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Tony Michels

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Classes with Tony Michels

HISTORY 500 is a reading seminar offering advanced exploration of selected topics through small group discussion and intensive engagement with historical materials.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.60 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

HISTORY 682 is a mentored independent research and thesis writing course for honors students, requiring concurrent enrollment in HISTORY 680.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

HISTORY 699 is a directed study course allowing students to conduct independent research under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

HISTORY 999 is an independent work course involving directed study under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026HISTORY 500Reading Seminar in History
Fall 2026HISTORY 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026HISTORY 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026HISTORY 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026HISTORY 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2026HISTORY 698Directed Study
Fall 2026HISTORY 699Directed Study
Fall 2026HISTORY 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026HISTORY 999Independent Work
Fall 2026HISTORY/JEWISH 156The American Jewish Experience: From Shtetl to Suburb
Fall 2026JEWISH 631Advanced Topics in Jewish History

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

Instructor identity & provenance
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