Courses

This course is a survey of Native American history in what becomes the United States from 1840 through the present day. Particular attention will be paid to Native-US government relations, the impact of the reservation and assimilation programs, and modern rights issues.

This course is a survey of Native American history in what becomes the United States from the pre-colonial period through 1840. Particular attention will be paid to regional cultures, the impact of European contact, Native-US government relations, and the consequences of removal.

This course is a survey of Native American history in what becomes the United States from the pre-colonial period through 1840. Particular attention will be paid to regional cultures, the impact of European contact, Native-US government relations, and the consequences of removal.

An in-depth study of the historical interpretations of American intellectual life from the colonial period through the progressive movement in the early 20th century.

This course will examine the evolution of American Jewish life and Judaism from seventeenth century origins to 1945. Topics will include waves of Jewish immigration; institution and community building; emergence of new forms of Judaism and of Jewish identity; Jewish/non-Jewish interactions; American Jewish culture; Jews in politics and society.

This course surveys the historiographical themes and issues of the history and lives of the working class in the modern United States from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries.

The history of work, workers, and the union movement from the early twentieth century to the present. Topics include scientific management, mass production, the rise of the AFL and challenges to it, labor radicalism, New Deal labor reforms, racial and sexual discrimination, union politics, the changing working-class standard of living, and the decline of unionism during the 1980s and 1990s.

The development of the labor movement, its ideology and its relation to social movements and to the economic structure of society, from Jeffersonian America to the first World War.

This course provides an advanced overview of American jurisprudence. To this end, we will focus on case law in a number of common law subjects, specifically constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, torts, contracts, and property. We will also cover legal and cultural history, jurisprudence, and ethics topics in order to promote a better understanding of the role that law plays in a modern, liberal democratic society.

Analysis of themes in American legal and constitutional history since 1865; examination of social, cultural, and political context surrounding major Supreme Court decisions; social impact of laws and Supreme Court decisions; investigation of legal activities such as moot court and amicus curiae briefs.