William
Rorabaugh: Areas of Graduate Study
Division: United States
Professor Rorabaugh regularly offers the following graduate fields in
US History:
1. 19c US
2. 20c US
3. US Social
The exact content of the field must be negotiated between the instructor
and the graduate student. If the field is a student's primary field, it
will be both broader and deeper than if the field is a secondary field.
The field ought to complement but not unduly overlap other fields.
Normally, students are expected to take HSTAA 521, the 19c field course,
as entering grad students, and this reading list, except for students
doing a 20c field, forms the basis for a reading list for a field either
in 19c US or in US Social History. The instructor usually offers HSTAA
590 each fall so that students might make further preparations in their
specific field. Directed readings in the form of HIST 600 are also common
for preparing a field. Occasionally, the instructor has allowed a student
to construct a special field in US History apart from the regular fields
in 19c US, 20c US, or US Social History.