WSU Graduate Courses - History/HST
HST 600 HISTORIOGRAHY (Credits: 4)
Introduction to the work of representative historians and important theories of historical interpretation. Prerequisites: 18 hours of history.
HST 605 ANCIENT HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Selected problems in Roman history to the death of Constantine in A.D. 337.
HST 610 THE MIDDLE AGES (Credits: 4)
From the decline of the Roman Empire to ca. 1450. Topics vary and can include European, Islamic, and Byzantine civilizations.
HST 615 MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Selected problems in European history from the decline of the Roman Empire through the Renaissance and Reformation. Titles vary.
HST 625 MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Modern Europe from the Enlightenment to the present through a national (e.g., Germany), chronological (e.g., nineteenth century), or topical (e.g., socialism) approach. Titles vary.
HST 635 BRITISH HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Examines particular periods of British history (e.g., modern Britain) or topics (e.g., British constitutional history). Titles vary.
HST 640 TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Variable titles covering a range of topics from the pre-colonial to post-colonial Africa in the 20th century. Can be taken up to four (4) additional times (20 hours total) under variable titles.
HST 645 MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Coursed offered under this number examine the Balkans and the Middle East from the Middle Ages to the present.Topics may include Byzantine history, the Crusades, and the Middle East today.Several of these courses will be offered jointly with the Department of Political Science.
HST 655 LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Selected Latin American nations (e.g., Mexico), particular topics (e.g., Authoritarianism), and colonial Latin American. Titles vary.
HST 655 LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4.5)
Selected Latin American nations (e.g., Mexico), particular topics (e.g., Authoritarianism), and colonial Latin American. Titles vary.
HST 665 ASIAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Examines various periods of Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian histories or special topics.
HST 670 EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Examines colonial, revolutionary, and early republic periods of American history.
HST 675 19TH CENTURY UNITED STATES HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Examines distinct periods in the nineteenth century (e.g., Civil War and Reconstruction) and major topics such as slavery. Titles vary.
HST 680 20TH CENTURY UNITED STATES HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Particular stages of the twentieth-century American experience (e.g., the Progressive era) or selected topics (e.g., the civil rights movement, oral history)
HST 685 SPECIAL TOPICS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Intensive analysis of topics drawn from the entire range of the American experience, such as religion, diplomacy, women, material culture, immigration, and urbanization. Titles vary.
HST 686 GENDER HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Courses will allow intensive analysis of subjects in gender history.Topics may include masculinity, femininity, sexuality, family and women's history.Focus may be on one nation, region or a comparative perspective.
HST 688 HISTORY AND NEW MEDIA (Credits: 4)
Examines the impact of new media on access to primary sources, public programs, history education, scholarship, and the ways in which historians engage with each other.Presents productions in a variety of media.
HST 689 HISTORY INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS (Credits: 2 TO 4)
Intensive analysis of historical topics (e.g., nearby history, oral history) or distinctive periods and areas (e.g., French Revolution).Course will model approaches and introduce scholarship and resources of particular value to educators.Topics vary.
HST 690 TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Examines topics drawn from the African American experience. Topics covered may include black ideology and leadership, racial tension in urban society, and the civil rights movement. Topics vary.
PREREQUISITE: HST 211-212 OR HST 214-215.
HST 691 INDEPENDENT READINGS (Credits: 1 TO 4)
Faculty-directed readings in a field of student's choice.
HST 695 COMPARATIVE HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Compares developments or movements in different parts of the world and/or different times in history. May compare revolutions, slave systems, religious movements, or other human experiences that transcend a particular time or place. Titles vary.
HST 700 HISTORICAL METHODS (Credits: 4)
Intensive training in the research methods and materials of history.
HST 701 SEMINAR IN UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1865 (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content changes to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
HST 702 SEMINAR IN UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
HST 703 SEMINAR IN ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
HST 704 SEMINAR IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF 400-LEVEL COURSES IN APPROPRIATE
AREAS OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
HST 705 SEMINAR IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
HST 706 SEMINAR IN ASIAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
HST 707 SEMINAR IN AFRICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
May be repeated with content change to a maximum of twelve credit hours.
PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF 400-LEVEL COURSES IN APPROPRIATE
AREAS OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
HST 708 SEMINAR IN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Topics vary.
PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF 400-LEVEL COURSES IN APPROPRIATE
AREAS OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
HST 709 TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Conducted as a reading seminar. Focuses on African diaspora in the Americas. Topics include the black experience in the United States and Latin America from the colonial period to the present. Topics vary.
PREREQUISITE: HST 211 AND 212 OR HST 214 AND 215 RECOMMENDED
HST 710 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS (Credits: 4)
Fundamental problems, theoretical principles, techniques, and practical administration of archives and manuscripts; the importance of records in the modern information age and the relationship of archives administration and records management; history of archives.
PREREQUISITE: 9 CREDIT HOURS IN HISTORY.
HST 711 LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH IN ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS (Credits: 2)
Defines and discusses the origin and development of local history.Students will learn to identify, locate and use primary and secondary sources on a variety of local history topics.
HST 712 MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS (Credits: 4)
Introduction to museums and their management; the establishment, functions, rules and duties of non-profits.Introduction to collections theory and practice as well as collections policies, accessioning, deaccessioning, management, care, treatment, and conservation.
HST 713 HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITS (Credits: 4)
Examines interpretation theory and practice.Students will design and construct a museum exhibit including budgeting, research, design, construction, artifact selection, media relations and opening reception.
HST 714 ADVANCED PROBLEMS IN ARCHIVAL WORK (Credits: 4)
Students will put into practice the theories and concepts associated with appraisal and acquisition, arrangement and description, reference, and preservation of archival materials.Coursework includes practical experience in processing and preserving an archival collection.
PREREQUISITE: HST 710.
HST 715 PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP (Credits: 5)
Practical training in various aspects of public history and historical administration.Students complete a 300-clock-hour internship and prepare a report on the experience.Permission of the Public History Program Director required.
PREREQUISITE: HST 710, 711, 712, 713, AND 714.
HST 716 ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION (Credits: 4)
Overview of the history and practices of architectural preservation.Introduces students to the supervision of, or participation in, the preservation program of an historical organization.
HST 717 PRACTICA: ARCHIVES & MUSE (Credits: 1 TO 2)
Archivists' and preservationists' techniques. Titles vary. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
HST 720 PROJECT (Credits: 1)
Students complete an historical project (editing a diary, processing a manuscript collection, curating an exhibit, preparing a research report).Permission of the Public History Program Director required.
PREREQUISITE: HST 715, 727, 730 AND 740.
HST 725 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Introduces students to the origins, nature and varieties of Public History and to careers in the field.Explores issues of ethics and public memory.
HST 727 DECORATIVE ARTS (Credits: 4)
Intensive analysis of topics related to the theory and practice of public history such as American decorative art, archictectural history, history of photography, and history of technology.
A. Introduction to American Decorative Arts.The identification of artifacts which may be found in a history museum collection such as furniture, glassware, ceramics and fabrics, by date, material, use, style, and manufacture.
B. American Architectural History (previously HST 716 alternate designation)
HST 730 ARCHIVAL RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES (Credits: 2)
Introduces the uses of digital electronic records systems in an archival setting.
HST 740 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Credits: 2)
Examines the processes and concepts associated with records and information management in a variety of institutional settings.
HST 750 SEMINAR IN GENDER HISTORY (Credits: 4)
Subjects vary, with a focus on gender as a tool of historical analysis.Topics may include masculinity, femininity, sexuality, family and women's history.Focus may be on one nation region or a comparative perspective.
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