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2017-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Exercise Science |
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EXS 3325 - Sports Nutrition Credits: 3 Hr
This course will examine the relationship between nutrition and physical fitness, sport performance, and health promotion. Topics will include energy, fluid, and nutrient needs for physical activity; nutrition around exercise (before, during, recovery); free radicals and antioxidants; dietary supplements; body composition; weight management; disordered eating; and the female athlete triad. Sport-specific nutrition strategies for endurance, team sports, and strength training will be addressed.
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EXS 3411 - Functional Anatomy Credits: 4 hrs.
In this course the student will learn the structure and function of the skeletal and muscular systems. This information will be the basis on which mechanical principles of physics will be applied to study human movement. Lab included in course. Prerequisite(s): PED 2321 or BIO 2312
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EXS 4101 - Advanced Exercise Physiology Lab Credits: 1hr.
This seminar course addresses key topics in Exercise Physiology through the review of current literature. The course will emphasize the applications of method, techniques and design used in exercise physiology research. Student will be asked to understand, analyze and evaluate research publications through writing. Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321
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EXS 4301 - Advanced Exercise Physiology Credits: 3hrs
This course will investigate the physiological responses to exercise stress. This course will use a mechanistic approach to study cellular, systemic, metabolic, and systems physiology. Additionally, the students will learn the combined effects of nutritional and environmental effects of exercise, as well as the exercise response of diverse populations. Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321
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EXS 4302 - Clinical Exercise Physiology Credits: 3hrs.
This course focuses on students understanding the basic concepts of clinical exercise physiology and is designed to help students become prepared for employment in inpatient and outpatient clinical/rehabilitation settings. This course will provide a combination of classroom instruction and clinical laboratory testing experience teaching students a wide variety of specific health care skills, knowledge and processes within cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic systems. This course will specifically focus on the interpretation of the electrocardiogram at rest and during exercise(ECG), and furthermore the effects of basic medications, secondary prevention, risk factor management. Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321 & EXS 3411
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EXS 4314 - Sport and Exercise Psychology Credits: 3hrs.
This is an introductory level course that will aid students’ familiarization with psychological concepts and their applications in a sport and exercise environment. Students will be introduced to theories and research in the field of sport and exercise psychology. The course is designed to address psychological factors affecting an individual’s behaviors as they relate to sport performance, exercise, health and/or rehabilitation. In addition, the course will cover means to enhance performance in areas of sport, exercise, health and/or rehabilitation using psychological skills.
Corequisite(s): PED 4314
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EXS 4317 - Applied Research Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will examine research methods in the field of Exercise Physiology. This course will combine the knowledge base of Elementary Statistics with the core exercise science courses of Advanced Exercise Physiology, Clinical Exercise Physiology, and Exercise Testing and Prescription to examine the research process. Prerequisite(s): MAT 2326. EXS 4301, EXS 4302, & EXS 4319
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EXS 4319 - Exercise Testing and Prescription Credits: 3 hrs.
This course is designed to help the student apply physiological, clinical, and biomechanical principles to the exercise testing and development of physical activity programs for adults. The course will include development of technical and personal skills related to functional fitness assessment, exercise prescription, exercise leadership, and program management. Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321
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EXS 4321 - Sport Supplements Credits: 3 hrs
The area of sport and fitness suppleementation has increased immensely in the past two decades. This course will survey the most popular and most frequently used ergogenic aids by both athletes and the general public for physical performance and health. It will focus on the physiological basis of sports supplements; the effectiveness of the supplements; the safety, as well as the oversight of the supplement industry by the government and Food and Drug Administration.
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EXS 4322 - Current Topics in Exercise Science Credits: 3 hrs
This course addresses current topics in the field of Exercise Science and its related disciplines. The student will analyze and evaluate current, peer-review literature selected by the Exercise Science faculty members. The instructor will select 10-12 topics and identify 2-3 peer-review articles within each topic. During each class the students will be guided through small group and class discussions related to the articles and topics.
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EXS 4325 - Honors Thesis in EXS Credits: 3 hrs.
This senior level course is intended for students enrolled in EXS Honors Program as they write their honor thesis. Accepted students will complete a minimum of 50 hours of mentored research with a faculty member. During these 50 hours, students will work with a faculty member to conduct a research investigation. Upon completion of this course write an honors thesis document, and orally defend this thesis to the EXS faculty by the last day of class. This course is designed to help students navigate through the research process. Specific emphasis will be placed on current laboratory techniques, statistical evaluation, as well as writing within the major. Prerequisite(s): Admission to EXS Honors Program
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EXS 4330 - Directed Honors Research Investigations in EXS Credits: 3 hrs.
This senior level course is intended for students accepted to the EXS Honors Program. Accepted students will complete a minimum of 50 hours of mentored research with a faculty member. During these 50 hours, students will be ome more familiar with the faculty member’s research. Upon completion of this course, students will develop a hypothesis, and orally present this hypothesis to the EXS faculty and obtain IRB approval for a thesis to be completed the following semester. This course is designed to help students navigate through the research process. Specific emphasis will be placed on how an exercise physiologist asks questions and develops a hypothesis using appropriate scientific literature and data, as well as developing appropriate statistical model to test this hypothesis. Prerequisite(s): Admission to EXS HOnors Program
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EXS 4334 - Science of Resistance Training Credits: 3 hrs.
An in-depth study of sketical muscle physiology and cardiovascular, metabolic and neuromuscular adaptations to the resistance of exercising. Exercise prescription for strength and endurance performance is empahasized. Students are prepared to attempt the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s certification exam. The class will focus on resistance training systems, basic principles of resistance training ans benefit of resistance training. Although this is primarily a lecture-based course concentrating on the theoretical principles of resistance training, students will learn proper lifting and spotting techiniques. Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321. EXS 3411
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EXS 4612 - Internship Credits: 9 - 12 hrs
This is the capstone experience of the Exercise Science Program. This course will include an extended experience with an agency, facility, or program involved in Exercise Physiology. The student will work under the direct supervision of a professional on site. The semester prior to enrolling for the actual course, the student will meet with Clinical Coordinator of the Exercise Science program to determine a proper site that may include Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Strength & Conditioning, Corporate & Community Health, or a variety of other settings. The course also requires the completion of the Exercise Science Senior Exam. Prerequisite(s): EXS 4319 Exercise Testing and Prescription
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PED 4334 - Science of Resistance Training Credits: 3 hrs.
An in-depth study of skeletal muscle physiology and the cardiovascular, metabolic and neuromuscular adaptations to resistance exercise training. Exercise prescription for strength and endurance performance is emphasized. Students are prepared to attempt the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s certification exam. The class will focus on resistance training systems, basic principles of resistance training and benefit of resistance training. Although this is primarily a lecture-based course concentrating on the theoretical principles of resistance training, students will learn proper lifting and spotting techniques.
Prerequisite(s): EXS 3321, EXS 3411
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Finance |
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FIN 2356 - Personal Finance Credits: 3 hrs
This course is designed to provide the student with money management principles that can be effectively applied throughout life. The course emphasizes how to make major decisions of a personal financial nature, such as budget preparation, buying insurance, paying taxes, using credit, making investments, and interpreting federal guidelines designed to protect the buyer. This course is for non-business majors only (Business majors should take FIN 2357). Prerequisite(s): MAT 1311 or higher MAT. Corequisite(s): MAT1312 or higher MAT.
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FIN 2357 - Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3 hrs
This course will help students organize their financial lives by learning and implementing selected principles of accounting, finance, and management. The course will address value and risk determination by dealing specifically with the analysis of one’s financial status, goal setting and planning, and decision making. Risk analysis, savings and investment principles, taxes, debt management, retirement, and estate considerations are areas which guide the financial management of individuals and businesses alike. Credit cannot be earned for both this course and FIN 2356. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Quantitative Literacy Prerequisite: MAT 1311 or higher MAT, or Corequisite of MAT 1312 or higher MAT.
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FIN 3351 - Principles of Financial Management Credits: 3 hrs
This course offers an analysis of the administrative and managerial approaches to financial decision-making within the corporate framework but under different economic environments. Time value of money concepts and problems of financial analysis and forecasting, the management of working capital, capital budgeting, cost of capital as well as dividend policies are discussed. The international consequences of financial decisions are considered at various levels. Prerequisite(s): ACC 2316 and MAT 1312 (with a “C” or higher).
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FIN 3357 - Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will help students organize their financial lives by learning and implementing selected principles of accounting, finance, and management. The course will address value and risk determination by dealing specifically with the analysis of one’s financial status, goal setting and planning, and decision making. Risk analysis, savings and investment principles, taxes, debt management, retirement, and estate considerations are areas which guide the financial management of individuals and businesses alike. Credit cannot be earned for both this course and FIN 2356. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Quantitative Literacy. 3 hrs. Prerequisite(s): None
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FIN 3368 - International Finance Credits: 3 hrs
This course addresses the challenges and opportunities encountered by firms operating in the international environment through financial institutions. Study of the foreign exchanges rates/markets, balance of payments, and international monetary systems’ impact on financial decisions are considered. Prerequisite(s): ECO 2312.
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FIN 3391 - Finance Internship Credits: 3 hrs.
An FOB internship will be defined as an academically-sponsored career-related work experience for which projects, research papers, presentations, reflective journals, and/or evaluations will be required by faculty for reporting/grading purposes. FOB internships may be paid or unpaid opportunities and must be for academic credit. Students may take a maximum of six (6) credit hours of FOB internships during matriculation, i.e., two different experiences. Each internship requires a minimum of 120 contact hours per semester. Internships are counted as elective credit and cannot be substituted for required courses. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, ACC 2316, ACC 2317, BCO 2311, ECO 2311 and ECO 2312, good academic standing with no violations of the academic integrity code, grade-point average of 2.50 or higher.
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FIN 4320 - Retirement Planning Credits: 3 hrs.
In this course, students will learn how to interview clients to ascertain their goals and objectives for retirement, as well as their risk tolerance, in order to allow them to be advised on the active use of both personal and employee-sponsored retirement plans, as well as planning for major medical expenses that will be incurred in retirement. Prerequisite(s): ACC 3314, FIN 3357 or FIN 3351
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FIN 4330 - Estate Planning Credits: 3hrs.
In this course, students will learn how to interview clients to ascertain their current financial situation in order to minimize issues related to taxation, property transfer and charitable giving after death. Students will learn how to interpret documents and implement strategies to accomplish these goals. Prerequisite(s): ACC 3314, FIN 3357 or FIN 3351
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FIN 4378 - Investment Planning Credits: 3 hrs
This course provides the student with an understanding of the various types of securities traded in financial markets, investment theory and practice, portfolio construction and management, and investment strategies and tactics. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3351.
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FIN 4379 - Financial Institutuions and Markets Credits: 3 hrs.
This course focuses on a study of the operation of financial institutions in the process of financial intermediation. The unique problems and roles of the various types of financial institutions, including the relationship of money and capital markets in the intermediation process of financial institutions will be addressed. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3351
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FIN 4381 - Intermediate Financial Management Credits: 3 hrs
An advanced course in financial management designed to cover theory and practice of the management of the finance function in corporations. Topics covered include capital budgeting, the theory and practice of capital structure, leasing, capital asset pricing model, long-term financing, expansion and synthetic securities. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3351.
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FIN 4382 - Commercial Bank Management Credits: 3 hrs
This course includes the study of prudent and efficient techniques for the management of commercial banks. The study of industry structure, management of risk, assets, liabilities and capital for this corporate form are analyzed and discussed. Prerequisite(s): ECO 2312, ACC 2317, and FIN 3351.
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FIN 4383 - Insurance Planning Credits: 3 hrs
This course introduces students to risk management and insurance decisions in personal financial planning. Topics include insurance for life, health, disability, property and liability risks, as well as annuities, group insurance, and long-term care. Prerequisite(s): ECO 2311, ECO 2312, BLA 2325, ACC 3314, QBA 3370
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FIN 4384 - Retirement & Estate Planning Credits: 3 hrs
The intent of the retirement planning portion is to provide individuals with knowledge of both public and private retirement plans. The public plans include Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The private plans include both defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans, their regulatory provisions, as well as non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Also, issues that individuals face in retirement, such as lifestyle choices and medical issues are discussed. The estate planning portion focuses on the efficient conversation and transfer of wealth, consistent with the client’s goals. It is a study of the legal, tax, financial, and non-financial aspects of this process, covering topics such as trusts, wills, probate, advanced directives, charitable giving, wealth transfers, and related taxes. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3351.
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FIN 4385 - Advanced Financial Planning Credits: 3 hrs
This course will engage the student in critical thinking and decision-making about personal financial management topics in the context of the financial planning process. This course builds upon and integrates the material in Business Communications, Business Ethics, Retirement and Estate Planning, Insurance Planning, and Investment Planning. Prerequisite(s): FIN 4378, FIN 4383, FIN 4384 or FIN 4320, FIN 4330 or FIN 4384.
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FIN 4391 - Finance Internship Credits: 3 hrs.
A FOB internship will be defined as an academically-sponsored career-related work experience for which projects, research papers, presentations, reflective journals, and/or evaluations will be required by faculty for reporting/grading purposes. FOB internships may be paid or unpaid opportunities and must be for academic credit. Students may take a maximum of six (6) credit hours of FOB internships during matriculation, i.e., two different experiences. Each internship requires a minimum of 120 contact hours per semester. Internships are counted as elective credit and cannot be substituted for required courses. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3391, good academic standing with no violations of the academic integrity code, grade-point average of 2.50 or higher.
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First Year College |
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FYC 1103 - Freshman Seminar Credits: 1 hr
This course is designed to provide entering freshmen and new students with an orientation to the University. The student will become knowledgeable of the traditions of the university and be introduced to various academic concentrations, academic requirements and regulations, extracurricular activities, and other general information. Survival skills that enable the students to cope with academia and to develop a better understanding of themselves will be stressed. Class meets for one hour each week. Attendance is required. Previously, this course was designated as EDU 1103.
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FYC 1104 - University Success Strategies Credits: 1 hr
This course is designed to equip students with the academic, personal and social skills and information needed to succeed in college. This course will acquaint students with University and campus support services that aid new student adjustment and persistence. The course provides assessment of study skills techniques and provides practical knowledge and application of academic, personal, and social survival skills and strategies needed to achieve personal success. Topics include intensive study of time-management, test taking, note taking, textbook reading techniques, and study proficiency. Students must participate in a minimum of three (3) hours of tutoring in the Center for Student Success or computer assisted instruction in the Academic Resource Center. Prerequisite(s): FYC 1103, NUR 1103, or HON 1106, and recommendation by department chair.
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FYE 1250 - First Year Experience I Credits: 2 hrs
The goal of this First Year Experience (FYE) course will be to increase students’ success and to facilitate a smooth transition from high school to college by engaging students in a structured curriculum in critical thinking, critical reading, and oral communication projects and activities. Moreover, students will participate in activities that will increase their knowledge in social justice and liberal education. In addition, students will learn social, intellectual, personal, and physical wellness practices. This course serves as a prerequisite for FYE 1251. SLO: Critical Thinking Prerequisite(s): High School Reading and Writing Skills; SAT, ACT, and CLEP.
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FYE 1251 - First Year Experience II Credits: 2 hrs
In the second part of this First Year Experience (FYE) course, students will continue their first year experience pathways through focusing on critical thinking, written communication, and oral communication activities. These activities will connect prior knowledge learned in FYE 1250 (social justice tenets [SJT]) and will invite students to participate in service learning projects, learn research writing, and deliver professional presentations. All course activities will culminate in a final student-created signature work. SLO: Critical Thinking Prerequisite(s): FYE 1251
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SBE 1103 - Freshman Seminar Credits: 1
This course is designed to promote student success through academic and personal development. Students are taught the expectations of university life and introduced to the range of campus and community resources. They are also exposed to business culture and ethics through guest lectures, workshops, and experiential activities. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the University and declared one of the business programs as a pre-major.
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French |
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FRE 1311 - Elementary French I Credits: 3 hrs
This proficiency-oriented course is designed to develop usable language skills in all areas: speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension. No previous knowledge of French is required. General Education Course that satisfies AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Globalization.
(Four periods per week.) Prerequisite(s): None
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FRE 1312 - Elementary French II Credits: 3 hrs
This is a continuation of FRE 1311. General Education Course that satisfies AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Globalization. (Four periods per week.) Prerequisite(s): FRE 1311 or departmental approval
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FRE 2311 - Intermediate French I Credits: 3 hrs
Proficiency-oriented, this course upgrades language skills developed in the elementary course. Students develop speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills at a more advanced level. Course that satisfies AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Globalization. (Four periods per week.) Prerequisite(s): FRE 1311 and 1312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 2312 - Intermediate French II Credits: 3 hrs
This is a continuation of FRE 2311. Course that satisfies AK: Foreign Language & Culture, CT: Globalization. (Four periods per week.) Prerequisite(s): FRE 2311. FRE 1312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 3306 - French Grammar and Composition Credits: 3 hrs
This course is a study of advanced grammatical structures with emphasis upon the writing of compositions. General Education that satisfies SLO: Written Communication, AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Globalization. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 3310 - Survey of French Literature Credits: 3 hrs
This survey course will acquaint the students with a general knowledge of the life and works of certain authors from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 3311 - French Civilization Credits: 3 hrs
This course offers a comprehensive and systematic study of the origin and development of the French nation from the point of view of geography, industry, social and political institutions, science, art, and literature. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 3312 - French Conversation and Pronunciation Credits: 3 hrs
This course provides for the development of fluency and grammatical accuracy in speaking French. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval
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FRE 3318 - French Literature of the Seventeenth Century Credits: 3 hrs
This course is a study of works of the classical period with emphasis upon Corneille, Racine, and Molière. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 3324 - Twentieth Century French Prose Credits: 3 hrs
This course is a study of the main literary and philosophical ideas in twentieth century prose with emphasis upon Peguy, Claudel, Gide, Breton, Camus, and Sartre. Prerequisite(s): FRE 2312 or departmental approval.
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FRE 4390 - Special Topics in French Culture Credits: 3 to 9 hrs
This course will include the study of significant themes, movements, and cultural developments in the French culture. (Offered as required.) May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Departmental approval
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Geography |
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GEO 2311 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3 hrs
This survey of the regions of the world is an introduction to how the discipline of geography makes sense of the world, its differing people, places, and regions. Central to this disciplinary perspective is an emphasis on the ways in which people and places interact across space and time to produce particular outcomes. This unique perspective is increasingly important today as technological innnovations, the spread of political/economic ideologies, and the movement of people and goods across the globe have made most contemporary problems and solutions global in nature. It is important to recognize that this course is not an empirical survey of place names and national statistics. Rather, this course is an exploration of several key issues shaping our world today. Each of these case studies offers a unique perspective on the process now referred to as globalization. Each lecture will address an important issue in a way that highlights its historical roots, its local experience, and the global processes that shape it. It is hoped that upon completing this course, students will have a more nuanced understanding of the world, its people, and their place in an increasingly globalized world. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Oral Communication; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT
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GEO 2312 - Geography of North America Credits: 3 hrs
This course focuses on three aspects of North America: the physical setting, which includes glaciation, climate and physiography; the human/social realm, which discusses such topics as population distribution and racial groups, cities, the South and economic activities; and human-environment interaction on the continent. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT:
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GEO 2313 - Environmental Justice and Sustainability Credits: 3 hrs
This class will examine crtitical perspectives on social justice and geography through the lens of stuggles for enviormental justice and sustainability. This course begins from the premise that all people have the right to live, work, and play in environments free from toxins, pollution, and other hazards. Drawing on Porfressor Tom Perreault’s generative framing, we will “question why, and through what social, political, and economic processes, some people are denied this basic right”. The objectives is to answer this animating question through a rigorous examination of the environment justice (EJ) movement that began in Warren County, North Carolina. Leaders in the EJ movement use an intersectional framework to illustrate how capitalist production, structural racism, and socio-economic class interlock to make low-wealth communities of color more vulnerable to a range of evironmental injustices. Sustainability, which seeks to promote development and lifestyles that are “green, profitable, and fair”, has the potential to overcome these challenges. Potentially, resulting in a more just and sustainable future for all. Framed through a transdisciplinary approach, this course employs a range of critical reading strategies to question and unpack how notions of “the environment,” race, class, justice, place, sustainability, power, and resistance are configured, disputed, and (re)articulated through the prism of the state, civil society, and social movements. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT
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GEO 2315 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3 hrs
In this course the student will be introduced to the concept of visualizing, exploring and analyzing data geographically. The student will obtain hands-on experience of display, analysis and presentation of mapping functions using the latest ArcView GIS software. The student will also be given an introduction to the fundamental concepts of geographical information science (geographic data acquisition, representation, analysis, and interpretation). Technologies reviewed include topographic mapping, global positioning systems, aerial photography, and satellite remote sensing. Assignments will be geared toward analysis of data and decision-making. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Reading; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT
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GEO 3311 - Urban Geography Credits: 3 hrs
This course is a study of interurban and intraurban relationships, including analysis of spatial aspects of sociological, economic, and political phenomena. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Written Communication; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT
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GEO 3336 - World Economic Geography Credits: 3 hrs
This course analyzes the spatial distribution of economic activities globally. Focus is placed on the activities of humans in their physical and cultural setting. A classification of the economic world into the First and Third Worlds and the economic/sociocultural/ political/environmental variables accounting for the respective stages of development are discussed. The economies of North America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are emphasized. Students may not receive credit for both ECO 3336 and GEO 3336. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Written Communication; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CuT
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Gerontology |
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GER 2101 - General Gerontology Practicum Credits: 1 hr
This course provides a practicum experience in which the students will engage in activities within settings or agencies dealing with services or programs developed for older persons. Students who have successfully completed General Gerontology and decide to major or minor in gerontology will be required to complete this course. A practicum of 60 hours is required. Satisfactory completion of General Gerontology (GER 2301) and General Gerontology Practicum are equivalent to GER 2401 and will satisfy the prerequisite to enter the Gerontology Program.
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GER 2301 - General Gerontology: The Ups and Downs of Aging Credits: 3 hrs
This course will explore how people age as individuals, as members of families and communities, and as part of the larger society. Students will use a life course perspective to delve into issues of individual aging such as meaning and intellectual functioning in later life, theories of aging, and why bodies age. Aging in society will include health care issues such as Medicare and rationing of care, economic issues related to Social Security and retirement, and diversity of aging experiences. Aging in families will be examined through family roles of older adults and responsibility of families to care for older family members. The current issue of aging baby boomers will also be investigated. Students may not receive credit for both GER 2301 and GER 2401. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; AK: Soc/ Beh Science; CT: Healthful Living
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GER 2401 - The Aging Experience Credits: 4 hrs
An interdisciplinary, professional course designed for gerontology majors and minors addressing the stereotypes, beliefs and perceptions of aging as presented in art, music, literature, film, and other media. Students will confront their own beliefs and concerns with the aging process and how aging is portrayed. In addition, students are presented with the current picture of aging in America and will be introduced to examples of successful aging. Students will also explore potential career options in the field of gerontology. This course includes a practicum experience in which the students volunteer in settings or agencies dealing with services or programs developed for older persons. This experience is designed to allow students to explore their decision to major or minor in gerontology. A Practicum of 60 hours is required. Students may not receive credit for both GER 2101 & 2301 and GER 2401. Prerequisite(s): Gerontology Major or Minor.
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GER 3301 - Aspects of Aging in Diverse Groups Credits: 3 hrs
The response and effect of culture and ethnicity are examined as to the care, status, and services accorded to an elderly individual who is a member of a specific culture group. In addition, students explore the aging of subgroups within society (e.g., women, homeless, individuals with special needs) and become aware of how human diversity impacts the delivery of services, treatment and care of aging individuals. Prerequisite(s): GER 2301 and GER 2101, or GER 2401, or permission of instructor.
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GER 3302 - Principles and Practices of Gerontology Credits: 3 hrs
Students are exposed to and will model appropriate behavior when dealing with elderly individuals who are aging normally or who are experiencing a variety of mental, physical and social dysfunctions. Techniques, practices and available technology employed to assist the learning and independent function of the individual are discussed. In addition, ethical treatment of individuals and how to structure an environment to allow for independence are presented. Students will design a space and a program to address the needs of a specific elderly individual or group. Prerequisite(s): GER 2101 and GER 2301 or GER 2401 or permission of instructor.
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GER 3303 - Health-Related Functional Aspects of Gerontology Credits: 3 hrs
This course highlights common health changes in older persons and associated functional problems, enabling students to identify related signs, symptoms and risk factors. Emphasis is placed on safety, health promotion, disease prevention, and appropriate referrals. Case histories and guest panels are integrated into the lecture format. Prerequisite(s): GER 2101 and GER 2301 or GER 2401, HED 1201 or permission of instructor.
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GER 3304 - Public Policy, Aging and Society Credits: 3 hrs
This course provides students with an in-depth examination of how public policy for the aged is formulated on the national, state and local level. Students in this course will be exposed to a variety of critical policy issues, for instance, issues concerning Social Security, the Older American’s Act; and older adult entitlement programs. Students will be challenged to explore the development of the modern welfare state and the impact of globalization on public policy. Global economic and political forces and social needs will be explored in great detail. Special attention will be given to the distinction between disparities in access to social goods such as housing and health care and disparities in outcomes such as unemployment, poverty and disease. Prerequisite(s): GER 2301 minimum grade of C-or undergraduate level of POS 2311 minimum grade of C-
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GER 3310 - Biology of Aging Credits: 3 hrs
This lecture course studies anatomical and physiological changes and adjustments occurring over time as part of normal developmental processes and those that result from intrinsic, progressive, irreversible and deleterious changes of Senescence. Comparisons of the structure and function of systems in organisms, primary in the human body, will be made to distinguish between age-related and pathological and other environmentally induced changes. Prerequisite(s): BIO 1301 or 1431, and GER 2101 & 2301 or GER 2401. (Cross listed with BIO 3310). Cross-listed as BIO 3310.
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GER 3312 - Legal/Pol/Econ Asp of Aging Credits: 3 hrs.
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal, political and economic issues confronting senior citizens. Legal issues affecting the elderly, such as living wills, wills, power of attorney, and guardianship are examined. Students will examine factors leading to present policies affecting the elderly, as well as those factors which may indicate future trends. Additionally, students will examine the economic position of the elderly and factors affecting income maintenance. Prerequisite(s): POS 2311, or GER 2401, or GER 2301. (Cross-listed POS 3310).
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GER 3314 - Social Gerontology Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will explore social constructs that influence identity formation, opportunity structures, social policies, and adaptive resources along a continuum of care for the elderly, through a life course perspective. It will explore diversity in the social and historical contexts, while providing insight into the impacts of gender, race, and social class. Prerequisite(s): SOC 2301. (Cross-listed SOC 3304).
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GER 4301 - Research Methods and Evaluation in Gerontology Credits: 3 hrs
This course includes the methods, theories, and techniques of research and evaluation. Problem identification, literature review, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and proposal development in an area of gerontology that is of interest to the student are included. Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: Senior status.
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GER 4302 - Dying, Death, and Bereavement Credits: 3 hrs
This course examines the phenomena of death, grief and bereavement from a number of perspectives; including but not limited to Western, Eastern and Native American philosophies. The impact of and recovery from loss (death, divorce, changes, etc.); near- death experiences and survivors; grief; reincarnation theories are explored and discussed. Guest lecturers will share their experiences and expertise. Prerequisite(s): Senior status and permission of instructor.
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GER 4303 - Senior Capstone Seminar Credits: 3 hrs
This course is designed to explore historical and current issues of gerontology. Students are given the opportunities to synthesize previously learned concepts and to evaluate trends in contemporary ethical, moral, legal and political issues related to gerontology in an experiential, reflexive, document. Concepts of leadership, change, research and professional ethics relevant to gerontology will be discussed. Students will write a scholarly research paper on an aging issue of professional interest, under the guidance of a mentor. The final paper will be presented before a panel of students, faculty and professionals, in the form of a professional seminar. Students will attend seminars facilitated by professionals in the field of aging as a vital component of the course. Prerequisite(s): Senior status and completion of gerontology core program.
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GER 4304 - Gerontology Practicum for Minors Credits: 3 hrs
The practicum is a key part of the curriculum and has two fundamental goals: (1) to provide students with professional experience and an opportunity for career orientation and (2) to give students an opportunity to put the knowledge they have accumulated in the classroom to use in a facility serving the elderly, thus integrating knowledge and practice. A Practicum of 240 hours is required. Prerequisite(s): Senior status and completion of gerontology core program for minors.
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GER 4901 - Internship in Gerontology Credits: 9 hrs
This course will include an extended (40 hours per week) experience with an agency, facility or program dealing with an aspect of gerontology that is of interest to the student. The student will work under the direct supervision of a professional on site. The semester prior to enrolling for the actual course, the student will meet with the internship coordinator of the Gerontology Program to identify an appropriate site and complete the procedures for the initiation of the internship. A minimum of 480 hours is required. Prerequisites: Senior status and completion of gerontology core program.
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HED 1301 - Concepts of Fitness and Health Credits: 2 hrs
This course is designed to introduce the student to fundamental aspects of healthful living. The student will gain an understanding of the relationship between fitness and good health, and the ability to reflect critically upon factors influencing health outcomes and disease prevention. Through active participation in health-related fitness lab students will be able to take action toward preventing chronic diseases. Health-related topics including nutrition and weight control, chronic diseases and their relationship to exercise; stress reduction; substance abuse; and sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, are also introduced. General Education Course that satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; CT: Healthful Living
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HED 2102 - Basic First Aid Credits: 1 hr
This course focuses on general first aid and accident prevention. It acquaints the student with the simple skills and knowledge needed in daily life, as well as those critical skills necessary to save life and minimize the severity of injury. Those students who successfully meet the course requirements may obtain Red Cross Certification.
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HED 2301 - Nutrition Credits: 3 hrs
As our knowledge of nutrition and its effect on health is rapidly changing and expanding, this course is designed to help the student understand basic principles which will allow the student to critically analyze nutrition information encountered in the future and to give students an appreciation for the impact of foods and nutrition on our daily lives. The areas which will be explored are the nutrients, their digestion and metabolism, energy balance, obesity, weight management, nutritional assessment, diet planning, nutrition during life cycle changes, and nutrition and disease. Prerequisite(s): BIO 1301 with a C or better grade and MAT 1311 or 1323 with a C or better grade
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HED 2306 - Understanding Health Disparities in the U.S. Credits: 3 hrs
The web-based course focuses on understanding health disparities of vulnerable populations in the United States, and investigates the root causes and remediation of these persistent health disparities through examining case studies. Community organizing/building and program planning are addressed. This course meets the general education requirement for information literacy. Area of Knowledge: Social and Behavioral Science; Curricular Theme: Civic Engagement
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HED 3201 - Health Education for Elementary and Physical Education Teachers Credits: 2 hrs
Learning theories and education principles appropriate for instruction in the Health content area will be introduced to students who will become elementary and physical education teachers. Students will develop strategies and curricula to help children and adolescents make sound decisions for good health.
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HED 3236 - First Aid and CPR Credits: 2 hrs
This course deals with the causes and prevention of accidents and injuries in the home, school and community. Special attention is given to the prevention and care of injuries with laboratory experience in bandaging, splinting, artificial respiration and treatment. The American Red Cross standard or advanced first aid certificate will be granted to those who satisfactorily complete course requirements. Prerequisite(s): HED 1201. Corequisite(s): This is a competency course and must be met before the pre-clinical (the semester prior to student teaching and Internship).
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HED 3302 - Family Health and Sexuality Credits: 2 hrs.
This course trains health education majors and minors to carry out sexuality education for students in grades 7-12. Emphasis is placed on developing self-esteem, healthy relationships, and social skills. Current educational research is applied to promote sexual health in children, adolescents, and adults.
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HED 3303 - Personal Health Behaviors Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will examine the physical, mental and social factors of personal wellness and community health issues. Topics include substance use and abuse, mental and emotional health, diseases and disorders.
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HED 3304 - Health Education Concepts and Priniciples Credits: 3 hrs
This course will introduce students to the priniciples of health living which are the basis for health instruction in schools and health care settings. The course wil also cover learning theories and education priniciples appropriate for instruction in the Health content area. Students will develop strategies and curricula to help children and adolescents make sound decisions for good health.
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HED 3305 - Methods & Materials in Health Education Credits: 3 hrs
This course examines the theory and practice of planning health education programs for the middle and high school levels. This course will also help teacher candidates understand and apply the principles and methods of assessment appropriate to health education. In addition, the course will provide teacher candidates with concepts, theories, and techniques for effective classroom management. Teacher candidates will gain experience in the NC Course of Study in Healthful Living Education, writing unit plans, creating lesson plans, and assessment of student learning. Development of instructional materials and a variety of teaching strategies will be emphasized. Prerequisite(s): HED 3304 Health Education Concepts & Principles, Admission to Teacher Education Program
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HED 4301 - Managing Health Promotion Programs Credits: 3 hrs
In this course students will explore how to apply basic business management principles to health promotion programs. In the context of health promotion they will examine current rationale and practices for administering worksite wellness programs. Emphasis will be placed on identification, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of such programs. The course will utilize case studies and practicum experiences to help students apply what they are learning about administering health promotion programs.
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HED 4302 - Curricular Issues in School Health Credits: 3 hrs.
A study of current trends and issues in comprehensive school health education (CSHE) with a focus on teaching health education, including a variety of topics such as family health, community health, consumer health, environmental health, education, and mental and emotional health. In addition, students will be provided with a step-by-step approach to developing, implementing, and evaluating coordinated school health programs. Learning experiences include observation of school health professionals in the field.
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HIS 1301 - Introduction to Global History Credits: 3 hrs
This course provides an introduction to the theories, histories, and methods of historical interpretation and thought. It offers a comparative survey of select historical events, eras and areas before 1600 through a global thematic lense and the use of relevant primary and scholarly sources. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; AK: History; CT: Globalization
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HIS 1302 - Challenges of the Past Credits: 3 hrs
This course provides an introduction to the theories, histories, and methods of historical interpretation and thought. It offers a comparative survey of select historical events, eras and areas after 1600 through a global thematic lense and the use of relevant primary and scholarly sources. General Education Course that Satisfies SLO: Critical Thinking; AK: History; CT: Globalization
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HIS 1305 - Africa’s Impact on World History Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the methodology of history and historical thought by tracing Africa’s impact on World History. Beginning with early humanity, the class traces the history of the world through the lens of Africa’s contributions to the political, social and economic.
Prerequisite(s): None
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HIS 1320 - Comparative World History: Gender Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the methodology of history and historical thought, through the comparison of the role of gender in three or four different societies. Societies from at least two different continents are ecompared, and at least one society from the ancient (to 500 CE), medieval/early modern (400-1750), and modern (1600-present) eras are examined. Gender is used as the thematic lens in developing a historical analytical approach in identifying and explaining long-term historical developments over time in the context of the intersection of gender with culture, religion, politics, and economy both within specific societies and in relation to cross-cultural encounters and exchanges over time. Students are introduced to different methodological approaches used by historians to study gender as both a category and an agent of historical change in global history. Prerequisite(s): None
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HIS 1325 - The Atlantic World Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the methodology of history and historical thought by tracing the development of the Atlantic World: the social, cultural, political, economic, and ecological interactions of the peoples of the Americas, Africa, and Europe from the 1400s to the present. Students are introduced to different methodological approaches used by historians to study historical change in global history. This course may be substituted for HIS 1302. Prerequisite(s): None
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HIS 2305 - Freedom Dreams: U. S. Social Movements from Theory to Action Credits: 3 hrs
In this class, we will examine historical and contemporary movements and critical perspectives on freedom, justice, equality, autonomy and self-determination. Freedom is the operative word because the movements and activists we consider emerge out of, or struggle against, the conditions of incarceration (Kelley 2008). Incarceration or imprisonment is not limited to the formal jail or prision; we will be looking at the conditions of Southern sharecroppers, the position of women of color under racism and patriarchy, incarcerated activists as political prisioners, indigenous movements, and the struggle against state-sanctioned and/or extralegal violence proscribing hegemonic sexual and gender expressions. We will consider a wide range of movements, including labor, civil/human rights, radical feminism, lgbtqi liberation. Black and Brown liberation, prisoners’ rights, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. Framed through a transdisciplinary approach, this course employs sources from academic texts and articles to autobiography, film, music and poetry to examine, among other things, how movements were formed and sustained; the social and historical contexts for their emergence and demise; the impact they might have had on power, on participants in the movement, on the community at large, and on people’s vision of a liberated future.
The lectures, readings and talks by guest activists should, compel us to move beyond traditional binariers; demolish the myth of “the great man of history” by introducing us to local leaders who rose from the grassroots but never found a place in the grand historical narratives; and reveal a vision of liberation so broad, so complex, so fluid that it defies labels and categories. Through our collective study, we will strive to remake the world, “to imagine something different, to realize that things need not always be this way” (Kelley, 2002, 9). Toward that end, we will center the analysis of those freedom dreamers who seek to build a society free of inequality, oppression and violence. Cross-listed as JUS 2305
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HIS 2306 - United States History to 1865 Credits: 3 hrs
This is a basic course in American history from explorations and the colonial periods through the Civil War. A study is made of the European background, colonial beginnings and growth, westward expansion, sectionalism, and the slavery controversy and secession.
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HIS 2307 - United States History from 1865 to the Present Credits: 3 hrs
In this course, emphasis is placed on the political, constitutional, economic and social problems resulting from Reconstruction and the rise of “Big Business,” the emergence of the United States as a world power, World War I, prosperity, the Depression and the New Deal, the Second World War, and the position of the United States in the contemporary world community.
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HIS 2308 - African World Cultures Credits: 3 hrs
In this survey course students will be introduced to and explore an understanding of the concept of a culturally and historically linked African world by (a) examining the cultural history of African peoples and their movement through time and space from antiquity to the present and (b) analyzing the major tenets of cultural unity and diasporic theories and their application. The course will use an interdisciplinary approach to examine the spiritual, ideational, and physical-material dimensions of African culture, and those that participate in that culture, in its sociopolitical, ecological, and historically constituted contexts.
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HIS 2311 - Historical Thinking and Methodology Credits: 3 hrs.
This course will introduce history majors to major schools of historical thought, methodology, and philosophy of history. Research methods, historical thinking, and skills needed for historical writing and critical thinking will be emphasized.
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HIS 2320 - History of Britain Credits: 3 hrs
This course surveys the major political, social, cultural (including literacy history), and intellectual trends in Britain from pre-history to the present.
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HIS 2325 - Historical Foundations of a Just Society Credits: 3 hrs
The course surveys the historical development of the concepts of social justice and the “just society” through the mediums of futurist studies and Utopian/Dystopian books and films. SLO: Critical Thinking
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HIS 3301 - The World at War, 1914-1945 Credits: 3
Covering the world from 1914-1945, This course includes the world wars and the Great Depression, and beyond them the social (race, gender, and class changes), cultural (including the Jazz Age and cinema), and political histories of the period, with special emphasis on the liberation/civil rights movements created out of the turmoil of the period Prerequisite(s): Any HIS 1300-level
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HIS 3303 - Early Islamic Societies, Cultures and Thought Credits: 3 hrs
This course is the first of a two-part survey of Muslim communities and institutions from the rise of Islam to the present. This part focuses on the diverse sources of medieval Islamic societies, cultures and thought from late antiquity to 1500 C.E. Special attention is given to the formation of early Muslim communities, the rise of the Islamic states and economies in Western Asia, and the interplay between religious and political thought and culture in medieval Muslim societies across Africa, Europe, and Asia. SLO: Critical Reading
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HIS 3304 - Islamic Societies, Cultures and Thought in the Modern World Credits: 3 hrs
This course is the second in a two-part survey of Muslim communities, institutions and lands from the rise of Islam to the present. This part focuses on Muslim societies, cultures, institutions, and thought over the last six centuries (from about 1500 C.E. to the present). It includes a brief overview of the spread of Islam and the development of the Islamic empires, institutions, and spiritual traditions int he late medieval period, and the spread of Islamic culture and thought to diverse societies in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. SLO: Critical Reading
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HIS 3307 - Latin American Economic History Credits: 3 hrs
This course analyses the economic development of Latin America from colonial times to the present, including the evolution of markets, changing roles of government and politics; and the impact of international organizations. Students may not receive credit for both HIS 3307 and AAS 3307. Prerequisite(s): Junior status. Cross-listed as AAS 3307.
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HIS 3309 - Black Revolutionary Movements Credits: 3
This course introduces students to historical methodology by examining the role of Africans and their descendants in the Americas since the beginning of contact in the New World. This course charts a path from the San Miguel de Gualdape slave revolt in early 16th Century Spanish America to Nelson Mandela’s election as President of South Africa in 1994. This course explores the revolutionary ideas that Africans and their descendants in the New World formulated and utilized to secure their freedom and liberation. Prerequisite(s): Level ll writing class or equivalent
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HIS 3310 - The American Military Experience Credits: 3 hrs
This course presents a survey of the ideas and activities of the American people which contributed to the development of the Armed Forces and the relationship between war and society. Students may not receive credit for both HIS 3310 and MSC 3313.
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HIS 3312 - History of the Indian Subcontinent Credits: 3 hrs.
The course surveys the political, cultural, and religious history of the Indian sub-continent from the earliest civilizations through the contemporary period.
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HIS 3313 - United States Diplomatic History Credits: 3 hrs
This course deals with the diplomacy of the United States as a world power. This rise to “super power” status and the special problems encountered as a result are stressed. Students may not receive credit for both HIS 3313 and POS 3313.
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