History (HST) courses
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HST 609 Indian History
History of Indian/White relations, federal Indian policy, and Indian accommodation to European introductions and eventual American dominance from the beginning of contact with Europeans to the present. May be taught concurrently with HST 509. Cannot receive credit for both HST 509 and HST 609.
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HST 611 The Plains Indians
History and culture of Plains Indians from the pre-Columbian period to the end of the frontier era near the turn of the last century, including the impact of the European invasion. May be taught concurrently with HST 510. Cannot receive credit for both HST 510 and HST 611.
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HST 614 17th-19th Century British Atlantic
Study of the British Empire in the 17th-19th century Atlantic World. Topics will include the Enlightenment; mercantilism and free-trade economics; migration, including the American Revolution Loyalist diaspora; the rise and fall of privateering, the Sugar Interest, and the Atlantic slave trade; slavery abolition and post-emancipation society in the West Indies; and Canadian confederation and home rule. May be taught concurrently with HST 514. Cannot receive credit for both HST 514 and HST 614.
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HST 615 American Environmental History
Survey of humankind's relationship with nature and the environment in what is now the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. Will especially focus on the impact of American development on the environment, the impact of the environment on the development of the United States, and the significance of the many different ideas and images concerning nature and the environment throughout American history. May be taught concurrently with HST 515. Cannot receive credit for both HST 515 and HST 615.
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HST 616 American Religious History
Impact of religious thought and religious leaders on the history of the United States. May be taught concurrently with HST 516. Cannot receive credit for both HST 516 and HST 616.
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HST 617 Legal and Constitutional History of the United States
The origins of American constitutionalism, The Philadelphia Convention, the historical context of the changes in the law, in the Constitution, and in the courts since 1789, and the development of the law profession and legal education. May be taught concurrently with HST 517. Cannot receive credit for both HST 517 and HST 617.
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HST 618 Colonial America
Character, development and modification of the English Empire in North America. May be taught concurrently with HST 518. Cannot receive credit for both HST 518 and HST 618.
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HST 619 The American Revolution
Origins of the Revolution, War of Independence, and the society, government, and economy of the Revolutionary and Confederation eras. May be taught concurrently with HST 519. Cannot receive credit for both HST 519 and HST 619.
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HST 621 Early American Republic
Study of America, 1780s-1840s. Topics will include the development of constitutional government and federalism, mix of republican ideology and capitalism, causes and results of the War of 1812, first and second political party systems, social reform, and economic development. May be taught concurrently with HST 521. Cannot receive credit for both HST 521 and HST 621.
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HST 623 Nineteenth Century America
Emphasis upon how the ideas and values that constituted the original meaning of America (namely, the republicanism of the American Revolution) were transformed in response to the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions of nineteenth century America, producing two major crises of the century: the Civil War and Populist Revolt. Included is the transition of the United States from an agrarian society of economically and politically independent farmers to a depersonalized industrial nation of largely dependent salaried employees and wage earners. May be taught concurrently with HST 523. Cannot receive credit for both HST 523 and HST 623.
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HST 624 Civil War and Reconstruction
The sectional conflict, the Civil War, and Reconstruction examined from political, military, social, and economic perspectives, with emphasis on differing historical interpretations of the causes of the war, the South's defeat, and the limits of Reconstruction. May be taught concurrently with HST 524. Cannot receive credit for both HST 524 and HST 624.
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HST 625 Gilded Age/Progressive Era America, 1865-1920
Political, economic, social and intellectual development of the United States from the end of the Civil War through World War I and its aftermath. May be taught concurrently with HST 525. Cannot receive credit for both HST 525 and HST 625.
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HST 628 U.S. History Since 1945
The Cold War, politics from Truman through the Reagan presidency; the social conflict of the 1960s; the civil rights movement; the Great Society; Vietnam; and the Reagan revolution. May be taught concurrently with HST 528. Cannot receive credit for both HST 528 and HST 628.
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HST 629 Plagues and Pandemics
This is a history of disease, especially epidemic disease, in western and world history. The first half of the course looks at disease from ancient times to the last half of the 19th century. The second half concentrates on the period from about 1890 to the present. The focus in the first half is on how people understood disease and how this shaped treatments. The second half focuses of the fundamental changes to disease pools brought about by the creation of thick global networks, increasing urbanization, and dramatic population increases. In terms of treatment, the focus will shift toward the development of germ theory, public health, and scientific medicine. May be taught concurrently with HST 529. Cannot receive credit for both HST 529 and HST 629.
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HST 631 African American Leaders and Movements
Study of African American leaders and movements in the United States, with emphasis on the period since World War II. May be taught concurrently with HST 531. Cannot receive credit for both HST 531 and HST 631.
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HST 632 History of Ancient Egypt
History of ancient Egypt from its unification in approximately 3200 BCE through 500 CE. Foundation of this course is the political history of ancient Egypt, but special attention is paid to particular social history topics, such as the origins of monotheism during the Amarna Period, interactions with the outside world (especially with the ancient Near East, Nubia, and Classical Greece and Rome) and varied topics relating to daily life (e.g. early medicine and science, education, personal piety). A particular emphasis is placed on primary sources in translation and archaeological evidence. May be taught concurrently with AAS 532 and HST 532. Cannot receive credit for AAS 532 and HST 532 and HST 632.
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HST 636 History of Missouri
Economic, social, political and constitutional history of the state; role played by Missouri in national affairs. May be taught concurrently with HST 536. Cannot receive credit for both HST 536 and HST 636.
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HST 637 History of the American West
Westward movement in America as history and myth; influence of the West on American society and character. May be taught concurrently with HST 537. Cannot receive credit for both HST 537 and HST 637.
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HST 638 History of the American South, 1607-Present
Development of the South's social, economic and intellectual distinctiveness, with an emphasis on slavery, the plantation system, sectional conflict, modernization, Populism, disfranchisement, segregation, Dixie Demagogues and the Civil Rights Movement. May be taught concurrently with HST 538. Cannot receive credit for both HST 538 and HST 638.
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HST 641 The Ancient Near East to 1200 BCE
Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians and Hittites; special reference to Hebrew scripture. Interrelationships among ancient civilizations; readings from original sources in English translation. May be taught concurrently with HST 541. Cannot receive credit for both HST 541 and HST 641.
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HST 642 Ancient Israel
History of Israel to the end of the Persian period with special reference to the Canaanites, Mycenaeans, Philistines, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Persians. May be taught concurrently with HST 542. Cannot receive credit for both HST 542 and HST 642.
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HST 643 History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict in its historical and contemporary terms. The course covers three periods: The first period examines the roots of Arab and Jewish historical/biblical claims to Palestine before 1939. The second period from 1939 to 1982 analyzes the causes and effects of the Arab-Israeli wars. The third period from 1982 to 1991 covers the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Palestinian uprising (Intifada), and the peace process. May be taught concurrently with HST 543. Cannot receive credit for both HST 543 and HST 643.
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HST 645 Medieval Europe
This course explores the history of Europe between the 5th and 15th centuries, from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to the end of the Hundred Years War. Topics covered include the Germanic migrations; the spread of Christianity; the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire; monastic life; feudal monarchy in France and England; conflicts between secular and ecclesiastical authority; the crusades; heresy and the papal inquisition; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interaction; the movement of people, objects, and ideas between Europe and neighboring regions; and the Black Death and other crises of the late Middle Ages. May be taught concurrently with HST 545. Cannot receive credit for both HST 545 and HST 645.
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HST 648 The Renaissance
Europe from about 1320 to about 1550, in the transition period from Medieval civilization to Modern Civilization; history of ideas and culture. May be taught concurrently with HST 548. Cannot receive credit for both HST 548 and HST 648.
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HST 649 The Reformation
Early modern period of European history, 1500-1648. Religious controversy, religious wars, growth of the secular state. May be taught concurrently with HST 549. Cannot receive credit for both HST 549 and HST 649.
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HST 653 History of Europe in the 19th Century, 1815-1918
Forces unleashed by the French Revolution and other movements, including liberalism, reaction, nationalism, industrialization, and imperialism. May be taught concurrently with HST 553. Cannot receive credit for both HST 553 and HST 653.
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HST 655 Europe in the 20th Century
History of Europe from the First World War. Topics will include the persistence of war and violence in contemporary European history, the evolution of the state and economy during eras of crisis and growth, and the transformation of European society and culture across the 20th century. May be taught concurrently with HST 555. Cannot receive credit for both HST 555 and HST 655.
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HST 659 Germany, 1815-Present
The unification process, the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Germany as a European Great Power. May be taught concurrently with HST 559. Cannot receive credit for both HST 559 and HST 659.
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HST 663 History of Fascism
This course deals mainly with interwar fascist movements and regimes in Europe and examines such relevant questions as the intellectual origins of fascism; paramilitary violence after WWI; charismatic leadership; state terrorism; fascist art and propaganda; social policy; imperialism and war and genocide. It also examines the history of Right radical, fascist and post-fascist movement and regimes in Europe, Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Peru), United States, South Africa, the Middle East (Egypt, Syria and Iraq) and Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Uganda) after 1945. May be taught concurrently with HST 563. Cannot receive credit for both HST 563 and HST 663.
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HST 664 History of the Holocaust
Envisioned as a multi-disciplinary class, this course examines the complex history of the Holocaust during the Second World War. It discusses such important topics as the life of Jewish communities in Germany and Eastern Europe before 1933; Jewish emancipation; the rise of political anti-Semitism; Hitler and the creation of the Third Reich; discrimination against racial outsiders and "asocials"; the life of Jews in Nazi Germany; the "twisted road to Auschwitz"; the historical debates on the origins of the genocide; the social and psychological make-up of the perpetrators; the role of bystanders both in Germany and other parts of Europe; Jewish resistance and finally the memory of the Holocaust in Germany, Israel, United States and Eastern Europe. May be taught concurrently with HST 564. Cannot receive credit for both HST 564 and HST 664.
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HST 666 Victorian and Edwardian England
This course will examine the impact of industrialization; wealth, poverty and the rise of class; reform movements; origins of the welfare state; emergence of the Labour party, and the slow eclipse of aristocratic power and influence. May be taught concurrently with HST 566. Cannot receive credit for both HST 566 and HST 666.
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HST 669 The Material Worlds of Antiquity: Archaeology and Ancient History
The study of the past is built largely upon written sources -- i.e. histories, decrees, tax receipts, wills, letters, religious literature. In fact, for many "History" begins with writing, regulating earlier human events to the category of "prehistory". Whether "prehistoric" or "historic", however, texts only provide partial insight into the ancient world and its inhabitants. Archaeology has become an invaluable tool for histories of all periods, but especially for ancient history. This course seeks to better understand ancient history -- specifically, the histories of Egypt, the Near East, Greece, and Rome -- from an archaeological perspective and at a graduate level. This course is not a survey, but rather will focus on particular historical moments, people, and places, relying on archaeological evidence to elucidate and/or complicate ancient histories. Texts will still be considered, but will be treated as artifacts alongside other objects, monuments, and sites from antiquity. In addition to learning about the histories of ancient peoples from across the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North Africa, this course will also introduce graduate students to archaeological theories, practices, and technologies, as they relate to the study of the ancient past. May be taught concurrently with HST 569. May not receive credit for both HST 569 and HST 669.
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HST 671 China in the Twentieth Century
An intensive study of the transformation of China from a Confucian, Feudal state to a Communist world power. May be taught concurrently with HST 571. Cannot receive credit for both HST 571 and HST 671.
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HST 672 Gender and Sexuality in Modern East Asia
This course explores the formation, institutionalization, and ongoing negotiation of gendered discourses and practices in China, Japan, and Korea from the late imperial period until the present. Drawing on a range of sources, including literature, images, and films, students will analyze the ways in which changing conceptions of gender and sexuality have informed the legal system, medicine, political movements, and economic formations in East Asia, among others. May be taught concurrently with HST 572. Cannot receive credit for both HST 572 and HST 672.
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HST 674 Jordan Archaeology Education Abroad
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.This course is a formal archaeological field school--with field, lab, and classroom components--held on-site in Jordan as an Education Abroad opportunity in the summers. The field school provides hands-on training in archaeological excavation and post-season object analysis techniques; students will also participate in several projects related to site presentation, architectural preservation, and community outreach that are running concurrently with the project. The field school rotates between the Tall Hisban excavations and the Northern Jordan Project (NJP), held at each site in alternative summers. Excursions to sites of archaeological, historical, religious, and cultural interest are organized on weekends. The program, depending on the research objectives that year, will run 3-6 weeks. May be taught concurrently with HST 574. Cannot receive credit for both HST 574 and HST 674.
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HST 682 Mexico from Colony to Nation
Mexican history from the colonial period to the Revolution of 1910. May be taught concurrently with HST 587. Cannot receive credit for both HST 587 and HST 682.
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HST 688 Twentieth-Century Mexico
Mexico from the Revolution of 1910 to the present, emphasizing Mexico's influence upon the Cuban Nicaraguan and other revolutions; its role as a member of the Middle American Community and of Latin America at large. May be taught concurrently with HST 588. Cannot receive credit for both HST 588 and HST 688.
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HST 697 Topics in History
The topics studied will change from term to term depending on the interests of professors and students. Variable content course. May be repeated as topics change. May be taught concurrently with HST 597. Cannot receive credit for both HST 597 and HST 697.
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HST 698 Internship in Public History
Prerequisite: permission of department head.Supervised and approved work in a public or private agency which manages a museum, archive, or historic sites. One credit hour is awarded for each 40 hours of service. May be repeated for credit but only three hours may be counted towards the MA History. May be taught concurrently with HST 599. Cannot receive credit for both HST 599 and HST 698.
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HST 701 Historiography and Historical Method
Various philosophies of history and theories concerning method, purpose and meaning of history; problems of research.
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HST 702 Secondary School Curriculum for the Social Studies
Foundation course in the development and organization of the secondary school curriculum with an emphasis toward issues within social studies curriculum. This course meets the MSED degree requirements for social studies or history majors only.
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HST 710 Ancient History Research Seminar
Prerequisite: HST 701.A seminar in ancient history, providing a study in depth of a chosen topic as well as the historiography of the topic for the graduate student. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 720 American History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in chosen periods and topics in American History for the graduate student. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 723 American Civil War Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. This seminar introduces graduate students to recent historical scholarship on the era of the American Civil War. Among the major themes covered are the relationships between soldiers and civilians, slavery and emancipation, politics, and the war's impacts upon human health and the environment. Although these readings focus largely upon the war years of 1861 to 1865, the course also examines the sectional crisis, the contested period of postwar Reconstruction, and subsequent struggles over Civil War memory.
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HST 724 American Empire Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. This readings course introduces the graduate student to the history of American Empire, examining the ideological, political, economic, and social aspects of American expansion from colonial times to the present. The course also explores how diverse groups participated in and reacted to expansion, including the roles of race, gender, class, and religion.
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HST 725 The Upland South Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in the history of the Upland South (the Ozarks and Appalachia) for the graduate student.
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HST 730 American History Research Seminar
Prerequisite: HST 701.In-depth study of a chosen topic as well as the historiography of the topic for graduate students.
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HST 740 European History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in chosen periods and topics in European history for the graduate student. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 750 European History Research Seminar
Prerequisite: HST 701.In-depth study of a chosen topic as well as the historiography of the topic for the graduate student. May be repeated for credit with department consent.
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HST 760 Latin American History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in chosen periods and topics in Iberian and Latin American history for the graduate student. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 765 African History Readings
Prerequisite: HST 701.This course offers readings in chosen periods and topics in African History for the graduate student. Topics could range from historical processes and themes, most especially the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its impact on power, African Politics, Economic History of Africa; the European Conquest and how Africans negotiated and contested colonial rule; and Struggles of Decolonization and Independence in Africa, Terrorism in Africa, Nation Building in Post-Colonial Africa, Political Instability and Economic Development, etc. On the other hand, the course explores the history of Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Africa as a field of inquiry, the major historiographical debates that have emerged since independence. Lastly, the course problematizes classic works, examines new ones and explores innovative areas of knowledge as well as experiments with a few new methodologies and source materials employed by African historians. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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HST 770 Ancient History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in chosen periods and topics in Ancient history for graduate student. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 775 Middle East History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. This proseminar in the Middle East introduces students to the historiography of the medieval Middle East (defined as the Arab heartland, Persia, and Anatolia), familiarizing them with the range of primary and secondary sources available for study, methodological approaches to using them, and the most important debates in modern scholarship generated by them. Through seminar discussions and debates based on intensive reading, students learn and practice historical method, tailored to this field. Among the topics covered in this course are the nature (and pitfalls) of medieval Arabic texts; how archives are created; the development of medieval Islamic historiography by contemporary Muslim and modern historians; the problematic of medieval political theory in the Arab, Persian, and Turkish worlds; the development of classical Islamic institutions; alternative state forms and how they developed; the impact of developments in the Middle East for world history; and the transition in this region to the modern era.
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HST 780 World History Research Seminar
Prerequisite: HST 701.In-depth study, in African, East Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern history, of a chosen topic as well as the historiography of the topic for the graduate student. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours with departmental consent.
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HST 783 Women's History Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources relating to women's history, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing, and teaching of history.
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HST 784 The American Revolution Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources relating to the American Revolution, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing, and teaching of history.
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HST 785 The Civil War in Missouri Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources relating to the Civil War in Missouri, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing, and teaching of history.
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HST 786 American Social History Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources relating to American social history, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing, and teaching of history.
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HST 787 American Education Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources relating to American education, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing, and teaching of history.
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HST 790 World History Readings Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Readings in chosen periods and topics in world history, comparative history, or a study involving at least two global areas such as diaspora studies. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours.
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HST 792 World History Primary Source Seminar
Recommended Prerequisite: HST 701. Students will study seminal primary and secondary sources related to world history, discussing and analyzing their content, origins, and context in order to understand their application to the research, writing and teaching of history. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours.
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HST 796 Readings in History
Prerequisite: permission of supervising professor and permission of department head.Arranged program of readings for the individual student directed by a professor of the graduate faculty. May be repeated once for credit.
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HST 799 Thesis
Prerequisite: permission of Director of History Graduate Program.Independent research and study connected with preparation of thesis.