2021-2022 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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Course Numbering:
100-299 - Lower division Undergraduate
300-499 - Upper division Undergraduate
500-699 - Graduate
700-799 - Doctoral |
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Cross-listed courses have the same educational outcome and the course can be used interchangeably for degree requirements. (Ex. HUM-118 and ENGL-118) Related courses have shared attributes, but because they have different expectations and educational outcomes, may not be utilized interchangeably for degree requirements. (Ex. DSCI-303 and DSCI-503) Both types of courses can be offered at the same times, dates, share a classroom and instructors, etc.
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HIST 200 - Historical Methods
Credits: 3
This course introduces history majors and minors to the many skills sets required to pursue their careers in history and related fields. Students will develop an individual research project in their stated career trajectory (post-graduate study, public history, or alternative academic) which will be the first step in building their job market portfolio. The course will introduce students to traditional archival and digital research methods; reading and writing like an historian; academic publishing; and networking in academia. In this class, students will also begin to develop their public, professional personas as they build personal websites, craft their social media presence, and professionalize their CVs.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 220 - Rebel Girls: Women and Gender in the West and the World
Credits: 3
This course prompts students to explore an intersectional range of women who profoundly transformed American and Western societies, from indigenous women’s lives to the Suffragettes to the Riot Grrls of Third Wave Feminism. The class takes a comparative approach, pairing American women and gender histories with the lives, achievements and struggles of women more globally. By the end of the course, students will have a firm grasp on the evolution of women’s history as a historical field and will have explored complex and dynamic notions of sex, gender, and race within that field. [M; W; S]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: WGS-220
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HIST 227H - Social Misfits and Empires
Credits: 4
This class explores histories of class, gender, race, religion, and systems of thought from the perspective of social outsiders in early modern empires. We will explore why and how certain kinds of people were pushed to the boundaries of their societies, and what their view looked like from the edge. In these centuries, humans redefined how and why people belonged to certain societies, and redefined what would happen to those who didn’t conform. Pirates of the Caribbean; colonies of escaped slaves; men and women who dared attempt their own interpretations of Christianity; Muslim travelers who admired Italian culture; women and children who confessed to being witches; madmen who murdered kings: all of these outsiders provide unique perspectives on the imperial powers which reshaped the early modern world. This period witnessed the emergence of nation-states and the development of modern science, but it also produced biological theories of race, new global pandemics, and genocide. Our class will seek to better understand the importance of the early modern period and its expanding empires through the eyes of those who were told they didn’t belong, and to learn what the experiences of outsiders can teach us about “otherness” and prejudice today. [M; W; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HIST 230 - US Social Justice Movements
Credits: 3
This class offers an interdisciplinary overview of the history of social justice movements in the United States of America. This course explores the various views on the relationship between politics, economics, equality, and quality of life. Special attention is given to oppositional consciousness, collective action, alliances, technology, cultural significance, politics, and conflict resolution.
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI-230
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HIST 296 - Independent Study
Credits: 1 to 4
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 297 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
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HIST 297H - Honors Topics in History
Credits: 4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty.
Fall 2021: The Holocaust and Genocide
This course will explore some of the darkest and most difficult to understand topics in recent human history - the Holocaust and other genocide events of the 20th century. Our course will explore the complex historical factors which produced genocide events. We will also examine the stories of those who fought repressive regimes and spoke out against genocidal leaders, seeking to understand how confronting these issues in the past may help us confront human cruelty in the present.
General Education Area: History/ Political Science, Social Science
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HIST 300 - Local History Seminar
Credits: 3
Your own backyard has a history, and this class will teach you to uncover it. Whether in St. Louis or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, students will explore the history of their region through local archives, site visits, and original research projects. This class will incorporate an oral history component, in which students will interview members of their community in an attempt to understand how the unique social fabric of their village, town, or city came to be woven together. The on-campus St. Louis version of this course will feature visits to museums and notable sites in St. Louis history, while the online version will encourage students around the country to explore places in their own hometown, either by visiting historical sites, or through an exploration of local newspapers, online archives, or historical websites. In the online version, students will complete a series of short research projects on certain aspects of St. Louis history (Cahokia/Dredd Scott/Ferguson etc.) as well as create a short vlog about their own “local” history, whether they live in north STL or Belleville or NYC. This course will have a discussion forum component, allowing STL natives to compare their history with students from other parts of the region/country.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 301 - Britain and Blood
Credits: 3
Histories of Britain from Brexit to Anne Boleyn.What does it mean to have a national identity? Just as Americans argue over what it means to be American, similar debates over identity rage in Britain - a debate which has endured for centuries. In 1701, the Englishman Daniel Defoe wrote in a scathing satire, “Thus from a mixture of all kinds began /That het’rogeneous thing, an Englishman / In eager rapes, and furious lust begot /Betwixt a painted Britain and a Scot.”
So what does it mean to be a “Briton”? This course examines English, Irish, Scottish & Welsh histories from the reign of the Tudors through the end of the 20th century. How was British identity shaped by historically shifting notions of race, class, gender, and religion? We’ll explore these and other questions in the lives of British slaves, pirates, playwrights, & politicians in an attempt to understand what Britain’s multicultural past can teach us about our own society today. [M; W; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 307 - Global War & the 20th Century
Credits: 3
Humanity’s Darkest Hour: Global War and the 20th Century. Was the twentieth century humanity’s darkest hour? How have the two world wars continued to affect us today? Empires fell at the outset of the twentieth century and were replaced by nation-states; revolutions - social, cultural, and economic - swept across the globe in the 1960s and 70s; global economic crises brought on by our reliance on fossil fuels provoked new waves of violence in the 80s and 90s; the Cold War ended and a new threat, in the many forms of global extremist terrorism, took its place, all in the twentieth century. Yet in these one hundred years we also witnessed women gain the right to vote in many countries, the emergence of the civil rights movement, and innovations in food production which have produced greater food security (for some) in certain countries. So what is the enduring legacy of the twentieth century? Students will use evidence from newspapers, film, music, and an array of other primary and secondary sources to answer these and other persistent questions about humanity’s “darkest” century. [M; W; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 309 - Public History
Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of public history in all it’s various forms. The course will explore approaches to public history in the 21st century and its practical applications in the history field. From this course, students will gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of public history by learning about careers in the field through lectures and readings, examining and discussing issues and approaches to public history, completing practical exercises designed to introduce students to real life applications, and hearing from current public history professionals.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 324 - African-American History
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the major debates in African-American history from the early modern period to the present. Students will explore African-American identity and history through film, music, and an array of primary source documents. Some of the themes and topics that will be covered are: African life at the time of the arrival of European slavers; African resistance and cultural hybridization under slave conditions in the American colonies; the Civil War and Reconstruction; Jim Crow segregation; the Civil Rights movement; and contemporary African-American and Black culture and political activism. [M; W; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 342 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Credits: 3
This seminar provides an introduction to Nazi Germany. We will discuss and analyze the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), the rise of Nazism, the Republic’s collapse and the Nazi “seizure of power”, the importance of Hitler and the “Fhrer principle”, German society under the Nazi regime, popular support and political dissent, Jewish life under the Nazis, the creation and maintenance of a “racial state”, National Socialist ideology, anti-Judaism and antisemitism in Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, the role of religion and the churches, Germany’s role in the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the interconnectedness between war and genocide. We will pay significant attention to the ways in which ideology and religion appreciably shaped the lives of people living in Germany during the Third Reich.[M; W; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 350 - Medicine: Plague to Penicillin
Credits: 3
What has it meant to be “sick” throughout history? Who were physicians and nurses, how were they trained, and what roles did they have in western society? When did we as a species turn away from magical understandings of illness, toward a modern scientific understanding of disease and infection?
This class seeks to answer these questions by examining an array of first-hand stories, anatomical designs, medical case studies, and cultural histories of medicine. We will explore such themes as: changes in our understanding of sexual difference from the Greeks to the present, the emergence of the modern hospital, the development of germ theory, and the evolution of the physician’s, the nurse’s, and the midwife’s role in western society from the middle ages to the twentieth century. [P, M; W; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 362 - Queens, Caliphs, & Crusaders
Credits: 3
Knights, Queens, Caliphs and Crusaders: The Middle Ages between Fact and Fiction. Did knights in shining armor really exist? What were the real motivations for the Crusades begun in 1095? What roles did women play in medieval society - how much truth is there to the “damsel in distress”? This course investigates these and other common misperceptions about the middle ages (ca. 500-1500 CE) in Europe. Students will employ primary and secondary source evidence to explore questions about race, class, gender, politics and religion, comparing the historical rec-ord to the ways in which the middle ages have been depicted in such modern pop culture as television shows and films. [P; W; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 363 - Pirates, Princes, Popes
Credits: 3
Pirates, Princes, Popes: Europe from Renaissance to Enlightenment. This course explores the renaissances, reformations, and the social and scientific revolutions which occurred in Europe in the early modern period (1450-1789). While studying the glories of Renaissance achievement in the innovations of artists and thinkers like Michelangelo and Machiavelli, students will also query the depth and spread of the Renaissance in an attempt to understand how much the rebirth of classical knowledge actually changed life for non-elite people, and women. We will examine the centuries of warfare that attended the Reformation, and the kinds of unexpected social phenomena, such as witch crazes, which attended religiously-motivated violence. As for the scientific revolution: did Galileo invent the telescope? Was this “revolution” the product of great men like Isaac Newton, or a network of scholars working together? What about the female scientists who contributed to the advance of science? Students will investigate these and other questions about our accepted views of the emergence of modern science. Finally, students will examine the Enlightenment roots of Revolution, seeking to understand how notions of a social contract and human rights could develop at the same time that African slavery drove Early Modern Europe and the Atlantic world’s economy. [M; W; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 370 - LGBTQ+ Histories in America
Credits: 3
What does it mean, and has it meant, to be queer in America? This course examines the histories of gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and non-binary identifying people in the United States. Students will examine how our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality has changed over the last century, and the impact that capitalism and nationalism have had on these definitions, and on the lives of queer-identifying people. This course takes an intersectional approach, asking how age, class, (dis)ability, gender, ethnicity and race all effect our understandings of queer identity. It places particular emphasis on the struggles of queer people to obtain equal rights, from the Stonewall riots to the landmark 2016 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling, which declared that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.[M; W; S]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: WGS-370
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HIST 371 - Islam and The Middle East
Credits: 3
What do we mean by the “middle east”? How can we understand the history of a region that fostered humanity’s first written laws and urban settlements, yet now according to some is the epicenter of a “clash of civilizations”? This class will explore these and other questions about the history and governments of the Middle East, from Hammurabi to Mehmed the Conqueror to the rise of Daesh (ISIS). The course is divided into three broad chronological units. The first explores the middle east before Islam, the subsequent expansion of Muslim societies under the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, and the changes wrought by Mongol invasions in the 13th century. The second unit examines the rise and dominance of the Ottoman Empire, and the kinds of cross-cultural exchanges which occurred between the peoples of the Middle East and other regions during the early modern period. The final section interrogates the legacy of European incursions in the region, beginning with the French and British in Egypt, through both world wars and the present conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Mediterranean.[P; M; N; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI- 371
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HIST 372 - East Asian History and Culture
Credits: 3
If you watched the grand scope of human history unfold from a seat on the moon, the enduring contributions, and longevity of the institutions, of East Asia would be strikingly apparent. From China’s “5,000” years of civilization to the rise and fall of Japan’s empires, this course investigates the development of East Asia from approximately 1500 to the modern period. While the course primarily centers on Japan and China, students will spend some time exploring the relationships these regions fostered with Korea, Vietnam, and Central Asia. [M; N; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI 372
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HIST 373 - Africa and the World
Credits: 3
This course explores the history of Africa and the continent’s broader economic, social, and political impact on the rest of the globe from 1500 to the present. The course begins with a broad investigation of the pre-colonial Africa, exploring the rich political, linguistic and cultural traditions which characterized the continent before the arrival of Europeans. Students will the assess the impact of western colonization and slavery on African societies, from the early modern period through the beginnings of independence movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. The course then turns to an analysis of African self-determination, assessing the many challenges faced by new African nation states in a post-colonial world. Finally, students will take a critical approach to understanding the role of African societies in our present global age, paying particular attention to the impact capitalism continues to have on Africa and on the identities, politics, and cultures of those who inhabit the world’s second-largest continent.[M; N; C, I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI-373
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HIST 374 - Latin America History
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the central debates about Latin American history, politics and culture from 1491 to the present. Beginning in the pre-colonial period, the course explores the rich social, religious, and political traditions of Latin America before the arrival of Europeans. Students will then assess the impact of European conquistadores and immigrants on native populations and their institutions. Students will investigate indigenous resistance to, or in certain cases hybridization with, Old World peoples and their cultures through the colonial period. The course will then explore attempts at national self-determination and independence among the peoples of Latin America. Finally, students will investigate the legacies of colonialism, capitalism, and immigration in modern Latin America using a diverse array of primary sources such as personal accounts, newsprint and film to gauge the many meanings of Latin America in our increasingly globalized world.[M; N; C; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI-374
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HIST 380 - Laboring in America
Credits: 3
In this course students will learn how the working lives of Americans have been transformed from the industrial revolution through deindustrialization in the United States. A major portion of this course will focus on providing students with the skills they will need to conduct oral history interviews. By the end of the semester students will conduct interviews with individuals who have lived through some of the themes we will read about in class.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 388 - Russia: Proletariat to Putin
Credits: 3
This course will explore the history of Russia from the early imperial expansion to Putin’s government today. Students will explore such themes and topics as: the modernization of Russia under imperial control & the Great Reforms, the 1917 revolution, Stalin’s “Revolution from Above,” soviet socialism, the experience of minority groups in imperial Russia, the USSR, and modern Russia. Students will consider the long-term, global effects of Russia’s many revolutions, as well as assess it’s power and influence on other governments today. [N; M; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI-388
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HIST 389 - Greece, Rome, and Early Christians
Credits: 3
Greece, Rome, and Early Christians: Understanding the Ancient Mediterranean. This course is designed to provide students with a survey of historical, cultural and social developments relating to the histories of Greece and Rome during the period of ancient history. Areas to be covered will include the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures, the Greek Dark Age, Homer and the Archaic Period, Classical Greece and its culture, Alexander and the Macedonian conquests, the Hellenistic Era and Hellenistic culture, Pre-Roman Italy, the Etruscans and Magna Graecia, the Origins of Rome, the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars, the Roman Civil Wars, the origin and development of the Celts, Celtic culture, the Roman conquest of the Celts, Augustus and the beginning of the Imperial Period, the Julian and Flavian emperors, the period of the Five Good Emperors, Roman culture and Greek culture under the Empire, the Crisis of the 3rd Century, the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine, the Conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, the End of the Western Empire in the 5th Century, attempted revival under Justinian, the Arab conquest of Syria, Palestine and Egypt. [P; W; S; I]
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 397 - Special Studies
Credits: 3
The special seminar features a rotating variety of special topics which permit the student and instructor to investigate an historical question, chronological period, event, movement, or group of people to a greater depth than an ordinary history course. The course is taught by the instructor within their field of expertise; as opposed to an introductory or general survey course, these seminars are discussion, not lecture based, and provide opportunities for students to conduct original research in a topic related to the seminar.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 399 - History Internship
Credits: 1 to 4
How do you plan to use your history major? The History Internship will be your first taste of a professional life as an historian, and will help you build your resume and practical expertise in preparation for the job market. Your self-chosen internship will provide you with real-world experience in a range of history fields such as the following: museums, archives, libraries, political activism, government/civil offices, non-profit groups, or private businesses.
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HIST 490 - History Portfolio Project
Credits: 3
The History Portfolio Project represents the culmination of the student’s undergraduate career, and is the final step in their professionalization before the job market. Students will present a research paper and oral presentation of an individual project which corresponds with their chosen career trajectory (graduate school, public history, or alternative academic). Successful completion of this course will also entail practice interviews and the students’ application to job openings or graduate school, depending on their stated career trajectory.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 496 - Independent Study
Credits: 1
Independent study is designed for students who would like to pursue an historical research project or topic which is not covered by an existing history department course. Students must contact the program director of the history department in order to coordinate their individual interests and goals for the course. The independent study may take two forms:
- Directed Readings in History: The Instructor of Record for the independent study will provide the student will a reading list and coordinate meeting times to discuss the readings. This path will culminate in the student’s production of an historiography paper.
- Directed Research in History: The Instructor of Record will coordinate with the student to iden-tify an original research project in primary sources; compose a research prospectus, and produce a paper based on their original research. It is recommended for the student to have completed coursework in the field of study prior to selecting this option.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 497 - Special Studies
Credits: 3
This Special Studies course will feature diverse courses on unusual historical topics. These classes are characterized by a high level of instructor-student research and collaboration. The Special Studies course is designed to prepare students for graduate-level work; as such, it is the most intellectually demanding history class and should only be taken by students in the end stages of their undergraduate career.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HONR 260H - Honors Colloquium I
Credits: 0.5
This colloquium introduces students to what it means to be Bascom Honors Scholars and provides them several opportunities to engage in different events depending on their schedule.
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HONR 261H - Honors Colloquium II
Credits: 0.5
This spring course for Bascom Honors students provides opportunities for honors learning outside of the classroom. The course consists of two mandatory and three elective meetings designed to extend honors learning to events and activities on and off campus.
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HRMG 330 - Human Resource Management
Credits: Three (3)
This course provides an overview of the activities related to human resource administration and the role of human resource professionals in organizations. Topics include employment law, equal employment, job design, human resource planning, staffing (recruitment, selection, and placement), training and development, performance management, employee retention, employee relations, and compensation and benefits.
Prerequisite: MGMT-321
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HRMG 350 - Recruitment and Talent Management
Credits: 3
This course develops students’ understanding of recruitment and selection strategies, hiring aligned with organization-specific competencies and goals, and training methods. Students will have an opportunity to view recruitment, hiring, and training as a central part of an organization’s strategic plan, learning to measure the costs associated with hiring, training, and turnover rate. Topics will include issues of equity and inclusion within full-cycle recruiting, use of social media, data analytics, and HR software/database systems, as well as outsourcing, and contingent and temporary workforce strategy management.
Prerequisite: HRMG-330
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HRMG 386 - Labor Relations and Negotiations
Credits: Three (3)
Today’s business professionals, particularly HR specialists, must be aware of the many aspects of employee relations and negotiations, including those pertaining to both union and non-union employees. This course will cover labor history (both domestically and globally), as well as all aspects of employee relations, including simple and complex negotiations. Specific areas include legal foundations and issues, unions (collective bargaining, union contract administration, work stoppages, decertification/certification, worker-employer rights, grievance administration), and negotiation tactics. Attention will also be paid to international/global relations and negotiations, as well as business mergers, acquisitions, and sales.
Prerequisite: BUS 280 and HRMG 330
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HRMG 388 - Training and Development
Credits: 3
A robust training and development strategy and infrastructure create, promote, and foster individual and organizational effectiveness. This course is designed to help human resource professionals use a systematic approach to identify training needs, and develop and conduct an array of innovative and diverse programs in support of an organization’s commitment to employee development, partnerships, and organizational enrichment to maintain its competitive position in today’s business environment. It will address training needs, instructional objectives, learning preferences, training design and delivery, and evaluation of workshops. Instruction will emphasize active training and learning by doing.
Cross-listed: MGMT-388
Prerequisite: HRMG-330
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HRMG 400 - Human Resource Systems and Technology
Credits: 3
This course covers analysis and documentation of business processes as they apply to HR professionals, as well as the design and use of information systems to automate these processes on the desktop, web, and using mobile platforms. Students will learn how to use Human Resource Management (HRM) systems and platforms for data analysis and management, personality assessments, and HR metrics. Social media and its use in HR will be covered.
Prerequisite: HRMG 330
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HRMG 455 - HR Employment Law
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on employment law regulations and how to plan and reduce legal exposure in the area of human resources. Employment laws are extensive and vary based on many factors, including the size of the organization, its location, and the type of industry in which it operates. The laws that apply to the majority of employers are discussed, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including how to apply these laws to persons, departments, occupations, and organizations. The course will emphasize experiential learning as students explore potential problems and solutions through a variety of case studies.
Prerequisite: BUS 280, HRMG 330 and HRMG 386
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HRMG 460 - Compensation, Benefits, and Financial Management
Credits: 3
This course examines all aspects of the compensation package, including total compensation, benefits, payroll, and budgeting, with a special emphasis on employee benefits, both legally required benefits such as workers’ compensation insurance and optional benefits such as retirement plans. The course provides students with the guidelines for establishing job and pay structures while taking into account legal requirements. Other topics include compensable and economic factors influencing pay decisions, incentive pay plans, executive compensation, downsizing, outsourcing, and compa-ratio calculations. Students will also examine basic financial management of business firms: procurement, allocation, and control of funds, as well as corporate financial behavior.
Prerequisite: FIN-312 and HRMG-330
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HRMG 473 - Global Human Resource Management
Credits: 3
The focus of this course is to develop students’ global mindset to prepare them to effectively manage human capital and to lead global teams in an increasingly interconnected business environment. The course also examines differences between cultures to equip students with global cultural competency critical for successful international business relationships.
Prerequisite: HRMG-330
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HRMG 491 - Capstone: Workforce Management and Strategic Leadership
Credits: 3
This course provides students with an opportunity to define, analyze and apply human resource theories, models and best practices, as well as employment law, to resolve multifaceted organizational problems and offer recommendations to enhance organizational performance. Students will gain an understanding of the vital partnership betwee HR and upper management in developing organizational strategy and meeting organizational needs. Students will also utilize and integrate their academic knowledge and real-world experiences to strategize solutions to key HR challenges. Through a long-term culminating project, students will demonstrate how to tie-in HR goals and objectives in order to support and promote the strategic objectives of the organization. Upon completion of the Capstone Project, resume, and program reflection, students will be prepared to begin their HR career.
Note: This course must be taken last in the HRMG program.
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HRMG 499 - Human Resource Management Internship
Credits: 3 to 10
Students may choose to pursue experiential learning in a human resource setting. Credit is variable from 3-10 credits. Students who are pursuing the SHRM-CP student certification are required to acquire 500 hours in experiential learning.
Note: A maximum of 3 credit hours of internship credit can count towards the major or minor requirements/electives. Students may take additional hours (up to 18 total) of internship credit, however, remaining credits will be applied to general electives.
Related Courses: ACCT-499, BUS-499, FIN-499, ISYS-499, MKT-499, and MGMT-499
Prerequisite: Permission of supervising faculty and 15 credits toward HRMG major
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HUM 101 - Culture and Civilization
Credits: 3
In this class, students explore diverse intellectual and cultural traditions that have shaped our ideas about what it means to be human. The course focuses on the role that philosophy, science, religion, and the arts have played throughout history in helping us to understand our relationship with the world around us. Apart from providing a historical survey, each HUM 101 course will revolve around a specific theme and explore in depth its various aspects through readings from different eras and cultural traditions.
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 108 - Multicultural Voices in American Literature
Credits: 3
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions from writers of Asian, African, Latin, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Native descent.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: ENGL-108
Related Courses: ENGL-308 and HUM-308
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H
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HUM 118 - Literary Forms: Fable to Film
Credits: 3
The course explains the art of storytelling through an analysis of narrative techniques in fiction, drama and film.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: ENGL-118
Related Courses: ENGL-318 and HUM-318
Prerequisite: ENGL-101
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HUM 125 - Masterpieces of 20th Century Cinema
Credits: 3
Just about everyone loves movies. But why? Which ones? What do we mean by a good or bad movie, let alone a masterpiece? What can we look for in evaluating a movie? How can discussion of movies help us to think critically and analytically, appreciate a significant art form, apply useful terminology, and understand a–or THE–major medium of the 20th century? And lastly, are movies still relevant in the 21st century?
General Education Area: Humanities
Related Courses: HUM-325
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HUM 204 - Intercultural Studies
Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to selected Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures in order to increase global awareness and understanding and to enhance cross-cultural tolerance and communication.
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 211 - Nature and Humanity
Credits: 3
This course explores philosophical, literary, religious, and political conceptualizations of the relationship between the human and the non-human world. It includes topics such as animal rights, deep ecology, the notion of wilderness, environmental justice, and environmental stewardship. The class also studies the history and goalsof the global environmental movement. Furthermore, it introduces students to the traditions of American nature writing.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: SUST-101
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HUM 213H - War and Peace in Literature and Film
Credits: 4
Each course focuses upon a major theme in American literature; for example, “American Identity.”
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: ENGL-213H
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HUM 215H - Tolkien: Medieval and Modern
Credits: 4
In this course students will explore Tolkien as a medievalist and a modern writer. They will study and discuss The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, and On Fairy Stories, as well as the medieval texts Beowulf, the Elder Edda, and the Saga of the Volsungs.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: ENGL-215H
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HUM 222H - The Mystery of Language
Credits: 4
We speak and write every day, and yet language remains one of the greatest mysteries of our existence. Is it language that distinguishes humans from animals? Is it possible to trace the origins of human language? What is the relationship between speech and silence? Between language and experience? Between words and images? Between original and translation? What are the limits of language? Can we even define what language is? This interdisciplinary course will explore the mythological, philosophical, theological, linguistic, and literary dimensions of these and similar questions. Our readings will span 2500 years of reflections on language, from the Bible and Plato to contemporary inquiries. Along the way, we will encounter philosophers such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, poets such as T.S. Eliot and Emily Dickinson, medieval mystics and modern linguists, and many other writers wrestling with the enigma of language.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HUM 233 - Modern American Drama
Credits: 3
This course explores American Drama from the late 19th century through the late 20th century. In reading such authors as Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Lorraine Hansberry, and Tony Kushner, students explore how this unique art form not only explored the turbulence of an ever-changing America, but in many ways affected the perceptions of American society. Along with close-readings of key plays, students will explore modern American drama in performance through screenings of plays as well as excursions to go see plays in local production.
Cross-listed: ENGL-233
Prerequisite: ENGL-101
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HUM 254 - Maryville Talks Movies
Credits: Three (3)
A community based learning experience which will bring together students,the Maryville community, and the St. Louis community to talk about significant films with important themes and ideas relevant to culture,history, art, ethics, literature, and ideas.
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 265 - Comparative Religion and Culture
Credits: 3
The course introduces the basic beliefs and practices of the major religious cultures of the world. By comparing these beliefs with their own, students better understand their own beliefs and practices and become aware of how people of other cultures think and act religiously. Students develop a tolerance and an appreciation for other cultures and a basis for fuller international awareness and understanding.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: REL-265
Related Courses: HUM-465 and REL-465
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HUM 297 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
Spring 2022:
The Stage and the Sound of Theatre
In this team-taught course, students will be a part of a collaborative production to stage a play in the Maryville University Auditorium in the Spring. Students will be involved in a variety of aspects of theatrical production that may include acting, directing, music and sound design, and set building. Students will be expected to be available for the late Spring performance dates (dates tbd); all other rehearsals and production meetings will take place during class time. Experience is helpful, but is definitely not required.
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 297H - Honors Special Studies
Credits: 4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty.
Fall 2021: Creativity and Storytelling in the Sciences
We often assume that science and storytelling are as different from each other as fact from fiction. However, in Science and Storytelling, we will see how storytelling often has played a role in the scientific process throughout modern history – and vice versa. We will explore how scientific achievements shape contemporary culture and how culture, in turn, helps shape the kind of science that we are conducting (as well as how we communicate about that science to the public). In Science and Storytelling, students will hear from paleontologists who rely on imaginative narrative to explore the scientific possibilities of the prehistoric world. We’ll read the work of scientists who think of the human genome as a series of stories waiting to be told. And we’ll see what happens when our everyday reality catches up with science-fiction. Science and Storytelling will focus primarily on developing skills in research, critical thinking, close reading, and cultural analysis. This class is taught by a humanities faculty member but will also feature visits from faculty members from throughout the sciences at Maryville. Students also will be required to attend periodic science lecture events at the university.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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HUM 301 - Masterpieces of Western Culture
Credits: 3
In this course, we will closely read great works of Western literature in order to explore their connections to each other and to big themes, possibly including life and death, fate and free will, and good and evil. In doing so, we will evaluate what these big ideas meant in their own timesincluding discussions of and comparison with cultural artifacts from famous works of art through memes and cartoonsand what they mean today. In doing so, we can both assume that these works are regarded as masterpieces, but at the same time, we can ask ourselves why this is the case and what it means for a work of literature or art to be a masterpiece in the first place.
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 308 - Multicultural Voices in American Literature
Credits: 3
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions from writers of Asian, African, Latin, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Native descent.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: HUM-308
Related Courses: ENGL-108 and HUM-108
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H
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HUM 313 - Themes in American Literature
Credits: 3
Each course focuses upon a major theme in American literature; for example, “American Identity.”
Cross-listed: ENGL-313
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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HUM 318 - Literary Forms: Fable to Film
Credits: 3
The course explains the art of storytelling through an analysis of narrative techniques in fiction, drama and film.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: ENGL-318
Related Courses: ENGL-118 and HUM-118
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H
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HUM 325 - Masterpieces of 20th Century Cinema
Credits: 3
Just about everyone loves movies. But why? Which ones? What do we mean by a good or bad movie, let alone a masterpiece? What can we look for in evaluating a movie? How can discussion of movies help us to think critically and analytically, appreciate a significant art form, apply useful terminology, and understand a–or THE–major medium of the 20th century? And lastly, are movies still relevant in the 21st century?
General Education Area: Humanities
Related Courses: HUM-125
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HUM 334 - The Words and the Melody
Credits: 3
This course will investigate the poetic and musical elements of song. Students will be introduced to several poems, and will learn to analyze these poems’ prosody and structure. We will then examine musical settings of these and other poems in order to discover ways in which musicians and composers relate to the form and content of poetry in song. Students will be required to write and memorize poetry in various verse forms, and to analyze music critically. Students who are confident in their musical skills will have the opportunity to compose songs of their own.
Cross-listed: MUS-334 and ENGL-334
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HUM 349 - Study Abroad - Course Title Varies
Credits: 3
Italy: Culture, Cinema and Food (Florence, Italy) – Summer 2021
- Students will experience what it is like to be an American in Italy – how the culture can be seen from an insider that is from both the U.S. and Italy.
- Guest speakers will elaborate on Italian traditions, food, cinema and how the culture is so rich and diverse.
- Students will interview amazing locals that have passion and love for their work.
- Students will watch films that celebrate Italian culture and food.
- The instructor will take students to see the markets, the streets, the hidden treasures, and everyday life in Florence. They will look at the relationships between Italian traditions, folklore and contemporary Italian society, for example the links between festivals, food, wines and film.
- Students will analyze films that celebrate Italian culture and food.
- This course may be used to fulfill general education for humanities.
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HUM 397 - Special Studies
Credits: 3
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-101
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HUM 449 - Study Abroad - Course Title Varies
Credits: 3
Irish Identity through the Artistic Looking Glass (Dublin, Ireland) – Summer 2021
- This interactive experiential learning course comprises conversation, workshops and guest lectures, some in the mode of town halls, where students will get to converse and interact with some of Ireland’s most renowned practitioners and experts in the fields of Drama, Fine Arts, Film, Literature, Music and Journalism.
- The course will study and emphasize the contested idea of Irish Identity from the early-to-mid 1900s to the present day.
- The artists featured in this course will examine the influence and fluidity of Identity that has shaped their artistic modality and in turn has enriched and challenged concepts of Irish identity and society.
- The student will have a synchronous immersive cultural and international experience by having access to a discussion platform in order to engage with Irish Artists and Thinkers.
- The course will weave the arts into a tapestry of understanding Irish-ness and with an opportunity for the student to partake, exchange and discuss what it means to be informed by an Irish Identity.
- The course is designed to be taken individually or in conjunction with the Irish History, Language and Culture virtual course.
- The course may be used to fulfill general education requirements for humanities.
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HUM 465 - Comparative Religion and Culture
Credits: 3
The course introduces the basic beliefs and practices of the major religious cultures of the world. By comparing these beliefs with their own, students better understand their own beliefs and practices and become aware of how people of other cultures think and act religiously. Students develop a tolerance and an appreciation for other cultures and a basis for fuller international awareness and understanding.
General Education Area: Humanities
Cross-listed: REL-465
Related Courses: HUM-265 and REL-265
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HUM 496 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-4
General Education Area: Humanities
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HUM 497 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-3
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, Minimum grade C-
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HUM 498 - Capstone Seminar
Credits: 3
General Education Area: Humanities
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INTD 101 - University Seminar
Credits: 3
The University Seminar introduces freshmen to higher education and helps them develop skills that will enhance their experience as college students. All seminars focus on three goals: critical thinking, community, and communication. To accomplish these goals, faculty engage students in a variety of activities, such as writing, oral presentations, research, critical reading, and conversations. In the seminars, freshmen are challenged to become independent, creative, and critical thinkers; they participate in the university community of scholars; and they learn to articulate and defend their ideas. Students choose from a wide selection of seminars in which they explore a theme through literature, art, music, films, or other media.
Note: This course is not required for transfer students or students in online programs.
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INTD 201 - Leadership Colloquium
Credits: 0.5
Guest speakers explore with students a variety of leadership topics.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Institute for Leadership and Values
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INTD 202 - Leadership Colloquium
Credits: 0.5
Guest speakers explore with students a variety of leadership topics.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Institute for Leadership and Values
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INTD 297H - Honors Special Topics
Credits: 4
Topic varies.
Spring 2022: Genetics and Genealogy
The seminar will examine the science of genetics and social science of genealogy through student’s examination of their own DNA analysis and genealogy research. Students will be taught the basics of genetics by exploring their own DNA with the 23andMe testing kit, and investigate their family history using their DNA results and collecting genealogy information from family history research and the Family Search database. Students will also engage in analysis and discussion of the impact on commercial genetic tests on both individuals and society as a whole. Lastly, students in this seminar will present a personal research project that synthesizes their genetic and genealogy data.
General Education Area: Science, Social Science
Prerequisite: Membership in the Bascom Honors program
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INTD 301 - Seminar, Ethics and Leadership
Credits: 0.5
Students explore the ways in which values shape the decisions that leaders make.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Institute for Leadership and Values
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INTD 306H - The High Cost of Poverty
Credits: 4
Inequality of wealth and income have always existed in the United States and have risen and fallen due to many factors throughout our history. In this course, students will experience an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the complex nature of poverty in the United States. The course will examine the historical trends of poverty, measures to address it, factors that exacerbate it and the impacts it has at the societal and individual levels. Students will engage in an in-class simulation and community-based research project to provide application and relevance of the course content. The course format involves a common lecture and discussion lab weekly.
General Education Area: Humanities, History/Political Science, Social Science
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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INTD 349 - Study Abroad - Course Title Varies
Credits: 3
Contributions of Florence to Italian History and Culture (Florence, Italy Summer 2022 Session 2)
- From its Ancient Roman origins to the present, students will study the history of Florence and its Italian culture from up close.
- Attention to the changes that have influenced Italian culture and shaped the national character: the birth of Humanistic culture (14th-15th centuries) and its major artistic development in the Renaissance, the role of the city of Florence during the season of great discoveries (15th-16th centuries); the birth and development of the Protestant Reformation; the scientific revolution of the 17th century; the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, the tragic events of the 20th century and the formation of contemporary Italian identity.
- Students will be guided every day into the streets of the city to discover the most famous places as well as the most hidden spots; the shops that have made Florence a worldwide famous workshop for artisanal skills and the people who made the city what it is today.
- The instructor will explain life in the city, their stories, and their relationship with both their Florentine and Italian identity.
- This course may be used to fulfill general education requirements for history and humanities.
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INTD 401 - Leadership Practicum
Credits: 0.5
Students participate in the development and implementation of leadership programs and reflection opportunities.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Institute for Leadership and Values
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INTD 402 - Leadership Practicum
Credits: 0.5
Students participate in the development and implementation of leadership programs and reflection opportunities.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Institute for Leadership and Values
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INTL 101 - Introduction to International and Global Studies
Credits: 3
This course is an introductory survey of the interdisciplinary character of International Studies through examining international politics, economics, society, history, and literature. It explores the origins and development of the field, major trends and themes in international and global affairs and key international topics that affect all of our lives.
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INTL 350 - International and Global Issues
Credits: 3
This course is an advanced examination of contemporary events, trends, and problems facing humans and societies in an increasingly interdependent world. Global issues will be analyzed through an international studies approach to increase awareness and provide an analytical framework for understanding and addressing the challenges that extend beyond borders of individual states and affect political, social and economic well-being of populations around the globe.
Prerequisite: INTL-101 and Junior Status
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INTL 495 - Internship
Credits: 3
Students will gain experience working with organizations having an international focus. A minimum of 135 hours of work is necessary.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Status
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INTL 498 - International Studies Capstone
Credits: Three (3)
This course consists of an independent research project, under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member. The student writes a substantial paper on a topic chosen by the student and approved by the instructor.
Prerequisite: Senior Status
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ISYS 100 - Digital Foundations
Credits: 3
This course covers commonly used software installed on PCs and laptops, web-based technologies, and applications (apps) used on digital devices. Information literacy and database concepts are also covered in this course.
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ISYS 120 - Principles of App Design
Credits: 3
The movement of more and more information to mobile applications and technology has changed the human perspective of the world and our interactions with each other. Understanding the design of apps and how to root them in real world problems becomes an exercise. However, despite the new technology, foundational principles of design are held as a way to continuously improve on the design to produce a more engaging and effective experience. Storyboarding is a visual way of developing an application’s user interface prior to undergoing any development activities. Coupled with sketching, mockups, and prototypes, a person building an application can test and refine their ideas using less time and effort. This course serves as an introduction to the technique of storyboarding, including organizing a project’s content and arranging it in a visual format utilizing standard tools while holding to fundamental design principles in terms of color, layout, and typography. This course also aims to illustrate the benefits, consequences, and changes that have occurred and continue to occur as technology becomes more integrated in our lives.
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ISYS 220 - Introduction to Mobile App Development
Credits: 3
This course begins the student understanding of the programming language Swift in order to develop iOS mobile applications as well as continuing to understand the impact that technology has on modern society. Students will develop iOS apps in the context of the XCode integrated development environment (IDE) while building experience with the vocabulary and app design patterns supported by XCode and its suite of tools.
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ISYS 230 - Advanced App Development
Credits: 3
iOS provides an array of software frameworks (i.e. ARKit) and sensor frameworks (i.e., GEO positioning) that add powerful functionality to applications. Students will examine these frameworks, particularly those related to web services, in the context of applications they independently design and develop. Further, team mobile applications designed in ISYS 120, and partially implemented in ISYS 220, will carry-over to be completed in this course.
Prerequisite: ISYS-120 and ISYS-220
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ISYS 280 - Cybersecurity Principles
Credits: Three (3)
This course will allow students to implement and audit the Critical Security Controls as documented by the Council on Cybersecurity. These Critical Security Controls are rapidly becoming accepted as the highest priority list of what must be done and proven at nearly all organizations.
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ISYS 301 - Ethics and Technology
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to thinking about computers and digital technology through an ethical lens. Through the major ethical traditions and theories such as virtue ethics and social contract theory, students will explore a number of issues in computer and information technology, and evaluate their changes to our privacy and property rights, their effects on our security, and their relations to justice and fairness.
Cross-listed: PHIL-301
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ISYS 307 - Database Design
Credits: 3
This course covers the business data analysis using spreadsheets and databases. Topics include Excel tables and Pivot tables and the development, administration and management of relational databases. The course uses Microsoft SQLServer and/or MySQL as the primary database management systems with a focus on database design and interaction with other applications.
Prerequisite: ISYS-100
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ISYS 309 - Geospatial Analytics
Credits: Three (3)
This course explores how to better understand and describe the world through geospatial data. Topics include a history of impactful cartographic data visualizations, how to utilize publicly available data sources, and how to form insights and construct a narrative with geographic data. The technical focus of this course is ArcGIS, with a brief introduction to alternative platforms such as Tableau, Power BI and Microsoft SandDance.
Prerequisite: ISYS-100
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ISYS 320 - Introduction to Programming
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to designing algorithms and implementing them as programs. Emphasis is placed on analyzing problems, designing solutions that are efficient in both expression and execution, and translating the solutions into well-designed programs. No prior experience with computer programming is expected or required.
Prerequisite: ISYS-100
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ISYS 325 - Applied Operating Systems
Credits: 3
This course will expose students to the dynamics of an operating system. It focuses on the inherent structure of an operating system as well as the application of virtualization to operating systems in an organization. Examples are conducted through Windows and Linux operating systems using virtualization technology. Theoretical concepts of hypervisors, virtual operating structures, and networking patterns are also addressed. Other key topics include the management of systems across a network and security principles related to it.
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ISYS 390 - Website Design
Credits: 3
This course will help students develop websites that are functional and attractive. It will combine an artistic design approach with programming contents to enhance students’ abilities to design, create, develop and publish websites.
Cross-listed: COMM-390
Prerequisite: ISYS-100
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ISYS 425 - Applied Customer Relationship Management
Credits: Three (3)
This course prepares students to become administrators for Salesforce, a leading customerrelationship management cloud application. Students will learn to complete administration tasks such as managing users, data, and security along with building reports, dashboards, and workflows. This course covers all material needed for students to take the Salesforce Certified Administrator certification.
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ISYS 430 - Collaboration and Teaming
Credits: Three (3)
This course familiarizes students with 21st century collaboration tools utilized in the modern enterprise to include messaging, virtualization, and content management. Students will learn how to effectively lead and work in projects in a virtual team environment.
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ISYS 435 - Tech Bar
Credits: 3
In Tech Bar, students will have the ability to pursue projects of their choice within the realms of Information Technology and Information Security. Students may be involved in the breakdown and building of computers and networks, or may choose to focus on cybersecurity, developing tools or services that may be used in real-world offerings, like the Cyber Fusion Center and other community engagement projects. Students may opt to dabble in a variety of projects independently or in small groups.
Prerequisite: ISYS-250 or ISYS-280 or instructor permission
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ISYS 470 - Ethical Hacking
Credits: 3
This course will involve assessing target networks and hosts for security vulnerabilities. Specific penetration testing and ethical hacking methodologies will be discussed and used on network devices, client machines, and mobile devices.
Prerequisite: ISYS-280
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ISYS 471 - Advanced Ethical Hacking
Credits: Three (3)
This course builds on ethical hacking and penetration testing techniques learned in ISYS-470. Specific attention is paid on examining web application security.
Prerequisite: ISYS-470
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ISYS 474 - Networks and Security
Credits: Three (3)
This course will examine both network device security and wireless security issues. For wireless security, specific attention will be paid on WiFi and Bluetooth technologies.
Prerequisite: ISYS-280
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