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On Teaching Western History:
Syllabi and Other Teaching Resources


This section of WestWeb provides information about teaching about the West. Like much of the rest of WestWeb, it is constantly changing and developing. The syllabus section has been divided into four categories: Introductory/Survey Courses; Introductory Courses with Western Themes; Special Topics/Regional Courses; and Graduate Courses.


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Syllabi


Introductory/Survey Courses Introductory Courses with Western Themes Special Topics/Regional Courses Graduate Courses


Introductory/Western Survey Courses

Western Canada to 1905, Robert McDonald, McGill University (History 101-361A).

The American West, Douglas Firth Anderson, Northwestern College (History 358).

Frontier Heritage, Tom Bacig, University of Minnesota at Duluth (American Studies 1041).

The American West, Ellen Baker, Columbia University (History w3630).

History of the American West: A Legacy of Conquest and Resistance, Matt Garcia, University of Illinois (History 367).

History of the American West, Maria Montoya, University of Michigan (American Culture/History 373; 1996 version).

The American West: Myth and Reality, Andrew Hunt, University of Waterloo (History 216).

Readings in Frontier and Western History, Stephern Aron, The University of California at Los Angeles (History 263A-B).

History of the American West, James Sherow, Kansas State University (History).

History of the Westward Movement, Nancy Quam-Wickham, California State University, Long Beach (History 471).

History of the American West, James Sherow, Kansas State University (History).

History of the American West, Kathryn Morse, Middlebury (History 374).

The American Frontier as Symbol and Myth, E.A. Schwartz, California State University at San Marcos (History 344).

Development of the American Frontier, E.A. Schwartz, California State University at San Marcos (History 346).

American West, Paula Petrik, The University of Maine (History 417).

The American West: 1780-1930, Catherine Corman, Harvard University (History 1649).

The American Experience: The West, John Schlotterbeck, DePauw University (History 105BW).

The American West, Kevin J. Fernlund, Valley City State University (History).

American Frontiers, Regina Bannan, Temple University (American Studies 131/History 196).

The American West, Charles Scoggin and Julia Hobson, University of Colorado at Boulder (Western American Studies 2001).

Economics of the US West: Beyond the Cowboy Myths, Nancy White, Bucknell University (Economics 400).


Introductory Courses with Western Themes

History of the Americas, Nikhil P. Singh, University of Washington (History 135).

History of Native Americans in the United States, Ross Frank, University of California San Diego (Ethnic Studies 112).

Discovering Nature, Terry A. Cooney, University of Puget Sound (History 100A).

American Legal History II--The 19th Century, Sally Hadden, Florida State University (Law AMH 4554).

America's Ethnic History, Enrique "Rick" Olguin, North Seattle Community College (Ethnic Studies 150).

Native American History and Culture, Father Raymond Bucko, S.J., Le Moyne College (Anthropology 212).

Cultures in Contact in the Americas, 1492 to the Present, Samuel M. Wilson, University of Texas, Austin (Anthropology 326L).

Natural Resource Management, R. H. Richardson, University of Texas at Austin (Zoology 384L-25).

American Environmental History, Thomas G. Alexander, Michigan State University (History 364).

American Environmental History, Arthur McEvoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (History 460).


Special Topics/Regional Courses

Environmental Planning in the American West, Frank J. Popper, Rutgers University (664).

Southern California Culture: A Study of American Regionalism, Michael Steiner, California State University at Fullerton (American Studies 416).

Pacific Northwest History, Chris Friday, Western Washington State University (History 391).

California & the American Frontier: Place, Process, Myth, 1600-1997, Marino Crinella and Jem Axelrod, The University of California at Irvine (History 142a).

Western Environmental History, Rachel D. Shaw, University of California at San Diego (History 154).

Peoples and Environments in the American West, Rebecca Edwards, Vassar (History 367).

The United States West in the 20th Century, Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon (History 467/567).

California History, E.A. Schwartz, California State University at San Marcos (History 347).

New and Old Western Histories, E.A. Schwartz, California State University at San Marcos (History 430D).

Race and Gender in the U.S. West, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, The Ohio State University (History 598; 1998 version).

Montana History, Keith Edgerton, Montana State University at Billings (History 323).

Representations of Chicana Lesbians: cuentos, novelas, y teatro, Catriona Rueda Esquibel, The University of California at Santa Cruz (Chicano Studies 191CE).

Indiana History, Michael William Doyle, Ball State University (History 415).

Geology of National Parks, Susan Schwartz, University of California, Santa Cruz (Earth Sciences 3).

The Cultural World Views of Native Americans, Ross Frank, University of California San Diego (Ethnic Studies 110).

History of Native Americans in the United States, Ross Frank, University of California San Diego (Ethnic Studies 112).

Social and Economic History of the Southwest I (1500-1848), Ross Frank, University of California San Diego (Ethnic Studies 130).

Geology of U.S. National Parks, Steven D. Schafersman, Miami University (Geology 130).

Hanford Social and Environmental History, David A. Sonnenfeld, Washington State University, Tri-Cities (History).

Western Environmental History, William Deverell, California Institute of Technology (History).

Nonfiction Writing, Chuck Guilford, Boise State University (English 201).

Western Great Lakes American Indian Community Life of the Past, John Boatman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Ethnic Studies 359).

Kicking Ash at Mt. St. Helens, John Buchanan , Eastern Washington University (Geology/Biology 497/597).

The Rhetoric of the Road, David Lapides, University of Texas at Austin (English 309).

Honors Seminar: American Frontiers and Borderlands, Catherine Lavender, College of Staten Island of CUNY (Honors 502).

Canadian Economic History Since Confederation (1867), Ken Rea, University of Toronto (Economics 323).

Canadian Economic History, Robin Neill, University of Prince Edward Island (Economics 421/422).

Texas and England: Art and Architecture, Landscape and Literature 1800-1900, Jerome Bump, University of Texas at Austin (English 324).

Geography of Texas, Sarah W. Bednarz, Texas A&M University (Geography 305).

Themes in American Women's History: Western Women's History, Catherine Lavender, College of Staten Island of CUNY (History 389).

Canadian Economic History, Robin Neill, University of Prince Edward Island (Economics 421/422).

First Nations Literature, Dee Horne, University of Northern British Columbia (English 420).

Contemporary Canadian Literature, Karin Beeler, University of Northern British Columbia (English 430/630).

Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University (Politics 459).


Graduate Courses

The United States West in the 20th Century, Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon (History 467/567).

Seminar: American West, James Sherow, Kansas State University (History 928).

American Legal History II--The 19th Century, Sally Hadden, Florida State University (Law AMH 4554).

Kicking Ash at Mt. St. Helens, John Buchanan , Eastern Washington University (Geology/Biology 497/597).

Contemporary Canadian Literature, Karin Beeler, University of Northern British Columbia (English 430/630).

Urban Agenda for Texas, Robert H. Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (Public Affairs 882A).

Readings in Colonial British North America, Charles L. Cohen, University of Wisconsin (History 901).

Readings: Selected Topics in the History of the American West, Maria E. Montoya, University of Michigan (History/American Culture 686).



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