Major and Degrees Offered:
    History, M.A., M.Ed.

Major Programs
    The Department of History offers the Master of Arts with or without thesis, or with a specialization in Public History.  The department also makes available the Master of Education. There are two options for earning a Master of Arts with a major in History.  The first option requires at least 33 hours of graduate history courses, including thesis, or 27 hours of graduate history courses, including thesis, plus six graduate hours in a cognate field.  The second option, which does not include thesis, requires 36 hours of graduate work in history, or 30 hours of graduate history courses and six graduate hours in a cognate field.  The second option is the one normally pursued by students seeking a specialization in Public History.

    The department also offers the Master of Education degree, which consists of at least 21 hours of graduate history courses and 15 graduate hours in a minor field or a split minor of nine graduate hours from one field and six graduate hours from a second field. 

    A grade of “B” or better must be earned in all history course work counting towards either degree.  All candidates in History must take and pass a comprehensive examination. M.A. candidates also must have successfully completed HIST 5398, the General Research Seminar.  Students who choose the 33 hour M.A. option must also successfully defend a thesis.
    Program Goals.  The graduate program in history is designed to prepare students for careers in professional history (college teaching, research, or writing), public history, historic tourism, preservation, museums, consulting, public education (secondary teaching), and to provide a general liberal arts education for students desiring careers in business, journalism, law, and government service.

Courses Offered

History (HIST)
    5300 Foundation Studies in History.  (3-0) Required as a condition of admission to the M.A. History program for otherwise qualified candidates lacking sufficient History background hours.  In this course, students demonstrate necessary competency in History skills and methods to succeed in the program.  This course does not earn graduate degree credit.  Repeatable with different emphasis.
    5301 Instructional Methods Practicum for Graduate Assistants.  (3-0) Required as a condition of employment for graduate teaching and instructional assistants.  This course provides regular in-service and planned periodic evaluations of instructional responsibilities.  This course does not earn graduate degree credit.  Graded on a credit (CR), no-credit (F) basis.
    5307 Medieval European History:  Contemporary Trends in Medieval Historiography.  (3-0) This course introduces graduate students to the craft of the medieval historian, with emphasis on major contemporary shifts in American historiography of the European Middle Ages.
    5308 Ancient and Medieval Europe.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics from the ancient and medieval civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean region.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5308E Latin Literature and Roman History and Society.  (3-0) A seminar based on the study of the most important Latin literary works from the 2^nd century B.C. to the 2^nd century A.D.  No knowledge of Latin is necessary to take this seminar.
    5308F Roman History and Civilization: The "Golden Age" of Rome.  (3-0) The history of Roman civilization (political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, etc.) from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C. - A.D. 180). The main focus will be to explain what made possible this exceptional period and why it lasted so long.
    5308G Warfare in the Ancient World.  (3-0) A seminar on the nature, development, and historical significance of war in the Western World, from the Trojan War (end of the 13^th century BC) to the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the establishment of Germanic Kingdoms (5^th century AD).
    5309 Topics in Early Modern European History, 1450-1815.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in Early Modern European history.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5309A Interpreting the Eighteenth Century.  (3-0) A seminar designed to analyze the methods that historians have used to interpret the meaning of various phenomena such as the Enlightenment, the nature of society, and the origins of the French Revolution.
    5309D Early Modern Spain.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in political, social, intellectual, and economic history of Spain from 1450 to 1815.
    5310 Modern European History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of Europe from 1815 to the present.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5313 Early American History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the Colonial Revolutionary and Early National periods of the United States history.  May be repeated with different emphasis.
    5318 British History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in British history.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5318A Eighteenth Century England.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in political, social, intellectual, and economic history of England from 1688 to 1815.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5319 The Age of the Tudors.  (3-0) This readings-based course emphasizes differing interpretations of selected topics in English history from circa 1485 to 1603.  Constitutional, political, governmental, social, religious, and cultural aspects of the era are covered.
    5323 History of Brazil.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of Brazil from the colonial period to the present.  May be repeated for credit as the topic varies.
    5323A Society and Culture in Brazil.  (3-0) This seminar explores the social and cultural history of Brazil through its various ages, the “Age of Sugar”, the “Age of Coffee”, the “Age of Pedro II”, the “Belle Epoque”, and the worlds of the sugar and coffee barons.  It explores the character of these ages marked by the grand plantation houses, devotion to European models, and the conflict with a slave society, covering the years from the colonial period to the turn of the twentieth century.
    5324 Latin American History.  (3-0) A seminar based on major topics in Latin American history from the colonial period to the present.  Emphasis will vary from political, social, economic, and cultural history in a cross-cultural context.  May be repeated for credit as the topic varies.
    5324B Class and Society in Latin America.  (3-0) A seminar that examines the relationship between class and society from the colonial period to the present from a cross-cultural perspective, and the role it plays in the political and economic formation of new states.
    5324C Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas.  (3-0) This course examines slavery in the Americas in its full social, political, and economic context.  Students will enlarge their understanding of slavery by using an international, transatlantic framework for comparison.  The course strengthens analytical skills through extensive discussion as well as significant writing and research.
    5325 History of Mexico.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of Mexico from the pre-Columbian period to the present.  May be repeated for credit as the topic varies.
    5325A History of Mexico to 1848.  (3-0) A topic course studying the history of Mexico from pre-historic times to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.  The course encompasses the development of Indian societies from the Yucatan to the American Southwest preceding the Spanish conquest, the social, economic, and political development of Spanish colonial Mexico, the War in Independence, and the formation of the new nation through the war with the United States.
    5325C Revolutionary Mexico.  (3-0) A graduate seminar that explores the interrelated economic, social, political, and cultural conditions and forces that shaped revolutionary Mexico.  Ideological currents that impacted the period will be examined.
    5335 Twentieth-Century Russia.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in recent Russian history.
    5336 East European History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in recent East European history.
    5345 Selected Topics in American History.  (3-0) A study of selected topics in American history.  May be repeated with a different emphasis.
    5345D Oral History:  Theory & Practice.  (3-0) A seminar based upon developing a theoretical and practical understanding of the techniques of oral historical research and document preservation and presentation.
    5345I History of Texas Music.  (3-0) This course examines the evolution of Texas music throughout history and its role in reflecting the richly diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of the American Southwest.
    5345J Popular Music and Social Movements in 20^th Century America.  (3-0) This seminar course introduces graduate students to the links between popular music and mass social reform movements in 20^th Century America, with a special emphasis on the 1930’s and 1960’s.
    5345K Sectionalism & Slavery in the United States.  (3-0) This course assesses the literature on the causes and consequences of the sectional conflict between the American North and South before the Civil War, and will focus on works examining the slavery issue and the way it exacerbated American sectionalism, leading to the fracturing of the American nation.
    5345L Public Memory and American History.  (3-0) This course explores recent scholarly inquiries into the ways in which American society, and various groups within that society, have shaped the collective memory of various aspects of the American past.
    5346 African American History.  (3-0) This course is an intensive readings and research seminar in African American History.  Through the uses of lectures, biographies, institutional histories and community studies, students will be introduced to the different interpretive themes and methodologies that have created the myriad of historical interpretations and reinterpretations of African American History.
    5347 Texas History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of Texas.
    5350 The Frontier in American History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of the frontier in American development.
    5351 Modern American History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the United States history since 1877.  May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
    5351A Politics and Reform in the Progressive Era.  (3-0) This graduate seminar explores the interplay of domestic forces that shaped politics and reform movements between the 1890s and 1918.  We will examine the politics of reform in the context of efforts to resolve deep social problems associated with the rise of industrial capitalism.
    5351B Cold War America.  (3-0) This course examines the Cold War years 1945 to 1960, concentrating on the domestic scene.  The class will discuss the major issues of domestic politics, society, and culture, through the use of both primary and secondary sources.  They will also examine the historiography of the period.
    5351C Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Labor History.  (3-0) This graduate seminar explores the impact of race, gender, and ethnicity upon American Labor History.  Readings integrate race, gender, and ethnicity as categories of analysis into the study of class formation, experiences, and consciousness within the American labor force.  The focus will be on unorganized as well as organized workers in the context of their social, cultural, political, and workplace environments.
    5351D Politics & Society of Postwar America, 1945-Present.  (3-0) This course will explore the interaction of political, economic, and social forces in the years following the Second World War.  Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the interdependent relationship between political structures, social movements, and economic circumstances.
    5353 Greater Southwestern History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the history of the Greater American Southwest.
    5357 The Gilded Age.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in late nineteenth-century American history.
    5360 American Historiography.  (3-0) A study of the literature of American history with some attention to the philosophies of history and the principles of historical research.
    5361 General Historiography.  (3-0) A study of literature, philosophy, and methodology of European and Latin American History.
    5362 Military History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in military history.
    5366 Antebellum American History.  (3-0) A seminar based on major topics in Antebellum America.  Emphasis will vary, and may focus on topics of economic, political, racial, or gender interest.  May be repeated for credit as the topic varies.
    5366A Women in Antebellum America.  (3-0) This graduate seminar surveys the literature of the U.S. women’s history for the period 1780-1865.  It focuses on understanding the evolution of the field of women’s history in regard to the region, class, and race of women studied and the methodological tools employed by historians.
    5366B The Old South, 1830-1860.  (3-0) Readings will enable students to understand the Old South’s economic, political, and cultural development and the development of differing interpretations and schools of thought about Old South history.
    5367 American Civil War.  (3-0) A seminar based on topics in the American Civil War.
    5371 The Practice of Public History.  (3-0) A seminar addressing the definition, evolution, and philosophy of public history.
    5372 The Practice of Museum Studies and Material Culture.  (3-0) A seminar addressing the history, organization, and functions of history museums.
    5373 The Practice of Historic Preservation.  (3-0) A seminar addressing architectural history and preservation theory and practice.
    5374 Public History Internship.  (0-15) Application of skills in public history in an on-the-job setting.  Internships will be selected by the student and instructor, and will be supervised by the instructor.  May be repeated once for additional credit.  Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis.
    5375 Topics in Public History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in public history.  May be repeated with a different emphasis (for example, archives and records management, documentary film, oral history, and cultural resources management).
    5375A Documentary Film.  (3-0) The use of film & video in public programming; research & produce documents.
    5375B Archival Management.  (3-0) A seminar based on the history, theory, and practice or archival management.
    5375C Cultural Resource Management.  (3-0) This seminar addresses the management of cultural resources such as historic buildings, historic sites, and other tangible remains of our heritage.  It explores how cultural resources are preserved and managed under federal and state law, and the nature of the regulatory practice.
    5375D Material Culture in America.  (3-0)  This course examines the interactions between people and things in American society.  The ways in which Americans have created, used, altered, and thought about material objects help us to understand history.  Readings and research will focus on the values and attitudes embodied in the production, use, and preservation of objects.
    5376 Local and Community History.  (3-0) A seminar applying historical methods to the study of U.S. communities.
    5377 Public History Project.  (1-6) A team project focusing on one or more aspects of public history-museum exhibit, historic site interpretation, historic resources survey, etc.  Repeatable with a different emphasis.  Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis.
    5381 Chinese Communism.  (3-0) The Chinese Communist movement from 1919 to the present.  Will focus on (1) urban and rural aspects of Chinese Communism; (2) the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party on mainland China in 1949; and (3) the construction of the Party-State and Socialism in the People’s Republic of China.
    5385 Modern Middle Eastern History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the modern history of the Muslim Middle East.
    5390 Problems in Historical Research.  (3-0) This course is open to graduate students on an individual basis by arrangement with the department.  May be repeated with the approval of the department chair.
    5395 World History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected problems and/or topics in world history.  May be repeated with different emphasis.
    5395B Modern Middle Eastern History.  (3-0) A seminar based on selected topics in the modern history of the Muslim Middle East.
    5395E Mahatma Gandhi in World History.  (3-0) In this course students explore how writers have narrated Gandhi's life and interpreted his historical role. Students will research aspects of gandhi's life using primary sources. The focus of the course will be the study of material left out of histories on Gandhi and reasons for omitted material.
    5398 General Research Seminar.  (3-0) A seminar designed to enhance research and writing skills in history.  May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
    5399A Thesis.  (3-0) This course represents a student’s initial thesis enrollment.  No thesis credit is awarded until student has completed the thesis in History 5399B.  Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.
    5399B Thesis.  (3-0) This course represents a student’s continuing thesis enrollments.  The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding.  Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

Graduate Faculty
    Andrews, Gregg A., Professor of History.  B.A., M.A., Truman State University; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.  (Early 20^th century U.S.; Labor, Political Economy; Center for Texas Music History)
    Bourgeois II, Eugene J., Professor of History and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs.  B.A., M.A., Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England.  (Tudor-Stuart England; English Local History)
    Brennan, Mary Charlotte, Professor of History.  B.A., Edgecliff College of Xavier University; M.A., Xavier University; Ph.D., Miami University.  (Post-1945 U.S., Political History)
    Brown, Ronald Conklin, Professor of History and Dean of the University College.  B.A., Wabash College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois.  (Western U.S.; Business; Labor; Technology; Oral History)
    Bynum, Victoria Elizabeth, Professor of History.  B.A., California State University.  Chico; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at San Diego.  (U.S., Antebellum South; Race and Gender)
    Cagniart, Pierre Françoise, Associate Professor of History.  License, University de Reims; Maitrise, Universite de Paris-Pantheon; Maitrise, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.  (Ancient World; Roman Military)
    De la Teja, Jesús F., Professor and Chair of the Department of History.  B.A., M.A., Seton Hall University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.  (Texas; Spanish Borderlands; Colonial Mexico)
    Denton, Patricia Lynn, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Public History Program.  M.A., Texas Tech University; B.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin. (Public History)
    Dunn, Dennis John, Professor of History and Director of the Center for International Studies.  B.A., M.A., John Carroll University; Ph.D., Kent State University.  (Russia; East Europe; 20^th Century U.S.-Russian Relations)
    Garner, Lydia Magalhaes, Associate Professor of History.  B.A., The University of Texas at Arlington; M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University.  (Brazil/Latin America 19^th & 20^th Centuries: Institutional, Political, and Economic)
    Hart, Paul, Associate Professor of History.  B.A., The University of Texas at Austin.  Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.  (Modern Latin American, Mexican-American, U.S., and Mexico)
    Hartman, Gary A., Professor of History.  B.A., Texas State University-San Marcos, M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.  (Modern U.S. Immigration, Ethnic; Center for Texas Music History)
    Makowski, Elizabeth Mary, Professor of History.  B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University.  (Medieval Europe; Canon Law; Religious Women)
    Margerison, Kenneth H., Professor of History.  B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.  (18^th-century France; French Revolution)
    Mauck, Jeffrey G., Senior Lecturer.  B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.  (Public History; Local and Community)
    McWilliams, James E., Associate Professor of History.  B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed., Harvard University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.  (Colonial America; Economic and Cultural)
    Menninger, Margaret E., Associate Professor of History.  B.A., Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.  (Modern Europe; Modern Germany)
    Montgomery, Rebecca S., Associate Professor of History.  B.A., Texas State University-San Marcos; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia.  (U.S. Gilded Age and Progressive Era)
    Murphy, Angela F., Assistant Professor of History.  B.A., M.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Houston.  (U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction)
    Pohl, James William, Professor of History.  B.A., M.A., The University of North Texas; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.  (Military)
    Romo, Anadelia A., Assistant Professor of History.  B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.  (Modern Brazil; Modern Latin America; Race and Social History)
    Renold, Leah,  Assistant Professor of History.  B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin. (South Asia)
    Watson, Dwight David, Associate Professor of History.  B.A., Henderson State University, M.A., Texas Southern University, Ph.D., University of Houston.  (U.S. African American, race relations, Texas)
    Yick, Joseph Kong Sang, Professor of History.  B.A., The University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara.  (Modern China; Chinese Communism)