Apr 24, 2024  
2013-14 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2013-14 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

11. Courses


 
  
  • FLF 103 - Intensive Elementary French

    Credits: 8

    An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLF 101 and FLF 102. It includes development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion in French. This course prepares students to enter FLF 201 or FLF 203.

    Note: This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLF 101 or 102 while enrolled in this course.

  
  • FLF 105 - Business French

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 101 or the consent of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study of current business vocabulary in Francophone countries and the application of that vocabulary in an individual project involving correspondence with French-speaking businesses and organizations. Each project will give students a chance to explore the opportunity of finding work, study, or travel abroad.

    Note: This course is open to all students and is not limited to business students. This course does not meet the language sequence requirement for the core curriculum.

  
  • FLF 201 - French III

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 102 or 103

    Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion in French.

  
  • FLF 202 - French IV

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 201

    Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion in French.

  
  • FLF 203 - Intensive Intermediate French

    Credits: 6

    Prerequisite: FLF 102 or 103

    An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLF 201 and FLF 202. It continues the work begun in the first year language and includes further development of language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on reading and discussion in French.

    Note: This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLF 201 or 202 while enrolled in this course.

  
  • FLF 240 - French Study Seminar

    Credits: 3-6

  
  • FLF 251 - Conversation and Composition

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Training in current idiomatic French, stressing oral practice and original composition.

  
  • FLF 252 - Conversation and Composition

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Training in current idiomatic French, stressing oral practice and original composition.

  
  • FLF 301 - Advanced Composition and Conversation

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A facility in both the oral and written use of the language is the object of this course. Library texts are used.

  
  • FLF 302 - French Phonetics and Diction

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252

    A study of the fundamentals of French pronunciation; phonetic transcription; oral interpretation of texts in prose and poetry; stress on articulation, rhythm, and intonation.

  
  • FLF 311 - Survey of French Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Selected works from the earliest periods to the present day.

  
  • FLF 312 - Survey of French Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Selected works from the earliest periods to the present day.

  
  • FLF 331 - Seventeenth-Century Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: French 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study of the representative works of the Classical Period.

  
  • FLF 332 - Seventeenth-Century Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: French 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study of the representative works of the Classical Period.

  
  • FLF 341 - Eighteenth-Century Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A survey of the tendencies in French literature from the Classical Period to the Romantic movement.

  
  • FLF 342 - Eighteenth-Century Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A survey of the tendencies in French literature from the Classical Period to the Romantic movement.

  
  • FLF 351 - French Romantic Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or the consent of the instructor

    A survey of the movements and tendencies in French literature that later developed into Romanticism. Reading and discussion of important romantic authors.

  
  • FLF 352 - French Literature after 1850

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: French 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study of the Realistic and Naturalistic movements and the reading of works of representative authors of each group.

  
  • FLF 361 - French Literature since Naturalism

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A survey of the development of literature in French during the twentieth century. Includes a study of the works of representative writers of the more modern groups.

  
  • FLF 362 - French Literature since Naturalism

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A survey of the development of literature in French during the twentieth century. Includes a study of the works of representative writers of the more modern groups.

  
  • FLM 101 - Introduction to Film

    Credits: 3

    A required course that introduces students to film as a medium and an industry, to the terminology and theoretical foundation of film analysis, and to the major technical developments in film.

  
  • FLM 201 - Survey of Film History

    Credits: 3

    A one-semester survey of film from the silent era to the present. This course will introduce students to significant movements, genres, and directors of films both in and outside North America.

  
  • FLM 301 - Special Topics in Film Directors

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLM 101 or permission of the Department Chair of Communication

    A course that focuses on one director or on a couple of related directors whose works have had a significant impact on the film industry. Directors will vary but may include Hitchcock, Fellini, Capra, Sirk, Welles, Chaplin, Scorsese, and Spike Lee.

  
  • FLM 303 - Images of Women in Film

    Credits: 3

    An examination of how women have been depicted on celluloid in both American and international films, from the early silents to today’s liberated cinema. Emphasis is placed on the student’s ability to evaluate the presentation of women in these films, based within the context of the society and the era that produced individual films as well as the place of women within a traditionally male-dominated commercial business industry, and how that presentation has evolved since the early days of the cinema.

    Also Listed as: COM 303 and WS 303
  
  • FLM 371 - Movies and American Society

    Credits: 3

    Popular movies are one of the most important forms of American mass culture in the twentieth century. In this course, we will explore the use of popular movies both as cultural artifacts (evidence) as well as a way of telling history. Thus we will learn to evaluate fictional movies for what they tell us about the era in which they were made and to appreciate the problems with the contributions of docudramas and documentaries to telling and interpreting the past.

    Also Listed as: HIS 371
    Note: Elementary Education majors with a Social Studies concentration and History with Teacher Certification majors must take this course as a HIS course.

  
  • FLM 405 - Special Topics in Film and Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: EN 101 and/or FLM 101

    A course that combines literary with cinematic texts or considers the effects of reading film as literature. Topics will vary but may include the recent phenomenon of adapting the novels of Jane Austen, E.M. Forester, etc., to film and the application of literary theory to films.

  
  • FLS 101 - Spanish I

    Credits: 4

    Development of the basic language skills: aural/oral communication, speaking, reading, and writing.

    Fall-Spring sequence
  
  • FLS 102 - Spanish II

    Credits: 4

    Prerequisite: FLS 101

    Development of the basic language skills: aural/oral communication, speaking, reading, and writing.

    Fall-Spring sequence
  
  • FLS 103 - Intensive Elementary Spanish

    Credits: 8

    An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLS 101 and FLS 102. It includes development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion in Spanish. This course prepares students to enter FLS 201 or FLS 203.

    Note: This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLS 101 or 102 while enrolled in this course.

  
  • FLS 201 - Spanish III

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 102

    Review of Spanish grammar and systematic development of vocabulary and listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

  
  • FLS 202 - Spanish IV

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 201

    This course is a continuation of Spanish III. Review of Spanish grammar and systematic development of vocabulary and listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

  
  • FLS 203 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish

    Credits: 6

    Prerequisite: FLS 102 or 103

    An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLS 201 and FLS 202. It continues the work begun in first year language and includes further development of language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on reading and discussion in Spanish.

    Note: This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLS 201 or 202 while enrolled in this course.

  
  • FLS 240 - Spanish Study Seminar

    Credits: 3-6

  
  • FLS 251 - Conversation and Composition I

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or the permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Advanced instruction in all aspects of modern Spanish with the emphasis divided between conversation and composition skills and including the skills of reading and listening comprehension.

  
  • FLS 252 - Conversation and Composition II

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 251 or the permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    This course is a continuation of FLS 251. Advanced instruction in all aspects of modern Spanish beyond Conversation and Composition I with the emphasis divided between conversation and composition skills and including the skills of reading and listening comprehension.

  
  • FLS 262 - Women in Spanish Film

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 102 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy.

    This course examines both the stereotypical presentations of women as well as the amazing changes that women in Spanish and Latin American Cinema have undergone since the mid Twentieth Century. These images will be examined in the historical and social context in which they occur.

    Also Listed as: WS 262
    Note: Spanish with Teacher Certification majors must take this course as a FLS course.

  
  • FLS 270 - Hispanic Short Story

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy.

    This course examines a very rich genre of Spanish literature that exists throughout Latin American, Spain, and the United States. These works will be studied in the historical and social context in which they occur.

  
  • FLS 301 - Advanced Conversation and Syntax I

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    The review and analysis of the more sophisticated grammatical structures of the Spanish language. This course includes intensive practice with the skills of speaking, writing and reading and listening comprehension.

  
  • FLS 302 - Advanced Conversation and Syntax II

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 301 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    The review and analysis of the more sophisticated grammatical structures of the Spanish language. This course includes intensive practice with the skills of speaking, writing and reading and listening comprehension. A continuation of FLS 301.

  
  • FLS 311 - Survey of Spanish Literature I

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish literature through the mid eighteenth century.

  
  • FLS 312 - Survey of Spanish Literature II

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish literature from the eighteenth century to modern times.

  
  • FLS 333 - Cervantes

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Cervantes and his age, with special study of the Quijote and of the Novelas Ejemplares.

  
  • FLS 361 - Contemporary Spanish Literature

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A survey of Spanish Literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This course includes the work of those writers designated as the “Generation of ‘98,” the “Generation of ‘27,” representative post-Civil War writers, and Contemporary Spanish writers.

  
  • FLS 381 - Spanish-American Literature I

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish-American literature from colonialism to Modernismo.

  
  • FLS 382 - Spanish-American Literature II

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish-American literature from Modernismo to modern times.

  
  • FLS 383 - Civilizations and Cultures of Spain

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy.

    A study of the different cultures and civilizations that have influenced the Iberian Peninsula and the Castellan language. This information will be presented through various texts, arts, media sources and related materials. This course requires high-beginner to intermediate speaking and writing skills.

  
  • FLS 384 - Civilizations and Cultures of Latin America

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy.

    A study of the different cultures of Latin America through related texts, arts and various media sources. This course requires intermediate writing and speaking skills in Spanish.

  
  • FLS 398 - Special Topics

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: Completion of FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Special topics in Spanish culture and Spanish language theory

  
  • FLS 399 - Special Topics

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: Completion of FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy

    Special topics in Spanish literature.

  
  • FN 225 - Nutrition

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: 8 hours of science

    Nutrients and their effect on and utilization by the human body from prenatal development through the elderly years.

  
  • FN 226 - Nutrition for Culinary Professionals

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: 8 hours of science

    Nutrients, their utilization by the human body and their role in chronic disease prevention.

  
  • FN 247 - Nutrition and Physical Activity in Weight Management

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the practice of weight management based on sound principles of nutrition and physical activity.

    Also Listed as: HKC 247
  
  • FN 301 - Science of Food

    Credits: 3

    Chemical reactions in cooking; explanation and application of the relation and nature of specific food components and their behavior during food preparation.

  
  • FN 302 - Menu/Recipe Development

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: CA 200

    The development of recipes and menus for application to food service test kitchen settings.

  
  • FN 345 - Nutrition & Chronic Disease

    Credits: 3

    The study of principles of nutrition and the pathophysiology of chronic diseases, with a focus on medical and nutritional management/treatment of chronic diseases and their impact on nutritional status.

  
  • FN 355 - Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

    Credits: 3

    Relationship between nutrient needs, development and feeding practices throughout life cycle: pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence and late life.

  
  • FN 484 - Nutrition in Disease

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FN 325

    Nutritional care of the hospitalized patient; theoretical basis for qualitative and quantitative modifications of the usual eating pattern to meet metabolic, pathological, and psychological needs of patient.

  
  • FN 499 - Selected Topics in Nutrition

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: Senior or graduate status, FN 325 or equivalent

    Selected topics will address specific subjects or contemporary topics in the area of nutrition.

    Note: Course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 9 credit hours.

  
  • FPA 299 - Special Topics in Fine Arts

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • FPA 300 - Fine Arts in Education

    Credits: 3

    A consideration of the rationale for including Fine Arts as part of the K-8 academic curriculum. A basic history of art, music, theatre, and dance, and fundamental principles, techniques, and materials for teaching these various components of the Fine Arts to children.

  
  • FPA 399 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1-3

    Special topics related to the arts, disciplines of art, music, and theatre.

  
  • FPA 499 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1-3

    Special topics related to the arts, disciplines of art, music, and theatre.

  
  • FRD 410 - Fire Prevention Organization and Management

    Credits: 3

    This course investigates various aspects of fire risk and prevention. topics may include codes and policies, inspection and planning, research and strategies.

  
  • FRD 420 - Community Risk Reduction

    Credits: 3

    This course looks at the theoretical and practical aspects of community risk reduction from various angles, including, but not limited to, the sociological, the legal, and the political.

  
  • FRD 430 - Applications of Fire Research

    Credits: 3

    This course reviews basic research approaches and methodologies for, application and execution within the fire science discipline. This course will also provide an opportunity for students to conduct independent research in some area of fire science.

  
  • FRD 499 - Internship

    Credits: 3

    This course will provide the student an opportunity to apply skills acquired from previous public-safety course work as well as an opportunity to receive additional hands-on training while supervised at an appropriate public-safety agency in the specific field of the concentration.

    Note: Repeatable for up to six hours of credit.

  
  • FS 203 - Professional Issues

    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Family Studies program with an overall GPA of at least 2.0

    This course provides the student with information about the foundations of the discipline, including history and mission; discusses the role of professionals in meeting the needs of individuals and families; introduces students to professional standards, ethics, and career opportunities in the field; and presents the current status of family studies and related disciplines.

  
  • FS 225 - Management of Family Resources

    Credits: 3

    Focuses on the practical application of management principles for use of all resources to maximize individual and family satisfactions.

  
  • FS 290 - Introduction to Research

    Credits: 3

    Prepares students to perform basic research skills, including locating and summarizing published research.

    Also Listed as: PSY 290
  
  • FS 299 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1-6

    This course will address contemporary issues in the area of family studies.

  
  • FS 306 - Marriage and the Family

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201

    The purpose of this course is to study marital family interactions with emphasis on interpersonal dynamics and developmental tasks over the family life cycle. The course includes the study of sex role development, mate selection, adjustments within interpersonal relationships, communication in the family, parent-child relations, familial responses to stress, and family violence.

    Also Listed as: SOC 305
  
  • FS 316 - Issues in Families: Work and Volence

    Credits: 3



    Prerequisite: PSY 201 with a minimum grade of C

     

    Work and Family:

    The first part of this course examines the interconnection between two institutions in society: the family and the workplace. This class offers the understanding of how jobs and workplaces affect family life; how family commitments influence the behaviors of workers and their ability; what extent existing policies meet the needs of working families.

    Family Violence:

    The second part of this course examines the overview of the study of family violence. This class offers the understanding of the major issues related to child abuse, intimate partner abuse, and elder abuse. It also provides the dynamics of abuse, contributing factors, and types of interventions.


  
  • FS 330 - Human Sexuality and Socialization

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201 with minimum grade of C

    This course examines the physiological, psychological, and social aspects of human sexuality and interaction throughout the lifespan.

  
  • FS 351 - Women’s Experiences of Family Life

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201 with a minimum grade of C or WS 200.

    This course examines women’s diverse experiences in contemporary families and in the world as homemakers, wives/partners, mothers, care givers, and as paid and unpaid workers. Family studies scholarship is examined critically with respect to various themes, including the social construction of gender and validation of family diversity. The contradictory nature of the family as a source of/venue for control and oppression versus support, validation, and empowerment is also explored.

    Also Listed as: WS 351
  
  • FS 382 - Theories in Family Studies

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201, FS 290, FS 306/SOC 305 with minimum grade of C

    This course will review the selected theories in family studies and familiarize students with the basic principles of major conceptual frameworks. This course also focuses on fluency in applying the major theories in family studies to various research and everyday family life situations.

  
  • FS 392 - Families in Crisis and Rehabilitation

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FS 382 with a minimum grade of C

    This course examines normative and non-normative stressor events that families experience. This course will also focus on theories and research that describe, explain, and predict how families deal with these stressor events. Special attention will be given to the practical application of theory and research to describe how families cope with such events.

  
  • FS 401 - Families and Public Policy

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: FS 306/SOC 305 and PSY 201 with a minimum grade of C

    This course will address the needs of families through public policy. It will focus on the legislative process, implementation of law, as well as current and pending legislation in local, state and national government policies that directly effect families.

  
  • FS 430 - Basic Counseling Skills

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201, 408 Interactive lecture-lab

    This course introduces the student to an eclectic model for counseling and psychotherapy with an emphasis on developing the basic interpersonal skills necessary to be successful in a professional helping field.

    Also Listed as: PSY 430
  
  • FS 465 - Program Planning and Evaluation

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 455 with a minimum grade of C

    This course is designed to introduce students to the process of creating life-skill programs for individuals and families. It will cover the principles of educational programming for non-academic settings in human service agencies and provide training in grant writing and program evaluation.

  
  • FS 468 - Parenting in Contemporary Society

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: PSY 201, PSY 206, FS 290, FS 306/SOC 305 with a minimum grade of C

    This course focuses on parenting issues from cross-cultural, historical, developmental, and ecological perspectives. Issues are specifically relevant to parenting children at different developmental stages, parenting in diverse ethnic groups, single-parent families, stepfamilies, dual-career families, and gay/lesbian and abusive parents.

  
  • FS 470 - Health, Drugs and Chemical Dependencies

    Credits: 3

    This courses assesses the implications of drug use on human health with a focus on drug actions and interactions, motivational factors that influence the use of drugs, and long-term societal effects of drug use.

  
  • FS 495 - Independent Study in Family Studies

    Credits: 1-3

    Must be arranged with the Family Studies coordinator. Students may choose a topic specific to personal interest or career objective.

  
  • FS 497 - Pre-internship Orientation

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite: FS 468 with minimum grade of C

    This course provides an orientation to and preparation for the family studies capstone course, FS 499, Field Experience in Family Studies Occupations.

    Note: Pass/Fail

  
  • FS 498 - Special Topic in Family Studies

    Credits: 1-6

    This course allows for flexibility in the offerings of coursework for students who are interested in topics beyond curriculum in the major.

  
  • FS 499 - Field Experience in Family Studies Occupations

    Credits: 6

    Prerequisite: FS 468. The student must have completed all academic courses required in the Family Studies major with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or better and not more than one repeated class and at least a grade of C or higher in all courses required in the major. The permission of the FS Field Experience Coordinator is also required and is obtained in cooperation with the student’s advisor.

    The purpose of this course is to provide the student with real-world experience in a selected setting and to establish professional-level relationships in the field of Human Services.

    Note: This course requires the student to complete 280 hours of supervised field experience at approved locations.

  
  • GEO 101 - Elements of World Geography

    Credits: 3

    An introductory course dealing with the fundamentals of the Earth’s surface, including both physical and cultural factors. Landforms, climate, and vegetation, as well as world regional population and cultures, are examined.

  
  • GEO 302 - Geography of North America

    Credits: 3

    A regional treatment of the continent and the natural regions forming the basis for subdivisions. Political, cultural and economic factors in relation to geography are examined.

  
  • GEO 304 - Geography of Latin America

    Credits: 3

    A physical and cultural study of Latin America. Physical environments, climates, culture, urbanization, and land-use patterns are examined.

  
  • GEO 306 - Geography of the Muslim World

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: GEO 101 or permission of the Department Chair of History, Political Science, and Geography.

    A regional treatment of those areas of North Africa and Asia in which Islam is the predominant religion. Political, cultural, and economic factors in relation to geography are examined.

  
  • GEO 351 - Environmental Geography

    Credits: 3

    A study of the relationship between humans and their environment. Major topics include ecosystems, natural resources, the effects of human activities on the environment and how humans can affect their responses within the confines of natural laws and culture.

    Note: Recommended for primary and secondary education social studies majors.

  
  • GEO 399 - Special Topics in Geography

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: GEO 101 recommended or permission of the Department Chair of History, Political Science, and Geography

    This course will be used for upper level seminars. It will address contemporary issues in geography. The content will vary each time the course is offered.

  
  • GS 400 - General Studies Seminar

    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite: General Studies major and permission of the general studies coordinator.

    This course is designed to help students begin preparation for their lives after graduation, whether they enter the workplace immediately or move on to graduate or professional schools. Topics will include letters of application, interviews, developing a placement file, legal aspects of being a working professional, and career options. Students are required to compile a portfolio of work (papers, projects, etc.) documenting knowledge and skills acquired through their General Studies academic program. This course is intended to be taken during the final regular term of attendance in the program of study.

  
  • HIS 101 - History of Civilization

    Credits: 3

    Social, cultural, political, intellectual, and other developments to ca. 1600; emphasis on the West.

  
  • HIS 102 - History of Civilization

    Credits: 3

    Social, cultural, political, intellectual, and other developments ca. 1600 to the present; emphasis on the West.

  
  • HIS 109 - History of the United States I

    Credits: 3

    An introductory survey of American history from the colonial era to 1876. It explores the political, social, cultural, and economic development of American society from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction. Special emphasis is given to the Revolutionary period, the establishment of American political institutions, the causes of the Civil War, and the impact of Reconstruction.

  
  • HIS 110 - History of the United States II

    Credits: 3

    An introductory survey of American history since Reconstruction. It explores the political, social, cultural, and economic forces at work in creating modern America. Special attention is given to Americans’ experience in war, civil rights for African-Americans, and the changing status of women.

  
  • HIS 311 - Introduction to Historical Thinking and Research

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the techniques of historical methodology, and to some of the major literature.

    Fall semester
  
  • HIS 312 - Mississippi History

    Credits: 3

    An introductory survey of Mississippi history from native American society to the present. It examines the social, cultural, economic, and political factors that have gone into shaping modern Mississippi and considers how Mississippi reflects the influences of a distinctive southern regional culture and a broader American culture.

  
  • HIS 320 - The Graeco-Roman World

    Credits: 3

    A survey of Greek civilization through the Hellenistic Age, with emphasis on art, literature, philosophy, social aspects; Roman civilization is treated from its origins to the third century A.D., emphasizing political institutions, economics and social developments.

  
  • HIS 324 - Women in European History: From Antiquity to the Age of the French Revolution

    Credits: 3

    A study of the role of women and gender between the period of ancient Greece to c. 1800 C.E.. By the instructor’s choice, this course may be focused on a specific temporal period (e.g. Antiquity, Roman Empire, Middle Ages, Early Modern, etc.) or a specific theme (Women as Mothers, Women’s Work, Sexuality, etc.).

    Also Listed as: WS 324
    Note: Courses with a WS prefix cannot be used toward an area of concentration or a secondary certification area. Students wanting to use this course toward their certification area must enroll in the HIS section of this course.

 

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