2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

KEY TO COURSE NUMBERS

Courses numbered 001 - 099 represent remedial work and carry no credit toward a degree or credential.  Generally these courses are developmental, remedial, or pre-college in content.

Courses numbered 100 to 299 are designed for freshmen and sophomores but are available to other students.

Coursed numbered exactly 300EX designate experimental courses.  Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times.  The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains.

Courses numbered exactly 400EX designate experimental courses. Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times. The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains (ACCT, BMGT, MGMT, etc).

Courses numbered 301 to 499 are designed primarily for juniors and seniors but are available to qualified sophomores and freshmen if all prerequisites have been met.

Courses numbered exactly 600EX designate graduate experimental courses.  Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times.  The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains (ACCT, BSAD, MIS, etc.).

Courses numbered 500 to 699 are designate graduate-level offerings. Such courses are open to undergraduates by special arrangements only.

The number following the course title indicates the semester hours of credit and in most cases the number of class meetings per week.
 
  

  • FMTH 614 - Sexuality, Intimacy and Sex Therapy

    3 credit hours
    Presents the primary sex therapy models in the treatment of sexual functioning and disorders.  Explores normal sexual development, the dominant issues of sexual dysfunction, and the human experience of shared self in couple relationships across the human lifespan.  Focuses on the development of therapeutic skills and tools necessary to strengthen positive relational and sexual functioning.
     
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 618 - Spirituality and Clinical Practice

    1 credit hour
    Examines the role of spirituality as a resource to clinical efficacy.  Explores spiritual assessment and the integration of spiritual need into the clinical encounter.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 622 - Cognitive/Behavioral Approaches to Therapy

    1 - 2 variable credit hours
    Presents the cognitive and behavioral schools of MFT practice.  Explores the theoretical assumptions underlying cognitive-behavioral therapy and its application in treating depression, anxiety, and PTSD as well as in work with parent-child interaction.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 627 - Understanding and Treating Addictive Disorders

    1 - 2 variable credit hours
    Addresses the neurophysiology of addiction and a spectrum of addictive disorders including chemicals, food, sex, and relationships with focus on the biological, social, and psychological aspects of the addictive process.  Special emphasis is given to the application of the family systems paradigm on diagnosis and treatment strategies.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 630 - Understanding and Treating Step-families

    1 - 2 variable credit hours
    Provides an in-depth study in the dynamics and prevention of problems in the development of blended families.  Special emphasis is given to the unique role of stepparents in the lives of stepchildren and the management of attachment related concerns as families work to balance their various loyalties and responsibilities.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 635 - Using Play and Expressive Arts in Therapy

    1 - 2 variable credit hours
    Explores current models of play therapy with children and options for use of the expressive arts in the treatment process with adolescents and adults.  Presents a developmental understanding of creative expression across the lifespan and its role in healing from trauma.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 662 - Emotion Focused Approaches to Therapy

    1 - 2 variable credit hours
    Introduces the emotion-focused therapy approaches of Johnson and Greenberg.  Special emphasis is given to how emotion shapes internal experience, interactional patterns and therapeutic process in MFT including the exploration and repair of attachment bonds.  Includes therapist skills for engaging couples using Johnson’s model of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 670 - Social and Cultural Diversity in Human Development

    3 credit hours
    Provides an advanced study of social and cultural diversity and its implications for understanding human development within the context of a systemically informed therapeutic paradigm.  Focuses on developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes for more effective interpersonal therapeutic relationships with clients of a different gender, race, sexual orientation, physical disability, religious preference, etc.  Provides an understanding of how diverse values and mores, interaction patterns, social conditions, and trends related to social and cultural diversity impact the therapeutic process.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 680 - Family Development, Stress and Violence

    3 credit hours
    Examines family formation and transitions across contemporary family forms.  Explores the situational and developmental crises that influence family structure, attachment, emotion regulation, and relational processes from a strengths perspective.  Addresses current challenges of relationship instability, abuse, addictions and poverty, with a specific focus on violence.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 691 - Clinical Internship/Extended

    1 credit hour
    Provides additional clinical supervision to MSFT clinical students unable to complete client contact hour requirements within the program’s 23-month schedule. Includes two hours weekly of supervision in individual, dyad, or group formats during eight weeks per section. Course awards no additional credit toward degree. Tuition charge for 1 credit hour is nonrefundable.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 692 - Clinical Internship/Extended

    not for credit
    Prerequisites: FMTH 697 with a grade of B or better
    This 4 week course allows a student to continue Clinical Internship client contact when the COAMFTE clinical criteria were not achieved by the end of FMTH 697.  Students must be continuously enrolled until all requirements have been met and therefore must re-enroll in consecutive 4 week periods until requirements have been met.  The student must pay for .5 credit hours at the current tuition rate for each 4 week period.  This course is transcribed as “NC”.  Weekly dyadic supervision runs concurrent with a student’s caseload of 10-12 hours.  Video and live observation of student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 693 - Clinical Internship I

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: FMTH 522 with grade of B or better
    This course is the first of five consecutive segment of clinical internships.  Initiated in Spring One, it begins with small group instruction followed by weekly dyadic and group supervision sessions concurrent with three to five client contact hours.  video and live observation of student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 694 - Clinical Internship II

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: FMTH 693 with grade of B or better
    This course is the second of five consecutive clinical internships.  Initiated in Summer One, participation in weekly dyadic and group supervision sessions runs concurrent with a student’s caseload of 10-12 hours.  Video and live observation of student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.  A defined clinical competency rubric guides learning and supervisory evaluation at the conclusion of this course.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 695 - Clinical Internship III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: FMTH 694 with grade of B or better
    This is the third of five consecutive clinical internships.  Beginning in August of the second year, participation in weekly dyadic and group supervision sessions runs concurrent with a student’s caseload of 10-12 hours.  Video and live observation of a student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.  A defined clinical competency rubric guides learning and supervisory evaluations at the conclusion of this course.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 696 - Clinical Internship IV

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: FMTH 695 with grade of B or better
    This course is the fourth of five consecutive clinical internships.  Beginning in January of the second year, participation in weekly dyadic and group supervision sessions runs concurrent with a student’s case load of 10-12 hours.  Video and live observation of student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.  A defined clinical competency rubric guides learning and supervisory evaluation.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FMTH 697 - Clinical Internship V

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: FMTH 696 with grade of B or better
    This course is the fifth and final clinical internship.  Initiated in the second summer semester, small group course instruction and participation in weekly dyadic and group supervision session runs concurrent with a student’s caseload of 10-12 hours completing the COAMFTE and Program requirements.  Video and live observation of student’s clinical work is utilized in the supervisory process.  A defined clinical competency rubric guides learning and supervisory evaluation.  NOTE:  If COAMFTE and Program requirements are not met within this final internship segment, the student will be required to enroll in FMTH692.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB
  

  • FORS 101 - Introduction to Forensic Science

    3 credit hours
    This course provides the beginning student with an overview of the forensic sciences, including exposure to the rules of evidence, evidence collection and handling, expert witness testimony and an introduction to the various sub-disciplines that fall under the umbrella of the forensic sciences, including pathology, toxicology, DNA testing, firearms, and trace evidence.

     
  

  • FORS 490 - Forensic Science Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; Majors or minors in Forensic Science only
    This course is the capstone course for the Forensic Science degree, open only to seniors majoring or minoring in Forensic Science.   The course will focus on real cases, with actual transcripts of trial testimony.  The students will analyze the testimony, become familiar with the aspects of the cases and will participate in mock trials as expert witnesses.
  

  • FREN 101 - Beginning French 1

    4 credit hours
    This course focuses on the acquisition of basic language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasis is also placed upon developing an understanding of French culture.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Includes Lab
  

  • FREN 102 - Beginning French 2

    4 credit hours
    This course focuses on the acquisition of basic language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.  Emphasis is also placed upon developing an understanding of French culture.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Includes Lab.
  

  • FREN 201 - Intermediate French 1

    4 credit hours
    This course continues the development of the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Proper production of grammatical structures, speaking proficiency and cultural competency are emphasized.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • FREN 202 - Intermediate French 2

    4 credit hours
    This course continues the development of the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Proper production of grammatical structures, speaking proficiency and cultural competency are emphasized.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GEOL 110 - Geology

    3 credit hours
    Study of the basic processes of the earth, including mineral and rock formation and identification, volcanism, paleontology, and atmospheric science. Special emphasis given to demonstration and use of lab and field techniques.
    (Includes lab component.)
  

  • GERM 101 - Beginning German 1

    4 credit hours
    This course focuses on the acquisition of basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasis is also placed upon developing an understanding of German culture. (Laboratory program included.)
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GERM 102 - Beginning German 2

    4 credit hours
    This course focuses on the acquisition of basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Emphasis is also placed upon developing an understanding of German culture. (Laboratory program included.)
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GERM 201 - Intermediate German 1

    4 credit hours
    This course continues the development of the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Proper production of grammatical structures, speaking proficiency and cultural competency are emphasized.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GERM 202 - Intermediate German 2

    4 credit hours
    This course continues the development of the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Proper production of grammatical structures, speaking proficiency and cultural competency are emphasized.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GNST 101 - Career Planning and Development

    1 credit hour
    Designed to assist students in the process of career planning, including: self assessment, access to and organization of career information, identification of career constraints, decision-making, and job-search strategy. Students will be given the opportunity to gain career and life-planning skills to be used in the world of work. The focus of the course is on specific career planning tasks achieved through class participation and relative assignments.
  

  • GNST 105 - Moodle Basics

    1 credit hour
    This course introduces students to the components of the course management tool, Moodle.  Students will achieve mastery in several areas including but not limited to online collaboration, uploading papers as attachments, participation in Discussion Board, taking online exams, participating in virtual classroom, and utilizing email from within Moodle.  (Pass/Fail).
    Course Delivery Methods: ONL
  

  • GNST 110 - Friends Experience

    1 credit hours
    First-Year Philosophy: Transition new students to the university community, paying special attention to issues of academic success, growth, faith, acceptance, and connection.
    This course, to be taken one credit each semester for a full academic year, is designed to acclimate new students to Friends University as well as to provide an introduction to what is the Friends Experience. Students are assigned to cohorts with a faculty leader based on academic interest.  Assignments will be completed through various means, including but not limited to: course readings, speakers, activities or attendance at campus functions.
    Course Delivery Method: TRA
  

  • GNST 111 - Friends Experience

    1 credit hour
  

  • GNST 201 - Resident Assistant Seminar

    1 credit hour
    Designed to assist students in the role of being a Resident Assistant. Topics include residence hall history, student development theory, peer counseling, conflict mediation and various student developmental issues. The focus of the course is to extend the hands-on experience gained as a Resident Assistant to a learning environment that provides a deeper appreciation and understanding of the issues facing today’s Resident Assistants.
    (Class is required for students employed as Resident Assistant; other students admitted with instructor approval.)
  

  • GNST 298 - Experiential Learning

    1 - 12 credit hours
    Credit conferred after assessment of learning apart from college enrollment.  The subject code of the course may be assigned to either General Studies or the discipline appropriate to the work completed.  Confer with the Director of Prior Learning and Assessment in the College of Adult and Professional Studies for procedures.

     
  

  • GNST 300 - Experimental Courses

    Variable
    Normally unlisted in the catalog, designed to meet special needs and interest.  Offered to groups on approval of Division Chair and a College Dean or Vice President of Academic Affairs.
  

  • GNST 311 - Honors Seminar

    1 hour
    Reading and discussion of significant works representing a variety of academic disciplines.
    (Limited to students who have been accepted into the Honors Program.)
  

  • GNST 398 - Professional/Technical Credit

    Variable Credits
    Given for verifiable experiences outside of the college classroom.  The subject code of the course may be assigned to either General Studies or the discipline appropriate to the work completed.  Confer with the Director of Prior Learning and Assessment in the College of Adult and Professional Studies for procedures. 
  

  • GNST 416 - Honors Senior Project

    1-3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior in Honors Program and/or Instructor Approval
    Independent work culminating in a project, which deepens appreciation and understanding of the student’s major field.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GNST 449 - Readings

    1 -12 credit hours
    Designed to serve qualified students who secure advance approval of instructor under whom the reading is to be taken.
  

  • GNST 490 - Seminar

    1-3 credit hours
    Normally conducted by a division for majors in the field (usually seniors). Required in many major programs for 1-2 hours. Required of all Human Services/Psychology majors for 3 hours. Consult major requirements under appropriate division headings.
  

  • GNST 491 - Special Problems

    1-3 credit hours
    Designed to serve students exploring problems of special interest in area of concentration. Approval of instructor required.
  

  • GNST 493 - Internship 1

    1-3 credit hours
    Very basic, faculty-supervised, practical experience in a discipline (or cross-divisional).
    (May be volunteer or paid employment.)
  

  • GNST 494 - Internship 2

    1-6 credit hours
    More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in a discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise, a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees, up to 6 hours to associate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
  

  • GNST 495 - Independent Study Research

    1-6 credit hours
    For off-campus semester of superior junior or senior students. Requires approval of advisor, Division Chair, and College Dean or Vice President of Academic Affairs.
  

  • GNST 498 - Studies Abroad Workshop

    1-12 credit hours
    Provides registration for credit in Friends’ international study projects such as comparative government, languages and cultures. Needs advance written approval from a College Dean or Vice President of Academic Affairs.
  

  • GNST 499 - General Education Seminar

    1 credit hour
    A senior-level course designed to encourage students to integrate the various components of the general education experience as a basis for analyzing contemporary issues facing the human community.
  

  • GREK 101 - Beginning New Testament Greek 1

    4 credit hours
    This course provides an introduction to the language of the Greek New Testament.  Emphasis is placed on reading and pronunciation as well as grammar in the context of translating ancient texts.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Alternate years.
  

  • GREK 102 - Beginning New Testament Greek 2

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GREK 101
    This course continues the introduction to the language of the Greek New Testament.  Emphasis is placed on reading and pronunciation as well as grammar within the context of translating ancient texts.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Alternate years.
  

  • GREK 201 - New Testament Greek Exegesis 1

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GREK 102
    This course provides the study and translation of selections from the New Testament.  Attention is given to developing vocabulary and improving facility in reading.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Alternate years.
  

  • GREK 202 - New Testament Greek Exegesis 2

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GREK 201
    This course provides the study and translation of extended selections from the New Testament.  Attention is given to developing vocabulary and improving facility in reading.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Alternate years.
  

  • GRFX 150 - Computer Print Technologies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 101
    This is a survey course in publishing from the computer. Students will learn, create and manipulate bit-mapped images, vectored images and page layout documents for print media.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 161 - Graphic Design Studio 1

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 101.
    This course is an introduction to basic visual communications in the field of graphic design.  Students will cover graphic design topics and information ranging from typographic terminology and design principles to methods of visual organization.  Assignments will explore aspects of graphic imagery, typography, and layout.  This course emphasizes the design process, developing an idea from a thumbnail sketch, through roughs, to a comprehensive design.  Students will produce a portfolio of their work.

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Offered spring only.
  

  • GRFX 250 - Photography Design 1

    3 credit hours
    This is an entry-level course in photography with an emphasis on formal order and art criticism. Students will learn the basics of the camera and its operations, image processing, print processing and photo print presentation.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 251 - Photography 2

    3 credit hours
    This class focuses on content as it relates to visual expression.  Students will choose content, select an appropriate imagery, produce a body of photographs and present the essay for critique.  Students will also learn to communicate ideas through the photographic series.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 261 - Graphic Design Studio 2

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GRFX 161, 150
    This course is designed as continuation of skills and concepts introduced in Graphic Design I. This course focuses on identifying graphic styles and brainstorming techniques. Students will develop and prepare projects using various technology and software for the printing process. Students will produce a portfolio of their work.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Offered fall only.
  

  • GRFX 280 - Computer Video Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ART 101 and ART 150
    Students will examine the creative process of digital video production and non-linear post-production via computer with an emphasis upon the aural and visual storytelling skills essential to produce video segments for various multi-media applications.  Students will conceptualize, create and produce selected original materials for exhibition (or simulation).

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 361 - Graphic Design Studio 3

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GRFX 261
    This technology-based course emphasizes research, identifying specific graphic design needs for a business, logo design, and maintaining continuity while working with multiple colors, sizes and materials. It includes in-depth studies of the relationship of type, layout and color in graphic design projects.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Offered spring only.
  

  • GRFX 370 - Web Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GRFX 261
    This is a survey course in interactive multimedia with a focus on creative problem-solving process as it applies to graphic communication. Students will apply design concepts to the interactive interface to design, prepare files and assemble images as it applies to the creation of Web pages and interactive CDs.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 461 - Graphic Design Studio 4

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GRFX 361
    This technology-based course focuses on logo design and identity systems. In this course students will create design solutions to communicate client and product image through logos, brochures, folders, package design, signage as well as magazine and newspaper ads using computer technology. Students will develop an understanding of research and marketing. Students will produce a portfolio of their work.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Offered fall only.
  

  • GRFX 480 - Web Design 2

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: GRFX 370
    This is an advanced-level elective in web design, user experience (UX), usability and website development for the communications and computer graphics programs. Students will use the computer to design and code attractive and useful web sites.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 491 - Advanced Studies

    3 credit hours
    This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty advisor. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 493 - Internship I

    1-3 credit hours
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 494 - Internship 2

    1 - 6 credit hours
    More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in the computer graphics discipline.  Junior or senior status required or by consent.  May be volunteer or paid employment.  Unless a course plan specifies otherwise a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees, up to 6 hours to associate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.

     

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 495 - Advanced Studies: Within Emphasis

    3 credit hours
  

  • GRFX 496 - Advanced Studies within Emphasis

    1 - 6 credit hours
    Course Delivery Method: TRA
  

  • GRFX 497 - Advanced Studies within Emphasis

    1-6 credit hours
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 498 - Advanced Studies within Emphasis

    1 - 6 credit hours
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • GRFX 499 - Advanced Studies within Emphasis

    1 - 6 credit hours
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 140 - U.S. History 1: Through 1865

    3 credit hours
    A survey of the European, African and Native American cultures that met in North America in the 16th century and the subsequent shaping of an independent nation with distinct political institutions, values, contested visions, and internal and external conflicts through the Civil War. Students utilize autobiography, literature, the Constitution, and primary and secondary sources to identify people, ideas and events that shaped the new nation.
    Meets the Foundations of American Character General Education Requirement.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 150 - U.S. History 2: Since 1865

    3 credit hours
    A survey of the development of U.S. institutions and culture since the Civil War, exploring the expansion of business and industry, westward expansion, immigration, developments in both intellectual and popular culture, and the insertion of the United States into the international scene in the 20th century.
    (Meets the Foundations of American Character General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 210 - World Civilization I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: if taking HIST 210, students must take ENGL 220 for General Education- Perspectives credit. Meets the Foundations of World Civilization General Education Requirement.
    A study of world civilization from the earliest beginning to 1600 concentrating on the development of political, social, cultural, religious, economic and military life in a global and comparative context.
  

  • HIST 215 - World Civilization II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: if taking HIST 215, students must take ENGL 210 for General Education- Perspectives credit. Meets the Foundations of World Civilization General Education Requirement.
    A survey of world civilization from 1600 to the present concentrating on the development of political, social, cultural, religious, economic and military life in a global and comparative context.
  

  • HIST 219 - Themes & Issues in Early U.S. History

    3 credit hours
    This course is a survey of the political, economic, social and intellectual influences that shaped the early United States from the Colonial period through Reconstruction. Special emphasis will be given to social history and the building of a cohesive American society.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, BLD, ONL
  

  • HIST 220 - Themes & Issues in Modern U.S. History

    3 credit hours
    This course is a survey of the political, economic, social and intellectual influences that shaped the United States since the end of the Reconstruction. Special emphasis will be given to social history and the building of a cohesive American society.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, BLD, ONL
  

  • HIST 240 - Issues in Ancient/Medieval Western Civilization

    3 credit hours
    This course covers a broad survey of key cultural moments and issues in major periods of Western Civilization, including the Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance eras of European history.  The course will also examine changing cultural notions of self and society.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, BLD, ONL
  

  • HIST 261 - Twentieth Century World

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the events that had global impact shaping the twentieth century. Follows four trends that pointed toward global interdependence and cultural convergence by the end of the century: global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society and technology versus nature.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 262 - U.S. Since 1945

    3 credit hours
    A study of the political, military, social and cultural impact of the Cold War on the U.S. And of the post- old War decade. Course begins with 1945, VE and VJ, nuclear weapons, strategies of the allies-turned-enemies (U.S. & U.S.S.R.), movements for civil rights that gained momentum and breadth during this period.
  

  • HIST 264 - Colonialism and Nationalism

    3 credit hours
    A study of imperialism and colonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin America from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century, and of the rise of nationalism and methods used to achieve independence in these regions.
    (Also counts as a History Theme and Period course.)
  

  • HIST 270 - Issues in Modern Western Civilization

    3 credit hours
    This course is a broad survey of key cultural moments and issues in major periods of Western Civilization, including the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution and Contemporary eras in European history.  The course will examine changing cultural notions of self and society.

     
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, BLD, ONL
  

  • HIST 310 - World Civilization Since 1650

    3 credit hours
    This course is a survey of the world community from 1650 to the present. Students will examine the interrelations of societies and cultures from the past through the present, comparing and contrasting the experiences of different people and civilizations.  Students will consider how different national, racial, ethnic, religious, social, and political groups have shaped and influenced one another.
    Course Delivery Methods: BLD, WEB, ONL
  

  • HIST 321 - African American History

    3 credit hours
    A survey of U.S. history from 1619-1990 exploring African Americans’ contributions and the challenges they experienced due to government policy changes during these 370 years. Includes indentured servitude, slavery, rebellion and resistance, wars, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, Great Migration and Garveyism, Harlem Renaissance, World War II, the civil rights movement, and post-civil rights years as well as numerous individual leaders.
    Meets American Character General Education Requirement.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 322 - U.S. Women’s History/Literature (Multicultural)

    3 credit hours
    An inquiry into the experiences of U.S. Women from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century. Women and work, reform movements, wars, the West, suffrage, education, health care, professions and racism are topics of study using autobiographies, novels, films and monographs by leading American women such as Rebecca Harding Davis, Frances Harper, Willa Cather, Katherine Porter, Tillie Olson, Zora Neale Hurston, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Gilman, Paule Marshall, Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan and Leslie Silko.
    Meets American Character General Education Requirement.
    This course is cross listed with ENGL 322 & SOCI 322
  

  • HIST 324 - U.S. Constitutional History

    3 credit hours
    An inquiry into the Supreme Court cases that have established precedents and shaped U.S.history, 1789-2000. Course includes leading justices on the Court, shifting theories of the role of the Court, and the Constitution and its amendments.
  

  • HIST 326 - Kansas History

    3 credit hours
    A study of Indian Kansas, settlers and Indian wars, Bleeding Kansas, the Populists and Progressives, the KKK, economic development, the Dust Bowl, the civil rights movement, politics, and contemporary issues before the state. Course uses primary sources and field trips and emphasizes the diversity of Kansas.
    (Required for Education Majors.)
  

  • HIST 327 - Communism in History

    3 credit hours
    A broad interdisciplinary survey of communism as an ideology and a political/economic system comparing and contrasting communism as it functioned in major communist nations like the Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China, Cuba, etc., 1850 to the end of the 20th century.
  

  • HIST 328 - Diplomatic History and Foreign Policy

    3 credit hours
    This course is a survey of American diplomacy and foreign policy from the late 19th century until today, addressing America’s acquisition of colonies, the development of international law, and the international situation surrounding World Wars I and II, the Cold War and the post-Cold War era.  Contemporary topics which may be focused on include terrorism, humanitarian aid, military interventions, economic globalization, and so forth.
  

  • HIST 335 - Topics in the History of Your Lifetime

    3 credit hours
    A study of contemporary US history through focusing on critical policy decisions and cultural issues of the past 30 years the history that have profound impact on the world.  This course is designed to make students better informed, active citizens.  Topics will change each time the course is taught and will include some of the following: 

    • Going to war (e.g. Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq) and how we fight wars
    • Trading or not trading (e.g. Iran, Cuba, China, Israel)
    • Operating bilaterally or multilaterally (e.g. the Iraq War, the Kyoto Treaty)
    • Permitting or restricting cultural/ethnic differences/practices (e.g. wearing of religious clothing, speaking languages other than the officially recognized language, circumcision)
    • Funding or denying funds for specific programs (e.g. health care, abortion, family planning, foreign aid)
    • Environmental changes
    • Changes in how the US economy is organized
    • International movements (like Arab Spring) and US foreign policy
    • Globalization
    • The War on Terror
    • The impact of demographic changes in the US

    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 340 - Travel Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Trip classes are occasionally offered that teach the history of an area through on-site lectures and visits. Examples include: the Washington, D.C., Seminar, a study of the nation’s capital and how public policy is made there; Antebellum New England History/English; and Britain in the Era of the World Wars.
    (Trip classes are sometimes cross-listed, e.g., the D.C. Seminar, which may be taken as POLS 340.)
  

  • HIST 421 - History of Africa

    3 credit hours
    A study of the history and culture of the continent of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, including ancient Africa, the Islamic period pre-European contact, the slave trades era, colonization, the impact of World War II and the Cold War, and independence. Of Africa’s 53 countries, this course will examine in depth two or three nations from different regions, e.g., Nigeria, Congo and South Africa.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 422 - History of China

    3 credit hours
    A broad interdisciplinary study of Chinese history from earliest times to present with emphasis on specific political, economic, artistic, intellectual, literary, religious and social components. Students will be challenged to identify the undercurrents of dissent and rival cultural values.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 423 - Mexican-Mexican American History

    3 credit hours
    A study of Mexico beginning with Mayans and Aztecs, moving through Spain’s conquest of the region, 300 years of Spanish colonialism, independence and foreign military and economic impact on Mexico, the Porfiriato, the Mexican Revolution, the PRI’s 70+ years in power, and Mexico’s political history into the 21st century. Course includes the experience of Mexicans in what became the U.S. Before and after the Mexican-U.S. War, especially in the period following World War II to the present.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 424 - History of Japan

    3 credit hours
    A broad interdisciplinary survey of key cultural moments in ancient, medieval and modern Japanese history examining specific political, economic, artistic, intellectual, literary, religious and social components.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 425 - History of India

    3 credit hours
    A study of traditional India and modern India that examines culture and politics and the impact of colonization, independence and post-colonial globalization on India.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 426 - History of South Eastern Europe

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the complex and dynamic relationship between the Great Powers and the Balkans over the last two centuries that transformed the peoples of South Eastern Europe from subjects in the Ottoman and Hapsburg Empires to independent countries and active participants in European history. Analyzing conflicting and stereotypical interpretations of the history and cultures of the region, compared to cultural and historical research to better understand the Balkans and how the region has affected European history at large, e.g., the origins of WWI, the saving of the Bulgarian Jew during WWII, and the different models of democracy that each country is pursuing in the post-communist era.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 427 - History of Russia

    3 credit hours
    A political, cultural, and social survey of Russian history from the czars , the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the anti-communist revolution that ended the USSR in 1992 and the challenges of post-Soviet Russia.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 428 - History of Southeast Asia

    3 credit hours
    A broad, interdisciplinary survey of key cultural and political moments in ancient, medieval and modern Southeast Asia including the impact of colonialism, nationalism, World War II and the Vietnam War.
    (Meets World Culture General Education Requirement.)
  

  • HIST 430 - History of the Middle East

    3 credit hours
    An interdisciplinary study of the geography, politics, history and cultures of the Middle East and the importance of Islam to the history and politics of the region.

     
    Meets World Culture General Education Requirement
  

  • HIST 431 - History of Germany, 1871 - Present

    3 credit hours
    This course is a broad survey of the German history from the 19th century to the present with a focus on the rise of modern Germany and Hitler.  Special attention will be paid to the causes and the lessons of the Holocaust.  Students will be challenged to identify the different arguments on the subjects.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • HIST 470 - History Senior Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: junior/senior standing or consent of instructor
    This is a research-focused capstone course for History and Political Science majors wherein students will pick a topic, develop a thesis statement, prepare a literature review, and then work through rough drafts with the aim of producing a high-level paper which demonstrates original thought and integrates their study though the major with a specific research aim.  Students will also be measured in their mastery of the their major.
  

  • HIST 490 - History and Political Science Senior Seminar

    3 credit hours
    This senior seminar course is for students either majoring or minoring in History and Political Science. This course will use the work involved in pursing research topics chosen by the students to teach them about major trends in historiography, political and social science, and historical methodology. By doing so, this course will enable students to pull together much of what they have learned throughout their coursework as History and Political Science majors. It will also help students to sharpen and perfect such skills as writing, reading, critical thinking, communication, which will be important to their professional development post Friends.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA, BLD, WEB
  

  • HIST 494 - Internship 2

    3 credit hours
    More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in a discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise, a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees, up to 6 hours to associate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
     
 

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