2022-2023 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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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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HDFS 330 - Parent and Child Interactions
Credits: 3
This course is an examination of parents’ roles on the holistic development of their children. Content emphasizes specific caregiving styles and practices and their effects on the cognitive and social/emotional development and functioning of children at each stage of life. Special attention will be given to diverse family forms, kinship care, adoption and fostering and extended family dynamics.
Prerequisite: PSYC-254
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HDFS 361 - Family Diversity: Forms and Functions
Credits: 3
This course will provide an overview of current concepts, theories, and substantive issues in family studies from a sociological (and in some ways interdisciplinary) perspective. Attention is given to variation in family form and function across different social/cultural contexts and how family experience is structured by gender, race and religion. Issues of family development (such as marriage, parenting, divorce, remarriage, aging family) and the links between families and societal trends are explored.
Cross-listed: SOC-361
Prerequisite: HDFS-101
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HDFS 400 - Family Law, Policy and Advocacy
Credits: 3
This course examines the influence of economic, demographic and social changes on families in the U.S. and on the opportunities of individual family members. Interactions of social class, poverty, race and gender and their effects on family life and on child and adolescent development will be explored. Topics covered Include a critical analysis of health care, employment, immigration, family leave, welfare and other social policy options that affect family life and well-being.
Prerequisite: HDFS-202
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HDFS 410 - Programming & Supervision of Youth
Credits: 3
This course examines the fundamentals of youth development and the youth development profession. Through this introduction to the field, students explore the ethical, professional, and historical elements of youth development as it has evolved toward professionalism. National, regional and state regulations will be examined and students will observe youth programming institutions in their community.
Prerequisite: HDFS-202
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HDFS 420 - Best Practices in Child Guidance
Credits: 3
This course provides an exploration of guidance strategies for promoting pro-social behaviors with individual and groups of young children. Emphasis is on positive guidance principles and techniques, family involvement and cultural influences. The course will also explore national, regional and state standards of care, routes to certification for childcare professionals, and supervision of child care staff.
Prerequisite: HDFS-202
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HDFS 430 - Family Life Education Practice
Credits: 3
The course offers a philosophical and historical perspective on family life education across the lifespan and the role of a Family Life Educator in prevention and intervention settings. Practice in curriculum development including content, objectives, and teaching strategies for diverse social groups and settings is stressed. Ethical practice and skills for working with diverse populations will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: HDFS-202
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HDFS 440 - Careers, Ethics & Aging Populations
Credits: 3
This course examines the theory and practices relevant to careers working with aging populations. Particular focus is placed on organizations providing services for the elderly. The economic, political, legal, and social issues that affect these organizations are studied in the context of the effect these issues have on direct care and services. Identification of deficiencies in current programs and the proposing of alternative modes of care for the elderly are explored.
Prerequisite: HDFS-202
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HDFS 494 - Child Life Practicum I
Credits: 3
The Child Life Practicum I is designed as an introductory experience for individuals interested in pursuing a career in child life. Through experiential learning and observation of Certified Child Life Specialists®, child life practicum students begin to increase their knowledge of evidence-based, developmentally-appropriate interventions including therapeutic play, preparation and education that support and reduce fear, anxiety, and pain for infants, children, youth and families as they cope with the stress and uncertainty of illness, injury and treatment.
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Coordinator
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HDFS 495 - Child Life Practicum II
Credits: 3
The Child Life Practicum II is designed as an skills application follow up to Child Life Pracicum I. Students should either have a placement at a new setting or be given increased responsibilites in patient interaction in the second course. Through these experiences, child life practicum students will enhance their knowledge of the child life profession and investigate the process of applying child life and developmental theory to practice.
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Coordinator
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HDFS 498 - Senior Experience: Internship
Credits: 3
This course consists of supervised experiences in established career-related positions at a community agency; focus selected on basis of professional interest (some sites may require a background check). Students will do weekly work while earning 120 hours of practical experience in the field. NOTE: Internship is required for students seeking Certified Family Life Educator certification. NOTE: Internship should not be taken by students pursuing the Child Life Specialist Concentration. Rather, students in this concentration must take HDFS-494 and HDFS-495.
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Coordinator
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HDFS 499 - Senior Experience: Capstone
Credits: 3
Students will have the opportunity to integrate information from a variety of perspectives in human development and family studies and apply to a research project within their areas of interest. Each student will have a focal theme and share with fellow students throughout the course, allowing students to gain new perspectives, as well as apply knowledge from prior courses and experiences. Capstone in encouraged for Child Life Specialist Concentration students or those considering graduate school.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Coordinator
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HEPR 103 - Introduction to Deaf Studies
Credits: 3
Students will be presented with basic factual information about individuals having severe hearing loss/deafness. Topics to be discussed will include prevalence of hearing loss/deafness, various cultures within the Deaf community, rearing children who are deaf, social stigmas associated with deafness, educational and employment opportunities available, various forms of sign language used in the Deaf community, and future of sign language usage within the hearing impaired/Deaf population in light of increased cochlear implant surgery.
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HEPR 107 - Foundations of Health Care
Credits: 3
The course offers an initial study of individual health with an emphasis on wellness and prevention. The second focus of the course is on the history, evolution, and development of the present American health care system including the role of the various health care providers.
Prerequisite: Students must be accepted into the PT early assurance program
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HEPR 108 - Medical Terminology
Credits: 3
A Medical Terminology course for health professionals consisting of information regarding the pronunciation, spelling, definitions of medical terms; an in-depth review of Greek-Latin roots/prefixes/suffixes, medical abbreviations, medical chart review; and supplemental studies of documentation which will enhance the application of the acquired medical terminology in clinical settings.
Note: Some sections of this course may be offered online.
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HEPR 109 - Healthcare Terminology
Credits: 3
A basic-level medical terminology course for those who plan to be involved or are already involved in the healthcare management field. The course will cover the definition, spelling and pronunciation of medical word roots and combining forms, prefixes, suffixes and medical abbreviations. Healthcare mangement terminology is also addressed in this course. This survey course is not recommended for students majoring in the health professions.
Cross-listed: HCPM-109
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HEPR 150 - Intro to Gerontology
Credits: 3
This course provides a multidisciplinary perspective of the biological, psychological and sociocultural aspects of aging. An overview of the issues that significantly impact the older adult, their family and society is presented. The demographics profile of America’s older adult serves as a basis for explaining issues related to physical and mental health changes, role transitions, care and living arrangements for the older adult.
Cross-listed: SRLM-150
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HEPR 197 - Aging and Physiological Adaptation
Credits: 3
This course explores the processes of aging, using several theoretical frameworks and practice models to promote understanding of the biophysical and psychosocial domains of the aged person. Strategy and intervention toward health promotion is emphasized.
Cross-listed: SRLM-197
Prerequisite: SRLM-150 or HEPR-150
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HEPR 204 - American Sign Language I
Credits: 3
This course introduces the students to American Sign Language, the language used by members of the Deaf community in the United States and Canada. Focuses on dialogues in ASL, basic expressive and receptive skills in ASL, grammar rules. Awareness of deaf culture also is included.
General Education Area: Humanities, Foreign Language
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HEPR 205 - American Sign Language II
Credits: 3
American Sign Language 2 is a continuation of the basic aspects of American Sign Language (ASL) taught in ASL 1 with an emphasis placed on the progressive development of expressive and receptive skills. Students will focus on mastering fingerspelling, giving directions, numbers, facial expression and sentence structure. Students will also further develop the conversational/cultural behaviors necessary to hold a beginning-level conversation. Along with the focus on language, will be a deeper understanding of Deaf Culture
General Education Area: Humanities, Foreign Language
Prerequisite: HEPR-204
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HEPR 206 - American Sign Language III
Credits: 3
This class will continue to focus on vocabulary expansion, idioms, manual and non-manual aspects of ASL, ASL linguistics, cross-cultural communication and cultural knowledge at an advanced level. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to communicate fluently with native ASL signers. Material covered in class will provide linguistic principles of American Sign Language at the advanced level and grammatical structures for complex sentences. ASL expressive presentations will be performed in small groups and on an individual basis. An increased focus is on the improvement of a student’s ability to express him/herself using ASL.
General Education Area: Humanities, Foreign Language
Prerequisite: HEPR-205
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HEPR 220 - Introduction to Health Professions
Credits: 3
This course is primarily for students planning a career in health care or a health related field. It will provide an introduction to a variety of health professions, strategies for career planning and include the concepts of professionalism, ethics, interdisciplinary health care, as well as world health issues and health policies. The course will also include basic health care skills and practices including universal precautions and body mechanics. This course is not meant for the Pre-Med major, but does not exclude the Pre-Med Student from enrollment.
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HEPR 228 - Introduction to Positive Psychology
Credits: 3
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.
Cross-listed: PSYC-228
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HEPR 242 - Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
Credits: 3
This course presents the behavioral, affective, cognitive, physiological and causative theories of delirium and dementia. The assessment of individuals with cognitive impairment and interventions for the related disorders are discussed. The course also examines the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on the total family functioning. The impact of this disease on the physical, emotional and social health of the caregiver is explored. Caregiver burden is defined and ways of assisting the caregiver are outlined.
Cross-listed: SRLM-242
Prerequisite: SRLM-150 or HEPR-150
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HEPR 298 - Pharmacological and the Elderly
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite: SRLM-150 or HEPR-150
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HEPR 300 - Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness
Credits: 3
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 307 - Issues in ASL/Deaf Studies I
Credits: 3
Contemporary issues dealing with individuals having significant hearing impairment or deafness will be covered in four units. Topics will include:(1) Deafness in the Media/Movies, (2) Black Deaf People’s Studies, (3) Deaf Women’s Studies, and (4) Employment for Individuals with severe hearing impairment or deafness.
Prerequisite: HEPR-103 and HEPR-204
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HEPR 308 - Issues in ASL/Deaf Studies II
Credits: 3
A continuation of contemporary issues facing individuals with severe hearing impairment or deafness. Topics to be discussed will include (1) ramifications from acquired severe hearing impairment/deafness, (2) dynamics of oppression from hearing loss, (3) oral traditions in the Deaf community, and (4) educational options for those with severe hearing loss/deafness.
Prerequisite: HEPR-307
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HEPR 310 - History of Health Care
Credits: 3
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 350 - Counseling for Health Care Professionals
Credits: 3
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 355 - Counseling Skills for Healthcare Professionals
Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to core counseling skills that incorporates therapeutic listening and empathy communication techniques, crisis management, etc. related to professional/client relationships across cultures-specifically in health profession settings.
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HEPR 370 - Fitness, Wellness, and Nutrition
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite: CHEM-104, BIOL-394, HEPR-400, and HEPR-430
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HEPR 400 - Health Care Ethics
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite: HEPR-107
Corequisite: HEPR-300; must be taken previously or concurently
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HEPR 420 - Clinical Epidemiology
Credits: 2
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
Prerequisite: HEPR-108, BIOL-394, HEPR-400, and HEPR-430
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HEPR 430 - Genetics for Health Care Professionals
Credits: 3
An interprofessional course for students in the health professions. Students will study transmission genetics, DNA and chromosomes, population genetics, genetics of immunity and cancer and ethical aspects of genetic counseling.
Prerequisite: BIOL-102, HEPR-107, HEPR-108, HEPR-300
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HEPR 440 - Health Care Systems
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite: HEPR-107, and HEPR-400
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HEPR 460 - Public Health
Credits: 3
An introductory survey course providing an overview of public health in the United States, its core functions, and specific health issues that impact the health of the population.
Cross-listed: HCPM-460
Prerequisite: HEPR-107 or HCPM-100
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HEPR 470 - Healthcare Policy
Credits: 3
Students will examine the policy, structure, and trends of heathcare delivery in the US, and then compare those to health services in other countries across the globe.
Prerequisite: HEPR-107, HCPM-100
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HEPR 480 - Applied Sciences for the Healthcare Professional
Credits: 3
This course will focus on the application of scientific knowledge as a follow-up of information gained from basic science courses. Through application of scientific concepts, the learner will appreciate applied science as an essential component for effective clinical practice. Utilizing a system based approach, learners will integrate physiological, chemical and biomechanical concepts to better understand their use by health care professionals. Learners will explore the narrative on the importance of applying science to improve the health of society.
Prerequisite: CHEM-104, PHYS-104, BIOL-394, HEPR-400, and HEPR-430
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HEPR 495 - Healthcare Capstone
Credits: 3
This program culminating course will review, synthesize, and summarize the fundamental understandings that were taught in the General Studies with Concentration Healthcare Program. It provides students the opportunity to see the relevancy of their coursework and how it applies to careers in health sciences. This information will be used to develop a detailed project proposal and complete a final capstone project linking the student’s chosen area of concentration with career and intellectual interests. The final written project will consist of research, reviews, analysis, and recommendations based on the proposal that the student defines. A presentation of the project is required.
Prerequisite: Senior Status, taken in last term
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HEPR 496 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-4
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HIST 103 - U.S. Foreign Policy Since WWII
Credits: 3
This class investigates the controversies and questions at the heart of modern American diplomacy. World War II made the United States a global hegemonic power, and its decades-long cold war with the USSR prompted new debates and challenges about the use of legitimacy of that power, both at home and abroad. Students will examine U.S. diplomatic decisions from WWII to the present, asking such questions as: what was the legacy of FDR’s conduct in the war, and how have the doctrines of subsequent presidents, from Truman through Trump, shaped U.S intervention abroad? How much power does the president really have in dictatingforeign policy? Was the Cold War avoidable, and how has the threat of nuclearannihilation transformed diplomacy? What grounds, if any, has the U.S. had to intervene in the self-determination of other nations, from Vietnam to Iraq? What moral and ethical considerations shape diplomatic decisions? Students will investigate these and other questions in order to gauge the impact of the U.S. on global diplomacy through the twenty-first century.
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: PSCI-103
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HIST 110 - Women in American History
Credits: 3
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 women’s lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of separate spheres; women’s 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.Fulfills Social Science Requirement.
Note: Fulfills state requirements.
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: WGS-110
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HIST 115 - Native American Histories
Credits: 3
Native American Histories. This course explores the rich and varied histories of the indigenous peoples of North America. Beginning before the Columbian Exchange, students in this course will explore the lives of the men, women, and children who inhabited North American from the eastern to western seaboards. The course will explore the impact of Europeans on native cultures and debate and discuss the long-term effects of later U.S. policies such as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the establishment of reservations. Finally, the course will show students the empowered voices of Native American peoples themselves in their complex relationships with the modern United States.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 121 - American History to 1877
Credits: 3
“Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.” Joseph Ellis’ quotes encapsulates the driving questions of this course: what are the many meanings of America, and how can we understand the historical development of the United States? This course investigates the “creation” of America, and the development of American identities, from the pre-colonial period to the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Topics will include: the peoples and cultures of North America circa 1491; encounters between indigenous peoples and early European colonizers; the political and religious tenor of the early British colonies; American independence and westward expansion; slavery and the Atlantic world; and the legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 122 - American History Since 1877
Credits: 3
In this course students continue to investigate the many meanings of America from the end of Reconstruction to the present day. Using diverse primary sources materials from newspapers articles, to private diaries, to film, students will explore key controversies and debates in American history. Topics and themes include, but are not limited to: Reconstruction, lynching, and the Jim Crow era; Native American persecution and resistance in the face of Manifest Destiny; successive waves of immigration from Europe and Asia; the Gilded Age, the roaring 20s and Great Depression, the world wars, Cold War, and culture wars; recent American wars from Vietnam to Iraq; and current debates about American identity in an age of global immigration.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 131 - World History to 1500
Credits: 3
This course explores significant people, movements, events, and ideas in the major civilizations of the world to about 1500. Our class will permit students to compare civilizations, empires, religions, epistemologies, and cultures on a planetary scale. From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Machiavelli’s The Prince, students will analyze primary sources to better understand human societies in their own words and works. This class will also incorporate the use of games, the sampling of global cuisines, and the analysis of art and music to achieve an in-depth, yet broad survey of human history to the Early Modern period.
General Education Area: Social Science
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HIST 132 - World History since 1500
Credits: 3
What does it means to live in a truly “globalized” world? How have human societies, and the identities of their members, changed in response to human migration on a planetary scale? This course investigates these and other questions about human cultural and civilizational encounters following the Colombian Exchange. Students will explore the most recent five hundred years of human history, interrogating the global impact of such phenomena as the Atlantic slave trade; the Reformation; the emergence of nation-states and European empires; the industrialization of nations and the embrace of capitalism; political revolutions and the unraveling of empires; the two world wars and the Cold War; climate change, and extremist terrorism.
General Education Area: Social Science
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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: 1-4
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 311 - Modern American Histories
Credits: 3
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 WWII. We will study a variety of events and people, but we will focus particular attention to three major themes of the period: conflicts (the Cold War, Iraq War, & Afghanistan War, for example), social and economic domestic policies, and the social/cultural changes we see in the U.S. across this roughly 70 year period. We will examine primary sources, such as newspapers and music, to understand Americans’ concerns and reactions to major events in this era. [M; W; S; C; I]
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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: 1-4
How do you plan to use your history major? The History Internship will be your first taste of a professional life as a 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. Please note: you are required to find and secure the internship, but the history program director can provide resources to help you in that search. Contact the history program director for more information.
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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: 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: 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: 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: 3-10
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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HRMG 640 - Human Resource Management
Credits: 3
This course is the study of human resource management (HRM) related to managing equal opportunity and diversity, personnel planning, recruiting and talent management, testing and selecting employees, training and development, performance management, compensation, ethics, retention, labor relations, collective bargaining, and safety.
Prerequisite: MGMT-647 or COMM-501
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HRMG 650 - Workforce Management
Credits: 3
This course develops students’ understanding of recruitment and selection strategies, hiring aligned with organization-specific competencies, and training and recruitment methods. Students will learn to measure the costs of hiring and training, and turnover rate, all of which are central for an organization’s strategic plan.
Prerequisite: MGMT-647
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HRMG 655 - Employment Law and Compliance
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the study of 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 an organization, its location and the type of industry in which the business operates. The laws that apply to the majority of employers are discussed.
Prerequisite: MGMT-647
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HRMG 660 - Compensation and Benefits
Credits: 3
This course examines the total compensation package with a special emphasis on employee benefits - both legally required such as workers’ compensation insurance and optional benefits such as retirement plans. The course provides students 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, and compa-ratio calculation.
Prerequisite: MGMT-647
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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
Related Courses: HUM-301
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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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