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ENGL 425 - Seminar in African American Literature 3 Credits
(Alternate Spring Semesters)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an examination of novels and collections of short fiction by major contemporary African American novelists, such as Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Ernest Gaines, etc.
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ENGL 439 - Seminar in Cultural Studies 3 Credits
Spring
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102; and either ENGL 213, 250, 253, 254, 283, 333, OR 437; or ART 407; or Permission of Instructor. This course explores the role of art in mass culture using cultural critique as our primary critical orientation. We will investigate the dialectical relationship between art (literature, film, music, and other art forms) and technology, capitalism, bureaucracy, politics, propaganda, production and consumption, and other components of contemporary lived experience. The concept of mass culture will be weighed against other cultural studies conceptualizations such as high culture, pop culture, folk culture, oppositional art, and other modes of understanding the ways in which material practices and ideologies play a role in how art is theorized, produced, and consumed.
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ENGL 407 - Shakespeare 3 Credits
(Fall)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236 This course offers a study of Shakespeare’s dramatic and/other poetic works. Attention will be given to understanding the sociohistorical realities of the culture in which Shakespeare wrote. This course incorporates readings of Shakespeare’s work based on various schools of literary theory.
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ENGL 408 - Shakespeare and Film/New Media 3 Credits
(Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course offers a literary study of Shakespeare’s dramatic works and interpretations of said works on film, TV, the internet, and other forms of new media with the help of film studies, new media studies, and digital literacy tools.
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ENGL 319 - Special Topics in American Literature 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of American literature focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: Native American literature; Asian American literature; Chicano/a American Literature; travel literature; Cold War literature; American autobiography; literature of specific geographic locations such as Washington, D.C., New York, or the Pacific Rim; and literature and the other arts.
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ENGL 303 - Special Topics in British Literature 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course is a study of British literature focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: medieval romance; the picaresque novel; gothic literature; literature, obscenity, and the law; fairy tales and fantasy literature; utopian literature; post-colonial literature; and literature and the other arts.
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ENGL 370 - Special Topics in Caribbean Literature 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. Possible topics for consideration in this course may include, but are not limited to, the following: literary interpretations of calypso and reggae music; Caribbean ‘yard’ literature; Caribbean autobiographical literature; Caribbean folk literature; Negritude writers of the Caribbean; the literature of Caribbean women writers; and the literature of colonization.
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ENGL 353 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This is a study of literature written by and about women, focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: contemporary women writers; women in post-slavery and post-colonial environments; images of women in Renaissance Literature; images of women in Victorian writing by women and men; and the literary representation of mothers and daughters in twentieth-century fiction.
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ENGL 253 - Studies in Popular Culture 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course will examine and analyze popular culture and its representation in different media ranging from such diverse examples as hip-hop music to sci-fi cinema. Specifically, manifestations of popular culture in literature, film, television, music, and advertising will be assessed, as will the growing role of technology in the creation and understanding of culture. In addition, this course will assess the rhetorical situation of the examined texts, and analyze those texts through the application of traditional rhetorical and literary methods.
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ENGL 283 - Studies in Popular Songs and Artists 3 Credits
Spring
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course examines how and why certain songs and artists have become popular in the United States from the nineteenth century to today. Students will learn how genres such as blues, rock and roll, Latin, country, R&B, dance, and rap/hip-hop influenced one another to create popular music and culture. These interactions will be examined from a cultural studies perspective that analyzes lyrics, visual performances, and marketing strategies to understand how the race, class, gender, and sexuality of musicians and music listeners have responded to cultural trends, historical events, technological advancements, and sociopolitical movements to create music that is both timely and timeless.
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ENGL 498 - Teaching A Second Language 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the new techniques and procedures for teaching a second language. Problems of teaching the language and the culture, traditional methods, audio-oral, and cognitive approaches will be discussed.
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ENGL 466 - Technical Editing 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): Working knowledge of at least one word processing system, ENGL 101 and 102, and ENGL 361 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an intensive study of and practicum for editing and designing complex documents such as technical manuals, proposals, and research reports. The course will provide students with the skills necessary for editing these documents as it applies to invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. Students will examine strategies for document management and explore the theoretical justifications for making editing decisions.
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ENGL 361 - Technical Writing 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course is a study of the particular requirements of technical and report writing, coupled with review and refinement of basic grammar and composition skills, designed to prepare students for career-related assignments. The course requires extensive work with computers, which includes word processing, graphics, and working on the Internet.
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ENGL 362 - Technical Writing for Computer Science 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 361 or Recommendation by the Computer Science Department. This course covers topics for writing technical documents in the field of computer science. Topics include using documentation, proofreading, editing, designing, and writing proposals, short reports, and other business communication. This course requires extensive work with computers.
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ENGL 212 - The African American Literary Imagination 3 Credits
(Fall)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. This course explores how Africans in America have represented group and individual identities, aspirations and frustrations, and triumphs and defeats through the medium of writing. Focusing on selected texts from the enslavement era to contemporary literature, students will explore and analyze the trajectory of freedom, the resonance of culture, imaginations of Africa, and the politics of race.
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ENGL 329 - The African American Short Story 3 Credits
(Alternate Spring Semesters)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course provides an in-depth exploration of selected major African American short Story writers, such as Chesnutt, Hughes, Baldwin, Wright, Kelley, Petry, Bontemps, etc.
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ENGL 331 - The African American Vernacular Tradition 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course is a study of the African American Vernacular Tradition from the period of enslavement to the present. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: spirituals, ballads, tales, speeches, sermons, work songs, blues, jazz, spoken word and rap songs. This course will also examine the ways in which the vernacular tradition informs the African American literary canon, including writing by Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Etheridge Knight, Amiri Baraka, and Paule Marshall.
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ENGL 402 - The British Romantic Period 3 Credits
(Alternate Spring Semesters)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an intensive study in British Romanticism, focusing on the literary, historical, and cultural situation from ca. 1785-1830. Writers to be examined include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats; Hazlitt, De Quincey, Lamb, and Leigh Hunt; and Wollstonecraft, Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Baillie, and Hemans.
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ENGL 403 - The Victorian Period 3 Credits
(Alternate Fall Semesters)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an intensive study of the writers and culture of Victorian England. Writers to be studied may include Tennyson, the Brownings, the Brontës, Arnold, Wilde, and Conrad; and themes and topics may include aestheticism, industrialization and urbanization, gender and the “Woman Question,” evolution, and imperialism and colonization
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FINA 424 - Commercial Banking 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320 and ECON 321. This course analyzes the problems and policies concerning structure, organization and management, deposits, cash and liquidity management, lending, investing, trust services, international banking, and capital structure of commercial banks.
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FINA 421 - Corp Finance 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320. This course examines the roles and functions of the financial manager. This course develops financial policies, skills, and techniques as they apply to financial problem-solving. This course will be supplemented by extensive readings and application of skills and techniques to selected problem situations faced by financial officers.
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FINA 430 - Current Issues in Finance 3 Credits
Course offered as needed
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320. This course will involve a wide spectrum of Current Issues in Finance (emerging topic in finance), in banking and finance with one selected for each semester in which it is offered. The course will allow students to relate the current events to the theory of their major area of study. The issue will be chosen based on the current events at the time the course is offered. Topics will vary each semester that the course is offered.
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FINA 422 - Investments 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320. This course is a study of the principles and techniques used in the analysis, selection, and management of securities investments. This course examines the relationship between risk and return, factors influencing securities valuation, and the development of appropriate investment objectives.
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FINA 222 - Personal Finance 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course focuses on the development and management of family income and the critical analysis of the potential benefits and associated cost of a particular financial decision. This course also emphasizes both short- and long-term financial goals. Issues to be examined include, but are not limited to, the development of a personal budget, efficient use of financial institutions and credits, strategy for financing both consumer expenditures and consumer durables, and, finally, building a financial future in terms of an efficient financial investment portfolio.
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FINA 320 - Principles of Finance 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring, Summer)
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 212, ECON 211, ECON 212. This course is an introduction to the principles, concepts, and techniques of business finance. This course focuses on the fundamentals of financial analysis, management of current assets, capital budgeting, capital structure, and external financing.
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FINA 323 - Small Business Finance 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320. This course examines the financial management requirements facing small and entrepreneurial firms. Topics related to financial analysis, financial planning and strategy, obtaining and deploying funds, and selected issues of concern to small business owners/managers and entrepreneurs will be discussed.
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FINA 400 - Special Topics in Banking and Finance 3 Credits
Fall, Summer
Prerequisite(s): FINA 320. This course will involve a wind spectrum of special topics like Real Estate Finance, Insurance etc in banking and finance with one selected for each semester in which it is offered. The topics will be chosen based on the interest of students in the Business Administration program.
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FREN 101 - First-Year French I 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Designed for beginners, this classroom/laboratory course provides an introduction to the basic language skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing), with emphasis on audio-lingual and writing skills. Laboratory work required.
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FREN 102 - First-Year French II 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 101. This course is a continuation of FREN 101, with additional drill in the Language Laboratory and increasing attention in class to the relationship between speaking and writing. Laboratory work required.
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FREN 322 - Francophone African and Caribbean Women Writers 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): French 201 and 202. This course is a study of the literature and cultural traditions of the French-speaking world outside of France, including Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. The study will focus on the following genres of postcolonial Francophone literature written by women: novels, short stories, legends, poetry, and drama.
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FREN 326 - Francophone Cultures and Literatures 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 302. This course is a comprehensive study of the origin and development of the cultures of the French-speaking world, including Louisiana, Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Quebec, Senegal, and the Bight of Benin. The study includes the literatures of these and other French-speaking areas.
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FREN 302 - French Conversation 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 301. This course is a continuation of FREN 301. Emphasis is placed on the development of aural/oral proficiency through discussion of contemporary events.
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FREN 301 - French Conversation I 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 202. This course is designed to develop aural-oral proficiency in French through a variety of classroom and laboratory learning experiences.
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FREN 327 - French Culture and Civilization 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 302. This course is a comprehensive study of the origin and development of France and it’s place in history, with emphasis on France social, economic, intellectual, artistic, and cultural contributions.
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FREN 340 - French for Business 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): French 202 or Equivalent. This course is designed to prepare business professionals to communicate effectively with French-speaking people and to enable students to embark on a career in international business by introducing them to the conventions and vocabulary of French-speaking business enterprises. This course prepares students for the certification of the Paris Chamber of Commerce.
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FREN 305 - French Phonetics 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 302. This course is an intensive study of French pronunciation and diction. Practice in discriminating French phonemes and allophones and in transcribing in phonetic symbols is provided. Recitation of poems and rhythmic prose.
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FREN 303 - Introduction to French Literature 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 302. This course focuses on French literature from the Middle Ages to 1800. This course consists of reading and analysis of representative texts of the major authors.
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FREN 304 - Introduction to French Literature II 3 Credits
(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 303. This course is a continuation of FREN 303 and presents French Literature from 1800 to the present.
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FREN 201 - Second -Year French I 3 Credits
(Fall)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 102. This course provides continued development of skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing, with oral discussion and continued presentation of grammar and syntax. Laboratory work required.
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FREN 202 - Second-Year French II 3 Credits
(Spring)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 201. This course focuses on intensive reading of texts dealing with literature and culture, with emphasis on speaking and writing along with vocabulary expansion. Laboratory work required.
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FREN 279 - Studies Abroad: Studies in Francophone Literatures, Languages and Culture 3 Credits
The first level of French study abroad designed to develop the practical application of the five basic language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with emphasis on Francophone culture. This course includes readings on Francophone culture, including the African and Caribbean contributions.
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GEOG 211 - Economic Geography 3 Credits
(Offered Every Two Years)
This course is a consideration of people’s systems of livelihood, the distribution of these activities, explanations for the distributions, and the utilization of cultural and natural resources for economic gain.
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GEOG 101 - Elements of Geography 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring, Summer)
This course is an introductory course which provides a description of what exists at the surface of the earth and an explanation of how and why physical processes have acted to produce these varying phenomena. In addition, the four organizing traditions that have emerged through the long history of geographical thought (earth-science, culture-environment, location, and area analysis) will be considered. The map and computer are used as analytical tools.
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GEOG 102 - Elements of Geography 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
This course is a continuation of Geography I. Emphasis is placed on location and area analysis in terms of human occupance of the earth and the uniformity and differences that are recognized spatially on the earth’s surface.
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GEOG 300 - Environmental Management 3 Credits
(Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 101, GEOG 102, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a discussion of selected problems that affect the natural environment–maintenance of renewable resources; conservation of non-renewable resources; reducing the effects of natural disasters; alleviating chronic damage; abating pollution by man; and coping with natural pollution.
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GEOG 220 - Geography of Africa 2 Credits
(Every Two Years)
This course is a general regional survey course which focuses on individual countries, with emphasis on political and sociological issues and the presentation of contemporary development prospects within a broad geographic framework.
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GEOG 496 - Independent Study Geography 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): 9 Hours of Geography or Permission of Instructor. This course is an individualized course of independent study designed to allow the advanced student of geography to pursue a specialized topic or research project under supervision. An adequately documented report of publication quality will terminate the study.
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GEOG 110 - International Geography 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
This course is a study of both the human elements and the physical elements within specific areas. Emphasis is paced on understanding of the realities of contrasts in wealth and poverty among nations.
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GEOG 215 - Political Geography 3 Credits
(Offered Every Two Years)
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of Political Geography and, specifically, how geography/location affects the struggle for power at the national and international levels.
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GOVT 460 - Advanced Fieldwork in Political Science 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 360. This course is essentially a continuation of GOVT 360.
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GOVT 251 - Africa in World Politics 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an analysis of Africa’s international relations, with a particular focus on interactions with Europe, Asia, and the United States in the post-Cold War years.
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GOVT 400 - Black Political Thought 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Only. This course is a review of the major Black thinkers who have made significant contributions to political thought. The focus will be on how they address the enduring problems of race and class, equality and justice, and unity and conflict in the human polity.
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GOVT 240 - Black Politics in the United States 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course provides an overview of Black leadership, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic factors that shape Black politics in the United States.
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GOVT 462 - Capstone Seminar in Political Science 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, GOVT 231, GOVT 315, GOVT 342 or the Instructor’s Permission. This course is a review of the major concepts, themes, and methods of the discipline so as to be better prepared for the departmental comprehensive examination.
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GOVT 463 - Capstone Seminar in Political Science II 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 145 and GOVT 391 or the Instructor’s Permission. This course is a review of some of the major philosophical and political questions to enable the successful completion of a senior thesis paper.
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GOVT 315 - Early Political Philosophy 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 and Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of classical political philosophy from antiquity to the eighteenth century, with emphasis on ideas of justice, equality, freedom, government, and governing in the human polity.
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GOVT 360 - Fieldwork in Political Science 6 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Only. This course explores internships in legislative and administrative agencies or projects utilizing the political process to bring about social change. This course requires a field placement and a weekly evaluative seminar.
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GOVT 250 - Government and Politics of Africa 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the government and politics of selected nations of Africa. Though emphasis will be placed on sub-Saharan Africa, the dominant themes will include pre- and post-colonial economic and political organization, political participation and ideologies, and nationalism.
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GOVT 325 - Government and Politics of Eastern Europe 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative study of the government and politics of Eastern European states since 1917. Though the Russian Republic will be a primary focus, its relations with other states in the region will be examined, particularly since the collapse of communism.
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GOVT 327 - Government and Politics of the Middle East 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative study of the major governments and political issues in selected Middle Eastern states. Emphasis will be on the region’s peoples, political conflicts, and leadership patterns.
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GOVT 321 - Government and Politics of Western Europe 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 140 or Permission of Instructor. This course focuses on the government and politics of Western Europe since WW II. Emphasis will be on a comparative analysis of types of governments, political ideologies, leadership, and common concerns.
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GOVT 482 - Honors Seminar in Politics 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing and Permission of Instructor. This course is an intensive study of selected issues in political science, such as government and governance, war, cooperation and interdependence, the environment, poverty, and hunger.
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GOVT 483 - Independent Study in Political Science 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing. This course is an advanced research project, guided readings, and/or paper undertaken with the approval of the department.
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GOVT 320 - International Law 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the development, sources, and role of law in the community of nations, with an emphasis on the interplay of international politics and law among nations.
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GOVT 301 - International Organizations 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 342 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of those global institutions that keep order in an otherwise anarchic community of nations. The functions and operation of the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies are given great significance.
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GOVT 342 - International Relations 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 and GOVT 140 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of the concepts and themes of international politics as well as the basic factors that motivate and guide interactions in international society.
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GOVT 140 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 Credits
(Fall/Spring)
This course is an introduction to the comparative study of how different polities approach problems of government and governing. The focus will be on comparing and contrasting developed and developing societies.
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GOVT 130 - Introduction to Political Science 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, theories, and perennial issues of the discipline. (This course is waived for students who transfer into the University with nine or more semester hours in the discipline.)
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GOVT 150 - Introduction to Public Policy 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
This course is an introduction to the study of public policy and the models political scientists use to describe and explain political life.
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GOVT 319 - Law and Politics 3 Credits
(Fall Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 317, GOVT 318, or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of the relationship between law and the political order, with a focus on the use of the legal procedure for political ends in different countries.
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GOVT 235 - Legal Rights and Remedies 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course explores the broad legal rights and responsibilities of individuals and raises questions about the nature of remedy as a judicial concept in the United States.
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GOVT 316 - Modern Political Philosophy 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 315 and Permission of Instructor. This course provides directed reading of the recurring and dominant themes in political thought, with stress on modern political ideologies, feminism, exploitation, and leadership.
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GOVT 355 - Political Behavior 3 Credits
(Fall Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Permission of Instructor. This course is an overview of factors that influence political participation in a polity. An application of the scientific method to the study of public opinion and attitudes as well as voting behavior in the US will be stressed.
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GOVT 215 - Political Geography 3 Credits
(Spring Every Two Years)
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of political geography and, specifically, how geography/location affects the struggle for power at the national and international levels.
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GOVT 391 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 145; PSYC 204 or SOCI 309. This course is an analysis of the nature and problems of research in political science with consideration given to the acquisition of skills in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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GOVT 145 - Scope and Methods of Social Science 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic concepts, principles, and research methods employed in social science.
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GOVT 330 - Theories of Comparative Politics 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 140. This course is a study of the major approaches to the field of comparative politics. Specifically, it will be an analysis of the major political issues in a comparative perspective through a review of the major schools of thought and concepts of political change, evolution, or revolution.
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GOVT 283 - Urban Politics and Policy Analysis 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
This course is an analysis of the politics and governments of urban areas with a focus on how those governments generate and allocate resources in an attempt to cope with human problems in their polities.
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GOVT 317 - US Constitutional Law and History I 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Permission of Instructor. This course is an examination of selected US Supreme Court decisions to discover the general principles of the US constitutional system. Special reference will be made to the role of the judiciary with topics such as judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, and the development and exercise of national powers.
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GOVT 318 - US Constitutional Law and History II 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 317. This course is a study of the development of political and civil liberties in contemporary American society, including first amendment freedoms of speech, press, association, and religion; aspects of the right to privacy; administration of criminal justice; and the fifth and fourteenth amendments’ prohibitions of race and sex discrimination.
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GOVT 338 - US Foreign Policy 3 Credits
(Spring Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130 or Permission of Instructor. This course is an analysis of the individuals, institutions, and factors that have affected the conduct of US foreign policy since the founding of the Republic. The focus will be on historical trends and future issues of concern.
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GOVT 348 - US Legislative Process 3 Credits
(Spring Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 130, GOVT 231, or Permission of Instructor. This course is a comparative analysis of legislatures in national and state governments with an emphasis on rules and procedures, party leadership, relationship to the executive, interest groups, and legislative behavior.
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GOVT 231 - US National Government 3 Credits
(Fall Only)
This course is a study of both the structure of the national government and the process of power and influence in the political system.
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GOVT 351 - US Political Parties 3 Credits
(Fall Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): GOVT 231 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the growth, structure, and function of political organizations in the US. However, the focus will be on the place of the dominant party system in the US polity.
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GOVT 232 - US State and Local Government 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
This course is an examination of the constitutional basis, organization, and functions of state and local governments, including their political processes and intergovernmental relations.
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GOVT 300 - Women and Politics 3 Credits
This course is an exploration of historical and contemporary women’s political issues and the ways in which women have sought to address those issues within the political arena. The course examines different theoretical and methodological frameworks used to explain women’s socio-political status, their issues, as well as their mobilization and empowerment through the political process.
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HEED 200 - Fundamentals of Sex Education 3 Credits
(Fall, Odd Years)
Emphasis is placed on the biological and psychosocial aspects of human sexuality and the understanding of human sexual behavior at various growth stages and the principles and values which enable humans to function in today’s society.
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HEED 102 - Life and Health 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring, Summer, Minisemester)
This course explores scientific and philosophical applications of knowledge related to various health practices which affect student lives in society today. Emphasis is placed on areas of nutrition, mental and emotional health, human sexuality, drugs, diseases, physical fitness, and consumer health. It is designed to help students live healthy and satisfying lives. Opportunity will be provided for students to improve their knowledge of basic health and fitness concepts and principles in order to develop a personal health and fitness model to be utilized for their entire lives. This course is an institutional requirement for all students. (NOTE: May be taken for honors credit.)
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HIST 322 - 20th Century Europe 3 Credits
(Spring Only)
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course considers World War I, the Versailles Peace Settlement, domestic and international developments, World War II, the Cold War, the end of European empires, the Welfare State and its problems, the European Union, and the FALL of Communism and its aftermath.
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HIST 115 - African American History Since 1865 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is an analysis of the role of Black American life from the Civil War to the present.
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HIST 114 - African American History to 1865 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is a history of Black American life from its African background to the end of the Civil War.
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HIST 410 - African American Intellectual History 3 Credits
Alternate Fall Semester
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 and HIST 114 or HIST 115. African American Intellectual History explores African American intellectual life from the mid nineteenth century until today. It examines the lives and thought of a variety of thinkers and writers, including political theorists, social scientists, philosophers, economists, social critics, novelists, and artists.
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HIST 260 - African Diaspora History Thru Film 3 Credits
(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. Black History thru Film, an in-depth study of historical movements and issues, uses the audiovisual mediums of documentary video and popular film as a means of conveying and assessing the discipline of history.
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HIST 430 - African Intellectual History and Traditions 3 Credits
This course will examine the development and applications of a variety of ideas in various African historical and cultural contexts. Discussions will focus primarily on the question “What does it mean to be human?” and various answers to that question that different African civilizations have developed over time. The issue of humanism will be discussed in relation to issues such as religion, state/politics, society/culture, social intern vs. social alien (rights and responsibilities), and “Africa”/African world view.
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HIST 306 - American Business and Urban History–1877-1920 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is an analysis of America’s evolvement into a mature industrial society and how industrialization affected immigration, urbanization, domestic reforms, segregation, culture and society, and it concludes with America’s participation in World War I.
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HIST 400 - American Intellectual History 3 Credits
(Fall Every Two Years)
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201 and HIST 202. This course is a survey of the history of ideas from the Colonial Era to the Civil War. Consideration is given to the major socio-economic, political, and literary issues of the period. Such topics as the Puritan Dilemma, the Rights of Man, transcendentalism, romanticism, abolitionism, and communitarianism will be discussed. This course also will cover the evolution and development of the history of ideas from the Civil War to the present.
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HIST 204 - Black Women’s History: Colonial Times 3 Credits
This course examines Black women’s lives from the colonial period to the present. It highlights their activities and contributions within the family, workforce and the Black community. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of Black women in slavery, in the feminist and civil rights movements, and in the creation of the cultural arts and sciences.
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HIST 305 - Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201 and HIST 202. This course is an intensive examination of the causes and results of the Civil War as well as an account of the economic, social, and political forces helping to shape the Reconstruction period.
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HIST 300 - Colonial America to the Revolution 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201. This course is an examination of the development of the seaboard colonies, the administration by the British Empire, and the struggle between France and Great Britain for control of North America. Emphasis is on the causes of the American rebellion and the struggle for independence, the government, economy, and society under the Articles of Confederation, and the development of the Constitution.
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HIST 307 - Contemporary America Since World War II 3 Credits
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is a continuation of United States history since World War II, with special emphasis on the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, the urban revolts, the Great Society and its problems, recent cultural changes, and America’s role in world affairs .
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