This course introduces the health information management student to quality management. Quality management includes continuous quality improvement, utilization and risk management, outcomes management and credentialing activities. This course also familiarizes the student with the quality issues, compliance issues, and agencies in alternative healthcare settings.
HINF 3003 - Introduction to Health Information Systems
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to database design and health information systems. An introduction to security issues regarding information systems is also included.
This course is designed to introduce students to systems analysis and design concepts. Students will study principles of project management, as well as system planning, analysis, and design functions.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: (HINF3003 >= C) and (HINF3002 >= C)
Applied study of the managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Students work through specific issues related to operational and strategic planning, organizational structures and relationships, decision making, motivation, leadership theories and application, as well as fiscal and non-fiscal control processes, work standards, work measurement, and productivity. Special attention is given to the concept of systems management and techniques of systems analysis. Includes office ergonomics, information management, and equipment procurement.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin, CERHIA_HINA-Health Inform Administration
HINF 3102 - Human Resource Management for Healthcare
A comprehensive human resource management course which develops student understanding of the employer-employee relationship. Includes the major human resource management functions. Topics include job analysis, job descriptions, employee recruitment, selection, and training, salary administration, performance appraisals, and collective bargaining
HINF 3209 - Principles of Health Informatics and Information Management
This course provides an overview of health informatics and information management from the capture of data to the use of information. Students will utlize methods such as collecting, summarizing, anlyzing, presenting, and interpreting to transform health data into health information.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
HINF 3213 - Healthcare Data Management & Analytics
This course will provide students with the skill set to apply performance improvement data analytics and determine the use of performance improvement presentation tools. Student will also demonstrate the core concepts of acquiring, managing, manipulating, and analyzing data.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HINF3209 >= C
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
This course focuses on health concepts, documentation, healthcare taxonomies, classifications, nomenclatures, and vocabularies required for health data analysis, clinical coding, and clinical systems associated with electronic health records (EHRs). Healthcare content, structure, and standards will be discussed with special attention given to the terminologies associated with EHRs.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HINF3209 >= C and HINF3315 >= C
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
Introduction to the language used in healthcare. Emphasis on word components (combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes), pronunciation, and writing exercises.
HINF 3315 - Clinical Foundations in Health Informatics and Information Management
This course provides advanced medical terminology, introduces disease processes in the human body, diagnostic techniques and treatment methods, basic pharmacological concepts, drug classifications and commonly used drugs, and technologies used in clincial coding classification systems and clinical coding audits.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: BIOL2111 >= C and BIOL2112 >= C
Credit Hours: 5 Lecture Hours: 5
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
Introduces students to computer concepts of hardware, software, the Internet, and uses of computers in healthcare. Students will demonstrate proficiency in use of word processing, spreadsheet, and graphics application software and the Internet through lab exercises and assignments.
Course Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Financial Accounting I with a C or better grade.
Students learn the basic concepts of accounting and finance in the healthcare organization. Included in the course is a refresher on accounting principles. Students are taught the following areas of finance: financial statements, financial analysis and control, characteristics of the financial environment, analysis of financial information, management of capital, budgeting, and decision analysis. The course culminates with a budget board hearing in which students use their newly acquired skills and knowledge.
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin, CERHIA_HINA-Health Inform Administration Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester
HINF 4106 - Health Informatics and Information Management Leadership Capstone
This course provides advanced concepts in healthcare leadership and guides students through activities designed to build leadership skills and creative problem solving.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HINF3101 >= C and HINF3102 >= C and HINF3209 >= C and HINF3214 >= C and HINF3213 >= C and HINF4104 >= C and HINF4209 >= C and HINF4417 >= C and HINF4520 >= C and MINF3650 >= C
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
Overview of the law and its administration as it applies to questions of policy and procedure development for health data requirements in a healthcare setting. Includes basic ethical principles and situations of ethical dilemma, and ethical decision-making processes.
Students will be instructed in CPT/HCPCS coding. Student will learn the intricacies of the reimbursement process as they relate to coding, documentation, and regulations set forth by various federal agencies and managed care organizations
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: (HINF3312 >= C) and (HINF3314 >= C) and (HINF3415 >= C)
This course will cover the processes of revenue cycle management to include national models of healthcare dleivery, reimbursement methodologies, trends in healthcare payment processes, clinical coding compliance, and insurance plans seen in the healthcare industry.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HINF3315 >= C
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
This course introduces electronic heatlh iformation systems and other technologies used in healthcare. Students will demonstrate the ability to participate in electronic health record (EHR) planning, selection, and the implementation process.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: MINF3650 >= C and AIST3610 >= C
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
This course will introduce advanced health information systems topics. Topics will be based on current HIS issued in healthcare, particularly cyber security, health information exchanges, and information governance.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: MINF3650 >= C and AIST3610 >= C and HINF4520 >= C
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 1
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
This course is project based. Students will demontrate the ability to participate in health information projects utlizing basic project management techniques and processes. Students will be assigned projects by their faculty advisor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HINF3101 >= C and HINF3102 >= C and HINF3209 >= C and HINF3212 >= C and HINF3214 >= C and HINF4104 >= C and HINF4209 >= C and HINF4417 >= C and HINF4520 >= C and MINF4520 >= C
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: BSHIA_HINA-Health Information Admin Campus Restrictions: Main campus, Web Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Class Restrictions: Senior-Semester Degree Restrictions: BS Health Infor Administrat
HINF 4725 - Cyber Security in Health Care Settings
This course focuses on building skills for understanding, assessing, and solving cyber security threats within health care settings. The course examines the methods and tools to approach cyber security issues and prepares for successful design and implementation of available countermeasures.
Prerequisite: MHS program enrollment
Introduction to the language used in healthcare. Emphasis on word components (combing forms, prefixes, and suffixes), pronunciation, writing exercises and case studies.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2
Repeat Status: No
College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sci Program Restrictions: MHSCLS_CLS-Clinical Laboratory Science Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
HINF 6725 - Cyber Security in Health Care Settings
This course focuses on building skills for understanding, assessing and solving cyber security threats within health care settings. The course examines the methods and tools to approach cyber security issues and prepares for successful design and implementation of available countermeasures to help protect the operation of the health care enterprises and to guard the confidentiality and privacy of patients’ data. This class also presents current trends and open problems related to cyber security in health care settings. This class is offered on line.
MPHI 8000 - Computerized Health Information Systems
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Master of Public Health program or instructor permission.
This course explores information systems theory, current and emerging technology, applications in the healthcare industry, health information systems strategic planning, and computer-based patient record theory.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
An overview of the field of public health informatics, integrating themes from information sciences, public health, computer science and medical science. Topics include: utilization of health information services, organization and management of online current and emerging public health technology collections, automation of information technology, and public health professional knowledge as a component of evidence-based practice.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
MPHI 8100 - Health Care Content, Standards, and Structure
Healthcare information standards are addressed with emphasis on current healthcare regulations and standards. The effective use of networks to share healthcare data is explored; emphasis is placed on developing the expertise to apply standards effectively in a healthcare facility to achieve full integration of organizational health information systems.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
MPHI 8400 - Health Data Management and Knowledge Discovery
This course focuses on the acquisition and use of patient level data to support population, administrative and clinical decision-making in healthcare organizations. Course emphasis is in data mining and knowledge discovery techniques including the advanced treatment of statistical analysis and methods of communicating the outcomes of health interventions.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
MPHI 8500 - Health Information Systems Analysis and Project Management
This course explores the aspects of strategic planning, analysis, design, evaluation, and implementation of effective healthcare information systems. It teaches the principles, techniques, and tools for successful project management. Emphasis is placed on the skills required to lead technical and professional team members through work process design activities within a healthcare organization.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
This course presents an overview of automated decision systems used in clinical care, health administration and public health. The intensive format of the course allows for topic discussion, on-site observation of clinical, managerial, and population-based decision support systems.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
A comprehensive human resource management course which develops student understanding of the employer-employee relationship. Includes the major human resource management functions. Topics include job analysis, job descriptions, employee recruitment, selection, and training, salary administration, performance appraisals, and collective bargaining.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a practical understanding of the basic financial and budgeting concepts and tools used by healthcare organizations. The student will be provided with a basic refresher on accounting terminology and principles. Additionally the student will learn about cost concepts, the financial market, financial analysis, management of capital institutional budgeting, decision analysis, and emerging issues in healthcare finance.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
Introduces concepts in quality management. Areas discussed include continuous quality improvement, utilization and risk management, accrediting functions, six-sigma and statistical process control, balanced scorecards, outcomes and disease management.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
HPEC 7001 - Introduction to Health Professions Education
This course provides a general introduction to health sciences education and research. Focus will be on terminology used in education research, including health sciences education, concepts in education science, finding and reading health science education research and an introduction to health science education and social science research methodology. This course also will provide a general overview of the culminating experience which will occur at the conclusion of the HPEC program.
HPEC 7002 - Learning Theories in Health Professions Education
This course provides an introduction to general learning theories and medical education theory. The focus of this course is on the exploration of learning theories and how they apply to instructional methods and designs. By examining a variety of learning theories, students will identify a range of principles, perspectives, and tools that will be useful in understanding learning and teaching in a variety of contexts.
HPEC 7003 - Contextual Factors in Health Professions Education
This course provides an introduction to contextual factors that influence teaching and learning. The focus of this course is on the exploration of a variety of contextual factors and how they impact and influence instructional methods and designs. By examining a variety of contextual factors, students will identify a range of principles, perspectives, and tools that will be useful in understanding learning and teaching in a variety of contexts. Some contextual factors that will be addressed include, but are not limited to: socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural influences.
HPEC 7004 - Designing Research in Health Professions Education
This course provides a general introduction to planning and conducting research in health professions education. Focus will be on conducting a literature review, designing a study (quantitative or qualitative) including a sampling plan, instruments for data collection and data collection strategy.
HPEC 7005 - Determining Learning Objectives and Competencies
This course provides an introduction to learning objectives and learner outcomes of teaching and learning. The focus of this course is on the exploration and development of learning objectives and learner outcomes, how they influence instructional methods, assessment, and design. By examining a variety of learning objectives and learner outcomes, students will identify a range of principles, perspectives, and tools that will be useful in developing appropriate instructional engagements and assessments.
This online course provides a critical examination of best practices of assessments in health professions education. Topics include but are not limited to formative assessment, summative assessment, the relationship between learning outcomes (competencies) and assessment, validity and reliability, effective feedback, self-assessment, and reflection. In addition, the concepts of validity and reliability will be explored.
This online course provides a critical examination of the variety of assessments available in health professions education. Topics include but are not limited to multiple choice questions, rating scales, checklists, simulations, observations, objective structured clinical exams, essay questions, peer assessments, self-assessments, reflection, and portfolios.
This course provides a critical examination of various technology strategies to enhance learning experiences in health professions education. The course will focus on teaching and assessment methods that stimulate ahievement of learners.
This course provides a critical examination of various instructional strategies to enhance learning experiences in health professions education. Techniques will focus on teaching methods in a clinical setting and educator behaviors that stimulate achievement of learners.
This course provides a critical examination of various instructional strategies to enhance learning experiences in health professions education. Techniques will focus on active learning methods in classroom teaching and educator behaviors that stimulate achievement of learners.
HPEC 7011 - Data Analysis for Health Profession Education
This course provides a basic instruction and practice in the analysis on qualitative and quantitative data especially as it relates to health professions education.
This course will provide an overview of health care through a variety of guest speakers and reading assignments. Speakers will engage students in aspects of health care including: leadership, technology, insurance/reimbursement, research, volunteerism and education.
This course offers a thorough, accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. Students will be able to critically think about the challenges and issues in public health and use multi-disciplinary strategies and methods used to measuring, assessing, and promoting public health. It provides students with informative discussions of the current technical issues and practical obstacles facing public health practitioners and policymakers alike.
BSHS 4100 - Innovation and Technology in Health Care
This course focuses on creating successful technological innovations in health care that can better meet consumer and societal needs. At its end, students will understand how to evaluate opportunities and the fundamentals of viable business models for different kinds of health care innovations.
This course examines the public health care system through the lens of economic theory. Through the use of numerous examples and profiles related to the field, students will learn the importance health economics and its relevance to more general analysis of health policy issues.
BSHS 4200 - Healthcare Marketing and Commercialization
The healthcare industry continues to undergo enormous changes with new laws and policies, fresh innovations, and an increasingly educated health consumer. As such, healthcare administrators must be prepared to shift their strategies in order to meet the demands of this dynamic market. This course provides students with a foundational knowledge of the principles of marketing and their particular application in health care. Moreover, it offers a perspective on how these principles must shift in response to the changing environmental forces that are unique to this market.
The goal of the course is to facilitate the student’s transition from school to life as a health service professionals. The course takes two concurrent pedagogical methods to accomplish this goal: 1) Seminar lectures and exercises designed to aid the integration of public health practice principles to enhance job performance and future careers, and 2) the “Capstone Project” which provides an opportunity to integrate both technical and professional knowledge into comprehensive web-enabled oral and written reports on a student’s selected health care topic.
A survey of world history to early modern times. The course will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of various civilizations from ancient times to the Renaissance.
A survey of world history from early modern times to the present. An examination of the development of world civilization from the beginnings of European colonization to the present, including events, trends, institutions, and ideas that have had global impact.
Study of a major theme in world history such as conflict, socioeconomic development, cultural interaction, or cultural/intellectual trends. Especially for majors and minors participating in Study Abroad with History faculty.
A survey of American history to the post-Civil War period. A satisfactory grade will exempt a student from the requirement of passing before graduation an examination on the history of the United States and the history of Georgia.
A survey of American history to the post-Civil War period. A satisfactory grade will exempt a student from the requirement of passing before graduation an examination on the history of the United States and the history of Georgia. This is an Honors Course.
A survey of the United States from the post-Civil War period to the present. A satisfactory grade will exempt a student from the requirement of passing before graduation an examination on the history of the United States and the history of Georgia.
A survey of the United States from the post-Civil War period to the present. A satisfactory grade will exempt a student from the requirement of passing before graduation an examination on the history of the United States and the history of Georgia. This is an Honors Course.
This course will look at the history of the cultures and practices of Europe from the foundational societies of the Ancient world to the religious reformation, political upheaval, and scientific shift of the 17th century. This is a survey of European civilizations, examining the cultural, political, legal, philosophical, and artistic elements.
Survey of modern world history, including major trends in politics, economics, and conflict. This class is especially designed for prospective teachers. Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A survey of the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the African continent from ancient times to the present. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A survey of Canada’s history from the arrival of indigenous peoples through the last 20th century. Topics include: indigenous civilizations, French and British colonialism, the influence of the United States, Confederation and constitutional repatriation, Canada’s changing role in world affairs, and the struggle to define Canadian identity.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
This course offers an introduction to the modern history of Japan from Tokugawa times to the present. This course will engage the major themes in Japan’s social, political, cultural, and economic development, and provides students with the historical background necessary for evaluating the emergence of modern Japan as a global power.
Russia from the late nineteenth century to the present. Origins, development, and collapse of the Soviet state. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of the origins and development of England politically, economically, socially, and culturally from the earliest settlements through the Revolution of 1688 establishing constitutional monarchy.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: HIST1111 >= C
Credit Hours: 2 TO 3 Lecture Hours: 2 TO 3 Lab Hours: 0
A study of the constitutional developments, rise of parliamentary supremacy, impact of the Industrial Revolution, and institutional and social reforms in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIST 3391 - Colonialism and Nationalism in the British Empire
A survey of the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
An examination of the origins of man; the kingdoms of West Africa; African political, economic, and social systems; the slave trade; slavery in the Americas; and the experiences of African Americans through the presidential election of 1876.
An examination of the lives of black Americans in their search for freedom in the South, North, and West following the presidential election of 1876 and into the twentieth century.
A narrative exploration of four centuries of religious change in the American experience, told as a contentious, competitive story of different groups and movements.
Overview of American military history from colonization to the present, including major wars, campaigns, battles, institutional and organizational development, and strategy.
This is an introductory survey of Latin American civilizations from pre-European contact to the present covering social, cultural economic, political, and geographical elements of historical impact.
An examination of Mexico’s history. Topics include: indigenous civilizations prior to European contact, Spanish conquest, colonial society, the independence period, and a social, political, and economic survey of the turbulent modern era. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of the cultural, commercial, and diplomatic relations among the American republics. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of the history of Georgia that focuses on state and local history and shows the connections with national and world events. This course fulfills the legislative requirement for Georgia history.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: (HIST2111 >= C or HIS211 >= C) or (HIST2112 >= C or HIS212 >= C)
A survey of the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the predominantly Muslim-populated regions in the Eastern Hemisphere from the seventh century to the present. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
Warfare in the western world from ancient times through the eighteenth century. Attention will be given to military doctrine, technology, and style, and the effect of war on the development of the west. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
This course will examine the history of women in either a geographical or topical approach. It will examine the female role of mother, daughter, sister, and leader in a particular society, such as America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, etc. Or, the course will be centered on a particular cross-cultural topic, such as suffrage, family roles, leaders, religion, etc. In all cases, this course is intended to explore the paradox between the ideal woman and actual treatment of women in a given era, society, culture, or movement. Students taking the graduate level course will be required to complete additional work. May be repeated for credit.
This is an in-depth look at the relationship between men and women with particular emphasis on their roles in the family. The course will look at childhood, marriage, work, and cultural practices in a particular period from antiquity to modernity. Primary and secondary sources will provide comparisons between men and women in both the elite and common sectors of society. Students taking the graduate level course will be required to complete additional work. May be repeated for credit.
An examination of beliefs and practices related to witchcraft and popular magic, with an emphasis of cultural and legal responses to this alleged phenomenon. This course includes a special emphasis on gendered aspects and social consequences of witchcraft beliefs and persecutions. May be repeated for credit. Course may be accepted for upper-level ANTH credit.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: Yes Repeat Limit: 99
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
This is a survey course introducing the study of religion. The students will define what “religion” is, examine why so many people in the history of the world find religion important, and try to understand some of the major tenets of the religions of the world. This course is designed with the theme of ethics and morals as defined by cultures and religions around which many of the readings and discussions will take place. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
HIST 4160 - Piracy and Seafaring in the Age of Sail
An overview of seafaring in the Atlantic world from the 16th through the 19th centuries, with an emphasis on various forms of piracy and its culture, social, economic, and military aspects.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A survey of the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the Middle East from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A survey of the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the Middle East from the First World War to the present including such subjects as Western imperialism, Arab nationalism, and the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A examination of the political, economic, social and intellectual history of Israel and the Palestinian territories since 1948 with background provided on Palestine since the 19th century under Ottoman and later British rule as well as the origins of Zionism and Palestinian Arab nationalism. Students taking this course as HIST 6231 will complete additional work not required for HIST 4231. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
Through analysis of primary source material and secondary source dialogues, students acquire a sense of the history of the Celtic Peoples from the earliest proto-Celts in Central Europe of Antiquity to the medieval homelands of Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland, and Brittany to the neo-Celtic movements of the ninetieth and twentieth centuries.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
HIST 4360 - The Culture of Absolutism and Revolution
A study of European politics in the late sixtieth to early nineteenth centuries through the lens of both elite and popular culture. This course considers community, national, and international politics through a variety of cultural forms, which may include theatre, art, dance, music, ritual, written and oral culture, among others.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
A study of European institutions and ideas in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with special attention to the growth of absolute monarchies, to discoveries in the sciences, and to the application of reason to the progress of human development.
An examination of the transition of the European states from agricultural, semi-feudal monarchies to industrialized great powers. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester
Major trends in European history from the Russian Revolution of 1905 to the present. Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Repeat Status: No
Class Restrictions: Junior-Semester, Senior-Semester