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HIS 251 - United States Economic History Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
For description, see ECO 206 .
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Not open to first semester students.
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 257 - Modern Latin America Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Seeks to locate Modern Latin America (c. 1800-present) within a global framework and to understand the origins and development of the political, economic, social, and cultural issues that challenge and define Latin America today, including US foreign policy and changing ethnic, gender, and class relations.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 262 - Medieval Europe, 400-1500 Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Rise of Medieval Europe through the “barbarization” and Christianization of the Roman Order. Idea of Empire and Christendom, the conflict of Papacy and Kingship. Feudalization of Europe and the rise of cities, popular religious movements. The culmination and crisis of this order in Renaissance cities and its fragmentation in the political and religious conflicts of the Reformation Era.
Note: Considered a European History.
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HIS 263 - Religion in America Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
An examination of a variety of religious ideas, institutions, and traditions in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Special emphasis is placed upon questions of religious pluralism, religion and cultural identity, and religion in public life.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
Cross-listed with RST 262 .
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HIS 270 - Modern China Three Credits
Spring Semester
An introduction to the dramatic transformations in China’s political, economic and socio-cultural life from the seventeenth century to the present. The course will cover transitions from dynastic to republican to communist rule, encounters with the West, socio-economic reforms, and the challenges of modernization in the world’s oldest continuous civilization and bureaucratic state.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Asian Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 271 - World History I (History Cornerstone) Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course examines the history of humanity from the emergence of our species to the early modern era. Explores how and why humans shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture societies creating cities, states, and empires. Examines the consequences of this transition for human societies and the environment.
General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: Asian Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 272 - World History II (History Cornerstone) Three Credits
Spring Semester
Examines the history of the human community from the early modern era to the present. Explores how and why industry, nation states, and European style economics have come to define the modern world. It analyzes the interconnections and interdependencies, nowadays called “globalization” that continue to define human historical development.
General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: Asian Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 277 - History of Brazil Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course examines the history of Brazil from 1500 to the present and explores its richly diverse culture, politics, economy, and geography that ultimately tie it to the histories of Europe, Africa, Asia, the U.S. Major themes include: race relations, national development, military dictatorships, and popular culture.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 278 - History of the Islamic World I Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course explores the historical development of Islamic societies from the pre-Islamic period to roughly 1500 CE. We will develop a nuanced understanding of cultural, intellectual, spiritual, political and economic themes important to the formation of classical Islamic civilization, through studying primary texts in translation, visual arts and contemporary scholarship.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 281 - American Nation I (History Cornerstone) Three Credits
Fall Semester
Comprehensive study of American historical development with a focus on the development of U.S. political principles, ideals, founding documents, institutions, and processes. Topics include modes of colonial life, geographical perspectives, the Revolution and Constitution, urban development, westward movement, constructions of race and gender, popular culture, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 282 - American Nation II (History Cornerstone) Three Credits
Spring Semester
An analysis and interpretation of the development of American politics, foreign policy, and domestic society from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include the gilded society, world power, the rise of consumer culture, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, affluence and discontent.
General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: American Studies, Asian Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 285 - Women in Early America: 1630-1865 (History Cornerstone) Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
The history of women from the colonial era through the end of the nineteenth century. Examines the diversity of experiences among women of different races and classes in America, focusing on issues central to female experience: reproduction and family life, work, religion and reform, and political struggles for civil rights.
General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 287 - Women in Modern America: 1865-1975 Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Survey course of U.S. Women’s History from Reconstruction to 1975. Examines a diverse array of women’s lives and experiences including women’s rights activists, African-Americans, Native Americans and Immigrants. Topics will include civil rights, women in war, education, reform, marriage, family and reproduction, labor, consumer and popular culture.
Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 289 - African American History Three Credits
Not Offered 2018-2019
A survey of the African American experience in the North American colonies and the United States, from its origins to the present. Topics include the beginnings of New World slavery and modern conceptions of race, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the development of slave society and culture, the U.S. Civil War and emancipation, life under segregation, the Civil Rights movement, and contemporary issues.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
Course was formerly offered as HIS 321. Students may not take both HIS 321 and HIS 289.
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HIS 290 - History of the Islamic World II Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course explores the historical development of Muslim societies from roughly 1500 CE to the present. We will develop a nuanced understanding of cultural, intellectual, spiritual, political and economic themes important to the contemporary Muslim world in its global context, through studying primary texts in translation, visual arts and contemporary scholarship.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 295 - History of India Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course explores the diverse history of India from paleolithic times to the present. From the earliest known human past in India, we will move into the development of its powerful mythological and religious systems. India’s great cities, epic poems, artistic and scientific traditions and spiritual texts will be explored along with the political history of empires, colonialism, independence and modernity.
Course Applies to: Asian Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 301 - Colonial America Three Credits
Fall Semester
Examines the social consequences of colonization, migration and war in early America, 1500-1775. Emphasis is placed on the evolution of regional cultures, and the interaction of British colonies with competing European cultures (French, Spanish, Dutch), with Native Americans, and with African-American slaves.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 303 - From Depression to Dominance Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Studies the political, social, and economic life of the United States from the Great Depression to 1960. Students will explore the New Deal, World War II, the origins of the Cold War, the growth of new media, and major changes in class, gender, and race relations.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 304 - U.S. Popular Culture Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
An investigation of U.S. popular culture focusing on its ability to illuminate important themes in the nation’s social, economic, and political development. A special emphasis will be given to twentieth-century popular culture. Important questions and themes will include popular culture’s role in perpetuating attitudes regarding race and gender.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 305 - U.S. Popular Music Three Credits
Fall Semester
In a seminar format, this course will analyze how American popular music reflected and shaped public notions about class, gender, and race. Topics will include jazz, rap, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country, and folk music.
Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 306 - Topics in U.S. Cultural History Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
In a seminar format, this course offers an opportunity to study a specific area or problem in U.S. cultural history in greater depth. Secondary and primary sources will form the basis of class discussion. Alternating topics to be announced prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Limited to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Note: Considered a United States History. Course may be taken twice as topics vary.
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HIS 307 - From the New Frontier to a New Century Three Credits
Spring Semester
This course studies the political, social, and economic life of the United States from 1960 to the present. Students will explore the burst of political activism during the 1960s and 1970s, Watergate, the Reagan era, and other historically significant individuals, events, and programs of the last decades of the twentieth century and the early decades of the twenty first century.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 308 - The Early Republic Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Explores the tumultuous years following the American Revolution when Americans fought over the meaning of the war and the future direction of the country. We will examine the major conflicts of the period, including ratification of the Constitution, slavery, reform movements, Indian removal, immigration and capitalist development.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 309 - The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era 1865-1929 Three Credits
Periodically or As Needed
This course will immerse students in two of the most colorful, tumultuous, and important epochs in U. S. History: the Gilded Age (1865-1900) and the Progressive Era (1900-1920), transformative periods, when banks and corporations wielded enormous power, the income gap between the 1% and the other 99% grew significantly larger, and new technologies dramatically changed American lives, a time when heated debates about U.S. military interventionism, the environment, and immigration dominate the news headlines.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History
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HIS 323 - Africa in Stories: History, Literature and Film Three Credits
Fall Semester
Africa is the site of rich intellectual and cultural diversity. It is the site of fundamental traditions and turning points in the larger story of humanity. African histories have been narrated in diverse ways by outsiders and by Africans themselves. Each story comes from a religious, political and intellectual vantage point. In this course, we will explore and critically examine the ways in which these stories have both expressed and shaped history.
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 324 - From Jackson to Lincoln Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Examination of the major political, social, and economic developments in U.S. Society from the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency in 1828, to that of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 325 - Lincoln and His America Three Credits
Spring Semester
An examination of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most important and frequently studied figures in U.S. history. The course is conducted as a seminar, and readings include Lincoln’s own speeches and writings as well as scholarly studies of his life and career.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 326 - The Christian Churches in Nazi Germany Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
An examination of the choices that the Catholic and Protestant churches made under the impact of National Socialism. The course will also examine the reaction of the churches to the persecution of the Jews and the Holocaust.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Junior standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions, Moral Inquiry
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a European History.
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HIS 327 - American Civil War and Reconstruction Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Examines the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction in U.S. history (1860 - 1880), including the war’s origins and consequences. The course explores, in addition to the military aspects of the war, the major political, social, and economic development of the period.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore Standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 328 - Revolutionary America Three Credits
Spring Semester
Traces the events and conditions that led North American colonists to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness through political conflict, revolution, and war. We will examine the breakup of empire in North America and consider how ordinary men and women, African Americans, and Native Americans responded to and shaped revolutionary events.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 329 - The Vietnam Era and Its Legacy Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
An examination of U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia and the war in Vietnam from the 1940s to the present. The course explores the origins of the U.S. military commitment in Southeast Asia and the ultimate failure of U.S. policy. The effects of the war on veterans and the home front, the peace movement, and the legacy of the war for contemporary U.S. society is also examined.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies, Asian Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 330 - United States Seminar: Topical Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Offers an opportunity to study a specific area or problem in U.S. history in greater depth. Seminar format focusing on discussion of primary sources and secondary literature. Alternating topics to be announced prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies and/or Gender & Sexuality Studies (based on topic)
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 333 - The American Catholic Experience Three Credits
Spring 2021
A critical examination and analysis of the peoples, events, and ideas that shaped American Catholicism from the era of discovery to the 21st century. Catholicism’s minority status and the perennial tension being American and Catholic are used as guiding principles in this study.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Note: Considered a United States History. Cross-listed with RST 333 .
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HIS 335 - Abolitionist and Proslavery Thought Three Credits
Fall Semester
An examination of writing and speeches attacking and defending slavery in the United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 337 - The Electric Guitar in American Culture Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course explores the electric guitar as instrument, symbol, and artifact in modern American culture. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we will assess the impact of the electric guitar on various kinds of music, from blues to heavy metal, and dig into the lives of the musicians and manufacturers who gave the electric guitar its iconic power.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History. Course formerly offered as AMS 333.
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HIS 347 - Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
An in-depth study of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement from the establishment of the Weimar Republic through the end of World War II.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Note: Considered a European History.
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HIS 349 - The Inquisition: Myth and History Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Explores the myths and history of the Inquisition as a social, political and religious institution in Europe, the Americas, and in Goa, India, from its Medieval inception to its final abolition in the nineteenth century. Students will seek to understand why it was created, how it functioned, the impact it had on the societies that sustained it, and why it was finally abolished.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director).
Note: Considered a European and World History.
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HIS 351 - The French Revolution Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
This course focuses on the decade of political upheaval in France (1789-1799) that later became a catalyst for widespread political changes in countries all around the world. In addition to the key events of the Revolution, students explore how ordinary people (including women and people of color) experienced this tumultuous event.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore Standing.
Note: Considered a European History.
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HIS 353 - A World at War Three Credits
Fall Semester
Organized violence represents one of the most common of human activities. Warfare shapes, and is shaped by, deep seated political, social, economic, religious, and technological values and attitudes. For good or ill, warfare has played, and continues to play, a key role in shaping the world we live in. The course explores warfare and its consequences from a world historical perspective from Paleolithic times to ancient China and the Middle East to modern day forms of state and extra-state violence.
Course Applies to: Middle Eastern Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 355 - The Holocaust Three Credits
Spring Semester
A historical analysis of the Holocaust of European Jews under National Socialism. This includes a study of the origins of antisemitism, the rise of National Socialism, German Jews in the Weimar Republic and their exclusion from public life under National Socialism, the euthanasia action, Reichskristallnacht, ghettoization, deportation, and the concentration and death camps.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Note: Considered a European History.
Course formerly offered as HIS 207, so students may not take both.
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HIS 360 - European History Seminar: Topical Three Credits
Spring Semester
Offers an opportunity to study a specific area or problem in European history in greater depth. Seminar format focusing on discussion of primary sources and secondary literature. Alternating topics to be announced prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: Anthropology
Note: Considered a European History.
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HIS 362 - World History Seminar: Topical Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020
Offers an opportunity to study a specific area or problem in World history in greater depth. Seminar format focusing on discussion of primary sources and secondary literature. Alternating topics to be announced prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 374 - Bound Feet and Dragon Ladies: Women & Power in East Asia Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course challenges western conceptions of Chinese and Japanese women as unwanted daughters, submissive wives, and exotic geishas. We explore this complex history by studying women’s oppression and agency, their evolving socio-political roles, and the construction of gender ideals - male and female - through close examination of popular culture, film, art, and literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore Standing and above.
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a World History.
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HIS 380 - Public History Three Credits
Spring Semester
This academic and experiential course looks at the practice, methods, and possibilities associated with practicing history in museums, historic sites, and archives. In the classroom, we will explore the nature of public history through curatorial, archival, and preservation issues, as well as examine the roles of education, interpretation, exhibitions, and living history. A substantial field component has students encountering museums, archives, and historic sites to interact with professionals, discover what public historians do, and critically assess their public history offerings. As a final project, students will collaboratively produce a museum exhibition at Stonehill.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 385 - Topics in U.S. Women’s History Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course moves beyond a broad overview of the role of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century U.S. History to examine specific topics such as education, reform, labor, culture, and political organization in depth.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Note: Considered a United States History.
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HIS 420 - Historical Theory and Writing (WID) Four Credits
Spring Semester
The course explores the nature and study of history including historical theory, historical evidence, and historical writing.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): History majors and minors only. Sophomore, Junior and Senior standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
Note: Course should be taken in Sophomore year.
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HIS 425 - History Lab Three Credits
Fall Semester
History Lab introduces majors to the hands-on methodological practices that historians use to gather, assess and interpret data to make historical arguments. Students will visit local archives and museums to further their knowledge of the craft of historical research. In addition, the lab will place emphasis on developing the student’s skills in research, analysis, citations, statistics and quantification. Lab culminates in the completion of an independent research proposal for HIS 430 .
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 420 and Junior Standing.
General Education Attribute(s): Statistical Reasoning
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HIS 430 - History Thesis Four Credits
Fall Semester
An independent, original historical research project based upon the thesis proposal written in HIS 425 . Thesis includes in-depth analysis of primary and secondary sources and a bibliography. A faculty advisor works with the student one-on-one throughout the semester. In addition, students participate in a seminar that includes draft analysis, peer review, and oral presentations.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 420 and .
Note: Fulfills the Capstone requirement in History.
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HIS 475 - History Internship Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Internships are available to History students to give them an opportunity to experience the relevance of the past to the present through active participation in contemporary institutions and organizations. Students work under the supervision of the departmental Internship Coordinator, maintain a field journal, and write a final paper.
Concentration consideration linked directly to the Internship’s area of focus.
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HIS 490 - Directed Study - History One to Four Credits
Offered as Needed
An in-depth study of an historical question under the tutorial direction of a faculty member. Concentration consideration linked directly to the Directed Study’s area of focus.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing. Approval of a faculty member willing to supervise the project and the Department Chair or Program Director; and submission of the online Directed Study Application and Contract to the Registrar’s Office.
Note: Students must complete 45 hours work/semester per credit.
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HON 100 - Honors Introductory Seminar One Credit
Spring Semester
The Honors Introductory Seminar introduces Moreau Honors Scholars to the importance of leadership, intellectual curiosity, and service in the Stonehill community. It challenges them to take initiatives to effect positive changes at the College and prepares them as individuals and a group to excel in their work both inside and outside the classroom.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to Moreau Honors Scholars only.
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HON 400 - Honors Senior Seminar One Credit
Fall Semester
HON 400 provides a fitting close to students’ experience in the Moreau Honors Scholars program by inviting them: (1) to gather as a community for bi-weekly sessions (100 minutes) throughout the spring semester of their senior year: (2) to engage in workshops on graduate school and career possibilities in conversation with staff and alumni, and (3) to share in a series of conversations and presentations that articulate and assess the outcomes of their four years at Stonehill.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to Senior Moreau Honors Scholars only.
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IMC 501 - Creativity in Integrated Marketing Communications Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course is the introductory course to the IMC Master’s degree program at Stonehill College. It is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) in the context of a creative and innovate program design. Students will learn techniques for improving the flexibility and originality of their thinking and will explore approaches used by practitioners of Integrated Marketing and Communication to create and sustain organizational innovation. Students will learn and apply the IMC planning process and examine the role of integration to ensure consistency of creative strategy.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree. Undergraduate seniors may be allowed to take the course with the IMC Program Director’s approval.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 514 - IMC Public Relations and Crisis Management Three Credits
Spring Semester
Students will learn about the evolution of public relations practice from its beginnings to its present professional status. The course emphasizes both the principles as well as the processes of creating and implementing an effective public relations campaign. Students will learn how to strategize, develop and produce public relations tools including press releases, public service announcements, crisis communication plans, speeches, newsletters and special events.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree. Undergraduate seniors may be allowed to take the course with the IMC Program Director’s approval.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 530 - Topics in Integrated Marketing Communications Three Credits
Offered Periodically
As needed, a special topics course in a given area of current, popular interest will offered to students as an elective for the IMC graduate program and those seniors, on a limited basis, interested in pursuing a master’s degree in IMC at Stonehill upon completion of their undergraduate degree and acceptance into the master’s program.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree. Undergraduate seniors may be allowed to take the course with the IMC Program Director’s approval.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 602 - Organizational Communication Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course is designed to expose graduate students to both traditional and contemporary organizational communication theories. This course emphasizes the applied nature of organizational communication using foundational and recent research in the field. Throughout the semester, we will direct our focus to understanding relevant research designs and methodologies for studying communication within organizations, particularly within the context of integrated marketing communication.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 603 - Marketing Management for Integrated Marketing Communications Three Credits
This course is designed to serve as an introduction to the theory and practice of marketing. Students will improve their ability to develop effective marketing strategies and assess market opportunities, as well as design strategy implementation programs. In addition, students will have the opportunity to communicate and defend their recommendations and build upon the recommendations of their peers.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 604 - Integrated Marketing Communications Methods Three Credits
This course explores the research underlying communication and marketing campaigns. The course will cover both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. It is here that students will fully appreciative how their creative impulses can have practical rewards. Students will also be introduced to the techniques used to identify and reach audiences and to monitor results of marketing campaigns.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 605 - Buyer Behavior Three Credits
This course examines the consumer decision process and the effect on consumer decision making of external environmental influences (culture, sub-culture, social class, reference groups, family and personal influences) and of internal psychological influences (personality and lifestyle, learning, motives, perception, and beliefs and attitudes). Applications of psychological, sociological, anthropological, and economic theories and models to the understanding of buyer behavior and the development of an integrated marketing strategy.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 607 - Transformative Design and Thinking Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course will focus on communication through visual media as it relates to integrated marketing. Students will be engaged in exercises that will illustrate design theories and visual problem solving. Design principles will inform the course and students will be creatively challenged to demonstrate an understanding of them through presenting an original project for peer review.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 613 - Digital Marketing Three Credits
This course explores several aspects of the new digital marketing environment including topics such as digital marketing analytics, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and 3D Printing. It will provide richer understanding of the foundations of the new digital marketing landscape and a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help the students digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Intergrated Marketing Communication
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IMC 620 - Role of Graphic Design within Integrated Marketing Communications Three Credits
This course is a general overview of Graphic Design in IMC. Students will be introduced to the contributions and potential of a graphic designer as part of an integrated marketing team. Such things as workflow, the technological tools utilized, useful terminology and project pacing will be covered. Students will be exposed to the visual problem-solving angle within integrated marketing. In addition, basic design principles and the ability to identify effective design modules will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 621 - Media Economics and Technology Three Credits
This course is designed to familiarize students with the media industry and its business practices, operations, content and technology with an emphasis on the digitization of media channels and platforms. The course establishes an understanding of the basic economic principles that underlie media businesses and the markets through which audiences are aggregated for advertisers. Emphasis is placed on the roles of audience measurement and media technology in shaping the content of media and the capabilities of advertising and other brand communications to reach audiences. The course emphasizes how the ongoing convergence of media content and commercial messages is redefining the media business and the world of integrated marketing communications.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 623 - Strategic Event Planning and Management Three Credits
Spring Semesters
Students will identify current and emerging career opportunities in the field of Event Management. They will learn relevant strategic, organizational communication theory as it relates to event planning and will gain significant practice in planning, designing and critiquing events through hands-on experience. Students will analyze ways in which organizations communicate their image and message through events and promotions, while considering key issues facing the event industry in today’s global society. Group work and hands-on applications, combined with case study analysis and class discussions are the primary teaching/learning methodologies.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 630 - Integrated Marketing Communications: Special Topics Three Credits
Periodically or As Needed
A course offered under this title will be a new course that was developed to meet emerging trends in the industry, special student interest and demand, or fulfill a faculty interest. Course may be taken twice.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 670 - Integrated Marketing Communications Capstone Three Credits
During this final course, IMC students will have the opportunity to apply the comprehensive skills they have built throughout their study of the concept and practice of integrated marketing communications. Students will work their advisor to choose a company or organization to take on as a “client.” Students will develop an integrated marketing communications plan, creating a well-researched, creative, integrated plan for their client. Students will work individually with their advisor and client though team approaches will also be possible depending on clients and client needs. Students will convene at multiple points during the semester to provide oral updates, written assessments, a final plan, and a strategy pitch to fellow students.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 675 - Integrated Marketing Communications Internship Three Credits
The graduate internship is designed to familiarize and significantly advance the Integrated Marketing Communications master student’s knowledge of integrated marketing communications. The internship is designed to give students the opportunity to apply IMC theories and concepts in a professional setting.
Permission of the Internship Supervisor. Open to graduate students only. Must submit the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” found under the myPlans tab in myHill.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 690 - Integrated Marketing Communications Directed Study Three Credits
Directed study may be granted to a graduate student who wishes to study an area of specialization, within the Integrated Marketing Communications framework, that is not offered wholly or as a part of the current IMC curriculum. The student must work and meet regularly with a faculty member throughout the semester to discuss readings and topics toward a paper or project due at the end of the semester.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completions of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications
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IMC 612 - E-Commerce Three Credits
This course focuses on several important areas impacting the dynamic nature of Internet marketing by addressing the role of mobile, social, and local marketing in today’s environment, the integration of e-commerce into the marketing activities, and the major problems and opportunities that e-commerce activities pose for the marketing manager.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
Course Applies to: M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communication
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IND 042 - The Alexander Technique One Credit
Fall Semester
The Alexander Technique is a mind-body method that reveals unconscious habits of movement that interfere with performing daily activities. Studying the technique helps to change those habits. People who have studied Alexander Technique have experienced relief from discomfort, improved breathing and greater ease of movement. Used by actors, musicians, dancers, athletes, and those who simply wish to improve and explore themselves.
Note: Students should wear comfortable clothes since some gentle movement is required. Students should be open to their limbs being manipulated by the Alexander Technique instructor.
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IND 201 - Nutrition and Health Behavior Three Credits
Fall Semester
This introductory course will explore the concepts of health behavior and general nutrition as it applies to helping individuals adopt healthy lifestyles. Theories of health behavior will be introduced to help explain how and why decisions are made regarding preventative health behaviors. We will discuss topics such as healthy diets, stress management, physical activity, eating disorders, mental health issues and tobacco and learn how to address these behaviors through current theories and research.
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IND 203 - Examining Modern Ireland Three Credits
Not Offered 2018-2019
Introduces the patterns of modern and contemporary Irish life and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics ma include the Famine, Anglo-Irish Literary Revival, formation of the Irish Free State, and the Troubles. Authors may include J.M. Synge, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney and others. Explores the impact of cultural nationalism and examines the Irish response to changes in modern Irish society including religion, the family, social change, and the Irish economy.
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IND 205 - Memory and Violence in Ireland Three Credits
Summer
Focuses on the ethics of remembering Ireland’s often violent history. Students engage with theories of memory and commemoration to probe what is at stake in Ireland in the creation of commemorative sites, programs, and literature. Covering the First World War to the Troubles, the course examines moral and ethical questions about memory and its relationship to sectarian violence in Ireland.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Note: Course formerly offered as IRS 205.
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IND 230 - Art and Psychology: Introduction to Art Therapy Three Credits
Not Offered 2018-2019
Addresses the relationship between works of art and scientific inquiry into the human mind. Students will be introduced to the history and theory of Art Therapy and investigate the creative process and its relationship to therapy. Readings, films, and experiential workshops will all be part of the course.
Note: No artistic experience necessary.
Formerly offered as VPH 230. Students cannot take both IND 230 and VPH 230.
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IND 310 - Research and Peer Consulting Three Credits
Spring Semesters
The rapidly changing information ecosystem presents challenges when it comes to evaluating and using information. Students interact with a multitude of information resources in more and more sophisticated ways. This practicum prepares students to become Library Information Mentors by developing their research skills and learning how to analyze another student’s information needs. Students will train to help others identify sources and research tools, evaluate and synthesize information, and identify issues related to intellectual property rights.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Faculty recommendation or permission of the instructor.
Course Applies to: Digital Humanities
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IND 314 - Information Ethics for the 21st Century Three Credits
Summer
Information ethics concerns the relationship between the creation, dissemination of use of information and the standards and norms governing its use. Information ethics provides a critical framework for exploring moral issues including privacy, environmental and issues, and journalism.
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
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IND 320 - Topics in Art Therapy Three Credits
Spring Semester
In this studio course students will explore the creative process and its potential as a therapeutic tool. Students will be working in small groups and individually to put theory into practice using various media (topics to be determined with each iteration). Students will be expected to explore the process from both the perspective of the practitioner and that of participant creating art that is meaningful to them.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): This class requires no previous art experience though it is suggested that students consider taking IND 230 - Art and Psychology: Introduction to Art Therapy in addition as it will deepen one’s understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of Art and Expressive Therapy.
Note: Course formerly offered as VPS 320. Students cannot take both IND 320 and VPS 320.
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IND 333 - Democratic Education Three Credits
Spring Semester
This pedagogy seminar is connected with the IDEAS program. We will explore innovative approaches to engaged teaching and learning, reflect on the changing landscape of higher education, and assess the multiple meanings of democratic education.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Students must be facilitating an IDEAS course in the spring semester. Permission of instructor required.
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IND 340 - Developing Fundraising Leaders Institute Three Credits
Fall Semester
The Developing Fundraising Leaders Institute (DFLI) is a program aimed at developing future nonprofit leaders. In addition to expanding students’ knowledge and understanding of development, DFLI provides students with the practical skill set necessary to achieve successful and rewarding careers in, or working with, the nonprofit sector. Students who complete DFLI are exceptional candidates for internship placements at a range of nonprofits.
Course Applies to: Arts Administration.
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IND 357 - Topic in Interdisciplinary Studies Three Credits
Fall Semester
This special topics course offers opportunities for study in various topics of interest within the field of interdisciplinary studies.
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IND 400 - Interdisciplinary Minor Final Integrative Project Three Credits
Offered as Needed
The final unit of an interdisciplinary minor is a required integrative essay, project, or performance. A student must register for IND 400 the semester he or she will complete the integrative unit. Once enrolled in IND 400, the student and faculty sponsor must submit a detailed plan of study to the Program Coordinator. The student will need to answer the following question: What form will this integrative unit take? They must note the specific description of the proposed unit, the learning outcomes that will result, the criteria for assessment, the frequency of contact between student and faculty sponsor, and a preliminary list or readings and assignments. Students pursuing an Interdisciplinary Studies Major may also register for IND 400 as a capstone with the approval of the Program Coordinator.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Junior Standing, Completion of Interdisciplinary Minor Application.
Note: For more information please refer to Academic Life & the Curriculum or contact the Program Coordinator.
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IND 401 - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone Seminar One Credit
Spring Semester
The Interdisciplinary Capstone seminar fulfills the Capstone requirement for students in interdisciplinary studies. Students in this enrichment seminar will focus on the nature of interdisciplinarity and reflect on their own major experience.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to Junior or Senior Interdisciplinary Majors and Minors only.
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ITA 131 - Elementary Italian I Three Credits
Fall Semester
Elementary Italian I is a course intended for students with no previous study of Italian or with very little knowledge of the language (no more than 1 year of Italian). Students who have taken Italian in high school are required to take the placement exam before enrolling in the class. Class work focuses on the acquisition of the oral-aural skills, speaking and listening. Readings on topics in Italian culture as well as frequent writing assignments are also an essential component of the course. ITA 131 is taught primarily in Italian. Out-of-class homework requires work with the Quia lab manual.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Students who have taken Italian in high school are required to take a placement exam before being allowed to enroll in ITA 131.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 132 - Elementary Italian II Three Credits
Spring Semester
Elementary Italian II is a continuation of Italian 131. It aims at expanding the student’s competence with particular attention to oral and written communication. ITA 132 is conducted primarily in Italian and entails the study of all the basic structures of the language with practice in conversation, reading, and writing. Class participation is encouraged through role-play, group work and songs. Out-of-class homework requires work with the Quia lab manual.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): .
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 231 - Intermediate Italian I Three Credits
Fall Semester
For students who continue to study Italian after ITA 132 or who are placed at the Intermediate Level. Intermediate Italian I is a continued study of vocabulary, grammar and syntax with emphasis on more advanced structures. It entails a selection of readings on cultural and social topics and relies on class discussions and communicative activities. Students are required use an online lab manual. The class is conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): or placement.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 232 - Intermediate Italian II Three Credits
Spring Semester
Intermediate Italian II is a continuation of Italian 231. It aims at expanding the student’s competence with particular attention to oral and written communication. The course focuses on the acquisition of more advanced language structures with practice in conversation, reading, and writing. Class participation is encouraged through dialogs, individual presentations, group work and songs. Out-of-class homework requires work with the Quia lab manual. The class is conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): .
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 251 - Italy: Language and Identity Three Credits
Fall Semester
For students who continue to study Italian after ITA 232 or who are placed at the upper intermediate level. ITA 251 is designed to refine and apply language skills in writing, speaking, reading and listening beyond the Intermediate level. Topics on regional and national identity serve as a context for language acquisition and grammar review. Students investigate what constitutes the Italian identity through the study of authentic texts and Internet resources. Class projects involve individual research about the history, art and popular culture of contemporary Italy.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Placement at the upper intermediate level, ITA 232 or consent of the instructor.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Italian Studies minor
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ITA 252 - Italian Conversation and Composition Three Credits
Spring Semester
ITA 252 is designed to strengthen speaking and writing skills through advanced vocabulary acquisition, listening comprehension and the analysis of short texts. Activities include discussions on cultural readings, conversations on current events as well as group and individual oral reports. Students write weekly compositions and use online collaboration tools such as blogs.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ITA 251 , or instructor permission.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 337 - Contemporary Italy Through Film Three Credits
Fall Semester
For students who continue to study Italian after ITA 232 , or ITA 252 or who are placed beyond the Intermediate Level. This class provides an understanding of contemporary Italian society and culture by viewing, reflecting on, and discussing Italian films of the last sixty years. The class will analyze 8 films, learning their context and through them the key events that have shaped the national identity of Italy. Students will read a selection of essays on Italian cinema and complete writing assignments and oral presentations.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ITA 232 , or placement.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 338 - Italian Culture and Civilization Three Credits
Spring Semester
A broad overview of Italian culture from the Middle Ages to the present, highlighting key historical and literary developments of each century with an interdisciplinary perspective. Students in ITA 338 become familiar with a variety of texts from different fields of knowledge, including art history. Class work entails class presentations and research papers in Italian.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ITA 337 or Instructor permission.
General Education Attribute(s): Language Requirement
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
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ITA 490 - Directed Study: Topics in Italian (WID) One to Four Credits
Offered as Needed
Directed Studies are granted on a variety of topics, which are usually selected at the recommendation of the professor (Examples: Italian literature in Translation; Italian Women Writers; Contemporary Italian Literature; The Italian Detective Novel). Students should have completed at least two semesters of 200-level Italian courses before doing a Directed Study. Preference is given to students who have already declared a Minor in Italian Studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Two 200-level Italian classes, or Consent of Professor Daria Valentini, Italian Studies Program Director. Approval of a faculty member willing to supervise the project and the Department Chair or Program Director; and submission of the online Directed Study Application and Contract to the Registrar’s Office.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
Course Applies to: Italian Studies minor
Note: Students must complete 45 hours work/semester per credit. This class may be taught in English or Italian. No more than one directed study may count for the Minor in Italian Studies.
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JRN 100 - Reporting and News Writing Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Students will learn how to gather, write and edit news and feature stories for print and on-line publications. Writing, accuracy, and interviewing skills needed in both the journalism and public relations fields will be stressed.
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JRN 101 - Advanced Reporting and News Writing (WID) Four Credits
Fall Semester
Students in this course learn to write a wide-range of articles, including in depth pieces for publication in newspapers, magazines and websites. Social media storytelling and reporting will be explored. Students will also write a wide-range of in depth articles with a strong emphasis on professional publication. Tablets, such as iPads, are also used in the course.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): JRN 100 .
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
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JRN 222 - Development of American News Media Three Credits
Alternate Years: Fall 2018, 2020
This course traces the development of the news media, print, and broadcast, from their beginning stages in the 1830s to the present. The economic, cultural, political, and social dimensions of this process are explored.
Course Applies to: American Studies
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JRN 309 - Narrative Writing Three Credits
Alternate Years: Fall 2019, 2021
Learn to use fiction writing techniques in the growing non-fiction narrative writing field. Students will learn how to get the best interviews from people, how to develop characters, what type of research information is needed, where to get it and how to gather it to create riveting narrative stories.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): JRN 100
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JRN 313 - Journalism Ethics and Law Three Credits
Spring Semester
Examination of media law in the United States and how it affects news gathering, advertising, online and traditional publications. Students will examine both historic and contemporary media cases with the eye towards answering the question: “Just because the media can legally do something, should it?”
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JRN 320 - Sports Broadcast Journalism Three Credits
Spring Semester
This course centers on production of a studio-based, sports-themed program focusing on Stonehill athletics and athletes. Time will be spent recounting and summarizing Skyhawk sports highlights live in studio, and emphasis will be placed on producing human interest stories for show that go beyond the games themselves.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): JRN 100 or DMP 215
Course Applies to: Journalism
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JRN 330 - Topics in Journalism Three Credits
Periodically or As Needed
The journalism topics of this journalism course will vary to reflect changes in field. Topics will include entrepreneurial journalism, broadcast writing, writing for religious publications, and storytelling through mobile journalism (including the use of social media in the news).
Course Applies to: Journalism
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JRN 421 - Journalism Practicum Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Students will report and write a wide range of news and feature stories for the student newspaper and the student newspaper website under the individual supervision of the instructor in this laboratory setting course.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): JRN 100 .
Note: May be taken twice.
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JRN 475 - Internship in Journalism Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Opportunity for students, usually in their fourth year, to practice journalism with a news organization.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): JRN 100 , minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Must complete the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” process found under the myPlans tab in myHill to register for this Internship.
Note: An Intern will typically spend at least 8-10 hours/week for a minimum of 112 hours on site to earn 3 credits. Journalism minors may take 3 times for a maximum of 9 credits.
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