Graduate Courses
Graduate Faculty: Brett Berliner, Jeremiah Dibua, Debra Newman Ham, Charles Johnson, Lawrence Peskin, Glenn Phillips
Surveys
- HIST 501: Revolutionary America and the Constitution, 1750-1800
- HIST 504: Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 505: Turn of the Century America
- HIST 508: American Thought before 1865
- HIST 509: American Thought, 1865 to Present
- HIST 510: History of Maryland
- HIST 515: Antebellum Free Blacks, 1800-1860
- HIST 516: African Americans to 1900
- HIST 517: African Americans in the Twentieth Century
- HIST 518: History of Baltimore
- HIST 519: The Ethnic Experience in America
- HIST 520: A History of American Urbanization
- HIST 521: History of Popular Culture in the United States
- HIST 523: Women in American History
- HIST 525: Legacy of the Great Depression and the New Deal
- HIST 526: The United States at War in the Twentieth Century
- HIST 527: The United States in the Nuclear Age
- HIST 529: The Environmental Crisis in Historical Perspective
- HIST 561: Pre-Colonial Sub-Sahara Africa
- HIST 562: Colonial and Contemporary Sub-Sahara Africa
- HIST 572: Latin American History
- HIST 575: A History of the Caribbean
- HIST 576: Themes in Brazilian History
- HIST 605: The United States Constitution and Public Policy
- HIST 613: History of South Africa
- HIST 615: History of Traditional West Africa
Colloquium/Special Topics
- HIST 530: African-American History
- HIST 531: African Diaspora History
- HIST 560: African History
- HIST 570: American History
- HIST 571: State and Local History
- HIST 610: U.S. Public Policy
- HIST 626: Caribbean History
- HIST 580: Historical Origins of Contemporary Problems (Topics vary)
- HIST 680: Advanced History Colloquium (Topics vary)
Readings Courses
- HIST 710-711: Directed Readings
- HIST 727: Readings in Caribbean History
- HIST 729: Readings in African History
- HIST 801: Advanced Readings in African-American History
- HIST 802: Advanced Readings in African Diaspora History
- HIST 803: Advanced Readings in Twentieth Century United States History
Research Seminars -- A major research paper is required of each student in each seminar. Students will read and critique each others papers.
- HIST 702: African History
- HIST 705: African-American History
- HIST 713: African Diaspora
- HIST 715: 20th Century U.S. History
- HIST 717: Urban History
- HIST 720: Women's History
- HIST 722: Public Policy
- HIST 725: Local History
- HIST 726: Caribbean History
- HIST 728: Latin American History
- HIST 788-789: Supervised Research (Repeatable)
Historiographical/Methods Courses
- HIST 598: Historiography and Historical Methods
- HIST 618: Recent Trends and Issues in Historiography
- HIST 707: Principles of Archival Theory
- HIST 708: Oral History Approach to the Study of 20th Century United States History
- HIST 804: Advanced Historiography--Historical Methods (Prerequisite HIST 598 or equivalent)
- HIST 805: Practicum in Public Policy
- HIST 807: Practicum in Archival Methods (Prerequisite HIST 707)
- HIST 808" Practicum in Oral History
- HIST 806: Practicum in Teaching History on the College Level (Prerequisite HIST 708)
- HIST 880- 881: Independent Study
Thesis/Dissertaion Courses
- HIST 797: Thesis Guidance (Earns "S" grades)
- HIST 799: Thesis Seminar (Grade is "CS" until thesis completed and approved)
- HIST 901: Dissertation Proposal
- HIST 997: Dissertation Guidance (Earns "S" grades)
- HIST 998: Dissertation (Grade is "CS" until dissertation completed and approved)
Geography
- GEOG 503: The Geography of Maryland
- GEOG 505: Cultural Geography
- GEOG 510: Introduction to Cartography
- GEOG 511: Intermediate Cartography
- GEOG 561: Geography of Africa
