May 12, 2024  
2017-2018 General Catalog 
    
2017-2018 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG–FOR INFORMATION ONLY]

Course Descriptions


 

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Graduate & Online School

  
  • GOSC 6037 - Leadership in Instructional Technology and Design

    3 Credit(s)

    Learners will explore strategies for planning and implementing technology integration (teaching and curriculum focus) at an organizational level including the examination of larger scale professional development models. The course will focus on developing skills for taking a leadership role in schools and district technology use, planning, implementation and assessment. (As Needed)

  
  • GOSC 6038 - Instructional Design for Mobile Learning

    3 Credit(s)

    Participants will explore educational technology standards and critical components necessary for efficient and effective mobile learning. Participants will develop and organize online content for their own classes for delivery in both a technology-enhanced face-to-face and online distance learning. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6039 - Adoption & Development of Mobile Applications

    3 Credit(s)

    Course prepares educators to develop learning experiences and direct instruction through the adoption of mobile applications and platforms to enable students to employ the use of mobile devices to extend the learning environment beyond the classroom. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6040 - Teaching & Learning with Mobile Devices

    3 Credit(s)

    Participants will evaluate and discuss current trends and standards in technology as it relates to education. Participants will explore a variety of design principles and their effect on pedagogy and student engagement in and out of the classroom. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6050 - Online Teaching for Educators

    3 Credit(s)

    This course teaches the fundamentals of online teaching, learning, and design. Learners study theory, and build knowledge upon practical experiences by studying in, and fulfilling assignments within, a learning management system (LMS). By course end, learners will have developed the shell of an online course, including most basic elements. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6051 - Instructional Design for E-Learning

    3 Credit(s)

    This course teaches the fundamentals of instructional design for online learning. Theory, models, interviewing, and design tools are utilized to increase learner breadth and depth of understanding to develop quality online learning experiences. (As Needed)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Nevada CTE Program
  
  • GOSC 6052 - Creating Collaborative Communities in E-Learning

    3 Credit(s)

    This course teaches the fundamentals of online learning collaborations. Learners study theory along with developing tangible skills related to collaboration with: online discussions, Wikis, Blogs, Social Media, Mobile Technology, and so forth. Learners have several opportunities to develop and practice skills within a learning management system. (As needed)

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6050  
  
  • GOSC 6055 - Assessment in E-Learning

    3 Credit(s)

    This course teaches the fundamentals of effective online learning assessments. Learners study theory along with developing tangible skills related to assessment with: online discussions, papers, projects, games, and so forth. Learners have several opportunities to develop and practice skills within a learning management system. Final projects include the assessment of online courses, using national standards.  (As Needed)

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6050  
  
  • GOSC 6100 - Curricular Adaption for Pupils with Disabilities

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides an overview of the service patterns, management needs, organizational variables, and instructional models necessary for success with students with mild/moderate disabilities. (Fall)

  
  • GOSC 6110 - Teacher Leadership and School Improvement

    3 Credit(s)

    This course places teachers in a position to understand the critical role they play in creating a climate of continuous, systemic improvement in schools through the establishment of professional learning communities and the concurrent development of teacher leadership. Students will gain understanding of how the relationships among the development of learning communities, teacher leadership, school effectiveness, and site-based accountability can positively improve schools.

  
  • GOSC 6120 - Teacher-Led Instructional Programs

    3 Credit(s)

    This course examines current curriculum designs and teaching/learning models and the leadership processes of assessing, developing, implementing and revising instructional programs to improve student learning.  Students will learn how to effectively establish and maintain optimal learning environments conducive to student success.  Students will develop skills necessary for understanding skills and dispositions required for effective communication as school leaders.

  
  • GOSC 6130 - Facilitating School Improvement

    3 Credit(s)

    This course analyzes the characteristics of effective schools and the leadership theories and concepts that are related to school improvement and renewal processes. Participants will examine the application of these theories, along with the development and utilization of teacher leadership skills, to improve school operations, understand data-driven decision-making, facilitate strategic planning, promote student achievement, and engage in effective teacher leadership practices.

  
  • GOSC 6140 - Teacher-Led Coaching

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provide students with training as they develop their coaching practice. Students develop skills necessary to support teachers through modeling lessons, co-planning & co-teaching lessons, conducting classroom observations and providing feedback to teachers to foster reflection. Ultimately, students explore the best practices in coaching teachers to improve the teaching of all content areas and literacy, and to develop a peer-to-peer coaching network for inquiry, conversation, collaboration, and support. All course work is in alignment with the Utah Educational Leadership Standards as indicated with each week’s assignment.

  
  • GOSC 6150 - Teacher-Led Professional Development

    3 Credit(s)

    This course examines the nature of successful professional learning in schools and how such learning contributes to sound pedagogy, instructional renewal and reform, and gains in student achievement. The unique role of the teacher leader, in the development of effective professional development instruction, will also be analyzed and investigated that includes planning, preparation, organization, content, delivery, and evaluation.

  
  • GOSC 6160 - Diversity in Classroom and Community

    3 Credit(s)

    This course develops an understanding and commitment to the position that teaching is a social enterprise laden with moral and ethical responsibilities, and that teacher leaders must be willing to act as agents for equity in their classrooms and in their schools. This course helps teacher-leaders develop the dispositions, cultural knowledge and competencies to adapt curriculum and instructional skills for culturally responsive classroom practices and to advocate for social justice at the school level.

  
  • GOSC 6300 - Methods & Materials

    3 Credit(s)

    Study and apply theories on the nature and role of language, culture, and learning environments as they relate to second language development, literacy, and academic achievement of learners. (Online, Fall, Summer, or arranged for face-to-face cohort groups.)

  
  • GOSC 6301 - Methods & Materials for Teaching English

    3 Credit(s)

    Study and apply theories in ELA education; develop skills in lesson planning, classroom teaching and assessment; explore tools and strategies in teaching and learning specific ELA topics, including reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills. (Online) (Spring, As Needed)

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6010 , GOSC 6350  
  
  • GOSC 6302 - Methods & Materials for Teaching Math

    3 Credit(s)

    Study and apply theories in mathematics education; develop skills in lesson planning, classroom teaching and assessment; explore tools and strategies in teaching and learning specific mathematics topics, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and probability. (Online) (Spring, As Needed)

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6010 , GOSC 6355  
  
  • GOSC 6303 - Methods & Materials for Teaching Secondary Science

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is designed for secondary science teachers to learn the core principles surrounding effective science teaching nad learning.

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6010 ,GOSC 6350  
  
  • GOSC 6304 - Methods & Materials for Teaching Social Studies

    3 Credit(s)

    An examination of current curriculum standards, trends, and effective methods of instruction and assessment for the social studies on the middle and secondary levels. (Online) (Spring, As Needed)

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6010 , GOSC 6355  
  
  • GOSC 6320 - English as a Second Language

    3 Credit(s)

    Study and apply appropriate assessment practices for ESL learners with regard to accommodation, proficiency, placement, and academic achievement. Service-Learning project is required. (Online, Fall, or arranged for face-to-face cohort groups.)

  
  • GOSC 6350 - Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Credit(s)

    Through basic principles of curriculum development, students are provided knowledge, skills, & experiences involving them in curriculum development. Students will be proficient in the application of instructional strategies. Pedagogical models provide the foundation which educators must have to meet the needs of learners. This course will prepare perspective ARL teachers in curriculum development and instructional strategy basic principles.  A 5-week mentoring monitoring component applies only to those who do yet have this element. (Online) (As Needed)

  
  • GOSC 6355 - Parental Involvement & Family Engagement

    3 Credit(s)

    Study and apply models and best practices to involve parents, family, and the community as resources to help create positive learning environments for ESL education. (Fall)

  
  • GOSC 6361 - Language Acquisition Theory & English Language Development Practices

    3 Credit(s)

    An overview of the theories of second language acquisition. Topics to be covered include definitions of the first and second languages, language competence, and language production, as well as the major schools of language acquisition theory: linguistic, psychological, and sociocultural. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6362 - Methods & Curriculum for Teaching ELLs

    3 Credit(s)

    An overview of the Methods and Approaches of teaching ESOL. Topics to be covered include historical, current, and alternative approaches to language teaching; how methods relate to language acquisition theories; and how approaches and methods influence curriculum development. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6363 - Assessment & Evaluation of ELLs

    3 Credit(s)

    An overview of the principals of assessment and evaluation of English Language Learners. Topics to be covered include: assessment of, as, and for learning; assessment of language learners; assessment of academic language; assessment of content knowledge; assessment of oral language; and assessment of literacy development. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6364 - Policies, Best Practices & Critical Issues for ELLs (pre-k & elem.)

    2 Credit(s)

    An overview of policies, best practices, and critical issues for ELLs in pre-k & elementary English Language Learners. Topics to be covered include: classroom techniques, planning, classroom management, social skills, grading, moral, ethical & legal issues. This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with SGCS 6366-ELAD Practicum. (As needed.)

    Co-requisite: GOSC 6366  
  
  • GOSC 6365 - Policies, Best Practices & Critical Issues for ELLs (secondary)

    2 Credit(s)

    An overview of policies, best practices, and critical issues for ELLs in secondary English Language Learners. Topics to be covered include: classroom techniques, planning, classroom management, social skills, grading, moral, ethical & legal issues. This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with SGCS 6367 - ELAD Practicum

    Co-requisite: GOSC 6367  
  
  • GOSC 6366 - ELAD Practicum

    1 Credit(s)

    A course which allows students to explore classroom applications of the best practices, policies, and critical issues associated with teaching ELLs. This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with SGCS 6364 OR SGCS 6365 and requires a minimum of 25 hours of experience working in a classroom. (As needed.)

    Co-requisite: GOSC 6364  
  
  • GOSC 6367 - ELAD Practicum

    1 Credit(s)

    A course which allows students to explore classroom applications of the best practices, policies, and critical issues associated with teaching ELLs. This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with SGCS 6365 and requires a minimum of 25 hours of experience working in a classroom. (As needed.)

    Co-requisite: GOSC 6365  
  
  • GOSC 6400 - CHARCS & Needs of GATE Pupils

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides educators with a context of historical timelines and trends in gifted education. Various characteristics and traits possessed by gifted individuals are highlighted. Addressed in this course are the social and emotional needs of gifted learners, as well as the construct of creativity and how that pertains to gifted populations.

  
  • GOSC 6401 - ASMT of GATE & PGM for Such Pupils

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides educators with a context and background in the assessment of gifted students. Assessment and testing issues are discussed, as well as specific measures used to identify gifted learners in schools. Participants design their own checklists, rubrics, and screeners to help identify giftedness, and to measure success interventions.

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6400  
  
  • GOSC 6402 - Curriculum in Content Areas for GATE Pupils

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides educators the background and skills to design curriculum appropriate for gifted students. Explained are the scope, sequence, and strategies to differentiate content for gifted students. Participants develop lessons and/or units to help differentiate for gifted needs within the general classroom.

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6400  
  
  • GOSC 6403 - Methodology & Strategies for Teaching GATE Pupils

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides educators with a background in models, systems, and global practices used to serve the needs of gifted and talented learners. Course includes an examination of academic, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of gifted populations.

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6400  
  
  • GOSC 6500 - Foundations for Corporate Online Training

    3 Credit(s)

    Designed to explore the theories affecting adult learning and the technology needed to design, develop, and deliver training online in all organizational types through the creation of curriculum maps, needs analysis, and outlines. Topics include backward design, brain research, and technology. As needed

    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6501 - Synchronous Delivery

    3 Credit(s)

    Focus on the development of an effective online, synchronous training course using models for evaluation. Learners will create and deliver multiple synchronous training sessions throughout the course in a live learning management system (LMS). Learners will be introduced to seven different activity types and create at least four activites to engage the trainee. As needed

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6500   - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6502 - Asynchronous Delivery

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will design and develop a comprehensive, asynchronous training course to be delivered online in a live learning management system (LMS). Transparency and decision-making skills will be applied in the creation and facilitation of an asynchronous online training program that includes best practices, building community, presence, and growth mindset. As needed

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6500 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
  
  • GOSC 6510 - Leadership Essentials

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will study and analyze basic leadership approaches, processes, and  traits. Students will gain a foundational knowledge of leadership by identifying skills and styles of leadership. Students will draft a vision plan to include communication and innovation. The first section of a portfolio will be initiated in this course and expanding across all three courses in this leadership series will be produced. As Needed Graded

    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6511 - Strategic Leadership

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will delve deeper into interpersonal portion of leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities. Students will begin to develop and apply their own individual expertise. This course will continue development of the portfolio from the first course in the series. As Needed Graded

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6510   - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6512 - Leadership Coaching Strategies

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will be introduced to the psychological aspects of leadership including culture, ethics, and gender. Students will create and lead effective groups and teams. Students will build  an ongoing continuous improvement plan. This course will continue development of the portfolio from the first course in the series.  As Needed Graded

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6510   - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6660 - Nevada School Law

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is designed to provide prospective teachers with various legal aspects of the school setting, particularly in the state of Nevada. The course will provide a practical foundation for dealing with the legal issues involved in the profession of education. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6661 - Nevada Constitution

    1 Credit(s)

    This course provides educators with a basic overview of the Nevada Constitution and the fundamental features of Nevada government and politics. The course examines the qualifications, terms and functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. (As needed.)

  
  • GOSC 6662 - U.S. Constitution

    1 Credit(s)

    This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of the United States Constitution. The course will study numerous aspects of American government and key participants and influences in the political arena. Topics include: U.S. Constitution, the Presidency, Congress, the Supreme Court, federal court system, voting, socialization process, political parties, interest groups, and the media. We will also be examining a number of current political events, governmental actions, and public policy decisions.

  
  • GOSC 6900 - MIS Capstone Project

    3 Credit(s)

    In this course MIS students plan and complete a professional project as a required capstone experience. Learners will research, address a professional problem, then report the results. The project is practitioner-based and culminates learning from each of the three coursework-based learning blocks. Students will study and apply project management skills including proposal and assessment techniques, then carry out their project. A comprehensive report and presentation will serve as final deliverables. As needed Graded

    Repeatable? No
  
  • GOSC 6901 - MIS Capstone Continuation

    1 Credit(s)

    This course serves the MIS student who needs additional support with a capstone project, after completing GOSC 6900 . The course also serves to help the student maintain continuous enrollment. As needed Graded

    Prerequisite: GOSC 6900  - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
    Repeatable? Yes - Total Credits: 5

History

  
  • HIST 1100 - Western Civilization I

    3 Credit(s)

    This course examines the political, social (including gender roles) and intellectual history of Western society from the urban revolution in Mesopotamia to the later Middle Ages. Special emphasis is placed on the reading and analysis of primary historical sources. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: Humanities Knowledge Area
  
  • HIST 1110 - Western Civilization II

    3 Credit(s)

    This is an introductory survey course in the history of Western Civilization. This course acquaints students with some of the general interpretations of European and world history from the Age of Absolutism to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: Humanities Knowledge Area
  
  • HIST 1500 - World History to 1500 C.E.

    3 Credit(s)

    This survey examines the political, social, cultural, economic, religious, scientific, and intellectual influences on the development of world civilizations to 1500 C.E. The emphasis is global, comparative, and multicultural. (As needed)

    General Education Course: Social and Behavioral Sciences Knowledge Area
  
  • HIST 1510 - World History from 1500 C.E. to Present

    3 Credit(s)

    This survey examines the political, social, cultural, economic, religious, scientific, and intellectual influences on the development of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from 1500 to the present. The emphasis is global, comparative, and multicultural. (As needed)

    General Education Course: Social and Behavioral Sciences Knowledge Area
  
  • HIST 1700 - American Civilization

    3 Credit(s)

    The fundamentals of American history including political, economic, and social development of American institutions and ideas. *Successful completion of this course meets the American Institutions requirement established by the state legislature. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: American Institutions Requirement; Social and Behavioral Sciences Knowledge Area
  
  • HIST 2200 - Sport in Ancient Greece and Rome

    3 Credit(s)

    This course traces the development and role of sport and athletics in ancient Greek and Roman societies.  Students will encounter and interpret ancient literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence for ancient sport, as well as modern scholarship.  In many respects, the study of athletics provides an important tool for understanding the norms, values, and ideals to which these cultures aspired.  Therefore, in addition to the mechanics of the ancient festival programs and competitive events, this course will examine the relationships between athletics and society, focusing on various topics such as religion, myth, gender, violence, Athenian democracy, Spartan education, and Roman Imperial politics. (Fall even years)

    General Education Course: No.
  
  • HIST 2700 - United States 1607-1877

    3 Credit(s)

    A political, social and economic survey of the period, emphasizing the forces for American Independence, the development of the Constitution, the emergence of Jacksonian democracy, the causes and aftermath of the Civil War. This is a designated Service Learning course. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 2710 - United States 1877-Present

    3 Credit(s)

    A continuation of HIST 2700  with emphasis on the emergence of modern corporate enterprise and the growth of the U.S. as a world power and the growing impulse to domestic reform in the 20th century. This is a designated Service Learning course. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 2921 - International Week

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of a different foreign country each year. Emphasis is on the country’s history, culture, and its relationship with the rest of the world. (P/F) (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 2922 - Black History Month

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of African American people. Its focus is their history, culture, and contributions to American society. (P/F) (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 2923 - Native American Week

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of Native American people. Its focus is their history, culture, and contributions to American society. (P/F) (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3000 - American Indian History

    3 Credit(s)

    This course covers pre-Columbian history to the present. It emphasizes the ethnohistory of indigenous peoples of North America with focus upon aboriginal cultures, European colonialism, inter-cultural contact, Native adaptation, culture change and contemporary political and social issues. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3090 - History Seminar

    3 Credit(s)

    An examination of history through literature and an interdisciplinary humanities approach. The literature examined will concentrate on historiography and biography. Biographies will include major and minor historical and political figures. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3200 - Sports in American History

    3 Credit(s)

    This course follows the development of sports in America from folk games during the colonial period to the age of television. Topics will include the rise of organized sports, the popularization of professional and college sports, and the television age. (As Needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3350 - Leadership, Citizenship, and the American Founding

    3 Credit(s)

    Through lectures, readings, discussions, and debates, this course offers students the opportunity to learn about the contested meanings of leadership and citizenship in America’s Founding Era. Students will also practice good citizenship by putting the principles of the American Founding into action on campus and/ or in their local community through an independent, project-based community engagement activity. (As Needed)

    Prerequisite: HIST 1700  or ECON 1740  or POLS 1100  or Instructor Permission.
  
  • HIST 3620 - Afro-American History from Colonialism to 1877

    3 Credit(s)

    A survey of the changing roles, experiences and contributions of Afro-Americans to American history from the 17th century to Reconstruction. Designed to introduce the student to some of the major issues in Afro-American history and to understand how changes in Afro-American lives are related to other changes in American history. (Alternate years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3630 - Afro-American History from 1877 to the Present

    3 Credit(s)

    A survey of the changing roles, experiences and contributions of Afro-Americans to American history from 1877 to the present. Designed to introduce the student to some of the major issues in Afro-American history and to understand how changes in Afro-American lives are related to other changes in American history. (Alternate years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3700 - Latin American Civilization

    3 Credit(s)

    This course surveys the history of Latin America from the pre-Columbian era to the present.  Topics covered include: Aztec and other indigenous empires, Spanish and Portuguese imperialism, slavery, Catholicism, Wars of Independence, nation-building, economic development, Liberal reforms, industrialization, Mexican and other revolutions, the World Wars, postwar modernization, and Neo-Liberalism. (Spring, As Needed)

  
  • HIST 3810 - History of the American West

    3 Credit(s)

    A history of the American frontier from European exploration to the American trans-Mississippian frontier to the present. Topics include exploration, geography, exploitation, folk migrations, and the political, social, and economic history of the American West. (Spring odd years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3870 - History of Utah

    3 Credit(s)

    Geography and native peoples; early explorations; political, social and economic developments to the present. (Fall, Summer, and on-line)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3880 - History of the American Southwest

    3 Credit(s)

    This course covers the American Southwest from prehistoric times to the present and reviews Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and American history. Major themes include the multi-cultural interaction in the area and economic development since the 17th century including land and water use. (Fall odd years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3921 - International Week

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of a different foreign country each year. Emphasis is on the country’s history, culture, and its relationship with the rest of the world. (P/F) (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3922 - Black History Month

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of African American people. Its focus is their history, culture, and contributions to American society. (P/F) (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 3923 - Native American Week

    1 Credit(s)

    This course is an investigation of Native American people. Its focus is their history, culture, and contributions to American society. (P/F) (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4410 - Classical Greece

    3 Credit(s)

    A history of the Greek world from earliest times, through the Bronze Age, the Dark and Archaic Periods, and Classical Greece down to the end of the Peloponnesian War. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4415 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World

    3 Credit(s)

    A history of the Greek world from the end of the Peloponnesian War, through the conquests of Alexander the Great, the disintegration of his empire, and the loss of Greek independence with the coming of Rome. (Spring, As Needed)

  
  • HIST 4420 - Ancient Rome

    3 Credit(s)

    A history of the Romans from the founding of Rome to the disintegration of the Western Empire. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4430 - The Middle Ages A.D. 300-1300

    3 Credit(s)

    In this course the emergence and development of medieval European civilization from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to the opening of the Renaissance Era are examined.

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4435 - Early & Medieval Christianity

    3 Credit(s)

    Begins with the history of early Christianity and surveys the growth of Medieval Christianity, the history of the papacy, interactions with secular authorities, the Crusades, dissenting and reform movements, and the variety of medieval spirituality and practice. (As needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4441 - The European Renaissance

    3 Credit(s)

    Europe between 1300 to 1515 with special attention to the Renaissance in Italy. Topics include the Black Death, the late medieval Church, it’s structure and spirituality, Renaissance humanism and art, the rise of nation-states and European exploration. (As needed)

    Prerequisite: HIST 1100  or Instructor Permission
    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4444 - Sixteenth-Century Reformations

    3 Credit(s)

    Europe in the sixteenth century with special emphasis on the various ‘reformation’ movements and their religious, social, political and cultural agendas and outcomes, including attention to the witch-hunts. (As needed)

    Prerequisite: HIST 1100  or Instructor Permission.
    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4460 - Europe in the Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

    3 Credit(s)

    History 4460 Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 will introduce students to the intellectual legacy of the 19th century. Our approach will be critical and stress trans-national perspectives that include the United States. We will challenge students to understand & analyze the ideas and movements that have shaped the early 19th century:  nationalism, romanticism, liberalism, & conservatism. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4461 - Europe in the Age of Nation-States: 1848-1914

    3 Credit(s)

    History 4461 will introduce students to the legacy of the 19th century in the context of European and global politics. Our approach will be critical and stress global perspectives that include the United States in the international context. We will challenge students to understand & analyze the ideas and movements that have shaped the modern world: nationalism, Imperialism, & feminism. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: HIST 4460  
  
  • HIST 4470 - European History Seminar

    3 Credit(s)

    In this course, recent and formative scholarship, as well as primary sources, on selected topics relevant to medieval and early modern Europe are examined. A different major theme such as ‘popular’ and ‘official’ cultures, the growth of law and legal systems, medicine and science, and peasants’ urban work and lifestyles. The topics examined will be changed every two years.

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4475 - Topics in Modern European History

    3 Credit(s)

    In this lecture and reading course, we will examine recent scholarship on significant topics in modern European history only touched upon in survey courses. Topics will be changed every two years.

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4480 - Europe in the 20th Century

    3 Credit(s)

    Europe since World War I and the rise and character of international organizations and World War II, including postwar international problems and domestic development since 1945. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4490 - Hitler & Nazi Germany

    3 Credit(s)

    The Nazi dictatorship amounted to the collapse of civilization. Why Hitler? Why the Holocaust? This course is designed to help students come to terms with such questions as we examine the origins, course, and fate of the Third Reich. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4510 - World Military History

    3 Credit(s)

    This is a one-semester lecture course in European and American military history. The course begins with the classical warfare of the 18th century and traces social and technical developments that have influenced the conduct of war. Begins with Frederick the Great and works forward to the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1973. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4540 - Medieval England

    3 Credit(s)

    English history from the Roman conquest to the dawn of the early modern era, including discussion of key events in Scotland and Ireland. This course gives special attention to institutions and ideas that created a national society and formed England’s constitutional development (first to sixteenth centuries). (As needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4550 - Early Modern England

    3 Credit(s)

    A study of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the era in which the Reformation unfolded, a civil war was fought, and a monarchial and parliamentary revolution was achieved, in the midst of England’s cultural flowering (ca. 1485 to 1689).

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4570 - European Witch-hunts

    3 Credit(s)

    An examination of the European witch-hunts from ca. 1100-1700. Secondary scholarship and primary sources will be read and discussed in order to understand the pre-conditions and circumstances surrounding the witch trials. Special emphasis is given as to why women represented overwhelmingly the majority of defendants in trials. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: HIST 1100 
  
  • HIST 4600 - Women in Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern Europe

    3 Credit(s)

    Examines the roles, status, treatment and experiences of women, as well as cultural attitudes about gender, from antiquity through early modern Europe, including study of the witch-hunts. (As needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4610 - Topics In African History

    3 Credit(s)

    Topical history of issues on the African continent including slave trade, its abolition, pre-colonial era, colonialism, independence movements and the emergence of the modern African state. (Alternate years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4710 - United States 1607-1789

    3 Credit(s)

    This course offers a detailed social, economic and political examination of the colonial period of United States history from the earliest settlement to a study of Independence and the Constitutional convention. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4720 - United States 1789-1845

    3 Credit(s)

    A study of the New Nation, the War of 1812, the Jacksonian Era, placing special emphasis on the increasing political, social and economic democratization of the United States together with the difficulties created by change. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4730 - United States 1845-1898

    3 Credit(s)

    A study of American expansion and its contributions to sectional rivalry leading to the Civil War. The Civil War and Reconstruction and the rise of corporate industry to a position of dominance in American life, and the emergence of the United States as a world power through industrial growth and imperial war are studied. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4740 - United States 1898-1945

    3 Credit(s)

    American participation in world conflict set against a domestic background of agrarian protest and urban progressivism and a political, economic and social analysis of the dislocations of the 1920s, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and American participation in World War II. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4750 - United States 1945 - Present

    3 Credit(s)

    A political, economic and social analysis of the post-World War II years. The continuing issues of the post-war decades are examined in the light of growing American responsibilities. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4760 - The History of Gender in America to 1865

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will explore how people in early America constructed notions of masculinity and femininity and how those ideas about gender shaped the lives of men and women from 1607 to1865. (Spring odd years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4770 - History of American Journalism

    3 Credit(s)

    This course seeks to understand the historical origins of the modern, media-dominated culture of the United States.  Topics covered include: invention of the printing press, pamphlets of the American Revolution, Abolitionist newspapers, Yellow Journalism, Political Cartooning, Muckrakers, War Correspondents, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the Digital Revolution. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: HIST 1700  or Instructor Permission.
    General Education Course: No.
  
  • HIST 4830 - Readings and Conferences

    1 to 3 Credit(s)

    (P/F)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4890 - Internship

    1 to 12 Credit(s)

    Practical experience in history. No more than 6 credit hours will be applied to one’s major, 3 to a minor, remaining credit hours will be counted as elective hours outside the major or minor.

    General Education Course: No
  
  • HIST 4990 - Seminar in Historical Research

    3 Credit(s)

    An examination of the theory and practice of research and writing history including formulation of hypotheses, research proposal development, resources, bibliography, and completing a project of original, scholarly research that is subjected to the evaluation of other members of the class. (As Needed)

    Prerequisite: Senior status and a minimum of 12 upper division credit hours in history
    General Education Course: No

Honors

  
  • HONR 1040 - Honors Foundations

    1 Credit(s)

    Students will be introduced to and explore the fundamental skill-sets required to succeed as students at Southern Utah University and in the SUU Honors Program by developing an understanding of the complete student experience at college and the interdisciplinary nature of an Honors education. The class will emphasize seminar-style discussions and teamwork, develop students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills, and explore issues related to holistic student heath and well being. This one-credit seminar course is required of all new Honors students. (P/F) (Fall)

  
  • HONR 2010 - Interdisciplinary Topics

    3 Credit(s)

    Students study a specific topic or theme from a variety of academic disciplines and perspectives. Critical thinking, inquiry and analysis, research methods, and written and oral communication skills are stressed. The course is taught by an interdisciplinary faculty team. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: Humanities Knowledge Area
 

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