Jun 16, 2024

2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Core Curriculum Requirements
Please visit www.providence.edu/academic-affairs/core-curriculum/Pages/approved-core-curriculum-courses.aspx for a listing of courses that have been approved for specific Core Curriculum requirements (Class of 2016 and beyond). The list is updated on a regular basis. In addition, students in the Class of 2013, 2014, and 2015 can search the Course Catalog or Semester Course Offerings in CyberFriar to locate courses with a specific Core Curriculum attribute. Need assistance? Please contact Alyssa Marton at aneubeck@providence.edu or 401.865.1765.

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Health Policy and Management
	HPM 319 - Sociology of Health and Illness 1 semester, 3 credits Explores the social aspects of health and illness, the relationship of illness to the organization of society, and the organization of medical care—the distribution of correlates of mortality and morbidity, attitudes toward illness, the sick role, the organization of therapeutic settings, the economics, and the politics. Health delivery systems are evaluated cross-culturally and proposals for change in the American health system are critiqued. Same as SOC 319. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 320 - Perspectives on Not-for-Profit Organizations 1 semester, 3 Credits An introduction to the history and role of not-for profit organizations (NFPs) in the health care system. The mission and goals of NFPs are contrasted with those of for-profit organizations. Students review managerial activities within NFP organizations, such as health insurers, community hospitals, and advocacy groups. Prerequisite: HPM 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 322 - Public Health Administration and Practice 1 semester, 3 Credits Focuses on the development of policies and programs designed to promote the health of individuals, groups, communities, and populations. Students will consider the challenges of measuring and targeting interventions to prevent and control diseases and will consider the role of both public health agencies and private actors in addressing these issues. Prerequisite: HPM 240. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 323 - Administration of the Extended Care Facility 1 semester, 3 Credits Offers an in-depth study of the demand for, and organization of, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care providers. Students will compare the managerial challenges of caring for patients in both institutional and home/community-based settings. Prerequisite: HPM 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 331 - Aging and Health 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the impact of aging on individuals, health providers, and the American health care system. Special attention paid to the health service needs generated by an aging society and contemporary responses to these needs in the United States. Prerequisite: HPM 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 350 - Health Care Reform in America 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines efforts by state and federal officials to control costs and expand access to care in America; students will identify lessons from past campaigns to enact national health insurance to inform future debates over health care reform. Class readings and lectures explore the origins of private health insurance and consider various options for reforming the U.S. health care system. Prerequisite: HPM 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 408 - Policy Analysis in the Health Sector 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the role of public officials and private interests in shaping health care policy and develops essential skills for students to participate in the policy making process. Policy issues are discussed using case studies, role playing, and debates. Students examine the processes of agenda-building, decision-making, and program implementation on a variety of state and federal health policy issues. Prerequisite: HPM 310 and junior status. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 420 - Strategic Management in Health Care 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the strategic decision-making process in health care organizations. Topics include the analysis and evaluation of health-related programs as well as the marketing, financing, and operational analysis conducted within health care provider institutions. Students will make extensive use of case studies. Prerequisites: HPM 300 and HPM 310. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 440 - Strategies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 1 semester, 3 Credits Health education encompasses strategies for preventing disease and promoting health in schools, workplaces, patient care settings, and communities. Students explore the theoretical bases for health behavior acquisition, maintenance, and modification. Case studies illustrate the application of theory to the modification of predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors which support illness-inducing behaviors. Prerequisite: HPM 240. Open to HPM juniors and seniors or by permission. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 445 - Diet, Nutrition, and Obesity in the United States 1 semester, 3 Credits Is obesity a disease? Is obesity a matter of personal responsibility, or is it due to a culture overloaded with unhealthy foods? This research and writing-intensive seminar explores answers to these and other key questions using an interdisciplinary approach. Students will examine changes in health policy, medicine, and other areas that contribute to understanding and defining obesity. Prerequisites: HPM 101 and HPM 240. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 450 - Field Experience 1 semester, 3 Credits Students develop their professional skills under the guidance of an internship supervisor at a placement site arranged in collaboration with a faculty member. Students will be expected to apply concepts and skills from their previous course work to practical problems in their organization. Seminar meetings allow students to reflect upon their experiences. Prerequisites: HPM 300, 310, and 408. Open to HPM seniors or by permission. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 470 - Special Topics in Health Policy and Management 1 semester, 3 Credits This research seminar offers students an opportunity to study selected topics and issues that are not addressed in-depth elsewhere in the curriculum. Topics will change over time in response to new trends and issues in the health care system. Prerequisite: Open to HPM juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 480 - Senior Seminar in Health Policy and Management 1 semester, 3 Credits A team-taught capstone seminar for seniors that examines contemporary health policy and management issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students develop a deeper appreciation for the historical, ethical, legal, socioeconomic, and political dimensions of contemporary health policy and management issues. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HPM 490-491 - Independent Study in Health Policy and Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Allows for in-depth study of a topic in health policy and management. This is designed as an advanced course; the student and the faculty member must agree upon a syllabus that includes a schedule of assigned readings and a major paper/project. Students may enroll in more than one independent study to explore different topics in the field. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
History
	CLA 210 - Classical Rhetoric 1 semester, 3 Credits Challenges students to develop oral communication proficiency by studying ancient rhetorical theory and using it to create original specimens of persuasive speech. By examining the theory and directly applying it, students will become more effective speakers and more critical listeners. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 100 - Thinking and Writing about History 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduction to the study of the field of history. Considers the methods of historical thinking that involve the critical investigation, interpretation, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of historical sources as well as the development of essential writing, research, and verbal skills. Further considers basic issues of historiography and the philosophy of history. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 103 - U.S. History to 1877 1 semester, 3 Credits Survey course of American history from colonial beginnings through Reconstruction. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 104 - U.S. History Since 1877 1 semester, 3 Credits Survey course of American history from the end of Reconstruction through the present day. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 202 - American Military History 1 semester, 3 Credits Using lecture and small group discussions, this course is a survey of the American military experience from the Colonial wars to Desert Storm. The instruction analyzes the policies, strategies, and tactics of three centuries of military history. These events are analyzed using the conventional discipline of historical methodology and the classical norms of the principles of warfare. Same as MIL 202. Satisfies pre or post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 205 - Introduction to Public History 1 semester, 3 Credits Public History is the interdisciplinary, applied, and collaborative practice of history outside of the academy. Introduces the theory and practice of public history, including subfields such as archives, historic preservation, contract history, cultural resource management, oral history, and curatorial work. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 207 - African-American History 1619 to Present 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the African-American experience from the establishment of slavery in North America to the present. Examines the establishment of slavery, the Civil War and the end of slavery, the establishment of systems of racial segregation, and the corresponding efforts to end racial oppression in the United States. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 214 - North American Religious History 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores diverse figures, movements, and issues in American religious history from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century. Contesting a “melting pot” or “Americanization” narrative, we ask instead how religious groups have continued to remake and reimagine themselves amidst the multiplicity of American life. Special attention will be given to issues of tolerance and church-state relations. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 215 - The Diversity of Latin American Religious History 1 semester, 3 Credits An awareness of the centrality of religion in changing and shaping society in Latin America from the pre-Contact period, through the colonial period, and to the twenty-first century is imperative to understand this region. Systematically explores the sophisticated and multifaceted religious history of Latin America to develop students’ knowledge of the socio-cultural, economic, and political role of religion. Some prior knowledge of Latin American, North American, or European religious history is helpful, but not required. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 225 - Women and the American Experience 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the contribution of women to the American historical experience from the beginnings of American history to the Civil War and examines the impact of changes in American politics, economics, and society on the lives of women and their families. Same as WMS 225. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 226 - Women and the Modern American Experience 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the contributions of women to the American historical experience since the Civil War and the impact of changes in American politics, economics, and society on women and family; the emergence of the modern American family and a working class culture; the impact of industrialization; and the upheavals of the 20th century, such as two World Wars, the Great Depression, etc. Same as WMS 226. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 230 - Early Latin American History 1 semester, 3 Credits Survey on Early Latin America, from the initial encounter to Independence, assesses the impact of contact, conquest, and colonization on pre-contact peoples, the introduction of non-Indigenous populations, and the evolution of political, economic, cultural, and religious institutions. Specific topics include rural and urban communities, accommodation and resistance patterns, as well as race, class, gender, and kinship. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 231 - Modern Latin American History 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys the period from Independence to today, and gives particular attention to politico-economic and socio-cultural transformations (i.e., revolutions, military dictatorships, social movements, economic expansions, and democratic consolidations) that have affected Latin America from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Its regional and comparative perspective highlights Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, and Peru. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 240 - Native American History to 1815 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the historical development of the indigenous peoples of North America to 1815. Pays special attention to the development of pre-Columbian societies, the impact of European colonization on indigenous peoples, and the social, cultural, political, diplomatic, and military methods native peoples used to confront Western imperialism. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 241 - Native American History since 1815 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the development of the native peoples of North America from 1815 to today. Pays special attention to Indian removal, forms of resistance utilized by indigenous leaders, the challenge of westward expansion, the rise of the American Indian Movement, and the origins and course of modern Native America. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 255 - United States History: Pre-Colonial to 1789 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of the colonial period, the origins of the nation, the framing of the Constitution, and the early history of the United States through the time of the War of 1812. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 256 - United States History: 1789-1877 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of the American republic in the 19th century, including consideration of the sectional conflict, the development of the economy, immigration patterns, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the politics of the Gilded Age. Satisfies pre- or post-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 257 - United States History: 1877-1939 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of 20th-century America, including treatment of progressivism and the New Deal, the World Wars, America’s role in the Cold War, and the developments in American society and culture. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 258 - United States History: Since 1939 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys the main political, economic, and social changes in American history since 1939. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 298 - East Asian History I 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of East Asian history from its beginnings through the late-eighteenth century. Acquaints students with the major topics in early Chinese, Japanese, and Korean history and explores such themes as the construction of political authority, the place of marginal social groups, and the intercultural interactions that characterized the region’s history. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 299 - East Asian History II 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of modern East Asian history from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Focuses on Asia’s transition to modernity, and such topics as the development of the modern nation-state in Japan, imperialism and revolution in China, Korea’s colonial period, the Second World War, and Asia’s place in the Cold War world. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 301 - History of American Involvement in Vietnam 1 semester, 3 Credits A review of the American involvement in East Asia from World War II through Korea and Vietnam, up to the fall of Saigon in 1975. The course will not only examine the chronology of events and their impact on American society, but also review the recent scholarship and interpretations of this complex and generally ill-understood period of American history. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 303 - Medieval England 1 semester, 3 Credits Considers the development of England and its culture from Roman times to the age of the Tudors. It examines the legacies of the Romans, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans; the influence of the Christian Church; and the intellectual and artistic developments of medieval England. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 304 - Modern Britain 1 semester, 3 Credits Considers the evolution of government, society, and culture in the British Isles from the time of the early Stuart kings to the end of the 20th century. Major topics include the rise of Britain as an industrial and imperial power, developments in British thought and belief, Britain during the World Wars, and the decline of the British Empire. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 305 - Europe from 1555 – 1648 1 semester, 3 Credits Considers the history of Europe during the hegemony of Spain from the Religious Peace of Augsburg to the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years War. Attention is given to England during the age of Elizabeth and the early Stuarts to France during the age of the religious wars and under the centralizing influence of Richelieu. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 306 - Europe from 1648-1714 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 307 - Europe from 1714-1815 1 semester, 3 Credits This European survey course covers the period from the death of Louis XIV to the Congress of Vienna. It includes study of the effects of the Westphalian settlement, struggles for the balance of power in Europe, the Baroque style and the Enlightenment, and the Age of Revolution. Satisfies post-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 309 - Modern German History 1 semester, 3 Credits From new nation-state in 1871 to the present economic powerhouse, Germany’s history has shaped Europe profoundly in the 20th and the 21st centuries. Study of Germany’s unification, its involvement in the imperial project, its participation in WWI, the chaotic Weimar period, Nazism, the division of Germany in the Cold War, and the post-Cold War Germany of the European Union are included. 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 312 - Nationalism and Independence in Eastern Europe 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the rise of nationalism and independence in Eastern Europe from the 18th century to the end of World War I as well as the impact that the region had on Europe as a whole. 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 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. 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 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. Prerequisite: HIS 100. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 321 - American Diplomatic History I 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines U.S. diplomatic relations from the American Revolution to the Spanish-American War. Topics will include the principles underlying U.S. policy of avoiding “entangling alliances” and the ways in which American exceptionalism, racism, and republicanism contributed to the expansion of America’s boundaries and influence in the 19th century. Satisfies pre- or post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 322 - American Diplomatic History II 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the emergence of the United States as a world power in the 20th century. Topics will include the rise of the Imperial presidency, U.S. involvement in the two world wars, the origins and course of the Cold War, and determination of America’s role in the post-Cold War international order. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 323 - The Renaissance 1 semester, 3 Credits Analyzes the political, social, economic, cultural, and artistic changes that occurred between the 14th and 16th centuries. It especially focuses on the Italian experience. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. 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 331 - Medieval Europe I 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 334 - Men and Women in Medieval Society 1 semester, 3 Credits Considers the status, experiences, and opportunities of men and women in the context of marriage, sexuality, and family life influenced from the time of the Roman Republic to the 13th century. Attention also is given to the major impact of the Catholic Church upon the development of marital and familial institutions. Same as WMS 334. Satisfies pre-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 337 - Ancient World I: Near East and Greece 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 - Ancient World II: Rome 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 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. 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 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 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 347 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1955-1975 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the heroic civil rights movement, from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Boston bus boycott, and how the civil rights movement in this period developed, challenged, and ultimately defeated the system of legal segregation in the South. The class will study the legal and legislative success of the Civil Rights movement, and its failure to address other important problems, including racial issues outside the South. Also examines the split that emerged in Civil Rights Movement, most notably between the reformers led by Martin Luther King, Jr., who focused on non-violence, and the advocates of black nationalism, including Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Same as BLS 347. Satisfies post-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 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. 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. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 366 - American Business History 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 368 - Modern Japan 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 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. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor. 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 421 - History of Russia I 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of Russian history from the pre-Russian period to the beginning of the 19th century. Among the topics examined will be Kievan Russia, the Mongol conquest, the rise of Muscovy, the reigns of Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible, the Time of Troubles, and the reigns of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. Satisfies pre- or post-1715 European history requirement for major/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 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 438 - Early Constitutional History 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies the background, drafting, adoption, and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, and the values, ideas, and experiences of Colonial and Revolutionary America that underlay the Constitution in 1787. Examines the changes in demographics, technology, medicine, sentiments influenced its reading and interpretation, and the legal reasoning and historical context of most of the major Supreme Court decisions. Satisfies pre-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 439 - Later Constitutional History 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of the American Constitution from the Progressive Era to the present. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 448 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1920-1950 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies the problems and policies of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Nazism, the career of Adolf Hitler, the history of the Nazi state, the Second World War in Europe, the Holocaust, and the post-war occupation of Germany. Satisfies post-1715 European history requirement for major/minor. 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 Restricted to juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 482 - Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits Restricted to juniors and seniors. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 483 - Public History Seminar 1 semester, 3 Credits 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 485 - Seminar: The History and Culture of the Cold War 1 semester, 3 Credits Studies the roots and course of the Cold War, and its impact on domestic culture—Hollywood’s response to McCarthyism, the impact of anticommunism on domestic ideology and sexuality, and the implications of America’s international anti-Communist crusade on its political institutions. Same as AMS 480. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor. 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 490 - History Honors Thesis 1 semester, 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Labor-Management Relations
	LBR 386 - Labor Law 1 semester, 3 Credits A discussion of the legal framework within which the collective bargaining process takes place. The rights of employees, unions, and management under applicable federal and state laws will be discussed in the context of organizing, electioneering, and bargaining. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Latin American Studies
	HIS 231 - Modern Latin American History 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys modern Latin American periods from Independence to today, and gives particular attention to politico-economic and socio-cultural transformations (i.e., revolutions, military dictatorships, social movements, economic expansions, and democratic consolidations) that have affected Latin America from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Its regional and comparative perspective highlights Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, and Peru. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	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 Seminar in Latin American Studies 1 semester, 3 Credits A capstone seminar for seniors. The seminar will integrate material from previous courses in the program and will stress in-depth research by students. Emphasis will vary from year to year. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	LAS 495 - Independent Study 1 semester, 1-3 Credits Open primarily to senior Latin American Studies minors. 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 Program Director. Prerequisite: Permission of the Program Director. 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 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 I 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, art, and music 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 II 1 semester, 5 Credits An interdisciplinary study of the history, literature, philosophy, theology, art, and music of the West from the Middle Ages to the late 17th century. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings

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Course Descriptions

HPM 319 - Sociology of Health and Illness

HPM 320 - Perspectives on Not-for-Profit Organizations

HPM 322 - Public Health Administration and Practice

HPM 323 - Administration of the Extended Care Facility

HPM 331 - Aging and Health

HPM 350 - Health Care Reform in America

HPM 408 - Policy Analysis in the Health Sector

HPM 420 - Strategic Management in Health Care

HPM 440 - Strategies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

HPM 445 - Diet, Nutrition, and Obesity in the United States

HPM 450 - Field Experience

HPM 470 - Special Topics in Health Policy and Management

HPM 480 - Senior Seminar in Health Policy and Management

HPM 490-491 - Independent Study in Health Policy and Management

CLA 210 - Classical Rhetoric

HIS 100 - Thinking and Writing about History

HIS 103 - U.S. History to 1877

HIS 104 - U.S. History Since 1877

HIS 202 - American Military History

HIS 205 - Introduction to Public History

HIS 207 - African-American History 1619 to Present

HIS 214 - North American Religious History

HIS 215 - The Diversity of Latin American Religious History

HIS 225 - Women and the American Experience

HIS 226 - Women and the Modern American Experience

HIS 230 - Early Latin American History

HIS 231 - Modern Latin American History

HIS 240 - Native American History to 1815

HIS 241 - Native American History since 1815

HIS 255 - United States History: Pre-Colonial to 1789

HIS 256 - United States History: 1789-1877

HIS 257 - United States History: 1877-1939

HIS 258 - United States History: Since 1939

HIS 298 - East Asian History I

HIS 299 - East Asian History II

HIS 301 - History of American Involvement in Vietnam

HIS 303 - Medieval England

HIS 304 - Modern Britain

HIS 305 - Europe from 1555 – 1648

HIS 306 - Europe from 1648-1714

HIS 307 - Europe from 1714-1815

HIS 308 - Europe from 1815-1914

HIS 309 - Modern German History

HIS 311 - Era of the French Revolution

HIS 312 - Nationalism and Independence in Eastern Europe

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 321 - American Diplomatic History I

HIS 322 - American Diplomatic History II

HIS 323 - The Renaissance

HIS 324 - The Reformation

HIS 331 - Medieval Europe I

HIS 332 - Medieval Europe II

HIS 334 - Men and Women in Medieval Society

HIS 337 - Ancient World I: Near East and Greece

HIS 338 - Ancient World II: Rome

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 347 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1955-1975

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

HIS 360 - Greek and Roman Warfare

HIS 366 - American Business History

HIS 368 - Modern Japan

HIS 369 - Modern China

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 421 - History of Russia I

HIS 422 - History of Russia II

HIS 423 - Europe from 1914 to 1945

HIS 424 - Europe Since 1945

HIS 427 - Classical America

HIS 438 - Early Constitutional History