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3.00 Credits
Selected in collaboration with Concentration faculty. The primary purpose of this course is to assist in the development of a competent health care professional who is aware of and can demonstrate those personal and professional competencies necessary for functioning as a contributing professional in a health care environment. The focus of the course is on the implementation of communication skills, critical thinking and the application of knowledge and skills gained in didactic coursework in their target employment environment. The student develops their learning objectives, in coordination with their advisor, and the placement is coordinated through the career development office. This 3-credit experience requires a minimum of 150 hours in the work place and is typically completed within one 15-week semester. If a student chooses a second specialization, a minimum of one additional credit is required in that area of specialization. Evaluations of student learning will include journal and case report preparations. Prerequisite: Senior status in Health Care Studies. Offered As Needed.
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2.00 Credits
The primary purpose of the course is to introduce majors to the disciplines of History and Political Science. Another function of the course is to facilitate students’ abilities to analyze knowledge from disparate sources and to enhance critical thinking skills. The process involved in learning and thinking critically will be emphasized throughout the course, organized around a particular theme. An additional goal of this course is to introduce students to the faculty of the Department of History & Government. In addition to the primary instructors, several faculty members will contribute to the course as guest discussants. The class will also include activities designed to help students to begin exploring future career plans. These activities may include goal-setting, developing a resume, introduction to careers one can pursue with a degree from the department, question and answer sessions with alumni, etc. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
Classes are conducted in seminar format. Class discussions are based on the intensive study of a wide variety of historical writings. Historiography is the study of the history of history writing; thus, discussions and assignments will focus on a close study of the changing interpretations of history. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to prepare prospective teachers who will engage in teaching social studies at the secondary level. It is intended to invest them with an understanding of the skills of teaching as well as provide them with content knowledge. It is also intended to assist prospective teachers in generating and implementing ideas and then assessing how well these plans have worked in the classroom. Prerequisite: Junior status. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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1.00 Credits
In this course, taken in the spring semester of the junior year, students select topics for their research projects and make substantial progress on researching the senior thesis under the direction of History and Government faculty members. Students are required to submit a polished research proposal and an annotated bibliography and to make an oral presentation of the research proposal to the class. Prerequisite: HG 343 or equivalent. Co-requisite: HG 331 or equivalent. This course is a prerequisite for HG 443 Research Project. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills Research and Presentation requirement. Writing Intensive. In this capstone course for students majoring in the History & Government department, students research an approved topic under the direction of History & Government faculty members and write a thesis of approximately 30 pages that synthesizes research from appropriate primary and secondary sources. Students are required to present their research orally, in a forum selected by the course instructor(s). Prerequisite: HG 331 or equivalent and HG 442. Offered As Needed.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Credit is granted on an individual basis to students who work with government or party officials on a national, state or local level, in non-public agencies, law firms or in other institutions which are relevant to majors in History and Government or Political Science.
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Contextual Competency. The two-course world history sequence focuses on the peoples, forces and ideas that have shaped the way individuals have experienced (and still do experience) the world. The course’s perspective is global and focuses on the origins and development, geographical context, and interactions of world cultures. In this course, we will focus on two key themes of early world history: 1) the ways in which different cultures emerged in response to the demands of their environmental surroundings; and 2) the ways in which different peoples began to increasingly interact with one another by 1500. Offered Each Year (Fall).
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Contextual Competency. The two-course world history sequence focuses on the peoples, forces and ideas that have shaped the way individuals have experienced (and still do experience) the world. The course’s perspective is global and focuses on the origins and development, geographical context, and interactions of world cultures. In this course, we will focus on two key themes of modern world history: 1) the ways in which global connections have developed; and 2) the ways in which different peoples at different times have resisted globalization, instead seeking to preserve their distinct cultural traditions. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Contextual Competency. This course attempts to deepen understanding of contemporary issues in American society by studying their historical evolution. We will examine the events and impact of contested economic, political, social, and cultural issues in the U.S. since the 1960s. Major topics include the impact of foreign policy on domestic affairs; the civil rights movement; the women’s movements; the New Left; liberation movements; Watergate; the rise of modern conservatism; and the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s. Offered As Needed.
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