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HHP 4400 - Teaching Health and Human Performance Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: Transition II
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.
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HHP 4450 - Teaching Strategies in Health Credit Hours 3
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.
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HHP 4500 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: 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.
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HHP 4550 - Pathophysiology and Exercise Prescription for Special Populations Credit Hours 3
Variable Credit Hours NA
Prerequisite: HHP 4350
Description: This course focuses on the pathophysiology of special populations (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, cancer, etc.) and how to modify/accommodate each special population during exercise. The course will be based on the guidelines established by the American College of Sports Medicine.
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HHP 4600 - Public Health Law Credit Hours 3
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.
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HHP 4700 - Research Applications in Exercise Science Credit Hours 3
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.
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HHP 4750 - Evidence Based Practice in Sport Science Credit Hours 3
Variable Credit Hours NA
Cross Listed: NA
Dual Listed: NA
Pre/Corequisite MATH 1530 and HHP 2070
Description: This course is designed to present innovative solutions and techniques as they apply to human performance and leadership. Student learning outcomes will reflect the application of scientific disciplines, statistical data assessment, needs analysis, effective communication, data science and interpretation, and strength and conditioning methods as it applies to biomechanical assessments.
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HHP 4800 - Capstone for Public Health Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite:
Pre/Corequisite HHP 3600 , HHP 4010 , HHP 4055 , HHP 4070 , and HHP 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.
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HHP 4801 - CHES Exam Preparation Credit Hours 1
Prerequisite: Permit by instructor only
Description: This course provides public health concentration students the opportunity to prepare for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) exam by synthesizing program coursework and developing appropriate studying
techniques.
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HHP 4910 - Special Problems in Health and Human Performance Credit Hours 1 to 12
Variable Credit Hours 1 to 12
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.
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HHP 4989 - Pre-Internship and Career Seminar Credit Hours 1
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.
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ASIA 4900 - Special Topics in Asian Studies Credit Hours 3
Description: An independent study program whereby students from diverse disciplines can continue their projects for Asian Studies credit.
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ASIA 4999 - Asian Studies Portfolio Credit Hours 1
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.
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HIST 121A - Independent Study: Early World History Credit Hours 1
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.
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HIST 122A - Independent Study: Modern World History Credit Hours 1
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.
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HIST 201A - Independent Study: Early American History Credit Hours 1
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.
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HIST 202A - Independent Study: Modern American History Credit Hours 1
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.
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HIST 460X - Topics in Medieval History Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2030 - History of Tennessee Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2040 - History and Environment Impact of Technology Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2310 - Early World History Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 2320 - Modern World History Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 3000 - Historical Methods Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 2999
Description: The techniques of the historical profession. Introduction to historiography, historical research and writing. Must be taken concurrently or before any other upper division history course.
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HIST 3023 - Directed Readings Credit Hours 1 to 3
Variable Credit Hours 1 to 3
Description: This course is for undergraduates to engage in independent study with professors.
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HIST 3430 - East Asia through the Ages Credit Hours 3
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
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
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 3650 - African American History Credit Hours 3
Description: Topics in African American History offers an overview of various themes in the history of black Americans including slavery, the development of modern concepts of race, violence, legal structures, war, self-emancipation, cultural expression, gender, class, migration, region, pan-Africanism, the long freedom struggle, and the memory of history. The time period covered spans from the arrival of the first Africans to the Americas to the present day, meaning that most topics will be covered broadly while certain themes will be emphasized.
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HIST 4012 - German Military History: 1618-1945 Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3039
Cross Listed: HIST 5012;
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.
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HIST 4026 - European Military History 1789-1945 Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previoulsy HIST 3370
Cross Listed: HIST 5026;
Description: The development of military strategy, tactics, and technology in Europe from the French Revolution to the end of World War II.
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HIST 4031 - Samurai Traditions Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 4031
Cross Listed: HIST 5031;
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.
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HIST 4049 - History of the English Civil War: 1640-1660 Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3120
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.
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HIST 4051 - Ancient Greece Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3300
Cross Listed: HIST 5051;
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.
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HIST 4052 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3310
Cross Listed: HIST 5052;
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.
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HIST 4053 - The Fall of the Roman Empire Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3315
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.
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HIST 4054 - The High Middle Ages Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3320
Cross Listed: HIST 5054;
Description: Surveys the civilization of the High middle Ages (11th-14th centuries). Includes social, economic and political topics of the period.
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HIST 4055 - Renaissance and Reformation Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3330
Cross Listed: HIST 5055;
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.
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HIST 4056 - Absolutism and Enlightenment Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3340
Cross Listed: HIST 5056;
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.
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HIST 4057 - Modern Europe 1789 to 1919 Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 4058 - Modern Europe 1919 to Present Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3360
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.
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HIST 4059 - Modern Eastern Europe Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3365
Description: This course will cover social, political, economic, and military history of Eastern Europe in the 18th through 21st centuries.
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HIST 4060 - Topics in Medieval History Credit Hours 3
Dual Listed: HIST 5060
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HIST 4061 - Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3375
Cross Listed: HIST 5061;
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.
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HIST 4062 - Medieval England Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3380
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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HIST 4063 - Early Modern England 1485-1714 Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3385
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 4064 - Britain Since 1714 Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3390
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 4065 - Modern Germany Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3410
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 4066 - Imperial Russian History Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3420
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 4069 - Colonial Latin America Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously HIST 3460
Cross Listed: HIST 5069;
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 4070 - Modern Latin America Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Peviously 3470
Cross Listed: HIST 5070;
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 4071 - The Early Middle Ages Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3480
Cross Listed: HIST 5071;
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 4072 - Genocide and the Holocaust in the 20th Century Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3490
Cross Listed: HIST 5072;
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 4073 - The Late Middle Ages Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: previously 3495
Cross Listed: HIST 5073;
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 4074 - Modern France Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: previously 3500
Cross Listed: HIST 5074;
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 4075 - Medieval Islamic Civilization Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3750
Cross Listed: HIST 5075;
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 4076 - The Modern Middle East Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previoulsy 3760
Cross Listed: HIST 5076;
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 4077 - Modern Russian History Credit Hours 3
Description: A survey of late 19th and 20th century Russia and its relationship to the history of the world.
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HIST 4078 - The Officer Corps: Studies in Military Biography Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previiously 3850
Cross Listed: HIST 5078;
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 4081 - A History of Modern China Credit Hours 3
Cross Listed: HIST 5081;
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 4082 - Modern Japan Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3620
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 4083 - History of Modern Korea Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3820
Cross Listed: HIST 5083;
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 4090 - The Renaissance Credit Hours 3
Description: The development and impact of humanism in Italy and Northern Europe. Renaissance Italy, England, France and the Holy Roman Empire are topics covered within this course.
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HIST 4091 - Reformation Europe Credit Hours 3
Dual Listed: HIST 5091
Description: Late medieval religious beliefs and practices in western Europe. Covers the movements begun by Luther, Zwingli and Calvin. Continues with the English Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Wars of Religion. Includes social, economic, and political topics of the period.
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HIST 4101 - History of African American Religion Credit Hours 3
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
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 4103 - The Making of Modern Science Credit Hours 3
Description: An introductory survey of the history of science in its social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from antiquity to the beginning of twenty-first century through the lens of a humanistic and social science approach. Students will also appreciate a very different view of the making of modern science—one that needed real cultural engagement on the part of its practitioners from Aristotle/Plato through Galileo/Newton till Albert Einstein, Satyen Bose and Richard Feynman among others.
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HIST 4104 - Mughal India Credit Hours 3
Description: This course addresses the political economic and cultural changes in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. It covers the Mughal Empire–one of the largest empires in the world of its time–and other Indian kingdoms contemporaneous with it such as those in the Deccan and South India. Students will become acquainted with a world where occupations and identities were in constant flux, where kings became impoverished renunciates, bandits became kings, peasants became warriors, warriors became scholarly writers, and harem women became traders and power brokers.
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HIST 4105 - History of Science and Technology in South Asia Credit Hours 3
Description: The increasing importance of South Asian countries in the international arena in present day has led to the growing importance of the history of science & technology in these countries. We will sample a variety of approaches to the investigation of the history of South Asian sciences and technologies and discuss what is, and whether there is, something special about this field. By focusing on topics like colonial science, civilization through science &
technology, nationalism/Imperialism and science, the vernacularization of science & technology and how knowledge circulates transnationally we will examine the nature of modernity in South Asia.
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HIST 4410 - Teaching History in the Middle School Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: Transition 2
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
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
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
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
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 4535 - Rise and Fall of the Confederate States of America Credit Hours 3
Description: This class will examine the political, cultural, and military origins of the Confederate States of America (CSA), its brief existence, and its legacy in American history. Particular attention will be paid to the role of slavery, to the political ideologies privileged by the founders of the CSA, and to the culturally unifying place of religion and agrarianism in assessing the CSA’s antecedents. The class will also consider the performance and ultimate defeat of the CSA in the American Civil War, and the legacy of the Confederacy in American life since 1865.
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HIST 4540 - Gilded Age America 1865-1900 Credit Hours 3
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
Cross Listed: HIST 5550
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 4560 - 1860-1900 Civil War to Gilded Age Credit Hours 3
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.
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HIST 4570 - United States 1900 to 1929 Credit Hours 3
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
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
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
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
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 4640 - The Black Atlantic Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3665
Cross Listed: HIST 5640;
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 4642 - War on Film Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 4042
Cross Listed: HIST 5042;
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 4650 - African American History to 1890 Credit Hours 3
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 4652 - Slavery in World History Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3990
Cross Listed: HIST 5652;
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 4655 - Black Women and Men at Work Credit Hours 3
Course Changes: Previously 3990
Cross Listed: HIST 5655;
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 4660 - African American History Since 1890 Credit Hours 3
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
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
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 4675 - Topics in American Religious History Credit Hours 3
Description: Explores the historical antecedents, diverse nature, and centrality of religion in and upon American history across multiple historical eras.
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HIST 4700 - American Military History to 1919 Credit Hours 3
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
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
Description: An overview of American foreign relations to 1890. Topics include the origins of American foreign policy, Revolutionary diplomacy, Early National diplomacy, Civil War diplomacy, Gilded Age diplomacy and super-power foundations.
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HIST 4730 - US Foreign Relations Since 1890 Credit Hours 3
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
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
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
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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