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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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Academic departments and programs are generally listed in alphabetical order. All courses are listed under the department or program in which they are offered. Courses which are cross-listed will appear in more than one place.
Course Designations
Courses of instruction are designated by a system of four-digit numbers within each department. The first digit in the number indicates the class standing that a student must attain to be eligible for the course. To interpret the numbering system, students need to know that:
- Courses generally for freshmen are numbered in the series beginning 1000. Freshmen may not register for any course numbered 2000 or above, except by placement or with the permission of the instructor. Similarly, sophomores may not register for courses numbered 3000 or above, or juniors 4000 or above, with exceptions permitted only by the instructor.
- Cross-listed courses are courses appropriate to more than one department or area.
- The number of credit hours per course is indicated below the course title. Courses which may be taken for variable credit (applied music lessons, independent studies, internships, etc.) or which can be repeated for credit are so indicated.
- Prerequisites for each course are so indicated following the description.
- Special Topics, Internships, and Independent Studies courses are listed with numbers separated by semicolons. These courses may be taken in any order.
- The (FR) designation after a number indicates that the course is offered only as a first-year seminar.
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GSC 2206 - Women in Science: From Antiquity into the Next Millennium Credits: 4
A study of the contributions and experiences of women in the traditionally male-dominated field of science. The course will include an introduction to the basic scientific principles underlying the subject areas studied by selected women scientists. The work of these women will also be explored as illustrations of holistic vs. reductionist approaches to science, the application of the scientific method and data evaluation, and the criteria used for “proof ” of an idea. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed not only on the scientific achievements of women and their struggle for equality, but also on their advances in the context of their work of their contemporary male scientists.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 2210 - History of Modern Science Credits: 4
A course which traces the development of the natural and physical sciences from antiquity to the present. The emphasis will be upon the western scientific community: its origin in the Classical Period, its preservation by the Arabs of the Middle Ages, its reintroduction into Europe during Renaissance, and the emergence of the modern global scientific community. This route will be followed by reading original writings (in translation) of the scientists whose ideas marked the path to modern science.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 2265 - Special Topics In General Science Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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GSC 2295 - Internships In General Science Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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GSC 2298 - Independent Studies in General Science Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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GSC 3365 - Special Topics In General Science Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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GSC 3395 - Internships In General Science Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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GSC 3398 - Independent Studies in General Science Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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GSC 4465 - Special Topics In General Science Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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GSC 4495 - Internships In General Science Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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GSC 4498 - Independent Studies in General Science Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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HIS 1106 - Western Civilization: 1700 to the Present Credits: 4
Reflection on and analysis of Western traditions organized thematically: the Age of Absolutism; the Enlightenment; the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period; the liberal, national, and industrial forces of the 19th century; imperialism and the issue of power and domination, the political and moral crises of the 20th century.
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HIS 1109 - Survey of Modern U.S. History, 1865-2000 Credits: 4
An inquiry into the events and forces that have shaped the United States since 1865, including industrialization, urbanization, race relations, reform, social and cultural tensions, and global conflict.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 1114 - Biography as History Credits: 4
The study of biography as a genre of historical writing. The course first will consider biographies written in the ancient, medieval, and early modern periods, then will review a variety of modern approaches, ranging from the traditional political and intellectual biography to psychobiography and prosopography.
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HIS 1134 - Understanding Europe I Credits: 4
This interdisciplinary course offers a comparative study of Europe’s history, culture, heritage, political and economic development. Attention is focused on the 20th century: the two World Wars, the division of Europe after 1945, integration in the West, Soviet-type political and economic systems in East-Central Europe; the disintegration of the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Union; new tension and crises; renewed hopes for a unified Europe; European institutions and organizations; Europe’s role in world affairs.
(offered at the Budapest Campus only)
Two-semester course.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 1135 - Understanding Europe II Credits: 4
This interdisciplinary course offers a comparative study of Europe’s history, culture, heritage, political and economic development. Attention is focused on the 20th century: the two World Wars, the division of Europe after 1945, integration in the West, Soviet-type political and economic systems in East-Central Europe; the disintegration of the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Union; new tension and crises; renewed hopes for a unified Europe; European institutions and organizations; Europe’s role in world affairs.
(offered at the Budapest Campus only)
Two-semester course.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 1165 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 1191 - Gender and Society in Ancient Greece Credits: 4
A study of gender relations and the cultural roles assigned to men and women in the earliest western sources, from the epic society of Homer to the period of the Hellenistic monarchies. Topics will include myth and cult, family law, economy and slavery, medicine, sport, concepts of misogyny, sexuality, and male honor codes. Comparative evidence from ancient and modern Mediterranean societies will also be examined.
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HIS 2202 - Formation of Western Europe Credits: 4
An introduction to the diverse peoples and societies that created what is conventionally termed “Western Civilization.” The course focuses on the formative period of that tradition, and provides a firm chronological basis for understanding the interaction, evolution, and achievement of these peoples and societies in the ancient, medieval, and early modern periods.
McDaniel Plan: International Western.
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HIS 2205 - Ancient Greece Credits: 4
A history of the Greek world from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. Topics include the growth of the polis and problems of early democracy; the religious, social, and cultural structures of classical Athens and Sparta; and Alexander the Great and the creation of Hellenism. Readings will be from literature and drama, rhetoric, and history, with emphasis on Herodotus and Thucydides.
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HIS 2206 - Republican Rome Credits: 4
A survey of Roman history from the beginnings to the death of Augustus, the first emperor. Discussion will focus on sources from myth, history, epigraphy, and archaeology. Historians include Livy, Polybius, Plutarch, Sallust, and Cicero.
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HIS 2207 - Archaeology of Greece Credits: 4
Introduction to the history of classical archaeology and to the current theories and methods of the discipline through study of archaeological sites and material remains from the Bronze Age to the fourth century B.C.E. The course also includes examination of architecture, painting, and sculpture in their original private, civic, and religious context.
Cross-listed with Art History 2207.
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HIS 2208 - Roman Women Credits: 4
A study of Roman women within the evolving moral, religious, familial (patriarchal), political, and economic structures of the Roman world. Emphasis will be on recent methodological approaches to the study of ancient women through analysis of sources that include historians, legal and medical texts, literature, and art.
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HIS 2210 - Gender and Society in Early Europe Credits: 4.00
A study of the roles and experiences of women vis-à-vis men in early Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the Early Modern period. Readings include primary documents and secondary works on gender theory, philosophy, medicine, religion and law as well as economy and labor, sexuality and marriage, motherhood and the body, and issues of race and status. By the end of the semester students should understand what the difficult and ongoing project to find women’s voices and create a space for women in the historical record has accomplished to date. They should be aware that many of the basic issues and problems that women faced in the past are still faced today. Throughout the semester examples from modern media will illustrate the contemporary status of many age-old gender issues.
McDaniel Plan: International Western, Textual Analysis
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HIS 2213 - The High Middle Ages Credits: 4
An examination of the distinctive civilization of Western Europe during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. Emphasis will be on the rise of monarchies and urban economies, social and familial practices, and intellectual and cultural achievements. The course is based largely on primary source readings from autobiographies, chronicles, courtly literature, and legal documents.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2214 - Early Modern Europe Credits: 4
An examination of the transformation of Western Europe from the 14th through the 16th centuries. Topics include the 14th-century crash, humanism and the Renaissance in Italy, the rise of the Atlantic economies, and reformation movements.
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HIS 2215 - Medieval England Credits: 4
The evolution of the English monarchy and society in the Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Plantagenet periods. Readings include primary sources on the social and constitutional development of England to 1485.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2219 - 19th-Century Europe: Age of Anxiety Credits: 4
This is a survey of nineteenth-century European history, a period sometimes characterized as the age of “isms” for the numerous movements and ideologies it spawned. As the Enlightenment and revolutionary era gave way to Romanticism, liberalism, and nationalism, the Industrial Revolution, with its breakthroughs in technology and accompanying social dislocation, helped pave the way for Victorianism, socialism, feminism, and the “new nationalism” often characterized by xenophobia and anti-Semitism. Rapid social, political, cultural, and scientific change was so characteristic of the century that this so-called “Age of Progress” was also, in many respects, one of great anxiety. Evaluating how nineteenth-century Europeans adapted to their changing world will be the main focus of this course.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2220 - 20th-Century Europe Credits: 4
In the early twenty-first century, historians must grapple with how to define the tumultuous and in many ways tragic period that preceded. Worldwide depression, two world wars, Cold War, communism, totalitarianism, Holocaust, collectivization, decolonization—these singular events have greatly altered the image of a prosperous and progressive Europe that took hold in the previous century. In this wide-ranging course, which will consider cultural, social, economic, and political trends in Europe from the First World War to the present, we will attempt to understand the various paths that Europe and individual European nations have taken, their global and human implications, and the place of Europe in the world today.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2222 - Gender and Society in America, Past and Present Credits: 4
An examination of women’s experiences in American society with special emphasis on attitudes toward sex, the family, the workplace, and the political arena in order to explore the interaction between context and ideology in the process of social change.
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HIS 2224 - Becoming American: Topics in American History Credits: 4
An examination of significant cultural, political, and social themes in the history of the United States from 1600 to 1866. Emphasis is placed upon critical reading and written analysis of primary and secondary sources.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social Cultural and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2225 - Colonial America, 1607–1763 Credits: 4
An in-depth study of early American culture and history, utilizing primary and secondary sources, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics will include social structure, labor systems, family life, political culture, and issues of race and ethnicity.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social Cultural and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2226 - Revolutionary America and the New Nation, 1763–1840 Credits: 4
An examination of the political, social, and economic issues that led to the American Revolution and that shaped the United States’ early growth and development as an independent nation. Special attention will be given to issues of race and gender, industrialization and urbanization, and political culture.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2229 - U.S. History in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991 Credits: 4
A survey of some of the main currents in United States history since the end of the Second World War. Topics include: the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the countercultural movement, and the Post-Cold War Era.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2231 - History of East Asia to 1600 Credits: 4
Survey of the history of China, Korea, and Japan, from mythical times to 1600. Although this survey outlines the individual histories of China, Korea, and Japan, it emphasizes the cultural continuities and historical interactions that have made “East Asia” a coherent cultural region: shamanism, writing systems, rituals of kingship, Buddhism, Confucianism, literature and visual arts, technological development, travel, commerce, and war.
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HIS 2232 - History of East Asia since 1600 Credits: 4
Survey of East Asian history from 1600 to the present. This course maps the intersections and divergences in the histories of China, Korea, and Japan during the past four hundred years, from the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, the global economic crisis in the seventeenth century, and the Chinese domination of the world market in the eighteenth century, to the violent encroachment on East Asia by imperialist powers in the nineteenth century, the reforms and revolutions of the turn of the twentieth century, the massive destruction during the Second World War, and the political and economic developments of recent decades.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern.
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HIS 2233 - Women in U.S. History Credits: 4
This course surveys the ways in which women have influenced United States history and how their stories and experiences have been omitted from the mainstream telling of the national history.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2234 - Evolution of American Freedom Credits: 4
Drawing on primary documents and recent scholarship, this course traces the evolution of the concept of Freedom in the United States. How was it defined, and how has the concept changed?
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2235 - U.S. History in the Progressive Era, 1890-1920 Credits: 4
An exploration of one of the more controversial periods in U.S. history: the course will consider the meaning of progressivism and will examine the social, political, and cultural forces acting upon the country during this period.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2236 - Black America and the Civil Rights Era, 1865-1968 Credits: 4
This course examines the long view of the civil rights era, beginning with Reconstruction in the aftermath of the Civil War and continuing on to the climactic events of the 1960s.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HIS 2237 - Religion and Society in China Credits: 4
This course will introduce some of the basic concepts and changing practices of religion at important moments in Chinese imperial history prior to the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911. After a brief introduction to the diversity of religions of China (from Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism and popular religions to the introduction of Islam and Christianity), the course will focus on the impact of religions on the daily lives of ordinary people. Readings will include primary sources-religious tracts, biographies of religious figures, and works of fiction in which religion plays a central role. Lectures will provide a critical framework through which students will interpret these materials and learn about the liveliness of the practices of Chinese religions.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2240 - Modern China in Film Credits: 4.00
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2250 - Reconstruction Credits: 4.00
This course is focused on the moment in time when four million black slaves became American citizens, and the aftermath of their emancipation. We will examine the policies of the Reconstruction Era and the ideals behind them, as well as the actions that brought about the end of Reconstruction. We will also study what changes freedom brought to the African American community, their attempts at gaining equality, obtaining an education, creating their own communities, and the systematic repression of those efforts,
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2251 - Intellectual Traditions Credits: 4.00
This course will examine the important ideas that have helped to define the United States. From the first waves of European immigration to the present day we will examine the changing meanings of such ideas as liberty, freedom, and equality, as well as the concepts of citizenship, patriotism, and what it means to be an American at different times in our history.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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HIS 2265 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 2269 - Special Topics in History Asia Credits: 4.00
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HIS 2295 - Internships in History Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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HIS 2298 - Independent Studies in History Credits: 0-4
Directed study with permission of the Department.
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HIS 3302 - The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1840–1877 Credits: 4
An examination of political, social, and economic conflicts and change in mid 19th-century America that led to the Civil War. The course will also explore the impact of the war on American society and the process of national reunification.
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HIS 3305 - Seminar: Rome, The Early Empire Credits: 4
A seminar on Rome and its empire in the first two centuries of the modern era. Topics include the development of monarchy and the decline of old Roman values, the growth of early Christianity, and the spread and transformation of Roman culture and technology through contact with Europe and the Eastern Empire.
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HIS 3310 - Seminar: Modern U.S. History Credits: 4.00
Readings and discussions of selected topics in Modern U.S. history drawing on primary and secondary sources, along with popular culture. The specific topic of the seminar will change from year to year but may include; citizenship, immigration, progressivism, the rise of the suburbs, the effect of the media on American society, etc.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis
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HIS 3315 - Seminar: Early European Society Credits: 4
A seminar on the political, social, and familial life of the peoples who settled in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The course will consider the reasons for the collapse of the Empire as well as the ways in which the new peoples accommodated and preserved Mediterranean culture. Readings will be drawn from both primary sources and recent interpretive studies.
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HIS 3316 - Seminar: The Crusades Credits: 4
A seminar based on the close reading of eyewitness accounts of the crusades. The course will include discussion of recent interpretations of the crusades and their significance for Europe and the Mediterranean world.
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HIS 3317 - Seminar: The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century Credits: 4
This seminar will examine the twelfth century as formative one for European culture in that the written word began to permeate every facet of life: government records, private letters, memoirs, autobiographies, epics, romances, and contracts were written down, often for the first time, creating creating a large and varied body of records depicting the thoughts and practices of twelfth-century people. We will examine these primary sources to consider how literate ways of thinking and doing transformed European culture as profoundly as the print revolution of the fifteenth century.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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HIS 3324 - Seminar: The American Revolution as a Social Movement Credits: 4
An exploration of the Revolutionary experience. Emphasis is on a study of class structure, military conflict, and social and political consequences both during and immediately after the Revolution through a study of primary and secondary source materials.
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HIS 3327 - Seminar: Modern U.S. History Credits: 4.00
Readings and discussions of selected topics in Modern U.S. history drawing on primary and secondary sources, along with popular culture. The specific topic of the seminar will change from year to year but may include; citizenship, immigration, progressivism, the rise of the suburbs, the effect of the media on American society, etc.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites One four-credit 2000-level History course
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HIS 3328 - Seminar: African-American History Credits: 4
Readings and discussions of selected topics in African-American history drawing on primary and secondary sources, novels, and material culture. The specific topic the seminar will examine, such as slavery, racism, community and family, and black nationalism, will change each offering of the course.
Prerequisites One 2000-level history course
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural, Social, Cultural, and Hisotrical Understanding
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HIS 3331 - Gender and the Family in China Credits: 4
Examination of the changing constructions of gender and the shifting configurations of the family, from imperial times to the present. Primary sources (in translation) and secondary literature together convey how changing notions of kinship, property, ritual, space, and the body have informed notions of gender in China, from the traditional courtyard house to the modern high-rise apartment.
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HIS 3332 - Hydraulic Society: State and Society in China Credits: 4.00
Two conflicting images, China and its coherent relation with nature (harmonious nature) and China as the most populated manufacturing in the world (defeated nature), have clicked in the minds of popular preview about China. In this course we will examine Chinese relations with nature through the history of hydraulic projects. We will look at China?s water-control projects and its impact on Chinese local societies from the Song to contemporary China (1300-2000). We will explore which parts of the country, which peoples (ethnicity, gender, class), and which hydraulic projects have been the winners and losers in the different eras. From there, we will further examine continuity and ruptures in state policies, political ideology, and institutional politics behind hydraulic projects in specific historical contexts. Finally, we will examine crucial turning points in the history of water control in China and see how various historical hydraulic
imaginaries live on in the present.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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HIS 3365 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 3395 - Internships in History Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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HIS 3398 - Independent Studies in History Credits: 0-4
Directed study with permission of the Department.
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HIS 4465 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 4492 - History Colloquium Credits: 4
The History capstone, taken in the fall of the senior year, is a semester-long seminar in which students conduct original and independent research on a topic approved by the instructor, and produce a journal-length paper that meets the standards of the History profession. At the end of the semester they defend their research orally before the faculty of the History Department.
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HIS 4495 - Internships in History Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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HIS 4498 - Independent Studies in History Credits: 0-4
Directed study with permission of the Department.
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HON 2219 - Great Works of the Western World I Credits: 4
Representative masterworks of European culture from ancient times through the Renaissance.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis
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HON 2220 - Great Works of the Western World II Credits: 4
Representative masterworks of European culture from the Enlightenment to the present.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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HON 2302 - Nonviolence: A Creative Act Credits: 4.00
An exploration of nonviolence as a creative approach to multicultural understanding and problem solving. Examples of nonviolence philosophy, strategy , and methods from many domains (politics, the arts, interpersonal relationships), cultures (from every continent), and time periods illustrate the breadth and variety of nonviolence. Its capacity for generating innovative approaches to issues and critical thinking will be emphasized. Criticisms of nonviolence and resistance to its principles are also discussed.
McDaniel Plan: International Western
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HON 4491 - Honors Senior Colloquium Credits: 1.00
A seminar for the senior year of the Honors Program during which students pursue a topicin-depth and write an Honors paper. During the junior year, the topic for the following year’s seminar is chosen and announced.
Grading method Credit/Fail
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HUN 1001 - Basic Hungarian Credits: 2
An introduction to the Hungarian language, history, and culture.
Offered every semester.
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HUN 1101 - Elementary Hungarian Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to Hungarian used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables students to express their daily experiences accurately in spoken and written Hungarian, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
(offered only on the Budapest Campus)
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HUN 1102 - Elementary Hungarian Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to Hungarian used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables students to express their daily experiences accurately in spoken and written Hungarian, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
(offered only on the Budapest Campus)
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IDS 1107 - Women in Western Culture Credits: 4
A two-semester interdisciplinary study of the status and role of women in the western world. The first semester covers the period from preclassical to the French Revolution. The second semester covers the period from the French Revolution to the present.
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IDS 1108 - Women in Western Culture Credits: 4
A two-semester interdisciplinary study of the status and role of women in the western world. The first semester covers the period from preclassical to the French Revolution. The second semester covers the period from the French Revolution to the present.
McDaniel Plan: International Western, Multicultural, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 1135 - American Cultural Diversity Credits: 4
This course will introduce students to issues of cultural, ethnic, racial, and artistic diversity in American culture through comparative study focusing primarily on musical artistic expression.
Cross-listed with MUL 1135.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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IDS 1142 - Treasures of Central Europe Credits: 2
Explore the culture and history of four central European countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. The participants will learn about current events and the history of these four countries, especially the history of Germany: during the Nazi time, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the aftermath of German unification.
This trip will offer students the opportunity to visit an important region in Central Europe. They will visit old, and historic German, Czech, Hungarian and Austrian cities such as Berlin, capital of reunified Germany, Heidelberg, Germany’s oldest university town; Munich, Bavaria’s most important city and the residence of the historic Wittelsbach family. Other stops will include Dachau, Germany’s first concentration camp; Vienna, the city of music; Salzburg, the birthplace of the most famous Austrian musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Prague, where Mozart first conducted Don Giovanni; and Budapest where McDaniel College has a campus.
Registration in a study tour does not guarantee participation. The faculty leader for the study must provide final approval for all registered students to participate.
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IDS 1146 - Exploring Belize Credits: 2
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IDS 1152 - African-American Culture: Three Perspectives Credits: 4
This interdisciplinary course explores African- American culture from a literary, musical, and sociological perspective. While these perspectives represent distinct fields of study, they also intersect and complement one another. Exploring a text from various vantage points, provides a fuller context and broadens and complicates its interpretation. Such a multidisciplinary approach leads students to a fuller understanding and appreciation of the specific works under consideration and of African- American culture as a whole.
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IDS 1161 - Crime and Detectives: Three Perspectives Credits: 4
This team-taught interdisciplinary course explores both crime and its detection from literary, criminological, and scientific perspective. The literary portion of the course traces the development of the detective as hero, the antagonist as criminal, and the ways in which narrative patterns and societal attitudes have evolved in the Anglo-American detective story since the 1840s. The criminological section of the course focuses on the realities underlying fictional portrayals of crime solving, which vary markedly depending upon the identity of the victim and perpetratory, the setting, and the time period. The forensic section of the course explores the scientific aspect of crime solving. Topics include characterization of a crime scene, analysis of hair and fibers, arson and explosives, forensic serology, DNA testing, fingerprint, firearms, and document and voice analysis.
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IDS 2201 - Issues in American Studies Credits: 4
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American Culture through the reading and discussion of selected significant primary works.
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IDS 2212 - Psychology of Gender Credits: 4
This course offers an examination of the psychological and behavioral differences between men and women. The origin of gender differences will be addressed from biological, developmental, and social psychological perspectives. This class will use psychological research and theory to examine how gender differences affect the functioning of men and women in work, relationships, health, etc. Emphasis will be placed on understanding gender as a social psychological construct.
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IDS 2231 - Women in German Literature and Society
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IDS 2401 - Nations and Religions: Majorities and Minorities in Modern Central and Eastern Europe (offered only on the Budapest Campus) Credits: 4
Topics of the course include the ethnic composition of the population and the formation of nations in the region as compared to other parts of Europe. Specific attention given to: Christians and pagans, Jews and Anti-Semitism, the aftermath of World War I, the Holocaust, national minorities and majorities in the Soviet Bloc, the so-called Annus Mirabilis and its aftermath.
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IDS 3307 - Colonial Desire Credits: 4
This course introduces student to the mythology of the black woman146s sexuality in western culture and especially in francophone literature and culture. This mythology was developed in literary rewriting of the primitive from the 18th- to the early 20th-century. We will examine how this eroticized body bears traces of its social, political and cultural codification as well as shows the ways in which the colonial encounter shaped both western and non-western literary imaginaries. Discussions in class will focus on a variety of documentary and narrative sources151essays, novels, images and films151that attest to what many theorists refer to as 147colonial desire.148 Readings will include literary, philosophical, scientific, and historical writings.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 3311 - Feminism and Women’s Lives in the 21st Century Credits: 4
What is feminism and why do we still need it in the 21st century? This course will examine this question with particular emphasis on the issues that affect women in their day-to-day lives. This course will analyze the experiences and issues of women of diverse class, race, and ethnic backgrounds. Topics include working conditions, wage equity, the intersection of race and gender, the politics of the body, work/family balance, and the economics of motherhood.
Formerly IDS 2211
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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LAT 1101 - Elementary Latin Credits: 4
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Latin language with emphasis on the development of reading skills. The courses include an overview of Roman history, literature, and culture, as well as beginning readings in ancient texts.
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LAT 1102 - Elementary Latin Credits: 4
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Latin language with emphasis on the development of reading skills. The courses include an overview of Roman history, literature, and culture, as well as beginning readings in ancient texts.
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LAT 2255 - Topics in Classical Literature Credits: 4
A study of outstanding literary works of the classical world. Emphasis is on studying ancient authors and genres in their original context and analyzing them in the light of modern literature and criticism. Although readings will be in English, language students who have completed Latin 1102 may choose to study some texts in the original language and continue the study of grammar and composition at the intermediate level. Topics include poetry, comic and tragic drama, narrative, and the ancient novel.
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LAT 2265 - Special Topics in Latin Literature Credits: 4
An intermediate Latin course with emphasis on the development of reading skills and the critical analysis of selected Latin authors in their social, literary, and historical contexts. The course will include the study of grammar and syntax at the intermediate level. A variety of Latin authors and texts will be chosen based on student interest and experience; suggested topics include the works of Vergil, the drama of Plautus and Terence, Cicero’s speeches and essays, historians such as Livy and Tacitus, poets such as Catullus, Horace and Ovid.
Prerequisites LAT 1102 or placement.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis Second Language.
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LAT 2298 - Independent Studies in Latin Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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LAT 3365 - Special Topics in Latin Credits: 4
The advanced study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
Prerequisites LAT 2265 or placement.
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LAT 3398 - Independent Studies in Latin Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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MAT 1001 - Basic Mathematics Credits: 0
Review of basic mathematical concepts including the properties and operations of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers; percents; ratios and proportions; basic geometry; and graph interpretation.
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MAT 1002 - Basic Algebra Credits: 0
Review of basic algebraic skills. Topics include operations with polynomials, solving equations and inequalities, factoring polynomials, operations with rational expressions, graphing linear equations, solving systems of equations, and square roots.
Prerequisites Passing the arithmetic section of the mathematics proficiency examination or permission of the instructor.
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MAT 1106 - Finite Mathematics With Applications Credits: 4
Insight into the way mathematicians approach problems in other disciplines, through the study of the following topics with applications: lines, matrices, linear programming, counting techniques, discrete probability, graph theory, and game theory. The course is designed primarily for non- Mathematics majors.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001, Mathematics 1002 or placement by the Department.
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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MAT 1107 - College Algebra and Trigonometry Credits: 4
The basic concepts of algebra and trigonometry needed for the study of calculus. Included are properties of exponents; solving equations and inequalities; graphing; properties of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001, Mathematics 1002 or placement by the Department.
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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MAT 1117 - Calculus I Credits: 4
Initial study of limits, derivatives and integrals; review of trigonometric functions; differentiation techniques and formulas applied to rational and trigonometric functions; applications of derivatives including curve sketching; extrema and rate problems; definition of the integral; elementary applications of integrals.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1107 or placement by the Department.
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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MAT 1118 - Calculus II Credits: 4
Further study of the trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their derivatives, methods of integration; parametric equations; polar coordinates; sequences, infinite series, and power series.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1117 or placement by the Department.
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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MAT 2210 - Numerical Methods Credits: 4
An introduction to numerical methods for solving problems from calculus and linear algebra, including the solution of a single nonlinear equation, the solution of linear systems, interpolation and approximation, differentiation and integration, and the solution of eigenvalue problems.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1118.
Cross-listed with Computer Science 2210.
Offered in 2006-2007 and alternate years.
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