2017-2018 Winona Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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E328 Professional Communication 3 credit(s)
An introduction to professional communication, this course teaches students how to write documents commonly generated in the work world, such as emails, memos, resumes, letters, manuals, reports, and proposals. Students are invited to write documents for different audiences, especially those in a student’s major field of study. Some attention may be given to incorporating visuals as well. Finally, general principles of the composing process, of grammar and mechanics, and of style are reviewed as needed. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: E120 or equivalent.
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E329 Poetry Writing 3 credit(s)
This course aims to help students produce inspired and technically informed literary poetry intended for an audience. In addition to writing and discussing their own poetry, students become informed of both the techniques and the traditions of poetry writing. Course work includes the study of published poets and poems, essays and research papers on theoretical issues related to poetry, and the production of original poems by the students. Offered in alternate fall semesters.
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E330 British Restoration and 18th Century Literature 3 credit(s)
This survey examines the major works and authors of the Restoration through the Eighteenth Century, including the historical, political, and social contexts of these works. Offered spring semester.
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E331 The Romantics and Their World 3 credit(s)
Between 1785 and 1830, British writers witnessed two major revolutions and participated in many cultural, political, and intellectual watersheds, from the rise of Romanticism and Republicanism to nation building to the beginnings of modern feminism. They dealt with these cultural experiences in new as well as traditional literary forms, including the historical novel, lyric and narrative poetry, essays, letters, and journals. This course examines the lives and works of a selection of major literary figures from this period and assesses their contributions to the literary tradition in English.
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E333 Shakespeare 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on a representative group of Shakespeare’s sonnets, comedies, histories, and tragedies. Emphasis is placed on close reading of the plays, with the intention of exploring some of Shakespeare’s most pressing issues, including love, nature, death, dreams, relationships between parents and children, gender roles, freedom of the will, and reality itself. The course also address the cultural milieu out of which the texts were generated; the meaning of the terms “comedy”, “history”, and “tragedy”; and the relationship of the written plays to modern adaptations. Offered spring semester.
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E340-345 Special Topics in English 1–4 credit(s)
Designed to permit instruction in specialized fields of English, explore new topics and utilize the expertise of the faculty and other resource persons.
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E351 British Modernism: Its Origin and Its Ends 3 credit(s)
This course explores the primary characteristics of British Modernism by studying authors writing before, during and after the high point of the movement in the early twentieth century. By studying Victorian, Modern and Postmodern British writers, the course considers the creation of modernism and its aesthetic aftermath and simultaneously questions the legitimacy of modernism as a distinct aesthetic category. Special attention is given to aesthetic, theological and philosophical questions and how these are reflected or addressed in literary works. Authors studied might include Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Jean Rhys and Peter Carey. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
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E352 The Edge of Empire 3 credit(s)
This course studies British Literature from the Victorian Age into the postmodern period by looking at it from the “outside.” By studying works of literature from those writing on or about the periphery of the central literary tradition of the British empire, students gain a sense of post-1830 British literature and its relationship to the cultural conditions in which it was produced. Topics could include such areas as Colonial Literature, the Irish Literary Renaissance, and Women’s Literature and consider writers such as Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Katherine Mansfield, James Joyce, Graham Greene, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, and Seamus Heaney. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
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E360 Literature on Location 3 credit(s)
This course is designed to convey a broad sense of English literary history and culture. Through intensive study of culturally important works of English literature, written in different genres over a significant period of time, the course will explore traditionally British values, customs, social norms, and sensibilities. The course will conclude with a fortnight in England, where the class will visit landscapes and sites relevant to the course’s texts. Offered periodically Prerequisite: 15 credits..
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E370 Literature in Evolution 3 credit(s)
This course examines contemporary literature in English by writers from around the world. The course aims to convey a sense of the stylistic and thematic tendencies that continue to evolve in the literatures of our world by exposing students to intensive study of the representation of a particular theme or strain (e.g., imperialism, desire) in works by authors from a variety of backgrounds and social/ political situations. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
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E373 Post-Colonial Fictions 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on literature in English that addresses colonization and decolonization. The course considers how postcolonial texts present the legacy of imperialism; how postcolonial writers inscribe their perspectives, politics, and lived experiences in literature; and how various fictional accounts (of origin, of colonization, of identity, of nationality) contribute to a contemporary understanding of community, history, and narrative. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
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E381 The Adventures of the Writer in World Literature 3 credit(s)
A study of selected works from non-Anglo- American cultural traditions. Students in this course examine how geographical and cultural differences contribute to varying literary representations of “universal” themes. Taking as our point of departure the notion of the artist figure, we examine ancient and modern ideas of creativity, authorship, and the social role of the writer in society in cultures around the world.
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E383 Geographies of Identity 3 credit(s)
A study of selected works from non-Anglo- American cultural traditions. Students in this course explore literature from around the world with a focus on how identities, perspectives, and values are shaped by geographical and cultural circumstances. We look particularly at literary dialogues and confrontations between the Western European tradition and writers from other cultures, especially Russian and African, from the 19th century to today.
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E390 Women’s Narrative 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on narrative strategies that are distinctive in literature by and/or about women and examine themes and issues that are common to women from a variety of social, historical, and/or political situations. In particular, the course examines how literature by and/or about women differs from literature by and/or about men, and how women writers inscribe their perspectives, politics, and lived experiences in literature.
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E391 African American Perspectives 3 credit(s)
African American Literature studies the literary works of major authors of African American heritage. Students examine poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narrative, as well as engage critical race theory that seeks to situate writers of color and their relationship to the American literary tradition. This course considers African American literature as integral to the American literary canon, and readings allow students to see the ways in which African American writers have contributed to, been influenced by, and transformed American culture.
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E410-419 Special Topics in English 1–3 credit(s)
Selected topics in English may be offered depending on student and faculty interest.
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E425 Writing in the First Person 3 credit(s)
This course will focus on a variety of “autobiographical” texts narrated in the first person, including fiction and non-fiction. Additional readings, class discussion, frequent in-class writing activities, and two longer writing projects (one creative, one critical) will focus on the construction of identity, voice, authority, and authenticity in narratives written in the first person. Open to all junior and senior English majors and minors; especially recommended for Literature with Writing Emphasis majors.
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E452 Critical Approaches to Literature 3 credit(s)
This course explores relationships and dialogues among literary works, literary criticism, and cultural theory. In a seminar setting, students wrestle with key theoretical concepts, such as identity, gender, power, language, and representation, and learn to situate their own readings of literary works in a theoretically informed critical conversation. The course investigates the contributions, methodologies, and assumptions associated with key figures in literary and cultural studies. Offered spring semester.
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E470-479 Seminars in English 3 credit(s)
These courses, reserved for upper division English majors and minors, explore special topics in depth through careful reading and research in a seminar setting. Topics vary by semester (see specific descriptions on the course schedule). Prerequisite: junior or senior majors or minors only.
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E490 Senior Thesis 2 credit(s)
Designed to be a capstone experience for senior English majors, this course provides advanced instruction in the research methods, drafting and revision, and bibliography work involved in writing a major research project. Students complete a major research paper in an area of their interest in literary studies and make an oral defense of their project at the end of the course. Prerequisite: junior or senior majors only.
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E497 Internship 3 credit(s)
Tailored individually to each student’s interests and needs, the internship provides an opportunity for qualified juniors or seniors to participate in a field experience under the guidance and supervision of competent professionals. Required for Literature with Writing Emphasis majors; open to all majors.
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English Language Bridging |
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ELB100 Academic Oral Communication Enrichment 3 credit(s)
This course is designed to assist advanced-level nonnative English speakers in acquiring academic communicative competence. Students are introduced to specific settings in which to use an academic register and are familiarized with the rules and quality of performance that are expected in these settings. Because nearly all authentic academic communication situations involve integration of all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), course activities integrate all four skills. Students are required to participate in interviews, orally interpret graphs and tables, define terms, and discuss articles. They also receive practice with listening to lectures, taking notes, and participating in class discussions. Finally, they give a process and impromptu speech, serve on a panel discussion, participate in a seminar, and challenge and defend a position.
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ELB110 English Grammar for Academic Enhancement 3 credit(s)
Advanced-level nonnative English speakers thoroughly examine and review the structure and usage of contemporary spoken and written English grammar in authentic situations. This course involves more than rote rules and forms. ELB110 seeks to bridge the gap between a student’s declarative and procedural knowledge of English grammar. ELB110 assists students in developing a functional understanding of what grammar is and how it works in order to successfully carry out various communicative tasks connected to success in higher education. Through the use of relevant texts and oral language, students focus on the grammatical aptitude required for success at the university level in the skill areas of writing, reading, speaking and listening. Prerequisite: minimum ACT Reading/English score of 13.
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ELB116 Critical Academic Reading Strategies 3 credit(s)
This course for advanced-level nonnative English speakers focuses on reading strategies and vocabulary enrichment in a variety of academic disciplines (i.e., hard sciences, social sciences, history, business, and arts) that students encounter in their general education classes. Students improve their reading comprehension, increase their reading speed, and develop their retention of vocabulary. Strategies that are covered are prereading techniques; annotation and note taking; summarizing and paraphrasing; and vocabulary building.
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English as a Second Language |
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ESL001, 002, 003 ESL Language Experience 3, 6, 9 credit(s)
The ESL Language Experience courses are designed to assist beginning English language learners with specialized language acquisition needs. The courses provide focused instruction specific to the mastery of particular skills necessary to success within the sequence of the ESL curriculum. The courses are also designed to accommodate ESL students participating in short-term (4 week, 8 week, 12 week) programs.
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ESL010 Pronunciation and Listening I 2 credit(s)
The course is designed to help non-native English speakers with critical listening skills, while also stressing speaking and pronunciation. The course utilizes a blended learning approach structured around face-to-face instruction as well as an online program providing speech recognition technology via a provided headset and microphone. Learners are given feedback and instruction to correct pronunciation based on native tongues. Additionally, students study reading, grammar and vocabulary specific to various subjects/careers. The online modules are designed for independent use and are individualized in both pace and level. Teacher led instruction examines non-verbal cues, note-taking skills, stress and intonation, as well as issues arising from cross-cultural communication.
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ESL011 Pronunciation and Listening II 2 credit(s)
Continuing from Pronunciation and Listening I, the course utilizes a blended learning approach combining face-to-face instruction with an online program for the purpose of improving students’ listening and pronunciation skills. Online components are individualized in pace and level while teacher led lessons, reinforcing as well as supplementing online material, will examine rules of appropriate academic and social discourse, connected speech, idiomatic expressions, and stress and intonation patterns.
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ESL020 TOEFL I 2 credit(s)
The course is designed to help students improve TOEFL scores by familiarizing them with the format of the test, providing tips for test taking, and offering opportunities to practice TOEFL exercises and full-length exams. This course focuses on the iBT as well as the ITP TOEFL formats.
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ESL021 TOEFL II 2 credit(s)
Continuing from TOEFL I, the course begins with a review of standardized test taking strategies and formats specific to the TOEFL iBT and ITP. The course proceeds with instruction focused on the mastery of higher-level academic language skills assessed on the TOEFL. Further opportunities to practice TOEFL exercises and full-length exams are provided.
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ESL030 Customs and Culture of the U.S.A. I 2 credit(s)
Designed for international students, the emphasis of this course centers on the introduction and explanation of various aspects of U.S. culture. Students will examine lifestyles, attitudes, customs and traditions of the people of the United States and compare them to those of their countries. Students have the opportunity to listen to guest speakers and participate in activities outside of the classroom.
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ESL031 Customs and Culture of the U.S.A. II 2 credit(s)
Continuing from Customs and Culture of the U.S.A. I, the course proceeds with an examination of life in the U.S. as well as in the students’ home-countries for the purpose of developing social and academic intercultural competencies. Students have the opportunity to listen to guest speakers and participate in activities outside of the classroom.
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ESL035 Public Speaking I 2 credit(s)
The course introduces ESL students to public speaking. Students learn how to plan a speech, research a topic, and use visual aids to enhance delivery. Style, tone, pronunciation, and the importance of body language and appropriate humor will be stressed. Students will investigate, create and present impromptu, personal, persuasive, and demonstrative speeches.
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ESL036 Public Speaking II 2 credit(s)
Continuing from Public Speaking I, the course begins with a review of the basic principles, strategies and forms of public speaking. The course proceeds with a focus on the production of oral language for academic purposes. Using material from a variety of academic disciplines, students will examine and participate in a variety of group discussions and oral presentations requisite to common undergraduate courses. Additionally, along with the interpersonal/cultural skills necessary to an effective speaker and listener, students explore methods of building confidence and relieving stress while speaking in a second language.
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ESL050 Beginning Reading Writing and Vocabulary I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for beginning through lower-intermediate level non-native English speakers, utilizes content-based readings that are intellectually stimulating but not beyond grammatical understanding. The course aims to assist students in developing reading speed as well as comprehension and vocabulary skills. The use and practice of basic standards of correctness for sentence structure and paragraph writing are integrated into the material.
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ESL051 Beginning Reading Writing and Vocabulary II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Beginning Reading, Writing and Vocabulary I, the course proceeds with an integrated approach to developing reading, writing and vocabulary proficiency. Students focus on literal comprehension, the use of more advanced vocabulary, and short essay construction.
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ESL065 Intermediate Reading, Writing and Vocabulary I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for intermediate through advanced-intermediate level non-native English speakers, uses an integrated approach with content-based materials to develop reading, vocabulary and writing skills necessary for success at the university level. Using a variety of academic readings, students develop critical thinking skills while learning to understand, paraphrase, summarize and respond in appropriate written formats. Vocabulary skills increase through the analysis of context, lexical roots, prefixes and suffixes.
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ESL066 Intermediate Reading, Writing and Vocabulary II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Intermediate Reading, Writing and Vocabulary I, the course proceeds to assist students in refining these skills for academic advancement. Students begin to analyze content for abstract inferences while responding coherently in academic prose with logically supported reasoning and discipline specific vocabulary.
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ESL068 Beginning Grammar I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for beginning through lower-intermediate level non-native English speakers, provides students with the fundamentals of English grammar taught in conjunction with writing, speaking, listening and reading skills. Through an examination of basic pronouns, nouns, prepositions, verb forms and tenses, as well as adjectives and adverbs, students develop and manipulate simple sentence structures allowing them to engage in meaningful communication about real-life situations.
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ESL069 Beginning Grammar II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Beginning Grammar I, the course reviews and reinforces the eight parts of speech and basic sentence patterns. Using an integrated approach utilizing all skill areas, the course proceeds with a focus on complex sentence creation employing phrase and clause structures leading to the development of paragraphs practicing target structures.
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ESL075 Intermediate Grammar I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for intermediate through advanced-intermediate level non-native English speakers, begins with a review of basic grammar principles. The course continues with the study of advanced phrase and clause structures, as well as higher-level verb tense usage. In addition, students are exposed to a wide variety of oral and written examples leading to the examination and creation of effective paragraphs and essays for a variety of authentic purposes.
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ESL076 Intermediate Grammar II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Intermediate Grammar I, the course begins with a review of higher-level grammatical structures. Emphasis is placed on purposeful and meaningful use of English grammar for the creation of effective academic writing. Students examine common usage problems dealing with coherence, transitions, misplaced and dangling modifiers, voice and tense shifts, as well as faulty parallel and comparison structures.
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ESL080 Beginning Conversation I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for beginning through lower-intermediate level non-native English speakers, prepares students to meet the basic standards of correctness in English conversation. Through an integrated skills approach, students gain the ability to respond to simple everyday topics in predictable and straightforward situations. Additionally, students become familiar with basic idiomatic expressions and grammatical conventions used in daily interpersonal communication.
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ESL081 Beginning Conversation II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Beginning Conversation I, the course begins with a review of basic conversational practices. Students then examine how to respond appropriately when faced with more complex situations such as instructions, explanations and unpredictable questions. Students continue developing knowledge of idiomatic expressions and oral grammatical concepts.
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ESL085 Intermediate Conversation I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for intermediate through advanced-intermediate level non-native English speakers, prepares students to meet advanced standards of correctness in both social and academic English conversation. Students examine conversational vs. written grammar while focusing on self-monitoring techniques to correct pronunciation, mend gaps in understanding, and identify situations requiring a change of pace and/or altered intonation. As a content-based course, students are additionally exposed to various academic disciplines.
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ESL086 Intermediate Conversation II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Intermediate Conversation I, the course resumes with a more focused study of speaking and listening skills needed for success in a variety of academic situations. Students practice integrating colloquial language, idioms, and everyday slang within more formal grammatical structures. Methods of determining a speaker’s literal vs. implied intent are explored, and students are given authentic situations in which to practice.
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ESL095 Research Writing 3 credit(s)
The course is designed to prepare non-native English speakers for competency in academic written work at a level required within degree programs. This content-based course assists students with the ability to adjust and produce writing strategies according to discipline; to select, evaluate and use primary and secondary research materials; and to develop a multi-disciplinary vocabulary base.
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ESL098 Fiction I 3 credit(s)
The course, designed for intermediate through advanced-intermediate level non-native English speakers, familiarizes students with numerous authors and writing styles. Through the reading and examination of various short works of fiction, students develop higher-level reading and comprehension skills, advanced critical thinking, an improved vocabulary, and a more complete understanding of effective written structures. In addition to practice focusing on defining vocabulary through context clues and identifying main ideas as well as supporting details, emphasis is placed on the examination of how grammatical structures and vocabulary choices influence meaning.
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ESL099 Fiction II 3 credit(s)
Continuing from Fiction I, the course resumes with the reading and examination of additional short works of fiction for the purpose of developing higher level reading and comprehension skills, advanced critical thinking, an improved vocabulary, and a more complete understanding of effective written structures. Following a review of context clues, main ideas and supporting details, students practice paraphrasing, summarizing, identifying bias, and decoding figurative language.
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Finance |
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FN101 Personal Finance 3 credit(s)
This course provides the basics of personal financial management as an important life skill. Students will develop an understanding of personal finance through a series of activities, applications, and projects. Topics include checking and savings accounts, budgeting, use of credit, investing, insurance, and income taxes.
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FN341 Corporate Finance 3 credit(s)
The goal of corporate financial management is to maximize the wealth of the stockholders. Decisions regarding risk and return, the management of current assets and current liabilities, and capital budgeting are examined in view of this goal. Students are also introduced to the stock market and other financial institutions and systems. Prerequisites: C grade or higher in AC222 and either EC261 or EC262 .
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FN345 Entrepreneurial Finance for Small Business 3 credit(s)
This course examines the financial aspects of opening and operating a small business. Special attention is paid to financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and capital budgeting and sources of funding. The course focuses on developing a financial plan, building on student work completed in MG315, addressing various types of business entities such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, and small private corporations. Prerequisites: BU 243 and MG315 .
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FN368 Investments 3 credit(s)
Students study the stock markets, bond markets, and commodity markets. The course emphasizes both personal investing and professional opportunities as investment counselors. Prerequisites: FN341 , M145 or M151 .
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FN402 Financial Markets and Institutions 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on financial markets, money, instruments, and institutions. The emphasis is on the operations and functions of domestic and international markets and institutions. The course reviews the determinants and structure of interest rates and bond prices. Prerequisites: FN341 and FN368 .
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FN404 Portfolio Management 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on the valuation and major investment instruments and strategies available in capital markets. The course considers how investors evaluate and form portfolios with instruments such as bonds, mutual funds, and stocks. The primary focus of this course is the theory and practice of combining securities to optimal portfolios. Prerequisites: FN341 and FN368 .
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FN408 Financial Planning 3 credit(s)
Professional financial planning is the capstone course in the Finance major. This course will require the student to write a comprehensive personal financial plan. The plan will require applying basic financial, economic, and institutional concepts to advise individuals and families in achieving their financial goals. Topics include budgeting, financial analysis, credit management, insurance, time value of money, investment strategies, income taxes, risk management, retirement, and estate planning. Prerequistes: FN341 and FN368 .
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Geographic Information Science |
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GIS305 GIS Methods 3 credit(s)
This course introduces the concepts of spatial data creation, editing, and analysis using GIS software. Emphasis is placed on spatial concepts and understanding and utilizing standard operation procedures. Topics covered include coordinate systems, topological editing, metadata, overlay analysis, and cartography. Technical proficiency is a primary objective of the course reinforced by significant practical exercises utilizing GIS software.
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GIS308 Internet Mapping 3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to effective use of the Internet as a medium to publish map data. It examines the basic implementation details associated with serving spatial data and GIS capabilities over the Internet. Students are introduced to Internet mapping software as well as the particulars of designing and operating an effective map publishing/customization environment.
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GIS332 Programming Principles 3 credit(s)
This course covers foundational programming skills. Examples of programming topics covered included form controls, altering and enhancing properties at run time, variables, decision making, looping, and connecting Visual Basic applications to Microsoft Access databases. Prerequisite: GIS305
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GIS342 Database Design and Administration 3 credit(s)
This course follows a logical progression through basic data and database concepts into design theories, creation, and implementation of an enterprise spatial database. The course explores the role of various tabular structures, from simple flat files to the relational geodatabase.
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GIS356 Spatial Data Methodology 3 credit(s)
This field and laboratory course introduces methods basic to the collection of data in a manner suitable for spatial analysis. Topics include basic orienteering, land navigation, total station and topographical surveying, use of global positioning systems (GPS) and mobile GPS, and preparation of data for conversion to a digital format.
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GIS370 Advanced GIS and Image Analysis 3 credit(s)
This course promotes exploration and utilization of advanced functionality of GIS technology. Substantial effort is directed toward developing proficiency in understanding data at complex levels with an emphasis on advanced raster and spatial analysis. The course covers advanced GIS analysis, image analysis techniques, and geospatial topic-specific areas of study. Prerequisite: GIS305
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GIS490/491 GIS Capstone Project 3-17 credit(s)
This course provides the student an opportunity to complete a large GIS project which can either be for an organization or the student’s project. Prerequisite: computer data science major and senior status
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GIS496/497 Internship 1-17 credit(s)
An opportunity for qualified juniors and seniors to participate in an internship under the guidance and supervision of competent professionals. Credit offered under this course listing involves internships in the geographic information science field.
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Geography |
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GE305 Introduction to Geography 3 credit(s)
A general introduction to the study of geography, with special emphasis on linking geography’s basic concepts to the realms and major regions of the world. (Offered every semester.)
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Global Studies |
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GS489 Thesis Development 1 credit(s)
Students choose a topic and design the research project required of Global Studies majors. The course is conducted primarily on an independent basis in consultation with the global studies coordinator. Offered fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: approval of the global studies coordinator. Junior or senior status.
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GS490 Research in Global Studies 2 credit(s)
Students complete the original research project required of Global Studies majors. Offered fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: GS489 (may be concurrent).
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Greek |
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GK101 Beginning Greek I 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the basic grammar and syntax of classical Greek. Students will read and translate passages from original Greek texts. Offered on a rotating basis.
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GK102 Beginning Greek II 3 credit(s)
This course completes the introduction to Greek grammar while furthering translation skills. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: GK101 .
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History |
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H111 Global History to 1500 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to world history from the origins of civilization to 1500. The course focuses on the societies and cultures of Eurasia: Southwest Asia (the Middle East), India, Persia, China, Greece and Rome, Europe, and Africa, and the Americas. Major themes include the founding and development of the world’s great religions; political ideas, institutions and practices; law and legal institutions; society and economy; war, conquest and empire; the encounters between cultures; and the richness and diversity of human experience and aspiration in the foundational eras of the world’s civilizations. The course also is an introduction to the discipline of history and to the skills of critical reading, critical analysis, and effective communication.
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H112 Global History since 1500 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to global history since 1500. It focuses on the development of the major societies of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia and also on the interactions between these societies, including trade, colonization, biological exchange, migration, the spread of technology, world war and genocide. The course also is an introduction to the discipline of history and to the skills of critical reading, critical analysis, and effective communication.
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H113 U.S. History to 1865 3 credit(s)
This course offers an introductory survey of the multicultural history of the United States from the earliest human settlement around 13,000 B.C. to the end of the Civil War in 1865. It introduces students to the diversity of peoples that came to inhabit North America, such as Native Americans, early colonizers from a variety of European nations, slaves from Africa, and the various waves of immigrants that enriched the American population prior to the Civil War. It introduces students to the various historical periods historians recognize, such as the pre-Columbian era, the Colonial period, the era of the American Revolution, the Early Republic, antebellum America, and the era of sectional conflict and the Civil War. The course also introduces students to many of the people, voices, ideas, beliefs, events, and larger historical developments that shaped American history. And it emphasizes the tension that has existed throughout American history between, on the one hand, the forces that work to create a single, unified country out of this multiplicity of cultures, and, on the other hand, the forces that threaten to undermine and tear apart the great republican experiment that is the United States.
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H114 U.S. History since 1865 3 credit(s)
This course offers an overview of the history of the United States between the end of the Civil War and the present day. It emphasizes broad developments that transformed American life: the transformation of a rural-agrarian into an urban-industrial society; the shift from “isolationism” to internationalism; the rise of liberalism, the growth of the federal government, and the development of the military-industrial complex; the rise of a conservative movement and the subsequent polarization of American politics and life, especially as seen in the Cultural Wars; and the ubiquitous role technology played in these developments. In addition, the course looks at these transformations through the lenses of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, and class, in order to investigate how these broad developments affected people in an increasingly diverse nation.
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H151 American History for Education Majors 3 credit(s)
This course serves as an overview of American history for elementary education majors. It is organized around the social studies standard defined by the Minnesota Department of Education, and as such stresses, in the context of United States and Minnesota history, (1) concepts of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time, and (2) concepts of people, places, and environments. The course pays special attention to the various periods into which historians divide American history; the racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity that has marked American society throughout its history; the creation and development of the United States’ political and economic institutions; the role the United States has played in the world; and the ways in which changing interpretations of their own history has shaped Americans’ understanding of their identity. Offered spring semester. Class is available only for elementary education.
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H165 Art, History and Theology in the Italian Renaissance: A Travel Course 4 credit(s)
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to study Italian art history, political history, and theology, which were at the center of Italian Renaissance culture, and to reflect on the importance of these ideas in shaping modern thought. The course is designed to help students to develop their critical thinking, writing and oral communication skills, and creative perspectives to enable them to get the most out of their international experience. Travel and study in Rome, Florence, and Vicchio will be the focus of this course. Same as AR165 . There are no prerequisites for this course. This is a summer travel course meant for high school/SMUMN partnership. Additional course fee required
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H270 Historical Thinking 3 credit(s)
This is a sophomore level course for students intending to major in history or history/social science, or those interested in exploring these majors. It is also recommended but not required for history minors. The course introduces students to the discipline of history, and in particular to the skills of thinking historically, of collecting and analyzing historical evidence, of critically reading the work of historians. The course also focuses on close readings of one or more major historical works which make large claims about the human experience by integrating approaches from several disciplines, and also on critical evaluation of the debates generated by these works. The course encourages students to broadly synthesize their learning and to deeply reflect on the nature of the historical discipline. There are no prerequisites for this course, but completion of a college level history course is recommended.
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H298 Field Exploration 1 3 credit(s)
This course is a supervised, practical application of historical concepts and techniques at institutions such as historic sites, museums and local and state historical societies.
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H303 From Republic to Empire: Rome 4 credit(s)
The Roman Empire holds a unique place in the world history and in the Western imagination as one of the largest and longest-lived empires in history. This course surveys the history of Rome from its legendary foundation in 753 B.C. to its fall in 476 A.D. It focuses on key questions such as how do we explain the rise of Rome and its triumph over so many adversaries? How did it successfully govern such a vast and diverse empire for so long? There will be a special focus on the late republic, its crisis, civil war, amazing conquests, its conversion into a monarchy, and the famous and intriguing personalities of the time including Cato the Elder, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Ceasar, and Antony. A second focus will be on Rome’s fall. Were internal developments such as the remarkable transformation of Rome into a Christian empire to blame? Was Rome a victim of its own success, corrupted by wealth and power, or was Rome the casualty of barbarian invaders? Finally, everyday life in the late republic will also be explored.
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H305 Race, Slavery, and Revolution in the Atlantic World 3 credit(s)
This course focuses on the exchange of goods, people, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1900, with special emphasis on ideas about race and the social structures they engendered, the triangular trade in the Atlantic basin, the transatlantic slave trade, slave rebellions, and the political revolutions and religious upheavals that transformed many slave societies and ultimately ended plantation slavery in the Atlantic World. The course also pays attention to race and slavery prior to the transatlantic slave trade, the racial dimensions of national independence movements, the trans-Saharan slave trade to northern Africa, abolitionist movements, and the diverse cultures of the black diaspora.
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H308 From the Constitution to the Civil War 3 credit(s)
The writing and ratification of the Constitution are among the United States’ proudest historical achievements, while the American Civil War was the Constitution’s greatest test. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the developments and debates that led to the writing and ratification of the Constitution, the developments of the early national and antebellum periods that fostered greater unity among Americans, and the divisive issues and developments of the 1850s and 1860s that tore the nation apart yet ultimately affirmed the national unity envisioned by the Constitution. The course covers a diversity of social, political, cultural, intellectual and economic topics from the period between 1783 and 1865, such as the development of state constitutions, the development and spread of slavery, the market revolution, the growth of democracy, westward expansion and the removal of Native Americans, early reform movements, growing sectional conflict, and the Civil War. In addition to a broad understanding of the major topics of this period, students gain insight into both the methods historians use to interpret the past and the historiography that surrounds this vital period.
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H311 U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century 3 credit(s)
A general introduction to the history of American foreign policy in the 20th century, the course seeks to increase students’ awareness of the relationship of the U.S. to important issues of war and peace as they unfold in the world. It also pays attention to the linkage between the domestic political environment and its impact on foreign relations. Furthermore, it looks at important events and crises in U.S. foreign relations as well as some theories and practices of U.S. foreign policies. Students acquire a good set of tools to carry on their exploration of the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the rest of the world.
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H315 American–East Asian Relations 3 credit(s)
The aim of this course is to do three things: provide a general introduction to the history of relations between the United States and the major countries of the East Asian cultural sphere (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam); explore the changing images Americans have had of the peoples of these nations, the Chinese and Japanese in particular; and draw connections between both these themes and the experiences of Asian–American during the last century-and-a-half of American history. Special attention is paid to crisis in American–East Asian relations, such as: the Boxer Uprising and the 1900 siege of Beijing, World War II and the Occupation of Japan that followed, the Vietnam War, and contemporary disputes over issues of human rights in China (stemming from the June 4th Massacre of 1989). Through classroom lectures, course readings, and a critical viewing of a variety of visual materials (including excerpts from newsreels, newscasts, and feature films) students look at the process by which crisis involving American interests alter or give new life to enduring Western stereotypes concerning East Asia. A major goal of the course is to provide students with the analytical tools and historical background necessary to put future crises in U.S.–East Asian relations, as well as the American media’s coverage of these crises, in perspective.
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H317 History of Latin America 3 credit(s)
The History of Latin America provides a historical overview of Latin America—broadly defined to include relevant parts of the Caribbean and French America—from the Spanish, Portuguese, and French conquests to the present day. The course pays attention to the following: the role of Indians and Africans in shaping Latin American societies; the conquest of Latin America; sugar and slavery; the role of the Catholic Church and other religions in Latin American cultures; Spanish and Portuguese administration; the independence movements of the nineteenth century; the revolutionary movements and military dictatorships of the twentieth century; Latin America’s relationship with the United States and other world powers; liberation theology; and soccer, music, literature, and other expressions of Latin American culture.
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H318 The Ottoman empire 3 credit(s)
This course examines the history of the Ottoman Empire from its founding in the fourteenth century to is dissolution after World War I. Topics include formation and expansion of the empire, the religious and ethnic divisions within the empire, their impact on its longevity and its ultimate demise, the effect of attempts at modernization in the 19th century, and its legacy in the contemporary world.
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H319 The History of the Palestinian- Israeli Conflict 3 credit(s)
This course begins with a brief historical examination of the period from Abraham, whose “many sons” include both the Jews and the Arabs, through the Ottoman collapse and Mandatory Period to World War II. The chronology then slows and focuses primarily on the developments in the Middle East that have led to the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Underlying this chronological structure, specific themes will be emphasized in each class, along with overarching themes like the roles of nationalism, religion, and victimhood narratives.
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H321 From Romanitas to Vikings: The Early Middle Ages 3 credit(s)
The first half of a two-semester course sequence that covers the period of history from the later Roman Empire to the demise of the Carolingian Empire. The course is organized around two ideas. The first is the creation of Western civilization out of three distinct traditions: the Greco-Roman, the Judeo-Christian, and the Germanic. Thus, the early Middle Ages were a time of intense change as this amalgam took centuries to develop. The second idea is persistence, for example, of the Latin language and the idea of the Roman Empire. Both ideas reach a temporary synthesis in the guise of Charlemagne, a Frank who is crowned as Emperor of the Romans by the pope. At the same time the Vikings and the Arabs represent significant challenges to Romanitas or Romanness, and accelerate the internal divisions that undermined the Carolingian monasticism, the creation of barbarian kingdom, the development of the early Byzantine Empire, and the growth of a feudal society. These topics are explored in particular by close readings of primary sources.
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H322 The Age of Holy War and Reason: The High Middle Ages 3 credit(s)
The second half of a two-semester course that covers the period of history from approximately 1000 to approximately 1400. Out of the chaos of the tenth century emerged a mature medieval civilization that still exhibited some paradoxical tendencies. These include the emergence of the concept of Holy War or Crusade under the leadership of a reformed papacy together with a vigorous revival of classical culture that culminated in the scholastic synthesis. Other topics include feudal monarchy, chivalry, the revival of towns, and the establishment of the mendicant orders of Franciscans and Dominicans, culminating in the disasters of war, plague, and revolt that mark the fourteenth century and that foretold the end of the Middle Ages. These topics are explored in particular by close readings of primary sources.
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H332 Art, Assassination, and the Individual: The Renaissance 3 credit(s)
The Renaissance refers to the greatest outpouring of art in the history of Western civilization. It also refers to extreme political violence in Italy where war and assassination were regular parts of politics. The Renaissance was distinguished by a spate of memorable individuals such as Petrarch, Lorenzo de’ Medici, and Pope Julius II. The Renaissance was a time of great religiosity personified by saints such as Catherine of Siena, but also a corruption that pervaded the institutional Church at its highest levels. All of this happened within the remarkable revival of classical culture and humanism and new theories of education and learning. Emphasis will be placed on the reading of important Renaissance texts by authors such as Niccolo Machiavelli, and Thomas More.
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H333 The Destruction of Christian Unity: The Reformation 3 credit(s)
The Reformation refers to the sixteenth-century religious movement that culminated in both the reform of the Latin Church and its division. The course surveys the state of the Church before Luther, a time of great upheaval with popes in Avignon, the Great Schism, and conciliarism. It balances a study of the theological issues such as justification, Scripture, and the sacraments, that defined the magisterial Protestant Reformation in its Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican traditions, with its Catholic counterpart associated with the Council of Trent, a reformed papacy, and new religious orders such as the Jesuits, and Brothers of the Christian Schools. Special emphasis is placed on the longer and shorter intellectual, political, and social causes of the Reformation, some of which can be traced back to ideas, often heretical, found in the early Church and to medieval scholastic speculation.
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H335 American Environmental History 3 credit(s)
The course introduces students to environmental history as an academic discipline and teaches American history through the lens of that discipline. It emphasizes the reciprocal and symbiotic relationship between human beings that historically have occupied North America and their surroundings—the natural environment as these human beings encountered and transformed them. As such, the course introduces students to the various strands in environmental thought, environmental science, environmental practices, religious belief as it pertains to the relationship between human beings and the environment, and environmental politics that have shaped the history of North America and the United States. The course also familiarizes students with the practices of historiography and the specific historiography of environmental history.
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H340-349 Selected Topics 3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history may be offered depending on student and faculty interest.
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H355 U.S. Women’s History 3 credit(s)
This course is an examination of the image, roles, status, and activities of American women. In addition, gender issues are explored within their socio-political, cultural, and historical contexts. Special emphasis is placed on a comparative approach to the study of women’s lives as they interact with race, class, and ethnicity.
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H357 The History of Rock and Roll 3 credit(s)
This course analyzes the rise, development, and sociocultural impact of rock and roll, broadly defined to include soul, rhythm and blues, punk, reggae, country, hip hop, heavy metal, and other genres that have become essential parts of American popular culture. Through critical analysis of the texts, images, sounds, business practices, and media machinery of rock culture, as well as of rock and roll’s profound impact on television, fashion, race relations, gender relations, advertising, and politics students gain an understanding of the functions of popular art and culture in the political, social, and economic life of the United States. The course challenges students to critically examine primary source materials and secondary readings about topics such as the southern roots of rock music, postwar youth culture, race and racism, class, gender and sexuality, technology and mass media, the culture wars, and rock music as an American export, and thereby come to a greater understanding of the development and interaction of modern and postmodern culture.
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H365 Witches, Revolution, and Reason: Early Modern Europe 3 credit(s)
The early modern period, from approximately 1500 to 1750 is one of the most tumultuous in Western history. The period began in a context of religious war and state buildings that culminated in the absolutist France and an England that endured two revolutions, regicide, and an emerging parliamentary system of government. But perhaps its most distinguishing feature is the great witch-hunts that culminated in seventeenth-century prosecutions that sometimes mutated into hysteria. This turbulent time ended with two highly influential intellectual movements, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, which radically rejected the religious fervor of the previous centuries for a program that lauded reason, nature, toleration, and new political theories.
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H366 From Revolution to World War: Modern Europe 1789–1914 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the history of Europe during its explosive period of modernization, beginning with two concurrent world-changing events — the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Using a variety of sources, including works by historians but also primary sources ranging from manifestos and letters to plays and novels, students investigate the ideas and movements which emerged from this “dual revolution” to change the world, including imperialism, liberalism, socialism, feminism, and nationalism.
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H367 Europe in the Era of World War 1914–1945 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to Europe’s “thirty year crisis,” from the outbreak of World War I in 1914 to the end of World War II in 1945. Europe’s period of progress and optimism was shattered by the “Great War” in 1914. Four years of violence created the crucible out of which the monster of fascism arose. This led to an even larger war only twenty years later. During WWII, mass slaughter became commonplace, from the Nazi Holocaust to the Allies’ strategic bombing campaigns, which targeted civilian populations. Using a variety of sources, the course examines the big picture of great power confrontations, but also how the wars were experienced by individuals.
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H370 Research and Writing 3 credit(s)
This is a junior-level course required for those intending to major in history or history/social science. It is also recommended but not required for those intending to minor in history, and for those who are social science education majors. It serves as an introduction to the critical thinking skills and dispositions used by historians as well as some of the basic research techniques employed by historians in research papers. The course requires students engage in their own research and writing, but focus on a broad topic of the instructor’s choosing that will enable the instructor to introduce students to various source bases, research methods, argument strategies, and theories/ epistemologies that may inform their senior theses. Students are encouraged to start developing their senior thesis projects, especially as a way of transferring the knowledge gained from studying the course’s topic to a topic of their own choosing so it can dovetail with the senior thesis course. Prerequisite: H270 .
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H380 Imperial Russia 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the political, social, economic and cultural history of the Russian Empire from its origins to the fall of the Romanovs. The course emphasizes the crisis of the old regime between the period of the Great Reforms of the 1860s and the revolution of 1917. In addition to works by historians, this course uses a variety of primary sources, including memoirs, manifestos, letters, and also works of literature by such authors as Aksakov, Turgenev and Tolstoy. The course seeks to lay a basis for understanding the Bolshevik experiment of the 20th century, as well as Russia’s contemporary struggle to define its identity after the collapse of the Soviet state.
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H381 Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Russia 3 credit(s)
The Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 new states, the largest of which is Russia, in 1991. This event was widely heralded in the West as a turn to democratic capitalism; a decade later this was no longer so clear. This course lays the basis for an informed understanding of today’s Russia by introducing its history in this century. The course highlights the revolutionary period including the Bolshevik seizure of power and Stalin’s “second revolution,” and also the recent past, including the periods dominated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. In addition to works by historians, the course uses a variety of primary sources, including speeches, manifestos, eyewitness accounts, novels, and a series of influential Soviet films.
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H390 Modern China 3 credit(s)
This is a survey of Chinese history from the rise of the Qing Dynasty in the mid-17th century to the protest and repression of 1989. It discusses some of the main social, economic, cultural, political, and intellectual features of the “traditional” Chinese world the first Qing emperors ruled. It also covers the way this world changed as China experienced a series of convulsive events, including both threats from abroad and domestic rebellions and revolutions.
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H391 Chinese and Chinese–American Films as Cultural Makers 3 credit(s)
This is designed to assist students to gain a general knowledge of Chinese history from the feudal dynasties to the present, to stimulate students in thinking clearly and critically about Chinese cultural values, to provide students with fundamental facts and documents of the development of Chinese society through the eyes of several Chinese movie directors, and to develop students’ oral and writing communication skills. Specifically, this course investigates how films by such directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, and stars such as Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Jet Li have shaped Western perceptions of China as well as encoded Chinese culture and history. Beginning with a comparison of The Emperor and the Assassin and Hero, students study how Chinese history is interpreted from two divergent points of view and representative of key Confucian and Daoism concepts. A study of Ang Lee’s films offer the opportunity to investigate how a Taiwan-born, American director has been able to reshape and recondition both Chinese and American cultural icons. Prerequisite: H390 .
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