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ENGL 9025 - Romantic Women Writers
3 cr.
Romantic-era literature is known for its invocations of the power of the imagination through lyric poetry that illustrates the contemplations of a mind nurtured by the power of nature. While these ideas hold true to well-known male poets of the period (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, et al), they seem less precise in describing writings by female authors of the Romantic era. This course will examine works by female poets, novelists, and critics from 1789-1834 to uncover how women’s writing can adapt, challenge, or controvert well-established ideas about the Romantic era. Our readings will include works from writers such as Helen Maria Williams, Hannah More, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Smith, Joanna Baillie, Mary Robinson, Anna Barbauld, Dorothy Wordsworth, Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Mary Shelley.
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ENGL 9035 - Revisiting the Romantics
3 cr.
This course emphasizes the work of romantic era writers (1780-1830). Students examine the key aesthetic and political debates of the time through an analysis of essays, poetry, novels and plays. Authors include such writers as Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, William Godwin, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and Byron.
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ENGL 9036 - The Quiet Revolution: 19th-Century American Women Writers
3 cr.
This course considers texts by Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fanny Fern, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ida B. Wells, Zitkala-Sa, Sui Sin Far, and many others. We will analyze their works as complex literary texts, and also consider how these writers used such literary genres as public forums for discussing issues such as sexism, racism, the reform of labor, marriage, property, voting, and education.
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ENGL 9037 - American Renaissance: Works by Hawthorne, Poe, and Others
3 cr.
This course looks at fiction and poetry by several great American writers of the mid 19th century. Readings will explore the revolution that took place in the treatment of nature and science in the middle of that century.
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ENGL 9040 - Mark Twain and American Humor
3 cr.
This course surveys several of Twain’s works, with a focus on his performance as a humorist and as a wry commentator on and critic of American life. The course explores Twain’s treatment of such serious issues as race and cultural conformity through the medium of laughter. Humorists who share the Twain legacy, such as Kurt Vonnegut and stand-up comics, are also studied.
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ENGL 9046 - American Art and Literature 1800–1860
3 cr.
This course explores the relationships between the visual and literary arts of the new nation. Students learn to identify the forces that inspired imaginative production in multiple art forms and genres during the period that attempted to define the American style. Visual, digital, and multimedia texts will be analyzed alongside literary works.
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ENGL 9047 - Women in European Literature
3 cr.
At the center of this course are texts by women authors from various European countries written during the 18th through the 20th centuries. Students consider the kinds of writings published by women, their audiences and motivations and the accessibility or popularity of their writings. Close analysis and discussion of individual texts lead students to consider variations of these factors between countries and time periods.
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ENGL 9048 - Multicultural Children’s Literature
3 cr.
This course focuses on contemporary multicultural children’s literature and requires students to learn and apply appropriate interpretive strategies for understanding texts and cultural contexts. Students gain and demonstrate a firm understanding of the major critical issues regarding multicultural children’s literature and formulate and support personal responses to these issues.
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ENGL 9049 - The World Novel to 1914
3 cr.
This course examines significant novels outside the American/English literary canon in translation representing the development of the form. Selected authors may include comic, romantic (Sand), realist (Balzac, Flaubert), and psychological (de Assis, Micha’lis).
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ENGL 9050 - American Historical Fiction: Practice and Theory
3 cr.
This course typically examines several sub-genres of the American historical novel, looking in each case at multiple primary text and excerpts from scholarly approaches to the sub-genre. At the broad level, this course’s goal is to help us think about how we read and define a literary genre, both in terms of our own individual analyses and the ongoing critical conversation; concurrently, one specific goal is to develop working definitions for both the “American” and the “historical fiction” contained within our title. Studied authors may include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Chesnutt, William Faulkner and Leslie Marmon Silko.
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ENGL 9052 - 20th Century British and American Poetry
3 cr.
This seminar explores the works of poets such as Auden, H.D., Lowell, Plath, Roethke, Kinnell, Rich, Heaney, Bishop, Walcott and Hughes. Students make presentations on assigned topics and may also be required to attend live and filmed poetry readings.
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ENGL 9055 - Modern Irish Literature
3 cr.
This seminar concentrates on major works by Irish poets such as Yeats, Heaney, Muldoon; Irish fiction writers such as Joyce, O’Connor, O’Faolain; and Irish playwrights such as Synge, O’Casey, Friel.
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ENGL 9058 - Contemporary World Literature
3 cr.
Particular emphasis in this course is placed on authors who write to effect changes in our perceptions of the other so we may understand the otherness of ourselves. Authors studied include: Conrad, Forster, Achebe, Gordimer, Fugard and others.
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ENGL 9059 - The Shapes of Modern Drama
3 cr.
In this seminar students read plays from such traditions as the realist, the symbolist and the expressionist, including works by Yeats, Pirandello, Beckett, Pinter and Mamet.
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ENGL 9060 - Women Writers Around the World: Stories of Maturation and Initiation
3 cr.
Students take a global approach to women’s stories of growing up found in autobiographies, novels, short stories, and poetry. This course includes works by authors such as Toni Cade Bambara, Nawal El Saadawi, bell hooks, Leslie Marmon Silko and Jeanette Winterson. Much of this literature is appropriate for use in the high school classroom.
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ENGL 9061 - Africa Through the Novel
3 cr.
Students read, examine and discuss texts by African writers who have (re)constructed, in their imaginary worlds, specific and multiple visions of African life. All texts were written in the 20th century, although some portray periods prior to that time. Emphasis is on characteristics of style, politics and culture evoked in these works and aspects of contemporary literary theory pertaining to African literature today.
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ENGL 9063 - Canon Formation in African American Literature
3 cr.
This course examines texts by African American writers who have (re)constructed in their imaginary worlds specific and multiple visions of African-American life. All of the texts read in this course were written during the 19th and 20th centuries, but some of them involve historical periods prior to these times. Others are informed by variations of historical consciousness of the past/present/future.
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ENGL 9064 - Three American Literatures: Native American, African American, and Asian American
3 cr.
The focus of this course is on relationships between culture and society as works by three groups of Americans are considered within historical, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Discussion may concern questions of identity, family, initiation, politics and ideology, education, gender, aggression and violence. Special attention is paid to the novel as a popular art form in aesthetic and social terms.
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ENGL 9065 - Women in Contemporary Society
3 cr.
Women as a force in society are the focus of this cross-discipline course. The political, social and economic issues concerning women are subjects for student research. Areas explored include anthropology, business, education, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, science and the arts. Students also consider the role of cultural diversity (both nationally and internationally) in the scholarship of women.
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ENGL 9066 - Latin American Novels
3 cr.
This course offers an introduction to the literature of the various cultural areas of Latin America. Such authors as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Amado and Miguel Angel Asturias are studied in their English translations. The roles of the church and the Latin American family are examined as well as the image of tropical nature. Comparisons to English/North American literature are made when useful.
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ENGL 9067 - Asian English Literature in Cultural Context
3 cr.
This course covers selected works, mostly fiction and memoir, of American, Canadian and British writers of Asian ancestry including Maxine Hong Kingston and Gail Tsukiyama. We gain familiarity with the Asian cultural framework of the writers in order to understand differences with western traditions and expectations.
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ENGL 9075 - Topics Course
3 cr.
Course content varies from semester to semester, reflecting contemporary issues in the discipline and depending upon student and faculty interest.
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ENGL 9080 - Independent Study
3 cr.
Independent study provides special individualized study under close supervision for students excelling in scholarship.
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ENGL 9090 - 20th Century American Women Writers
3 cr.
American literary history in the 20th century can be centrally defined by the expanding and significant community of women writers present in each era and genre. In this course we will trace the century’s literary history across multiple moments and movements (from turn of the century innovators and modernists to postmodernists, ethic writers, and 21st century voices), focusing at length on key individual authors and texts but adding lots of additional writers into the mix as well. Authors to be read may include Cather, Larsen, Plath, Morrison, and Tan.
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ENGL 9100 - Master’s Thesis Research
3 cr.
The student researches in depth a topic of their own interest in English. Students who successfully complete this course should enroll in ENGL 9200 - Master’s Thesis Writing
Prerequisite(s): Signed permission from the Graduate English Chair.
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ENGL 9200 - Master’s Thesis Writing
3 cr.
Using the research developed in the Master’s Thesis Research course, the student will write a master’s thesis under the guidance of a faculty member and following the Graduate English Thesis Guidelines.
Prerequisite(s): Signed permission from the graduate English chair and Master’s Thesis Research.
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ENGL 9500 - Internship
6 cr.
The internship is a clinical, capstone experience allowing full integration and application of content knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. It should incorporate all standards specific to the discipline of English as well as all common standards for classroom teachers (section 7.04). Students must fulfill a minimum of 400 clock hours or one full semester on site under the auspices of the university.
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ENGL 9600 - Pedagogical Research
6 cr.
In this six-credit capstone, students cover extensive readings in research theories and methodologies, submit a proposal to the IRB, and pending approval, conduct their own action research under the guidance of a supervisor.
Students must complete 33 credits of graduate coursework to enroll.
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HIST 7010 - From Weimar to Hitler: Germany 1918-1945
3 cr.
This class, run as a seminar with joint student/faculty leadership, traces the developments that led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist acquisition of power in Germany. Issues covered include social and economic trauma after the first World War, the relationship between state and society in the Weimar Republic, political fragmentation, the reaction against modernist culture, the National Socialist power, everyday life in National Socialist Society, women and National Socialism, racist ideology and extermination.
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HIST 7012 - The Modern Secondary School
3 cr.
This course is required of all MAT candidates who do not have initial licensure to teach and covers a broad range of issues faced by teachers in today’s secondary schools. Students become familiar with the complexities and demands of secondary school teaching. The course includes 25 hours of prepracticum experience.
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HIST 7030 - American Civil War and Reconstruction
3 cr.
This course examines the American Civil War through lectures and comparative readings in order to understand the causes of sectional conflict, the war and its aftermath. Major themes include abolition, African-American resistance to slavery, war strategy and the social and political impact of Reconstruction.
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HIST 7040 - Introduction to Public History
3 cr.
The course examines the central issues involved in the various fields of public history. Students learn how to apply their academic history training to a broader range of professional and educational applications - museums, historical agencies, and historic preservation organizations. Students learn about specific functional strategies employed by public historians including oral history, exhibition planning and design, and collections management as they develop an understanding of the ethical debates about collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting historical materials.
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HIST 7100 - Genocide in World History
3 cr.
This course focuses on Genocide in world history. The class begins by investigating the definition and different possible origins of genocide. The class then examines major causes of cases of genocide including the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, and Rwanda. The class concludes by focusing on genocide today and the prevention of genocide.
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HIST 7140 - The Holocaust: What We Know Now
3 cr.
More than half a century after the end of the Holocaust, we have learned much about the causes, organization, and terrible consequences of the genocide of European Jews, but a massive outpouring of research continues to add to and modify our knowledge of this event. This class focuses on the Holocaust and on making use of new findings. The class will integrate the latest research to provide students with the most recent knowledge and to introduce current and emerging historical debates. The class will also discuss how we can apply this new information to build on past findings.
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HIST 7150 - The U.S. Women’s Rights Movement Since 1820
3 cr.
The class, run as a seminar with joint student/faculty leadership, traces the development of the women’s rights movement from its roots in the abolitionist movement to its present status in the feminist movement. Issues covered are abolitionism, woman suffrage, temperance, labor, peace, reproductive rights and general rights. Students investigate issues, ideologies, strategies, tactics and personalities. Research involves biographies, organizational histories and/or analysis of political theories and strategies. The course provides students with the knowledge to incorporate new teaching materials about women’s history into U.S. history courses and to gain a broader understanding of women as actors in U.S. politics.
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HIST 7160 - Nazi Germany: What We Know Now
3 cr.
Long after the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Nazi Dictatorship, multiple new approaches to the history of the Nazi era have shifted our understanding of state and society in Nazi Germany. New research still stresses the extreme violence and racism of Nazi rule, but we now possess a much more complex and troubling picture of state and society, This class will focus in particular on showing how the Nazi leadership mobilized popular support for the regime and on investigating how wide circles of the population found reason to take active part in supporting the regime and its policies. The class will examine both complicity and resistance at the grass roots level.
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HIST 7200 - Beyond Antiques: Artifacts and History
3 cr.
American material culture - personal and domestic artifacts, buildings and historic landscapes can tell us much about life in the past. Through a combination of readings, object studies and field trips, students survey different modes of investigation: social and cultural history, history of technology, cultural geography, historical archaeology, folk-life studies, art history and decorative arts studies. The seminar tests the applicability of these disciplines, methods, and theories to specific spheres of activity and thought, including community, class, work, house and household, clothing, dining, landscape and play.
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HIST 7250 - Judaism and Early Christianity
3 cr.
This course offers an overview of the formative period of development of both Judaism and Christianity, from 300 BC to 500 CE. It explores a variety of factors that led Christianity to break away from Judaism and its transformation into the single most powerful religious movement in the Mediterranean region. Readings in both primary and secondary texts (translated into English) provide vantage points to examine various aspects of the spread of Jesus movement within the contexts of social unrest, competition among ethnic minorities, and the socio-economic reasons that led to the dissolution of the Roman Empire.
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HIST 7260 - Middle East History
3 cr.
This course surveys Middle East History from its beginnings to the present. The course explores religion, politics, social institutions and gender history of Muslim civilizations as its expansion and confrontation with other civilizations sharpened its own self-image. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, comparative literature, cultural and social history, and religious studies. Particular attention will be paid to the countries of the Middle East as they developed after World War I and how the various coalitions of the Arab nations were formed in response to Western European interventions. Emphasis will be placed on international politics and the hidden agendas involving defense, oil, economics and security between Western Europe and the Middle East alliances.
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HIST 7270 - Amerindian History
3 cr.
This course studies Amerindian history from the earliest settlement through the 19th century, including, religion, politics, social institutions and gender history of Amerindian cultures. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, linguistics and comparative literature, cultural and social history and religious studies. We shall examine the social reasons for the first migrations and local developments in many regional areas using archeology and social histories of various archeological cultures and historic tribes.
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HIST 7280 - Irish History
3 cr.
This course examines the history of Ireland from its beginnings to the present. It focuses on the cultural history of Ireland as it evolved through a series of waves of immigration since ancient times, which created new cultural mixes and confrontations. The course explores religions, social and political institutions and gender history of this island, which provided a haven for a variety of immigrants from ancient times. The methodology of this course is interdisciplinary, including archeology, comparative cultural and social history, and religious studies. We shall examine the diversity of Irish social and cultural origins and investigate how these contribute to the formation of an Irish identity. The story of competing mores will be examined in the tensions, which are apparent in the modern history of Ireland today.
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HIST 7300 - Modern Russia: Rebirth and Renewal
3 cr.
The course is a survey of several major historiographical problems in modern Russian history from the reign of Peter the Great through the revolutions of the 20th century with a focus on cultural and political history. Also emphasized, however, are teaching strategies and tactics at the secondary level designed to prepare students for the MCAS history examinations.
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HIST 7450 - Historiography
3 cr.
Historiography or the historian’s craft is addressed by considering how a historian discovers facts and formulates them into hypotheses, how the historian’s craft has changed over the course of time; and how different historians handle the same era or subject matter. The course enables students to read a piece of secondary source writing and analyze the author’s perspective and biases, analyze and understand a primary source document, write a paper using primary source material, understand historians’work within their own historical era and appreciate the subjective as well as objective nature of historical research. In any particular semester, the instructor chooses one of two forms for the course : a) a survey and analysis of various historians’work, their approaches and their tools, or b) a study of historians’ methods and a research paper based on primary source research putting these methods into use.
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HIST 7850 - Advanced Special Methods in Teaching History
3 cr.
This course introduces candidates to current theories, methods, and standards of history education, with an emphasis on their practical application to social studies curricula. Course includes a 25 hour pre-practicum requirement.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2860 or SEED 7012 and SPED 3800 or SEED 7016
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HIST 8000 - Advanced Methods of Teaching at the Secondary Level
3 cr.
This course combines academic study with clinical practice and supervision. Theories and topics studied and demonstrated include learning styles, critical thinking, computer applications and inclusive learning environments. Emphasis is placed on integrating culturally or linguistically diverse students and those with special needs. Interdisciplinary course development and implementation, student assessment including portfolio assessment and writing are studied for utilization across the curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 7012 or initial teacher licensure.
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HIST 8010 - Modern Japan and East Asia
3 cr.
This course examines modern Japan from the Tokugawa shogunate and Meiji Restoration to the present. Major themes include the interaction between Japan and East Asia, its relationship with the U.S., and the impact of industrialization and militarization, as well as the economic dominance of the post-WWII era and the collapse of the bubble economy in the 90s.
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HIST 8020 - Teaching Historical Thinking
3 cr.
This course addresses current theories, methods, and standards of history curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Topics include teaching for historical thinking and reasoning, linking the goals of teaching history with literacy, and curriculum trends.
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HIST 8090 - Practicum
1-6 cr.
Student teaching experience is offered to give practical classroom experience to those degree students who have not satisfied the state requirements for certification.
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HIST 8250 - Curriculum and Technology
3 cr.
This course looks at the integration of educational technology in the classroom and its relationship to learning theories and curriculum, specifically, the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. This course explores the use of the Internet as a classroom resource to strengthen curriculum. Various Internet related topics are covered, such as acceptable use policies and copyright issues.
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HIST 8260 - Curriculum Design & Development
3 cr.
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills of the curriculum development-revision process. The course examines societal demands on the curriculum and the role of the American school in a democratic and multicultural society as students assess, revise, and implement instructional programs and the curriculum in a systematic and logical way. Active participation in school-based curriculum teams, IEP teams, site-based management teams and community groups teach effective delivery of services to all students and school improvement/reform efforts. In collaborative groups students review, revise, and expand the curriculum and assessment procedures in order to integrate current research findings and education reform initiatives.
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HIST 9000 - Topics in History
3 cr.
Course content varies from semester to semester, reflecting contemporary issues in the discipline and depending upon student and faculty interest.
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HIST 9016 - The Silk Roads
3 cr.
This course presents an overview of the history of cultural and economic exchange across Eurasia associated with the “Silk Roads” from about the beginning of the Common Era to 1500. It will explore topics such as the physical, cultural, and political geography of Inner Asia, the patterns of interaction between sedentary and nomadic peoples, the spread of religion, culture, and technology, and most particularly, the mechanisms and products of East-West overland trade. This seminar course will examine a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, as well as material culture evidence, in order to assess the world historical significance of the Silk Roads in the human experience.
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HIST 9017 - Roman Society and Culture
3 cr.
This course presents an in-depth look at the social life and cultural mores of ancient Rome during the early Empire. By examining an array of literary sources and other materials, students will investigate the structures that shaped Roman society, learn about Roman values and beliefs, and witness the lives of Romans on the street, in the home, at the table, and in the bedroom.
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HIST 9100 - Thesis in History
6 cr.
Students will conduct original, archival research that will result in a thesis. This thesis will be developed under the supervision of a thesis chair and a thesis committee of at least two additional faculty.
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HIST 9200 - Comprehensive Oral Examination
0 cr.
All History MA Non-Thesis track candidates must register for HIST 9200 Comprehensive Oral Examination to take the comprehensive oral examination as part of the program of study after they have completed at least 27 credits of program coursework. For a full policy consult the History MA Manual or contact the program chair.
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HIST 9210 - The Vietnam War: An International Perspective
3 cr.
(Formerly titled The Vietnam War and Society) A graduate seminar which examines the Vietnam War from an international perspective. Surveys the historical background to conflict in Vietnam. Major themes: history and culture of Vietnam, early conflict with China, French colonialism, US diplomatic involvement, origins of American military involvement, POW-MIA issues, Paris peace talks, post-war memorialization, and resumption of US-Vietnamese relations.
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HIST 9400 - Clinical Experience
6 cr.
Clinical Experience is a capstone course allowing full integration and application of content knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. In a high school classroom students incorporate all standards specific to the discipline of biology as well as all common standards for classroom teachers. A minimum of 400 clock hours or one full semester on-site under the auspices of the university is fulfilled. A research project is completed during the duration of the clinical experience.
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IDIS 8000 - Critical Inquiry in Interdisciplinary Studies
3 cr.
The course is designed to enhance students’ abilities to read and listen critically, to respond reflectively to arguments offered by others, to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful arguments, and to generate well-formed arguments of their own. In a broad sense, the course is intended to introduce students to philosophical argumentation and reflection, and to develop skills of reading, writing, and argumentation that are valuable in a number of academic and everyday contexts.
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IDIS 9000 - Advanced Research Methods
3 cr.
This course will build on the background and skills students develop in master’s level programs. The course will include a review of the range of research methodologies commonly used in education and the social and behavioral sciences. It will examine the different types of research generally used in those fields, including case studies, causal comparative research, action research, experimentation and survey research. This course should be taken midway through the plan of study so that the student will be able to use the class to develop a methodology specific to a thesis or action research project he or she plans as a capstone to the individual curriculum. The course will assist the student in developing focused research questions, as well as problem identification and significance. Further, the student will develop a comprehensive literature review and methodology for the capstone project.
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IDIS 9065 - Women in Contemporary Society
3 cr.
This course is an introductory graduate level course on issues of concern to women. The class examines women’s economic, social, and political roles in society. Ethnic diversity and international comparisons are also discussed.
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IDIS 9400 - Research Project in Interdisciplinary Studies
6 cr.
The research project in interdisciplinary studies is a capstone experience which allows students to demonstrate full integration and application of content knowledge and or pedagogical theory and practice.
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IDIS 9500 - Graduate Thesis
6 cr.
Students meet the requirements as outlined in the Graduate Thesis Guidelines Handbook. In order to complete this phase of the program, a faculty committee is to be established by the student under the guidance and supervision of the graduate advisor.
See thesis description under program of study section of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program Description.
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MGMT 7000 - Selected Seminars in the Not-for-Profit Organization
1 cr.
Selected seminars examine trends, current research and contemporary issues in the not-for-profit organization. Seminars vary from semester to semester, reflecting contemporary issues in the discipline and depending upon student and faculty interest. Topics include Public Funding, Social Security, Facilities, Contract Law, Grant Writing, Program Development, Board Development, Fundraising, Museum Management, Management of Change, History of the Public Good, American Culture and the Rugged Individual and Information Technology systems.
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MGMT 9002 - Management of the Global Environment
3 cr.
The course provides students with the background to understand global strategic business problems, demands and pressures from governments, unions, consumers, and others in foreign countries as well as from domestic stockholders. Studies emphasize U.S. control of multinational and foreign companies and the effect upon international competition.
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MGMT 9008 - Quality Management Theory
3 cr.
This course studies the concepts, practices and methods of modern quality management in both manufacturing and services. Topics include history, concepts, dimensions of quality, measurement and control, statistical quality control, information systems and auditing for quality.
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MGMT 9020 - Economic Theory and Managerial Decision Making
3 cr.
This course presents the principles, concepts and tools of economic analysis that are necessary for proper management planning. Its aim is to improve the understanding of how a market economy operates and to familiarize students with the tools that are useful in making economic decisions and in solving economic problems.
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MGMT 9025 - Human Capital Analytics
3 credits
The role of Human Resource Management as a strategic business partner and contributor to the vision of the organization demands the acumen to apply workforce analytics to make informed decisions and optimize human capital Investments. To accomplish this, leaders need to determine the strategic questions to be answered, what to capture, how to model the data, and how to use the data to predict optimal return on Investment.
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MGMT 9030 - Accounting Theory
3 cr.
The course develops an understanding of the theories and concepts which provide the foundation for accounting.
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MGMT 9032 - Advanced Financial Accounting Issues
3 cr.
This course affords students the opportunity to examine current issues including ethics, accounting and auditing research techniques, international accounting issues and other relevant current topics.
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MGMT 9034 - Selected Topics in Advanced Managerial Accounting
3 cr.
Students are introduced to issues in the current environment, such as international influences on U.S. management practices, business ethics and technology changes and their impact on the managerial structure through a series of readings and cases.
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MGMT 9035 - Leadership and Culture
3 credits
Leadership Is an art, and often operates within cultural paradigms, Today’s world demands cultural sensibilities and leadership talent In getting things done. This highly interactive course will examine various theories and methodologies for leading diverse groups. It will explore the cultural challenges and opportunities facing contemporary business leaders in the United States as well as identifying and confronting personal biases that prevent optimal leadership. During this course various topics will be addressed including teamwork, communication, conflict management, work/life balance, and management styles.
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MGMT 9036 - Accounting Information Systems
3 cr.
This course integrates the accounting process into the total information system. Students analyze the problems involved in the design and installation of information systems, including computer feasibility studies and systematizing the clerical functions of an organization. Course material describes the inter-relationship of internal controls, classification of accounts and functions, and reporting to provide relevant information and yet optimize the control function.
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MGMT 9040 - Organizational Behavior and Development
3 cr.
This course relates the knowledge of human behavior to the problems of organizational life. It examines individual behavior as well as group and social behavior in organizations. The course encourages discussion of the methods of changing behavior through organizational development.
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MGMT 9050 - The Human Resource Function and the Manager
3 cr.
This course provides knowledge of the human resource from the manager’s perspective. The student develops an understanding of the role of personnel specialists. Topics covered include job analysis, employee selection, training, appraisal, promotion and discipline within the context of recent legal developments.
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MGMT 9055 - Data Analytics and Decisions
This course will lay a foundation of data analytics and 1he process of using data for predicting outcomes In making business decisions. Using a mix of lectures, readings and business cases. The participants in this course will be able to understand the importance of using data to aid in business decisions for all size organizations and industries.
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MGMT 9060 - Management Information Systems
3 cr.
This course provides insight into the problem of identifying an organization’s informational requirements to facilitate the decision-making process. Topics presented include an analysis of information systems, communication theory, information flow, methods and procedures for gathering, disseminating and controlling information.
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MGMT 9070 - Legal Issues in Human Resources Management
3 cr.
This course is designed to provide human resources professionals and other managerial professionals with an understanding of labor and employment law, the sources of this law and how they may apply in the employment setting.
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MGMT 9080 - Management Theory and Process
3 cr.
This course examines management theory as an evolving body of knowledge influencing managerial practices. Management theories are compared and contrasted with the goal of understanding the assumptions and applications of each. Within the context of theoretical models, attention is directed to the differences in the environment in which firms must operate.
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MGMT 9090 - Production and Operations Management
3 cr.
The course covers system design and layout, job design and work methods, plant location and product development, scheduling and methods of control. The quantitative management techniques of capital budgeting, forecasting inventory methods, program evaluation review techniques (PERT), and decision theory are utilized.
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MGMT 9100 - Business and Society
3 cr.
The course studies the various external environmental factors which affect managerial decisions. The course views the environment as a complex set of interrelated economic, legal, political, social, and cultural influences, which impact the organization through its public or constituencies. Through case analysis the student gains insight into the complicated interrelationships that exist between the organization and its environment.
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MGMT 9130 - Legal Environment of Business
3 cr.
This course considers the legal questions arising out of doing business nationally and internationally. It is a study of the interrelationships among laws as they affect individuals and business organizations. The course provides the student with an awareness of how legal problems and their solutions can influence the direction of a business.
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MGMT 9150 - GIS and Decision Making
3 credits
This course introduces students to the essential skillsets of decision making thorough spatial information visualization and thematic mapping, primarily through the application of a computing system known as Geographic Information System (GIS). Thematic maps show the spatial distribution of a particular phenomenon. Important aspects of map and decision making and effective cartographic techniques will be examined in both lecture and lab. The class will use the widely-used professional GIS software program: ArcGIS.
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MGMT 9155 - Transportation and Logistics Management
3 credits
This course presents core knowledge related to the areas of Transportation, Logistics and Distribution (TLD) management within supply chain operations. It provides deep insight into the key functional areas and complex activities required with moving goods through the supply chain from manufacturing to the end customer. Particular focus will include apparel distribution, operations servicing large retail customers, domestic and global transportation, and services meeting end-consumer requirements.
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MGMT 9160 - Marketing Management
3 cr.
The course embarks on a detailed study of concepts and procedural alternatives in the delineation of the market target. In addition, the course covers the development and implementation of the marketing mix and the control and analysis of the total marketing effort.
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MGMT 9165 - Marketing Research and Analysis
3 credits
This course emphasizes the importance of research in marketing planning and data driven business decision making. Instruction covers the basic principles of scientific method, research designs and methodologies, and analysis tests. As a graduate level course, the focus is on exploring how marketing research principles apply to management decisions. Topics covered include primary and secondary data sources, quantitative and qualitative data collection, sampling and hypothesis testing and data analytics.
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MGMT 9170 - Corporate Finance
3 cr.
The course examines principles of decision analysis in management of current assets, estimation of requirements for short term funds, and valuation of capital budgeting and merger proposals.
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MGMT 9180 - Accounting Practices for Managers
3 cr.
The course provides a study of financial reporting systems. Emphasis is given to the interpretation and uses of information contained in financial reports.
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MGMT 9200 - Managing the Not-for-Profit Organization
3 cr.
Focus on examining the administrative functions and their relationship to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. External and internal politics of agency survival are addressed, and theoretical and practical concepts of management and leadership are explored.
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MGMT 9210 - Program Planning and Evaluation of the Not-for-Profit Organization
3 cr.
Social services agencies, foundations, churches, museums, schools, professional associations and public enterprises comprise the vast array of non-profit organizations. The purpose of this course is to examine and apply the principles of program evaluation for the nonprofit organizations.
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MGMT 9250 - Health Care Marketing
3 cr.
The focus is on exploring marketing principles and applications to management decisions in the healthcare industry using case analysis. Topics covered include product development, pricing, distribution, consumer behavior, forecasting and development of marketing plans.
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MGMT 9251 - Policy, Legal & Ethical Issues in Health Care
3 cr.
Examination of the law’s impact on public health, role of legal institutions, individual rights, basic principles of medical decision-making, medical liability, basic regulatory aspect of health care delivery, universal health coverage, impact of technology and human rights issues.
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MGMT 9252 - Health Care Management
3 cr.
Studies major social and economic aspects of illness and the health care industry. The focus is on exploring how management principles apply to decisions in the healthcare industry using case analysis. Topics covered include economic, social, cultural, and psychological influences and responsibilities of the patient and focusing on application of these concepts to the healthcare organization.
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MGMT 9253 - Financial Issues in Health Care
3 cr.
The focus is on exploring how cost control principles apply to management decisions in the healthcare industry using case analysis. Topics covered include an overview of financial management, tools such as accounting and cash flow analysis, financial statement analysis, the risks and returns associated with the financial market, capital budgeting and forecasting with a focus on the application of these concepts to the healthcare organization.
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MGMT 9300 - Marketing Strategies
3 credits
The course will focus on brand management and how marketing should be approached as a partner in strategic decision making, both internally and externally. Students will study strategic positioning, market opportunities, pricing strategies, market analysis, as well as product differentiation. SWOT analysis and the marketing mix will be covered in a decision-making focus, together with the programmatic themes of globalization, leadership, teamwork, and ethics.
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MGMT 9310 - Financial Analysis
3 cr.
This course provides for an intensive examination of financial accounting theory and practice. It includes the valuation of assets and liabilities, accounting for stockholder’s equity, measurement and reporting of earnings, the flow of funds, an investigation of the evolution and current status of accounting theory and financial reporting.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 9170 , MGMT 9180 .
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MGMT 9320 - Labor Management
3 cr.
This course analyzes the development and impact of collective bargaining on the work force and the organization. Consideration is given to public policy as well as environmental forces. The negotiation and administration of labor agreements is covered.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 9080 .
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MGMT 9330 - Integrated Marketing Communications
3 cr.
This course presents the elements in the marketing mix that deal with the promotion of goods or services. The course covers advertising, sales promotion, public relations and publicity. The characteristics of each form of promotion are evaluated with respect to varying market situations. The focus of the course is on the managerial aspects of communication design, development, implementation and appraisal.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 9160 .
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MGMT 9400 - Supply Chain Management
A supply chain is comprised of all the parties involved in fulfilling a customer request. The integrated management of this network is a critical part of a company’s success in today’s competitive environment. With increasing competition around the globe, supply chain management is both a challenge and an opportunity. All managers must have a strong understanding of supply chain management concepts and the ability to recommend improvements. The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the key concepts and techniques that will allow one to better understand how to analyze, manage and improve supply chain processes for different industries and markets. Providing the student with skills to assess supply chain performance and make recommendations to increase supply chain competitiveness.
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MGMT 9450 - Selected Topics in Management
3 cr.
This course emphasizes trends, current research and contemporary problems in management. Students research, discuss and present reports on problems in management. (Course may be repeated twice with different topics with approval of chair of MBA Graduate Committee.)
Prerequisite(s): Core requirements.
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MGMT 9500 - Capstone: Strategic Management
3 cr.
This is a capstone course that provides a study of administrative processes dealing with the formulation of policy. Topics covered include strategy formulation, the role of the general manager, and the design of strategic planning systems. Attention is focused on problem identification, problem solving and decision-making, Extensive examination is made of cases involving a variety of institutions in both the public and private sectors.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 18 credit hours of core courses and a total of 24 graduate hours completed and to be taken during their last semester or permission of Department Chairperson.
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