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GER 400 - German Literature of the 19th Century; Romanticism
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Historical and critical study of literary currents in early nineteenth century Germany: Detailed textual analysis of works by Novalis, Tieck, Brentano, Arnim, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Chamisso, Kleist, Eichendorff, Heine.
PREREQ: GER 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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GER 470 - Austrian Literature
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Representative works are discussed against a general background of
Austrian history and culture. Special attention is given to
Grillparzer, Raimund, Stifter, Nestroy, Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal,
and Musil.
PREREQ: GER 350 OR 351, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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GER 495 - Seminar
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.
PREREQ: Senior standing or instructor permission.
credit: 1 to 6
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GER 499 - Independent Study
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Course for advanced seniors who wish to do independent study on a
particular literary period, work, or author. Students will read and
do research under the direction of a faculty member.
PREREQ: Senior standing and instructor permission.
credit: 1 to 6
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GLS 100 - Global Cities
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the study of global cities through the intensive study of one city. It combines classroom work with on-site travel and study in the city.
NOTE: It can be given for three to nine credits depending on the intensity of the field work. The course is open to all Oswego students, but preference will be given to freshman and sophomores.
credit: 3 to 9
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GLS 200 - Introduction to Global Issues
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course has been designed to introduce students to various points of view on Contemporary International Issues. The issues considered will vary from semester to semester to reflect the world scene.
credit: 1 to 3
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GLS 300 - Issues in the Global Economy
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course engages students in the pressing debates about the global economy. It is an interdisciplinary course involving economics, political science, sociology and history. Students will study the theoretical and historical background necessary to understand the complexity of the current global economy and to make informed judgments about current controversies. The course will include research and discuss issues of trade, finance, the global division of labor, the transformation of firms from international to global corporations, the meaning of development, and the controversies over state regulation. ECO 101 or 200 is recommended prerequisite.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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GLS 301 - Globalization and Global Cultures
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course explores the processes and consequences of globalization. By investigating the rapid flow of capital, people, goods, images, and ideologies across cultures, societies, and nations, it pays careful attention to ideas about culture, modernity, tradition, colonialism/post-colonialism, capitalism, identity change, nationalism/transnationalism, Diaspora, and the creation of a “global culture.”
PREREQ: Six social and behavioral science hours including either or both ANT 112 and GLS 200, or permission of instructor
EQUIVALENT COURSE: ANT 395
credit: 3
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GLS 316 - Impact and Infulence of Fermentation Science in a Global Society
2012-2013 Catalog Year
An investigation of the impact and influence of fermentation science on a global society. The course will address the production of alcohol, bread, cheese, and other fermented products and the role in global societies for fuel, subsistence, pleasure, and commerce. This course will meet as a quarter course and involves a mandatory international trip to learn how other cultures and societies make use of this science.
PREREQ: CHE 101 OR CHE 111 and either BIO 101 OR BIO 120.
credit: 3
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GLS 317 - Environmental Issues in a Global Society
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The students will explore the status of the environment of a country visited. The students will understand how environmental ideas are intertwined with the history and achievements of this country.
PREREQ: Prerequisite or concurrent: CHE 300 or GEO 115 or PHY 305
NOTE: This is a course with international travel that fulfills a “Cultures & Civilizations” requirement.
credit: 3
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GLS 400 - Seminar in Global Studies
2012-2013 Catalog Year
In this seminar students will critically examine, analyze, and interpret concepts and theories of the academic field of global and international studies.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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GLS 402 - Practicum in International Development
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Students will engage in research projects overseas addressing issues such as human rights, health, women’s rights, poverty, economic development, and the environment. Students enrolled in this course study the cultural context of the project’s country while contributing to a community defined project.
PREREQ: GLS 200 or instructor permission.
credit: –3 to 6–
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GRT 385 - Research in Applied Gerontology
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The course covers various research methodologies and issues appropriate in the field of gerontology including: surveys, interviews, observation, evaluation, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs. Provides students with exposure to research ethics, sampling techniques, developmental research designs, collection and analysis of data, interpretation of results, and preparation of reports in gerontology.
PREREQ: PSY 100 or SOC 100.
credit: 3
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GST 100 - College Orientation and Success
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to help new students (freshman) become productive and successful members of the Oswego college community. Students will be introduced to information about Oswego’s history, college policies and procedures, strategies for being a successful student, campus resources, academic/career planning, personal development, issues of racism, sexism, ageism, and student responsibilities within the college social/academic environment.
PREREQ: Restricted to new first year students.
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GST 101 - Career Awareness I
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The course is recommended to lower division students for introductory career experiences in schools, community agencies and business. Students are provided early career decision making possibilities through participation in as broad a spectrum of pre-professional activities as students may need. The objectives of the Program are: a) to provide introductory experiences for those whose career aspirations are in question; b) to provide ongoing experiences for those whose career goals are well defined; c) to give meaning through work experiences, to traditional classroom professional courses; d) to provide leadership and administrative experiences in education and organizational work to those who may be motivated in these directions. Students will be assigned to schools, community agencies or businesses with cooperating professionals.
NOTE: Course may be repeated for a total of six credit hours, with the permission of the instructor.
credit: Sp, Fl-2 to 3; SS-2 to 6
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GST 103 - Exploring Your Strengths
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to help students discover and develop their strengths in academics, career selection, and beyond. Students who understand and regularly apply their strengths throughout their lives are more satisfied and more likely to achieve academic, personal and professional success.
PREREQ: Restricted to undeclared students.
credit: 1
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GST 110 - Life Planning and Major Exploration
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Life Planning and Major Exploration helps students to explore their interests, strengths and values and to apply those to the process of choosing and/or confirming a major. During the course, students will build self-confidence and competency and develop an educational plan that includes the identification of possible career directions.
PREREQ: Restricted to undeclared first semester, first-year students.
credit: 2
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GST 120 - Leadership in Action
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course provides both a cognitive and experiential base to enhance student knowledge and understanding of the styles, theories and competencies underlying leadership, followership, and trusteeship. Students will focus on group behavior and leadership through required active participation in the course, and involvement in campus or community leadership activities. Students will enhance their awareness of civility, ethics, group dynamics, and team building.
credit: 3
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GST 300 - Library Research Techniques
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course aims for student development of effective research skills relevant for library research at Oswego and other academic institutions, utilizing print and electronic information resources. Emphasis is placed on the application of these skills to individual research interests. Valuation of information and information sources is also stressed.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
NOTE: This course should be taken in conjunction with another course that requires the student to do a research paper or project. Students who enroll must be of junior/senior standing, or gain permission of the instructor.
credit: 1
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GST 302 - Service-Learning
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will provide the student with the opportunity to provide direct service to those in need as volunteers working with local agencies. The classroom component of the course will focus upon a history of volunteerism, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, social structures, altruism, and methods of eliminating discrimination.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 1 to 3
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GST 303 - Career Awareness II
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Course is recommended to upper division students for extended professional experiences beyond Gst 101. Broadening and/or strengthening situations may be provided beyond those experienced in previous assignments. Aspects of other educational and organizational responsibilities in terms of group leadership, workshop development, public relations and final evaluation data collection, etc. will be considered.
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
NOTE: May be repeated up to a total of six credit hours.
credit: Sp, Fl-2 to 3; SS-2 to 6
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GST 304 - First Year Peer Advisement Program
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide first year peer advisors with 1) a forum to explore the research literature related to successful first year college programs and to the strategies that lead to student success, student retention and positive outcomes 2) opportunities for peer advisors to work collaboratively with faculty and administration while gaining skills to assist first year students effectively.
PREREQ: Minimum sophomore standing and instructor permission.
credit: 2 or 3
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GST 305 - Transfer Student Mentoring
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide transfer student peer mentors an opportunity to explore literature and research related to transfer student success. Students enrolled in this course will serve as mentors and be provided a forum to discuss their mentoring experiences, information pertaining to leadership skills and collaboration in a group setting. Course content will include effective mentoring, communication, time management and organizational skills.
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
NOTE: Students must be returning transfer students and selected to be a part of the MOST (Mentors Offering Support to Transfers) Program.
credit: 3
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GST 398 - On-campus Internship
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A course designed for upper division students who wish to take part in a semester long internship related to the academic major or minor. Students will work in a position for the purpose of testing academic learning in a work situation. Prerequisites: Acceptance in the Experience-Based Education Program, a GPA of 2.5, an approved placement and permission of the sponsoring faculty member.
credit: 0-15
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GST 498 - Internship
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A course designed for upper division students who wish to take part in a semester long internship related to the academic major or minor. Students will work in a position for the purpose of testing academic learning in a work situation.
PREREQ: Acceptance in the Experience-Based Education Program, a GPA of 2.5, an approved placement and permission of the sponsoring faculty member.
credit: 0 to 12
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HDV 120 - Fundamentals of Gerontology
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to introduce the student to the biological, physical, psychological, sociological, political, demographic, and economic aspects of aging. It explores aging from a variety of cultural and subcultural perspectives, and looks at both theoretical and applied research in the area of gerontology.
credit: 3
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HDV 302 - Methods in Human Development II
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course provides students with an overview of higher-level statistical and methodological concepts used in the study of human development from conception to death. Physical, cognitive and socio-emotional developmental research will be highlighted. Diverse theoretical frameworks will be utilized, along with global and multi-cultural perspectives on human development and research.
Prerequisites: HDV 301 or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HDV 324 - Adult Development
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This multidisciplinary course examines human development across adulthood, focusing on theory and evidence from diverse fields (e.g., psychology, biology, history, sociology, anthropology). It explores life tasks, gains and losses, and continuity and change in biological, cognitive, and social domains of the adult life course and in various life contexts.
Prerequisites: Three credit hours of social and behavioral sciences.
PREREQ:
credit: 3
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HDV 325 - Family Dynamics Across the Lifespan
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The course will trace individual development across the lifespan within the context of the family. Issues addressed within the course will include: attachment to caregivers (especially parents), adoption, sibling relation- ships, dating and mate selection, parenthood, divorce and step-families, single-parenthood, adult intergenerational relationships, grandparenthood, family care giving and bereavement.
PREREQ: PSY 100 and one of the following PSY 200, 322, 323, 324.
NOTE: Advisement Prerequisite Recommendation: One developmental HDV/PSY course.
credit: 3
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HDV 357 - Development of Criminal Behavior
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course explores the development of criminal behavior from a multidisciplinary perspective. Individual, situational, family, and sociocultural influences on criminal behavior are examined and applied to a variety of forms of criminal behavior, including both personal (e.g., assault) and property (e.g., vandalism) crimes. Prevention methods are discussed and evaluated.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and at least 3 credits of social or behavioral science, or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HDV 400 - Research Designs and Applications in Human Development
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary to interpret research in applied areas of human development. The content will reflect quasi-experimentation, issues in developmental assessment, developmental research designs, multivariate analyses, qualitative research, and contexts for research in human development. The laboratory component will focus on the methods and skills most appropriate in human development settings. In the two hour laboratory component, students will design, implement, and analyze data from research studies and program evaluations applicable to human development.
PREREQ: PSY 290. Advisement Recommendation: Correquisite of GST 498.
NOTE: Advisement Recommendation: Co requisite GST 498.
credit: 4
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HDV 425 - Midlife Development
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Explores midlife as a significant part of the life span, focusing on theories and research to inform students about physiological, cognitive, and social aspects of the middle years of adulthood (roughly 40 to 65 years of age) and to highlight critical issues in middle age (e.g., age-related physical change, cognitive function, personality development, social changes).
PREREQ: PSY 290, upper division standing, and either HDV 120 or PSY 324.
COREQ: upper division standing
credit: 3
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HIS 100 - The West and the World to 1500
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will explore the origins and development of Western
Civilization to 1500, analyze the relationship of the emerging
cultures in the West to the cultures of Asia and Africa, and
introduce students to history as a discipline. Students will
analyze several approaches to historical research and various types
of historical writing, and will use primary and secondary sources
in studying history.
credit: 3
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HIS 101 - The West and the World, 1500-1900
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will deal with the historical development of modern Western civilization and the interrelationship between the West and the world during the period 1500—1900.
credit: 3
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HIS 102 - World History in the Twentieth Century
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the major events, movements, and
personalities of the twentieth century. The objective of the course
will be to critically examine the events, ideas, conflicts,
movements, and inventions which have shaped human civilization in
the 20th century.
credit: 3
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HIS 201 - The American Experience
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Specific focus will vary by section, but each will explore an issue
or period in American history and problems that historians confront
in trying to understand the past.
credit: 3
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HIS 202 - History of the United States to 1865
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course explores the making of American society and culture the product of cooperation and conflict among peoples from three continents (Europe, Africa, and North America)’from the 1500’s to the end of the Civil War. The focus is on economics, religion, values, community, politics, gender, and race.
credit: 3
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HIS 203 - History of the United States Since 1865
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Introductory survey of the history of the United States since the
Civil War.
credit: 3
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HIS 206 - Africa to 1800
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course surveys the history of selected regions of Africa from about the eighth to the early nineteenth century. Students are introduced to some of the most important sub- Saharan states and their cultures through the three basic sources for sub-Saharan African history before European influence: Oral tradition, archaeology, and Arabic chronicles. We explore the environmental and economic circumstances that account for the rise of these states, we proceed to acquaintance with their people, accomplishments and contributions, and we encounter the main factors involved in means of understanding major historical events.
credit: 3
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HIS 207 - Africa since 1800
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A survey of the history of selected regions of Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this course deals with the events and processes leading to the European colonization of Africa and subsequent changes in African societies under colonial rule. This is a course about Africans and how they responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by foreign influences such as those accompanying colonialism. It is basically concerned with African initiatives in a rapidly changing political, economic and social context.
credit: 3
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HIS 208 - Modern Asia
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Emphasis on Communist China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
credit: 3
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HIS 209 - Traditional Asia and Its Legacy
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A comparison of traditional civilizations in China and India.
Topics include religious systems, formation of empires, expansion
of commerce, development of social institutions and foundations of
Modern Asia.
credit: 3
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HIS 212 - Women in History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A study of the position and role of women in different
civilizations with emphasis on women and work.
credit: 3
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HIS 215 - Introduction to Latin American Civilizations
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will provide a general introduction to the culture,
history, and societies of the immense geographic area collectively
known as Latin America. A thematic approach focusing on gender,
social upheavals, economic and political crises will serve to
facilitate the inclusion of the many countries in the region. The
chronology of the course extends from the pre-contact period to the
twentieth-century.
credit: 3
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HIS 230 - The Western Heritage I
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Survey of the basic ideas in Western Civilization from the earliest
times to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century.
credit: 3
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HIS 231 - The Western Heritage II
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Survey of the basic ideas in Western Civilization from the
Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century to the present.
credit: 3
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HIS 248 - Women in American History to 1865
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will survey the history of women in the United States from the colonial era through the Civil War. Particular attention will be given to the diversity of American women’s experience.
credit: 3
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HIS 249 - Women in American History, 1865 to Present
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will survey the history of women in the United States from the end of the Civil War through the present. Particular attention will be given to the diversity of American women’s experience and women’s participation in movements for equality.
credit: 3
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HIS 300 - European Intellectual History in the 19th Century
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Romanticism, conservatism; German idealism; liberalism, Utopian socialism; Marxism; evolutionary socialism, nationalism; positivism anarchism; impact of Darwin; collapse of absolutes.
PREREQ: Upper division standing
credit: 3
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HIS 301 - European Intellectual History in the 20th Century
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Collapse of absolutes; pessimism and optimism; dystopias; Nazism; Fascism; Communism; existentialism; emergent evolution; new liberalism; crisis theology; post-industrial society.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 302 - Historiography: Perspectives on Historians and Histories
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course presents an introduction to the history, method, and practice of writing history (historiography) from the Enlightenment era to the present. Through textual readings, research in primary sources, and oral presentations on aspects of historiography that have sparked controversy, students gain familiarity with the problems and pleasures of historical research and a new appreciation of how our historical knowledge is created.
PREREQ: History majors and minors and Social Studies Education majors and minimum second semester sophomore standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 306 - Warfare and 20th Century Society
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A study of warfare and its impact on European society since 1914.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 307 - World War I
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A survey of the causes, course and results of World War I.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 308 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims to 1500
2012-2013 Catalog Year
In this course we will compare the development of the three great religions of western Asia: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will examine the evolution of ideas about God, tenets of belief, expressions of faith, and other aspects of religious life, and analyze how the three faith communities influenced each other. We will explore how communities with related but distinct religious beliefs developed in Asia, lived together in Europe, encountered each other, and tolerated or confronted one another during the ancient and medieval periods.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 310 - Religion in African History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is concerned with belief systems of African peoples and how spiritually derived values affect their ideas of history. It includes readings, lectures, and discussion on the belief systems (indigenous religious practices) and cosmologies (myths of origin) of selected groups, including oral traditions that reveal both spiritual values and perceptions of the distant past.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 312 - Early Middle Ages
2012-2013 Catalog Year
From the decline of the Roman Empire to the First Crusade; Analysis of religious, social, economic, and technological factors, influencing the development of medieval European Civilization.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 313 - High and Late Middle Ages
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The flowering and decline of the Middle Ages; Emphasis on cultural developments with analysis of social, political, religious, and economic factors affecting medieval European Civilization.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 314 - Ancient Greece
2012-2013 Catalog Year
From origins to conquest by Rome; emphasis upon cultural and political developments.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 315 - Ancient Rome
2012-2013 Catalog Year
From Prehistoric Italy to 565 A.D.; analysis of Rome’s rise and decline.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 317 - Renaissance Europe
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Cultural, social, and economic life of fourteenth and fifteenth century Western Europe with particular emphasis on cultural life in Italy.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 318 - Reformation Europe
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Cultural, social, and economic life of sixteenth century Western Europe with particular emphasis on late humanism, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 321 - French Revolution
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Please contact department for information on this course.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
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HIS 322 - Nazi Germany
2012-2013 Catalog Year
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HIS 323 - Europe Between the World Wars, 1917-1939
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A comprehensive survey of European history from the Russian Revolution to the outbreak of the Second World War with emphasis on ideological movements (Communism, Fascism and Democracy).
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 324 - Europe Since 1945
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A survey of the major events and issues of European history since 1945.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 325 - Modern Germany
2012-2013 Catalog Year
German history and civilization during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 326 - World War II
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A survey of the major events and issues of World War II. Comparisons will be drawn between the European and Asian war theatres.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 328 - History of Women in Modern Europe
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is an analysis of the condition of women in Europe from pre-Industrial society to the present, concentrating on the contributions they have made to social and economic history. Students will be introduced to the importance of gender not only in historical development, but also as a tool of analysis as they confront social, economic, and political developments in European history.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 329 - The Cold War
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The course offers an in-depth look at the Cold War, probably the single most important foreign relations factor influencing the US and the Soviet Union during the period 1946-1991.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 330 - History of Russia to 1900
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will deal with the origins and development of Russian history up to 1900.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 331 - Twentieth Century Russia
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Political, social, economic development from the reign of Nicholas II to the present with particular emphasis on the Russian Revolution and formation of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 334 - Modern Britian
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Please contact department for information on this course.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
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HIS 340 - History of American Labor
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Role of the American worker from Colonial times; the labor movement concept; labor-management relations.
PREREQ: Prerequisite: Upper divsion standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 341 - America’s Vietnam War
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will deal with the origins, development, and outcome of America’s involvement in Vietnam, 1945—1973
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 342 - United States Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A study of the factors explaining the emergence of the United States as a world power, and an analysis of the relationships between internal developments, dominant personalities, foreign events and specific foreign policies in the twentieth century.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 344 - American Immigration and Ethnic History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course examines the history of migration to colonial North America and the United States. The course addresses differences in the voluntary immigration experience, forced migration, and “migration” through conquest. The development of ethnic and racial identities in the United States are linked to these immigration/migration patterns and to legal constructions conceived in immigration and naturalization law. Other themes include internal migration, the history of nativism up to present debates regarding “illegal immigration,” and the development of racial/ethnic communities.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 345 - The Early Republic: US 1789-1848
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course covers one of the most complex periods in U.S. history, a time marked by democratic ferment, territorial expansion, increased national- ism and growing sectionalism. Through lectures, group discussions, various readings, papers and essay exams, students will learn about the people, ideas, institutions and events that shaped the new nation.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 346 - History of Organized Crime
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Deals with the nature and problems of organized crime in America—realities, myths and stereotypes.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 348 - Women in Twentieth Century United States
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course examines the role women have played in the United States in the twentieth century. Migration and immigration, politics, labor (in and outside the home), economics, and race will be discussed, with particular attention paid to the construction of gender roles and its effect on the behavior and expectations of both men and women, as well as children. The transformation of the meaning of “feminism” over the course of the twentieth century will frame much of the course.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 350 - Slavery In America to 1865
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A historical analysis of the development of black communities from colonization to the end of Reconstruction. The major theme will be the mutual impact that blacks and whites have had upon each other.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 352 - The Gilded Ages and Progressive Era
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course examines the period between the end of Reconstruction (1877) and 1920. Migration and immigration, politics, labor, social movements, economics, gender and race will be discussed. The transformation of the country from agricultural to industrialized, inhabited from coast to coast, comes at large social, educational and reform costs.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
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credit: 3
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HIS 353 - The Black Power Movement
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course explores and analyzes the origins, development, and legacy of the watershed Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The course examines how Black Power represented a critical turning point in black-white relations in the United States, as well as in how African Americans viewed themselves.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 354 - The Indian in American History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
The epic conflict of Indians and non-Indians and its impact on more widely known American white history.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
NOTE: Slide lectures.
credit: 3
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HIS 355 - Colloquim in Regional and Local US History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Survey of techniques, sources, and significance of local history, with special emphasis on New York State communities, including Oswego.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HIS 356 - Civil War and Reconstruction
2012-2013 Catalog Year
An in-depth study of the factors that caused the American Civil War, and the efforts to restore the Confederate States, with an emphasis on the varying historical interpretations.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 366 - Age of Big Business
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A study of the economic growth and development of modern America from colonial times to the present, focusing on the powerful economic forces which have shaped the nation since 1865 and continue to affect the lives of its people.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 368 - Issues in American Medicine
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course examines the American medical system, and how the medical care received today is a legacy of the system’s evolution in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alternative medical treatments and questions about the value of medical technology have long been concerns in our health care system. The notion of who or what is healthy is influenced by geography, race, gender, and ethnic class. Combined, these many factors also affect the care one might receive, in the nineteenth or the twenty-first century.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 369 - The United States Since 1945
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Intermediate level study of the history of the United States since 1945. Focuses on political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural change.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 373 - History of Mexico
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Beginning with a brief introduction to the country’s great pre-Hispanic civilizations, the course moves toward the creation of new societies and cultures characteristic of the colonial period. The 19th and 20th centuries will serve to discuss the political struggles over the definition of nation and citizen.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 375 - History of Non-violent Activism
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Twentieth century non-violent movements are connected by ideas, people, and tactics. Often called a “force more powerful” than violence, non-violent movements have been mounted against dictators, colonial powers, totalitarian regimes as well as a wide range of social and political policies.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HIS 378 - Freedom in American History
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Using the disciplines of law and history, this course examines how Americans have defined the word “freedom” from the colonial era through the twentieth century. Political, economic, and social contexts will be explored, with particular attention paid to the relationship between individual liberties and the power of the state to influence behavior.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 381 - History of Human Trafficking
2012-2013 Catalog Year
Economic globalization has resulted in increased migration of labor and a new form of slavery called Trafficking. Trafficking is often discussed as a new problem without reference to slavery and other forms of bondage. This course focuses on the history of human Trafficking from ancient times to the present.
PREREQ: Upper Division Standing or instructor permission.
credit: 3
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HIS 382 - The State and Society in Late Imperial China
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to examine the Late Imperial Chinese society through analyzing source materials. It also exposes students to intellectual debates such as: the origin of underdevelopment, the nature of the late imperial state, Chinese demographic patterns, gender relations, violence and crime, collective action, and state making.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 383 - Modern China
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A brief sketch of traditional society followed by analysis of China’s reaction to the Western assault, revolution, the role of the Japanese, the Communist Era, and China’s position in the 1970’s.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 385 - Modern Japan
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A brief sketch of traditional society followed by analysis of the rise of militarism, war, the Occupation, and Japan’s position in the 1970’s.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 387 - Modern India
2012-2013 Catalog Year
A study of India from 1600 to 1947.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 389 - History of the Middle East
2012-2013 Catalog Year
An examination of the development of Islam and history of the Islamic peoples from Muhammed to World War I, with emphasis on the nature of the region, is spread and its impact on institutions.
PREREQ: Upper division standing.
credit: 3
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HIS 391 - Modernization and Development in Africa
2012-2013 Catalog Year
This course is a survey of the various theories of Development and Modernization designed to bring about social change in Africa and the history of their application since the end of the Atlantic Slave trade. Prerequisites: Upper division standing
credit: 3
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