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2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  May 16, 2024
 
2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    HIST 347 - The Middle East in Modern Times

    Credits: 3

    The impact of modern civilization upon the Middle East, including the history of the Arab, Turkish, Iranian, and Israeli segments of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 348 - North Africa from Colonialism to Revolution: 1830-1962

    Credits: 3

    A survey of French North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) and Libya under colonial rule. The creation, development, and triumph of the nationalist movements, with particular attention to Algeria and its revolution.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 349 - The Contemporary Middle East and North Africa

    Credits: 3

    Political, social, and economic history of the Middle East and North Africa in the years since World War II.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 350 - Saving Africa: Development and Humanitarianism in Historical Perspective

    Credits: 3

    Exploration of how and why Africa is often represented as helpless, the colonial origins of common patterns of development and humanitarianism, and other possible models for these processes.

  
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    HIST 351 - Africa to 1800

    Credits: 3

    Social, cultural, economic, and political developments, focusing on internally and externally generated changes.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 352 - Africa since 1800

    Credits: 3

    Commercial and religious revolutions of the 19th century, imposition and ending of formal colonial rule, and post-colonial issues.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 353 - Problems in the History of Africa South of the Sahara

    Credits: 3

    Independent readings and written papers on appropriate topics.

  
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    HIST 354 - Modern East Asia

    Credits: 3

    Surveys modern development of East Asia from 1800 to the present.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 355 - Late Imperial China

    Credits: 3

    Political, economic, social, and intellectual transformations of late imperial China from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) through the last empire of China, the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

  
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    HIST 356 - China Since 1949

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the major social, economic, and political changes in China from the Communist Revolution in 1949 to the present.

  
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    HIST 357 - Japan to 1800: Aristocrats and Warriors

    Credits: 3

    The growth of the ancient state and the evolution of the samurai class and its political authority.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 358 - Japan since 1800

    Credits: 3

    The development of modern Japan: political evolution, industrial growth, social change, war, defeat, and occupation.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 360 - Into the Wild: Global Conservation since 1800

    Credits: 3

    Global and comparative environmental-historical investigation of the ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural significance of wilderness protection, nature conservation, national parks, and nature tourism; field excursions required.

  
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    HIST 365 - East Africa and the Indian Ocean World

    Credits: 3

    East Africans’ contributions to an Indian ocean World that transcends single nation-states (stretching from Mozambique and Somalia to the Middle East, India and China) from the deep past to the present, including sections on “piracy,” Islam, slavery, race, and gender.

  
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    HIST 367 - Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement in India

    Credits: 3

    Development of anticolonial thought and political movements in British India from the early nineteenth century onwards. Focuses on Mohandas K. Gandhi, his critics, and Gandhi’s continuing global legacy.

     

  
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    HIST 370 - The Napoleonic Wars (1796-1815)

    Credits: 3

    Military campaigns of Napoleon, techniques of his major opponents, organization of the armies, and the causes and effects of the wars.

  
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    HIST 371 - History of Airpower

    Credits: 3

    The evolution of airpower from the early 20th Century through the early 21st Century. The emphasis is on the development of various theories about the application of aerial force, and how operations in time of war have confirmed or challenged these theories from a multinational perspective.

  
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    HIST 374 - Nationalism: Myth and Reality

    Credits: 3

    A comparative examination of the origins and development of nationalism and its impact on the modern world.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 375 - Nazis and Fascists in European History, 1919-1945

    Credits: 3

    German and Italian political movements; emphasis on the role of leadership, propaganda, and ideology. Fascist movements in France, Rumania, Hungary, and Great Britain.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 376 - War and European Society, 1914-1945

    Credits: 3

    Thematic examination of the nature and impact of total war on European society; emphasis on socio-economic, cultural, and military aspects.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 377 - Business in Historical Perspective

    Credits: 3

    Capitalism in the Western world; the rise of modern corporate enterprise in Europe and America since 1850.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 378 - Urban Experience in Modern Europe

    Credits: 3

    Social and cultural impact of urbanization in Europe since 1789 through a comparison of major cities such as London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 379 - Women in Modern Europe

    Credits: 3

    Survey of women in European history from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Focus on women’s citizenship beginning with Enlightenment idea of rights through developments in modern feminism.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 379

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 380 - History of the Holocaust

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to Nazi Germany’s systematic mass-murder of Europe’s Jews and other minorities during World War II. Examination of forces that led to the Holocaust, including scientific racism, Nazi policy implementation, and dynamics of annihilation during war.

  
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    HIST 383 - Jewish History I: Late Antiquity to 1500

    Credits: 3

    The religious, cultural, social, and political conditions that shaped the Jewish experience in the Near East and Europe from late antiquity to 1500.

    Cross-listed Course: JSTU 381, RELG 381

  
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    HIST 384 - Jewish History II: 1500 to the Present

    Credits: 3

    Case studies of Jewish history in Europe, America, and the land of Israel, 1500 to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: JSTU 382, RELG 382

  
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    HIST 385 - The Expansion of Christianity

    Credits: 3

    Critical epochs in the spread of Christianity. Consideration of the great crises that shaped the structure and form of Christianity during the last 20 centuries: the Hellenistic world; the medieval syntheses; the breakup of Western Christian unity; the transition to worldwide mission activity in the industrial age.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 386 - Islamic Institutions and Traditions

    Credits: 3

    The religious, political, social and economic institutions and intellectual and scholarly traditions developed by Muslim societies throughtout Afro-Eurasia from late antiquity to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 354

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 387 - Messiahs, Mystics and Rebels in the Islamic World

    Credits: 3

    Representative messianic movements, millenarian visionaries and apocalyptic imaginings in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present, with attention to related developments in the Jewish and Christian traditions over the last two millennia.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 368

  
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    HIST 389 - Science, Magic and Religion

    Credits: 3

    Occultism as a link between science and religion and its central role in Western intellectual and cultural history; the historical development of the science-magic-religion continuum in the Islamo-Christian world from late antiquity to present.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 362

  
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    HIST 390 - Engineering in History

    Credits: 3

    History of engineering practices, professions, and sciences, as well as development of engineered artifacts from the Middle Ages to the present.

  
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    HIST 391 - Information Technology: Past and Present

    Credits: 3

    The history of the computer; how it acquired various forms through the 20th century; how information, as defined by computers, had shaped the world over the past century.

  
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    HIST 392 - Making Modern Science: The Physical Sciences

    Credits: 3

    The history of physics, chemistry, geology, and related sciences since the Scientific Revolution.

  
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    HIST 393 - Making Modern Science: The Life Sciences

    Credits: 3

    The study of the life from antiquity to the present. Investigates the origins of modern biology and medicine and how life has shaped scientific, political, and economic thought.

  
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    HIST 396 - Evolution of Warfare I

    Credits: 3

    A history of tactics, strategy, weapons, and logistics from 500 B.C. to A.D. 1400.

  
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    HIST 397 - Evolution of Warfare II

    Credits: 3

    A history of tactics, strategy, weapons, and logistics from A.D. 1400 to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: ARMY 597

  
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    HIST 399 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1-6

    Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department chair is required for undergraduate students.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 401 - The Development of the American People to 1789

    Credits: 3

    The founding of the English colonies, their developing maturity, the events leading to the Revolution, and the creation of a new nation.

  
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    HIST 402 - The New Nation, 1789-1828

    Credits: 3

    The new republic and the developing democratic spirit in politics and culture.

  
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    HIST 403 - The Sections and the Nation, 1828-1860

    Credits: 3

    The three cultures of East, South, and West; their interactions and the events leading to the Civil War.

  
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    HIST 404 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877

    Credits: 3

    The political, military, and social history of the War and the reorganization which followed.

  
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    HIST 405 - The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1917

    Credits: 3

    A survey of recent United States history with emphasis on the economic, social, and literary developments from 1877 to 1917.

  
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    HIST 406 - The United States and a World at War, 1917-1945

    Credits: 3

    A survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the period.

  
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    HIST 407 - United States History Since 1945

    Credits: 3

    A survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments in the period after World War II.

  
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    HIST 409 - The History of South Carolina, 1670-1865

    Credits: 3

    A study of South Carolina origins and developments.

  
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    HIST 410 - History of South Carolina Since 1865

    Credits: 3

    A survey of recent South Carolina history with emphasis on social and institutional development.

  
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    HIST 413 - History of Canada

    Credits: 3

    A survey of Canadian development from colony to modern nation.

  
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    HIST 420 - Colonial Latin America

    Credits: 3

    The establishment and consolidation of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western hemisphere; interaction of Indians, Africans, and Iberians, and the formation of social, economic, and political traditions in Latin America; political independence.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 341

  
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    HIST 421 - Modern Latin America

    Credits: 3

    Traditional society in the area and problems arising from social, economic, and political changes since independence; comparative studies of national responses to these problems.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 342

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 422 - Social and Economic History of Latin America

    Credits: 3

    The evolution of social groups and changes in economic patterns in Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 441

  
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    HIST 423 - History of Mexico

    Credits: 3

    Mexico from the pre-conquest period to the present, with an emphasis on modern Mexico.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 442

  
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    HIST 424 - Gender in Latin America

    Credits: 3

    Comparative study of gender and women’s history exploring intersections of gender with social structures such as race, class, and political beliefs.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HIST 425 - Caribbean Race and Slavery, 1500-1900

    Credits: 3

    The roles race and slavery played in shaping Colonial Caribbean History from the pre-Columbian Civilizations to the end of the 19th century.

  
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    HIST 434 - Everyday Life in Colonial America

    Credits: 3

    The customs, mores, attitudes, and living conditions of men and women of the 17th and 18th centuries. Emphasis on the common people of the American colonies.

  
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    HIST 435 - The American Revolution

    Credits: 3

    The causes of the Revolution; the events of the period and their implications.

  
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    HIST 442 - The Old South

    Credits: 3

    Development of Southern society and of the forces that made the South a distinctive section of the United States.

  
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    HIST 443 - The New South

    Credits: 3

    Reconstruction, the Bourbon era, agrarian revolt, industrial revolution, racial problems, and the changes resulting from the impact of two world wars and the New Deal (1865-1946).

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    HIST 444 - The Civil War in American History

    Credits: 3

    The causes, events, and results of the Civil War.

  
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    HIST 445 - The Reconstruction of the Nation

    Credits: 3

    The events and results of the attempt to reorder the American nation after the Civil War.

  
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    HIST 446 - Immigration and Ethnicity in America

    Credits: 3

    Issues of immigration, assimilation and nativism in the United States, 1840 to 1930.

  
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    HIST 448 - American Environmental History

    Credits: 3

    Interaction of cultural values, economic interests, public policy, and technology with the physical environment over time.

  
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    HIST 449 - American Popular Culture Since 1890

    Credits: 3

    A history of the contributions of the popular aspects of American culture and their interactions with American institutions.

  
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    HIST 451 - The History of American Medicine

    Credits: 3

    The development of the art and science of medicine as practiced in the United States from colonial times to Medicare. Emphasis on the social history of American medicine.

  
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    HIST 452 - The History of Science in America

    Credits: 3

    The development of science in America from colonial times to the present. Special attention will be given to defining those factors, scientific, economic, and social, which have raised American science to its commanding position in the 20th century.

  
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    HIST 453 - Technology and American Society

    Credits: 3

    The historical development of technologies and technological systems in the American context.

  
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    HIST 455 - The American Civil Rights Movement

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the origins of Jim Crow and the multi-faceted struggle against it, and other forms of racial inequality, in the American South and the rest of the US since the early 20th century.

    Cross-listed Course: AFAM 335

  
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    HIST 460 - American Thought to 1865

    Credits: 3

    The transfer and adaptation of European ideas to a new environment and the development of new patterns.

  
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    HIST 461 - American Thought since 1865

    Credits: 3

    The maturation and extension of a national culture.

  
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    HIST 462 - Southern Intellectual and Cultural History

    Credits: 3

    Intellectual and cultural developments characteristic of the Southern region from colonial times to the recent past.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    HIST 464 - History of American Women

    Credits: 3

    The social, political, and economic roles and changing status of women in America.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 464

  
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    HIST 465 - American Diplomatic History

    Credits: 3

    A historical survey of American foreign policy and foreign relations. First semester: to World War I. Second semester: World War I to the present.

  
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    HIST 466 - American Diplomatic History

    Credits: 3

    A historical survey of American foreign policy and foreign relations. First semester: to World War I. Second semester: World War I to the present.

  
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    HIST 468 - American Military Experience

    Credits: 3

    Transformation of war and of the institutions for waging war from the American Revolution to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: ARMY 406

  
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    HIST 469 - Constitutional History of the United States I

    Credits: 3

    A study of the constitutional development of the United States from the creation of the Articles of Confederation to the Civil War. It deals primarily with problems of governmental organization, judicial interpretation, and sectional politics.

  
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    HIST 470 - Constitutional History of the United States II

    Credits: 3

    An analysis of the growth of constitutional power from 1860 to the present, giving special attention to the constitutional problems of the Civil War period, the increasing role of the judiciary in national affairs, and the general extension of constitutional authority in the 20th century.

  
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    HIST 471 - American Jewish History

    Credits: 3

    Examination of experiences of Jews in the United States from Colonial Period to late 20th century, especially Jewish immigration, political behavior, social mobility, religious affiliation, group identity formation, and meaning of Anti-Semitism in American and global contexts.

    Cross-listed Course: JSTU 471

  
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    HIST 478 - Material Culture in the Digital Age

    Credits: 3

    Examination of material culture (objects and artifacts a society produces) as primary sources for historical research; how these sources are transformed when digitized; and the nature of born-digital resources.

  
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    HIST 479 - Oral History

    Credits: 3

    Methodology, application and usage, historic and current literature, identification and examination of available resources.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 480 - Internship in Public History

    Credits: 3

    Professional practice in museums, archives, preservation organizations, and other agencies involved in historical research, advocacy, and preservation of historical resources and history programming for public audiences.

  
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    HIST 492 - Topics in History

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected historical subjects. Open only to juniors and seniors with permission of the instructor.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Community Service
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 493 - Topics in History

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected historical subjects. Open only to juniors and seniors with permission of the instructor.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 494 - Topics in History

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected historical subjects. Open only to juniors and seniors with permission of the instructor.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 497 - Senior Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Principles of historical research and writing as applied to the seminar topic. Open to history majors or by special permission of instructor.

    Prerequisites: HIST 300 or permission of instructor

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, History, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 498 - Senior Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Principles of historical research and writing as applied to the seminar topic. Open to history majors or by special permission of instructor.

    Prerequisites: HIST 300 or permission of instructor

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, History, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 499 - Senior Thesis

    Credits: 3

    Principles of historical research and writing. A senior year thesis related to one of the advanced courses in the major program.

    Prerequisites: HIST 300 or permission of instructor

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, History, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HIST 562 - The Middle East and the United States: 1800 to the Present

    Credits: 3

    Political, cultural, and economic ties which have linked the Middle East to the United States. Middle Eastern views of these relationships and their impact on modern Middle Eastern history.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    HIST 599 - Topics in History

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected historical topics. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title.

  
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    HIST 640 - South Carolina History

    Credits: 3

    South Carolina since colonization.

    Note: Television instruction only.

  
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    HIST 641 - The American South Comes of Age

    Credits: 3

    Changes in the Southern region since 1940.

    Note: Television instruction only.

  
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    HIST 692 - Historic Preservation Field Experience—Charleston, S.C.

    Credits: 3

    On-site introduction to historic preservation including research, interpretation, management, and economics of preservation. Offered only in Charleston during summer term.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    HPEB 300 - Introduction to Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

    Credits: 3

    The historical and philosophical basis, current problems, career opportunities, and literature in the health promotion, education, and behavior change professions.

  
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    HPEB 301 - Practicum in Health Education

    Credits: 1-9

    Practical experience in applying health education principles in the community, clinic, or worksite.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    HPEB 321 - Personal and Community Health

    Credits: 3

    Psychosocial health, stress management, leading infectious and noninfectious diseases, nutrition, physical fitness, sexuality, consumer health and health care access, environmental health, aging, and death.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    HPEB 331 - Health Education for the Elementary School

    Credits: 3

    Methods and materials for elementary schools. Integration and correlation of materials with school subjects. Sample content developed for primary, intermediate, and upper grades.

  
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    HPEB 335 - First Aid and Emergency Preparedness

    Credits: 3

    Emphasis upon preparing school personnel to act responsibly in emergency situations. (Includes the American National Red Cross standard and advanced first aid instruction.)

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    HPEB 399 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1-3

    Open to sophomores and above. Enrollment and topic to be approved in advance by advisor and instructor.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    HPEB 434 - Health Education

    Credits: 3

    Methods of teaching health in school and community settings; techniques and strategies.

    Prerequisites: HPEB 221, 223, and 224

  
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    HPEB 468 - Safety and Safety Education

    Credits: 3

    Place of safety in modern life. Contributing factors to accidents, developing an awareness of the potential accident situation with special emphasis upon school setting, planning for and conduct of a safety education program.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    HPEB 470 - Principles of Global Health

    Credits: 3

    Examination of major global health topics and approaches used by governmental, non-governmental, international institutions and donor agencies to improve health in low and middle income countries. Critical analysis and generation of intervention strategies to combat health issues in various country settings.

    Note: Effective: Fall 2013

  
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    HPEB 488 - Food Systems

    Credits: 3

    Multiple dimensions of food systems along multiple dimensions of theory and practice.

    Prerequisites: 12 hours of minor completed and ECON 101

    Note: Restricted to Junior or Senior level standing

 

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