Current Courses
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Introduction to African American Studies
AFRO 1011, 3 credits, 25 class limit
This course is an introduction to the study of people of African descent in the United States with linkages to Africa and connections to the African diaspora. We will explore why people of African descent have occupied an oppressed position in this culture and globally and how they have resisted this oppression creating social change.
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Principles of Microeconomics
APEC 1101, 4 credits, 27 class limit
Study economic behavior of consumers/firms in domestic/international markets. Topics: Demand, supply, competition; efficiency; invisible hand; monopoly; imperfect competition; externalities; property rights; economics of public policy in environment/health/safety; public goods; tax policy.
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Principles of Macroeconomics
APEC 1102, 3 credits, 27 class limit
Study unemployment/inflation, measures of national income, macro models, fiscal policy/problems. Topics include: taxes and the national debt; money/banking; monetary policy/problems; poverty and income distribution; international trade and exchange rates; economic growth/development.
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An Interdisciplinary Look at the Family in Multicultural America
FSOS 1211, 4 credits, 24 class limit
Learn about multicultural families using an ecological lens. The family is recognized globally as a basic unit of a society that produces, develops, socializes, and launches the next generation. This course will focus on families in contemporary America, a society that has grown increasingly diverse, and faces many complex challenges in today’s global environment. Course includes a service learning component.
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Authority and Rebellion: American History to 1865
HIST 1307, 3 credits, 30 class limit
Study conflict and change, from colonial era through Civil War. Topics include: colonization/resistance, slavery, nation-building, westward expansion, gender roles, religion, reform, race/ethnicity, immigration, industrialization, class relations.
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Global America: US History Since 1865
HIST 1308, 3 credits, 30 class limit
Study US history since the Civil War, in global context. Topics: Emancipation, forms of labor, immigration, citizenship, changing conceptions of race/gender, hot/cold wars, reform/rights movements, globalization, state power.
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American Democracy in a Changing World
POL 1001, 3 credits, 30 class limit
Explore the expressed hopes of the American people for their government. Learn about the institutions and processes that have been created and recreated to achieve these hopes. Engage in discussions about the way the American political system works.
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Introduction to Psychology
PSY 1001, 4 credits, 25 class limit
Explore the scientific study of human behavior. Topics include problems, methods, and findings of modern psychology.