Apr 24, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Health and Human Performance

  
  • HHP 2170 - Athletic Coaching of Track and Field Events

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Individual and team fundamentals for coaching track with specific techniques on running, hurdling, and field events.
  
  • HHP 2200 - Career Exploration in Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Description: This course provides an overview of career options in the HHP field and insight on choosing appropriate degree concentration and academic paths.  Students will explore details including: job responsibilities, income potential, professional certifications and job market potential, on a wide array of professions in fitness, health, education and sports.
  
  • HHP 2230 - Principles of Injury Evaluation and Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: Additional statement in description to begin Spring 2017.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2010/2011  
    Description: An overview of the clinical skills used in the care, prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries.  Course content will focus on the recognition and evaluation of injuries and the creation of rehabilitation programs.  A lab is included.
  
  • HHP 2240 - Introduction to Physical Education

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Comprehensive instruction to give the student planning to major in physical education an orientation to the scope of physical education and lifetime wellness programs.
  
  • HHP 2250 - Public Health Essentials

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 1250  
    Description: Public Health Essentials is intended to serve as an introductory framework for public health and the public health profession.  This course provides an overview of public health concepts and practice including history, purpose, functions, activities, theory, and philosophy.
  
  • HHP 2600 - Community Recreation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Instruction and practical application of developing recreational programs in a community setting including assessment, planning, budget management, marketing, implementation, and evaluation.  Course will include knowledge of leadership practices and planning procedures as it relates to community recreational programming.
  
  • HHP 3000 - Health Care Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: A study of the principles of effective health care management functions, including planning, organizing, leading, controlling, and processes of decision-making and communication.
  
  • HHP 3010 - Adapted Physical Education

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Abnormalities and atypical cases; identification, with preventive and corrective practices. The theory and practice of planning special physical education and personal fitness and related skills programs for the elementary and secondary levels.
  
  • HHP 3030 - Nutrition: Science and Application

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Introduction to the science of nutrition and application to wellness promotion through the use of dietary assessment tools needed for lifestyle changes.
  
  • HHP 3035 - Nutrition for Sport and Exercise

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 3030 , BIOL 2020/2021 
    Description: Building on previous knowledge of nutrient classes and physiology, this class examines macro- and -microntrient influence on performance, eating patterns for training and recovery and nutritional ergogenic aids.  In addition, counseling issues related to weight, eating disorders and team nutrition are covered.
  
  • HHP 3040 - Positive Mental Health and Happiness

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course will examine and explore positive mental health. Underlying theories related to positive emotions and happiness will be examined. A major focus of the course will be on the practice of skills that lead to positive emotions and happiness.
  
  • HHP 3050 - Coaching Concepts and Issues

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: This course will cover various coaching strategies and issues. Discussion will consist of caching different age groups, ability levels and gender. Class discussion will also be include how to set up an effective practice session as well as legal issues related to the field of coaching.
  
  • HHP 3055 - Program Planning and Evaluation I

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2050  or 2250 
    Description: An introduction to the fundamental concepts and features of health promotion program or project development with a focus on needs assessment.
  
  • HHP 3100 - Foundations of Kinesiology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Principles and concepts of the science of human movement will be examined.  Areas of study will include blomechanics and anatomy and physiology.
  
  • HHP 3110 - Substance Use and Abuse

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: The content and method pertaining to the preventive aspects of chemical dependency. Included will be emphasis on basic pharmacology, causes of drug abuse, possible alternatives, and the role of school and community services.
  
  • HHP 3150 - Teaching Individual, Dual and Team Sports

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2240  or HHP 2600  
    Description: Knowledge of planning, organizing, and teaching individual, dual and team sports. Additionally, the student will develop individual abilities in individual, dual and team sports.
  
  • HHP 3155 - Teaching Individual and Dual

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; HHP 2240  or 2600  
    Description: This course will focus on planning, organizing, and teaching individual and dual sports.  Additionally, the student will develop individual abilities in the skills of these sports.
  
  • HHP 3165 - Teaching Team Sports

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; HHP 2240  or 2600  
    Description: This course will focus on teaching knowledge of planning, organizing, and teaching team sports.  Additionally, the student will develop individual abilities in team sports skills.
  
  • HHP 3180 - Introduction to Physical Education in Elementary Schools

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The role of PE in child development with emphasis on the study of elementary schools, physical educators; their philosophies, characteristics, and preparation; job opportunities; job satisfaction, and special problems in PE at the elementary level, and an overview of activities.
  
  • HHP 3190 - Rhythms Plays and Games

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Designed to provide instruction and experience in basic rhythms, dance games, and movement explorations for the elementary school child.
  
  • HHP 3210 - Methods and Materials in Physical Education for the Elementary School

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDUC 2100  and sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: A study of developmentally appropriate activities for the elementary child to include movement concepts and basic skills. Emphasis is placed on instructional approaches, feedback, assessment, and class management techniques. Students will observe in the schools.
  
  • HHP 3300 - Anatomical Kinesiology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Structure, function, and organization of the various tissues, organs, and systems of the human body, anatomic fundamentals of human motion, and the application to a wide variety of motor skills, athletic training, and physical rehabilitation.
  
  • HHP 3330 - Anatomical Kinesiology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Structure, function, and organization of the various tissues, organs, and systems of the human body, anatomic fundamentals of human motion, and this application to a wide variety of motor skills, athletic training and physical rehabilitation.
  
  • HHP 3400 - Comprehensive and Coordinated School Health Program

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: The course will focus on the components of a total school health program including school health services, safe and healthful school environment, and comprehensive health education. Emphasis will be placed on methods of organizing and implementing a coordinated K-12 school health program.
  
  • HHP 3410 - Health Disparities

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2050  or WGS 2050  or SOC 1010  or SOC 1040  or AAST 2200  or permission of instructor
    Description: This course examines the role of gender, race/ethnicity and class on health status and access to health care in the U.S.
  
  • HHP 3450 - Health Issues of Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2250  or HHP 2050  or any lower division course in WS or AAST or SOC or permission of chair; 
    Description: This course examines the interaction of social, environmental and biological determinants of health.  Students will be introduced to the major concepts, problems and programming associated with U. S. health disparities related to gender, race and ethnicity, place, age and socioeconomic position.
  
  • HHP 3510 - Health Care Economics

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 3000  
    Description: Analysis of issues in health care using economic tools and models as applied to the delivery of health care services.
  
  • HHP 3600 - Communication and Advocacy

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2250  or 2050 ;
    Description: Students will develop knowledge and skills to become an effective advocate for health.  Goals, include identifying issues that require advocacy, creating and delivering messages using communication theory, assessing and utilizing technologies, evaluating communication/advocacy efforts, and assessing the impact of existing and proposed policies on health.
  
  • HHP 3630 - Health Care Financial Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 3000 ;
    Description: Financial management theory, principles, and concepts applicable to health care organizations and systems.
  
  • HHP 3640 - Human Resources in Health Care

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Integration of human resources management systems with special issues in health care environments.
  
  • HHP 3641 - Research Experience

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Student participation in research activities in health and human performance under the guidance of a HHP faculty member. Activities may include IRB compliance; review of literature; data collection; data management; data analysis; and research report.
  
  • HHP 3642 - Research Experience

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Student participation in research activities in health and human performance under the guidance of a HHP faculty member. Activities may include IRB compliance; review of literature; data collection; data management; data analysis; and research report.
  
  • HHP 3643 - Research Experience

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Student participation in research activities in health and human performance under the guidance of a HHP faculty member. Activities may include IRB compliance; review of literature; data collection; data management; data analysis; and research report.
  
  • HHP 4000 - Introduction to Gerontology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: An overview of the factors influencing the health of the aged and aging.
  
  • HHP 4010 - Health Education Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2050  or 2250 ;
    Description: The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation for the practice of health through an understanding of historical and ethical issues, theories of health behavior and learning, and certification responsibilities.
  
  • HHP 4020 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This is an introductory, three credit hour course that focuses on the role of Occupational Safety and Health in protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers.  Students will gain an understanding of current OSHA laws, health issues, and strategies related to identifying and reducing occupational safety and health problems that may result in occupational related illnesses and injuries in various types of work.
  
  • HHP 4030 - Living, Dying, Grieving

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: This course is designed to allow students a means by which to examine biological, philosophical, socio-economic, and cultural viewpoints of living, aging, death and dying, and grieving. A balance of facts, activities, and personally confronting issues are incorporated.
  
  • HHP 4040 - Sport Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Psychological principles in sports including motivational techniques, personality factors, communication principles, and anxiety reduction techniques.
  
  • HHP 4050 - Implementing Health Behavior Changes

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 1250  
    Description: Designed to help students understand specific concepts and complex systems related to changing health behaviors for clients in variety of settings.  Current methods in designing programs that encourage individuals to take responsibility for their own state of health; thus, changing health risk behavior patterns to behaviors that move individuals toward an optimum state of wellness.
  
  • HHP 4055 - Program Planning and Evaluation II

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 3055 
    Description:  An introduction to the fundamental concepts and features of health promotion program or project development with a focus on needs assessment.
  
  • HHP 4060 - Consumer Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: A study of fraudulent advertising and practices in the health field such as healing practices, dietary fads, reducing agents, and other healing arts which now comprise only a portion of the modern “medicine show.”
  
  • HHP 4070 - Introduction to Human Health and Disease

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1040/1041  or 2010/2011  and sophomore standing or permission of chair
    Description: Underlying factors of human health and common infectious and non-communicable diseases are reviewed.  Strategies for promoting and protecting health are introduced.
  
  • HHP 4080 - Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: The focus is on the human or personal aspect of sexuality. Emphasis is placed on attitudes, emotions, and behavior patterns as related to the development of healthy sexual lifestyles rather than on the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system. Students are encouraged to integrate their own life experiences with the academic materials.
  
  • HHP 4210 - Measurement and Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: The study of measurement and evaluation in health and human performance.  The types of tests appropriate for evaluation and research in the discipline will be covered.  Methods of test selection and computer applications for statistical analysis will be examined and applied.
  
  • HHP 4220 - Analysis of Movement

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: Additional statement in description to begin Spring 2017.
    Prerequisite: HHP 3300 or BIOL 2010/2011  and junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Designed to develop a basic understanding of how and where the body moves and what the body can do. Opportunities will be provided to demonstrate an understanding of the mechanical principles and concepts of movement and to apply these concepts of movement.  A lab is included.
  
  • HHP 4240 - Introduction to Motor Learning

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair;
    Description: The study of the application of psychological and physiological principles to learning motor skills and strategies.
  
  • HHP 4250 - Physiology of Exercise

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair Pre/Corequisite: HHP 3300  or BIOL 2010/2011 
    Description: Constitutes the scientific basis of physical activity and the development of physical training programs. Factors affecting muscle contraction, nervous control of muscular activity, effects of exercise on body function, muscle strength, fatigue and recovery, and weight management will be studied.
  
  • HHP 4300 - Introduction to Stress Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of department chair;
    Description: An introductory study of stress, stressors, and stress intervention techniques. This course complements other health offerings by giving students the opportunity to learn about stress as related to current health problems.
  
  • HHP 4350 - Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: Additional statement in description to begin Spring 2017.
    Prerequisite: HHP 4250  
    Description: Description:  An explanation of exercise testing and prescription for general and special populations, based on guidelines established by the American College of Sports Medicine.  Students will administer and participate in various exercise tests that cover the five areas of fitness; cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility and body composition.
  
  • HHP 4390 - Strategic Planning and Policy

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 3630 ;
    Description: The study of policy and planning techniques applied to organizations in the health care delivery system.
  
  • HHP 4400 - Teaching Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDUC 3070 , Milestone II requirements or permission of department chair
    Description: Methods and materials for teaching health, physical education, and lifetime wellness. Emphasis is placed on structuring units of work, lesson plans, evaluation and organization, and development of health, physical education, and lifetime wellness programs. Students will observe in schools.
  
  • HHP 4444 - Cultural Context of Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing
    Description: Capstone to integrate aspects of the Liberal Arts core with topics in health and wellness, physical education, and sport.
  
  • HHP 4450 - Teaching Strategies in Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 2030  or pre-/co-req HHP 3400 
    Description:  In this course students will analyze effective teaching strategies for use in various health education settings.  In addition, students will develop curriculum and capacity to plan, implement and authentically assess health instruction.  This course will address Tennessee Health Education Standards and National Health Education Standards.
  
  • HHP 4500 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1530  and sophomore standing or permission of department chair
    Description: Examination of epidemiological concepts in relation to specific public health issues. Disease investigation techniques, causal factors, case histories, and related biostatistics are examined and educational implications are discussed.
  
  • HHP 4600 - Public Health Law

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department chair
    Description: The study of federal and state legal systems affecting health care administration and wellness promotion programs.
  
  • HHP 4700 - Research Applications in Exercise Science

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1530  
    Description: The focus of the course will be to introduce the research process in the various areas of exercise science.  Research design, literature review, and the development of research questions along with methodology will be covered.  A review of basic statistical applications and their use in conducting research in various areas of exercise science and data collection methods and selection of appropriate statistical tools will be covered.
  
  • HHP 4750 - Advanced Program Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1530 , HHP 2070 , 4250 ;
    Description: This course is designed to present innovative solutions and techniques as they apply to human performance.  Student learning outcomes will reflect optimal program design, statistical data assessment, analysis, and interpretation.
  
  • HHP 4800 - Capstone for Public Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Pre/Corequisite: HHP 3600 , 4010 , 4055 , 4070 , 4500 ;  
    Description: This course is a cumulative, integrative, scholarly and applied experience in which students demonstrate knowledge and competencies acquired during their course of study in the Public Health Concentration.  A service learning experience is required in addition to other activities.
  
  • HHP 4900 - HHP Honors: Directed Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: New course to begin Spring 2017.
    Prerequisite: HHP Honor students
    Description: This course is intended to help the HHP honor’s student explore discipline-related topic in more breadth and depth.  The student will work with faculty member to determine the path of the independent study project.
  
  • HHP 4910 - Special Problems in Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair
    Description: An independent study providing students with the opportunity to pursue a health related topic not offered as part of the general curriculum. Health related topics outside of major emphasis will be encouraged to broaden students’ perspective.
  
  • HHP 4920 - Special Problems in Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair
    Description: An independent study providing students with the opportunity to pursue a health related topic not offered as part of the general curriculum. Health related topics outside of major emphasis will be encouraged to broaden students’ perspective.
  
  • HHP 4930 - Special Problems in Health and Human Performance

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair
    Description: An independent study providing students with the opportunity to pursue a health related topic not offered as part of the general curriculum. Health related topics outside of major emphasis will be encouraged to broaden students’ perspective.
  
  • HHP 4989 - Pre-Internship and Career Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Students will engage in key processes required to prepare for the internship experience including paperwork preparation, investigation of internship sites, preparing a resume, and practice intervention skills.  Key concepts related to career planning will also be presented; such as, career/graduate school options, networking and professional behaviors.
  
  • HHP 4993 - Internship in HHP

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 4989  
    Description: The internship consists of 90 work or contact hours of observation and participation from selected agencies, corporations or organizations.  Grading a pass/fail basis.  
    Note:  Students must be within 12 hours of finishing degree requirements after completing HHP 4993 except with permission of department chair.
  
  • HHP 4996 - Internship in HHP

    Credit Hours: 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 4989  
    Description:  The internship consists of 180 work or contact hours of observation and participation from selected agencies, corporations or organizations.  Grading on a pass/fail basis.
    Note:  Students must be within 12 hours of finishing degree requirements after completing HHP 4996 except with permission of department chair.
  
  • HHP 4999 - Internship in HHP

    Credit Hours: 9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HHP 4989  
    Description: The internship consists of 270 work or contact hours of observation and participation from selected agencies, corporations or organizations.  Grading on a pass/fail basis.
    Note:  Students must be within 12 hours of finishing degree requirements after completing HHP 4999 except with permission of department chair.
  
  • PHED 2400 - Introduction to Map and Compass

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Offers a student the knowledge and skills needed to become confident in navigating in the out-of-doors using a map and compass.

     

  
  • PHED 2420 - Introduction to Backpacking

    Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
    Description: Physical activity

History

  
  • ASIA 4900 - Special Topics in Asian Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: An independent study program whereby students from diverse disciplines can continue their projects for Asian Studies credit.
  
  • ASIA 4999 - Asian Studies Portfolio

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: A capstone course required during the final semester before graduation.  This course assembles all materials from the minor into a portfolio that can be utilized by students after graduation for employment or educational purposes.
  
  • HIS 4560 - 1860-1900 Civil War to Gilded Age

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Description:  This class examines American history from the beginning of the Civil War through the end of the century; including among other topics: the war years and the Reconstruction Era, the closing of the west, and the Gilded Age in American History.
  
  • HIST 121A - Independent Study: Early World History

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Student will consult with the supervising professor and read selected readings in World History. Evaluation may be either oral or written depending on the judgment of the supervising professor.
  
  • HIST 122A - Independent Study: Modern World History

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Student will consult with the supervising professor and read selected readings in World History. Evaluation may be either oral or written depending on the judgment of the supervising professor.
  
  • HIST 201A - Independent Study: Early American History

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Student will consult with the supervising professor and read selected readings in American History. Evaluation may be either oral or written depending on the judgment of the supervising professor.
  
  • HIST 202A - Independent Study: Modern American History

    Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours
    Description: Student will consult with the supervising professor and read selected readings in American History. Evaluation may be either oral or written depending on the judgment of the supervising professor.
  
  • HIST 340X - Topics in Medieval History

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: New course to begin Spring 2017.
    Description: The seminar will address one particular topic related to the European Middle Ages, 500-1500.  It will involve advanced readings, discussion and research related to that topic.
  
  • HIST 1500 - 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. One major theme of this course will be cultural transmission, particularly how China dominated in pre-modern times, and how the direction of transmission reversed itself with Japan’s ascendance.
  
  • HIST 2010 - Early United State History

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: title from American History I
    Description: Early exploring and colonizing activities, colonial customs and institutions, colonial wars, friction with England, war for independence, problems of the new republic, the Constitutional Convention, War of 1812, new nationalism, Jacksonian democracy, expansionism and Manifest Destiny; and sectional controversy and Civil War.
  
  • HIST 2020 - Modern United States History

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: title from American History II
    Description: Reconstruction, industrialism, the Populist Revolt, politics of the Gilded Age, the new Imperialism and the Spanish-American War, the Progressive era, World War I, prosperity and depression, the New Deal, World War II, post-World War II era to present.
  
  • HIST 2030 - History of Tennessee

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: From colonial frontier of the 18th century to the modern urban setting. Emphasis will be placed on the political, economic, and social factors that shaped the life of Tennesseans in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
  
  • HIST 2040 - History and Environment Impact of Technology

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course examines the history of technology, with an emphasis on the positive and negative effects of technological innovation on the environment. Normative questions concerning the value of nature, species, and ecosystems and various theoretical approaches to distinguishing good and bad technology will be covered.
  
  • HIST 2310 - Early World History

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: number from HIST 1210 & title from World History I
    Description: Earliest civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, and the Aegean; classical civilizations of Greece and Rome; medieval civilizations of the Middle East, India, East Asia, and Western Europe; Africa and the Americas before European contact; the Renaissance; the Reformation; wars of religion; and age of exploration.
  
  • HIST 2320 - Modern World History

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: number from HIST 1220 & title from World History II
    Description: European interactions with the people of Asia, Africa, and the Americas from 1660; absolutism, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment; civilizations of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia; the French Revolution; the Industrial Revolution; nationalism; zenith and decline of European hegemony; 20th century wars and ideologies.
  
  • HIST 2999 - Historical Methods

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The techniques of the historical profession.  Introduction to historiography, historical research and writing.  Must be taken concurrently or before any upper division history course.
  
  • HIST 3023 - Directed Readings

    Credit Hours: 1-3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course is for undergraduates to engage in independent study with professors.
  
  • HIST 3031 - Samurai Traditions

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course will utilize the development of the samurai as a lens through which Japanese history is explored.  The rise of the samurai in the 8th century, development of the shogunates, and the lasting impact of samurai identities will be included.
  
  • HIST 3039 - German Military History: 1618-1945

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description:  A history of the origins and evolution of German military and diplomatic history from the period of 1618-1945.  The course examines German diplomatic and military policies, particularly the Wars of Unification, World War I and World War II; and discusses their impact on German society, culture and politics, and world relations.
  
  • HIST 3120 - History of the English Civil War: 1640-1660

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The causes and military campaigns of the English Civil War, including the New Model Army, its various political and religious components such as the Independence Presbyterians and the Levelers, their effects on the future of English governmental structure.  The Interregnum government of Oliver Cromwell.
  
  • HIST 3300 - Ancient Greece

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The Bronze Age civilizations of Knossos, Mycenae, and Troy; the world of Homer; the rise of the city-state; Sparta; the Persian Wars; Athenian democracy and imperialism; literature, art, and philosophy in the Age of Pericles; the Peloponnesian War; the conquests of Alexander the Great.
  
  • HIST 3310 - Ancient Rome

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The origins of Rome, Etruscan influences, Roman institutions and values, the rise of Rome to world empire, social and political conflicts, the change from free Republic to imperial despotism, the Pax Romana, the persecution of Christianity, barbarian invasions; and the decline of Rome.
  
  • HIST 3315 - The Fall of the Roman Empire

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The Mediterranean world from the second to the eighth century; the decline of the Roman Empire; the triumph of Christianity; barbarian invasions; birth of Byzantium; rise of the Islam and the Arab conquests; the barbarian kingdoms.
  
  • HIST 3320 - The High Middle Ages

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Surveys the civilization of the High middle Ages (11th-14th centuries).  Includes social, economic and political topics of the period.
  
  • HIST 3330 - Renaissance and Reformation

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: Early modern European society and culture from approximately 1350 to 1650. Topics include the “new learning” and the “new men” of the Renaissance, the development of the nation-state and commercial capitalism, the era of overseas exploration and discovery; the early forms of Protestantism; and the Counter-Reformation.
  
  • HIST 3340 - Absolutism and Enlightenment

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The political, economic, and intellectual history of Europe, from approximately 1650 to 1789. Emphasis is on the development and practice of Absolutism, the influence of the Scientific Revolution, and the impact of the Enlightenment on social and political thought.
  
  • HIST 3350 - Modern Europe 1789 to 1919

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The French Revolution and Napoleon, 19th century liberalism and nationalism, the 1848 revolutions, the unification of Italy and Germany, the Russian revolutions, and World War I.
  
  • HIST 3360 - Modern Europe 1919 to Present

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The aftermath of World War I, Communist Russia, the Great Depression, Fascism and Nazism, World War II, the Cold War in Europe, and the fall of Communism.
  
  • HIST 3365 - Modern Eastern Europe

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: This course will cover social, political, economic, and military history of Eastern Europe in the 18th through 21st centuries.
  
  • HIST 3370 - European Military History 1789-1945

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The development of military strategy, tactics, and technology in Europe from the French Revolution to the end of World War II.
  
  • HIST 3375 - From the Guillotine to the Viennese Waltz: Revoluntionary and Napoleonic Europe

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Course Changes: New course to begin Spring 2017.
    Description: A comprehensive study of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire (1789-1815) from a global perspective.  Topics may include absolutism and the Enlightenment; the revolutionary challenge; the republican ideology; the Reign of Terror; the Directory; French imperialism in Europe, the Caribbean, and Egypt; Napoleonic military officers; Napoleonic administration; and the Congress of Vienna.
  
  • HIST 3380 - Medieval England

    Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
    Description: The history of the English kingdom from the Anglo-Saxon invasions to the rise of the House of York. Topics include the political, social, religious, and intellectual developments in England with an eye to parallel developments on the continent.
 

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