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Course Descriptions

 

German
  

  • GM 203 German Conversation

    Students will fine-tune their language skills by interpreting German films. Through film, the students will address some of the main challenges in German society today by discussing such topics as history, the individual, immigrant integration into society, and relations between East and west. We will also work on difficult aspects of German grammar. Learning vocabulary, especially the idiomatic use of German, will be emphasized.

    Prerequisite: GM 201  
  

  • GM 285 Special Topics in German

    (2 or 4 credits)
    Exploration of selected topics such as German civilization: history, geography, literature, art and culture. Topics vary according to student and faculty interests.

    Prerequisite: GM 202 .
  

  • GM 326 German Culture Through Film

    This course examines different aspects of German culture through film. Students will discuss the representations of cultural practices and historical events in Weimar cinema, New German Films, and newer movies directed after reunification. Through the analysis of these films, students will gain insights into the construction national identity and will also search for new directions which don’t revolve around the imagined community of the nation. We will deal with expressions of alterity, terrorism, state power, ideological conceptions of East Germany, and gender as well as with artistic expressions of metropolitan areas. The course is conducted in English, however, German minors can submit written work in German.

Healthcare Administration
  

  • HA 150 Introduction to Healthcare Services

    This foundation course provides an overview of the current health delivery system, including healthcare institutions, long-term care, health manpower, financing and managed care. Students also are introduced to diverse topics such as quality care, healthcare planning/policy and ethics.
  

  • HA 320 Healthcare Planning and Policy

    This course covers the theoretical and historical foundations of healthcare planning and policy development as well as current concepts and controversies provide the basis for this course. Case studies provide an opportunity for students to apply both healthcare strategic planning models and policy development skills.

    Prerequisite: HA 150 , BA 201 , and junior standing.
  

  • HA 385 Selected Topics in Healthcare Administration

    This senior-level course provides the Healthcare Administration major with up-to-date perspectives on current issues such as reimbursement, healthcare financial management compliance, healthcare marketing, healthcare laws, healthcare ethics, and healthcare systems design.

    Prerequisite: HA 320  or permission of the instructor.
  

  • HA 470 Internship in Healthcare Administration

    Students will complete 100+ hours of internship work in a professional healthcare setting. The internship course is designed to have the student apply academic concepts in a work environment. The student is required to find and secure a legitimate internship related to his/her major and career goals. In addition to the work component at the internship site location, the student will complete several assignments designed to help bridge the transition from college to career.

    Prerequisite: HA 320 , completion of two 300-level HA courses, and completion of 75 credits. Students who do not meet the pre-requisites must gain permission from the department Chair.
  

  • HA 490 Seminar in Healthcare Administration

    This Capstone course in Healthcare Administration requires students to see organizations from a total management point of view and to integrate their learning from prior courses. The students work in teams to generate a business plan for an organization in the healthcare industry.

    Prerequisite: BA 340 , BA 380 , HA 320 , senior standing or permission of the Program Chair.

Honors
  

  • HN 201 Exploration in Leadership

    This course focuses on students learning to own their strengths and to use them to enable their own success and those of their teammates.  It exposes students to presentations by leaders in various fields, and provides opportunities to interview these leaders. Students also face weekly leadership mini-challenges/hypothetical situations that require ongoing leadership skill development and teamwork. A portfolio of metacognitive reflections is required to complete the class.
  

  • HN 202 Honors Project

    (2 credits)
    With guidance from a teaching team, including one of the Honors Program advisers and a mentor, a student selects and pursues an independent project outside his or her major area of study. Projects encourage students to explore and develop their own various talents and interests.
  

  • HN 390 Honors Colloquia

    Honors Colloquia focus on interdisciplinary topics. These courses are designed specifically for Honors students. Topics vary across the disciplines. Some Honors HN 390 courses are specifically designed to have a leadership (L) focus. These classes typically include community partnership; intensive use of outside resources; focus on teamwork, problem solving and other skills needs to develop proficiency in leadership.

    Prerequisite: Juniors and seniors in the Honors Program and open to sophomores with prior approval of the Honors Program Directors.
  

  • HN 391L Music, Art and Memory

    This is an Honors seminar examining the nature of memory and its role in forming our individual identities, focusing particularly on the role of art and music in making, retaining and retrieving memories. The central project of this course involves partnering with an elder in the beginning stages of memory loss at a local long-term care center. Through weekly visits including conversation, collaborative artwork, and musical exploration, students help elders relive some of their most treasured memories. Each student creates a personalized collection of music for their partner. Students also create visual projects that interpret some of their partner’s memories. Students share these music collections and visual projects in a public, end-of semester show before presenting them to the elders. In addition to this final project, students write weekly reflective journal entries, responses to readings, and a longer final reflective paper.
  

  • HN 393L Honors Preceptorial: DIY

    Many people agree that the best way to learn something is to teach it to yourself and then to someone else. It is this ideology that underlies the offering of Honors Preceptorial. At the end of this class, students should feel empowered to answer and master any topic or problem presented to them. In order for this to happen, in this class students pick the topic of the course (with some restrictions), create a course outline, research units, design learning objectives, create lesson plans, and then teach and assess one another. The professor guides and facilitates this process. Students learn how to learn. The take responsibility for their own motivation and enable others to be motivated. They use their creativity to innovate lessons plans to accomplish objectives and create a classroom that is fair and equitable and respectful of the leadership learning objectives of the class.
  

  • HN 394 Is A Picture Really Worth 1,000 Words?

    The link between discovery (including self-discovery) and visual record keeping is both strong and longstanding. This seminar will offer students the chance to read from the journals of a number of adventurers, famous and obscure, real and fictional, all of whom used drawings to supplement their writing. Along with this, students will investigate ways to record information pictorially, and produce a bound, illustrated journal representing a personal “voyage of discovery.”
  

  • HN 395L TEDx Arcadia University: The Big Idea!

    Students will conduct research and participate in the selection process of potential speakers [in the Philadelphia area] who are the movers and shakers with innovative “Ideas Worth Spreading.”  They will correspond and work one-on-one with the speakers as they prepare their individual TEDx Talks. In addition to co-organizing every aspect of the TEDx Arcadia University Conference including: fund raising, marketing, speaker format, program schedule, researching and analyzing and collecting primary and support materials for the conference, students will collaborate and create their own dynamic TEDx Arcadia University2017: THE BIG IDEA Talks that they will present at the Conference. They will also create a video/paper final project that chronicles their experience.
  

  • HN 396L Radical Arts

    Radical Arts reinforces the belief that cultural and creative expression can make an impact as a means to affect deep and lasting social change.  Philadelphia has a robust artistic community and a great many practitioners who are of Social Conscience.  Through the arts, we can challenge many of our society’s deepest assumptions and build upon the power of artistic creation and expression to spark new ideas, catalyze critical thinking, elicit new actions, inspire individuals and create visions for the future.  Students in this course will become practitioners, evaluators, partners and researchers in the areas covered in Radical Arts.  They will become partners (through a practicum experience) with a selected number of Fine and Performing Arts organizations whose mission is to use the fine and performing arts to practice social change.
  

  • HN 397 The Higher Vibrations of Reality

    Psychokinesis, clairvoyance, pre-birth memories, out-of-body experiences, telepathy—are documented by cultures all over the world, but are considered pseudoscientific by most mainstream scientists. This course investigates accounts and analyses of parapsychological experiences to try to determine whether the scientific community’s view of the available research is paradigmatic or the result of conclusive evidence. We will also practice (and learn the neurological benefits of) spiritually-based mind-enhancing techniques. 

History
  

  • 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 the growth of England, France, Germany and the Papacy.
  

  • 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 French revolutions.
  

  • 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; terrorism and the recent turmoil in West/non-West relations.
  

  • HS 108 World History: 5000 BCE to 1400 C

    This course is a survey of world history from its origins until the 16th century C.E. It will cover the dawn of civilizations through the Renaissance.  The course emphasizes social, cultural, economic, and political developments on the Asian, American, European, African and Pacific island landmasses. A special emphasis is given to comparing cultures over time and space. The rise and decline of major civilizations, the transition from an agrarian to an urban economy, the role of women, and the origins of globalization are some of the major features discussed.
  

  • 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 include the Spanish conquest of central and south America; the trans-Atlantic slave trade; the Opium Wars against imperial China; the world wars; the decline of Europe’s overseas empires and the rise of the superpowers (the United States and the Soviet Union); the liberal transformation of the United States (1950s-1970s); U.S. foreign policy and the 9/11 attacks.
  

  • 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 expansion; foreign relations; political parties; social, economic and intellectual movements and the origins and course of the Civil War.
  

  • 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 of the United States as a world power.
  

  • HS 130 Modern Mediterranean World

    (also listed as IS 130 )

    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 air routes, the Suez Canal, and the nature of war and peace and how the conflicts in the region have affected global peace, stability and security. The course examines the Arab-Israeli conflict, the impact of immigration and migration into the European Union, trade patterns, and cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic identities and how they affect regional relations.
  

  • 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 sources, how to evaluate them, and how to utilize the sources in their research-based writing. Students learn how to develop research projects from the initial topic of interest through to the final written product; this work includes the generation of research proposals, re-drafting of papers, and practice in formulating different kinds of arguments depending on audience, sources, and written form.
  

  • HS 211 The Modern Middle East

    (also listed as PS 212 )

    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 impact of foreign powers.
  

  • 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 on Japan or China, but their interconnection is stressed, as is the impact on east Asia by the Western Great Powers, especially Britain and the United States. Also discussed is how Japan has become a global pop culture powerhouse and how China has begun its own march toward global economic power
  

  • 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 century, and contemporary problems of wars, ethnic conflict and HIV/AIDS. Also discussed is how and why European powers were able to take control of the continent and the impact this had on Africa and Africans. Special focus is on South Africa and the rise and fall of Apartheid as a case study.
  

  • HS 220 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.
  

  • HS 224 Conflict and Inequality in Latin America

    (also listed as IS 225 )

    This class presents an overview of Latin America by focusing on the historical processes and contemporary socio-political practices that produce conflict and inequality in the region. Why has a region so rich in resources been historically underdeveloped? What issues have recurred across contexts as causes of conflict and inequality in the region? And how have people mobilized to address these causes? Through an examination of several specific case studies, from the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico to community health care activism in Chile, we will explore the similarities and differences in the nature of conflict and inequality found in countries across Latin America. As part of this, we will consider the role the United States has played in shaping the political economy of the region.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 the United States. This history of the United States’ multi-dimensional international presence explores traditional political and military topics but also traces the flow of such things as money, people, ideas, armaments, consumer products, natural resources, and culture back and forth between the United States and the rest of the world.
  

  • 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, economic globalization and various global conflicts all of which have shaped and been shaped by the history of the continent. The course focuses on three interrelated themes: cultural processes and social institutions just prior to European colonization of Africa, the ruptures of these cultural processes and social institutions caused by colonialism, and the legacy of the ruptures during the post-colonial era. We pay particular attention to the integration of Africa with other parts of the world and the centrality of Africa to global political, economic and social processes.
  

  • 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? Why was there a communist revolution in 1917? How was communism able to consolidate its grip on Russia? How did Stalin rise to dominate the communist regime for so long? How did all this impact people’s lives? What have been Stalin’s impact and legacy?
  

  • 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 destruction of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
  

  • HS 239 United States Foreign Policy

    (also listed as PS 240  )

    This course covers the foreign policies of each U.S. presidential administration from Truman to the present day. Drawing extensively upon theories of foreign policy and detailed study of historical events, the course explores continuity and change in the crafting of foreign policy strategy and the implementation of policy over time.
  

  • 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 into the political changes and issues that brought about the Second American Party system and the causes of its demise by the Civil War. This course also looks at the reform movements of the period and in some cases those that continue to the present day.
  

  • 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 Vietnam, feminism and sexual liberation movements, black power, the counterculture, the urban crisis, and white backlash. The course emphasizes the transformation of liberalism, the revitalization of conservatism, and the many tensions that both shaped the social movements of the times and profoundly transformed the nation.
  

  • HS 250 Inequality in Modern America

    (also listed as PS 250 )

    Not reguarly scheduled.
  

  • HS 260 F.D.R. to Obama: US Politics and Reform

    (also listed as PS 260 )

    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 political scene and how and why it emerged, students examine a range of eras including the New Deal, the Great Society and the tumultuous 1960s, the so-called “Reagan Revolution” of the 1980s and its consolidation under George W. Bush, as well as the meaning of Barack Obama’s presidency. Emphasis is given to the importance of and interrelationship between the political leaders, ideas and institutions that shape what different groups of Americans have wanted from their government and what government has provided for whom.
  

  • HS 265 Women in American Politics

    (Also listed as PS265)

    This course is designed to discuss women, gender, and American politics.  This course analyzes the participation of women in American public and political life.  From the fight for suffrage through Hillary Clinton’s nomination by the Democratic Party, the readings and discussions in this class are historical and contemporary, as well as theoretical and empirical.  
     
  

  • HS 285 Special Topics in History

    (3 or 4 credits)
    The content and prerequisites for this course vary on the nature of the topic covered.
  

  • 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 sports and how they have 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. Students also view sports movies to analyze how sports and history are portrayed on film.
  

  • 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 impact of each regime; the outbreak of World War II; the Nazi holocaust against the Jews; and the ongoing legacy of the era of fascism through to the present, in the form of neo-fascist and neo-Nazi movements.
  

  • HS 326 Hitler and Stalin—Age of Dictators

    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 their power; their great showdown in World War II; and the legacies and significance of Nazism and Communism to the modern world.
  

  • HS 329 American Political Thought

    (also listed as PS 330 )

    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 and practical politics in American political thinking.

    Prerequisite: Junior standing; or permission of the instructor. PS 101  American Politics strongly recommended.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 of the Cold War, and America’s new status as the world’s sole superpower.
  

  • 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 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 and environmental scars to the United States’ Vietnam-influenced foreign policy, domestic politics and popular culture.
  

  • 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 literature; 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.
  

  • 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 Christian Church; and the destruction of the Western Roman empire by German invasions.
  

  • 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; Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo; the lives of women, and how and why the Renaissance came to an end.
  

  • 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, migration, and politics; cultures—ethnic, class, commercial, and otherwise—of the city; suburbanization and the “urban crisis;” and the future of urban America.
  

  • 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 to global dominance and the struggles of the colonized peoples for political independence, the global expansion of Western (especially American) popular culture after World War II, the impact of the new globalization and global mobility, and finally 9/11 and the current United States-led war on international terror.
  

  • 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 /Nazism and war as empire-building; Japanese imperialism and Japan’s attempt to take control of Asia and the Pacific region; and World War II in Europe. Attention is paid to the elites who decide on war as well as the impact of war on the ordinary people called to fight and pay for war. Finally, the legacy of this period of global conflict to the world since 1945 is discussed.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 prosperity, the current dilemmas caused by illegal immigration, and the sudden emergence of a multicultural society since the 1980s, all in international context.
  

  • 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 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 11th 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 civilization in the Mediterranean world that endures through to the present. We will discuss this era of profound transformation through key episodes and turning points that illuminate the essence of the transformations that took place.
  

  • 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, Civil War, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction up to the conflict between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois.
  

  • HS 375 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.
  

  • 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, the decline of manufacturing, the rise of a service economy, and the impact of globalization on labor in America.
  

  • 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 momentous and essentially peaceful. In fact, this view is something of an illusion. True, there were no world wars or great economic disasters between 1945- and 2005; but 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 revolution 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • HS 388 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 attacks, the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq; the War on Terror, and controversies over government deception, torture and civil liberties.
  

  • HS 389 Independent Study

    (4 credits)
    Directed in-depth reading and research is devoted to specific topics or periods in history.

    Prerequisite: approval of the adviser and Chair.
  

  • HS 490 Senior Thesis Seminar

    A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.

    Prerequisite: senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.
  

  • HS 491 Senior Thesis Seminar

    A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.

    Prerequisite: senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.

Interdisciplinary

Note: See Undergraduate Curriculum section for First-Year Seminars and University Seminars.
  

  • ID 100A Becoming a Lifelong Learner

    (1 credit)
    Designed to assist incoming first-year students in becoming acclimated to the university culture and its academic expectations. Students will critically examine themselves as lifelong learners, exploring techniques and strategies to use as they adapt to the structures, routines and expectations of college life. Students examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and identify areas for further development; become familiar with college resources and services through in-class presentations from campus staff.  The course guides students to explore various time management strategies, examine their values, and strengthen their knowledge of effective study techniques. 

    This course is required for all students admitted to the University who attend the Gateway to Success Summer program.
  

  • ID 100B Becoming a Lifelong Learner

    (1 credit)
    Designed for students to examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and identify areas for further development, this proactive course guides students in reviewing learning strategies and study skill techniques. This course assists students to recognize their learning style and learn how other factors such as health & wellness, and finances affect a student’s academic success and satisfaction in college. Students will convert their theoretical knowledge of learning strategies to practical application in the college classroom. Ultimately, the goals of this course are to help facilitate a smooth transition to college and lay the foundation for a successful college career.

     

    This course is required for all students admitted to the University via the Gateway to Success program.
  

  • ID 101 Science in Civilization I

    In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of physics and chemistry. The interrelationships among the fields of science are stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and the required laboratory component. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. This is a one-semester, stand-alone course for non-science majors, including those who are preparing for the teaching profession. Topics covered include the nature of science, the scientific method, motion, gravity, energy, laws of thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, waves, light, chemical reactions and nuclear energy.

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.

    Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100  is required.
  

  • ID 102 Science in Civilization II

    In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of astronomy, geology and biology. The interrelationships among the fields of science are stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and the required laboratory component. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. This is a one-semester, stand-alone course for non-science majors, including those who are preparing for the teaching profession. Topics covered include astronomy, the origin and evolution of life, the nature of living things, geology, weather, aquatic systems, human biology and genetics.

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.

    Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100  is required. ID 101  is not a prerequisite for this class.
  

  • ID 125 Strategic Career Planning

    (2 credits)
    This course is designed to broaden the scope of the professional decision-making process and develop competencies in successfully transitioning from college to career. Emphasis is placed on developing a solid foundation for major selection, career exploration, job and internship search strategies, self-assessment, and interview preparation. The class requires students to develop professional branding materials and explore careers of interest. All students enrolled in the course are required to complete assignments that culminate with the development of a personalized strategic career plan.  This course is open to all class levels. 
  

  • ID 135 AU Blueprint

    (2 credits)
    This course is designed to assist you in establishing good academic standing as well as gain insight on skills that will strengthen your academic acumen and become self-responsible learners.  You will be provided with tools you need to design your educational goals at Arcadia.  Discussions and activities will revolve around seizing opportunities, strengthening organizational skills, discovering new ways of learning, uncovering pathways for major and career, and becoming resilient.
  

  • ID 226 Teen UpRise Mentoring Experience

    This experiential course will allow fourteen Arcadia University students to have a Global Connection Experience within 8 miles of Glenside. AU students will work with Teen UpRise, a non-profit organization that seeks to help low-income adolescents create better futures. These enthusiastic and lively teenagers will entertain and inspire AU students. TU members are eager to find young adult role models and will impact your lives as much as you impact theirs. This course will design and implement a short-term partnering program with TU students. AU students will spend fifteen hours of direct contact with TU members. This course will meet three hours a week for on-campus discussions and lectures. AU students will also be required to travel to Teen UpRise’s Roxborough site for six TU after-school sessions, for a total of 15 direct contact hours.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: ID226 requires 15 direct contact hours of work at Teen UpRise across the semester. The times available for this are 3:30 - 5:30pm Monday-Thursday. Background and Child Abuse clearances are required for this course. This class is best suited for upperclassmen.
  

  • ID 228 Shakespeare on Stage with Seniors

    The class offers students the opportunity to engage in a cross-cultural and cross-generational experience using a dramatic text as the initial point of contact. Students will study, analyze and discuss the text; learning skills necessary create and perform as the characters from Shakespeare’s plays. They will, as a class, travel to an established senior citizen community and share what they have learned. They will work with the senior citzens as they rehearse and perform scenes from the chosen Shakespeare comedy reversing age appropriate roles with the senior citizens. The purpose is to engage and connect with the members of a community outside of their own and participate in the creation of a theatrical experience along with that community.

    Prerequisite: EN 101  
  

  • ID 252 Laughing Matters

    Why do we laugh? What is laughter? What makes something funny? How do we laugh? In this course, students will investigate, discuss and analyze the science, theories, and effects of laughter and humor. Through the study of the science of laughter, physiological and psychological processes about the brain and laughing will be investigated. The social, physical, and mental benefits will be experienced and analyzed through participation and exploration of laughter yoga, stand up performance, physical comedy, improvisation and interactive games. Through the exploration of mass media (digital, print, broadcast, and outdoor media), students will develop a comedic eye while discussing observations of various sociological and political perspectives. The universality of educational competencies of laughter and humor will be applied and implemented through a sustained fieldwork experience with elementary students and the building of a culminating project with those students.

    Students will be required to obtain three clearances (FBI, Child Abuse, and Criminal Record Check) prior to participating in the fieldwork experience. 
  

  • ID 325 Artist in the Community

    This course fulfills the Global Connections Experience requirement and has been designed with the criteria for those experiences in mind. It provides a sustained cross-cultural experience in conjunction with local schools and community organizations. Students engage in personal creative development through various hands on art projects within the first section of the course. Beginning in weeks five or six, the second section provides the opportunity for students to take that creative expression to the community in order to explore the power of art to bring people together, create connections across differences, and re-create community spaces. Community service hours in organizations occur primarily during class time. The course concludes with an art exhibit of student work to be shared with the Arcadia community, friends and family. Students from a variety of disciplines are invited to enroll and no particular prior background experiences in the arts are required. All students are required, however, to make a commitment to stretching beyond the familiar as they meet new people and engage in individual and community art making.

    Note: Background checks and child abuse clearances are required for some locations.
  

  • ID 330 Inside Out

    This unique, experimental course is affiliated with the national Inside/Out program. The class meetings will take place at the Philadelphia Prison System’s House of Corrections where students have the opportunity to learn about the criminal justice system in the United States. The class is composed of Arcadia students (outside) and incarcerated individuals (inside). Inside and outside students meet once a week in the House Of Corrections to discuss readings related to the course topic and to work on research projects. Students must be willing to abide by the rules and procedures of the prison and the Inside/Out program. Enrollment in the course is by permission of the Arcadia Inside Our program coordinator only.

    Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course. The course also requires travel time to and from the facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

    Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course.
  

  • ID 330A Inside Out: Art (Representational Drawings)

    Many advanced drawing classes focus on developing personal vision and style. In Representational Drawing, participants will review drawing basics – line, tone, perspective and composition, but the class will emphasize specific techniques required to render textures, surfaces, transparency, etc. – in fact, various ways to produce realistic still life subjects in graphite, charcoal and ink. Though the class is considered to be “advanced,” this label primarily reflects its discrete goal – i.e., the generation of accurate, realistic drawings. There are no prerequisites, though Drawing I (FA 104 ) and Drawing II (FA 105 ) are recommended.

    Goals:

    • To provide students with a comprehensive repertoire of techniques require to generate representational images.
    • To foster an environment for exchange of creative solutions and discussion related to the value of representational art.
    • To encourage thought and discussion of the relevance of art-making in restrictive settings and attitudes toward art produced in such settings.
    • To foster connections between participants on the inside and on the outside.
    • To promote creative problem solving within the perceived limitations associated with representational drawing.
  

  • ID 330B Inside Out: Acting Behind the Walls

    The Inside-out Prison Exchange Program is an opportunity for a small group of students from Arcadia University and a group of residents of the Philadelphia jails to exchange ideas and perceptions about the art and practice of acting, the criminal justice system, corrections, and imprisonment. It is a chance for all participants to gain a deeper understanding of the criminal justice system, acting and the theatre arts through an understanding the craft of acting, acting exercises and the use the theatre arts and storytelling through the character, objective and circumstance.  Knowledge and practical experience will be achieved by weekly meetings, discussions and acting exercises extended throughout the semester. This exploration of the actor’s craft along with an understanding and analysis of specific play texts will allow participants to find the connections between the performing arts and society as a whole. Critical analysis and synthesis of the philosophy and precepts of performance with contemporary literary texts and ideas will occur. The students will perform scenes and monologues from selected contemporary American plays. Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course. The course also requires travel time to and from the prison facility.

International Studies
  

  • IS 100 Introduction to International Studies

    (3 credits)
    See description under IS 101 .
  

  • IS 101 Introduction to International Studies

    This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of International Studies. Key themes and issues focused on include globalization, development, poverty, and human rights. The course explores how political, social and economic inequalities are produced and how they affect a variety of peoples and regions differently. Students examine the evolution of nation-state sovereignty and the inter-related impacts of other sub-national and supra-national actors, groups and forces such as those of global markets and non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations. In addition, students learn how the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science and economics engage the central topics of International Studies in distinct ways.
  

  • IS 120 Global Public Health

    This course introduces students to critical challenges in global health using multidisciplinary perspectives. Issues at the nexus between development and health are explored through millennium development goals, disease burden, environmental health and safe water, epidemiology and demography of disease, AIDS and HIV prevention, chronic diseases, nutritional challenges, social determinants of global health, harm reduction and behavioral modification, health professionals and capacity development, as well as human rights and bioethical issues in a global context.
  

  • IS 130 Modern Mediterranean World

    (also listed as HS 130 )

    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 air routes, the Suez Canal, and the nature of war and peace and how the conflicts in the region have affected global peace, stability and security. The course examines the Arab-Israeli conflict, the impact of immigration and migration into the European Union, trade patterns, and cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic identities and how they affect regional relations.
  

  • IS 201 International Studies Research Writing

    This course provides students an intensive introduction to discipline-focused research and writing in their International Studies field(s) of interest. Students are introduced to a variety of types of primary and secondary sources. They learn about how to search for and locate these different sources, how to evaluate them, and how to utilize the sources in their research-based writing. Students learn how to develop research projects from the initial topic of interest through to the final written product; this work includes the generation of research proposals, re-drafting of papers, and practice in formulating different kinds of arguments depending on audience, sources, and written form.
  

  • IS 220 Global Environment

    (also listed as PS 221 )

    This course focuses on global interconnections and the consequences of humans’ use and frequent degradation of natural resources around the planet. All continents are explored. Readings, discussions, and written assignments examine such topics as the shifting demand for and politics of resource extraction, trends in energy use (past, present and future), environmental health and justice, and how and the extent to which ecological balances have been imperiled by human economic and social development.
  

  • IS 225 Conflict and Inequality in Latin America

    (also listed as HS 224 )

    This class presents an overview of Latin America by focusing on the historical processes and contemporary socio-political practices that produce conflict and inequality in the region. Why has a region so rich in resources been historically underdeveloped? What issues have recurred across contexts as causes of conflict and inequality in the region? And how have people mobilized to address these causes? Through an examination of several specific case studies, from the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico to community health care activism in Chile, we will explore the similarities and differences in the nature of conflict and inequality found in countries across Latin America. As part of this, we will consider the role the United States has played in shaping the political economy of the region.
  

  • IS 265 Migration Politics in the Americas

    This course examines the politics of migration with a focus on the dynamics of national identity and national belonging within migrant communities and between those communities and the countries to which they migrate. A central objective of the class is to investigate how language practices-from people’s routine talk, to media coverage, to immigration policies-shape migration politics. Through this investigation, the course explores the historical formation and contemporary realities of migration and its related language practices, highlighting that “politics” refers not only to the workings of government. It is also a feature of everyday life that is shaped by language. The course concentrates on migration between Latin America and the United States. However, during class discussions and in their coursework, students have the opportunity to explore other migrations in the Americas, if they choose.
  

  • IS 320 Global Poverty and Inequality

    Debates that surround poverty and inequality are some of the most urgent in our time. This advanced seminar critically analyzes the causes of poverty and inequality and applies this analysis to new approaches to development around the world. Students explore historical efforts to address poverty as well as contemporary texts that offer cutting edge solutions to development challenges.
  

  • IS 340 Law, Disorder and Globalization

    In the late 20th century, there was a global turn towards criminalization and incarceration as responses to social problems-to “disorder.” While justified by claims about increases in crime, this “penal turn” often precedes such increases, and so cannot be explained by crime rates alone. The politics of crime are a useful way to examine many social and political changes, such as the criminalization of poor and African-American youth and “urban decline” in U.S. inner cities. This course will examine how these politics help construct inequality in the U.S.; we will also consider how they shape international relationships between the U.S., Europe, and nation-states in Latin America and Africa. As part of this, we will examine how criminalization creates social hierarchies, in which some types of people and some nation-states are seen as inherently criminal and disorderly. We will discuss a range of specific cases that allow us to understand the factors that motivate the penal turn, exploring the ways the penal turn has material consequences that encourage future criminalization, such as for-profit prisons.
  

  • IS 425 Post-Conflict Reconstruction

    This course introduces students to the main issues in post conflict reconstruction and the multiple challenges facing societies emerging from conflict. The objective of the course is to highlight the various dilemmas and needs of reconstruction and how these are generated by the specific dynamics of conflict. To do so, we adopt a comparative political economy approach that addresses many of the key issues affecting post conflict reconstruction in different conflict spaces, including the role of international actors; the relationship between socio-political peace and economic stability; the financing of reconstruction; the challenges of reconstituting domestic political relations after conflict; governance and institutional development; and the importance of social policy in facilitating reconstruction. This course also places emphasis on the applied side of post conflict reconstruction by introducing some of the techniques, policies and needs assessment strategies employed by international organizations in advancing reconstruction policies and strategies.
  

  • IS 430 Social Life of War: Political, Cultural and Identity Process in Global Conflict

    This course explores war and violent conflict from a socio-cultural perspective. The course explores the ways in which war and violent conflict reshape social structures, create new cultural processes in reaction to altered reality, and reconstitute identities. Students read and discuss ethnographic accounts that show how war and violent conflict are experienced at the personal, cultural and social level. This course enhances and complicates understandings of what conflict is and what it means for people and social groups who are forced to endure it.
  

  • IS 490 International Studies Senior Thesis Seminars

    In this two-semester Capstone course, students explore research methods and develop and complete a substantial research project. Project topics are chosen by students in consultation with the seminar professor.

    (490 in fall only; 491 in spring only)

  

  • IS 491 International Studies Senior Thesis Seminars

    In this two-semester Capstone course, students explore research methods and develop and complete a substantial research project. Project topics are chosen by students in consultation with the seminar professor.

    (490 in fall only; 491 in spring only)


Italian
  

  • IT 101 Beginning Italian I

    Courses introduce understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills. Basic vocabulary and grammatical structures are studied. At the end of IT 102  students are expected to advance to an intermediate-low level by ACTFL standards. Computer assisted practice using state-of-the-art digital laboratory.
  

  • IT 102 Beginning Italian II

    Courses introduce understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills. Basic vocabulary and grammatical structures are studied. At the end of IT102 students are expected to advance to an intermediate-low level by ACTFL standards. Computer assisted practice using state-of-the-art digital laboratory.

    Prerequisite: IT 101  or equivalent
  

  • IT 201 Intermediate Italian I

    Course continues practice in listening, conversation, reading and writing in Italian while presenting advanced grammatical structures. At the end of IT 201, students are expected to advance to an intermediate-mid level by ACTFL standards. Computer-assisted practice using state of- the-art digital laboratory.

    Prerequisite: IT 102  or equivalent.
  

  • IT 202 Intermediate Italian Language and Culture

    Capstone course designed to further develop students with language proficiency. At the end of IT 202 students are expected to advance to an intermediate-high or advanced level by ACTFL standards. Cultural knowledge is advanced through more advanced reading, listening, speaking and writing exercises.

    Prerequisite: A grade of at least a C- in IT 201  or equivalent.
  

  • IT 203 Italian Conversation and Diction I

    Conversation in Italian for students who want to improve their conversational Italian as well as expand their knowledge of Italian culture by analyzing current issues and situations of Italian society.

    Prerequisite: IT 102  or equivalent.
 

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