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GRADUATE COURSES-- Spring 2011--- see also MA Program web pages
CORE COURSES
HIST 701 Seminar in the Historiography of World History
Abdiel Oñate
This course investigates world history as a body of knowledge and a field of study. It is a required course for all graduate students with a world history emphasis. It centers on attempts to set the limits and divisions of the field and the ideological adventure implied by a history of everything. The texts look at the most imaginative efforts to define the field with their various inclusions and exclusions.
AREA SEMINARS
HIST 740 19th and 20th Century European Bibliography
Anthony D'Agostino
HIST 741 The Holocause and Postwar Germany in English
V. Langbehn
The Holocaust in Postwar Germany as seen in exemplary works of literature, historical documents and Nuremburg trials. Plus-minus letter grade only. (Taught in English) (Cross listed with HIST/JS 741. May not be repeated under alternate prefix.)
HIST 785 College Teaching of History
Laura Lisy-Wagner
The goal of this program is to provide basic training and hands-on experience for M. A. students who plan to go on to either community college teaching or Ph.D. programs. Teaching Trainees will have the opportunity both to watch and learn from an established instructor and to develop their own teaching personality and style. There will be two components to the experience: six pedagogical workshops which all Teaching Trainees will attend together, and a practicum in which students will assist in an undergraduate class.
To qualify for the program, you must have successfully completed Hist 700, have successfully completed 12 additional History units, and be carrying a 3.35 overall GPA.
HIST 790.01 History of Race and Ethnicity in the 20th Century U.S.
Dawn Mabalon
Research seminar on the history of race and ethnicity in the United States in the 20th century. Students will read seminal works in the field and write a research paper on race/ethnicity.
HIST 790.02 Western Populism and Progressivism
Charles Postel
This course is a graduate reading seminar in political history, from the Populist revolt at the end of the 1890s to rise of conservative power in the 1990s. It will explore politics in the broad sense of the term, examining the institutional, social, and cultural/intellectual frameworks of political developments, and taking into account social groups often acting outside of formal politics, including racial minorities, workers, and women. The readings include a variety of approaches to politics and have been selected because they are proven “classics” or provide fresh perspectives. Students will be expected to read a book (or a series of articles) each week, submit response papers to the readings, lead class discussions, and write a historiographical essay.
HIST 850 Seminar in the Social and Cultural History of Africa CLASS CANCELED
Trevor Getz
Reading seminar in the social and cultural history of Africa; focus on two regions, the Asante state known as Ghana today, and the Xhosa kingdoms and border regions of South Africa. Plus-minus letter grade only.
HIST 680/880 Archives/History Internship
Arranged, please contact Dawn Mabalon
An internship represents an unusual opportunity to earn credit by working at some off-campus site dedicated to the preservation of historic artifacts or documents. Students might work in an archive, learning the various elements of the work there in organizing papers or photographs, preserving documents, and making such articles available to researchers. Students might choose instead to work with an agency for historical preservation, learning the various elements involved in preserving or restoring buildings or artifacts, researching their history, and using them to inform the public. Among the agencies where the student might work are the Labor Archives (on campus), the local branch of the National Archives, the Maritime Museum, or the Heritage Foundation. Each internship will be separately arranged and every effort will be made to match your interests with an appropriate site for the development of those interests. Students taking History 680/880 for the first time should register for four units. May be taken for 3 or 4 units.
HIST 690/890 Edit & Publish the History Journal (Ex Post Facto)
Arranged, please contact Chris Waldrep
Supervised experience in editing and production of an annual journal of research done by SFSU students. Not applicable to major or minor fields within history majors. No more than a combined total of eight units may be earned in History 690 and 890. Credit/no credit grades only. May be taken for 1 to 4 units.
CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
HIST 896- Directed Reading in History
Arranged, please contact Jarbel Rodriguez
Master’s written examination. Students must consult with the Graduate Coordinator prior to enrolling for the exam. Students should consult with faculty members whose expertise is the subject area of the exam they are writing.
HIST 898- Master’s Thesis
Arranged, please contact Barbara Loomis
Master’s written thesis. Students must consult with the Graduate Coordinator and with instructors who will be on their graduate thesis committee. Students register for the Master’s thesis with the Graduate Office on campus.
HIST 699/899 Special Study in History
Arranged, please contact the faculty member with whom you want to work.
Supervised study of a particular problem selected by the student. A petition for Special Study and an add form must be signed by the instructor and turned into the history department office before the student can register for the course. A petition for Special Study that clearly outlines learning objectives and methods as well as evaluation of learning objectives must be completed and signed by the course instructor, student’s faculty advisor, and the History Department Chair before a student may enroll in this course. May be taken for 1 to 4 units.
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