Sep 27, 2024  
2022/2023 University Catalog 
    
2022/2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

History

  
  • HIST 421 - Asian History Since 1600


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 421  
    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    China, Japan, and India, with case studies on Philippines and Vietnam. Comparative Asian responses to Western imperialism, nationalism, revolution, and war. Diverse Cold War paths; contemporary problems and prospects.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 422 - Asian American Experiences


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 422  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Experiences of Asian/Pacific Islander Americans to include immigration, colonialism, imperialism, exclusion, citizenship, labor, family, community, gender, popular culture, refugees, multi-racial tensions, globalization, and resistance.

    Note: This course satisfies the ethnic studies [ES] requirement.

  
  • HIST 425 - The Vietnam War


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 425  
    The Vietnam War from a global perspective. The war’s evolution in Vietnam and Indochina as well as its implications on socialist nations, the Third World, and the West.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 435 - History Through Film


    Units: 3

    Critical analysis of selected historical problems, eras, and events, using film as the principal historical document. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 436 - Modern Jewish History in Feature Films


    Units: 3 GE

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Representations of twentieth century Jewish history in feature films. Topics include persecutions of Jews in Czarist Russia and Nazi occupied Europe, social mobility in the United States and national sovereignty in Israel.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 440 - The Holocaust and Western Civilization


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    German campaign to eliminate Jews during World War II. Anti-semitic background, both Christian and racial; rise of Adolf Hitler and implementation of “the final solution”; responses by Jews and non- Jews in the Western world.

  
  • HIST 441 - Unnatural Disasters: History of Current Environmental Problems


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Comparative and historical study of current environmental problems in San Diego and the world. Considers the role of religious beliefs, social values, economic practices, and political systems in shaping past attitudes, policies, and behavior toward the environment. International in scope.

  
  • HIST 442 - People From Our Past


    Units: 3 GE

    Biographical approach to history through lives of prominent and ordinary individuals. Topics may include war, community, dissent, individualism, leadership, politics, culture, religion, gender, race, and ethnic identities. Specific content may vary.

  
  • HIST 445 - California History


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    California history from pre-colonial societies to present. Emphasis on early colonial societies, economy, environment, politics, race, gender, and California’s place in popular culture.

  
  • HIST 450 - Senior Seminar in Historical Research


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Capstone seminar on historical research. Application of historical theory and methods to original research in a selected field of history. Includes a major research paper based on primary sources.

  
  • HIST 451 - Historians and the Public


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a Grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history.

    Analysis and practice of ways historians preserve, research, and interpret the past for public audiences. Topics include historic preservation projects, parks, museums, archives, and living history programs. Includes a major analytical essay or public history project.

  
  • HIST 452 - Advanced Internship in Applied History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a Grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history.

    Campus and community archives, museums, government, and other historical agencies. Emphasis on critical analysis, writing, and historiography.

  
  • HIST 455 - Digital History


    Units: 3 GE

    Tools and practices used by historians to conduct research and present findings and results through a technology lens. Challenges, issues, theories, and uses of digital history.

  
  • HIST 457 - Graphic History


    Units: 3 GE

    Grading Method: Letter (Cr/NC OK)

    Only offered at: SDSU San Diego

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement.

    Critical analysis of selected historical problems, eras, and events, using graphic histories and novels as the principal historical documents.

  
  • HIST 473 - Middle Eastern History from the Advent of Islam to 1500


    Units: 3 GE

    Middle Eastern history, 600 C.E. to 1500 C.E.; spread of Islam through rise of Ottoman Empire.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 474 - The Middle East Since 1500


    Units: 3 GE

    Middle Eastern history since 1500 C.E.; Islamic empires, European colonialism, nationalism, and modernization.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 486 - World War II


    Units: 3

    Causes of World War II, its course, and its legacy for today’s world.

  
  • HIST 488 - Modern Jewish History


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Social, religious, and intellectual life of European Jewry from Middle Ages to present; political struggle for emancipation; anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and establishment of state of Israel.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 490 - Senior Honors Thesis


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400 ; open to history majors with senior standing and permission of the honors thesis adviser.

    Directed research on a historical topic chosen in consultation with the honors thesis adviser, and completion of a senior honors thesis. Required of students wishing to graduate with a certificate of recognition in history.

  
  • HIST 495 - Internship in Applied History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Nine units in history. HIST 451  for some students (see instructor).

    Supervised field placement of students in campus and community archives, historical museums, and other historical agencies. Practical experiences related to studies within history curriculum.

  
  • HIST 496 - Issues in History


    Units: 1-4

    Examination of selected problems and current issues in history. May be repeated with change of content. Maximum Credits: six units with change of content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HIST 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HIST 500 - Topics in Ancient History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in ancient history throughout the world may include: Women in Greek and Roman societies, magic in the Greco-Roman World, Silk Roads, and pre-contact Mesoamerica. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 501 - History of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations


    Units: 3

    Major civilizations of Near East from the origin of civilization to Roman Conquest, including Egyptians, Babylonians, Hebrews, and Persians. Social, political, and religious problems.

  
  • HIST 502 - Ancient Greece


    Units: 3

    Greek history from prehistoric period through Age of Alexander the Great. Emphasis on political, social, cultural and institutional developments, and historiography. Secondary attention to military, economic, and religious topics.

  
  • HIST 503 - Ancient Rome


    Units: 3

    Roman history from origins of Rome to fall of the Empire. Emphasis on political, social, cultural and institutional developments, and historiography. Secondary attention to military, economic, and religious topics.

  
  • HIST 504 - The Dark Ages


    Units: 3

    Same As: HUM 504  
    Europe and the Mediterranean, sixth to eleventh centuries C.E. through various approaches: political, economic, social, and cultural. Topics include the barbarians and Vikings, the Byzantine, Arab, and Holy Roman Empires, the Norman Conquest, Charlemagne, Beowulf, feudalism, and serfdom.

  
  • HIST 505 - The Later Middle Ages


    Units: 3

    Europe and the Mediterranean 1100-1450 C.E. through various approaches: political, economic, social, and cultural. Development of kingdoms of western Europe and relationship to Byzantine empire and other states.

  
  • HIST 506 - The Renaissance


    Units: 3

    Same As: HUM 506  
    Intellectual, artistic, social, and economic transformation in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.

  
  • HIST 507 - The Reformation


    Units: 3

    Same As: REL S 507  
    Continental Europe, 1500-1648. Split of Christendom; political and intellectual dissent; social fabric of family life; relationship between gender, class, and power; cultural stratification of European society.

  
  • HIST 508 - The Fall of the Roman Empire


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of Mediterranean region between third and sixth centuries C.E. Changes in society, politics, economics, the military, gender, sexuality, religion, literature, art, archaeology, and law. Competing perceptions of the period as one of “fall” versus one of “transformation.”

  
  • HIST 509 - British Century: Waterloo to World War I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of England, 1815-1914, to include industrial supremacy; struggles over urban problems, reform, democratization, labor organization, national self-image; interplay of liberalism and collectivism; sources of social stability and instability; women’s rights; jingoism; coming of World War I.

  
  • HIST 512A - The Great War: A Turning Point in European History


    Units: 3

    Forces and events that shaped Europe in period prior to and during World War I, 1890-1919.

  
  • HIST 512B - The Age of Dictators and Contemporary Europe


    Units: 3

    Europe in the age of dictatorship, world war, decline, and recovery.

  
  • HIST 514 - History of Science: From Revolution to Evolution


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Development of early modern European science. Origins of Western concept of “science,” Greco-Roman and Arabic roots of science, impact of Renaissance humanism and voyages of exploration on Scientific Revolution, and imperial context of evolutionary theories and scientific racism.

  
  • HIST 516 - Imperialism and the Colonial Experience


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Imperialism and colonialism as these transformed both colonizing and colonized peoples, e.g., modernization, racism, Orientalism, multi-ethnic, Great Power competition, anti-colonial resistance, and nationalism.

  
  • HIST 518 - Gender and War in 20th Century Europe


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Gender constructions and warfare in 20th century Europe from WWI to the Yugoslav Wars. Gendered experiences in times of military conflict for civilians, soldiers, veterans, and victims of atrocities.

  
  • HIST 527 - The Holocaust in Feature Films


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Depiction of the Nazi policy of destroying European Jewry and its impact on the perpetrators, bystanders, victims, and the postwar world in feature films.

  
  • HIST 532 - Topics in Early American History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing and three units in history at the college level.

    Variable topics in history of colonial America and the early republic. Possible topics to include: women and the family; race, class and labor; American Revolution; religion and politics; immigrants’ experiences. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for topic.

  
  • HIST 533 - Antebellum America


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Westward expansion and movement, market revolution, democratic politics, revivalism, slavery, and women’s rights.

  
  • HIST 534 - Civil War and Reconstruction


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Civil War and Reconstruction, emphasizing political affairs and role of Abraham Lincoln.

  
  • HIST 535 - The Age of Roosevelt


    Units: 3

    The United States in Depression, War, and Cold War.

  
  • HIST 536 - The United States Since World War II


    Units: 3

    Major foreign and domestic issues confronting the United States, and the government policies and popular movements generated in response.

  
  • HIST 537 - Star Trek, Culture, and History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Explores relationship between Star Trek’s several television series, movies, novels, and the larger historical and cultural context of post-World War II America. Themes include race, gender, sexuality, foreign policy, terrorism, religion, and politics.

  
  • HIST 539 - Topics in the History of the American West


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing and three units of history at the college level.

    Selected topics in history of American West such as Westward movement; Southwest borderlands; gender and the frontier; new western history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HIST 544A - Early American Foreign Relations


    Units: 3

    Development of American foreign relations from Colonial Period to the Spanish-American-Filipino War.

  
  • HIST 544B - Modern American Foreign Relations


    Units: 3

    Development of American foreign relations since 1900.

  
  • HIST 548 - Race and Ethnicity in United States History


    Units: 3

    Same As: CCS 548  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Race and ethnicity in America from colonial period through twentieth century to include historical construction of identity; colonization, slavery, state formation; labor, immigration, politics of whiteness; applicability of black/white binary of a multiethnic society.

  
  • HIST 550 - Colonial Mexico


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Social history of Mexico from pre-contact through early national period using primary and secondary sources. Processes of social and cultural negotiation involving gender, religion, environment, medicine, and urban experience.

  
  • HIST 551 - Modern Mexico


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Social history of Mexico since early national period using primary and secondary sources. Processes of social and cultural negotiation involving gender, religion, environment, medicine, and urban experience.

  
  • HIST 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas


    Units: 3

    Same As: LATAM 553 
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Trans-Atlantic slavery from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Liberation movements, nation-states, revolution, slavery, and capitalism. Agency of enslaved people, agricultural and environmental transformations, legacies of trans-Atlantic slavery and contemporary enslavement, new communities and diversities, race and racism.

  
  • HIST 556 - History of Brazil


    Units: 3

    Same As: LATAM 556  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Economic, political, and social history of Brazil from precolonial era to present. Democratic and dictatorial rule, industrialization, populism, race and racism, and slavery.

  
  • HIST 557 - Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Cold War tensions; United States-Latin American relations; Cuban Revolution; rise of dictatorial rule in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala; transition to democracy since the 1980s.

  
  • HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs


    Units: 3

    History of Latin America’s political and economic relations with Europe, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the Third World.

  
  • HIST 566 - Ancient and Imperial China


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Chinese history before 1600 CE. Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism; emperors and evolution of Chinese state; gender and sexuality; Buddhism and daily life along Silk Route; Song technological and commercial revolution; Mongol invasions; Ming voyages; China’s role in pre-modern world history.

  
  • HIST 567 - China in Revolution


    Units: 3

    China’s history during the tumultuous nineteenth and twentieth centuries. China’s forced encounter with Western imperialism, rural, and urban social movements. Impact of Mao’s Revolution on everyday life in China, successes, limitations of China’s recent reform policies.

  
  • HIST 569 - Premodern Japan: From Life at Court to the Warring States


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Letter (Cr/NC OK)

    Only offered at: SDSU San Diego

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Japanese history from the eighth century to 1600. Mythological histories; court politics, life, and love; Shintō and Buddhism; nature and society; gender roles and relations; the rise of the samurai and peasantry; encounters with the West; civil war and reunification.

  
  • HIST 570 - Modern Japan: From Samurai to Sony


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Japanese history from 1600 to present. Late-samurai period; nineteenth century industrialization and imperialism; Japan in World War II: Nanjing, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima; foundations of postwar “economic miracle”; gender relations, anime, and identity in contemporary Japan; Japan’s role in twenty-first century world.

  
  • HIST 574 - Arab-Israeli Relations, Past and Present


    Units: 3

    Arab-Israeli conflict and diplomacy over Palestine from perspectives of Zionism, Arab nationalism, and Great Power relations from nineteenth century to present.

  
  • HIST 580 - Topics in the History of War and Violence


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of war and violence may include: Violence in Africa, modern genocide, trauma and modern East Asia, social suffering in historical perspective. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 581 - Topics in Urban History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in urban history may include: The city in United States history, Chinatowns, suburbs and suburbanization, urban politics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 582 - Topics in Social and Cultural History


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in social and cultural history may include: Ritual in early modern Europe, radicals ad revolutionaries, intellectuals and society, families in former times, and American popular culture. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 583 - Topics in History of Gender and Sexuality


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in history of gender and sexuality may include: Gay and Lesbian history, Asian American gender and sexuality, genders in Latin America. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 584 - Topics in Environmental History


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in environmental history may include: Press, politics, environment, world environmental history, water and society. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 585 - History of the Sixties


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in the history of the 1960s may include: America in the 1960s, Africa in the 1960s, politics and protests in 1960s, Europe in the 1960s. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 586 - Topics in World History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Major historical problems, themes, or topics from global, chronological, and geographical perspectives of world history to include frontiers, food and famine, violence and warfare, science, religion and magic, the Atlantic world, medieval era. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 587 - Topics in Public History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Current methodological, practical, and theoretical issues facing public historians and their audiences. Classes include field work projects. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 596 - Selected Studies in History


    Units: 1-4

    Topics in various fields of history, such as biography, war, science, technology, urbanization, minority groups, immigration, and capitalism. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • HIST 601 - Seminar in Historical Methods


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve units of upper division courses in history.

    Historical methodologies, historiography, and critical analysis.

  
  • HIST 602 - Seminar in Historical Approaches to War and Society in the Modern Era


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve units of upper division courses in history or graduate standing.

    Methodological approaches to the field of war and society studies to include culture and identity, empire, gender and race, globalization, military experience and war, social migration.

  
  • HIST 610 - Seminar in Public History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in history or related field.

    Methodology, practice, and theory of the field of public history, with a community service learning component working in public history venues throughout the San Diego region.

  
  • HIST 620 - Directed Readings in European History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Selected readings in historical literature and primary sources in a designated area of European history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 630 - Directed Readings in United States History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Selected readings in historical literature and primary sources in a designated area of United States history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 640 - Directed Readings in Latin American History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Selected readings in historical literature and primary sources in a designated area of Latin American history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 650 - Directed Readings in Asian History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Selected readings in historical literature and primary sources in a designated area of Asian history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 665 - Seminar in History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 601 ; six units selected from HIST 620 HIST 630 HIST 640 HIST 650 , or HIST 680 , three units of which may be taken concurrently; six additional units in history appropriate to student’s program; consent of instructor.

    Directed research on topics selected from a designated area of history. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • HIST 680 - Directed Reading in Selected Topics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Selected readings in comparative, interdisciplinary, and topical history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 696 - Special Topics in History


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Intensive study in specific areas of history. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • HIST 793 - Internship in Public History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Practical, hands-on public history experience for graduate students. Mentorship with supervising instructor, on-site training, supervised field work, written assignments. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HIST 795 - Area Studies in History


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation for the comprehensive examinations in two fields of history for those students taking the M.A. under Plan B. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • HIST 797 - Research


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy and written approval of the History Department graduate adviser.

    Independent research in a specialized subject in history.

  
  • HIST 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • HIST 799A - Thesis


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

  
  • HIST 799B - Thesis Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.

  
  • HIST 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Homeland Security

  
  • H SEC 601 - Seminar in Homeland Security


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Domestic, national security, and foreign policies as they relate to prevention, deterrence, preemption, defense against, and response to terrorist attacks and other man-made and natural critical incidents and emergencies on local, regional, national, and international levels.

  
  • H SEC 602 - Seminar in Science, Technology, and Homeland Security


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Interrelationship of technology and science to homeland security policy. Use of technology and science for decision-making and collaboration. Ethical issues associated with application of technology and science to security.

  
  • H SEC 603 - Seminar in Emergency Preparedness and Response


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Practices of emergency management and response in civilian and military settings. Historical development of management of and response to emergencies and critical incidents. Interrelationship of public, private, and non-profit sectors on local, regional, national, and international levels.

  
  • H SEC 604 - Seminar in Law, Society, and Homeland Security


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Role and function of law related to homeland security on domestic and international levels. Historical development of ideas and rules of homeland security-related law and their relation to domestic and international legal, social, and political structures. Interrelationship of security, human, and civil rights.

  
  • H SEC 690 - Seminar


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Intensive study in specific areas of homeland security on themes such as intelligence, domestic and international law and security, GIS and security, sensors and security, privacy and security. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • H SEC 695 - Practicum in Homeland Security


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Practical exercises related to homeland security. Cooperative exercises with first responders, homeland security officials, and/or non-governmental organizations on local, regional, national, and/or international level. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • H SEC 696 - Special Topics in Homeland Security


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Study in specific areas of homeland security. May be repeated with new content with the approval of graduate adviser.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • H SEC 790 - Directed Readings in Homeland Security


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy and Plan B (non-thesis option).

    Preparation for the comprehensive examination. For use in conjunction with Plan B (non-thesis option) only. Maximum Credits: three units of Homeland Security 790, H SEC 797 , or H SEC 798  applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • H SEC 797 - Research


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Supervised research in an area of homeland security. Maximum Credits: three units of Homeland Security H SEC 790 , 797, or H SEC 798  applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • H SEC 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Individual study, generally for thesis research. Maximum Credits: three units of H SEC 790 H SEC 797 , or 798 applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • H SEC 799A - Thesis or Project


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a thesis for the master’s degree.

  
  • H SEC 799B - Thesis or Project Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis or Project 799A with an assigned grade of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.

  
  • H SEC 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Weber Honors College

  
  • HONOR 100 - Introduction to Honors


    Units: 1

    Ways to integrate learning and experiences to enrich college experience. Leadership, community service, research and creative arts, scholarship and fellowships, and study abroad opportunities.

  
  • HONOR 113 - Seminar in Honors Connection and Commitment


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Weber Honors College.

    Interdisciplinary education and the theoretical and practical integration of knowledge. Coursework beyond the classroom in areas of community service, creative activity, leadership, research, and study abroad.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

 

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