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HIST 3385 - Early Modern England 1485-1714 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Focuses on the Tudor and Stewart dynasties, the English Reformation, the Elizabethan Settlement, the English Civil War, the Interregnum government under Oliver Cromwell, the Restoration government under Charles II, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and concludes with the reign of Queen Anne.
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HIST 3390 - Britain Since 1714 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: From the accession of the Hanoverians to the mid-twentieth century. The establishment of the Hanoverian dynasty, industrial revolution, and the rise of Methodism; the defeat of the French Revolution and Napoleon; Victorian era; new imperialism; Boer War; World Wars I and II. Political, social, economic, religious, intellectual, constitutional developments.
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HIST 3410 - Modern Germany Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: German history from the rise of Prussia in the 17th century through German unification, both World Wars and the post-World War II recovery. Topics of particular concern are: militarism, nationalism, anti-Semitism, and democracy.
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HIST 3420 - Imperial Russian History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course studies the economic, political, social, and military history of Imperial Russia, 1613-1917. the course will first introduce ancient and medieval Russian history to provide background for a presentation on the reign of the Romanov’s, the ruling family whose policies would guide Russia into the 20th century.
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HIST 3430 - East Asia through the Ages Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course will cover the history of East Asia from prehistoric times to the present. The course will focus on the development and connections of cultures and nations in the East-Asian region.
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HIST 3440 - Africa to 1800 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An exploration of the origin of humanity and the development of the societal institutions which sustained and perpetuated human civilization from its beginning to 1800 A.D. A survey of Africology from ancient Egypt to the rise of modern nation-states and an examination of peoples and cultures up to 1800 A.D.
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HIST 3450 - Africa Since 1800 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An explanation of the major themes, peoples, and cultures in 19th and 20th century Africa, from the impact of European involvement to the rise of independent African states, with great emphasis upon how Africa was restored to African rule and Africa’s role in world affairs.
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HIST 3460 - Colonial Latin America Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: In depth study of the great Pre-Columbian civilizations; Spanish conquests; the formation of the early Spanish state; imperial expansion; development of multi-cultural, transatlantic societies; reorganization of the Spanish empire; and revolutions for independence. Emphasis upon the Native American component and Spanish and Portuguese colonial institutions.
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HIST 3470 - Modern Latin America Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: In depth study of the caudillo systems; creation of the Brazilian Empire; consolidation of nation states; growth of plantation economies; industrialization; dictatorships; and political and social change from independence through the present. Emphasis upon modern Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
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HIST 3480 - The Early Middle Ages Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Europe from the fifth to the eleventh century. Includes social, economic and political aspects of the following topics; the Fall of Rome, the barbarian kingdoms, early Byzantium, the birth of France and Germany, England under the early Anglo-Saxon England, the rise of Islam and the Arab conquests, Islamic Spain, Carolingian Europe.
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HIST 3490 - Genocide and the Holocaust in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course will focus on how societies decide to commit genocide and then how the practice of genocide was conducted in the 20th century. We will study and identify perpetrators of crimes against humanity and the victims of genocide. The final topic covered in this course will be on questions of memory and memorialization.
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HIST 3495 - The Late Middle Ages Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Surveys the civilization of the later Middle Ages (14th-16th centuries). Includes social, economic and political topics of the period.
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HIST 3500 - Modern France Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The history of modern France from the Ancient Regime through the Fifth Republic. Includes a focus on France in the world (the French Revolution overseas, the conquest of Algeria, the French civilizing mission, decolonization) as well as coverage of absolutism’s decline, Napoleon, the long-nineteenth century, both World Wars, and more.
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HIST 3520 - A History of Modern China Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course provides a study of Chinese history from the revolution to present. Topics include Confucianism, feudalism, imperialism, communism, Buddhism, literature, gender, ethnicity and cultural identity. Class meetings consist of lectures, discussions and films.
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HIST 3620 - Modern Japan Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A critical examination of Japanese history from 1854 to present. Topics include the Meiji Restoration, the process and consequences of Modernization and Modernity, the rise of militarism, the road toward WWII and its aftermath, and social, political, and economic transformation in the post-war period.
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HIST 3665 - The Black Atlantic Credit Hours
Description: Students will study the lives and contributions of African and African-descended people in the Atlantic World, a sphere of interactions joining the Atlantic rim of West Africa, western Europe, and the eastern coasts of North and South America in the 16th-19th centuries.
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HIST 3750 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East 500-1600 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Pre-Islamic Arabia; Muhammad and his message; the Rashidun and Umayyads; Classic Islamic Law and Philosophy; the Abbasid Caliphate and their rivals; Ayyubids, mamluks and Mongols; the Shia; the Rise of the Ottoman Empire.
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HIST 3760 - The Middle East Since 1600 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Description: The Ottoman Empire and its decline; the rise of Arab nationalism; Egypt to independence; the Arab world after WWI; the birth of Israel and the problem of Palestine; Nasserism and Iraqi nationalism; Birth of Saudi Arabia, Oil and the USA; Saddam and the rule of the Ba’th Party; Iran from the Safavids to the Islamic revolution.
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HIST 3820 - History of Modern Korea Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A critical examination of Korean History, 19th Century to the present. Topics include clashes between tradition and modernization, relationships with China and Japan, internal and external struggles for independence, and causes and effects of two Koreas.
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HIST 3840 - Modern Russian History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A survey of late 19th and 20th century Russia and its relationship to the history of the world.
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HIST 3850 - The Officer Corp: Studies in Military Biography Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The first part of this course examines the effectiveness of military officers by studying the education, training, and performance of them both in war and peace. The second part of the course will exam the careers of specific officers to determine the impact of the careers on the history of their country.
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HIST 3900 - Black Women and Men at Work Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course explores the work lives of people of African descent from the 13th through the 21st century, including topics such as the Benin bronze craftsmen, Cuban sugar workers, American cooks, black entrepreneurs, and globalization.
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HIST 3990 - Slavery in World History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course will highlight varying forms of slavery across the globe, from antiquity through present-day human trafficking. Students will investigate systems of unfree labor from the top down as well as from the vantage point of those held in bondage.
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HIST 4042 - War on Film Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: War has served as the subject of film since before the First World War. This class uses the film medium to examine war as a reflection of society’s values and as a means of preserving the memory of war for future generations.
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HIST 4101 - History of African American Religion Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course traces African-American religion from West Africa roots through the 21st century, including topics such as the first and second Great Awakenings, secret slave religion, music, the role of churches in the Civil Rights Movement, and twentieth-century Christian denominations.
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HIST 4102 - Modern India: Mughals, Gandhi, Bollywood Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course gives a broad overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent, from the eighteenth century to India’s independence in 1947. Beginning with a brief introduction to the demise of the Mughal Empire, it focuses on the nature of British power in India.
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HIST 4410 - Teaching History in the Middle School Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Milestone II
Description: This course will emphasize developing teaching units and lesson plans, evaluating and assessing student learning, individualizing instruction, engaging students through a variety of teaching strategies, using technology to enhance instruction and creating and managing the classroom environment. A minimum of 15 hours field experience is required.
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HIST 4500 - The Colonial Era 1607 to 1763 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Cultural, social, economic, and political development of Anglo-American colonies to the eve of the Revolution. Topics include settlement patterns, Indian relations, Puritanism, origins of slavery, demography, imperial government and warfare, the Enlightenment; and the Great Awakening.
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HIST 4510 - Era of the American Revolution 1763 to 1800 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The origins, characteristics, and results of the American Revolution. Topics include the Whig political tradition, protest movements, War of American Independence, formation of state and national constitutions and governments, the Federalist years; and the “Revolution of 1800.”
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HIST 4520 - The Early Republic 1789-1815 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course examines the American neighborhood; the meaning, limitations, and future of the new constitution; Federalists, Republicans, and the political and diplomatic crises of the 1790’s; the emergence of popular democracy; expansion into the trans-appalachian west; the United States and the Napoleonic wars, economic development; stirrings of sectional controversy.
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HIST 4530 - The Civil War Era 1845 to 1865 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The Mexican War; the breakdown of national unity over slavery, states’ rights, and economic and social differences; the Civil War, with emphasis on its military, political, and economic aspects.
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HIST 4540 - Gilded Age America 1865-1900 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The aftermath of the American Civil War and the struggle over reconstruction; the transformation of the U.S. into an urban and industrial nation in the last third of the 19th century; and the social and political consequences of that transformation.
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HIST 4550 - Jacksonian America, 1815-1845 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course examines social, economic, intellectual, religious, and political factors that shaped the United States from the end of the war of 1812 to the outbreak of the Mexican War.
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HIST 4570 - United States 1900 to 1929 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Early 20th century America from the era of reform to the Stock Market Crash. Topics include the reform presidencies of Roosevelt and Wilson, American entry into World War I, Harlem Renaissance, cultural and economic challenges of the 1920s, and the Republican presidencies of the era.
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HIST 4580 - United States 1929 to 1960 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: United States history from the onset of the Great Depression to the promise of a New Frontier; an examination of the New Deal-Fair Deal programs and legacies in American life, and the international issues which created World War II and its aftermaths; and the Cold War.
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HIST 4590 - United States 1960 to 1989 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: United States history from the days of the New Frontier of John F. Kennedy to the New World Order of the Reagan-Bush years; from the politics of fear to the dividends of peace; an examination of the United States at war with itself and the world for more democracy at home and abroad.
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HIST 4620 - The South to 1861 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A synthesis of the economic, social, political, and cultural developments that shaped the history of southern states from the Colonial period after 1607 to the secession crisis of 1860-61.
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HIST 4630 - The South Since 1861 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The historic development of the South from 1861 to the present, from the trauma of Civil War and the First Reconstruction through the Second Reconstruction of the 1960s and the creation of the modern South.
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HIST 4650 - African American History to 1890 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The African Americans from the cultural roots in Africa to the changing economic, political, social status in the 1890s. Emphasis will be placed on those African Americans who were active in leadership roles from the colonial era to the Gilded Age.
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HIST 4660 - African American History Since 1890 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: African Americans from 1890 to the present. Special emphasis placed on the civil rights movement, Black nationalism, and Black leadership during the era.
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HIST 4665 - Civil Rights Movement Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course examines the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, traces the major actors and turning points, and ends with influence on the women’s, LGBT, and American Indian movements.
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HIST 4670 - Women in American History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The roles of women in the social, economic, and political development of the United States. Contributions of women and the historical significance of their attitudes in the liberal reform eras in American history.
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HIST 4700 - American Military History to 1919 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The development and employment in peace and war of American military power on land and at sea from the era of the American Revolution to the end of World War I.
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HIST 4710 - American Military History Since 1919 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The development and employment in peace and war of American military power on land, at sea, and in the air since World War I.
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HIST 4720 - US Foreign Relations to 1890 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
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HIST 4730 - US Foreign Relations Since 1890 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: America’s rise to the status of Great Power before World War II and global pre-eminence thereafter. Topics include colonialism, American involvement in World War I, interwar diplomacy, conflicts leading to World War II and the Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam.
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HIST 4740 - The Rise of America as a Great Power: 1898-1945 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A history of American military and foreign policy from the period 1898-1945. Emphasizing the major diplomatic and military events, including the Spanish-American War of 1898, World War I, and World War II. This course also examines how these conflicts impacted American society, culture and politics and U. S. interactions with other nations.
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HIST 4750 - American Economic History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: American economic growth since the early 19th century. Topics include the American System, textiles, railroads, and iron and steel in the last century. Since 1900, mass production and consumption, the economic stimulus of war, and the rise of the interventionist state are major topics.
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HIST 4760 - Native American History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The history of the Native American societies of North America including their prehistory, development, and changing relationships and adaptation to white society over the past 400 years, role of Native Americans in American history, and Indian history from the tribal perspective. Case studies compare and contrast the Cherokee and Lakota experiences.
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HIST 4770 - History of the American West: Comparative American Frontiers Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Comparison and contrast among the Spanish Borderlands, French, Dutch, English, and American frontiers.
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HIST 4780 - History of the American West: Trans-Mississippi West Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: The Trans-Mississippi West, including Native America, exploration, fur trade, hispano-Indian-white relations, western expansion, mining frontier, cattle frontier, military conquest of the Plains, violence, reservation life, women in the West, farming frontier, myth vs. reality and the 20th century west.
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HIST 4790 - The Military Nontraditional Roles Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course addresses non-combat roles performed by the U.S. military. The occupation of Germany and Japan after WWII, state building, and peace-keeping missions around the globe will be evaluated. Democratization and cultural re-orientation through political, educational, cultural, and economic institutions.
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HIST 4800 - Studies in Liberal Arts Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A writing intensive course based on readings in the Liberal Arts. This is the capstone course for students majoring in Liberal Arts.
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HIST 4810 - Introduction to Museums Credit Hours: 3 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 2010
Description: This course will introduce students to the different types of museum and historical agencies. It will stress the basic functions of a museum: collections management, conservation, education, and exhibition. Visits to the museums included. Expenses borne by students.
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HIST 4820 - The Vietnam War 1945-1975 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course is a history of the Vietnam conflict highlighting the United States’ political, economic and military involvement. Special emphasis will be given to the diplomatic history of the war and the period of direct American military participation which occurred from 1965-1973.
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HIST 4830 - Prisoners of War in American History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course examines prisoner of war handling and treatment in American history from the colonial period to the present. The changing roles of international law, humanitarian treatment, and reciprocity will be studied. The course will incorporate U.S. social, diplomatic, and military history to understand the changing norm in prisoner treatment.
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HIST 4840 - The Cold War Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: A history of the origins and evolution of the Cold War from 1945 to 1991. Emphasizing the major diplomatic and military events, the course also examines the conflict’s impact on American society, culture and politics and how it affected the U. S. and its interactions with other nations around the world.
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HIST 4850 - African Americans in the Military Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: This course surveys the contributions and roles of African Americans in American military history from the Revolutionary War to the present.
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HIST 4900 - Topics in History Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: This seminar addresses a specific historical topic, determined by the instructor, involving advanced readings, discussion, and research. The student will complete a thesis, using primary and secondary sources or historiographic paper, engaging two or more historians on the topic. This course may be taken twice for credit for a maximum of six (6) hours.
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HIST 4910 - History Abroad Credit Hours: 3-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course involves temporary residence outside the US to study an historical topic in its geographic context. Students will complete a research using primary and secondary sources or historiographic paper engaging two or more historians on the same topic.
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HIST 4920 - Oral History Credit Hours: 3-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: Theory and practice of oral history as a technique of research. Students will use primary sources and interviews to study a topic determined by the instructor. Students will complete a paper extensively using and interpreting oral history sources.
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HIST 4930 - Historiography Credit Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: This seminar is a study of the history and problems of historical writing and interpretation. Typical topics might include romantic history, ancient historians, Scientific Historicism, or current models and interpretations. Students will complete at least one paper engaging two or more historians’ styles or arguments on the same topic.
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HIST 4940 - Public History Credit Hours: 3-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: This seminar/internship introduces students to theory and methods of public history. Topics could include archives and records management, historical preservation and interpretation of site and artifacts, editing and publishing. Students will complete a public history project satisfactory to the instructor and useful to the institutions to which the students are assigned.
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HIST 4950 - Teaching Social Studies Secondary Schools Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Milestone II
Description: Emphasis on developing skills in unit development; lesson planning and modification for diverse English Language learners; individualized instruction; questioning and formal discussions; teaching critical thinking, reading in Social Studies, and affective strategies; formative and summative assessment; and classroom management. Fifteen (15) hours field experience is required.
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HIST 4999 - Senior Capstone Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Description: Designed to combine all the skills students have learned as a history major. Students will produce a major research project, ideally a publishable article.
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HON 300A - Readings in Art and Culture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: No description
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HON 300X - Colloquim Credit Hours
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of a special topic, an issue of current concern, or a major non-Western culture. Specific topics and course titles to be announced.
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HON 1010 - Language and Problems of Modern Culture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An exploration of language as it operates within society including the science and across academic disciplines, with special attention to semantics and usage. Communication skills developed through constant composition and discussion.
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HON 2010 - Roots of Western Culture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An exploration of the ancient worlds of the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and others who have influenced the way we think about politics, philosophy, art, and education.
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HON 2020 - Medieval Ideas Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Study of crises and transformations as the Roman Empire collapsed into the diverse cultures of Medieval Islam and Christendom, with emphasis on cultural conflict and interaction as demonstrated in religious thought, philosophy, artistic expression, political forms, and military action.
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HON 2030 - Renaissance Ideas Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Exploration of basic ideas and values in science, art, philosophy, music, religion, and literature, and in national identities from the Renaissance to the early modern era.
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HON 2040 - The Modern Age Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Examination of the major upheavals of the modern period in politics, science, religion, and art which have transformed the life and thought of our own time.
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HON 4000 - Senior Honors Capstone Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An interdisciplinary synthesizing seminar.
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HON 4050 - Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: Honors 4050 is the Honors Program thesis course. Upper-level students in the Honors Program may elect to write a thesis in order to satisfy requirements for graduating with Honors Scholar status. Students work independently with faculty on projects decided upon by the student and faculty member. These projects may include research, papers, presentations or creative projects. The project and its assessment are determined by the student and the faculty member in consultation with the Director of the Honors Program.
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JAPN 1010 - Elementary Japanese I Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
Description: Introduction to Japanese language and culture with emphasis on oral communication. Extensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
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JAPN 1020 - Elementary Japanese II Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: JAPN 1010
Description: Introduction to Japanese language and culture with emphasis on oral communication. Extensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
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JAPN 2010 - Intermediate Japanese I Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or equivalent
Description: A comprehensive review of Japanese along with extensive reading, close textural examination, and discussion of representative works of Japanese literature.
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JAPN 2020 - Intermediate Japanese II Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: JAPN 2010 or equivalent
Description: A comprehensive review of Japanese along with extensive reading, close textual examination, and discussion of representative works of Japanese literature.
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INTS 2000 - Introduction International Studies Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An emphasis on different disciplines and their global influences. Students will learn how to prepare themselves for understanding challenges and establishing international connections for their future professional and career opportunities.
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INTS 3000 - Study Abroad Credit Hours: 3-18 Credit Hours
Description: Provide appropriate credit for students studying full-time abroad under the supervision of qualified faculty.
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LATN 1010 - Elementary Latin Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
Description: An introduction, with cultural context, to the sounds and structures of the language with emphasis on the written; in second semester, greater stress on grammar, expanded vocabulary, and translation skills, both oral and written.
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LATN 1020 - Elementary Latin Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 1010
Description: An introduction, with cultural context, to the sounds and structures of the language with emphasis on the written; in second semester, greater stress on grammar, expanded vocabulary, and translation skills, both oral and written.
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LATN 2010 - Intermediate Latin Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 1020
Description: Further study of Classical Latin with emphasis on increasing mastery of grammar and vocabulary. Readings are in prose in LATN 2010 and from Vergils’ Aeneid in LATN2020.
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LATN 2020 - Intermediate Latin Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2010
Description: Further study of Classical Latin with emphasis on increasing mastery of grammar and vocabulary. Readings are in prose in LATN 2010 and from Vergils’ Aeneid in LATN2020.
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LATN 3410 - Roman Religion Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Description: An introduction to the religious practices of Ancient Romans, from the late Republic through the first several centuries of the Roman Empire. We will study the major deities, rituals, festivals, and temples of the Roman people, including the cult of the emperor and the emergence of Eastern cults. No knowledge of Latin is required.
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LATN 3510 - Latin Historians Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selections from Sallust, Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius or any other of the Latin historians. Some discussion of the history of historical writing in Rome, stylistic peculiarities of the various authors, and the place of historical writing in the broader literary context of ancient Rome.
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LATN 3610 - Latin Drama Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings from the plays of Plautus, Terence or Seneca. Discussion of the drama as a literary form, conventions of the Roman theatre, Greek predecessors, and the practical side of play production.
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LATN 3620 - Latin Letters Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings from the letters of Cicero and/or Pliny the Younger. Some discussion of the letter as a literary form, epistolary style and syntax. Greek predecessors, and the practical side of letter writing in antiquity.
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LATN 3710 - Latin Lyric Poetry Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Readings from Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and other Latin lyric poets. Discussion of the history of the development of lyric poetry, including Greek precedents, and its place in the larger Latin literary tradition.
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LATN 3720 - Later Latin Epic Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings from the poems of Ovid, Statius, or Lucan. Discussion of the development of epic poetry in the first century A.D. with reference to the epic tradition.
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LATN 3810 - Latin Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Readings from Roman orators, primarily Cicero. Readings may include selections from rhetorical works such as the de oratore and the Rhetorica and Herrenium as well. Discussion of the history of rhetoric, rhetorical devices, and the place of rhetoric in the larger Latin literary tradition.
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LATN 4110 - Independent Study in Latin Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Description: Students study independently in Latin under instructor’s guidance. Studies are planned to satisfy special individual needs and interests. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 hours.
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LATN 4120 - Independent Study in Latin Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Description: Students study independently in Latin under instructor’s guidance. Studies are planned to satisfy special individual needs and interests. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 hours.
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LATN 4210 - Latin Prose Composition Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Practice in composing connected prose in Latin of the Classical period. Topics may include grammar review, the developmental of Latin prose, the use of rhetorical devices; there may be brief readings from a variety of prose authors in addition to the composition assignments.
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LATN 4300 - The Roman Novel Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings from Petronius or Apuleius. Discussion of the ancient novel tradition, including Greek predecessors and such later authors as Dictys Cretensis and lulius Valerius.
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LATN 4310 - Medieval Latin Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings of Latin authors from c. 500 to 1500 A.D. Readings may include both prose and poetry. Study of the development of Latin throughout this period, including some discussion of the breakdown into the vernacular Romance languages.
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LATN 4410 - Latin Satire Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LATN 2020
Description: Selected readings from the poems of Horace, Martial or Juvenal. Discussion of the development of satire and its place in the Latin literary tradition.
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LDSP 1000 - Intro to Study of Leadership Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: President’s Emerging Leaders Program (PELP) students only
Description: Introduce students to the basic concepts in the area of leadership, followership, volunteerism, and group dynamics, and assist students to develop a heightened self-awareness of their leadership potential.
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LDSP 1005 - Community Organizations Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: President’s Emerging Leaders Program (PELP) students only
Description: Examine the structures of community corporations, governmental agencies, and other institutions as they relate to community activities. Included will be discussions of leadership in community organizations for change, utilizing community resources. Students will be expected to spend some time in the field learning about community organizations.
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LDSP 2000 - Ethics in Leadership Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: President’s Emerging Leaders Program (PELP) students only
Description: From Plato to the present, it has been argued that good leaders are good persons and individuals of good character who are able to apply sound reasoning to issues of private and public morality. Topics included will be ethical issues confronted by great leaders, the principles used in their decision-making, and application of ethical principles to community situations.
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