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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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HIST 103 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
The nature and meaning of history. Major political, social, diplomatic, economic, and cultural developments from the age of discovery to 1877. The African-American experience and that of women, Native Americans and ethnic minorities are also examined. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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HIST 104 - The United States Since 1877 (3 credits)
Political, social, diplomatic, economic, and cultural developments from the Reconstruction era to the recent past. Racial, ethnic and women’s issues are also addressed. Fall and spring.
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HIST 105 - World History (Asian Perspectives) 1200-1800 (3 credits)
This is world history from an Asian perspective. This course traces the origins of the modern world through an exploration of Asian History from the 13th to the 18th century. It does so through the study of three regions that were particularly important to the shaping of Asian and world history. These are the Islamic ecumenical regions of western and southern Asia, the Sino-centric world of East Asia, and the commerce laden Indian Ocean region. The course will shed light on the economic, social, and political changes that each of these regions underwent in their march towards modernity. The themes examined in this course will include technology, trade and communication, religious conflict and accommodation, women and gender, environment, and the rise of modern states. Fall.
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HIST 106 - World History (Asian Perspectives) Since 1800 (3 credits)
This is world history from an Asian perspective. The last two hundred years have been dramatic for humanity in general. Nowhere has this been truer than for the peoples of Asia. In the early 1800s Asians dominated the world’s economy, and were easily amongst the wealthiest societies anywhere. They lived in the largest and most sophisticated empires the world had ever seen. Their intellectual milieu was unmatched in its richness by any other society worldwide. A hundred years later however, Asians had been relegated to the margins of world power. Their economies had collapsed in a spectacular fashion. Indeed, by the end of the nineteenth century large sections of the Asian population had become the poorest in the world. Asian empires were crumbling, and many, especially in the Indian Subcontinent had fallen to the power of expanding European empires. Their sophisticated societies were in crisis brought about by a collapse in self-confidence, and their intellectual compass had shifted decisively to Europe. This dramatic turn of affairs is matched in scale only by the equally surprising resurgence demonstrated by Asians in the twentieth century. At the dawn of the 21st century, this continent appears to be preparing for an Asian century, a return to a world order that ended in the 1800s. The collective wealth of the continent is surging, its social and intellectual elites are regaining their self-confidence, and European and American power has been on a slow but steady retreat out of Asia. This course traces out this astounding narrative by focusing on the fortunes of the three most important regions of Asia. These include East Asia, consisting of China & Japan; South Asia, consisting of India & Pakistan; and West Asia, consisting of the Arab world, Israel and Iran. This course explores the historical experiences of these three regions over the last tumultuous two centuries in order to build our understanding of the modern world. Spring.
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HIST 195 - Special Introductory Topics in History (3 credits)
Exploration on an introductory level of a subject currently not offered in the curriculum. As needed.
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HIST 201 - Historian’s Craft (1 credit)
Exposes students to fundamental principles of historiography (the writing of history), research techniques, philosophy of history, and historical analysis. Demon-states how historians “create knowledge” by conducting research and presenting their findings. Skills acquired in this course will be used in higher-level history courses. Prerequisite: History major or 100 or 200 level class or permission of instructor. Fall.
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HIST 202 - Gender in U.S. History (3 credits)
Explores the history of women and men in the United States while examining gender as both a force in and construction of history. Primary and secondary sources will allow students to analyze region, ethnicity, race, class, and sexuality as factors that influenced the construction of gender and Americans’ lived experience from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Spring, odd numbered years.
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HIST 204 - History of Childhood (3 credits)
This course will survey the history of childhood, focusing primarily upon the modern West, but also providing an overview of major historiographical debates regarding earlier periods. Students will examine changing constructions and conceptions of childhood, as well as the ways in which historical forces shaped children’s lives and experiences. The course will focus upon changing conceptions of childhood in history, and will consider the significance of key issues that have affected the historical experience of childhood, such as relationships between children and their parents, child labor in agriculture and industry, the education of children, healthcare, and movements to rescue children from poverty and the streets. As needed.
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HIST 208 - Living on the Edge (of Empire): North America, 1600-1800 (3 credits)
The course goes beyond “Pilgrims (at the first Thanksgiving), Pocahontas (as drawn by Disney animators), and patriots (led by George Washington),” the images most commonly associated with the colonial American past. This course traces the colonial history of North America from before the earliest European settlements to the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800. Students use primary documents and secondary sources to explore the experiences of various national, ethnic, and racial groups, including Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans. As needed.
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HIST 210 - African American History (3 credits)
From African origins to the recent past. Emphasis on racism, the development of slavery, black abolitionism, emancipation and reconstruction, racial segregation, the black community, and the civil rights movement. Spring, even-numbered years.
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HIST 214 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: North American Borderlands (3 credits)
This class studies American frontiers and borderlands, including the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders, and the borderlands created by U.S. western expansion. Intercultural collisions and encounters amongst these various individuals and communities constituted U.S. history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Studying these intercultural collisions and encounters amongst various individuals and communities enables students to transnationalize their understanding of history while acknowledging the multiplicity of narratives within the American past. As needed.
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HIST 220 - History of Science (3 credits)
A survey of the history of science covering major developments in European thought and scientific enterprise from the Renaissance through twentieth century. Addresses important themes and debates in the history of science, including expanding knowledge about the natural world through cross-cultural encounter and intellectual exchange, rich and complex interactions between science and religion, and the relationship between science, ideology, state power and the social order. Spring.
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HIST 225 - Topics in Women and Gender in Western History (3 credits)
This course examines the history of women in modern Europe, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. In this course, we will examine historically significant events and ideas from the perspective of women’s history, and explore the questions and problems addressed by scholars of women’s history. We will learn about the construction of gender in history, and the role of gender in shaping historical experience. Fall, odd-numbered years.
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HIST 245 - History of Medicine (3 credits)
Introduces students to the fundamentals of the history of medicine, covering significant intellectual and institutional developments, cultural processes and social change, which critically shaped and contributed to the formation of modern medicine. This course will be of particular interest to students enrolled in health science programs who seek to understand the historical foundations of the Western medical tradition. The history of medical professions, including Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Occupational Therapy, will be given special attention. Fall.
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HIST 250 - History of the World Automobile Industry (3 credits)
Investigation of economic, political, social, and culture events in world history by focusing upon the creation, development and maturation of the automobile industry. While the American industry will be featured prominently, the course will also explore the European and Asian sectors. Spring odd numbered years.
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HIST 259 - U.S. Environmental History (3 credits)
How have humans shaped the environment? How has the environment shaped human societies? This course examines the intersection of these two questions, studying the environmental history of the area now encompassed in the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the present. European colonization, large-scale commercial agriculture, and industrialization all influenced and were influenced by the environment. We will also delve into American environmental thought - how have Americans constructed nature as a concept, and how has that conception changed over centuries? Environmental movement(s) and activists will be placed in historical context. The ways in which the social categories of race, class, and gender have shaped these developments and discourses will be interrogated, as will recent calls for environmental justice. Fall.
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HIST 262 - United States and the War on Terror (3 credits)
Traces the origins of the Islamic jihad against the U.S. Examines U.S. involvement and responsibilities in the Middle East. Topics include: the uses of terrorism in history; various forms of terror; survey of Islamic culture and history; U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives; the Arab-Israeli dispute; al-Qaeda and 9/11; war in Afghanistan and Iraq; future prospects. As needed.
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HIST 263 - Global Histories of Fashion (3 credits)
Fashion can tell us much about society. It can tell us about class and about gender. Fashion has also made history. Fashion trends have informed technological innovations and altered trading regimes. This course will introduce students to the latest debates and discussions in the field of fashion history. It will also teach students how to use historical artifacts to uncover hidden histories. Spring, even numbered years
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HIST 264 - History of Working People (3 credits)
This course asks how work has changed over time. Students taking this class are introduced to some of the latest and most important historical literature that addresses the subject. They also work with primary source material, from the pre- or early-modern period and the 20th and 21st centuries, in order to come up with their own conclusion on the changing nature of work. The course is global in scope. Both primary and secondary sources will shed light on histories of various groups of men, women and children who have sought to earn an honest day’s living. Fall, odd numbered years
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HIST 265 - History of India (3 credits)
India is probably the most diverse country in the world. In terms of religion, it is home to the largest populations of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, and Zoroastrians. It is the birthplace of Buddhism as well as home to one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. It has even sheltered some of the lost tribes of Israel. Its linguistic diversity is reflected in the thirty languages with over a million speakers each. The country’s currency bills are printed in sixteen languages.
Throughout this course, students will learn how this astonishingly diverse part of the world has managed to emerge in the 21st century as a united functioning democracy, and one of the fastest growing economies of the age. Spring, odd numbered years
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HIST 300 - Medieval and Renaissance Europe (3 credits)
Explores major developments of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, as well as investigates patterns of continuity and change between them. Topics focus on the social, cultural and political history of Europe in the twelfth through sixteenth centuries, including daily life, religious beliefs, social and cultural practices, and local and regional identities as reflected through, and expressed by, distinct languages, literature, and political institutions. Fall.
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HIST 331 - History of England and the British Isles to 1688 (3 credits)
In this course, students will learn about major events, figures, and developments in early and early modern England and the British Isles (including modern England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland). Students will examine significant social, political, religious, and cultural institutions as these evolved and changed from the pre-history of the British Isles until England’s “Glorious Revolution.” As needed.
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HIST 332 - Modern Britain and Empire (3 credits)
In this course, students will learn about major events, figures, and developments in modern Britain and the British Empire. Students will examine significant social, political, religious, and cultural institutions as these evolved and changed from the eighteenth century until the twentieth century. Special emphasis will be afforded to the creation, extension, and decline of the British Empire during the time period covered by the course. Fall, even-numbered years.
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HIST 333 - Topics in Russian History (3 credits)
In this course, students will learn about major events, figures, and developments in Russian history, beginning with the earliest origins of the nation and ending with the Russian Revolution in 1917. This course will focus upon the themes of the emergence of a Russian “nation,” the establishment of autocratic rule, attempts at Westernization, and the crisis of tsarist rule in the nineteenth century. Students will examine the major social, political, and religious conflicts that define Russian history before the Soviet period. Students will also learn about a culture that emerged to reflect the interests and experiences of the diverse peoples within the Russia’s borders as these changed and expanded throughout the country’s pre-Soviet history. Spring, even-numbered years.
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HIST 336 - Topics in Latin American History (3 credits)
This course surveys Latin American History through a variety of different themes. Themes may include social issues such as race, class, or gender; cultural issues such as foodways or literature; and intellectual or economic issues. Students will read primary and secondary sources and complete a variety of writing assignments, including reviews of these sources and a research project. Spring, even numbered years.
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HIST 337 - Topics in Modern Middle Eastern History (3 credits)
Historical analysis of the issues and institutions that have shaped the character of the modern Middle East. Investigations into the foundations and development of Islam, Islamic schism, Muslim empires, European colonialism, Arab and Zionist nationalism, creation of Arab nation-states and Israel, the Arab and Israeli conflict, petroleum politics, and international relations. Spring, odd-numbered years.
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HIST 338 - East Asia in the World (3 credits)
From early, advanced civilization to contemporary international political economy and U.S. foreign policy, countries in the far East have been both isolated and invaded. They have been the objects of both admiration and scorn. This course studies the history and current politics and economics of the region. Emphasis is on China and Japan, but other nations are examined as well. Fall, odd numbered years.
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HIST 339 - Topics in African History (3 credits)
Investigation of the sub-Saharan people and their political, social, religious, economic, and cultural institutions up to the present. Emphasis upon the modern period. Analysis of pre-colonial civilizations, European and Arab relations, the colonial era, the slavery issue, independence and creation of nation-states, economic and political developments, and racial conflict in Southern Africa. Fall, even numbered years.
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HIST 342 - Topics in 19th Century Social, Medical and Cultural History (3 credits)
During the course of the nineteenth century, the practice of medicine evolved from that of a manual trade, learned primarily through apprenticeship, to an increasingly specialized profession with close connections to the applied sciences. Watershed advancements in medical science and technology as well as sweeping developments in the organization and status of medical professionals make the study of this historical period crucial to students who wish to acquire an understanding of the historical context of medicine in society and culture in the modern Western world. In this course, students will explore and discuss nineteenth-century texts (literary, professional, and popular) that represent a response to illness and to the role of medicine and medical professionals in modern society and culture. As needed.
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HIST 345 - The Body in History (3 credits)
A study of the body in historical perspective. Examines theoretical approaches to the history of the body, including historical and social scientific perspectives. Addresses important themes including the body and medicine, sex and gender, the body in political, theological and philosophical thought, and the body in art. Seminar format. As needed.
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HIST 350 - Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History (3 credits)
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the development of race and ethnicity as historical constructs, and the roles these constructs have played in allowing or preventing individuals and groups from attaining and retaining social, economic, cultural, and political power. This course is a seminar-style class; student participation is required. Students will read primary and secondary sources and complete writing assignments that include reviews of these sources and a research project. As needed.
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HIST 375 - Comparative Economic and Business History (3 credits)
Examination of the growth and development of the world economy up to the present. Emphasis upon industrialization and economic structural change, technological and organizational innovation, managerial and labor organization, government policies, international trade, business cycles, and the nature of socioeconomic institutions. Case studies of advanced and developing national economies. As needed.
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HIST 395 - A History of the Catholic Church (same as Religious Studies 395) (3 credits)
Founding of the Church, the underground Church, the Church Councils, the Great Schism, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, Anglicanism, Gallicanism, the Enlightenment assault upon the Church, Ultramontanism, Leo XIII and the Modernization of the Church, and Vatican II. As needed.
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HIST 398 - History Internship (1-3 credits)
The internship affords the student an opportunity to gain practical experience in applied history. Students are assigned to a cooperating government agency, museum, archive, historical society, or other appropriate placement for a semester or a summer, full-time or part-time, with pay or without. Reading, research, and other academic assignments accompany the field work. Open to history majors and minors with consent of instructor. No more than six credits applicable to minimum requirement for major, no more than three to minimum requirement for minor; additional credits counted as free electives. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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HIST 399 - History Internship (0-12 credits)
The internship affords the student an opportunity to gain practical experience in applied history. Students are assigned to a cooperating government agency, museum, archive, historical society, or other appropriate placement for a semester or a summer, full-time or part-time, with pay or without. Reading, research, and other academic assignments accompany the field work. Open to history majors and minors with consent of instructor. No more than six credits applicable to minimum requirement for major, no more than three to minimum requirement for minor; additional credits counted as free electives. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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HIST 403 - World War II: Origins and Aftermath (3 credits)
Essentially a history of Europe in the interwar period from Versailles to the Cold War. Emphasis placed on diplomacy and international relations of the major powers. Included for discussion are such topics as: the Weimer Republic and the Rise of Nazi Germany; the breakdown of collective security; the Munich Crisis; the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; the Holocaust; and the Yalta Agreement. Fall, odd-numbered years.
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HIST 405 - Disaster! Environmental and Social Crises in World History (3 credits)
Historian Lynn White has suggested that Saint Francis was himself one of the first environmentalists in Western civilization; this course builds on that legacy. This course studies human susceptibility to disasters throughout history. Students will emerge with factual knowledge and analytical skills that may help them make the world a better place. The course will focus on the ways in which colonialism and its consequences have affected social relationships and reactions to disasters, including floods, droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, and famines, throughout the world. We will explore the very concept of “dependence” and “developing regions” using theories from the social sciences. This course incorporates global history and an interdisciplinary approach in order to encourage students to think critically about the past and present. We will think about specific context as well as global trends. We will work on CHALLENGING OUR ASSUMPTIONS. Categories - like “first world” and “third world,” or “developed and developing,” that we assume to be fixed, universal, and absolute are often actually mutable and culturally relative. Students are expected to utilize and improve upon their critical thinking skills in this course. Students will engage in research using primary (first-hand accounts) and secondary (written by historians) sources. Students will study the unique history of the Johnstown floods, and the floods continuing ramifications today. We will work with a local non-profit group to help make this history more available to the public. As needed.
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HIST 406 - Water Power: Water Conflict and Control in US and Beyond (3 credits)
The course traces how Americans from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds controlled water and, thereby, attained or retained power in their communities. The course focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the famous floods of Johnstown, Pennsylvania receive special attention. This is a seminar-style class; student participation is required. Students will read primary and secondary sources and complete writing assignments, including reviews of these sources and a research project. Fall, even numbered years.
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HIST 410 - Toil and Trouble: Witchcraft and Magic in Trans-Atlantic Context (3 credits)
This class includes and goes beyond the famous Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692. We study the popular images of and hysteria regarding witches in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and North America. This course is a seminar-style class; student participation is expected and required. Students will read primary and secondary sources and complete a variety of writing assignments, including reviews of these sources and a research project. Spring odd numbered years.
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HIST 420 - Mediterranean World (Christians, Muslims & Jews in Mediterranean Society) (3 credits)
Explores the development of Mediterranean societies from the rise of Islam to the conquest of Constantinople, focusing particularly on the history of cultural interaction among the diverse peoples of the Mediterranean basin. The course follows a roughly chronological organization, emphasizing the economic connections, social relationships and cultural understandings of the people of the Mediterranean. Spring even numbered years.
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HIST 422 - Civil War and Reconstruction: 1840-1877 (3 credits)
Emphasis upon the issues and politics of the 1840’s and 1850’s, the development of slavery, the question of Civil War causation, the impact of the war in the North, in the South and abroad and the political, social and economic issues of the Reconstruction era. Fall, even-numbered years.
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HIST 424 - The Vietnam War (3 credits)
The colonial background, imperialism, Cold War politics, military strategy, the political aspects of the war and its social consequences. As needed.
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HIST 440 - America in the Cold War Era (3 credits)
Postwar reconversion and the suburbanization of the United States; the Cold War; Korea, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, Watergate, and the decline of Communism. As needed.
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HIST 445 - The Black Death : Renaissance Society, Culture and Politics (3 credits)
Examines the historiography pertaining to the Black Death in the context of the fourteenth-century crises: famine, epidemics, civic unrest, warfare and troubled papacy. Selected topics will lead to the comparative study of the period from England, France, Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, with a critical reassessment of the impact of the Black Death on Renaissance society. As needed.
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HIST 477 - Humans and Other Animals: Critical Animal Studies (3 credits)
This course will explore the historical and evolving boundary between humans and non-human animals, as envisioned, dictated, described, and represented in human society and culture from about the sixteenth century to the present (focusing largely upon the nineteenth century to the present). Since animals lack language, they neither leave records nor articulate their experiences, historians can only assess the relationship between humans and non-human animals from the perspective of the human. Does that mean that animals do not have a history? In this course, we will endeavor to tell “the story of the animal” by examining the ways in which views of what it means to be either “animal” or “human” have changed, and how they continue to change. We will consider “animals” as they have been the subject of human use, abuse, domination, fascination, liberation, respect, and affection. Though this course will operate from the assumption that the line between human and animal is one that is historically constructed, as opposed to being “natural,” we will concern ourselves less with getting directly involved in ethical debates than in studying what these debates tell us about the history of human/animal relationships. As needed.
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HIST 478 - Muslim Kings, Non-Muslim Subjects (3 credits)
For about a thousand years, Muslims ruled over non-Muslims in the Indian Subcontinent. Students taking this course will explore what happened when rulers practiced a faith different from that of their subjects, and in particular when that faith in question was Islam. In order to learn about this unique historical phenomenon, students will study scholarly work on the subject, as well as explore European travel accounts from the period, to come to their own conclusions on the issue. Fall, even-numbered years.
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HIST 495 - Selected Topics in History (1-3 credits)
Exploration in depth of subject not currently offered in curriculum. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and the chair of the department. As needed.
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HIST 498 - Seminar: Topics in History (3 credits)
Attention directed to a single specified area of history as determined by the instructor and department members. A paper required. Independent study emphasized. Prerequisite: Consent of the chair of the department. As needed.
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HIST 499 - History Capstone (2 credits)
Critical examination of methods of historical research and the professional responsibilities of the historian. Intended to prepare the history student for his/her professional occupation. In consultation with the instructor, the student can select an “academic option” (which culminates in the preparation of an undergraduate thesis), a “secondary education option” (which involves development and presentation of a research paper), or an “internship option” (which involves fieldwork and an analytical research paper). Prerequisite: HIST 201 , HIST 301 or permission of instructor. Fall.
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HIST 501 - Independent Study in History (1-8 credits)
As needed.
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Honors |
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HNRS 101 - The American College: Adaptation and Continuity (3 credits)
An overview of the American college with particular emphasis on the development and clarification of a frame of reference and exploration of central issues. Fall.
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HNRS 205-299 - Sophomore Seminar (2 credits each)
Investigation of special topics. Includes a service-learning component. Subjects vary each semester. As needed.
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HNRS 331 - Directed Readings Tutorial (2 credits)
The compilation of a semester-long reading list in a subject area outside an Honors student’s chosen major. Bi-weekly discussions of the readings with faculty mentor(s). Fall, Spring, Summer.
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HNRS 335 - Thesis Preparation (1 credit)
Students are led through the process of completing the honors thesis proposal. Fall, Spring.
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HNRS 444 - Senior Thesis/Project (3 credits)
Honors project/thesis, preferably interdisciplinary in nature. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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Humanities |
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HUM 225 - Special Topics in Humanities (1-3 credits)
Examination of special topics in such areas as determined by faculty and student interest. As needed.
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HUM 270-274 - Women and Literature same as ENGL 270-274 (3 credits)
The emphasis of this course is literature by and/or about women. Students will apply different theories of literary analysis to interpret literature that reflects the development of women as subjects and objects in literature and will discover how literature reflects the social, historical and/or geographic differences and similarities of women readers and writers. This course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the focus of each course is different. Prerequisite: ENGL 103
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HUM 325 - Special Topics in Humanities (1-3 credits)
Examination of special topics in such areas as determined by faculty and student interest. As needed.
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HUM 398 - Humanities Internship (1-3 credits)
This internship provides students with opportunities for cross-cultural study at various international sites. Students are assigned to cooperating agencies, museums, hospitals or other appropriate placement venues for purposes of expanding their cultural, social, and/or disciplinary perspectives as related to the global community. Offered in all semesters.
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HUM 399 - Humanities Internship (2-12 credits)
This internship provides students with opportunities for cross-cultural study at various international sites. Students are assigned to cooperating agencies, museums, hospitals or other appropriate placement venues for purposes of expanding their cultural, social, and/or disciplinary perspectives as related to the global community. Offered in all semesters.
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HUM 425 - Special Topics in Humanities (1-3 credits)
Examination of special topics in such areas as determined by faculty and student interest. As needed.
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ITAL 112 - Beginning Italian I and II (3 credits)
Italian 112 will provide students with basic skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing Italian for practical everyday communication and interaction with native speakers. It will also introduce students to various aspects of Italian culture related to the material presented in class. No prerequisite. Fall, spring.
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ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I (3 credits)
Continuation of ITAL 112 with a focus on communication and culture. Prerequisite: ITAL 112 or equivalent (3 years of high school Italian). Fall, spring.
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ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II (3 credits)
Continuation of ITAL 201 with a focus on communication and culture. Prerequisite: ITAL 201 or equivalent (4 years of high school Italian). Fall, spring.
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Language |
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LANG 103 - Language and Culture (3 credits)
A study of verbal behavior as reflected principally in the languages of various cultures. Analyses of readings and practical problems in language. Fall, Spring. This course examines human languages and their relationship to communication and culture.
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Latin |
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LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I (3 credits)
Thorough study of Latin syntax and structure. Graded readings. No prerequisite. As needed.
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LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II (3 credits)
Continuation of LATN 101 . Practice in composition; intensive study of vocabulary. Graded readings. Prerequisite: LATN 101 or two years of high school Latin.
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LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin I (3 credits)
Continuation of Latin readings. Selections from New Testament, Cicero, Seneca, Augustine, and others. Prerequisite: LATN 102 or equivalent (such as three years of high school Latin). As needed.
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LATN 202 - Intermediate Latin II (3 credits)
Extensive series of readings include Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, and Ovid; study of Roman culture. Prerequisite: LATN 201 or four years of high school Latin. As needed.
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Linguistics |
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LING 101 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)
Introduction to structural linguistics with emphasis on analyzing phonological, grammatical, syntactical and semantic data from English and foreign languages. As needed.
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Management |
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MGMT 101 - Principles of Management (3 credits)
An introduction to the classic writings, writers, and principles of management, focusing on the characteristics of managers, history of management, properties of organizations, power and authority, decision-making, strategic management, motivation, and leadership. Required for all students in the Business Administration Department. Fall, Spring.
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MGMT 102 - Production/Operations Management (3 credits)
An overview of contemporary concepts, tools, and techniques being applied in the production and operations functions of today’s world-class organizations. Topics include total quality management principles; product and service design strategies; process design strategies; facility location and layout methodologies; people and work systems concepts; aggregate planning approaches; just-in-time inventory, manufacturing, and purchasing policies; and material requirements planning techniques. Fall, Spring.
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MGMT 201 - Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Basic concepts, broad problems and current practices in management of human resources. Uses the hypotheses and findings of social and behavioral sciences to analyze and interpret human resource management programs and problems. Focuses upon techniques of employment utilization, development, allocation and remuneration of personnel. Prerequisite: MGMT 101 . Fall.
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MGMT 203 - Labor and Management Relations (same as Economics 203) (3 credits)
A study of public policy issues affecting labor and management, the institutions associated most closely with industrial relations, and the process of collective bargaining. Fall, Summer.
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MGMT 204 - Labor Economics (same as Economics 204) (3 credits)
A study of the theories of wage determination, the relationship between wage rates, costs and prices, and the effects of trade union policies on employment and prices. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 102 or consent of instructor. as needed
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MGMT 205 - Managerial Economics (same as Economics 205) (3 credits)
The External Market Environment. Business forecasting: scope and techniques, market share, and evaluation. Demand analysis. Cost analysis and financial management and control. Profit concept and measurement. Prerequisite: ECON 102 . As needed.
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MGMT 206 - International Management (3 credits)
A study of the techniques of international trade, investment, and management, issues in international business, operation of the multinational corporations. Mechanics of international trade such as contracts, customs procedures, financing exports and imports, and foreign exchange. Emphasis will be given to ethical issues and the need for the resolution of conflicts in international business. Prerequisites: MGMT 101 , ECON 101 , ECON 102 . Spring.
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MGMT 210 - The Macro-View of the United States Healthcare System (3 credits)
This broad-based introduction the United States healthcare system course is intended to provide the knowledge concerning the nature and structure of the American healthcare system, including its various financing vehicles, health care delivery systems, and quality control mechanisms. Students are expected to gain an understanding of the various competing goals, priorities, and perspectives of the many participants or stakeholders in the health care arena, including financing entities, regulators, healthcare professionals, and patients. Students should be able to articulate arguments from the perspective of the various participants or stakeholders, and should be prepared to participate in informed public policy discussions regarding the development and regulation of the healthcare delivery system in the future. An examination of alternative healthcare systems from other nations will also be incorporated into this general introduction to the US Healthcare System course.
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MGMT 225 - Executives-in-Residence Leadership Studies (1 credit)
A leadership-oriented seminar for business students and others interested in executive leadership and management careers. The interactive speakers’ series is designed to enable students to gain valuable insights into executive leadership and management practice by hearing firsthand from business practitioners and experts. Small group discussions will also be used to stimulate thought and further reflections. Students will acquire insights on what they will need to know, be able to do, and value as they enter the business world or other chosen careers.
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MGMT 230 - Studies in Leadership (3 credits)
This course focuses on various aspects of leadership including the study, theory, and practices of leadership. The course will enable students to understand themselves as leaders in relationship to various leadership theories and practices. Through readings, discussions, case studies, leadership surveys, and other resources and assignments, students will better understand themselves, their leadership skills and traits, and the role of leadership within an organization.
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MGMT 301 - Risk Management (3 credits)
Principles of life, fire, and casualty insurance. Importance of risk in personal and business affairs; methods of meeting risk; insurable risk through insurance, and risk and public policy. as needed
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MGMT 305 - Cost Accounting (same as Accounting 305) (3 credits)
Methods and procedures for cumulation, control, and analysis of cost information. Emphasis on cost distribution, flexible budgets, standards, and profit-volume relationships toward the management goal of proper development of invested capital. Prerequisite: ACCT 102 . Spring.
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MGMT 307 - Great Britain and the European Union in the Global Economy (3 credits)
This international business-themed course explores international business concepts and issues through the lens of Great Britain’s role in both the European Union and the global economy. The course employs both traditional face-to-face instruction, a web-based, on-line component, and a weeklong field trip to London during Spring Break. Spring semesters. Must be cleared for international travel.
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MGMT 308 - Introduction to Management Science (3 credits)
An introductory course surveying popular management science and operations research techniques and their application in contemporary business and economics environments. Topics include mathematical modeling, linear programming (the graphical, simplex, and computer algorithmic approaches); the transportation, assignment, and transshipment problems; integer programming using branch and bound techniques; network algorithms (shortest-route, minimal spanning tree, and maximum flow problems); the program evaluation review technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM) analysis. Queuing theory and computer simulation analysis are also studies. Prerequisites: MATH 111 or MATH 130 , STAT 101 or STAT 301 . as needed
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MGMT 311 - Perspectives on Healthcare Management (3 credits)
This introductory healthcare management course is designed to study the theories and practices of managing health services organizations. Students are introduced to the use of management concepts, theories, and approaches as they relate to professional practice in healthcare systems, with a special emphasis on experiencing the system from the customer’s or patient’s perspective. A broad overview of the levels of care, the care continuum, and the regulations governing care delivery is provided. Issues of individual behaviors, health status indicators, and government responsibilities are also discussed. Key issues in health policy will be presented. The course examines the relationship among corporate strategy, organizational structure and process, and internal management systems. This course covers managerial issues such as strategic management, budgeting, the job of manager, organizational culture and environment, organizational process, leadership, managerial ethics, decision making and implementation. is recommended, but not required.
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MGMT 313 - Legal and Policy Issues Facing Healthcare Managers (3 credits)
This course examines the law and legal processes that affect healthcare managers and their institutions. The course presents an overview of legal principles, such as torts, contracts, and liability, which are relevant to healthcare managers and those who employ them. This course also explores the interconnections among ethics, laws, and health care policy by examining classic legal-medical ethics cases; legal rules and ethical principles; controversial issues, such as access to health care, beginning of life issues, patients’ rights, end-of-life issues, disorders of consciousness, medical malpractice, organ transplantation , and employee relations. Thus, the course covers ethics, the regulation of healthcare entities, various types of legal obligations, and medical malpractice law as applied to health professionals and healthcare managers.
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MGMT 314 - Healthcare Information Systems (3 credits)
This course provides students with knowledge and skills to conceptualize, design, and utilize computer and telecommunications systems to promote best practices and provide quality health care. This health information systems course also covers topics in improving operations, such as patient flow, quality (concepts and mechanics), billing and reimbursement systems, and process improvement. Students will design a technology-based approach to solve one or more healthcare problems, using a team approach. Students will become familiar with systems, methods, and resources for implementing change in healthcare settings, such as hospitals or outpatient clinics. CPSC 101 or is recommended, but is not required.
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MGMT 315 - Healthcare Marketing (3 credits)
This course is designed to study the use of marketing concepts, principles, functions, and policies within health service organizations. This course examines the health industry environments, buyer behaviors, product development, pricing, distribution, promotion, and advertising of healthcare services. There is a clear focus on the role of marketing in the healthcare industry; market development of health-related services, tools of healthcare marketing, such as differentiation and competitive positioning and market segmentation, market research and access to healthcare, the role of insurance in healthcare marketing, the use of the internet and social media to promote healthcare organizations, confronting ethical marketing dilemmas, and the process and planning of strategic marketing for healthcare organizations. is recommended, but is not required.
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MGMT 316 - Health Economics (3 credits)
This course is designed to study the economics of medical care, including the demand for and supply of health care services; the production, distribution, financing, institutional structure and mechanism of the delivery systems; the problems associated with various alternative delivery systems; the market for medical human resources, such as physicians, nurses, and other health-related professions; the growth and pressures exerted by third-party payers; and the market for health insurance. The role of government planning and regulation of the medical care industry is also studied, with particular emphasis being given to an economic analysis of the major proposals to restructure the U.S. medical care system. and/or is required.
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MGMT 326 - Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
An introduction to various aspects of human behavior and interaction within organizations and the associated implications for organizational management and leadership. Topics to be explored may include individual perception and behavior, interpersonal conflict and stress, power and organizational politics, motivation, and leadership. The course will examine the various theoretical frameworks for understanding organizational behavior and explore the practical implications for managers and leaders. The primary objective of this course is to increase students’ understanding of their own behavior and that of others and, by so doing, enhance their ability to lead employees and manage organizations. Required for Management majors. Prerequisite: Spring.
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MGMT 330 - Sports Management (3 credits)
This introductory course on sports management provides an overview of the field of sports management and the sports industry. The course focuses on applying management principles within the structure of the sports industry and explores both contemporary issues and future considerations for organizations within the sports industry. Sport law and sport ethics concepts are also overviewed in this course.
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MGMT 331 - Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
This course will introduce students to the entrepreneurial spirit and will explore practical methods and procedures used by the most successful entrepreneurs to research, plan, implement, control, and potentially sell a successful business. Using a step-by-step approach, the course will guide students through the essential stages of forming a successful business.
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MGMT 398 - Management Internship (3-15 credits)
The integration of classroom theory with practical work experience under which students have specific periods of attendance at college and specific periods of employment, either full or part-time, with or without pay. Credit may vary from three to 15 credits, depending upon the internship, but no more than nine credits may be counted toward major elective requirements, with additional credits counted as free electives. Open only to Management majors, with approval of the chair of the department and the Provost. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MGMT 398A/ 399A - Internship in Healthcare Management (3 credits)
An internship within a health services type of organization that meets the approval of the School of Business internship coordinator. The junior or senior student will work in either a paid or unpaid work assignment that gets him//her acquainted with a health services organization. Students will keep an internship log, read a book related to the internship and write a book critique on it, and provide a synthesis report to the internship coordinator and host organization supervisor at the conclusion of the internship. MGMT 398A, worth one credit, consists of the Internship Project and is graded as A-F by the Internship Coordinator/Professor, while MGMT 399A worth two credits, is the Supervised Experience portion of the experience and is granted either a “pass” or “fail” grade.
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MGMT 399 - Management Internship (3-15 credits)
The integration of classroom theory with practical work experience under which students have specific periods of attendance at college and specific periods of employment, either full or part-time, with or without pay. Credit may vary from three to 15 credits, depending upon the internship, but no more than nine credits may be counted toward major elective requirements, with additional credits counted as free electives. Open only to Management majors, with approval of the chair of the department and the Provost. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MGMT 401 - Strategic Management (3 credits)
An introduction to the principles and practices of strategic management, sometimes called business policy or long-range planning. the steps of strategic management and the elements of each step. SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) and its methods, incorporating principles and practices in the analysis of organizations from accounting, finance and economics, marketing, and management. Required for all students in the Business Administration Department. Prerequisites: ACCT 102 , ECON 102 , FIN 202 , MGMT 101 , MKTG 302 , STAT 302 . Fall.
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MGMT 402 - Management Seminar (3 credits)
An integration of all major knowledge from courses in management and organizational behavior, especially MGMT 101 , Principles of Management, MGMT 326 , Organizational Behavior, and MGMT 401 , Strategic Management. Designed as the capstone course in the management Program. Spring.
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MGMT 409 - Special Topics in Management (1-3 credits)
Exploration in depth of selected areas in management not currently offered in the curriculum. Spring.
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MGMT 410 - Healthcare Strategy and Policy Decisions (3 credits)
This advanced-level course is intended to provide the learner with a broad overview of the health care system in the United States, while equipping the student with knowledge sufficient to make a thorough analysis of emerging policy decisions. The examination of the structure of the health care system will provide a forum for discussion and analysis of issues of current concern recently featured in the nation’s media. General principles of strategic planning and policy analysis, management evaluation, and behavior of public and private health care organizations at the local, state, and national level are covered. Extensive case studies are deployed in the course. Prerequisites: , , and .
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