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2019-2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Graphic Design |
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DSGN 310 - Brand Identity
Prerequisites: DSGN 100 , DSGN 110 , DSGN 210
Branding is the visual application of a company’s mission and narrative. Through the design process, the visual needs to tell the client’s story are identified and applied to a range of formats starting with a logo system. Students then expand this brand concept and design into a series of practical applications including, but not limited to, stationery, standards manual and potentially web interface, packaging, menus & brochures, or even environmental components. Students should expect to develop multiple brand solutions and applications during the semester.
3 credits
Spring
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DSGN 320 - Publication Design
Prerequisites: DSGN 100 , DSGN 110 , DSGN 210
Fulfills a course requirement in the Graphic Design Core Concentration
Students produce a publication prototype and companion web site. The strengths and limitations of both print and electronic publication design are studied to create a visual collaboration between both formats. A masthead, contents page, feature spread designs, and home page are among the requirements of the course. Traditional book design including the history of publication design is discussed.
3 credits
Fall
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DSGN 330 - Package Design
Prerequisites: DSGN 210
This course fulfills an upper level requirement in the Graphic Design Communication major, minor and concentration.
Delivery: Studio
Packaging is part of our daily lives-it is inescapable. Whether it is breakfast cereal or a carton of milk, a new soccer ball or the latest Apple product, a grande coffee or a box of gourmet chocolates, the item’s packaging is developed with a clear understanding of how a user will interact with it. In this course, students work on creating packages that range in their complexities while designing for a brand the product demands. Building on knowledge and skills attained in the foundation design courses, students learn the importance of bleeds, folds and cuts, and how graphical elements can blend around corners in three dimensional space.
3 credits
Fall
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DSGN 350 - Designing the User Experience
Cross-Listed with: WEB 350 Designing the User Experience
Prerequisites: DSGN 210 or Consent of Instructor
Fullfills a 300 level requirement in the Graphic Design Communication Major; an upper level requirement in the Graphic Design Communication Minor and Core Concentration.
Delivery: Studio
User experience design aims to create products that people love to use. The focus in this course is in designing and implementing user tests and documenting the results. It introduces students to techniques and practices for incorporating feedback from user research and interviews into the design of interactive digital products using an iterative process that incorporates high- and low-fidelity prototypes. Students communicate design ideas through presentation, documentation and prototyping as appropriate.
3 credits
Fall
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DSGN 429 - Citizen Designer
Prerequisites: DSGN 210 or Consent of the instuctor
This course prepares students for careers in graphic design by strengthening the hard and soft skills employers seek in top candidates such as client relations, contracts, project management, and presentations in a realistic, often rigorous, project deadline oriented and collaborative team setting. Students engage in projects for the social good as they examine their roles and responsibilities in society using design as a strategic advantage and cultural force (American Institute of Graphic Arts.) Through discovery, analysis, discussion, and immersive learning experiences, under the direction of faculty with at least one external client-based project, students engage in creating work for the public good. Clients include, but are not limited to, non-profits, community based projects, or businesses involved in doing, making, creating good in their community.
3 credits
Annually
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DSGN 430 - Special Topics in Graphic Design
Prerequisites: DSGN 100 , DSGN 110 , DSGN 210
Fulfills a course requirement in the Graphic Design Core Concentration
This special topics course in graphic design focuses on specific areas of design study not regularly offered by the University. The variety of possible topics may include, but is not limited to: Package Design, Design for the Music Industry, Museum Graphics, and Animation.
3 credits
Special Offering
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DSGN 440 - Art Direction
Prerequisites: DSGN 210; at least two courses at the 300- or 400-level; Senior standing or consent of instructor. MAJORS ONLY.
Delivery: Studio
The emphasis of this course is on overall research skills needed by professional designers. Students design a semester-long project. They are responsible for researching the assignment, determining the budget, gathering or generating all necessary copy, obtaining production bids, and developing a full presentation of the project in pre-press form. A breakdown of materials, expected costs, workflow, time-line, paper specifications, photography, illustration, binding, and other relevant information is required.
3 credits
Fall
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DSGN 450 - Portfolio
Prerequisites: DSGN 210, at least two courses at the 300-level and one course at the 400-level, Senior standing or consent of instructor. MAJORS ONLY.
Delivery: Studio
Students prepare a professional portfolio. Pieces are refined into a coherent statement that defines, at once, the student’s career and artistic visions. Projects are assigned to focus the direction a student wishes to take. The objective is to create a polished presentation for employment opportunities or graduate studies. Practical information about self-promotion and the business of graphic design is emphasized.
3 credits
Spring
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Greek |
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GRK 101 - Elementary Ancient Greek I
Prerequisites: None
The first course of a two - course sequence intended to provide the Essentials of the grammar and syntax of ancient Greek, both classical and koine. Reading of easy passages from classical prose writers, including Plato and Herodotus and the New Testament. Introduction to the influence of ancient Greece on western culture. No previous knowledge of Greek is required.
3 credits
Fall
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GRK 102 - Elementary Ancient Greek II
Prerequisites: Successful completion (C or higher) of Elementary Greek I or equivalent
The second course of a two course sequence intended to provide the Essentials of the grammar and syntax of ancient Greek, both classical and koine. Reading of easy passages from classical prose writers, including Plato and Herodotus and The New Testament.
3 credits
Spring
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GRK 201 - Intermediate Ancient Greek I
Prerequisites: Successful completion (C or higher) of Elementary Greek II or equivalent
The first course of a two-course sequence intended to provide, through readings in the original language, an introduction to ancient Greek literature from 5th Century Athens, specifically Plato and Thucydides. Careful attention will be paid to grammar, style and the scholarly tradition surrounding Classical Studies.
3 credits
Fall
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GRK 202 - Intermediate Ancient Greek II
Prerequisites: Successful completion (C or higher) of Elementary Greek II or equivalent
The second course in a two-course sequence intended to provide, through readings in the original language, an introduction to ancient Greek, specifically Plato and Xenophon. Careful attention will be paid to grammar, style and the scholarly tradition surrounding Classical Studies.
3 credits
Spring
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Healthcare Administration |
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HCA 105 - Introduction to Public Health
Prerequisites: None
Introduces students who are currently practicing in health care fields to an overview of public health on a state and national level. Students will learn about the public health system, including infectious disease, chronic disease, occupational health, injury control, maternal and child health, regulation, behavioral health issues, surveillance, quality assurance, and policy.
3 credits
Fall
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HCA 320 - Human Resource Development
Prerequisites: None
Provides a framework for understanding, assessing, and designing organized learning experiences within the workplace which will improve job performance. It addresses specific issues of adult learning, and develops the particular skills required for effective communication and training in the workplace. Topics covered include theories of adult learning and motivation, problems assessment, training design, facilitating learning, and team development.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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HCA 350 - Financial Management of a Long Term Care Facility
Prerequisites: SHS 310 or consent of instructor This course is required for the Certificate in Nursing Home Administration
This course is a study of the techniques and strategies for gathering and using financial information to make decisions in the long-term care facility environment. It includes a survey of accounting principles, financial statements, the budgeting process, and inventory control. Topics include the special accounting requirements of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party payment systems.
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HCA 413 - Moral and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Prerequisites: None
Introduces students, currently employed (or intending to be employed) in the health care field, to the moral/ethical issues and dilemmas facing the healthcare industry/employee(s) today and into the future. A sampling of selected topics that will be discussed and researched include: informed consent, euthanasia, rationing of health care services, advance directives, biomedical research, heroic measures, the uninsured and underinsured.
3 credits
Spring, Summer
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HCA 415 - Health Care Administration I
Prerequisites: None
Provides the foundation for health care management in an era of health care reform. The issues relate to the overview of emerging trends in the health systems, human resources, leadership, communication, decision making, marketing, quality assurance and financial management. This course is intended for the individual currently employed or interested in the health care field and functioning in the management system.
3 credits
Spring, Summer
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HCA 416 - Health Care Administration II
Prerequisites: None
Builds upon the foundation provided in the Health Care Administration I course. Through discussion, readings, and two assigned written projects, the students cover topics inclusive of: an overview of the healthcare delivery system in the U.S., economics of health care, labor relations, legal issues, health planning, healthcare reform, and ethical issues in health care.
3 credits
Fall
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HCA 418 - Mental Health Issues and the Law
Prerequisites: None
Explores the jurisprudence of mental health law and the social policy upon which it is built. It is intended to provide a foundation in the law as it relates to persons with mental illness or other disabilities. Topics covered include civil commitment, patients’ rights, the right to treatment, the right to refuse treatment, competency, guardianship, confidentiality, and malpractice. Students learn legal skills such as reading and interpreting statutes and legal opinions. Relevant legal and ethical issues confronting providers are addressed throughout the course.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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HCA 426 - Health and Nutrition
Prerequisites: None
Introduces the concept of ortho-biotic living. Students will learn how proper nutrition contributes to the level of wellness at all stages of the life cycle. The multiple factors affecting purchase and consumption of food are included, as well as the functions of specific nutrients and their complex interrelationships. Students will distinguish reliable from unreliable sources of health and nutrition information currently available.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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HCA 459 - Seminar in Managed Care
Prerequisites: None
Investigates the evolution of managed care in the United States health care system, particularly focusing on efficiency and effectiveness in this approach to contemporary medical and mental health care practice. Students will be required to critically examine issues of cost containment, quality management, and the political context of current debates regarding the future of managed care in social and health services.
3 credits
Spring
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HCA 460 - Long Term Care Administration
Prerequisites: None
Note: This course is required for the Certificate in Nursing Home Administration
This course is a study of the techniques and strategies for gathering and using financial information to make decisions in the long-term care facility environment. It includes a survey of accounting principles, financial statements, the budgeting process, and inventory control. Topics include the special accounting requirements of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party payment systems.
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Historic Preservation |
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HP 101 - Introduction to Preservation Studies
Prerequisites: None
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Minor: Preservation Studies
Core Concentration: Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
Introduction to the study, interpretation and preservation of cultural, natural, and social resources, while considering ways to best plan for our future, informed by the study of our past and the engagement of stakeholders today. Lectures and discussion are augmented by visiting speakers and field trips to sites and communities. The range of career opportunities is explored. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Fall
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HP 150 - Introduction to Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to the study, interpretation and preservation of cultural, natural and social resources, while considering ways to best plan for our future, informed by the study of our past and the engagement of stakeholders today. Lectures and discussion are augmented by visiting speakers and field trips to sites and communities. The range of career opportunities is explored.
3 credits
Fall
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HP 324L - Archival Research
Co-listed with: HP 524L
Prerequisites: HP 150 or permission of instructor
Research in historical preservation entails: site-specific research related to the physical fabric of a building, community, engineering feature, landscape or archaeological site; or more generalized research on context-social, cultural, and technological. This course employs the research methods and resources needed to complete the nomination of a site to National Register of Historic Places (NR) in accordance with National Park Service standards, particularly as they relate to Statement of Significance and Description. Classroom discussions will be linked to a series of field trips to a wide range of archival repositories and relevant neighboring sites. Through these, students consider the significance or meaning of a place, how we determine these attributes, and how we conduct research that supports our argument. Students cannot receive credit for both HP 324L and HP 524L .
4 credits
Fall
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HP 351 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Co-listed with: HP 551
Prerequisites: HP 150 or Junior standing
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgments and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation, various types of historic preservation, such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstruction and adaptive reuse, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Spring
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HP 371 - Architecture and Preservation Abroad
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Delivery: Lecture
Course includes on-site examination of historically significant domestic and public architecture combined with the investigation of the practice of preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse work abroad. Lectures and presentations by local practitioners and authorities are included and emphasized.
4 credits
Fall
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HP 391 - Architecture and Preservation Abroad
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Course includes on-site examination of historically significant domestic and public architecture combined with the investigation of the practice of preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse work abroad. Lectures and presentations by local practitioners and authorities are included and emphasized.
4 credits
Fall
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HP 421 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: HP 150 or Junior standing
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Minor: Preservation Studies
Core Concentration: Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgments and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation, various types of historic preservation, such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstruction and adaptive reuse, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Fall
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HP 430 - Special Topics in Preservation Studies
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Delivery: Lecture
Presentations by faculty and other experts in specific aspects of the historic preservation field. Students may take this course more than once, depending on the topic offered in any given semester. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Special Offerings
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HP 451 - Thesis in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of faculty and Dean
Delivery: Other
Serves as the culminating academic experience for outstanding students in the major. Students work closely with a faculty supervisor in a self-defined and self-directed study of an aspect of historic preservation. Students are encouraged to select a focus which demonstrates original and critical thinking, and contributes to available scholarship. Research results are in many cases of publishable quality and/or serve as the basis for scholarly presentations to professional groups.
3 credits
Spring
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HP 521 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: None
Major: MS Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lecture
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgements and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation and various types of historic preservation such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstructing and adaptive use, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Fall
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HP 525 - Preservation Economics
Prerequisites: None
The course examines the major issues in financing activities within the historic preservation field. The financial physics of preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings (using incentive programs) are explored through research, applied project work and site visits. The methods and sources of funding for preservation agencies (both governmental and non-profit) are learned through budget analysis and seminars with agency leaders and fund-raising professionals.
3 credits
Spring
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HP 526 - Preservation Law and Regulation
Prerequisites: None
The course is designed to provide students with working knowledge of the public policy issues, legal structure and regulatory functions in the field of historic preservation. Student activities will be designed to teach working knowledge of relevant legal subjects, including historic preservation ordinances, state and federal preservation statutes, relevant case precedents and important constitutional issues.
3 credits
Spring
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HP 530 - Special Topics in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, or Senior standing with permission of the instructor
Delivery: Lecture
Variable content course dealing with significant themes, periods and individuals in Historic Preservation. The course is offered in a graduate seminar format, with graduate academic and scholarly expectations as well as support for faculty and student pursuits. The course may be taken more than once depending on topical content.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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HP 551 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Co-listed with: HP 351
Prerequisites: None
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgements and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation and various types of historic preservation such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstructing and adaptive use, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Spring
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HP 571 - Museum Studies
Cross-Listed with: PRES 471
Prerequisites: AAH 121 or AAH 122 or by permission of instructor
Delivery: Lecture
Within the broad field of museum studies, this course focuses on the intersection of mission, collecting, and display for art museums, house museums, and history museums in the United States. Museum mission statements often describe their institutional goals in terms of conservation, community outreach, education, or the delivery of shared cultural resources. Museum staff work to create exhibitions, architecture, and didactic materials that enact those missions and make them visible to museum users. To examine how mission shapes collecting practice display, you will read scholarly studies of museum trends, case studies of innovative practices, guidelines crafted by museum professionals, and news coverage of current museum challenges.
3 credits
Fall
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HP 572 - Preservation Law and Regulation
Prerequisites: None
Delivery: Lecture
The course is designed to provide students with working knowledge of the public policy issues, legal structure and regulatory functions in the field of historic preservation. Student activities will be designed to teach working knowledge of relevant legal subjects, including historic preservation ordinances, state and federal preservation statutes, relevant case precedents and important constitutional issues. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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HP 573 - Preservation Economics
Prerequisites: None
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course examines the diverse intersections of preservation activities and economics at scales ranging from building to region. Major issues addressed include valuing the economic impacts of the preserved past, financial aspects of preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, public and private financing strategies, place-based revitalization, heritage tourism, and issues of shrinking cities, gentrification, and displacement. The course engages with these issues through research, applied course work, guest lecturers, and site visits. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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HP 582L - Architectural Conservation Lab
Co-listed with: HP 382L
Prerequisites: None
This course surveys the manufacture, composition, properties, uses, craft traditions, and conservation of traditional building materials and systems - wood, metal, glass, decorative finishes, and masonry - and the architectural context in which they are employed. Lectures, readings and discussions are supplemented by site visits, field trips, workshops and laboratory exercises to understand historic American construction technology and contemporary conservation practices. Students cannot receive credit for both HP 382L and HP 582L.
4 credits
Spring
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HP 641 - Historic Environment Research Methods
Prerequisites: None
A scholarly graduate thesis is now elective for the MS in Preservation Practice program. The required two-semester sequence of PLAN 511 and ARCH 517 (Collaborative Revitalization Studio) now supply the capstone experience for MS students.
Delivery: Lecture
This course prepares students intending to write a graduate thesis with guided exploration and application of interdisciplinary research methods focused on the study of the historic environment. Concepts and techniques from art and architectural history, anthropology, sociology, geography, planning, and history will be considered. Students work closely with the instructor to develop a self-defined and directed project, including exploratory research and literature review. The course culminates in a the development of a research proposal for an original, critical project that takes contributes to existing scholarly or professional discourse. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Fall
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HP 651 - Graduate Thesis in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: PRES 641
Delivery: Lecture
The thesis serves as an elective culminating academic experience for students in the graduate program. Students work closely with a faculty supervisor on an original, critical, self-defined and self-directed study formulated in Historic Environmental Research Methods (PRES 641). Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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HP 681L - Historic Rehabilitation Workshop
Prerequisites: None
This workshop develops components of a certified historic rehabilitation project in light of federal, state and local preservation regulations and incentives, with a focus on the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program and with reference to the NPS, IRS, SHPO and other players. Students work on a site conducting documentation, condition assessment, and treatment recommendations, interpretation and application of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, zoning study, code analysis, program and design development, outline specifications and drawings, and other components. Site-specific work will be informed by visits to rehabilitated structures and meetings with professionals.
4 credits
Fall
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PRES 101 - Introduction to Preservation Studies
Prerequisites: None
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Minor: Preservation Studies
Core Concentration: Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
Introduction to the study, interpretation and preservation of cultural, natural, and social resources, while considering ways to best plan for our future, informed by the study of our past and the engagement of stakeholders today. Lectures and discussion are augmented by visiting speakers and field trips to sites and communities. The range of career opportunities is explored. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 320 - American Cultural Landscapes
Cross-Listed with: PRES 520
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
This course explores the formation, use, and meaning of everyday landscapes in the United States from the European colonial era to the late twentieth-century. The course focuses on these landscapes as the products of the exercise of political, economic, and social power and as reflections of the social relations that result. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Spring
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PRES 331 - Historic Construction Materials and Assemblies
Cross-Listed with: PRES 531
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
This course is an introductory overview to the historic materials, art, and technology of building construction spanning selected culture regions of what is now the United States. Students will survey materials and methods used in building construction including foundation, frame, wall, floor, roof, enclosure, and interior and exterior finish treatments and materials. The emphasis in the course is on the use of materials from technical, design, and sociocultural perspectives and using historic material to trace the evolution of building activities. Coursework includes analysis of the political economies, cultural traditions, and bodies of design knowledge that informed material and technology choices. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 341 - Building and Site Documentation Research Methods
Cross-Listed with: PRES 541
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course addresses established research methods for documenting existing conditions and the historical development of buildings and sites for design, planning, and preservation-related interventions. Topics include site-specific research related to the physical fabric and development of a building or site; architectural, engineering, or landscape design contexts; community development context, and or more generalized research on the sociocultural, political, and technological context of the property. This course employs the research methods and resources needed to complete a variety of due diligence and planning documents, including historic structure reports, historic designation or evaluation documentation, and existing conditions reports. Classroom discussions are combined with fieldwork and applied research using regional building information and archival repositories. Minimum Passing Grade: D
4 credits
Fall
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PRES 371 - Architecture and Preservation Abroad
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Delivery: Lecture
Course includes on-site examination of historically significant domestic and public architecture combined with the investigation of the practice of preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse work abroad. Lectures and presentations by local practitioners and authorities are included and emphasized.
4 credits
Fall
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PRES 421 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: HP 150 or Junior standing
Major: BS in Preservation Studies
Minor: Preservation Studies
Core Concentration: Preservation Studies
Delivery: Lecture
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgments and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation, various types of historic preservation, such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstruction and adaptive reuse, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 430 - Special Topics in Preservation Studies
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Delivery: Lecture
Presentations by faculty and other experts in specific aspects of the historic preservation field. Students may take this course more than once, depending on the topic offered in any given semester. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Special Offerings
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PRES 451 - Thesis in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of faculty and Dean
Delivery: Other
Serves as the culminating academic experience for outstanding students in the major. Students work closely with a faculty supervisor in a self-defined and self-directed study of an aspect of historic preservation. Students are encouraged to select a focus which demonstrates original and critical thinking, and contributes to available scholarship. Research results are in many cases of publishable quality and/or serve as the basis for scholarly presentations to professional groups.
3 credits
Spring
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PRES 471 - Museum Studies
Cross-Listed with: PRES 571
Prerequisites: AAH 121 or AAH 122 or by permission of instructor
Delivery: Lecture
Within the broad field of museum studies, this course focuses on the intersection of mission, collecting, and display for art museums, house museums, and history museums in the United States. Museum mission statements often describe their institutional goals in terms of conservation, community outreach, education, or the delivery of shared cultural resources. Museum staff work to create exhibitions, architecture, and didactic materials that enact those missions and make them visible to museum users. To examine how mission shapes collecting practice display, you will read scholarly studies of museum trends, case studies of innovative practices, guidelines crafted by museum professionals, and news coverage of current museum challenges. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 501 - Fundamentals of Preservation Practice
Prerequisites: None
Major: MS in Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lecture
This course examines practices for managing and intervening in the historic built environment through contemporary preservation planning and design practices. Topics include the social, economic, and cultural uses of the preserved historic environment; US and international frameworks for preservation; government, nonprofit and corporate involvement at the national, state and local level in the US context; preservation planning in urban rural settings; and documentation, assessment and treatment techniques. The course includes case studies, field trips and guest lecturers.
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 521 - History and Philosophy of Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: None
Major: MS Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lecture
Historical overview of the variety of philosophical approaches present in the preservation movement from Ruskin to the latest Charters. Explores changes in the values and ethics of preservation and urban conservation to set the framework for judgements and choices that may be made in building projects. Topics include issues related to tradition and innovation and various types of historic preservation such as “living” museums and private restoration, reconstructing and adaptive use, conservation and heritage tourism.
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 530 - Special Topics in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, or Senior standing with permission of the instructor
Delivery: Lecture
Variable content course dealing with significant themes, periods and individuals in Historic Preservation. The course is offered in a graduate seminar format, with graduate academic and scholarly expectations as well as support for faculty and student pursuits. The course may be taken more than once depending on topical content.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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PRES 531 - Historic Construction Materials and Assemblies
Cross-Listed with: PRES 331
Major: MS in Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lecture
This course is an introductory overview to the historic materials, art, and technology of building construction spanning selected culture regions of what is now the United States. Students will survey materials and methods used in building construction including foundation, frame, wall, floor, roof, enclosure, and interior and exterior finish treatments and materials. The emphasis in the course is on the use of materials from technical, design, and sociocultural perspectives and using historic material to trace the evolution of building activities. Coursework includes analysis of the political economies, cultural traditions, and bodies of design knowledge that informed material and technology choices. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 532 - Building Materials and Technology Workshop
Fulfills requirement for MS in Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course introduces students to composition, properties, common pathologies or failures, and conservation and treatment techniques for historic and existing building materials and systems. The course emphasizes condition assessment and material treatment techniques for elements such as wood, masonry, metals, glass, interior and exterior finishes. The course is taught in material-focused modules consisting of lectures, readings and discussions and workshops focused on material-specific conservation techniques. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
4 credits
Spring
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PRES 541 - Building and Site Documentation Research Methods
Cross-Listed with: PRES 341
Fulfills requirement for Major: MS in Preservation Practices
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course addresses established research methods for documenting existing conditions and the historical development of buildings and sites for design, planning, and preservation-related interventions. Topics include site-specific research related to the physical fabric and development of a building or site; architectural, engineering, or landscape design contexts; community development context, and or more generalized research on the sociocultural, political, and technological context of the property. This course employs the research methods and resources needed to complete a variety of due diligence and planning documents, including historic structure reports, historic designation or evaluation documentation, and existing conditions reports. Classroom discussions are combined with fieldwork and applied research using regional building information and archival repositories. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
4 credits
Fall
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PRES 571 - Museum Studies
Cross-Listed with: PRES 471
Prerequisites: AAH 121 or AAH 122 or by permission of instructor
Delivery: Lecture
Within the broad field of museum studies, this course focuses on the intersection of mission, collecting, and display for art museums, house museums, and history museums in the United States. Museum mission statements often describe their institutional goals in terms of conservation, community outreach, education, or the delivery of shared cultural resources. Museum staff work to create exhibitions, architecture, and didactic materials that enact those missions and make them visible to museum users. To examine how mission shapes collecting practice display, you will read scholarly studies of museum trends, case studies of innovative practices, guidelines crafted by museum professionals, and news coverage of current museum challenges.
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 572 - Preservation Law and Regulation
Prerequisites: None
Delivery: Lecture
The course is designed to provide students with working knowledge of the public policy issues, legal structure and regulatory functions in the field of historic preservation. Student activities will be designed to teach working knowledge of relevant legal subjects, including historic preservation ordinances, state and federal preservation statutes, relevant case precedents and important constitutional issues. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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PRES 573 - Preservation Economics
Prerequisites: None
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course examines the diverse intersections of preservation activities and economics at scales ranging from building to region. Major issues addressed include valuing the economic impacts of the preserved past, financial aspects of preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, public and private financing strategies, place-based revitalization, heritage tourism, and issues of shrinking cities, gentrification, and displacement. The course engages with these issues through research, applied course work, guest lecturers, and site visits. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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PRES 641 - Historic Environment Research Methods
Prerequisites: None
A scholarly graduate thesis is now elective for the MS in Preservation Practice program. The required two-semester sequence of PLAN 511 and ARCH 517 (Collaborative Revitalization Studio) now supply the capstone experience for MS students.
Delivery: Lecture
This course prepares students intending to write a graduate thesis with guided exploration and application of interdisciplinary research methods focused on the study of the historic environment. Concepts and techniques from art and architectural history, anthropology, sociology, geography, planning, and history will be considered. Students work closely with the instructor to develop a self-defined and directed project, including exploratory research and literature review. The course culminates in a the development of a research proposal for an original, critical project that takes contributes to existing scholarly or professional discourse. Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Fall
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PRES 651 - Graduate Thesis in Historic Preservation
Prerequisites: PRES 641
Delivery: Lecture
The thesis serves as an elective culminating academic experience for students in the graduate program. Students work closely with a faculty supervisor on an original, critical, self-defined and self-directed study formulated in Historic Environmental Research Methods (PRES 641). Minimum Passing Grade: B-
3 credits
Spring
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HIST 100 - Making Global History
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course challenges students to think beyond their western experience. With so much interplay between regional and world cultures, individuals are naturally shaped by events thousands of miles away. This is an introductory course that considers ‘other’ histories and how they shape our and others’ lives. We are aware of the British empire, but what about the Zulu empire? American sports culture and its nationalist undertones relate directly to attributes of China’s 19th-century Boxers. HIST 100 will encourage students to recognize these relationships and consider their broader historical meaning.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Winter
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HIST 240 - Colonial and Revolutionary America
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
The course begins with examining America in the pre-contact period and ends with America declaring independence and becoming a Republic. In between these two points, the course considers the cultural transformation of Europeans by their interaction with the American environment and with each other. The course considers the intellectual, political, military, cultural, and social history of the period
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Alternate
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HIST 241 - Securing the American Republic, 1800-1914
Prerequisites: HIST 100 , or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course examines the social, economic, cultural, political, and diplomatic developments in the United States from 1800-1914. This course considers how the Republic was secured in the wake of the American Revolution, and the key problems facing the American people. The course centers on the long nineteenth century, including key moments such as the Civil War and Reconstruction. The course ends with the start of World War One.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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HIST 242 - The United States in the American Century
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration.
This course will explore the political, economic, and cultural development of the United States from the First World War to the present. Use of primary and secondary material will be essential to a more in depth understanding of the paradoxical nature of twentieth and twenty-first century technological advances, which resulted in material affluence and a thriving middle class. Conversely, industrial innovation led to poverty and a disparate standard of living for many. Significant too is America’s growing global participation, from its trade partnerships to its military presence in the First and Second World Wars.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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HIST 281 - A Survey of East Asian History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
An introductory course that emphasizes the political, religious, cultural, and historical influences of East Asia from antiquity to the modern era, with special emphasis on Asia’s response to Western intrusion, its interpretation of Asian nationalisms, and its efforts to foster a unique Asian identity.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 282 - A Survey of Modern African History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
An introductory course that analyzes the continent during and after colonial rule, with an examination of the era of European control, the growth of African nationalism, and the victories and defeats of independence.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 283 - Survey of Latin American History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course presents a synthesis of the historical development of Latin America from the Pre-Columbian era to the present. The course is organized in chronological fashion and examines topics such as Pre-Columbian states, the colonial period, the movement for independence, and neocolonialism.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 284 - A Survey of Modern Middle East History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or permission from instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Major, Minor, or Core Concentration
This course will introduce students to the political, religious and historical developments of the modern Middle East. It will focus on the period following the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century through the modern day. The course will provide the student with a foundation for further study on the Middle East. The course will be predominantly political history and issues to be discussed may include a focus on the Arab-Israeli conflict, role of oil in the world, religious extremism, the Lebanese civil war, the Iraq war, and the Iranian revolution.
3 credits
Fall
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HIST 290 - Religious Traditions of the World
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Major, Minor, or Core Concentration
Examines religious diversity and formation throughout history and the variety of ways in which particular religions and belief patterns affect the behavior and personality of their adherents. Emphasizes spiritual accounts as case studies for analyzing the influence of religion on ethnographic-cultural identities as well as on social and political behavior. These will be assed from both a historical and contemporary perspective with special attention to the changing nature of religious studies as a discipline.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 310 - Studies in European History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Each semester this course is offered a new topic is chosen for in-depth study. Students may suggest topics to the instructor. Sample subjects include: History of Science and Technology, Socialism and Communism; The Totalitarians; Modern Jewish History; Voyages of Discovery. This course may be repeated for credit, but students may study a single topic only once.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 315 - Studies in National Histories
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Each semester that this course is offered, one modern European nation’s development is explored. This course may be repeated for credit, but students may study a single nation only once.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 316 - Studies in African National History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course examines the historical development of one specific country or sub-region of Africa. The course will focus on both larger political, economic, an social transformations as well as changes in the daily lives of people. Countries or regions to be studied could include: South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and The Congo.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 317 - Studies in Asian National History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course examines the historical development of one specific country or sub-region in Asia. The course will focus on both the larger political, economic, and social transformations as well as changes in the daily lives of people. Countries or regions to be studied could include: Modern China, Modern Japan, and Modern Korea.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 318 - Studies in Latin American National History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
This course examines the historical development of one specific country or sub-region in Latin America. The course will focus on both the larger political, economic, and social transformations as well as changes in the daily lives of people. Countries or regions to be studied could include: Mexico, Brazil, and the Andes.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 319 - Studies in Modern Middle East National Histories
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor.
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Major, Minor or Core Concentration
Each semester that this course is offered, one modern nations historical development, such as Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the Gulf States, may be explored. This course may be repeated for credit, but students may study a single nation only once. This course may be repeated for credit, but students may study a single nation only once.
3 credits
Alternate Years
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HIST 320 - Ancient History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 (for majors) or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Major, Minor or Core Concentration
This course acquaints students with the growth of human civilization from the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods through the rise of early civilizations including the Egyptians and Nubians of Africa, Mesopotamians (Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians) Asians, and later European cultures. Among the topics to which the course attends are the human experience of the divine, man’s struggle with human and natural forces, warfare and the meaning of justice, the development of logos as human reason or cognition, and the emergence of science, technology, and artistic experience. As the focus and topic may change each time the course is offered, students may repeat for credit.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 322 - Medieval History
Prerequisites: HIST 100, or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Europe from ca 500-1300 concentrating on the medieval influences of the Roman Empire, German invaders and Christianity; the rise and division of Charlemagne’s empire; the rise of national states in France and England; the rise and decline of the Holy Roman Empire; church and state conflicts; the crusades and medieval education.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 324 - Age of Renaissance and Reformation
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Europe ca. 1300-1600 stressing the emergence of commercial revival; return to the Greco-Roman ideas of art and literature; the breakup of western Christian unity, and the conflicts that resulted.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 326 - Age of Absolutism
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Europe ca. 1600-1788 concentrating on the continued disunity of Germany; the rise of absolutist governments in Bourbon France; the failure of Absolutism in Stuart England; the rise of Russia and Russia; the scientific revolution and enlightenment.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 328 - Age of French Revolution and Napoleon
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Europe ca. 1789-1815 focusing on the French Revolution domestically its impact on Europe as a whole, and its evolution into the reign of terror; the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, his conquests of Europe, the spread of revolutionary principles, and his military defeat.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 331 - 19th Century Europe
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Examines European history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Great Power agreements of 1815 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914: including aspects of revolution, social and cultural change, industrialism, nation-states, imperialism, and European hegemony.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 332 - 20th Century Europe
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Examines European history from the origins of the First World War through the chaotic interwar period, World War II, the Cold War and the resurgence of a new Europe. Emphasizes political, military, diplomatic, social, and cultural developments.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 334 - Problems in War and Diplomacy
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Each semester that this course is offered, a new topic is chosen for in-depth study. Topics may be suggested to the instructor by the students. This course, but not the topic, may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 341 - Colonial America
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Focuses on the European colonization of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. The cultural transformation of Europeans by their interaction with the American environment and with each other will be emphasized.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 342 - Revolutionary America
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
An examination of the formative period of the United States from the 1760s through the 1790s. The political, social, military, constitutional and cultural character of revolution will be considered.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 344 - The Civil War Era
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
A consideration of the causes and the conflicts between the states during the 1850s and 1860s. Issues of conflicting loyalties of region and nation, and the factors which determined the outcome of these conflicts will be explored.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 345 - Studies in Atlantic History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration.
Atlantic history links the Americas, Europe, and Africa to explore the ways in which people, goods, and ideas traversed the Atlantic Ocean. The course connects both hemispheres: eastern and western; northern and southern. As the dominant organizing principle for the early modern period, Atlantic history moves beyond national boundaries and anachronistic applications of later political divisions The course content is variable, but possible offerings include “Pirates, Sailors, and Whalers in the Atlantic World” and
“Witchcraft in the Atlantic World.” This course may be repeated for credit, but students may study a single topic in Atlantic History only once.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 346 - The Gilded Age
Prerequisites: HIST 100 consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Focusing upon the period from the period from 1876 through 1903, this course will examine the rise of Populism and the precursors of Progressivism and a response to unprecedented technological and social change.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 347 - Facing East From Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration.
hroughout the period before the United States declared its independence, the vast majority of North America was Indian country. By “facing east” from Indian country, the course centers the experiences of Indigenous Peoples in historical context. The course examines how and why Indian country first became aware of a “new world” across the ocean. The course analyzes how Indigenous Peoples incorporated European people, objects, and ideas into Indian country on Indian terms.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 348 - The Great Depression
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
A study of the interwar decades of the 1920s and 1930s in the United States. The economic and political components of the Depression and the impact hard times had upon the social and cultural fabric of nationalism will be emphasized.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 349 - Crime and Dissent in Early New England
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor.
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration.
When Puritans settled New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped to create a godly “city upon a hill” away from the evils of England. This class reframes the narrative and examines those who challenged this ideal through their criminal and deviant behavior. In Puritan ideology, the punishment of dissent was both a religious imperative and secular necessity. The course evaluates how different New England colonies dealt with crime and dissent, including: sexual deviance, religious dissent, property crime, magic, riot, and revelry.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 351 - Frontier in United States History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Examines the frontier as place, process, and image. Emphases will be on the westward movement, frontier societies, and the impact of the frontier upon the American mind, past and present.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 354 - United States Environmental History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Surveys the intellectual and economic roots of agrarianism, the development of commercial agriculture and environmental ethics, and the impact of ruralism and land use upon the American people.
3 credits
Alternate Fall
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HIST 360 - Studies in United States History
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core Concentration
Each semester this course is offered a single topic in United States history will be studied in depth. Critical periods such as the Jacksonian Era, the Progressive Era, and/or The 1960s may be offered. Significant themes such as education, immigration and / or diplomacy may also be considered separate courses. This is a variable content course and may be repeated for credit, but student’s may study a single topic only once.
3 credits
Special Offering
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HIST 380 - Magic Potions Swords Rings: Myth and Memory
Prerequisites: HIST 100 or consent of instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the History Major, Minor, or Core Concentration
The ancients used stories ηυθος (myth “story”) to explain ἱστορία (history “inquiry”). The modern assumption is that history is fact, where as myth is the falsehood or falsified story. This course will look in detail at the importance of myth in history and history in myth by illuminating how the realities of society are expressed in the modern genre of fantasy and its historical/mythological basis using recreated and reimagined historical and religious archetypes.
3 credits
Special Offering
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