HIST 506 2A / POLSC 506 2A: The Rise of Modern America, 1914-1945 With the exception of the Civil War era, it is difficult to find another thirty-year period in U.S. history during which the nation underwent such dramatic change. In 1914 the United States was no more than a regional power, with a primarily […]
HIST 503 2A / POLSC 503 2A: Sectionalism and Civil War A study of the sectional conflict beginning with the nullification crisis. The course will not only examine the political, social and economic developments in the period leading to the civil war, but will emphasize the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John […]
HIST 610 3A / POLSC 610 3A: American Foreign Policy Students examine events and issues in the foreign policy of the American republic. Topics include the major schools of thought and approaches, the connection between domestic and foreign politics, and the connection between the principles of the American regime and its foreign policy. Materials: Syllabus […]
HIST 608 3A / POLSC 608 3A: Civil War and Reconstruction This course will examine military aspects of the war, as well as political developments during it, including the political history of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. The course also examines the post-war Amendments and the Reconstruction era. Instructor: Robert Colby […]
HIST 605 3A / POLSC 605 3A: The Age of Enterprise In the last decades of the 19th century, the United States took decisive steps away from its rural, agrarian […]
HIST 510 3A / POLSC 510 3A: Great American Texts – Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is the best book on democracy and the best book on America. He recognized the justice of democratic equality but also was concerned how the passion for equality could degrade human dignity, undermine liberty, and […]
HIST 502 3A / POLSC 502 3A: The American Founding This course is an intensive study of the constitutional convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. It will include a close examination of the Federalist Papers and the antifederalist papers.
HIST 641 O5B / POLSC 641 O5B: The Supreme Court The course is an intensive study of the highest court in the federal judiciary, focusing on the place of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional order. Areas of study may include the relationship between the Court and the other branches of the federal government […]
HIST 608 O5B / POLSC 608 O5B: Civil War and Reconstruction This course will examine military aspects of the war, as well as political developments during it, including the political history of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. The course also examines the post-war Amendments and the Reconstruction era. Schedule: […]
HIST 633 4A / POLSC 633 4A: The American Presidency II – Andrew Johnson to the present This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from Reconstruction to the present. It focuses on how changing conceptions of the presidency have shaped American political life in the 19th […]
