Jun 24, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Graduate Courses


A list of graduate courses in alphabetical order.

 
  
  • HDFS 692 - Professional Issues in Family Therapy


    Survey and discussion of ethical, legal, and contextual issues in the practice of marriage and family therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 693 - Addiction and Substance Abuse in Marriage and Family Therapy


    Assessment and treatment of addiction and substance abuse from a family systems perspective. Attention given to developmental level and issues of diversity.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 784 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 694 - Marriage and Family Therapy Strategies: Treatment of Children and Adolescents


    Examination, application, and analysis of strategies for treating child and adolescent mental health issues from a family systems perspective. Integration of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, power, and privilege issues throughout the course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 784 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 695 - Approaches to Marriage and Family Therapy


    Exploration of the specific perceptual, conceptual, and intervention skills of traditional and current family therapy approaches with emphasis on psychodynamic, intergenerational, and experiential approaches. Exploration of process and outcome research in marriage and family therapy. Restricted to students admitted to the Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 784 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 696 - Structural Family Therapy


    Exploration of the specific perceptual, conceptual, and intervention skills of structural family therapy, developed by Salvador Minuchin.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 697 - Marriage and Family Therapy Strategies: Treatment of Couples


    Examination and application of advanced marriage and family clinical strategies and theories for the assessment and treatment of couples from a relational/systemic perspective. Topics include sex therapy, domestic violence, same sex couples, and sexual functioning. Integration of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, power, and privilege issues throughout the course. Restricted to students admitted to the Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 784 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 698 - Project


    Individual application of student’s area of study to the solution of a problem, under supervision of an adviser. Not open to students who select a thesis program. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 604 or consent of school.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HDFS 699A - Thesis


    Individual investigation of a problem under supervision of an adviser. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Continuous enrollment is required until the thesis is completed. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 604 or consent of school.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HDFS 699B - One-Person Show


    Preparation of one-person show and documentation from point of view of both content and form. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Continuous enrollment is required until the show is completed. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Major in textiles and clothing (field of design) and consent of school.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HDFS 701 - Problems in Applied Human Development and Family Sciences


    Independent study, individual problems, action, or other research. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • HDFS 705 - Introduction to Medical Family Therapy and Counseling


    Crosslisted as CAHC 705X. Introduction to a biopsychosocial/family systems approach to assessment and intervention with patients and families experiencing a physical illness, trauma, or disability. Examination of issues involved in providing mental health services in medical settings. Open only to students admitted to the Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Post Master’s Certificate program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 706 - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling: Families, Disability and Chronic Illness


    Crosslisted as CAHC 706X. Exploration of the major forms of disability and chronic illness, the impact of these conditions on individuals and family members experiencing them, and resources for those who are impacted by them. Implications for medical family therapy and counseling.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 705 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 707X - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling: Families Staying Well and Coping with Illness


    Crosslisted as CAHC 707. Examination of medical family therapy and counseling approaches for maintaining family wellness and facilitating family responses to illness across the developmental life cycle.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 705 or consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 708X - Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Practice


    Crosslisted as CAHC 708. Impact of individual and family beliefs, narratives, and meanings, with particular emphasis on cultural and spiritual contexts, upon the experience of illness and medical treatment, pain, and grieving and acceptance of death. Techniques for eliciting patient and/or family beliefs pertaining to internal resources and spiritual practices and for working with family belief systems around health and illness, and for strengthening a culturally sensitive provider/patient/family relationship.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 707X or consent of school. CRQ: HDFS 709X.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 709X - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Practicum


    Crosslisted as CAHC 709. Supervised medical family therapy and counseling practicum at Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center. Collaborate with attending physicians and on-site treatment team; provide supervised medical family therapy and counseling to individuals, couples, and families. Individual and/or group supervision of live and recorded sessions. A minimum of 100 clock hours of direct patient contact is required. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 707X and consent of school. CRQ: HDFS 708X.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 710 - Teaching College-Level Applied Human Development and Family Sciences


    Teaching experience supervised by a faculty member. May be repeated to 12 semester hours. A maximum of 3 semester hours may be applied toward a master’s degree.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • HDFS 714 - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Internship


    Crosslisted as CAHC 714X. Supervised participation in provision of family therapy, counseling, and psychoeducation to individuals, couples, and families in a medical setting. A minimum of 200 clock hours of direct patient contact is required. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HDFS 709X and consent of school.

    Credits: 6
  
  • HDFS 784 - Theoretical Foundations of Family Therapy


    Crosslisted as CAHC 784X. Examination and discussion of the historical development and theoretical foundations of family therapy, with focus on the traditional and current models of therapy in the field.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HDFS 785 - Sex Therapy


    Basic knowledge, theory and interventions of sex therapy with diverse couples and individuals. Diagnosis, assessment, conceptualization and treatment of sexual issues and dysfunctions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of school.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 500 - Foundations of Higher Education


    Introduction to the study of higher education, with emphasis on history, administration, and organization of various types of U.S. postsecondary institutions.  

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 501 - Student Affairs Administration and Practice


    Comprehensive study of the organization, history, and practice of student affairs administration at various postsecondary institutions. Examines the ethical, educational, and administrative roles of student affairs practitioners.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 502 - Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice in Higher Education


    Addresses critical issues related to areas of diversity, equity, and social justice in higher education. Drawing from historical, contemporary, theoretical, and research-based literature, centers on aspects issues of access and participation, identity and identity development, campus policies, campus environments, and issues of inclusion, exclusion, and segregation.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 503 - U.S. College Students


    Overview of college student characteristics and patterns of participation in U.S. higher education.  Examines the theoretical and research literature related to the impact of the college on student development, persistence, and learning. 

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 504 - Educating for Equity and Social Justice in Higher Education


    Analysis and critique of economic, educational, sociological, cultural, and professional issues having an impact on equity, inclusion, and social justice in postsecondary contexts. Focus on the development of educational programs and classes which address these issues.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 509 - Campus Environments and Student Cultures


    Concepts of culture, subculture, and societal participation with reference to college students and campus environments.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 522 - College Student Development Theory


    Focus on current programs, issues, practices, research, and trends in student development programming in higher education. Exploration of historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of student development related to practice.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 523 - Advocacy, Outreach, and Interventions in Student Affairs


    Exploration of advocacy, outreach, and intervention strategies provided on college campuses, related to college student transitions, adjustments, and concerning behavior. Topics included, but not limited to, college student mental health; power-based interpersonal violence; health and wellness; stigma, climate, and familiarity attached to seeking resources and help; and various aspects of transitioning into a college campus community.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 530 - Instructional Theory, Practice and Teaching in Postsecondary Education


    Development of methods, techniques, and strategies for the instruction in postsecondary contexts.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 533 - Applied Learning Theories in Postsecondary Education


    Understandings and skills that enable adults to learn effectively in classrooms, small groups, and individually. Participation training and self-directed education in a laboratory setting.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 540 - Curriculum and Program Development in Postsecondary Contexts


    Application of curriculum development and program planning principles to education and training programs designed specifically for postsecondary contexts.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 555 - Seminar in the Community College


    Development of the community college, its present status, purposes, functions, organization, and curriculum; and emerging issues in the community college.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 562 - Helping Skills for Student Affairs Professionals


    Develops skills in current approaches to interviewing and counseling for student affairs professionals. Overview of the helping process will be discussed. Emphasis on the practice of listening, attending, reflecting, questioning, confrontation, observation, influencing, and sequencing skills with clients from various cultures.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 570 - Organization, Personnel Management, and Academic Administration


    Organizing, financing, staffing, promoting, and evaluating individuals and academic programs. Management resources and the role of the academic administrator.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 572 - Assessment Methods in Higher Education


    Crosslisted as ETR 572X. Basic concepts and procedures in the assessment of applicants for admission and retention and use of assessment methods for counseling to support retention in institutions of higher education.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 573 - Applied Assessment Methods in Higher Education


    Crosslisted as ETR 573X. Opportunity to practice and apply assessment methods through an active higher education assessment project. Instruction and guidance to conceptualize, operationalize, and implement a higher education assessment project.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 575 - Public Policy Studies in Higher Education


    Critical analysis of the formation and implementation of higher education public policy within educational and other social institutions. Use of a variety of theoretical perspectives to examine selected case studies from the higher education public policy literature and the students’ own work experience.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 586 - Internship in Higher Education and Student Affairs


    Work individually or in small groups in a practical situation under the guidance of a staff member from that setting and a university supervisor. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Admission to the master’s program in higher education and student affairs and consent of department.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • HESA 590 - Workshop in Higher Education and Student Affairs


    Designed for teachers, counselors, and administrators to study contemporary issues in higher education and student affairs. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours when content varies. Enrollment in more than one section of this course during a semester is permitted.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • HESA 597 - Independent Research in Higher Education and Student Affairs


    Independent research at the master’s degree level under faculty supervision. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Admission to master’s degree program and consent of faculty member who will direct research.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HESA 598 - Capstone in Higher Education and Student Affairs


    Integration and synthesis of the concepts, principles, trends, and issues in higher education and student affairs. Completion of a capstone writing experience for the master’s degree in higher education and student affairs. Not open to doctoral students. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Completion of 27 semester hours in an approved master’s level program, and consent of department. PRQ or CRQ: An approved research course.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 699 - Master’s Thesis


    Open only to students who elect to write a thesis for the M.S.Ed. degree. Student enrolls with the faculty member directing the thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department. Recommended: ETR 520.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HESA 700 - Seminar in Higher Education and Student Affairs


    Advanced study and discussion of important issues relating to the field of higher education and student affairs. Group and individual interests contribute to the design of the course. May be repeated to a maximum of 21 semester hours when topic varies. Enrollment in more than one section of this course during a semester is permitted.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HESA 702 - Philosophy of Postsecondary Education


    Brings philosophical theories and discourses to bear on moral and political questions regarding the ultimate aims of postsecondary education. Inquiry will be guided by two questions: 1) What is/should be moral and political nature of postsecondary education in today’s world? 2) How/do we promote democratic aims of postsecondary education through our work?

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 703 - Postsecondary Access in Higher Education


    Explores historical, philosophical, individual, organizational, and policy-based perspectives to investigate postsecondary access from a holistic perspective. Consideration of the future of postsecondary access on federal, state, and local levels.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 704 - Strategic Marketing and Enrollment Management


    Recruiting, enrolling, and graduating college students are important activities within higher education administration. Enrollment management and strategic marketing involve multiple offices across the university including communications, admission, financial aid, and the registrar to improve student and institutional outcomes.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 710 - Evaluating Higher Education Programs


    Advanced study of program design and evaluation methods necessary to analyze and improve programs in higher education effectively.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 720 - Review of Research in Higher Education


    Comprehensive study of research literature in higher education and related social science fields.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 721 - Applied Research Design in Higher Education


    Provides the opportunity to practice and apply research design skills to an active higher education research project (e.g., pilot study, dissertation). Emphasis placed on providing instruction and guidance in planning, conducting, and reporting research and providing opportunity to conceptualize, operationalize, and develop a higher education research project.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 733 - Theory Building for Learning in Postsecondary Education


    Analyses of theory building for learning how to learn with emphasis on understanding theories and the application of these theories in varied postsecondary educational contexts.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 740 - Pedagogical Innovations and Student Learning


    Pedagogical theories and practices in higher education settings. Particular attention is paid to how pedagogical strategies span both programs as well as classrooms. 

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 751 - Community College Students


    Seminar on student characteristics, services, and topics peculiar to the community college students. Analysis of current practice and research on student characteristics, development, persistence, and learning in community college settings.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 757 - Seminar in Higher Education


    Overview of American higher education and analysis of selected problems and issues.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 759 - Critical and Feminist Pedagogies in Higher Education


    Analysis of critical practice in the education of adults leading to personal and social transformation from the perspective of critical and feminist/womanist pedagogical theory.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 760 - International Higher Education


    Examination of the present status and context of higher education internationally.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 770 - The Administration of Higher Education


    Various executive roles common to higher education administration. Decision theory, role analysis, accountability models, and principles of organizational behavior as applied to the administration of higher education institutions.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 771 - Legal Aspects of Higher Education Administration


    Legal principles, legislation, and court rulings in such areas as employment, dismissal, contracts, tenure, civil rights, due process, student rights, and other issues of concern to higher education administrators.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 772 - Financing Higher Education


    Analysis of mechanisms, sources, and theories related to the financing of U.S. higher education. Particular focus on examining current financial issues and policies at the national, state, and institutional levels.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HESA 797 - Independent Research in Higher Education


    Independent research at post-master’s degree levels under faculty supervision. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours, although typically only 6 semester hours are applied to the program of study.

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • HESA 798 - Research Seminar in Higher Education


    Designed for the advanced doctoral student interested in planning and conducting research studies in higher education. Research project may be an exploratory or pilot study related to the doctoral dissertation. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • HESA 799 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation


    May be repeated, but no more than 30 semester hours may be applied toward the Ed.D. degree in higher education.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Candidacy for the doctoral degree and consent of chair of doctoral committee.

    Credits: 1-15
  
  • HIST 500 - Student Teaching in History/Social Sciences for Secondary Educators


    Student teaching for one semester. Assignments arranged with the department’s office of secondary teacher education.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: HIST 596 or ANTH 596X or ECON 596X or GEOG 596X or POLS 596X or PSYC 596X or SOCI 596X, and permission of the department’s office of secondary teacher education, or consent of department.

    Credits: 12
  
  • HIST 502 - Gender and Sexuality in History


    Evolution of gender and sexual identity, roles, and occupations in the industrializing world. Topics include the production of femininities and masculinities, sexual difference, interpersonal desire, kinds of friendship, romantic love, sexual ethics, and sexual orientation in history.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 507 - Medieval Women


    Social, religious, cultural and economic history of women during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages c. 200 to c. 1500. Topics include effects of Christianity upon women in the Roman world, motherhood, religion, lifecycle, education, medicine, work, power, and comparisons to Jewish and Muslim women.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 508 - Medieval Everyday Life


    Examination of the economic and social changes during the Middle Ages. Attention given to family life, demographic change, urbanization, and social movements.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 514 - European Wars of Religion, 1520-1660


    Cultural and social aspects of religious and civil conflict during the Dutch Revolt, the French Wars of Religion, the Thirty Years’ War, and the English Civil Wars. Multiple aspects of religious violence, from iconoclasm and book burning to executions of heretics and religious massacres.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 516 - The Age of Enlightenment


    Various main aspects of the intellectual revolution that preceded the American and French revolutions, including the growth of secularism and rationalism; the rise of scientific thought; the formulation of political liberalism and radicalism; and the enrichment of the humanist tradition.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 518 - Modern European Cultural History


    Intellectual foundations and cultural dimensions of European modernity. Subjects include the visual arts, literature, popular and mass culture, intellectual responses to violence, cultural representations of race and gender identity, and the intersection of culture and politics.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 520 - The Renaissance


    Social, political, and ideological breakdown of medieval Europe with consideration of the reaction of the new class of artists and intellectuals to the special problems of their age.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 521 - The Catholic and Protestant Reformations


    Examination of the religious reforms and institutional breaks, Catholic and Protestant, official and heretical, which ended the medieval unity of Christendom.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 522 - Early Modern Europe


    Analytical survey emphasizing the changing role of European nobilities, the construction of absolute monarchies, the rise of capitalism, baroque civilization, and the interaction of learned and popular culture.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 523 - The French Revolution and Napoleon


    Origins of the Revolution of 1789; moderate and radical phases; the Terror and the Thermidorian reaction; the rise of Napoleon; the Napoleonic wars and the remaking of Europe; the revolutionary legacy.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 525 - World War II


    History of World War II, including objectives and ideologies of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Allied Powers, with attention to cultural and social developments.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 528 - Gender and War


    History and historiography of gender and war in comparative context. Emphasis on close reading of selected secondary sources.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 529 - Nazi Germany


    History of National Socialism from the origins of the party to the end of World War II. Emphasis on the means used for seizing and consolidating power; social, cultural, and foreign policies of the Third Reich; anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 534 - The Russian Revolution


    History of Russia’s revolutionary upheavals in the early 20th century. Emphasis on the multiple and conflicting ways that participants and scholars have sought to make sense of the revolution.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 535 - Stalinism


    History of the Soviet Union under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, 1928-1953. Topics include rapid industrialization, collectivization, state terror, communist culture, the gulag, World War II, and the early Cold War.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 540 - Islam and Colonialism in Africa


    Islamic encounters with and resistance to European imperialism from the colonial conquest and partition of Africa to the eve of African independence.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 541 - The African Diaspora


    Major themes in the historical study of the African diaspora in the trans-Atlantic, trans-Saharan, and Indian Ocean regions. Development of African communities, cultures, ethnicities, religion, and identities under conditions of enslavement or forced migration, and processes of identification in the diaspora with the African homeland; New World developments such as creolization, the construction of multiple identities, and the positioning of enslaved Africans within the dynamics of the emergent Atlantic World. Geographic focus may vary depending on instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 542 - History of Buddhist Southeast Asia


    History of Southeast Asian countries whose rulers adopted Buddhism (Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), as well as parts of island Southeast Asia. Colonialism, modernity, and conflict are discussed, with special attention to relationship between Buddhism and the nationalist and popular movements of the twentieth century.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 543 - History of Islamic Southeast Asia


    Historical development of Islam in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei) and ongoing conflicts between the state and Muslim minorities in Burma, Thailand, and the Philippines.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 544 - The Japanese Empire


    Rise and fall of Japan as an imperial power, ca. 1870-1945. Emphasis on strategic, economic, and ideological motivations for imperial expansion; mechanisms of formal empire in Korea, Taiwan, and Micronesia; informal empire in Manchuria, China, and Southeast Asia; Pan-Asian collaboration; and Asian nationalist resistance to Japanese rule.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 545 - The Chinese Revolution


    Intellectual and social backgrounds of the nationalist revolutionary movement; political history of the revolutionary period to the present.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 546 - History of Thailand


    History and culture of Thailand from the prehistoric period to the present, with appropriate references to Thai relations with Laos and Cambodia.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 547 - History of Burma


    History and culture of Burma from prehistoric times to the present.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 548 - History of Indonesia


    Indonesian political, social, and cultural life from prehistory to the present. Attention given to the cultures of the various peoples of Indonesia and the efforts of the modern state to create a national sense of identity.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 549 - History of Malaysia and Singapore


    The Malay world from prehistory to the present. Topics include early Malay trade, classical Malay culture, British imperialism, Chinese immigration, and the modern states of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 552 - British Empire


    History of the British Empire, with a particular focus on developments from 1750 to the present. Topics include the relationship between economic change and imperial expansion and decline, gender, race, the role of violence, nationalism and decolonization.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 553 - History of Northern Ireland


    History of Northern Ireland from 1920 to the present, with particular attention to the origins, nature, and legacies of the so-called Irish Troubles.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 554 - Victorian Britain


    Cultural, political and social developments in nineteenth-century Britain. Topics include class formation, gender, religion and social norms, shifting notions of politics and the state and imperial expansion.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 556 - Ancient Mediterranean


    History of the ancient Mediterranean world to c. 700 CE. Topics include rise of agriculture, cities, and navigation; palace and temple societies, city-states, tribal groups; the formation of maritime empires, and kingdoms; and unification under the Roman Empire until its “fall.”

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 558 - Mediterranean World, 1450-1750


    History of early modern North African, European, Anatolian, and Levantine societies rimming the Mediterranean Sea. Themes include maritime commerce, urbanization, gender relations, ethnic identities, and political developments in the Mediterranean region.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 559 - The Atlantic World, 1492-1860s


    Encounters among African, European, and Native American men and women in the Atlantic world during the early modern era. Examination of major themes in political, economic, social, and cultural history in a comparative, integrated way to provide students of African, Latin American, European, and North American history with a broader context for understanding those regions.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 560 - Colonial America


    Native American, European, and African contacts and the establishment of a colonial society based upon conquest, slavery, and resistance, as well as struggles for freedom and opportunity.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 561 - The American Revolution


    The causes of the Revolution and its impact on the political, economic, cultural, intellectual, and social aspects of American life. 

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 562 - Early American Republic


    Tumultuous early years of the United States, from the Constitution to the eve of abolitionism, with a focus on politics, slavery, and conflict.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 563 - Antebellum America


    United States’ economic, political, social and cultural expansion in the mid-nineteenth century, and the explosive tensions that would plunge the nation into civil war.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 564 - Civil War Era


    Examines the causes and consequences of the American Civil War. Topics include race and slavery in the early republic, the development of antislavery and proslavery ideologies, territorial expansion, and the history and legacy of war and Reconstruction.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 565 - Gilded Age and Progressive Era


    Examines the impact of industrialization and urbanization on vital aspects of American life and society. Topics include racial conflict, imperialism and war, the rise of organized labor, immigration, westward expansion, and social and political reform.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 566 - Corporate America: 1900-1929


    The U.S. in the era of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover. Topics include the rising corporate order, labor militance, the origins of the modern state, America’s response to war and revolution, 1920s style prosperity, and the Great Crash.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIST 567 - The U.S. in Depression and War, 1929-1960


    The U.S. during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. Topics include the New Deal, social and political change in mid-century America, and the origins and meaning of the WWII and Cold War conflicts.

    Credits: 3
 

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