2003-2004 Academic Catalog

195 Social Sciences and History School of Social Sciences and Professional Studies immunity, seizures and civil liability, special duty to protect, liability for policy or custom, and preventive measures. Prerequi- site: CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. CRJU-4200 Police Administration –Fa 3 hours Focuses on contemporary policing issues and related admin- istrative matters from the perspective of executive leadership. Emphasis on management of organizational resources regarding basic line and staff functions. Consideration is given to contempo- rary issues of community-oriented policing and federal legislative mandates. Case study is utilized. Prerequisite: CRJU-1310 Introduction to Criminal Justice. CRJU-4330 3 hours Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice –Sp Analysis of key issues influencing the criminal justice system. CRJU-4600 Research Issues in Criminal Justice –Fa 3 hours This is a capstone course for criminal justice majors. The class will usually focus on a significant issue in contemporary criminal justice. Major papers will be presented by individual students on sub-categories of the primary topic. Additionally, the class will prepare a project which will be presented in a public forum. Prerequisite: senior status as a CRJU major. Geography GEO-3080 History of Russia and the Soviet Union –Fa 3 hours See course description for HIST-3080 History of Russia and the Soviet Union. GEO-3200 History and Politics of Latin America –Fa 3 hours See course description for HIST-3200 History and Politics of Latin America. GEO-3210 History and Politics of East Asia –Sp 3 hours See course description for HIST-3210 History and Politics of East Asia. GEO-3220 History and Politics of the Middle East –Fa 3 hours See course description for HIST-3220 History and Politics of the Middle East. GEO-3230 History and Politics of Western Europe –Sp 3 hours See course description for HIST-3230 History and Politics of Western Europe. (odd years) GEO-3510 3 hours World Regional Geography–Western Hemisphere –Fa Spatial survey of various regions in the western hemisphere with an emphasis on the cultural, economic, and political developments in relation to the geographical environment. GEO-3520 3 hours World Regional Geography – Eastern Hemisphere –Sp Survey of various regions in the eastern hemisphere with an emphasis on the cultural, economic, and political developments in relation to the geographical environment. GEO-3540 History and Politics of Africa –Sp 3 hours See course description for HIST-3540 History and Politics of Africa. History HIST-1110 United States History I –Fa 3 hours HIST-1120 United States History II –Sp 3 hours Analysis of the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Attention is given to the dominant Christian influences that have tended to mold the philosophy and ideology of our cultural, social, and political development. HIST-2000 Introduction toHistory –Fa 2 hours An introduction to the field of history as it pertains to both the academic and the public historian. Emphasis will be given to historical inquiry, source evaluation, analysis and synthesis, research methodology, formal historical writing, and career opportunities. Introduction to History should be taken in the sophomore year. HIST-2010History of Civilization I –Fa 3 hours HIST-2020History of Civilization II –Sp 3 hours This survey of human history begins at the advent of civilized life in the ancient Near East and continues into the twentieth century. It presents the religious, social, political, and intellectual development of mankind from a Christian interpretive point of view. HIST-3000 Introduction toHistoriography –Fa 3 hours Introduction to the history of historical writing, methods of research, and the philosophy of history. Required of history majors. Should be taken in the junior year. HIST-3030History of Christianity: Pre-Reformation –Sp 3 hours Survey of ancient and medieval church history with emphasis given to doctrinal and institutional developments. (even years) HIST-3040 History of Modern Britain –Fa 3 hours A survey of the events, major individuals, and ideas of modern Great Britain, including Scotland and Ireland, from the time just prior to the Reformation to the twentieth century. The class will focus on the influence of British ideas on American Culture and religion, the rise of classical liberalism and the free market system, the role of socialism, the age of colonialism, the common law, Reformed theology from Puritanism and Scottish Presbyterianism, and other movements and ideas. HIST-3050 Renaissance and Reformation Europe –Fa 3 hours A survey of the period spanning the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, focusing on the origins, rise, nature, and waning of the Renaissance, especially humanism, and the origins, development, and influence of the Protestant Reforma- tions and the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. A special emphasis will be placed on the continuities and discontinuities between the two movements. (odd years) HIST-3060 History of Modern Germany 3 hours Composite examination of the course of German unification under Prussia and Germany’s rise to the status of great world power. Emphasis is given to 19th and 20th century political and intellectual movements. HIST-3070 The Age of Reason –Sp 3 hours A survey of the major individuals, events, and ideas of the period spanning the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century, known as the Enlightenment. Included is a study of the changing political landscape, the rise of France and Great Britain as major European powers, the continued frag- mentation of the German states as well as the growing power of Prussia, the origin and diffusion of new ideas in philosophy, theology, science, economics, and politics, and the lives of a number of influential individuals of the period. HIST-3080 History of Russia and the Soviet Union –Fa 3 hours This course will cover not only Soviet history but also the major events of Russian history up to the Bolshevik Revolution. Soviet history will be studied in detail, with attention given to the development of non-Russian peoples in the empire. The political, economic, social, and foreign policy aspects of Soviet history will all be covered, emphasizing Perestroika and the Soviet collapse. HIST-3090 3 hours Europe in theNineteenthCentury: theAge of Revolution –Fa A survey of the period running from about 1789 to 1918. The course follows the major political and ideological shifts of the nineteenth century, especially the various revolutions of the period, as well as the major ideas such as evolutionary thought, classical liberalism, laissez faire, socialism, and idealism. Also covered is the Industrial Revolution and geographic focus on Germany and England. (even years) HIST-3110 Early American History –Fa 3 hours Analysis of the development of American civilization from colonization to 1820. Political, religious, social, economic, and cultural institutions will be examined. Prerequisite: HIST-1110 United States History; or permission of instructor.