Faculty
Professor and Chair, J. Kicza; Professors, S. Armitage, L. Ashby, C. Goucher, R. Hume, S. Kale, J. Peterson, R. Schlesinger, M. Tolmacheva; Associate Professors, D. Coon, B. Farley, E. Garretson, J. Gough, N. Kawamura, L. Mercier, S. Peabody, H. Streets, R. Sun, O. Svingen, R. Williams; Assistant Professors, R. Bauman, R. McCoy, D. Pietz, I. Wendt; Senior Instructors, L. Gerber, K. Meyer, R. Stabb, M. Watrous-Schlesinger; Instructors, R. Chan, T. Jordan, W. Smith.
Program
Degrees Granted: Master of Arts in History; Doctor of PhilosophyThe Department of History offers graduate study leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in History and Doctor of Philosophy. It also cooperates with other departments sponsoring the Program in American Studies leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy (American Studies) and by providing appropriate course, seminar, and dissertation work. The fields of study from which individual programs for all degrees may be developed include: American, East Asian, Environmental, European (including early and modern), Latin American, Middle Eastern, World, Women's, and Public History.
Studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy offer three emphases—the traditional program, the Public history track, and the World history track. The traditional program and the World history track are designed to prepare competent research-oriented scholars who also will be effective and skilled teachers. It consists of 72 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree, including the preparation of three fields of history (one primary and two minor fields). The Public history track prepares historians for research-oriented work and service in government, business, and academe. It consists of 72 hours beyond the bachelor's degree, including a major field in American history, a co-equal primary field in public history (including interdisciplinary work in such areas as historic preservation, museology, archival and records management, and cultural resource management), and one minor field of history. Doctoral candidates with a concentration in Public history will serve an internship of at least one semester or two summers. Students in all three programs must demonstrate a reading knowledge of one foreign language. Applicants should hold an MA in History with at least a 3.50 GPA. Applicants must submit Graduate Record Examination aptitude scores and must demonstrate that a substantial beginning has been made in preparing foreign language competency. Three letters of recommendation from professors, supervisors, and others familiar with the applicant's academic training and/or occupational experience, statement of purpose, writing sample, language form, and field of study form are required.
The degree of Master of Arts in History may be sought by those who are interested ultimately in study for the Doctor of Philosophy degree as well as by teachers, public historians, and others who intend it as their final training in history. A baccalaureate degree with a 3.3 undergraduate GPA over the last half of undergraduate studies, submission of Graduate Record Examination aptitude test scores, and three letters of recommendation from professors, statement of purpose, writing sample, language form, and field of study form are required for admission. It is recommended that applicants have a minimum of 12 upper-division credits of history distributed in at least two world areas and have training in a foreign language. The language requirement, if any, will be established by the major professor in consultation with the student. Candidates may elect either the thesis or non-thesis option. The program consists of 32 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree, including courses from two fields of history, at least one seminar, and two field courses, a general historiography course, and a final oral examination. Public history candidates will serve an internship of at least one summer in duration.
The University Library provides the basic monographic studies, general histories, and journal literature required in each of the general fields of history emphasized at Washington State University. The resources for research, in addition, are extensive and include foreign and domestic newspapers, United States government and United Nations published documents, and the parliamentary papers of the French, German, English, and Italian governments. The most important serial publications of the major powers dealing with the diplomacy connected with World Wars I and II are available also. Latin American documentation includes a large collection of eighteenth-century Mexican papers and letters. Materials pertaining to modern China include the most important published documentary and letter collection dealing with late nineteenth and early twentieth-century political and economic modernization. Among the materials on the United States are the microfilmed American Culture Series dealing with the colonial period, and the American Periodical Series, which contains all extant magazines and journals published between 1800 and 1850. The collected papers of all major American public figures are added as they are published. Extensive microfilm holdings from the Department of State Archives to 1929 and publications of the Department of State and other administrative agencies of the Federal Government are also available. The Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections section holds a large number of manuscripts and documents dealing with Pacific Northwest history, including a highly significant collection of Peter John DeSmet papers.
Undergraduates interested in study for graduate degrees should prepare by obtaining a broad liberal education emphasizing the humanities, social sciences, and languages. Strong undergraduate minors in such subjects as literature, philosophy, and foreign languages will be of great assistance, in addition to minors in the social sciences. At least two years of college study of one modern foreign language are strongly recommended for expeditious completion of the foreign language requirement. Adequate opportunities are provided for removing deficiencies by auditing or taking appropriate courses, whether the problem is in history, supporting studies, or languages.
History
510 Field Course in American History 3 May be repeated for credit. Readings and interpretive problems of American history.
511 American Diplomatic History 1776-1914 3 Policies and principles characteristic of American diplomacy from 1776 to 1914. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 411; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 411 and 511.
512 American Diplomatic History in the 20th Century 3 Graduate level counterpart of Hist 412; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 412 and 512.
513 Theory and Method in American Studies 3 May be repeated for credit. Same as Engl 513.
515 Jeffersonian-Jacksonian America 3 Social and political history of the United States from 1789 to 1845; Jeffersonian, and Jacksonian eras. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 415; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 415 and 515.
516 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 The Civil War as a problem in historical causation and the social, political, and economic impact of the war. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 416; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 416 and 516.
517 Rise of Modern America 3 Response to industrialism in the Gilded Age and the reform movements of Populism and Progressivism. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 417; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 417 and 517.
518 United States 1914-1945 3 America through World War I, cultural tensions of the Twenties, and the crises of Depression and World War II. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 418; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 418 and 518.
519 United States 1945-Present 3 International and domestic impact of Cold War, era of McCarthyism, American aspirations, tensions, and conflicts in the post-industrial era. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 419; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 419 and 519.
520 American Constitutional History 3 Prereq Hist 110 or Pol S 101. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 420; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 420 and 520.
521 The American West 3 Multicultural exploration of the frontier experience and western America; environment, economic development, gender, class and race emphasized. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 421; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 421 and 521.
522 History of the Pacific Northwest 3 Political, social economic and environmental history of the Pacific Northwest. Fulfills the teaching certification requirement in state history and government in Washington and other Pacific Northwest states. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 422; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 422 and 522.
523 Radicals, Reformers, and Romantics: The Impact Graduate level counterpart of Hist 423; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 423 and 523.
525 Seminar in American History 3 May be repeated for credit.
527 Public History: Theory and Methodology 3 An introduction to the broad range of non-traditional careers in history. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 427; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 427 and 527.
528 Seminar in Public History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. The development of skills at the graduate level to be used in non-traditional careers for historians.
529 Interpreting History through Material Culture 3 Historical interpretation to work on major historic preservation and museum projects.
530 History of Mexico 3 War of independence, 19th century Mexico and the liberal conservative struggle; modern Mexico since the Revolution of 1910. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 430; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 430 and 530.
532 20th Century Latin America 3 Contemporary developments, policies and trends in the Latin American states. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 432; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 432 and 532.
533 History of Cuba and the Caribbean 3 Historical development of the Caribbean, with emphasis on Cuba, from the Spanish arrival to Castro's revolution. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 433; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 433 and 533.
534 Revolution in Latin America 3 Social and political development in Central America; reasons for dictatorships and radical social changes. Graduate level counterpart of History 434; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 434 and 534.
535 Field Course in Latin American History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Readings and interpretive problems in Latin American history.
539 Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation in World History 3 Graduate-level counterpart of Hist 439; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 439 and 539.
540 Seminar in European History 3 May be repeated for credit.
547 Europe in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 3 Graduate level counterpart of Hist 447; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 447 and 547.
549 Europe and Two World Wars, 1914-1945 3 Political, intellectual, economic, and international aspects of European life during and between two world wars. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 449; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 449 and 549.
550 Europe Since 1945 3 Europe from the end of World War II to the present; the Cold War, European integration, social and intellectual life. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 450; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 450 and 550.
553 Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism: Europe, 1815-1870 3 The consolidation of industrial society and the nation-state in 19th century Europe. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 453; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 453 and 553.
554 Nationalism and National Conflict: Europe 1870-1914 3 The rise of Europe to world predominance and the crises of the European order. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 454; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 454 and 554.
555 From the Tudor Revolution to the Glorious Revolution 3 England in the age of the Protestant Reformation. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 455; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 455 and 555.
559 Modern Britain 3 Britain and the Empire from the Napoleonic wars to the present. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 459; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 459 and 559.
560 Field Course in Early European History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Readings and issues in early European history.
562 History of Imperial Russia 3 History and culture of Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the 1905 revolution. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 462; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 462 and 562.
563 History of the Soviet Union 3 The Russian revolutions and the Soviet regime; 1905 to the present. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 463; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 463 and 563.
564 Comparative Genocide 3 Graduate-level counterpart of Hist 464; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 464 and 564.
565 East-Central Europe 3 History, government, and culture of the countries between Germany and the Soviet Union; emphasis on the 20th century. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 465; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 465 and 565.
567 Modern France 3 The history of France from the revolution of 1789 to the present. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 467; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 467 and 567.
568 Hitler and Nazi Germany 3 Origins and rise of Nazism; state, society and culture in the Third Reich; Nazi racial ideology; world war; the Holocaust. Graduate level counterpart of Hist; additional requirements. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 468; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 468 and 568.
569 Field Course in Modern European History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Readings and interpretive problems in modern European history.
570 World History Theory and Methods 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Historiographic overview of the field of world history.
571 Topics in World History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Readings in themes, theories, methods and literature of a global approach to history.
572 Middle East Since World War I 3 Developments in the Middle East since World War I; including nationalism, fundamentalism, and revolution. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 472; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 472 and 572.
575 Field Course in Women's History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Prereq graduate standing. Readings and interpretive problems in women's history.
576 Revolutionary China, 1800 to Present 3 Nature and effects of revolution on China from 1800 to present. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 476; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 476 and 576.
577 Modern Japanese History 3 The development of state and society in Japan from 1800 to present. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 477; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 477 and 577.
578 Field Course in Asian History 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Readings and interpretive problems in Asian history.
580 Historiography 3
581 American Historiography 3
590 Politics of Developing Nations 3 Same as Pol S 435. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 490; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 490 and 590.
595 The Teaching of History in College V 1 or 2 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 5 hours. Theory, problems, and methods of teaching history at the college level.
596 Topics in American Studies 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Same as Engl 596. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 496; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 496 and 596.
597 Seminar in History 2 or 3 May be repeated for credit.
598 History Internship V 1-12 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 12 hours. Graduate level counterpart of Hist 498; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Hist 498 and 598.599 History Colloquium 1 Weekly discussions and presentations on historical topics or current faculty and graduate student research. S, F grading.
599 History Colloquium 1 Weekly discussions and presentations on historical topics or current faculty and graduate student research. S, F grading.
600 Special Projects or Independent Study Variable credit. S, F grading.
700 Master's Research, Thesis, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.
702 Master's Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.
800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.