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Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall Session 1 (Online) - August 20 to October 12
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AHG 501 A: The American Revolution (2) This course focuses on three topics: political developments in North America and the British empire and the arguments for and against independence, culminating in the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War as a military, social and cultural event in the development of the American nation and state; and the United States under the Articles of Confederation. Instructor: Scott Yenor, Boise State University Schedule: Mondays, 8:00 pm to 11:45 pm |
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AHG 502 A: The American Founding (2) This course is an intensive study of the Constitutional Convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. It will include a close examination of The Federalist and the anti-federalist papers. Instructor: Melanie Marlowe, Miami University Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 510 A: Great American Texts - The Federalist (2) The Federalist is a complex political work comprised of arguments about war, economics, national unity, and liberty (among other things) based on appeals to human nature, history, reason, and prudence. In this course we will examine and discuss The Federalist as fully and as deeply we can, aiming to understand how (or whether) its parts fit together in a coherent whole and its enduring contribution to our understanding of politics. Instructor: William B. Allen, Michigan State University Schedule: Mondays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 603 A: Colonial America (2) This course focuses on the development of an indigenous political culture in the British colonies. It pays special attention to the development of representative political institutions and how these emerged through the confrontation between colonists and King and proprietors. The course also considers imperial politics through a study of the Albany Plan of Union. Instructor: Michael Schwarz, Ashland University Schedule: Saturdays, 9:00 am to 12:45 pm |
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AHG 632 A: The American Presidency I, Washington to Lincoln (2) This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from the Founding era through the Civil War. It focuses on how the presidency shaped American political life as the country grew and struggled with rising sectional tensions. Instructor: Jeremy Bailey, University of Houston Schedule: Tuesdays, 8:00 pm to 11:45 pm |
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AHG 642 A: Political Parties (2) This course examines the development of American political parties, focusing on the meaning of parties and historic moments in the rise and fall of political parties from the Founding Era to the present. Topics may include re-aligning elections, changing coalitions within American parties, and the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties. Instructor: Eric C. Sands, Berry College Schedule: Saturdays, 10:00 am to 1:45 pm |
Fall Session 2 (Online) - October 13 to December 8
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AHG 504 A: Civil War and Reconstruction (2) This course will examine military aspects of the war, as well as political developments during it, including the political history of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. The course also examines the post-war amendments and the Reconstruction era. Instructor: Stephen Tootle, College of the Sequoias Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 505 A: The Progressive Era (2) The transition to an industrial economy posed many problems for the United States. This course examines those problems and the responses to them that came to be known as progressivism. The course includes the study of World War I as a manifestation of progressive principles. The course emphasizes the political thought of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and their political expression of progressive principles. Instructor: Christopher Burkett, Ashland University Schedule: Wednesdays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 510 B: Great American Texts - Democracy in America (2) Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America is commonly regarded as the most profound study of America ever written. Seeing "in America more than America," Tocqueville studies America to understand the nature of modern democracy itself. In the course of his discussion, he examines, among many other subjects, America's democratic social condition, its constitutional federalism, the problem of majority tyranny in America, the troubled relations among its racial groups, the prevailing understanding of sexual equality, the relation of religion and government, the powerful love of material well-being, and the dangers of administrative centralization and "mild despotism." This course will examine Tocqueville's treatments of these and other subjects in extensive excerpts from his book, all with a larger view toward understanding his descriptive account of democracy in America, his analysis of the main dangers it faces, and his suggestions as to the proper remedies for those dangers-the means for preserving and enhancing liberty in a nation dedicated to the principle of political and social equality. Instructor: Ken Masugi, Johns Hopkins University Schedule: Wednesdays, 8:00 pm to 11:45 pm |
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AHG 510 C: Great American Texts - Abraham Lincoln (2) Abraham Lincoln wove his words into the fabric of American history. In the twenty-first century, Lincoln's political language remains more contemporary than all but the most timeless of the political language of the American Founding. This course is a study of selected Lincoln speeches aiming to illuminate Lincoln's understanding of the relation of the principles of the American Founding to the most pressing issues of his day. Instructor: Peter Schramm, Ashland University Schedule: Mondays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 610 A: American Foreign Policy - 1898 to the Present (2) This course examines the international relations of the United States from the Spanish-American War to 9/11. The twentieth century marked the rise of the nation to a superpower with a myriad of global interests and commitments. Accordingly, students will examine foreign policy's part in this rise, with special attention to the ways in which the principles and practices of democracy and capitalism have shaped American foreign policy. Topics will include the nation's acquisition of overseas territory and colonies, the influence of Wilsonianism and America's entry into the world wars, and the Cold War. Instructor: David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |
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AHG 641 A: The Supreme Court (2) This course is an intensive study of the highest court in the federal judiciary, focusing on the place of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional order. Areas of study may include the relationship between the Court and the other branches of the federal government as well as the states; the Court's power of judicial review; and judicial politics and statesmanship. We will examine these kinds of issues by investigating how the Court has interpreted the Constitution in some of its most historic decisions. Instructor: Jeffrey Sikkenga, Ashland University Schedule: Saturdays, 9:00 am to 12:45 pm |
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AHG 660 A: Topics in American History and Government - American Political Economy (2) This course examines the nature of a market economy, with emphasis on its relation to individual liberties and the political system of the United States. The course also reviews the challenges to a market system, including regulation, fairness in competition, central planning, and redistributionism. Instructor: Steven Hayward, Ashland University Schedule: Wednesdays, 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm |