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History
	HIS 306 - Europe from 1648-1714 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication Examines the history of Europe under French hegemony, emphasizing the impact of the reign of Louis XIV in France and the Stuart monarchs in England. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 308 - Europe from 1815-1914 1 semester, 3 Credits This European survey course covers the period from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I. Study of the Concert of Europe, industrialization, imperialism, developments in culture, the forces of nationalism and liberalism, and the controversial causes of the First World War is included. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 311 - Era of the French Revolution 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the causes, the course, and the consequences of the decade of revolution in France, 1789-1799. Attention is given not only to politics but also to social, economic, religious, and cultural developments. The course ends by considering the career of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1799-1815 and assessing his transformation of revolutionary France and of the Europe of his day. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 313 - Eastern Europe Since World War I 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the turbulent history of the nations of Eastern Europe from the end of World War I to the present. Among the topics covered will be the rise of fascism, World War II, the rise and fall of communism, and Eastern Europe today. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 316 - The Civil War and Reconstruction 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication The road to war is traced from the Texas Revolt to the bombardment of Ft. Sumter. The slavery issue is analyzed, and the course of the war is studied in detail. The consequences of the war, attempts to implement differing plans of Reconstruction, and the end of the Reconstruction are examined. Same as AMS 315 and BLS 316. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 317 - America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1897 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the tumultuous end of the 19th century, as the nation grappled with the consequences of industrialization, urbanization, labor unrest, and renewed immigration. Topics will include the political, legal, social, and religious debates over the virtues and vices inherent in the capitalist system, as well as the proposed reforms of the laissez-faire capitalism of the period. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 319 - Victorian Worlds: British Society, 1837-1901 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Investigates the social history of nineteenth-century Britain and the British Empire. It takes as its starting point a seeming paradox: Victorian Britain prized the idea of liberty, yet was also a coercive and conformist society. It explores the ways in which Victorians lived, thought, worked and played and how their experiences shaped social, artistic and political movements. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Prerequisite: HIS 100. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 324 - The Reformation 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the political, religious, and cultural changes that caused the breakup of medieval Catholic Christendom. It also stresses a theological understanding of the reformers’ positions as well as the Catholic response to Protestantism. Students who earn credit in THL 336 may not enroll in this course. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 325 - The American Revolution 1 semester, 3 Credits The American Revolution is traced from the Seven Years War to the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the imperial crisis are examined in detail. The War for Independence, as well as the short and long-term consequences of Independence, are also covered. Same as AMS 326. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 331 - Medieval Europe I 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication Examines the intellectual, cultural, institutional, social, and political aspects of the Early Middle Ages, emphasizing the fusion of the Roman, Teutonic, and Christian cultures in forming medieval society. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 332 - Medieval Europe II 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the intellectual, cultural, institutional, social, and political aspects of the Middle Ages from the late Carolingian Age and feudal period through the High Middle Ages. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 337 - The Ancient Greek World 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing I Surveys the history and civilization of the ancient Near East and Greece from earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 338 - The Roman Republic and Empire 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Traces the history of Rome from earliest times to the fall of the Empire in the West. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 339 - Ancient Egypt 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication Traces the political, cultural, and social history of ancient Egypt from earliest times to the death of Cleopatra (30 BCE). Students will study Egyptian history through lecture, original Egyptian texts, and secondary readings, and will explore expressions of specific historical developments by presenting oral analyses of archeological sites, texts, and selected works of Egyptian art. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 342 - History of the Middle East to 1920 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of the Middle East before Islam: the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire; the heirs of the Islamic Empire, especially the Ottoman Empire and the Safavids of Iran; and the decline of the Ottoman Empire (including World War I) to 1920. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 344 - History of Africa Since 1850 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity This survey course will examine the partition of Africa, colonialism, the growth of African nationalism, independence movements, and the politics of the Cold War. Social and cultural issues will also be considered. Same as BLS 344. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 345 - History of the Modern Middle East 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Writing II Focuses on the emergence of the modern-day Middle East after the break-up of the Ottoman Empire following World War I. Explores the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the civil war in Lebanon, the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian Gulf War, and Islamic revivalism, neo-colonialism, democratization, industrialization, and modernization. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 346 - Slavery in the United States, 1619-1865 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the African-American experience from the beginning of the slave trade through end of slavery in America. Working with both primary and secondary material, students will study the origins, development, and ultimate destruction of the system of slavery in the United States. Topics include the relationship of race and class in a slave society, and the variations in the experience of enslaved men and women. Same as BLS 346. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 352 - Global Feminisms in the Age of Empires and Beyond 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Writing II Addresses the relationship between feminism, colonialism, and postcolonialism. The legacies of the unequal relationship between Western and non‐western feminists often weighed heavily on emergent feminisms in postcolonial societies, and feminism took on new forms in response to those legacies. Course incorporates historiography, literary fiction, and film focused on the British and French empires. Not open to freshmen. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Same as GST 352 and WMS 352. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 360 - Greek and Roman Warfare 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of the history of warfare from the Mycenaean Age to the fall of the Roman Empire with primary emphasis given to the social and political development of warfare as a cultural phenomenon. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 364 - Panics and Depressions in US History, 1789 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Examines the political, legal, economic, social, and cultural impact of economic downturns in American history, from the nation’s founding through the Great Recession of 2008. Employing the case study method, it explores the interaction of the public will (“democracy”) and the regulatory establishment, with the markets, institutions, and instruments in finance-set in the context of financial crises. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 366 - Corporations and Entrepreneurs in United States History 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Examines the transformation of American businesses from the small-firm world of the early national period to the multinational corporations of the 20th century. The course focuses on key entrepreneurs and businesses to highlight various legal, political, economic, and institutional factors inherent to the rise of the American business enterprise. Satisfies pre- or post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 367 - Marketing Campaigns in U.S. History, c.1850 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Examines how different industries, products, and companies employed their marketing campaigns to take advantage of opportunities, respond to internal and external challenges and threats, and adapt to the social and cultural environment of their times. Includes the historical context of changing needs and wants of consumers, as well as developments in advertising media and marketing approaches. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 368 - Modern Japan 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity An in-depth exploration of the history of Japan from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Topics include: the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Meiji Restoration and Japan’s subsequent transformation into a modern-nation state, Japan’s imperial expansion into East Asia, the Second World War, and Japan’s postwar recovery and growth. Students become familiar with major debates in the field, significant primary sources, and secondary sources of the era. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 369 - Modern China 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity An in-depth exploration of the history of China from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Topics include: the late Qing dynasty, Western imperialism in China, the 1911 Revolution, the Second World War, the rise of the People’s Republic, and the reform programs of the post-Mao era. Students will analyze the significant primary sources associated with pivotal moments in Chinese history and develop familiarity with the major issues in the field. Same as AST 369. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 375 - Food in U.S. History 1 semester, 3 Credits Food is the subject of joy and fascination for studying American history. Course examines the complex history of food in the United States in many ways: as an item of national identity, an object of cultural resistance, a source of workers’ efficiency, a means for political engagement, and a measure of economic prosperity or impoverishment. Same as AMS 375. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 413 - History of Ireland 1 semester, 3 Credits Survey of Irish history with emphasis on the Irish experience from the Rising of 1798 to the formation of an independent Irish state in the early 20th century. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 414 - Twentieth-Century Ireland 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies the political, economic, social, and religious factors in the transformation of 20th-century Ireland since the Rising of 1916, including consideration of the problem of Northern Ireland. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 415 - History of Presidential Elections I 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the history of our electoral system in general and then considers each presidential election from Washington to the election of 1820, noting particularly the changes that have taken place from year to year. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 416 - History of Presidential Elections II 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the history of our electoral system in general and then considers each presidential election from 1820 to the present, noting particularly the changes that have taken place from year to year. Satisfies pre- or post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 422 - History of Russia II 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the turbulent history of this vast Eurasian land from 1801 to the present. Among the events and people studied will be Tsars Alexander I and II, World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, Stalin and World War II, the Cold War years of Khrushchev and Brezhnev, Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 423 - Europe from 1914 to 1945 1 semester, 3 Credits This survey concentrates on Europe in the era of the two world wars. It includes an examination of the Versailles peace, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, and the Holocaust. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 424 - Europe Since 1945 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Oral Communication A survey of contemporary Europe which looks at post-war reconstruction of Western Europe, the Cold War, decolonization, and the collapse of communism, as well as intellectual and cultural developments since World War II. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 427 - Classical America 1 semester, 3 Credits Traces the influence of Greece, Rome and the ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia) on the United States of America from colonial times to the present. Develops an appreciation for the profound influence of antiquity in such areas as history, government, art, architecture, and literature. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required. Same as CLA 427 and AMS 427. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 450 - Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 460 - Tutorial 1 semester, 1-3 Credits Open to History majors. Small groups of students have the opportunity to explore in depth an advanced topic in the field outside of the regular departmental offerings. Specific topic and meeting-time series are determined in consultation with faculty member and department chairperson. Prerequisite: Permission of department chairperson. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 480 - Seminar in American History 1 semester, 3 Credits Restricted to juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 481 - Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Fine Arts; Oral Communication Restricted to juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 482 - Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II; Oral Communication Restricted to juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 483 - Public History Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Civic Engagement; Oral Communication Offers an in-depth, hands-on public history experience centered on a major collaborative project with a public presentation component. Students will deepen their working knowledge of public history through seminar readings and discussions, as well as by performing approximately 60 hours of on-site work at an archive, museum, historic building, or public history site. Prerequisite: either HIS 205 or approval from the Department Chair. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 486 - Seminar: The West in the American Imagination 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies the American West and its place in American culture and imagination, including the significance of the frontier in American history; cultural contacts and contracts; the impact of race, gender, and ethnicity on one’s experience of the West; the economic and environmental history of the region; and some of the cultural icons that contribute to “imagining the West.” Same as AMS 481. Satisfies pre- or post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 488 - Warriors in Japanese History 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity Traces the figure of the warrior in Japanese history from ancient times to the twentieth century, with special emphasis on warriors’ changing social and cultural roles. Topics include medieval war tales, the genesis of the “way of the warrior” in the early modern era, and the modern re-appropriation of the warrior as a masculine ideal. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 490 - History Honors Thesis 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II The option of doing a history honors thesis is available to any senior history major with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.55 in history. Working one-on-one with a faculty member from history, students research and write a minimum forty-fifty page thesis on an historical topic of their choice. The final product must demonstrate research in primary sources, historical interpretation, critical analysis, accurate scholarly documentation, and (ideally) make an original contribution to the field in question. Proposals for the thesis are due by mid-May of the student’s junior year. Offered fall semester only. Requires approval of the department. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Humanities
	HUM 275 - Humanities Reading Seminar 1 semester, 1 Credit A close reading of a single text in the humanities (or small collection of closely related texts). Seminar size is typically limited to 15 students. Example texts include the poems of Hesiod, St. Augustine’s Confessions, the Bhagavad Gita, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, and Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter. This course is repeatable. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Latin American Studies
	LAS 460 - Tutorial in Latin American Studies 1 semester, 1-4 Credits Open primarily to senior Latin American Studies minors. Small groups of students have the opportunity to explore in depth an advanced topic in the field outside of the regular program offerings. Specific topic and meeting-time series are determined in consultation with faculty member and Program Director. Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Director. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	LAS 480 - Senior Capstone Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits Integrates theoretical and experiential knowledge gleaned from the LALS Program’s interdisciplinary approach and focuses on either Latinas/os (a U.S. orientation) or Latin America and Latin Americans (an American hemispheric concentration). Students will consider historical, political, economic, cultural, theological, and linguistic issues using a multi-perspectival approach as well as refine their skills in writing, oral presentation, and analysis primary and secondary sources. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	LAS 481 - Senior Capstone Project 1 semester, 3 Credits Theoretical or field research conducted domestically on a Latina/o topic at Providence College or at an alternative U.S. site; or internationally on a theme related to or in Latin America and/or to Latin Americans. Students’ projects will examine an historical, political, economic, cultural, theological, or linguistic issue (or issues) using a multi-perspectival approach. Additionally, the project will refine their skills in writing, oral presentation, and analysis of primary and secondary sources. Projects selected with guidance and approval of the Director, in accord with students’ present academic interests and future career needs. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Law
	LAW 201 - General Law 1 semester, 3 Credits This course will examine the jurisdiction of federal and state courts, and the interplay of the courts, legislature and executive branch in the development of legal principles. The basic elements of civil procedure, contracts, property, torts, crimes and domestic relations will be discussed and supplemented by case analysis. This course is taught by attorneys engaged in the practice of law. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	LAW 305 - Legal Studies: Topics in Civil Litigation 1 semester, 3 Credits This course will examine legal issues that impact the daily lives of American citizens. By analyzing the relationship among social values, politics and the law, students will learn about the dynamic evolution of the framework for civil litigation, constitutional rights, and jurisprudential precedents. Substantive topics include free speech, right to privacy, the Internet, school law, employment law, and family law. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	LAW 310 - Persuasive Writing in Law 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II This intensive writing seminar focuses on logical and succinct writing in a variety of legal and non-legal contexts. Students will review and revise all writings, which may include statutory analysis, advocacy letters, client correspondence, and contracts. Accompanying legal readings may include statutes, policies, factual scenarios, and current events. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Liberal Arts Honors
	HON 101 - Development of Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, and art of the West from ancient Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 102 - Development of Western Civilization: Middle Ages and Renaissance 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, art, and music of the West during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, and early colonial encounters. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 201 - Development of Western Civilization: Emergence of the Modern Era 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, art, and music of the West from the Enlightenment through the 19th century. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 202 - Development of Western Civilization: The West and the World 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, art, and music of the West in a global context from the 20^th century to the present. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 204 - Honors Writing 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing I Designed to help students improve their writing skills and to gain greater control over the organization and expression of their ideas. Students will master the process of writing by completing a range of assignments, including analysis, comparison/contrast, and argumentation. Conducted as a workshop in which students progress from questions of mechanics and structure to refinements of their own prose style. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 206 - Macro Economics 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Social Science An honors version of ECN 102 Principles of Economics. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 207 - Micro Economics 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Social Science An honors version of ECN 101 Principles of Economics. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 208 - Introduction to Sociology 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Social Science An honors version of SOC 101 Introductory Sociology. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 209 - Politics 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Civic Engagement; Social Science An honors version of PSC 101 Politics. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 210 - Topics in Science 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Natural Science A study of selected developments in the natural sciences and their interactions with other areas of thought. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 220 - The Dimensions of Art 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Fine Arts Designed to explore the concepts, products, and processes of creativity in the arts. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 230 - Foundations of Theology 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Theology Historical and systematic study of theology: its relation to its sources, methods of theology, and chief theological systems. One or two prominent theologians will be studied in depth. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 290 - Cultural Studies 1 semester, 1 Credit An elective for students participating in short-term travel abroad with the Honors Program. Requires substantial reading and research about important cultural and historical sites in the country or countries visited during the trip. Pass/Fail basis only. Elective credit only; does not count toward any core or Honors Program requirement. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 301 - Honors Studies in Philosophy 1 semester, 3 Credits Electives for students in the honors program in which professors in the Department of Philosophy present courses in their areas of special competence. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 302 - Honors Studies in Ethics 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Ethics Electives for students in the honors program in which professors in the Department of Philosophy present courses in their areas of special competence. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 311 - Honors Studies in Theology 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Theology Electives for students in the honors program in which professors in the Department of Theology present courses in their areas of special competence. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 312 - The Church and Major World Religions 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Theology A study of Christianity’s understanding of its relation to other religions; the theological self-understanding of four major world religions (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism) presented through their texts, histories, and forms of life; and the theological doctrines of these major world religions in dialog with Christian faith. Same as THL 358. Prerequisite: Completion of THL Core I requirement. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 480 - Honors Colloquium 1 semester, 3 Credits Colloquium courses explore an interdisciplinary topic in depth. Topics vary each semester, and new topics are offered regularly. Normally taken during the junior or senior year, and students are free to take more than one colloquium (on different topics). Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 481 - Honors Colloquium 1 semester, 3 Credits Colloquium courses explore an interdisciplinary topic in depth. Topics vary each semester, and new topics are offered regularly. Normally taken during the junior or senior year, and students are free to take more than one colloquium (on different topics). Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HON 490 - Independent Research 1 semester, 1-4 Credits Open primarily to seniors in the Honors Program. The student is provided the opportunity to explore advanced topics in the field outside of the regular program offerings. The number of credits is determined by consultation with the faculty member responsible for the project and the Director of the Honors Program. (Students must take a 3 or 4-credit version of the course in order to fulfill an Honors course requirement.) Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Director. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Linguistics
	LIN 201 - Introduction to Linguistics I 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of linguistics, and stimulates curiosity about the study of the human language, what it reveals about the human mind, and the human cultures it reflects. Topics include language diversity, language universals, morphology and how words are constructed and understood in different languages, phonetics and the relationship between speech and writing, syntax and the structure and function of phrases and sentences. May be taken independently of LIN 202, although the two courses together provide a survey of the field. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Management
	MGT 101 - Principles of Business Management 1 semester, 3 Credits A thorough development of decision-making, managerial creativity, and the art of management. The principles of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling are treated as basic guides to effective management. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 301 - Organizational Behavior 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity Involves the analysis of how people behave both as individuals and as members of groups and organizations. The topics covered in this course include perception, motivation, group dynamics and team effectiveness, leadership, power and politics, decision making, and managing diversity and individual differences. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 320 - Human Resource Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Human resource management deals with the design of formal systems in an organization to ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals. Topics covered include job analysis, staffing, training and development, managing and appraising performance, compensation, pay and benefits, employee relations, and union-management relations. Prerequisite: MGT 301. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 330 - Legal Environment for Business I 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to provide students with a basic study of legal aspects and concerns of the modern business community. Study of legal systems and constitutional law serve as a background. Emphasis is placed upon contracts, agency, partnerships, and corporations as topics. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 331 - Legal Environment for Business II 1 semester, 3 Credits This course is designed for accountancy majors. It deals with specialized areas of regulatory law. Subjects covered are sales, commercial paper, debtor and creditor, bankruptcy, and property. Business regulations, including securities, consumer protection, and employment are discussed. References to the Business Law sections of the C.P.A. exam are reviewed and analyzed. Prerequisite: MGT 330. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 350 - Small Business Management 1 semester, 3 Credits The emphasis is on a practical approach to planning and operating a small business venture. Included are advantages and disadvantages of small business ownerships. Topics covered include the development of a business plan, functions of management, control, financing, record keeping, insurance, and legal forms of ownership. The methods of acquiring small firms also are discussed. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 370 - Special Topics in Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Provides in-depth study of a current or critical controversy or theoretical issue in management and organizations. Topics are drawn from current issues, events, debates, new research, or from other related areas of interest to Management majors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 376 - Management of Technology and Innovation 1 semester, 3 Credits Addresses key issues related to management in technology-intensive settings. Topics include management of new product development, technology diffusion, competition in high-technology industries, proprietary vs. open technologies, and optimal organization structures for innovation. Real-world cases will highlight effective techniques for managing the complex dynamics involved in high-technology settings. Prerequisites: ECN 101, HON 207, and MGT 301. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 401 - Organizational Theory 1 semester, 3 Credits Organizational theory is concerned with people aggregated into departments and organizations, and with the structure and behavior at the organizational level of analysis. Topics covered include the external environment, goal and effectiveness, bureaucracy, technology, structures, change, information and control, power and politics, decision-making, and organizational leadership. Prerequisite: MGT 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 411 - Leadership Development 1 semester, 3 Credits Through understanding and relating leadership concepts, models, and theories to their experience, students will develop an understanding of leadership that is personally meaningful and that allows them to become more effective, authentic, and moral leaders. Students’ leadership development will be further facilitated through inquiry into a personal leadership conundrum and identification and development of their values, beliefs, and leadership principles. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 420 - Global Comparative Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Provides a cultural, behavioral, and strategic focus on comparative management issues in a global setting. Intended to develop knowledge and skills needed to manage effectively in other cultural environments and/or to work effectively with people from other cultures. Prerequisite: MGT 301. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 450 - Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits Permits juniors and seniors to engage in outside internships for academic credit. The criteria are essentially based on academic and experiential components, which are supervised by a faculty member and a site supervisor. Pass/fail basis only. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 489 - Capstone Seminar in Strategy 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Writing II Stresses the practice of strategic management in organizations. Focuses on strategic decision-making at the corporate, business, and functional levels. Business firms are examined within their respective industries for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies. The case method is the primary analytical tool. Prerequisites: ACC 203, 204, 110, 111; FIN 207, 217, 310; MGT 101, 301, 320, 401; and MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MGT 491 - Independent Study in Management 1 semester, 1-3 Credits Open primarily to senior Management majors. The student is provided the opportunity to explore advanced topics in management outside of the regular departmental offerings. The number of credits is determined by consultation with the faculty member responsible for the project and the chairperson. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chairperson. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Marketing
	MKT 205 - Principles of Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the basic principles, theories, problems, and practices in the ever changing marketing environment (social, economic, technological, legal, and ethical) and its impact on product, price, promotion, and distribution decisions in the domestic and global market. Emphasis is placed on the marketing functions, planning, and the distribution of goods and services from the producer to consumer. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 292 - Bauhaus Design 1 semester, 3 Credits When the Bauhaus opened in 1919 in the aftermath of a devastating world war, it envisioned a new kind of Artist who would be comfortable in a variety of media. This is the interactive experience of being at the Bauhaus; each week will combine discussion of the history and personalities of the school with the creation of a Bauhaus inspired object. Same as ART 292. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 310 - Personal Selling 1 semester, 3 Credits Teaches the background concepts for professional selling applied from behavioral science and ethics. Creating long-term, mutually-rewarding relationships between buyer and seller will be explored. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 311 - Sales Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the sales manager function as required to manage a field sales organization. Topics include selling strategies, planning, forecasting, budgeting, control; organizing, recruiting, hiring, training, compensating; territory design and management, sales quota techniques, performance evaluation; leadership, motivating, ethics; and accessing and using traditional and electronic secondary information sources. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 335 - Buyer Behavior 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to present an overall view of the factors influencing consumer action, consumerism, and current theories of consumer behavior based on factors such as motives, attitudes, dissonance, and psychological and social influences. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 336 - Promotional Strategy 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores integrated marketing communication and discusses how elements of the traditional promotions mix (advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and personal selling) as well as other, newer alternative forms of promotion (buzz, guerilla, social media, etc.) are most effective when they are coordinated in a consistent, cohesive, and coherent manner. Prerequisite: MKT 335. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 340 - Marketing on the Internet 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduces Internet marketing as an emerging communications tool that is becoming a necessary part of any organization’s marketing plan. It explores challenges that marketing managers face in developing effective strategies for new media applications (e-mail, instant messenger, social networking, blogs, websites, search engines). It examines legal, ethical, and public policy issues related to marketing on the Internet. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 344 - Sports Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Helps the student develop an extensive understanding of the sports marketing industry. In particular, emphasis is placed on learning how sports-related organizations serve their multiple constituencies. Designed to help students understand: 1) markets in general; 2) the structure of the sports industry; and 3) sports products and the consumers of those products. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 404 - Advanced Advertising 1 semester, 3 Credits An advanced study of advertising with emphasis on current trends and issues. Special focus given to media planning, as well as the creation of actual advertising campaigns and creative strategy. Prerequisite: MKT 336. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 423 - Fashion Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Offers students an opportunity to explore the field of fashion marketing, including an analysis of the industry from designing, manufacturing, and global sourcing to advertising, promotion, and retailing of fashion-related products. Due to the global nature of this field, the course includes extensive investigations of the international aspects of fashion marketing and licensing. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 426 - International Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity Marketing techniques and strategies for dealing with international markets are the focus of this course. Problems related to international marketing are studied with due consideration given to promotion, media, legal aspects, and cultural differences. Prerequisite: MKT 336. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 434 - Marketing Research 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies research methodology and its application to the solution of marketing problems. Procedures and analytical tools are examined. Prerequisites: MKT 205 and either FIN 217 or MTH 217. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 444 - Brand Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Principles of strategic brand management to conceive and market brands will be examined, with an emphasis on specific tactical guidelines for planning, building, measuring, and managing brand equity and assessing a firm’s brand portfolio. This is an advanced course aimed both at imparting a breadth of knowledge as well as a specialized depth of knowledge. Prerequisite: MKT 336. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 450 - Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits The internship program allows students to engage in a minimum of 100 hours of professional work in a corporate or nonprofit environment for academic credit. Internships will be supervised by a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MKT 470 - Special Topics in Marketing 1 semester, 3 Credits Open primarily to senior marketing majors, this course will permit students to effectively study and explore advanced topics in marketing. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings

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HIS 306 - Europe from 1648-1714

HIS 308 - Europe from 1815-1914

HIS 311 - Era of the French Revolution

HIS 313 - Eastern Europe Since World War I

HIS 316 - The Civil War and Reconstruction

HIS 317 - America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1897

HIS 319 - Victorian Worlds: British Society, 1837-1901

HIS 324 - The Reformation

HIS 325 - The American Revolution

HIS 331 - Medieval Europe I

HIS 332 - Medieval Europe II

HIS 337 - The Ancient Greek World

HIS 338 - The Roman Republic and Empire

HIS 339 - Ancient Egypt

HIS 342 - History of the Middle East to 1920

HIS 344 - History of Africa Since 1850

HIS 345 - History of the Modern Middle East

HIS 346 - Slavery in the United States, 1619-1865

HIS 352 - Global Feminisms in the Age of Empires and Beyond

HIS 360 - Greek and Roman Warfare

HIS 364 - Panics and Depressions in US History, 1789

HIS 366 - Corporations and Entrepreneurs in United States History

HIS 367 - Marketing Campaigns in U.S. History, c.1850

HIS 368 - Modern Japan

HIS 369 - Modern China

HIS 375 - Food in U.S. History

HIS 413 - History of Ireland

HIS 414 - Twentieth-Century Ireland

HIS 415 - History of Presidential Elections I

HIS 416 - History of Presidential Elections II

HIS 422 - History of Russia II

HIS 423 - Europe from 1914 to 1945

HIS 424 - Europe Since 1945

HIS 427 - Classical America

HIS 450 - Internship

HIS 460 - Tutorial

HIS 480 - Seminar in American History

HIS 481 - Seminar

HIS 482 - Seminar

HIS 483 - Public History Seminar

HIS 486 - Seminar: The West in the American Imagination

HIS 488 - Warriors in Japanese History

HIS 490 - History Honors Thesis

HUM 275 - Humanities Reading Seminar

LAS 460 - Tutorial in Latin American Studies

LAS 480 - Senior Capstone Seminar

LAS 481 - Senior Capstone Project

LAW 201 - General Law

LAW 305 - Legal Studies: Topics in Civil Litigation

LAW 310 - Persuasive Writing in Law

HON 101 - Development of Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations

HON 102 - Development of Western Civilization: Middle Ages and Renaissance

HON 201 - Development of Western Civilization: Emergence of the Modern Era

HON 202 - Development of Western Civilization: The West and the World

HON 204 - Honors Writing

HON 206 - Macro Economics

HON 207 - Micro Economics

HON 208 - Introduction to Sociology

HON 209 - Politics

HON 210 - Topics in Science

HON 220 - The Dimensions of Art

HON 230 - Foundations of Theology

HON 290 - Cultural Studies

HON 301 - Honors Studies in Philosophy

HON 302 - Honors Studies in Ethics

HON 311 - Honors Studies in Theology

HON 312 - The Church and Major World Religions

HON 480 - Honors Colloquium

HON 481 - Honors Colloquium

HON 490 - Independent Research

LIN 201 - Introduction to Linguistics I

MGT 101 - Principles of Business Management

MGT 301 - Organizational Behavior

MGT 320 - Human Resource Management

MGT 330 - Legal Environment for Business I

MGT 331 - Legal Environment for Business II

MGT 350 - Small Business Management

MGT 370 - Special Topics in Management

MGT 376 - Management of Technology and Innovation