Courses

An exploration of the major historiographical works and controversies of the age of Absolutism during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The period from the 15th through the 18th centuries saw an unprecedented global expansion. Great empires—British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Inca, Mughal, Ottoman, and Chinese—grew far beyond their original borders through sea voyages, land wars, and conquest. This global history course examines this Age of Exploration and Conquest, looking not only at the European settlements in the Americas, Africa, and Asia but also the changing dynamics of imperial life around the globe.

Examines the first 50 years of the 16th Century, commonly known as the Age of Jackson or the Market Revolution, as an era of profound economic, political and cultural revolutions that overwhelmed America as it became recognizably modern, industrial and democratic.

This course examines the history of Enlightenment Europe from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. We study Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Adam Smith, and Voltaire— as well as Catherine the Great, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered will include popular resistance and protest; the influence of science and rationality; the role of women in the Enlightenment; absolutism and liberty; and the life of the mind. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.

British literature, 1770-1830.

This course covers the history of Japan from earliest times to the period of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. For most of the period under discussion, Japan was a divided realm only nominally ruled by the emperor, while real power lay in the hands of the feudal lords who were occasionally controlled by a shogun (governor general) during the Kamakura and Ashikaga Periods from the late 12th to early 15th century.

This course covers the history of Japan from earliest times to the period of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. For most of the period under discussion, Japan was a divided realm only nominally ruled by the emperor, while real power lay in the hands of the feudal lords who were occasionally controlled by a shogun (governor general) during the Kamakura and Ashikaga Periods from the late 12th to early 15th century.

Description of normal aging process; survey of individual troubles and group social problems associated with aged. Specific topics include health, economic status, work/retirement, family relations, housing/living environments, and transportation problems.

The level of innovation and flexibility inherent in any management model that leaders of an organization choose to follow is often a greater determinant of success than the products and services the organization produces. This course will focus on agile management innovation as defined as the development and implementation of unique management principles, practices, and processes that are not common practice.

In managerial functions (i.e., operations, strategy, & project) and information system development, the proliferation and advancement of cloud-based, asynchronous, virtualized, and service-based information and communication technologies enable iterative, continuous, and fluid approaches to supplant traditional, top-down, monolithic managerial structures, practices, and mechanisms.