ENLA 516 READING COMPREHENSION Exploration of the interactive mechanisms which readers use when constructing meaning from written texts. Special attention given to cognitive processes, expository and narrative text structures, and issues in comprehending content specific texts. Needs of ESL readers also addressed. Prerequisite: admission to M.A.Ed. program or permission of instructor. Three semester hours.
• HISTORY COURSES HIST 502 COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA Events and ideas involved in the long colonial era, especially in Virginia, and the seminal intellectual and cultural conceptions of the American Revolution. Three semester hours. HIST 503 MIDDLE PERIOD AMERICA Events and ideas involved in the critical formative period of nation-building in the early and middle nineteenth century, with special emphasis on cultural patterns in religion and ideology, economic aspects of developing trade, commerce and slavery, and emerging regional tensions between North and South. Three semester hours. HIST 505 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODS Appraisal of major themes in historical writing and major approaches to historical problems, emphasizing a comparative approach to selected historical traditions. Three semester hours. HIST 507 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION Origins and consequences of the American Civil War. Emphasis on regionalism, sectionalism, and nationalism; economic interdependencies and conflicts; abolitionist saints and pro-slavery divines, and other cultural counterpoints; modern war and ancient traditions; battlefield tactics and broader social strategies; compromise and the deferred commitments to equality and social justice during the post-bellum Reconstruction period. Three semester hours. HIST 516 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE Comparative study of geography and history of two southern states. Emphasis on graduate- level research and teacher responsibilities in the public schools with regard to the standards of learning. Three semester hours. HIST 517 MODERN AMERICAN STUDIES An American Studies approach to cultural development and ideological growth in modern American society, with special emphasis on regional patterns. Three semester hours. HIST 519 PRAGMATISM AND MODERN AMERICAN IDEAS Philosophical and intellectual currents in the U. S. states since 1911, with special emphasis on pragmatic ideas and reformism in late liberal rationalism. Three semester hours. HIST 520 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Industrialization and rise of managerial bourgeoisie, petite bourgeoisie, proletariat, and laboring class from the early post-bellum era to the present; organizational capitalism and imperialism, radical protests, the “take-off” phase of industrial development and high mass consumption in the post-industrial era. Three semester hours. HIST 536 WORLD WARS The two World Wars in imperialist context and with cross-cultural perspective. Economic causes and consequences, and ideological currents. Battlefield tactics and broader social strategies. Three semester hours. HIST 539 EUROPE IN THE POSTWAR ERA Close examination of the history of Eastern and Western Europe from the end of World War II to the present. Focus on the political and economic reconstruction of early postwar Europe, the role of Europe in the Cold War, the emergence of the “New Europe” in the post-communist period, and the transformation of Europe’s political, economic, and cultural relations with the United States. Three semester hours.
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