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GC 507 Human Embryology and Teratology
4 credits
This course examines the normal, variant and abnormal embryologic development of the human fetus. Practical applications such as the development of malformations and deformations in response to environmental and genetic factors will be illustrated. Specific attention will be paid to teratogens frequently encountered in clinical practice. The methods of researching a potential teratogenic agent and the potential clinical outcomes after exposure will be included. Students will prepare a paper reviewing a selected teratogenic agent in which they will demonstrate understanding of basic pertinent embryologic events and the analysis of risks for outcome after exposure to the agent.
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GC 509 Introduction to Genetic Counseling
3 credits
This course introduces new genetic counseling students to the fundamentals of the profession. The course is primarily experiential and includes orientation to the program, medical terminology, a history of the practice of genetic counseling including scope of practice and the code of ethics of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. Other topics that will help the genetic counseling student’s transition into his/her professional clinical role include discussion of genetic counseling sessions and client populations and an understanding of family reactions to genetic diagnoses.
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GC 510 Practicum
3 credits
During the first year all students will be required to work at least one day per week (approximately 250 hours) in a clinical, laboratory, and/or research setting. The purpose of this practicum is to obtain direct experience in a clinical genetics setting. Direct patient contact is not expected. Clinical training in the Genetic Counseling program is individualized to the specific needs of every student. The clinical experience is divided into the clinical practica during the first academic year and the clinical rotations during the second year. The first-year practica are based at any of 24 different sites throughout the Philadelphia area. The overall philosophy of the clinical experience is that the students will first observe and then progress to more participatory roles to ultimately being able to manage cases independently. The students are instructed in the importance of self-reflection and are taught to continuously evaluate themselves and their abilities with regard to providing comprehensive care to all patients. Liability insurance and affiliation agreements are in place for all clinical sites.
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GC 511 Practicum
3 credits
A continuation of clinical practicum. See GC 510 .
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GC 530 Introduction to Thesis
1 credit
This course is designed to teach proposal development and writing to students enrolled in the Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. The course will be based on discussions of relevant topics such as applying for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, research and professional ethics. Students will develop and refine their own IRB proposals before submitting an application to Arcadia University’s Committee on the Protection of Research Subjects (COPRS).
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GC 540 Introduction to Cancer Genetics
3 credits
This course introduces the student to the discipline and field of cancer genetics. Topics covered include overview of cancer biology and clinical oncology; diagnostics and predictive testing for cancer risk determination; cancer risk assessment; psychosocial aspects of cancer risk assessment and counseling, specific inherited disorders predisposing to malignancy; and risk assessment and counseling for familial cancers.
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GC 541 Reproductive Genetics
3 credits
In this course, students will discuss and explore a variety of topics to prepare them to practice genetic counseling in the prenatal setting. Students will be taught terminology, ultrasound, screening and testing options necessary for genetic counseling practice. Students will build on knowledge learned during the first year about testing methodologies and consider their application to prenatal genetic counseling. Through completion of assignments and role plays, students will demonstrate their abilities to critically think through cases, assess risk, and provide patient centered care. The course will also cover perinatal bereavement and hospice as well as issues surrounding fertility counseling.
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GC 542 Clinical Internship
3 credits
Internships during the second year consist of four sequential eight-week clinical placements in a genetics clinic. At least one placement will be in each of the following settings: general genetics, obstetrics including prenatal diagnosis, and a specialty clinic. Students will: (1) spend at least two days per week for a total of approximately 600 hours; (2) have exposure to cases representing a wide range of the kinds of diagnoses and indications seen in a clinical genetics practice; and, (3) accrue at least 50 cases for which they have primary responsibility. All cases are supervised by appropriately credentialed genetic counselors or clinical geneticists so that cases are acceptable for the log book required to sit for the certification examination. In the second year, a total of 58 clinical internship sites are available. These sites include 20 prenatal, seven pediatric, 14 cancer, and numerous specialty clinics in the areas of reproductive genetics, neurogenetics, metabolic genetics, cardiovascular genetics and others. Students in their final clinical rotation will be competent to manage a case from start to finish with limited supervision, drawing upon the basic competencies learned through the program.
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GC 545 Clinical Internship
3 credits
Continuation of clinical internships. See GC 542 .
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GC 546 Clinical Internship
3 credits
Continuation of clinical internships. See GC 542 .
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GC 549 Genomic Technologies
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This course provides a broad overview of the goals, methods, and applications of genomic technologies in clinical genetics. Students will gain an appreciation for the complexities of consenting patients for genomic testing, evaluating test results including variants of unknown significance and communicating these findings with patients and families. The course provides expert lecturers in genomic testing, including lab directors and genetic counselors from clinical laboratories, to provide hands on instruction in variant analysis.
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GC 550 Medical Genetics I
3 credits
This course presents a broad overview of concepts in genomics, and genetics including patterns of inheritance as well as detailed reviews of specific genetic conditions. Students will learn methods available for genetic testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Students will gain an appreciation of various aspects of counseling issues for a broad range of genetic conditions. Students will be exposed to future directions of clinical genetics and genetic counseling and its impact on management of common medical conditions.
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GC 551 Medical Genetics II
3 credits
This is the continuation of GC 550 .
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GC 552 Genetic Counseling Techniques I
3 credits
This course provides advanced skills and techniques of counseling in clinical genetics and includes an experiential component for practice of techniques utilizing role plays and standardized patients. In addition, students are required to record an interview in the narrative medicine style and to transcribe parts of the recording. The recordings are then analyzed and critiqued. Students will learn the integration of process in the genetic counseling session and how to address sensitive patient issues. Students have the opportunity to perform two standardized patient sessions and receive digital files of their sessions. In this semester students will critique their own performance paying attention to the flow and process of the session.
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GC 553 Genetic Counseling Techniques II
3 credits
Students will acquire an understanding of the psychological and counseling issues underlying genetic counseling. Students will gain experience presenting genetic counseling cases orally and in writing. They will become familiar with specific counseling and psychotherapy theories and techniques and demonstrate an ability to integrate theory within a genetic counseling case. Students develop and employ active listening and interviewing skills to identify, assess and respond to stated and emerging concerns. They will also learn how to adapt genetic counseling skills for varied service delivery models. Students will become increasingly aware of the role of their own life experiences in their work and be able to use these internal experiences effectively. Students receive extensive review of their standardized patient encounters from experienced clinical counselors and program faculty.
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GC 554 Grand Rounds I
3 credits
In this course, students will participate in discussion of clinical cases and recent journal literature. Presenting clinical and scientific information for group discussion in clinic conferences and patient rounds is an important role for a genetic counselor. This course provides these experiences in a supportive environment and thus permits skill building in this area. The course also introduces students to a broad range of diagnoses, methods of managing a case, case organization, and techniques for tailoring a presentation to a specific patient.
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GC 555 Grand Rounds II
3 credits
This is the continuation of GC 554 with the addition of role plays and standardized patient work.
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GC 556 Topics in Professional Development
3 credits
Students attend seminars given by members of the genetics community. The goals of this course are to increase awareness of the variety of career paths in human genetics. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the requirements for working in a laboratory setting, in public health, in specialty clinics, and in private practice. Students will develop a curriculum vitae and cover letter appropriate to use in job applications.
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GC 557 Ethical Issues in Genetic Counseling
1 credit
This is a six-week introductory course on bioethics, tailored to discussion of issues that emerge in the context of clinical genetics and genetics research and designed to help students identify and navigate the ethics of daily genetic counseling practice. Students are encouraged to think critically and speak openly about readings and cases. Topics include basic bioethical principles and theories, conflicts of interest and individual biases, informed consent, direct-to-consumer testing, genetics testing of minors, non-directiveness, the ethical nuances of communication, the ethics of how we represent diseases and risks, incidental findings, and genomics research.
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GC 558 Thesis I
2 credits
Before the end of the first year, students present their project scope and purpose to classmates for feedback and begin writing their proposals, including budgets and plans for addressing potential problems. Approval of the proposal by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) allows research to begin, usually before the end of the summer. Students conduct their projects by collecting data, analyzing it and writing up a paper describing the results. Progress and drafts are reviewed in partnership with advisors at regular intervals, and the projects are presented to faculty, classmates, and supervisors on Thesis Day, the last Friday in April and a watershed event in the graduate program.
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GC 559 Thesis II
2 credits
This course is a continuation of GC 558 .
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GC 565 Biochemical and Developmental Genetics
2 credits
In this course, students will be presented with a broad overview of concepts in metabolic and mitochondrial disorders as well as detailed reviews of specific conditions. They will learn the methods available for diagnosis, genetic testing and treatment of metabolic and mitochondrial disorders so that they will be able to appropriately counsel families with a wide range of metabolic conditions and identify at-risk family members.
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GC 566 Professional and Contemporary Issues in Genetic Counseling
3 credits
The field of genetics and genetic counseling is rapidly evolving as new diagnostic technologies and treatments are developed. Patients are now being offered new diagnostic testing which poses novel challenges for the genetic counselor. Members of the genetics community in the Philadelphia area will provide lectures describing the current state of the field. Topics will include genetic counseling in a laboratory setting, new treatment options for genetic disease, and how to manage a clinical genetic counseling practice with issues surrounding billing reimbursement and credentialing. This course will help prepare students for the demands of the genetic counseling profession by reflecting on emotional well-being by utilizing a process group facilitated by a professional counselor. Students will be required to prepare a journal club presentation as well as an essay reflecting on the essential components of an “ideal job.”
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GC 585 Psychological Theories and Techniques for Genetic Counselors
3 credits
This course will introduce genetic counselors to the broad spectrum of psychopathological conditions as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and familiarize them with the diagnostic criteria for some of the most common disorders. Students will be able to discuss several different theoretical perspectives in the general field of psychopathology as well as the empirical support for these theories. Patients with mental health issues can be challenging to counsel because of the difficulty in understanding them and their reactions. The scope of their needs and/or issues cannot feasibly be addressed in genetic counseling, however, through a combination of didactic and experiential learning activities, this course will offer students a substantial foundation about psychopathology and ways to apply their knowledge in their assessment and formulation of strategies in the genetic counseling setting. Emphasis will be placed on short term counseling techniques.
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HS 101 Ancient Civilization
This course is a survey of cultural changes in the Neolithic and Sumerian societies of the Near East, life in Pharaonic Egypt, the world of pre-classical and classical Greece, and the growth of Rome from village to Empire.
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HS 102 Medieval Civilization
This study of the early historical foundations of present-day nations in Europe surveys the collapse of the western Roman Empire; Barbarian settlements in Europe; the Byzantine world and problems with the West; the expansion of the Arabic world; and th
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HS 103 European Civilization: 1347 to 1789
This survey of European history from the Black Death to the French Revolution focuses on a variety of topics, from the impact of the plague; the age of explorations; Renaissance; Reformation; through to the origins of the scientific; industrial; and Fr
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HS 104 European Civilization, 1789 to Present
In this study of the evolution of modern Europe from the French Revolution to the present, topics include: rise of nationalism; new political ideologies; imperialism; world wars; consumer and sexual revolutions; the Cold War; the fall of communism; ter
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HS 110 The West in the World, From the Great Voyages of Discovery to 9/11
This course typically examines the rise to global power of the West (primarily Europe and North America and their offshoots) after about 1500, its impact on the world, and the response of non-Western societies, until and including 9/11. Topics may incl
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HS 117 American History to 1865
This course is a summary of the colonial period, followed by more intensive study of the revolutionary, early national and middle periods, It includes lectures, readings and discussions on such topics as constitutional development; territorial expansio
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HS 117 US History I
Summary of the colonial period, followed by more intensive study of the revolutionary, early national and middle periods. Includes lectures, readings and discussions on such topics as constitutional development; territorial expansion; foreign relations; political parties; social, economic and intellectual movements and the origins and course of the Civil War.
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HS 118 American History Since 1865
This study of the evolution of modern America from the Civil War considers the impact on American life of such developments as reconstruction, industrial growth, overseas expansion, social and political movements, economic depressions and the emergence
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HS 118 US History II
Study of the evolution of modern America from the Civil War. Considers the impact on American life of such developments as reconstruction, industrial growth, overseas expansion, social and political movements, economic depressions and the emergence of the United States as a world power.
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HS 130 Modern Mediterranean World
This course enables students to become knowledgeable about the geopolitically strategic as well as social-cultural importance of the Mediterranean region, both historically and in the modern era. Students learn about the strategic waterways, land, and
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HS 201 History Research Writing
This course provides students an intensive introduction to discipline-focused research and writing in History. Students are introduced to a variety of types of primary and secondary sources. They learn about how to search for and locate these different
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HS 211 The Modern Middle East
This survey of the history, culture, religion and politics of the region in the modern era includes study of the growth of nationalism and creation of sovereign states, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian problem, war, terrorism, and the impa
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HS 216 Modern East Asia
This course examines the modern histories of China and Japan in the Age of Western Imperialism. It seeks to explain why China fell into turmoil and turned to communism while Japan embraced modernization to become an economic superpower. Focus may vary
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HS 218 Modern Africa/South Africa
This course focuses on the nature of the European/African relationship in the modern era. Topics covered include the trans-Atlantic slave trade, European colonial takeover of Africa in the 19th century, Africa’s recovery of independence in the 20th cen
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HS 225 World War II
This course surveys the rise of Fascism, Nazi Germany and Japanese expansionist policies leading to World War II; the course of the war; how and why Japan, Italy and Germany were defeated; the peace settlements; and the enduring legacy of the conflict.
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HS 228 America as Empire
This course examines the evolution of the United States’ complex relationship with the rest of the world during the 20th and early 21st centuries both how the United States impacted other nations and how other nations impacted t
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HS 230 Cultural History of Modern Africa
This cultural history of contemporary Africa explores how political and economic processes have historically influenced social structures, institutions and cultural patterns. We look at imperialism, colonialism, independence, international aid, economi
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HS 234 Modern Russia: Tsars to Stalin
This study of Russia from the late 19th century to the death of Stalin emphasizes the decline of imperial Russia and the rise of the communist regime. The key questions of the course are: How and why did the Czarist regime fall into decline and fall? W
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HS 238 Prejudice and Persecution in Western History
This survey of prejudice and persecution in Western history focuses on the following: ancient Roman persecution of early Christians; the Great Witch Hunt in early modern Europe; Trans-Atlantic slave trade; Nazi holocaust against the Jews; and the destr
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HS 240 Jacksonian America and Second American Party System
From 1828 to 1861, dramatic changes came to the United States led by the uniquely American Andrew Jackson. The politics of the country were transformed forever, and many issues that are still debated today were born during this era. This course looks i
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HS 242 America in the 1960s
This course examines the political, social and cultural history of America during the 1960s era from 1954 to 1974. It considers a range of topics including the civil rights movement, the Great Society, the rise of the New Rights, the debate over Vietna
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HS 250 Inequality in Modern America
During the last three decades, American citizens have grown increasingly unequal in terms of income and wealth. Economic inequality is now greater than at any other point in American history except for the Gilded Age, and it continues to escalate. Far
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HS 260 F.D.R. to Obama: US Politics and Reform
This course explores American politics and domestic policy reforms from Presidents Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama by focusing on the evolution of American liberalisms and conservatisms. With a particular eye on understanding the contemporary politi
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HS 285 Special Topics in History
The content and prerequisites for this course vary on the nature of the topic covered.
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HS 322 Sports in America
Sports are a multibillion dollar part of America culture in the 21st century. Sports have been integral to this nation’s development. This course traces how sports developed from informal activities to the spectacle of today’s professional s
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HS 325 European Fascism: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
This course focuses on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Origins, nature and demise of fascism are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the crisis that produced fascism; the nationalism and racism of the Italian and German movements; the nature and
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HS 326 Hitler and Stalin
A comparison of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, and of their respective leaders, Hitler and Stalin, this course examines the roots of Nazism and Communism; the personality development of Hitler and Stalin; their rise to power; what they did with the
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HS 329 American Political Thought
This is an examination of ways in which American political thinkers, leaders and contemporary commentators have dealt with the issues of power, equality, sovereignty and representation. It focuses on the relationship between abstract political concepts
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HS 330 America from 1877-1945: Gilded Age to Global War
This seminar is on selected political, economic, social and foreign policy problems in American history from the Progressive Movement to the end of World War II. It includes supervised reading, research and group discussions.
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HS 331 Contemporary America, 1945 to Present
This intensive seminar examines the events and issues of the post-war era. Possible topics for research and discussion include the Cold War, the Fair Deal, McCarthyism, Vietnam, the New Left, Watergate, Reagan and the revival of conservatism, the end o
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HS 335 The Vietnam Wars
This course examines the origins, experiences, and consequences of the Vietnam War. Readings, discussions and assignments focus on the political, social, and military forces that shaped the contours of the conflicts between 1945 and 1975. Central theme
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HS 340 Ancient Greece, Homer to Alexander the Great
This course is an introduction to the culture and key personalities of the ancient Greek world. The focus is on the achievements of ancient Greek civilization until Alexander the Great. Topics include: the emergence of Greek civilization; Homeric liter
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HS 341 Ancient Rome: Rise and Fall
This course discusses the rise and fall of Ancient Rome and the emergence of early Christianity. Topics include: Rome’s rise to empire; gladiators; slavery; everyday life and sexuality; persecution of early Christianity; the rise and triumph of the Chr
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HS 342 The Italian Renaissance
What was the Italian Renaissance, and what kind of society produced it? This course ranges widely across this famous phenomenon, including art, politics, sex and religion. Topics include: the origins of the Renaissance; Florence, the leading city; Leon
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HS 345 Urban and Suburban America
This seminar explores the development of urban society in North America from colonial commercial towns to today’s troubled network of older metropolitan centers and suburbs. Topics for discussion may include the shaping of modern cities through growth,
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HS 350 Turning Points in Western History
This course examines key turning points in Western History. It begins with Ancient Israel and its religious revolution, then discusses the rise and impact of ancient Greece, the triumph of Christianity in the Mediterranean world, the rise of the West t
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HS 355 The World at War, 1914 to 1945
This course examines the origins, nature, variety, impact and legacy of the multiple wars in the period from World War I to World War II. It focuses on: World War I; Soviet Russia and communist revolutionary class warfare; Spanish Civil War; Fascism /N
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HS 356 American Civil War
This course is an intensive examination of the origins and course of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the emergence of an industrial society on the verge of great power status.
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HS 360 Modern Italy
This course covers the dramatic history of modern Italy, including the wars of national unification, rise of fascism, disastrous defeat in World War II, rise of the mafia, surge of political terrorism in the sixties and seventies, recent economic prosp
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HS 366 World in Turmoil: The Mediterranean World, from the Fall of Rome to the First Crusade
The period from the fall of Rome and triumph of Christianity through the rise of the Arabs and Islam and thence the collision of the two faiths inthe first crusade is of momentous historical significance. It saw: the shattering of a 600 year old empire
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HS 370 Race in America: Slavery to DuBois
This course includes a brief consideration of African roots, and examines the African American experience throughout American history from colonial days to the dawn of the twentieth century. Special emphasis is given to the periods of the Revolution, C
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HS 377 Labor in American History
This course traces the history of labor in America and how economic, technological, and political changes have transformed the nature of work in America. The course readings explore industrialization, the origins and development of labor organizations,
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HS 380 Dangerous Continent: Europe, 1945-2005
This course examines Europe’s main events and processes during the years from 1945 to 2005. Coming after a disastrous half-century of Great Depression, political extremism, and two world wars, Europe’s history after World War II is often seen as less m
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HS 385 Special Studies in History
The content and prerequisites for this course vary depending on the nature of the topic covered. Courses have included: The World at War, 1914 to 1945; Turning Points in Western History, Western History, from Ancient Israel to 9/11.
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HS 389 Independent Study
Directed in-depth reading and research is devoted to specific topics or periods in history.
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HS 520 Topics in American History
This is an investigation of the issues and interpretations of a major topic or period in American history through readings, reports and group discussions. Possible topics include the Civil War and Reconstruction; the Age of Enterprise: 1877–1917; the Emergence of Democracy: 1789–1840. May be repeated for credit on a different topic.
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HS 522 Sports in America
Sports are a multibillion dollar part of America culture in the 21st century. Sport has been integral to this nation’s development. Sports in America traces how sport developed from informal activities to the spectacle of today’s professional sports. Sports have become part of America’s culture and Sports in America studies how it has been impacted by and has impacted society. All of the social movements of the 20th century find sports as an important aspect from the Progressive Era through the fight for homosexual rights. Sports have also been portrayed by media and the entertainment industry. Students of Sports in America will view sports movies to analyze how the sports and history are portrayed on film. Students will study and debate the course that Sports have taken in American history. Open to all majors.
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HS 525 European Fascism: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
This course focuses on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Origins, nature and demise of fascism are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the crisis that produced fascism; to the hypernationalism and racism of the Italian and German movements, respectively; to the outbreak of World War II; and to the Nazi holocaust against the Jews.
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HS 526 Age of Dictators—Hitler and Stalin
This comparison of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, and of their respective leaders, Hitler and Stalin, examines the roots of Nazism and Communism; the personality development of Hitler and Stalin; their rise to power; what they did with their power; their great showdown in World War II; and the legacies and significance of Nazism and Communism to the modern world.
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HS 529 American Political Thought
Examination of ways in which American political thinkers, leaders and contemporary commentators have dealt with the issues of power, equality, sovereignty and representation. Focuses on the relationship between abstract political concepts and practical politics in American political thinking.
Prerequisite: Junior standing; or permission of the instructor. Offered in alternate years.
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HS 530 America from 1877-1945: From Gilded Age to Global War
Seminar on selected political, economic, social and foreign policy problems in American history beginning in the late 19th-century Gilded Age and covering industrialization and urbanization, the Progressive Movement, the roaring 1920s, the Great Depression and New Deal, through to the end of World War II. Includes supervised reading, research and group discussions.
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HS 531 Contemporary America, 1945 to Present
This intensive seminar examines the events and issues of the post war era. Possible topics for research and discussion include the Cold War, the Fair Deal, McCarthyism, Vietnam, the New Left, Watergate and others as appropriate.
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HS 535 Vietnam Wars
Examines the origins, experiences, and consequences of the Vietnam War. Readings, discussions and assignments will focus on the political, social, and military forces that shaped the contours of the conflicts between 1945 and 1975. Central themes include the emergence and evolution of Vietnamese nationalism, the global Cold War, the American anti-war movement, and how tens of millions of Southeast Asian and American lives were transformed by the conflicts. In addition, significant attention also is paid to the ways that the war has continued to have an important impact in the years since the cessation of fighting-from Vietnam’s postwar economic development and lingering social environment scars to the United States’ Vietnam-influenced foreign policy, domestic politics and popular culture.
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HS 536 Women in Western Society
This study of the place of women in Western History concentrates on the following: early Christianity, the Renaissance, the Great Witch Hunt; Modern Views on Women including J.S. Mill and Sigmund Freud, Modern Feminism, and a cross-cultural comparison via Chinese foot binding and African-Asian genital mutilation.
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HS 540 Ancient Greece, from Homer to Alexander the Great
This course introduces students to the culture and personalities in the classical Greek world. It focuses on the achievements of ancient Greek civilization until Alexander the Great’s conquests. Topics include: The emergence of Greek civilization; Homer; the rise of Athens and Sparta; the wars against Persia; the flowering of classical culture; the Peloponnesian War; everyday life; sexuality; the status of women; the rise of Alexander the Great and his imperial conquests.
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HS 541 Special Studies in Ancient History: Ancient Rome
The rise and fall of Ancient Rome and the emergence of early Christianity. Topics include Rome’s rise to empire; gladiators; slavery; everyday life and sexuality; persecution of early Christianity; the rise and triumph of the Christian Church; and the destruction of the empire by German and other invasions
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HS 542 The Italian Renaissance
What was the Italian Renaissance, and what kind of society produced it? This course ranges widely across this famous phenomenon, including art, politics, sex and religion. Topics include the origins of the Renaissance; Florence, the leading city; Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo; the lives of women; and how and why the Renaissance came to an end.
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HS 544 Women/Man’s World
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HS 545 The City in American History
This seminar explores the development of urban society in North America from colonial commercial towns to today’s troubled network of older metropolitan centers and suburbs. Topics for study and discussion may include the shaping of modern cities through growth, migration, and politics; cultures—ethnic, class, commercial, and otherwise—of the city; suburbanization and the “urban crisis;” and the future of urban America.
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HS 546 The Soviet Union
This study of the Soviet Union from the Revolutions of 1917 until the present begins with the last tsar and deals with the causes and nature of the revolutions, the political regimes since Lenin and the impact of Communism on life in Russia, particularly under Stalin.
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HS 550 Turning Points in Western History
This course examines key turning points in Western History. It begins with Ancient Israel and its religious revolution, through the emergence of the West’s global dominance, beginning in the 15th century, thence to the responses of indigenous peoples and their struggle for political independence, finally to 9/11 and the current U.S. led war on international terror.
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HS 555 The World at War, 1914 to 1945
This course examines the origins, nature, variety, impact and legacy of the multiple wars in the period from World War I to World War II. It focuses on World War I; Soviet Russia and communist class warfare as social war of radical modernization; Fascism/Nazism and war as nationalist-racist expansionism; Japanese imperialism; and World War II.
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HS 556 Civil War and Its Aftermath: 1850-1890
Intensive examination of the origins and course of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the emergence of an industrial society on the verge of great power status.
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HS 560 Modern Italy
Course covers the dramatic, eventful history of modern Italy including the wars of national unification, rise of fascism, disastrous defeat in World War II, rise of the mafia, surge of political terrorism in the sixties, recent economic prosperity, and the current dilemmas of illegal immigration, all in international context.
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HS 566 World in Turmoil: The Mediterranean World, from the Fall of Rome to the First Crusade
The period from the fall of Rome and triumph of Christianity through the rise of the Arabs and Islam and thence the collision of the two faiths in the first crusade is of momentous historical significance. It saw: the shattering of a six-hundred year old empire that had embraced the entire Mediterranean world; the replacement of a classical pagan civilization by a new otherworldly religious vision; a time of troubles plagued by mass migrations, wars and invasions; the rise of yet another monotheistic religion which, with the Arab invasions, would come to dominate huge swathes of the Mediterranean world; and the paradigmatic collision of the two rival exclusivist monotheisms in the era of the crusades.
By the end of the eleventh century, the world that Rome had unified for six centuries had fragmented into Latin/Germanic kingdoms in the West, the Greek/Byzantine Empire in the east, and the Arab Empire in Iberia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Thus was set the fundamental juxtaposition of civilizations in the Mediterranean world that endures through to the present. This era of profound transformation is examined through key episodes and turning points that illuminate the essence of the transformations that took place.
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HS 570 Race in America: Slavery to Du Bois
This course includes a brief consideration of African roots, and examines the African American experience throughout American history from colonial days to the dawn of the twentieth century. Special emphasis is given to the periods of the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction up to the conflict between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois.
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HS 575 Turning Points in the Twentieth Century: From the New Imperialism to Globalization
This course focuses on the main turning points in the world’s ‘long twentieth-century’: Europe’s global empire-building, World War I, communist revolution in Russia, World War II, the Holocaust, decolonization and the rise of Third World countries, the sudden fall of communism, the rise of America to sole superpower status, the 9/11 attacks, globalization and the surging patterns of mass migration.
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HS 577 Labor in American History
Labor in American History studies the struggles of labor form the days of slavery and indentured servitude to the perils of outsourcing in a service oriented economy. The student will learn about the fight to organize labor and the constant tension between labor, management and government. Students will explore labor from many different perspectives as well as research developments in their own future careers.
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HS 580 Dangerous Continent: Europe 1945-2005
Examining Europe’s main events and processes during the years from 1945 to 2005. Coming after a disastrous half-century of the Great Depression, political extremism, and two world wars, Europe’s history after World War II is often seen as less momentous and essentially peaceful. In fact, this view is something of an illusion. While there were no world wars or great economic disasters between 1945 and 2005 Europe continued to be a key flashpoint for crucial, sometimes truly historic, developments – from the beginnings of the Cold War to the European powers’ loss of their vast overseas empires, from the fall of communism in the miraculous revolutions of 1989-91 to the disastrous disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, from the sudden, unexpected presence of a large Muslim minority and all the tensions and dilemmas this presented to the al-Qaeda attacks of 2004 and 2005 in Madrid and London and the riots by youths of Muslim African heritage across France, in 2005. The first date allows us to see how Europe attempted to begin anew, after the worst war in history, where Europe was one of the main theaters of operations. The latter dates allow us to see, in stark relief, how Europe had changed over the subsequent six decades and how it is now grappling with its new, unexpected religious and ethnic diversity.
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HS 585 Topics in History
The content and prerequisites for this course vary on the nature of the topic covered.
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HS 588 Embattled World: From the Cold War to the War on Terror
This course examines the origins, course and demise of the Cold War. We discuss the beginnings of the Cold War in Europe, its global expansion with the outbreak of the Korean War, the political paranoia of the 1950s (McCarthyism, etc.), the near outbreak of nuclear war over the Cuban Missiles Crisis, the global interventions of the US in the name of anti-communism (peaking with the Vietnam War), the superpowers’ attempts to normalize relations (detente), the resurgence of the Cold War under President Reagan, and the stunningly sudden and unexpected end of the Cold War with the demise of communism in Europe and the Soviet Union. We will then discuss the 9/11 attackers, the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq; the War on Terror, and controversies over government deception, torture and civil liberties.
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HS 689 Independent Research
Independent project involving the selection of an historical topic of individual interest and value. Requires the preparation of a research paper under faculty guidance. Prerequisites: at least two graduate courses in history at Arcadia University and permission of the department chairperson.
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HU 500 Intro Seminar in the Humanities
Introduction to the diverse methods and languages used in the humanities. Reviews the historical origins and growth of the humanities. Integrates humanities studies in and interdisciplinary approach by means of selected works from the humanities.
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HU 525 The Philadelphia Seminar
This course gives students in the M.A.H. program a privileged and enlightening experience of the greater Philadelphia region as a place where the humanities are not merely studied, but actively practiced. Its premise is that the humanities are all living disciplines that both celebrate past achievements and engage in today’s world, producing new works and new forms of humanistic understanding.
Students in the Philadelphia Seminar not only experience the area’s cultural riches, but also meet with the movers and shakers at the institutions, gaining firsthand knowledge of how the humanities are practiced in this great urban center.
During recent versions of the course, seminar participants did the following:
- Attended a Vox Ama Deus concert at the Perelman Theatre at the Kimmel Center.
- Enjoyed a walking tour of Philadelphia’s historic district, inspecting the Betsy Ross House, Carpenter’s Hall, Christ Church, the old Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, and other iconic sites.
- Spent a morning at Chanticleer, a famous garden and arboretum in Wayne, followed by a visit to the Baldwin Book Barn, a one-of-a-kind bookstore that is both a historic institution and a thriving second-hand book business.
- Took the adults-only Centennial Tour of the new Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park, Housed in Centennial Hall, the only building still standing from the 1876 Exhibition.
- Attended an impressive performance of Macbeth at the Wilma Theater.
- Traveled to Doylestown to tour the Michener and Mercer museums, Fonthill, and the Moravian Tile Works.
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HU 650 Humanities Colloquium
Collaborative study of a specific topic from one of the humanities disciplines. Topics vary from year to year, alternating among the three areas of concentration within the humanities program. May be repeated for credit on a different topic.
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HU 698 The Capstone Seminar
In this course, students write their Culminating Project for the Humanities program. The project is an interdisciplinary paper that draws on students’ integrative skills and enables them to focus on a broad range of possible topics. Students also read and discuss a common body of texts in this course and inquire into the methodological issues central to Humanities disciplines.
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