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2017-2018 Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • WOH 1023 - History of World Civilization 1500 to 1815- (I)


    3 credits
    Prerequisites: SB 1720 Testing Exemption or Testing into ENC 1101 ; or completion of {(ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or (ENC 0022  and REA 0019  )} with a “C” or better; or EAP 1620  and EAP 1640  with a “C” or better; or an eligible testing/course completion combination
    Required: Writing intensive-a minimum of 4,000 words of instructor-evaluated writing per student

    This course is a survey of the history of the world from 1500 to 1815. This course emphasizes the political, economic, social, and intellectual aspects of world history during this period. Subjects include European exploration and colonization; the emergence of the nation-state; great modern revolutions; the Enlightenment; the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era. This course is termed a writing intensive course and requires a minimum of 4,000 words of instructor-evaluated writing per student, including a minimum of three graded assignments over the duration of the course. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to complete part of the writing intensive course requirements.

    (I) International or diversity focus
  
  • WOH 1030 - History of World Civilization 1815 to Present- (I)


    3 credits
    Prerequisites: SB 1720 Testing Exemption or Testing into ENC 1101 ; or completion of {(ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or (ENC 0022  and REA 0019  )} with a “C” or better; or EAP 1620  and EAP 1640  with a “C” or better; or an eligible testing/course completion combination
    Required: Writing intensive-a minimum of 4,000 words of instructor-evaluated writing per student

    A survey including modern revolutions; the Industrial Revolution; Imperialism; the Indian, Far Eastern, and African backgrounds and political developments; the rise of Latin America; two World Wars and their results; modern nationalism and the decline of colonialism. The political, economic, social, and intellectual views of the world will be emphasized. This course is termed a writing intensive course and requires a minimum of 4,000 words of instructor-evaluated writing per student, including a minimum of three graded assignments over the duration of the course. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to complete part of the writing intensive course requirements.

    (I) International or diversity focus
  
  • XXX 2910 - Undergraduate Research (Variable Prefix)


    1-3 credits
    This course is intended to guide undergraduate students from all disciplines through the stages of writing a proposal for their research option project and subsequent thesis. Because the course will enroll students from different disciplines, they will also become acquainted with research topics, ways of framing arguments, and making points outside their fields of study, which will help them develop a more interdisciplinary perspective. Note: The course prefix will vary according to the appropriate discipline.

 

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