Please note: These are earlier versions of these syllabi. They are not current, and students taking any of these courses should go to the Current Syllabi page.
Part I. Introductory Surveys (100-level)
History 151. U.S. History to 1877. The first half of the American history survey.
History 151. U.S. History to 1877. Another version.
History 152. U.S. History Since 1877. The second half.
Part II. Intermediate Surveys (300-level)
History 307. World War Two. An undergraduate course, mainly designed for non-majors. (An older version of the course.)
History 307. World War Two. A more recent version (Spring 2006).
History 380. The History of War. A broad, thematic overview of the subject.
History 398. Introduction to Historical Thought. A "gateway course" (required for OSU history majors).
Part III. Upper Division Surveys (500-level)
History 557.03. The Civil War and Reconstruction. Deals in a balanced way with the political, social, cultural, and military dimensions of America's greatest crisis. Note: This is not a course in military history.
History 557.03. The Civil War and Reconstruction. A slightly different version of the same course.
History 557.03. The Civil War and Reconstruction . A third version.
History 557.03. The Civil War and Reconstruction. The most recent version (2003).
History 582.01. U.S. Military History, 1607-1914. The first half of a two-quarter sequence. Until his retirement in December 2005, my colleague, Allan R. Millett, taught the second half (American Military History, 1914-Present).
History 582.01. U.S. Military History, 1607-1914. A version configured in the wake of September 11, 2001, that incorporates perspectives on the attacks and their meaning.
Part IV. Graduate Courses (700-level)
Studies in Military History: The Early American Way of War.
Studies in Military History: The Civil War.
Studies in Military History: New Frontiers in Military History.
Studies in Military History, 1519-1914.
Studies in Military History: The American Experience, 1607-1914.
Studies in Military History: Memory, Myth and Imagination in the Two World Wars.
Studies in Military History: Race and Ideology in the Two World Wars.
Studies in Military History: The First World War. (PDF file)
Studies in American History: The Civil War Era
Studies in American History: The Civil War Era (Autumn 2005)
Studies in American History: The Emancipation Moment (Autumn 2006)