MS Courses Industrial Heritage and Archaeology

Graduate seminar examining the interlinked processes of industrialization and globalization ca. 1700-present. The course covers key theoretical debates and explores different methodological approaches through case studies of selected topics and themes.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in even years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

This course reviews the ways social scientists understand the nature of social organization, how these ideas have changed over time in concert with particular socio-historic transformations, and how, specifically, these ideas relate to understanding interactions between industrial society and the environment.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall

This objective of this course is to explore the fundamentals of research design and analysis, particularly as these are applied to identifying, initiating, carrying out, and completing a thesis or dissertation research.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Spring
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

This course will prepare graduate students in the social sciences department for the expectations for success in graduate school and future careers. The course will provide a foundation in understanding academic and professional development, including research, presentations and conference attendance, and professional preparation.

• Credits: variable to 3.0
• Semesters Offered: Spring
• Restrictions: Permission of instructor required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior

Practical experience in methods and techniques of field archaeology. Background readings followed by participation in site survey, testing, excavation, and record keeping. Students involved in ongoing research projects in upper Great Lakes Region. Offered with SS 3210. Graduate students complete independent project in addition to regular work. Recommended SS2020.

• Credits: variable to 8.0; Repeatable to a Max of 16
• Semesters Offered: Summer
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Applications of Geographic Information Science and Technologies for research problem identification, analysis, and dissemination. Students learn how to use GIS as a tool to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data for graduate research. Hands-on experience in data collection, analysis, and problem solving.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (1-0-2)
• Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
• Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior

Advanced application of Geographic Information Systems in social sciences as a tool to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Students gain hands-on experience in data collection, advanced spatial analysis, and scripting.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (1-0-2)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
• Restrictions: Permission of instructor required; Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate
• Pre-Requisite(s): SS 5049

Field-based course that surveys basic concepts of ethnography and applies them in a class research project. Provides practical experience in field observation, interviews, field notes, and write-up of research.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Spring
• Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
• Pre-Requisite(s): UN 1015

Course focuses on how archaeologists mobilize material data to understand everyday life in the past. Discussion, exercises, and lab time are used to cover the goals of archaeology, nature of archaeological data, research design, sampling, typology, classification, database management, and quantitative and qualitative analytical methods.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: On Demand

Principles and practice of survey and documentation of historic structures. Techniques include reconnaissance survey, in-depth survey, measured drawings, architectural photography, primary research, and written descriptions. Students use survey and documentation to analyze historic structures.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in even years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Graduate seminar covering the basic elements of material culture studies through readings, discussion, and projects.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Directed readings and lectures in industrial archaeology using wide range of material from the historical engineering and archaeology literature. Central focus is on regional case studies. Students complete a substantial directed research project.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
• Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Graduate seminar covering the essential elements of historical archaeology through reading and discussion of selected articles and case studies.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

A graduate seminar covering studies of industrial communities. Introduces the methods and approaches of this field through reading and discussion of selected articles and case studies. Students will acquire skills in oral history, work with archival materials, and conduct field and community-based research.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in even years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Seminar on the methodology and historiography of the field of history of technology. The focus is on machinery and manufacturing processes and this course will cover the theoretical framework for research and writing about them and their intersections with other areas of society, such as science, business, and labor. The course culminates with a major research project.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Introduces the current field of heritage management; the legislation that underwrites its practice; the articulation of federal, state, and local governmental activity; the evolving philosophies of archaeologists and historic preservationists operating in the public interest; parallels on the international scene; and the impacts of heritage tourism.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
• Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

This course examines economic, environmental, and social problems associated with deindustrialization in postwar North American cities and the strategies adopted to ameliorate them. Major topics include segregation and housing, environmental regulation, environmental justice, industrial heritage, and economic and urban development policy.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
• Semesters Offered: On Demand
• Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior

Examines changes in human interactions with earth systems over time, starting with the development of agriculture and continuing to the present--with flows of material through economies and ecologies now intertwined in complex ways. Places the notion of sustainability in historical perspective.

• Credits: 3.0
• Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
• Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years

Directed readings or research conducted under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must meet with their supervising instructor and receive approval of their study plan before registering.

• Credits: variable to 4.0; Repeatable to a Max of 9
• Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
• Restrictions: Permission of instructor required; Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate