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3.00 Credits
Provides students with a broad understanding of the earth's physical environment. The distribution and interrelationships of the earth's weather climates, soil, vegetation, and land forms are studied. Principles of cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and remote sensing are introduced. Three hours, three credits
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3.00 Credits
Methods of Analysis provided by geographic information systems (GIS). Operations on map information including map overlay, aggregation/disaggregation, and other spatial and attribute procedures. Exposure to raster and vector software and Global Positioning System tools. Three hours, three credits.
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1.00 Credits
This course offers students who enter Ferrum College with twenty-four or more hours a structured, intensive advising course in which students meet regularly with their advisors during their first semester at Ferrum College to learn about college policies, resources, and the academic program. Students choose to take FER 201 as an elective course. Pass-Fail. One contact hour, one credit.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major forces at work in American society, politics, and thought from Reconstruction through the middle decades of the 20th century. Three hours, three credits.
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3.00 Credits
A history of Western Europe from the Reformation until the French Revolution. Focal points of attention will include the Reformation, rise of the state, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. Three hours, three credits.
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3.00 Credits
A history of Western Europe from the post-Napoleonic period until the end of World War I. Focal points of attention will include the industrial revolution, intellectual trends, New Imperialism, and the Nazi state. Three hours, three credits.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey of the museum profession, its standards and techniques, combined with hands-on experiences in various phases of museum operations. Three hours, three credits.
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6.00 Credits
Covers the period of American history from 1763-1789 and offers an in-depth analysis of the background and causes of the Revolution, the political and military course of the Revolution, and the origins and development of the Constitution as the culmination of the Revolutionary era. This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of "C" or higher in this course is required forthis course to count toward the six credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of "C" or higher in this course unless he or she earns a "Cor better on the writing assignments required by the course. Three hours, three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students will expand their understanding of the American Civil War during a guided tour of important eastern battlefields. Discussions, lectures, and multimedia presentations during travel and in the evenings will enable students to appreciate the context in which battles took place and allow them to process the information they gather at the sites. Specially selected readings will help students maximize on-site learning. Tests will be administered daily and an analytical paper will be submitted after the tour portion of the course. Students selecting the three credit-hour option will, in addition to completing the tour and attendant coursework, complete a web-based supplemental unit including more extensive readings, tests, and essays. Students who have received prior credit for HIS 305 are not eligible for the three-hour option, although they may take the one-hour option. Students taking HIS 304 for one credit may, in contract, take HIS 305 for full credit. A travel expense fee will be charged. Eighty hours (ten days on tour), one or three credits.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the American Civil War and emphasis on the political, economics, social, and cultural differences between the belligerents, the causes of the war, the conduct of the war, and the impact of personalities on the conflict, the inevitability of the result, and the war's impact on the nation then and now. Three hours, three credits.
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