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HIST 3392:History of Southern, Eastern and Central Africa 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours.
A history of Southern, Eastern, and Central Africa from the earliest times to the present. The course emphasizes continuities and changes in African culture, African participation in Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern trade networks, and the impact of European colonization. It examines important themes like Bantu migration and state formation in Central Africa; the emergence of the Ethiopian kingdom; the impact of the Zulu Mfecane; Swahili culture and Omani rule in East Africa; Dutch settlement and the development of apartheid; and the achievement of Black majority rule in South Africa.
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HIST 3396:Cooperative Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the co-op coordinator.
A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in business, industry, or government. For sophomore, junior, or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
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HIST 3398:Internship 1-9 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours and Approval of the internship coordinator.
A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, or private or government agency.
Notes: Credit is allowed in elective areas.
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HIST 4163:The United States between the World Wars 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course provides an overview of the economic, political, legal, social, and cultural developments that occurred in the United States during the period between World War I and World War II
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HIST 4204:The History of the American West 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course surveys the history of the American West with special emphasis on the development of the Trans-Mississippi West from the early 19th century to recent years. The crucial influences of the environment, the interaction of Native Americans, Hispanics, Euro-Americans and other cultural groups, and the unique relationship of the region with the Federal government are explored.
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HIST 4245:Business & Economic History of United States 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course surveys American business and economic development from colonial times to the present. Its major themes include the history of small business and family business; the shifting position of the U.S. within the world economy; the regional economy of Georgia and the South; labor-management relations; the labor movement; and the changing social, political, and cultural context within which business and economic institutions have developed.
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HIST 4251:U.S. Social and Cultural History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course explores the cultural history of the United States since inception. It considers the themes of nationality, immigration, ethnicity (Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Middle Eastern-Americans), the elderly, popular culture, and the environment.
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HIST 4255:Diplomatic History of the United States 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course examines major trends in U.S. diplomacy from 1890 to the present, emphasizing U.S. rise to world power, World Wars I and II, the Cold War and its end, and U.S. relations with developing world areas.
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HIST 4373:Modern India and South Asia 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have completed 45 credit hours.
This course covers major themes and events in the history of the Indian subcontinent from 1526, the beginning of the Mughal era, to 1947, the independence of India and creation of Pakistan. It explores the making of India as the process was continuously enmeshed with colonial modernity and the birth of nationalist movements. The course provides students with a solid introductory understanding of modern South Asian history and the exploration of historical methods.
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HIST 4374:History of Ancient and Medieval India 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have completed 45 credit hours.
This course introduces students to the history of India starting with the Indus River civilizations (c. 2500 before common era) to the advent of Islam and the eventual rise of the Mughal Empire. Students explore multiple religious traditions, ethno-linguistic communities, constant migrations of people, and how broader global forces beyond India shaped the subcontinent during this period.
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HIST 4375:Themes in Asian History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have completed 45 credit hours.
This course examines various themes in the social, political, and cultural history of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World. Possible themes might include major historical figures in South Asian history, labor and subaltern studies, or Indian Ocean World.
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HIST 4391:Emerging Themes in African History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course is a survey of major themes in African cultural history from the earliest times to the beginning of European colonialism. The course introduces students to the peoples, societies, and cultures of the continent and emphasizes dominant themes such as cultural unity and diversity, empire and civilization, kinship and family, ethnic and nation building, Islam and traditional religions, indigenous institutions, slavery, and sociopolitical transformations before European colonialism.
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HIST 4400:Directed Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the Department Chair
Covers special topics and seminars external to regular course offerings.
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HIST 4410:Colonial America to 1763 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Starting in the pre-Columbian period, this course covers the American experience until 1763. It looks at Native American life, colonization and settlement by the Spanish, French and English, interaction with the Atlantic world, and the wars for imperial dominance fought in North America until 1763. Issues explored include class structure and family life, religion, politics, intellectual movements, society and culture, slavery, and treatment of minorities.
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HIST 4411:The American Revolution 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Examines the American Revolution from the start of the colonists’ disputes with Britain through the ratification of the Constitution. Issues covered include the development of tensions between Britain and the colonies during the Seven Years’ War and decade-long dispute over taxation, the decision to declare independence and the Revolutionary War, the postwar Confederation government, and the creation of the Constitution. The roles of women, Native Americans, African Americans, and loyalists are also examined.
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HIST 4412:The Early Republic 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course will explore the history of the United States from 1787-1824. Topics and issues covered will include the creation of the Constitution, the formation of the first party system, the growth and development of the federal government, the young republic’s foreign policy, the War of 1812, the Market Revolution, the Era of Good Feelings, and the development of a uniquely American culture. Social, economic, political, and military aspects of the American experience will be addressed.
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HIST 4415:Jacksonian America 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course will explore the history of the United States from 1815-1848. Topics and issues covered will include the War of 1812, the Market Revolution, the Era of Good Feelings, the rise of Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal, the formation of the second party system, the rise of the reformist impulse, sectional disruptions caused by territorial expansion and slavery, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, and the continued development of a uniquely American culture. Social, economic, political, and military aspects of the American experience will be studied.
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HIST 4424:Museum Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course exposes students to both the theory and practice of education in museums, historic sites, and other public history and cultural institutions. An emphasis is placed on the way that museum educators combine theory with practice when implementing educational programming. Major trends in the field of museum education are explored including K-12 education, museum-community partnerships, online learning, and audience engagement.
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HIST 4425:Oral History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Focuses on the methods of taking, processing, and utilizing oral histories. Additional emphasis is placed on the study of planning, development, and operation of oral history projects for libraries, museums, corporations, and public history agencies.
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HIST 4426:Documentation and Interpretation of Historic Sites 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Explores the methods of documenting historic properties, especially as related to the National Register of Historic Places. Special emphasis is placed on completing a nomination for the National Register of Historic Places. Includes interpretation of historic sites for public exhibit.
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HIST 4427:Museum Exhibitions 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course examines the process by which museums create exhibitions, from planning and research through object identification and selection, community involvement, script and text preparation, design, fabrication, installation and maintenance. The course brings students into contact with theory, and provides application of theory through their conceptualization and installation of an interpretive history exhibition. Repeatable once for a total of six credits with approval of instructor.
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HIST 4428:The Third Reich 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course draws a wide range of texts to place the Third Reich (1933-1945) in a broad historical context to understand its rise, causes, consequences, and legacies.
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HIST 4430:Museum Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Provides a broad introduction to the museum world and the functions of museums in American society. Emphasis will be placed on historical museums. Subjects covered will include museum management, collections management, education, interpretation, exhibit design, ethics, and scholarly criticism of museums.
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HIST 4435:History and Memory 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This seminar experience examines the literature of public history and memory. Through readings and discussion the class will examine what we know about the past and how we know it, the changing interpretation of historical events over time, the shape and influence of historical memory, the politics of historical interpretation, and the public presentation of history.
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HIST 4440:Medieval Europe 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course is a survey of the origins of European culture, this course focuses on the period between the fourth and the fourteenth centuries, during which time Europe achieved its own form of cultural unity distinct from that of its Mediterranean neighbors.
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HIST 4441:The Holy Roman Empire 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned 45 credit hours.
This course provides a survey that examines the social, political and cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire from its medieval origins to its dissolution in 1806. This course emphasizes the impact that the Holy Roman Empire had on the development of European politics, ethnicity, and religion from the medieval era to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on Central Europe.
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HIST 4442:History of Religious Tolerance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course traces the origins of the concept of tolerance of the religious “other,” with a focus of content on medieval and Early Modern Europe. Besides the historical exploration of the topic and an examination of the emergence and development of the idea of religious toleration against a background of persecution and wars of religion, students also examine and discuss philosophical and practical aspects of religious tolerance today.
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HIST 4444:Renaissance and Reformation Europe 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
A survey of the changing patterns of thought that radically altered European society between the 14th and 17th centuries. The renaissance of art, the triumph of individualism, the rise of Protestantism, and the reformation of the Church will be studied in their social, political, and intellectual contexts.
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HIST 4445:Age of Enlightenment 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
A contextualized discussion of major developments in European thought during the eighteenth century. Topics include rationalism and the notion of the social applicability of science, the idea of progress, the critique of established religion, economic theories such as those of the Physiocrats, and epistemological interests as expressed in the Encyclopedie of Diderot and d’Alembert, as well as the increased cosmopolitanism and the importance of extra-European models (especially the Chinese Confucian model).
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HIST 4451:Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Causes and development of the U.S. Civil War from 1830. Includes an analysis of the political, social, and economic aspects of the Reconstruction Era.
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HIST 4453:World War I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course provides an overview of the major issues and events surrounding the First World War, exposing students to its opposing governments, leaders, military forces, and major battles, aspects that shaped the conduct and outcome of this momentous international confrontation. It affords students an understanding of the political, military, and social histories of the war and the long-range political and social implications and consequences of the treaty that came at its conclusion.
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HIST 4454:Twentieth Century Europe 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
A survey of European history from 1914 to the present. The course focuses on the main forces that have shaped Europe such as the Second Industrial Revolution and the development of mass society. It examines women’s issues; the rise of Fascism; the impact of existentialism on philosophy, literature, and art; the collapse of Euro-communism; and progress toward European Union.
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HIST 4456:World War II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
A survey of the causes, events, and results of World War II. The course emphasizes military history and the global nature of the conflict but also examines the economic, political, and diplomatic aspects of the war.
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HIST 4461:Gilded Age & Progressive Era 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
An examination of the expansion, industrialization, and urbanization of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and of the era’s cultural, political, economic, intellectual, and social issues.
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HIST 4471:Recent United States History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
Recent United States History, 1939-present. Considers domestic political history, an overview of foreign policy, economic growth and change, and social and cultural reform movements.
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HIST 4488:Approaches to World History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3271 , and Permission of Program Coordinator
The course examines approaches to world history as a field of study, including important debates and controversies in the tradition, along with best practices in teaching world history. The course includes a consideration of recent developments on topics such as modernization and globalization and their significance in world history, philosophical perspectives on the importance of world history in today’s secondary classrooms, world history lesson planning and teaching, and a middle school field component.
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HIST 4490:Special Topics in History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
The course treats topics of interest to both students and faculty.
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HIST 4495:Research Seminar in US History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3100 ; Departmental Approval.
This seminar introduces students to the historiography of a particular topic or theme in US History. It requires students to develop an original research paper on the topic or theme using primary and secondary sources and reflecting standard practices within the discipline.
Notes: This course should not be taken before the second semester of the junior year and may be repeated once for credit.
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HIST 4496:Research Seminar in European History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3100 ; Departmental Approval.
This seminar introduces students to the historiography of a particular topic or theme in European History. It requires students to develop an original research paper on the topic or theme using primary and secondary sources and reflecting standard practices within the discipline.
Notes: This course should not be taken before the second semester of the junior year and may be repeated once for credit.
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HIST 4497:Research Seminar in non-Western History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3100 ; Departmental Approval.
This seminar introduces students to the historiography of a particular topic or theme of a particular region in the non-Western world. It requires students to develop an original research paper on the topic or theme using primary and secondary sources and reflecting standard practices within the discipline.
Notes: This course should not be taken before the second semester of the junior year and may be repeated once for credit.
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HIST 4498:Research Seminar in World History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3100 ; Departmental Approval.
This seminar introduces students to the historiography of a particular topic or theme in World History, using the approaches of cross-cultural, transnational, or transregional history. It requires students to develop an original research paper on the topic or theme using primary and secondary sources and reflecting standard practices within the discipline.
Notes: This course should not be taken before the second semester of the junior year and may be repeated once for credit.
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HIST 4499:Senior Thesis in History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIST 3100 and (HIST 4495 or HIST 4496 or HIST 4497 or HIST 4498 ) and approval of the department chair.
A combined tutorial and seminar in which students research and write a senior thesis in addition to making a computer based presentation in class.
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HIST 4501:Ancient Greece 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned 45 credit hours.
This is an upper-level history course on the history of the Greek world in the Bronze, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic ages (c. 3000 - 200 BC). In addition to core political and military developments, lectures cover Greek literature and extended forays into a range of important social and cultural topics including art, religion, and the family.
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HIST 4502:Ancient Rome 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned 45 credit hours.
This is an upper-level history of the Roman people and their empire from the foundation of the city of Rome to the end of the so-called Pax Romana (753 BC -180 AD). In addition to core political and military developments, this course covers literature, religion, imperial ideology, Romanization, and Roman daily life.
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HIST 4503:Twilight of Antiquity 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned 45 credit hours.
This is an upper-level history course on the final phase of the ancient Roman empire and the transition from antiquity to the early Middle Ages (c. 200 - 600 AD). Major topics include the fall of the western half of the empire, the survival of the East, the rise of new barbarian kingdoms, and the Christianization of the Roman world.
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HIST 4555:Topics in European Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have completed 45 credit hours.
This course introduces themes in early modern and modern European cultural history. It explores the premise that literary and artistic developments could drive-not just reflect-political, social, economic, and intellectual changes. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the use of popular song as political propaganda, changing gender norms in eighteenth-century literature, identity formation through music, culture as an industry, film and globalization, and the relationship between visual art and warfare.
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HIST 4558:The Holocaust 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course puts the Holocaust into historical perspective and reflects on what it reveals about genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The course examines the roots of anti-Semitism, the rise of fascism in Europe as it relates to the ideology of the Nazi Party, and the implementation of the Final Solution. The structure and purpose of the ghettos and death camps is studied, as well as efforts to resist. The course concludes by looking at what contemporary representations of the Holocaust mean for a post-Shoah generation.
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HIST 4640:Modern Ireland 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course surveys Irish history from 1700 to the present. The primary emphasis is on the political history of Ireland, but the course also seeks to convey an understanding of Irish economic, social and cultural history, as well as of the influence of the Irish in America. Major topics include Irish nationalism, Ulster unionism, the Famine, Irish revolutions, the Irish Civil War, and the Troubles.
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HIST 4654:Russia to 1861 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course is a study of Russian history to 1861 that examines the cultural, social and political history from the origins of the Russian State in Kiev to the emancipation of the serfs.
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HIST 4655:Russia Since 1861 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course is a study of Russia since 1861 that examines the cultural, social and political history of Russia from the emancipation of the serfs to the present.
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HIST 4760:The Age of Imperialism 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned 45 credit hours.
This course explores the Age of Imperialism in its political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions mainly from the 1870s through the 1960s. The course examines imperialism as a global phenomenon and utilizes inter-cultural, transnational, and transregional perspectives.
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HIST 4905:History of the Atlantic World 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course exposes students to the momentous socioeconomic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic basin in the wake of Christopher Columbus’s voyage of 1492. The changes were engendered by the convergence of diverse cultural groups and the complex social and economic networks that they established in the Atlantic basin. Students examine the complex interconnections, the consequences, and the resultant new social and economic institutions which significantly informed our contemporary world.
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HIST 4911:Themes in American Environmental History 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 45 credit hours.
This course focuses on the interaction of the natural environment and human societies in North America from approximately 1500 to the present. Topics include colonial and imperial expansion, industrialization and the rise of modern technological systems, agricultural intensification, the development of contemporary environmental thinking, and the origins of the modern environmental movement. Selected themes present American environmental history within a global context.
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HIED 4490:Special Topics in History Education 1-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and department chair.
Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students.
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HIED 4498:Internship in Teaching Social Studies (6-12) 0 Class Hours 18 Laboratory Hours 12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Provisional teaching license issued by State of Georgia, full-time employment teaching social studies (7-12).
Student teaching experience in social studies for provisionally certified teachers. Supervision will be in collaboration with a mentor-teacher in a local school and a specialist in social studies education. Twelve (12) hours of this internship will automatically substitute for SSED 4475. Proof of professional liability insurance. Students are responsible for their own school placements.
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HIED 4550:Methods of History Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Pre-Service Certificate, Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience, Permission of Program Coordinator Corequisite: HIED 4650 , INED 3300 , and EDUC 4610
This course is an examination and application of curriculum issues, learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional materials, and assessment procedures for teaching secondary social sciences in the multicultural and diverse classrooms of today. Emphasis is on those practices suggested by research in secondary social science education and encouraged by our accrediting agencies.
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HIED 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I 0 Class Hours 24 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience, Issued Pre-service Certificate, HIST 3271 , and HIST 4488 . Corequisite: EDUC 4610 , INED 3300 , and HIED 4550
This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in history education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars. Proof of liability is required.
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HIED 4660:Yearlong Clinical Experience II 0 Class Hours 24 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HIED 4550 , HIED 4650 , and permission of the program coordinator
This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in history education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of a content pedagogy assessment. Proof of liability insurance is required.
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HON 1000:An Introduction to Honors Education 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admissions to the University Honors Program
This course introduces students to the philosophy of Honors education, the requirements of the University Honors Program, and the Honors Foundations. Students learn strategies for maximizing their academic opportunities at KSU through the Honors Program and developing the eight Honors Foundations: appreciation of diverse perspectives, creativity and innovation, critical thinking, effective communication, information fluency, interdisciplinary learning, leadership, and professionalism
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HON 1100:The First-Year Honors Colloquium: An Introduction to Honors Education 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program.
This course introduces students to the educational philosophy of the Honors College. Students explore and engage in various forms of academic inquiry, guided by a member of the Honors Faculty. In addition, they learn strategies for building strong academic credentials, finding good leadership and service opportunities, and preparing effective scholarship applications, both for internal (KSU) awards and for Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, or other major scholarships they may decide to pursue later in their academic career.
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HON 2001:Introduction to Honors Research 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
In this one-hour introduction to Honors research, students will learn how to find a wide array of credible sources for research in any discipline; how to construct a research question and a thesis/hypothesis; how to write a literature review; and how to document their sources correctly using the documentation manual specific to their disciplines.
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HON 2400:Honors Discovery 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
Honors Discoveries are short-term, not-for-credit learning experiences focused on topics outside the usual college curriculum. They often integrate disciplines, current events, or popular culture. Honors Discoveries involve small groups of Honors students learning through seminar discussion and experiential learning under the guidance of a KSU faculty member. May repeat once.
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HON 2800:Honors Applied Learning Experience 0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admissions to University Honors Program
An Honors Applied Learning Experience is a way to acquire hands-on experience related to your major in a meaningful way that is less formal than an internship. Some common types of applied learning include volunteering, shadowing a professional in your future field, and observations. At least 48 hours of applied learning experiences are required, along with a written proposal within the first month of the semester and a written report and reflection on the experience by the final class day of the semester.
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HON 3000:Honors Colloquium 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0-1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
In this seminar, selected faculty lead Honors students in an exploration of a topic of interest.
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HON 3002:Honors Research 0-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
This course enables Honors students to earn course credit and gain hands-on experience by assisting a professor with his or her research. Students work one-on-one within their major field or within a closely related field doing primary and/or secondary research for a research project conducted by the instructor. Both the student and the instructor are expected to present their findings to members of the campus community at the end of the semester.
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HON 3100:Honors Research Methods 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
Students learn about conducting various kinds of research. Topics include advantages and disadvantages of different research methods, designs of studies, methods of collecting and analyzing data, ethical issues, application of findings, and protocols for writing reports and proposals. As their final project, students choose a topic and write a sample research proposal for the Honors Senior Capstone Experience.
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HON 3102:Honors Peer Mentoring 0-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
This class is intended to help students develop mentoring and leadership skills within their major field, a field of interest, or a university service program (e.g., Student Affairs, Housing, the Odyssey Peer Mentoring Program, or the ATTIC). Students can work with a professor, a department chair, a program director, or an administrator to assist a student or a group of students, using a variety of teaching methods and study skills in which they will receive training.
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HON 3203:Honors Teaching Assistance 0-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
This class is intended to help students develop teaching and leadership skills within their major field or a field of interest. Students will assist a professor in teaching duties. The class teaches students how to disseminate ideas and how to assess learning. It teaches communication skills since teaching assistants will work one-on-one, in small groups, and full class with students taking the course.
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HON 3301:Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
In this intensive reading and writing course, honors students will explore creative integrations of evidence from two or more disciplines, with emphasis on global learning. In addition to investigating the how and why of interdisciplinary thinking, they will examine the origins, consequences, and principles underlying their own assumptions about issues raised in class lectures and discussions.
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HON 3600:Introduction to Community, Service, and Leadership 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into the President’s Emerging Global Scholars Minor
The purpose of this course is to enable students to prepare for a life of service, leadership and community engagement. The class will teach various leadership theories and how each theoretical approach is applied in a variety of organizations. Concepts learned through the course will be immediately applicable for students. Students will have the opportunity to place their theoretical learning in the context of active service.
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HON 3620:Issues in the Global South 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HON 3600
Students must gain global competencies and an inclusive worldview to help further their global citizenship and prepare them for leadership positions within their specific academic discipline and intended careers. This course examines global issues related to developing countries, or what are collectively called the “Global South.” The Global South numerically consists of the largest number of nations in the world encompassing more than 150 countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Despite their diversity, developing nations share several common characteristics. Common issues include war, poverty, oppressive gender norms, race and religious inequality, globalization, neo-liberalism, the impact of colonialism, and political and social instability. This course aims to help students identify and critically analyze the major issues and challenges facing developing nations in dialogue with specific contexts and greater global experiences. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course leads students in examining a specific developing country in the Global South as a case study for understanding common issues faced by developing countries.
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HON 3640:Introduction to Civic Engagement 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HON 3620
This course will explore theoretical and applied concepts in civic engagement. Students will choose from a variety of opportunities to investigate and select options to learn and serve in the community for causes and ideas in which they believe.
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HON 3660:The Developed World and Global Competency 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HON 3640
We live in a connected, complex world. Students must obtain global competencies to develop an inclusive worldview while maturing their commitment to responsible global citizenship in an integrated and interdependent world. They must master the skills necessary to become agents of change in leadership positions within their specific academic discipline and intended careers. Accordingly, students should understand how historical, political, economic, social, cultural, and other frameworks provide insights into developed countries, as they explore global issues, related challenges and their impact on the future. Through lectures, service engagements within a developed country, readings, and student led research and presentations, participants will increase their global knowledge while acquiring the analytical tools necessary to examine developed countries. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course leads students in examining competency frameworks by focusing on a specific developed country or region other than the United States.
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HON 4400:Honors Directed Study 1-3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
This independent study course is designed to accommodate independent study through traditional or applied learning honors experiences that are exclusive of those offered in other Honors courses.
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HON 4490:Honors Special Topics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Undergraduate Honors Program
This course addresses special topics of interest to Honors students and faculty.
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HON 4497:Honors Senior Capstone Proposal 0-1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0-1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
To complete their Honors requirements, students design and execute a senior project reflecting original research; an original synthesis of existing research; an application of existing research to a new context; original creative work, or the design and coordination of a major-related service learning project. This first capstone course gives students credit for producing a substantive honors capstone proposal.
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HON 4499:Honors Senior Capstone Project 0-3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the University Honors Program
This final segment of the Honors Senior Capstone Experience requires an honors student to complete and submit the final capstone product(s): original research, an original synthesis of existing research, an application of existing research to a new context, original creative work, or the design and coordination of a major-related service learning project.
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HMGT 3300:Introduction to Hospitality 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: at least 30 earned credit hours
This survey course provides students with an understanding of the hospitality industry and the role it plays in both the U.S. and global economies. This course offers an overview of the industry, its economic impact, its history, its current and future challenges, and its business characteristics. The main goal of the course is to expose students to the hospitality industry and provide an understanding of the unique aspects of managing businesses in this industry.
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HMGT 3397:Work Experience In Hospitality Management 0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0 Credit Hours
All hospitality majors, upon completion of 400 hours of verifiable work experience in the hospitality, tourism, or related industries must sign up for this course. The work experience may be obtained any time from the freshmen year at KSU to the semester of graduation at KSU and must be completed in its entirety before a degree will be awarded. This course carries no credit hours, and thus no tuition fees. Grading is Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory based on successful completion of the work-hour requirement and a reflection paper, which details work experiences and involves the students” self-critique of their skills and knowledge in preparation for a career in the hospitality industry.
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HMGT 3500:Guest Service Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HMGT 3300
This course explores the dimensions of successful service management of hospitality organizations. It also offers an in-depth study of the provision and management of high quality service provided within a hospitality business. It prepares students for enlightened guest service management and suggests creative approaches. The course will use an integrated viewpoint on issues of measurement, continuous service improvement, staff member training from a guest perspective, and the ability to benchmark among hospitality competitors are discussed.
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HMGT 4100:Hospitality Marketing and Revenue Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HMGT 3300
Students in this course survey common marketing practices and revenue management issues that are unique to the hospitality industry. These practices include sales procedures, revenue management (i.e., setting room rates), the use of technology to maintain a leadership position compared to one’s competitors, building a loyal customer base, a discussion of the relationship of marketing to overall organizational success, and an analysis of a hospitality operation’s annual marketing plan.
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HMGT 4300:Hotel Management and Operations 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HMGT 3300
This course examines hotels with students gaining a basic understanding of the various departments within these lodging venues. The relationship between major departments such as rooms division, and food and beverage are illustrated. Managerial and operational functions and decisions are identified and discussed. Students are exposed to key abilities and skill sets necessary to manage such facilities by familiarization with the role of a managerial position.
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HMGT 4490:Special Topics in Hospitality Management 1 to 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 to 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HMGT 3300
Selected topics of interest to students and faculty in Hospitality Management.
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HMGT 4500:Strategic Analytics for Hospitality Managers 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HMGT 3300 , HMGT 4100 , and at least 90 earned credit hours.
This course focuses on the analysis of data as they apply to operational and financial decision making. Stemming from the operational hospitality manager’s perspective, industry-specific tools are used to conduct predictive and prescriptive analytics, and financial and non-financial performance analysis, including but not limited to, service measurement, expenses and profitability, turnover and human resources information, guest satisfaction, competitor performance data, and other measures of operational performance in hospitality.
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HS 2100:Overview of Human Services 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This required course provides students with an overview of helping professions. Topics include: philosophy of human services; characteristics of human service workers; careers in human services; description of public, nonprofit and for-profit agencies; theory; and cultural diversity. Human service majors are required to take this course prior to applying for admission into the HS program. This course is also a prerequisite for other HS courses. Students must complete 20 hours of volunteer service as a requirement of this class.
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HS 2200:Fundamentals of Nonprofits 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This introductory course is designed to provide knowledge, theory, and skills in the administrative/management aspects of nonprofit organizations.
Notes: This course is a required course for students seeking Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification.
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HS 2300:Cultural Competence in the Human Services 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This foundation required course in human diversity enhances students’ abilities to understand, evaluate, and provide culturally sensitive and competent human services to members of diverse groups. This course gives students the opportunity to reflect upon their own cultural development and to be more sensitive to others
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HS 2400:Interviewing Skills for the Helping Professions 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS majors or HS Interest or Non-Majors with permission of Department.
This required course introduces students to interviewing skills in non-crisis settings. Communication skills learned in the course include relation skills building techniques within a problem solving model. Additionally, students learn skills to identify client strengths and to work with resistant clients. Students are required to role-play, videotape, and critique skills learned in the course. The goal of this course is to expose the student to a variety of perspectives used by all human service workers.
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HS 2900:Working with Support Groups 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2400 and (HS Majors or Permission of Department)
This course introduces students to basic theory, skills, methods and values necessary to lead support groups. Students will develop, facilitate/co-facilitate issue oriented groups for different ages, genders, etc.
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HS 3000:Foundation Internship 3 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200 , HS 2300 , HS 2400 , HS Majors only, Minimum 2.8 Institutional GPA
This course provides students the opportunity to begin to explore the helping professions by completing service learning while applying theoretical knowledge, skills and human services value systems. Specifically, HS majors will be expected to demonstrate knowledge content from prerequisite courses. Students will be expected to demonstrate beginning competencies in micro and macro practice.
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HS 3100:Poverty and Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2300 and (HS major or HS Interest or Non-major with permission of department)
This required course will provide an overview of poverty in the US, its causes, efforts to alleviate it, and its reflection in and by culture. Students will examine theories of the causes of poverty, insights into personal experiences of poor people, and critical thinking activities relative to this social issue.
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HS 3200:Policy & Advocacy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200 ; HS major or HS Interest or Non-majors with permission of the department.
Students gain the skills to analyze, interpret, and ultimately change policies and laws that impact service users, nonprofit organizations, and service delivery in the human services/social sector. A highlight of the course features ways in which advocates in the area of social policy have been mobilized to effect real change for diverse communities. Students have the opportunity to experience how activism and advocacy in their roles as human service professionals can lead to change.
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HS 3300:Human Socialization 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS majors or HS Interest or Non-majors with permission of the department
This required course provides students with an overview of human development within the social environment. This course focuses on the effect of the environment on personal and social functioning.
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HS 3400:Community Intervention 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS majors or Non-majors with permission of the department
This required course focuses on macro-human service practice as a complement to preparation in micro-direct services. It is specifically designed to provide students with a working knowledge and basic skills required for helping communities and organizations address their needs and concerns. Students will learn various models of community and organizational intervention that can be used in diverse settings.
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HS 3500:Research Methods for the Human Services 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 3000 and (MATH 2332 or STAT 1401 or MATH 1160 or MATH 1190 or MATH 2202 ); HS majors or Non-majors with permission of department
This required course introduces quantitative and qualitative social science research methods with an emphasis on specific methods necessary for human service research and evaluation. This course enables students to become informed producers and consumers of research products, particularly in the human service areas. The emphasis is on basic concepts and underlying assumptions of various social science research methodologies and their design implications. It also develops skills in designing research projects with a particular emphasis on survey research. This course content has critical application in HS 4900-Capstone course.
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HS 3600:Program Development and Evaluation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200
This course introduces students to the development and evaluation of human services programs. Students will discuss appropriate program evaluation techniques and design elements, including an evaluation plan.
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HS 3650:Governance, Advocacy, and Leadership in Nonprofits 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of governance, leadership and advocacy within non-profit organizations.
Notes: This course is a required course for students seeking Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Certification and is offered as an online course.
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HS 3700:Aging and the Family 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS majors or Non-majors with permission of the department.
This course introduces students to family systems theory and practice in relation to working with older adults and their families. Impact on nursing home placement, Alzheimer’s disease, death and dying, and depression as it relates to family function is stressed. Services and solutions to aging related problems will be included.
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HS 3750:Death, Dying and Bereavement 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS majors or Non majors with permission of the department
In this course, students will examine death, dying, and bereavement from historical, contemporary, and cultural points of view. Students will also study skills necessary for working with dying and bereaved populations
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HS 3800:Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200 or MGT 4001
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of social entrepreneurship and innovation.
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