Jun 22, 2024

2013-2014 Graduate Catalogue

2013-2014 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

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History
	HST 548 - Seminar: Medieval Europe Credits: (3) (408) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in history of Medieval Europe (500-1500). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 552 - Seminar: Renissance and Reformation Europe Credits: (3) (412) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1350-1618). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 554 - Seminar: Early Modern Europe Credits: (3) (414) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Early Modern Europe (1618-1789). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 556 - Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Europe Credits: (3) (416) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 558 - Seminar: Twentieth-Century Europe Credits: (3) (418) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Europe since 1914. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 560 - Global Colloquium Credits: (3) Readings and discussion of bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends on a theme or period in global history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 562 - Global Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper on an aspect of global history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 564 - Modernization and Revolution in the Non-Western World Credits: (3) Examination of industrialization, imperialism, nationalism, and other forces that have revolutionized traditional society in the non–Western world. This course is open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 570 - Public History: Theory and Practice Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite HST 500 . A survey of the theoretical literature concerning the field of public history combined with a class project based upon primary research designated to introduce students to career opportunities and the collaborative process inherent in public history. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 571 - Care and Management of Historical Collections Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Introduction to the theory and practice of historical collections in museums worldwide. Topics include collections in cultural and historical context, policy development, documentation, registration, conservation, and storage. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 572 - Education and Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Overview of learning at museums and historic sites in international context. Topics include the social role of the museum, learning styles, community collaboration, visitor evaluation, program planning, and the history of visitors’ roles in the museum. Emphasis is on the historian’s role in facilitating public dialogue on historical topics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 573 - Public History Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper or complete an original interpretative project on an aspect of public history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 574 - Museum Exhibition Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Introduction to the theory, research, development, design, fabrication and installation of historical exhibits in museums. Students will create and install an exhibition using a professional exhibit development process. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 575 - Administration of Museums and Historic Sites Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Overview of issues in museum management, including long-range planning, museum governance, funding for non-profits, and administration of historical resources. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 577 - Historic Preservation in the U.S. Credits: (3) (477) This applied research class provides an overview of the history, theory, and practices of historic preservation. It addresses the history of the built American environment and how scholars analyze buildings and landscapes as historical evidence. Students visit historic structures and conduct both fieldwork and archival research. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 578 - Interpreting US Material Culture Credits: (3) (478) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Intensive examination of theory, practice, and historiography of using material culture as sources for the study of American life. Culminates in a research paper constructing a historical argument based upon an artifact. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 580 - Topics in Public History Credits: (3) (480) Intensive study of selected themes in public history. Examples of topics: history and memory, interpretation of landscape, interpretation of material culture, and business history. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 581 - Topics in African History Credits: (3) (481) Intensive study of a selected theme in African history. Examples of topics: slavery, the slave trade and its abolition, pre–colonial Africa, colonial and post–colonial Africa, oral history in Africa. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 583 - Topics in Middle Eastern History Credits: (3) (483) Intensive study of a selected theme in Middle Eastern history. Examples of topics: early Islamic conquests, the Ottoman Empire, the Arab–Israeli conflict. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 585 - Topics in Latin American History Credits: (3) (485) Intensive study of a selected theme in Latin American history. Examples of topics: pre–Columbian civilizations. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 586 - Topics in the History of Science and Technology Credits: (3) (496) Intensive study of a selected theme in the History of Science and Technology. Examples of topics include: “Positivism,” “The Scientific Revolution,” “Occult Studies and the Renaissance,” “The Industrial Revolution.” May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 587 - Topics in Global History Credits: (3) (487) Intensive study of a selected theme in global history. Examples of topics: colonialism, imperialism, industrialization, slavery, revolutionary movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 590 - Comparative Historical Studies Credits: (3) Comparison of developments in different eras or places in order to determine unique or common historical themes. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-6) May take up to six credit hours; see the graduate history coordinator for details. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 592 - Special Topics In History Credits: (3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 593 - Problems in History Credits: (3) Investigation of selected problems in European, American, and non-Western history through discussions, development of bibliographies, or research papers. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 595 - Special Topics in History Credits: (3) (495) Research-oriented exploration of a special topic not regularly covered in other courses. May not be applied toward fulfilment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 596 - Seminar: Topics in History Credits: (3) Advanced research on specialized topics using, where possible, primary sources. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 597 - Topics in Asian History Credits: (3) (497) Intensive study of selected themes and events in Asian history not regularly covered in other courses. Examples of topics include: Chinese Revolutions, Meiji Japan, Gandhian thought, and nationalist movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 598 - Internship in Public History Credits: (3) Prerequisite: HST 570 and permission of the instructor. Supervised experience with credentialed professional in public history or technical field, combined with directed reading in literature of that field. Final product must meet accepted standards of historical scholarship and professional practice as defined by faculty and supervising professional. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Instructional Technology
	MIT 500 - Instructional Systems Design: Theory and Research Credits: (3) Designed to provide an analysis of theoretical foundations of instructional design and their application in design practice. The course will examine multidisciplinary and multicultural influences upon instructional theory and development. A broad range of current design research and theory, and future directions in design theory and practice will be explored. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 501 - Motivation in Instructional Design Credits: (3) Designed to provide a review and analysis of motivational theories in relation to instructional design strategies. The primary emphasis will be on the motivation to learn and techniques for stimulating and sustaining learner motivation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 502 - The Systematic Approach to Performance Improvement Credits: (3) Provides an introduction to theories and techniques for solving training and nontraining problems in business, industry, and other performance-oriented organizations. Activities include needs assessment, analysis, solution selection, and job and task analysis. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 503 - The Fundamentals of Computer Programming Credits: (3) Study of computer programming and problem-solving as applied to real world educational problems with solutions designed and implemented in various programming and scripting languages. Topics include data types, logic, flowcharting, sequence, selection, repetition, functions, arrays, file i/o, design, testing, and debugging. Prior programming experience is neither assumed nor required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 510 - Design and Development of Instructional Technology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MIT 500 or approval of department. Emphasizes skills and understanding necessary to create effective, efficient, and appealing instruction in any content area and with any medium, including live instruction. Addresses both “process” and “product.” Process is concerned with activities and media required to create and deliver the instruction. Product is concerned with what the instruction should accomplish. Students will engage in leading a team that designs, produces, implements and evaluates an instructional system developed for a field site. Team leaders will ensure the quality and integrity of the design and report. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 511 - Multimedia Design and Development Credits: (3) The course focuses on cognitive learning theory, perception, motivation, color principles, communication, usability, multimedia learning principles and instructional design applicable to designing multimedia instructional products. Students will learn to design, develop, and evaluate multimedia applications. Each student will demonstrate basic proficiency across a wide spectrum of multimedia for print design, job aid design, graphic design and screen design. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 512 - Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning Credits: (3) Designed to enhance knowledge and skills related to application and integration of information technologies to educational environments with an emphasis on teaching and learning activities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 513 - Computer-based Instruction Credits: (3) Prerequisites: MIT 500 and MIT 511 . Exploration of computer-based instruction (CBI) as a delivery system. Students will learn to design, develop and evaluate an interactive computer-based instructional program that meets instructional needs. Students will follow a systematic instructional design process (flowcharting, storyboarding, prototyping, formative testing) to develop a CBI program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 514 - Foundations of Distance Education Credits: (3) Examine the concepts, technologies, and issues related to the design, development, delivery, policy-making, and evaluation of distance education courses and programs. Provide an overview of distance education technologies and focus on effective delivery techniques for teaching and learning within a distance education system. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 515 - Web Teaching: Design and Development Credits: (3) Prerequisites: MIT 500 and MIT 511 . Focus on principles of designing Internet-based (web-based) instruction. Students will use Internet tools and other instructional design principles to design and develop web-based instruction. Four to six hour weekly lab required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 516 - Instructional Video Design and Production Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MIT 500 or permission of instructor. Designed to explore the process and techniques involved in professional video productions. Emphasizes fundamental theories and practice in camera and computer-based audio and video production, including recording, editing, and digitizing audio and video segments for education and training applications. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 517 - Gaming and Simulation Credits: (3) The course uses a hands-on approach to explore the process of designing games, simulation, and virtual environments for teaching and learning. Students will analyze the design and use of the commercial games and simulations to identify their technical, practical, and pedagogical limitations. A variety of game engine software and various methodologies for building and evaluating game models will be explored. Students will design games and role playing/simulations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 520 - Managing Instructional Development Credits: (3) Examines principles of planning, scheduling, allocating resources, budgeting, proposal preparation, cost control and personnel management for instructional projects. Activities include negotiating an effective design project plan, how to implement that plan, and how to control and monitor project activities. Case studies will be used as a basis for exercises and discussions. Students will develop a plan that meets specific criteria. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 521 - Diffusion and Implementation of Educational Innovations Credits: (3) Designed to extend students’ understanding of theories and research in the diffusion of innovations. Activities include investigation of the literature and research in diffusion of innovations and examination of theoretical and research findings to the diffusion of technological innovations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 522 - Organization and Management of Instructional Technology Programs Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MIT 510 or instructor’s permission. Examination of the planning and management of successful training, professional development, and technological projects in public or private schools. Topical areas include planning and developing technology projects, evaluating and analyzing school or district capacity and readiness for a new technology project, organizing and managing human resources and support systems, scheduling, budgeting, team structures, defining project requirements, and quality assurance. Analytical tools will be utilized to enhance project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control, including software designed to support project managers. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 530 - Evaluation and Change in Instructional Development Credits: (3) Designed to provide an introduction to evaluation techniques associated with educational evaluation media and materials, courses, curricula, students or other elements in educational programs. Various units of the course will focus upon particular evaluation techniques. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 531 - Assessment of Learning Outcomes Credits: (3) Examines the nature and purpose of measurement and assessment of learning outcomes. Particular attention is paid to the concepts of reliability, validity, norms, interpretation of scores, response sets, fairness in testing and performance assessment, and norm-referenced vs. criterion-referenced tests. A variety of instruments that are used to measure or assess human attributes and behaviors will be studied. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 540 - Colloquium I Credits: (1) Examines issues, theory, research, and practice shaping the field of Instructional Technology. A particular topic will be emphasized each time the course is offered. Students will engage in reviewing issues, identifying trends, debating theory application, and developing researchable questions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 541 - Colloquium II Credits: (1) Examines issues, theory, research, and practice shaping the field of Instructional Technology. A particular topic will be emphasized each time the course is offered. Students will engage in reviewing issues, identifying trends, debating theory application, and developing researchable questions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 542 - Internship Credits: (1) Designed to provide opportunities to experiment in “real world” settings with knowledge and skills learned throughout the program. Internship sites may include on or off-campus, public or private organizations. Interns will apply knowledge and skills of the range of technology mediated instructional planning, design and delivery. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 595 - Special Topics in Instructional Technology Credits: (1-4) Seminars of varying duration and credit may be arranged for the study of special topics relevant to student needs not served by established graduate courses. Seminars of this nature may be offered only upon approval of the dean of the Graduate School. A maximum of six semester credit hours may be counted toward degree requirements. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 598 - Design and Development Research Project Credits: (3) Completion of a minimum of 18 hours toward completion of master’s degree and permission of the instructor. Principal outcomes include the design and development research proposal and presentation of a research paper with the ultimate aim of improving the processes of instructional design, development, and evaluation. As a part of the design and development research project, students perform instructional design, development, and evaluation activities while studying the process of providing solutions to a practical problem. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 599 - Thesis Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 18 hours toward completion of the master’s degree and permission of the instructor. Intensive study of a topic selected by the student and approval by the thesis committee required. Includes definition of problem, review of related literature, application of appropriate methodology, and interpretation of results and conclusions. Oral presentation and defense required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
International Business
	IMB 531 - Portfolio Management I: Equity Credits: (2) This course is designed to focus on tools and techniques of modern portfolio theory in a global context. The focus of the course will be on the asset class of equity securities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 532 - Portfolio Management II: Fixed Income Credits: (2) This course is designed to focus on tools and techniques of modern portfolio theory in a global context. The focus of the course will be on the asset class of fixed-income securities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 533 - Portfolio Management III: Derivatives and Financial Risk Management Credits: (2) This course is designed to provide an understanding of financial and commodity derivative contracts to facilitate effective risk management in corporations. The focus of the course will be on applications of these instruments rather than valuations methods. Extensive discussions of real world cases will be included in the material. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 534 - International Real Estate Investment Credits: (1) The course will first survey “real estate” as a bundle of rights defined differently across borders. Students will review special topics related to international real estate value. These topics will include the mathematics of real estate investment, special tax-deferral and tax sheltering options, cross-border money transfers, offshore real estate ownership, and the expanding importance of ecotourism and sustainable development. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 535 - International Finance Credits: (2) A global overview of managerial and financial accounting for international financial decision-making at an advanced level. The course focuses on analysis and decision making techniques affecting global economics, multinational finance, international accounting, global harmonization, corporate governance, and global value creating management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 536 - Global Macroeconomics and Financial Institutions Credits: (1) Analysis of aggregate economic activity, the effects of fiscal and monetary policies in a global environment and financial institutions in which global business firms operate. The course will measure, analyze, and interpret economic data in an open economic context. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 537 - Global Topics Credits: (1-4) A series of topics providing depth in functional areas such as global business and economic forecasting, financial statement analysis, global information technology, project management, and globally emerging topics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 538 - Financial Research Methods Credits: (1-2) An extensive study of the research methods utilized to understand and analyze financial issues. Topics and skills covered include: 1) identification and extraction of reliable data for interest rates, equity prices, company fundamentals, and foreign currency, 2) utilization of SAS, Eventus, Bloomberg, and Microsoft Excel to perform analytics such as correlations, regressions, and event studies, and 3) presentation of research results. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 539 - Financial Management Credits: (1-2) This is a corporate finance course designed for international MBA students. The primary objective of this course is to provide an understanding of finance and financial management. This primary objective will be supported with examinations of relevant topics in contemporary finance. These will include an appreciation of financial terms and the interplay between the capital markets, knowledge of the tools used by financial managers in their decision-making. With regular reference to current issues in personal, business and international finance, these tools and terms will be introduced and examined. The course format will be a mixture of lectures, assignments and class discussion. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 540 - Global Marketing Strategies Credits: (2) International marketing decision making at an advanced level. The course will address marketing performance in a global context, assess differences in country environments; select and apply techniques for international market segmentation, market entry strategies, market risk analysis, and marketing plans. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 551 - Global Strategic Analysis Credits: (2) An intensive course in globally strategy-making and execution. The course addresses global strategic business issues and the development of winning business strategies in a global economy. The managerial tasks of strategic analysis as well as crafting, selecting, and executing strategies are discussed through lecture, discussion, and case analysis. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 552 - Human Resource Management in the Global Environment Credits: (2) An examination of international human resource management in the context of the global business environment and policies of organizations for the management of people. The issues of managing international human resources, the link between HR practices and organizational performance, and international legal requirements and best practices will be addressed. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 571 - International Business Law Credits: (2) This course develops an understanding of international legal foundations and frameworks within which a business operates, focusing on a critical analysis of business transactions, and the global legal environment in which they are conducted. Legal concepts will be related to current issues in international business relationships to assist in an understanding of risks inherit in the global forum. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 577 - Global Operations Management Credits: (2-3) (OPS 577) This class examines contemporary issues related to managing operations in a global context. The focus will be on key issues within operations which are of relevance in a firm’s ability to remain competitive in a global economy. The development, implementation and evaluation of effective strategies and tactics for managing operations are key drivers of an organization’s success. Topics: outsourcing and offshoring, managing international projects, designing and managing global supply chains, managing inventory and global logistics, and acquisition management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-6) Permission of MBA Director required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 594 - Capstone Project Credits: (1-6) Prerequisite: Permission of MBA director. Focused study of a research topic in the practical application of financial decision making/recommendation under the guidance of one or more faculty members. Topics are selected by the student with faculty and MBA director approval. Written analysis and oral presentation of the project is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 595 - Study Abroad Credits: (1-15) This course reflects the specialization topic courses taken by the International MBA (IMBA) students in one o the European partner schools. All IMBA students are required to choose a specialization area for their degree. The courses, topics and content of these specialization areas will different for each of our partner schools. The transient courses taken abroad will be reflected in this course. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 598 - Internship Credits: (1-2) Academic training and practical experience through work in a private company or public agency. Faculty supervision and evaluation of all study and on-site activity. Students must secure permission of the MBA director. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 600 - Continuous Enrollment IMBA Students Credits: (1) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	IMB 901 - International Bus Elective Credits: (1-4) This course reflects the core elective taken by the International MBA (IMBA) students at one of the European partner schools. All IMBA students are required to take 6 classes in the fall semester toward their degree. Five of these courses are the same at each partner University. The sixth class varies by institution (elective). The transient course taken abroad will be reflected in this course. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
International Exchange
	INT 505 - Global Issues Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected international topic or theme. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 510 - Topics in the Middle East Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme about the Middle East. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 520 - Topics in Europe Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme about Europe. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 530 - Topics in Latin America Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme about Latin America. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 540 - Topics in Asia Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme about Asia. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 550 - Topics in Africa Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme about Africa. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 560 - Topics in South Asia Credits: (1-6) Intensive study of a selected topic or theme in art or literature. May be repeated under different subtitles. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-6) Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. May be repeated under different subtitles. Students must secure permission of the program director. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	INT 594 - International Exchange Credits: (9) This is a placeholder course for international exchange program graduate-level participants so that program statistics can be monitored and maintained, so participants remain enrolled at UNCW while on the program, thus safeguarding their catalogue year, keeping active computer accounts, etc. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Liberal Studies
	GLS 502 - Contemporary Issues in Liberal Studies Credits: (3) A review of critical issues in liberal studies that may be influencing disciplinary methodology, discourse or research techniques. Emphasis on forms of oral and written communication, and research methods. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 510 - Religion and Sex Credits: (3) Through an examination of the major world religions’ views on sex, procreation, marriage, abstinence, masturbation, incest, and sexual orientation as expressed in their scriptures, exegesis, and practice, this course explores the close connections between various conceptions of the sacred and their impact on this biological activity. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 511 - The Social Organization of Cruelty Credits: (3) This course examines the origins and organization of cruelty (slavery, torture, genocide, child abuse, the treatment of “inmates” in nursing homes and mental hospitals) with the aims of 1) developing a general theory of cruelty and 2) better understanding cruelty as an ongoing social achievement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 513 - Transitions from Communism Credits: (3) An interdisciplinary approach to the problems of transition in four regions: Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and China. After an examination of the historical, geographical, and cultural foundations of current issues, the course focuses on the prospects for democracy and civil society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 514 - Post-Modern Childhood Credits: (3) Interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary childhood. Popular media, scholarly sources, and a variety of qualitative methods will be used to analyze the social worlds of children and the social construction of childhood in postmodern and increasingly global consumer culture. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 517 - Affirmative Action and Social Justice Credits: (3) Introduction, through discussion, debate and dialogue, to the philosophy of racial justice. Topics include equality and the Constitution, slavery and segregation, the philosophy of civil rights, affirmative action and theories of social justice, and racial healing. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 519 - Poverty, Social Policy, and the American Welfare State Credits: (3) A seminar considering America’s struggle against poverty and related social problems. Examination of social policy and programs, the changing character of poverty over the past century, the influence of reform movements, and the future of the U.S. social welfare system. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 520 - Atheism and Unbelief Credits: (3) Examines the beliefs and assumptions of atheists by exploring an atheist’s response to common theistic arguments, by surveying the historical and philosophical traditions of atheism, and by considering how atheists explain all those things deists need gods for, with special reference to the theories of Freud, Durkheim, Marx, Skinner, Harris, and Sperber. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 521 - Media and Society Credits: (3) Examines the relationship between media, culture, and society, with a special emphasis on interdisciplinary perspectives. Focuses on the roles the mass media play in the production, reception, and representation of the news, race, class, gender and sexuality in contemporary society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 522 - Shamanism Credits: (3) Cross-cultural study of shamanism. Topics include importance of cultural context, altered states of consciousness, balance with nature, and use of plants. Exploration of the shaman as healer, medium, and conduit of spiritual knowledge. Shamanism as a personal journey. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 523 - Popular Culture Credits: (3) Cross-cultural and semiotic analysis of popular forms of everyday life (food, fashion, fads, entertainment trends, television, movies, music, myths, stereotypes, and icons of mass-mediated consumer culture), with a special emphasis upon thinking and writing critically about popular culture by examining tacit assumptions about how the world works and our place in it as well as the role language plays in shaping reality. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 524 - The Contemporary American Workplace Credits: (3) Examines the contemporary American workplace from a number of disciplinary perspectives—economic, sociological, psychological, historical, philosophical, and literary—and considers such concerns as work and identity, ethics and the workplace, gender and ethnic discrimination, work as reality and myth, work and leisure, the workaholic syndrome, job satisfaction, management and labor relations, and education and the marketplace. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 526 - Persuasion in American Life Credits: (3) How American society is influenced by the advertising and public relations industries and the newspaper editorial page. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 527 - Historical Geography of American Race Relations Credits: (3) This seminar explores the historical geography of American race relations from 1619 to the present through readings, discussions, and oral and written presentations of research. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 528 - Cultural Images of America in the 60s Credits: (3) An interdisciplinary examination of the United States in the 1960s, with a focus upon such major political, social, and cultural developments as the anti-Vietnam war movement, the free speech movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, the sexual revolution, the Black Arts movement and the environmental movement as well as the evolution of a distinctive counterculture. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLS 529 - Cultural Images of America in the 50s Credits: (3) An interdisciplinary examination of the United States in the 1950s from a variety of socio-cultural perspectives, with a focus upon such topics as fashion, automotive design, food and kitchen technology, roadside architecture, suburban development, consumerism, the nuclear family, the evolution of a distinctive youth culture, segregation, the “Red” scare, popular fads, and the popular media. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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– Course Descriptions

HST 548 - Seminar: Medieval Europe

HST 552 - Seminar: Renissance and Reformation Europe

HST 554 - Seminar: Early Modern Europe

HST 556 - Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Europe

HST 558 - Seminar: Twentieth-Century Europe

HST 560 - Global Colloquium

HST 562 - Global Seminar

HST 564 - Modernization and Revolution in the Non-Western World

HST 570 - Public History: Theory and Practice

HST 571 - Care and Management of Historical Collections

HST 572 - Education and Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites

HST 573 - Public History Seminar

HST 574 - Museum Exhibition

HST 575 - Administration of Museums and Historic Sites

HST 577 - Historic Preservation in the U.S.

HST 578 - Interpreting US Material Culture

HST 580 - Topics in Public History

HST 581 - Topics in African History

HST 583 - Topics in Middle Eastern History

HST 585 - Topics in Latin American History

HST 586 - Topics in the History of Science and Technology

HST 587 - Topics in Global History

HST 590 - Comparative Historical Studies

HST 591 - Directed Independent Study

HST 592 - Special Topics In History

HST 593 - Problems in History

HST 595 - Special Topics in History

HST 596 - Seminar: Topics in History

HST 597 - Topics in Asian History

HST 598 - Internship in Public History

HST 599 - Thesis

MIT 500 - Instructional Systems Design: Theory and Research

MIT 501 - Motivation in Instructional Design

MIT 502 - The Systematic Approach to Performance Improvement

MIT 503 - The Fundamentals of Computer Programming

MIT 510 - Design and Development of Instructional Technology

MIT 511 - Multimedia Design and Development

MIT 512 - Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning

MIT 513 - Computer-based Instruction

MIT 514 - Foundations of Distance Education

MIT 515 - Web Teaching: Design and Development

MIT 516 - Instructional Video Design and Production

MIT 517 - Gaming and Simulation

MIT 520 - Managing Instructional Development

MIT 521 - Diffusion and Implementation of Educational Innovations

MIT 522 - Organization and Management of Instructional Technology Programs

MIT 530 - Evaluation and Change in Instructional Development

MIT 531 - Assessment of Learning Outcomes

MIT 540 - Colloquium I

MIT 541 - Colloquium II

MIT 542 - Internship

MIT 595 - Special Topics in Instructional Technology

MIT 598 - Design and Development Research Project

MIT 599 - Thesis

IMB 531 - Portfolio Management I: Equity

IMB 532 - Portfolio Management II: Fixed Income

IMB 533 - Portfolio Management III: Derivatives and Financial Risk Management

IMB 534 - International Real Estate Investment

IMB 535 - International Finance

IMB 536 - Global Macroeconomics and Financial Institutions

IMB 537 - Global Topics

IMB 538 - Financial Research Methods

IMB 539 - Financial Management

IMB 540 - Global Marketing Strategies

IMB 551 - Global Strategic Analysis

IMB 552 - Human Resource Management in the Global Environment

IMB 571 - International Business Law

IMB 577 - Global Operations Management

IMB 591 - Directed Independent Study

IMB 594 - Capstone Project

IMB 595 - Study Abroad

IMB 598 - Internship

IMB 599 - Thesis

IMB 600 - Continuous Enrollment IMBA Students

IMB 901 - International Bus Elective

INT 505 - Global Issues

INT 510 - Topics in the Middle East

INT 520 - Topics in Europe

INT 530 - Topics in Latin America