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HIST 104 - Harry Potter and the Middle Ages
Credits: (3)
You’ve read all the books; you’ve seen all the movies. Now you’re in college. Is it time to leave Harry Potter behind, along with your stuffed animals and band posters? No! It’s time to combine your love of the Potterverse with your new role as an apprentice in the modern descendant of the medieval universitas, the guild of scholars. In “Harry Potter and the Middle Ages,” we will explore the medieval historical, intellectual, and literary background to Rowling’s series of novels. The exploration of such topics as medieval magic and science, heresy and witchcraft, medieval manuscripts, alchemy, bestiaries, and medieval universities will provide us with a deeper understanding of both the Middle Ages and the Potter books.
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HIST 107 - Historically Based Games
Credits: (3)
This course explores the way in which history is imagined, presented, formed, and deformed in historically based, deep strategy games. Utilizing game theory, primary sources, and secondary readings, the course will analyze classic and contemporary games in an effort to answer such questions as: How does the narrative form of such games relate to their content? How can games serve as a pedagogical device? What do games reflect about our understanding of various historical periods? As a final project, students will develop their own historically based deep strategy game.
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HIST 120 - Pirates!
Credits: (3)
Stories about pirates, privateers, and other seaborne raiders have captured the popular imagination for as long as people have traveled across water. The “Golden Age” of piracy (from about 1650 to 1726) has provided the Caribbean with some of its most memorable legends. “Pirates” provides a foundation in the key themes, events, controversies, and individuals involved in Atlantic and Caribbean piracy before, during, and after the “Golden Age,” why they were important at a particular point in a particular place and why they ceased to be so. The purpose of the class is to introduce and discuss how people in, and connected through, the Atlantic World from the 1500s to the 1700s answered questions about piracy related to the above themes, and how these issues have shaped the popular portrayal of Caribbean piracy since the 18th century.
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HIST 151 - Reagan’s America in the 1980’s
Credits: (3)
In his campaign for re-election to the presidency in 1984, Ronald Reagan released a television commercial that began with the line, “It’s morning in America again.” “Under the leadership of President Reagan,” the commercial concluded, “our country is prouder and stronger and better.” Reagan’s campaigns for the nation’s highest office stressed the themes of patriotism and individual responsibility, while his presidential administrations oversaw an economic agenda that privileged wealth production and a foreign policy that focused on defense spending and third world interventions. Reagan’s economic and foreign policies influenced the major events of the decade for sure, while his politics helped to shape the wider culture, a period often characterized as “the greed decade” (and one Madonna called “a material world” in a hit song). This course complicates the traditional narrative of the 1980s, which begins and ends with Ronald Reagan. Students explore and debate Reagan’s politics, policies, and mass appeal while also paying close attention to four defining themes of the 1980s: (1) rapid advancements in personal computer and entertainment/video game technology; (2) the trials of industrial labor; (3) the Cold War, specifically U.S.-Central American relations; and (4) the HIV/AIDS scare. Students will write brief argumentative essays on each of these four themes, as well as complete a creative project of their own design.
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HIST 201 - Class, Race, & Baseball
Credits: (3)
Class, Race, and Baseball covers the history of “America’s Pastime” from its creation in 1845 to the present. In so doing, it examines social and political changes in American society from the vantage point of this popular sport. The struggle for player free agency, the Black Sox scandal, the rise of the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson and baseball’s integration, expansion, and the steroids era will all be covered in this course.
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HIST 202 - Making History
Credits: (3)
One of three courses required for students who major in history. The course is designed to stoke the fires of enthusiasm for the conscious and deliberate analysis of the human interaction and activity that is central to historical discourse. Examines how historians piece together what they can about the past to produce a record of human activity that has meaning today. Each semester, working with a member of the department, students will address a particular theme and undertake research using primary and secondary sources. The professor may require students to work together on a course project or on other collaborative endeavors. Ideally, students should be able to apply what they learn in other department electives. This course should be taken no later than the sophomore year.
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HIST 205 - Ancient Greece
Credits: (3)
Imagine yourself spending a day in the Athens of the fifth century B.C.: debating legislation in the Assembly with Pericles, discussing philosophy in the agora with Socrates and Alcibiades, admiring the sculpture and architecture of the Parthenon, perhaps attending a performance of a tragedy or a comedy. Ah, the glory that was Greece. But wait a minute. Weren’t those Greeks a bunch of hypocrites? What kind of democracy excludes women and allows slaveholding? And wasn’t all that culture stolen from Egypt, anyway? Did you know that the ancient opinion of Athenian democracy was not that it wasn’t democratic enough, but that it was too democratic? Far from worrying that women and slaves had no power, the ancients grumbled that democracy gave power to the poor. This course explores these apparent contradictions. We encounter the Greeks on their own terms through the study of primary sources, and are introduced to modern interpretations of ancient history through our reading of secondary sources.
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HIST 206 - Ancient Rome
Credits: (3)
The theme of this course is romanitas, or “Roman-ness”-what it meant to be a Roman. Through our reading, discussion, and writing about primary sources, we will discover the meaning of this term from the legendary founding of Rome in 753 B.C. until the overthrow of the last western emperor in A.D. 476. In the first half of the course, after a brief look at the Etruscan heritage and the legends of the Roman monarchy, we will consider the Roman Republic, established in 509 B.C. We will study the creation of romanitas in the institutions, values and ideas of the Republic; the expansion of romanitas as Rome grew from a single city-state to the head of an Italian confederacy to the ruler of an empire ringing the Mediterranean; and challenges to romanitas during the Roman Revolution. The second half of the course will be devoted to Imperial Rome, which began in 27 B.C. Topics will include the revival of romanitas during the early Empire; further expansion of romanitas during the “Roman peace”; and more challenges to romanitas during Rome’s decline and fall. We will conclude by inquiring how romanitas survived the end of antiquity and was transformed in the beginning of the Middle Ages.
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HIST 207 - Introduction to Archival Science
Credits: (3)
This course will introduce students to the science of caring for historic documents and photographs. Students will gain extensive hands-on experience working with archival materials from the Mount Archives. Major themes in this course will include: arrangement and description, preservation, and digital curation. Upon completion of this course, students will have the basic knowledge and background to confidently pursue internship opportunities in archives and historical societies.
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HIST 208 - Technology and the Digital Liberal Arts
Credits: (3)
This course will introduce students to the evolving role of technology in liberal arts research and its impact on how we approach the interpretation and understanding of human nature. Students will gain hands-on experience with some of the core technologies used in modern liberal arts research and will explore the practical and philosophical questions that arise from implementing digital research methodologies.
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HIST 210 - The High Middle Ages
Credits: (3)
Ignorant barbarians or knights in shining armor? Dark Ages or Age of Faith? We in the twentieth century are heir to two contrasting images of the Middle Ages. One, the legacy of the Renaissance, sees the medieval era as the “Dark Ages”: centuries of gloom, barbarism, ignorance, and filth. The other is the creation of the nineteenth-century Romantics, who, reacting against the rationalism and classicism of the Enlightenment, saw new value in medieval culture. From the Romantics we get our picture of the Middle Ages as a time of knights and ladies, castles and cathedrals. Both these sets of images compete in our minds. But as scholars, we must attempt to get past these inherited preconceptions and discover the Middle Ages for ourselves. We will spend most of our time on the period around 1200, during the papacy of Innocent III (r. 1198 - 1216). Innocent III had his hand in most of the important developments of this period, from the growth of papal power to the suppression of heresy to new religious movements like the Franciscans to the Crusades to Magna Carta. We will explore each of these subjects using primary sources.
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HIST 222 - Age of Discovery
Credits: (3)
This course examines European encounters with America, Asia, and Africa from the age of Columbus through the end of the early modern period. Taking trade, violence, and missionary activity as its primary themes, this course will analyze the causes and consequences of the expansion of European power across the globe. We will also analyze native responses to Europeans; the large scale changes engendered in Western Civilization by global encounters; and the emergence of Europe as a global scientific, political, and military power.
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HIST 224 - The Age of Dante
Credits: (3)
The lifetime of Dante (1265?-1321) was an age of great vitality in Italy, an age that produced not only the Divine Comedy, one of the literary masterpieces of the Middle Ages, but also the historical writing of Dino Compagni, the political theory of Remigio dei Girolami, and the art of Giotto. In this course we will study the age of Dante from an interdisciplinary perspective, placing literary and artistic developments in their historical, and especially civic, context. We will begin with political developments in medieval Italy, especially Florence, and the political theory they inspired: the birth of the commune; conflicts between Guelfs and Ghibellines, Magnates and Popolani, and Black and White Guelfs. Religion in the commune is our next topic, as we consider the new spirituality of the mendicant orders and their role in Florentine religious life. This will provide a context for our study of the art of the Trecento, or fourteenth century: the paintings of Duccio, Giotto, and Lorenzetti. Throughout the semester we will also be reading Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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HIST 227 - Tudor and Stuart Britain
Credits: (3)
This course examines a period of remarkable transformation in Great Britain: from the medieval kingdom of Henry VII in 1485 to the powerful, commercial nation-state of Queen Anne in 1714. From witches to Shakespeare, the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution, students will study various aspects of Tudor and Stuart life to understand this change, considering not only political and religious developments, but also the gendered, cultural, and social relationships of British citizens during this period.
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HIST 241 - American Military History 1775-1902
Credits: (3)
This course surveys the evolution of American military strategy and operations from the mid-eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Major conflicts examined include the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are explored in more detail. A systematic field study of a major battle from the Civil War is included.
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HIST 253 - The American Revolution
Credits: (3)
This course will explore political, social, and military developments in the era of the American Revolution. Through a combination of secondary and primary readings, we will examine the contest for power between Britain and the colonies and within the colonies themselves as they moved toward independence and into nationhood. The course will examine traditional views of the Revolution as well as more recent interpretations that stress such issues as class conflict, the role of women, African Americans, and Indians, and the importance of the Revolution in generating worldwide political and social change.
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HIST 255 - Age of Jefferson and Jackson, 1790-1848
Credits: (3)
Investigates the evolution of American society from the beginnings of the federal republic to the end of the Jacksonian period. Special attention is devoted to the influence of Jefferson and Jackson, changes in politics and culture, and the interrelationship of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans during this formative half-century.
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HIST 257 - The Atlantic Experience to 1877
Credits: (3)
Our understanding of early American history is essential to how we situate ourselves in today’s society. The complex origins of American life are based in the experience of travel across the Atlantic Ocean and demonstrate an amazing diversity of ideas and beliefs. This class is a survey of American history from the colonial period through the Civil War, and will cover topics such as the slave trade, ethnic relations, political struggles, and the arguments over the formation of an American identity apart from the global stage. Through in-class lectures, multimedia, the textbook, and document based readings, this class will equip you to understand the historical themes that shape our lives today, in addition to teaching you how to form your own opinions based on the facts. This course is especially useful for education majors and those entering public service.
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HIST 260 - The Age of the American Civil War, 1848-1877
Credits: (3)
An examination of the causes, conduct, and aftermath of the bloodiest conflict in American history. Through lectures and the discussion of readings drawn from the period, the course will examine antebellum American society and the break-up of the Union, the course of the war, and the political and social changes it engendered, and the effort to “Reconstruct” the defeated South.
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HIST 262 - World War I
Credits: (3)
This course explores the causes, conduct, and consequences of World War I, with an emphasis on the formulation and execution of grand political and military strategy, the role of senior political and military leadership on both sides, and the impact of total war on a continental scale. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are examined in more detail, and the experience of war is explored at the lowest military echelons through the reading of two classic memoirs of the conflict.
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HIST 263 - World War II
Credits: (3)
This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of World War II, with an emphasis on the formulation and execution of grand political and military strategy, the role of senior leadership on both sides, and the impact of total war on a global scale. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are examined in more detail, and the experience of war is explored at the lowest military echelons through the readings of two classic memoirs of the conflict.
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HIST 266 - Nazi Germany
Credits: (3)
Popular references to National Socialism conjure images of goose-stepping automatons and raving, murderous madmen. This introduction to Nazi Germany challenges popular conceptions of Nazis as monsters by exploring the multi-causal sources of the National Socialist dictatorship. We will trace the rise and fall of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1933-1945. Our exploration of Nazi Germany will focus on the roles individuals played in sustaining and resisting the regime and its genocidal project. We will examine the complex motivations that drove people’s (in)action during the Nazi era. The class will cover topics such as Nazi ideology and aesthetics, daily life in the Third Reich, women and families under Nazi rule, Nazi foreign policy and the Second World War, complicity and resistance, the Holocaust, and the Nuremberg Trials. We will examine secondary historical accounts of the Third Reich in addition to a variety of primary sources (including diaries, memoirs, films, etc.).
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HIST 268 - The Civil Rights Era
Credits: (3)
The struggle for African American social, economic, and political equality from the early twentieth century to the present will be the focus of this course. First-hand accounts, documentaries, and secondary sources will be used to explore the major movements, leaders, and achievements of the Civil Rights Movement.
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HIST 269 - African American Women’s History
Credits: (3)
This course is intended to familiarize students with the major themes and issues in African American women’s history from America’s founding to the present. In this survey of black women’s experiences, students will not only engage with primary sources written by or about black women, but will also consider how historians have understood or constructed their histories. In addition to readings, films, and discussions over the course of the semester, students will learn about African American women’s history by completing a semester project on a black woman of their choosing.
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HIST 276 - U.S. Women’s History to 1877
Credits: (3)
Explores the experiences of women from the colonial era to the beginnings of the women’s rights movement in the nineteenth century. It will examine the private lives of women, including marriage and family, sexuality and reproduction, and labor and education, and women’s participation in the public sphere, paying particular attention to how changing conceptions of gender have expanded or limited women’s social and cultural roles. While this course will explore the unity of women’s lives in the American past, it will also explore the ways race, ethnicity, and class have shaped women’s experiences. Students will gain an understanding of how gender was historically constructed and of important interpretive issues in early American women’s history.
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HIST 277 - Modern U.S. Women’s History
Credits: (3)
Students will examine the lives and experiences of American women from the onset of the women’s rights movement in the second half of the 19th century to the recent past of the late 20th century. While this course focuses on women’s efforts to achieve political equality, it also explores women’s changing roles in relation to work, education, family life and popular culture. This course pays close attention to the ways that class, race, and ethnicity have shaped women’s experiences and the social movements of this period. Students will gain an understanding of significant events in modern women’s lives, the ways in which gender is and has been constructed, and the major interpretive issues shaping women’s history.
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HIST 280 - European Military History:1600-1815
Credits: (3)
This course surveys the evolution of European military strategy and operations from the beginnings of modern warfare in the early seventeenth century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Major conflicts examined include the Thirty Years War, the Wars of Louis XIV, the Wars of Frederick the Great, and the Wars of Napoleon. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are explored in more detail.
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HIST 291 - U.S. Catholic History
Credits: (3)
Explores the development of Catholic communities in North America from early contacts between Europeans and Native Americans through the massive influx of Catholic immigrants in the nineteenth century to debates over authority and religious liberty in the twenty-first century. Using a variety of texts, ranging from personal narratives and sermons to film and literature, students will gain an understanding of the theological, political, and cultural tensions shaping the lives of Catholics in the United States from various ethnic, geographic, and economic backgrounds. Students will also draw on the history of Catholicism in Maryland.
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HIST 297 - ST: Special Topics in History
Credits: (3)
A course designed to supplement regular course offerings by permitting the pursuit of knowledge about subjects of varied interest suggested by faculty or students. (As needed)
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HIST 303 - The Holocaust
Credits: (3)
This course on the Holocaust examines the mass killing of Jews and other victims in the context of Nazi Germany’s quest for race and space during World War II. Using sources that illuminate victim experiences, perpetrator perspectives, and bystander responses, we investigate the Nazi racial state, the experiments in mass killing, the establishment of a systematic genocidal program, collaboration and complicity, resistance and rescue, as well as the memory of the Holocaust in western culture.
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HIST 338 - American Foreign Policy
Credits: (3)
This course is organized around crucial figures and moments in the history of United States foreign policy from the late 19th Century into the 21st Century, when the U.S. presented itself and came to be perceived as a world power. The course explores the extent and the limits of that power and the interplay between foreign relations and internal political/cultural developments in the United States. Along the way, students entertain questions about American exceptionalism, religion and foreign policy, and the future of America’s role in the world. As students examine policy statements, presidential addresses, biographies of foreign policy elites, and cultural artifacts of U.S. power, they will assess the enduring struggle to balance power and principles. This course has been designed with history, political science, and international studies majors in mind but all enthusiastic students are welcome. The course capstone includes two document-based exams and a 7-10 page essay; however, students write continuously in this course. Students will also benefit from special presentations by active practitioners in the field of diplomacy and international relations/business. PSCI 338
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HIST 350 - Historical Methods
Credits: (3)
This course introduces students to a host of historical approaches including Marxism, Annales, Feminism, and Postmodernism. Because the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has had a significant impact on both history and historiography, Catholic approaches to history will also be considered. These approaches to history will be considered in the context of the teaching professor’s primary teaching and research interests. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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HIST 356 - The Italian Renaissance
Credits: (3)
Between 1400 and 1600, the Italian peninsula produced such a dazzling array of artists, writers, and thinkers that modern scholars have often concluded that modern civilization was born, or rather, reborn, in Renaissance Italy. What explains Renaissance Italy’s brilliant cultural achievements, what was the society like that produced them, and what does the Italian Renaissance have to do with modern civilization? In this course, we will examine these questions as we explore the artwork, literature, and political thought of one of history’s most captivating eras.
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HIST 359 - The Politics of Gender in European History
Credits: (3)
This course explores the history of politics and gender, considering how historically and culturally constructed notions of sex and gender shaped political relationships in early modern and modern Europe. The course considers the impact of gender on political speech and activity, discussing how notions of masculinity and femininity have undercut and promoted political legitimacy. Special attention will be paid to how women and ideas about women shaped the development of Western politics and political thought, including those aspects of the Western tradition we value today: freedom, popular sovereignty, political representation, equality, and universal education.
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HIST 361 - The French Revolution
Credits: (3)
This course explores the French Revolution of 1789, considering its origins, dynamic, and consequences for France, Europe, and our Western heritage. The course considers a wide variety of primary sources from Old Regime Enlightenment treatises to scandalous revolutionary pamphlets attacking Marie Antoinette, while introducing students to the rich historiographical debates concerning the origins and outcomes of the Revolution.
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HIST 371 - The Emergence of Modern America: U.S. History 1900-45
Credits: (3)
Explores American history from the Progressive Era to the end of the Second World War. In addition to an examination of the significant events of domestic and foreign policy in this period, this course pays special attention to questions of culture, gender, race, and ethnicity.
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HIST 375 - U.S. History from 1945 to the Present
Credits: (3)
Examines American social, cultural, and political history from the end of World War Two to the present. Through lectures, primary and secondary source readings, class discussions, films and music we will explore the most significant themes of our most recent past. Additionally, students will engage in their own research projects during the semester. This course will especially focus on social and political movements, American foreign policy at home and abroad, changing notions of the role of government, and transformations in American popular culture.
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HIST 381 - African American History
Credits: (3)
Examines African American history from 1500 to the present. Topics to be covered include the origins of slavery and racism, slave resistance, emancipation, Reconstruction, the New Negro movement, the origins and development of the Civil Rights movement, Black Power, and current issues within the African American community.
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HIST 387 - Manhood in America
Credits: (3)
Manhood in America investigates competing models of manhood from the colonial period to the present. Few people realize that Americans have never had a cultural consensus on what it means to be “a man.” This course will investigate the origins of competing models of manhood by examining Native American, European, and African cultures. The course will also examine constructs such as Puritan fatherhood, the Code of Southern Honor, the male bachelor subculture, muscular Christianity, and the Organization Man. The roles of media, economic change, class status and religion in forming and perpetuating manhood models will be investigated.
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HIST 398 - Independent Study
Credits: (1 to 6)
Independent research or study in history. Requires approval of the instructor, the department chair, dean, and associate provost.
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HIST 410 - Recent Native American History
Credits: (4)
This course will examine the experience of Native American peoples from the late nineteenth century to the present. It will trace the development and consequences of key areas of federal Indian policy during this time, including: assimilation and the passage of the Dawes Severalty Act (1877), the so-called Indian New Deal, the Termination and Relocation programs of the 1950s, the rise of Indian activism in the 1960s and 1970s, and the current battle to retain tribal sovereignty and cultural continuity. The course focuses on the views and experiences of Native peoples, drawing on sources produced by Native American writers, activists, and speakers. It will also pay attention to the ways in which Native Americans and representations of their cultures have played an important role in the social and cultural history of the United States in this period.
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HIST 438 - The Public Sphere in Early Modern England
Credits: (4)
Historians have long debated the rise and contours of the “public sphere” in early modern England, studying when the political process of England, which had historically been court-centered and elitist, shifted to include the middling classes and English public more widely. The course examines not only the political philosophy of popular politics, but the media of the public sphere, including cheap printed books, libelous manuscripts, and newspapers, as well as the spaces that allowed men (and sometimes women) to congregate and discuss politics, such as the pub and coffeehouses. The course also considers the activities of men and women in the public sphere, including protesting, rioting, and petitioning. Throughout the semester, students explore how religious conflict and political, social, and economic changes fueled the rise of the public sphere in England.
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HIST 480 - History Internship
Credits: (1 to 6)
Work experience in a field related to history.
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HIST 498 - Senior Seminar
Credits: (3)
Senior Seminar is the capstone course for all history majors. In this course, students complete the task of becoming a historian by writing a 13-15 page research paper on a topic of your choosing. Students will draw on their own interests and on the skills and knowledge from previous courses in the major to research, write, and present their final paper. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 Making History (3) and HIST 350 Historical Methods (3) )
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HSRV 101 - Introduction to Leadership I
Credits: (1)
A course on leadership and mentorship. Students in this course will concentrate on topics such as public speaking, group dynamics, facilitation techniques, problem solving, project management and interpersonal dynamics and reflection. Students will learn helping skills to be compassionate leaders and role models. They will develop their own leadership styles and will learn to create inclusive spaces on campus. Students will gain practical experience through serving in all summer orientation programs.(This course does not fulfill requirements for the Human Services, B.S.)
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HSRV 102 - Introduction to Leadership II
Credits: (1)
A course on mentorship and individual student support. Students in this course will refine their mentorship skills and learn different styles and approaches for peer mentoring. This course will focus on the mentoring relationship and its application to college students. Students will gain practical experience through partnership with the symposium academic programs. (This course does not fulfill requirements for the Human Services, B.S.) Prerequisite(s): HSRV 101 Introduction to Leadership I (1)
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HSRV 200 - Introduction to Human Services
Credits: (3)
This survey of Human Services investigates how care is provided for the whole individual through a review of community resources and methodologies. The many roles of the human services professional are explored including communicator, counselor, manager, leader, advocate, and problem solver. The importance of ethics and self-care are emphasized. The role of faith and the principles of Catholic social teaching are also examined.
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HSRV 203 - Sociology of Disability
Credits: (3)
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining the field of disability studies, with sociological theory as a primary foundation. The course develops specific skills and tools vital to the student who would read, research, write, or work in areas related to disability, as well as in more general human services. A combination of methodologies will be employed, ranging from social history to ethnography.
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HSRV 205 - Children and Trauma
Credits: (3)
This course examines what we know and why we should care about the effects of trauma on children. A review of the research demonstrating how early childhood adversity may affect brain development and the lifelong health outcomes of a child will be the core of this course. In addition, the course will review what it means to be a trauma informed human services provider, general prevention and intervention models, and policies and legislation that address childhood adversity.
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HSRV 206 - Perspectives on Fatherhood
Credits: (3)
In this course we will examine psychological, sociological, and historical aspects of fatherhood, including questions such as: How has fatherhood in America changed over the past 50 years? How does fatherhood in America compare with other cultures? How is fatherhood portrayed in mass media? What are some theories and research findings on what “good” fatherhood looks like, and what unique challenges do fathers face today? What effects does good, bad, or absent fatherhood have on children and on our society as a whole?
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HSRV 207 - Wellness and Thriving
Credits: (3)
Social scientists have traditionally focused on pathology - on what is dysfunctional or abnormal, and how to address those problems. There is a natural tendency to focus so much on what is “wrong” that we may ignore the greatest strengths and opportunities in ourselves and others. This course will focus on the other side of the equation, which is how we can study, understand, and promote wellness and thriving, from both individual and societal perspectives. The course will draw upon the work of social scientists and practitioners who emphasize a positive and wellness approach, and will include discussions regarding practical applications for personal use and as human services practitioners.
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HSRV 220 - ST: Special Topics in Human Services
Credits: (3)
Special Topics in Human Services.
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HSRV 300 - Practicum I
Credits: (3)
These courses provide work experience in a human services agency so that candidates gain first-hand experience in addressing the needs of clients. In seminar meetings candidates discuss experiences from the field as they relate to theory and research. The practicum experiences are supervised.
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HSRV 301 - Human Services Theories
Credits: (3)
This course specifically examines the theoretical underpinnings of Human Services. The course will cover a variety of targeted areas including but not limited to systems theory (e.g., Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory), theories of personality, and communication/exchange theories. Such perspectives emphasize multiple influences on human behavior, from structural to individualistic, and reinforce the empowering nature of work in the field. Prerequisite(s): HSRV 200 Introduction to Human Services (3)
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HSRV 320 - ST: Special Topics in Human Services
Credits: (3)
Special Topics in Human Services.
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HSRV 400 - Practicum II
Credits: (3)
These courses provide work experience in a human services agency so that candidates gain first-hand experience in addressing the needs of clients. In seminar meetings candidates discuss experiences from the field as they relate to theory and research. The practicum experiences are supervised.
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HSRV 410 - Capstone Seminar
Credits: (3)
This course provides a capstone experience that includes completion of a major research project. The course emphasizes the application of course material with real world experiences of human services professionals. Major themes covered elsewhere in the curriculum are re-visited and emphasized, especially the importance of ethics and self-care.
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HSRV 480 - Internship
Credits: (1-6)
Provides opportunities for students to serve as interns at nearby social service, criminal justice and social action agencies. Permission of the instructor, and the department chair is required.
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IFSY 311 - Information Systems
Credits: (3)
An introduction to the essential role of information and its management in the modern corporation. Emphasis is on computer-based information systems. Surveys several topics including systems development, database, hardware and software concepts, the Internet and e-commerce, and ethical implications of information systems development. (Fall and Spring)
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IFSY 333 - Web Design
Credits: (3)
Students will learn HTML coding and will be introduced to other Web technologies such as CSS, XML, and Javascript. Emphasis will be on learning a sound method for designing and creating web sites. Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 /IFSY 311 or permission of instructor. (Offered in Fall of odd-numbered years)
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IFSY 340 - Operating Environments
Credits: (3)
Studies the technical foundations of computer systems including hardware architecture, system software, networking designs, data communications and applications software. The course explores the implications of technical choices for system development. Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 /IFSY 311 . (Spring of odd numbered years)
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IFSY 390 - E-Commerce
Credits: (3)
This course investigates the use of computer networks such as the Internet to perform various business activities. Working in groups, students will create an e-business plan that uses the concepts from the course. Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 /IFSY 311 . (Offered in spring of even-numbered years)
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IFSY 395 - Systems Analysis and Design
Credits: (3)
Studies structured systems development. Emphasis is on documenting and analyzing current systems as well as designing new systems using logical methodologies. Students are encouraged to use this course to formulate a topic for their senior project. Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 /IFSY 311 . (Fall of even numbered year)
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IFSY 398 - Independent Study
Credits: (3)
Permission of a supervising instructor, the department head, dean of the school/college and associate provost. (As needed)
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IFSY 399 - Special Topics in Information Systems
Credits: (3)
Study of special topics in Information Systems. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (As needed)
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IFSY 410 - Accounting Information Systems
Credits: (3)
A systems approach to accounting information with emphasis on computer-based accounting information systems (AIS). Includes technical aspects of AIS, transaction cycles, system development and implementation, internal control, and auditing in a computer environment. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 101 . (Same as IFSY 410.) (Fall)
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IFSY 498 - Senior Seminar
Credits: (3)
Students organize into teams to design an information system. Teams submit a detailed proposal to the instructor the first week of class. Students are encouraged to use IFSY 395 to identify a topic. The final deliverable for the project consists of a methodological approach that analyzes the information needs of an organization and designs a new or improved information system. Prerequisite(s): IFSY 395. (Spring)
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ITALN 101 - Beginning Italian I
Credits: (3)
These introductory courses are aimed at developing basic communicative proficiency in Italian and also offer insight into Italian culture. (Fall)
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ITALN 102 - Beginning Italian II
Credits: (3)
These introductory courses are aimed at developing basic communicative proficiency in Italian and also offer insight into Italian culture. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 101 . (Spring)
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ITALN 201 - Intermediate Italian I
Credits: (3)
These intermediate courses review material typically covered in a first-year Italian course. They are aimed at building student proficiency in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and enhancing knowledge of the cultures of Italian people. Upon completion of a second 200-level Italian course with C+ or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 or equivalent. (Fall)
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ITALN 202 - Intermediate Italian II
Credits: (3)
These intermediate courses review material typically covered in a first-year Italian course. They are aimed at building student proficiency in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and enhancing knowledge of the cultures of Italian people. Upon completion of a second 200-level Italian course with C+ or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. (Spring)
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ITALN 210 - Conversation & Composition
This course will review and continue to introduce the basic structures of the Italian language within culturally authentic contexts. The culture will provide the bases for class discussions geared toward emphasize the acquisition of improved written and oral proficiency in the language. Upon completion of a second 200-level Italian course with C+ or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 215 - Italian Language & Culture I
Credits: (3)
This course will develop the communicative skills of intermediate-language learners and strengthen their proficiency as they discuss, read and write about important literary texts, works of art, music and film that have contributed to the development of Italian civilization. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. (Fall).
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ITALN 216 - Italian Language & Culture II
Credits: (3)
This course will develop the communicative skills of intermediate-language learners and strengthen their proficiency as they discuss, read and write about important literary texts, works of art, music and film that have contributed to the development of Italian civilization. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 220 - Modern Italy: A Cultural Study
Credits: (3)
Students develop an appreciation of the distinct national character of modern Italy through a study of exemplary works of literature, music, art, and cinema produced in the period extending from the Risorgimento to the 1970s. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 230 - Contemporary Italy: Film and Culture I
Credits: (3)
Intermediate students will review elementary Italian and continue development of linguistic skills as they examine contemporary Italian civilization and culture through the medium of film. The course uses representative films and contemporary literature in order to explore current cultural issues and debates that effect Italian national identity. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 231 - Contemporary Italy: Film and Culture II
Credits: (3)
Intermediate students will review elementary Italian and continue development of linguistic skills as they examine contemporary Italian civilization and culture through the medium of film. The course uses representative films and contemporary literature in order to explore current cultural issues and debates that effect Italian national identity. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 240 - Il Banchetto Italiano: Italian Civilization Through Its Food
Credits: (3)
A study of Italian civilization from early times to the present through its foods and culinary traditions. This course will review and continue to introduce essential basic structures of the Italian language while examining the cuisine, eating habits and food traditions of the Italian people in order to reflect on the cultural values and the important historical events that have contributed to the development of its civilization. In addition to actual products and dishes, Italian food and its traditions will be examined through literature, media and music. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. (Occasionally)
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ITALN 241 - La Musica Italiana: Italian Civilization Through Its Music
Credits: (3)
A study of Italian civilization from early times to the present through its musical traditions. This course will review and continue to introduce essential basic structures of the Italian language while examining the musical traditions of the Italian people in order to reflect on the cultural values and the important historical events that have contributed to the development of its civilization. In addition to music, students will examine the Italian musical traditions as they appear in literature and other media. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. (Occasionally)
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ITALN 245 - My Color is Black: Exploration in Afro-Italian Cultures
Credits: (3)
In an interview with the magazine Document, the Ethiopian-Italian artist, Jem Perucchini describes the ways in which he uses African aesthetics in his work as an Italian artist. When speaking of color, Perucchini proudly proclaims that his Italian heritage connects him to his favorite color–black. His statement “My color is black” inspires the title and subject of this course. Many intellectuals (writers, artists & scholars) of Afro-Italian descent have begun to explore Italy’s long-overlooked African colonial past and the cultural contributions that these ever-growing immigrant communities have made to Italian civilization. This course will examine Italy’s relationship to the African continent-especially Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia, its colonial past, and the vibrant immigrant cultures that are taking shape in contemporary Italy. This course in Italian explores these themes through writers, artists, filmmakers and historians both Italian & African who reflect the Afro-Italian experience in their work. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) (Offered Occasionally)
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ITALN 250 - Study Tour: Selected Geographical Area
Credits: (1-3)
Group cultural study tour in a particular geographical area in the Italian-speaking world. Students will enhance their general cultural knowledge of that region with a Mount professor. This course is conducted in English. May be repeated for credit.
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ITALN 270 - Study Abroad: Selected Geographical Area
Credits: (3-12)
Individual or group study in a particular geographical area in the Italian-speaking world. Students will complete language skills courses at an approved foreign language institute or university equivalent to 200-level foreign language Mount courses. May be repeated for credit.
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ITALN 301 - Introduction to Italian Studies I
Credits: (3)
The purpose of these courses is to help students transition in their language ability from intermediate language learners to more learners. Students will be given extensive practice in speaking and writing through reading, analysis and class discussion of a variety of contemporary texts which may include media articles, music, visual images, short stories, movies and broadcasts. Upon completion of ITALN 301 with C+ or better, eligible students will receive six credits prior learning for ITALN 300. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 302 - Introduction to Italian Studies II
Credits: (3)
The purpose of these courses is to help students transition in their language ability from intermediate language learners to more learners. Students will be given extensive practice in speaking and writing through reading, analysis and class discussion of a variety of contemporary texts which may include media articles, music, visual images, short stories, movies and broadcasts. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 310 - Conversation & Composition
This course will review and continue to introduce the basic structures of the Italian language within culturally authentic contexts. The culture will provide the bases for class discussions geared toward expanding vocabulary and reviewing grammar. The study and practice of written and oral Italian will emphasize the acquisition of improved written and oral proficiency in the language. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 315 - Italian Language & Culture I
Credits: (3)
This course will develop the communicative skills of more advanced language learners and strengthen their proficiency as they discuss, read and write about important literary texts, works of art, music and film that have contributed to the development of Italian civilization. Students in this course will practice more complex linguistic structures and examine the cultural products in greater depth. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 316 - Italian Language & Culture II
Credits: (3)
This course will develop the communicative skills of more advanced language learners and strengthen their proficiency as they discuss, read and write about important literary texts, works of art, music and film that have contributed to the development of Italian civilization. Students in this course will practice more complex linguistic structures and examine the cultural products in greater depth. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 320 - Modern Italy: A Cultural Study
Credits: (3)
Students develop an appreciation of the distinct national character of modern Italy through a study of exemplary works of literature, music, art, and cinema produced in the period extending from the Risorgimento to the 1970s. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 330 - Contemporary Italy: Film and Culture I
Credits: (3)
A study of contemporary Italian civilization and culture through the medium of film. The course uses representative films and contemporary literature in order to explore current cultural issues and debates that effect Italian national identity. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 331 - Contemporary Italy: Film and Culture II
Credits: (3)
A study of contemporary Italian civilization and culture through the medium of film. The course uses representative films and contemporary literature in order to explore current cultural issues and debates that effect Italian national identity. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 340 - Il Banchetto Italiano! Italian Civilization Through Its Food
Credits: (3)
A study of Italian civilization from early times to the present through its foods and culinary traditions. This course will review and continue to introduce essential basic structures of the Italian language while examining the cuisine, eating habits and food traditions of the Italian people in order to reflect on the cultural values and the important historical events that have contributed to the development of its civilization. In addition to actual products and dishes, Italian food and its traditions will be examined through literature, media and music. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 341 - La Musica Italiana: Italian Civilization Through Its Music
Credits: (3)
A study of Italian civilization from early times to the present through its musical traditions. This course will review and continue to introduce essential basic structures of the Italian language while examining the musical traditions of the Italian people in order to reflect on the cultural values and the important historical events that have contributed to the development of its civilization. In addition to music, students will examine the Italian musical traditions as they appear in literature and other media. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 345 - My Color is Black: Exploration in Afro-Italian Cultures
Credits: (3)
In an interview with the magazine Document, the Ethiopian-Italian artist, Jem Perucchini describes the ways in which he uses African aesthetics in his work as an Italian artist. When speaking of color, Perucchini proudly proclaims that his Italian heritage connects him to his favorite color–black. His statement “My color is black” inspires the title and subject of this course. Many intellectuals (writers, artists & scholars) of Afro-Italian descent have begun to explore Italy’s long-overlooked African colonial past and the cultural contributions that these ever-growing immigrant communities have made to Italian civilization. This course will examine Italy’s relationship to the African continent-especially Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia, its colonial past, and the vibrant immigrant cultures that are taking shape in contemporary Italy. This course in Italian explores these themes through writers, artists, filmmakers and historians both Italian & African who reflect the Afro-Italian experience in their work. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) (Offered Occasionally)
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ITALN 370 - Study Abroad: Selected Geographical Area
Credits: (3-12)
Individual or group study in a particular geographical area in the Italian-speaking world. Students will complete language skills courses at an approved foreign language institute or university equivalent to 300-level foreign language Mount courses. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. May be repeated for credit.
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ITALN 398 - Independent Study
Credits: (1-3)
Supervised individual work in selected areas of Italian language, literature, or culture. Permission of the instructor, department chair and dean is required. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 460 - Topics in Italian Studies
Credits: (3)
A study of some aspect of literature from Italy-particular author(s), theme, work or genre. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent.
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ITALN 475 - Study Abroad: Selected Geographical Area
Credits: (3-12)
Individual or group study in a particular geographical area in the Italian-speaking world. Students will complete culture or literature courses at an approved foreign language institute or university equivalent to 400-level foreign language Mount courses. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3) or equivalent. May be repeated for credit.
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ITALN 480 - Internship
Credits: (credits to be determined)
An off-campus work experience that develops Italian language proficiencies. Permission of the instructor, the department chair and the dean of academic services is required. Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ITALN 102 Beginning Italian II (3)
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