Dear History Majors,
Here are the descriptions of the history courses being offered Maymester and Summer 2012.
Online registration for all Summer Sessions: March 27-April 27. In-person registration in 311 Kirkland Hall April 23-25.
***NOTE: Summer courses need a minimum enrollment to run. Vanderbilt University may cancel courses on the first day of class for courses that don’t have enough enrollment.
MAYMESTER 2012
HIST 292 MAYMESTER IN D.C.: Civic Activism, Leadership, and Citizenship in Recent American History.
Taught by: Mark Dalhouse. [Please email mark.t.dalhouse@vanderbilt.edu at your earliest convenience if you are interested in this course. This course always fills up.]
Credits: history elective, U.S. area of concentration, 3 credit hours, U.S. AXLE credit
This course is a collaborative effort between the Department of History, the Office of Active Citizenship and Service, and the Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations to offer a credit-bearing seminar course that examines political leadership and citizen service within the context of recent American history and current events in American life. Meeting daily at the Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations, History 292 offers students the opportunity to debate and discuss the current state of American life and politics using primary readings, contemporary news accounts, and discussions with policy makers, journalists and educators.
EUS 260-01 MAYMESTER, Berlin: Historic Metropolis and Gateway to a New Europe taught by Professor Smith will count toward the history major and in the European area of concentration.
FIRST SUMMER SESSION 2012 (5 weeks, June 5 – July 6)
HIST 265: The U.S. in the Era of the Civil War
Taught by: Erica Rhodes Hayden
First Summer Session 2012, MTWRF, 1:10-3:00 pm
Credits: history elective, history majors get credit in the U.S. area of concentration, 3 credit hours.
Sectional conflict, secession, the Southern War for Independence, and Reconstruction; 1850-1877. Serves as repeat credit for students who completed 272 prior to fall 20078. [3] (US). History majors get credit in the area of U.S. history.
HIST 294 01 Revolution in Latin America: Haiti, Mexico, and Cuba
Taught by: Professor Frank Robinson
First Summer Session 2012, MTWRF, 8:10-10:00 am
Credits: history elective, history majors get credit in the U.S. or Latin American areas of concentration, 3 credit hours, NO AXLE credit. Eligible for Latin American Studies majors.
Revolutions have occurred throughout history, yet only more recently have scholars developed general theories of revolution. Revolutions are outbursts of intense and sustained violence, involving major segments of a country’s population, that destroy existing institutions and fundamentally alter the country’s political, social, and economic systems. By this definition, they are rare and cataclysmic events. Latin America has experienced three genuine revolutions: those that began in Haiti in 1791, Mexico in 1910, and Cuba in 1959. Each continues to influence the course of its country’s history.
This class seeks to examine the origins, chronologies, and key historical figures tied to these dramatic upheavals. What were the socio-political conditions in each of these countries that led to a revolutionary situation? What were the differing responses to those conditions? What did these revolutions seek to accomplish? What were the outcomes of these revolutionary changes?
HIST 294 02 Opium, Ping Pong and Walmart - The History of U.S. - China Relations.
Taught by: Stephen Harrison
First Summer Session 2012: MTWRF 10:10 am – 12:00 noon
Credits: history elective, history majors get credit in the U.S. and Asia areas of concentration, 3 credit hours, NO AXLE credit.
This course examines the development of the relationship between China and the United States from the earliest American traders in China through the economic interdependence of today. It seeks to go beyond the official relationship between governments and into economic and cultural interactions. The course will explore diverse political, social and cultural connections, such at the US involvement in the Opium trade, Chinese immigration to the United States and the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" of the 1970s.
SECOND SUMMER SESSION 2012 (5 weeks, July 10 – August 10, 2012)
HIST 287e The Federalist Papers
Taught by: William Hardin
Second Summer Session 2012: MTWRF 1:10 pm – 3:00 pm
Credits: history elective, history majors get credit in the U.S. area of concentration.
Classic works on American constitutionalism and government and their views on human nature and republicanism. The framers’ rejection of democracy and fear of legislative abuses. The Constitution’s emphasis on institutional protections for liberty and checking abuses of power. [3] (US)
updated January 26, 2012
