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2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Graduate Courses


 
  
  • HCA 799 - Thesis Research


    Credits 3

    Notes
    May be repeated, but a maximum of six credits will apply towards the student’s degree program.

    Grading
    S/F grading only.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of HCA& P Department Chair, graduate courses in research methodology and in statistics.

  
  • HED 607 - Stress Management


    Credits 3

    Explores such things as the meaning of stress, its effects, how it manifests itself physically, mistakes made in handling stress, and strategies for self-care in managing stress. Particular emphasis on the role of physical activity in controlling stress and the development of a controlled lifestyle that provides a balance between work and play and rest and exercise.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with PBH 407. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HED 627 - Methods in Health Education


    Credits 3

    Gives the prospective health educator a foundation in health education, including curriculum planning, teaching methods, and materials.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with PBH 427. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HED 629 - Education for Sexuality


    Credits 3

    Physical, mental-emotional, and social aspects of sexuality including sexual communication, relationships, gender, decision making and sexual pleasure and function. Structured to prepare individuals to conduct meaningful learning experiences in personal and family life sex education.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with PBH 429. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HED 630 - Nutrition


    Credits 3

    Practical application of nutrition principles to diet, exercise, and weight control, food selection, and the overall health of the individual. Nutritional needs throughout the life cycle emphasized.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with PBH 430. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HED 635 - Health Studies on Dangerous Drugs


    Credits 3

    Analysis and evaluation of scientific data on effects of tobacco, alcohol, narcotics, and other dangerous drugs. Current problems relating to control of use and abuse of these drugs and the role of education in preventing substance abuse.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with PBH 435. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HED 700 - Contemporary Issues in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Selected studies in health promotion, health education or health-related area addressed through readings, discussions, and/or presentations.

    Formerly
    (HED 780)

    Notes
    Specific topic(s) announced in the schedule of classes. May be taken up to a maximum of six credits.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing, consent of instructor and/or degree program advisor.

  
  • HED 705 - Theoretical Foundations in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Study of the social, cultural, demographic, political, and educational foundations of health promotion. Professional and practice settings in health promotion reviewed. Traditional and contemporary concepts of treatment, intervention, and prevention as applied to health promotion investigated.

  
  • HED 710 - Fundamentals of Public Health


    Credits 3

    Introduces students to public health concepts and practice. Provides broad overview of the field of public health and focused look at core areas of health promotion and education, environmental health, epidemiology and biostatistics, and health care administration in the public health arena.

  
  • HED 720 - Program Planning and Grant Writing in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Principles of program planning based on assessing individual and community needs and techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion programs. Also designed to analyze the process to obtain fiscal resources through grants, contracts, and other internal and external sources.

    Prerequisites
    HED 700, 705

  
  • HED 725 - Epidemiology and Public Health


    Credits 3

    Explores principles related to the distribution and causality of disease. Focuses on etiology, prevention and control of communicable and chronic human disease. Participants trained in basic epidemiological methodology, featuring case-series, case-control, experimental and cohort study

    Same as
    HED 725/EAB 705

  
  • HED 730 - Program Evaluation in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Provides overview of processes and skills required to effectively evaluate health programs. Formative, summative, process, and outcome evaluation methods discussed for application in a variety of professional settings. Includes socio-cultural, political, administrative, and ethical issues in conducting evaluation.

    Formerly
    (HED 715)

    Prerequisites
     ,  .

  
  • HED 735 - Practical Applications in Health Promotions


    Credits 3

    Identification and development of methods and strategies within the health education system which influence decisions about personal, family, organizational, and community health promotion. Emphasis on developing competency in planning and implementation of classrooms and clinical teaching strategies and health information dissemination.

    Prerequisites
    HED 700, 705, 720

  
  • HED 750 - Graduate Project in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Capstone experience provides health promotion graduate degree candidate with opportunity to be involved with indepth project either written, experiential, or combination in nature. Planned and carried out under graduate faculty approval and supervision.

  
  • HED 755 - Thesis Research


    Credits 1-9

    May be repeated, but a maximum of 9 credits will apply towards the student’s degree program.

    Grading
    S/F grading only

    Prerequisites
    HED 735

  
  • HED 760 - Technology in Health Promotion


    Credits 3

    Use of current technology as it relates to health issues. Provides knowledge and skills to the health professional to enhance utilization of technology applications.

  
  • HED 785 - Independent Study in Health Promotion


    Credits 1 – 3

    Individually arranged study of areas of health promotion not covered in depth in other courses.

    Notes
    May be repeated up to a maximum of six credits.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor and graduate program advisor.

  
  • HIST 601A - American Constitutional and Legal History I


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the life of the law in America from the seventeenth century to modern times. Though designed to complement one another, each half of this course may be taken independently.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 401. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 601B - American Constitutional and Legal History II


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the life of the law in America from the seventeenth century to modern times. Though designed to complement one another, each half of this course may be taken independently.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 402. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 604A - American Social History to 1860


    Credits 3

    Analysis of demography, social structure and mobility factors, and societal institutions of the United States during its formative era. Special attention given to social issues and humanitarian reformism, and to sectional tensions arising from the antislavery movement. Chronological coverage extends from colonial period to Civil War, with emphasis on 1760-1850.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 404A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 604B - American Social History, 1860-Present


    Credits 3

    Examination of U.S. social development since the Civil War, focusing upon problems arising from industrialism, immigration, and urbanism. Analysis of the responsive emergence of the ‘welfare state’ in the Progressive, New Deal, and post World War II eras, supplemented by study of current issues of racism, sexism, and contemporary counterculture.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 404B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 605 - History of the New South


    Credits 3

    Analysis of the post-1865 American South and its regional distinctiveness, with particular emphasis on the rise and decline of one-party politics, economic development from Civil War devastation to the Sunbelt, race relations and the civil rights movement, and the South’s influence on U.S. foreign relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 405. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 606A - The American West to 1849


    Credits 3

    Narrative and interpretive study of the development of the West by imperial European powers and Americans to the California Gold Rush. Emphasis on the westward movement and its role in American history.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 406A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 606B - The American West Since 1849


    Credits 3

    Narrative and interpretive study of the economic, political, and social developments in the trans-Mississippi West from the California Gold Rush to the present.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 406B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 607A - United States Foreign Relations I


    Credits 3

    Analysis of the domestic origins, implementation, and international consequences of U.S. foreign relations from 1920 to the present. Includes diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 407A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 607B - United States Foreign Relations II


    Credits 3

    Analysis of the domestic origins, implementation, and international consequences of U.S. foreign relations from 1920 to the present. Includes diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 407B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 610A - American Cultural and Intellectual History I


    Credits 3

    Developments in cultural, intellectual, and religious history from European contact to the Civil War.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 410A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 610B - American Cultural and Intellectual History II


    Credits 3

    Developments in cultural, intellectual, and religious history from the Civil War to the present.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 410B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 611 - United States: Colonial Period


    Credits 3

    Origins of the North American colonies, development of colonial society, culture, and institutions; background factors involved in the American Revolution.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 411. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 612 - United States: Revolution and the New Republic


    Credits 3

    Examination of the course and impact of the American Revolution; the adoption of the Constitution; and the political, diplomatic, and economic developments during the early national period.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 412. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 614A - United States: National Period, 1815-1860


    Credits 3

    Era of Good Feelings; the Age of Jackson; the problems of expansion; the growing controversy over slavery to the secession of South Carolina in December 1860.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 414A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 614B - United States: Civil War and Reconstruction,1860-1877


    Credits 3

    Era of the Civil War from secession in 1860 to the close of hostilities in 1865; presidential and congressional Reconstruction until the close of this era in 1877.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 414B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 615A - United States: Gilded Age, 1877-1900


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the impact of industrialization, immigration and urbanization upon the American experiment in republicanism. Examines how diverse Americans, including ex-slaves, farmers, feminists, “new” immigrants, Plains Indians, radicals, soldiers, statesmen, industrialists and laborers responded to these unsettling conditions and helped to usher in the modern age.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 415A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 615B - United States: The Progressive Era, 1900-1920


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the dramatic social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in the United States between 1900 and 1920 in the period known as the Progressive Era. Examines how Americans fashioned responses to the challenges posed by the modernization and diversification of their society.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 415B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 616A - Recent America: Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1920-1945


    Credits 3

    Examination of social, economic, and political trends in the 1920s and of the transition from inflated prosperity to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Special attention to F.D.R.’s presidential role, to the New Deal and concurrent domestic problems, and to foreign policy issues. Coverage includes U.S. entrance and role in World War II.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 416A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 616B - Contemporary America: The U.S. Since 1945


    Credits 3

    Cold War abroad and readjustments bringing affluence and anxieties at home. Special focus upon the Korean War, McCarthyism, Kennedy’s New Frontier and Johnson’s Great Society, “limited warfare” in Cuba and Vietnam, and the Nixon Administration. Social and political tensions of the ‘60s and ‘70s also examined.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 416B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 617A - Nevada and the Far West


    Credits 3

    Study of the far western region, with emphasis on Nevada history. Includes research projects.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 417A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 619A - Britain to 1750


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the economy, society, politics and culture of the British isles from earliest settlement to 1750.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 419A. Credit at the 600 level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 619B - Britain from 1750


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the economy, society, politics and culture of the British isles and British empire from 1750 to present.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 419B. Credit at the 600 level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 620 - Topics in Central Europe: 1914 - Present


    Credits 3

    Topics on the political and social change in Central Europe from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Topics vary.

  
  • HIST 621 - History of Russia to 1825


    Credits 3

    Examination of the formation of Kievan Rus, the Mongol invasion, the emergence of Muscovite autocracy, religious schism, westernization in the seventeenth century and under Peter I, the establishment of serfdom, the problem of Empire, Catherine II and Alexander I.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 421. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 622 - History of Russia Since 1825


    Credits 3

    Analysis of conservative modernization under Nicholas I, the birth of the intelligentsia, the Great Reforms, industrialization, revolution, the establishment of the Soviet State, stagnation under Brezhnev, Perestroika under Gorbachev, and the dissolution of the USSR.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 422. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 623A - History of Germany to 1848


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the institutional, social, economic, political and cultural development of the German states.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 423A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 623B - History of Germany Since 1848


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of the institutional, social, economic, political and cultural development of the Germany to the present.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 423B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 624 - Role of Religion in American Culture


    Credits 3

    Study of the relationship between religion and secular culture in the American experience from the colonial era to the present.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 424. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 625 - History of Southern Nevada


    Credits 3

    History of the Nevada counties of Nye, Esmeralda, Mineral, Lincoln, and Clark since the arrival of the European. The case of southern Nevada used to illustrate techniques for the study of local history in general.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 425. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 626 - The American West Through Film


    Credits 3

    Analyzes the relationships between the history of the American West, movie westerns, and the cultural climate of the United States after 1945. Six credits of history.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 426. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 628 - History of Business in United States History


    Credits 3

    Examines the growth and influence of business upon American history from colonial times to the present. Includes the role played by business groups in the American Revolution, adoption of the U.S. Constitution, westward expansion, the Civil War, World War II, and the development of major American cities.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 428. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 629 - History of American Labor, 1607-Present


    Credits 3

    Analyzes the history of American working men and women from the founding of the American colonies to the present. Emphasis placed on significant events, institutions, and the ordinary lives of laborers themselves, all of which are viewed against the backdrop of an evolving capitalist economic system.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 429. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 632A - History of American Women to 1870


    Credits 3

    Examines the history of women in the United States from the period of European contact to Reconstruction. Examines women’s changing roles in the family, work force, politics, and social movements. Examines the historical experience of European colonists, Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants.

    Same as
    WMST 432A

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 432A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 632B - History of American Women, 1870 to Present


    Credits 3

    Women’s relationship to the economy and to political movements; changing ideals of womanhood; the demographic and sexual revolutions transforming family life and gender roles; and class, race, ethnic, and regional variations in female experience.

    Same as
    WMST 432B

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 432B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 633 - African-American History


    Credits 3

    Topical approach to Black history that seeks to illuminate grand themes such as DuBois’ notion of “double-consciousness,” the dilemma of being both Black and American. Explores in depth such topics as religion, family, slavery, urban life, education, labor, culture, and politics.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits.

    This couse is crosslisted with HIST 433. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 633B - Arican-American History to 1877


    Credits 3

    An examination of African-American history to 1877 that considers roles of free and enslaved blacks in the shaping of America’s social, cultural, economic, and political developments. Themes include the slave trade, creation of race and slavery, gender, and African influences on both slave and American culture.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 433B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 633C - African-American History since 1877


    Credits 3

    Examination of the emergence of African-Americans from the aftermath of the Civil War to present. Themes include the restrictions imposed by Jim Crow, segregation beyond the South, the Civil Rights movement, inner city rebellions and the new Black cultural movement.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 433C. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 634 - Role of Cities in American History


    Credits 3

    Growth of cities from colonial times to the present. Topics include urbanization, suburbanization, transportation innovations, crime, housing, and racial conflicts. Special emphasis given to the role of the city in American history.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 434. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 634A - European Urban History


    Credits 3

    Investigation of the radical impact of industrial modernity upon the European metropolis from the eighteenth century onwards. Focuses on cultural, social, technological, and architectural developments in the major European cities, such as London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 434A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 635A - Early Modern Intellectual History


    Credits 3

    Renaissance to the Enlightenment, 1450-1775, including humanism, republicanism, Protestantism, science, liberalism, and early economic thinking.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 435A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 635B - Modern Intellectual History


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of European attitudes and ideas since the Enlightenment, 1775-present, including Idealism, Marxism, cultural individualism, psychoanalysis, existentialism, and structuralism.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted wtih HIST 435B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 635C - Topics in European Cultural and Intellectual History


    Credits 3

    In-depth study of specific aspects of early modern and modern European cultural and intellectual history.

    Same as
    HIST 435C

  
  • HIST 636 - Nazi Holocaust from the American Perspective


    Credits 0

    Genocidal aspects of the Nazi Era in Germany. Special emphases on why Americans have become so “Holocaust conscious,” and on the impact of the Holocaust on international Jewry.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 436. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 637 - Family History


    Credits 3

    Study of how world wars, the Great Depression, and other historical events have affected American families and communities in the twentieth century.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 437. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 638A - American Indian History to 1851


    Credits 3

    Examination of Indian peoples from early times to 1851. Includes Indian-white relations, U.S. Indian policy, concentration, assimilation, removal, and resistance to westward expansion.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 438A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 638B - Ethnohistory of Native Americans Since 1851


    Credits 3

    Examination of Indian peoples from 1851 to the present. Focuses on impact of Indian culture on Indian-white relations, allotment, reservation life, Indian Reorganization Act, Termination, struggle for civil rights, self-determination, and economic development (gaming).

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 438B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 638C - Topics in American Indian History


    Credits 3

    In-depth study of specific aspects of American Indian History.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 438C. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    Six credits of history.

  
  • HIST 640 - Regions in American Indian History


    Credits 3

    Examination of the history and culture of Indian peoples in one or more of the following regions: Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, and Southeast.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 440. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 641 - American Environmental History


    Credits 3

    Explores the relationship between human beings and the physical environment on the North American continent. Examines the way in which different cultural groups have used and transformed the continent. Examines the ebb and flow of consciousness about the environment from its roots in the nineteenth century to the rise of environmentalism in the twentieth century.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 441. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 643 - Comparative Environmental History


    Credits 3

    Provides a comparative context for the study of global environmental history. Analyzes different societies, from the Sumerians to modern cultures, to discern their different uses of land, water, and other natural resources, as well as the ways in which social institutions applied to the physical environment over the ages.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 443. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 643A - Historic Preservation


    Credits 3

    Examines the history and theory of the historic preservation movement in the United States, the legal basis for preservation of the built environment, and the practical methodology of historic preservation.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 443A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 644 - Latinos in the American West


    Credits 3

    Analysis of the history of Latinos beginning with the Spanish exploration of the New World, the resulting cultural encounters and emergence of a mixed frontier populace, and the present social, economic, and cultural roles of Latinos in American society.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 444. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 645 - Cultural History of Modern Russia


    Credits 3

    Social conscience in Russian literature from Pushkin to Solzhenitsyn, populist realism in art and politics, cultural diversity of the Silver Age, and the effects of Socialist Realism.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 445. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 646 - History of the Russian Film


    Credits 3

    Soviet cinema from the revolutionary films and pathbreaking theories of the 1920s (Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, Dovzhenko, and Kuleshov), through the constrictions of Socialist Realism, to the revival of a proud tradition in the decades since Stalin. Emphasis on Russian cultural traditions, contemporary historical context, and the demands of ideology.

    Same as
    FIS 446

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 446. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 647 - Revolutionary Russia 1905-1921


    Credits 3

    Detailed analysis of the crisis of autocracy, the First World War, the Bolshevik seizures of power, and the early years of the proletarian dictatorship. Examines the experiment in parliamentary politics, the emerging nationalist movements in the empire’s periphery, the institutionalization and extension of violence during the World War, revolutionary and Marxist ideologies, peasant revolt, and the reasons for Bolshevik victory during the civil war.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 447. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 648 - Asian American History


    Credits 3

    Examines the Asian American experience from the nineteenth century until the present with an emphasis on activities in the American West.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 448. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 649A - History of Japan to 1800


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of Japanese history to 1800. Examines political and intellectual leaders and events, social and cultural developments, economic forces and foreign relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 449A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 649B - History of Japan since 1800


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of Japanese history since 1800. Examines political and intellectual leaders and events, social and cultural developments, economic forces and foreign relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 449B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 649C - Topics in Japanese History


    Credits 3

    In-depth study of selected aspects of Japanese history.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 449C. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits.

  
  • HIST 652A - Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century America


    Credits 3

    History of popular culture in the United States. Concept of culture scrutinized. Key themes include the development of market culture, the creation of an American aesthetic, sensationalism of public life, and creation of a cultural hierarchy.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 452A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 652B - Popular Culture in Twentieth-Century America


    Credits 3

    History of popular culture in the recent United States. Key themes include the growth of mass media and mass culture, debates over the merits and effects of popular culture, and the relationship of so-called highbrow and lowbrow culture.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 452B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 653 - Women in Politics


    Credits 3

    History of women in U.S. politics beginning with the suffrage movement and concluding with the most recent election. Topics include women as candidates, in office, as administrators, as lobbyists and as political activists. Concludes with a section on so-called “women’s issues,” choice, domestic violence, child support, day care, women’s health and current issues.

    Same as
    PSC 401J & WMST 401J

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 435. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 655A - History of China to 1800


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of Chinese history to 1800. Examines political and intellectual leaders and events, social and cultural developments, economic forces and foreign relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 455A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 655B - History of China since 1800


    Credits 3

    Analysis and interpretation of Chinese history since 1800. Examines political and intellectual leaders and events, social and cultural developments, economic forces and foreign relations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 455B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 655C - Topics in Modern China


    Credits 3

    In-depth study of aspects of modern China. Each year a different theme, such as “Reform, Rebellion, and Revolution” or “Twentieth-Century China.”

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 455C. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 656 - Topics in Ancient History


    Credits 3

    Explores varied topics in the ancient Greco-Roman world from a historical perspective. Topics may include religious ideas and practices; class, status, and cultural identity; or the relation between literary production and culture. Develops skills of analysis, interpretation, and exposition of significant historical fields.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 456. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

  
  • HIST 657 - Ancient Greek Civilization


    Credits 3

    History of Greece and Hellenic civilization from the end of prehistoric times until the Roman conquest.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 457. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 658 - Roman Civilization


    Credits 3

    Analyzes all aspects of Roman history from earliest times to the late antique period, with central attention to the politics and society of the later Republic and how Rome became the monarchy of the Caesars.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 458. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 659 - Medieval Civilization


    Credits 3

    The department also offers a large number of undergraduate courses which are open to graduate students at the 600-level. Among these are courses which reflect the specializations of our faculty. Graduate students enrolled in such courses will ordinarily be expected to complete a special project. A full description of this course may be found in the Undergraduate catalog under the corresponding 400 number.

  
  • HIST 659A - Topics in Medieval History


    Credits 3

    Examines selected topics in medieval history in depth and detail. Topics may include the Crusades; the family, marriage and sexuality; the Middle Ages in film and fact; and science, technology and magic.


    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 459A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 660A - The Renaissance


    Credits 3

    Development of new forms of art, culture, religious expression, political thought, urban organization, economic practice, and family structure from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginnings of the modern era.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 460A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 660B - The Reformation


    Credits 3

    Europe from the emergence of Protestantism to the outbreak of the Thirty Years War. Breakup of the medieval ideal of a united Christendom, mainstream and radical Protestantism, impact of religious warfare, changing attitudes toward high and popular culture.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 460B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 661 - Europe in the 18th Century


    Credits 3

    Advanced study of eighteenth-century European cultural, intellectual, social and political history. Includes Enlightenment ideas (“progress, the “pursuit of happiness” and the quest for “virtue”); constitutional and absolutist government; commercial capitalism; changes to the traditional social order; nationalism and patriotism; religious toleration; and the advent of print culture.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 461. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 661B - Early Modern Europe: 1550-1789


    Credits 3

    Development of the economic, political, social, and cultural patterns of Europe during the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 461B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 662 - The French Revolution and Napoleon


    Credits 3

    Study of France during the last stages of the old regime; the revolution; and the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 462. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 663 - Europe: 1815-1914


    Credits 3

    Detailed study of the development of the economic, political, social, and cultural patterns of Europe from Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 463. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 664 - Europe: 1914 to the Present


    Credits 3

    Detailed analysis of the First World War, the Versailles settlement, the Russian revolution, the emergence of Fascism and Nazism, the Second World War, the Cold War, European reconstruction, the Eastern European Revolutions, the development of consumer societies, European economic integration, the end of communism, and the wars of Yugoslav succession.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 464. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 666 - European Diplomatic History, 1815-Present


    Credits 3

    Examines politics and diplomacy in Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the present. Topics include the “Spring of Nations” in 1848, the unification of Germany in 1871, the outbreaks of World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 466. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 668 - History of Science


    Credits 3

    Study of the major scientific and technological advances since medieval times and their impact on society. Presented in a non-technical manner.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 468. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 670 - History of Mexico


    Credits 3

    Study of the development of Mexican civilization, examining the Maya and Aztec background and emphasizing the Spanish conquest, colonial institutions, the independence movement and the problems of nationhood, the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and contemporary issues.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 470. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 671 - Revolution and Reaction in Contemporary Latin America


    Credits 3

    Study of major political movements, leaders, and trends in Latin America from the Cuban Revolution to the present day.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 471. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 672 - History of Brazil


    Credits 3

    Development of Brazil from the beginning of Portuguese colonization to the present, with emphasis on colonial institutions, territorial expansion, slavery and race relations, political evolution, and recent social and economic problems.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 472. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • HIST 673 - History of the Andean Region


    Credits 3

    Central and southern Andes from the Inca period to the present: the Inca Empire, the Spanish conquest, colonial society and institutions, the independence movements, and the republics of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, with emphasis on reform and revolution in the twentieth century.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with HIST 473. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

 

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