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HTY 420 - Science and Society Since 1800
Examines the development of science, with emphasis on America, since the Scientific Revolution, both ‘internally’–as ideas and experiments–and ‘externally’–as related to America and other societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to first-year students.
Credits: 3
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HTY 423 - History of Russia I
Russian history from the earliest times to the 1870’s, including political, economic, cultural and social developments during the Kievan, Tartar, Muscovite and Imperial periods.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.)
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 424 - History of Russia II:The Russian Revolution, 1881-1991
The history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during the last 125 years, including the problems and achievements of Imperial Russia, World War I and the Bolshevik seizure of power, the development of Communist totalitarianism, Russia as a world power, and contemporary dilemmas.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 106 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 426 - History of Modern Germany
Includes major political, economic, cultural, and social developments during the Imperial, Weimar, National Socialist, and Federal Republic eras.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 106 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 429 - History of Modern Italy
Covers the economic, social, political, and cultural developments of the Italian people from 1796 to the present. Explores Italian unification, Fascism, and the Italian migration to the U.S.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Six hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 433 - Greek and Roman Mythology
The study of classical myths as the poetic expression of the Greek and Roman spirit, as the depiction of everything considered sacred, and as the embodiment of the basic patterns of the human psyche. Discusses the major theories of myth. Uses modern psychology and anthropology to show how the myths reveal secrets of our emotional, intellectual, and spiritual lives.
Prerequisites & Notes
GRE 101 or LAT 101 or PHI 101 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 434 - Greek and Roman Heritage in America
The influence of Greek and Roman thought on North American culture from the colonial period to the 20th century. Prime examples: the idea of a Classical Republic, Greek architecture, pro- and anti- slavery arguments based on Plato and Aristotle.
Prerequisites & Notes
one of the following: ARH 251, ARH 253; GRE 101, GRE 102; HTY 106; LAT 101, LAT 102, PHI 101; POS 301 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 436 - History of China II
A survey of social, economic, cultural and political development in China from 1600 to the present. Emphasis will be on the 20th century, especially on the Communist Revolution and the “market economy reform” period since 1978.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 107 or HTY 108 or six hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 437 - History of Modern Japan
Survey of social, economic, cultural and political development in Japan from the last period of feudalism to the present day. Social and political structures, value changes, the rise of militarism and fascism, the effects of the Pacific War, popular movements, modernization problems and progress, and relations with the United States and the rest of the world will be discussed.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 107 or HTY 108 or six hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 442 - The United States and Vietnam: A History
Focuses on key periods in the historical development of the United States and Vietnam and trace the history of their relations since the beginning of World War II. The economic, social, political, ideological, and cultural origins of the conflict, the conduct of the war and the aftermath in Vietnam, East Asia, and the United States will be examined.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or HTY 107 or HTY 108 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 449 - History of South Africa
Examines the political, economic, and social history of South Africa from 1652 to the present. Emphasis on race relations from the establishment of the Cape Colony to the fall of Apartheid. Explores European colonization, the formation of the Zulu Empire, the South African War, and the birth of the New South Africa.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 106 or HTY 112 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 450 - History of the British Empire
Examines the history of the British Empire from the late 15th century to the end of the 20th century. Emphasis on the 19th century, especially the period of rapid growth c. 1875-1914, in Africa and Asia.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 454 - History of Ireland II
The history of Ireland from the late seventeenth through twentieth centuries, examines nationalist movements, the land question, and the development and issues of Northern Ireland.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.
Credits: 3
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HTY 455 - History of Great Britain I
The political, socio-economic, and constitutional aspects of British history from Roman Britain to 1700, emphasizing economic growth and the development of political institutions.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.
Credits: 3
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HTY 456 - History of Great Britain II
The political, socio-economic, and constitutional aspects of British history from 1700 to the present, emphasizing economic growth and the development of democracy.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.
Credits: 3
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HTY 458 - History of French Canada and Franco Americans
The common historical heritage of French Canadians and Franco-Americans from the establishment of New France and Acadia to the great migrations to the United States in the 19th century. The separate development of French Canadians and Franco-Americans from this point to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of History or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 459 - Colonial Canada
Canada’s history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social, and economic developments and relations with the American people. (This course is identical to FAS 459.)
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 460 - Modern Canada
Canada’s history from Confederation to the present, emphasizing political, social, and economic developments and Canada’s relations with the United States.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 461 - Colonial British America to 1763
Examines the founding and development of English-speaking colonies in the New
World. Themes include the trans-Atlantic context of colonization, Native Americans,
the growth of slavery, and religious and regional variation in colonial America.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 462 - The American Revolution
Explores the pivotal era that created the United States as an independent nation
in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In addition to a traditional focus
on the Revolutionary War and the Federal Constitution, the course also considers
conflict within patriot ranks as well as the experience of people who did not
necessarily benefit from the Revolution.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts
and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 463 - The Early Republic, 1789-1840
Explores the shaping of American society by people and events between the years 1789-1840. While paying due attention to political and economic changes during this period, the focus will be on the lives and experiences of ordinary people: their families, work, homelife, communities, attitudes and expectations.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 464 - America at the Crossroads: The Era of Civil War Reconstruction 1840-1876
Problems and processes involved in territorial expansion, economic growth, the slavery issue, civil war, and the reconstruction of American society.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 465 - American Landscapes, 1600-1850
Investigates the shaping of American landscapes and interpretation of those landscapes in history, fiction and art. In particular, the course explores the ways in which Americans used idealizations of the physical environment to define certain cultural attributes and to explain social transformations.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 467 - Early 20th Century America, 1914-1945
Changes in American politics, economics, society, and culture including the Wilson era of reform and intervention in World War I, the age of business, depression and the New Deal of FDR, World War II and American global power.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 468 - America Since 1945
Changes in American politics, economics, society, and culture including the Cold War and McCarthyism, protest movements of the 1960s, Watergate, the energy crisis and economic recession, affluence and poverty in the 1980s.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 473 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations I
U.S. foreign relations from the Revolution to World War I. Explores the role of government and private individuals and groups (pioneers, businesspeople, missionaries) in shaping U.S. interactions with other societies and nations as it expanded across the North American continent and evolved into a world power. Includes critical examinations of U.S. foreign relations by Indian, Latin American, Asian and European nations, and by internal dissenters.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 474 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations II
Explores the role of the U.S. in international affairs from 1914 to the present. Considers formal U.S. diplomacy and military activities and role of private individuals and groups such as businesspeople, labor and peace activists, and peddlers of American cultural products (movies, jeans, etc.) in shaping U.S. interactions with other nations. Includes critical examinations of U.S. foreign relations by other nations and by internal dissenters.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 477 - The American Worker
Examines changes in the world of work during successive phases of capitalist development since the Revolutionary War. Focus on skilled and unskilled labor; the evolving factory system; public policies and effects of technological change; ethnicity, race, and gender on worker responses. Assesses contemporary workplace issues from an historical perspective.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 478 - America in the Industrial Age, 1876-1914
Traces the transformation of America into a predominantly industrial society including foundations for the rise of industry; impact on cities and farms, trade and commerce, immigration, politics, and foreign policy. Focus on ordinary lives in the Industrial Age, the Progressive response to the problems of industrialization and urbanization.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 479 - U.S. Environmental History
The attitudes, policies, and behavior of Americans and their government toward the environment. Current issues evolving out of past attitudes and policies.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 481 - Amerindians of the Northeast: A History
Considers Amerindian history from a regional perspective, with emphasis on intersocietal and interethnic relations between the 16th and 19th centuries. It encompasses the Algonquian and Iroquoian speaking peoples from the Atlantic seaboard to the upper Great Lakes and from the Ohio Valley to the Hudson Bay.
Credits: 3
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HTY 483 - Violence in North American History
Focuses on collective or group violence in the United States and Canada from the colonial era to the present. Familiarizes students with violent episodes that have shaped the histories of both countries and uses these examples as a theoretical device for comparing and contrasting nationalistic ideals and myths in the United States and Canada.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 484 - History of Jazz
The origin and development of the improvised American form of music popularly known as Jazz. Special emphasis is placed on African-American culture in its broader historical context; how this led to the development of the music, its social as well as artistic significance; study and analysis of the various Jazz styles, through exposure to the music; especially to the recorded performances of its major innovators.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives & Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing, or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 491 - Technology and Society Until 1800
Examines the development of technology from earliest times through the English Industrial Revolution, both ‘internally’, as tools and machines, and ‘externally’, as related to the societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to first-year students.
Credits: 3
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HTY 492 - Technology and Society Since 1800
Examines the development of technology, with emphasis on America, since the English Industrial Revolution, both ‘internally’–as tools and machines–and ‘externally’–as related to America and other societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to first-year students.
Credits: 3
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HTY 494 - Women, History and American Society: Selected Topics
Examines the changing experiences of American women via several intensive, topical, interdisciplinary explorations. Emphasis on women’s historical relationship with different institutions or bodies of knowledge. Possible topics include: history of women, family, and the law; women and technology; women and work; or women and racism. May be repeated once for credit.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of history or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 498 - Senior Seminar in History
Intensive reading, research, and writing under the close supervision of an instructor on a selected problem in American or European history. Required of History majors;
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements. (Offered each semester.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Restricted to history majors with senior standing.
Credits: 3
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HTY 499 - Contemporary Problems in History
In-depth analysis of a selected controversial, contemporary historical problem. The specific topic and methodology will be chosen jointly by interested students and an instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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HTY 501 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations
Examines the historical literature in the field of U.S. foreign relations. Special focus on current methodological debates over how to internationalize U.S. diplomatic history and how to incorporate themes of class, race and gender.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 502 - American Intellectual History
Advanced reading seminar. Major intellectual currents in American history, e.g. Transcendentalism, Pragmatism, progress, mission. Interrelationship between ideas and their social environment. Content varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 503 - American Regional History
Advanced reading seminar. Emphasis on various historically discrete areas, such as the South, West, New England; their distinctive development and interrelationship to broader American history. Content varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 505 - American Political History
Advanced reading seminar. Covers major political ideas, consitutional and legal development, political issues and their impact on American society, political party evolution. Content varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Gradaute standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 507 - American History to the Civil War
Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology. (Taught annually.)
Credits: 3
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HTY 508 - American History from the Civil War to the Present
Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology. (Taught annually.)
Credits: 3
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HTY 517 - Seminar in Premodern European History
Current research on premodern European history, especially as applied to graduate research and problems of teaching European or World Civilization at secondary school or college level.
Credits: 3
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HTY 518 - Readings Seminar in Modern European History
Reading and discussion of important recent books and articles in modern European history. Emphasis on publications and historical problems that apply to teaching European and world history on the secondary school and college levels, and on preparation for graduate study in European history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate students, senior history majors; others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 519 - Modern Britain and Empire
Evaluation of selected problems in English history since 1815 including the gradual democratization of British government, continuing industrial revolution, and impact of two world wars on English social, cultural, and political life.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in history, history majors with senior standing, others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 520 - Canadian Historiography
Critical analysis of works by selected historians of Canada from F.X. Garneau to the present. (Taught annually.)
Credits: 3
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HTY 521 - Canada and the United States, 1783 to the Present
Wars, migration, boundaries, resources, and trade, emphasizing the historical background to contemporary political, strategic, economic, and cultural issues in Canadian-American relations. (Taught annually.)
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 459 or HTY 460 or HTY 473 or HTY 474 or POS 374 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 550 - Readings in Bibliography and Criticism in:
1. American History 2. European History 3. British and Commonwealth History 4. Canadian History 5. African History 6. Asian History 7. Latin American.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 577 - Environmental History
Surveys major trends in environmental and conservation thought and major developments in land use and environmental change.
Credits: 3
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HTY 597 - Field Work in Historical Institutions
Field work in local museums, state agencies, and other historic laboratories. Involves preparation and repair of exhibits, research and preparation of historic preservation documents, and beginning archival and artifact handling.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3 - 12
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HTY 599 - Special Topics in History
Exploration and analysis of new trends in research and interpretation in history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 601 - Seminar in American Colonial History
Seminar
Credits: Ar
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HTY 602 - Seminar in United States History, 1789-1850
Seminar
Credits: 3
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HTY 604 - Seminar in United States History 1916 to Present
Seminar
Credits: Ar
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HTY 607 - Seminar in American Foreign Relations
Seminar
Credits: Ar
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HTY 609 - Seminar in New England-Quebec Atlantic Provinces History
(Taught annually.)
Credits: Ar
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HTY 611 - Seminar in British and European History
Seminar
Credits: Ar
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HTY 620 - Seminar in American Women’s History
Seminar
Credits: 3
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HTY 630 - Seminar in Science and Technology in the United States
Research seminar on American science and technology from colonial times to the present. Focus will alternate from science to technology in different years to recognize the uniqueness of each.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in history or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HTY 645 - Special Seminar in History I
Seminar
Credits: Ar
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HTY 647 - Seminar in Methodology and Historiography
Introduction to historical skills and recent historical techniques: psychohistory, demography, quantitative history. (Taught annually.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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HTY 699 - Graduate Thesis / Research
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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HUD 511 - Seminar in Family Relationships
Reports and discussions of current literature in family relationships and related social sciences with special attention to critical analysis.
Credits: 3
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HUD 525 - Theories of Child Development
Theoretical conceptualizations influencing the study of child development.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 535 - Recent Research in Human Development
Advanced study of topics in human development. Reports and evaluation of current research on topics across the lifespan. May be taken more than once for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 540 - Theories and Concepts of Family Development
An interdisciplinary and developmental approach to the evaluation of theories used in the study of family functioning.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 551 - Fundamentals of Human Development
This course presents the key perspectives for studying life-span development and family relationships. Emphasis is placed on the application of theory to understanding development and the design of interventions.
Credits: 3
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HUD 552 - Professional Practices in Human Development
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the many aspects of human services administration and leadership. This course seeks to educate and develop informed practitioners, preparing them for innovative and effective practices in diverse and complex environments.
Credits: 3
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HUD 553 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Human Development
This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of program development and evaluation in human service organizations.
Credits: 3
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HUD 554 - Legislation and Policy in Human Development
A detailed analysis of child and family policies, including what is family policy, how policy is made an implemented, how values and goals affect policy and legislation, and future directions for policies in American and other countries.
Credits: 3
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HUD 555 - Grant Development in Human Development
This course provides an in-depth understanding of the grant seeking and writing process. Students will be expected to develop a fundable grant proposal.
Credits: 3
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HUD 556 - Introduction to Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations
An overview of research methods applicable to the study of children and families. An in-class research project is completed. (This course is identical to CHF 406.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 200, CHF 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 560 - Seminar in Human Development
Reports and discussion of research findings in human development. Topics may vary semester by semester. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 601 - Supervised Fieldwork in Child Development and Family Relations
Supervised work experience in an approved community agency related to the student’s vocational goals.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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HUD 609 - Family Counseling
Theory and practice of therapeutic intervention in families, including the child in the family setting, the marital dyad and the family constellation.
Prerequisites & Notes
a counseling course and a family course or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 618 - Sexuality and Human Interaction
A course designed to increase awareness of the influence of sexuality on communication processes and to develop techniques for dealing with sexuality as it relates to the counseling process.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in counseling and a course in family or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 649 - Investigation of Special Topics
Advanced independent study for qualified students who present suitable projects for intensive, independent investigation in human development.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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HUD 699 - Graduate Thesis / Research
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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IEI 010 - Developing Accurate Listening
Intensive listening practice to improve understanding of the everyday idiomatic English of native speakers in America. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 012 - Oral Communication Skills
Practice of strategies for effective oral communication in modes typical of conversational, professional and academic settings. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 013 - Writing Fluently and Accurately
Intensive English writing process practice ranging from personal free-writing to composing correspondence and essays so as to develop fluency, clarity, organization, expression, grammatical accuracy and editing skills. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 014 - Vocabulary and Reading Development
Strategies for effective reading and the acquisition of new vocabulary. Intensive work with level-appropriate texts to develop reading comprehension and speed. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 016 - English Through U.S. History and Culture
Intensive work with adapted and authentic texts and other media to improve English language proficiency while learning about U.S. culture and history. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 017 - English Through Film
Mining rich sources of comprehensible input found in film to develop aural comprehension, communication fluency, and cultural awareness as well as analytical and critical thinking skills. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 019 - Special Topics in ESL
Language activities to advance English acquisition. Issues and themes from contemporary society. Cross-cultural perspectives. Topics vary. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 020 - English for Academic Purposes
Practice in academic skills required for university studies. Selecting courses, analyzing course expectations, taking notes, working with various lecture styles, researching library and on-line sources, giving presentations, increasing reading efficiency, and interacting with professors. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 024 - Academic Composition and Critical Reading
Intensive practice reading for and writing analytical papers and reports with emphasis on developing students’ critical assessment of their own research and writing. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 025 - Advanced Speech Communication
Intensive practice in advanced academic, professional, and public communication. Strategies for group discussion, debate and argumentation–including relevant socio-linguistic conventions in U.S. culture. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 026 - Business English Studies
Development of business communication skills. Selected topics in management,
marketing and strategic planning. Influence of American values, customs and practices
on U.S. approaches to business. For non-native speakers of English.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI Placement Testing.
Credits: 0
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IEI 490 - Topics in Teaching English As A Second Language
Topics not regularly covered in other courses, such as Teaching English for Specific Purposes, English As A Second Language Program Administration, Writing Materials for Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students with Special Needs, Issues in Second Language Acquisition, etc. May be repeated for credit. Offered as need, interest and research require.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of TESL coursework, including IEI 470 or equivalent.
Credits: 1-3
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IEI 497 - Independent Study
Independent study of a specialized topic related to the teaching of English as a second or other language (TESOL) issues. Supervised by one faculty member. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IEI 570 - The Teaching of English as a Second Language
Basic principles underlying ESL pedagogy and current techniques for second and foreign language teaching. For practicing teachers seeking the Maine ESL endorsement or individuals wishing to teach ESL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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IEI 575 - Curriculum Development in English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language Contexts
Principles of syllabus design and processes for ESL/EFL curriculum development. For practicing teachers seeking the Maine ESL endorsement or individuals wishing to teach ESL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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IEI 580 - Testing and Assessment in English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language Contexts
Principles of second/foreign language assessment. Examines various instruments and procedures. For practicing teachers seeking the Maine ESL endorsement or individuals wishing to teach ESL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
IEI 475 or IEI 575 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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IEI 585 - Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Principles for ESL/EFL Teachers
Basic linguistic concepts and currently accepted principles of second language acquisition theory together with their implications for teaching language and literacy in ESL/EFL contexts. For practicing teachers seeking the Maine ESL endorsement or individuals wishing to teach ESL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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IEI 590 - Advanced Topics in ESL/EFL
Textbook reading complemented by individual investigation into theoretical underpinnings for the topic. Application of concept or theory to a project that solves a problem or brings resolution to an issue. Regular reports to the class on individual readings and project work expected. For graduate students or those already holding ESL endorsement or significant professional experience.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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