Syllabus Archive

Updated August 2006
Here are the syllabi for courses I’ve taught, all as PDFs. Some went better than others, so use at your own risk.For graduate comprehensive readings, please see The Mason Historiographiki.

U.S. History (by period)

Survey


U.S. History. George Mason University, History 120.
Fall 2004Spring 2005Spring 2006. Fall 2006.
Modern American History (since 1877). Baruch College, History 1005, spring 2003.
Themes in U.S. History. Baruch College, History 1000, fall 2002.

Between the Wars


Between the Wars: The United States, 1919 – 1941. George Mason University, History 409, summer 2001.

Postwar America


Victory to Watergate. George Mason University, History 389, spring 2005.
Postwar America, 1945-1976. George Mason University, History 389, spring 2007.

America since 1973
Columbia University, History W3494, spring 2004
George Mason University, History 389, spring 2006, fall 2007.

History of Technology


Technology and American Identity
Columbia University, History W4581, fall 2003.
George Mason University, History 615, spring 2005.

The Politics of Technology
George Mason University, History 615, fall 2007

Urban History and the Built Environment


United States
The American Built Environment. George Mason University, History 389, fall 2004.

New York City
The Peopling of New York. Baruch College/CUNY Honors College, IDC 3001H, spring 2003.
The People of the City of New York. Baruch College, History 3551, fall 2002.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.: History, Culture, and Politics. George Washington University, American Studies 50/History 50, fall 2001.
Washington History Matters. George Mason University, History 615,spring 2006.

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