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Graduate Catalog 2018 - 2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Health Education
  

Health Sciences
  

  • HSC 501 - Issues in Health Science

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores trends in health care delivery, related public policy, and funding issues, as well as theoretical and ethical considerations in delivering care.


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  • HSC 502 - Leadership Roles in Health Sciences

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines the roles of the advanced practitioner in direct service delivery, management, consultation, education, and research.


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  • HSC 503 - Research & Analysis

    [3 credit(s)]
    Provides an overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods, with an emphasis on program evaluation, quality assurance, and outcomes research. Also examines statistical and other methods for analyzing research and evaluating data.


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  • HSC 505 - Culture & Health Care

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines the ways in which culture affects health and health care, including perceptions of health, disease, treatments, and the values associated with these factors. The need for cultural sensitivity in health care will be stressed.


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  • HSC 510 - Principles of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Sciences

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines the emergence of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a trend in health sciences, and the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to intervention. Explores the process of implementing EBP in clinical settings.


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  • HSC 512 - Evolving Technologies in Health Care

    [3 credit(s)]
    Reviews assistive technologies used in rehabilitation. Research evaluating program and equipment effectiveness, evolving technologies, program development, theoretical models, and reimbursement issues will be addressed for various categories of assistive technology.


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  • HSC 513 - Outcomes Assessment

    [3 credit(s)]
    Emphasizes integration of qualitative and quantitative research, along with discussion of research results, and their relationship to hypothesis-testing and methodology. Application of findings to contemporary problems encountered in health sciences and guidelines for subsequent research is explored in detail.


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  • HSC 514 - Occupational and Physical Therapy in the Schools

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines factors influencing the efficacy of school-based occupational and physical therapy. Current literature is used to analyze issues related to evaluation and intervention within an educational context.


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  • HSC 519 - Exposure to Interprofessional Experiential-Learning

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Enrollment in graduate program or permission by instructor. Exploration of specialty areas within the practice of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, and other related professions by conducting an in-depth study of a selected topic.


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  • HSC 520 - Physiology for the Clinical Sciences

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Graduate-level standing. BIO 200/201 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Corequisite: HSC 550 Laboratory course. This course is an in-depth study of the fundamental molecular, cellular, and system-based physiologic concepts as they apply to homeostasis and as they relate to aspects of health, adaptation, and rehabilitation. Physiologic principles applicable to testing, evaluation, and therapeutic intervention across the lifespan and in altered states of wellness are considered. Students will complete a literature-based project requiring integration of complex principles.


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  • HSC 522 - Fundamentals of Curriculum in Health Sciences

    [3 credit(s)]
    Academic education of health sciences practitioners, with emphasis on curriculum design consistent with accreditation standards, designing and implementing courses, and incorporation of clinical education and new technologies.


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  • HSC 526 - Functional Performance of Older Adults

    [3 credit(s)]
    Assessment and intervention designed to assist older adults in accomplishing daily activities, including individual, social, and environmental factors.


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  • HSC 531 - Principles of Management for Health Sciences

    [3 credit(s)]
    Funding of health sciences, and implications for service delivery, supervision of personnel, and the design and implementation of programs; fundamentals of organizational behavior and development.


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  • HSC 533 - Program Development & Evaluation

    [3 credit(s)]
    Evaluation of needs, design and implementation of health sciences programs, and assessment of outcomes.


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  • HSC 541 - Environmental Health

    [3 credit(s)]
    An introduction to environmental health, with emphasis on toxic exposures, hazard identification and management.


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  • HSC 542 - Health Disparities

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course delves deeply into identifying and understanding the social determinants of health with maintaining a particular focus on US minority (soon-to-be the majority) populations and racial/ethnic health disparities. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the course carefully studies the complex ways in which race, ethnicity, class/socioeconomic status, gender, relationships, work conditions, cultural histories, and neighborhoods among other factors (and their intersections) impact health and illness.


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  • HSC 543 - Legal and Policy Issues in Health Sciences

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores legal and policy issues in health care delivery, related state and federal laws, governmental and legislative trends, public policy, and ethical considerations in patient care.


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  • HSC 544 - Social Issues in Health Care

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines social issues that influence health and illness through the study of disability and medical rehabilitation. Perspectives of health care practitioner, consumer, regulator, and investor are used to investigate control issues, mutual decision-making, and socioeconomic inequalities.


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  • HSC 546 - Women’s Health

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course will examine psychological, social, and behavioral influences on women’s health. The course will focus on the interplay of lifestyle factors, and mental and physical health in women. Topics covered include high-risk health behaviors, stress, weight, sexuality, fertility, and promoting health and wellness among women. Emphasis is on understanding women’s health from an interdisciplinary perspective.


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  • HSC 547 - Assistive Technology for Computer Access

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course reviews assistive technology that enhances accessibility to the computer for individuals with visual, auditory, motor, or learning disabilities.


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  • HSC 548 - Palliative Care

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course provides an overview of the purposes of palliative care and the roles of health care professionals in providing effective end-of-life interventions.Students are expected to synthesize the material in a final paper.


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  • HSC 550 - Physiology Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Graduate-level standing; BIO 200/201 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Corequisite: HSC 520. Laboratory sessions include interactive lab exercises and assignments. Lab fee.


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  • HSC 552 - Occupational Therapy-Mental Health Promotion Children and Youth

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course examines occupational therapy’s role in mental health promotion, prevention and intervention when working with children and youth with and without disabilities and/or mental health challenges in schools and community settings. Content reflects a public health approach to occupational therapy services at the universal, selected, and intensive levels. Individual and group intervention strategies for enhancing psychosocial function and mental health will be explored. Occupation-based practice, innovative service delivery models, and intervention in school and community settings will be emphasized throughout.


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  • HSC 557 - Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory

    [3 credit(s)]
    Corequisite: HSC 575. Laboratory sessions include dissection of human cadavers, examination of human skeletal material, and anatomical models.


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  • HSC 560 - Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team Development

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in MOT or DPT Program or permission of instructor. This course introduces students to a team approach to healthcare delivery. It uses a case-based approach to address the development of healthcare teams, communication and interaction among team members, conflict management within a team setting, types and manifestations of team leadership, team cultures, and ethical and legal issues confronting a team across a variety of delivery systems and contexts. Students will learn about the thinking and methods of other disciplines on the healthcare team and how to make appropriate referrals. The course will draw on students’ experience in healthcare, the views of practitioners, and cases used to emphasize the importance of teamwork. Labs will be used to explore and apply team concepts to cases.


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  • HSC 571 - LGBT Health Disparities: A Public Health Perspective

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course will provide a multidimensional public health perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health across clinical and social disciplines with an emphasis on social determinants of health. The course will also highlight LGBT population characteristics, health outcomes, current gaps in health knowledge, research methodology concerns, and an understanding of the sociopolitical context which can impact the health of LGBT communities.


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  • HSC 575 - Human Gross Anatomy

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: BIO 200/201 or equivalent or a biology course the lab at or above 200 level and graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: HSC 557. Study of the structure and function of the human body, with emphasis on the musculoskeletal systems.


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  • HSC 577 - Neuroscience Systems

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: A biology course with lab at or above 200 level and upper class standing, or permission of instructor. This course is a study of the structure and function of the human central and peripheral nervous system including vascular components and special senses.


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  • HSC 578 - Neuroscience Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Corequisite: HSC 577. Laboratory sessions include human nervous system material in the course atlas, human brain dissections, slides, overheads, and anatomical models.


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  • HSC 582 - Pathophysiology I

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the MSHS Physician Assistant Program. The first of a two course series integrating human physiology and pathology. General pathophysiological concepts (normal cell, tissue and organ functions; cell injury; inflammation; tissue healing; and regeneration) will be applied in a system-oriented approach to disease processes of the integumentary, immune system, nephrologic, hematologic, endocrinal and musculoskeletal systems of the human body.


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  • HSC 583 - Pathophysiology II

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the MSHS Physician Assistant Program, completion of HSC 582. The second of a two course series integrating human physiology and pathology. General pathophysiological concepts (normal cell, tissue and organ functions; cell injury, inflammation; tissue healing; and regeneration) will be applied in a system-oriented approach to disease processes of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurologic, digestive, and reproductive systems of the human body.


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  • HSC 585 - Introduction to Medical Anatomy Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Corequisite: HSC 590 or permission of the instructor. Laboratory sessions include survey and clinical study of human gross anatomy through prosected human cadavers, examination of human skeletal material, and anatomical models.


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  • HSC 587 - Community-Based Participatory Research and Health

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites:HSC 505 or permission of instructor. Introduces general theories, principles, and strategies of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) including strengths and limitations of CBPR, and the practical and ethical issues involved when collaborating with communities, the quantitative and qualitative methods used in CBPR. Students will participate in service learning and develop a research proposal.


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  • HSC 588 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    [3 credit(s)]
    An introductory survey examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) - its historical and cultural roots and current application in western contexts. Students will demonstrate an understanding of a variety of CAM approaches and explore their application in both traditional and nontraditional healthcare settings. Using research evidence, students will critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate CAM and its application throughout the course and in a final project including a research paper and presentation.


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  • HSC 590 - Introduction to Medical Anatomy

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Be admitted in the NEOMED-CSU Partnership; BIO 200/201 or BIO 266/267 or BIO 268/269 or equivalent biology course with lab at or above the 200 level or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: HSC 585. This course involves review of prosected cadavers and examination of the back, upper extremity, lower extremity, trunk, and internal structures with an emphasis on function.


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  • HSC 598 - Special Topics Physical Therapy Research-Master’s Capstone Project

    [1 credit(s)]
    Students use scientific inquiry to develop an original or replicated research project that integrates the individual?s didactic and clinical course work. The focus of the project may be either applied or theoretically oriented research.


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  • HSC 690 - Independent Study

    [1-4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Individual exploration in the student’s area of interest under the direction of the faculty advisor.


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History
  

  • HIS 500 - Local History Seminar

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores the social, economic, political, and cultural history of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio from 1800 to the present. It uses primary materials to generate student research projects on a variety of selected topics. Specific topics vary from term to term.


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  • HIS 501 - American Cultural History, 1865 To The Present

    [3 credit(s)]
    Study of the social and cultural history of the United States, emphasizing the ways in which beliefs, values, and world views of the American people are related to prevailing social conditions.


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  • HIS 502 - US Slavery, Abolition, & Politics, 1820-1860

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course examines the American slave system of the nineteenth century, challenges to slavery from the rise of abolitionism and antislavery, the South’s effort to defend and expand slavery, and the resulting political contest that eventually led to southern secession and civil war.


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  • HIS 503 - Recent U.S. Social History

    [3 credit(s)]
    Traces social change in the United States from the Civil War to the present with special emphasis on changing social class formation, family, neighborhood, community, race, ethnicity, gender, and work. Traces major structural changes in society, politics, and economy in relation to social transformations and the impact of technological change, urbanization, and bureaucracy, as well as the field’s historiography.


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  • HIS 504 - U.S. Urban History

    [3 credit(s)]
    Analysis of American urban development. Focuses on spatial development of American cities and changing internal structure and institutions of cities from the colonial period through the mercantile, industrial, and post-industrial city. Traces the city’s impact on migrants and others and their responses. Also considers urban historiography.


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  • HIS 506 - History of Ohio

    [3 credit(s)]
    The early development of Ohio as a territory and a state. Topics include transportation problems and economic development, economic and social consequences of industrialization and urbanization, and ethnic composition.


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  • HIS 511 - Introduction To Public History

    [3 credit(s)]
    An introduction to the applied uses of history in such areas as museums, archives, labor, historical societies, community, corporate, and oral history. Considers ethical and professional issues, grant writing, evaluation of popular and professional history presentations, and careers in public history. Involves an on-site practicum in public history.


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  • HIS 512 - Colonial America

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course traces the interactions between indigenous peoples, Europeans, and Africans as they sought to establish or maintain their cultures, political institutions, religions, and communities from the late fifteenth century through the late eighteenth century.


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  • HIS 513 - The American Revolution

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course studies the ideological, political, economic, racial, gendered, and cultural issues that shaped North America during the period of the American Revolution, 1763-1815.


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  • HIS 515 - Radicals and Reformers in 19th-Century U.S.

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course examines the economical, social, and political transformation of the United States in the nineteenth century. Topics typically include the rise of industrial capitalism and social and political responses such as abolitionism, sectionalism, the women’s rights movement, labor activism, and Populism.


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  • HIS 517 - Civil War and Reconstruction

    [3 credit(s)]
    The American Civil War did more to shape the United States than any other event. It created a united, modern, national state and, most importantly, destroyed legal slavery. The war and Reconstruction forced Americans to examine their ideas about citizenship, nationalism, race, equality, freedom, and the principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence in ways that few other events have ever done. This course examines the military and political conduct of the war; the experiences of black and white Americans during wartime and Reconstruction; the revolution of emancipation; and political, economic, and social Reconstruction.


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  • HIS 518 - Black America and Africa

    [3 credit(s)]
    Exploration of the ways that African Americans have “imagined home” by considering the relationship that peoples of African descent in the United States have held with Africa, and how that relationship has figured historically in the making of an “African American” identity. Students investigate the transformation of African identities in the “new world”, the formation and transformation of racial nationalism and its relationship to the continent, as well as the connection between the U.S.-based freedom movement and African struggles for independence. Throughout the course participants define and redefine what is and has been meant by terms such as the “African Diaspora,” “Cultural Nationalism,” black transnationalism and “Pan-Africanism.”


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  • HIS 519 - History of U.S. Tourism

    [3 credit(s)]
    Considers the role of tourism in American Society and culture from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. It emphasizes how historical memory shapes tourist attractions and how tourism shapes local, regional, national, racial and ethnic identity.


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  • HIS 521 - US History 1901 to 1939

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course is designed to introduce some of the major themes in American history between 1901 and 1939. The course focuses on progressivism, the extent to which World Wars may be considered turning points in American history, and the social and economic changes of the 1920s and 1930s.


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  • HIS 523 - U.S. History, 1945-1989

    [3 credit(s)]
    Study of the major social, political, economic , and cultural events and their interactions in the United States since 1945. Major topics include World War II, the origins and impact of the Cold War , Vietnam, the civil rights movements, movements for social change in the 1960s, and the subsequent rise of conservatism.


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  • HIS 524 - Defining Black America

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores the ways in which Americans of African descent have been defined historically by themselves and by whites. The social and political consequences of adopting these definitions are also examined. Topics include representations in law and popular/elite culture, racial thought and the rise/fall of slavery/Jim Crow, and self-definitions grounded in, among others, political and class differences.


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  • HIS 525 - Black America Since 1945

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course explores the history of African American politics, communities, and culture in the U.S. since 1945. The content and central focus will vary with the instructor. Examples of course themes include the modern civil rights and black power movements; the black world and the Cold War; black popular culture; gender and sexuality in postwar African America; and black America in the African diaspora.


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  • HIS 526 - African-American History Through Sacred Music

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course traces the history of African American sacred music from its African roots, through the nineteenth century spiritual to the twentieth century hymns, gospels and contemporary Christian compositions. This musical heritage will be analyzed within the larger context of African American social and cultural history, with an emphasis on understnading African American church culture as a buffer against racial and other forms of discrimination.


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  • HIS 527 - American Sexual Communities and Politics

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores attempts by various groups to (re)define, regulate, and/or form communities around sexuality. The course’s central theme differs each year. Topics include gay/lesbian/bisexual histories and sexuality in the U.S.


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  • HIS 528 - Black Gender Sexuality in U.S. Culture

    [3 credit(s)]
    In this course, we will trace the development of ideas and cultural debates about black gender and sexuality in U.S. culture. We will emphasize several things. One is how whites have used ideas about black man-/womanhood to define what it means to be “black,” and the impact these definitions have had on public policy and social practices. Another is how blacks have resisted these characterizations (and the social inequality that often resulted from them), created their own definitions of their gender and sexual identities, and tried to shape public policy and social practices in ways that reflected these self conceptions. A third focus will be debates within black communities regarding appropriate gender and sexual norms, conflicts rooted in class, gender, sexual, and political differences (among others).


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  • HIS 529 - Black Resistance in the Age of Jim Crow, 1896-1954

    [3 credit(s)]
    African Americans challenged white supremacy long before the emergence of the modern movement for civil rights. This course studies the politics of black resistance during the era of legal segregation-from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) to Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Topics include anti-lynching, the impact of rural-to-urban and southern-to-northern migration, unionization, Garveyism, communism, the roots of black power, and the ways in which African Americans confronted the rise of a racist commercial culture.


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  • HIS 530 - History of Ancient Greece

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of the development of civilization in ancient Greece from prehistoric beginnings until the death of Alexander the Great. Special emphasis is given to the rise of democracy and its expression in Athens during the Age of Pericles. The nature, extent, and interpretation of ancient evidence for historical research receives careful attention.


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  • HIS 531 - Rise of Rome

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of the development of civilization in ancient Italy from prehistoric beginnings until the establishment of the Roman Empire by Augustus. Special emphasis is given to the foundation legends of the city, the civil disorder of the final century of the Republic, and the period of transition from Republic to Empire. The nature, extent, and interpretation of ancient evidence for historical research receives careful attention.


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  • HIS 532 - Byzantine History & Civilization

    [4 credit(s)]
    Examines the geography and the origins of Byzantium and explores the evolution of Byzantine history from the dedication of Constantinople in 330 to its fall in 1453. The course starts with a geographical and historical background that illustrates questions of historical continuity and processes of transformation. The course proceeds chronologically, focusing on the crucial historical junctions that influenced and shaped the region today. Students will become familiar with the sources of Byzantine history and understand the historical place allocated for Byzantium within the World civilizations. The course also provides insights into Byzantine art architecture, literature, and theology.


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  • HIS 540 - The Roman Empire

    [3 credit(s)]
    The rise and decline of the Roman Empire from the age of Augustus to the end of the fifth century, including the development of Roman government, culture, and society. Examines the growth of Christianity and the interaction of the later Empire with the “barbarian” nations, and their effects on the transformation of the western Empire into the late antique world and the early Middle Ages.


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  • HIS 541 - Early Middle Ages

    [3 credit(s)]
    Political, social, economic, and intellectual life of Europe from the Fall of Rome to A.D. 1000. Emphasis on Germanic invasion, the rise of Christianity, feudalism, and manorialism.


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  • HIS 542 - Late Middle Ages

    [3 credit(s)]
    European society and culture from A.D. 1000 to 1450. Particular attention is given to patterns of thought, the founding of universities, and the rise of cities and feudal monarchies.


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  • HIS 543 - The Black Death in Europe

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examination of the changes created by the introduction and spread of the bubonic plague in large populations. Begins with an examination of how diseases are socially, culturally, and historically constructed, then charts the impact of the plague in the first three centuries of its spread and analyzes the social history of the period and how responses to the disease intersected with other European-wide developments.


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  • HIS 546 - Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Europe

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examination of Absolutism and the European state system, the social and economic system of preindustrial Europe and the rise and decline of the principal powers, including Spain, the Low Countries, France, and Prussia.


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  • HIS 550 - Golden Age Spain

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examines the history of Spain from the late-medieval period through the 17th century from social, cultural, political, economic, and religious perspectives. Addresses key developments in the Iberian Peninsula, including encounters with the Americas, the rise of absolutism, and the Catholic and Counter-Reformations. Evaluates implications of historical interpretations of both Spain’s “Golden Age” and its reputed “decline.”


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  • HIS 551 - Social and Economic History of 19th-Century Europe

    [3 credit(s)]
    A study of economic change and social upheaval precipitated by the French Revolution and the industrialization and urbanization of Europe. Emphasis on social class structure, urban life and problems, workers’ and middle class responses to industrialization, and imperialism.


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  • HIS 553 - 20Th-Century Europe, 1914 To The Present

    [3 credit(s)]
    Lecture and group discussion approach to some of the major cultural, social, political, and economic developments in Europe since 1914; social and cultural impact of two world wars; and totalitarianism and the decline of empire. Emphasis is placed on the Cold War and events since 1945.


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  • HIS 554 - European Women’s History, 1300 To 1700

    [3 credit(s)]
    Analysis of a variety of life experiences of European women from 1300 to 1700. Considers methodological issues that shaped recent practice of women’s history, and examines the variety of women’s roles in late medieval and early modern society, including religion, economy, culture, and politics.


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  • HIS 557 - WWI:The Western Front

    [3 credit(s)]
    Focuses on the social history of the Western Front during World War I (especially Belgium, France and Britain). It aims to go beyond statistics and battle reports and allow students to become immersed in the war experience of the combatants and non-combatants by reading history, novels, poetry, viewing films and images, listening to music, and through class discussion.


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  • HIS 564 - Caribbean History to 1804: Conquest, Colonization, Slavery, and Revolution

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examination of Caribbean societies covering pre-Columbian civilization to the formation of the Haitian Republic in 1804; the development of plural societies, economic organization, role of slavery and culture.


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  • HIS 566 - Colonial Latin America

    [3 credit(s)]
    Examination of Latin American societies from pre-Columbian civilization to the Wars for Independence in the 19th century. Topics include the development of plural societies, economic organization, and culture.


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  • HIS 567 - Latin America Since 1825

    [3 credit(s)]
    Development of Latin American republics with emphasis on the 20th century. Topics include political and cultural nationalism, polarized societies, dependent economic systems, mechanisms of change, and relations with the United States.


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  • HIS 569 - Comparative Emancipation

    [3 credit(s)]
    The societies created by white Europeans in the western hemisphere were built on the backs of enslaved Africans. The emancipation of these enslaved people stands as one of humanities greatest achievements. This course introduces students the various ways slavery was eradicated and to the experiences of former slaves in the aftermath of emancipation.


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  • HIS 570 - Global Interconnections

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course explores the discipline of world history by highlighting the interconnections between societies and peoples. A primary focus of this course is the way in which historians and social studies teachers define world history for scholarly discussions and in their own classrooms. The course is not necessarily chronological- it is framed by various themes and categories associated with studying world history. Students will be encouraged to think beyond their experiences with American history or western civilization courses to recognize the linkages between historical events and trends around the world. Students will evaluate broader processes of globalization, such as the effects of increasing communication speed and mobility in diverse national contexts, as well as the contribution of these trends to developing transnational communities.


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  • HIS 574 - 20th Century China

    [3 credit(s)]
    Explores the history of China in the twentieth century, focusing on the end of imperial rule, the sources and development of revolution, attempts at socialist transformation, and the course and consequence of economic reform. Students will draw upon narrative history texts, biographies, memoirs, and films, as well as translations of original documents.


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  • HIS 575 - Pre-Colonial Africa to 1800

    [3 credit(s)]
    SSurvey of sub-Saharan African civilizations and the origins of the African Diaspora. Geographic coverage includes the Nile Valley, eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, southern and West Africa, and the central African rain forest. Includes historical analysis of Nubia, Ethiopia, the Swahili, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Ashanti, Benin, and the Kongo. The Atlantic slave trade is positioned within historical traditions of African and global history.


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  • HIS 576 - Modern Africa Since 1800

    [3 credit(s)]
    Survey of sub-Saharan African civilizations from the demise of the Atlantic slave trade through the periods of European conquest and colonial rule, the nationalist struggle for independence, and post-colonial African states. Includes African perspectives on colonialism and neocolonialism, including social, economic, political, and cultural initiatives toward independence, modernity, and an emerging role in global affairs.


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  • HIS 577 - History Of Islamic Civilizations

    [3 credit(s)]
    A survey of the main themes of the development of religious, cultural, social, and political patterns in central Islamic areas from the 600s to the present. Particular emphasis on the development and spread of Islam, interactions with the West, and problems of modernization.


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  • HIS 579 - Collective Survival in the African Diaspora

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course considers the recent history (1400 to the Present) of the African Diaspora in the global community, with an emphasis on the social and cultural histories of African-descended peoples in the Americas. Students will examine recent scholarship on the African Diaspora and conduct their own research, using oral history interviews, archival materials, and other sources.


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  • HIS 581 - Class, Gender, and Sexuality in China 1700 - Present

    [3 credit(s)]
    Categories of class and gender are used to explore three aspects of Chinese history: the cultural construction of gender and sexuality, the issue of modernity, nationalism and revolution, and the problem of building and partially dismantling a socialist state. Poetry, memoirs, anthropological works, and products of popular culture as well as standard historical sources are drawn up.


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  • HIS 582 - Origins and Consequences of Total War

    [4 credit(s)]
    Examination of the diplomatic history of the period from 1870 to 1945 within the larger framework of European international relations surrounding the First and Second World Wars. Special consideration is devoted to the role of domestic pressures in the formulation of foreign policy and the historical debates about the origins of both world wars.


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  • HIS 585 - History of Middle East to 1405

    [3 credit(s)]
    This class examines the most important factors that influenced the historical development of the Middle East between ancient times through the 14th century. Subjects include the historical and cultural foundations laid by the pre-Islamic empires and monotheistic faiths, the coming of Islam and the Islamic conquests, the heights of Islamic civilization, the Crusades and Mongol conquests, the voyages of the great world traveler Ibn Battuta, and daily life in the medieval Middle East. Although this is an upper division class, no previous background knowledge of Middle East History is necessary.


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  • HIS 586 - History of Islamic Gunpowder Empires, 1301-1798

    [3 credit(s)]
    Between the 14th - 18th centuries large Islamic empires competed with one another and the European states for dominance in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean regions. Those empires that succeeded were known for their creative use of military strategy and the new technology of gunpowder weapons. This course examines the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires as well as other Islamic gunpowder states from this era, including their accomplishments, defeats, social order, leading historical figures, interactions with Europeans, changes in religious life and the economy, intellectual and cultural developments, and legacies in the modern Middle East and South Asian. Although this is an upper division class, no previous background knowledge of Middle East History is necessary.


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  • HIS 587 - Modern Middle East

    [3 credit(s)]
    This class examines the most important factors that influenced the development of the modern Middle East between the 18th through the 21st centuries. Subjects include colonial empires in the Middle East, the impact of Westernization and modernity, the establishment of nation states, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian revolution, Cold War politics, influence of oil, political Islam and terrorism, America’s involvement, and the Middle East post 9/11. Although this is an upper division class, no previous background knowledge of Middle East History is necessary.


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  • HIS 591 - History of South Africa to 1900

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course focuses on the making of South Africa, specifically, and the Southern African region, in general. The time-span is from the earliest possible to circa 1900. Key themes include the early African migration and settlement of Southern Africa; South African people and cultures; state systems; modes of production and exchange; settler colonization of South Africa; slavery and the slave trade; social, economic, and political revolutions in the 19th century Southern Africa; and South Africa’s relationship with its neighbors in the Southern African region. Black Studies.


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  • HIS 592 - History of South Africa since 1900

    [3 credit(s)]
    The course examines the history of South Africa from 1900 to about 1994. Particular emphasis is placed on key issues in the making of modern South Africa such as race relations; the economy of South Africa; Afrikaner nationalism; the Apartheid system; African nationalism; and the coming of freedom to South Africa. The course also highlights the relationship between South Africa and its neighbors.


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