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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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GNSCI 106 - Environmental Sustainability
Credits: (4)
This course is designed to fulfill the Natural World domain requirement. It explores the nature of science through in-depth discovery of contemporary issues in the discipline of Environmental Sustainability. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of science in history and society. By using quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting. Specific issues addressed in this course include climate change, energy resources and policy, food and water security, and loss of biodiversity. Students with junior standing or higher can complete this course to fulfill the 300-level leadership portfolio requirement. (As needed)
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GNSCI 130 - Physical Science: Chemistry of Food
Credits: (4)
This integrated laboratory and lecture course surveys the chemical and physical aspects of food; carbohydrates, lipids (fats), proteins, alcohols, vitamins, and additives, as well as a variety of cooking and preparation processes. Students will also gain an understanding of foodborne illnesses. The course will also include the current interest in genetically modified foods and molecular gastronomy techniques, popular with many chefs today. Students will gain a better understanding of the food we eat, the preparation, taste, and nutrition. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 131 - Biological Science: Biology of Healthcare
Credits: (4)
This course examines the role of biological science in healthcare through an in-depth exploration of a selected group of anatomical and physiological conditions and topics that challenge medicine in the 21st century. Lecture and laboratory combine critical thinking and quantitative reasoning that enable students to investigate and analyze these healthcare issues and simultaneously gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the role of science in history and society, the enterprise of science, and the process of scientific inquiry. Integrated lecture and lab. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 132 - Biological Science: Infectious Disease
Credits: (4)
This subject will include a survey of various infectious diseases, their vectors, and their global, economic, and social implications. In the course of the semester the student will develop a basic understanding of science and biology including; public health, immunology, epidemiology, and physiology. This course will proceed through and discuss topics of foodborne, waterborne, bloodborne, and vectorborne disease, disaster epidemiology, vaccination and vaccine compliance, and bioterrorism, using contemporary and relevant examples and publications. The student will develop fluency in reading about, researching, and discussing these topics with the help of current articles, studies and media. Integrated lecture and lab. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 133 - Physical Science: Astronomy
Credits: (4)
This laboratory-based course is designed to introduce the student to the role that observational astronomy has played in the development of scientific thought and our understanding of the universe, from the Big Bang to the distant future. Topics will include the history of astronomy, the physics and chemistry underlying the functioning of the universe, the development of the telescope, extraterrestrial threats to life on earth, as well as a detailed examination of our solar system and beyond, from its beginning to its eventual end. Laboratory experiments will include telescopic observations as well as computer simulations. Integrated lecture and lab. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 134 - Biological Science: Biotechnology
Credits: (4)
This is an integrated laboratory and lecture course. Topics will be covered in a way that is accessible to non-science majors. This course is an exploration of contemporary biotechnology and the underlying science and ethics; how DNA, genes and cells work. Students will gain an understanding of recombinant DNA technology, cloning and gene therapy. Additional topics covered will include the application of biotechnology to pharmaceuticals, industry, agriculture, cancer, medicine, forensics, genetically modified foods and organisms. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 135 - Physical Science: Forensic Science
Credits: (4)
This laboratory-based course is designed to introduce the student to the scientific aspects of forensic investigation as well as the ethical issues facing the forensic scientist. Topics include a broad range of forensic procedures such as physical and chemical methods for visualizing fingerprints, ballistics including bullet identification and gunshot residue analysis, blood detection and characterization, testing of controlled substances, DNA profiling, and fiber and hair analysis. Students will experience some of the analytical and instrumental methods used in investigating crimes, with an emphasis on the measurement accuracy and traceability required in criminalistics. Numerous case studies from the literature will be evaluated and the course will culminate in the investigation of a simulated crime followed by student presentations of their investigation to a jury. Integrated lecture and lab. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 136 - Physical Science: Earth Science
Credits: (4)
Earth Science is an introductory survey course that explores earth processes including the fields of geology, paleontology (fossils), climatology (weather) , ocean and fresh water dynamics, estuaries (Chesapeake Bay), biodegradation and carbon cycling, extraction and depletion of earth resources such as oil, gas and fresh water, and mechanisms of climate change. Specific topics in astronomy such cosmology are explored. Emphasis is placed on how earth science processes have determined geo-historical events and human circumstances. This course satisfies all known educational elementary certification requirements in Earth Science in the Mid-Atlantic States and serves as a basis for informed decision making of earth science related policy of land, water, atmosphere and resource use. Integrated lecture and lab. Prerequisite(s): none. (As needed)
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GNSCI 137 - Biological Science: Evolution of Social Behavior
Credits: (4)
This course is designed to fulfill the core science requirement. It explores the nature of science through in-depth discovery of contemporary issues in the discipline of Sociobiology, which is the study of the evolution of social behavior in animals and humans. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of science in history and society. By using quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting. Specific issues addressed in this course include cooperation and conflict, mate preferences, communication, and morality. (As needed)
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GNSCI 138 - Biological Science: Nutrition &Lifestyle
Credits: (4)
This science course will introduce nutrition principles, computerized analysis, and food as medicine using evidence-based research that covers anatomy, physiology and biological processes. Students will analyze their own nutrient recommendations and nutritional needs & recognize the health impact these decisions make toward their future health. Traditional and current medical nutrition therapies will be read using scholarly research and evidence based libraries that focus on the chronic epidemics and pandemics the US population and government now faces including weight control, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dental health, cancer and malnutrition. Labs will include computerized analysis of diet intakes, recipe evaluations of whole foods. Students will understand and develop critical thinking skills for reading and evaluating nutrition science research from both original and lay sources. (As needed)
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GNSCI 139 - Biological Science: Plants and Society
Credits: (4)
This laboratory course is designed to fulfill the core science requirement. It explores the nature of science through in-depth discovery of contemporary issues in the discipline of Plant Biology. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of plants in history and society. By using quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting. Specific issues addressed in this course include impact of agricultural development on society, economic effects of specific plants, and historically important plants and their development through both traditional breeding and biotechnology. (As needed)
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GNSCI 141 - Biological Science: Health and Disease
Credits: (4)
This course is designed to fulfill the Natural World domain requirement and is designed to be accessible for students with little scientific background. The first half of the course will explore the fundamentals of immunity from a cell biology perspective, building towards a whole body view of the immune response and the mechanisms and effectiveness of vaccination. The second half of the course will cover the fundamentals of viral, bacterial and human immune diseases by using various “case-study” diseases as guides. Students will gain an understanding of the proper functioning of the immune system, and understand how various pathogens and disease circumvent the human immune response to cause disease. Additionally, this course will rely on student interaction and participation to frame our discussions in the context of current world events, “popular science culture” and relevant scientific and social topics. This course will be complimented by in depth discussions, critical and analytic reading, and labs designed to further the students understanding of the scientific method and general biological mechanisms. (As needed)
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GNSCI 142 - Biological Science: Pollinators and Global Change
Credits: (4)
Through an in-depth examination of pollinator biology and the contemporary threats to pollinators, students will explore the process of doing science and the role of science in society. By using critical thinking and quantitative methods, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting, and upon completion, students will have the tools necessary to understand and critically evaluate the science that they encounter in their lives. In the first half of the course, specific topics covered will include pollinator biology and diversity, plant-pollinator interactions, and the importance for pollinators in natural and agricultural system. With a solid foundation in pollinator biology and ecology, students will be prepared to explore components of global change and their causes and evaluate how and why these changes negatively affect pollinators. The course will conclude with a synthesis of the status of pollinators and steps that can be taken to conserve pollinators. This General Science course is designed to fulfill the core science requirement. (As needed)
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GNSCI 143 - Biological Science: Vaccines
Credits: (4)
This laboratory course is designed to fulfill the Natural World domain requirement. It explores the nature of science through in-depth discovery of contemporary issues in the discipline of Vaccines. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of science in history and society. By using quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting. Specific issues addressed in this course include: components and functions of the immune system; biotechnology; vaccine characteristics, development, testing, use, efficacy, and safety; and the vaccine debate. (As needed)
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GNSCI 144 - Biological Science: Global Climate Change
Credits: (4)
This course is designed to fulfill the Natural World Domain requirement. It explores the nature of science through in-depth discovery of issues related to global climate change. Students will gain an understanding of the scientific worldview, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of science in history and society. By using quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, students will solve problems in an integrated lecture and lab setting. Using data from the most recent assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the course will address causes of and evidence for climate change. We will discuss current and future impacts of climate change on biodiversity and human welfare (including human health, food and water security, and national security). We will also explore strategies for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. (As needed)
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GNSCI 145 - Physical Science: Meteorology
Credits: (4)
This laboratory-based course is designed to introduce the student to the interactions of the various components of the atmosphere that comprise our weather, both on a local scale and a global one. Topics will include the history of meteorology, the physics and chemistry underlying the processes of weather, severe weather occurrences, climate change, pollution, as well as forecasting and the role of the meteorologist in society. Laboratory experiments will include atmospheric observations, graphic interpretations, and computer simulations. Integrated lecture and lab. As needed
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GNSCI 146 - Biological Science: Evolution and Human Disease
Credits: (4)
This course will investigate how an evolutionary approach to the study of human health and disease can lead to a deeper understanding of the causes of disease and more effective ways to prevent and treat disease. We will begin by discussing the basic principles of evolutionary theory, and then we will use an evolutionary framework to address issues related to human health, including infectious diseases, cancer, nutrition and diet, addiction, and aging. Students will use quantitative reasoning and critical thinking skills in an integrated lecture and lab setting to analyze these issues in evolutionary medicine and gain an understanding of the nature of science, the process of scientific inquiry, the enterprise of science, and the role of science in society.
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GREEK 101 - Beginning Modern Greek I
Credits: (3)
This introductory course aims to develop basic communicative proficiency in Modern Greek and also offer insight into Greek culture. (Fall)
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GREEK 102 - Beginning Modern Greek II
Credits: (3)
This introductory course aims to develop basic communicative proficiency in Modern Greek and also offer insight into Greek culture. Prerequisite(s): GREEK 101 (Spring)
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HIGE 305 - South Africa
Credits: (3)
s, frontiers of interaction between European colonists and the Khoisan, the construction of colonial identities, and slavery, racism, class formation, and politics. Topics in the second unit include: British imperialism, Afrikaner nationalism, “coloured identity,” the growth of working class consciousness, rural transformation and agricultural development, the struggle against apartheid, townships, the 1994 elections, tourism, and South Africa’s relationship with the United States.
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HIGE 307 - Modern South Africa
Credits: (3)
Provides an introduction to the history of the Western Cape of southern Africa, which is today part of the Republic of South Africa. The course is organized around two chronological units: the pre-industrial Western Cape to 1870 and South Africa from 1870 to the present. The first unit explores the interaction between hunter-gatherers and pastoralists, frontiers of interaction between European colonists and the Khoisan, the construction of colonial identities, and slavery, racism, class formation, and politics. Topics in the second unit include: British imperialism, Afrikaner nationalism, “coloured identity,” the growth of working class consciousness, rural transformation and agricultural development, the struggle against apartheid, townships, the 1994 elections, tourism, and South Africa’s relationship with the United States.
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HIGE 311 - History of Mexico
Credits: (3)
Beginning with Cortes’ violent conquest of the Aztec empire and continuing to Mexico’s present, this course introduces and challenges the traditional narratives of modern Mexican history. Students will study the history, art, literature, and politics of our often misunderstood neighbor to the south, while analyzing such important themes as native responses to conquest and colonization; the role of religion and the Church in Mexican society; Mexico’s struggles with modernity; and Mexican relations with the United States, including current debates on immigration, trade, and drug-cartel related violence.
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HIGE 316 - Central America and the Caribbean
Credits: (3)
Provides an introduction to the history of Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) since the early nineteenth century. The course explores the dialogue between the “national,” political histories of the independent states that formed after centuries of Spanish colonial rule and the heterogeneous experiences of workers, farmers, peasants, artisans, and slaves. Within this framework, students will gain an understanding of aspects of land and labor systems, gender relations, race and ethnicity, community and class formation, state formation, and religion.
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HIGE 320 - Islamic Civilization
Credits: (3)
With its emphasis on reading, writing and discussion, this seminar is designed to challenge students who already know much about Islam as well as those who know little but desire to learn about the Muslim faith and culture. Principal themes include Allah’s revelations to Muhammad and the divine imperatives of Islam; Islamic literature and arts; Arab contributions to Western culture; and Muslims in the modern world and in contemporary American society.
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HIGE 324 - Rebels of the Atlantic: Age of Revolutions
Credits: (3)
This course will examine the growth of slavery across the various European empires in the Americas (Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch). While plantations differed between the European colonies, slave labor was a constant. Thus, in the face of extreme exploitation, how did slaves respond? Beginning in the sixteenth century with the revolt of Enriquillo in Santo Domingo, the class will trace developments of resistance and marronage up to the late-nineteenth century by examining topics like runaway communities in Brazil, Jamaica, and Surinam; as well as uprisings in Cuba, Haiti, and the U.S.
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HIGE 325 - Age of Decolonization
Credits: (3)
Explores the drama of national liberation and decolonization in several modern Asian and African settings. Surveys a variety of violent and nonviolent national insurgencies and imperial responses. Particular attention is devoted to the ideologies and legacies of such statesmen as Mahatma Gandhi, Frantz Fanon, and Haile Selassie I.
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HIGE 335 - Native American History
Credits: (3)
This course surveys Native American history from pre-European settlement to the present. Through short lectures, readings, discussion, presentations, and writing assignments, we will examine major themes in the history of America’s Native peoples. Topics will include Native American cultures prior to European invasions, early contact between Native and European cultures, Native American roles in colonial and revolutionary America, Indian removal and resistance, response to consolidation and reservations, assimilation policy, the Indian New Deal, termination, self-determination, and contemporary Native American cultures. Students will be challenged to engage with Native American cultures and to use their study of this material to reflect on their own traditions and backgrounds.
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HIGE 342 - Modern Russia
Credits: (3)
A survey of Russian history from the reign of Peter the Great to the present. Major themes include the expansion of the Tsarist empire, the rivalry between Westernizers and Slavophiles, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Stalinist dictatorship, the impact of World War II, the Cold War, and the decline and fall of Soviet communism.
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HINW 395 - History Non-West: Special Topics
Credits: (3)
Special topics in non-Western History and culture offered to fulfill the History and Non-West requirements.
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HIST - - History
Credits: (3)
Students fulfill this requirement by taking a course in U.S. History, World History, or a special topic in History.
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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 - History and Historically Based Games
Credits: (3)
This course explores the way in which history is imagined, presented, formed, and deformed in historically based, deep strategy video 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 108 - 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 109 - Utopias
Credits: (3)
The quest for an ideal society has emerged again and again throughout Western history. Plato’s dissatisfaction with the Athens of his day prompted him to write The Republic, and Thomas More’s dismay with the inequalities and inequities of 16th century England led him to pen his Utopia. Beginning with selections from these seminal works, this interdisciplinary course will investigate 19th and 20th century utopian visions, as well as social experiments such as the Israeli kibbutz, American communes, and the co-housing movement. Might contemporary America be primed for another flowering of the utopian ideal?
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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 160 - 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 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 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)
n interdisciplinary perspective, placing literary and artistic developments in their historic, 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 236 - History of the Italian People
Credits: (3)
Traces the evolution of modern Italian society, with an emphasis on the 20th century. Major topics include the Fascist dictatorship, the Resistance movement, post-war reconstruction, the influence of the church, and the Italian emigrant experience. Also seeks to understand the centrality of the family and the persistence of strong regional ties in Italy to this day.
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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 256 - Slaves, Swords and Society in the American South
Credits: (3)
In this course, we will examine Southern U.S. history from the late seventeenth century through 1815. In order to identify the forces that created the American South as a distinctive and unique region, this course will address the collision of Spanish, Anglo-American, African-American, and Native American religious beliefs and culture; as well as the attempts of European imperial and colonial leaders’ efforts to shape their social and physical environment. We will also consider how these attempts created particular conceptions of labor, gender, and freedom.
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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 263 - World War II
Credits: (3)
A study of the causes, course, and consequences of World War II, with an emphasis on the European theater. Major themes include military strategy and operations, the nature of Fascist ideology, the role of civilian and military leadership (among both Axis and Allied forces), the military strategy and operations of mobilization of entire societies for “total war,”, collaborationist and resistance responses to Nazi occupation, efforts at post-war reconstruction, and reflections on the enduring legacies of the war.
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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 282 - Military History I: 1600 to 1871
Credits: (3)
This course surveys the evolution of Western military strategy and operations from the early seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century. Major conflicts examined include the Thirty Years War, the Wars of Louis XIV, the Wars of Frederick the Great, the War for American Independence, the Wars of Napoleon, the American Civil War, and the Franco-Prussian 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 American Civil War is included.
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HIST 283 - Military History II: 1871 to the Present
Credits: (3)
This course surveys the evolution of Western military strategy and operations from the late nineteenth century to the present. Major conflicts examined include World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and warfare in the Middle East. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are explored in more detail. Systematic examinations of the planning and execution of the opening campaigns on the Western Front in both World War I and World War II are included.
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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 - Special Topics
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 338 - American Foreign Policy
Credits: (3)
A study of the making and execution of American foreign policy with an emphasis on the enduring struggle to balance power and principles. Case studies may also be treated, with an emphasis on the modern era. 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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 and HIST 350 )
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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. Prerequisite(s): (HIST 202 and HIST 350 )
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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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HS 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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HS 220 - Special Topics
Credits: (3)
Special Topics in Human Services.
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HS 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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HS 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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HS 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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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 347 - Data Mining
Data mining explores and analyzes large datasets with the goal of discovering meaningful patterns and rules. This course focuses on data mining techniques, including both supervises learning and unsupervised learning methods. Students will use modern data mining software to analyze datasets. Prerequisite(s): BUS 320 or permission of instructor (As needed)
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IFSY 355 - Database
Credits: (3)
Presents a study of the design, organization and implementation of database systems. Topics include file organization and processing; data modeling; CASE tools; relational and object oriented databases; SQL; and, dynamic web design. Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 /IFSY 311 (Fall of even 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 ITALN 201 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 ITALN 201 with C or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 201 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.
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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. Upon completion of ITALN 215 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 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. Upon completion of ITALN 215 with C or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 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. Upon completion of ITALN 220 with C or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 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. Upon completion of ITALN 230 with C or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 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. Upon completion of ITALN 230 with C or better, eligible students will receive three credits prior learning for ITALN 200. Prerequisite(s): ITALN 102 or equivalent.
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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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