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GEOL 322 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the principles that govern the distribution and variability of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Emphasis is upon interpretation of source, mode of transport, and environment of deposition of sedimentary sequences by analysis of vertical and lateral variations in texture, composition, sedimentary structures, and geometry of sedimentary rock bodies.
Prerequisite: GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 , GEOL 104
Note: Laboratory and field trips.
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GEOL 350 - Petroleum Geology
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the specific aspects of petroleum geology, such as petroleum migration, seismic exploration and production geology, that are not covered in more general geology courses.
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GEOL 395 - Topics in Geology
Credit Hours: 1-4
Provides the opportunity to pursue advanced studies in subjects not offered as formal courses. The department offers such studies in the areas of geomorphology, geochemistry, and other topics.
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GEOL 410 - Subsurface Geology
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the major techniques used by exploration and production geologists to determine the nature of stratigraphic and structural variations in the subsurface. This course also incorporates computer techniques including Geographic Information Systems in the study of subsurface geology.
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GEOL 495 - Literature Seminar
Credit Hours: 2
A part of the capstone for the geology major. Students develop arguments, lead discussions, and make oral presentations about current research in the geological sciences.
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GEOL 496 - Senior Research
Credit Hours: 3
A part of the capstone for the Geology major. Students complete an intensive study of a selected problem in geology.
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GERM 111 - Beginning German I
Credit Hours: 3
The first of two elementary-level courses intended to help students develop communicative as well as intercultural competence in German. This course is intended for students with no prior knowledge of German, or those who have had two years or less of high school German.
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GERM 112 - Beginning German II
Credit Hours: 4
Builds on the skills acquired in GERM 111 . Students will continue to develop an ability to communicate in real-life situations by acquiring additional reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as well as cultural competency in the Germanic world. Students meet once a week with a language assistant from Germany.
Prerequisite: GERM 111 or 2-3 years of high school German
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GERM 123 - Explorations in German Literature in English Translation
Credit Hours: 3
Taught entirely in English. The course includes a variety of literary genres from a cross-section of Germanic countries. Emphasis is on significant literary works ranging from the earliest to the most modern and their film adaptations.
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GERM 211 - Intermediate German I
Credit Hours: 4
Continue the development of interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills through a variety of texts (journalistic, short story, poetry, advertising, film, etc.) that reflect the cultural, social, and linguistic diversity of the German-speaking world. Students explore the diversity of practices, products, and perspectives found within contemporary German-speaking societies. Topics may include gender, multiculturalism, ethnicity, family, religion, literature, art, music, gastronomy, education, economics, and politics. Students meet once a week with a language assistant from Germany.
Prerequisite: GERM 112 or its equivalent
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GERM 212 - Intermediate German II
Credit Hours: 4
Continue the development of interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills through a variety of texts (journalistic, short story, poetry, advertising, film, etc.) that reflect the cultural, social, and linguistic diversity of the German-speaking world. Students explore the diversity of practices, products, and perspectives found within contemporary German-speaking societies. Topics may include gender, multiculturalism, ethnicity, family, religion, literature, art, music, gastronomy, education, economics, and politics. Students meet once a week with a language assistant from Germany.
Prerequisite: GERM 211
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GERM 251 - German Table
Credit Hours: 1
Offers the opportunity to practice conversational German in an informal setting. Activities are designed to help students use the language creatively.
Prerequisite: GERM 111 or its equivalent
Note: The course may be taken three times for credit but applied to the major or minor only twice.
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GERM 291 - Advanced German Table
Credit Hours: 1
A weekly meeting designed to expand vocabulary and increase the speaking proficiency of students at or above the advanced-intermediate level.
Prerequisite: GERM 212 , its equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Note: Maximum number of German Table classes (GERM 251 , 291, or a combination) that may be taken for credit: three. Maximum number of German Table classes that can be applied to the hours required for the major: two (can consist of two 251s; two 291s, or one of each).
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GERM 301 - Advanced German: Conversation and Pronunciation
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes listening and speaking skills. Students improve their comprehension and speech through laboratory exercises, class discussions, and other activities.
Prerequisite: GERM 212 or equivalent
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GERM 302 - Advanced German: Grammar and Composition
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes refinement of writing skills and good usage in German.
Prerequisite: GERM 212 , its equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Note: Given different contracts, the course may be taken twice for credit.
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GERM 303 - From the Middle Ages through the 19th Century
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces German history from 750 to 1800. The course provides a cultural, literary, and historical survey from the age of Charlemagne to the Enlightenment.
Prerequisite: GERM 212 or permission of instructor
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GERM 304 - From Expressionism to Post-War Literature
Credit Hours: 3
Examines representative authors of the early 20th century, the literary resistance in the Third Reich, exile literature, and the emergence of a new German literature after 1945.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or permission of instructor
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GERM 310 - Study Abroad Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
Satisfies the study abroad requirement for the major. Students attend preparatory meetings and participate in assignments designed to maximize the value of the required study abroad experience. Before departure, students engage in readings and discussions. After study abroad, students submit a reflection paper and/or assigned written work related to their formal and informal learning gained during the stay.
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GERM 325 - Topics in Germanic Civilization
Credit Hours: 3
Explores aspects of Germanic civilization and culture including history, the arts, architecture, religion, and literature in German speaking countries.
Prerequisite: GERM 212 or permission of instructor
Repeatability: The course may be repeated for credit as the subject matter changes.
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GERM 340 - Business German
Credit Hours: 3
Concentrates on the vocabulary of business in German-speaking settings and intercultural awareness between the US and German-speaking countries. The emphasis is on reading, writing, translating, and fundamental oral communication skills in business settings. The course focuses on business topics pertaining to industry, marketing, finance, social welfare, the consumer in general and the environment, in the context of German business culture.
Prerequisite: One 300-level German language course or permission of instructor
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GERM 360 - Topics in German Language and Culture
Credit Hours: 1-3
Provides an opportunity to study a linguistic, literary, or cultural topic related to the German-speaking world. Courses in topical areas not offered in the regular curriculum may be offered on a rotating basis.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and permission of instructor
Repeatability: The course may be repeated for credit as subject matter changes.
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GERM 431 - German Culture Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Provides the advanced student an opportunity to study in depth an aspect of Germanic culture, which may include: literature, art, cinema, business culture, or another approved topic. The course serves as a capstone for the German major.
Prerequisite: Two German courses numbered above 302, at least one of which is taught in German, or permission of instructor.
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HIST 101 - Topics in History
Credit Hours: 1-3
Provides an in-depth look at a historical event, person, movement, or topic accessible to first and second-year students. Course readings will include both secondary sources and a wide variety of primary sources (e.g. written, visual, oral, audio, video, material culture). It combines a lecture-discussion format to the initial period (1-2 credits) with an opportunity for students to engage in direct research (1 credit) for the last several weeks of the semester. This directed research can take a variety of forms (paper, blog, podcast, film, etc.).
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HIST 105 - United States History to 1877
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the period from the first Native American settlements to 1877, emphasizing the origin of the United States and the rise of democratic ideas and institutions.
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HIST 106 - United States History since 1877
Credit Hours: 3
Deals with the period 1877 to the present, emphasizing the development of the United States as an industrial and a world power.
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HIST 110 - Pre-Modern World History
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys selected aspects of World History from the beginning of civilization to the fourteenth century CE. Traces the political, economic, intellectual and cultural institutions and trends of various world societies of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
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HIST 111 - The Emergence of the Modern World I
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys selected aspects of World History from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Traces the political, economic, intellectual, and cultural institutions and trends of various world societies of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere.
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HIST 112 - The Emergence of the Modern World II
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys selected aspects of World History from the eighteenth century to the present. Traces the political, economic, intellectual, and cultural institutions and trends of various world societies of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere.
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HIST 200 - History Career Field Experience
Credit Hours: 1-3
This course allows students the opportunity to explore a variety of history-related career opportunities, enhance their professionalism, and develop a career network through visits to various sites (typically within driving distance of Muskingum University’s campus). Students will be required to attend classes prior to a field visit to discuss a selected site’s content, public history contribution and methodology, and the career possibilities to be highlighted. Faculty will evaluate each student based upon their discussion participation and written responses to assigned course readings, written reflections about the sites visited, follow up correspondence with selected sites’ staff members, and development of professional portfolio.
Prerequisite: 28 earned credit hours and declared History major or minor, or permission of instructor. Due to this additional field experience, there may be additional costs associated with this course.
Note: Students may earn 1 credit hour per experience, with the possibility of 3 experiences per semester, and an allowance for 4 credit hours applying to graduation requirements. Students receive one credit hour for 40 hours of work.
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HIST 220 - US Women’s History
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the history of American women from the colonial period to the present. Course topics address the changing political, social, and economic views of women’s roles and responsibilities over time; the challenges and discrimination women faced (and continue to face) in the struggle to attain equal rights; and the diversity of women’s experiences across race, ethnicity, class, and religion. Three of the most important questions that inform the course are: 1.) How did the “ideal” vision of womanhood mask the diversity of women’s lives? 2.) Did all women share the same goals when it came to their position in American life? 3.) Did the passage of time always signal progress? Students use a survey text of American women’s history and a host of primary source documents from the time periods under study as they read, write about, and discuss the topic over the course of the semester.
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HIST 230 - The American Civil War
Credit Hours: 3
Employs a wide variety of secondary and primary sources to examine the causes, development and consequences of the American Civil War.
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HIST 240 - The Holocaust
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the state-sponsored murder of millions of Jews and non-Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. It examines important historical factors that occurred before the Third Reich’s rise to power, the development of policies aimed at Jews and other “undesirable” elements of the population and how those persecuted responded to them, the path of the Final Solution, and the aftermath and legacy of the Holocaust.
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HIST 245 - The First World War
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the conflict, beginning with the war’s origins and includes its global reach, particularly through the colonial empires of the European powers. It traces the path of the conflict from 1914-1918, focusing on major battles on land and at sea, and discusses the major military innovations of this era. It examines changes on the home front as well as how the home front had an impact on the war front and vice versa. It analyses the war’s political, demographic, and cultural impact, including its representations in literature, poetry, and film.
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HIST 250 - Study Abroad Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
The opportunity to study outside the United States enhances student’s knowledge and understanding of history and world cultures. In conjunction with an approved study abroad trip, students will attend pre-trip informational and orginazational meetings. While traveling, they will complete readings and/or written work and participate in group discussions. Upon return, students will submit a reflection paper that describes their activities, discusses their experiences and considers what was learned (both during organized excursions and more information activities.
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HIST 260 - The Cold War in the Americas
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the influence of the Cold War on Latin America and the United States, seeking to understand the complex and often fraught relationship between Washington and the nations of Latin America. After tracing the evolution of hemispheric relationships from independence to the mid twentieth century, the class explores how the ideological battle between communist and anti-communist forces shaped the development of regional relationships in the Americas. Revolution, guerilla warfare, counter-insurgency, as well as everyday struggles over press freedom and foreign investment, shaped the lives of Americans north and south of the equator. Students will encounter the changing historiography of US-Latin American relations, learning not only about policy choices and responses at the government level, but also how the Cold War shaped the way that the peoples of Latin American and the United States viewed one another, and how culture was shaped by these interpretations.
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HIST 271 - Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Americas
Credit Hours: 3
This course investigates the construction and conceptualization of race, ethnicity, and other markers of identity across the Americas through the evaluation of primary and secondary sources, ranging from historical monographs to novellas to film clips to oral histories. The course establishes the historical underpinnings of contemporary topics related to race, ethnicity, and identity and asks students to demonstrate historical thinking in their assessment of links between the past and the present.
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HIST 300 - Historical Research Methods
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the basic skills of historical research and writing. The skills include using databases, locating and evaluating primary and secondary sources, developing a thesis, employing evidence, and proper citation.
Prerequisite: Completion of two of the following courses: HIST 105 , HIST 106 , HIST 111 , HIST 112
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HIST 310 - Ancient History
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the history of western civilization between c. 4000 BCE and 500 CE. Topics include political institutions, belief/religion, intellectual culture, interactions between societies, and daily life in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It also traces the transformation from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and the role of the so-called barbarians in this transition.
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HIST 318 - Nineteenth Century Europe
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the long nineteenth century (1789-1914), beginning with the French Revolution and its short and long-term political, social, economic, and cultural implications, including Napoleon. Course materials focus on examining the key building blocks of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions and explaining their political, social, economic, and cultural impact; the emerging ideologies of the nineteenth century (conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and Marxism) and how these interacted through the Revolutions of the 1820s, 1830, and 1848; the development of modern nationalism and its implications for power shifts and state building within Europe; the goals, methods, and justifications for European imperialism and its impact both on mother countries and colonies; and the shifts in gender roles, societal organization, and government control and their implications.
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HIST 320 - Twentieth Century Europe
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers European History from 1914 through the end of the twentieth century. Course materials focus on the causes, path, and results of the First World War and its longterm legacy for Europe; the development of totalitarian states across Europe in the interwar period, including both fascist and communist regimes; the causes, path, and results of the Second World War; the development, expansion, and demise of the Cold War from political, economic, cultural, and social perspectives; the processes of European mother countries attempting to hold on to and/or divest themselves of their colonial empires and the long-term implications thereof; the pivotal role of the 1960s as a decade of protest and resistance against systems of authority across Europe and its long-term consequences; and the path and results of European integration and the revolutions of 1989.
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HIST 322 - Gender and History
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the use of gender as a historical category of analysis. It encourages students to integrate theory and practice to explore both historical sources (primary and secondary) and historical explanations more deeply through the lens of gender. It explores the social constructions of categories such as feminine and masculine and examines how these binary divisions have had an impact on people, policies, and institutions. It probes the relationship between these categories of analysis and constructions of power and examines how gender has influenced societal constructions of hierarchy, asymmetry, and difference. Topics will include witch trials, industrialization and its impact on work, dueling, reproductive rights and control, betrothal and marriage rituals, civil rights and civil liberties, imperialism, genocide, consumer culture, and wartime experiences. While the focus of this course is on gender, it also includes the diversities of ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation.
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HIST 344 - East Asian History to 1800
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the origins and development of traditional civilizations of China and Japan to the 19th century. This course emphasizes the development of the Confucian state and society, the rise of Imperial China, the emergence of aristocratic culture in Japan, the transition to Samurai rule, and early contact with the West.
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HIST 345 - The Second World War
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the origins, course, and impact of the Second World War. Beginning with an investigation of the causes leading up to the war, it traces the conflict through the major military campaigns, giving attention to operations in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. The course examines strategic, doctrinal, and technological developments as well as the war’s impact on civilian populations and the manner in which the conflict transformed selected economic, social, cultural and political realities of domestic life for the major combatants.
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HIST 346 - Southeast Asian History
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the development of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, and East Timor) in the historical context of conflict between the indigenous societies and the global community of the colonial powers. The course contextualizes and examines the pre-colonial order, the colonial powers in SEA, World War II, and post-war independence movements. Political, social, and intellectual trends with an emphasis on the diversity of experiences are highlighted, but the course is intended as an introduction to a broad and diverse region of the world.
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HIST 347 - Modern China
Credit Hours: 3
Examines China’s evolution from an imperial state to a revolutionary society dominated by the Chinese Communist Party. Attention is paid to political attitudes and elements of society and culture in contemporary China that reflect links to a past that remained influential both as an inspiration and a stumbling block as China remade itself in the twentieth century. In addition, the course explores discontinuities in modern Chinese history brought about by wars, imperialism, revolution, industrialization, and the other forces that decisively altered the underpinnings of Chinese society. This course’s reading and lectures are built upon five major themes: foundation and success of early Qing dynasty, peasant rebellion and Western imperialism, reform and revolution in the twentieth century, Republican China and its challenges, and the birth and development of the PRC.
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HIST 348 - The Western Impact on Modern Japan
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the three ways Japan has become an empire during the past two centuries: through the restoration of imperial rule in the nineteenth century, through its imperialist expansion in Asia during the early twentieth century, and through its emergence as a global economic power in the post-War order. To understand these developments, one must examine the interplay between the internal dynamics of change in Japanese society, culture, and politics, on the one hand, and the impact of the West on Japan during these formative events. This course addresses how indigenous changes in Tokugawa Japan interacted with pressure from Western Imperialism to cause the imperial restoration and reforms as well as addressing the relationship between Japan’s imperial expansion and rule at home.
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HIST 350 - Colonial Latin America
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the process of encounter between the Old and New Worlds. It focuses initially on Pre-Columbian and Iberian societies prior to 1492, and it examines the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of Spanish and Portuguese colonizations in South America. It devotes particular emphasis to countries such as Mexico, Peru, and Argentina from the colonial to the national periods.
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HIST 351 - Modern Latin America
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes the historical developments which followed political independence in 1810. It centers around the impact of Iberian colonization on contemporary forms of political, social, and economic organization in both Meso- and South America. Themes such as development, social inequality, racial identities, imperialism, and authoritarianism surface frequently as the course moves into the contemporary period.
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HIST 352 - Latin America Film and History
Credit Hours: 4
Studies film as a means to understanding the history of the region. Using film critique and analysis, as well as primary documents and secondary sources, students examine the ways in which films illuminate important themes in Latin American history. Topics include indigenous societies, the European conquest, African slavery, immigration, the relationship between Latin American nations and the international community, and the role of race, gender, and ethnicity in the creation of national identity.
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HIST 353 - History of Mexico, Pre-Columbian to Present
Credit Hours: 3
Traces the history of this important Latin American country from the Pre-Columbian era to the present. It focuses on the merging of native groups, such as the Aztecs and the Mayans, with the Spanish colonizers, forming a unique society in the New World. Mexico’s distinctive historical phases, from colonization to independence, are also closely examined to deepen the understanding of the 1910 Revolution and its course throughout the twentieth century.
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HIST 356 - History of Modern Africa
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the history of Africa with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa in the period after 1800. Topics include state formation, African systems of belief, colonialism and its legacy, labor, migration, and the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
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HIST 360 - Historical Research
Credit Hours: 1-3
Provides advanced undergraduates with the opportunity to conduct independent research. This research can include deep reading and writing on a specific historical topic or theme that is not offered within the regular curriculum, working with a faculty member on a collaborative research project, and/or conducting research either on campus or off-site for a specific project.
Prerequisite: HIST 300
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HIST 372 - Empires of North America
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the colonization and conquest of North America from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The course employs a comparative approach to the study of North American empires in this era, examining their internal governance and interactions with their neighbors. The course examines both empires constructed by indigenous peoples, such as the Comanche and Iroquois empires, as well as those constructed by European nations, such as the British, French, Spanish and Dutch empires in North America.
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HIST 374 - Ohio History
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of the economic, cultural, political, and social history of Ohio, from prehistoric time to the present.
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HIST 375 - Nearby History
Credit Hours: 4
Provides students with the opportunity to produce histories of local subjects while employing a range of sources. These will include conventional text, image and data-based sources, but the course will require the student to read the built and natural landscapes around them as texts. The course will take place in the classroom but also includes three full Saturday sessions in the field at different locations around the region and state.
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HIST 376 - The American Revolution
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the American Revolution broadly, from 1763-1815. It examines the sources of conflict in Britain’s North American empire, the decision of thirteen British colonies to seek independence, and the gradual emergence of a distinct American national identity. It also explores the progress of the war on the military front and the efforts to secure and stabilize the Revolution by political means in the years after independence was achieved. The course ends with a discussion of the War of 1812 as an epilogue to the American Revolution.
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HIST 378 - Gender and Sexuality in American History
Credit Hours: 3
Evaluates the changing interpretations of gender and expressions of sexuality in American history from the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans. Introducing students to the idea that gender is not a fixed category but rather a concept shaped by culture, the course examines a variety of populations and time periods in US history to highlight the changing understandings of masculinity, femininity, gender identity, and sexual behavior
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HIST 379 - Youth in Modern America
Credit Hours: 3
Investigates US history through the lens of youth experiences. This course examines media, education, and the marketplace to illuminate the changing understandings and expectations of the youth population. The shared - and sometimes conflicting - messages of these influences reveal goals, tensions, and contradictions of broader American culture and society.
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HIST 380 - The History of the American Dream
Credit Hours: 3
Traces the evolution of the concept of the American Dream from the time of the nation’s founding to the present day. Examining elite culture and political views as well as individual perspectives, the course investigates populations who enjoyed easy access to benefits of the Dream as well as those who found the Dream elusive or unfulfilling. Establishing the Dream as a flexible ideal, interpreted and reinterpreted across generations, this course allows students to develop an argument about the Dream’s core components through the exploration of primary source evidence.
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HIST 381 - 1950s America
Credit Hours: 3
Analyzes the history of the 1950s through the lenses of an idealized American Way of Life, alternatives to that ideal, and as a product of historical memory. Topics include suburbanization; the nuclear family and domestic life; expectations of sex and gender; the influence of popular and material culture; generational tensions; the Cold War; and Civil Rights and other rights-based movements. Through examination of historians’ evaluations and primary source evidence of the time period under study, this course allows students to identify how historical narrative and popular views of the past are constructed - both by those living during the time and those who look back on the era.
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HIST 382 - 1960s and American Film
Credit Hours: 4
Evaluates the history of 1960s America with primary focus on social and cultural reflections of contemporary issues via major motion pictures of the time. Analysis and review of the films are informed by historical investigation of the 1960s as a whole. The course is intended both to complicate and complement popular views of the decade as students consider major themes that shaped American film: racial conflict and Civil Rights; the Cold War; and challenges to conventional ideas and established authority. Students think critically about assigned films and evaluate them - via both written work and class discussion - as primary source evidence of 1960s America.
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HIST 385 - American Environmental History
Credit Hours: 3
Studies human societies and their relationship to their environment over time. The focus is on the environmental history of North America from pre-Columbian times to the present. Topics explored include the Columbian exchange, evolving concepts of man’s relationship to nature, the government’s role in conservation and preservation, and the emergence of an environmental movement in recent decades.
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HIST 390 - Topics in History
Credit Hours: 3
Deals with selected topical courses such as Early Warfare or Conspiracy in US History.
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HIST 395 - Public History and Memory
Credit Hours: 3
Allows students to critically examine the past as it is presented in sites of public commemoration. These may include national historic parks, battlefields, museums, living history sites and public monuments. The course is offered only as a part of University approved domestic and foreign study trips.
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HIST 398 - Internship in History
Credit Hours: 1-3
Designed to offer students supervised history-related work experience.
Prerequisite: Prior permission of the instructor
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HIST 420 - Readings in History
Credit Hours: 3
Permits students to explore historical topics in depth under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior History majors or permission of the instructor
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HIST 460 - History Research Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes methodological and bibliographical research techniques in the discipline of history. Students research and write on specific topics to meet acceptable standards of historical analysis and style.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior History majors or permission of instructor
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HLSC 101 - Introduction to Health Sciences
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to orient students to various fields of study in the Health Sciences. The course explores health, fitness, exercise, and management professions. Emphasis is on wellness, acute care, long term care, public health and personal fitness.
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HLSC 110 - Medical Terminology I
Credit Hours: 1
Provides a basic overview of the medical language and terminology used by health care professionals. Basic word roots, prefixes and suffixes, terms denoting human body orientation, and terms related to specific organ systems, are examined.
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HLSC 111 - Medical Terminology II
Credit Hours: 1
Builds on the prefixes, suffixes, and word roots mastered in Medical Terminology I by exposing students to additional medical vocabulary, including signs, symptoms and diseases, medical procedures, and pharmacology related to the various organ systems. Students are also exposed to common abbreviations used in medical records.
Prerequisite: HLSC 110
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HLSC 151 - Global Health
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of major issues in global health, including equity, social justice, concern for the poor and the marginalized, and the importance of value for money from investments in health. Students gain a better understanding of the progress made in addressing global health problems, as well as remaining challenges and what must be done to address them.
Prerequisite: HLSC 110
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HLSC 201 - Introduction to Health Administration
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a foundation in health administration. The course introduces them to the structure and functions of the U.S. Health Care System. The course introduces the challenges of administration within the U.S. Health Care System as influenced by the community and its environment. An introduction to models of management within health care is covered as well.
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HLSC 301 - The American Health Care System
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the major themes and issues of health care in the U.S. including health care policy, finance, risk management and quality improvement, government regulations, and the insurance industry.
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HLSC 304 - Statistics for the Health Sciences
Credit Hours: 3
Provides the foundations of statistics with special application for students in the health sciences. Topics include both descriptive and inferential statistics, probability theory and research design. Emphasis is placed on understanding how statistics are used by health practitioners and interpreting the results.
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HLSC 305 - Health Informatics
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the use of information technology in health care practice, education, administration, and research. Topics addressed include how and why information systems are developed and used, the identification and utilization of informatics approaches and tools, as well as how data is acquired, processed, generated, and disseminated.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 307 - Health Communication and Promotion
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a basic overview of the role communication plays in shaping health promotion and disease prevention messages to individuals, groups and the general public. The role of mass media in health communication and promotion is explored. Goals and strategies of health promotion are reviewed along with evaluation activities. Students are expected to identify a specific population and develop a health promotion project for that group.
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HLSC 308 - Community Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course studies the health problems affecting entire communities and school settings, with particular focus on environmental issues, communicable disease control, and risks of community living. Specific emphasis is placed on the role of public health agencies in health promotion and disease prevention.
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HLSC 312 - Social Gerontology
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the processes of aging. Emphasis is placed on “typical” aspects of aging from three perspectives: the aging individual, the social context of aging, and societal responses to an aging population.
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HLSC 315 - Public Health and Epidemiology
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the basic principles of public health and their application to the development of activities that benefit the health status of populations. Concepts of epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care planning, policy development and assessment are also examined.
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HLSC 322 - Health Policy
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a comprehensive review of the health policymaking process and current debates. A historical perspective of health policy is reviewed. Students are introduced to the process of health policy development and implementation and have the opportunity to analyze a current policy and its effects on a health care organization or special interest group in their local community.
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HLSC 326 - Health Care Finance
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a general overview of how the health care finance system works in the United States. Essential components of healthcare finance are explored. Students have an opportunity to analyze financial data, systems and processes and to identify performance improvement opportunities for enhancing revenue growth and expense reduction.
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HLSC 330 - The Human Body: Structure and Function
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on body organization, support and movement, and structural physiology. Topics include the chemical and cellular basis of human life, the integration of body functions and homeostasis, and the structure and function of the various body systems including nervous, endocrine, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and integumentary.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 331 - Nutrition and Health
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a basic overview of the role nutrition and diet play in health. Fundamental aspects of nutrients and digestive processes are examined. Nutrition and its implications for disease are also addressed.
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HLSC 340 - Instrumental Clinical Chemistry
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the chemical theories and principles of instrumental analysis as they apply to clinical chemistry and the work of the clinical laboratorian. The topics covered will provide an understanding of the selection procedure, quality control, and quality improvement of analytical methods of analysis. The theoretical operation and applications of these analysis methods will be considered.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 341 - Applied Clinical Biochemistry I
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the theory and principles of clinical chemistry, and associated application and instrumentation especially as it pertains to disease states. Focus is on carbohydrate metabolism, protein function, endocrinology, and tumor markers.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 342 - Applied Clinical Biochemistry II
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the theory and principles of clinical chemistry, and associated application and instrumentation especially as it pertains to disease states. Focus is on acid base, electrolytes, home derivatives, lipids, therapeutic drug monitoring, drugs of abuse and toxicology.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 345 - Personal Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course studies the health problems and concerns of young adults in America today. Topics of study will include stress management, emotional health, chemical dependency, sexual responsibility, physical fitness, heart disease, cancer and communicable diseases. The primary focus will be upon prevention, with students being encouraged to make lifestyle choices conducive to lifelong wellness.
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HLSC 351 - Occupational Science
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the tenets, vocabulary, and research within the field of occupational science. It is designed to prepare the student to utilize occupation-based assessment tools; and to use occupational science research to enhance clinical reasoning and develop basic occupational therapy programming.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 395 - Professional Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
This course provides students with the skills, knowledge and preparation to become a professional in the health science field with a focus on health administration.
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HLSC 396 - Health Administration Internship
Credit Hours: 3-6
For every credit hour students are required 40 hours of practical experience, written reflections, and other work in the field of Health Administration. Student will be placed with health care facilities under the direction of department faculty.
Prerequisite: HLSC 395
Note: Recommended for the junior year.
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HLSC 406 - Legal Issues in Healthcare
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a basic understanding of healthcare law. Essential components of healthcare law will be addressed in accordance with how the law impacts the health system from a strategic and operational perspective. Students will have the opportunity to analyze and discuss specific cases that pertain to the topics covered. Best practice strategies for the prevention and management of legal claims will be provided.
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 408 - Topics in Health Sciences
Credit Hours: 3
Selected courses which are not offered as part of the existing Health Science Department curriculum.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
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HLSC 409 - Readings in Health Science
Credit Hours: 1-3
Offers the student an opportunity to read extensively and discuss with department faculty topics not offered as a part of the existing Health Science Department curriculum.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
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HLSC 415 - Advanced Epidemiology
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an in-depth investigation into epidemiologic methods, building upon the foundations explored in HLSC 315 . Both descriptive and analytical epidemiology are covered, including measures, study design, and data interpretation. The impact of ethical principles and public policy on the practice of epidemiology is also considered.
Prerequisite: PSYC 232 or HLSC 304 ; HLSC 315
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HLSC 453 - Elder Cognitive Health & Wellness
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to explore the factors that interplay and affect the functional cognitive ability of elder populations. This course focuses on the use of occupational profiles, interpretation of cognitive levels/scores, and implementation of adaptive strategies to optimize elder cognitive functioning.
Prerequisite: HLSC 351
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 455 - Sensory Function Across the Lifespan
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on sensory systems, sensory processing, and the sensory basis of occupational engagement from birth through elder years. Students will review basic understanding and assessment of sensory processing, and learn methods for optimizing occupational engagement using sensory integrative and occupational adaptation approaches.
Prerequisite: HLSC 351
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 495 - Seminar in Health Science
Credit Hours: 3
A capstone course for students completing any of the Health Science majors. Students will engage in an in-depth research study or practicum that links together their general course work, their specialized training and their clinical experience. The topic will be selected in consultation with the supervising faculty member.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
MAP Only: X
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HLSC 496 - Seminar in Public Health Studies
Credit Hours: 3
A capstone for Public Health Studies majors. The student will engage in the development of a research proposal or public health practicum to provide a practical application of their general coursework. The research topic/practicum placement will be selected in consultation with the supervising facult member.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
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HLSC 497 - Seminar in Health Administration
Credit Hours: 2
A capstone course for Health Administration majors. The student will engage in the development of a research proposal or public health practicum to provide a practical application of their general coursework. The research topic/practicum placement will be selected in consultation with the supervising faculty member.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
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HLTH 400 - Health Curriculum, Methods, and Materials
Credit Hours: 3
This course investigates the planning, organization, and how to use health education content and teaching strategies. Special emphasis is placed upon various types of curricular approaches that allow for teaching behaviors found to be conducive to learner achievement in health education.
Field Hours Requirement: 20
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