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2015-2016 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • 49-2026 Nelson Mandela and the Anti-Apartheid Movement

    There are times when specific people, places and moments in history capture the imagination of the world. This occurs when that specificity speaks volumes to the human condition and offers lessons that we all sense are important. Such has been the case with Nelson Mandela and South Africa. This course will use Mandela and the evolution of, and struggle against, apartheid as a window into some of the 20th century’s most complex issues such as colonialism, civil disobedience, cultural resistance, freedom, racial theories, election processes, post-war negotiations and social justice. Pre-Requisite: Composition I

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 International Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 49-2027 Liberation and Resistance in Southern Africa

    This course seeks to examine the processes of colonization and decolonization during the historical development of a specific region called Southern Africa. By Southern Africa we mean more than just the eleven countries beginning with Angola, Zambia and Malawi which stretch southwards and eastwards toward the island nation of Madagascar and the Republic of South Africa. We include, as well, the island nations of Mauritius, Reunion, the Comoros and the Seychelles. But most significantly, we include the Congo as part of Southern Africa for we argue that the Congo has been and remains a key constituent element of that vast and powerful socio-economic complex historically dominated by the Witwatersrand mining conglomerates of Anglo-American, DeBeers, Union Miniere and American Metal Climax.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2302 Russian and Soviet History

    Course covers history of Russia from the 1800s to the demise of the Soviet Union. Special emphasis is given to such concepts as the political and economic development of the Russian Empire and the U.S.S.R., the role of women in imperial and revolutionary Russia, the Great Reforms, the Russian Revolution, the Stalin Era, and the collapse of the Soviet system.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  
  

  • 49-2310 Contemporary European Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

    Contemporary European Nationalism is surveyed through analysis of the conflicts in Northern Ireland, former Yugoslavia, the Basque Regions of Spain and France, and Chechnya. Major issues examined include the ideological roots of nationalist movements in these areas, the characteristics and tactics employed by violent nationalist groups, the techniques governments have used to defeat nationalist insurgencies, and the ongoing efforts to bring about peace.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2311 German Culture in the Weimar Republic: 1919-1933

    This course examines the turbulent history of Germany’s Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933 and introduces students to the art, architecture, film, literature, music, and theater of this era. Through analysis and interpretation of selected works by various influential artists and writers such as Fritz Lang, Berthold Brecht, and Thomas Mann, this course explores the social, economic, cultural and political climate, as well as themes of class, gender, and race in Germany before Hitler came to power.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2312 Germany Since 1933: From the Third Reich to the Present

    This course covers the past eight decades of Germany’s uniquely complicated history, from Hitler’s Third Reich to the present day Federal Republic, examining and analyzing the totalitarian policies of the Nazi regime, the events of World War II and the Holocaust, the division of Germany during the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent German reunification, as well as Germany’s current role in the European Union and on the world stage.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2313 Modern Germany and the European Union

    Course provides students with a focus on the growth of post-World-War II German political institutions and society. The split and reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, the role of Germany in the European Union, and European Union governmental institutions will be studied in light of historical and current events, drawing on sources from political science, social science, history, literature, and film.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 49-2401 History of Mexico and Central America

    Students gain a better understanding of Mexico and the nations of Central America through an examination of key historical events. Course focuses on Spanish invasion and conquest, struggles to gain independence from Spain, United States’ conquest of the Mexican Northwest, the Mexican Revolution, United States’ interventions past and present, the Sandinista Revolution, El Salvador’s civil war, and the struggles of indigenous peoples past and present.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2501 The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

    This course examines the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from the founding of Zionism in Europe in the 19th century and the rise of Arab Nationalism, to the ensuing conflict between Israel, the Palestinians, and other Arab states in the region. Events will be examined through the framework of other regional players: Former colonial powers, the former Soviet Union, and the United States. Proposals to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, e.g., the Two State Solution, One State Solution will be examined.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 49-2520 Reform, Revolution, and Jihad in the Middle East

    Interweaving historical themes and contemporary issues, this course examines the interrelation of movements of reform, revolution, and jihad with geopolitics, economics, the security state, terrorism, religion, gender, media, popular culture, and youth in the Middle East.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2620 African American History and Culture: To 1860

    African background, Atlantic slave trade, slavery, and the free black experience are all examined in detail as students trace the history of black people from Africa to the Americas and explore the collective African-American experience from an ideological and philosophical basis.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2621 African American History & Culture: Since 1860

    Course consists of a survey of modern African-American culture and a study of the black freedman and the political and economic development of black America. Principal topic of discussion is the meaning of freedom to emancipated African Americans.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2626 Writings of Black Protest: To 1860

    Using the writings of African Americans during the era of slavery (1750 to 1860), content considers black protest thought in an historical perspective. Students use primary documents to discover the feelings of hope, fear, and frustration of free and enslaved blacks of this time.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2627 Writings of Black Protest: Since 1860

    Writings of African Americans from the Civil War to the present are the focus of this confrontation with the realities of the black experience and thought in American perspective. Students use primary documents to examine black history and culture.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2630 The Civil Rights Movement in Biography & Film

    Course focuses on the modern Civil Rights movement through the mediums of biography and film. Students learn to critically evaluate these historical sources as they explore basic issues, players, events, and ideologies of the Civil Rights movement.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2632 Hispanics in the U.S. Since 1800

    Course tracks the growing importance of Hispanics in all aspects of American life. Their economic impact has become a topic of controversy. The development of a Latino ethnic consciousness has come into conflict with efforts to assimilate this minority group, thus raising the question of what an American really is. Instruction also addresses the controversial topic of their impact on the U.S. economy. These issues cannot be fully understood without an examination of where Hispanics have come from, their hopes, ways they are trying to achieve their dreams, and their continuing obstacles.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2639 Baseball in History and Literature: A Contested Narrative

    This course will examine the dynamic cultural meaning of baseball in the United States, from the rise of the professionalism in the mid-19th century to the introduction of free agency and the rise of corporate competitions of the present. Through lectures, readings, and discussions on the history of baseball and analysis of the literary texts the sport inspires, students will explore issues of American identity and examine how sport can be a reflection of society as well as an instrument of change.

    3 Credits
    HI
  

  • 49-2641 Women in U.S. History: To 1877

    Course examines the transformation of women’s lives in the U.S. from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century by focusing on both the evolution of gender roles and specific examples from the lives of ordinary and extraordinary women.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2642 Women in U.S. History: Since 1877

    Course examines the transformation of women’s lives in the U.S. from the mid-nineteenth century to the present by focusing on both the evolution of gender roles and specific examples from the lives of ordinary and extraordinary women.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2656 History of Sport in the U.S.

    Course examines the history of sports in the U.S., from the informal games of the colonial period to the highly organized, often commercial, contests of the present. Students study the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the development of the nation’s tradition and explore issues of race, ethnicity, and gender in relation to social, political, cultural, and economic interests.

    3 Credits
    HI
  

  • 49-2659 History of the American Working Class

    Course studies workers and their communities in the U.S. in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students explore the impact of industrialization, technological change, immigration, migration, ethnicity, race, gender, and unionization as they examine the development of the American working class.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2660 The 1960s

    Course traces and documents changes of the 1960s, an era that has quickly become covered in myth despite its nearness to our own times. The period from the election of John F. Kennedy (1960) to the fall of Saigon (1975) remains crucial for an understanding of current issues and attitudes. Those years reshaped American culture and society in many ways. Vivid events and slogans shattered the images of an earlier time and created a new America. Course goal is to trace and document these changes.

    3 Credits
    HI
  

  • 49-2660HN The 1960s: Honors

    Course traces and documents changes of the 1960s, an era that has quickly become covered in myth despite its nearness to our own times. The period from the election of John F. Kennedy (1960) to the fall of Saigon (1975) remains crucial for an understanding of current issues and attitudes. Those years reshaped American culture and society in many ways. Vivid events and slogans shattered the images of an earlier time and created a new America. Course goal is to trace and document these changes. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2662 Controversies in the History of Sport in the U.S. since the Late 19th Century

    This course uses current headlines from the sports’ page to engage students in the study of the origins and development of critical issues in the history of organized sport since the late 19th century. Through focused assigned readings and self-directed research, students will participate in intra-class debates on the historic roots of some of the most divisive questions facing modern sport today. Possible topics: Andrew Doubleday myth; origins of the National League; banning of baseball players; the origin and demise of the Negro Leagues; integration of sport; performance enhancing drugs; the illusion of the student-athlete; mascots; athletic elitism and amateurism; women in sport, pre and post Title IX, etc.

    3 Credits
    HI
    PREREQUISITES: 49-1602 U.S. History: From 1877  or 50-1514 Sociology of Sports in the United States  or 49-2656 History of Sport in the U.S.  
  

  • 49-2670 Gender, Class & Race in United States History

    Within an historical framework course examines the interplay of gender, race, and class in U.S. history. Class explores critical themes and periods in the development of racism, sexism, and classicism, especially in seeking to understand ways they interrelate.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2670HN Roots: Genealogy and Migration in America: Honors

    For many young people college represents a time to explore this question. Using a wide range of research materials students will produce a unique account of their own family history that will then be situated within the history of America itself. While some people migrated to America freely in search of a new life, other migrations involved complex processes, including slavery, indentured labor, and forced migration. These realities created an uneven archival imprint. Political and social power shaped and continues to shape the types of records we have available today. Instead of being discouraged by a lack of archival records, this course will push students to explore new and innovative ways of discovering their families? past - including DNA testing and oral history. The outcome of the course is an independent project that embodies the student?s journey into their unique past. This is an Honors course and students need a GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    PL
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2671HN Roots: Genealogy and Migration in America: Honors

    For many young people college represents a time to explore this question. Using a wide range of research materials students will produce a unique account of their own family history that will then be situated within the history of America itself. While some people migrated to America freely in search of a new life, other migrations involved complex processes, including slavery, indentured labor, and forced migration. These realities created an uneven archival imprint. Political and social power shaped and continues to shape the types of records we have available today. Instead of being discouraged by a lack of archival records, this course will push students to explore new and innovative ways of discovering their families? past - including DNA testing and oral history. The outcome of the course is an independent project that embodies the student?s journey into their unique past. This is an Honors course and students need a GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2672HN Oral History - The Art of the Interview: Honors

    The foundation of this multi-layered, applied history course is immersion into a specific period in United States history to acquire the contextual knowledge necessary to conduct a well-informed oral history interview. After an extensive introduction into the field of oral history and the discipline’s methodology, a series of colloquiums on question formulation, script development, interviewing techniques, and transcription standards are held. Finally, after the interview and full transcription is completed, each student will present a content analysis and edit of their interview. All interviews will be archived with an established oral history project. Please note: during the fall and spring of the 2012-13 academic year, students will be interviewing women leaders in the Chicagoland area for the Chicago Area Women’s History Council (CAWHC). This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2675 Cartoons and Satire in American History

    A study of the American past through the humor and satire of the political cartoon. Humor is a political tool. Making fun of one’s opponents is a way of weakening their position. We make fun of that which we oppose, but also of that which we fear. Cartoons illuminate all aspects of the American past: from political battles in Congress to battles on the streets; from gender clashes at home to racial clashes in the workforce.

    3 Credits
    HI
  

  • 49-2676 Public History: Presenting & Interpreting the Past

    This course introduces students to the field of Public History, ?a set of theories, methods, assumptions, and practices guiding the identification, preservation, interpretation, and presentation of historical artifacts, texts, structures, and landscapes in conjunction with and for the public.? (Public History Resource Center) Through field trips, readings, lectures and films, students explore how various stakeholders, both non-profit and commercial, conceive and convey history for public consumption. This is a Writing Intensive class that requires students to apply a range of writing styles to respond to materials presented throughout the semester. The course is ?hands-on? and takes full advantage of Columbia?s city campus through visits to museums, cultural institutions, architectural sites, historical monuments, libraries, etc.

    3 Credits
    WI HI
  

  • 49-2680 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the U.S.

    People with same-sex erotic orientations and people who are transgender have played a role in North American history since before the founding of the United States. This course will examine their history, and will focus on the many contributions of these men and women as well as the difficulties they faced from before the founding of the nation up to the present.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2683 History of the American City

    Course examines the history of the development of the U.S. as an urban nation. It analyzes the rise and decline of various urban systems that developed over the course of American history. Students investigate the social, economic, political, technological, and demographic trends that have shaped the modern American city.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2683HN History of the American City: Honors

    Course examines the history of the development of the U.S. as an urban nation. It analyzes the rise and decline of various urban systems that developed over the course of American history. Students investigate the social, economic, political, technological, and demographic trends that have shaped the modern American city. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2690 The Vietnam War in History, Literature and the Arts

    The Vietnam War is one of the most studied, documented, and argued about wars in American history. The debate has taken the form of historical inquiries, poetry, novels, film, music, and other arts. The war shaped the experiences of a generation and continues to affect American life and arts. The interdisciplinary course examines the conflict in Southeast Asia through the eyes of journalists, fiction writers, poets, historians, filmmakers, musicians, and other artists. Content emphasizes American involvement.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
  

  • 49-2690HN The Vietnam War in History, Literature and the Arts: Honors

    The Vietnam War is one of the most studied, documented, and argued about wars in American history. The debate has taken the form of historical inquiries, poetry, novels, film, music, and other arts. The war shaped the experiences of a generation and continues to affect American life and arts. The interdisciplinary course examines the conflict in Southeast Asia through the eyes of journalists, fiction writers, poets, historians, filmmakers, musicians, and other artists. Content emphasizes American involvement. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2691 The Nineteen Twenties and the Birth of Modern America

    A study on how the nineteen twenties brought forth modern America. Prosperity and technological innovation resulted in the emergence of a consumer society. A more permissive society redefined gender roles, while an increasingly diverse, urban society introduced ideas and customs that changed the nation for good. Traditional, rural Americans, feeling threatened by so much that was new and foreign, fought back in an attempt to restore the pre-war world.

    3 Credits
    HI
  

  • 49-2691HN The Nineteen Twenties and the Birth of Modern America: Honors

    A study on how the nineteen twenties brought forth modern America. Prosperity and technological innovation resulted in the emergence of a consumer society. A more permissive society redefined gender roles, while an increasingly diverse, urban society introduced ideas and customs that changed the nation for good. Traditional, rural Americans, feeling threatened by so much that was new and foreign, fought back in an attempt to restore the pre-war world. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-2700 Topics in History

    Series of courses that deal with specific topics or themes in history. Course is repeatable as topic changes.

    3 Credits Repeatable
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2774 Atlantic Studies

    This course will explore interrelations between the old and new worlds in the 19th and 20th centuries. The effects of voluntary and forced migration on the development of racial consciousness, capital markets, economics, and social classes will be discussed. Africa (Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa), Europe (Great Britian, France, and Portugal), North America, and the Caribbean (the USA, Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti), South America (Brazil, Argentina) will be utilized as models. Requirements include significant readings, films, and other assignments.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
  

  • 49-2775 African Diaspora - Study Abroad

    Study abroad students focus on the history of significant Ghanaian cultural groups (e.g. Akan, Guan, Ga and Ewe) prior to organization into pre-selected course clusters in Ghana (Arts and Craft, Culture and History and Music and Dance). Each group will be partnered with artists and/or specialists from their selected emphasis. Local historians, drummers, dancers, weavers and other artists work will hands on with study abroad participants at each regional site. Course includes four (4) mandatory in-class sessions before trip. Participants present final project in Ghana, West Africa.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    Requirements Department Permission
  

  • 49-2776 The History of the Future

    This course provides a historical survey of the way in which western people, from the ancient world to modern times, perceive and respond to ideas and visions of the future. Often these concerns are rooted in the problems the society is currently facing. This course is concerned with themes such as: utopian thought, robots, social reactions to technological change, science fiction, world’s fairs as cultural optimism, dystopian fears, and apocalyptic predictions and the techniques and literature of contemporary futurists.

    3 Credits
    HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 49-3301HN The Enlightenment: Honors

    Learning about the Enlightenment as a complex, trans-national intellectual movement, we will focus in this class on the Enlightenment in Paris, its heart. Issues studied will vary by semester, and may include science, social satire, women?s roles in the Enlightenment, the development of a public sphere, the use of fictional literature to ?do? Enlightenment, commerce, education and epistemology, political thought, penal reform, aesthetics, racial and gender theory, the transmission of ideas, and the question of how the Enlightenment may be linked to the French Revolution of 1789. This is an Honors class and students need a GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    Requirements 24 Earned Credit Hours and 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-3353 Taste and Consumption in French History

    This advanced Cultural Studies seminar and history course explores how taste developed as an important category of national, gender and class identity in France from ca. 1650-1900. France, and especially French women, remain closely associated in the public mind with good taste. This is due to a long historical development in which the state and social groups struggled to define French taste against a background of dramatic economic, political and cultural change. The challenging course provides historical insight to help understand modern classed and gendered consumption regimes, and is designed for highly motivated students. It is strongly recommended that students taking this course have taken at least two prior courses in European history, Women and Gender studies, or Cultural Studies; ideally, at least two of these different subject areas will have been studied. At least one such course is a prerequisite for registration for all students.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements Department Permission
  

  • 49-3353HN Taste and Consumption in French History: Honors

    We tend to associate all things French, whether fashions, luxury goods, fine restaurants, champagne, or French women themselves, with good taste and chic. This course explores how notions of taste and practices of consumption have changed in France from ca. 1650 to ca. 1914, from the absolutist court to the modern department store. Against a historical background of dramatic economic, political, social and cultural change, we will explore how aesthetic, consumerist and critical practices associated with taste became shifting, highly charged and contested markers of individual and group (e.g., national, class and gender) identity and even political position, and will examine different historically-applied theories about the motives that have driven or inspired people to consume, use and display certain goods or appreciate particular aesthetic forms. We will read primary and secondary sources (none in French). This course provides comparative historical insight to help students understand the historicity of the contemporary classed and gendered consumption regimes in which we live today. This class may require a small amount of additional expenditure of monies for required excursions (usually no more than $30 This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    GA HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA and 45 Credit Hours Complete
  

  • 49-3650HN Letters from the American Past: Honors

    A study of U.S. history through letters written and read by Americans from the Colonial period to the present, reflecting the society and culture they lived in. We will examine the form, content and transmission of the correspondence. Students will be asked to select and research a small letter collection. It is highly recommended that students have completed at least one prior course in U.S. history. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 49-3672 Oral History: The Art of the Interview

    After an introduction to the theoretical and philosophical concerns in the practice of oral history, various methods and uses of oral history will be explored. Students will learn the techniques of background research, script formulation, interviewing, transcribing, and editing. Each semester the class will partner with an existing oral history project and every student will contribute a fully transcribed, 60-90 minute interview to the project’s permanent collection.This course requires permission from the instructor.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements 60 Credits Completed and Permission of Instructor
  

  • 49-3672HN Oral History - The Art of the Interview: Honors

    The foundation of this multi-layered, applied history course is immersion into a specific period in United States history to acquire the contextual knowledge necessary to conduct a well-informed oral history interview. After an extensive introduction into the field of oral history and the discipline’s methodology, a series of colloquiums on question formulation, script development, interviewing techniques, and transcription standards are held. Finally, after the interview and full transcription is completed, each student will present a content analysis and edit of their interview. All interviews will be archived with an established oral history project. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 49-3678 The Great Depression & the New Deal: the U.S. in the 1930’s

    This upper level history course will explore the Great Depression, from the election of Herbert Hoover in 1928 to the start of WWII, from three main perspectives: the changing role of the presidency and the politics of the period, the social response to the economic crisis, and the cultural innovation of the era. Through readings and the examination of primary sources including songs, speeches, films, poems, plays students will explore the relationship between the individual and the time in which s/he lives and complete a research project on Chicago during the Great Depression. Special emphasis will be given to the creative fervor of an unusual chapter in US history and the artistic and documentary production of the decade.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 49-3678HN The Great Depression & the New Deal: the U.S. in the 1930’s: Honors

    This course will explore the Great Depression and the decade of the 1930s, from the election of Hebert Hoover in 1928 to bombing Pearl Harbor, from three main perspectives: the politics of FDR and the New Deal, the social response to the Depression and the president, and the cultural innovation of the era. Through reading and the examination of primary sources (including songs, speeches, films, poems and plays) students will explore the relationship between the individual and time to which s/he lives. Special emphasis will be given to the artistic and documentary production of the decade. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    PL HI
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 49-3798 Independent Project: History

    An independent study is designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, to study an area that is not presently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project.

    1-6 Credits Repeatable
    Requirements Permission of Instructor
  

  • 49-3950 Undergraduate Research Mentorship

    The Undergraduate Research Mentorship connects talented students interested in the experience of conducting academic research in particular disciplines with faculty in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This course, available to students from across the College, gives students the opportunity to gain real-world experience and learn research and scholarly techniques from practitioners in academic and integrative disciplines based in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The experience will prove valuable to students as they enter professional fields or pursue higher academic degrees. Faculty members will gain assistance in completing their innovative research and scholarship while mentoring students in fields of specialization within the academic community.

    1-3 Credits Repeatable
    Requirements Department Permission
  

  • 50-1101 Introduction to Anthropology

    Using ethnographic readings and films, course explores central questions in study of social organization and customs of various cultures. Topics of study include: anthropological methodologies, comparison of cultures, ethnocentrism and relativism, language and symbolism, family and kinship, power and control, peace and violence. The impact of Westernization and modernization on traditional cultures is considered, with particular reference to American conventions and values. Course will enhance students’ understanding of their own social and cultural lives.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1111 Urban Anthropology

    Course explores emergence of urban anthropology, its methods and techniques, and the use of archaeological, historical, and contemporary studies to understand the roles and functions of cities. Content also considers race and social class, kinship ties, and the anthropology of urban poverty, taking examples from Western and non-Western urban cultures.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1201 Introduction to Economics

    General theory and specific real-world applications illuminate the economic functions of our society. Topics covered include basic concepts of workings of markets, supply, demand, fiscal and monetary policy, and governmental roles. Class discusses current personal, business, governmental, and contemporary economic issues and problems.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1301 Politics, Government, and Society

    Course provides students with a broad introduction to American political ideas, individual and group political behavior, and public policy. Politics as well as local, state, and national government are examined in light of American history and traditions. Content examines the crucial role of government in the lives of Americans as well as the comparative values of political and governmental systems during various modern administrations. Semester concludes with a study of politics and government in Chicago.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1302 U.S. Foreign Policy

    Course analyzes various internal and external factors that influence formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy. Content examines the crucial role of U.S. foreign policy and its importance and implications both for the U.S. and other countries. Through discussion of past and present major international problems and policy decisions, current foreign policy of the U.S. is examined in terms of historic actions, political ideas, and consequences.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
  

  • 50-1303 Urban Politics

    Course explores various types of urban governments and politics. Other topics include growth and legal problems of cities, ability of governmental institutions to meet the demands of urban areas, community power and control, citizen participation and decentralization of governmental services, and municipal functions and revenue problems. Students also examine the role of ethnic migrations and identity politics in large cities around the globe.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1401 Introduction to Psychology

    Course introduces the field of psychology and its basic concepts, theories, research methods, and contributions to the understanding of human behavior. Topics include the nervous system, perception, motivation, learning and memory, social behavior, personality, developmental, and clinical psychology. The past and current theories and contributions of major psychologists are explored.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1402 Social Psychology

    Course studies human behavior in its social context to reveal how one’s feelings and actions can be influenced by other people. Class examines processes of human interaction and the social influences of family, membership groups, mass media, and socioeconomic class on individuals and groups. Instruction explores basic concepts and theoretical and research perspectives on social processes. Students examine elected forms of social reaction patterns, including socialization, attitudes, language acquisition, collective behavior, deviant behavior, prejudices, and violence.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1403 Sport and Exercise Psychology

    This course examines psychological theories and research related to sport and exercise behavior. The course examines how psychological factors influence involvement and performance in sport and exercise settings. Some of the topics that will be explored include personality, motivation, stress, competition, team dynamics, leadership, and sports aggression. A special emphasis will be made to examine how the principles of sports psychology apply to other settings including dance, theatre, music, and business.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1501 Introduction to Sociology

    Course focuses on basic concepts, research, and theories involved in increasing the understanding of human behavior and human societies. Utilizing a sociological perspective, the interrelations among human societies, individuals, organizations, and groups are analyzed. Topics of analysis include culture, social interaction, social institutions, social stratification, community, and various social change strategies. Numerous contemporary social problems and issues such as racial and ethnic relations, sexism, class bias, and homophobia are discussed.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1510 Social Problems in American Society

    Course critically examines major contemporary social problems from the perspectives of social institutions, culture, inequality, socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, special interest organizations, political and economic structures, and social policy. Content analyzes various causes of several major problems including physical health, chemical dependency, crime, poverty, family, discrimination, and urban problems. Course explores the impact social problems have on different groups and discusses possible solutions to social problems.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-1511 Race and Ethnic Relations

    Course provides critical examination of issues of race and ethnicity in the world, with special emphasis on the U.S. Students explore concepts, theoretical perspectives, and research on patterns of cooperation and conflict between different racial and ethnic groups. Sources of prejudice, discrimination, power relations and stratification are discussed. Instruction covers history and present status of various major racial and ethnic groups, including some white ethnics, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans. Students examine contemporary problems and issues in the area of racial and ethnic relations.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-1513 Women and U.S. Society

    Course analyzes varying status, roles, and life opportunities of women in different historical periods and contemporary America. Content examines the socialization process of women and how and why specific roles are assigned to women. Class discusses consequences of women’s roles on individuals and society. Other topics of discussion include: how women’s roles vary by class, racial, and ethnic background; special problems and issues facing women; women and work; the feminist movement; and past and present strategies used by women for achieving social change.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-1514 Sociology of Sports in the United States

    Of many institutions that sociologists study, sports is arguably the least studied in proportion to its societal impact. Yet many of us feel the influence and power of sports in contemporary American popular culture. This course is a critical examination of sports in contemporary American popular culture.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1601 Education, Culture, and Society

    Among the major issues facing American education today that will be studied are school as a social system; schooling and socio-economic factors; the role of values in education; the mass media and education; philosophies of teaching and learning; controversial subject matter; education and the future; and education/educators as forces for societal, cultural and personal transformation.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1602 Women’s Health Care Issues

    Course takes an interdisciplinary social-scientific approach to covering many contemporary medical issues facing women in America. Content examines past and present institutional nature of the American medical profession and its delivery of health care for women. Class analyzes various other health care organizations and the quality of health care offered women. Other topics include women’s responsibility and autonomy in relation to their health; family, work, and other societal factors affecting women’s health; violence against women; women’s health care centers; and how women are changing health care institutions.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-1603 Human Sexuality Seminar

    Course takes an interdisciplinary social-scientific approach to analyzing past and current research and historical and cultural perspectives on contemporary American sexuality. Content examines the broad range of attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, practices, and myths pertaining to sexuality. Topics of analysis include psychological, emotional, physiological, and developmental aspects of human sexuality. Content also covers sexuality over the life cycle, socialization, dating, marriage, family, different sexual orientations, law, relationships, contraceptives, and sexual responsibility.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-1702 Social Cultural Geography

    Beginning with discussion of Chicago’s neighborhoods and developing into national and international basic geography, the early part of the course is designed to accustom students to the major geographic regions, countries and cities as well as the vocabulary and terminology of social geography. The body of the course involves students in investigating global patterns, such as nation-states, religion, and the environment, to further their understanding of global cultures and major issues of the 21st century.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
  

  • 50-1703 Urban Geography: The Study of Cities

    Fifty percent of the global population and 80% of Americans live in cities. Urban geography is the social science that investigates the integration of built forms, human interactions and the environmental aspects of places. Course examines settlement patterns, the evolution of transportation, consumerism, neighborhood dynamics, urban planning issues, ethnic diversity, immigration and the built environment. This course will bring an understanding of what it means to be urban historically and in the 21st century.

    3 Credits
    SS
  
  

  • 50-2105 Anthropology of Communication: Voices, Gestures, Silences

    Course investigates various ways we express our attitudes, ideas, thoughts, and feelings to each other. Using anthropological research in communication, course introduces students to theories of phonetics, language acquisition, verbal and non-verbal communication, and social structure. We study how humans communicate directly, using means like stories, jokes, and gossip, and information dissemination via media like television and the internet. Language is a primary way humans communicate, so course examines how it is formed, acquired, and utilized; additionally, course addresses non-verbal communication (like gesture and dance), and combinations of verbal and non-verbal systems (like animation and advertising).

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2110 Gender and Culture

    Course studies the social construction of gender definitions. All cultures assign gender-specific roles and expectations to women and men to create a gender system designed and changed through cultural processes. Content examines gender role acquisition, individual and social consequences of gender roles, socialization theories on gender, and how gender roles in the family and workplace are constructed. Course also examines gender in American culture and other societies and explores possibilities for role change, especially in the arts and media.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
  

  • 50-2111 Urban Anthropology

    Course explores emergence of urban anthropology, its methods and techniques, and the use of archaeological, historical, and contemporary studies to understand the roles and functions of cities. Content also considers race and social class, kinship ties, and the anthropology of urban poverty, taking examples from Western and non-Western urban cultures.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2170 Anthropology of Performance

    Course considers performance in the arts and performance of activities in everyday life in several cultures of the world, with an emphasis on ritual behavior, liminality, values, customs, and taboos. Anthropologists study human behavior in order to understand actions from the point of view of actors, using the ethnographic method to interpret significance and meaning in people’s lives. Course includes study of texts, film, and music from cultures in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2170HN Anthropology of Performance: Honors

    Performance in the arts, performance of ritual, and performance in everyday life are considered in several cultures of the world, with an emphasis on liminality, values, customs and taboos. Anthropological study of human behavior leads to understanding actions from the point of view and cultural contexts of the actors, using ethnographic method to interpret significance and meaning in the conduct of people’s lives. Organized as a seminar, the course includes study of texts, film, theatre and music from cultures in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    SS
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA and >= 15 earned credits
  

  • 50-2171 Anthropology of Tourism

    Studying tourism is no vacation. To study one of the fastest growing international industries means understanding that tourism has tremendous impacts on the global economy, on the natural and cultural environments, and on the individual lives of the tourists and those they visit. This course will investigate what motivates tourists to travel and also what enables them to do so. We will examine not only the social, economic, environmental and cultural consequences of tourism on host communities but those communities’ responses to it as well. Is there such a thing as culturally and environmentally sustainable tourism The course will explore key research in the field, using case studies in the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas to anchor our investigations

    3 Credits
    WI GA SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II 
  

  • 50-2201 Money, Jobs, and Economic Crises

    This course offers an in-depth study of political/economic issues that are currently debated such as economic crisis, public debt, foreclosures and unemployment. Not only causes of these issues but also the policies and institutional reforms to address them will be at the center of discussion. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to make more informed judgments about the issues relevant to their lives and society-at-large.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2201HN Money, Jobs, and Economic Crises: Honors

    This course offers an in-depth study of political/economic issues that are currently debated such as economic crisis, public debt, foreclosures and unemployment. Not only causes of these issues but also the policies and institutional reforms to address them will be at the center of discussion. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to make more informed judgments about the issues relevant to their lives and society-at-large. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    SS
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 50-2301 Politics and Civil Rights

    This course introduces students to the Supreme Court and to the main outlines of American constitutional law. Emphasis will be on the political role of the Supreme Court and the development of American ideas about civil rights. Issues will include race relations, privacy rights, sexuality and marriage, civil liberties in wartime, and the law of criminal procedure.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-2302 U.S. Constitution: Limiting Power

    The Constitution was written to limit governmental intrusion on citizens’ liberties, while encouraging republican responsibility. This course will survey the Constitutional protections of all citizens and serve as a sounding board for the concerns, rights and responsibilities of Americans. Topics to be addressed and discussed include: support of civil rights in the courts; USA Patriot Act; individual rights to privacy. By the end of the semester, students will have a stronger and clearer understanding of government’s impact on their lives.

    3 Credits
    SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 International Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 50-2311 Human Rights

    The term ‘human rights’ tends to be employed as if we all agree on its meaning; it is a concept often wielded but rarely defined. Because of its uses and abuses (historic and current), it is a term that is ripe for manipulation. Using examples from contemporary global events, the course provides students with a thorough background for understanding how the term ‘human rights’ can both support particular political agendas and also frame objective legal investigations.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 International Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 50-2312 Media, Politics and Intervention

    There is a belief that media attention can shame people and governments into stopping human rights abuses. Yet, when examining reality: from past ‘genocides’ to current ‘unexplained killings’ to ongoing systemic ‘abuses’- we know that media attention alone is not sufficient. This course will explore how intervention - by individuals, domestic/international advocacy groups and governments - does or does not occur. The focus will be on the successful and unsuccessful use of media to provoke and sustain tangible respect for human rights.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
  

  • 50-2313 Politics of Poverty in Developing Nations

    An examination of the socioeconomic circumstances and political challenges facing ‘developing nations’today, focusing on poverty, as well as related issues of gender relations, inequality, health, and education. Course will cover (a) the concrete challenges that poverty presents to much of the world’s population, (b) the complex variety of causes and factors contributing to global poverty, and (c) the range of actors and approaches to responding to these challenges.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
  

  • 50-2314 Power and Freedom on Screen

    Americans cherish individual freedom, while remaining suspicious of power. Yet individual freedom and choice are always exercised within contexts and conditions that are not only unchosen but also saturated with power. This course explores individuals negotiations with power and the unchosen through a series of films paired with theoretical readings. Films will include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wendy and Lucy, while theoretical authors will include Mill, Marx, Foucault, and Butler.

    3 Credits
    WI SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II  and 46-1100 Introduction to Cultural Studies 
  

  • 50-2314HN Power and Freedom on Screen: Honors

    Americans cherish individual freedom, while remaining suspicious of power. Yet individual freedom and choice are always exercised within contexts and conditions that are not only unchosen but also saturated with power. This course explores individuals negotiations with power and the unchosen through a series of films paired with theoretical readings. Films will include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wendy and Lucy, while theoretical authors will include Mill, Marx, Foucault, and Butler. This is an Honors course and students need special permissions (GPA of 3.50 or higher) to register.

    3 Credits
    SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 50-2315 Comparative Politics of Ethnic Minorities

    Issues of ethnic minorities are crucially important for democratization and for political stability of the countries. Drawing on the examples from the US and worldwide, this course discusses how states deal with ethnic diversity, evaluates different ways to protect minority rights, and debates territorial versus non-territorial solutions to the demands of the minorities, assimilatory versus multicultural policies towards minorities, ways of defining and realizing minority rights, and the role of international organizations in ensuring global minority rights.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 50-2316 Modern Germany and the European Union

    Course provides students with a focus on the growth of post-World-War II German political institutions and society. The split and reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, the role of Germany in the European Union, and European Union governmental institutions will be studied in light of historical and current events, drawing on sources from political science, social science, history, literature, and film.

    3 Credits
    GA SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 50-2401 Theories of Personality

    Course surveys major theoretical approaches to the study of personality. Applying theories of personality structure, students examine topics such as human nature, motivation, development, learning, and change. Instruction examines traditional personality models, including psychoanalytic, Adlerian, and behavioral, and more recent models, such as transactional, analytic, gestalt, and cognitive.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2402 Abnormal Psychology

    Content covers assessment, description, theory, research, causes, and treatments of various psychological maladaptive behaviors and disorders. Some mental health problems studied include anxiety disorders, depression, neuroses, psychoses. Students learn of classifications and definitions of mental illness and acquire a broader understanding of human nature.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2403 Self Identity and the Mind-Brain Question

    A study in the interrelationship between the workings of the brain and the life of the mind; the incredible experience of neurology transforming into a mental happening. Particular attention will be placed on two questions. Is self a spirit, a computer, a material quality of reflective consciousness Are people by nature determined to be selfish These considerations will be placed in the context of the possibilities of the future for the human species.

    3 Credits
    SS
  

  • 50-2405 Psychology of Women

    This course examines the social construction of gender and its impact on the psychology of women. In addition to gender, the course explores the ways constructs such as race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation and age interplay and operate at individual, interpersonal and systemic levels to modify women’s experiences. Topics include traditional and contemporary feminist theories, gender stereotypes and differences, victimization of women and mental health of women. Finally, it examines the social and political implications of our cultural understandings gender, and raises questions about the possibilities for change.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
  

  • 50-2409 Introduction to Creative Arts Therapies

    The purpose of this course is to understand the healing process of the arts. Expressive therapeutic modalities can expand the client’s level of understanding and healing by offering both nonverbal and verbal understanding of concerns. Creative approaches to problem solving and well-being are also enhanced by these modalities. We are all artists in our everyday lives. For example, we create friendships, schedules, job opportunities, personal identities, and sometimes art, music, dance, theater, poetry, among others. Expressive arts therapists tap into this universal ability to create in order to help heal, teach, and inspire. They specialize in art therapy, dance/movement therapy, music therapy, poetry therapy, and psychodrama. In this class, students will explore each of the Creative Arts Therapies, as well as their own personal creativity.

    3 Credits
    SS
  
  

  • 50-2410HN The Evolution of the Mind: Honors

    The human mind is a product of biological and cultural evolution. This course will study the philosophical and psychological implications of this claim. What makes the human mind unique, compared with those aspects of mind we share with non-human animals? What is the relationship between emotion and thought? What are the successes and failures of evolutionary psychology and philosophy of mind? Are religion and ethics products of the evolution of the mind? This is an Honors course and in addtition to other possible pre-requisities, students need a minimum GPA of 3.50 to enroll.

    3 Credits
    WI SS
    PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II  or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning  or 52-1122 International Writing and Rhetoric II  or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II 
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 50-2421 Conflict Resolution

    In many American communities, particularly its inner cities, violence is epidemic. Globally, declared and undeclared armed conflict continues. Our communities and world are in great need of change agents and communicators who can understand the methods of conflict resolution, the complexities surrounding human rights issues, and the consequences of apathy and indifference. This course takes a social psychological approach in examining several different models of conflict resolution/mediation in families, the workplace, the community and globally, noting distinctions among social, ecological, political, spiritual, and economic contexts.

    3 Credits
    SS
 

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