Secondary Education Graduate Program

Identification and analysis of major problems set for education by the pluralistic culture of American society.

This course is an introductory assessment course for teachers and school administrators. Topics of study include principles of assessment, formal and informal classroom assessment instruments and methods, formative and summative assessment, interpretation and use of standardized test results, social and political issues in assessment, use of student data based in school.

EDUC-S 519 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Secondary School Social Studies (3 cr.) For experienced teachers. Restudying the purposes of high school social studies, evaluating recent developments in content and instructional procedures, and developing social studies programs for specific school situations.

Capstone course for Teacher as Researcher Paper. Individual research with a faculty member, arranged in advance of registration. Research topic should be in the area of concentration, e.g. Educational Psychology.

Discussion and application of the various methods and strategies used in historical research.

Central topics in American cultural life and thought from the late 19^th century to the present. Special focus on the changing sense of personal self-hood among specific ethnic and religious groups, social classes, genders and professions. Examination of how this changing sense has manifested itself in cultural forms.

Study of special topics in the history of Europe at the graduate level. May be repeated once for credit.

Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in United States history. Topics will vary from semester to semester.

Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in history. Topics will vary from semester to semester, e.g., traditional Aisa, modern Asia, Latin American intellectual history.

Intensive introduction to the historical events and intellectual developments leading up to and surrounding the destruction of European Jewry during WWII. The Holocaust will be examined against the backdrop of modern Jewish and modern German history.

Overview of the discipline of history. Focuses on understanding and placing in perspective current debates in the field. Topics vary, but attention will be paid in each case to overarching themes such as the difference between historical sub-fields and the overlaps and divergences between history and other disciplines.

Internships in public history programs, field work or research in the historical antecedents of contemporary problems.

Study of topics in the history of science, medicine and technology. May be repeated once for credit.

Intensive study and analysis of selected topics in public history. Topics will vary from semester to semester, e.g., to include historic preservation, material history, archival practice and historical editing.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Seminars involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Seminars involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Seminars involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Colloquia are of seminar size and involve oral and written study of the problems, bibliographies, interpretations and research trends in the fields with which they respectively deal. They are the chief means by which a student becomes knowledgeable in history at a professional level and prepares for the doctoral qualifying examination. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Seminars involve research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the field with which they respectively deal. They train the student in historical scholarship. Any of them may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student’s advisory committee.

Western impact and social and intellectual change in late Tokugawa Japan from about 1720. The Meiji Restoration, state capitalism and the Japanese development process. Empire, war, defeat, U.S. occupation and renewal in the 20^th century. Japan’s rise to the front rank of world economic powers after World War II.

Survey of the final century of dynastic rule and the rise to power of the Nationalist and Communist parties, highlighting social and cultural developments, the impact of Western imperialism and the evolution of revolutionary ideologies.

Survey of recent Chinese history focusing on social, cultural and political life in the People’s Republic of China and post-1949 Taiwan. Events covered include the Long March, the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of social and historical studies. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions and periods. May be repeated for credit.