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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the structure, processes and institutions of American state and local government. Topics include three branches of government, the federal-state relationship, political parties, voting behavior and interest groups. Emphasis on the public policy and public service roles of state and local government in education, public safety, transportation, health and welfare and economic development. Examples will be used from Ohio, where possible. (Social and Behavioral Science elective).
Prerequisite:
ENG 097
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3.00 Credits
Explores such topics as the nation-state, power vs. morality in foreign policy-making, the East vs. West and current problems. (Social and Behavioral Science elective).
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3.00 Credits
This course is a geographic examination of the spatial aspects of culture and the ways that humans shape landscapes throughout the world. Topics to be discussed include: population, migration, cultural identity, race, ethnicity, gender, language, religion, political geography, human-environment interaction, urban geography, globalization, and popular culture.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the geographical context of major social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental issues in the United States and Canada. Geographical concepts, processes, and relationships will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines Earth as the environment of humans. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the world's physical environment and many naturally occuring processes occuring on Earth's surface. This course will cover Earth-Sun relationships, human impacts on the environment, and the geographic distributions of weather, climate, soils, plants, animals, and physical landscape features. Students completing this course will have a better understanding of global environmental change and factors responsible for it.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to major world regions and geographical concepts. After completing this course, students will have a better understanding of how regions are cognitively constructed, the importance of place in defining world cultures, and the connection between people and places through the process of globalization.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the theory and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will learn how to acquire, create, and manage spatial data. Students will also learn how to create effective maps as a form of visual communication using sound cartographic principles. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have a good understanding of how to use GIS to solve problems in a variety of real-world situations. Emphasis will be placed on applications to subfields of Geography and Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Introduces and analyzes critical religious, political, cultural, economic and social trends in the development of non-Western and Western Civilization from antiquity through the late Middle Ages. (Arts and Humanities elective).
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3.00 Credits
Traces and evaluates key developments in non-Western and Western civilizations from the Renaissance to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the religious conflict; militarism; intellectual, cultural and political revolutions; formation of modern nation-states and post-colonialism. (Arts and Humanities elective)
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3.00 Credits
Studies the emergence and development of the United States, from the earliest settlement to the end of the Reconstruction. Emphasizes key individuals, groups, and social forces that determined the political order, economic structure, and culture of the period. (Arts and Humanities elective)
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