Master of Arts Programs for History Teachers
Summer 2022 - Online
Four Week Courses
Session 1 – May 9 to June 2
HIST 505 O1B / POLSC 505 O1B: The Progressive Era (2)The transition to an industrial economy posed many problems for the United States. This course examines those problems and the responses to them that came to be known as progressivism. The course includes the study of World War I as a manifestation of progressive principles. The course emphasizes the political thought of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and their political expression of progressive principles. Instructor: Lauren K. Hall (Rochester Institute of Technology) Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
HIST 633 O1B / POLSC 633 O1B: The American Presidency II – Johnson to the present (2)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 and 20th centuries, especially as America has become a global power. Instructor: Abbylin Sellers (Azusa Pacific University) Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Session 2 – June 6 to June 30
HIST 501 O2B / POLSC 501 O2B: The American Revolution (2)This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and against independence, culminating in the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War as a military, social and cultural event in the development of the American nation and state; and the United States under the Articles of Confederation. Instructor: Scott E. Yenor (Boise State University) Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Two Week Courses
Session 3 – June 6 to June 16
HIST 611 O3A / POLSC 611 O3A: The American Way of War (2)The course examines how Americans have used military force, focusing on the relationship between civilian and military leaders, characteristic strategic approaches, and the connection between our political principles and our military practices. Instructor: Sarah M. Burns (Rochester Institute of Technology) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
HIST 641 O3A / POLSC 641 O3A: The Supreme Court (2)This 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 as well as the states; the Court’s power of judicial review; and judicial politics and statesmanship. We will examine these kinds of issues by investigating how the Court has interpreted the Constitution in some of its most historic decisions. Instructor: Joshua Dunn (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Session 4 – June 20 to June 30
HIST 506 O4B / POLSC 506 O4B: The Rise of Modern America, 1914-1945 (2)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 rural demography and a relatively unobtrusive federal government. Thanks to the experience of two world wars, a major cultural conflict (the 1920s), and a disastrous economic crisis the country was transformed into the global economic and military power that it remains to this day. This course will examine the cultural, economic, military, and diplomatic events and trends of the period 1914-1945. Instructor: Eric D. Pullin (Carthage College) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Session 5 – July 5 to July 15
HIST 510 O5C / POLSC 510 O5C: Great American Texts – Abraham Lincoln (2)Abraham Lincoln wove his words into the fabric of American history. In the twenty-first century, Lincoln’s political language remains more contemporary than all but the most timeless of the political language of the American Founding. This course is a study of selected Lincoln speeches aiming to illuminate Lincoln’s understanding of the relation of the principles of the American Founding to the most pressing issues of his day. Instructor: Andrew Lang (Mississippi State University) Schedule: Tuesday through Friday (Week 1) and Monday through Thursday (Week 2), 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
HIST 607 O5A / POLSC 607 O5A: America during the Cold War (2)The simmering conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1989 was the defining phenomenon of the age, affecting not only the country’s foreign policy but its politics, society, economy, and culture as well. In this course students will examine the most important events, ideas, and personalities of the forty-four years from the end of World War II to the end of the Reagan administration. Instructor: David Hadley (National Defense University) Schedule: Tuesday through Friday (Week 1) and Monday through Thursday (Week 2), 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
HIST 623 O5A / POLSC 623 O5A: Gender and Equality in America (2)This course explores the history of women in America from the early 19th century to the present, especially the political struggle to gain increased civil and political rights. Using primary source material from leading female intellectuals and activists, this course will consider the myriad ways that women have helped to shape the course of U.S. history. Instructor: Melissa Matthes (United States Coast Guard Academy) Schedule: Tuesday through Friday (Week 1) and Monday through Thursday (Week 2), 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Session 6 – July 18 to July 28
HIST 503 O6B / POLSC 503 O6B: Sectionalism and Civil War (2)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 C. Calhoun. Instructor: Dennis K. Boman (American Intercontinental University) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
HIST 643 O6B / POLSC 643 O6B: The Fourteenth Amendment (2)This course will study the Supreme Court’s Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, focusing on the clauses of the Amendment’s first section: citizenship, privileges or immunities, due process, and equal protection. We will explore various judicial debates about these clauses, including those on civil rights, substantive due process, sex and sexuality discrimination, privacy, and parental rights. In so doing, we will integrate these judicial decisions within the broader debates in American political thought regarding liberty, equality, and the purposes of government. Instructor: Adam M. Carrington (Hillsdale College) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
HIST 660 O6B / POLSC 660 O6B: The Civil Rights Era (2)The Civil Rights Era has been variously called America’s Second Reconstruction and its third Great Awakening. The most admired leader of the period, Martin Luther King, Jr., hailed the movement itself as “America’s third revolution … “the great mass-action crusade for freedom that has ever occurred in American history.” In this course we consider the Civil Rights movement’s history and philosophy in a broad overview, beginning with its 19th-century origins and extending through its late 20th-century aftermath. Through a critical examination of primary sources, we assess the movement’s triumphs, its shortcomings, and its enduring legacy. All along, we pay close attention to its relation to the American ideals, inscribed in the Declaration of Independence, that its leaders claimed as their inspiration and justification. Instructor: Peter C. Myers (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
Session 7 – August 1 to August 11
HIST 502 O7B / POLSC 502 O7B: The American Founding (2)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. Instructor: J. David Alvis (Wofford College) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
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