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GEO 337 - Environmental Regulations
This course examines the role of the local, state and federal governments in the regulation of economic and developmental activities. Students explore the economic impact of these regulations and the suitability to specific environments. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): One geography or science course or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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GEO 340 - Sustainable Land Use
This course centers on sustainable design of urban and rural landscapes, investigating local and regional case studies of the connections between built environment and ecological systems. Students use geospatial technologies and environmental planning approaches to assess multiple factors (e. g., soils, transportation, wildlife, scenic values, infrastructure, cultural resources) that influence site planning in the context of present-day property law and environmental regulation. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 340 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 343 - Community Planning
Community planning focuses on how people work together to improve their communities in terms of access to housing, transportation, food and agriculture, social services, economic opportunity and environmental sustainability. This course explores community planning theory and practice, including the history of professional planning, the comprehensive plan, public participation, redevelopment, and the regulatory process. This class has a major project component involving hands-on exploration of innovative planning tools. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 343 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 377 - Topics in Geography
The study of a specialized topic not offered in the usual curriculum. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2-4
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GEO 396 - Internship in Geography or GIS
The internship is an essential piece of a student’s development towards becoming a professional in geography or Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It consists of a hands-on learning experience based on the student’s placement with a sponsor organization, as well as reflective work overseen by the faculty supervisor supporting the internship. Internships must be approved by the faculty supervisor as well as the sponsor organization prior to registration. Permission of Instructor. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 1-16
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GEO 397 - Independent Study in Geography
An opportunity to pursue independent research into selected geographic problems under the direction of a faculty member. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of division
Credits: 4
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GEO 431 - Natural Hazards and Human Risk Factors
This course covers the human dimensions of natural hazards, including what are natural hazards; what hazards are typical to Maine, New England, and other places of interest to the enrolled students; what causes disaster; how to mitigate the risks posed by typical hazards encountered; and how planning, infrastructure, community/social organizations can reduce risk and increase resilience of communities. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3-4
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GEO 450 - Research in Geography
A course designed to be the capstone experience for students with a geography major or emphasis. The course concentrates on research design, field research and data collection, analysis and presentation of data for a topic in geography, and writing up finding in the form of a lengthy research paper. Cross-Listed: EPP 450 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing
Credits: 4
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GEO 477 - Topics in Geography
The study of a specialized topic not offered in the usual curriculum. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 101N - Environmental Geoscience
Introduction to the origin, development, distribution, and utilization of the earth’s physical resources. Topics include environmental ethics, resource exploitation, earthquakes, floods, geo-aspects of health and disease, land utilization, drinking water, fuel and non-fuel mineral resource depletion, energy options, environmental impact and law, and interrelationships between the geosciences and society. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 102N - The Dynamic Earth
Geology uses the scientific method to explain natural aspects of the earth; for example, how mountains form or valleys develop, or why gas and oil are concentrated in some rocks but not in others. The earth’s surface and its interior are constantly changing. The course explains the how and why of these changes in light of Plate Tectonic Theory and of a most important aspect of geology, time. Not available for credit to students who have had GEY 101N , GEY 103N or GEY 104N . Course Typically Offered: Every fall and even spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 103N - The Earth System
Geology is the study of the earth and changes in the earth system through time. Humans are intimately connected to the earth system through our use of resources and our interaction with the landscape. Climate change, sea-level rise, and human modification of the landscape require an understanding of geologic processes to inform our public policy. Studying active geological features rivers, glaciers, or volcanoes helps us to interpret the geologic record and infer the geologic events leading to the present configuration of the Earth. We can apply our understanding of past events to help predict the future behavior of the earth system. This class will focus on the connections between different geological processes and cyclical changes of the environment. Course Typically Offered: Even spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 104N - Oceans: Ancient and Modern
Oceans play a prominent role in the climate system, their sediments archive earth history, and they are the loci of mountain belts, the building blocks of continents. Students first develop an understanding of the fundamental processes of the earth system, including circulation of the atmosphere, oceans, and solid earth, geochemical cycles, and life. Next, they apply this understanding to decipher the tectonic, climatic, and biologic history of Earth, as viewed from a marine geological perspective. We also consider the obvious importance of oceans in relation to certain natural disasters, resources, and culture. Course Typically Offered: Odd spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 177 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems and cover topics that are not the primary focus of GEY 101N , GEY 102N , GEY 103N , or GEY 104N . Examples of possible topics include Climate Change, Geology of Maine, and Geology of Energy. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 201N - Earth History
Development and evolution of the North American continent through geological time, including the origin of the earth and life, biological evolution, the fossil and stratigraphic records, continental drift, and radiometric dating. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 202 - Mineralogy
Study of minerals emphasizing crystallography, crystal chemistry, origin and mode of occurrence, hand specimen identification, and chemical-structural classification. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 203 - Surficial Processes
A field-based study of geologic activity responsible for landscape evolution. Students will gain significant experience outdoors describing and interpreting fluvial, glacial, coastal, and hillslope processes. The interpretation of landscape features with regard to past and future change is an important component in evaluating environmental hazards and resources. Students will acquire field-mapping and data analysis skills. Course Typically Offered: Every odd fall.
Prerequisite(s): 100-level geology course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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GEY 251 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
The processes of sedimentation and the principles of stratigraphy as a foundation in the interpretation of sedimentary structures and paleoenvironments. Many localities from various parts of the world examined. Course Typically Offered: Even fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 201N and GEY 203
Credits: 4
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GEY 252 - Introduction to Petrology
The genesis, classification, constituent minerals, textural and structural features, and mode of occurrence of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Concepts of chemical equilibria and reactions, the phase rule, binary and ternary systems, the optical properties of minerals, and methods of analyzing rocks are covered. Thin-section analysis and description emphasized. The polarizing microscope introduced and used orthoscopically. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 202 or equivalent
Credits: 4
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GEY 254 - Structural Geology and Tectonics
Study of rock structures and their genesis, emphasizing the development of mountain belts within the framework of plate tectonics. Through field investigations, students develop skills in geologic mapping, documenting structural features (folds, faults, fractures, fabrics), and synthesis. Topics include tectonic evolution of the Appalachian orogen, tectonic-climate interactions, and mechanics of ice sheets (pertinent to climate change). Course Typically Offered: Odd fall.
Prerequisite(s): One geology course.
Credits: 4
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GEY 277 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional courses. Examples of possible topics include the Geology of Maine and Volcanology. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): An introductory course in geology or permission of the instructor. Used for May term travel courses.
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 302 - Advanced Petrology
This is an upper level course designed to extend and master the skills introduced in Introduction to Petrology (GEY 252 ). It focuses on the petrology of igneous and metamorphic rocks in greater depth and will encourage problem solving related to the petrogenesis of these rocks. Special topics will be an integral part of the course and these will include sampling and analytical techniques, whole rock and mineral geochemistry (utilizing the division’s XRF spectrometer laboratory), geochronology, metamorphic mineral assemblages, petrogenetic grids and mineral thermobarometers. Students will be encouraged to read and discuss a number of geological papers during the semester. A significant portion of the course will focus on data collection, manipulation and interpretation. Course Typically Offered: Odd spring.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 252 .
Credits: 4
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GEY 303 - Climate Change
Earth’s future climate is one of the most pressing scientific, political, and socio-economic issues of our time. Forecasts of the future are only as certain as our understanding of the present climate system. The class is divided into three parts: 1) components and interactions of the climate system, 2) evidence of past climate change, and 3) predictions of future change. The first part of the class will focus on the components (nuts and bolts) of the present climate system and how these components interact on various time scales. The second part of the course will focus on records of past climate change. How do these records form? How are they interpreted? During the final part of the course we will examine the integration of climate change science into public policy. Course Typically Offered: Odd spring.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-level geology class.
Credits: 4
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GEY 304 - Geochemistry
Geochemistry is the application of the principles of chemistry to the solution of geological problems. This course focuses primarily on reactions near the Earth’s surface and includes many examples from the carbon cycle. Students develop and interpret stability diagrams that portray various acid-base, gasaqueous, aqueous-solid, and redox equilibria. They also use dynamical systems software to model reaction kinetics and geochemical cycles. Students conduct research on problems in environmental science, geochemical cycles, and earth system evolution, and use UMF’s X-ray fluorescence facility to analyze their samples. Course Typically Offered: Even spring.
Prerequisite(s): One geology course and CHY 141 .
Credits: 4
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GEY 377 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional geology courses. Examples of topics that may be offered include Paleoecology and Geological Development of North America. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit hours in geology.
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 397 - Independent Study in Geology
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in geology and permission of the instructor
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 477 - Special Topics in Geology
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional courses. Examples of topics that may be offered include Paleoecology and Geological Development of North America. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): 12 hours in geology.
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 496 - Senior Research Project I
An opportunity to perform original research in geology. Emphasis on field and laboratory work to collect primary data. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): Senior geology major.
Credits: 4
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GEY 497 - Independent Study in Geology
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in geology and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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GEY 499 - Senior Research Project II
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Emphasis on writing and public presentation of results from GEY 496 research. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): Senior geology major and GEY 496 .
Credits: 2
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HEA 101 - Health and Society
This course explores societal health issues through interdisciplinary perspectives. Social, political, and economic aspects of health promotion, factors related to social justice, and the controversy behind health legislation are each explored. Select issues include teen pregnancy, obesity, gun control, drug abuse, tobacco control, birth control, access to health care, gay and lesbian rights, abortion, violence and abusive behavior, and death and dying. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 102 - Group Fitness Instructor Training
HEA 102 prepares students with the necessary training, information and skills to instruct exercise activities in a group setting. Experiences include practical application and exploration of a variety of activities and related principles (Adhering to AFAA Guidelines Aerobics and Fitness Association of America). Examples of activities include: circuit training, aquatics, Pilates, step/kick/Zumba choreography and more. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 105 - Guns and Glory: Understanding Gun Violence and Public Health Prevention Measures in the USA
Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. This course will examine the complexities of gun violence and the scope of its impact in the USA through an analysis of: the role of toxic masculinity and guns; carrying laws; the trends and impact of gun violence, the demographics of gun use (e.g., protection, sport); gun violence in public places (e.g. communities and schools); and, evidence based public health policies aimed at reducing the impact of gun violence. Online. Course Typically Offered: Winter and/or Summer
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 106 - Violence Across the Lifespan
This course is an introduction to current theories, research, practice and prevention in gendered violence. Topics include: themes of violence; role of toxic masculinity; dynamics of violence; gender relations; dating violence/campus violence; ttitudes, myths, and realities surrounding family violence; public versus private nature of family violence. Success and challenges to various public health prevention efforts will be explored. Course Typically Offered: Winter and/or Summer
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 120 - Emergency Medical Response/Principles and Practices
This course focuses on the ability to recognize the need for an early response to medical emergencies and the application of secondary preventive skills during a critical time while awaiting the arrival of professional assistance. Content covers the assessment of vital signs of a victim and the ability to identify medical emergencies including chest, pelvic, abdominal and musculoskeletal injuries in adults and children that merit the use of CPR, bleeding and wound management, bandaging, splinting and personal protective equipment. Based upon grades and successful completion of this course, the student may earn First Aid and CPR certification. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 123 - Contemporary Health Issues
Contemporary Health Issues: This course is an exploration of the health issues within society today. Students will explore such topics as physical activity, relationships, nutrition, and addiction, chronic and communicable diseases. The course serves as an introduction to prevention education, the hallmark of the unique discipline of Community Health Education. Prevention education is evaluated in occupational settings such as school, worksite, health care and community. The relationship between coordinating networks, health service organizations, government, and voluntary-based health agencies is examined. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 125 - Health and Wellness Around the Globe
This course will identify contemporary global health priorities through the lens of the determinants of health and human rights activism. It will provide an overview of the intersection between global health and social justice, with a specific focus on the ways in which inequity, specifically class, race, gender, and poverty disproportionately affect health outcomes. Students will learn about the historical and theoretical underpinnings of global health and how social determinants affect medical outcomes and health policy. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 200 - Athletic Injuries: Prevention and Emergency Response
This course is designed specifically for coaches to prepare them to recognize the need for prevention of athletic injuries and an early response to athletic injuries and possible medical emergencies. The course will utilize the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the ASEP Sport First Aid textbook and ASEP certification. Class topics will include prevention and care of athletic injuries including training room procedures, taping and other related athletic training duties. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): PEC 100 , BIO 150N .
Credits: 4
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HEA 203 - Theory and Practice for the Personal Trainer
The course prepares students with the necessary information and skills to design and implement individualized exercise programs and to sit for a Personal Trainer Certification exam. Experiences include practical application as well as theory and practice. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 210 - Environmental Health
Students investigate human ecology from an interdisciplinary perspective, emphasizing the mutual dependence of human health and environmental sustainability. Maine, national, and international environmental health issues are studied by examining technologies, resource use, energy production, public policy, and stewardship. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 211 - Substance Abuse Prevention
Examines the use, misuse, and abuse of chemicals and explores alternatives to their usage. Substance abuse prevention analyzed in depth and a variety of prevention strategies and activities are examined. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 212 - Stress Management
Variety of stress management techniques presented and opportunities for life-style examination and group support provided. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 218 - Health Communications and Theory
Students practice health communications: oral, written, and electronic (health literacy, motivational interviewing, professional presentations, community counseling, press releases, publications, reports, web design, list serve membership and management). Students study theories of behavior change at the intrapersonal, interpersonal and community/organizational levels. Students learn and demonstrate the following discipline-specific competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education, implement health education strategies, interventions and programs, serve as a health education resource person, communicate and advocate for health and health education. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 231 - Child and Adolescent Health
A study of human development and preventable health problems afflicting children and adolescents, with special focus on education and health promotion interventions. Topics include communicable disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, obesity, asthma, diabetes, and teen pregnancy. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 241 - Nutrition and Exercise
This course will examine the different physiological relationships between nutrition and exercise. Emphasis is placed on the body’s metabolic response to a wide range of stresses that occur in different sports, at different intensities, and within different environments. Macro and micronutrients and their respective roles in energy production and the development of improved athletic performance are discussed in detail. In addition, this course will study those methods of assessing an athlete’s nutritional needs and status. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 243 - Nutrition and Obesity
An analytical study of the world-wide obesity epidemic. Focus will be on the underlying physiology of the “old human” in an industrialized world. Discussions will enable students to apply a synthesis of information from a variety of sources to evaluate the role of industrialization, social change, technology and human greed. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 244 - Nutrition Care for Children
Study of nutritional needs for growth and development, emphasizing the nutritional needs of pregnant women, pregnant adolescents, infants, young children, and adolescents. A synthesis and analysis of a variety of sources will be used in the application concepts in practical settings: Women, Infants, Children, Feeding Program, Head Start centers; day care centers; and child health agencies. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 245 - Nutrition and Ecological Concerns
An analytical study of the ecological factors surrounding food production and food consumption worldwide. Discussions will include the synthesis of information about land use, animal and plant production, and social and cultural issues involved with food choices. The role of the production of nonfood foods and highly-processed foods will be analyzed. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 250 - Women’s Health
This course is an examination of women’s health issues across the life span, as well as the range of treatments and healing modalities available both in the traditional medical system and from other providers. Students will examine the identification and labeling of health and disease issues as well as the impact of power and gender differentials in the delivery of care. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 251 - Men’s Health
This course will investigate the relationship between male lifestyle characteristics and disease. Topics include: male specific cancers, anger management, dietary prevention, stress reduction techniques, behavioral adaptation, and the influence of male role modeling in modern society. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 260 - Public Health Biology
This course combines the field of public/community health with biology. The course will focus on understanding how and why manifestations of a disease occur and it will incorporate this knowledge into public health decision-making to design interventions. Students will gain a clear understanding of various disease conditions and how to identify critical points at which the diseases could either be prevented or interrupted. Infectious, nutritional, metabolic, genetic, and environmental risks and the impact of such risks on various organ systems are thoroughly examined. This course will apply the scientific clinical foundation to the practice of public health through case studies, exercises, and discussion. This course does not have any prerequisites and students from different majors can take this course. It also does not have a lab. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HEA 262 - Human Sexuality
Human sexuality throughout the life span is explored through holistic and interdisciplinary perspectives. Controversial issues surrounding multiculturalism are researched. Students will study the content and application of sexuality education for individuals and communities. Cross-Listed: This course is cross-listed with Women’s Studies. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2
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HEA 277 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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HEA 296 - Practicum in Community Health Education
This service learning experience is coordinated in a community health setting and is arranged by the student, facilitated by the health faculty. Students will attend approximately 27 hours of in-class orientation, and a minimum of 60 contact hours (approximately 6 hours per week for 10 weeks) in the field. Students experience first-hand the practices of health education in a variety of settings, including schools, worksites, health care and community settings. Students will plan and administer health education strategies, interventions and programs, serve as a health education resource person, and communicate and advocate for health and health education in accordance with generally accepted discipline standards. Students must pass the required criminal history record check prior to serving in their practicum placement. The process of applying for the record check is included in the course curriculum. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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HEA 297 - Independent Study in Health Education
An opportunity for students majoring in health sciences to initiate and implement health-related study or research in accordance with scientific procedures and under the supervision of appropriate faculty members. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or equivalent background, and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-4
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HEA 303 - Physiology of Exercise
This class critically examines the effects of physiological responses and adaptations to exercise by selective populations, such as the elderly, children, women, and persons with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Development of individualized fitness and testing programs for special populations will be implemented through a formal service-learning project. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 150N , HEA 241 .
Credits: 4
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HEA 310 - Principles of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
This is a methods course in which students learn principles and practices for the delivery of health promotion and health education services to individuals, families and communities. Surveillance, service delivery, and health infrastructure issues in the United States are examined, as well as similar problems in developing countries. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education; plan and implement health education strategies, interventions and programs; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; and serve as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Credits: 4
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HEA 350 - Principles of Epidemiology
This course is an introduction to the history and methods of epidemiology, with examples from U. S. and international disease outbreaks as well as injury and prevention data. Students will follow ongoing disease investigations as well as independently collect and analyze data, using software in the public domain. Students will refine skills in research, technical writing, and the use of information technology. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; and serve as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Credits: 4
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HEA 377 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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HEA 397 - Independent Study in Health Education
An opportunity for students majoring in health sciences to initiate and implement health-related study or research in accordance with scientific procedures and under the supervision of appropriate faculty members. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or equivalent background, and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-4
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HEA 410 - Resource Management and Grant Writing
This course familiarizes students with resource attainment, allocation and management. Students will explore funding sources, both public and private, and learn ethical guidelines surrounding health education and health promotion. Practical management skills such as budgeting, contracting, and grantwriting will be developed. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following discipline-specific competencies: assessing individual and community needs; planning, implementing and administering health education strategies, interventions and programs; evaluating research related to health education; and serving as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 and HEA 296 ; for students in HIS: HEA 123 .
Credits: 4
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HEA 411 - Planning for Health Promotion
As an academic capstone experience, this course addresses all seven of the national competencies of a Certified Health Education Specialist. This course applies a theoretical model for program planning through the implementation of a service learning project in the community. Methods of conducting a needs assessment, budgeting, rallying resources, media advocacy, and process, product, and impact evaluation strategies are followed. Students will: assess individual and community needs for health education; plan, implement and administer health education strategies, interventions and programs; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; and serve as a health education resource person; and communicate and advocate for health and health education. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 and HEA 296 , and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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HEA 477 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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HEA 495 - Field Experience in Community Health
This service learning experience incorporates the national competencies required for a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). A student chooses a community setting where the student works 450 contact hours (40 hours per week for approximately 12 weeks) in the field of health education. Through this course, students have the opportunity to plan, implement and administer health education strategies, interventions, and programs and, serve as a health education resource person. This field experience is co-supervised by university faculty and participating agency personnel. Linked to students’ field experiences, students are required to show proof of a criminal history check prior to registering for the course. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 and HEA 296 and HEA 411 , a cumulative GPA of 2. 5 or better prior to enrollment in HEA 495, concurrent enrollment in HEA 496 and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 12
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HEA 496 - Senior Capstone Seminar in Health Education
This capstone research and leadership experience will be taken concurrently with HEA 495 . At least 4 times a semester, (during the time of the field placement), students will return to campus to participate in 8-hour seminars based on research and leadership. There will be required out-of-class assignments included that utilize the time spent in a field experience. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 , HEA 296 , and HEA 411 , a cumulative GPA of 2. 5 or better prior to enrollment in HEA 496, concurrent enrollment in HEA 495 .
Credits: 4
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HTY 103S - United States History I
Survey of the political, social, and economic history of the United States from pre-contact to the end of the Civil War. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 104S - United States History II
Survey of the political, social, and economic history of the United States from the end of Civil War to the present. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 110S - Global History I
Surveys fundamental economic, social, political, and cultural developments found throughout the globe from the beginnings of human civilizations to the fifteenth century CE. Topics include early agricultural societies, the rise of cities, how patriarchal societies arose, how humans solved the problem of managing resources and organizing themselves, and how they made sense of mystery. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 111S - Global History II
Surveys fundamental economic, social, political, and cultural developments found throughout the globe from the fourteenth century CE to the present. Class will begin in the aftermath of the Black Death and the fall of Mongol rule and examine the impact of those events on global developments, especially European and Ottoman expansion and intensified globalization. Other topics: Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, colonization and decolonization of Africa and the Middle East, industrialization, and twentieth-century conflicts. Course Typically Offered: Every other year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 200 - Approaches to History
HTY 200 will introduce the student to the dynamics of the discipline of history scholarship. Topics will include an overview of subfields in the discipline and analysis of the key components of historical literature, i. e., thesis, theory, methodology, and sources. Students will learn to read critically and develop their writing skills, stressing analysis and argumentation. Topics will be selected by the instructor. Required of all history majors and minors. METHODS AND RESEARCH CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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HTY 204S - Introduction to Caribbean History
This course provides a historical survey of the islands and peoples of the Caribbean basin and covers the period from the mid-fifteenth century to the late-twentieth century. Major themes will include European conquest and colonialism, the rise and fall of African enslavement, piracy, the development of multi-ethnic societies, anticolonial movements, and the rise of tourism in recent Caribbean history. In so doing, this course identifies the forces that formed the particular history of Caribbean, but it also illustrates the key role that the Caribbean played in the history of America and Europe. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 208S - History of the Cold War
The Diplomatic History of the Cold War will provide an overview of the diplomatic history of the Cold War from its origins until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. It will focus on US-Soviet relations but will also cover other important episodes associated with the Cold War such as the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Sino-Soviet split, the US opening to China in the early 1970s, the Helsinki process, and the end of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4
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HTY 209S - History of Slavery in America
This course covers the origins and evolution of modern slavery systems in the Atlantic World encompassing Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The course will begin with an exploration of the historical precedents and practices of slavery in ancient and medieval societies, then will turn to the dynamics of its evolution into modern plantation slave systems in the Caribbean, South America, and North America using a comparative approach. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 212S - Renaissance and Reformation
Major political, economic, cultural, and religious developments in Western European history from about 1400 to 1650. Course will also consider the global context in which these developments occurred, how they impacted people from different walks of life, and scholars’ debates about how best to describe and characterize this period. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 213S - Medieval Europe
Begins with the breakdown of the Roman imperial world and covers European history into the fifteenth century, with a focus on Western Europe. Topics include the Germanic kingdoms, Christianization of Europe, Carolingians, rise of cities and commerce, conflicts between secular and ecclesiastical rulers, the Crusades, the Black Death, and European expansion. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 214S - Spain from 1000 -1700
This course begins with the Umayyad Caliphate ruling most of the Iberian peninsula and proceeds through the gradual expansion of the Christian kingdoms and a reversal of the balance of power. Issues we will explore from this period include the interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims within these kingdoms, the role of towns, and the formation of monarchies, and Spain’s interaction with its colonies. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 220S - Women & Gender in Premodern Europe
Course will examine the experiences of European women from the Roman period into the sixteenth century and consider how studying these periods through this lens alters our view of the times. In addition to a variety of primary sources, students will study scholarship on such topics as agency and gender. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 224S - Cultural History of Spain
Students in this course will analyze literature, art and architecture, and culinary traditions of Spain as evidence of the historical interactions among the country’s various ethnic and religious groups and of the resulting social structures. This is a travel course in which students will visit relevant museums and historical sites. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 230S - Colonial America
This course examines the emergence of Colonial America, with the founding of the Jamestown colony in 1607, to the eve of the Revolutionary crisis in 1763. During the semester students will explore the creation of viable political, social, economic structures, emphasizing the transition of colonial North America from a series of isolated colonial outposts to imperial provinces. Topics to be considered include: community and family relations, colonial religious patterns; slavery and race relations; and internal and external tensions. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 231S - Revolutionary America
This course, in the broadest sense, covers the history of America from the Revolution to the rise of the Jeffersonians, 1763-1800. During the course of the semester students will explore the origins, meaning and consequences of the Colonial America’s Revolution, looking at how the Colonies’ struggle for independence from England affected American society, politics, culture and economics, eventually giving shape to the United States. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 232S - Civil War and Reconstruction
This course examines the circumstances leading up to the American Civil War, the war itself, and the era of Reconstruction. The political, economic, social and cultural factors will be given careful consideration, along with military developments. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 233S - America’s Age of Expansion, 1783-1848
From the first days of the Early Republic through the Mexican War, America grew exponentially in terms of territory, population, industry, and culture, a process that literally and figuratively transformed the nation and its people. The central themes of the course include: the displacement of native peoples; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the first industrial revolution; the ideologies of politics, race, gender; the technologies of power and production; and demographic and economic transformation. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 234S - American Presidents
This class will explore the American presidency both institutionally and as it was experienced by the men who held the position. It draws on the fields of political, social, cultural and economic history to understand both how the presidency evolved and how those who served understood their role, envisioned their nation, and performed in office. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 238S - America Since 1945
This course is to explore some of the major political, social, cultural and economic themes that have dominated America in the decades following World War II. In the course of the semester students will examine a variety of the leading individuals and events that contributed to America’s development since 1945 and helped shape present day society. Among the topics to be discussed include: the Cold War, liberal reform movements from the Fair Deal to the Great Society; various reform and protest movements Civil Rights, the New Left, Women’s Rights, Environmental movement; the New Conservatism; and foreign policy in the post-Cold War Era. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 240S - Maine History
Social, economic, cultural and political history of Maine from pre-contact to the present, with an emphasis on the various peoples who have inhabited the state, including Native-Americans and those of French ancestry as well as other ethnic and racial groups. Maine’s connection to larger historical events and trends as well as its uniqueness are also key components of this course. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 242S - The Great Depression and New Deal
This course examines American life, politics, and culture in one of the most tumultuous eras in American history: the Great Depression. Students will examine the changing nature of American life, the challenges resulting from the economic collapse and responses of the general population and the government. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 246S - US Women’s History
This is a survey of U. S. history that considers political, social, economic, and cultural issues with respect to women. Major themes include: the various movements for women’s rights; the role of women in the work force; differences among women in class, race, and ethnicity; women’s roles in family and community life; and the changing definitions of gender over time. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 247S - History of Canada
This course surveys Canadian history from pre-contact to the present, exploring events, themes and processes that have shaped this nation and its peoples. With an emphasis on specific societies and their interactions and their contributions, the course will analyze political, social, economic and cultural events. Of special importance is the impact of racial, ethnic, gender, and language differences, as well as Canada’s historical relationship with the United States. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 251S - American Legal History
This course is designed as an introduction to American legal history from colonial times to end of the nineteenth century. Balancing primary and secondary sources, we will examine developments in legal and constitutional ideology, the formation and adaptation of specific legal institutions, and the law’s role in regulating economic life and social relations. We will be anchoring our analyses of the law’s history in the larger social and economic contexts of American history. As we do so, we will attempt to understand both the complex relationship between law and society and the ways that this relationship changes over time. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 253S - Muslim World to 1600
Introduction to the history of Muslim lands from the rise of Islam in the early seventh century to the peak of Ottoman power in the sixteenth century. Closer attention paid to the Mediterranean region than to areas further east. Issues explored will include the rise of Islam, political units and disputes about political legitimacy, cultural and scientific achievements, and the significance of the Muslim world, especially the Ottomans, in the development of the early modern global order. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 255S - History of Children in America
This course examines the lives of children and the evolving concept of “childhood” from the colonial era to the present. Looking at social and cultural variability across class, gender, time and race, it offers a nuanced portrait of the nation as it developed. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 256S - Roman Empire
After setting the background for the empire through a look at the Republic period, course will trace the initial steps toward a new form of government for Rome and continue into the seventh century, when the eastern half of that empire was profoundly changed by its wars with Persia and the loss of some of its territories to new regional powers. Course will cover social, religious, and cultural history along with the political and military developments, and it will examine controversies among scholars about when the Empire ended. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 259S - Colonial Latin America
Major developments in Spanish and Portuguese America from just before the arrival of Europeans to the independence movements in the early nineteenth century roughly 1492-1825. Main questions addressed include how Spain and Portugal could maintain control over such a large region so far away, how the colonized peoples resisted foreign control and accommodated it, how the conflicts and shifting alliances among imperial authorities, colonists, and racially diverse labor class shaped the development of society, and how the independence movements arose and progressed. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 260S - Modern Latin America
History of Latin America from independence to the present. Analysis of political, social, economic and cultural events with special emphasis on migration of peoples; impact of racial, ethnic, gender, and religious differences; effects of cross-cultural contact; and modernization. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 261S - History of Mexico
History of Mexico from the earliest evidence of indigenous society to the present, with major emphasis on the past 1000 years. Analysis of political, social, economic and cultural change and continuity especially with respect to state and religious institutions; the effects of cross-cultural contact; the impact of racial, gender and class differences; and the movement of peoples within and across national borders. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 262S - Undeclared Wars
From the routine invasions of Mexico and other Latin American nations at the beginning of the 20th Century to the wars in Iraq in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this course examines the undeclared wars and various military operations that have seen Americans in harm’s way without formal Congressional declaration. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 263S - Cold War America
This course offers an in-depth examination of the tumultuous relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Primarily a social and cultural history of the conflict as it unfolded in the lives of American citizens, the course explores both the historical and historiographical issues that dominate the field of study. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 271S - History of Medicine
This course explores the historical relationships between disease and health and American society from the multiple perspectives of class, race, gender and ethnicity. Major themes include: changing concepts of disease; the growth of scientific medicine and medical institutions; environmental and occupational health; “alternative” medicine; public health and hygiene; and epidemics from smallpox to AIDS. Category III. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 274S - Mediterranean World 1200 to 1700
Although this course will include material on Southern Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, the main emphasis will be on the interactions among and across these regions. Topics will include trading relationships, pilgrimage, artistic blending, alliances, and wars. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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HTY 277 - Topics in History
The study of specific topics in history focusing on areas of expertise of the history faculty. Some examples would include Women at Work, Farmington After 200 Years, War and Society, etc. Concentration depends on content. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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