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Course Descriptions

 

Healthcare Administration
  

  • HCA 208 - The Continuum of Long-Term Healthcare Service

    Three Credits
    Spring Semester

    The course examines medical care from hospitals to hospices, from nursing homes to informal care giving. Case management, financing, and ethical issues are studied and evaluated. Focus is placed on the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of clients and families. Case studies are emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HCA 105 .
  

  • HCA 209 - Public and Community Health

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters (not offered Fall 2019)

    This course reviews the principles, legal authority, historical development, and future of public health. The specific mission of public health with respect to the following topics is discussed: infectious disease, environmental health, maternal and child health, AIDS, substance abuse, and tobacco control. Disparities in health status, the relationship of poverty to poor health, the prioritization of the most prominent community health problems, and the mobilization of local resources to address them are considered.
  

  • HCA 219 - Epidemiology

    Three Credits
    Fall & Spring Semesters

    The role of epidemiology as a tool for analyzing health problems in managerial settings. Introduction to study designs, bias, confounding, and significance; association and causation.

    General Education Attribute(s): Natural Scientific Inquiry (for last time Fall 2018)
  

  • HCA 220 - Healthcare Policy and Politics

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    Historical development of the nation’s system of healthcare. Review of healthcare policy development and implementation at the local, state, and federal levels; major healthcare and related social issues and concerns are addressed in both readings and class discussions.
  

  • HCA 230 - Healthcare Administration Accounting

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    Fundamental introduction to accounting in the healthcare sector. Emphasis on understanding corporate financial statements as a basis for decision making, quality improvement, and planning.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to Healthcare Administration majors and minors only.
  

  • HCA 250 - Mind, Body, Spirit, and Health

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    This course reviews alternative approaches to health promotion and health interventions. It contrasts Western medicine with strategies that utilize the mind and spirit in building defenses against illness and in coping with the problems of chronic pain. The increasing roles of these alternative approaches in current healthcare delivery systems are discussed.
  

  • HCA 300 - Quality Assessment Methods

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2018-2019

    The purpose of this course is twofold: to provide the tools necessary to conduct patient-based assessments that meet the internal and external measurement needs of community medical practices, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities; to provide a working knowledge of the essential qualitative and quantitative Continuous Quality Improvement measurement techniques necessary for process improvement in healthcare facilities.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HCA 105 .
  

  • HCA 301 - Health Communication

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    Introduction to the theory and practice of communication within the healthcare context. Topics include interpersonal communication (e.g., provider-patient, physician-nurse, family-patient, family-provider), communication within health service organizations, and external communication between health service organizations and third-party payers and regulators (e.g., conflict management, negotiation, public relations). Designed for those majoring or minoring in Communication or Healthcare Administration; recommended for anyone interested in working in a facility providing healthcare services.
  

  • HCA 303 - Quality Improvement and Methods in Healthcare

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2018-2019

    Examines the critical principles underlying quality improvement principles and practices in the context of healthcare: motivating clinicians and patients to change their behavior; methodologies for motivation; models or paradigms that govern professional thinking.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HCA 105 .
  

  • HCA 321 - Economics of Healthcare

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    Economic analysis of healthcare delivery markets, physician and nurse shortages, insurance industry distortions, models of hospital behavior, demand and supply considerations, impact of market failure.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ECO 176  or the First-Year Seminar equivalent.
  

  • HCA 323 - Healthcare Law

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    Examines legal issues in provision of healthcare services. What are the three sources of law? What should you do if your healthcare facility is sued for malpractice? What is informed consent? Do you have to tell a patient everything? What should be documented in a medical record and when can such a record be released? When can a patient refuse treatment? When can a healthcare facility refuse to treat a patient? What are a patient’s rights? Negotiation and legal writing skills are developed. Recommended for anyone interested in working in a facility providing healthcare social services, either as a manager or a provider.

  

  • HCA 325 - Healthcare Finance

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    Focuses on: How do I make sense of financial statements? How can I use accounting information to manage effectively? How can I determine the relative “health” of healthcare organizations? How can I budget more effectively? What special issues are raised in the complex area of third-party insurance reimbursement and how will that affect an organization’s behavior?
  

  • HCA 326 - Healthcare Supply Chain Management

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester (Not Offered Fall 2019)

    The role of supply chain management in the healthcare industries: what are supply chains and how do they work? The course studies not only traditional logistics or operation management but also marketing, new product development, finance, and customer service. Material presented in lectures and through case studies.
  

  • HCA 330 - Healthcare Product and Service Delivery

    Three Credits
    Spring Semester

    This course is intended to teach the skills needed to keep organizations competitive in the constantly changing healthcare environment. The course discusses developments in the healthcare field that require managers to have heightened skills in strategic planning and competitive analysis. The course also examines the models that exist for delivering quality service to consumers and how to build a base of loyal customers.

  

  • HCA 334 - Comparative Health Systems

    Three Credits
    Spring Semester

    An examination of the organization, finance, and performance of healthcare systems in selected developed and developing countries to identify possible lessons that can be applied to other healthcare systems. Also, a consideration of the impact of globalization on health services delivery: greater consumer responsibility, demographic shifts, regulatory approval schemes, intellectual property processes, public reporting of provider quality, and performance-adjusted reimbursement.
  

  • HCA 335 - Healthcare Employment Law

    Three Credits
    Spring Semester

    Examines legal issues regarding interviewing, hiring, and disciplining employees. What questions can you legally not ask during an interview? What shouldn’t you say in a reference? When can you legally fire an employee? Are personnel policies on a contract between the employer and the employee? Training and motivational skills developed.

  

  • HCA 336 - Supervision/Leadership

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    How do I establish a proper work setting, getting the most from myself and those who work for me? How do I hire, discipline and fire employees? How do I set proper objectives for the work environment? How do I counsel the “problem employee”? Heavy use of casework and role play with significant focus on understanding and using leadership styles, and developing conflict resolution and negotiating skills.
  

  • HCA 337 - Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2018-2019

    Strategy formulation and evaluation for healthcare organizations. Employing an extensive study of strategic concepts along with case studies, this course will focus on evaluating the external and internal environments of organizations. Tools and techniques for analyzing strategies will also be introduced.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HCA 336 .
  

  • HCA 410 - Healthcare Administration Senior Seminar (WID)

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    Stresses problem identification, selection of alternative solutions, solution implementation and evaluation; case method is used; management memos and senior research paper required.

    General Education Attribute(s): Capstone, Writing-in-the-Disciplines
  

  • HCA 411 - Topics in Healthcare

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    The Healthcare Administration Department occasionally offers courses devoted to special topics in healthcare that explore current issues and emerging approaches in management, policy, and analytics. These courses can involve readings, discussions, written assignments, and community-based learning components.
  

  • HCA 475 - Internship in Healthcare Administration

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters/Summer

    Usually fulfilled by a 400-hour, for-credit experience in the summer between third and fourth years. Tailored to the student, placement requires a high level of employment-like preparation (resumes, interview, etc.). Student evaluation is performed by the on-site preceptor and faculty advisor. Locations may be selected from medical organizations affiliated with the program or identified by the student with respect to geographic needs or other criteria. Paid stipend usually available.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Must complete the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” process found under the myPlans tab in myHill to register for this Internship.
  

  • HCA 490 - Directed Studies

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    Supervised reading and research. Permission of faculty member directing the project and the Department Chairperson required.

  

  • HCA 495 - Healthcare Field Study

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    A limited number of 10 hours per week field studies are available each semester. For the highly motivated student.

Health Science
  

  • HSC 218 - Nutrition

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    An introduction to nutritional biology. Topics include: nutrients and their role in growth, development, health and disease treatment.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): BIO 101  or BIO 203 .
    Note: Recommended for science majors and for students interested in nutrition-related fields.
    Formerly offered as BIO 218. Students may not take both. 
  

  • HSC 220 - Community Nutrition

    Three Credits
    Alternate Years Spring 2019, 2021

    Students will become familiar with community-based programs focused on nutrition and those in which nutrition is a component. Students will develop a practical knowledge, innovative approaches to community nutrition as well as an understanding of different nutritional needs of varying cultural and demographic populations. Through field visits, students engage in dialogue with public health experts who influence community nutrition practice.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HSC 218 or BIO 218. 
    Note: Course was formerly offered as BIO 220. Students may not take both.
  

  • HSC 276 - Clinical Epidemiology

    Three Credits
    Spring Semesters

    Epidemiology is the science of measuring the distribution of diseases in a population, uncovering factors that influence those distributions, and evaluating health interventions. Clinical Epidemiology will introduce you to the fundamental concepts of epidemiology and demonstrate application through the lens of relevant health issues. Furthermore, you will develop literacy in genetic and molecular approaches of modern epidemiology that elucidate the impact of gene-environmental interactions on health and trace the transmission and evolution of disease-causing agents.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): BIO 101  
    Corequisite(s): BIO 261  or PSY 261  
    Course Applies to: Health Science
    Note: Not open to Healthcare Administration majors. (should take HCA 219).
  

  • HSC 350 - Understanding Health Disparities (WID)

    Four Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters

    This course involves an exploration of the social factors that influence the distribution and treatment of illness in society. The class will also include a critical examination of the U.S. health care system and the evolution of the doctor-patient relationship in our society. In addition, we will explore factors that increase an individual’s risk for health issues such as culture, gender, race and the environment. You will be presented with cross-cultural views on a variety of health problems, and you will be expected to come prepared to think critically about these problems and to participate fully in class discussions.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Only open to Junior and Senior Health Science Majors.
    General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
  

  • HSC 470 - Capstone Clinical Internship in Health Science

    Four Credits
    Fall, Spring, and Summer Session

    The Clinical Internship Capstone course will provide Health Science majors with a rich clinical and research experience related to their area of clinical interest. The clinical internship may be taken for one semester Junior year, the summer between Junior and Senior Year, or Senior year; or 112 hours of relevant clinical experience (e.g. volunteering and/or shadowing in hospitals, clinics, private practices, working as an EMT or CNA, etc.)  An accompanying in-depth research paper is required as part of the Capstone.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to Junior or Senior Health Science majors. Must submit the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” found under the myPlans tab in myHill.
    General Education Attribute(s): Capstone
    Note: An Intern will typically spend at least 8-10 hours/week for a minimum of 112 hours on site on site plus the on-campus class to earn 4 credits.
  

  • HSC 475 - Internship in Health Science

    Three Credits
    Fall and Spring Semesters, Summer Session

    112 hours of relevant clinical experience (e.g., volunteering and/or shadowing in hospitals, clinics, private practices, working as an EMT or CNA, etc.).

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): 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. Only HSC 470 - Capstone Clinical Internship in Health Science  counts towards the major.

History
  

  • HIS 100/112 - Heretics, Reformers and Radicals: Women & Power in American History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    This course focuses on women who challenged the gendered hierarchies of their eras. We will examine a collection of women from the 17th to the 20th centuries who developed new modes of exercising power in American public life and overturned longstanding ideas about the weakness and subordination of women.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 112 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 112, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/119 - Chuck Berry’s America: The United States from 1955 to 1965 (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    An examination of how entrenched ideas about race, gender, sexuality, class, age roles and social behavior all came under direct challenge with the emergence of rock and roll and youth culture during the tumultuous decade from 1955 to 1965.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 119 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 119, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/120 - Crosscurrents and Connections: Encounters in the Atlantic World (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    In this course we will view early America through the lens of migration and Atlantic history: exploring the intersections and linkages between Old World and New, and the experience and voices of those who crossed the Atlantic up to the nineteenth century.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 120 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 120, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director).
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/122 - China Rising: The Re-emergence of a Global Superpower (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    China is a political and economic juggernaut in the 21st century, but has also been a vibrant center of global trade and socio-cultural influence for millennia. We explore this long and turbulent history, from the Silk Roads to first encounters between cultures, from diplomacy and war to power struggles between East and West.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 122 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 122, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: Asian Studies
    Note: Considered a World History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/128 - The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    Frederick Douglass’ heroic journey from slavery to freedom in antebellum America illuminates–in lightning flashes–a nation riven by race, region, economy and differing conceptions of justice and morality. The course weaves literature, film, and primary materials, tracing Douglass’s complex life and times and introducing students to college-level historical inquiry.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 128 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 128, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies, Digital Humanities
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
     
  

  • HIS 100/130 - American Family History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    This seminar focuses on the changing American family, its myths and realities, and  places it in historical, cultural, economic, and philosophic contexts. What are the consequences of the many illusions and fallacies that Americans have generated around family life?  Frequent short writing assignments, multimedia blogging, and archival labs based on primary sources will be part of the fabric of this course, which will conclude with making digital stories, short films based on individual family history.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 130 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 130, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies, Digital Humanities
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/131 - Medicine, Healthcare and Society in Europe, 1000-1700 (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    Surveys the history of medical knowledge and practice in medieval and early modern Europe. Through primary and secondary readings, students will gain a historical perspective on doctor-patient relationships, diagnosing illness, anatomy and dissection, explanations of sex and gender difference, contagious disease, religious and magical beliefs about healing, and the connection between mental, physical, and spiritual health.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 131 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
     
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 131, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a European History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/133 - Asian American History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    Survey of Asian migration to and experiences in the United States from mid-nineteenth century to the present. Follows East, Southeast and Asian migrants through gold mines and sugar plantations, on the first transcontinental railroad and on agricultural frontiers, through struggles over citizenship and identity politics. Themes include immigration, race relations and multiculturalism in modern United States history.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 133 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 133, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies, Asian Studies
    Note: Considered a United States or World History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
     
  

  • HIS 100/135 - Revolutionary History: Hamilton (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    The hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” has inspired audiences around the world with its hip-hop styled interpretation of the life and times of Alexander Hamilton and his band of revolutionary brothers. But how familiar are we with the actual history the musical presents? This course examines both the irreverent musical and the revolutionary history that informs it, analyzing the biographies and historical contexts of Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, George Washington, Elizabeth and Angelica Schuyler, and the famous duel that ended one founder’s life and another’s promising career. We will look at the complicated personalities and politics of these figures and analyze “who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 135 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 135, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 100/136 - Fact or Fiction? Myth, Reality and Conspiracy in America (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    What do “alternative facts,” beliefs in UFOs and space aliens, Christian millennialism, competing theories about the JFK assassination, the Death of Elvis Presley, or the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s American citizenship have in common? This course explores, through writing and focused research, historical, cultural, and political myths and conspiracies in American culture, focusing on the changeable and sometimes fantastic nature of historical truth.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 136 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 136, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/115 - The Declaration of Independence in World History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    Introduces students to one of the most significant documents in world history: The Declaration of Independence. We will read the original draft to uncover the elusive document’s “original meaning.” Then, we will examine the intellectual and political underpinnings of the Declaration along with its impact on world history.

     

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 115 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 115, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a World History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/116 - Antisemitism, Nazism, and the Holocaust (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    An examination of Europe’s antisemitic past that culminated in the rise of National Socialism and the Holocaust of European Jews. Special emphasis will be given to eyewitness biographical accounts of this tragic history.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 116 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 116, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a European History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/117 - Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    The history of exploration is the history of convergence-how humans knit together the globe after tens of thousands of years of divergence. From Polynesian seafarers to Christopher Columbus and from the Vikings to David Livingstone, we examine the pathfinders who have shaped our world.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 117 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 117, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director).
    Note: Considered a World History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/124 - History of American Freedom (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    This course examines the idea of freedom in U.S. history from the American Revolution to the present. It focuses on how this idea, so central to American identity, has evolved and has been contested throughout the nation’s history.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 124 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 124, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/125 - The Ancient Dead: Mummies and Other Ancestors (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    This course explores world history through the study of human remains and the human culture surrounding the dead. Through various windows on social history, this will allow a historical survey of human beliefs about life, death and the afterlife, and its relationship to the present.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 125 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 125, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a World History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
     
  

  • HIS 101/126 - Shamans, Prophets and Saints: Mystics in World History (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    “Strange” individuals who journey into other realms of consciousness have been central not only as spiritual or religious guides but as lawgivers, healers, poets, scientists, and even rulers. The course investigates three overlapping categories, tracing their history through various societies and cultural traditions, from Neolithic times up to the present.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s):  HIS 126 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 126, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a World History.
    Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 101/134 - Money and Power in Europe, 1000-1700 (Core/First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Offered Periodically

    Examines the role of money, trade and banking in medieval and early modern European history. Topics include the Mediterranean trading networks of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, medieval entrepreneurship, the Hanseatic League, workers’ revolts after the Black Death, dynastic politics in the Italian Renaissance, the international banking networks of the Medici and the Fuggers, mercenaries and war financing, religious and ethical debates about banking and credit, and the Dutch tulip craze of the seventeenth century.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 134 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 134, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 141 - History and Horror (First-Year Seminar)

    Three or Four Credits
    Fall Semester

    An examination of the history of horror films. This course is an excursion that will compare and contrast the fictional world of the macabre with the historical realities that form and challenge our social and cultural lives. With the aid of film, this course will analyze the phenomenon of the horror genre down through the ages.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 141 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
    General Education Attribute(s): HIS 241, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
    HIS 141, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
    Course Applies to: Cinema Studies
    Note: Can be considered a United States or European History.
    Students may not take both HIS 141 and HIS 241.
    Course does not count towards Elementary Education licensure.
  

  • HIS 205 - Irish American Experience

    Three Credits
    Spring Semester

    Irish background, different waves of Irish immigration, Irish contributions to politics, religion, business and fine arts, as well as the different interpretations of the Irish experience in America.

    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.
     
  

  • HIS 209 - Native American History

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    An interdisciplinary survey of the aboriginal inhabitants of North America from pre-history to the present. Confronts long-standing stereotypes of Native Americans and seeks a deeper understanding of native beliefs, values, and historical experiences. Course deals extensively with European and Native American encounters and evaluates their continuing impact on indigenous communities.

    Course Applies to: American Studies, Anthropology
    Note: Considered a United States or World History.

     
  

  • HIS 214 - Ireland: From Colony to Nation State

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    An introduction to Ireland: its history, people, culture, and mystique. This course explores Irish history from the Norman invasion to the present. Topics include the Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, the Anglo-Irish estate system, revolution and nationalism in Ireland from 1780, the Great Famine, and Irish emigration.

    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 219 - History of World Economic Development

    Three Credits
    Fall Semester

    For description, see ECO 219 .

    Course Applies to: Asian Studies, Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director)
    Note: Considered a World History.
  

  • HIS 220 - Comparative Empires: Spain and Portugal

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    Investigation of the historical foundations and development of the Iberian Empires of Spain and Portugal, the first global maritime empires of the modern era, and evaluation of their historical significance; Columbus and the age of exploration and conquest; and the maturation and decline of the Iberian Empires.

    Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies
    Note: Considered a European and World History.
  

  • HIS 221 - Ancient Mediterranean Greece and Rome

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    A study of the ancient civilizations that coalesced into Hellenistic Culture with a focus on the political, institutional, and intellectual movements, which provided the context for the development of European Civilization.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 225 - History and Film

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    For years, Hollywood has offered an array of films, both epic and provincial, that center upon events in history. Using primary and secondary written accounts, this course will view a comparative selection of these films in the search for “historical” truth.

    Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Sophomore standing.
    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States and European History.
  

  • HIS 227 - Renaissance and Revolutions: Early Modern Europe

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    This course examines the major developments of a pivotal time in European history known as the Early Modern Era (1400-1800). These developments include the educational reforms of the Renaissance, the religious change and violence of the Reformation, the rise of centralized monarchies, European expansion overseas, the Enlightenment, and democratic revolutions.

    General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 228 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    In this survey of American foreign relations from the late eighteenth century to the recent past, we will explore significant trends and changes to explain the movement of the United States from a fledgling nation, to regional power, to global empire, and, finally, to declining superpower.

    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.

     
  

  • HIS 229 - Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    This history of women, men and gender in early modern Europe, between the Renaissance and the early nineteenth century. The course will consider philosophical, medical and religious beliefs about women and men, and the real and imagined roles that women played in early modern society: queens, scientists, healers, witches and saints.

    Course Applies to: Gender & Sexuality Studies
    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 233 - American Catholic Social History

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    An historical presentation of the numerous social issues, conflicts, and varied solutions in American Catholicism from the late 19th century forward with emphasis on how the many issues of society impacted Catholicism. The course demonstrates how the application of faith and various theological and philosophical theories were used in resolution of social conflict.

    General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions, Moral Inquiry
    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History.
    Cross-listed with RST 233 .
     
  

  • HIS 234 - The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1966 (History Cornerstone)

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    The American Civil Rights Movement arose out of the centuries-long efforts of the African American community to resist and overcome the injustices of slavery, racism, and segregation.  African Americans’ experiences during an immediately after World War II laid the foundation for the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s.  This course explores this pivotal period in American history through the documentary record, photography, art, literature, film, and music.

    General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
    Course Applies to: American Studies
    Note: Considered a United States History
  

  • HIS 241 - History and Horror (History Cornerstone)

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    An examination of the history of horror films. This course is an excursion that will compare and contrast the fictional world of the macabre with the historical realities that form and challenge our social and cultural lives. With the aid of film, this course will analyze the phenomenon of the horror genre down through the ages.

    General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
    Course Applies to: Cinema Studies
    Note: Considered United States or European History.
    Course is the equivalent to HIS 141. Students may not take both HIS 141 (FYS) and HIS 241.
  

  • HIS 244 - Colonial Latin America

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    A survey of the historical, economic, political, social, and cultural development of colonial Latin America from before the European discovery to the era of independence. It addresses the major themes and substance of the three centuries of colonial government and an appreciation for the complexity and diversity of colonial Latin America.

    Course Applies to: Anthropology, Latin American & Caribbean Studies
    Note: Considered a World History.
  

  • HIS 245 - Modern France

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    An examination of the rise of modern France from the 1789 Revolution to France’s role in the search for European Union. This includes a study of the reign of Napoleon, the Franco- Prussian War, the German Occupation and the Vichy regime, and De Gaulle and the Fifth Republic. The course will place special emphasis on the lives of French men and women.

    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • HIS 247 - Modern Germany

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    A history of Modern Germany from the 1871 unification under Chancellor Otto von Bismark through the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification in 1990. The course material will consider such topics as German colonization, the World Wars, National Socialism, and Communism.

    Note: Considered a European History.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • HIS 309 - The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era 1865-1929

    Three Credits
    Not Offered 2019-2020

    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
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
     
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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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