Master of Arts Programs for History Teachers
Summer 2026 - Online
Session 1 – May 11 to June 4
| HIST 620 O1A / POLSC 620 O1A: The Reform Tradition in America (2) America has lived through three periods of sustained interest in reforming its political and social life, the first in the decades preceding the Civil War, the second in the decades preceding World War I and the third in the decade or two following World War II. The course examines aspects of these reform movements, particularly their connection to religion and Protestant theology. Instructor: Dennis K. Boman (American Intercontinental University) Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
| HIST 643 O1C / POLSC 643 O1C: Inclusion and Exclusion Under the Constitution (2) In the nearly 240 years since its drafting, the United States Constitution has been transformed, primarily (though not exclusively) through judicial interpretation, from a document that was written principally with an eye on white male landholders to one that requires protection of the right to same-sex marriage. During that time, there has been a constant push-pull between inclusion and exclusion under the Constitution. Yet it is the genius of what the Founders crafted that the overall trajectory has been one of increasing and universal inclusion. This course will examine this crucial process from Indian Removal to Obergefell v. Hodges. Instructor: Jace Weaver (University of Georgia) Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 2 – June 8 to July 2
| 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: Todd Estes (Oakland University) Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus |
| HIST 644 O2A / POLSC 644 O2A: The Congress (2) This course focuses on the legislative branch of the US government. It examines topics such as the constitutional powers of Congress, the relations between Congress and the other branches of the federal government and the states, and the changing structure and internal politics of Congress. Instructor: Sarah M. Burns (Rochester Institute of Technology) Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 3 – June 8 to June 18
| HIST 607 O3A / POLSC 607 O3A: 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 F. Krugler (University of Wisconsin-Platteville) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 4 – June 22 to July 2
| HIST 613 O4A / POLSC 613 O4A: Postwar America, 1945-1973 (2) An examination of the United States during the three decades following the Second World War. The social, economic, political, and diplomatic development of the country is stressed with a thematic emphasis. Instructor: David Hadley (National Defense University) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
| HIST 642 O4B / POLSC 642 O4B: Political Parties (2) This course examines the development of American political parties, focusing on the meaning of parties and historic moments in the rise and fall of political parties from the Founding era to the present. Topics may include re-aligning elections, changing coalitions within American parties, and the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties. Instructor: Brent Aucoin (Judson College) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 5 – July 7 to July 16
| HIST 608 O5B / POLSC 608 O5B: Civil War and Reconstruction (2) 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: Matthew Norman (University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
| HIST 641 O5B / POLSC 641 O5B: The Supreme Court (2) 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 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: Stephanie R. Davis (University of Arkansas-Little Rock) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 6 – July 20 to July 30
| HIST 502 O6B / POLSC 502 O6B: 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 Federalist and Antifederalist writings. Instructor: Donna R. Devin (Sterling College) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
| HIST 510 O6B / POLSC 510 O6B: Great American Texts – The Federalist (2) The Federalist is a complex political work comprised of arguments about war, economics, national unity, and liberty (among other things) based on appeals to human nature, history, reason, and prudence. In this course we will examine and discuss The Federalist as fully and as deeply we can, aiming to understand how (or whether) its parts fit together in a coherent whole and its enduring contribution to our understanding of politics. Instructor: James R. Stoner (Louisiana State University) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
Session 7 – August 3 to August 13
| 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 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: Andrew E. Busch (University of Tennessee) Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm ET Course Materials: |
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