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GEP 375 - Renewable and Resilient Energy Sources
Unit(s): 4
How do we bring energy to the places we need it with minimal impact to the environment? You will learn about energy generation, distribution, and coordination. Topics include solar photovoltaics, electricity markets, energy land use and environmental impacts, microgrids, and battery storage
Prerequisite(s): GEP 374a and GEP 374b
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 380 - Environmental Remote Sensing
Unit(s): 4
Environmental remote sensing uses imagery from satellite and airborne sensors to map properties of the Earth over broad spatial scales. This course develops an understanding of physical principles behind remote sensing, explores a range of sensors, spatial scales, and locations, and uses image processing techniques for extracting useful environmental information.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 387
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 385 - Cartographic Visualization
Unit(s): 3-4
Lecture: 2 hours Laboratory: 3 hours
Map and graphic methods in geography: history, design, theory, and construction. Topics include selection of map projections, use of scales, generalization, data input and processing, color, visualization of spatial data, and map production. Emphasis is placed on effective communication through graphic design. Covers the increasing role of geographic information systems (GIS) in cartography. Also examines the collection of geographic data, such as with global positioning systems (GPS). Exercises guide students through increasingly complex methods of data collection and cartographic construction. Laboratory fee may be charged; see current Schedule of Classes.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 387 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Unit(s): 4
Geographic information system (GIS) technologies provide researchers and policy-makers with a powerful analytical framework for making decisions and predictions. As with any technology, the appropriate use of GIS depends greatly on the knowledge and skills of the user. This course addresses the scientific and technical aspects of working with geographical data, so that GIS users understand the general principles, opportunities, and pitfalls of recording, collecting, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and presenting spatial information. Both fundamental concepts and “hands on” experience with state-of-the-art software are incorporated through readings, lecture discussion, and laboratory assignments. The first half of the course focuses on the “nuts and bolts” of how a GIS works, while the second half concentrates on methods for spatial analysis and modeling. Course requires a basic competency with Microsoft operating system and Office applications.
Prerequisite(s): Course open to sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and graduate students
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 388 - Environmental Geographic Information Systems
Unit(s): 3-4
Environmental issues typically involve a range of physical, ecological and socioeconomic factors with complex interactions that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. Computer-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are particularly well-suited for describing, analyzing and modeling environmental problems and datasets, and the technology is widely used for local- to global-scale research, impact assessment, conservation planning and natural resource management. This course investigates a range of environmental problems through the unique perspective afforded by geospatial data analysis within a GIS. Lectures introduce the ecological, scientific and societal issues associated with major environmental issues of our time, such as land-use change, biodiversity loss, and global carbon emissions. These issues are then quantitatively analyzed with real-world spatial datasets using GIS-based methods and tools in coordinated laboratory exercises. In the process, students extend and strengthen GIS skills and concepts acquired through GEP 387.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 387, basic college-level math, statistics helpful.
Typically Offered Spring Odd Years
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 396 - Selected Topics
Unit(s): 1-4
Intensive study of selected topics related to geography, environment, and/or planning. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 3 Maximum units for credit
8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 397 - Special Topics: Lab
Unit(s): 2-4
A single subject or set of related subjects not ordinarily covered by the GEP Department. Offerings will vary depending on visiting faculty, experimental courses, and educational needs.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 1 Maximum units for credit
8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 400 - Special Topics Capstone
Unit(s): 3-4
Intensive capstone level study of selected topics of geography, environment, and/or planning. Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 8 units.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GEP Lower Division Foundation Coursework
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit
8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 405 - Special Topics Capstone With Lab
Unit(s): 3-4
Intensive capstone level study of selected topics with a lab component of geography, environment, and/or planning. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GEP Lower Division Foundation Coursework
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 1 Maximum units for credit
8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 422 - Globalization and Environments
Unit(s): 4
This course critically analyzes the practices and ideas that underlie economic development and the resultant degradation of environments. The class attends to ways that specific people and places have either resisted environmental impoverishment, or alternatively worked together to create different, environmentally and socially sustainable paths to empowerment and well-being.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 431 - Restoration and Society
Unit(s): 4
This capstone course focuses on the ideas and theories behind environmental restoration work and asks some critical questions about the field: where did the idea of restoration come from? What are the goals of environmental restorations, and how do you know if a project is meeting those goals? What do we mean by the terms “wilderness”, “native”, “diversity”, and so forth? Do environmental mitigation projects really work? We will also look at several specific case studies through the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Seniors and Graduate students only, consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 446 - Restoration Ecology
Unit(s): 4
Lecture and field course introducing major concepts and practical aspects of restoration ecology. Topics include: setting restoration goals, understanding ecological principles that guide restoration, using science to inform restoration, and planning, implementation, and measuring the success of restoration projects. Also examines the social, biological, and political forces that shape the design and outcome of restoration projects. Practical techniques covered include: invasive species removal, planting native species, conducting monitoring of biological systems, and the process of grant writing. Topics are addressed in diverse local systems, with a variety of community partners in the restoration field.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 340 or BIOL 131 or consent of instructor
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 456 - Global Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
Unit(s): 4
An advanced course focusing on evidence of past climate change and predicted future change. Research methods used to reconstruct past climates are explored. Climate dynamics and the response of the environment will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 201 or GEOL 102, and Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 461 - Planning Practice and Methodology
Unit(s): 4
Techniques of professional planning practice. Collection, organization, and presentation of information and data used in planning. Preparation of staff reports and components of long-range plans. Current trends, issues, and debates facing practitioners.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 360 or can be taken concurrently, junior- or senior-level standing,
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 476 - Energy Services and Efficiency
Unit(s): 4
What are the most promising energy strategies to meet human needs with the least effect on the environment? You’ll use mathematical models to estimate the energy use, cost, and carbon emissions for insulated buildings, heating and cooling, electric motors, and refrigeration. We’ll use analytical and numerical methods for estimation and measurement
Prerequisite(s): GEP 374A and GEP 374B
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 486 - Environmental Data Analysis
Unit(s): 4
This course will introduce students to environmental data (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earths surface). Students will learn how to access, pre-process and analyze data using different statistical methods and geographic information systems (GIS). The course will also examine research questions that can be answered using these types of data and analyses. Lecture/Lab.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 201, GEP 280 and GEP 387, or consent of instructor. Course requires a basic competency with Microsoft operating system and Office applications.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 489 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Unit(s): 3-4
This capstone course provides greater depth in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Through lab exercises, students build GIS databases, perform geospatial analyses, and create maps. Students conduct an independent research project on a topic of their choice, gather the appropriate spatial data, conduct GIS analyses, and present their results.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 387 and GEP 280, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 490 - Global Challenges Research Design
Unit(s): 3
This is the first semester of an intensive, year-long project in which students conduct original research and/or produce a professional product. During Fall semester, students formulate a research project and develop the research skills needed to conduct that project. This is a prerequisite for GEP 491.
Prerequisite(s): GEP Majors. Crosslisted: GLBL 490
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 491 - Global Challenges Research Project
Unit(s): 3
A continuation of GEP 490. In the Spring semester, students conduct their work, produce their final product, and present their results. Students continue the same section that they completed in GEP 490.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 490 Crosslisted: GLBL 491
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GEP 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Independent study designed in consultation with an instructor. Requires prior approval of GEP faculty member and department chair.
Prerequisite(s): successful completion of at least two GEP courses and submission of a completed SSU special studies form; GEP majors or minors or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GEP 595 - Graduate Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-6
Advanced research and writing. Students work under close supervision of faculty members. Subject matter variable.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor and completed special studies form.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 101 - First Semester - The Personal World
Unit(s): 4
German for beginners. Through communicative activities covering the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), students learn to ask and answer questions and share information about themselves, their families, and their daily activities.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and Foreign Languages).
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 102 - Second Semester - Contemporary Germany
Unit(s): 4
Expansion of the skills acquired in GER 101. Students build on their knowledge of German culture. They improve their communicative competence, and develop skills needed to negotiate a variety of everyday situations in Germany.
Prerequisite(s): GER 101 or consent of instructor.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and Foreign Languages).
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 195 - Elementary Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Directed individual study.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 200 - Intermediate German: The German-Speaking World Today
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces various cities and regions that provide the context to review first-year German. Students develop ability to communicate in German and their understanding of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland by engaging with increasingly complex topics (i.e. education, environmental issues, politics, history).
Prerequisite(s): GER 102 or consent of instructor.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and Foreign Languages).
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 210 - Intermediate German through Film
Unit(s): 4
This course uses films to expand students’ knowledge of the history and culture of the German-speaking world. Films promote vocabulary enhancement, grammar review as well as improvement of speaking and writing skills. Cross-cultural comparisons encourage critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite(s): GER 102. This course may be taken before GER 200.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and Foreign Languages).
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 300 - Advanced German Studies
Unit(s): 4
Prepares students for the Goethe-Certificate B1 proficiency examination (Zertifikat Deutsch). Students acquire differentiated vocabulary, greater grammatical accuracy, and improve their speaking and writing skills by focusing on varied language use in different contexts. Content may include: issues of gender or multiculturalism, the continued influence of the Nazi past, and German reunification.
Prerequisite(s): GER 200 and GER 210, or consent of instructor. Course may be taken before GER 314.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and/or Foreign Languages).
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit under different subtitles. Must be taken in residence at SSU.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 314 - Love and Desire in German Literature
Unit(s): 4
Studies of literature, including film, art, and the cultural history of German-speaking countries.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C2.
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit under different title.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 315 - German Language and Literature
Unit(s): 1
Readings and discussion of selected literary works in German. Review of vocabulary and grammar. Includes practice of pronunciation. Students pursuing the minor or special major in German must take this course concurrently with GER 314. Also open to other German students.
Prerequisite(s): GER 102 or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GER 395 - Community Involvement Program
Unit(s): 1-4
CIP involves students in basic community projects, performing such tasks as tutoring, coaching, and assisting others in the process of learning. Students receive 1 to 4 units, depending on the specific tasks performed.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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GER 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Directed individual study.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GER 499 - Internship
Unit(s): 1-4
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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GLBL 110 - Communication of Global Social Justice
Unit(s): 3
In this class students learn how to communicate information about global social justice issues through audio-visual presentation more effectively. We first focus on researching, designing, framing and delivering presentations generally. Then, through the frame of
four global social justice topics (such as precarious, child, sweatshop, and forced labor, fair trade, corporate social responsibility, and ethical consumerism, and activism), we improve our abilities to research and design both positioned and more objective
individual and group presentations. We will participate in group evaluation workshops following each presentation to engage our critical listening and critical thinking skills to improve our confidence with making public presentations.
GE Category: A1 - Oral Communication
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GLBL 310 - Professional Development
Unit(s): 2
This seminar covers topics essential for professional preparation in the fields of geography, global, environmental studies. Topics include discussions with guest speakers on career options in governmental, private, and non-profit settings; writing highly effective resumes, CVs, and cover letters; and techniques for successful interviewing. The course will also cover preparation for future training in professional and academic fields.
Prerequisite(s): GLBL Major and Sophomore, Junior or Senior Crosslisted: GEP 310
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
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GLBL 490 - Global Challenges Research Design
Unit(s): 3
This is the first semester of an intensive, year-long project in which students conduct original research and/or produce a professional product. During Fall semester, students formulate a research project and develop the research skills needed to conduct that project. This is a prerequisite for GEP 491.
Prerequisite(s): Global studies majors Crosslisted: GEP 490
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GLBL 491 - Global Challenges Research Project
Unit(s): 3
A continuation of GEP 490. In the Spring semester, students conduct their work, produce their final product, and present their results. Students continue the same section that they completed in GEP 490.
Prerequisite(s): Glbl 490 Crosslisted: GEP 490
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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GLBL 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Directed individual study.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: CNC
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GLBL 497 - Cross-Cultural Community Service Internship
Unit(s): 3
A three-unit community service internship is required of all students. This is a supervised program of cross-cultural community service work and study for a governmental or non-governmental agency, completed either at home or abroad. A minimum of 135 hours of supervised work is required. Students will keep a daily journal of their experiences, and upon completion will submit 1) a formal letter from their internship supervisor, verifying hours worked and duties performed; and 2) a four-page essay summarizing their experience in rich personal detail. Information about a broad spectrum of internship options is available from the Global Studies coordinator, whose approval is required for all service internship proposals.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 200 - Introduction to Human Aging
Unit(s): 3
HD 200 is an introduction to the field of human aging. The course is a multidisciplinary examination of the way in which human aging is viewed by individuals and society from multiple perspectives including social, political and biological sciences, caregiving, social services, and ethics.
GE Category: E - Life Long learning & Self Development
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HD 320 - Culture and the Life Course
Unit(s): 4
This course explores how culture shapes the human experience of the life course. Possible topics include the role of culture in human development (including its impact on interventions designed to facilitate development), the significance of institutions such as the school for processes of socialization, the way that language facilitates processes of human development, and the sociocultural context of developmental disabilities. Topics vary with each offering;
Prerequisite(s): open to upper division Human Development Majors only.
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with consent of program coordinator.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face & Online Grading: Graded
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HD 321 - Human Development Core Concepts
Unit(s): 4
This course offers an introduction to the social scientific theories that influence the study of human development. We consider theorists who examine the influence of political economy, culture, psychology, and biology on the life course. The course emphasizes the close reading, analysis, and discussion of texts representative of major approaches.
Prerequisite(s): open to upper division Human Development Majors only.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 322 - Applied Human Development
Unit(s): 4
This capstone course considers some of the essential characteristics of what we might refer to as “applied human development.” We take up four topics: 1) the politics and ethics of what it means to do applied work; 2) the challenges of applying divergent theoretical perspectives to practical problems; 3) the practical challenges of working on a specific applied project; and 4) the institutional characteristics of some of the career contexts in which human development knowledge gets applied. With these last two topics, we will engage with community partners in ways that help us to understand applied human development work.
Prerequisite(s): enrollment in or completion of HD 450 and either HD 320 or HD 321; open to Human Development Majors with senior standing only.
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face & Online Grading: Graded
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HD 325 - Topics in Human Development: Childhood and Adolescence
Unit(s): 3-4
This seminar deals with current topics in the development of humans during childhood and adolescence. Topics vary with each offering.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit if topic differs. Open to upper-division Human Development majors only.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 335 - Topics in Human Development: Adulthood and Lifespan
Unit(s): 3-4
This seminar deals with current topics in the development of humans during adulthood or across the lifespan. Topics vary with each offering.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit if topic differs. Open to upper-division Human Development majors only.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 350 - Topics in Human Development
Unit(s): 3-4
A seminar dealing with current topics in human development. Topics vary with each offering. Possible topics include: autism across the lifespan; child, adolescent, and adult development in sociocultural context; human difference across the lifespan; language and learning; culturally-shaped conceptions of childhood and development; interventions in human development.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit if topic differs.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 365 - Topics in Human Development: Gender and Sexuality
Unit(s): 3-4
This seminar deals with current topics in gender and sexuality across the lifespan. Topics vary with each offering.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit if topic differs. Open to upper-division Human Development majors only.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 375 - Topics in Human Development: Society, Culture and Language
Unit(s): 3-4
This seminar deals with current topics of human development in social, cultural and linguistic perspectives. Topics vary with each offering.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit if topic differs. Open to upper-division Human Development majors only.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 450 - Qualitative Research Design
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces the way in which qualitative methods can be used to study the life course. After considering what it means to pose an interesting, viable, and ethical research question, the class will provide extensive training in one method central to the study of the cultural character of the life course: semi-structured interviews. Students will develop and carry out a collaborative research project throughout the course of the class.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Human Development Majors with upper-division standing only.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 490 - Senior Project
Unit(s): 1
A senior capstone course devoted to senior projects required of Human Development students.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Human Development major, senior standing.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HD 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
The Human Development major encourages independent study as preparation and practice for life-long self-directed learning. Students should formulate plans in consultation with a faculty member. Special forms for this purpose are available in the department office. These should be completed and filed during the add/drop period.
Prerequisite(s): upper-division Human Development majors with a minimum 3.0 GPA and consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HD 496 - Agency Internships
Unit(s): 1-4
Agency Internship to allow students in Human Development to do supervised internships in a variety of educational and social service settings.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division Human Development majors and consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HEBR 101 - Elementary Modern Hebrew - First Semester
Unit(s): 4
This course offered as the first semester course in Hebrew Program. As such it addresses appropriate material for the beginning level. The course requires no prior Hebrew background. Students are exposed to spoken Hebrew during each class; they are expected to communicate in Hebrew with one another as well as with the instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HEBR 102 - Elementary Modern Hebrew - Second Semester
Unit(s): 4
Hebrew for beginners, second level. Elementary oral expression and fundamentals of grammar, cultural readings, and beginning practice in composition.
Prerequisite(s): JWST 101 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 150 - History: Credit by Examination
Unit(s): 3
Challenge Examination - The state code requirement in world or U.S. history may be satisfied by passing the department’s challenge examination. (Dates and times are published at the beginning of each semester.) Instructor consent required.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 201 - Foundations of World Civilization
Unit(s): 3
An introduction to the early, classical, and medieval civilizations that have most influenced the modern world. Developments (from prehistory to 1500 C.E.) include the Eastern traditions of India, China, and Japan; the world of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the classical Mediterranean civilizations; tropical Africa; and the medieval and Renaissance cultures of the emerging West.
GE Category: C2 - Humanities
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 202 - Development of the Modern World
Unit(s): 3
An introduction to modern and contemporary history from 1500 C.E. to the present. Course material includes the impact of world expansion on the Americas, Africa and Asia; the growth of nationalism and the national state; industrial, political, and social revolutions worldwide; the wars of the 20th century; and decolonization and the conclusion of the Cold War.
GE Category: C2 - Humanities
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 242 - History of the Americas Since Independence
Unit(s): 3
A comparison of the development of the United States after independence with that of Latin America. Topics include: colonial legacies, political leadership, expansion and conflict, regionalism, economic development, reform and revolution, church and state, race relations, education, and inter-American relations.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 251 - History of the United States to 1877
Unit(s): 3
A general survey of the major developments in U.S. history from the European discovery and colonization of the Western Hemisphere through Reconstruction. Required of all history majors.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area D3 (U.S. History), and the state code requirement in history.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 252 - History of the United States Since 1865 See for changes
Unit(s): 3
A general survey of the major developments in U.S. history from the end of Reconstruction to the present day.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area D3 (U.S. History) and the state code requirement in history.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 305 - Warfare in the Pre-Modern Era
Unit(s): 4
This course will examine warfare in the ancient and medieval Near East, Mediterranean, and European worlds. Particular emphases will be placed on the development of new military technologies and strategies and their social, economic, and political ramifications. The class will also investigate the consequences of war and its impact on non-combatants.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 324 - Archaeology and the Bible
Unit(s): 4
An exploration of the archaeology and history of the ancient Near East, from the earliest human settlements through the Persian empire (ca. 10,500-332 BCE). Societies described in the Hebrew Bible are emphasized, with topics ranging from the rise of the state and international trade, to the identities and everyday lives of men, women, and children. The history and socio-political impacts of “Biblical Archaeology” are also examined. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or
consent of instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students only. Crosslisted: JWST 324
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 335 - Early China to 1500
Unit(s): 4
This course is designed to introduce students to the intellectual, political, social and economic traditions that helped make the 16th century Chinese state the greatest bureaucratic empire in the world. From the great intellectual efflorescence of the “100 School” period to the far-ranging ocean voyages of the eunuch admiral Zheng He, the course will examine a broad spectrum of topics, including folk religion, gender roles, imperial politics, medicine, art, and literature, among others. The relationship between social, economic, and political developments will be emphasized.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 338 - Early Japan to 1650
Unit(s): 4
This course is designed to introduce students to the intellectual, political, social, and economic traditions that underlay the creation of the Japanese emperor system and the rise of warrior government. From the unique aristocratic culture of Heian Japan to the legendary conquests of Hideyoshi, the course will look at a broad range of topics, including religion, gender, politics, art, and philosophy. The course also examines the influence on Japan of Tang China and early modern Europe. The emphasis will be on the relationship between social, economic, political, and cultural forces.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 339 - Ancient and Colonial Latin America
Unit(s): 4
An inquiry into the indigenous cultures of Central and South America and an examination of Spanish, Portuguese, and other European empires in America. Areas of study may include land, labor, religion, culture, slavery, race, gender, trade and economic development, art and literature, and resistance and revolt.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 342 - Modern Latin America
Unit(s): 4
A study of the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Latin America since independence, with an emphasis on political movements in the 20th century, including revolutions in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and Nicaragua; socialism in Chile, peronismo in Argentina; and modernization in Brazil. The role of the United States in Latin America and modern Latin American art and literature will also be emphasized.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 345 - Women’s History and Women’s Activism
Unit(s): 3-4
This course (originates in WGS) will take an activist-historical perspective on the history of American women. We will study historical figures, events, and movements central to the history of feminist activism for equality and social justice. The class will address the politics of writing women into history and documenting the diversity of women’s activism.
Crosslisted: WGS 365
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 349 - Historical Themes
Unit(s): 2-4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest to general students as well as to majors.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 351 - American Thought and Society to 1865
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to the major ideas, values, and beliefs operative in American history up to the Civil War. Topics include Puritan religion and culture, the revolutionary and constitutional debates, Transcendentalism, and slavery controversies.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 352 - American Thought and Society, 1865 to the Present
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to the major ideas, values, and beliefs operative in American history from the Civil War to the turn of the 21st century. Topics include the Social Gospel, pragmatism, socialism, the New Left, feminism, and conservative thought.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 355 - America at War: Oral History and Performance
Unit(s): 4
This course examines warfare in modern American history, using the methods of oral history. After reading oral history interviews relating to American military history, the class conducts original interviews and translates those interviews into a performance for the campus community.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 360 - Public History and Museum Studies
Unit(s): 4
This discussion-based course introduces students to the methods and scholarship of public history. Topics include: museum studies, oral history, archival work, historic preservation, public policy research, local history, documentary film making, and digital history. This class teaches students practical skills necessary for careers in public history.
Typically Offered Fall Odd Years
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 370 - History Forum
Unit(s): 1-4
A semester lecture series on a specific theme or topic presented by members of the department, other SSU faculty, and guest speakers. May be audited. Open to the public.
Typically Offered Not Recently Offered
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 371 - Special Topics and Themes in European History
Unit(s): 2-4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to European History.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 372 - Special Topics and Themes in Latin American History
Unit(s): 4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to Latin American history.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 373 - Special Topics and Themes in World/Regional History
Unit(s): 4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to World/Regional history.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 375 - Special Topics and Themes in American History
Unit(s): 1-4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to American History.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 376 - Special Topics and Themes in World History
Unit(s): 2-4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to World History.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 377 - Special Topics and Themes in Asian and Pacific History
Unit(s): 4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to Asian and Pacific History.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 378 - Special Topics and Themes in Comparative/Thematic/Global History
Unit(s): 4
Studies of particular themes, issues, and topics of special interest pertaining to Comparative/Thematic/Global history.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 380 - Twentieth and Twenty-First Century World
Unit(s): 3
An exploration of the origins and development of 20th and 21st century ideas, institutions, and systems in global perspective. Forces that have united and divided the contemporary world community are examined: imperialism, science, democracy, communism, nationalism, militarism, racism, cultural traditionalism, and technological disparities.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of lower division D coursework and at least 45 units.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area D UD - Social Sciences
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 381 - The Black Sea World, 1500-2000
Unit(s): 4
A study of the Black Sea region in the early-modern and modern eras. Major themes include Russian expansion into the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, the Crimean Khanate, the incorporation of Georgia and Crimea into the Russian Empire, the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of modern Turkey , Balkan nationalism, and secessionist wars in the Caucasus and Ukraine
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 382 - The Mediterranean World, 1400-1700
Unit(s): 4
A study of the Mediterranean region in the early modern era. The course considers economic, political, social, and cultural interaction in the region. Topics covered include the Ottoman Empire, Iberian expansion into North Africa, the Spanish reconquista, and naval warfare and piracy. History majors may consider this an upper-division European history elective.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 383 - The Atlantic World, 1450-1800
Unit(s): 4
Focusing on the development of institutions and spread of movements that connected Western Africa, Northern Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and South America in a transatlantic context from 1500-1800, this course considers the topics of state formation, revolutions, empire, migration, religion, economy, race, class and gender in an Atlantic framework. Although the course emphasizes the early modern period, additional consideration is given to the issues facing the Atlantic community in the modern era.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 384 - Empires and Colonies
Unit(s): 4
A comparative study of empires and their colonies throughout history. Problems in colonial history, decolonization and the writing of imperial history are considered.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 391 - The Study of History
Unit(s): 4
An examination of various philosophies and methodologies that have shaped historiography. Consideration is given to the relationship between the historian and the climate of opinion, to varying interpretations of historical events, to the place of history as a literary art, and to the techniques of historical research and writing.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 392 - Story and History
Unit(s): 4
The relationship between literary narrative and history in late medieval and early modern Italy . Dante’s Inferno, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Machiavelli’s Discourses, and other works as documents of a particular historical time.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 393 - Historical Source Lab: Digitising the Past
Unit(s): 4
Historians use artifacts like documents, films, and material objects to make sense of the past. History 378 introduces students to the evolving craft of digital humanities, which entails making historical sources available in digital form for scholarly and non-scholarly audiences. Working in teams, students will learn contextual research, description, transcription, annotation, copy-editing, content development, and copyright evaluation skills. Student projects will be subjected to professional peer review; successful projects will be published in digital format.
Typically Offered Fall Odd Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 394 - The Use and Abuse of History
Unit(s): 4
This class explores the various ways people have done history badly (Ancient Aliens! The Da Vinci Code! But more menacingly, the mobilization and distortion of the mythic past as propaganda in support of fascist and racist regimes). Through a series of case studies, which range from Ancient Egypt and Atlantis (spoiler alert: Atlantis did not actually exist) to Grail conspiracies and fascist archeology under Mussolini, students will study examples of how the past has been manipulated in service of the present. This will, in turn, require us to think about how we know what we know about history, how we evaluate evidence and ask (good) questions, and explore different approaches to historical problem solving.
Typically Offered Spring Even Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 400 - The Roman Republic
Unit(s): 4
A history of the Roman people from prehistory through Julius Caesar. The course covers political, economic, social and cultural change in Rome’s transition from a village of mud huts to Mediterranean empire.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 401 - The Roman Empire
Unit(s): 4
A history of the Roman Empire from Octavian to 476 C.E., covering political, economic, social, and cultural change in Rome’s transition from Mediterranean and European empire to the collapse of the empire in the West.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 402 - The Fall of the Roman Empire
Unit(s): 4
More than 1500 years after the end of Roman political authority in Western Europe, the so-called ‘Fall of Rome’ continues to fascinate us. This class will attempt to problematize the ‘Fall of Rome’ and evaluate the various reasons advanced by scholars, from Edward Gibbon to modern historians , to explain it.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 403 - Late Antiquity
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the history of the late antique Mediterranean from roughly the third century to the end of the sixth, a period marked by a series of political, economic, socio-religious, and military crises, and ultimately, the collapse of Roman political rule in the Latin West. This was a period of dramatic change, but also of important continuities, which continued well into the medieval period and beyond. Topics include political and military response to crises, the ‘barbarians,’ Greco-Roman polytheism and the rise of Christianity, growing divisions between Greek East and Latin West, the ‘fall of the Roman Empire,’ and the advent of the barbarian successor kingdoms in Italy, Spain, North Africa, Gaul and Britain.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 404 - The Dark Ages
Unit(s): 4
The period following the ‘fall of the Roman Empire’ has often been thought of as a dark age when civilization all but collapsed. But how dark was it really? How much did things change for ordinary individuals? Did people really stop reading, writing, and bathing? To address these and related questions, this course examines the political, social, religious, economic, and military history of the Mediterranean world from roughly the sixth century to the year 1000, taking as its focus the relationship between the three principal religiopolitical blocs, which defined the period: the Byzantine (East Roman) Empire, the Islamic world, and the various successor states in the Latin West, including Vandal Africa, Visigothic Spain, Anglo-Saxon England, Ostrogothic and Lombard Italy, and Merovingian Gaul. We will also consider the Christianization of Europe, the formation and collapse of the Carolingian Empire, the rise of the Vikings.
Typically Offered Spring Even Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 406 - The Crusades
Unit(s): 4
A study of the Crusades provides a microcosm of trends and assumptions in the Europe of the High Middle Ages. The course will focus on interrelationships of church, political structures, economy, and military structures, with special attention on the First, Fourth, and Sixth Crusades (1095-1270).
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 407 - Love, Sex, and Death in the Pre-Modern World
Unit(s): 4
This course will examine love, sex ,and the end of life in the pre-modern world with a primary focus on Europe in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Topics include courtship and marriage, prostitution, gender and sexuality ,attitudes towards the body, death and the memorialization of the dead.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 409 - The High Middle Ages
Unit(s): 4
Medieval civilization from 1000-1400. The course includes the conflict of church and state, growth of national monarchies, the agricultural revolution and growth of commerce, the flowering of medieval culture, and the devastations of the 14th century.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 410 - Early Modern Europe, 1350-1789
Unit(s): 4
This course offers a comparative study of states and society in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Topics include the persistence of the humanist tradition, European exploration and conquest, religious reform and ideology, the rise of science, and the crisis of culture and social relations. The emphasis in these centuries that shaped the modern world is social and cultural, but political and intellectual issues are also considered in depth.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 411 - The Enlightenment to World War I
Unit(s): 4
A political, social, and cultural history that explores the origins of modern Europe. Topics include the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the impact of Europe on the world, the growth of liberalism and socialism, and the causes of World War I.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 412 - Europe Since 1914
Unit(s): 4
An overview of 20th century European history and culture. Topics include: the impact of World War I; the appeal of totalitarian systems: communism, fascism, Nazism; Europe’s “suicide” during World War II; the reconstruction of Europe; the Cold War; economic integration; and Europe’s cultural impact since 1914.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 414 - Gender and Society in Early Modern Europe
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the role of gender in early modern Europe from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century. Topics include religion, law, labor, social and family relations. The course also considers the impact of major historical developments such as the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, industrialization, and the rise of the modern state on gender relations.
Crosslisted: WGS 414
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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