2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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FIN 4700 - Case Studies in Finance Hours: 4
An advanced course in finance that deals with the application of financial theory to business decision-making. Financial models are applied to case studies which focus on financing current operations, capital structure, long-term financing, risk management, and valuation and investment.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100, FIN 4200, FIN 4600, MGMT 3000, MKTG 2000; or permission of instructor.
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FMST 2280 - Cinema: History, Theory and Criticism Hours: 4
This course enacts a critical investigation of significant moments in the history of film from the silent period to the present. The films and movements covered in this course are chosen for the way they are in dialogue with one another. The course also acquaints students with methods and insights of film theory and criticism.
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FMST 3280 - Studies in Directors and/or Movements Hours: 4
This course promises an intensive study of a significant director or directors and/or the movements to which they belong. Readings, screenings, and discussions will seek to create a kind of command of the director and/or movement being considered. Topics will change with each incarnation of the course. Some possible examples include: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Encountering the French New Wave, The Weirdness of David Lynch, Sex and Power in the Films of Claire Denis, Documentary: Stranger than Fiction, and Screening Scorsese & Spielberg.
Prerequisites: FMST 2280 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Repeatable for credit when offered with a different topic.
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FMST 3281 - Film and Cultural Studies Hours: 4
This course promises an intensive study of the role film plays in the construction or challenging of prevailing social values. Readings, screenings, and discussions will seek to convey the way groups of films intersect with specific historical, national, and political contexts. Topics will change with each incarnation of the course. Some possible examples include: Screening the Middle Ages, The African Diaspora on Film, the New Iranian Cinema, and Gendering Clint Eastwood.
Prerequisites: FMST 2280 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Repeatable for credit when offered with a different topic.
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FREN 1000 - Elementary French I Hours: 4
French 1000 is an introduction to French language and cultures for students with little or no knowledge of the language. Through partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments, students will develop and practice the four skills—oral (speaking and listening) and literacy (reading and writing)—and will be introduced to culture in Francophone communities.
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FREN 1050 - French Language and Culture Hours: 4
An interdisciplinary study of the cultures of French and Francophone worlds. Using literature, nonfiction, cinema, music, and art, this course examines some of the foundational contexts—socioeconomic, national, colonial, gender—that influence the construction and expression of French and Francophone identity in the modern world. Though taught in English, this course focuses additionally on the way the French language influences our understanding of these questions and contexts.
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FREN 1100 - Elementary French II Hours: 4
French 1100 is the second semester of an introduction to French language and cultures. Students will continue to learn the foundations of French, with the goal of achieving an intermediate level of proficiency. This course continues to engage students with partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments to deepen competency with reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as to increase knowledge of culture, history, and politics.
Prerequisites: FREN 1000.
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FREN 2000 - Intermediate French: Grammar and Composition Hours: 4
This course acquaints students with the major grammatical structures of French, with a specific application to communicative and formal writing. Students will advance their proficiency in French by deepening their understanding of the morphological and syntactical structures of the language and by learning and practicing the stylistic, mechanical, and rhetorical processes that are characteristic of thinking and writing in French.
Prerequisites: FREN 1100.
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FREN 2100 - Intermediate French: Reading and Conversation Hours: 4
Departing from literary, cultural, and political readings, students learn to recombine elements of language to articulate thought and develop critical thinking abilities in speaking contexts. While offering the linguistic platform for students to develop speaking abilities, this course also engages students with fundamental issues that surround French and francophone cultures and the ways French and Francophone identity is constructed and expressed in the contemporary world.
Prerequisites: FREN 1100.
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FREN 2600 - Special Topics in French and Francophone Studies Hours: 4
Topical, thematic exploration of French and Francophone identity in the modern world. Course may focus on a constellation of literary texts or films and/or significant moments in French and Francophone history. Possible incarnations of this course include: Post-Colonial French Identity, The Making of French Quebec, The Politics of Race and Gender in Contemporary France.
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FREN 3600 - Discovering the Francophone World Hours: 4
An interactive learning experience that involves international travel, this course seeks to introduce, challenge and strengthen linguistic proficiency in French, while at the same time exposing students to the tremendous historical and cultural richness of French speaking countries and communities. Students in the course will travel to places such as France, Quebec, Martinique, Guadeloupe, or New Brunswick, and will interact with the peoples and cultures of these places in ways that will broaden their understanding of the global world and give them new insights into their own cultures.
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FYS 1001 - Environmental Sustainability Hours: 4
This class looks at environmental sustainability through a multidisciplinary lens, illustrating the interconnection between humans, the environment and sustainable use of resources. Students will be challenged to explore how personal actions can ultimately affect global conditions and reflect on how modifications of personal choices can result in preserving and sustaining environments for future generations. Specific topics considered include: defining sustainability, an overview of earth processes, food production, hazardous wastes and climate change.
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FYS 1002 - Evil Spirits, Placebos, Equivalence Relations: Mathematics and Ways of Knowing Hours: 4
There are alternate ways of understanding the world around us and we often disregard them. However, stories of evil spirits and village shaman can teach us that disregarding alternate ways of knowing can be dangerous-even deadly. But, how do we judge what kinds of knowing are valid? Equivalent? Useful? We will learn how to formulate generalized ideas, a process called abstraction, to help us interpret what people tell us, and what we see around us. Contrary to popular opinion, mathematics is about abstraction, not calculation, and we will adopt the methods of mathematics to help us interpret several different types of knowledge. For example, we will learn that on the one hand, the belief in evil spirits may not be scientific, but on the other hand it may save lives.
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FYS 1003 - Navigating the Informational World Hours: 4
We all are bombarded by large amounts of information that reach us in a variety of formats and through various channels: books, journals, emails, websites, streaming videos, audio podcasts, blogs, MP3, social networking sites, etc. While enjoyable, this large variety can also make us feel overwhelmed and disoriented. Especially during college, when we are being asked to navigate these complicated information networks in an efficient and timely manner, it becomes crucial to know how to access, evaluate, and select the right information, but also to be able to identify the role of information in defining us as individuals within the local and global communities that we inhabit. These skills will also prepare us for the challenges of a continuously changing job market and train us to become independent, competent, and reflective information users. This course will provide an introduction to the practice of effective and ethical information use in order to help us achieve academic and lifelong success. We will investigate various sources and types of information, ask questions about the role of information and technology in shaping our identities, and discover the best strategies for making information an integral part of our academic and professional lives.
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FYS 1004 - From Socrates to Snape; From Descartes to Dumbledore: The Philosophy of Harry Potter Hours: 4
The Harry Potter novels are enjoyable reads, but they are also full of philosophically important ideas. In this seminar we will look at the Harry Potter novels through the lens of philosophy and use those novels as a springboard for discussion of such questions as these: What is the nature and value of friendship? Is Harry really courageous? What do the Death Eaters teach us about the nature of evil? What does Prof. Trelawney’s ability to foretell the future mean for our ability to act freely? Is the sort of time travel practiced by Hermione possible? Is the cultural purity pursued by the Death Eaters really such a bad thing? Is patriotism a virtue (like loyalty to one’s house) or a vice (like adherence to the racist view of Voldemort)? What makes it the case that the Lord Voldemort who killed Harry’s parents is the same person who returned to fight Harry so many years later given that he didn’t have a body during the intervening time? What do the Horcruxes teach us about the nature of the soul? What do Quidditch and the Tri-Wizard Tournament tell us about the value of extra- and co-curricular activities as part of a college education? Do they detract from a student’s education, or do they add to it? If so, how? And finally, while on the topic of education, if Hogwarts is the pinnacle of education in the wizarding world, why are there no literature, science, philosophy, or arts courses? And what does that tell us about the sort of education we should value?
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FYS 1005 - Jesus As Super Star: Jesus as Portrayed by the Film Industry Hours: 4
This course focuses on an examination of the portrayal of Jesus in the film industry. Critiques of films, ranging from The Greatest Story Ever Told to Monty Python’s Life of Brian, will be derived from several different academic perspectives and will include biblical, literary, historical, performance, sociological, and theological.
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FYS 1006 - The Science of Happiness Hours: 4
This course will consider positive psychology, the science of human strengths and virtues. Rather than starting from mental illness, positive psychology begins instead at mental wellness. It uses scientific studies, validated tests, and interventions that are proven effective. In this course on positive psychology, students will learn about: (1) aspects of happiness and factors that contribute to these aspects, (2) signature strengths and values, (3) the role of cognition and emotion in happiness, and (4) the role of creativity and flow in everyday activities. Students will reflect on these principles in their own lives and will learn skills that they can use in college and beyond. In studying these topics, students will also gain an understanding of psychological research methods and the contemporary research findings on positive psychology.
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FYS 1007 - Uncommon Experiences—Building on the Common Book Hours: 4
Students will build upon the themes, issues and experiences presented by the common book reading. Through additional readings, films, lectures and materials that expand the primary common book topics, students will engage in discussion and presentations, research, writing, and experiential learning that challenge them to examine themselves and their responsibilities to local and gobal communities. This course requires an off-campus experience to take place during the autumn break in October in which students will travel and engage in an immersion service experience. Extra fee to cover travel costs is required.
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FYS 1008 - Finding Voice; Making Noise Hours: 4
In his self-help/management book, “The 8th Habit,” Steven Covey states, “the crucial challenge of our world today is to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs.” While Covey brings the concept of voice into popular culture, critical scholars in many disciplines have wrestled with the notion of voice, specifically seeking to hear and understand the voices of marginalized individuals, who have often been silenced. This course will examine power and identity. Through readings, activities and lectures, student will explore the concept of voice, and uncover how those who have been silenced have found and used their voices. The ultimate goal is for students to apply the lessons to their own experiences, discovering their own voices and the power that they have to be heard and make a difference on campus and in our society.
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FYS 1009 - Teens on Screens Hours: 4
“Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention…what we did was wrong, but we think you’re crazy to ask up to write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms and the most convenient definition.” – The Breakfast Club (1985)
This class will immerse itself in the teen flick, exploring the definitions of adolescence it creates. The teen flick occupies a vital and vibrant terrain in our media-scape, bringing adolescent subcultures, psychologies, and experiences front and center. Teen pics re-imagine larger social narratives about teen identity; they dramatize distinctly adolescent forms of rebellion, power and education. And they also raise pressing questions about gender, love, sex , and sexuality. Organized thematically, the course will center on three pivotal subgenres of teen cinema: The rebel pic, the school pic and the love-and-sex pic. We will analyze iconic American movies – Rebel Without a Cause, Heather, Sixteen Candles, American Pie, Juno, etc – and screen a couple international films. Along the way, we will engage select concepts of film composition and analysis, and we will read recent and relevant film criticism.
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FYS 1010 - How Green Do I Have to Be? The Psychology Behind Environmental Decision-Making Hours: 4
“Being green” is a term that conveys many ideas, labels and ecological connotations. The term can be used to describe environmental behavior, such as recycling, consumer conduct, dietary choices, and resource conservation. It can also be used as a persuasive technique to guide consumer attitude, behavior and purchasing choices, which may or may not be environmentally sound. The decisions we make are based on our early influences (family), our learning experiences (schooling), our personal experiences, our cognitive abilities as well as the social relationships we form and develop. Class discussion will focus on the most predominant environmental issues faced by consumers on a daily basis, including consumer spending habits, such as clothing choices, water ethics, food production, energy choices, and recycling. The course will address environmental decision-making in issues concerning environmental justice, global justice, NIMBY, and pro-environmental behavior.
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FYS 1011 - People Like Us: Class and Race in the USA Hours: 4
People Like Us explores the social process of creating and justifying inequality within human communities. Through readings, films, and active discussion, we will explore the ways our community, our country, and our world are stratified—and we will ask how such inequalities can be addressed. We will pay particular attention to the ways that socially and historically constructed differences of class and racial identity structure individuals’ unequal access to education, jobs, and other social resources. Using the example of the common book and other sources, we will talk about how groups are defined as naturally “belonging” or marked as “Other” within national and local communities.
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FYS 1012 - The Journeys and Stories of Our Lives Hours: 4
Our lives are filled with journeys, both those experienced and those observed by others. This course will explore the journeys that students have taken as well as those in their families and those in course readings. Students will seek to understand how those journeys have shaped one’s sense of self and the way in which they experience the world. Through this reflection, students will define their own sense of personal identity and perspective of the world. Finally, students will reflect upon their transition journey to Otterbein and seek to discover the resources and support on campus to assist in their transition.
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FYS 1013 - Woman’s Leadership Hours: 4
This class will focus on the historic, current, and future challenges and opportunities associated with women seeking and fulfilling leadership roles. We will examine various perspectives on leadership and advice on how to become a leader, as well as the social, cultural and economic factors associated with women and leadership. We will also discuss the work of authors who have speculated that leadership expectations are changing in the 21st century and how such changes are likely to affect women’s roles in the future. Class sessions will include speakers who work in different sectors discussing their individual views and experiences related to women and leadership roles. In addition, each student will be asked to select a current, highly visible woman leader and follow her, using whatever resources and tools are available – news media, blogs, tweets – over the course of the semester. This may be a leader in the field you hope to pursue in your career, or a woman playing a leadership role in an area that intrigues you.
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FYS 1014 - How Sports Explains Us Hours: 4
This seminar will explore how sports can be used as a lens to view our rapidly changing world. Students will study their own growing up in both a local and global sports culture. The course will examine how sports are used in education and whether they reflect or help define cultural values and gender roles.
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FYS 1015 - Learning How to Lose and Other Hard Lessons in Life: A Short Course in Death and Dying Hours: 4
This course will take the approach of a typical death education course in addressing: Confronting mortality in a death denying society, loss and the grief process, religious/philosophical/ethical issues (to some degree in the time permitted), and contemporary issues related to the topic (e.g., suicide prevention).
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FYS 1016 - Trilobites, Dinos, and Cavemen, OH MY: A History of Life and Humans Hours: 4
This course will explore the history of life from the primordial soup, through trilobites, dinosaurs and ultimately the evolution of Lucy and Homo sapiens. Special emphasis will be on the evolutionary origin of the unique characters and behaviors that make us “human”. The course will explore the “grandeur in this view of life” and its “forms most beautiful and most wonderful” and how a modern scientific perspective lets us better understand ourselves and what it means to be human.
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FYS 1017 - Communicating in a Virtual World Hours: 4
Developments in the last decade have changed the way we connect to our friends, family, employers, and world at large. Technology is directing what is appropriate in how we communicate and when. Can you remember life without cell phones? How has the internet affected how you get information as well as what information you get? Technology has even affected the way we play. Do you escape into the virtual world of an on-line game? This course will explore how these changes have affected how we interact with our world and the impact they have on our own perspective of the world around us. We will examine the ever changing role of communication in our lives and how we derive meaning from the new forms of communication we encounter each day. What are appropriate forms of communication in what context? What is legal or what will get you in trouble on the internet? Is cyber vetting ethical? How has this technology shaped our society and what does it mean for us in the future?
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FYS 1018 - The Hero’s Journey Through College Hours: 4
The myth of the hero involves a central character who must leave behind the ordinary world to complete a series of physical or psychological tests. The hero’s courage, strength and resolve are all required to successfully overcome the dangers and pitfalls of this journey. If all the challenges are met successfully, the hero undergoes a spiritual or emotional transformation and is returned to the ordinary world a stronger and wiser person, often using the skills he or she has gained to restore order in the community. In this course, students will be introduced to the hero myth throughout history and across cultures. We will then investigate depictions of the hero’s journey in American culture, with special attention paid to cinematic representations. Students will be expected to identify and analyze the components of the heroic narrative in literature and film. We will furthermore consider the myth of the hero as a metaphor for the student’s journey through his or her college education. Together we will investigate the ways in which college, like the hero’s quest, can be a challenge leading to a transformation of the self from an untested novice to an educated and experienced adult.
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FYS 1019 - A Thousand Cuts: Bullying, Power, and Hope Hours: 4
Fat, gay, poor, or just different. As anyone who has ever survived middle and high school knows, adolescence can be a difficult and jagged experience, especially when bullying occurs. According to national surveys, 30% of U.S. students in grades 6 through 12 report that they have been involved, either as victims or bullies, in bullying, and the numbers are growing at an alarming rate, even at the university level. Bullies can also dominate the workplace, families, and cyberspace. This course will focus on narratives and films that examine some of the underlying causes of bullying, explore bullies and victims’ responses to this destructive behavior, and engage questions of individual and collective empowerment in the face of the pain and fear that bullying creates. While not all experiences of bullying bring happy endings, they can offer moments of healing, growth and transformation. Readings will range from traditional fiction such as Jane Eyre and Alice in Wonderland to contemporary works such as Jodee Blanco’s Please Stop Laughing at Me, Ann Dee Ellis’ This Is What I Did, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, Walking On the Moon, and the documentary, Bullies and Rats.
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FYS 1020 - Against the Odds: Discovering Life in the Absurd Hours: 4
This course will invite students to think about the way in which we respond to adversity—or what Albert Camus described as the Absurd. We will study the way various thinkers have answered this challenge, and we will also explore the way others have acted in literature, film and current events. In doing so, we will explore what it means to be alive and uncover the logic of living. We will consider the ethical, social, political, and psychological conditions needed to live. Students will use their exploration to frame their own transition to college and beyond, and inspire their own journey into an awakened life.
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FYS 1021 - Don’t Drop Your Cell Phone in the Outhouse: Viewing Other Cultures Hours: 4
A Peace Corps volunteer recently told me, “I make sure my cell phone accompanies me on each trip to the outhouse. After all, if I were to fall into the eight foot hole how would I ever get out unless I called for help?” The seeming contradiction of owning a cell phone but using an outhouse stuck with me. How could a country with no plumbing available have consistent cell phone use among their general population? Likewise, how could 60 percent of the population be living in tents but have available internet connections in those tents? In this course we will examine our own ideas, thoughts, impressions, values and priorities. Though discussion and perusal of blogs, research articles, DVDs and literature we will identify cultural “contradictions” and explore reasons for these “contradictions”. We will begin to answer the question, “How do our own backgrounds and beliefs shape the way in which we view others? How can we take these understandings and become viable members of the Otterbein, local and global communities?”
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FYS 1022 - Revolutions Hours: 4
A study of selected revolutions in physics, specifically the Copernican revolution, the theory of relativity, and quantum theory. A main focus is on developing a concrete understanding of the basic physical principles that underlie these developments. In addition, we will consider how these discoveries illuminate the nature of science, and discuss the impact they have had (and continue to have) on our conception of the natural world, on philosophy and on society generally.
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FYS 1023 - To Infinity and Beyond Hours: 4
Concepts of infinity trace back at least as far as the ancient Greeks, with significant connections to philosophy, theology, and mathematics. Infinity also has strong metaphorical connotations in modern culture. This course will trace the historical development of infinity while also exploring the 20th century revolutions in understanding the nature of the infinite in logic and mathematics.
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FYS 1024 - Leadership Pathways Hours: 4
The course takes students along formative paths toward an understanding of leadership principles and practices. Students examine and experience emergent ways of seeing themselves, others, and human situations defined locally and globally—all against a background of traditional and non-traditional leadership roles and models. Through critical self-reflection, students learn pathways for joining the sides of the self, achieving common purposes, collaborating, effecting change, and accepting the responsibilities of the engaged citizen. Class sessions focus on group-learning practices. The course introduces students to the goals of the Integrative Studies program. Students participate in FYE and service-learning activities. This course also serves as the first course in the Leadership Minor.
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FYS 1025 - Discovering and Developing Your Strengths Hours: 4
While most of us know the benefits of physical strengths and fitness many do not know or understand personal talents and strengths. In this course we will look at the connections between physical strengths, academics and social behaviors as well as discovering your personal strengths. We will investigate, analyze, and activate these strengths in academics, career exploration, relationships, wellness, and community engagement. Students will be challenged to explore the connection between their own personal strengths and those of others. How do these strengths currently influence our choices, behaviors and relationships and how can we use these strengths to shape our futures. This is a Service-Learning Course.
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FYS 1026 - Our Brains on Technology: Learning in the Digital Age Hours: 4
Are there really “digital natives” and “digital immigrants”? Can people learn well through digital games? What does research suggest that our frequent multitasking means for our brains? Are new technologies changing the way we experience education more radically than technologies that arrived earlier on the scene, such as writing, the book, or chalk? Although most college classrooms today look remarkably similar to classrooms of an earlier era, digital technologies promise to challenge and disrupt familiar approaches to teaching and learning. In this course, we’ll explore some of these technologies as ways of teaching and learning, and we’ll consider what enthusiasts and critics alike have to say about technology and education as we discuss questions that lie at the intersection between digital technologies and learning.
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FYS 1027 - Walking the Path: A Personal Journey to Peace and Social Justice Hours: 4
This course introduces the language of peace and social justice and how it is employed within tradition liberal arts disciplines. The goal is to help students situate themselves in the praxis of peace and social justice within a variety of disciplines. Modules attend to the engagement of Peace and Social Justice in political science, sociology, history, philosophy, religion, economics, education, psychology, and communication.
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FYS 1028 - The Other in World Literature, Art, and Cinema Hours: 4
This course examines human relationships in the context of world literature, art, and cinema in which the other plays a crucial role in the way the subject constitutes an identity either socially (Jean-Paul Sartre), sexually (Simone de Beauvior), racially (Frantz Fanon), or ethically (Emmanual Levinas). These perspectives inform not only how the self relates to others in the real world but also how this relationship should be lived. The latter ultimately raises ethnical questions: How should one approach the other? How does one response when the other is abusive or violent? Or, what can you do for the other that would have a positive impact in his/her life? This course offers you an opportunity to engage with others in the community to enrich your learning and your life.
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FYS 1029 - The Spanish Legacy in the Americas Hours: 4
This interdisciplinary course will serve as an introduction to Spanish and Latin American studies majors. The objectives of the course are to assist and excite students in integrating the culture of others in their studies. The second learning objective is to include in their education the diverse mode in which the Spanish colonized and founded communities with the first European language and the first Christian Church in the Americas.
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FYS 1030 - The History of Women in Science Hours: 4
This course explores the important, complex, and often unrecognized ways in which women and science have been connected to one another. Using a historical perspective, we will examine women’s contributions to various scientific fields, consider the ways in which the sciences have viewed women in different eras, and ultimately investigate the gendered nature of science itself.
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FYS 1031 - Revolutionaries and Revolutions: Hijacked Revolutions? Hours: 4
Contemporary revolutions in the mid-East and North Africa grab our attention as news reports focus on the revolutionaries’ democratic hopes and aspirations. But how will these revolutions turn out? Will the revolutions serve the interests of the people, or will the revolutions be blown off course, with special interests or other aims winning out? We will address these questions by examining how revolutionary aims and revolutionary outcomes have matched-up in the past. In our exploration, we’ll analyze a number of case studies including the American Revolution, The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, The Cuban Revolution, and the Iranian Revolution.
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FYS 1032 - The Skills: Keys to Mental Resilience Hours: 4
This course will explore four basic areas related to sound mental health: physiology, cognition, affect, and behavior. Students will learn about the main contributors in each area, their basic theoretical frameworks, and the applied techniques that grew from these ideas. The class will involve both classroom discussions and demonstrations as well as field practice and applied homework assignments. Also, the class will be a textbook-free, digital-heavy class. Students should be prepared to do all their readings, many of their assignments, and some of their discussions online within the Blackboard structure.
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FYS 1033 - Arts are Alive Hours: 4
The arts are alive in all cultures. We will explore the cultural, sociological and aesthetic aspects of the arts together this semester through listening to music, viewing visual art, discussing current economic issues related to the arts, and analyzing and critiquing the arts. Reading articles assigned and text material is required. Writing assignments are assigned throughout the semester. We will enjoy art exhibits, workshops, and performances on our campus together that will introduce you to the many opportunities in and through the arts.
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FYS 1034 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Discoveries for College and Beyond Hours: 4
This first-year seminar is designed for students who are undecided or unsure about their choice of a major, and who are interested in exploring the many options available to them at Otterbein. However, we welcome anyone who finds themselves wrestling with important life decisions (major, career, personal visions) or transitions. We will begin by looking at issues of transition and life-decisions, employing the Common Book as a touch point. From there, we will move to a discussion about methods for managing transitions and personal decisions, and apply these methods to your personal transitions and decisions, including, but not limited to, choices of majors and careers. It is our hope that these discussions and activities will help you to identify and sharpen your understanding of your own interests, values, and skills, find interesting choices for majors, and find ways to deepen the significance of the course of study they choose—whether through the choice of a single major, the combination of two majors or of a major and minor, or the development of an individualized major. We are also interested in helping students to link the skills they develop in their pursuit of a University education with their post-graduation success after Otterbein. Your class instructors are a professor in the Department of English (and the Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences), and a professor in the Department of Communication (who also teaches a course for seniors entitled “Connecting College to Career”) and we will be assisted by the Assistant Director of the Center for Career Planning. The class will employ methods from both English and Communication, and include instruction and practice in writing, interviewing, and oral presentations.
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FYS 1035 - Political Scandals: The Consequences of Temporary Gratification Hours: 4
The course will examine political scandals of the 20th and 21st century to evaluate why political officials and decision makers risk their political careers and personal lives for sex, money and power.
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FYS 1036 - Reading for Our Lives Hours: 4
Many of us grow up liking to read, but begin to see reading as a chore at some point, a requirement for school or an obstacle between us and other, more exciting activities. Others of us have never liked to read or struggle with it. Yet we know reading is important and often wish we could be better at it and even like it more. What would happen if we read for our lives? How might reading and our attitudes about it change if we changed our questions, approaches, and aims? This course will ask students to read a couple of books together (the common book and one other), to choose other books they would like to read from lists in pre-determined categories (going through a transition, growing up, being different, helping others), and to bring ideas to class for other books to read in categories they determine. They will read their books in book clubs, share their discoveries with other clubs and the class, and discuss how reading for one’s life differs from other kinds of reading. The class will also explore different technologies of reading: books, internet, portable reading devices, phones.
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FYS 1037 - The Soundtrack of Your First Year Hours: 4
Students will create an online record of their first year at Otterbein. Self-reflection will play a great role in creating this virtual mirror of student’s “freshman personas”. Musical examples will be used as part of this reflection on this time in their lives and essays will provide a virtual time capsule for students to keep forever. This class will also focus on campus resources, participating in campus activities, and viewing yourself as part of the larger Westerville community.
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FYS 1038 - Identities, Dwellings and off the Grid Living Hours: 4
The course examines a new approach to residential dwelling design aligned with personal identity and energy efficiency. By meeting the certification standards of the Passive House Institute, United States (90% efficiency), it is possible to construct a building that requires no furnace or a/c units. Students will first examine the role of “Identity” as a marketing objective in our society and review the applications where it is most prevalent. As an exercise, each student will also investigate a design of a residential dwelling aligned with his or her personal identity. The design will also explore sustainable building materials and techniques. This course welcomes any student who is interested in contemporary home design. One need not be overly concerned about technical abilities. Rather, the course will focus primarily on creative ways to incorporate unique and energy efficient design into a home as well as reducing material and energy cost significantly making unique home ownership accessible to more individuals.
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FYS 1039 - The 411 on Election 2012 Hours: 4
It is easy to be disillusioned by politics and to convince ones’ self that individual citizens are not empowered to make improvements. However, this situation seems hopeless because of how the election and daily governance are portrayed by the media, Students will work to restore lost hope by analyzing some of the challenges the media faces by examining the candidates’ communication in the context of the 2012 Presidential Election. We will explore recurring communication strategies in candidates’ advertising, speeches, and presidential debates. We will also examine strategies and gaffes that emerge in this particular campaign.
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FYS 1040 - Guard and Protect: Super Heroes Problem -Solve Our World(s) Hours: 4
This course takes its cue from present-day popularity of twentieth-century and new-millennial action super heroes. The classic battle between “good” and “evil,” cast as a take-all-or-nothing war between the valiant and villain echoes through time and cultures. Historically, the super-hero tale identifies an inequality, and the story line fights back by offering a justified solution that the hero embodies. The course, for example, attempts to understand cultural situations that energized Superman’s quest to safeguard social justice. It examines the force of “Amandla!” activated by the Black Panther. What are the origins of super heroes? Why do super heroes exist? What do their awesome powers teach us about our cultures, and our ideals about individualism and conflict resolution? While the course reaches back by reading historical folklore from around the globe, it also reads and screens contemporary comics, novels, films, and television series.
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FYS 1041 - Transitions through International Comparisons Hours: 4
The purpose of this course is to read literary, philosophical, and religious texts that introduce and illustrate important traditions in the Western world and in other parts of the world—with an emphasis on China. The three different traditions we will consider are Confucianism, Christianity, and Existentialism. The texts include sayings, parables, stories, speeches, and an autobiographical philosophical essay. We will discuss the key ideas in those texts in order to better understand those traditions. We will also think about possible similarities and differences among those traditions. The key concepts we will discuss include the Confucian idea of 仁 (rén–including the question of how to translate this into English), the Christian idea of love (agape), and the existentialist idea of freedom. The figures we will study are Confucius, Mencius, Martin Luther King, and Victor Frankl. This course is specifically geared towards incoming international students to Otterbein. However, American students who have an interest in global issues and working with a cohort of international students are welcomed into this course.
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FYS 1042 - Music and Ideology Hours: 4
In this course we will examine ways in which philosophy, art, literature, and mathematics have altered the course of Western music history. Using a chronological approach, we will examine the effects of Enlightenment thought, Romanticism, ‘Sturm und Drang’, Nationalism, Symbolism, Modernism and other seminal ideas and philosophical approaches. We will end the course with an examination of key topics from mathematics and music, including temperament and the golden ratio.
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FYS 1043 - How Much For Your Song? Hours: 4
The term intellectual property may make your eyes glaze over, but essentially this is about the ownership of creative work. Can a restaurant be closed down if a cover band plays Beatles songs? (Yes, it happens). Can a large corporation use a family photo for an advertising campaign without paying? (It has happened). Can the music and film industry go after Otterbein students for illegal downloads? (Yes, and they do). This course will look at the basics of copyright and other ideas of intellectual property. You will reflect on how this impacts your daily life at Otterbein. Further, you begin to form your own understanding of how creative work is made available and supported in the 21st century.
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FYS 1044 - Evolution and Identity in Science Fiction Hours: 4
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Darwin’s theory of natural selection and other theories of evolution have been central to our understanding not only of the natural world, but of human nature and humanity’s place in the universe. In this class, we will examine evolutionary theories from Lamarck, Darwin, and Dawkins (and some offshoots of these theories, such as Social Darwinism, free market economics, and the meme) through the prism of science fiction and imaginative fiction. We will investigate ways that evolutionary theory informs our understanding of who we are (and who we are not) by framing how we think about identity and difference, nationalism and war, what constitutes an ideal society, and what the future might hold for humankind.
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GEOG 1000 - World Regional Geography Hours: 4
This course provides students with an understanding of the basic principles of geography and how they relate to the study of world regions. The course emphasizes how physical and human characteristics affect each other to make regions distinctive. The physical environment includes landforms and climate while the human landscape is characterized by culture, language, religion, diet, and economic development. The course analyzes how globalization is transforming the traditional forces that served to create nation-states. Since this course meets Otterbein’s requirements for teacher certification in Ohio, assignments will be provided that help students to learn how to teach geography.
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GERM 1000 - Elementary German I Hours: 4
German 1000 is an introduction to German language and cultures for students with little or no knowledge of the language. Through partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments, students will develop and practice the four skills—oral (speaking and listening) and literacy (reading and writing)—and will be introduced to culture in German-speaking communities.
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GERM 1100 - Elementary German II Hours: 4
German 1100 is the second semester of an introduction to German language and culture. Students will continue to learn the foundations of German, with the goal of achieving an intermediate level of proficiency. This course engages students with partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments to deepen competency with reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as to increase knowledge of culture, history, and politics.
Prerequisites: GERM 1000.
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GLST 1000 - Introduction to Global Studies Hours: 4
As the foundation course of the Global Studies major, this course introduces students to an interdisciplinary understanding of the world as a single, interrelated system. Students will explore a number of issues confronting the global system including economic development, environmental challenges, war, poverty, pandemic diseases, imperialism, human rights, and the transnational migration of laborers and refugees.
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GLST 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4 hrs
Independent Study.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Notes: Open only to majors in Global Studies.
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GLST 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal. They are arranged individually usually with local organizations or agencies.
Notes: The number of credit hours varies with the program agreed upon.
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GLST 4950 - Capstone: Global Citizenship Hours: 4
The capstone in Global Studies provides students with the opportunity to synthesize their academic studies and their internship or study abroad experience with others. Through a critical reflection on their experience and future goals, students will develop a research paper or appropriate project.
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HIST 1100 - The American Experience to 1865 Hours: 4
This course surveys the history of the United States from the earliest days of contact and colonization to the era of the Civil War. Considering America in this formative period, the course investigates the ways in which the process of building an independent and unified America was neither steady nor assured. In exploring major social, political, and economic developments, the course considers sources of both unity and fragmentation among Americans including people’s competing visions of the nation, how and why those visions changed over time, and ultimately how those very tensions helped to define an American nation.
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HIST 1200 - The American Experience Since 1865 Hours: 4
This course will explore and analyze American history since 1865 with an emphasis on the often intense battles that Americans fought over what constituted “the good society.” Topics covered include the Second Industrial Revolution, U.S. imperialism, the two world wars, and the post-World War II “rights revolution.” The course will also examine how race, class, gender, and sexuality have shaped the modern United States.
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HIST 1350 - Europe from the Renaissance to the Nuclear Age Hours: 4
An exploration of the Renaissance, Reformation, European overseas expansion, the origins of the centralized state, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, the political and social revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries, and the causes of the Industrial Revolution. Examines the development of mass politics and society, the process of political revolution, the emergence of industrialism, and the struggle for social reform after 1789. Studies the formation of the contemporary nation-state, the creation of new European empires, and the birth of colonial independence movements. Explores the origins and nature of contemporary war from the First World War to the Nuclear Age.
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HIST 1400 - Survey of Pre-Modern Asia Hours: 4
This course is a survey of the history of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) from the sixth century B.C.E. through the end of the eighteenth century. Students will learn the national histories of each of these countries, as well as develop a comprehensive understanding of the broad and lasting cultural heritage of East Asian civilizations. As a lower-division survey, this course is designed to provide a broad and complete general understanding of Asian history in itself, as well as serving as a foundation for subsequent upper-division study in the field.
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HIST 1450 - Survey of Modern Asia Hours: 4
This course is a survey of the history of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) from 1800-present day. Students will learn the national histories of each of these countries, as well as develop a comprehensive understanding of their interrelationships as a regional block. As a lower-division survey, this course is designed to provide a broad and complete general understanding of Asian history in itself, as well as serving as a foundation for subsequent upper- division study in the field.
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HIST 1500 - African History to 1800 Hours: 4
Students will explore the history of human societies across the vast African continent. Topics included are: Ancient Egypt, Meroe, and Axum, the Bantu migrations, the arrival of Islam, the medieval empires of the trans-Saharan trade, the university towns of ancient Egypt and medieval Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe and more. We will use myths, eye witness accounts, and artifacts to explore Africa as a cradle of civilization.
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HIST 2100 - History Seminar Hours: 4
A seminar required for majors in history, designed to acquaint students with basic viewpoints, processes, materials and research tools used by historians. The course will also review the development of history as a discipline.
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HIST 2200 - Ancient Greece and Rome Hours: 4
Explores ancient Greece and Rome and their conceptions of community, state, and cosmos. Themes include the emergence of the city-state; the development of Greek myth and drama; the evolution of Athenian democracy; the rise of the Roman republic and imperial state; and the nature of ancient religions and rationalism. Analyzes how historians have used multidisciplinary methods to explore the ancient past. Traces the legacies of Greece and Rome in modern politics and culture.
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HIST 2300 - European Overseas Encounters Hours: 4
This course explores how Europeans and Westerners came to view other peoples and societies and how this helped define their view of what it was to be European. We start with the earliest European voyages to Africa and South America and compare and contrast the descriptions and viewpoints of these parts of the world with the beliefs and views Europeans developed about Asia before 1800. The course also examines how European viewpoints and identity shifted during the 19th century.
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HIST 2350 - Industry, Empire and Reform in Britain Hours: 4
Examines political, social, and international issues confronting industrialized and industrializing societies. Traces the origins of modern class society, the development of industrial democracy, and the rise and decline of the British Empire. Explores the expansion of political representation and individual liberties, the transformation of work and education, and the ideal of social welfare. Charts the evolution of conservative, liberal, and radical traditions in politics and culture to the present.
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HIST 2400 - The Making of Modern America Hours: 4
This course will focus on the sixty years centering on 1900, when the reunited United States transitioned from being a primarily rural, traditional and Anglo-Saxon nation to a modern, urban, industrial, and multicultural one. This transition heralded the emergence of modern America. This class will investigate how and why this transition took place and how it changed the political, social, economic, and cultural fabric of the country.
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HIST 2450 - Southern Africa 1700 to Present Hours: 4
Southern Africa has been a multi-cultural area for centuries. Students will learn about the cultures of some of the indigenous nation-states and societies that existed in southern Africa. This class will cover competitions between Europeans and Africans over resources in the region. Cultural contact issues about assimilation, resistance, co-existence, nationalism, and the creation of new cultures will be addressed as we study the choices made by African leaders and groups to advance their monarchies, federations and republics in times of warfare and in times of calm. These histories, along with the rise and fall of the apartheid system, laid the foundations for the nation of South Africa as we know it in the twenty-first century.
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HIST 2550 - Democracy in Asia Hours: 4
This course explores of the theory and practice of democracy as a political system in Asia. The class will address such questions as: definitions of “democratic government”; the correlations between democracy and social/economic equity; between democracy and imperialism; what foundations exist in East Asia for the practice of modern democratic government; and whether there is any merit to the concept of an “Asian model” for democratic government.
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HIST 2600 - Women’s History Hours: 4
This course provides an introduction to women’s history as an historical approach. It explores the lived experiences of a variety of women in different places and times. It also considers how and why definitions of gender roles have changed over time. Particular attention is paid to both women’s common experiences and critical factors like race, class, and location that often made their lives quite different.
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HIST 3100 - Medieval History Hours: 4
This course examines the formation of Latin Christendom and the Western tradition between the fourth and fifteenth centuries. The course explores the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval era; the development of political, religious and social institutions during the early Middle Ages (500-900); and the flowering of Medieval culture during the High Middle Ages (1100-1350). Particular attention is focused on the intersection between classical, Christian and Germanic traditions, the geographic, social and economic development in Europe, the relation between the Church and political institutions, and the flowering of chivalry and of the arts.
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HIST 3150 - Renaissance and Reformation Hours: 4
An exploration of the origins of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and the impact of these movements on European life and subsequent Western Culture. The course investigates the origins and aims of the Italian Renaissance and the impact of this movement on European culture, society and politics; the social and cultural background to the Reformation and the linkages between Renaissance humanism and leading reformers; and the origins and consequences of the Reformation and the Catholic Reformation for European politics and society.
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HIST 3200 - Global Capitalism Hours: 4
Today it is taken for granted that we live in a global economy: jobs and the standard of living in American are directly affected by economic developments elsewhere in the world and the benefits of global trade are disputed. Starting with the major regional economic systems in the world during the 13th century, this course explores how the modern global economy was created. Viewed from a global perspective, topics covered include how pre-industrial economies develop, how and why global trade networks grew, and the differential processes and impacts of industrialization in the 19th century. The course also focuses on processes of economic integration and disintegration in the 20th century, including the different policies and viewpoints of developed and developing nations to international trade and the impact of globalization on the environment and culture.
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HIST 3330 - Modern China Hours: 4
A history of China from the Manchu Qing dynasty (1640s) to the present. Emphasis on the events leading up to the Chinese Revolution, as well as the philosophy and policies of Mao Zedong following the Revolution. The course will examine the role China plays in the globalization of the world economy, as well as the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to maintain domestic control in the post-Mao era.
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HIST 3350 - The Rise of Modern Japan Hours: 4
This course will explore the emergence of Japan as a modern state from the collapse of the feudal government in the mid-19th century up until the present day. Our study will include such topics as: the social, political, and economic foundations of Japan’s constitutional monarchy; Japan’s responses to, and practice of, imperialism and colonialism in East Asia; the relationships between the development of mass society/culture and authoritarian government in the 1930s and 1940s; and American post-war occupation.
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HIST 3400 - The Soviet Union and Russia Hours: 4
This course considers modernization and revolution in Russia. It explores the expansion and crisis of Tsarist Russia as well as the Russian Revolution and its international impact. Analyzes the creation of the Soviet Union and the rise of Stalinism. Examines the impact of warfare and the Nazi invasion on Russian society. Explores the Cold War in Russia and Europe. Traces the growth of the Soviet economy and society. Analyzes efforts at reforming the Soviet system, its eventual collapse, and the direction of post-1989 Russia.
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HIST 3450 - Nationalism and Internationalism in 20th Century Europe Hours: 4
Analyzes the conflict between nationalism and internationalism in the struggle to create modern political republics and global associations. Explores the concept of national self-determination and the rise of movements toward European unity. Examines the emergence of fascism and its links to anti-revolutionary nationalism in the post-1918 era. Traces the pursuit of internationalism in revolutionary movements, in responses to modern warfare, and in the idea of a European Union. Explores the revival of nationalist movements and the emergence of local and internationalist responses to them in the post-Cold War era.
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HIST 3501 - Special Topics in American History: Gender and Witchcraft in the Atlantic World Hours: 4
In 1692, the town of Salem, Massachusetts became the site of the last in a long line of witchcraft scares and trials that swept across the Atlantic world in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This course examines why women and understandings of gender were repeatedly at the heart of these conflicts. It also explores the consequences of this connection between gender and witchcraft.
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HIST 3502 - Special Topics in American History: The American Civil War Hours: 4
This course explores the war that still fascinates so many contemporary Americans by examining the causes of this fateful conflict, the nature of the war itself for combatants and civilians, and the challenges Americans faced in reuniting themselves into a single nation. These issues are considered from a variety of viewpoints including leaders and common folk, women and men, white Americans and African Americans, Northerners and Southerners.
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HIST 3503 - Special Topics in American History: History of Sexuality Hours: 4
This course examines how Americans have imagined, represented, embodied, used, and resisted different ways of understanding sexuality. Focusing on key historical moments from early America to the present, the course situates sexuality in relationship to constructions of gender, race, and class and explores the connections between sexuality and power.
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HIST 3504 - Special Topics in American History: The Cold War in the U.S. and Abroad Hours: 4
This course will examine the Cold War as a political, ideological, economic, military, and cultural contest between the United States and the Soviet Union. It will investigate how the Cold War started and why, how it was waged, how it came to an end, and what the end of the Cold War suggests about its course and nature. The course will address key historical debates on topics including the nuclear arms race, McCarthyism, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the growth of the “imperial presidency.” The course will also explore the impact of the Cold War on U.S. domestic society.
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HIST 3550 - African American History Hours: 4
Students will study the political, intellectual and social history of the African-American community from its roots in Africa, through the period of slavery, to the struggle for civil rights in the present day. Topics include Africans as explorers of New World, African Americans as patriots, pioneers, and politicians in the early American Republic, comparative slavery systems, the rise and fall of Jim Crow segregation, gender issues, borderlands issues, and key intellectual debates such as those of DuBois/Washington, Herskovits/Frazier, and King/Malcolm X.
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HIST 3580 - Environmental History Hours: 4
Environmental history is the study of the interaction between human beings and their natural surroundings through time. This course explores American environmental history from before European arrival in North America to the present. It takes a chronological view of North American history, focusing on the ways in which people adapted to, thought about, and shaped the natural world around them. By examining history in an environmental context, not simply a humanistic one, we can discover new perspectives of both history and contemporary environmental issues.
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HIST 3610 - Colonizing America Hours: 4
This course explores the complexities of cultural contact that occurred between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in the early days of North American colonization, the kinds of communities that emerged from these contacts, and the major challenges facing these colonial communities as they matured in the eighteenth century. Throughout, the course focuses attention on the tensions that underlay the colonization of America related to key issues such as land, race relations, economic systems, class structures, and political ideologies.
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HIST 3650 - African Encounters with Development Hours: 4
Has development been a blessing or a curse for Africa and Africans in the 20th century? In this course, we will examine how development programs have been conceived and carried out in the colonial and post-colonial periods, and ask how their impact on Africans’ lives has been represented and understood by African people, African governments, and international actors. This course will explore the interaction of ideas and experience—from macro theories of production, growth, and well-being to the micro practices of farmers, bureaucrats, activists, and scholars. The first half of the course will consider the “colonial roots of development,” covering themes such as agricultural improvement, migration, urban sanitation, and famine relief. In the second half of the course we will examine diverse post-colonial experiences of development, from nationalism to neoliberalism and beyond.
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HIST 3720 - The Islamic Golden Age (1000-1500 CE) Hours: 4
This course examines several medieval Saharan empires such as Ghana, Mali, the Almoravids, Almohads, Fatimids, and the Hausa-Bornu states. Students will read about key features of these empires, including some of their cultural, intellectual and religious values, as well as some of the political and economic structures and institutions that they developed to facilitate their expansion. Once students have familiarity with these concepts, they will then learn of the interaction of these empires with other states such as medieval Castile and some other European Crusading states, the Seljuks, the Ottomans, and even Gujarat, India. Students will explore the world as seen and understood by Africans of that era.
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HIST 3800 - U.S. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity Hours: 4
This course will examine the experience of Irish, Chinese, southern and eastern European, and Latin American immigrants and migrants to the United States. It will also examine the factors that have driven immigration; immigrant work, family, and community life; racial identity and discrimination; ethnicity and assimilation; and the history of immigration restriction and exclusion.
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HIST 3850 - Public History Hours: 4
This course explores the practice and theory of public history. Students will gain insight into the operation and mission of cultural and historic institutions, including museums and historical societies, which present history to the public. Students will study public history methodologies and educational programming and gain practical knowledge in public history.
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HIST 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
Independent Study.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
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HIST 4050 - European Intellectual History Hours: 4
Focuses on how new ideas about the mind, self, and society emerged in response to periods of crisis in the modern world. Explores ideas from political and social theory, psychology, philosophy, and literature. Analyzes diverse cultural media, including journalism, film, and drama. Examines contemporary intellectual systems, including Marxism, existentialism, and psychoanalysis. Discusses various methods for analyzing the historical origins and meanings of ideas and ideologies.
Prerequisites: HIST 2100 or permission of instructor.
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HIST 4100 - The Holocaust in Contemporary History Hours: 4
Studies the history of the Holocaust and how that history compels a re-examination of human society, behavior, and values. Analyzes the rise of Nazism and the origins of political anti-Semitism. Examines the nature of wartime occupation and the meanings of collaboration and resistance. Explores contemporary Jewish history. Examines the significance of the Holocaust in post-1945 collective memory. Discusses how historical consciousness of the Holocaust influences contemporary global movements, including protection of stateless persons and efforts at confronting crimes against humanity.
Prerequisites: HIST 2100 or permission of instructor.
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HIST 4210 - The Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective Hours: 4
This course focuses on the British Industrial Revolution and examines how the British economy was transformed from a pre-industrial economy into an industrial economy, including the related social and political changes. Particular attention is focused on the technological and institutional settings in which industrialization occurred and its impact on the standard of living. The origin and development of British industrialization is set in a global context, including the economic development of China and India.
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HIST 4250 - Revolutions in the Early Modern Era: 1500-1815 Hours: 4
The early modern era was filled with political revolutions that transformed societies and states leading to the development of the modern nation state. This course examines the ideological, political, economic, and cultural origins and consequences of these revolutions. A comparative framework is employed to analyze a set of significant revolutions, including the Glorious Revolution in Britain and the French Revolution.
Prerequisites: HIST 2100 or permission of instructor.
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HIST 4310 - American Indian History Hours: 4
Ignored for generations by historians, American Indian history has become one of the most exciting and prolific fields of historical inquiry. As scholars now recognize, Indian peoples have fundamentally shaped and defined our nation’s past. From the founding of the first European settlements in North America to continuing debates over the meaning of American democracy, Indian history remains integral to understanding American history and culture. This course will take a roughly chronological look at this long ignored field of study from the time of European colonization through the 1970s.
Prerequisites: HIST 2100 or permission of instructor.
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