Dr. Dan Margolies  ø  Batten Associate Professor of History, Virginia Wesleyan College

Below is a list of all of the classes I currently teach at VWC. I have included sample syllabus for each from the last time I taught each

 Fall, 2008:

FYE: Space and Place in the United States

History 113:         The United States since 1877

History 317:         History of Virginia

History 418:         History of the New South

 

Spring, 2008 (at Sogang University, Seoul)

The United States in the World (History Department)

Globalization and the United States (Graduate School of International Studies)

 

Fall, 2008  (at Sogang University, Seoul)

American Regional Culture: The South (American Culture Department)

History of the United States since 1877

 

Spring 2007:

 ø  History of the United States since 1877    ø 

 ø  History of American Foreign Relations, 1763-1919   

ø Junior Research Seminar ø 

ø  Bees and Beekeeping    ø 

 

Fall 2006 courses

   ø  Freshman Seminar;   ø  History of the United States since 1945;  ø  Globalization and Empire in American History  

 

100 level:           History of the United States to 1877

                                            History of  the U.S. Since 1877

                                            History of the United States since 1945

200 level:           The Civil War and Reconstruction

                                            American Maritime History

                                            World Wars I and II

                                            Topics in Asian History (2005 topic:  Modern Japan)

300 level:           Nineteenth Century America

                                                        Radicalism, Terrorism, and Violence in American History

                                                        History of American Foreign Relations, 1763-1919

                                               Junior Research Seminar (2006 topic: U.S. Foreign Relations)

400 level:          History of the Old South

                                             History of the New South

                                            Globalization and Empire in American History   

                    Senior Thesis Seminar

Winter 

Session:            Dos Passos' USA

                                      The South of Erskine Caldwell

                                      Banned Books in American History (taught with Dr. Lisa Carstens) New in WS 2007

1 credit 

courses:         Bees and Beekeeping 

                                         Music and Folk Culture of the Southern Appalachians

 

Collected Syllabi for my courses:

Syllabi for Spring 2007:

 ø  History of the United States since 1877    ø 

 ø  History of American Foreign Relations, 1763-1919    ø 

 ø  Junior Research Seminar ø 

ø  Bees and Beekeeping    ø 

 

Syllabi for Fall 2006:

 ø  Freshman Seminar;   

ø  History of the United States since 1945;  

ø  Globalization and Empire in American History        

                    ø  The Globalization and Empire class group blog

 

Syllabi for Spring 2006 :     

History 114: The U.S. Since 1877

History 220: The Civil War and Reconstruction

  History 360: Junior Research Seminar                                                                                           

INST 161: Bees and Beekeeping 

 

Course Syllabi for Winter Session 2006

 

Course Syllabi for Earlier Terms

 

Course Syllabi for Fall 2005

History 113: The United States to 1877 (all sections)

History 325: Radicalism, Terrorism, and Violence in American History

History 417: History of the Old South

Freshman Seminar

 

Course syllabi for Spring 2005 

History 114:  The United States Since 1877

History 219:  Topics in Asian History (2005 topic:  Modern Japan)

History 328:  History of American Foreign Relations, 1763-1919

 

Course syllabi for FALL 2004  

Freshman Seminar

History 115:  The United States since 1945

History 313:  Nineteenth Century America

History 418:  History of the New South

History 460:  Senior Thesis Seminar

 

Course syllabi for Summer 2004

History 485:  Violence, Terrorism, and Radicalism in American History

History 485: American Journalism History

 

Course syllabi for Spring 2004

History 114:  The United States Since 1877

History 220:  The Civil War and Reconstruction

History 250:  American Maritime History

INST 161:  Bees and Beekeeping 

ENVS 400 - Environmental Writings (taught with Maynard Schaus)

 

Course syllabi for Winter Session 2004

History 381:  The South of Erskine Caldwell

INST 126:  Music and Folk Culture of the Southern Appalachians

 

Course Syllabi for Fall 2003

History 113:  United States History to 1877

History 224:  World Wars I and II

History 417:  History of the Old South

 

Course Syllabi for Spring 2003

History 114:  The United States Since 1877

History 219: Topics in Asian History:  History of Modern Japan

History 328:  United States Foreign Relations, 1763-1919

 

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