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Program Coordinator: Dr. Emmett Shea
508-929-8692
Admission Requirements: General admission requirements
for graduate study together with 18 credits in history including
the following courses or their equivalents:
HI 103 & HI 104 World Civilization I and II
HI 111 & HI 112 US History I and II
Requirements of the Program:
ED 981 Advanced Foundations of Education
ED 982 Research in Education
HI 910 The Study and Writing of History
US History elective: 3 credits
Non-US History elective: 3 credits
Non-US, non-European History elective: 3 credits
Additional History electives: 9 credits approved by the student’s
guidance committee
Additional courses in education: 6 credits with the approval
of the student’s guidance committee
Each candidate must successfully complete a written comprehensive
examination in history.
History Courses (Graduate)
HI 910 The Study and Writing of History
Historical methodology, modern historiographical views, and
the emergence of the New History; i.e., psycho-history, family
history, and quantitative history.
3 credits.
HI 912 Industrial Revolution: Past, Present, Future
Prerequisite: Survey course in modern history
A comparison of the European and American Industrial Revolutions
and their consequences from the eighteenth through the twentieth
centuries. Field trips are planned to mill towns and industrial
cities.
3 credits.
HI 914 The Gilded Age: 1865-1900
A depiction of the period when America went through a rapid
socio-economic transformation in the areas of industrialization,
urbanization, and immigration.
3 credits.
HI 915 Populism, Progressivism and Socialism in the US:
1877-1920
Analysis of three reform movements that were an ideological
response to the Gilded Age’s excesses and an attempt
to humanize America’s economic transformation.
3 credits.
HI 918 The US and the Middle East
Discusses growth of US economic, cultural, political, and
strategic interests in Middle East; emphasis on post-World
War II period.
3 credits.
HI 920 Japan in the Twentieth Century
An evaluation of the role of Japan as an emerging world power
and economic giant during the present century.
3 credits.
HI 922 US & Soviet Relations
A study of the central issues in American-Soviet relations
since 1917. Special attention will be devoted to the question
of recognition, the origins of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile
Crisis, and recent developments.
3 credits.
HI 924 Selected Topics in US-East Asian Relations
An examination of major problems affecting American foreign
policy in East Asia since World War II; i.e., the origins
of the Cold War in Asia, America’s entry into the Korean
War, the Offshore Islands issue, America’s involvement
in the Vietnam conflict, and US-Chinese relations.
3 credits..
HI 952 Russia in the Twentieth Century
An evaluation of major political economic, and diplomatic
developments in the Soviet Union, stressing Leninism, Stalinism,
and Khruschevism.
3 credits.
HI 953 The Mind of Modern Russia
An analysis of the central attitudes and ideas that have shaped
the Russian mind from the Muscovite era to the present.
3 credits.
HI 970 China in the Twentieth Century
A consideration of the major political, diplomatic, and intellectual
developments in China since 1949.
3 credits.
HI 990 Special Topics in History
An investigation of an historical issue, event or personality
of mutual interest to the instructor and students.
3 credits.
HI 999 Independent Study in History
An in-depth investigation of some historical event, issue
or person utilizing primary sources.
1-3 credits
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