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Spring 2013
Live Online Courses
Spring Session 1 (Online) - January 12 to March 8
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AHG 501 1A: The American Revolution (2) *SECTION CLOSED* 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: Wednesdays, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 503 1A: Sectionalism and Civil War (2) *SECTION CLOSED* A study of the sectional conflict beginning with the nullification crisis. The course will not only examine the political, social and economic developments in the period leading to the civil war, but will emphasize the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John C. Calhoun. Instructor: Eric Sands, Berry College Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:15 pm to 10:00 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 505 1A: The Progressive Era (2) *SECTION CLOSED* 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: J. David Alvis, Wofford College Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 604 1A: The Early Republic (2) *SECTION CLOSED* Having adopted a form of government, the Americans had to make it work. This course examines their efforts to do so, as the Republic took shape amidst foreign dangers, political conflict, westward expansion and religious revivals. Instructor: Michael Schwarz, Ashland University Schedule: Tuesdays, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus There is no Course Packet for this class. |
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AHG 620 1A: The Reform Tradition in America (2) *SECTION CLOSED* America has lived through three periods of sustained interest in reforming its political and social life, the first in the decades preceding the Civil War, the second in the decades preceding the First World War and the third in the decade or two following World War II. The course examines aspects of these reform movements, particularly their connection to religion and Protestant theology. Instructor: Robert J. Norrell, University of Tennessee Schedule: Saturdays, 10:00 am to 1:15 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 631 1A: American Political Rhetoric (2) *SECTION CLOSED* This course examines American political rhetoric in its broadest sense as the art of political persuasion and civic education. Surveying the field from the Founders through Barack Obama, we will engage in a careful reading of the speeches and writings of leading statesmen and literati, including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, FDR, JFK, Robert Frost, and Ronald Reagan. Instructor: Ken Masugi, Johns Hopkins University Schedule: Wednesdays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 633 1A: The American Presidency II: Johnson to the present (2) *SECTION CLOSED* This course is an examination of the political and constitutional development of the office of president from Reconstruction to the present. It focuses on how changing conceptions of the presidency have shaped American political life in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially as America has become a global power. Instructor: Jeremy Bailey, University of Houston Schedule: Mondays, 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus There is no Course Packet for this class. |
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AHG 660 1A: America and Its Music (2) *SECTION CLOSED* Jefferson believed that the spirit of the people was the heart of republican government. If music is an expression of the spirit, what does American music reveal about America? How has America shaped the music, the spirit, of its people? The course addresses these questions through a selective examination of some American music and some distinctive episodes in American History. The course includes some discussion of music theory but no specialized knowledge of music is necessary. Instructor: David Tucker, Naval Postgraduate School Schedule: Mondays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
Spring Session 2 (Online) - March 9 to May 4
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AHG 502 2A: The American Founding (2) *SECTION CLOSED* 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 Papers and the antifederalist papers. Instructor: William Allen, Michigan State University Schedule: Mondays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus There is no Course Packet for this class. |
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AHG 504 2A: Civil War and Reconstruction (2) *SECTION CLOSED* 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: Thursdays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 510 2A: Great American Texts - Abraham Lincoln (2) **CANCELLED** 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 W. Schramm, Ashland University Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 510 2B: Great American Texts - William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor (2) *SECTION CLOSED* William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor provide a unique perspective on the complex culture of the American South, a culture shaped across time by geography, the economics of an agricultural society often at odds with the dominant culture of American capitalism, and a complicated social system arising from the interaction among three groups: whites of different social classes; African-Americans originally held in bondage and still relegated to a status of social inferiority long after emancipation; and native peoples displaced by the early migration of whites to the west. Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County of northwest Mississippi is a fictional microcosm of the Deep South based on the memory of an organic society. O'Connor, a devout Roman Catholic in Protestant Georgia, uses literary grotesque and irony to examine what might be called the "crossroads of time and the timeless." Both authors examine the "soul" of the American South and help us to understand that region's complex relationship with the rest of the country. Instructor: Mackubin T. Owens, US Naval War College Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 611 2A: The American Way of War (2) *SECTION CLOSED* The course examines how Americans have used military force, focusing on the relationship between civilian and military leaders, characteristic strategic approaches, and the connection between our political principles and our military practices. Instructor: WIlliam Atto, University of Dallas Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:15 pm to 10:00 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 621 2A: Race and Equality in America (2) *SECTION CLOSED* This course explores the history of black Americans as they strove to secure their dignity as human beings, and rights as American citizens, in the face of racial prejudice. Students will examine the writings of leading black intellectuals and activists about human equality, slavery, self-government, the rule of law, emancipation, colonization, and citizenship. The course will also review laws, constitutional amendments, court cases, and social criticism addressing civil and political rights in America. Instructor: Peter C. Myers, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet Supplemental Course Packet |
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AHG 630 2A: American Statesmen (2) *SECTION CLOSED* Even though the powers of the American Executive are controlled and limited, extraordinary acts of statesmanship are possible. This seminar examines those presidents who have demonstrated extraordinary political leadership. We will examine such statesmen and the political circumstances in which their prudence revealed itself. Among those examined will be Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt. Instructor: Steven Hayward, Ashland University Schedule: Mondays and Thursdays, 8:15 pm to 10:00 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
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AHG 660 2B: The American Western (2) *SECTION CLOSED* This course is an intensive study of several classic American Westerns, in both print and film. The American Western reflects something fundamental about both the American mind and the American regime. The Western's emphasis on courage and self-reliance, for example, arises from that same American character that forms the basis of self-government. The American Western also raises important questions central to American political life, among which are the meaning of justice, equality, and liberty. This course will also address the question of how American politics both influences and is influenced by literature in the Western genre. Instructor: Christopher Burkett, Ashland University Schedule: Saturdays, 10:00 am to 1:15 pm ET Course Materials: Syllabus Course Packet |
Comprehensive Examination
Comprehensive Examination - Spring 2013
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The Spring 2013 Comprehensive Examination for MAAHG and MASTAHG degree candidates will feature five questions. Candidates will respond to any three of these questions in an extended essay format. Schedule:
Students who have completed 32 semester credit hours or are enrolled in their final course may register to take the exam. |