History
From Weimar to Hitler: Germany 1918-1945
HIST 7010 3 cr.
This class, run as a seminar with joint student/faculty leadership, traces the developments that led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist acquisition of power in Germany. Issues covered include social and economic trauma after the first World War, the relationship between state and society in the Weimar Republic, political fragmentation, the reaction against modernist culture, the National Socialist power, everyday life in National Socialist Society, women and National Socialism, racist ideology and extermination.
The Modern Secondary School
HIST 7012 3 cr.
This course is required of all MAT candidates who do not have initial licensure to teach and covers a broad range of issues faced by teachers in today's secondary schools. Students become familiar with the complexities and demands of secondary school teaching. The course includes 25 hours of prepracticum experience.
The Vietnam War and U.S. Society
HIST 7020 3 cr.
This course is a graduate seminar, which examines the Vietnam War and its impact on U.S. society, as well as surveys the historical background to conflict. Major themes include the history and culture of Vietnam, earlier conflict with China, the era of French colonialism and the First Indochina War, U.S. diplomatic involvement in Vietnam, issues of leadership, military aspects of war, the internal struggle within Vietnam, the impact of war on the U.S. military, the anti-war movement, the effect of the war on presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, prisoner of war issues, women's issues and the diplomatic efforts to ending the conflict, as well as the post-war memorialization of the war in Vietnam and in America.
American Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 7030 3 cr.
This course examines the American Civil War through lectures and comparative readings in order to understand the causes of sectional conflict, the war and its aftermath. Major themes include abolition, African-American resistance to slavery, war strategy and the social and political impact of Reconstruction.
Introduction to Public History
HIST 7040 3 cr.
The course examines the central issues involved in the various fields of public history. Students learn how to apply their academic history training to a broader range of professional and educational applications - museums, historical agencies, and historic preservation organizations. Students learn about specific functional strategies employed by public historians including oral history, exhibition planning and design, and collections management as they develop an understanding of the ethical debates about collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting historical materials.
The U.S. Women's Rights Movement Since 1820
HIST 7150 3 cr.
The class, run as a seminar with joint student/faculty leadership, traces the development of the women's rights movement from its roots in the abolitionist movement to its present status in the feminist movement. Issues covered are abolitionism, woman suffrage, temperance, labor, peace, reproductive rights and general rights. Students investigate issues, ideologies, strategies, tactics and personalities. Research involves biographies, organizational histories and/or analysis of political theories and strategies. The course provides students with the knowledge to incorporate new teaching materials about women's history into U.S. history courses and to gain a broader understanding of women as actors in U.S. politics.
Beyond Antiques: Artifacts and History
HIST 7200 3 cr.
American material culture - personal and domestic artifacts, buildings and historic landscapes can tell us much about life in the past. Through a combination of readings, object studies and field trips, students survey different modes of investigation: social and cultural history, history of technology, cultural geography, historical archaeology, folklife studies, art history and decorative arts studies. The seminar tests the applicability of these disciplines, methods, and theories to specific spheres of activity and thought, including community, class, work, house and household, clothing, dining, landscape and play.
Judaism and Early Christianity
HIST 7250 3 cr.
This course offers an overview of the formative period of development of both Judaism and Christianity, from 300 BC to 500 CE. It explores a variety of factors that led Christianity to break away from Judaism and its transformation into the single most powerful religious movement in the Mediterranean region. Readings in both primary and secondary texts (translated into English) provide vantage points to examine various aspects of the spread of Jesus movement within the contexts of social unrest, competition among ethnic minorities, and the socio-economic reasons that led to the dissolution of the Roman Empire.
Middle East History
HIST 7260 3 cr.
This course surveys Middle East History from its beginnings to the present. The course explores religion, politics, social institutions and gender history of Muslim civilizations as its expansion and confrontation with other civilizations sharpened its own self-image. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, comparative literature, cultural and social history, and religious studies. Particular attention will be paid to the countries of the Middle East as they developed after World War I and how the various coalitions of the Arab nations were formed in response to Western European interventions. Emphasis will be placed on international politics and the hidden agendas involving defense, oil, economics and security between Western Europe and the Middle East alliances.
Amerindian History
HIST 7270 3 cr.
This course studies Amerindian history from the earliest settlement through the 19th century, including, religion, politics, social institutions and gender history of Amerindian cultures. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, linguistics and comparative literature, cultural and social history and religious studies. We shall examine the social reasons for the first migrations and local developments in many regional areas using archeology and social histories of various archeological cultures and historic tribes.
Irish History
HIST 7280 3 cr.
This course examines the history of Ireland from its beginnings to the present. It focuses on the cultural history of Ireland as it evolved through a series of waves of immigration since ancient times, which created new cultural mixes and confrontations. The course explores religions, social and political institutions and gender history of this island, which provided a haven for a variety of immigrants from ancient times. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, comparative cultural and social history, and religious studies. We shall examine the diversity of Irish social and cultural origins and investigate how these contribute to the formation of an Irish identity. The story of competing mores will be examined in the tensions, which are apparent in the modern history of Ireland today.
Modern Russia: Rebirth and Renewal
HIST 7300 3 cr.
The course is a survey of several major historiographical problems in modern Russian history from the reign of Peter the Great through the revolutions of the 20th century with a focus on cultural and political history. Also emphasized, however, are teaching strategies and tactics at the secondary level designed to prepare students for the MCAS history examinations.
Historiography
HIST 7450 3 cr.
Historiography or the historian's craft is addressed by considering how a historian discovers facts and formulates them into hypotheses, how the historian's craft has changed over the course of time; and how different historians handle the same era or subject matter. The course enables students to read a piece of secondary source writing and analyze the author's perspective and biases, analyze and understand a primary source document, write a paper using primary source material, understand historians' work within their own historical era and appreciate the subjective as well as objective nature of historical research.
In any particular semester, the instructor chooses one of two forms for the course :
a) a survey and analysis of various historians' work, their approaches and their tools, or b) a study of historians' methods and a research paper based on primary source research putting these methods into use.
Advanced Methods of Teaching at the Secondary Level
HIST 8000 3 cr.
This course combines academic study with clinical practice and supervision. Theories and topics studied and demonstrated include learning styles, critical thinking, computer applications and inclusive learning environments. Emphasis is placed on integrating culturally or linguistically diverse students and those with special needs. Interdisciplinary course development and implementation, student assessment including portfolio assessment and writing are studied for utilization across the curriculum.
Prerequisite: HIST 7012 or initial teacher licensure.
Modern Japan and East Asia
HIST 8010 3 cr.
This course examines modern Japan from the Tokugawa shogunate and Meiji Restoration to the present. Major themes include the interaction between Japan and East Asia, its relationship with the U.S., and the impact of industrialization and militarization, as well as the economic dominance of the post-WWII era and the collapse of the bubble economy in the 90s.
Practicum
HIST 8090 1-6 cr.
Student teaching experience is offered to give practical classroom experience to those degree students who have not satisfied the state requirements for certification.
Curriculum and Technology
HIST 8250 3 cr.
This course looks at the integration of educational technology in the classroom and its relationship to learning theories and curriculum, specifically, the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. This course explores the use of the Internet as a classroom resource to strengthen curriculum. Various Internet related topics are covered, such as acceptable use policies and copyright issues.
Curriculum Design & Development
HIST 8260 3 cr.
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills of the curriculum development-revision process. The course examines societal demands on the curriculum and the role of the American school in a democratic and multicultural society as students assess, revise, and implement instructional programs and the curriculum in a systematic and logical way. Active participation in school-based curriculum teams, IEP teams, site-based management teams and community groups teach effective delivery of services to all students and school improvement/reform efforts. In collaborative groups students review, revise, and expand the curriculum and assessment procedures in order to integrate current research findings and education reform initiatives.
Topics in History
HIST 9000 3 cr.
Course content varies from semester to semester, reflecting contemporary issues in the discipline and depending upon student and faculty interest.
Clinical Experience
HIST 9400 6 cr.
See BIOL 9400 for course description.
Internship
HIST 9500 6 cr.
The internship is a clinical, capstone experience allowing full integration and application of content knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. It incorporates all standards specific to the discipline of history as well as all common standards for classroom teachers. Students must fulfill a minimum of 400 clock hours or one full semester on site under the auspices of the college.
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