2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Sep 27, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Courses


 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • GH 101 - Freshman Honors: Contemporary Issues Seminar


    3 Credits

    Description
    Topics may vary semester to semester, and may be taught by faculty from several academic disciplines. Topics range from environmental issues, politics and the media, technology and the quality of life, the military in peacetime, to freedom and responsibility in a democracy. Students may enroll in more than one General Honors 101 topics course during a semester, and the course may be repeated for credit as long as the topics vary. General Honors 101 is open to first-year students eligible for admission to the University Honors Program.


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  • GH 301 - Honors Junior Seminar


    3 Credits

    Description
    Topics vary from year to year, but are always open to the approaches of several academic disciplines. Topics may range from the concept of justice to nature or to an art form such as drama and each offers the flexible use of perspectives and methods of more than one discipline.

    Note
    Offerings currently include 301A, Dante’s Divine Comedy; 301B, Science and the Human Quest; 301C, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment; 301D, Gender and Sexuality; and 301E, Studies in Don Quixote. (As other topics are developed they will be added alphabetically). Students may take for credit any number of 301 courses as long as topics change, and they may take more than one in the same semester.




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  • GNDR 301 - Gender, Race, Nation


    3 Credits

    Description
    An interdisciplinary and international study of the dynamics and intersections of gender, race, and nation. Using material from the humanities, art, social sciences, and sciences, this course examines the impact of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexuality, and class on women.

    Prerequisites
    Junior standing.

    Note
    Students who have taken 200 may petition the Gender Studies Director to take the course.



    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity]


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  • GNDR 402 - LGBTQ Studies


    3 Credits

    Description
    This class investigates same-sex desire, heterosexuality, homosexuality, and the regulation of sexual and gender identities across different racial/ethnic and class/regional communities including a focus on Native American, African American, Latino, Asian American, and international studies, with texts from law, anthropology, history, music, film, fiction, and theory.

    Restrictions
    Upper Division Electives require 45 earned credit hours or more at time of registration.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Upper-Division Integrative Elective]


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  • HIST 113 - Topics in History


    3 Credits

    Description
    Topics in History helps students explore the discipline of history through focused study of particular topics. Each section provides students with an introduction to reading, writing, and research in history, as well as to the ways in which study of the past helps in better understanding society today. Students learn to analyze and evaluate evidence, make and assess persuasive arguments, and understand multiple causation and the importance of context, continuity, and change over time. History majors may count this course for credit in the major.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Historical Studies]


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  • HIST 200 - How Historians Ask and Answer Questions


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course introduces current and prospective History majors and minors to how historians analyze the past. The course thus explores the different ways in which historians have asked questions about the past (methodology) and how these questions have evolved over time (historiography). Students in the course will learn to interpret primary documents, grapple with how historians construct arguments, and engage in the basics of historical research. 

    Repeatable
    No

    Note
    Open to any students; required for both History majors and minors.




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  • HIST 213 - Topics in History


    3 Credits

    Description
    Topics in History helps students explore the discipline of history through focused study of particular topics. Each section provides students with an introduction to reading, writing, and research in history, as well as to the ways in which study of the past helps in better understanding society today. Students learn to analyze and evaluate evidence, make and assess persuasive arguments, and understand multiple causation and the importance of context, continuity, and change over time. History majors may count this course for credit in the major.

    Prerequisites
    Completion of ENG 105, ENG 107, or ENG 108

    Repeatable
    Yes

    Note
    [FS 2010: Historical Perspectives]



    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Historical Perspectives]


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  • HIST 313 - Topics in History


    3 Credits

    Description
    Topics in History allows students to explore the discipline of history through focused study of a particular topic. Students learn to analyze and evaluate evidence, make and assess persuasive arguments, and understand multiple causation and the importance of context, continuity, and change over time. History majors may not count this course for credit in the major.

    Repeatable
    Course may be taken twice for credit with different topic.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Historical Studies]


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  • HIST 320 - Comparative Slavery


    3 Credits

    Description
    An institution that existed in much of the world until very recently, slavery has had a profound impact on the transfer of ideas and culture around the world. By examining the history of slavery in Europe, Asia, America, and Africa, this course will help students understand the remarkable diversity of the world’s culture and how cultural ideas are transferred and transformed through such events as slavery.

    Restrictions
    Upper Division Electives require 45 earned credit hours or more at time of registration.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Upper Division Integrative Elective]


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  • HIST 345 - Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to Latin America and its diaspora which is designed to provide students with an understanding of the primary forces that have shaped the history of this complex region: the colonial experience and nation-building; economic development and dependence; social inequality and political revolution; cultural and ethnic diversity; immigration and the Latino experience; and the role the United States plays in the region.

    Restrictions
    Upper Division Electives require 45 earned credit hours or more at time of registration.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Upper Division Integrative Elective]


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  • HIST 350 - Democracy as a Way of Life


    3 Credits

    Description
    An in-depth examination of democracy, democratic ideals, and democratic culture in America. Topics include American government, party politics, civil society, Americans’ efforts to democratize capitalism and the market economy, and the ways culture and the environment have become subject to conscious human intervention. 

    Restrictions
    Upper Division Electives require 45 earned credit hours or more at time of registration.

    Foundational Studies Credit
    [FS 2010: Upper Division Integrative Elective]


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  • HIST 358 - The Atlantic World, 1500-1820


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course introduces the concept of an Atlantic World. Key integrative and interpretive themes and trends will be considered, including European exploration and expansion into the Atlantic, imperialism and colonialism, the emergence of an Atlantic economy and trade, intercultural interaction and exchange, and the establishment of the African slave trade and the plantation economy. The Atlantic World, as it emerged during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was a complex community of communities, tied together by a web of relationships—personal, political, cultural, and commercial—and was, in a sense, a quintessential early modern multicultural community.


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  • HIST 413 - Revolutionary America


    3 Credits

    Description
    Introduces the major themes and trends in the history of Revolutionary America from about 1750 to 1815. Surveys a variety of interpretations of the Revolution and the early national period. Topics include the Seven Years’ War, the Revolution, and the formation of the new nation and its political, economic, social, cultural, and institutional development through the War of 1812.

    Prerequisites
    HIST 201 or 411 or equivalent.

    Note
    Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.




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  • HIST 418 - The United States’ Atomic Age, 1945 to the Present


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course explores the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the United States following World War II by examining four interconnected themes: the rise of the United States as a global power, the sweeping impact of the Cold War, battles over individual rights and opportunities, and the cultural and technological changes that redefined American lives.

    Note
    Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.




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  • HIST 419 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course examines the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1920s and the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the creation of a “Nazi” state and society, and the evolving place of Anti-Semitism in the regime. The course then turns to look at the Holocaust in the broader context of the Nazis’ ideological war aims with a focus on the motivations of Nazi perpetrators, the reactions of Nazi victims, and the complicity/resistance of bystanders. Finally, the memory of the Nazi regime/Holocaust will be considered.

    Note
    Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.




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  • HIST 422 - The Rise and Fall of the Spanish World Empire


    3 Credits

    Description
    This course is designed as an overview of the history of Imperial Spain, one of the most influential cultures of modern times. Combining both lecture and seminar formats, the class will focus on the following topics: the creation of the Spanish Monarchy; the incorporation of Spain into the European Empire of Charles V and the challenge of the Reformation; the clash between the Ottoman and Spanish Empires in the Mediterranean; the development of the Spanish Empire in the Americas; the flowering of a Golden Age culture; the question of imperial decline; and the role played by Spain in the formation of the Atlantic world.

    Note
    No previous knowledge of Spanish history is required. Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.




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