May 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Course Descriptions


 

English

  
  • ENGL 5700 - Literature Across Cultures

    3
    Prerequisite: English Major restriction
    Description: Explores connections among selected literary works drawn from diverse cultures and times. Works may represent all genres.
  
  • ENGL 5710 - Selected Topics

    3
    Prerequisite: English Major restriction
    Description: A specialized area of study in linguistics or literature. May be taken with different topics to a maximum of six hours.
  
  • ENGL 5990 - Thesis

    3 or 6
    Prerequisite: English Major restriction
    Description: If taken for three (3) credits, may be repeated one (1) time for a total of six (6) credits.
  
  • ENGL 5991 - Research Requirement Completion

    1
    Prerequisite: English Major restriction
    Description: For students not fulfilling graduate school research literacy requirement within one year after scheduled completion of thesis, field study report, research project paper, or research literacy paper. Enrollment required each subsequent semester. Tuition and fees for one credit hour must be paid every semester until research requirement is met.

Geology

  
  • GEOL 577A - Selected Topics in Regional Geology

    4
    Description: A seminar-discussed-laboratory approach to those aspects of geology which are most basic to an understanding of the geology of a large region, like the Tennessee-Kentucky area.
  
  • GEOL 577B - Selected Topics Environmental Geology

    4
    Description: Analysis of a selected problem dealing with application of geologic concepts to regional planning, urban land use and conservation. Emphasis will be placed on student-generated field data where appropriate.
  
  • GEOL 577C - Selected Topics in Paleontology

    4
    Description: Analysis of the fossil record of selected groups of animals. Emphasis is on time-dependent changes in morphology and adaptation.
  
  • GEOL 577D - Selected Topics in Stratigraphy

    4
    Description: Field and laboratory examination of sedimentary strata. Lecture discussion of descriptive processes and historical interpretation of rock unit.
  
  • GEOL 5050 - Geomorphology

    4
    Description: An applied, systematic process approach to landform development based upon threshold concepts. The geomorphic process emphasized include mass movements, fluvial, aeolian, glacial and karat geomorphology. Laboratory work is based upon aerial photographs, maps, field projects and computer data analysis.

Greek

  
  • GREK 5210 - Greek Prose Composition

    3
    Description: Practice in composing connected prose in Attic Greek of the Classical period.  Topics may include grammar review, the development of Greek prose, the use of rhetorical devices; there may be brief readings from a variety of prose authors in addition to the composition assignments.
  
  • GREK 5310 - Survey of Greek Literature

    3
    Description: Extensive reading in a variety of ancient Greek prose and poetry from all periods.  Repeatable up to 9 hours.

Health and Human Performance

  
  • HHP 5000 - Introduction to Research Methods

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: An introduction to research methods designed to establish or advance understanding of research processes through critical exploration of research terms, relevant data bases, and methodologies.  Students will begin to critically review literature to develop a research problem.
  
  • HHP 5010 - Foundation in Health Education

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Historical, philosophical foundations and theoretical models of health and health education will be studied. Additionally, professional ethical issues, current trends and future directions affecting health education will be examined.
  
  • HHP 5050 - Administration for Health Educators and Managers

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Students will explore the functions and processes needed in administering health care organizations and systems. Some focus will be on planning, organizing, leading motivating, controlling, decision making, and problem solving.
  
  • HHP 5150 - Assessment and Analysis of Human Performance

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: The factors which produce successful motor performance are addressed. Includes the interpretation of existing research and its application to skill development and the contribution of physiological factors and mechanical principles to various aspects of human movement in sport, work, and everyday living situations.
  
  • HHP 5160 - Performance Enhancement

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major
    Description: Theories and principles of performance enhancement techniques will be examined.  Emphasis will be placed on mastering the application of performance enhancement techniques.
  
  • HHP 5200 - Total School Health Program

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Designed to familiarize the student with a well-balanced school health program. Opportunity is provided for actual observation and evaluation of school health programs.
  
  • HHP 5210 - Leadership in Sport and Wellness

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course will cover the process of leadership within organizations in the sport and wellness fields. Topics will include motivation, organizational theory, legal aspects, and team building concepts.
  
  • HHP 5250 - Statistics and Assessment

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: The purpose of this course is to teach the student to (1) structure, administer and evaluate tests, (2) utilize appropriate statistical procedures in evaluating test results, (3) apply computer skills in data analyses techniques to test construction and evaluation, and (4) interpret statistical methods for specific research design.
  
  • HHP 5260 - Performance Coaching

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major
    Description: Theories of effective coaching will be discussed.  Communication and motivational techniques will be examined within coaching situations.
  
  • HHP 5270 - Facilitating Group Performance

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major
    Description: Theories and principles of group interaction processes are discussed and examined.  Emphasis on group development, reducing conflict, reducing social loafing, group think, and decision making are discussed and examined.
  
  • HHP 5300 - Community Organizing in Public Health

    3
    Description: Students will develop knowledge and skills to promote and improve health in communities and to become an effective advocate for health on local, state, and national levels.  Goals include prioritizing health information/needs, developing advocacy strategies, delivering messages, and engaging in community organizing and advocacy to influence policy and promote health.
  
  • HHP 5350 - Physiological Basis of Human Performance

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course involves the study of the body’s physiological response to exercise and physical activity. Emphasis will be placed on the energy systems associated with muscle metabolism, neurologic stimulation, and contraction as well as the effects of nutrition, environment, ergogenic aids, and training on performance. Cardio-respiratory and musculoskeletal response to exercise and the development of training program to enhance these systems will be discussed.
  
  • HHP 5390 - Law, Policy and Advocacy

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000  and HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Students will explore legal processes, policies, and the role of advocacy that affect health care organizations, systems, and the related environment. Some focus will be on constitutional issues, contracts, liability, negligence, torts, ethics, and employment law.
  
  • HHP 5410 - Stress Management

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course is designed to examine the causes of stress, how to identify stressors and an examination of techniques and interventions used to manage health problems caused by stress.
  
  • HHP 5450 - Practicum

    3-6
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: The student is provided an opportunity to study specific problems in the field of athletics, health, physical education and/or recreation.
  
  • HHP 5460 - Principles of Conditioning for Sport and Wellness

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course will focus of the importance of cardiovascular fitness for sport performance and wellness. Major emphasis will be given to designing and implementing conditioning programs for sport performance and physical fitness.
  
  • HHP 5470 - Special Problems

    1-3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course may be used to satisfy special needs of a student by engaging in an independent study or guided research project.
  
  • HHP 5500 - Epidemiology and Vital Statistics

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: An introductory course that covers basic concepts and methods of epidemiology for public health and health education professionals. Sources of population data in terms of demographics, health statistics and vital statistics will be explored. An overview of study designs used in epidemiology will be presented along with the ethical issues relevant to epidemiological research.
  
  • HHP 5510 - Health Care Economics

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000  and HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Economic aspects of the health care industry with emphasis on the tools of economics and their application to the delivery of health care services.
  
  • HHP 5520 - Sport and Exercise Psychology

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course will cover various psychological principles associated with sport and exercise. Topics include psychological variables that hinder athletic performance, factors influencing adherence to exercise and psychological causes related to stress and injury.
  
  • HHP 5530 - Financial Accounting in Healthcare

    3
    Description: Provides the students the tools to analyze, summarize, report, and interpret financial information. This course will focus on using cost information and financial statements in the decision-making process for control of healthcare organizations.
  
  • HHP 5540 - Health Promotion Principles and Practices

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Overview of concepts related to the emerging field of health promotion to include moderate exercise, practical nutrition education, effective stress awareness and management practices and positive self-image enhancement principles. Also emphasized will be the development, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive health promotion programs in worksite settings.
  
  • HHP 5550 - Public Health Education

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Planning and organization in the public health education field. Use of mass media, group process, selection of personnel and materials, evaluation methods and procedures for public health and grant writing.
  
  • HHP 5600 - Legal Aspects of Health and Human Performance

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Federal, state and local regulations governing health care institutions, systems and personnel. Organizational theory, decision making, leadership and principles of personnel and fiscal control.
  
  • HHP 5610 - Issues in Health Services Administration

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000  and HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Current issues and emerging trends in health services administration, including strategies for an era of health reforms, the new hospital and alternative facilities and new program offerings and guidelines for the health service market, including trends in mergers, acquisitions, competition, contracting, managed care, policy, capitation and ethics.
  
  • HHP 5620 - Administrative Perspective of Disease

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Malfunctions of organs and body systems as they relate to more common diseases and to the correct usage, pronunciation and meaning of medical terms. Examine issues in measuring health, diagnosing and treating illnesses from an epidemiological, sociological and political perspective as they impact health delivery systems.
  
  • HHP 5630 - Finance Management of Health Care Service

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Financial management theory, principles and concepts applicable to health care organizations.
  
  • HHP 5640 - Human Resource Management

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Integration of personnel/human resource management systems with health care industry environments.
  
  • HHP 5650 - Alcohol Education

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Alcohol use and misuse. Patterns and trends of use, theories of dependence, pharmacological aspects and health consequences explored. Emphasis given concerning identification of students with alcohol related problems and the role of the school in alcohol prevention, education, intervention and referral.
  
  • HHP 5700 - Health Aspects of Aging and Long Term Care

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Physiological, medical and psychosocial factors that affect the health, health promotion and health care services of older individuals are examined.
  
  • HHP 5710 - Issues in Sport and Wellness

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: The course offers the student the opportunity to engage in a study of current issues and emerging trends in sport and wellness related to the process of leadership in formal organizations conducting such programs.
  
  • HHP 5720 - Seminar

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
  
  • HHP 5730 - Legal Aspects of Health Services Administration

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Selected laws applicable to the interrelationship of our legal system with the structure and functions of the health care institution.
  
  • HHP 5750 - Applied Nutrition for Education

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Fundamentals of nutritional science and policy provide an intervention framework for health education and sport-related applications. Current issues are emphasized.
  
  • HHP 5800 - Program Planning and Evaluation for Health Educators and Administrators

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000  and HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course is a systematic approach to planning and evaluation of health promotion and services programs. Fundamentals of planning will include needs assessment, objectives, and partnership development. A variety of evaluation methods (formative, process, outcome, impact) will be considered.
  
  • HHP 5810 - Grant Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5010  
    Description: Students will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to secure external funding through grant proposal writing.  Focus will be on funding sources, the grant writing process, grant management/evaluation, and continued funding.
  
  • HHP 5850 - Special Projects in Public Health Education

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000 , 5250  
    Description: Students will complete a health education project through a supervised field experience with an agency engaging in public health education, such as federal, state, national and voluntary agencies and hospitals.  Students will be allowed to select an area of particular interest for the project.
  
  • HHP 5860 - Strategic Healthcare Management

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000 , 5050 , 5630 ;

     
    Description: Strategic Healthcare Management introduces students to strategic planning and policy.  As a capstone course, it incorporates healthcare research, law, management, human resources, economics, and finance.  Students will research, assess, and analyze government, not-for-profit, and for-profit healthcare organizations using tools like SWOT and financial ratios to develop strategic plans.

  
  • HHP 5900 - Advanced Research Methods

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000 , HHP 5250  and HHP major;

     
    Description: This course provides the opportunity to extend the skills and knowledge of research which began in HHP 5000 .

  
  • HHP 5920 - Applied Research in Health and Human Performance

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000  and HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: This course is designed to extend the knowledge learned in research processes by having student design multiple research projects.  Students will gain knowledge in the collection and analysis of data, and formulate conclusions based on their results.
  
  • HHP 5950 - Research Paper

    3
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: Research Paper
  
  • HHP 5990 - Thesis

    3 or 6
    Course Changes: Credit hours and prerequisites update to begin Spring 2016.
    Prerequisite: HHP 5000 , 5250  and HHP major restriction;
    Description: Thesis.  The student may elect to take all 6 credit hours in one semester or 3 credit hours over two semesters.
  
  • HHP 5991 - Research Requirement Completion

    1
    Prerequisite: HHP major or permission of the Chair
    Description: For students not fulfilling graduate school research literacy requirement within one year after completion of course work. Enrollment required each subsequent semester. Tuition and fees for one credit hour must be paid every semester until research requirement is met.

History

  
  • HIST 5001 - Research Methods

    3
    Description: Students examine methods of research and modes of writing in history. This course prepares students to write seminar papers and master’s thesis and conduct research in archives, databases, internet resources, government documents and other bibliographic aids. The course is interactive and online for Web-based instruction.
  
  • HIST 5002 - Warfare in the Classical World

    3
    Description: Students study the character of warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world, specific wars fought by Greeks, Romans, and others; such as, the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the Punic Wars, the Gallic War, and the Roman civil wars. The Works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Caesar, Sallust, and Livy will be included.
  
  • HIST 5003 - The Military Revolution and State

    3
    Description: Description: This course examines influences of the Scientific Revolution and Renaissance thoughts on military capabilities and their roles in building stronger European states. Students will learn how weapon advancements, fortification developments, and organizational changes all facilitated increased military forces, which in turn enabled certain European states to consolidate power and expand their influence.
  
  • HIST 5004 - War of American Independence, 1775 to 1783

    3
    Description: Description: Examines campaigns and major battles, strategy, logistics, and tactics of the War of American Independence. Political, diplomatic, cultural, and social contexts of the war considered. Eighteenth century perspectives of the military in a republic, uses of militia or irregulars, the meaning and impact of sustained warfare on institutions and thought.
  
  • HIST 5005 - The U.S. Civil War

    3
    Description: Description: Explores the political, social and economic causes of the war, also the impact the war had on the home fronts of both North and South. Considers what effect the Northern implementation of “total war” had on civilian morale and the impact of African-American troops in the military.
  
  • HIST 5006 - The U.S. Army and the Settlement of the West

    3
    Description: This course investigates the U. S. Army’s role in the development of the Trans-Mississippi West. Students examine military contributions to exploration. Native American relations, Hispanic relations, economic development, transportation, public health, diplomacy and national policy are examined. The military’s roles as both the forerunner of Anglo-American civilization and the mediator with Native and Hispanic cultures are discussed.
  
  • HIST 5007 - World War I

    3
    Description: Students examine The Great War as the beginning of the 20th century wars and end of a Europe-centered world. The course includes military dimensions of the struggle - land, sea and air battles fought on three continents. Students choose research topic varying from military, economic, social, artistic, intellectual and diplomatic subjects.
  
  • HIST 5008 - World War II

    3
    Description: Operations, tactics, arms, intelligence and strategies employed by the major combatants are examined. Principle historiographical questions on topics such as Pearl Harbor attack and ethical implications of the atomic bombs use receive special attention, along with the American military’s role as an engine for democracy during the post-war occupations.
  
  • HIST 5009 - Cold War I, 1945 to 1960

    3
    Description: Key problems, sources, bibliography and research methods of the early Cold War are explored. The course includes a breakdown of the World War II alliance, the Korean War and emerging strategies of nuclear deterrence and guerrilla warfare.
  
  • HIST 5010 - Cold War II, 1960 to 1991, and Aftermath

    3
    Description: This course highlights the Vietnam conflict, the Reagan defense buildup and Operation Desert Storm. In addition, the impact of the Vietnam experience on the American political, economic and social landscapes during and after war will be considered.
  
  • HIST 5011 - Cold War Political Diplomatic Issues

    3
    Description: This course is an examination of the conflicts, crises and politics of the Cold War with special emphases on the German-Berlin problem, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Middle East wars. Primary sources will be augmented with scholarly analyses and contemporary accounts to afford political and social perspectives.
  
  • HIST 5012 - German Military History

    3
    Description: This course explores the many strains of thought and political and technological developments that came together to make Germany a mighty power. Militarism, nationalism, autocracy, industrialism, totalitarianism and democracy are all themes featured as student examine how and why Germany gained such prominence.
  
  • HIST 5013 - Navies and Empires 1900 to Present

    3
    Description: Students investigate the uses of naval power in peace and war since 1900, using a comparative approach to naval leadership, strategy, tactics, technology, joint operations and social and cultural contexts. The navies of Great Britain, Germany, Imperial Japan, the Soviet Union and the United States receive the closest scrutiny.
  
  • HIST 5014 - U.S. Military and American Society

    3
    Description: This course includes analysis of interaction between the civilian population and the military during war. Students examine contributions and resistance of minority groups and women along with economic, political, social and cultural changes brought about by military conflicts. Primary sources, including diaries, letters and speeches, newspapers and magazines, present a picture of each crisis.
  
  • HIST 5015 - Philosophical Perspectives on War and Justice: War and Ethics

    3
    Description: Historical practice and ethical reflection suggest that military action by one state against another has moral limits. This course addresses both the question of when a country can justly go to war and what is ethically required of participants within a war.
  
  • HIST 5016 - The Battle for God: Jihad, Herem and Other Theologies of War and Peace

    3
    Description: Students investigate Holy war (ethnic cleansing) in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The course includes examination of beliefs, values and historical traditions shared by religions and analyzes the theologies of war and peace in the Tenakh, the New Testament and the Quarn. Student also examine the fundamentalist “Battle for God” in these religions, concluding with an analysis of extremist groups.
  
  • HIST 5017 - The Military in Nontraditional Roles

    3
    Description: This course addresses non-combat roles performed by the U.S. military. The occupation of Germany and Japan after World War II, state building and peacekeeping missions around the globe are evaluated. Course content includes focus on democratization and cultural reorientation through political, educational, economic and cultural institutions.
  
  • HIST 5018 - Special Operations Perspectives

    3
    Description: This course focuses on the evolution of special operations forces during and since World War II. To the extent possible, anti-terrorist and clandestine measures by and in conjunction with military forces are examined first-hand using unclassified sources and scholarly assessments.
  
  • HIST 5019 - Unconventional Warfare in History

    3
    Description: Description: Students examine terrorism and other forms of unconventional warfare, including goals and methods of psychological, chemical and biological warfare. The ideal logical foundations of political, economic and social conditions associated with terrorist activities are analyzed.
  
  • HIST 5021 - Islam as a World View

    3
    Description: This course is a study of Islam that explores history. The life of Muhammed, the Quran and Hadiths, the Five Pillars, basic beliefs and values, diversions of war and peace, Islamic philosophy and the relationship among Judaism, Christianity and Islam are included in the course content.
  
  • HIST 5022 - American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century

    3
    Description: This course examines the history of American foreign policy with an emphasis on major wars (the World Wars, Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf), secondary conflicts overseas (Grenada, Panama), guerrilla combat (Philippine Insurrection, early Vietnam) and covert action (Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Guatemala).
  
  • HIST 5023 - Directed Independent Readings

    3
    Description: This course is designated to treat a variety of specialized topics. The professor and student can collaborate on specificity based on professor’s area of expertise and student’s needs. May be taken twice for a total of 6 semester hours.
  
  • HIST 5024 - Thesis Research

    3
    Description: To be taken twice for a total of 6 semester hours.
  
  • HIST 5025 - Military Historiography and Criticism

    3
    Description: This course includes readings in military history from ancient times to the present. Of particular interest are the impact of military thought on operations and the relationship between the military and society.
  
  • HIST 5026 - European Military History 1789 to 1945

    3
    Description: The development of military strategy, tactics, and technology in Europe from the French Revolution to the end of World War II.
  
  • HIST 5027 - American Military History to 1919

    3
    Description: The development and employment in peace and war of American Military Power on land and at sea from the American Revolution to the end of World War I.
  
  • HIST 5028 - American Military History since 1919

    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.
  
  • HIST 5029 - Graduate Seminar

    3
    Description: In these courses, student will examine a specific historical topic in detail.  Students will become deeply familiar with the sources, historiography and approaches to that particular topic.  The topic will vary with the professor offering them.
  
  • HIST 5030 - Thesis Research

    6
    Description: Student will conduct research and write a thesis under supervision of designated faculty committee.
  
  • HIST 5031 - The Samurai Tradition in Japanese History

    3
    Description: This course will cover the history of the samurai class from its creation in the 8th-10th centuries to its dissolution in the 19th century. The rise of the samurai; the Gempel War; shogunal rule; the Warring States period; the Three Unifers; and the development of the bushido code.
  
  • HIST 5032 - Medieval Warfare

    3
    Description: This course examines warfare in the western tradition from the breakup of the Roman Empire (400 A.D.) to the rise of the modern nation state (1500 A.D.). The focus is on the development of military institutions and covers early feudal conflict, the Crusades and the 100 Years’ War.
  
  • HIST 5033 - History of Airpower

    3
    Description: This course examines the role of airpower in conflict since the beginning of manned flight. Included are the evolution of airpower technology and theory and their application in conflict.
  
  • HIST 5034 - The Economy and Modern Warfare

    3
    Description: Warfare taxes the resources and finances of the nation-state in unprecedented ways.  This course examines macroeconomic linkages between the military and society including fiscal and monetary policy and inflation in the U. S. from the Civil War to the Gulf War.  It includes logistics supply and market distortions in command economies.
  
  • HIST 5036 - The Military History of Latin America

    3
    Description: This course traces the evolution of warfare in Latin America and the role of the military in Latin American society.  Major topics will include the major wars of the 19th century; the major 20th century Revolutions (Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua); and the military regimes of the 20th century.
  
  • HIST 5037 - The Vietnam War

    3
    Description: This is a readings seminar that will examine the Vietnam War (1945-1975).  Students will be introduced to the historiography of the conflict and gaininsight into some of the war’s major social, political, economic and military issues through selected readings of primary and secondary sources and class discussions.
  
  • HIST 5038 - The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire: A Military and Strategic History

    4
    Description: This course will study the concept, emergence, and implementation of the strategy that became the plan for the creation of the Russian Empire.  In addition to examining major conflicts, this course will also study the training of officers, the induction of soldiers, and the technological base of the Russian military from 1613-present.
  
  • HIST 5040 - Introduction to Early American Historiography

    3
    Description:  This course will introduce students to the major historiographical relevant to the early North American experience.  In addition to military issues, it will delve into imperial, constitutional, economic, religious questions from 1492-1865.
  
  • HIST 5041 - Introduction to Early American Historiography since 1865

    3
    Description: This course will introduce students to major historiographical arguments relevant to US history since 1865.  It will delve into the growth of the US as a world power and explore divergent historical arguments of major historical periods.
  
  • HIST 5042 - War on Film

    3
    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.
  
  • HIST 5043 - Historiography

    3
    Description: This course will use the “grate books” of historical schoarship to introduce students to the major themes, questions and theories of the historian’s craft.  The student will learn how to conduct historical criticism and develop historical arguments.
  
  • HIST 5580 - United States 1929 to 1960

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4580;
    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.
  
  • HIST 5590 - United States 1960 to 1989

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4590;
    Description: United States history from the New Frontier to the Reagan Presidency; the Freedom Struggle; Civil Rights movements; cultural shifts and legacies in American life.
  
  • HIST 5625 - The South to 1861

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4620;
    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.
  
  • HIST 5630 - The South Since 1861

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4630;
    Description: The historic development of the South from 1861 to the present, from the trauma of Civil War and the First Reconstruction thrugh the Second Reconstruction of the 1960s and the creation of the modern South.
  
  • HIST 5660 - African American History Since 1890

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4660;
    Description: This course covers the events and historiography of the African-American experience since 1890.  Students will conduct research in primary sources, learn how interpretations of this period have evolved, and track the development of the subfield of African-American history.
  
  • HIST 5670 - Women in American History

    3
    Cross Listed: HIST 4670;
    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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