Graduate Catalog - University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma
Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013
Graduate Course Descriptions
HIST 5443 - American Revolution & Early Nationalism, 1763-1815
This course covers American History from the end of the French and
Indian War in 1763 until 1815. This course and HIST 5553 replaces
HIST 5533.
HIST 5502 - Critical & Analytical Study Of History
A study of the discipline of history; its evolution, interpretation, and
major historians.
HIST 5513 - History Of Mexico
The history of Mexico from the Aztec civilization until modern times.
Emphasis is placed on the Aztecs, the conquest by Cortez, society
under Spanish independence, the Mexican Revolution, and post
revolutionary Mexico.
HIST 5523 - Museum Management
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to museum
organization, law, ethics; contemporary museum issues; collections
management procedures and policies; collections preservation.
HIST 5543 - Black Experience In American West
An examination of the black experience in the Trans-Mississippi
from the sixteenth century to the late 20th century. Special attention
is devoted to the contributions of black people to the development
of American culture as cowboys, farmers, laborers, and soldiers.
HIST 5553 - Jacksonian America, 1815-1848
This course covers American History from 1815 until 1848, with
emphasis on Jacksonian democracy, sectionalism, and manifest
destiny. This course and Hist 5443 replaces 5533.
HIST 5563 - Civil War And Reconstruction
The history of the United States from the beginning of the Civil War
in 1860 to the end of Reconstruction in 1877.
HIST 5603 - Gilded Age/Progressive Era, 1876-1919
A detailed study of American history from the Hayes-Tilden election
to intervention into World War I.
HIST 5613 - Americans In World War II
Emphasis is placed on the diplomatic background, the major battles
in both the European and Pacific theaters, the home fronts, and the
defeat of Germany and Japan.
HIST 5623 - Museum Theory And Practice
This course focuses on the interpretation of material culture, including
research and exhibit planning and evaluation; contemporary
issues in museum interpretation; museum education and the public
dimension of museums.
HIST 5633 - History Of U.S., 1919-1945
This course is a detailed study of American history from World War
I to end of World War II.
HIST 5643 - Anth: Societies/Global Perspective
This course offers a global perspective for the anthropological and
historical study of social and cultural organization, social change,
and the development of the modern world system.
HIST 5663 - French Revolution And Napoleon
The origin of the French Revolution, the turbulent revolutionary years
between 1789 and 1795, the rise of Napoleon, and Europe during
the Napoleonic Era.
HIST 5673 - The Old West
The American frontier from the founding of the North American colonies
to the Louisiana Purchase with emphasis on the social and political
problems of the early westward movement.
HIST 5683 - Victorian Great Britain
The scope of this course embraces the long and eventful reign of
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) and includes but is not limited to such
topics as institutions, politics, religion, the working-class movement,
and the extensive expansion of the British Empire, and with bibliographical
emphasis on the same.
HIST 5713 - Modern Middle East
Peoples and geography; rise and features of Islam; classic Islamic
civilizations; Arab and Turkish empires; Palestinian question; Nasserism,
20th century states.
HIST 5723 - The Trans-Mississippi West
The American frontier from the Louisiana Purchase to the beginning
of the twentieth century with emphasis on the economic, political and
social adjustments and society in an arid region.
HIST 5743 - Modern China And Japan
History of these major Asian powers since 1600 with emphasis on
their cultures, the impact of the West, the industrialization of Japan
and the revolutionary process in China.
HIST 5753 - African American Experience To 1900
In this course students will study in some detail the African and Latin
American/Caribbean roots of the African- American heritage, then
proceed to analyzing the first 280 years of the African-American
experience in English North America. Considerable time will then be
devoted to examining the historical record of this experience through,
slavery, emancipation/abolition and the early years of freedom to the
nadir of the pre-Progressive Era struggles for equality. Prerequisite(s):
Graduate level standing. Admission to a Graduate Program.
HIST 5763 - African American Experience since 1900
In this course students will study in some detail the African American
Experience from the nadir of the dreams of liberation as the Victorian
Era came to an end and the so- called Progressive Era began down
to current liberationist struggles and debates. Considerable time will
then be devoted to examining the historical record of this experience
through the lynching and Ku Klux Klan craze of the Jim Crow era,
through the African American sacrifices made during World War
I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights and Black
Power movements, into the continuing debates about the meaning
of Black liberation and how to achieve it. Prerequisite(s): Graduate
level standing. Admission to a Graduate Program.
HIST 5773 - Modern German History
The unification struggle arising out of the French Revolution, the
development of the German state and society, the Weimar Republic,
and the Nazi dictatorship.
HIST 5823 - Sociological/Cultural History Of U.S. To 1865
A study of the social, cultural and intellectual life of the United States
from colonial times to the Civil War.
HIST 5833 - Sociological/Cultural History Of U.S. Since 1865
A study of the social and cultural history of the United States from
the Civil War to the present.
HIST 5843 - Major Interpretations Of American History
A study of new and old interpretations of major events in American
history from the colonial period to the present. specially designed for
students working toward teacher education certification in American
history.
HIST 5863 - History Of Modern Southeast Asia
Traditional cultures and religions; impact of western colonialism;
nationalist movements and formation of nations; development of
representative governments; and contemporary roles in international
relations.
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