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HIST 229 - Ancient History 3 cr.
A survey of ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean worlds. The culture, society and science of Mesopotamia and Persia; Egypt – the Gift of the Nile; the ancient Israelites; heroic, archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greece; republican and imperial Rome; the origins of Christianity.
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HIST 230-231 - Medieval History 6 cr.
The civilization of medieval Christendom from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the 14th century; its religious, social, economic, cultural and political aspects; the relationship between church and society, belief and life style, ideal and reality; the interaction between Western Christendom, Byzantium and Islam.
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HIST 232 - (CH) England, 1485 to 1714 3 cr.
The end of the Wars of the Roses; Tudor Absolutism, Henry VIII and Reformation; Elizabeth I; Renaissance and Elizabethan music and literature; the Stuarts; Colonialism; Commonwealth; Restoration; the Revolution of 1688; reign of Anne.
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HIST 233 - (CH) England, 1714 to Present 3 cr.
Parliamentary rule; Cabinet government; political parties; Industrial Revolution; 19th-century reforms; building of a British Empire; World War I; problems of readjustment; World War II; Britain and the world today.
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HIST 236 - Modern Germany: Unification and Empire 3 cr.
The 1815 Confederation; 1848 and the failure of liberalism; the Age of Bismarck; Wilhelm II and the “New Course”; World War I and the Collapse of the Empire.
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HIST 237 - Modern Germany: The Twentieth Century 3 cr.
The troubled birth of the Weimar Republic: the Ruhr Crisis; the Stresemann Era; economic collapse and the rise of Nazism; the Third Reich, and World War II; the two Germany’s and the “economic miracle.”
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HIST 238 - (CH,D) History of American Women: From Colonization to Mid-Nineteenth Century 3 cr.
A study of American women from the colonial era to the mid-19th century. Changes in the family, the workforce, women’s participation in politics and reform movements, and Native-American and African-American women.
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HIST 239 - (CH,D) History of American Women: From Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present 3 cr.
A study of American women since the mid-19th century. The effects of industrialization on the family, women’s participation in the workforce, the Depression and the family, women and war, the feminist movement, and the conservative response.
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HIST 240 - (D) Modern Italy 3 cr.
This course will examine major developments in Italian history from the Napoleonic invasion until current crises of the Republic. Important themes for discussion will be the unification movement, the liberal state, Fascism and anti-Fascist resistance, the postwar Republic, cultural and social change, and economic development.
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HIST 241 - Law in the Western Tradition 3 cr.
A survey of ideas about law in Western civilization from antiquity until the Civil War. Emphasis on the legal systems, such as the Hebrew, the Athenian, the Roman, the German, and the Catholic, that influenced the modern ideas about the law.
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HIST 242 - (CH,D) Modern East Asia 3 cr.
A survey of the history of East Asia from the 17th century to the present with a focus on China and Japan. Examines the transformation of political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual institutions in East Asia, and interactions with the outside world.
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HIST 243 - Modern Central Asia 3 cr.
This course will examine the history of Central Asia in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Located between the Russian, Chinese, and British Empires, and later as a part of the Soviet Union or one of its neighbors, this part of the world was at the center of global superpower competition. We will examine in detail the histories of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia.
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HIST 245 - (EPW,CH,D) History of Modern China 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: None, but any previous course related to any aspect of China would be helpful.)
A writing intensive course to explore China’s path to modernization from the 17th century to the present. It examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual transformations in China, and the internal and external driving forces and personalities that have shaped these transformations.
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HIST 290 - (W,EPW) The Craft of the Historian 3 cr.
(Formerly HIST 140)
Introduction to the craft of the historian including the techniques of historical study, research and writing as well as historiography. Students will be given various exercises dealing with both primary and secondary sources to enable them to think historically through writing exercises based on historical questions.
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HIST 295 - (CH) Britain: Past and Present 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: any 100 level History course)
Combines with travel experience in Great Britain to introduce the student to the major historical, cultural, political, economic and social events in Britain’s past and present.
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HIST 296 - (D,CH) Italian History and Heritage 3 cr.
Combines with a travel experience to introduce the student to Italy’s cultural heritage and the history of the current Italian Republic. Students will visit sites of historic, artistic and religious significance as well as important places of the contemporary Italian republic.
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HIST 314 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: HIST 110 )
Crisis Decade, disintegration of national bonds; The War: resources, leadership, strategy, politics, monetary policy, diplomacy; Reconstruction: realistic alternatives, presidential and congressional phases, effects in the North and South.
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HIST 315 - America and the World, 1877-1929 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: HIST 111 )
A study of American society from the end of Reconstruction through the “Roaring Twenties.” Topics include the emergence of the U.S. as a world power; Populism and Progressivism; women’s rights, the Spanish-American War and the First World War; immigration and Prohibition; race riots and cultural conflict.
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HIST 316 - (CH) From Depression to Cold War: 1929-1960 3 cr.
A study of American society from the Great Depression to the election of 1960. The course will focus on the New Deal; American entry into World War II; the origins of the Cold War; and America in the age of “consensus.”
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HIST 319-320 - Byzantine Civilization 6 cr.
The Byzantine Empire from its origins in the fourth century to its collapse in the 15th; the political and economic growth of the Empire with emphasis on its art and religion.
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HIST 321 - (CH) American Ideas and Culture 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 110 )
History of American art, architecture, literature and thought; Colonial developments; the American enlightenment; the emergence of a national culture; Romanticism, post-Civil War realism in American art and literature; the intellectual response to the industrial order; the American mind in the 1920s; the intellectual and cultural response to the Depression; post–World War II developments.
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HIST 322 - (CH) American Ideas and Culture 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 111 )
History of American art, architecture, literature and thought; Colonial developments; the American enlightenment; the emergence of a national culture; Romanticism, post-Civil War realism in American art and literature; the intellectual response to the industrial order; the American mind in the 1920s; the intellectual and cultural response to the Depression; post–World War II developments.
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HIST 323 - The Renaissance 3 cr.
A study of culture in Italy from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Humanism, art, historiography and politics will be emphasized.
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HIST 324 - The Reformation 3 cr.
The history of Europe during the era of religious revivalism (16th century). The course will focus on the magisterial Protestant reformers, the Catholic Counter-Reformation and dynastic politics.
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HIST 330 - Europe, 1815-1914 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: HIST 121 )
A study of 19th-century Europe concentrating on The Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, the Age of Nationalism and Realism, European Dynamism and the non-European world, and the Age of Modernity and Anxiety.
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HIST 331 - (CH) Recent U.S. History: 1960 to the Present 3 cr.
A study of American society since 1960. The course will focus on the New Frontier and Great Society; the Vietnam War; protest movements; Watergate; and the conservative response to these developments.
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HIST 333 - Twentieth-Century Europe to 1945 3 cr.
World War I; Treaty of Versailles; Russia becomes the USSR; social and cultural developments; the European struggle for security; Italian Fascism; rise of Nazi Germany; World War II.
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HIST 334 - Twentieth-Century Europe After 1945 3 cr.
Loss of colonial empires in Africa and Asia; development of the Cold War; Marshall Plan and NATO; Post-war prosperity; cultural and social developments; the Fall of Communism.
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HIST 335 - World War II, Cold War and Détente 3 cr.
The diplomacy of World War II; the development of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and the adoption of the policy of detente.
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HIST 336 - History of American Law 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 110 -HIST 111 )
Traces the history of ideas and concepts utilized by the courts, legislature, organized bar and administrative agencies to solve legal problems: and shows how American legal thought and reasoning developed from Colonial days to the present.
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HIST 337 - English Constitutional and Legal History 3 cr.
Anglo-Saxon basis; Norman political institutions; Magna Carta; beginnings of common law; jury system; Tudor absolutism; struggle for sovereignty; rise of House of Commons; democratic reforms; extension of administrative law.
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HIST 338 - American Foreign Relations 1776 - 1900 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 110 )
A study of American diplomatic history and principles, including an examination of the American Revolution, the Early American Republic, The War of 1812, The Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, The Civil War, and the Spanish-American War.
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HIST 339 - 20th Century American Foreign Relations 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 111 )
A study of American diplomatic history and principles including an examination of the Spanish American War, Latin American diplomacy in the 20th century, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
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HIST 340 - History of Urban America 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: HIST 110 -HIST 111 )
The evolution of cities in the United States from the founding of colonial settlements to the end of the 20th century. The nature of cities and urban life, the process and impact of urban growth, and the problems facing contemporary cities will all be considered.
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HIST 350 - (CH) American Environmental History 3 cr.
Assuming a basic knowledge of U.S. History, the goal of this course is to expose students to the dialogue between humanity and nature in which cultural and environmental systems powerfully interact, shaping and influencing each other, without either side wholly determining the outcome. Topics that will be examined include Native American Ecology, the impact of European Colonization, the rise of the Market Economy, Westward Expansion, the rise of Twentieth-Century Industry, and the emergence of Ecology, and Globalization.
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HIST 382 - Guided Independent Study 1.5 cr.
Designed for academically successful students. Working under the direction of a faculty member, the student will explore a topic in history through a planned program of reading, research and writing.
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HIST 383 - Guided Independent Study 1.5 cr.
Designed for academically successful students. Working under the direction of a faculty member, the student will explore a topic in history through a planned program of reading, research and writing.
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HIST 390 - History Internship 3-6 cr.
A practical work experience which exposes the student to the nature of historical investigation, analysis, and/or writing in a museum, historical site, or public agency. Supervision by faculty and agencies.
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HIST 395 - Modern Germany History and Culture 3 cr.
This international travel course to Germany will take place primarily in its capital of Berlin, although we will visit Munich. We will explore the history, culture and politics of a country and a city at the center of modern Europe. The course will last two weeks and will consist of a series of class lectures, cultural activities community engagements, and visits to historic sites.
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HONR 187H - Honors Sophomore Seminar 1 cr.
(Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program)
The class serves as an introduction to the Honors Program and also models the research process more broadly. The course begins in the final days of intersession, giving students a retreat-like experience, and continues in the early days of the spring semester. It traces the nature of research across academic disciplines.
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HONR 287H - Honors Keystone Course 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program)
This team taught course, a requirement of the Honors program, puts students into conversation across or between academic disciplines around a particular topic, subject to change each time the course is offered. The course should satisfy up to two varying G.E. area requirements every semester. May be repeated for credit.
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HONR 387H - Honors Junior Seminar 1 cr.
Student-led discussions of contemporary non-fictional works chosen for their variety and their importance.
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HRS 111 - (S) Macro Human Resources 3 cr.
An introduction to the changing nature of work including trends, theories, concepts, and practices for maintaining an effective workforce.
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HRS 112 - Micro Human Resources 3 cr.
An introduction to the major functional areas of the human resources field.
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HRS 251 - (W,EPW) Performance Appraisal 3 cr.
A review of the performance management process including the design and implementation of job descriptions and of accompanying performance appraisal systems. Includes community based learning component.
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HRS 252 - (W,EPW) Workforce Education and Training 3 cr.
A study of the various organizational approaches to developing the skills and competencies of employees including the assessment of need, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training. Includes community based learning component.
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HRS 284 - Special Topics 3 cr.
Selected topics in human resources are offered on a variable basis.
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HRS 293 - Research Applications in Human Resources 3 cr.
An introduction to research methodology as applied to human resources issues and problems with an emphasis on experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
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HRS 315 - Diversity 3 cr.
This course offers the student an opportunity for increased awareness regarding diverse cultures, effects of cultural diversity, the special needs of diverse cultures, workforce issues and multiculturalism. International management culture, strategy and behaviors are examined as well as diversity leadership and globalization.
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HRS 331 - Globalization and Human Resource Management 3 cr.
This course examines international human resource management (HRM), global integration, expatriation, global competition, transnational enterprises, conceptual models, comparative management, international strategies, HRM issues and problems, HRM processes and functions in international businesses, cross-cultural management, communication and culture, leadership across cultures, and motivating across cultures.
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HRS 340 - Compensation and Benefits 3 cr.
A study of both direct and indirect forms of compensation including legal requirements with a focus on internal and external equity.
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HRS 351 - (D) Recruitment, Selection, and Staffing 3 cr.
Study of the techniques, methods, and requirements for identifying, screening, evaluating, and selecting prospective job candidates. Includes community based learning component.
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HRS 353 - Human Resources Information Systems 3 cr.
An introduction to the various computer software applications related to the human resources field.
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HRS 354 - Employee and Labor Relations 3 cr.
A study of the process of analyzing, developing, implementing and evaluating the workplace relationship between employer and employee (including labor unions) to maintain and retain an effective, productive workforce.
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HRS 382 - Directed Study 3 cr.
An independent study experience on a specific human resources–related topic or a research project.
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HRS 441 - People Skills and Strategies 3 cr.
An in-depth study of leadership skills and strategies needed to deal most effectively with human behavior in organizations.
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HUM 286H - (C,W) Victorian Studies 3 cr.
This course uses literature to explore 19th-century British social and intellectual history. Focusing on the period from 1832 to 1901, it examines Victorian attitudes toward industrialization, religion, art and gender.
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HUM 296 - (CI) Dante’s Inferno and the Florence of His Times 3 cr.
This course in English examines selections from Dante’s Inferno, elements of medieval thought and imagery and Dante’s representation of Florence and its politics. Includes visits to architectural and artistic sites significant to Dante’s life and work. Fulfills requirements in the Italian Studies concentration but not the Italian minor or major.
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IB 476 - U.S.-East Asia Trade and Investment 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ECO/IB 351 )
This course describes and analyzes trade and investment flows between the U.S. and Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. Topics covered in the course include: economic trends in these countries, U.S. trade and investment with them, U.S. trade deficit, trade policies of the U.S. and these countries, analysis of Japan’s Keiretsu, Korea’s Chaebol, China’s MFN status and Taiwan’s environmental problems.
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IB 477 - European Business 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ECO/IB 351 )
This course introduces the student to the European business environment, focusing on the implications for international business operations and competitiveness. This includes the study of rapidly changing business environments throughout Europe, especially the nations of the European Union (EU). The elimination of barriers to trade, and the response of companies inside and outside the EU to the threats and opportunities of both the Single Market and the Euro Zone are examined.
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IB 495 - European Business Experience 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: MGT 351 , MKT 351 , ECO/IB 351 )
Students will have an opportunity to participate in lecture-discussion sessions with top-level executives from various multinational corporations, local business firms and government agencies in a number of different countries in Europe. Participants will gain a basic understanding of the issues prominent in international business today. Course involves travel to Europe. (Credits cannot be earned for IB 495 and MGT 495 and MKT 495 .)
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INTD 103 - (D) The Vietnam Experience 3 cr.
The historical origins of the Vietnam War, including the period of French colonialism and the American intervention; the politics, economics, and military strategy in Vietnam during the war years and today; present relations with China and the USSR. Why were we there and why did we fail?
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INTD 104 - (D,E) Men’s Health 3 cr.
The course will examine the historic, physiologic, social, cultural, emotional and economic issues affecting men’s health. The course explores strategies to assist students to gain information regarding men’s health issues, adopt healthier lifestyles, and use health care services appropriately. Health issues related to culture and diversity will also be addressed. Class members will be expected to actively participate in all discussions.
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INTD 105 - Great Lives: Images on Stage 3 cr.
An examination of the often contrasting impressions of historical personalities, as they are portrayed in plays and films and as they appear to historians. Historical figures to be considered include Caesar, Richard III, Thomas More, Lincoln and Churchill.
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INTD 108 - Health and Legal Implications of Chemical/Drug Abuse 3 cr.
A team-taught course that deals with the neurophysical, health, and legal implications of alcohol/drug abuse, via: its biochemical effects and aspects, its legal and social consequences, and its health and lifestyle implications.
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INTD 109 - (CA, Q) Mathematics and the Visual Arts 3 cr.
A study of mathematical topics related to art, architecture, and design through the ages. Topics include: musical ratios, golden ratio, polygons, tilings, symmetry, circles, spirals, Platonic solids, perspective, and fractals. Visual artists include: Vitruvius, Palladio, Le Corbusier, Villard de Honnecourt, Leonardo, Dürer, Escher, and Greek, Islamic, and Indian designers.
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INTD 110J - The Jesuit Magis 3 cr.
For nearly 500 years, the Society of Jesus has been committed to pursuing the magis, a restless desire for excellence grounded in gratitude. Among other things, this course will explore the foundation of this concept in the life of Ignatius of Loyola and his spirituality. We will consider what role the magis has played in the span of Jesuit history, with particular focus on its implications for Jesuit education. Finally, we will ask what it means to be women and men of the magis – the shared call of each member of this University community, especially students in SJLA.
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INTD 112 - (FYOC, FYDT) EP Foundation 3 cr.
This course is designed to foster knowledge and abilities needed for gathering, evaluating and disseminating information. Students will gain insight and understanding of digital technology and learn to make effective, responsible and prudent use of it. Students will make effective use of oral communication as a way to disseminate thoughts and information in conversation, discussion, and the public sphere.
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INTD 115 - Legal Studies Fundamentals 3 cr.
This course is designed as an introduction to the foundational theory of and skills essential to legal studies. As such, it functions as the cornerstone of the Legal Studies concentration, although any student may enroll.
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INTD 117 - Writing, Research and Speaking 6 cr.
Students will make the transition from high school to college-level writing, research & speaking through a series of workshops, conferences, writing assignments & oral presentations. This course satisfies both the Oral Communication & the Written Communication requirements in the University’s General Education curriculum.
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INTD 209 - (D) The Holocaust 3 cr.
An exploration of the cataclysmic event in Jewish history known as the Holocaust. The course will examine the subject from the perspective of various academic disciplines – historical, sociological, philosophical, artistic, and literary, among others – and will include a field trip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
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INTD 210 - (P, E) Catholic Bioethics: Biotechnology and Human Dignity 3 cr.
The current scientific understanding of human fertilization and development, reproductive technologies, human cloning, stem cell research, gene and medically defined death will be reviewed. Pertinent ethical considerations will be discussed, presenting the Catholic perspective in dialogue with the major philosophical approaches.
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INTD 211 - (D,E) HIV/AIDS: Biological, Social and Cultural Issues 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: C/IL 102/102L or equivalent)
Study of the biology of HIV and AIDS, impact of the epidemic on various social groups and countries. The epidemiology of the disease and the response of health-care systems and governments. Opportunity for American Red Cross certification in basic HIV facts and eligibility for HIV Instructor certification will be included as part of the course. Open to all majors.
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INTD 212 - The Loyola Experience 3 cr.
This course is an interdisciplinary study of the life of St. Ignatius Loyola. The course is recommended as a companion to The Loyola Experience: An Ignatian Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage retraces the steps of the early Jesuits, visiting important Ignatian sites in Spain and Rome, from Loyola castle in the Basque region of Spain to the Gesu in Rome.
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INTD 239 - (E) Physics of Theatre 3 cr.
An introduction to the physics of lighting, sound and special effects in the context of theatrical production. Readings will explore both underlying physics and theatrical aesthetics. Assignments include applications in color, reflection and refraction of light, acoustics and aesthetics in sound, and an exploration of special effects such as stage fog.
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INTD 250 - Integrating Your Immersion Experience 1 cr.
(Pre-requisite: To be eligible, students must have completed either a service trip of at least one full week, or relevant study abroad course or program within one year before the course begins. The experience may have been domestic or international.)
According to the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, genuine education requires a process of reflection to follow experience before moving into action. Such a process is particularly important for students who have had an immersion experience among the economically disadvantaged. This course offers such students the opportunity to reflect on, process and analyze what they have experienced in a variety of ways.
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INTD 290 - Leadership and Civic Responsibility 3 cr.
This course, which follows the Presidential Colloquy and bridges students’ first and second years, nurtures their leadership skills and sense of civic responsibility. The course is designed to foster students’ sense of what they wish to accomplish during their undergraduate experience along with their understanding of the larger social implications of their studies, their community involvement and their lives. Students engage in interdisciplinary readings and discussions, real-time shared reflection on the meaning of their summer employment and civic engagement, and the mentoring of incoming freshmen.
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INTD 314 - (D,W) Women Making History in Pennsylvania 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: WRTG 105 , WRTG 106 , WRTG 107 or equivalent)
The seminar-style course focuses on women’s history in northeastern Pennsylvania, 1880-1945. Students will identify, research and analyze primary documents to enrich the fund of knowledge on women’s history in the state. Some travel is planned to historic sites in the region. Topics engage disciplines from science to law to art.
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INTD 333 - (CA,P,W) The Bible in Image and Text 3 cr.
This team-taught course is a study of the interpretation of major biblical stories and figures in the Christian theological tradition and in art history. The marriage of Christian text and image is a natural and long-lived one; it provides an exciting way to integrate knowledge of various major themes such as creation and last judgment, and of many great biblical figures, such as Moses and Christ.
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IS 390 - (W) Seminar in International Studies 3 cr.
Required for International Studies majors. Other advanced undergraduates may take this course with permission of the professor. This course may be used for either History or Political Science credit.
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IT 112 - (FYDT, FYOC) Introduction to Computing and Information Technology 3 cr.
This course presents foundational concepts and surveys the past, present and future of computing and information technology with an emphasis on the seminal ideas, concepts, inventions and innovations that fuel the Digital Revolution. The sub-disciplines of computing are identified and discussed relative to each other. This course is designed to foster knowledge and abilities needed for gathering, evaluating and disseminating information with an emphasis on digital technology and oral communication. (Credits may not be earned for both CMPS 112 and IT 112.)
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IT 120 - Human-Computer Interaction 3 cr.
(Formerly CMPS 202)
A course that covers fundamental aspects of web design and development. Topics include design principles, coding HTML and cascading style sheets, JavaScript to create dynamic web pages, server-side vs. client-side technologies, and using a Content Management System that separates design from content while making it easy for non-technical users to update a web site.
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IT 210 - System Administration 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: CMPS 134 and MATH 142 )
Introduces students to system administration and maintenance as well as platform technologies. Includes operating systems, applications, administrative activities and domains, computer architecture and organization, and computing infrastructure.
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