Jun 26, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Health and Human Sciences (HHSC)

  
  • HHSC 321 Obesity and Behavior Lab


    1 semester hours

    Companion lab course to HHSC 320 . Laboratory and fieldwork experiences to provide training in characterizing the burden of obesity-related diseases within a target population. Special emphasis on body composition and biomarkers.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 320  or concurrent enrollment.


  
  • HHSC 322 Public Health


    3 semester hours

    This course will emphasize the role of built, social, and political environments as determinants of public health in geographic communities and among communities of workers. Provides an overview of population dynamics (growth/decline, distribution, fertility, morbidity, migration, maternal and child health). Includes occupational and community-level assessment of medical risks, pollution, sanitation, disability, injury, and death. Will also address primary occupational hazards and the potential for direct and indirect impact on the health of surrounding communities.


  
  • HHSC 330 Medical Nutrition Therapy


    3 semester hours

    This course requires application of nutritional principles for use in preventing or treating various pathological conditions. Common dysfunction of the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine systems and more will be covered in relationship to dietary prevention and intervention using the Nutrition Care Process.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255 , HHSC 256 , and HHSC 230  or HHSC 278 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 331 .


  
  • HHSC 331 Medical Nutrition Therapy Laboratory


    1 semester hours

    Methods of nutritional assessment will be learned while utilizing the Nutrition Care Process for developing diagnoses. Students will conduct biochemical tests commonly used by dietitians to evaluate nutritional status. This course requires hands-on application of nutritional principles for use in preventing or treating various medical conditions. Pathologies of the cardiovascular, hematological, endocrine systems and more will be covered in relationship to dietary assessment and status.

    Prerequisites:

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    Corequisite: HHSC 330 .


  
  • HHSC 334 Sports Medicine Teaching Workshop


    3 semester hours

    The course focuses on taking the knowledge that students have gained in their major and implementing it in a community-based learning setting at Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet High School.


  
  • HHSC 335 Global Nutrition


    3 semester hours

    Nutritional science will be covered in relation to global perspectives, culture, religion, and environmental issues. Physiological explanation to under nutrition and strategies to overcome them will be examined. Nutrition-related chronic diseases in various nations will be investigated. Discussion will include the influence of culture and religion on dietary practices and nutrient intake. Study will include topics of world hunger, food safety, genetically modified foods, and organic/sustainable farming practices. The agricultural approach to farming and its influence on the environment, our food supply, and ultimately our health will be studied.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 230  or HHSC 278 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 336 .

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics.

    Majors only.


  
  • HHSC 336 Nutrition Service Learning Lab


    1 semester hours

    Advanced analysis of nutritional science topics including food safety, accessibility to healthy food, diet analysis, and food quality, especially in its relationship to health and chronic disease. Matters of hunger and poverty will be discussed in this community-based learning course which requires organized service, guided reflection, and critical analysis.

    Corequisite: HHSC 335 .


  
  • HHSC 342 Peer Health Education


    3 semester hours

    This course is designed to challenge and expand the students’ beliefs and perceptions about health and wellness through active discussion and exercises in introspection. Students will receive current information on the most pressing and relevant issues related to the college population including general wellness, public health issues (current and future), nutrition/exercise, sexual health and identity, body image/eating disorders, stress management, sexual assault, and substance abuse (alcohol and drugs). Students will research and present on a health related topic to enhance their presentation and communication skills.

    Lecture, 3 hours.


  
  • HHSC 344 Global and Community Health


    3 semester hours

    This course will address all different kinds of health issues in the local community and around the globe. Global and Community Health will address issues on LMU’s campus, in Los Angeles, in the United States, and in other regions of the world. These aspects of health include physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, and emotional. The primary topics will be health promotion, disease prevention, health systems, consumer health issues, communicable diseases, and chronic health problems. Each of these issues will be addressed from the perspective of each of the communities previously stated. Critical thinking will be a major component of this course, and ethical and environmental considerations will also be addressed. The topics will be timely and applicable to current health concerns around the globe. There will also be a focus on health promotion and how best to address the health concerns in the variety of communities discussed.


  
  • HHSC 350 Exercise for Special Populations


    3 semester hours

    This course is designed for the future allied health professionals who would like to further their knowledge in the area of appropriate physical activity management for individuals with disabilities and chronic diseases. The course will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics: ADA and CA public school law, disability etiquette, etiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology of various chronic diseases and disabilities, role of physical activity in lives of persons with disabilities/chronic diseases. The course will include a community based learning component.


  
  • HHSC 360 Upper Extremity Evaluation


    3 semester hours

    In-depth instruction on anatomy and functional abilities of the upper extremity. Emphasis on the assessment techniques for recognizing and evaluating athletic-related injuries. Additional concentration on the cervical region and postural issues of the spine will be addressed.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256  or concurrent enrollment.


  
  • HHSC 361 Lower Extremity Evaluation


    3 semester hours

    In-depth instruction on anatomy and functional abilities of the lower extremity. Emphasis on the assessment techniques for recognizing and evaluating athletic-related injuries. Additional concentration on the thoracic, lumbar, and sacral regions of the spine and galt analysis will be addressed.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256  or concurrent enrollment; HHSC 360 .


  
  • HHSC 375 Science Principles of Strength and Conditioning


    3 semester hours

    Scientific Principles of Strength and Conditioning is intended to introduce the science and physiology behind strength training and conditioning. Oftentimes the strength and conditioning issues are misunderstood due to common popular myths. Sound scientific principles will be used to dispel such ideas. A variety of strength training and conditioning topics will be covered in order to prepare a student who is interested in becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) or a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 376 .


  
  • HHSC 376 Strength Physiology Assessment Laboratory


    1 semester hours

    This course is meant to provide students with experiences in exercise technique, assessment, and instruction methodology. Students will gain the requisite applied skills and experiences necessary to become recognized by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).

    Corequisite: HHSC 375 .


  
  • HHSC 380 Kinesiology


    3 semester hours

    Study of the human body in motion. Topics include the application of principles of mechanics to anatomical systems; neuromuscular basis of movement; analysis of skills used in exercise science and by the physically active.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 381 .


  
  • HHSC 381 Kinesiology Lab


    1 semester hours

    Study of the human body in motion. Topics include the application of principles of mechanics to anatomical systems; neuromuscular basis of movement; analysis of skills used in exercise science and by the physically active.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 380 .


  
  • HHSC 385 Motor Development


    3 semester hours

    A study of motor, physical, and neuromuscular development from prenatal periods to mature age.

    Lecture, 3 hours.


  
  • HHSC 398 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HHSC 399 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HHSC 401 Athletic Training Internship I


    2 semester hours

    Supervised experience in an athletic training environment. Additional study required, with an emphasis on therapeutic rehabilitation. The affiliated clinical rotation occurs at any of the following sites: LMU, local high school, college, or junior college athletic training facility.

    Formal acceptance into the ATEP required.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 304  and HHSC 461 .


  
  • HHSC 402 Athletic Training Internship II


    2 semester hours

    Supervised experience in an athletic training environment. Additional study required, with an emphasis on pharmacology and general medical conditions. The affiliated clinical rotation occurs at any of the following sites: LMU, local high school, or junior college athletic training facility.

    Formal acceptance into the ATEP required.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 401 .


  
  • HHSC 403 Senior Seminar in Athletic Training


    1 semester hours

    Preparation for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification Exam. Attention will be focused on a review of the NATA Athletic Training Educational Competencies. Pharmacological issues as they pertain to athletic performance will be addressed.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 401 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 402 .


  
  • HHSC 410 Health Services for Marginalized Populations


    4 semester hours

    This course will focus on the mental and physical health needs of transitional populations, which include transitional age youth (16-25 years of age), homeless individuals seeking permanent supportive housing, ex-offenders on probation in residential re-entry centers, and veterans seeking stable housing options. All populations are socially and financially vulnerable and may also be struggling with barriers to stability (lack of educational attainment or job training), alcohol/other substance abuse, and depression due to estrangement from friends, family, and/or support networks.

    Well-being is a complex phenomenon that exists at the intersection of both biological health and social wellness. As such, this course takes a community health science approach to examining the intersections of individual biological health, broader health systems, and public health. This class is community-based and includes a fieldwork component. it uses social justice-based, community learning strategies to deepen students’ conceptual frameworks, empathy/solidarity, ability to work on team-based projects, and ability to enact social change.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 150  or HHSC 155 , HHSC 230  or HHSC 278 , PSYC 1000 .


  
  • HHSC 412 Administration in Sports Medicine


    3 semester hours

    Addresses organization and administration of athletic training programs both in athletic training rooms and clinical sites. Areas such as building a facility, legal issues, staffing, budgeting, insurance, computer use, record keeping, emergency care planning, and public relations will be discussed.

    Lecture, 3 hours.


  
  • HHSC 413 Medical Bioethics


    3 semester hours

    Bioethics is a field of study directed to the interdisciplinary ethical analysis of the moral dimensions of health professional practice; this includes an analysis of moral character and vision, judgment, decision making, clinical practices, health policies, etc. Toward this end, the goals of this course are: 1) to introduce the wide range of ethical issues in health care; 2) to familiarize students with the bioethical literature that addresses these issues; 3) to develop the basic skills of analysis, interpretation, moral communication, and argument used in bioethics, especially as it affects nurses and physicians, functioning separately and jointly, and 4) to facilitate the application of those habits of thought that integrate bioethics into the intellectual and moral life of physicians and nurses.

    Lecture, 3 hours.


  
  • HHSC 420 Chronic Disease and Injury Epidemiology


    3 semester hours

    Epidemiology is the study of health, illness, and associated factors as the population level. Overview of the history of the discipline, association and causality, and exploration of cross-sectional and case-control research will be completed in order to understand the epidemiological basis for preventative medicine. Emphasis on study design, data and specimen collection, and data analysis.

    Lecture, 3 hours

    Prerequisite: MATH 204 .


  
  • HHSC 421 Chronic Disease and Injury Epidemiology Lab


    1 semester hours

    Companion lab course to HHSC 420 . This course will provide computer-based instruction in how to manage and analyze epidemiological and public health data.


  
  • HHSC 430 Advanced Nutrition


    3 semester hours

    Chemical and physiological studies of carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism. Application to the normal nutrition of human beings with special focus on optimal health, disease prevention, and athletic performance. Special focus on commonly problematic vitamin and minerals and critical analysis of current “hot topics” in nutrition media and research. Evaluation and interpretation of nutritional research methodology of recent peer-reviewed publications.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 230  or HHSC 278 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.


  
  • HHSC 434 Pathology


    3 semester hours

    This course is intended to introduce students to general medical topics and skills that relate to areas of study, including athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other healthcare professions. Topics covered in this course will include clinical decision-making, major diseases of the body systems and differential diagnosis. Medical management will also be discussed for the various conditions and illnesses, allowing for athletic trainers/healthcare providers to gain awareness into their role into the treatment/management of the systemic disease and recognize how the treatment may impact participation in physical activity.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .


  
  • HHSC 440 Medical Microbiology


    3 semester hours

    An overview of the biology of microorganisms, including protists, fungi, bacteria, and viruses with special emphasis on the ecology and features of disease-causing microorganisms; control of microorganism and antibiotics; development and function of the Immune System; Vaccination, Autoimmune diseases, and Hypersensitivities; principals of infectious disease and epidemiology; the pathogenesis and clinical features of a number of infectious diseases, including emerging, re-emerging, tropical and common infectious diseases will be covered.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: BIOL 201 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 441 .


  
  • HHSC 441 Medical Microbiology Laboratory


    1 semester hours

    Basic techniques for the handling and culture of bacteria; sterile technique, sample collection, and isolation of bacteria; staining and microscopy, characterization and identification of unknown bacteria; quantification of bacteria and evaluation of antimicrobial agents; diagnostic testing.

    Corequisite: HHSC 440 .


  
  • HHSC 460 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine


    3 semester hours

    Provides information regarding the physics and physiological effects of athletic training modalities. Gain understanding of the inflammatory process and pain management in relation to athletic injuries. Includes the physiological reactions, contraindications, and indications to such modalities as heat, cold, electricity, ultrasound, water, and massage. Instruction on proper use and application of specific modalities.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 466 .


  
  • HHSC 461 Therapeutic Rehabilitation in Sports Medicine


    3 semester hours

    Instruction on how to design, implement, and supervise rehabilitation programs for sports-related injuries and conditions. Theoretical and clinical bases for the use of therapeutic exercises, basic biomechanics, indications, contraindications, and proper application of exercises in therapeutic rehabilitation.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255 HHSC 256 , and HHSC 360 .


  
  • HHSC 466 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine Lab


    1 semester hours

    This is the laboratory component to accompany HHSC 460 Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine . This class will focus on the practical aspect of modalities. These modalities include: heat and cold, ultrasound, electrotherapy, laser, and compression, among others.

    Corequisite: HHSC 460 .


  
  • HHSC 475 Exercise Physiology


    3 semester hours

    In-depth exploration of the acute and chronic changes to physiology that occur with exercise. Focus on the cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular, and endocrinology systems including the study of metabolism and fuel sources.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: HHSC 255  and HHSC 256 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 476 .


  
  • HHSC 476 Exercise Physiology Lab


    1 semester hours

    Measurement of the physiological mechanisms responsible for adaptations to acute and chronic exercise. Develop fitness assessment techniques and their applications to health and exercise performance. Gain hands-on experience with equipment/instrumentation.

    Laboratory, 3 hours.

    Corequisite: HHSC 475 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.


  
  • HHSC 480 Biomechanics


    3 semester hours

    An analytical approach to the mechanics of human motion. Kinetics and kinematics of human movement as it pertains to bone, joint cartilage, and connective tissue will be discussed. Consideration towards the forces at major points of the human body and their relations to musculoskeletal injuries.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 155 .

    Corequisite: HHSC 481 .


  
  • HHSC 481 Biomechanics Laboratory


    1 semester hours

    This course will apply and measure mechanical concepts in relation to the human body and human movement. Topics in this course include kinematic and kinetic concepts, linear and angular motion, and applying Newton’s Laws to human movement. In particular, the course draws from principles of anatomy, physiology, and mechanics to measure the variables of human movement.

    Laboratory, 1 hour.

    Majors only.

    Corequisite: HHSC 480 .


  
  • HHSC 485 Motor Learning


    3 semester hours

    A study of factors involved in the learning and performance of motor skills.

    Lecture, 3 hours.


  
  • HHSC 490 Health and Human Sciences Teaching


    0 TO 1 semester hours

    Guided teaching of undergraduate laboratories.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Consent of instructor required.

    Credit/No Credit grading.


  
  • HHSC 495 Allied Health Internship


    1 semester hours

    Clinical, hands-on, and/or observational experience for 60 hours in an allied health setting such as: hospital, clinic, or health facility. Guided instruction on professional development and graduate school preparation. Prior approval from instructor is required.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Engaged Learning.


  
  • HHSC 497 Allied Health Internship II


    1 TO 5 semester hours

    Clinical, hands-on, and/or observational experience for 60 hours per semester hour of academic credit in an allied health setting such as: hospital, clinic, or health facility. Prior approval from instructor is required. This course taken for Credit/No Credit only.

    Prerequisite: HHSC 495  or concurrent enrollment.


  
  • HHSC 498 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HHSC 499 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours


History (HIST)

  
  • HIST 1010 Premodern World History


    4 semester hours

    A course in global history from roughly 3500/3000 BCE to the “age of exploration” in the fifteenth century, focusing on dynamics of cultural contact in the ancient and medieval periods.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1050 Modern World History


    4 semester hours

    A course in global history from the “age of exploration” in the fifteenth century to the present, with a variety of encounters and exchanges, which transformed the cultures and societies of all those involved.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1060 Modern Global Environmental History


    4 semester hours

    A course in global history with a particular focus on environmental history, exploring how humans, animals, natural forces, and science and technology have shaped the environment; the ways in which historical developments such as migration, empire, trade, industrialization, and urbanization have affected humans’ relationships with nature; and how the environment has affected historical developments.

    HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Environment, Science, and Technology.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1110 Founders of the West


    4 semester hours

    Examines the origins of Mediterranean societies and cultures, exploring shared contacts and links, from the end of the Bronze Age to the end of Antiquity, 1000 BC-AD 600.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1120 Heirs of Rome: Europe, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages


    4 semester hours

    Considers the emergence of three distinct civilizations–the West, Byzantium, and Islam-out of the Roman Empire; their expansion, divergence, and mutual interactions in the Early Middle Ages; and their clash in the Crusades of the twelfth and thirteenth century.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1130 Crisis and Expansion: Europe and the World, 1200-1648


    4 semester hours

    This lower division Core course will survey the major developments in European history over four pivotal centuries. From the Black Death and other crises that wracked Europe during the later Middle Ages, this course will move into the early modern period, examining movements of religious reform, religious wars, and European overseas expansion.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1200 European Empires, Exploration, and Exchange since 1500


    4 semester hours

    A study of the ways in which Europeans interacted with the rest of the world, in terms of exploration, trade, exchange, and imperialism. Students will study the development of overseas empires from the early Portuguese and Spanish exploration of Africa, and Americas, and the Indian Ocean to the late-19th-century “Scramble for Africa” and the establishment of global dominance in the years before the world wars of the 20th century.

    HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Environment, Science, and Technology.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1201 Power, Privilege, and Agency in Modern Europe


    4 semester hours

    A study of the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe from 1500 to the present, by looking at the related dynamics of power, privilege, agency, and experience. Students will use selected case studies about power, privilege, and agency as a means to interrogate how various categories of difference came to define power relations in both local and global encounters.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1202 The Individual, the State, and Civil Society in Modern Europe


    4 semester hours

    A study of the history of Europe from the Renaissance to the present in terms of the changing ways in which European cultures have defined a good society and imagined the possibilities for individual action in the world.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1203 Religion, Society, and the Search for Meaning in Modern Europe


    4 semester hours

    A study of the history of Europe in a global context and in terms of the impact of the changing religious belief, practice, and institutional structures in the period from 1500 to the present. Students will consider religion as a social practice and historical artifact.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1204 Revolutions in the Making of Modern Europe


    4 semester hours

    This course uses the notion of “revolution” as a prism through which to examine the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations in “the West” since 1500. Special emphasis will be on the question of change and continuity, as a means to examine “turning points” in European history.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1300 Becoming America


    4 semester hours

    This course is an introductory survey of American history from the pre-Columbian period to the eve of the Civil War. It focuses on the interaction of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans from first contact to circa 1850, focusing on the experiences of individuals and groups and examines their relationships to the broader structures of American society.

    HIST Concentrations: Law, Politics, and Society; Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1301 America and the Atlantic World 1450-1850


    4 semester hours

    The trans-Atlantic world of Europe, Africa, and the Americas as a single unit of study in the wake of the voyages of Columbus, including the North American colonies and early United States, the slave trade and plantation complex, the Columbian exchange, revolutions, and abolition.

    HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1400 The United States and the World


    4 semester hours

    This course serves as an introductory survey of United States history from the nineteenth century to the present. It focuses on the experiences of groups and individuals and their relationships to the broader structures of United States society by examining changes to American society over time, exploring their causes, and analyzing their consequences within a transnational context.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1401 The United States and the Pacific World


    4 semester hours

    This class surveys the ways in which U.S. interchanges with Asia and the Pacific Islands have transformed cultural, political, ideological, and socioeconomic developments on both sides of the Pacific from the earliest contact to the twenty-first century within global and comparative frameworks.

    HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1500 State, Society, and the Citizen in the Modern Middle East


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the history of the Middle East from 1453 to the present through an examination of the evolving relationship between the state and the subject/citizen and the question of identity.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1510 Minorities and Women in the Modern Middle East


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the history of the Middle East from 1453 to the present through an examination of the twin impact of Islam and the West on the lives of minorities (ethnic and religious) as well as the status of women.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1520 The Social Lives of Commodities in the Modern Middle East


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the history of the Middle East from 1453 to the present by focusing on a number of commodities (such as tulips, silk, and oil) to chart regional and global socio-economic and cultural connections as well as change over time.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1600 African States and Societies since 1800


    4 semester hours

    This course addresses the political, social, and cultural history of Africa since 1800. Among the questions it explores are changing systems of governance, shifting borders and identities, and dynamics of colonialism, the diversity of African societies and cultures, and their resilience in the face of historical changes.

    HIST Concentration: Global Economics, Encounters, and Exchange.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1700 Early Latin America


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to indigenous, African, and Iberian backgrounds. Examines colonial societies through social, economic, and political institutions with attention to the contributions of Indians, Africans, and Europeans to the creation of Latin America’s diverse societies.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1750 Modern Latin America


    4 semester hours

    Surveys the nations of Latin America from their independence until the present. Emphasizes the process of nation-building, governance, socioeconomic integration, and coping with modernization.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1800 Modern Asia: China, Japan, and Korea since 1600


    4 semester hours

    This course introduces the history of East Asia from 1600 to the present. It explores the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of China, Japan, and Korea and focuses on empire-building, economic expansion, nationalism, socialism, decolonization, and popular culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1850 East Asia: Origins to 1600


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the origins and development of East Asian states and cultures from the earliest times to the early modern era. Topics include the emergence and development of such essential heritages of East Asia as Confucianism, Sinicized Buddhism, bureaucratic institutions, legal culture, social order, diplomatic relations, and trading networks.


  
  • HIST 1900 Science, Nature, and Society in the West


    4 semester hours

    This course examines the history of the West, defined as European and North American societies and cultures, through the lens of science and nature from the sixteenth century to the present, tracing the history of ideas about science and nature in relation to broader social, economic, and political changes and demonstrating the inseparability of science and social context.

    HIST Concentration: Environment, Science, and Technology.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.


  
  • HIST 1998 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HIST 1999 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HIST 2000 What Is History?


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Information Literacy, Writing.


  
  • HIST 2050 Seminar in World History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in world history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2200 Seminar in European History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in European history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2300 Red, White, and Black: Race in Colonial America


    4 semester hours

    A social and cultural history of North America from the pre-Columbian period to the American Revolution with a focus on the roots of American race relations. The course will address the impact of competing cultures as they developed and collided during 200 years of conflict.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.


  
  • HIST 2400 Picturing Race and Gender


    4 semester hours

    Using interdisciplinary approaches and cross-cultural perspectives, this class delves into the ways in which visual imageries have been used to create and shape notions of race and gender, both reflecting and influencing socioeconomic relations, cultural expectations, and political norms in the United States.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.


  
  • HIST 2405 Civil Rights Activism: 1880-Present


    4 semester hours

    This course examines the history of U.S. civil rights activism and advocacy from the late-nineteenth century to the present, tracing the efforts by several groups to achieve and expand the full rights of United States citizenship, including African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, LGBT, and women. It also draws connections between activism movements in the United States and throughout the world.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.


  
  • HIST 2410 Race and Ethnicity in America


    4 semester hours

    This course surveys the history of race and ethnicity in the lands that became the United States from the fifteenth century to the present, focusing on three, overlapping themes: (1) the efforts by European nations and the United States to colonize the lands of North America, in part through the subjugation of particular groups such as American Indians, African Americans, and immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Latin America; (2) the ways that these groups have negotiated such oppression and claimed places within U.S. culture and society; and (3) the intersection of race and ethnicity with other categories of difference, such as gender, class, religion, and sexuality.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.


  
  • HIST 2420 American Indian History


    4 semester hours

    This course surveys American Indian history from the fifteenth century to the present, beginning with the arrival of Europeans on North American shores and ending with the various and complex issues facing Native peoples in contemporary U.S. society. It focuses on three themes: (1) the efforts by European nations and the United States to colonize the lands of North America and establish dominion over its Native populations; (2) the struggles by Indian peoples to negotiate the tremendous changes ushered in by European and American presence in North America; and (3) the ways that Native peoples have claimed places within U.S. culture and society, at the same time that they have redefined their identities as indigenous peoples in both national and international contexts.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.


  
  • HIST 2450 Seminar in American History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in American history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2500 Seminar in Middle Eastern History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in Middle Eastern history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2600 Seminar in African History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in African history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2700 Seminar in Latin American History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in Latin American history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2800 Seminar in Asian History


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to history as an intellectual discipline, focusing on the study and writing of history, including historiography and historical methods. Organized around the study of a particular historical issue or episode in Asian history, this is an intensive course on how historians approach problems.

    History majors and minors only.


  
  • HIST 2900 Internship


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    A course for those students who wish to earn academic credit for an unpaid internship.

    Credit/No Credit grading.


  
  • HIST 2910 Telling History in Public


    4 semester hours

    An introduction to the study of history, including historical method, the writing of history, and historical interpretation, with a particular focus on public history-that is, those aspects of historical work that engage the public with the past, including both the study of public narratives about the past and the practice of public history.

    History majors and minors only.

    HIST Concentration: Public and Applied History.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Information Literacy, Quantitative Literacy.


  
  • HIST 2998 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HIST 2999 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • HIST 3050 The First World War


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the history of the Great War in the Middle, Western Europe, the United States, Russia, and Australia/New Zealand, with a focus on the impact of the war of society, art, and culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.


  
  • HIST 3124 Pagans and Saints: Christian Missionaries to 1650


    4 semester hours

    Studies the interactions between Christian missionaries and non-Christian peoples from the Roman period to the seventeenth century. Topics include the spread of Christianity to Ireland, Germanic Europe, and the Mongols, as well as missionary encounters with China, Japan, and the New World. A principal focus will be on the methods used by preachers to spread their message and the ways native cultures helped shape Christianity.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.


  
  • HIST 3200 European Reformations


    4 semester hours

    This course traces the religious transformation that took place in the early modern Christian world from the Great Western Schism in the fourteenth century to the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years War. The focus will be on (1) the Protestant reformations, (2) the Catholic reform, and (3) the process of European confessionalization leading to the wars of religion in the seventeenth century.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.


  
  • HIST 3252 Crime Stories: Morality, Deviance, and Popular Culture in Modern Britain


    4 semester hours

    This course examines the history of the 1860s, the 1930s, and the 1960s through British detective fiction. Considering how and why such radical transformation took place, students examine how fictional narratives relate to contemporary ideas about morality and deviance, helping to undermine, reimagine, or reinforce existing power structures.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.


  
  • HIST 3272 Culture and Politics of Weimar Germany


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the history of interwar Germany and the paradoxes of Weimar “modernity” from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating an analysis of cultural developments with an analysis of political and social developments.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.


  
  • HIST 3282 History of Russian Foreign Policy


    4 semester hours

    With borders stretching from Europe to Asia, Russia has long had global foreign policy interests. Starting with the Napoleonic Wars, pausing at the Cuban Missile Crisis, and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this course explores a global power’s influence and ambition on the global stage.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Writing.


  
  • HIST 3430 Religion and U.S. Political History


    4 semester hours

    This course surveys the history of the intersection of religion (including religious social and political life) and politics in modern America, from the post-Civil War period until the present day.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.


  
  • HIST 3452 US Environmental History


    4 semester hours

    This course presents essential concepts, concerns, and methods of environmental history–the study of the relationships between humans and their physical environment–in the context of United States history. Topics include American Indians and the environment, European colonization and settlement, urbanization and industrialization, conservation and environmentalism, environmental racism and social justice, and contemporary environmental issues in historical perspective.

    HIST Concentration: Environment, Science, and Technology.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.


  
  • HIST 3600 Conflict and Genocide in Africa


    4 semester hours

    This course will cover the causes, dynamics, and consequences of conflict in Africa. It will examine some of the conflicts that have become genocidal, debate the characteristics of war that make one conflict a genocide and another a just war. The course delves into conflict analysis and resolution debates; the international humanitarian, legal, and diplomatic responses, including a reflection on the emergence of the term “genocide”; the global politics and commerce that fanned conflicts in Africa; the search for peace and stability in post-cold war Africa; and the place of Africa in the global “war on terrorism.”

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.


  
  • HIST 3702 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America


    4 semester hours

    A historical exploration of the place of women and men within the social systems of pre-Columbian, early, and modern Latin America. The course explores the gendered dimensions of the economy, politics, and culture in indigenous, Spanish, and contemporary societies.

    HIST Concentration: Race, Gender, and Culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.


  
  • HIST 3704 Latin American Revolutions in Film


    4 semester hours

    Film and the history of two of Latin America’s most infamous revolutionary movements: The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Cuban Revolution of 1959. This course examines these movements in the context of 19th- through 20th-century Latin America, specifically in conversation with the region’s struggles with independence, political stability, economic development, migrations, and urbanization. The course also examines the legacies of revolution in the contemporary Latin American landscape, specifically analyzing ongoing struggles with economic development, democratic stability, migrations, uprisings, and drug wars.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.


  
  • HIST 3708 Race in Latin America


    4 semester hours

    This course examines the complicated history of race in Latin America, including how Latin Americans used race to organize society and how this social construct shaped the experiences of men and women of different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Topics include: race mixture, racial classification, and cultural hybridity; slavery and emancipation; immigration; nationalism and citizenship; and the intersections of race, gender, and class.


  
  • HIST 3810 The Chinese Economy


    4 semester hours

    This course explores the characteristics and development of the modern Chinese economy, including economic developments in the PRC as well as the long-term historical processes that continue to influence the path of China’s development.

    HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Race, Gender, and Culture.


 

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