the premodern history of Eurasia emphasizing crosscultural interactions and other largescale approaches in the transcontinental zone roughly bounded by the eastern Mediterranean and western China, and north of Arabia and India, e.g: nomads and nomadic migrations; religious and cultural encounters and exchanges along the Silk Roads; the Iranian, Byzantine, and Islamic commonwealths; and the vast TurkoIranian and Mongol enterprises, Dual emphasis on historiography (primary and secondary) and preparation for teaching survey courses in premodern Eurasian and world history.
HIST 8510 MIGRATION AND DIASPORA 4.0
Migration and Diaspora in Historical Perspective. Topics may include contexts, causes, and forms of migration; politics of emigration and immigration; diasporic cultures and identities; and theoretical and methodological problems of migration history. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
HIST 8600 INTRO TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION 3.0
Introduction to Historic Preservation. Historical evolution of preservation as a public movement in the United States, with emphasis on programs of local, state, and federal governments.
HIST 8610 PRESERVATION LAW 3.0
Preservation Law. The law applicable to historic preservation and the many legal issues relevant to it. An overview of legal systems at the federal, state, and local levels, as they relate to historic preservation.
HIST 8620 CONSERVATION: HIST BLDG MATRLS 3.0
Conservation of Historic Building Materials. Introduction to the theory and practice of building materials conservation, restoration, rehabilitation, and appropriate techniques for restoration and
rehabilitation of historic structures.
HIST 8630 THE AMERICAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT 3.0 to 4.0
The American Built Environment. Explores the history, design, and meaning of ordinary buildings in the U.S. from houses and resorts to skyscrapers and factories. Topics include theories of “high” culture and “low,” definitions of house and home, the cultural significance of real estate, and how to assign value to massproduced landscapes. Students will learn to use buildings as evidence of larger social, economic, and political trends in the 19th and 20th century, and to interpret buildings through methodologies and theories from urban and architectural history, cultural geography, anthropology, and sociology.
HIST 8635 U.S. CITIES 3.0
U.S. Cities. The history of the U.S. city from colonial times to the present, focusing on spatial development, technological change, and their relationship to civic culture.
HIST 8640 PRESERVATION PLANNING 3.0
Preservation Planning. Planning tools for the identification and preservation of the historic environment. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8645 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION 3.0
Historic Resource Evaluation. An introduction to the philosophical and practical aspects of historic resource survey and evaluation, including application of the National Register of Historic Places criteria.
HIST 8650 HIST AMER LANDSCAPES & GARDENS 3.0
Historic American Landscapes and Gardens. American landscapes and gardens with respect to the social, cultural, historical, and geographic factors that influence their design and development.
HIST 8655 THE AMERICAN SUBURB 3.0
The American Suburb. (Same as Geog 8655.) Since the 19th century the suburb has been the type metropolitan environment most Americans prefer to live in, and since 1980 the U.S. has been a predominantly suburban nation. Surveys the history of the suburb as an idea and as a physical, social, and political community, using literature from urban and architectural history, cultural geography, anthropology, and sociology. Explores the history and meaning of suburbia as traditionally defined (white, affluent, residential) as well as the emergence of other types of
communities, including workingclass, AfricanAmerican, industrial, and multifamily suburbs.
HIST 8660 CASE STUDY INTERNAT PRESERVATN 3.0
Case Studies in International Preservation. Study of preservation and conservation programs in foreign countries, through lectures, readings, and site visits. Comparison of preservation as it is practiced in foreign programs with the approach taken in the United States. Field trips abroad required.
HIST 8680 INTERNSHIP 1.0 to 15.0
Internship. Prerequisite: consent of the department. Required for students seeking concentration in archival administration. Through a prescribed field experience students are given the opportunity to apply knowledge, theory, and understanding gained from courses. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8690 AMER ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 3.0
American Architectural History. Major themes in American architecture from European colonization to modernism. Selected architects, buildings, and vernacular traditions are examined.
HIST 8700 CASE STUDY IN HISTORIC PRESVTN 3.0
Case Studies in Historic Preservation. Research seminar in techniques of documentation and analysis of historic sites and districts.
HIST 8710 HISTORY AND THE PUBLIC 3.0
History and the Public. An introduction to key theoretical, methodological, and practical issues addressed by historians who bring history to a wider public beyond the university. Issues include questions of audience and authority in presenting history; the relationship between history and memory; the politics and ethics of public history; and the applications of history in diverse formats and media. This course is designed for, but not limited to, students who might consider work in the varied fields of public history.
HIST 8720 MUSEUM STUDIES 3.0
Museum Studies. Comprehensive overview of museums in the U.S., their history, philosophical backgrounds, and ethical issues. Museum management, artifact accession, and exhibition production will be examined.
HIST 8730 EXHIBIT PLANNING & PRODUCTION 3.0
Exhibit Planning and Production. This course examines the process by which museums create exhibitions, from planning and research through object identification and selection, community involvement, script and text preparation, design, fabrication, installation and maintenance. The course brings students into contact with theory, and provides application of theory through their conceptualization and installation of an interpretive history exhibition.
HIST 8800 DIRECTED STUDY IN PUBLIC HIST 3.0
Directed Study in Public History. Independent study documenting and analyzing issues, programs and themes relating to case studies in public history. Emphasis on individual research and/or major project production.
HIST 8810 SEM IN THE HISTORY OF GENDER 4.0
Seminar in the History of Gender. (Same as WSt 8810.) Relationship between the ideology of gender and social or cultural practices; special attention to race, religion, work, politics, or empire. Topics vary according to instructor. May be repeated if topics vary.
HIST 8850 FILM AND HISTORY 4.0
Film and History. Explores how film creates history and how cinema can be used in historical research; stresses interdisciplinary methods that combine theory, research, and analysis. Historical topics and emphasis on research or reading will vary. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 8890 SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY 3.0 to 4.0
Special Topics in History. Analysis of a selected historical issue or topic, such as modernization, religion, revolution, role of women, and peasant societies. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 8900 DIRECTED READINGS 1.0 to 4.0
Directed Readings. For students preparing for field examinations. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 8999 THESIS RESEARCH 1.0 to 15.0
Thesis Research. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 9010 DIR RESEARCH: HIST OF AMERICAS 1.0 to 4.0
Directed Research in the History of the Americas. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 9020 DIR RESEARCH: HIST OF EUROPE 1.0 to 4.0
Directed Research in the History of Europe. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 9030 DIR RES: ASIA, AFRICA,MID EAST 1.0 to 4.0
Directed Readings in the History of Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
HIST 9999 DISSERTATION RESEARCH 1.0 to 15.0
Dissertation Research. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.