History Courses [200-346]

[200-346] [347-501]

Course descriptions for HIST 204 through HIST 288 may be found by consulting the Howard University undergraduate bulletin. Corresponding course numbers are located in the College of Arts and Sciences section.

HIST 200. Historiography. 3 crs. Analysis of the components of the historical method, combining theory and practice to acquaint the graduate student with the purpose of history as a discipline and the techniques of historical research.

HIST 201. Historiography. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 200.

HIST 247. African American Women in U.S. History. 3 crs. Survey of the social, intellectual, economic, political, and cultural history of women in the U.S. from the colonial era to the present.

HIST 289. Public History. 3 crs. A survey of the rich variety and complex web of interrelated research activities which constitute the practice of public history. Particular attention given to African-Americans' influence on the field.

HIST 301. M.A. Thesis Writing. 3 crs. ea. All students preparing a thesis meet in a seminar.

HIST 309. Problems in United States History to 1865. 3 crs. Analyses and interpretations of significant developments, problems, and issues in United States history to 1865.

HIST 310. Problems in United States History since 1865. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 309 to the present.

HIST 312. Afro-American Social Institutions and Culture. 3 crs. History of the development and evolution of the key institutions, class structure, lifestyles, and literary and musical expression in Afro-American life.

HIST 316. Readings in United States Constitutional History. 3 crs. Exploration of specific themes and issues in American constitutional development to 1877.

HIST 317. Readings in United States Constitutional History. 3 crs. Intensive examination of specific themes and issues in American constitutional development since 1865.

HIST 318. Readings in United States Foreign Relations. 3 crs. Analysis of American foreign affairs to World War I through concentration upon a specific theme or a specific geographic area of the world.

HIST 319. Readings in United States Foreign Relations. 3 crs. Study of American foreign relations since 1914 through concentration upon a specific theme or a specific geographic area of the world.

HIST 320, 321. Readings in U.S. Urban History. 3 crs. ea.

HIST 322. Readings in U.S. Social and Intellectual History. 3 crs. Study of the relationship between radical Protestant thought and such major reform movements as utopianism, feminism, and abolitionism.

HIST 323. Readings in U.S. Social and Intellectual History. 3 cr. Continuation of HIST 322.

HIST 324, 325. Readings in Afro-American History. 3 crs. ea.

HIST 326, 327. Readings in Selected Periods and Topics in U.S. History. 3 crs. ea.

HIST 328. District of Columbia History. 3crs. Introduction to the major metropolitan questions, past and present, analyzed by interrelated scholarly and community-based studies of the national capital region.

HIST 330, 331. Problems in African History. 3 crs. Problems of fundamental importance in the history and development of Africa.

HIST 334. Readings in West Africa. 3 crs.

HIST 335. Readings in Southern Africa. 3 crs.

HIST 336. Readings in East Africa. 3 crs.

HIST 337. Readings in Central Africa. 3 crs.

HIST 338. Readings in African History. 3 crs.

HIST 340. Race Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean. 3 crs. In-depth study and assessment of race relations in Latin America as one cultural unit and also in each of the separate political entities.

HIST 341. Problems in Latin American and Caribbean History. 3 crs. Examination of key issues and themes in Latin American and the Caribbean up to 1821, stressing historical as well as current interpretations.

HIST 342. Problems in Latin America and Caribbean History Since 1821. 3 crs. A continuation of the preceding course, reflecting the transition from the colonial period to the contemporary period.

HIST 344. Readings in Latin America. 3 crs.

HIST 345. Readings in Latin America. 3 crs.

HIST 346. Readings in the Caribbean. 3 crs.