An original scholarly master s paper or a creative project or a specialized examination is required for graduation. Detailed investigation of specific topics in eighteenth-century American civilization. Various themes within the American arts will be explored under this rubric. A survey of the history of America in the colonial and the early national periods. A broad topical study of some themes drawn from America s philosophic, scientific, medical, or religious heritage.
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A historical study of women s roles and experiences in the United States. The study of the main characteristics, political, economic, and social, of the West in various stages of its development. A study of the writings and the socio-cultural implications of the transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and Whitman. An analysis of the history, literature, sociology, and economics from the 1870s to the Great War. An analysis of the founding, development, structure, and policies of America s political parties, along with an assessment of their impact.