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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Honors
  
  
  
  
  
  

Health
  
  
  
  
  

  • HE 252 First Aid, CPR and Safety

    Emergency treatment of injuries and illness in a variety of situations. Methods of prevention to reduce or eliminate potentially dangerous situations. Passing of proficiency tests leads to First Aid and CPR certification through the National Safety Council.
    Credits: 3
    Corequisite: HE 252L
    Note: Admission to some upper division classes may be limited to students who have been formally admitted to the health degree program.


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  • HE 375 Epidemiology

    Evaluation of patterns and determinants of health and disease in populations. Focus on the history of epidemiology, major causes of morbidity and mortality, methods of disease occurrence, study design, association and causation and how to address public health problems using epidemiological methods
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: MTH 111  with a grade of C- or better
    Quantitative Literacy: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HE 445 Best Practice in ATOD and Sexuality Education

    Identification of current best practice in ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs) and sexuality education. Evaluation of curricula and present practice. Selection and modeling of effective instructional strategies.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Admission to degree program or consent of instructor


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  • HE 457 Migrant Health

    Overview of major health and health care issues related to migrant communities in the United States. Using an ecological perspective, students will gain an understanding of the theories and realities about migration and the migration-health relationship with a focus on migrant and seasonal farm workers in the Pacific Northwest.
    Credits: 4


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  • HE 465 International Health

    Study of international health issues, policies and interventions. Exploration of relationships between political, economic, cultural, educational and demographic conditions of developing countries and the impact on health and health services.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HE 545 Best Practice in ATOD and Sexuality Education

    Identification of current best practice in ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs) and sexuality education. Evaluation of curricula and present practice. Selection and modeling of effective instructional strategies.
    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Admission to degree program or consent of instructor


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  • HE 557 Migrant Health

    Overview of major health and health care issues related to migrant communities in the United States. Using an ecological perspective, students will gain an understanding of the theories and realities about migration and the migration-health relationship with a focus on migrant and seasonal farm workers in the Pacific Northwest.
    Credits: 4


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History
  

  • HST 104 World History: The Ancient and Classical World

    Explores the emergence of complex societies (civilizations) and the rise and spread of religions, political systems and economic networks with a focus on Asia, the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East. May be taken out of sequence.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 201 History of the United States: Native American Cultures to Early 19th Century

    Examines the origins of the United States from the early Native American cultures, through the colonial, revolutionary and early Jacksonian era. Students may take the United States history courses out of sequence.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 202 History of the United States: Reform and Progress

    Explores most of the 19th-century and the early part of 20th-century of United States history. Begins with the reform movements of the 1800s and examines westward expansion, the Civil War and reconstruction, industrialization and the progressive reforms. Students may take the United States history courses out of sequence.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 203 History of the United States: First World War to the Present

    Examines the history of the United States from the first world war to the present, including the Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and globalization. Student may take the United States history courses out of sequence.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 301 Introduction to Historical Research

    Introduction to the research methods and writing styles of the discipline of history. Students will learn the methods of primary and secondary source analysis, how to conduct research using libraries, archives and the internet and the process for developing an effective research proposal and research paper. Course prepares students for success in upper division history classes and the Senior Seminar process. Recommended for students who have completed lower division history coursework.
    Credits: 4


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  • HST 401 History and the Internet

    Provides students with a critical foundation and research experience in the use of the internet for the study of history. Students will learn about the history of the internet and will analyze its use in the academy, scholarly research, communication and publication.
    Credits: 4
    Writing Intensive: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 412 Yugoslavia: From Experiment to Collapse

    Course examines the constructive and destructive components of the Yugoslav experiment. Students will explore the intellectual origins of Yugoslavism and the formation of the first Yugoslav state after the first world war.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 413 Dissent and Opposition in East Europe

    Study of the emergence and nature of political opposition and dissent in east-central Europe from 1945 to the revolutions in 1989. Course explores how playwrights, poets, pacifists, novelists and filmmakers challenged the Communist-led governments in the Soviet bloc and formed social movements to promote human rights, environmental protection and religious and artistic freedom.
    Credits: 4


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  • HST 414 British History to 1300

    First of a two-course sequence that explores the history of Britain from its dim prehistoric beginning to the 18th century. Course investigates the Celtic, Roman, Christian, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and Plantagenet influences that together created complex identities and shaped the religious and political institutions that affected the daily lives of people in the British Isles. Also considers England’s relationships with Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as with the wider medieval world. May be taken out of sequence.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 415 British History to the 18th Century

    Second of a two-course sequence that explores the history of Britain from its dim prehistoric beginnings to the 18th century. Provides critical analysis of the evolving British society and culture during the crises of famine, plague and war of the late Middle Ages. Explores the early modern transformations of religious practices, government and identity during the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. Considers the contributions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, concluding with the creation of the United Kingdom. May take British History courses out of sequence.
    Credits: 4


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  • HST 418 The Reformation

    A close look at the origins and development of the Protestant Reformation in Europe from the 14th through the 15th and 16th centuries and the relationship between the Reformation and the rise of nation states. The religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Catholic Reformation will also be examined.
    Credits: 4


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  • HST 422 Germany: The 19th Century

    A survey of the key issues influencing the construction and early history of a unified German state founded under Prussian dominance in 1871. The changing faces of liberalism, nationalism, conservatism and socialism will be analyzed, as they evolved after the aborted revolution of 1848 up to the outbreak of World War I.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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  • HST 424 Postwar German History

    Beginning with the post-World War II division of Germany, the politics and economics of East Germany, the remarkable economic recovery starting in the 1950s and the impact of new social movements of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in the West are some key developments that will receive prominent attention.
    Credits: 4
    Diversity: May meet requirement, see class schedule


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