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FE 996 - Dissertation Data Analysis Lab (2 to 8 credits)
Using statistical software or qualitative methods which may include a computer program, students set up and maintain data files, carry out file management, develop tables, figures, or other display procedures, and apply various analysis methods in connection with their research.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to Ph.D. program or have permission of instructor.
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HCM 527 - Health Economics
Applies tools of economic analysis to the health care industries. Topics may include: the production aspect of health, demand for health and health care information and agency problems; technology; insurance and managed care; hospitals and long-term care; regulation and other government policies; health system reform; and benefit-cost analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 531 - Human Resources Management (2 credits)
Theoretical and empirical issues of the personnel function in health care organizations. Includes job analysis and design, employee recruiting, compensation policies and practices, research techniques, government policy, law and social and environmental factors related to decision making. Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA in Health Care Management program.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA in Health Care Management program.
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HCM 606 - Quality Improvement in Health Care
Examines the philosophy and history of quality control. Topics include identifying customer requirements and critical product characteristics, supplier quality assurance, the continuous quality improvement cycle, the costs of poor quality, strategic planning and policy deployment, robust process design and capability analysis, control charts for numerical and categorical data, recent advances in control charts, and the application of management theory and behavioral research in implementing quality assurance programs.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 624 - Government Policy in Health Care
Exploring the role of federal and state governmental policy related to the management of health care organizations. Topics include political environment of management; concepts and processes central to political analysis; bureaucratic politics and the manager.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 625 - International Comparisons in Health Care
Examines and compares the health care systems in the United States and six other industrialized nations: Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. The course deepens students’ understanding of how the U.S. health care system operates and how it compares with those of other nations. It also explores features of other systems that may have potential applicability to the United States.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 633 - Managing Cultural Diversity
Provides students an opportunity to examine their own feelings, attitudes, and behavior about people who are different from them, and how these feelings could affect their ability to manage effectively in an increasingly diverse work environment.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 634 - Hospital Administration
This course examines the organization and operation of hospitals. The roles and responsibilities of the board, management and medical staff of a hospital are examined as well as strategic planning, current issues and trends in hospital administration.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 635 - Transforming the Health Care Organizations
Examines the leadership challenges in transforming a health care organization from a more traditional fee-for-service system to a managed care and marketing-focused system. Topics include organizational design, technology, organizational culture, compensation, staffing, selection and implementing organizational change.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 636 - Contract and Negotiation in Health Care
Examines the contract negotiation process in the health care industry. It looks at contract negotiation from the points of view of the covered individual’s employer, insurance/managed care firm, medical practice group, and hospital/integrated health care system. Special attention is placed on the problems of cost analysis at each step in the process.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 638 - New Ventures in Health Care
The emphasis of the course is to introduce the student to the process of developing a medical services company. This requires the introduction of new concepts and the application of management and organizational theory to the entrepreneurial process in health care delivery. Contemporary and emerging issues in developing a new medical services company will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 642 - Facilities Planning and Evaluation
An introduction to the field of facility planning and evaluation in the health care industry.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 643 - Project Management in Health Care
Examination of the various technologies and software for managing projects. Topics include Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM). Includes computer exercises using Microsoft Project and similar project management software.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 645 - Managing Technology in Health Care
Provides a framework for examining the diffusion of health care technologies, methods for assessing technologies, and policies affecting the adoption and use of technology. Topics include FDA regulation, Certificate of Need, payment polities, and utilization review mechanisms. The course also examines strategies for managing the acquisition of technology by health care organizations, especially in managed care settings.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 646 - Data Warehousing in Health Care
Examines the application of data warehousing and data mining technologies in the health care setting.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 661 - Health Care Marketing and Consumer Satisfaction
Examines the influences on consumer choices in the health care market. Topics include the role of physicians and other staff, offering new services, identifying key sources of information, the role of the market in strategic planning, and developing differential market advantages. Also integrates concepts from operations management and human resource management.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 670 - Hospital Finance and Managed Care
Examines the underlying theories and features of third party payment systems. An in-depth study is made of the Medicare and Michigan Blue Cross payment systems for hospitals. The role of managed care programs, particularly those of capitated HMOs will also be studied. Also examined are the internal and external financial reporting, operating, and capital budgeting issues related to these payment systems.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 680 - Special Topics in Health Care Management
Examines emerging issues in health care management.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program.
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HCM 690 - Independent Study in Health Care Management
Independent individual research on a topic chosen by the student. Written approval must be obtained from a health care management faculty member prior to registering for this course. Offered every term.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Executive MBA program and have approval of instructor and Director of EMBA program.
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HS 501 - Human Pathology (4 credits)
Basic principles of human pathology appropriate for students pursuing curricula in the health-related disciplines. Diseases of the major systems of the body are studied. Cross listed with AHS 401 and HS 401. Credit will not be granted for both AHS/HS 401 and HS 501.
Prerequisite(s): Student must meet the prerequisites (BIO 111 and BIO 207 and BIO 321).
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HS 505 - Special Topics (1 to 4 credits)
May be repeated for additional credit.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have permission of instructor.
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HS 506 - The Brain and Disease (2 credits)
Reviews current neurological research on the brain in health in disease, including addiction, depression, stroke, viral infections, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Emphasis on multidisciplinary research studies on the role of exercise and nutritional antioxidants. Spring elective. Graduate Students will be required to complete additional project/presentations and will be graded on a more rigorous scale.
Prerequisite(s): Student must meet the prerequisites (EXS 304 and HS 401) or have permission of instructor.
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HS 531 - Pharmacology (2 credits)
An introduction to the principles of pharmacology, including the principles of drug therapy and the actions of the basic classes of drugs.
Prerequisite(s): Student must meet the prerequisites (BIO 207 or BIO 321).
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HS 630 - Complementary Medicine and Wellness Seminar (2 credits)
In-depth study of often-cited, controversial or recent publications relating to alternative and complementary medicine and wellness. Integrates the physical, psychological, environmental, spiritual and social dimensions of the Complementary Medicineand Wellness Program.
Prerequisite(s): Student must meet the prerequisites (HS 652 or CNS 652) or have permission of instructor.
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HS 641 - Integrative Holistic Medicine Principles for Practice
Evidence-based modalities and new theories of health and disease will be used to analyze holistic approaches. Course content elated to previous academic and life experiences. Topics include: stress management, psychoneuroimmunology, biofeedback, nutrition, herbology, Oriental medicine, and the psychophysiology of hope and belief. If 2 credits, instructor’s permissission required.
Prerequisite(s): If taken for 2 credits, instructor’s permissission is required.
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HS 693 - Directed Study in Complementary Medicine and Wellness (2 credits)
Advanced study of a complementary technique, method or discipline to enhance professional practice or an academic program. Must be consistent with the student’s employment and current professional licensure. A study plan for this course is submitted as part of the Complementary Medicine and Wellness Program admissions process.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Complementary Medicine and Wellness program and have written approval.
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HST 501 - History of American Cities (4 credits)
History of American Cities from pre-industrial America to the present, emphasizing the effect of such forces as industrialization, immigration, migration, trade, economic patterns and transportation upon city organization and life.
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HST 502 - American Labor History (4 credits)
The economic, social and political history of the American work force and labor movement with emphasis on the history of organized labor.
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HST 504 - History of the American Industrial Economy and Society (4 credits)
The development of the American industrial system and its impact on business organization, labor, government and the international economy.
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HST 505 - The History of American Mass Media (4 credits)
The establishment and growth of mass communication in the United States, focusing on the development of print, film, radio and television and their impact on society and popular culture.
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HST 506 - U.S. Colonial History (4 credits)
Examines the major themes and developments of the Colonial period with an emphasis on regional settlement and development patterns, political and social growth, and the maturation of the colonies.
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HST 508 - The American Revolution (4 credits)
Considers the broad social and political movements leading to the Revolution as well as the many different meanings and interpretations of the event, and the immediate and long-term effects of legacies of the Revolution.
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HST 509 - The U.S. Early National Period, 1787-1815 (4 credits)
Examines the political and social development of the new nation from the Constitution through the end of the War of 1812.
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HST 510 - Jacksonian America (4 credits)
Examines the chief political, social, cultural, economic, and religious developments from the War of 1812 to the end of the Mexican War.
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HST 511 - The Development of Political Practices in Early America (4 credits)
The development of politics and political culture in the U.S. from the Colonial period through the Age of Jackson. Emphasis will be placed on defining, recognizing and understanding political culture, and the variations in political development and practices by region and social class.
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HST 512 - The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1876 (4 credits)
The origins of secession, the wartime problems of the Union and the Confederacy, the principal military campaigns, the Reconstruction Era and the creation of a new Union, and the significance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in American
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HST 513 - American History, 1876-1900 (4 credits)
The New South, industrial consolidation, the origins of the modern labor movement, the rise of the city, immigration, agrarian protest movements, the businessman’s philosophy and the challenge to laissez faire.
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HST 514 - American History, 1900-1928 (4 credits)
The social, political and economic developments in the U.S. during the progressive era and the decade of the 1920s.
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HST 515 - American History, 1928-1945 (4 credits)
A history of the Great Depression and World War II. Topics will include the One Hundred Days, the foundation of the modern welfare state, the foundation of the modern civil rights movement, the reorganization of American corporate enterprise and the role of the United States in international peacekeeping.
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HST 516 - The American Mind to 1861 (4 credits)
American thought from the colonial period to the Civil War, emphasizing Puritanism, evangelical religion, the Enlightenment, republicanism, democracy, and sectional conflict.
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HST 517 - The American Mind Since 1861 (4 credits)
Major intellectual trends in the United States from the Civil War to the 1970s, including the conflict between nationalism and localism, the impact of evolutionism, and responses to the challenges of modernity, inequality, global involvement and war.
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HST 519 - History of the American South (4 credits)
The South from colonial times to the 1960s, emphasizing the transition from the agrarian, slave South of the antebellum period to the modern South of the 20th century.
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HST 520 - Cold War America, 1945-1990 (4 credits)
The origins of the Cold War, its impact on American foreign relations and domestic politics, its decline and demise.
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HST 521 - History of American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century (4 credits)
American foreign policy and diplomacy from the Spanish-American War to the present, including such topics as American imperialism, Caribbean and Far Eastern policies, involvement in the world wars and the Cold War and nuclear diplomacy.
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HST 523 - Topics in African American History (4 credits)
The economic, social, and political activities, status, organizations and institutions of African-American people, emphasizing the twentieth century.
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HST 524 - Ancient Greece and Rome (4 credits)
An overview of the various intellectual, political and cultural legacies of ancient Greece and Rome, ranging in aspect from Homeric warfare, the mysteries of Dionysus and Delphi, Platonic and Aristotelian inquiry, Hellenic artistic ideals and Athenian democracy, to Roman legalism and jurisprudence, ideologies of imperial political control and Christianity.
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HST 525 - Medieval Europe, 300-1100 (4 credits)
Examines the foundations of medieval Europe, including the Roman, Germanic and Christian roots; Charlemagne’s Europe; cultural developments and the Church; the first crusade.
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HST 526 - The Italian Renaissance (4 credits)
The European Renaissance period, with emphasis on the Italian experience.
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HST 527 - The Reformation (4 credits)
European humanism, with emphasis on the Lowlands, France and Germany; the background, development and impact of the Protestant Reformation.
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HST 528 - Medieval Europe, 1100 to 1500 (4 credits)
Examines Medieval Europe at the height of its socio-cultural development; the papacy; royal and imperial administration; the disturbed final centuries of war and plague.
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HST 529 - Europe in the Seventeenth Century (4 credits)
A comparative analysis of European societies: the articulation of absolutism and constitutionalism, the emergence of the European state system, the origins and impact of modern science, the culture of the baroque and the development of commercial capitalism.
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HST 530 - England, 1066-1485 (4 credits)
Emphasizes the history of England between the Conquest and the Tudors, including cultural and social trends, as well as political and dynastic developments and conflicts, domestic and foreign.
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HST 534 - Britain, 1815-1911 (4 credits)
A consideration of the political, cultural, social and intellectual life of the British peoples from the passage of the Corn Laws to the Parliament Act of 1911.
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HST 535 - Britain, 1911 to Present (4 credits)
An analysis of British political, cultural and social history from the eve of World War I to the present.
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HST 538 - Ireland, 1691 to Present (4 credits)
History of modern Ireland from the Williamite wars to contemporary Ireland. Emphasis on the question of Irish national identity. Topics include colonial Ireland, revolution and the union, Catholic emancipation, the Great Famine, nationalism and republicanism, the 1916 Easter Rising, forging the new state and society, and the North.
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HST 539 - Women in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789 (4 credits)
Assesses women’s contributions to the changes and events of early modern Europe, examines women in the private and public spheres, and explores the dynamic of gender in studying the impact of women in politics, the economy, literacy and culture, and religious practices and beliefs.
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HST 541 - Europe Since 1914 (4 credits)
An analysis of Europe in world perspective since World War I.
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HST 542 - Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe (4 credits)
The lives of common men and women in early modern Europe. Topics include family and work, sexuality and gender, religion and folklore, riots and rebellion, printing and literacy.
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HST 543 - Germany Since 1740 (4 credits)
German politics, society and diplomacy from Frederick the Great to the present.
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HST 544 - Modern Italy: National Unification and the 20th Century (4
An examination stressing political and institutional history, of early efforts to create Italian national unity, the means by which Italy was held together following unification of 1861, and the fate of the Republic from 1946 onward.
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HST 547 - The French Revolution (4 credits)
Survey of the revolutionary era in France beginning with the reign of Louis XVI (1774) and ending with the Battle of Waterloo (1815). Course will examine the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution with an emphasis on topics in political and cultural history.
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HST 548 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century (4 credits)
A comparative analysis of European societies: the old regime in Europe, beginnings of industrial development, the Enlightenment as a political and social movement, reform under monarchy and the emergence of democratic ideologies and the French Revolution.
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HST 549 - France in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment (4 credits)
The ancient regime in France from the end of the wars of religion to the beginning of the Revolution (1589-1789).
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HST 550 - The European Mind to 1700 (4 credits)
Major developments in European thought from the God-oriented world views of the Middle Ages to the development of scientific concepts in the seventeenth century. Emphasis is on reading original materials.
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HST 551 - European Thought and Ideology, 1797 to Present (4 credits)
A topical and thematic history of modern European thought and ideology: romanticism; liberalism and progress; science and technology; socialism; conservatism, pessimism, and the “revolt against reason”; fin de siecle culture; the effects of the Great War; fascism, genocide and totalitarianism; religious and existentialist thought.
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HST 552 - Nationalism in Modern Europe (4 credits)
Origins and development of nationalism in Europe from the 18th through the 20th century. Political formation of European nationstates, the varied cultural manifestations of nationalism, and the reawakening of European nationalism in the aftermath of the Cold War.
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HST 553 - Nazi Germany: Society, Politics and Culture (4 credits)
Introduction to the Nazi regime in Germany. Special attention given to the origins and early years of the Nazi movement, as well as to the nature of German society, politics and culture during the Third Reich.
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HST 554 - History of Modern Russia (4 credits)
The historical development of Russia from its roots to the present. Special emphasis will be placed on events after World War II and the perestroika.
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HST 555 - Eastern European History (4 credits)
The historical development of the peoples and states of Eastern Europe and the Balkans from the Middle Ages to the present will be examined in broad outline.
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HST 556 - The Modern Middle East (4 credits)
Covers the major themes in Middle East history since 1800 including Orientalism, imperialism, nationalism, liberal movements,
gender relations, and the emergence of the Islamic movements.
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HST 557 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict (4 credits)
Examines the origins and development of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the emergence of a peace process, and the collapse of that process, focusing primarily on the development of Israeli and Palestinian political identities and institutions.
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HST 558 - The Cold War in the Middle East (4 credits)
Examines conflict and peace making in the Middle East in the context of the Cold War, especially decolonization, nationalism, and revolution as these issues were affected by U.S.-Soviet rivalry.
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HST 561 - History of American Families (4 credits)
History of American families as social institutions emphasizing the impact of historical events and trends upon family composition, family functions and family life. Includes research in the student’s personal family history.
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HST 562 - History of African American Women (4 credits)
Covers the collective and individual experiences of African American women from slavery to the present, including the quality of family life, economic roles, and their activities in women’s, civil rights and political organizations.
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HST 563 - History of Southern South America (4 credits)
The social, political and economic history of Argentina, Brazil and Chile in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; frontier expansion and Indian warfare, slavery and Empire in Brazil, regionalism and nationalism, industrialization and urbanization, and international relations.
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HST 566 - Slavery and Race Relations in the New World (4 credits)
A comparative study of slavery in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the present state of race relations in these areas.
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HST 567 - History of Mexico (4 credits)
The scope and achievements of pre-Columbian civilizations, the Spanish Conquest, the emergence of a multiracial society, the achievement of political independence and nation-building in the twentieth century.
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HST 570 - Origins of Modern Japan (4 credits)
Japan from the “late feudalism” of the Tokugawa period through the first phase of Western-style modernization in the Meiji period. Themes include the perfection and decay of the samurai state, the Meiji revolution, nationalism, imperialism, and movements for social and political democracy.
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HST 571 - Twentieth-Century Japan (4 credits)
Japan since the Meiji period: the Taisho democracy movement, the changing position of women, fascism and militarism, total war, the American occupation, and the rise to economic superpower status.
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HST 573 - China’s Last Dynasty: The Qing, 1644-1911 (4 credits)
History of China’s last great dynasty, from its founding by the Manchus in 1644, through its powerful early emperors, to its collapse in 1911. Course includes discussion of traditional Chinese culture and institutions, territorial expansion, the Opium Wars and the 19th century revolutionary movement.
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HST 574 - China in Revolution, 1911-1949 (4 credits)
China’s 20th century revolutionary experience, focusing on the 1911, 1928 and 1949 revolutions. Topics include the struggle between China’s two revolutionary parties, the Nationalists and Communists; social change under the young republic; World War II in Asia; and the civil war which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power in 1949.
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HST 576 - Contemporary China: The People’s Republic from 1949 to Present (4 credits)
History of contemporary China from the 1949 revolution to the present, focusing on major social and political issues facing the Chinese Communist Party and attempted solutions. Topics include economic development, political and social change and the 1980s era of reform.
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HST 577 - China and Inner Asia (4 credits)
Examination of China’s historical relations with Inner Asia, focusing on Chinese policy toward steppe empires north of the great wall and including discussion of the nomadic Xiongnu, Turks, early Tibetans, and Mongols. Emergence of modern Inner Asian peoples such as the Uyghurs, Kazaks, and Manchus, and the role of Inner Asia in shaping modern China.
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HST 579 - Seminar in World and Transnational History (4 credits)
Explores major issues in the historiography and methods of world and transnational history. Focuses on themes of state formation, differential economic development, and diffusion of technology, and includes an America-and-the-world component.
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HST 585 - Ancient Egypt and Africa (4 credits)
A cultural history of ancient African civilizations, focusing primarily on Egyptian national culture from its beginning (c.3100 B.C.E.)until the Islamic Age (c.640-). Introduces ancient arts and religions from Kush, Ethiopia, Carthage and Roman Africa, culminatingin the contributions that Africans like St. Augustine made to the growth of early Christianity.
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HST 586 - African History Since 1900 (4 credits)
A socio-cultural and political history of 20th-century Africa, focusing particularly on social change, nationalist leaders and constructive critics in such modern nations as Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania.
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HST 588 - African Cultural History (4 credits)
A cultural history of medieval and early modern Africa (c.640-1900), beginning with such Islamic civilizations as Egypt and Mali. Explores how indigenous cultural traditions in such nations as Mali, Benin and Asante (Ashanti) guided the historic development of West African national cultures. Includes historic cultures from East and Central Africa.
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HST 590 - Selected Topics in History (4 credits)
Directed reading and research at the graduate level, in fields of history in which advanced graduate courses are not available.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have permission of supervising instructor.
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HST 592 - Working Detroit (4 credits)
Explores the history of 20-century Detroit from the perspectives of its workers and unions. Key themes include immigration and ethnic diversity, the rise of mass production, the union movement, race relations, gender and the labor force, the postwar boom, and e-industrialization.
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HST 598 - Summer Institute (1 to 4 credits)
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HST 600 - Field or Thesis Examination (2 credits)
Examination taken in the last semester of the student’s program. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Prerequisite(s): Student must secure permission of the faculty adviser before registering.
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HST 610 - Colloquium in History (4 credits)
Intensive reading and discussion on a significant period or broad topic in history. Students will present the results of study forgroup discussion. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have permission of supervising instructor.
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HST 680 - Seminar in History (4 credits)
Research seminars are designed to develop skills in historical investigation and exposition; usually involve writing a major paper on a carefully selected topic. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have permission of supervising instructor.
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HST 681 - Research Tutorial (4 credits)
Directed individual research leading to the writing of a scholarly paper of substantial length. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have permission of supervising instructor.
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HRD 503 - Instructional Design (4 credits)
Provides students with introductory graduate level competence in applying systematic instructional design principles and theories to the development of an instructional project. Students will investigate the philosophy and practices underlying the design and development of effective instruction, critically examine components of an instructional design model, and apply its principles to the production of instruction.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Master of Training and Development program.
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HRD 504 - Organization Development (4 credits)
Provides an overview of theory, research and practice in the implementation of change in organizations. Students will apply organization development and change theories and principles in the selection and implementation of appropriate interventions to address specific organizational situations. The roles played by human resource development professionals in planned organizational change are explored during this course.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Master of Training and Development program
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HRD 506 - Theoretical Foundations in Training and Development (4 credits)
Introduces students to the major learning theories that underlie the field of training and development, including: behavioral,cognitive, constructivist, communication, and systems theories. Students will explore the theories, as well as practical implications for individual and organizational learning.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Master of Training and Development program.
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HRD 507 - Needs Assessment (4 credits)
Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying the needs of an organization, group, or individual prior to the decision to employ appropriate interventions. Students will learn about the theories and methods of needs assessment and develop knowledge and skills to effectively plan and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be admitted to the Master of Training and Development program.
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