Paying for college:
| Title change | Description change | 400/500 course |
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| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| HST 436/536 | History of Modern Italy | 4 - |
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| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| HST 436/536 | History of Modern Paris | 4 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) History of Paris |
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Current Course Description: This course will cover the history of modern Italy from the era of Habsburg dominance to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the 19th and 20th centuries; the Liberal era prior to 1914; the rise of fascism, the transition from fascism to democracy; and the politics, culture, and society of the post-1945 Italian Republic. |
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New Course Description: This course examines the development of Paris from the beginnings through the present with emphasis on the last three centuries. The city is examined from the political, social, ecological, and architectural points of view as well as through the perspective of urban planning and immigration. |
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Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): Faculty changes in the History department |
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Students/Program affected: History |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Max Geier | Approved | December 08 2011 |
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Comments: Department has experienced two departures and one new hire among its tenured/tenure-track faculty over the past year. This change is needed to bring catalog into conformity with current expertise of the faculty. |
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| 2 - Division | John Rector | Approved | December 14 2011 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mark Henkels | Approved | December 15 2011 |
| 5 - Graduate Committee | Marie LeJeune | Approved | February 21 2012 |
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Comments: Addendum: Faculty members in the history department have the following policy for courses that are offered at the 400-level for undergraduates and at the 500-level for graduate students (¿slash courses.¿) In addition to completing the 400-level requirements, graduate students in the 500-level course will be required to complete the following: Additional readings and group discussion, with particular emphasis on developing a more sophisticated understanding of the historiographic arguments and varieties of methodologies and analysis historians use in this field of inquiry. Additional writing assignments, including critical analysis of sources and either an expanded course research paper or an additional paper above the requirements for the 400-level. History faculty will assess graduate student discussion and writing at a higher level of sophistication, argument, evidence, and conclusions than discussion and writing at the undergraduate level. Where appropriate, graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate students in slash courses by leading discussion, teaching a class, or mentoring. |
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| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | February 21 2012 |
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Comments: Faculty members in the history department have the following policy for courses that are offered at the 400-level for undergraduates and at the 500-level for graduate students (¿slash courses.¿)
In addition to completing the 400-level requirements, graduate students in the 500-level course will be required to complete the following:
Additional readings and group discussion, with particular emphasis on developing a more sophisticated understanding of the historiographic arguments and varieties of methodologies and analysis historians use in this field of inquiry.
Additional writing assignments, including critical analysis of sources and either an expanded course research paper or an additional paper above the requirements for the 400-level.
History faculty will assess graduate student discussion and writing at a higher level of sophistication, argument, evidence, and conclusions than discussion and writing at the undergraduate level.
Where appropriate, graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate students in slash courses by leading discussion, teaching a class, or mentoring.
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| 6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | February 22 2012 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 23 2012 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 24 2012 |
| Hist 436 History of Paris readings.docx | Download |
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