May 12, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Global Governance and Human Security

  
  • GGHS 712 - Gender and Human Security


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Drawing on examples from across the globe, this course will explore how attention to gendered assumptions and hierarchies can refine and deepen our understandings of the way conflict, violence and (in)security are affecting everyday life, communities, societies, and regions in different parts of the world. The course will develop skills in gender analysis, and use them to evaluate the impact of culturally-specific gendered assumptions and practices on state security and realist thinking, the “new wars” of the post-Cold War period, the emergence of human security with its focus on freedom from fear and want, and the critical reactions to this move. The course aims to move beyond established approaches to security, including human security, and to develop a more gender- sensitive analysis of theory, policy and practices seeking to address (in) security issues in our increasingly complex, unequal and global world.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    GGHS 710

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  • GGHS 713 - International Relations Theory


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course is intended to provide students with the tools to read and participate in the academic field of international relations (IR) in which discussions of global governance and human security are often embedded. Its focus is on theories of international politics and on the construction of the academic field, rather than on current world events. The course is divided into three parts. In the first we examine one of the core philosophical debates separating different understandings of international relations, that between realists and liberals. In the second we discuss approaches to international relations theory across different levels of analysis, from the level of the individual decision-maker to the level of the structure of the international system. In the third and final part we look at different methodological approaches to the study of international relations, from the inductive to the deductive to the critical.

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  • GGHS 714 - Doctoral Colloquium in Global Governance and Human Security


    2 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The goal of the colloquium is professional development, helping students to develop skills for and knowledge of academic processes that do not fit into existing topic and theoretical courses. These skills focus on the real-time analysis of work by other scholars, and the presentation of one’s own work to academic and professional audiences.

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  • GGHS 715 - International Organization


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course provides an in depth overview of core institutions and actors in global governance - intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with primary emphasis on the former. IGOs provide organization structures and decisions processes that comprise elements of governance for managing a wide array of global and regional interdependence issues. The scope of the field of international organization has vastly increased in the last twenty-five years, and this course surveys both the variety of theoretical approaches to studying IGOs and the broad range of topical issues that various IGOs address.

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  • GGHS 716 - Global Health and Development: Concepts, Policies, and Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The course examines the evolution, key concepts and practice of global health as an emergent field. It is concerned with engaging and exploring the dominant themes, key relationships, and central questions that radiate from the trans-disciplinary field of global health. The aim is for students to critically engage the global public health questions and concerns introduced in the course. Students will apply analytical thinking skills to understand a range of global public health and development problems and trends, implications, and responses.

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  • GGHS 780 - Doctoral Research Design


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The purpose of this course is to help each student combine his/her methodological skills, his or her knowledge of conceptual frameworks developed in the core courses, and his or her research interests to produce a successful research proposal. This is the final required course in the PhD program in Global Governance and Human Security. At the end of the course, each student will have produced one or both; 1) a research proposal for his or her PhD project and 2) a grant proposal seeking the necessary funds for research.

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  • GGHS 781 - Doctoral Research Group


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The goal of the research group is professional development and the development of research and writing skills. These skills focus on the design and execution of research projects intended from the outset to be written up as grant proposals and for peer-reviewed journals. The focus of the class is thus on the process of writing for publication, rather than researching and writing a topic dictated by the topical focus of the class.

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  • GGHS 795 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

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  • GGHS 796 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

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  • GGHS 797 - Special Topics


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Special Topics in Global Governance and Human Security

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  • GGHS 895 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

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  • GGHS 896 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

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  • GGHS 897 - Special Topics


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Special Topics in Global Governance and Human Security

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  • GGHS 899 - Dissertation Research


    1 - 10 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course focuses on research conducted under faculty supervision, leading to the presentation of a doctoral dissertation.

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Global Inclusion and Social Development

  
  • GISD 601 - Current and Historical Perspectives on Global Inclusion and Social Development


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    There has been a growing interest in recent decades in ensuring that people and populations are included and that society is supportive of the equality of its members and the chance for prosperity for all. This course focuses on social inclusion and social development in a global context. The term “”social inclusion” has been conceptualized as a process, a state of being included, and a method for integrating those excluded or at risk of being excluded due to disability or other reasons and conditions into society. In development studies, the term “social development” captures the idea of improving people’s well-being and quality of life, and is often defined in reference to particular social problems. Globalization is the process of interaction and integration among economies, societies, and cultures across the globe through forces such as international trade and transport and advances in communication technology. Students will examine definitions, current and historical perspectives on and approaches to these concepts, and their implications for policy and practice. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply these concepts to particular policy areas including disability, health, labor market, and economic policy affecting particular communities, countries, or regions. This course is a core course for both the Master’s and Doctoral programs in Global Inclusion and Social Development.

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  • GISD 605 - International Responses to Social Inclusion


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course introduces students to international organizations that address both the development and the monitoring of populations around the world. The goal is to increase students’ understanding of the range of approaches and strategies that these organizations use to respond to pressing societal issues (such as human rights, health and disability, women’s and children’s welfare, education, refugee and disaster relief) and crises (such as war, hunger, poverty, natural disaster, genocide) but also of the impact that these issues and crises can have on cross-cultural communities, vulnerable population, and social inclusion. A particular emphasis is placed on the non-governmental sector and its role in addressing immediate and long-term issues and crisis and in promoting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this course students will learn how to interpret the world of opinion, ethics, judgment , need, and urgency as it is driven by what is known and what is transmitted. They will realize the importance of communication, public awareness and understanding of ethical and moral concerns and how these interrelate with social inclusion at all levels. This course is a core course for both the Master’s and Doctoral programs in Global Inclusion and Social Development.

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  • GISD 606 - Research and Evaluation in Diverse Settings: Methods and Implications


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This is an introductory course on quanitative and qualitative research methods and program evaluation. A particular emphasis is placed ont he concept of cultural diversity and its implications for design and methods choices as well as stakeholder participation in research and evaluation. “Cultural diversity” refers to differences among (groups of ) individuals with respect to ethnicity, race, age, gender, disability/health, socio-economic status, and other dimensions. The course is organized itno five parts. Part 1 introduces students to the scientific method, the reserch process and he role of ethics in conduction human subjects research. Part 2 focuses on quantitative methods, including sample selection, survey development, and basic statistical methods used in hypothesis testing. Part 3 provides an overview of qualitative methods, including participant observaton, interviews, focus groups, and case study. Part 4 focuses on methods for evaluation whether or to what extent programs achieve their stated goals. Finally, Part 5 examines the various methodologies ((quantitative, qualitative, evaluation) in terms of their strengths and weaknesses for researching diverse populations and researching comparatively (cross-culturally and cross-nationally). This is a required core course for students in the master’s and doctoral programs in Global Inclusion and Social Development. This course is a core course for both the Master’s and Doctoral progrms in Global Inclusion and Social Development.

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  • GISD 608 - Ethics and Professionalism in Global Inclusion and Social Development


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Ethical issues are prevalent in multiple contexts. At the personal level, ethics may determine how we choose to interact with others; within organizations, ethics may influence the strategies used to reach organizational goals; nationally, ethics can have a role in determining priorities and shaping the policy agenda; and at the global level, ethics may often determine the quality of relationships and degree of cooperation between international bodies. Ethical competence by individuals, organizations, and nations requires that one’s conduct be congruent with generally accepted moral principles and values. This course introduces students to ethical theory and how ethics are shaped by values, as well as ethical standards and codes that guide professional practice and conduct in global inclusion and social development. The course also teaches students strategies and techniques to identify and help address ethical issues in practice, research, and evaluation in a variety of contexts (local, regional, national, global, cross-national) and settings (health, disability, community development, cross-cultural). Students in the master’s and doctoral programs in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Cultural Competency: Impacts on Innovations and Model Development course.

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  • GISD 609 - Cultural Competency: Impacts on Innovation and Model Development


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    “Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals; enabling that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situation” (Cross et al., 1989). This course introduces students to the concepts of culture and cultural competency and examines the impact of cultural differences - due to age, gender, class, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, occupation, sexual orientation, and other factors - on access to programs, services, and resources. The course teaches students models for cultural competency as well as strategies for cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and organizational capacity building - essential knowledge and skills for future leaders in global inclusion and social development. Through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, assigned readings, and group discussions, students learn about cultural competency and its application to policy, practice, research, and professional training with a particular focus on healthcare, disability, and rehabilitation, as well as the global context. Master’s and doctoral students in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Ethics and Professionalism in Global Inclusion and Social Development course.

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  • GISD 610 - Strategies for Systemic Change


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Systems change is an important undertaking in organizational development, and represents a mechanism by which organizations respond to shifting dynamics in government, business, community and interpersonal environments. This course introduces students to the concept of organizations as systems and to major theories on systems and systemic change, including assumptions of the nature of change and the change process. Students will learn approaches, strategies, and methods to planning, implementing, and evaluating systemic change and to engage stakeholders in the change process. Systemic change will be explored through case studies of organizations addressing issues in health, disability, and community development. The role of culture on systemic change efforts and implications for change agents and practitioners will be considered as well. Real-world examples, provided by leaders who are experienced change agents, will demonstrate how organizations and systems grow and change in dynamic ways. Students in the master’s and doctoral programs in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Managing Change: Supporting communities and Embracing Cultures course.

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  • GISD 611 - Managing Change: Supporting Communities and Embracing Cultures


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course examines key concepts of change management in community settings. It provides an introduction to social change theories and their application to community settings and to models and approaches to community change. The course teaches students strategies for identifying and addressing issues in the change-managment process, and for managing change more effectively, giving consideration to the cultural, racial, ethnic, and socio-economic make-up of the community. The role of culture and the impact of globalization on change efforts and implications for practitioners in global inclusion and social development will be considered as well. Real-world examples focused on health, disability, and development, provided by leaders who are experienced change agents, will demonstrate how communities can effectively manage change. The course also teaches students how to assess the needs and abilities of communities for change and to evaluate community change efforts with a particular emphasis on stakeholder involvement. Master’s and doctoral students in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Strategies for Systemic Change course.

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  • GISD 615 - Leadership in Global Inclusion and Social Development


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course examines the concept of leadership and the impact of personal values, beliefs, communication styles, and experiences. It introduces students to different leadership theories and approaches to leadership development as well as leader roles and responsibilities (including ethical leadership and socially responsible leadership) in the context of global inclusion and social development. The course teaches students to assess their own leadership style through self-reflection and strategies and techniques to continually improve their leadership skills and competencies with applicability to groups, organizations, communities, and cultures. Through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, assigned readings, and group discussions, students learn about leadership practices including issues and challenges in the areas of health, disability, community organizing and development, and policy and systems change. Student grading will be based on course participation, participation in self-reflection, and as well group work (leader interviews and book club). Students in master’s and doctoral programs in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Population Needs and Global Practices course.

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  • GISD 616 - Population Needs and Global Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Changing global trends, practices and procedures have created a network of services and supports for populations that at times address needs and conditions and at other times complicate issues of social inclusion and community engagement. Reliance on public and private resources can stimulate the adoption of practices that have universal application and potential for addressing multiple country concerns. Understanding the interrelationship of cross-cultural strategies, the development of such strategies and the evaluation of their impact in multiple settings is essential to demonstrating leadership in social inclusion and global development. This course introduces students to the concept of population and related theories: reviews major trends in world population changes, population needs, and how these can be addressed (policy, strategy and practice) including issues and challenges to implementation, effectiveness, and impact, and implications, for key stakeholders. Particular emphasis is placed on population changes and needs related to youth, aging, health, and disability. Master’s and doctoral students in global inclusion and social development can choose to take this course or the Leadership in Global Inclusion and Social Development course.

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  • GISD 620 - International Disability Policy


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is creating a common, international understanding of disability and the rights and opportunities that should be available to persons with disabilities. The course will look at variability among policy approaches as well as how these policies reflect evolving models of disability. Students will look at specific employment and education policies in-depth and conduct a policy analysis using contemporary models of disabilities as their framework for analysis. Issues related to the Millennium Goals United General Assembly (2000) and the inclusion of people with disabilities as well as the challenges of quantifying outcomes and their impact on goals within a disability context will also be addressed.

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  • GISD 624 - International Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The modern human rights movement began after World War II with the creation of the United Nations in 1945. One of the primary purposes of that organization is to promote and encourage respect for human rights for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. This course provides an introduction to international human rights law, policy and practice, examining the progress since 1945 in developing standards and institutions to implement human rights. Students will become familiar with the core international human rights instruments and the United Nations human rights mechanisms as well as their relevance to current human rights challenges int he United States and around the world.

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  • GISD 625 - Human Rights-Based Approaches to Social Justice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Over the past two decades, nonprofit organizations and social justice activists around the world have adopted human rights frameworks, strategies and tools to advance their goals. At the international level, Oxfam and Action Aid, for example, have embraced human rights-based approaches to their work. National and local nonprofit organizations and activists from Vermont, Peru, South Africa and India and have also discovered that human rights provide a legitimate and coherent framework for analyzing public policy and organizing people to demand social justice. Drawing on case studies from the United States and globally, this course examines human rights-based approaches adopted by nonprofit organizations to advocate on social justice issues affecting marginalized groups, including women, children, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and migrant workers.

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  • GISD 626 - Global Health and Human Rights


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Health and human rights are inextricably linked. This course examines the relationship between health and human rights, including (1) human rights violations that result in ill health, (2) human rights promotion that benefits health, and (3) health promotion that benefits human rights. Through these relationships the course illustrates the common goals and strategies of the health and human rights communities which both seek to advance the wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations. Much of the course focuses specifically on the right to health, its definition, normative content and methods of implementation. the course uses case studies from around the globe to consider the value of incorporating human rights generally and the right to health specifically into law, policymaking, programming and practice. Students prepare a final project by selecting one health issue and exploring frameworks, strategies and tools to address it from a human rights-based perspective.

    039146:1
  
  • GISD 696 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    039140:1
  
  • GISD 697 - Special Topics


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    039071:1
  
  • GISD 801 - Innovations Seminar


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course will expose students to national and international leaders seeking to improve inclusion as well as social and economic development opportunities for all - particularly for vulnerable and diverse populations - through innovations and model development in policy and practice. This will be achieved by inviting these leaders (in person or via videoconference) as guest speakers to the seminars. Seminars are aimed at engaging leaders in the fields of disability, health and wellness, education, community and workforce development, international cooperation and development, public policy, administration, and other fields. They may be policymakers, practitioners, business leaders, researchers, scholars, community leaders, advocates, public officials, or others. Through exposure to this caliber of leaders and their innovative thinking, planning and actions, the seminars intend to provide student with real-live examples of leaders to whom they are encouraged to aspire. Students will maintain a journal throughout the course in which they reflect on the guest speaker events and discussion, what they have learned in general and about themselves, and what this means for their own personal development as a leader in global inclusion and social development. Students will also play an active role in the organization of the seminars - particularly the identification of additional topics and potential guest speakers, the preparation of background materials and questions for the guest speakers and group discussions, as well as the recording and archiving of the guest speaker presentations and related materials as a resource to the other and future students of the School. This is a required course for all master’s and doctoral student in global inclusion and social development.

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  • GISD 802 - Social Innovations in Domestic Settings Seminar


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course will expose students to local and national leaders seeking to improve inclusions as well as social and economic development opportunities for all - particularly for vulnerable and diverse populations - through innovations and model development in policy and practice. This will be achieved by inviting these leaders (in person or via videoconference) as guest speakers to the seminars and working in conjunction with local NGO’s to identify areas of need and develop a plan for community engaged activity. Each student will work directly with an NGO of their choosing throughout the course of the semester.

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  • GISD 894 - Graduate Seminar on Paper Writing and Publication


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This is a special seminar for graduate students in the social sciences on the art and craft of writing research papers for publication. We will pursue three goals this term: 1) learn by doing the process of writing social science 2) become knowledgeable about the process of submission/publication in peer-reviewed journals in social science fields 3) become more familiar with the hidden processes of journal review, publication ethics, and interpreting and responding to editorial decisions.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: GISD 899  

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  • GISD 898 - Transdisciplinary Research to Practice Group


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Students will engage in mentored independent research for up to 4 semesters (12 credits) with a transdisciplinary research to practice group. This research practicum will be an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in their core and elective coursework to real-life research settings. Specifically, students will join a research group for one to two years. Each student will either be affiliated with one of the ICI’s research or practice activities or with the research team of a faculty member associated with the school. A student may also be paired with a faculty member engaged in relevant research or practice activities in another department at UMass Boston, a related institution of higher education affiliated with the school, or a related research center in another country.

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  • GISD 899 - Dissertation Research Seminar


    6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course provides support for the dissertation proposal, research, and writing. It introduces students to all aspects of the dissertation process and relevant University of Massachusetts Boston and School for Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD) policies, procedures, and guidelines. The course addresses broad dissertation areas, yet allows flexibility based upon students’ particular topics, progress, and needs. The course will help students a) identify or refine their dissertation topics, conduct a literature review and create a conceptual framework, develop a research design and a plan for completing the proposed research and dissemination the results; b) form a dissertation committee; c) develop and submit an application to receive ethics approval for human subject research (if appropriate); d) prepare the oral defense of their proposal; e)identify potential funding sources and develop research funding application. The course uses a combination of instructional approaches and learning methods intended to help students complete their proposal. Additionally, the course intends to foster student peer interactions as a source of academic and personal support for students as they are embarking on the dissertation process. This is a core course for doctoral students in Global Inclusion and Social Development.

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Greek

  
  • GREEK 601 - Attic Orators


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers intensive study of orators, including Lysias, Antiphon, Andocides and Demosthenses, with attention to rhetorical techniques, historical context and the implications for our understanding of Athenian law and society.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    300 level GREEK course

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  • GREEK 602 - Plato


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers intensive study of the dialogues of Plato with attention to his confrontation with the sophists, political thought, theories of art, and moral teachings.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    300 level GREEK course

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  • GREEK 603 - Aeschylus


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers a study of selected tragedies of Aeschylus, with attention to political context, poetic imagery, and dramatic techniques.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    300 level GREEK course

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  • GREEK 604 - Sophocles


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Students will read, in Greek, selected tragedies of Sophocles, will discuss the social, historical, and political background of the plays, and will become familiar with scholarship concerning them.

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  • GREEK 605 - Euripides


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Students will read, in Greek, selected tragedies of Euripides, will discuss the social, historical, and political background of the plays, and will become familiar with scholarship concerning them.

    040525:1
  
  • GREEK 607 - Herodotus


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers intensive study of the Histories of Herodotus, with special attention to the balance he struck between historical accuracy and literary artifice.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    300 level GREEK course

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  • GREEK 608 - Thucydides


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course focuses on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. Students will read the entire work in English translation and highlights in Greek. Attention is given to Thucydides’ distinctive prose style, his innovative approach to historical analysis and narration, and the contemporary political and philosophical context.

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  • GREEK 609 - Lyric Poetry


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course is devoted to the study of the Greek lyric and elegiac poets from the seventh to the fifth centuries B.C.

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  • GREEK 610 - Epic Poetry


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers intensive study of selections of epic poetry; readings could include Homer, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns and later hexameter poetry. Attention will be given to historical context, literary conventions, and manipulation of mythological tradition.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    300 level GREEK course

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  • GREEK 611 - Menander and Hellenistic Drama


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Students will read fragments of Middle Comedy, selections from plays of Menander in Greek, and Greek Mime, in order to explore the rich dramatic traditions of Hellenistic Greece.

    040812:1
  
  • GREEK 680 - Topics in Greek Literature


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course focuses on readings in important authors, genres, or eras of classical Greek literature. Significant attention is paid to historical, cultural and literary contexts, as well as to relevant secondary literature. Topics may vary. Advanced proficiency (300 level of above) in classical Greek required.

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  • GREEK 695 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Directed projects in Greek language and literature.

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  • GREEK 696 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Directed projects in Greek language and literature.

    038172:1

Higher Education

  
  • HIGHED 601 - Educational Leadership Skills


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course focuses on a set of the individual, interpersonal and group skills that leaders of educational institutions must acquire if they are to effectively promote organizational change. At the individual level, the course focuses on five major areas of self-awareness: trust and trustworthiness, personal values and moral development, orientation toward change, interpersonal orientation and personal temperament (including cognitive style). At the interpersonal level, the course assists students in forming accurate interpersonal perceptions and building communication skills. At the level of the group, students learn to diagnose group problems using theory and research about (1) group size, composition and characteristics of group members; (2) stages of group development and team culture; (3) cognitive and relational roles in teams; and (4) patterns of intra-group communication. Particular attention is given to developing skills that enable students to function effectively in committees, interdepartmental working groups and leadership teams. In all coursework, students are encouraged to consider the impact of gender and culture on skill development and practice.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 610 - Administration and Governance in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core seminar introduces students to the organizational structure and systems of colleges and universities, including governance, strategic planning, assessment, and accreditation. A major goal of the course is to ensure that students learn about and are able to describe the functions of an institution of higher education. Key debates in governance and administration are framed in the context of understanding how institutional cultures and external accountability pressures shape organizational behavior. Special emphasis is placed on strengthening analytic skills.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 611 - Access and Equity in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core seminar is designed to allow students to explore issues in higher education access and equity for students. Issues are place into the context of fiscal affairs and policy, including financial aid and admissions. The seminar also addresses the broader frameworks and language within which specific problems of access and equity are considered. Particular emphasis is given to the effect of current institutional practices in urban higher education.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 612 - Research on Students


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This doctoral-level course is aimed at providing students with an opportunity to develop and understanding of the theory and research focused on college students. There are three intended outcomes. Students in this course will (1) develop an understanding of the theory and literature focused on college students; (2) increase their current levels of knowledge about areas of critical research on students in higher education, and; (3) apply their increased understanding of the theory and literature on college students to efforts aimed at the improvement of higher education policy and practice.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 615 - Critical Race Theory in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to understand Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its application to the field of higher education. In doing so, students will explore how race intersects with ethnicity, class, gender, sexual, orientation, and citizenship to shape the experiences of individuals in higher education. Specifically, students in the course will (1) understand and critically analyze the primary tenets of Critical Race Theory and (2) apply the tenets of Critical Race Theory as a conceptual lens to think critically bout higher education research, policy, and practice.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 620 - Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum in Urban Contexts


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course investigates common concerns in addressing the needs of urban learners, both in K-12 and in community and four-year colleges. It considers questions of human development in several domains, current problems and controversies about learning and responsive curricula and pedagogies. Readings frame issues across age groups and educational contexts, with additional material for each topic focusing on particular age groups and levels of schooling.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 622 - Community Engagement in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course will review the philosophical, historical and programmatic antecedents of this movement in higher education along with current examples of community engaged campuses. We will critically review engagement across the domains of teaching, scholarship and service and in regard to various types of campuses. We will also grapple with the particular challenge of assessing community engagement.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

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  • HIGHED 624 - Globalization in Internationalization in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The purpose of this doctoral-level course is to help students develop an in-depth understanding of the debates concerning globalization, with a particular focus on higher education. Although the course will focus primarily on institutions of higher education in the United States, examples and case studies will also be taken from other countries and world regions. Students in this course will expand their understanding of 1) theories of globalization, 2) theories of globalization in education and higher education, 3) internationalization in higher education,and 4) research related to various aspects of globalization’s impact on colleges and universities. Students will also learn to apply their increased understanding of theory and literature to research, policy, and practice in higher education.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    038237:1
  
  • HIGHED 628 - Gender in Higher Education: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers the opportunity for students to develop an understanding of issues surrounding gender in higher education, with a focus on the experiences of women, men, and transgender students, faculty, administrators, and staff as well as the institutional contexts and practices that shape those experiences. An especially important goal of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to engage in these topics through developing critical understandings of theories used to understand gender in higher education, along with implications for research, policy, and practice.

    040953:1
  
  • HIGHED 628 - Gender in Higher Education: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers the opportunity for students to develop an understanding of issues surrounding gender in higher education, with a focus on the experiences of women, men, and transgender students, faculty, administrators, and staff as well as the institutional contexts and practices that shape those experiences. An especially important goal of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to engage in these topics through developing critical understandings of theories used to understand gender in higher education, along with implications for research, policy, and practice.

    040953:1
  
  • HIGHED 630 - The History of Higher Education in the United States


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course surveys the history of higher education in the United States with a dual focus on mainstream collegiate institutions and non-traditional alternatives. Early class sessions explicate the development of traditional higher education from its liberal arts origins through the growth of the research university. Subsequent sessions explore how, over two centuries, various groups such as women, blacks, working-class, immigrant and older students contended for places within higher education. Participants explore how institutions and their leaders responded to these challenges, sometimes creating accommodations or changes in traditional settings, and other times prompting new structures that often marginalized the newcomers. Several questions guide inquiry through the various eras and subjects: Whom do we educate? Why do we educate (our purposes and expectations)? How do we educate (in what sorts of institutions)? Where does responsibility lie for education? With what effects (or results) do we educate? The course does not presume a strong background in history.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    018323:1
  
  • HIGHED 632 - Organization and Leadership in Educational Institutions


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course focuses on educational institutions as complex organizations. It pays attention to the operation of institutions with few resources, as well as those with more plentiful resources. Drawing on readings and examples from many sources, participants look both inside and outside educational institutions, especially those that affect resources; the industry as a whole and sectors within it and social definitions of educational institutions. Close attention is also given to the internal structures in these institutions, especially the interactions between bureaucratic structures and professionals; to organizational cultures; and to governance and decision-making. The course then turns to a close analysis of organizational change from several points of view.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    018324:1
  
  • HIGHED 634 - Public Policy Issues in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course explores the development of higher education policy. It is both a primer in how economics and politics form public policy and a critical look at this fusion in higher education. The course examines the formation of higher education policy at the federal, regional, and state levels or government.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    018325:1
  
  • HIGHED 636 - Sociological Perspectives on Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This discipline-based elective course will examine higher education from the viewpoint of a sociological lens. We will begin with a brief review of key sociological concepts and then move to readings in the sub discipline of Sociology of Higher Education, including its foundational documents. We will then examine and discuss key themes in higher education from a sociological perspective. Students will apply sociological concepts to an issue of challenge in higher education organizations and will frame a research topic using sociological theories.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    038387:1
  
  • HIGHED 641 - Effecting Change in Higher Education: Strategies and Processes


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core seminar analyzes and evaluates both the challenges to change and the strategies and processes designed to effect change in higher education. It is an interactive seminar, consisting of lectures, case studies and student reports. Each student is responsible for a seminar presentation and the completion of a term project.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    018326:1
  
  • HIGHED 652 - Finance and Management in Higher Education Administration


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course examines both policy issues and operational procedures involved in the effective financial management of higher education. Major topics include the economic analysis of higher education, policy development, building and managing a budget, financial accounting and reporting, human resource management and fundraising.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    018328:1
  
  • HIGHED 692 - Capstone in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course comes at the end of a student’s coursework. It is designed to help students assess their development as educational leaders as they move toward the independent work of the qualifying paper and dissertation. Emphasis is given to clarifying various theoretical frameworks that contribute to the study and practice of educational leadership. The course is also designed to help students evaluate ways in which the doctoral program has influenced their leadership development and to assist them in thinking about how completing the program will enhance their work as educational change agents.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    000548:1
  
  • HIGHED 696 - Independent Study


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    018269:1
  
  • HIGHED 751 - Research Methods in Higher Education: Quantitative Analysis


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This core course, as the first part of the Higher Education Doctoral Program’s research methods sequence, introduces students to quantitative research methods. With a focus on educational research, students become familiar with a variety of statistical techniques and data analysis methods. The course emphasizes descriptive and inferential statistics, including t-tests, ANOVAs, chi-squares, correlations, and linear and multiple regression.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    038238:1
  
  • HIGHED 752 - Research Methods in Higher Education: Qualitative Analysis


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course, the second part of the Higher Education Program’s research methods sequence, addresses issues related to qualitative research methods in education and, more specifically, higher education. The main focus of the course is to familiarize students with the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative inquiry and some of the major approaches to qualitative research, including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative inquiry, case study, and participatory action research. The course gives an opportunity for students to critically consider their own research interests in light of qualitative inquiry, design and conduct a small-scale research study reflecting those research interests, and read and interpret both theoretical and research literature on qualitative methods. In addition, during the course, students will have a range of opportunities to reflect on and question their own assumptions about the nature of knowledge and knowledge creation through qualitative research.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    038239:1
  
  • HIGHED 753 - Research Design in Higher Education


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course, as the third part of the Higher Education Doctoral Program’s research methods sequence, introduces students to research design in educational and social science research, with specific emphasis on higher education. In this class, students will learn how to identify and frame research problems and how to select appropriate research methods. During the course, we will review purpose statements and research questions, experimental and quasi-experimental research designs, survey research, qualitative approaches to data collection, trustworthiness in qualitative research, reliability and validity in quantitative research, sample selection and recruitment, data analysis, and research proposal development.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    038240:1
  
  • HIGHED 793 - Research Seminar on the Qualifying Paper


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar examines issues related to research proposal development. Students will develop skills in framing research problems, defining research questions, and using theoretical and empirical literature to guide the development of a research proposal. The goal of this course is to prepare students for developing their Qualifying Papers, which are submitted during the students third year in the doctoral program.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    036488:1
  
  • HIGHED 797 - Special Topics


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    033154:1
  
  • HIGHED 891 - Dissertation Seminar


    2 - 3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar is designed to assist students in developing research ideas, writing their their research plan, preparing a dissertation proposal and forming a dissertation committee. Satisfactory completion of the seminar requires submission of a dissertation proposal acceptable to the instructor and ant the chair of the student’s dissertation committee.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    000547:1
  
  • HIGHED 892 - Dissertation Seminar


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar follows Dissertation Seminar 891, providing structured support as students gather data, research and analyze their dissertation topics; write the dissertation; prepare for it’s defense; and submit the final dissertation

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    032983:1
  
  • HIGHED 893 - Dissertation Seminar


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar follows Dissertation Seminar 891, providing structured support as students gather data, research and analyze their dissertation topics; write the dissertation; prepare for it’s defense; and submit the final dissertation

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    032984:1
  
  • HIGHED 899 - Dissertation Research


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Research conducted under the supervision of faculty and the dissertation committee leading to the presentation of a doctoral dissertation.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate students in HIGHED only

    018351:1

History

  
  • HIST 597 - Special Topics


    1 - 6 Credit(s)

    032548:1
  
  • HIST 600 - Research and Methods


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This introductory course in historical research methods is required for all tracks in the History MA program. The course will focus on archival research skills, analysis of primary sources, and the development of critical writing skills. Among the assignments, all students will complete a 20-25 page research paper in which students will utilize primary sources in order to develop an historical argument. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester based on the expertise and interests of the instructor.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019115:1
  
  • HIST 602L - Historical Sequence I: American Society and Political Culture: 1600-1865


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The course follows the evolution of American society and political culture from the colonial period to the Civil War. The concept “political culture,” as used here, embraces institutions, public behavior, and above all, attitudes-beliefs, values, expectations, fears-regarding the distribution and exercise of political power. Two momentous events, the wars for independence and union, are major course milestones at which the development of political culture is assessed from the perspective of different social groups, including leaders, artists, writers, women, workers, and slaves. A central theme is the interplay between regional divergences and national convergences. Thematic questions running through the course are: Did a common political culture emerge? Who was included, who excluded? Was American political culture distinctive? AMST 602L and HIST 602L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Student in HIST-MA

    000525:2
  
  • HIST 605 - Introduction to Historiography


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This introductory course in historiography is required for all tracks in the History MA. It is designated as a reading course in which students will explore critical theoretical approaches in history. The study of historiography involves both the study of the methodologies used by historians, as well as the study of the development of the discipline of history over time. Students will learn how a field of historical study is defined, study dominant historical approaches and themes over time, and understand how to position research within a larger historiographical debate. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester based on the expertise and interests of the instructor.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019121:1
  
  • HIST 610L - Greek and Roman Historians


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Beginning with the “Father of History” Herodotus and ending with Ammianus Marcellinus, this course will consider all of the major Greek and Roman writers of historical accounts. Topics will include: variations of genre and the role of audience; the author’s motivation, narrative style, and use of sources; the sociological impact of histories; and the differing traditions of Greek and Roman historiography. Requirements include extensive consideration of both the ancient texts and modern scholarship on each author and on the historiographical process. CLSICS 610L and HIST 610L are the same course.

    039657:2
  
  • HIST 616L - Thucydides: War and Human Nature in Ancient Greece


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course focuses on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. Students will study his innovative approach to historical analysis, the political and military events he describes, and the intellectual context. The course will also consider Thucydides’ place in later historiography and political thought.

    040957:2
  
  • HIST 620 - Introduction to Public History and Popular Memory


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course will introduce students to the historical origins of the public history field, the historiography and major paradigms in the field, and the debates that have emerged surrounding the public role of historians. Students will be required to engage in seminar discussions, evaluate two current public history artifacts (i.e. exhibitions, walking tours, oral history program, digital project, etc.), and complete a project proposal where students discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of public history work and locate themselves in the larger paradigms of the field. By the end of the course, students are expected to understand the following: the evolution of the public history field; historians’ engagement with various publics, and more specifically historians’ involvement in the public constructions of history; major theoretical constructs such as memory, heritage, community, commemoration; and current issues, trends, and theories that continue to change within the public history field.

    035565:1
  
  • HIST 625 - Interpreting History in Public Approaches to Public History Practice


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course gives students an overview of the history, best practices, and cultural debates that provide the context for museum and historic site interpretation in the United States. Students will learn how versions of the past are created, communicated and institutionalized as history at historic sites, museums, historic houses, landscapes, and the web. They will explore successful models of interpretation in public venues and examine dilemmas in community collaboration and interpretation for and with the public. Students examine the roles of evidence, history and politics in interpretation; venues, cultures and histories that shape interpretation; interpretive methods and practices in using historical evidence in public history venues; and issues and practices that challenge the practice of public history now and into the future. The course offers students several opportunities to engage in this exploration through readings, assignments, class discussion, guest speakers, case studies, visits to actual and virtual sites, written and oral assignments, and practicum experiences with a community partner.

    035566:1
  
  • HIST 626 - Introduction to Archives and Information Management


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar provides an introduction overview to managing archival resources, the essential principles of the profession, and the core work archivists do, including appraisal, acquisitions, preservation, arrangement, description, providing access, research services, and outreach. The course explores the history of manuscript collection in the United States; discusses current issues and new technologies int he field; explores trends in archival processing and access; and discusses theories that shape the nature of archival management. Students may gain some hands-on experience with manuscript processing, open source collection management software, and digital methodologies.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019155:1
  
  • HIST 627 - Archival Methods and Practices


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course explores the fundamental principles of archival practice and methodology, focusing largely on basic preservation, arrangement, description and access standards. Issues, topics, and technologies explored include the development of descriptive standards for traditional materials and for special formats. The course may include some hands-on work: curating manuscripts, audiovisual materials, and/or digital collections; learning and applying preservation techniques; and creating a finding aid.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019144:1
  
  • HIST 630 - Transforming Archives and History in the Digital Era


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    In a rapidly changing electronic age, archivists must learn to preserve and provide long-term access to materials and also learn to create, present, and archive history online. This seminar explores digitization as a means of preserving traditional archival materials; students may also create a digital archive and learn preservation techniques for various types of digital media (textual, image sound, moving images, and web sites); and examine the unique challenges posed by electronic records, including copyright issues, and digital asset management.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019156:1
  
  • HIST 632 - Women’s Health and Healing


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This graduate seminar investigates the history of medicine for and by women spanning the 1600s-1900s in Europe and America. Course readings include primary and secondary sources that trace changing ideas about women’s health and bodies, as well as women’s roles as healers and patients. More specific topics include childbirth and motherhood, experiences of breast cancer, ideas about race, slavery, and women’s bodies, the history of birth control, and women’s roles in the reform of public health.

    039748:1
  
  • HIST 635 - Internship in Archives and Information Management


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The internship provides students with an opportunity to acquire direct practical experience. Students enrolled in this course will complete 120 hours of work at an approved institution (either a traditional archive, special collections library, or museum, or a repository specializing in electronic records), under the supervision of a professional archivist or information manager. Enrolled students will complete an approved project and meet regularly with the Program Director, periodically submit written reports, and, at the end of the semester, submit a final project report and assessment.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    HIST 626 & HIST 627

    019147:1
  
  • HIST 636 - Weimar Germany


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    An examination of German life and culture under the Weimar Republic, chiefly through studies of diverse primary sources ranging from memoirs and public addresses to literature, the arts, and architecture. Each student investigates one aspect of Weimar history using the available primary source material (in translation) and delivers an oral presentation and a final major paper.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019139:1
  
  • HIST 638 - World War I


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course analyzes the causes and development of World War I and its aftermath. The discussions will include the diplomatic origins of the conflict, the power relationships among the different powers, expansion of the Great War, the most important military operations, and the historiographical debate regarding the conflict. The aftermath of the war will also be examined, including the Paris Peace Conference, the complex developments that produced the postwar world, and the debate over their relationship to the outbreak of the next World War.

    039749:1
  
  • HIST 639 - World War II


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course examines the European origins and course of World War II, the most destructive conflict in history. Readings and discussions will emphasize the origins of that war, military developments, its impact on civilians, and the aftermath.

    039750:1
  
  • HIST 640 - The Science, Diplomacy, and Politics of the Atomic Bomb


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    The Atomic Bomb changed the history of the world bu had its beginnings int he laboratories of scientists who were trying to understand how the world works. In the process, they built a new weapon that revolutionized warfare and unlocked what promised to be a limitless form of energy. The class will examine how these events unfolded by doing readings on important themes and discussing the evolution and politics of the bomb. Four short papers on the major ideas emerging from the readings will be required.

    039751:1
  
  • HIST 641 - Socialism: The International History of a Revolutionary Idea


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course will discuss one of the most important movements in modern history. Readings and discussions will give students an idea of Socialist ideology and the different strains that emerged from it, including anarchism, revolutionary socialism, social democracy, and communism. They will consider the different interpretations that have produced conflict among adherents of different varieties of socialism and how they have affected the world.

    039752:1
  
  • HIST 642 - Fascism


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course examines the origins and development of Fascist ideology and practice, from rise from a local to a major international force, and its fall, in the twentieth century. Readings and discussions will present different interpretations of the Fascist phenomenon and whether its core style is being revived in the twenty-first.

    039753:1
  
  • HIST 644 - Topics on the History of the American Revolution


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This seminar will focus upon a specific question, theme, or emphasis on the history of the American Revolution. It may engage a historiographic problem–Beard’s economic interpretation of the Constitution; a thematic question–the economic or social consequences of the Revolution; or a single event–The Stamp Act Riots or the Boston Tea Party, as vehicles for a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of American independence.

    037850:1
  
  • HIST 663 - History of New York City


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    “The Big Apple.” “Gotham”. Whatever you choose to call it, New York City has played an outsized role in American history. This reading-intensive, discussion-based seminar will explore the history, from the time of the Dutch colonists to the politics of urban renewal in the post-World-War-Two years. Through a variety of readings by historians and journalists, we will examine issues of race and ethnicity, capital and labor, culture, politics, and religion.

    038633:1
  
  • HIST 664 - Boston History


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This reading-intensive seminar will provide a broad overview of Boston history. We will pay close attention to the issues of race, ethnicity, religion, and class in understanding the larger issues that have shaped modern-day Boston. We will also examine the physical development of the city over that time and the major political issues that have defined Boston.

    038634:1
  
  • HIST 667 - The Progressive Era


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This course covers a volatile period in which Americans came to grips with the social and political consequences of industrial and urban transformation. A generation of reformers and political activists reorganized cities, confronting issues of poverty and dangerous working conditions, and looking to government to regulate the unbridled power of large corporations. Artists challenged European traditions in art, music and literature. The period also saw racial polarization and a new, rights-oriented African American movement. Unprecedented immigration and the massive influx of so-called “new immigrants” from southern and eastern Europe stirred nativist and racial exclusionist sentiment.

    040296:1
  
  • HIST 668 - Age of FDR: Depression, War, and the Birth of Modern America


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933 in the depths of the Great Depression, unemployment was 25 percent and most banks were closed. Over the next eight years the nation climbed gradually out of depression. Millions of Americans earned paychecks through public works programs. Between 1942 and his death in 1943, Roosevelt was at the center of Allied war planning, and American factories churned out unprecedented amounts of war goods. The class will examine FDR’s policies, his opponents, and the lives of American citizens in depression and war.

    040837:1
  
  • HIST 670 - Cold War America, 1945-1989


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    This graduate-level seminar will provide students with an in-depth look at American history during the period of the Cold War, roughly between 1945 and 1989. The United States found itself on the side of the victorious Allies in World War Two, but in the war’s aftermath a new and different war against the Soviet Union began to take shape. This course will look at American politics and society during the Cold War. We will cast a wide net thematically, but will focus mainly on three areas: 1) how anti-Communism affected America both in terms of foreign affairs as well as domestic politics; 2) the trajectory of post-war economic growth and the increasingly globalized nature of the economy; and 3) the expansion of individual freedoms and civil rights.

    040526:1
  
  • HIST 681 - Topics in European History


    3 Credit(s)

    Description:
    Examinations of important themes in European political, social, cultural, and intellectual history. Topics vary.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Graduate degree student

    019158:1
 

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