Courses

American society through its literature, religion, philosophy, and arts. Emphasis upon immigration strains, European cultural transfer, and environmental adaptations which have formed the American character. Wide opportunities for reading offered in religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts.

An examination of the evolution of American intellectual and popular thought, and changing forms of expression.

Effect of the Industrial Revolution and urbanization of America on society and thought patterns in the U.S. as seen in the end of "American innocence" and the search for security in a changed America and a constantly changing world.

Seminar in the intellectual and cultural sources that went into the making of the American tradition, particularly the influences on the Founders' generation.

Continuation of HIST 459 from 1877 to the present.

Century of social and political thought, religion, science, scholarship and education in the United States.

History of the South since 1865, covering Reconstruction, the Bourbon Democracy, the New South Creed, populist revolt, World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, and Southern politics. PW: Global Engagement

An investigation of the varieties of speech communities in America, emphasizing the practical applications of dialectology and discourse analysis.

Analysis and evaluation of major American speeches and their influence on the history and culture of the United States from 1630 to the present.

This course is a survey of American public address. The class will study significant and representative speeches from different periods of American history. This class will examine what the study of American public address can teach us about history, communication, and social influence.