Close reading of selected historical texts and critical discussions. Normally taken during the first year of graduate study. Reading Seminars Emphasis on the historiographical issues basic to each primary field. Specific topics change with each offering. 7713 Readings in Comparative Social and Cultural History Research Seminars Primary source research on topics in each primary field.
Specific topics change with each offering.
The graduate adviser will approve such requests after reviewing with the undergraduate course instructor the assignments to be given graduate students. 6000-level courses approved for enrollment are listed below. The transformation of Italy from marginally free 'medieval' society in the eleventh century to the home of the 'renaissance' in the fifteenth. Focuses on economic and social issues, including trade and the capitalist ethic, the plague, warfare, and the family. A topical approach to Spain's settlement and influence in North America.