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HEPR 230 - INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM CARE
The older adult population has unique biopsychosocial and spiritual needs related to the process of aging and its developmental stage. Health status often is influenced by income level, living arrangements, and need for physical and psycho/social supports. Focus will be on recognition and respect of variations in care that are inherent in caring for older adults.
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HEPR 250 - CROSS CULTURAL HISTORY OF AGING
Credits: Three
The course will take a comparative approach to a study of
ideologies and traditions toward old age in selected cultures
around the world. Cultures studies will include: Native American,
African, Asian, and European. The last part of the course will look
at the evolving history of old age in the United States from the
Colonial Period to the present. Some of the issues covered include:
elderly in the family and society, changing ideas about old age,
history of public policies toward the elderly, gender differences,
impact of the growing numbers of elderly on historical and
political events.
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HEPR 295 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE AGING
Credits: Three
This course deals with issues of adjustment, psychological coping
and psychological disorders in the later part of the life span. The
class will study theories and research of personality development
in the elderly, factors influencing coping and adjustment. Focus
will be on the occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of
psychological and psychiatric disorders in the elderly.
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HEPR 296 - DELERIRUM, DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Credits: Three
The behavioral, affective, cognitive, physiological and causative
theories of delirium and dementia are presented. Assessment of
individuals with cognitive impairment and interventions for the
related disorders are discussed.
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HEPR 298 - PHARMACOLOGICAL AND THE ELDERLY
Credits: Three
The course focus is pharmacological therapies prescribed for common
illnesses in the aged, with regard to complex drug regimes,
polypharmacy, potential for drug-drug interruptions, side effects,
and drug metabolism in the elderly. In the course, health promotion
and disease prevention behaviors are discussed in relation to
physiological changes associated with aging and disease states.
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HEPR 299 - EXERCISE & REHABILITATION IN THE AGED
Credits: Three
This seminar course discusses the issues and concerns about
exercising and rehabilitation programs in aged population. Topics
discussed in class include: effect of exercise on the older adult,
physiological characteristics of the elderly, precautions for the
aged, starting an exercise program, and rehabilitation concerns for
the older adult.
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HEPR 300 - CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTH & ILLNESS
Credits: Three
This course explores the theoretical and conceptual aspects of cultural healthcare. Topics include culture and ethnicity, cultural variations in response to actual or potential problems of health and illness; review of research literature; and methods of caring for and treat individuals with culturally influenced responses.
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HEPR 302 - INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Credits: Three
Positive Psychology is an emerging field that involves the study of satisfaction among workers, policies that result in the strongest civic engagement, and how people’s lives can be most worth living. Positive Psychology focuses on building factors such as resilience, coping skills, protective factors, and strengths so that people may not just face and manage the problems of life but flourish and thrive. This course will involve an exploration of positive emotion, meaning and purpose, positive relationships, and positive accomplishments. Students will also learn about factors that influence levels of happiness, and strategies to increase well-being, life satisfaction, and longevity.
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HEPR 305 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GERONTOLOGY
Credits: 3
Students interested in independent study for the Gerontology Certificate Program need to Contact the Gerontology Certificate Coordinator in the School of Health Professions.
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HEPR 310 - HISTORY OF HEALTH CARE
Credits: Three
This course explores the history of a health profession from its
earliest beginnings to the present. The development of the
profession from a social and cultural aspect is emphasized.
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HEPR 314 - CHINESE MEDICINE
Credits: 3
This course will explore the history, principles, practices, use and outcomes of traditional Chinese medicine. It provides an overview of the field and focuses on specific traditional Chinese medicine practices and how they are utilized in alternative, complementary and integrative healing. Cultural, ethical, legal and professional issues will be explored.
Observations and interviews of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will be utilized.
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HEPR 320 - SUBSTANCE ABUSE & HEALTH CARE PROVDER
Credits: Three
This course will address major issues and trends associated with
substance abuse and addiction in the health care provider. Students
will study the impact of substance abuse as it relates to the
healthcare provider as well as their families, clients,
communities, and society. Additional topics will include:
identification of the impaired health care provider, the historical
development of substance abuse, costs (i.e., personal, familial,
societal, economic, etc.) etiological perspectives as well as
referral programs, and reengagement into their professional role
and treatment. This course will contribute to students awareness of
substance abuse as a major issue in healthcare providers.
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HEPR 332 - Awareness Through Movement
Credits: 3
This course explores the principals of movement
developed by Moshe Feldenkrais. It utilizes his
book, Awareness Through Movement and his ideas of
precisely directed attention during gentle easy
movement to develop the sense of self that allows
for improved action in the surrounding
environment.
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HEPR 333 - MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH CARE PRVDRS
Credits: Three
This course will explore specific movement techniques that are useful in the practice of Music Therapy and other health professions, including Laban Movement Analysis, Hatha Yoga, and Pilates. Students will gain physical confidence and technical skills while learning to adapt movement techniques to serve a variety of client populations.
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HEPR 334 - MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH CARE PRVDRS II
Credits: Two
This course examines physical, philosophical, psychological and
spiritual disciplines that are based on the premise that the mind
and the body must be developed together in order to achieve optimal
health and happiness. Students will use their own lives as
laboratories for applying these techniques and reaping the
benefits. Students will learn how to utilize these disciplines to
achieve self-awareness, personal goals, and professional success.
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HEPR 350 - COUNSELING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Credits: Three
This course is an introduction to more effective ways to
communicate, skills/techniques of counseling and the dynamics of
the professional/client relationship. Where possible, application
is made to the health profession setting.
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HEPR 370 - FITNESS, WELLNESS AND NUTRITION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: BIOL 102, CHEM 104, BIOL 394
This course will provide a thorough introduction, discovery, analysis, and integration of the normal components of exercise, fitness, nutrition, and wellness throughout the lifespan. Bioenergetics, neuromuscular and metabolic response and adaptations to exercise, environmental influences, and training optimization will be addressed.
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HEPR 397 - Principles of Occupational Health
Credits: 3 Credits
The course provides information on the medical-legal aspects of workplace injury involving physical, chemical and environmental exposures. Course will interest nursing, rehabilitation counseling and services, physical therapy and occupational therapy students.
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HEPR 400 - HEALTH CARE ETHICS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: HEPR 107 or Permission of instructor
This course provides an overview of the discipline of ethics in the healthcare context. Ethical theories and approaches are studied, followed by an exploration of general bioethics issues. The course then proceeds into a more specific focus on ethical issues that will face the individual health care practitioner. The goal of this course is to provide the basic ethical tools necessary for recognizing ethical issues and working toward the resolution of ethical problems.
Self-awareness tools, case studies, and exams and assignments that emphasize analysis and application will be used to facilitate the development of the ethical dimension of the students growth as competent and caring health care professionals.
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HEPR 410 - PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUCTION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: HEPR 107, HEPR-108, PSYC-101, ENGL-104
This course focuses on the development of health care educators as
teachers/educators who: a) adopt his/her delivery of physical care
to reflect respect for sensitivity to individual differences, b)
educate others using relevant and effective teaching methods, and
c) communicate in ways congruent with situational needs.
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HEPR 420 - CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: HEPR 108
This course introduces the student to epidemiological methods: the study of disease occurrences in the human populations, making predictions about individual patients regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, and to the application of epidemiological data in clinical patient care. A core component of the course will be using four different recurrent models to emphasize epidemiological methods and ideas
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HEPR 430 - GENETICS FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: MATH 125, CHEM 104, BIOL-102
Just as the knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, and
biochemistry is crucial for practitioners in health care systems,
dealing with disease in the future demands an understanding of the
biochemistry of the human genome. Genetics for health care
professionals encompasses the study of inheritance of diseases in
families and molecular genetics. The pathogenesis of inherited
disorders, diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases and
investigations of methods for gene therapy will be discussed.
Ethical considerations will be addressed and applied within the
context of health care environment.
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HEPR 440 - HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: HEPR 107, HEPR 400
This course is designed to integrate information about health care systems and the delivery of health care in the United States. Future trends, historical development, political, economic, scientific, educational, and social factors in health care will be assimilated. Information pertaining to ideas, beliefs, customs, and practices concerned with ensuring health, as well as preventing and curing illness and diseases will be presented. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and Disablement models will be integrated throughout this course. As a capstone course, information presented in health care systems will be synthesized, evaluated, and experienced through a service learning project.
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HEPR 460 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Credits: Three
An introduction to public health practice in the United States,
this course examines the formal structures and institutions of
public health, and prominent public health problems.
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HEPR 491 - HEALTH CARE CAPSTONE
Credits: FOUR
The capstone project is the culmination of the student academic experience. In this course student’s identify a current problem, initiative, or issue in health care and analyze that topic from multiple perspectives drawing on knowledge gained throughout the program. The goal of the capstone is to develop a deeper understanding of a topic of importance in health care, to study available options, programs, and relevant research, and to generate and present practical solutions to clients and colleagues.
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HEPR 496 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 103 - AMERICA & CONTEMP WORLD
Credits: Three
History of American foreign relations since World War II.
Cross-listed: See HIST 303; PSCI 103/303
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HIST 105 - TOPICS: AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course surveys major events, and ideas and issues in American cultural history.
Cross-listed: See HIST 305; HUM 105/305
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HIST 107 - THE 1950’S & 60’S: FROM CONFORMITY TO CHAOS
Credits: Three
This course will integrate social, economic, political, and cultural history to explore the dramatic changes that occurred in the United States from the end of World War Two to the 1970s. The course covers a variety of events and people, but will focus particular attention on two major themes of the period: the Cold War (both foreign and domestic) and the activities of various social movements including Civil Rights, Peace/Anti-war movements, and women’s rights.
Cross-listed: See HIST 307
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HIST 110 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores the impact of historical events on the lives of American women and, in turn, the many roles women played in shaping American history. Topics include native American womens lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of separate spheres; womens political activities including the anti-slavery movement, the suffrage movement, the 19th Amendment, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s; and transformations in the lives of modern women including work, politics, sexuality, consumption patterns, and leisure activities.
Cross-listed: See HIST 310; WS 110/310
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HIST 115 - HIST OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Credits: Three
This course explores topics in Indian history including the social and natural environment of North America on the eve of European invasion; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of population decline among Native Americans; transformations of Native American social and family life; accommodations and resistance to European-American expansion; assimilation, adaptation and political change. The course includes a strong focus on the challenges faced by Native Americans in the 20th Century.
Cross-listed: See HIST 315
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HIST 116 - ST LOUIS HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course will examine the major political events and social conditions influencing the lives of the people of St. Louis from its earliest inhabitants to the present, but with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Classes will consist of a mixture of discussion and lecture, with students invited to participate fully with questions, comments and ideas.
Cross-listed: See HIST 316/516
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HIST 117 - 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course sets the experiences of the diverse people of the United States into the rapidly changing context of the 20th Century. Course topics include the Progressive Era, World War I, the 20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement and the New Right.
Cross-listed: See HIST 317
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HIST 119 - FILM & AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores films for their ability to recreate, reveal, change, or influence U.S. history. Students will view many films in and out of class and learn to analyze them as historical documents. The main focus of learning is on how historians explore, analyze, and make meaning from this area of historical evidence: films. The focus will be on the history of the 20th Century United States.
Cross-listed: See HIST 319/519
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HIST 121 - U.S. HISTORY TO 1877
Credits: Three
This course covers the discovery and colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the constitution, Federalists and Republicans, Jacksonian Democracy, sectionalism and Civil War, and southern reconstruction.
Cross-listed: See HIST 321
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HIST 122 - U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1877
Credits: Three
This course studies 19th Century industrialization, the labor movement, imperialism, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War.
Cross-listed: See HIST 322
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HIST 125 - TOPICS ENVIRONMENTAL HIST
Credits: Three
This course includes readings, discussions and presentations dealing with environmental problems which have arisen as a result of the growth of human societies. There will be consideration of the causes of these historic problems, methods for investigation and possible solutions for these problems, with special emphasis placed on the American experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 325
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HIST 128 - THE AMERICAN WEST
Credits: Three
This course explores the history of the trans- Mississippi West of the United States, including Native American history and cultures, European and Anglo-American frontiers, the expansion of the United States in the 19th century, and the interaction of Native Americans, European-Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Cross-listed: See HIST 328
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HIST 131 - WORLD HISTORY I: TO 1500
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events, and ideas in the major civilizations of the world to about 1500.
Cross-listed: See HIST 331
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HIST 132 - WRLD HIST II: 1500 TO PRESENT
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events and ideas in the major civilizations of the world from 1500 to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 332
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HIST 200 - INTRO TO HISTORICAL RESRCH & WRITING
Credits: Three
What do historians do? How do they work? Why do they work the way
that they do? In this course we will explore the intellectual
skills that historians use to do their work. These skills are of
use not only for professional historians but for many other areas
you may pursue in life. Some of the skills we will practice
include: using libraries, finding aids and information technology;
presenting research orally and in writing; reading critically,
thinking analytically and writing persuasively; learning various
approaches to the study and interpretation of history; discovering
the attitudes and values shared by most historians; and developing
an understanding of the ethical considerations in historical
scholarship.
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HIST 202 - READINGS IN HISTORY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A tutorial reading course in significant historical works, this
course is by arrangement with instructor.
Cross-listed: See HIST 402
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HIST 202H - WORLD WAR II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This seminar is intended to cover not only the military aspects of
the Second World War, but its political, social, and cultural
aspects as well, as these affected the major participants. The
war’s origins and consequences will also be considered.
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HIST 203H - CIVIL WAR ERA
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors program
The seminar will explore the causes of the Civil War, the impact of
the war and emancipation, and the long term outcomes of the Civil
War and Reconstruction. In addition, we will try to understand the
significance of the Civil War in American memory.
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HIST 205H - 20TH CENTURY IN FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In recent decades historians have added to their inventory of
sources, especially in the study of popular culture. Historians now
use film and television as a means to understand and interpret the
past. This course proposes to explore films for their ability to
recreate, reflect or reveal, measure change, and make or influence
U.S. and world history. The course will survey the history of film
in the United States and the world, looking both at history through
the lens of film and at film through the lens of history. Students
will work closely with film sources from a variety of perspectives;
through classroom viewing and discussion, special projects outside
of class, readings, historical research, and writing assignments.
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HIST 206H - THE 1950’S AND 60’S: HONORS SEMINAR
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This seminar will integrate social, economic, political, and
cultural history to explore the dramatic changes that occurred in
the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. We will study a
variety of events and people, but we will focus particular
attention on two major themes of the period: the Cold War (both
foreign and domestic) and the activities of various social
movements (Civil Rights, Peace/Anti-war, Women). We will attempt to
understand how Americans viewed their times by examining a variety
of primary and secondary sources and popular culture examples such
as magazines, movies, television, and music.
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HIST 207H - History of Our Time: 1970-PRESENT
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This honors seminar will look at the recent past, the time period in which people are most interested but often know the least. The course will explore the history and culture of the United States from 1970 to the present. Topics include changing sex roles and values, race relationss, popular culture, the welfare state, the roles of liberalism and conservatism, the growth of the “imperial presidency,” the relationships between foreign and domestic policy, and America’s position in the modern world. We will analyze the post-Civil Rights era, the end of the Vietnam War, what films and music can tell us about recent American history, the Nixon presidency and Watergate, the “Me Decade,” the Ford-Carter presidencies, the Reagan era, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the first Persian Gulf War, the Bush administration’s foreign and domestic policies, the Clinton presidency, the “Republican Revolution” of 1995-96, the 1996 presidential campaign, the Clinton impeachment, the disputed election of 2000, the presidency of a second Bush, the effects of September 11, 2001, the Iraq War, the 2004 election, and challenges for the future.
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HIST 208H - Witches & Vampires Western Hist/Culture
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors
This course will study the meaning of witches and magic in European and American history from the Middle Ages to the present. Topics include witch hunts in Early Modern Europe, the decline of magic during the Enlightenment, the Salem witchcraft trials in early America, the rise of the Dracula legend, and the significance of these topics in popular culture from the “Crucible” to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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HIST 209H - Religion in American History
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors
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HIST 210H - SEX AND SEXUAL AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
Many aspects of sexuality have long been considered problematic in our society. What are the proper sexual roles for men and women and how have they changed over time? What does it mean to be homosexual and how should our society treat people who are labeled as such? What does abortion mean and when is it permissible? What has consensual sex looked like in different time periods and who is qualified to give consent? In this course we will examine how views of sex and sexuality have changed over time from the strict social control measures the Puritans had in place in colonial Massachusetts to the apparent freedoms of today, paying particular attention to the influence of gender, race, religion, medicine, and politics as well as orientation on American ideas of sex and sexuality. We will also consider the ways in which our society has dealt with the problems of sexuality through formal means such as legislation, governmental programs and oversight, medical definition and treatment, and less formal means such as familial and community supervision and social pressure.
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HIST 211H - HISTORY OF AMERICAN MEDICINE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This is an independent readings course. Students will read on a topic of choice in consultation with a history professor.
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HIST 215H - History of American Indians
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This class will introduce honors students to the history of American Indians in the United States. The course will look at the history of Indian-white relations from 1600 to the present, with special attention to the twentieth century. The course will stress what native groups did to maintain their unique identities, despite the fact that their way of life changed after the coming of the European-Americans. The course will emphasize the “Indian voice” since tribal people have played a large part in the making of their own history. Honors students will read novels and histories, see films, and do research about American Indians.
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HIST 262 - EUROPE IN MIDDLE AGES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the momentous cultural and historical developments in Europe during the 1,000-year period from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
Cross-listed: See HIST 362
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HIST 263 - EUROPE:RENAISSANCE-ENLIGHTENMENT
Credits: Three
This course surveys the early modern period from the Renaissance
through the Age of Discovery and the Reformation to the
Enlightenment and the era of the French Revolution.
Cross-listed: See HIST 363
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HIST 265 - EUROPE IN 19TH CENTURY
Credits: Three
This course studies Europe from the defeat of Napoleon to World War I; Metternich, Napoleon III and Bismarck; nationalism, liberalism and socialism; imperialism and the origins of World War I.
Cross-listed: See HIST 365
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HIST 266 - 20TH CENTURY EUROPE
Credits: Three
This course covers the two world wars; fascism, nazism and communism; postwar recovery and the Cold War, and the loss of empire.
Cross-listed: See HIST 366
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HIST 271 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF MIDEAST
Credits: Three
This course examines the rise of Islamic civilization and the development of Middle Eastern affairs to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 371; PSCI 271/371
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HIST 272 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF EAST ASIA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of the major East Asian nations with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 372; PSCI 272/372
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HIST 273 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF AFRICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of the political systems of various African countries and their historic, ethnic, cultural, ideological, social and economic settings.
Cross-listed: See HIST 373; PSCI 273/373
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HIST 274 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF LATIN AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of political, social and economic structures, and problems of Latin American states from historical and cultural perspectives.
Cross-listed: See HIST 374; PSCI 274/374
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HIST 275 - HIST AND GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of China with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 275/375; PSCI 275/375
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HIST 284 - WORLD WAR II
Credits: Three
This course will cover the military aspects of the
Second World War, and its political, social and
cultural aspects as well, as these affected the
major participants. The war’s origins and
consequences will also be considered.
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HIST 285 - HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Credits: Three
This course surveys English history from Stonehenge to the present with emphasis on constitutional and social development.
Cross-listed: See HIST 385
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HIST 286 - HISTORY OF IRELAND
Credits: Three
This course looks at the history of Ireland from the Megalith builders to the present Ulster troubles.
Cross-listed: See HIST 386
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HIST 287 - HISTORY OF GERMANY
Credits: Three
This course surveys the development of German history and culture over the last 2,000 years.
Cross-listed: See HIST 387
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HIST 288 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Credits: Three
This course surveys Russian history and culture from the Slavic migrations to the present period.
Cross-listed: See HIST 388
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HIST 296 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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HIST 298 - SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 299 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 303 - AMERICA & THE CONTEMP WORLD
Credits: Three
History of American foreign relations since World War II. (Advanced level)
Cross-listed: See HIST 103, PSCI 103/303
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HIST 305 - TOPICS: AMER CULTURAL HIST
Credits: Three
This course surveys major events, and ideas and issues in American cultural history.
Cross-listed: See HIST 105; HUM 105/305
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HIST 307 - THE 1950’S & 60’S: FROM CONFORMITY TO CHAOS
Credits: Three
This course will integrate social, economic, political, and cultural history to explore the dramatic changes that occurred in the United States from the end of World War Two to the 1970s. The course covers a variety of events and people, but will focus particular attention on two major themes of the period: the Cold War (both foreign and domestic) and the activities of various social movements including Civil Rights, Peace/Anti-war movements, and women’s rights.
Cross-listed: See HIST 107
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HIST 310 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HIST
Credits: Three
This course explores the impact of historical events on the lives of American women and, in turn, the many roles women played in shaping American history. Topics include native American womens lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of separate spheres; womens political activities including the anti-slavery movement, the suffrage movement, the 19th Amendment, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s; and transformations in the lives of modern women including work, politics, sexuality, consumption patterns, and leisure activities.
Cross-listed: See HIST 110; WS 110/310
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HIST 315 - HIST OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Credits: Three
This course explores topics in Indian history including the social and natural environment of North America on the eve of European invasion; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of population decline among Native Americans; transformations of Native American social and family life; accommodations, adaptation and olitical change. The course includes a strong focus no the challenges faced by Native Americans in the 20th Century.
Cross-listed: See HIST 115
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HIST 316 - ST LOUIS HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course will examine the major political events and social conditions influencing the lives of the people of St. Louis from its earliest inhabitants to the present, but with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Note: Classes will consist of a mixture of discussion and lecture, with students invited to participate fully with questions, comments and ideas.
Cross-listed: See HIST 116/516
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HIST 317 - 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course sets the experiences of the diverse people of the United States into the rapidly changing context of the 20th Century. Course topics include the Progressive Era, World War I, the 20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement and the New Right.
Cross-listed: See HIST 117
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HIST 319 - FILM & AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores films for their ability to recreate, reveal, change, or influence U.S. history. Students will view many films in and out of class and learn to analyze them as historical documents. The main focus of learning is on how historians explore, analyze, and make meaning from this area of historical evidence: films. The focus will be on the history of the 20th Century United States.
Cross-listed: See HIST 119/519
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HIST 321 - U.S. HISTORY TO 1877
Credits: Three
This course covers the discovery and colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the constitution, Federalists and Republicans, Jacksonian Democracy, sectionalism and Civil War, and southern reconstruction.
Cross-listed: See HIST 121
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HIST 322 - U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1877
Credits: Three
This course studies 19th Century industrialization, the labor movement, imperialism, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War.
Cross-listed: See HIST 122
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HIST 325 - TPCS ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course includes readings, discussions and presentations dealing with environmental problems which have arisen as a result of the growth of human societies. There will be consideration of the causes of these historic problems, methods for investigation and possible solutions for these problems, with special emphasis placed on the American experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 125
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HIST 326 - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF N AMERICA
Credits: Three
A survey of the geological, ecological, cultural and economic development of the various regions of the North American continent.
Cross-listed: See SCI 326
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HIST 328 - THE AMERICAN WEST
Credits: Three
This course explores the history of the trans- Mississippi West of the United States, including Native American history and cultures, European and Anglo-American frontiers, the expansion of the United States in the 19th century, and the interaction of Native Americans, European-Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Cross-listed: See HIST 128
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HIST 331 - WORLD HISTORY I: TO 1500
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events, and ideas in the major civilizations of the world to about 1500.
Cross-listed: See HIST 131
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HIST 332 - WORLD HISTORY II: 1500-PRESENT
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events and ideas in the major civilizations of the world from 1500 to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 132
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HIST 361 - EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Credits: Three
This course is a study of prehistory and the origins of agriculture, the Neolithic cultures, early civilizations of the Middle East, the Greek world, the rise and fall of Rome, and early Christianity.
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HIST 362 - EUROPE IN MIDDLE AGES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the momentous cultural and historical developments in Europe during the 1,000-year period from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
Cross-listed: See HIST 262
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HIST 363 - EUROPE:RENAISSANCE-ENLIGHTENMENT
Credits: Three
This course surveys the early modern period from the Renaissance through the Age of Discovery and the Reformation to the Enlightenment and the era of the French Revolution.
Cross-listed: See HIST 263
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HIST 365 - EUROPE IN 19TH CENTURY
Credits: Three
This course studies Europe from the defeat of Napoleon to World War I; Metternich, Napoleon III and Bismarck; nationalism, liberalism and socialism; imperialism and the origins of World War I.
Cross-listed: See HIST 265
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HIST 366 - 20TH CENTURY EUROPE
Credits: Three
This course covers the two world wars; fascism, Nazism and communism; postwar recovery and the Cold War, and the loss of empire.
Cross-listed: See HIST 266
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HIST 371 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF MIDEAST
Credits: Three
This course examines the rise of Islamic civilization and the development of Middle Eastern affairs to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 271; PSCI 271/371
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HIST 373 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF AFRICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of the political systems of various African countries and their historic, ethnic, cultural, ideological, social and economic settings.
Cross-listed: See HIST 273; PSCI 273/373
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HIST 374 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF LATIN AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of political, social and economic structures, and problems of Latin American states from historical and cultural perspectives.
Cross-listed: See HIST 274; PSCI 274/374
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HIST 375 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of China with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 275; PSCI 275/375
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HIST 384 - WORLD WAR II
Credits: Three
This course will cover the military aspects of the
Second World War, and its political, social and
cultural aspects as well, as these affected the
major participants. The war’s origins and
consequences will also be considered.
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HIST 385 - HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Credits: Three
This course surveys English history from Stonehenge to the present with emphasis on constitutional and social development.
Cross-listed: See HIST 285
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HIST 386 - HISTORY OF IRELAND
Credits: Three
This course looks at the history of Ireland from the Megalith builders to the present Ulster troubles.
Cross-listed: See HIST 286
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HIST 387 - HISTORY OF GERMANY
Credits: Three
This course surveys the development of German history and culture over the last 2,000 years.
Cross-listed: See HIST 287
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HIST 388 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Credits: Four
This course surveys Russian history and culture from the Slavic migrations to the present period.
Cross-listed: See HIST 288
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