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3.00 Credits
This course examines the Civil War and the process of rebuilding the nation at the end of America?s bloodiest war. It will cover the causes for the war, the principle battles, the political and military personalities involved, the war?s consequences, and explore why the Union emerged victorious.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the movement of people to the Trans-Mississippi American West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will explore their impact on and interaction with the Native American people and the environment.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey key topics in American history since 1945. Topics include the Cold War, hot wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, the Cuban Missile Crisis, civil rights, feminism, the environmental movement, and politics and culture.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the U.S. experience in Vietnam from 1950 to 1975 and includes the conduct and controversies surrounding the war as well as the results for America and Southeast Asia.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey key topics in world history since the peace settlements in Europe and the Far East at the end of World War II. Topics examined will include the political and economic structures of the peace of 1945, the role of the new United Nations, the causes of the Cold War, the Korean War, the end of European empires in Asia and Africa, crises over Cuba and Vietnam in the 1960s, the fall of the Iron Curtain, the emergence of the European Union, as well as tensions and war in the Middle East over oil, Israel, Iran and Iraq, and international terrorism.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to present certain topics not covered in the usual program yet considered of value to the student of history.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the history of historical writing, the use and evaluation of historical sources, why interpretations differ, and how historians are influenced by forces other than the facts. A research paper is required for this course.
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3.00 Credits
Qualified students who have departmental approval may apply for internships at Old Sturbridge Village (OSV), an early 19th century outdoor history museum. Such internships will be supervised by department members and OSV staff. Other internships may be possible as well.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamental practices involved in effective human resource management, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, compensation, employment law, and employee rights. HR theory and practice is emphasized within the context of improving organizational productivity and developing employee potential.
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3.00 Credits
Labor Economics deals with labor markets, the arrangement under which firms demand workers and the workers supply their labor. Labor is demanded because of its productivity in producing goods and services. Labor is supplied for monetary as well as non-monetary reasons, such as stability of employment, job safety, and opportunity for advancement. Special course attention is given to recent developments affecting the market, including technology, international competitiveness, minimum wage legislation, union activities, income distribution, and ethical issues.
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