Instructor: Margaret O'Mara, Department of History (momara@uw.edu )
HSTAA 522 is the second in the two-quarter graduate American history sequence whose primary goal is to introduce the variety of methods and conceptual and theoretical approaches that shape U.S. history scholarship. Without pretending to provide a comprehensive survey of U.S. history, the sequence aims to establish a bibliographic foundation for the research and teaching you will undertake as you move through the graduate program and beyond. This course is not open to undergraduate students or auditors.
The temporal focus of HSTAA 522 is the late nineteenth century to the present. Reading load is heavy, with two books considered per week, and features a mix of modern classics and newer historiography. The assignments are geared towards professionalization and preparation for comprehensive examinations and dissertation work – i.e., all could be repurposed for use beyond this class.
You can find a complete syllabus here.