
505: The Progressive Era
HIST 505 4A / POLSC 505 4A: The Progressive Era The transition to an industrial economy posed many problems for the United States. This course examines those problems and the […]

HIST 505 4A / POLSC 505 4A: The Progressive Era The transition to an industrial economy posed many problems for the United States. This course examines those problems and the […]

HIST 501 4A / POLSC 501 4A: The American Revolution This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and […]

HIST 502 O6B / POLSC 502 O6B: The American Founding This course is an intensive study of the constitutional convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation […]

HIST 510 O6B / POLSC 510 O6B: Great American Texts – The Federalist The Federalist is a complex political work comprised of arguments about war, economics, national unity, and liberty […]

Seminar participants will play the role-immersion game, Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776. They will enter into the political and social chaos of a revolutionary New York […]

The global Seven Years’ War (known in America as the French and Indian War) caused Britain, France, and their allies to clash from 1754 to 1763. Although important in its […]

One of the enduring puzzles of the American Revolution is how American colonists, once loyal to the king and enthusiastically attached to their status as British subjects, could by 1776 […]

HIST 633 O7B / POLSC 633 O7B: The American Presidency II, Andrew Johnson to the Present (2) This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the […]

This seminar will focus on immigration to the West Coast of the United States from the mid-to-late 1800s to the present day. Using a mixture of primary source documents, memoirs, […]

Beginning with the upheavals of the 1960s, the United States saw a diverse set of groups pushing for social change. These included African Americans, Native Americans, women, and gays and lesbians. This seminar will focus on the legacy of the 1960s, the intersection of personal behavior with political movements and battles won and lost by […]