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2013-2014 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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GRK 2299 - Independent Studies in Greek 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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GRN 1101 - Introduction to Aging Studies Credits: 4.00
This survey course examines the bio-psycho-social changes that occur as a result of aging and the implications of these changes for the individual as well as for the larger society.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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GRN 3392 - Internship In Gerontology Credits: 2.00
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings designed to assist students in acquiring
and using skills and knowledge of the field of study unique to gerontology. Possible settings for
internships include long-term care facilities, voluntary health organizations, professional
associations, senior centers, churches, pastoral counseling centers, social service agencies for
the aged, and research centers.
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GSC 1105 - The Science of Cooking Credits: 4
We all eat; but have you ever wondered if there is any scientific basis to what is being done in the kitchen? This is a course that considers the science of cooking because we all love to indulge our two most chemically related senses 150 smell and taste. During the course we will consider questions as diverse as: What does 147caramelize148 mean? Are green potatoes poisonous? What makes ground beef brown? What is freezer burn? Is white chocolate really chocolate? and How can I get red wine stains out of a tablecloth? We will also consider international food and cooking methodologies, as well as the interpretation of nutritional information and marketing messages. The course will expand and enlighten your taste and smell experience. This is a course for those who would like to be more knowledgeable eaters.
(Offered on the Budapest campus only)
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry
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GSC 1106 - Understanding the Universe Credits: 4.00
Did you ever want to understand the inner workings of the universe? If so, then this class is for you! This course will introduce students to the fundamental ideas and experiments that scientists rely on to help explain how everything in the universe works. Possible topics include the potential of extraterrestrial life; the mysterious quantum world of matter and light; symmetries in nature; the beginning of the universe; the existence of dark matter and energy and their connection to the universe’s final fate; the fundamental importance of energy; the lifecycles of stellar systems and stars; and Einstein’s theory of relativity and black holes.
This course may count as a Physics elective.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Embedded Laboratory
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GSC 1109 - The Nature of Science Credits: 4
Science courses generally are designed to introduce students to what scientists know. The focus of this course, however, will be to deepen students’ appreciation of what science is and how scientists know what they know. Through activities designed to stimulate creative and logical thinking skills, and discussions centered on interactions between science and society, students will gain a clearer understanding of the scientific endeavor, while exploring and expanding their own scientific skills. Examples and activities for this course will be drawn from a wide range of physical, biological, and social sciences.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1110 - Observational Astronomy Credits: 4
This course is a study of the observational techniques used by astronomers, the constellations, stars and stellar evolution, motion of celestial bodies and cosmology. Approximately 1/3 of the course consists of hands-on activities which emphasize the experimental aspects of the astronomical science, how astronomers collect and interpret experimental data in the laboratory and how they formulate theories about the celestial bodies.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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GSC 1111 - Introductory Astronomy Credits: 4
This course provides an overview of the field of astronomy. Students will study the history of astronomy; tools and methods used by astronomers; age, distance, size, and temperature scales encountered in the science of the cosmos; motions of celestial objects; composition, characteristics, and development of the planets, Sun, galaxies, and other astronomical bodies; and current events and discoveries, as well as the role of the space program.
Cross-listed with Physics 1111.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1112 - The Earth Credits: 4
This course is a study of the Earth’s cosmic place, history, and systems. Topics will include observations of objects on the Celestial Sphere, formation of the solar system and the Earth, and modern Earth’s global systems – geological, hydrological, atmospheric, and biological. We will also analyze human impacts on the planet and ponder its future.
Offered as needed.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1113 - Sound, Music, and Hearing Credits: 4
A study of sound in everyday experience. Topics considered include the physical nature of sound, description and measurement of sound, physiological and perceptual aspects of hearing, characteristics of human speech, electronic sound systems, noise, and musical acoustics.
Offered as needed.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1114 - Astrobiology: The Origin of Life on Earth and the Potential for Life in the Universe Credits: 4
This introductory Astrobiology course introduces students to the wonders of the universe and to the existence of life itself. The basic principles of astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics are related to the formation of life on Earth and to the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. Concepts covered in this course include the formation and fate of the universe, essential features of all living systems, the nature of life on Earth, the geological history of the Earth, and the process of evolution. The search for extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial intelligence, habitable worlds, and the cosmic cataclysms that threaten our continuing existence will also be discussed. Current NASA missions that are devoted to this pursuit will be highlighted. The lecture material will be augmented by in-class videos and “mini-labs.”
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1115 - A World Of Light And Color Credits: 4
A survey of the behavior of light and its roles in human experience. Topics include basic light phenomena, wave and photon models of light, color and color theories, light energy, effects of light on living matter, atmospheric effects, optical instruments, human vision, and perception.
Offered as needed.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1116 - Energy and the Environment Credits: 4
Consumption of energy resources maintains and advances civilizations. Working from basic physical concepts and models of depletion and growth, we’ll learn how the human race exploits available renewable and non-renewable resources. We will also compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of various means of energy extraction, generation, and distribution associated with such energy sources as fossil fuels, solar, biomass, and nuclear. Finally, understanding energy also means considering environmental impacts. To this end, we’ll explore how energy extraction and consumption impact our Earth’s biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Cross-listed with Environmental and Policy Science 1116.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry
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GSC 1117 - Environmental Geology Credits: 4
The Earth is an exciting and dynamic planet, the only one our species will call home for a long time to come. Much has been learned about the Earth’s complex interrelated systems but more still needs to be understood. We will explore the Earth and its systems to make you more aware of your environment, its origin, its history and its complexities. Along the way we will try to show you how to be a better observer of the Earth so you can enjoy unraveling some its mysteries on your own. All students are welcome to take this course. The only prerequisite for this course is an interest in the Earth and its environment.
Cross-listed with Environmental and Policy Science 1117.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory.
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GSC 1131 - Environmental Problem Solving Credits: 4
The formulation of hypotheses and the implementation of experiments, which explore specific environmental problems. Class discussion centers on experimental results and directions for technical and human behavior modifications, which will improve the environment. Themes investigated include energy and air pollution, indoor air chemistry, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and bioengineering.
Cross-listed with Environmental and Policy Science 1131.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory.
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GSC 1133 - Introduction to Oceanography Credits: 4
A basic introduction to the field of oceanography where we will study the integration of physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. Topics will include understanding waves, currents, tides, salinity, sediments of the ocean floor, plate tectonics, and the biological communities within every depth of the oceans. Practical mini-labs will be included with lecture material.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001 placement above Mathematics 1001.
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GSC 1140 - Introduction to Forensic Science Credits: 4
This course will serve as an introduction to the scientific study of crime solving. Possible topics to be considered include crime scene investigation, fingerprint analysis, DNA fingerprinting, drug identification, and ballistic studies.
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory.
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GSC 1153 - Trees on the Hill: The Science of Wood Credits: 4
What can one learn about science simply by studying a common substance, wood, found all around us? The biology of a tree investigates the growth and structure of trees and methods for identifying different woods (for example, in antique furniture). The physics of wood explores the strength of wood and how simple machines apply to woodworking techniques. The chemistry of wood reveals what holds a tree together and how protective finishes are used to protect and beautify wood. Associated biographical readings explore wood in literature and the sociological aspects of humans in tune with nature. Mini-labs will provide opportunities to experience what it was like to work in a 19th-century carpentry shop.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001 and 1002 or placement above Mathematics 1002.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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GSC 1201 - Science and Technology Policy Credits: 4
This course examines science in the context of public policy. It focuses on four particular subjects: 1) scientific methodology and four scientific fields of study that are considered crucial at the moment, 2) the norms of the contemporary science community, 3) the influence of science and scientists on public policy, and 4) the ways in which public policy influences the doing of science. It aims to consider how and why science plays an important role in an open, democratic society and whether our current political system and media encourage fruitful scientific research, wise use of its results, and informed popular knowledge of it.
(offered on the Budapest campus only)
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry
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GSC 2203 - History of Scientific Thought I Credits: 4
A study of the development of theories to explain physical and natural phenomena from the earliest Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Arabian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations. The loss of impetus during the Medieval Age and the re-emergence in the Renaissance is traced.
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GSC 2204 - History of Scientific Thought II Credits: 4
A course which traces the development of modern scientific theories in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, and Physics from the Renaissance to the present. Readings include excerpts of original writings by over 40 scientists.
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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 1141 - Classical Jiangnan in China Credits: 2.00
Jiangnan, which means “the south of Yangzi River,” is a cultural and economic region slightly smaller in size than modern France. Centered around today’s Shanghai, Jiangnan by all accounts was/is the most prosperous and most highly urbanized region in China, featuring distinctive gardens, arts, and landscape. A historian compared the region to England because since the eighteenth century both have become highly developed economic regions and formed distinctive regional cultures on both sides of Eurasia. We will travel to the region and view gardens, folk arts (e.g. iron pictures), art workshops/markets, and mountains/rivers/lakes, all of which feature the regional culture and history. Locations to be included are Shanghai, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Wuhu, Hefei, Huizhou, etc. Students will keep daily journals and amass a portfolio of Jiangnan-based photos and journals the local Jiangnan culture. These journals and photos will result in a campus-wide show.
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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 2238 - U.S. Intellectual Tradition 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 and Textual Analysis
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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.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis
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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 1101 - Leading Change Credits: 2.00
At a college recognized for changing lives, the McDaniel Honors Program challenges students to
develop their intellectual potential as leaders for change in their local and global
communities.” In keeping with the mission of McDaniel’s Honors, this first-year honors
colloquium will expose students to challenges to change, prompt them to analyze qualities and
practices of effective leaders, connect them with leaders in the community, and foster their own
identities as leaders for change.
Enrollment for Honors Program Participants
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HON 2201 - HN Great Works Credits: 4.00
Students will read, analyze, and discuss great works.
Open to first-year honors program students only.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis
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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 2303 - Nonviolence In Action Credits: 2.00
In this follow up course to HON 2302, students will continue to study nonviolence theory and will complete a practicum where, in small groups with an experienced trainer from the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, they will conduct two day nonviolence trainings in the local community.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Membership in the Honors Program; HON 2xxx Nonviolent Script Breaking Jan Term
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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HON 3101 - Serving Lgbt Communities I Credits: 2.00
The purpose of this course is to serve Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual
(LGBTQIA) individuals, communities and advocacy groups as well as understand the historical and
contemporary context of the civil rights movement as it pertains to LGBTQIA individuals.
This course successfully completed along with successful completion of HON 3102 will meet the
Multicultural McDaniel Plan requirement.
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HON 3102 - Serving LGBT Communities II Credits: 2.00
This course is a follow-up to the honors January term course “Serving LGBT Communities,” which
involved service to Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual (LGBTQIA)
individuals, communities and advocacy groups. Students will spend the semester reflecting on
their service-learning experiences in the January term as well as doing an independent project that
reflects the culmination of their experiences. This may include an independent service project
(such as SafeZone training) or preparing a presentation at BMore Proud.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural (only if HON 3101 is successfully completed)
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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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