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Global Studies |
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GLOS 4651 - Special Topics Global Studies - CTW
3 Credit Hours
Description
Intensive treatment of specified topics in global studies.
Global Scholars course. Critical Thinking through Writing course. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
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GLOS 4760 - Research Practicum
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Minimum sophomore standing and consent of instructor who will supervise research.
Description
Student assists Global Studies Institute faculty with research. The course may include the collection and analysis of primary or secondary sources, coding data, quantitative analysis, assisting with experiments or fieldwork, and other tasks in support of faculty-led research.
Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GLOS 4761 - Directed Study in Global Studies
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Permission of faculty member who will supervise directed study.
Description
Students design a directed study under supervision of a faculty member. Varies in topics and themes.
Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours total.
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GLOS 4870 - Honors Thesis I
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
Description
A faculty mentor guides a student in the design of individual research topics, the collection and analysis of data, and the composition of a coherent research paper with depth. Global Perspectives course. Signature Experience course.
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GLOS 4880 - Honors Thesis II
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
Description
Writing or production of honors thesis or project.
Signature Experience course. Global Scholars course.
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GLOS 4910 - Internship in Global Studies
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: 9 credits in Global Studies, minimum GPA of 2.5, and consent of instructor.
Description
This course provides participating students with an opportunity to gain practical experience working in an organization dedicated to navigating the complex demands of the global workplace, and to engage in critical reflection regarding this work.
Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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GLOS 4996 - Study Abroad: European Studies in Strasbourg, France
3 Credit Hours
Description
Contemporary politics and political economy of European integration. Designed specifically for those students participating in Georgia State University Study Abroad Program. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
This course may include a Signature Experience component. Global Perspectives Course.
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Graphic Design |
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GRD 3000 - Introduction to Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Art 1010 and Art 1020 with grades of C- or higher.
Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Introduction to concepts and practices of graphic design through combining of type and images; introduction to Macintosh-based graphics software; graphics presentation techniques. Lab Fee $20.00.
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GRD 3150 - Introduction to Typography
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ART 1010 and ART 1020 with grades of C- or higher. GRD 3000 must be taken as a prerequiste or corequisite.
Pre/Corequisites: GRD 3000 must be taken as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Aesthetics and legibility of type through applied design. Specifying type, type terminology, type as compositional element, cultural considerations of type and image. Introduction to drawing and page layout software. Lab Fee $20.00.
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GRD 3200 - Intermediate Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: GRD 3000 with grade of C- or higher.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Student must have completed or be currently enrolled in GrD 3150 in order to enroll in this course. Continued development of conceptual and traditional/digital media skills including art direction, image-making, and specialized problem areas. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 3300 - Illustration: Concepts through Images
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: GrD 3000 with grade of C- or higher.
Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Traditional and experimental illustrative techniques with digital and non-digital media; applications to advertising, editorial design, corporate, collateral, and design specializations. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 3400 - Graphic Design Survey
3 Credit Hours
Not for Graphic Design majors.
Description
Not for Graphic Design majors. Communicating effectively with type and images; creative problem solving; organizing information; using computers and traditional media to create print and digital graphics. Emphasizes integration with other disciplines.
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GRD 3910 - History of Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with grade of C or higher and consent of instructor. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Description
Survey of aesthetic, cultural, and technological influences on written and printed media including sources of modern design.
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GRD 4020 - Advanced Typographic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced concepts in typographic design within a studio problem-solving format; advanced digital techniques, formal, and experimental applications of typography. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4100 - Print and Editorial Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced editorial design concepts within a studio problem-solving format; print and electronic publishing applications, identity, and format design; art direction and image-making of material with issue orientation and/or controversial content. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4150 - Design for Education
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced graphic concepts in instructional and educational applications; using data visualization to translate concepts; designing in systems. Lab Fee $20.00.
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GRD 4200 - Corporate Identity Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced design concepts applied to corporate and/or institutional contexts; presented in studio problem- solving format; logotype and identity design; design systems; print technology, strategic communications, and system applications. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4250 - Graphic Design in Popular Culture
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Chronology of popular culture through graphic design from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century; presented in a studio problem-solving format; sociological and cultural impact of design and design technology. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4300 - Internship in Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 4020, GrD 4100, and GrD 4310 with grades of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Specialized field training allowing practical professional experience with major design firms, advertising agencies, and corporations. Lab Fee: $20.00. This course may include a Signature Experience component. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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GRD 4310 - Interactive Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Exploration of interactive media design for screen and online applications in studio problem-solving format; creating and managing systems of content for nonlinear view; professional practices and project scheduling; research-based proposals and working on creative teams. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4350 - Graphic Design through Digital Media
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with grade of C- or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced studio problems for graphic design majors. The course offers technology learning and design skills training to prepare students for the new world of digital advertising. Topics may vary as new trends develop in the field of graphic design but will include (without being limited to): data visualization; digital marketing concepts; media campaign development; app design; development of presentation skills.Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4400 - Motion Design and Time-Based Media
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Design of motion graphics and time-based media for screen and online applications; demonstrations and/or practical experience with various motion systems; professional practices; contemporary use of typography, imagery, animation, and digital systems, including audio. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4450 - Professional Practices in Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Practical client-based professional experiences; field trips; presentation techniques; implementation of projects through supervision of printing process or appropriate media; principles unique to the business of graphic design. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4550 - Specialized Applications of Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Specialized and alternative applications of graphic designs in a studio format; identity through packaging; point of purchase design; signage and display. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4600 - Senior Workshop in Graphic Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GrD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
Advanced exploration of multimedia including illustrative and photographic animation, interactivity, internet applications, and strategic communication. Professional practices in digital media. Lab Fee: $20.00.
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GRD 4840 - Computer Graphic Imaging
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ART 1020 and ART 1030 or ART 1050 with grades of C- or higher.
Graphic Design Lab Fee - $20
Description
(Same as CSC 4840 and FLME 4840 ). (Same as CSC 4840 and FLME 4840.) Study the theories, techniques and tools for creating 3D graphics content. Topics include 3D modeling, camera, lighting, materials, texture mapping, physics based modeling, basic animation, and rendering techniques (such as tracing and radiosity).
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GRD 4950 - Graphic Design Portfolio-CTW
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with grade of C or higher. Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program.
Requirements: Serves as the Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course required of all Graphic Design majors.
Description
Preparation of final professional portfolio; consolidation and revision of previous projects; addition of projects reflecting student’s specialized interests; self-promotion; presentation; interviewing; the language of graphic design in the context of the fine arts. Serves as the Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course required of all Graphic Design majors. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course.
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GRD 4980 - Special Problems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and of school director.
Description
Independent studies initiated by the student. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.
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GSU New Student Orientation |
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GSU 1010 - New Student Orientation
1 to 3 Credit Hours
Description
Introduction to the academic life of the university; interdisciplinary study of urban Atlanta and the Georgia State community; introduction to the academic demands, learning resources, and rules and procedures of the institution. Three lecture hours a week.
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GSU 1050 - Survival Skills for College
1 to 3 Credit Hours
Description
Designed to help students improve their academic skills to survive the college experience. Special attention will be given to the academic, social, family, work, career, and personal issues that affect students’ success. This class is appropriate for students with less than a 2.0 cumulative Georgia State GPA. Two class hours and one lab hour per week.
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Health Administration |
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HA 3900 - Introduction to the US Health Care System
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: None.
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.
Description
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. This course introduces and describes the health care system in the United States. Students learn how the system devel- oped, how health care services in the U.S. are organized and financed, and the key problems facing the health care sector.
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HA 3910 - Health Policy in the United States: An Introduction
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: None.
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.
Description
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. This course introduces and describes health policy in the United States. Students learn about health policy at the federal, state, and local levels and how health policy is developed for hospitals, employers, HMOs, and other health services organizations. Key policy issues facing the health care sector are discussed.
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HA 3970 - Health Information Systems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: None.
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.
Description
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. The course provides a broad overview of the critical role of information systems in the health sector and its strategic importance to health management. While hardware, software, and Internet applications will be discussed, the focus is on the use of information systems throughout the whole health care sector, including health systems, hospitals, medical practices, and businesses. This course is appropriate for students interested in health informatics, computers, business, and health sciences.
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HA 4389 - Directed Readings in Health Administration
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.
Description
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.
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History |
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HIST 1111 - Survey of World History to 1500
3 Credit Hours
Description
A survey of world history to early modern times.
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HIST 1112 - Survey of World History since 1500
3 Credit Hours
Description
A survey of world history from early modern times to the present.
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HIST 1141 - Introduction to African and African American History to 1865
3 Credit Hours
Description
An introductory survey of African-American History that provides engagement with significant topics, themes and issues in the African American experience from pre-colonial Africa, through enslavement in North America.
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HIST 1142 - Introduction to African American History Since 1865
3 Credit Hours
Description
An introductory survey of African-American History that provides engagement with significant topics, themes and issues in the African American experience from Reconstruction in to the present.
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HIST 1200 - Introduction to the Middle East
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Exit or exemption from ENGL 0989 or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091 This course focuses on the key political, cultural, social, religious changes that occurred in the Middle East 1800 Century to the present.
Description
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HIST 2030 - Introduction to Asian Studies
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course provides a broad overview of Asia ‘s historical, political, socio-economic, and cultural diversity and dynamics. Students will learn what Asia is all about and how it has been conceptualized and understood in the West by critically engaging with the “Orientalism,” “Asian modernity,” and “great divergence” debates. They will study Asian societies, economies, cultures, and politics in a multidisciplinary framework and from global and comparative perspectives. Anyone interested in Asian politics, history, economies, and cultures will find this course interesting and useful.
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HIST 2110 - Survey of United States History
3 Credit Hours
Description
A thematic survey of U.S. history to the present.
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HIST 2200 - Women In American History
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will examine the historical development of the United States of America from colonial times to the present with special reference to the contributions of women. The course will review changes in feminism, gender, and the Constitution of the United States, i.e., the 19th amendment, the Suffragettes, their relationship to abolition and other feminist campaigns. This course includes an analysis of the social and economic disparity between women and men, women’s roles within state, local, and federal governments, their intellectual, cultural, and social interaction in the larger society. It explores the issues of women in major ethnic groups in the United States, and interaction of women within and outside each group. Topics include colonial women, frontier women, progressivism, unions, birth control, discrimination, sectional conflict from the perspective of women, WWII, “Rosie the Riveter”, Vietnam, the modern industrial complex, globalization, and urban demographic patterns as they relate to the lives of women.
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HIST 3000 - Introduction to Historical Studies-CTW
4 Credit Hours
(History majors should take History 3000 as the first course among their upper-division selections).
Description
(History majors should take History 3000 as the first course among their upper-division selections.) The nature of historical knowledge and analysis, historical resources in Atlanta-area research libraries and archives, and exercises in historical writing and thinking.
Serves as one of the two Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses required of all History majors.
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HIST 3010 - Mapping History: Introduction to Making and Using Maps
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course introduces students to the use of cartography in the study of history. It examines how historians have used maps to discover historical patterns and illustrate them to a wider audience. Students will examine theoretical and methodological problems associated with cartographic approaches to the study of history. Students will learn to use digital mapping tools to create their own maps and to integrate those maps into their historical analysis. Prior mapping experience is not required.
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HIST 3100 - Introduction to Global History
3 Credit Hours
Description
What is the story behind globalization, the processes and effects of integration and disruption on a world scale in the contemporary moment? This course explores the exciting field of global history, with its emphasis on the shaping force of contexts and connections linking societies and regions in recent centuries. We will highlight the value of historicizing global conditions and relations by following the unfolding of key economic, political, cultural, and environmental processes. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3200 - North America before 1800
4 Credit Hours
Description
Development of Native American cultures before European contact; cultural interactions among Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans during conquest and colonization; emergence of United States of America as dominant economic and political force in North America.
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HIST 3210 - United States in the Nineteenth Century
4 Credit Hours
Description
Major developments in United States history from 1800 to 1900, including the growth of political parties and the changing role of the presidency; sectionalism and the Civil War and Reconstruction; immigration, economic expansion, and the American response to industrialization; changes in American social classes and American life.
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HIST 3220 - United States in the Twentieth Century
4 Credit Hours
Description
Major developments in the United States from 1900 to the present.
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HIST 3230 - American Environmental History
4 Credit Hours
Description
History of interactions with the natural world from the 17th through the 20th century, focusing on the US and its global influence. Explores the history of nature’s effects on culture and economy, the history of people’s activities on their environments, conceptions of nature, and environmental politics. Topics include urban growth, pollution, colonialism, natural resource issues, the history of parks and wild lands, and global environmental problems.
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HIST 3240 - History of Sports and Leisure
3 Credit Hours
Description
Examines diverse examples of sports and leisure in human history, with special focus on their relationship to industrialization, nation-building, and empire.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3250 - Religion in American Life
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Description
This course will explore the history of religion in the United States from the early colonial period to the present.
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HIST 3255 - Introduction to the History of the Book
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course examines the relationship between form and content, material and meaning, in the long, global history of the book.
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HIST 3260 - The Harlem Renaissance
3 Credit Hours
Description
Harlem became the epicenter of Black America in the 1920s and 1930s. This course explores the historical social, political, and economic forces that set the stage for the emergence of this dynamic urban community and the contributions by writers, artists, journalists, folklorists, political leaders, organizations, and working class African Americans.
City Scholars course.
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HIST 3270 - History of the 1970s and 1980s
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Description
From the persistence of post-1960s radical politics to the media revolution represented by MTV to the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1970s and 1980s have had profound effects on the way we experience the world today. This class will challenge students to rethink what we know/remember about these two decades from a broader, deeper, historical perspective. As a 3000-level survey, the class will consider many approaches to the history of these decades, including political, social, military, economic, cultural, and intellectual history.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3280 - United States History 1974-2001
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course covers American social, cultural and political history from 1974-2001. Topics include the end of the Vietnam War, Watergate, Boston ‘s busing crisis, urban problems, President Jimmy Carter, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Reagan Revolution, AIDS, and the wind-down of the Cold War. Students will read primary sources, watch films, and conduct an oral history.
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HIST 3300 - History of Capitalism
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Description
This course examines the intellectual, cultural and social history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings include texts written by historians, economists, sociologists, and social and political theorists; topics range from the emergence of free market economics, the formation of social classes, the rise of the corporation, the cultural impact of consumerism, and the global reach of capitalism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Global Scholars course. City Scholars course.
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HIST 3400 - History of Sex
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Description
Sex has a history. Topics may vary, but include the theory and history of sexuality, the science of sexual difference, and the social and cultural ramifications of €œsexual revolution €, the historical dimensions of population management and €œfamily planning €, as well as sex as identity, metaphor, and ideology.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3410 - History of Food
4 Credit Hours
Description
What does soup have to do with labor rights in 16th-century France? Why did the ancient Romans legislate how many chickens could be served at a dinner party? How did Chicago change the American farming landscape? This course examines the ways that people have used food to engage with their social worlds and debate issues such as health, industrialization, and power structures. Looking at the way food has been produced and consumed, the course considers a wide range of topics, including: the history of cookbooks, public eating and restaurants, agriculture from its origins to €œurban farms,” hunger, food taboos, networks of food production, disordered eating, and modern food movements.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3420 - Historical Aspects of Public Health and Medicine
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will cover the major discoveries, developments, and advances in the field of medicine and public health. It will examine the intellectual and technological processes that produce advancements, and critically examine the public and professional debates about the application of such changes in society at large.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3430 - Queer History
3-4 Credit Hours
Description
This course takes a broad view of the history of gay, lesbian, transgender and other individuals whose sexual or gender identity differed from the dominant culture of their time. Topics may vary, but will include the historical evolution of ideas about gender and sexuality, the role of the state in defining sexual norms and regulating people’s private lives, race and class diversity within queer communities, depictions of sexuality in media, and activism by queer people.
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HIST 3500 - The Ancient Mediterranean
4 Credit Hours
Description
Same as MES 3110. Political, cultural, religious, economic, and social developments of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome and their influence on Western Civilization.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3505 - Classical and Early Modern Western Political Thought
3 Credit Hours
Description
Same as PHIL 3855 and POLS 3530. A survey of the historical writings in political thought from Plato to Machiavelli. Special emphasis on the contributions these thinkers made to Western conceptions of democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, etc., as well as the continuing relevance of the texts for explaining contemporary political phenomena.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3510 - Medieval Mediterranean/Islamic World
4 Credit Hours
Description
Overview of the history of the Medieval Mediterranean World, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Atlantic World (500-1500). Topics will include the origins and spread of Islam, cross-cultural contacts around the Mediterranean, the Crusades, and the other examples of Islamic/Christian/Jewish interaction. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3515 - North Africa and the World to 1800
4 Credit Hours
Description
Political, economic, cultural and social history of North Africa and its interactions with the Mediterranean world, Sub-Saharan Africa and the broader world system. Examines the history of the Berbers alongside the history of Arab and European influences in the region from Roman times to 1800.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3520 - Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789
4 Credit Hours
Description
Transition from medieval to modern Europe; special attention to the Northern Renaissance, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the emergence of a competitive state system; the evolution of nation states; gender roles and the pre-industrial economy; and the conceptual revolution in science and philosophy.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3525 - Modern Western Political Thought
3 Credit Hours
Description
Same as PHIL 3540 and PHIL 3855. A survey of the historical writings in political thought from Hobbes to Marx. Special emphasis on the contributions these thinkers made to Western conceptions of democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, etc., as well as the continuing relevance of the texts for explaining contemporary political phenomena.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3530 - Europe Since 1789
4 Credit Hours
Description
Society and politics since the age of enlightenment; special attention to revolution, reaction and reform; class, gender and industrial capitalism; imperialism and nationalism; democracy, fascism, and communism; economic integration: citizenship, immigration, and new social movements.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3540 - Film and the Holocaust
4 Credit Hours
Description
Explores the history of intersections among feature and documentary films and the Holocaust, with an emphasis on the ways filmmakers have interpreted and represented the causes, events, consequences, and recollections of the mass murder of European Jews and other groups during World War II. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3615 - The Indian Ocean World
4 Credit Hours
Description
The Indian Ocean world is a geographical zone running from East Africa to China and has been a highway of commercial and cultural exchanges since ancient times. This course introduces students to the empires, trade, and cultures in monsoons Asia and their role in the world economy from non-Western and non-Eurocentric perspectives. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3620 - The Atlantic World: Encounters, Empires, Diasporas, Revolutions
4 Credit Hours
Description
The Atlantic World as a space of cross-cultural contact, empire and nation-building, diasporas, and revolutions since the fifteenth century; transatlantic encounters in Africa, Europe, and the Americas; conquest, colonialism, and creolization; slavery, emancipation, and capitalism; indigenous survival, subaltern resistance, and popular religion; Atlantic world legacies in cultural and political identities.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3625 - War in Europe and America Since 1500
4 Credit Hours
Description
Warfare and military institutions as they relate to social, economic, political, and technological developments.
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HIST 3630 - Empires in the Modern World
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the interactive history of empires, both horizontally among great powers and vertically between rulers and subjects, since the sixteenth century. These interactions shaped, restructured, and dissolved supposedly monolithic empires. We will interrogate the cross-cultural encounters of imperial expansion; the raced and gendered nature of imperial hierarchies, identities, and imaginaries; the lived experience of colonial rule; the interplay of world economy, world war, and anticolonial projects for reform, revival, and revolution in the €œdecline and fall € of empire; and the uneven and contradictory transition from an €œimperial € to an €œinternational € world order.
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HIST 3635 - Media, Technology, and Popular Culture
4 Credit Hours
Description
Examines evolution of communication technologies from the rise of printing in early modern Europe through the foundation of American media, and the globalization of mass media in the twentieth century. Topics include nationalism and the public sphere; media constructions of race, gender, and sexuality; legal and regulatory issues; and the changing aesthetics of print, film, television, and new media.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3640 - Piracy from Ancient to Modern Times
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course examines the history of piracy from the ancient Egyptians to present-day piracy off Somalia and the Straits of Malacca. Particular attention to the ?Golden Age of Piracy? in the West from 1640 to 1730 is complemented by the study of piracy in a range of times and places. This comparative approach presents piracy as a series of complex social, political, and economic interactions, asking how transformations in piracy reveal larger patterns of change and continuity in world history. The course also examines how the study of pirates and piracy as a contemporary cultural phenomenon in films and other media can help us to understand how modern and contemporary culture claims and re-presents history.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3645 - Contemporary Africa
3 Credit Hours
Description
The major historical, political, cultural and economic developments, which have shaped conditions in Africa since the Second World War. Topics vary but include liberation movements, the Ebola Crisis, and the War on Terror in Africa; historical developments that continue to impact the continent ‘s current and future prospects. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3650 - Africa and the world
4 Credit Hours
Description
This interdisciplinary course explores the long and extensive international history of Africa, focusing on its relations with other civilizations and regions of the world, from medieval times to the present. The weekly inter-related and inter-woven topics will include Medieval African Kingdoms and the Trans-Saharan Trade; the Indian Ocean Trade; European colonialism; Africa, the World Wars and the Cold War; African relations with the US, Western Europe and the former USSR; China and India in Africa; the UN and other global IGOs/NGOs in Africa; Africa and the global economy; globalization and Africa; and Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3660 - 20th Century World
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the history of the €œlong € twentieth century from the 1890s to the 2000s. We will track the emergence of antagonisms in an imperial world that culminated in the First World War; the effort to construct political and social alternatives through the Second World War; the interplay of the €œthree worlds € during the Cold War; and the unfolding of global turbulence in a neoliberal world. We will highlight the ongoing challenges of social movements as well as contested visions of global order across this long century.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3665 - History of Ideas about Race
4 Credit Hours
Description
An interdisciplinary, comparative history of ideas about race, ethnicity, and human variation from the 17th century to the present, with emphasis on the social interactions, historical contexts, and social conflicts that produced those ideas. “Race” is primarily a Western historical construction, but the course also compares race with other systems for defining €œnatural € or €œin-born € differences, such as ethnicity, religion, caste, or class. It also provides an insight into how the subjects of racial regimes viewed or challenged them from the inside.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3675 - Teaching Difficult Topics in United States History
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will introduce students to the pedagogy of U.S. history, following the Georgia performance standards and the AP U.S. History curriculum framework. Topics will challenge the master narrative of American history, such as colonization, slavery, racial violence, and class conflict. Through readings, discussion, document analyses and classroom observations, students will explore a variety of teaching methods designed to develop historical thinking skills and maximize student engagement
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HIST 3680 - Jews in the Modern World
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Description
This course examines the history of the Jewish people since 1500. It explores the diversity of Jewish identity in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. Topics include: the Enlightenment and Jewish emancipation; Jews’ role in developing modern ideologies such as nationalism, liberalism, socialism, and capitalism; challenges posed by integration and anti-Semitism; the Holocaust; modern political Zionism and the creation of Israel; and Jewish history in the U.S. South. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3690 - Honors Readings
1 to 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
Description
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HIST 3700 - China and Japan to 1600
4 Credit Hours
Description
Origins and development of two ancient civilizations, with emphasis upon traditional thought, cultures, institutions, and change.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3710 - China and Japan since 1600
4 Credit Hours
Description
East Asia in modern transformation from 1600 to the present, emphasizing pre-nineteenth century prosperity, nineteenth-century crises, and twentieth-century change.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3715 - Modern Japan
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the history of Japan during the modern period, from late 1500s through the present. Special attention will be paid to the development of Japanese national identity in local, regional and global contexts. Primary and secondary sources, including writing and other media, will allow students to understand and appreciate Japan ‘s transformation from relative isolation to a major regional and global power in the twentieth century.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3720 - Colonial Latin America
4 Credit Hours
Description
Spain’s and Portugal’s conquests and settlements in the Western hemisphere; the organization and collapse of their colonial systems.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3730 - Latin America since 1810
4 Credit Hours
Description
Political, economic, and social developments of the major countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3740 - Mexico
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the history of Mexico and its people from the time before the Spanish arrived to the present day. Focusing on culture, everyday life, and the borderlands, it gives a thorough introduction to the United States ’ closest Latin American neighbor. The class is designed to work for students from a wide variety of majors for whom an understanding of Mexico would be useful.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3780 - Middle East 600-1800
4 Credit Hours
Description
Same as MES 4110. Political, cultural, social, and economic developments in the lands from Spain to Central Asia since the rise of Islam.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3790 - The Middle East since 1800
4 Credit Hours
Description
Same as MES 4120. Political, cultural, social, and economic developments from Morocco to Iran, including imperialism, nationalism, independence, and religious revival.
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3800 - History of India from the Indus Civilization to the Present
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course provides a broad overview of the political, economic, social, and cultural processes in Indian history from the Indus Civilization (c. 2500 BCE) to the present. Students will learn about major developments in the long historical trajectory that have shaped the societies, cultures, polities, and economies of the subcontinent and continue to influence the present-day life. A critical evaluation of India ‘s historical processes during the four and a half millennia will help students understand the contemporary political, social, and economic dynamics of the region. Students will discuss a variety of issues and their historical context, such as caste and social hierarchy, Buddhist-Hindu-Muslim relations, religious radicalism and ethnic violence, economic growth, and India ‘s position in the modern world economy. Through a combination of reading and analysis of literature and primary sources, watching movies/documentaries, and in-class discussions students will learn about major historical developments and their implications for the peoples, societies, economies, and cultures of the region.
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HIST 3850 - China, India, and the Modern World Economy
3 Credit Hours
Description
How to define and understand the modern world economy? What place did China and India have in it? This comparative global history course addresses these questions. It familiarizes students with the main characteristics of the world economy and the place and role of China and India in it. Prior to 1800, China and India were at the forefront of the world economy and since the early 19th century, Europe and North America have held a dominant position in it. Rapid economic growth in China and India since the early 1990s is indicative of a major reconfiguration in the world economy. This course offers historical and contemporary perspectives on the modern world economy and a comparative analysis of the role of states, markets, trade networks, economic institutions, commodity production, consumption, and socio-cultural values in the economies of China, India, and Europe/North America. Global Scholars course.
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HIST 3900 - Human Rights in Historical Perspective
3 Credit Hours
Description
Exploration of the historical development of human rights as contested ideal, movement, and institution. Topics may include premodern origins of human rights, modern struggles for the recognition of human rights, and historic and recent controversies around the legitimacy of human rights.
Global Perspectives Course. May be repeated if topic varies.
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HIST 4100 - Philosophy of History
3 Credit Hours
Description
What is €œhistory €? How do we understand and represent the past? How does historical inquiry relate to a given society and culture? Western thinkers have asked these questions time and again since the Enlightenment; this course will examine the most important arguments and issues in the philosophy of history. Key topics will include: the validity of grand historical narratives of history; the rise of scientific history and historical positivism; historicism and its critique; and postmodern reflections on history.
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HIST 4190 - American Culture and Ideas I
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course will explore the history of American culture and ideas from the colonial era to the Civil War through books, essays, films, novels, and more.
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HIST 4200 - American Culture and Ideas II
4 Credit Hours
Description
This course will explore the history of American culture and ideas from the Civil War to the twenty-first century through books, essays, films, novels, and more.
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HIST 4220 - The American City
4 Credit Hours
Description
Origins and growth of American cities from the colonial period to the present; economic, political, and cultural developments; the process of urbanization; and the influence of urbanism on the American experience.
City Scholars course.
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HIST 4225 - Immigrants in America
4 Credit Hours
Description
History of immigration and the creation of “ethnic” identity in the United States from European contact to the present. Global Scholars course. City Scholars Course.
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HIST 4230 - Foreign Relations of the United States
4 Credit Hours
Description
Legacy of the colonial era, problems of a new nation, expansion and evolution of America as a great power, New Deal diplomacy, the United States in World War II, the “Cold War,” and the “American Empire.”
Global Scholars course.
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HIST 4245 - The United States in the 1960s
4 Credit Hours
Description
A social and cultural history of the U.S. in the 1960s, with special attention to the civil rights, peace, and women’s movements; the counterculture; race, gender, and electoral politics; the New Left and radical politics; the lasting influence of the 1960s on late 20th-century U.S. politics and culture.
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HIST 4255 - USCivil War and Reconstruction
4 Credit Hours
Description
Survey of the American Civil War era, including causes of the war, the war itself, Reconstruction, and the war’s commemoration from the 1860s to the present.
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