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Graduate
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COM 503
Communication and Persuasive Influence (3) An analysis of major
conceptual approaches to persuasion and their implications for
understanding influence contexts and designing pragmatic strategies. |
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COM 505 Concepts
and Criticism of Public Influence (3) The criticism and history of influence is
explored to focus on examples of persuasion through public discourse. |
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COM 507 Issues in
Mass Communication (3) An overview of the mass communication systems, including an
analysis of the elements and processes of these media, their functions, and
the major issues attending their use in our culture. |
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COM 509
Communication and Conflict Resolution (3) Using both theoretical and activity-centered
learning, students will explore the options available to resolve conflict
through communication. |
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CRJ 505 Nature of
Crime and Delinquency (3) This course is a survey of the historical and contemporary
attempts to explain the phenomena of crime |
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EGE 409 Impact of
the Holocaust on German Literature and Film (3) How propaganda (particularly film) contributed to
the rise of Nazism. Postwar literature and films will be used to illustrate
issues such as compliance to the regime, the role of the Vatican and legal
institutions, individual and group responsibility, literary and cinematic
representation of the Holocaust, guilt and the debates surrounding
reconciliation, the contemporary relationship of Germany and Israel, and the
legacy of the Holocaust for children of victims and perpetrators. |
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ENG 615 Special Topics:
Literature of the Holocaust (3) Poetry, drama, short stories, novels,
discursive essays, journals, diaries, and letters will be used to
illustrates the horrors of the holocaust and provide a voice for its
victims. |
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HIS 520 Racism,
Bigotry, Prejudice (3) This readings course investigates theories of
prejudice from a variety of disciplines, examines case studies, and explores
methods for reducing bigotry.
HIS 523 History of
Modern Germany (3) Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries:
Napoleonic Era rise of Prussia, nationalism and unification, imperialism
and World War I, National Socialism, World War II, and divided Germany and
Reunification. |
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HIS 543 Jews in
Modern European History (3) This
course assesses Jewish life and thought in the context of major European
historical developments during the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention
is given to the emancipation and acculturation process and the
proliferation of anti-Semitism. |
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HIS 544 The Final
Solution in Europe (3) This course is an analysis of the Final Solution
in each country of Nazi-occupied Europe from 1941 to 1945.
HIS 545 Holocaust
(3) The study of steps leading to the Holocaust
(1933-1945), the Holocaust itself, and the aftermath. The rise of Nazism is
included. |
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HIS 546 Genocide
in Modern History (3) Case studies of major atrocities of the 20th century,
analyzing how and why particular genocides were committed.
HIS
547 A-Socials and the Holocaust (3) This course explores the persecution
and murder at the hands of the Nazi regime and its allies of Roma-Sinti,
homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, political prisoners, Poles, Soviet POWs,
and persons with disabilities. |
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HIS 548 Women and the Holocaust (3) An examination
of women's experiences in Nazi-occupied Europe. Also explored is the role
of gender in Nazi ideology and in postwar testimonies. |
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HIS 549 American
Perspectives on the Holocaust (3) A brief history of Jewish
people in the United States with an in-depth study of American reaction to
the Holocaust. |
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HIS 602 Directed Readings in European History (3) A
critical examination of significant works on selected topics in the field.
Permission of the director or graduate coordinator is required. |
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HIS 660 Field
Studies in History (3) A fully supervised learning experience, usually a tour, designed
to expose students to the culture, artifacts, and research facilities of a
given country or area. |
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HIS 691 Thesis (6) |
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PHI 512 Ethical Theories
(3) Examination of various
ethical theories with practical applications to such problems as authority,
punishment, rights, marriage, and race. |
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PHI 590 Independent Studies in Philosophy (3) |
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PHI 599 Philosophic Concepts and Sytems (3) Moral Implications of the
Holocaust and Genocide |
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PSC 542 Dynamics
of Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3) The political role and style
of masses and elites; uses and abuses of polls, political socialization,
voting behavior, campaigning, and media. Understanding individual opinion
formation (micro) and mass publics (macro). |
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PSC 590 Independent Study in Political Science (3) The Holocaust in Eastern Europe. |
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PSY 509 Advanced
Social Psychology (3) Emphasizes contemporary approaches to the
study of social behavior including cognitive, social, and experimental and
quasi-experimental research methodology |
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PSY 540 Multicultural Psychology (3) An examination of cross-cultural
perspectives in psychology. Sources of intercultural impediments to mutual
understanding and successful psychotherapy are also examined. |
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PSY 543 Psychology
of Group Processes (3) Survey of psychological group processes, tracing
the origins and historical development of major theoretical
orientations. |
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SOC 591 Topical
Seminar in Sociology (3) A
topical seminar on the sociology of religion and the Holocaust. |
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SSC 503 Methods for Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(3) Special secondary social
studies methods to prepare teachers of the Holocaust and
genocides. |
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