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2019-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Education
  

  • EDU 669 - English Teaching Practicum

    3 credits-

    Seminar includes a practicum component that provides students with opportunities to teach and connect with the reality of English Language Learners (ELLs) across multiple learning contexts. Students will explore the specific strengths and needs of multilingual and multicultural learners, and reflect upon the socio-cultural foundations of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education. Requires a 45-hour field experience.


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  • EDU 670 - Foundations of American Higher Education

    3 credits-

    Provides an overview of the historical, philosophical, and social foundations of higher education in the United States. The structures, models, events, and stakeholders that shape contemporary college and university design and programming are explored, as are the social issues, movements, and trends that impact the evolving higher education landscape.


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  • EDU 672 - Research and Program Evaluation

    3 credits-

    An introduction to the research and program evaluation process in higher education. Stresses the development of skills required for the critical evaluation of current research studies, development of program evaluation skills, and the ability to understand and interpret a wide range of data in higher education (quantitative and qualitative).

     


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  • EDU 674 - Counseling Theories

    3 credits-

    Introduces the major schools of counseling and psychotherapy. Through readings, lectures, case demonstrations, guest speakers, and class discussion, students identify the assumptions underlying various schools of thought. Emphasizes the historical development of major theoretical approaches, as well as multicultural implications. Students reflect on theories as they relate to their own personal lives and professional higher education contexts.


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  • EDU 676 - Student Development in Higher Education

    3 credits-

    To maximize student learning and growth in a higher education setting, educators must have a clear understanding of the developmental processes that students encounter throughout their lifetime.  Provides an in-depth understanding and appreciation for how student differences influence their development during college. Explores broad concepts related to student development and how the wide array of college environments interact with students.


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  • EDU 678 - Culturally Competent Practice in Higher Education

    3 credits-

    With the demographics of higher education rapidly changing on myriad levels, administrators must acquire and develop levels of cultural competence that enable them to relate appropriately to and work effectively with students from diverse sociocultural backgrounds. Explores the dimensions of cultural competence and how administrators can work collaboratively to build a culturally competent campus environment.


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  • EDU 680 - Organizational Theory and Leadership in Higher Education

    3 credits-

    Focuses on organizational theory, behavior, and collegiate culture in higher education settings, with special emphasis on how leaders affect change by developing a dynamic, holistic, systems approach to understanding and facilitating the work of the organization.  Examines the complex relationships among individuals and groups, the role of leadership in team formation and functioning, organizational decision-making, conflict resolution, policy development, and administrative cohesion.


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  • EDU 682 - Higher Education Law and Policy

    3 credits-

    An overview of ethical and legal principles and policies as they affect key administrative and service-related positions in the college/university setting. With an ethical mindset, examines the foundations of higher education law, enriched via the analysis of cases and problems.     


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  • EDU 684 - Higher Education Practice I

    3 credits-

    Designed for advanced level students nearing completion of their studies. Requires students to: independently secure a field placement within higher education administration; complete 150 hours of supervised, professional level field work over a 15-week semester; and attend scheduled seminars. Professional development aligns with ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Higher Education Practitioners.  Students design individualized learning agreements and engage in meaningful reflection and self-evaluation. Seminar topics vary each semester, but have included: diversity/inclusion; learning support services; the changing needs of students and their families; leadership development; personality assessment; and organizational theory.


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  • EDU 686 - Higher Education Practice II

    3 Credits

    Designed for advanced level students in their final semester of study. Students continue in previously established higher education field placements and must complete 150 hours of supervised, professional level field work over a 15-week semester, and attend scheduled seminars. Professional development aligns with ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Higher Education Practitioners. Students amend their established learning agreements to reflect advanced learning objectives, engage in meaningful reflection, and work on a major independent project reflective of their newly acquired skills. Seminar topics vary each semester, but have included: personal counseling; adult education; learning and disability services; and enrollment services. 


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  • EDU 690 - Career Counseling in Higher Education

    3 Credits

    Prepares students to advise undergraduates for ‘life after college’, in regard to career information, exploration, and choice. Includes career theory, research, interviews with career professionals, role playing, practice, and assessment. Educates on the factors that affect how career counseling services are delivered, including the economy, socioeconomic status, cultural differences, technology, and the importance of continual adaptation.

     


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  • EDU 701 - Independent Study

    3 credits-

    Provides students the opportunity for in-depth study of a particular area related to their graduate program in education. Students will conduct independent work under the direction of a graduate education faculty member. Students must complete an Independent Study Learning Agreement and gain prior approval from their program director.


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  • EDU 710 - Foundations of Bilingual Education

    3 credits-

    Explores theories and practices of bilingual education, especially as they apply to pedagogy and multiculturalism. Key topics explored include (1) Models of bilingual education; (2) cultural, social, and political perspectives on language minority education in the U.S. and international contexts, and; (3) bilingual language development, and; (4) teaching for developmentally and linguistically diverse students.


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  • EDU 720 - Capstone Seminar in Global Education and TESOL

    3 credits-

    Focuses on synthesizing students’ learning about global education, TESOL, citizenship, and exploring the role of education leadership in an interconnected, global society. Students will reflect on:  How to provide educational leadership in the communities in which you will live, teach, and act? In what ways you are called to respond to the pressing issues confronting global education? Same as GET 720.


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  • EDU 720L - Program Portfolio

    0 credits-

    The Program Portfolio is a graduation requirement for the Master’s in Global Education and TESOL. The goal of the portfolio is to demonstrate progress made over the course of the program, making it a necessity to begin the project early and continue to develop it as the student continues his or her global education journey. Same as GET 720L.


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  • EDU 758 - Multicultural Education in the American School System

    3 Credits

    Introduces teaching strategies for implementing, developing, and practicing the multicultural curriculum. Teachers will learn to temper individual teaching and management styles to a multicultural classroom and school. It will also assist the education professional who practices in a monocultural setting in implementing multicultural education and resources in that environment and in adapting them to the student body.


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  • EDU 763 - Research in Literacy

    3 Credits

    Candidates will learn how to read, interpret, and analyze qualitative and quantitative research while surveying the historical and current perspectives of literacy research and practice. Candidates will become familiar with issues of social justice and equality and the roles they play in legislating reading. Candidates will conduct an action research project that is relevant to their practice.


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  • EDU 765 - Models and Processes of Literacy

    3 Credits

    Provides a theoretical and research foundation for sound literacy instruction. Candidates will develop in-depth knowledge of the theories and research that are integral to a comprehensive literacy program and to all teaching and learning.  


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  • EDU 767 - Fostering Cultural Awareness and Development: Diverse Literatures K-12

    3 Credits

    With an emphasis on culturally diverse literature, this course features authentic literature as a way to foster deep thinking, to enhance awareness of diversity, and to spark interest in reading. Exploring children’s and adolescent literature by authors who represent diverse cultural perspectives, candidates will make meaning of literature in a workshop model.


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  • EDU 770 - Special Topics

    3 Credits

    Focuses on selective emerging issues in the field of education, either PK-12 or higher education. Topics will be determined by the instructor each time the course is offered. Each course topic will be noted in the extended course title in CyberFriar.

     


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  • EDU 785 - Educational Measurements

    3 credits-

    Designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of measurement including the construction, application, and interpretation of standardized and teacher-made tests used to inform teaching and curriculum decision making. Students will also examine alternative assessments including authentic and portfolio assessments. Previous course number EDU 813.


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  • EDU 787 - General Methods

    3 credits-

    Provides the student with the opportunity to develop skills in the teaching process. Emphasis is on the practical aspects of the teaching methodology. Attention is given to individual needs in the content area. For TCP students: Concurrent enrollment in PDV 201, TCP Clinical II, is required during the academic year. Students enrolled in this course during a summer term will complete PDV 201 the prior spring. Previous course number: EDU 808. Prerequisites: EDU 792 and EDU 785.


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  • EDU 806 - Mission and Culture of Catholic Schools

    3 Credits

    Introduces the history, mission, and culture of Catholic education. Examines recent scholarship and research into the theory and effectiveness of Catholic schools as a basis for a review of the vision, mission, and culture of the student’s school or place of ministry and its place in the ongoing development of the tradition of Catholic education. Students will be required to demonstrate their own understanding of their role and commitment to contemporary Catholic education. Same as THL 806.


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  • EDU 807 - Understanding the Catholic Faith

    Introduces PACT teachers to contemporary Catholic Church scholarship and teachings in a range of significant issues to provide them with an adequate general theological background for their work in Catholic schools. Only open to students in the PACT program.


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  • EDU 808 - Methods of Secondary Education

    3 Credits

    Introduces PACT teachers to the central concepts, structures, and modes of inquiry of their major discipline and the methods, procedures, and strategies found to be effective in teaching their discipline at the secondary level. Through an examination of the national and state standards, and frameworks for their discipline, the PACT teachers will develop a sound pedagogical practice for dynamic and effective teaching in their discipline. Students complete detailed planning of courses of study for each course they will teach in the coming year, and prepare one complete unit of study for each course for the first month of teaching. Same as THL 808.


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  • EDU 810 - Data Analysis, Technology, and the Principal

    3 Credits

    Explores school data-collection Web sites and analyzes this data for potential school leaders to make data-driven decisions about improving their schools. Using technology as the medium, coupled with utilizing office productivity software, instruction will culminate with students creating and demonstrating a tangible product that will promote teaching and learning for all stakeholders within the school community.


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  • EDU 811 - Special Education for Children from Diverse Backgrounds

    3 Credits

    Introduces students to the history, issues, and concerns regarding the education of students from diverse cultural or linguistic backgrounds who have special needs. Bilingual, ESL, and multicultural special education practices, programs, and teaching methods will be explored and discussed.


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  • EDU 812 - Integrative Seminar I

    Introduces PACT teachers to the dynamics of living in an intentional, faith-based community as committed Catholic educators and to an examination of the spirituality of the professional Catholic educator. Integrative Seminar I addresses the first year of the PACT program. Only open to students in the PACT program.


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  • EDU 813 - Educational Measurement

    3 credits

    Designed to introduce the theory and practice of measurement, including the construction, application, and interpretation of standardized and teacher-made tests used to inform teaching and curriculum decision-making. Students will examine alternative assessments including authentic and portfolio assessments. A large portion of the course will focus on formative classroom assessment to inform teaching and learning.


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  • EDU 814 - Foundations of Education

    Examines the historical, philosophical, social, political, religious, and legal foundations of education in the United States as a basis for understanding current educational issues and improving teaching and learning. Students will develop an understanding of the implications of race, culture, language, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class, and gender for teaching diverse populations of students. Only open to students in the PACT program.


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  • EDU 815 - Exceptional Child

    3 Credits

    Focuses on the skills, knowledge, and attitudes which classroom teachers, parents, and systems should possess when working with exceptional children in a mainstream classroom. Students are provided with strategies to modify curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet the diverse needs of students who require specific accommodations, including students with special needs and emergent bilingual students (labeled ELLs).

     


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  • EDU 817 - Integrative Seminar II

    Continues to introduce PACT teachers to the dynamics of living in an intentional, faith-based community as committed Catholic educators and to an examination of the spirituality of the professional Catholic educator. Integrative Seminar II addresses the second year of the PACT program. Only open to students in the PACT program.


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  • EDU 822 - Educational Psychology

    3 Credits

    Focuses on various principles, factors, and theories of psychology that have contributed to the understanding and betterment of classroom-based education practices. Same as THL 822.


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  • EDU 823 - Introduction and Characteristics of Students with Special Needs

    3 Credits

    An introduction to both high and low incidence disabilities, their definitions, and the identification process will establish a foundation of knowledge in exceptionalities. The differential characteristics of students, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, will be discussed. The effects of disability on an individual’s life will be explored as well as its impact from infancy through elementary and secondary schools. Strategies, modifications, and accommodations will be researched to provide appropriate services and supports for students with differentiated learning needs.


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  • EDU 825 - Principles of Secondary Education

    3 credits

    Introduces PACT teachers to the broader context of teaching in high schools. Topics considered will include an examination of recent developments in government programs of educational reform and the standards movement in high school curriculum, issues of diversity, the impact of poverty and teaching children from inner city locations, implementation of technology into teaching, and the legal responsibilities of teachers. Only open to students in the PACT program.


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  • EDU 829 - Designing & Implementing a Counseling Program

    3 Credits

    Study of the practice, concepts, and trends in the organization, operation, and administration of counseling services in schools. Focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a school counseling program that is results-based and grounded in the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) National Model for School Counseling.


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  • EDU 830 - Best Practice in Primary Grades

    3 Credits

    Based on the International Literacy Association (ILA)/National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) standards for reading professionals, this course connects theoretical and practical knowledge about early language development. Through course projects and field experiences, candidates explore early literacy development with an emphasis on assessment, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and the relationship between reading and writing. A hands-on experience with a primary grade student is required.


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  • EDU 832 - Best Practice in Middle/Secondary Grades

    3 Credits

    Prepares reading specialist candidates to work with struggling readers at the middle and secondary levels. Assessment, particularly for the purpose of diagnosis and progress monitoring, and instructional practices that address word and comprehension level issues will be examined. A hands-on experience with a middle or secondary grade student is required.


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  • EDU 835 - Understanding Learning Differences and Responsive Pedagogy

    3 Credits

    Through professional readings and focused presentations, reading specialist candidates will understand students who are typically considered “at-risk” because of neurological or cultural issues. Language and learning challenges experienced by students with autism, dyslexia, and by English Language Learners (ELLs) will be presented by experts in these fields. Instructional practices that meet the needs of these students will also be presented.


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  • EDU 836 - Literacy Clinic (Primary and Secondary Grades)

    6 Credits

    This internship level course provides an essential field component and a culminating experience for the literacy specialist candidate. Candidates apply the skills, knowledge, and dispositions they have developed over the course of the program to their work with struggling readers and writers.  


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  • EDU 837 - Organization and Supervision of Reading Programs

    4 credits-

    The reading specialist candidate will develop skills in leadership in order that he/she may effectively organize, supervise, and enhance reading and literacy programs for grades K-12. Because of its intense focus on leadership, this course presents an opportunity for the candidate to apply what has been learned throughout the program. 


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  • EDU 840 - Best Practice in Intermediate Grades

    3 credits-

    Prepares reading specialist candidates to work with struggling readers at the intermediate grade level and to understand four big ideas: assessment, struggling readers, best practice, and comprehension. Through course texts and extensive field projects, candidates explore issues and practices related specifically to the intermediate grade reader and writer. Candidates are required to complete a case study in a partnership school. 


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  • EDU 842 - The Literacy Coach

    2 credits-

    Candidates prepare for the literacy specialist role by focusing on the critical shift from classroom teacher to literacy specialist. Candidates will collaborate with literacy specialists to explore the role of the specialist as coach.


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  • EDU 850 - Introduction to Teaching

    3 credits-

    Introduces the essentials of effective teaching. Emphasis placed on planning lessons and units for teaching, assessment, and classroom management. Participants experience guided observation of classes in their PACT school and collection of materials for their teaching in the coming year. Includes preparation, presentation, and critique of lessons with their peers. Introduces Rhode Island Professional Teacher Standards and the Danielson Domains of Teaching in preparation for implementation in more depth. Same as THL 850.


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  • EDU 851 - Teaching Writing K-12

    3 credits-

    Candidates will engage in an introductory study of writing pedagogy, examining such concepts as judging vs. responding to writers; process vs. on-demand writing; writing assessment; content area writing; teaching conventions; conferencing and revision; the writer’s workshop; and teaching emergent, reluctant, and fluent writers. Prepares literacy candidates to support effective writing practices in elementary, middle, and secondary classrooms.     


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Global Education and TESOL
  

  • GET 601 - Introduction to Research

    3 credits-

    Introduces students to qualitative research and its application to professional practice in global education and TESOL. Students will hone their research capabilities through the design and development of a research project on a topic of choice. This study will include an examination of scholarly publications, data collection and analysis, and a formal presentation of the project findings.


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  • GET 660 - Global Education: Theory, Practice, and Policy

    3 credits-

    Examines the field of global education and its emerging role within higher education.  Participants explore the subset branches of global education such as study abroad and international student services as well as the intercultural learning opportunities afforded by Globally Networked Learning and domestic study. The course will include several guest lectures and networking opportunities with Senior International  Officers.


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  • GET 662 - Global Education, Citizenship and Social Change

    3 credits-

    Explores key concepts relevant to global education in relation to how they inform practices of student learning/identity and every day social relations (e.g., knowledge production, transnational organizations, student mobility, citizenship, immigration, policy, media, language, power, and curriculum). The course approaches these issues from different critical theoretical perspectives namely anti-racism, post/anti-colonialism, Marxism, disability studies, feminist perspectives, and post-structuralist perspectives.


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  • GET 720 - Capstone Seminar in Global Education and TESOL

    3 credits-

    Focuses on synthesizing students’ learning about global education, TESOL, citizenship, and exploring the role of education leadership in an interconnected, global society. Students will reflect on:  How to provide educational leadership in the communities in which you will live, teach, and act? In what ways you are called to respond to the pressing issues confronting global education? Same as EDU 720.


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  • GET 720L - Program Portfolio

    0 credits-

    The Program Portfolio is a graduation requirement for the Master’s in Global Education and TESOL. The goal of the portfolio is to demonstrate progress made over the course of the program, making it a necessity to begin the project early and continue to develop it as the student continues his or her global education journey. Same as EDU 720L.


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History
  

  • HIS 500 - Historical Methodology

    3 credits-

    Explores the origin and meaning of history as both art and science. Examines the historian’s craft throughout the stages of research, synthesis, and exposition. Attention given to the use of source materials, including locating, appraising, and interpreting the sources.


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  • HIS 507 - American Military History I

    3 credits-

    A study of the American military experience from colonial times through the Indian Wars, this course examines the dynamic relationship between policy, strategy, and tactics in the history of America’s wars. These events are analyzed using the lenses of both historical methodology and the classic principles of warfare.


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  • HIS 509 - History of Africa Since 1850

    3 credits-

    Examines the two key forces that have impacted the African continent over the past 150 years: European Imperialism and African Nationalism. The first half of the course covers the partition of Africa and systems of colonial rule; the latter half, the rise of independence movements and the emergence of an indigenous leadership. Historiography will be heavily emphasized.


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  • HIS 510 - Early Colonial History

    3 credits-

    Examines the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America up to the early 18th century. Particular attention given to those factors which contributed to the development of a distinctive American character.


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  • HIS 517 - Modern Rhode Island History

    3 credits-

    Examines Rhode Island’s history between the First Industrial Revolution and the early 21st century. Topics include: causes and effects of industrialization, immigration patterns, Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Islanders and the civil war, conservatism vs. liberal reform, the “Bloodless revolution” of 1935, and the state’s rich ethnic diversity. Students will learn how the past influences many aspects of Rhode Island’s culture today.


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  • HIS 523 - The American West

    3 credits-

    The history of the American West and its place in American culture and imagination will be examined. Some of the following themes will be covered: the significance of the frontier, the impact of conquest on Native American societies in the West, and the impact of race, gender, and ethnicity on one’s historical experience of the West.


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  • HIS 530 - The Civil War

    3 credits-

    A history of the causes of the Civil War; the nature of the Union, the territories, the social differences, and slavery; and the war and its effects.


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  • HIS 532 - Immigrant in America

    3 credits-

    The motives that brought immigrants to America will be the primary focus. Looks initially at immigration from England. Also examines the experience of the European, Hispanic, and Asian immigrants who arrived after the founding of the American Republic. Also studied will be the nativist reaction to the various waves of immigrants.


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  • HIS 533 - History and Culture of the Cold War

    3 credits-

    An examination of the origins of the Cold War, analyzing its causes and assessing its impact on U.S. foreign policy and on domestic politics and culture, with emphasis on the impact of the atomic age on American society, McCarthyism as a domestic version of containment, and the effect of such developments on American society.


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  • HIS 534 - The Gilded Age

    3 credits-

    Reviews American society in the last quarter of the 19th century. Offers analysis and interpretation of the problems of politics, labor, business, agriculture, and reform in post-Civil War America.


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  • HIS 535 - The Progressive Era

    3 credits-

    Survey of the politics in an age of reform, with particular attention to the problems of politics and diplomacy accompanying America’s emergence as a world power.


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  • HIS 537 - American Urban History

    3 credits-

    A survey of the place of the city in the framework of American history. Special emphasis will be given to the post-1860 period and the immigrant groups who reshaped our urban life.


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  • HIS 549 - Modern Japan

    3 credits-

    History of political, economic, and social development in Japan in the modern period, concentrating on the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and Japan’s emergence as a modern state.


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  • HIS 568 - Institutional and Social History of the Middle Ages II

    3 credits-

    Covers selected social and institutional topics in the medieval period, including 4th and 5th century barbarian invasions, Black Death, crusades, Mongolian contacts, territorial expansion, and various medieval women’s topics.


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  • HIS 571 - Early Christian History

    3 credits-

    Traces the history of the early Church from its roots in Judaism and the development of Christian tradition up through the age of Augustine. Same as THL 630.


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  • HIS 573 - The Reformation

    3 credits-

    Studies the complex religious, social, and political factors that led to the Protestant Reformation and its subsequent developments that created new expressions of Christianity. Also considers the Roman Catholic response to the Protestant Reformers and the development of Tridentine Catholicism. Same as THL 632.


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  • HIS 577 - Modern Russia

    3 credits-

    This study of the turbulent history of Russia in the 20th and 21st centuries from the fall of the Romanovs to the present will cover the Bolshevik Revolution; the reigns of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev; the Cold War; Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Union; and post-Soviet Russia.


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  • HIS 579 - Eastern Europe During the Era of the Two World Wars

    3 credits-

    Covers Eastern Europe during the formative period of the two world wars. Examines the various ideas and developments that have helped to bring about the turbulence that has rocked the region in recent years and discusses the lives of the figures who helped to shape the destiny of this part of Europe.


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  • HIS 580 - Eastern Europe Since 1945

    3 credits-

    Examines the political development of the nations of Eastern Europe from the end of World War II to the present. The takeover by the Russians, the development of Communist political regimes, and their role in the Cold War are emphasized. The collapse of Communism and the development of Eastern Europe today are also examined.


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  • HIS 581 - Europe Since 1945

    3 credits-

    Since the end of World War II, Europe has grown toward greater economic cooperation but still experiences the pains of ethnic struggle and warfare. Examines the seemingly contradictory forces of unity and fragmentation. Studies the political, social, artistic, and religious evolution of the continent in recent decades.


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  • HIS 588 - Europe, 1852-1890

    3 credits-

    Studies the social, political, economic, and diplomatic developments from the beginning of the Second French Empire until the end of the era of Bismarck.


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  • HIS 590 - Medieval Church History

    3 credits-

    Study of the development of the institutional aspects of the Medieval Church in relation to Western Civilization and of the major developments in the history of theology from Gregory the Great to the Reformation. Same as THL 631.


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  • HIS 591 - Europe, 1914-1933

    3 credits-

    Examines the major political, cultural, and intellectual events and trends surrounding World War I and the interwar period to 1933. Particular attention paid to the Treaty of Versailles, the Russian Revolution, the Weimar Republic, the Great Depression, and the rise of totalitarianism, Fascism, and Nazism.


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  • HIS 614 - Early Latin America

    3 credits-

    Assesses, from the initial encounter to the wars of independence, the impact of conquest and colonialism on pre-Contact peoples, the rise of immigrant populations, and the evolving institutional basis of colonial life. Specific topics include imperial politics, Spanish and Indian towns, patterns of accommodation and resistance, colonial economies as well as the role of women, family, and kingship. 


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  • HIS 615 - Modern Latin America

    3 credits-

    Traces six selected countries (Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, and Peru) from the 1910 beginning of the Mexican Revolution to the current War on Drugs, addressing particularly political transformations, social movements, economic strategies, and motivating ideologies from both a regional and comparative perspective. The goal is to understand the historical roots behind the challenges and promises confronting Latin America today.


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  • HIS 618 - American Diplomatic History from the Mexican War to World War I

    3 credits-

    Emphasizes the diplomacy of the Mexican and Civil Wars, the roots of late 19th-century American expansionism, the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, and the nature of American involvement in World War I.


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  • HIS 622 - History of the British Empire

    3 credits-

    In its examination of the rise and fall of the British Empire, this course focuses chronologically and geographically on social, political, and economic issues. Explores many aspects of British Imperialism, including its origins; the Americas; imperial endeavors in Asia, Oceania, and Africa; social Darwinism; Nationalism; the transformation of the empire and the formation of the British Commonwealth of Nations.


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  • HIS 629 - History of the Middle East, 1920 to the Present

    3 credits-

    Covers the Middle East through the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of nationalism, the impact of World War I, the struggle for Palestine, World War II and after, Israel and the Arab world, and the Middle East in contemporary world affairs.


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  • HIS 639 - Colloquium on the Irish in America

    3 credits-

    Explores the Irish Diaspora in America and its effects. Attention given to both the Scotch-Irish and the Catholic Irish immigrant experience in America and the social evolution of those immigrants. Through selected readings, lectures, and discussion, examines the broad spectrum of the “Irish experience” from immigrant to middle-class American.


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  • HIS 649 - Europe, 1933-1945

    3 credits-

    Surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Europe from 1933 through 1945. Topics include the Great Depression, Italian Fascism, Nazism, the Spanish Civil War, Catholic social thought, World War II, the Holocaust, and the beginnings of the Cold War.


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  • HIS 656 - Europe, 1890-1914

    3 credits-

    Examines Europe in the years leading to the Great War. All aspects of the period will be covered, including the political and diplomatic maneuverings of the great powers, the challenges brought to European society by industrialization and secularization, the explosion of modernity in the arts, and military preparations - ending with the Christmas truce of 1914.


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  • HIS 679 - America, 1945 to the Present

    3 credits-

    Explores the significant political, economic, diplomatic, and social developments in the U.S. since the end of World War II. Topics include postwar prosperity, the Red Scare, the struggle for racial and sexual equality, student protests in the 1960s, the problems of the modern presidency, and the contemporary crisis in the American economy.


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  • HIS 770 - Special Topics

    3 credits-

    Topics will be determined by the instructor each time the course is offered. Each course topic will be noted in the extended course title in CyberFriar.


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  • HIS 804 - Thesis Continuation

    0 credits-

    Allows for continued access to the faculty, facilities, and service supports regularly available to all registered students. The fee for this course will be the equivalent of 1-graduate credit.


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Mathematics
  

  • MTH 500 - Foundations of Mathematics

    3 credits-

    Designed to prepare students for abstract mathematics.  Logic, set theory, proof techniques, number theory, relations, functions, and cardinalities of sets will be covered.


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  • MTH 501 - Algebraic Structures I

    3 credits-

    Discusses the theory of groups, rings, and fields. Homomorphisms, isomorphisms of groups, factor groups, fields of quotients of polynomials, and extension fields will be covered.


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  • MTH 504 - Differential Equations

    3 credits-

    Discusses ordinary linear and nonlinear differential equations and systems of differential equations. Separation of variables, substitution techniques, integrating factors, undetermined coefficients, and variation of parameters, Laplace transforms, and infinite series will be covered.


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