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HS 330 United States Sport History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

Examines sport from pre-contact through the modern period. Explores the development of sport from simple pastimes to amateur and professional organizations. A look at sport’s impact on race, immigration, gender, labor, gambling, entertainment, and international politics.

HS 335 Michigan History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

Survey of state developments from the coming of the Europeans to the present. Emphasis is on its regional and national context.

HS 336 History of the Upper Peninsula 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

Survey of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from its Indian origins to the present.

HS 337 American Economic History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: EN 211, sophomore standing and completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

Examination of the transformation of the American economy from its beginnings through the mid 20th century, including the advent of the constitution, slavery, the banking system, industrialization, women in the work place, regulation, and the Great Depression. In addition, it explores both critics and defenders of the American productivity story. 

Notes: Cross listed with EC 337.

HS 339 United States Immigration History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: EN 211 and completion of a 100-level or 200-level history course, or instructor permission.

Survey of U.S. immigration history examining the immigrant experience from first contact through the present. It will explore why people immigrate, modes of transportation, settlement patterns, development of ethnic institutions, and question how immigrants assimilate and simultaneously amalgamate the host society.   

HS 342 Introduction to Museum Studies 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department

An introduction to historical and contemporary issues associated with different types of museums. It will engage students in critical and creative thinking about museums serving as preparation for a career in museums and/or gaining greater appreciation for museums in general.

HS 344 Archival Management 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department

Examines the knowledge, theory and skills required to manage archival information. Reviews the nature of information, records, historical documentation, research methodologies and the role of archives in modern society. Practical exercises emphasize theories and skills required to implement archival functions and research methodologies.

HS 345 Oral History: Theory and Practice 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or instructor's permission. Successful completion of 100 or 200 level history or Native American course.

Study of the history, techniques, and application of interviewing and recording memories for historical preservation.

HS 350 Methods and Materials in Teaching Social Studies Education 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to the methods phase of teacher education.

Teaching of the social studies at the secondary level. Course covers the objectives, the organization of subject matter, the evaluation and use of materials and the development of classroom procedures and techniques.

Notes: May not be applied toward a non-teaching major or minor in history.

HS 354 History of Prejudice 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Completion of Division I, sophomore standing, and completion of three to four credits of lower division History.

The course focuses on the historical development of prejudice and the ideas which underpin prejudice. The course examines the phenomena of prejudice in multiple contexts, exploring both the similarities and differences in the development of prejudices against different peoples.

Notes:

Course may be repeated if topic differs.

HS 355 Modern China 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, or instructor permission.

This course covers the cultural history of China from the Opium War to the twenty-first century.  Emphasis on change from empire to nation, from Republic to People’s Republic, and from Maoism to present-day totalitarian neoliberal capitalism. In addition, it addresses historical questions of race, class, gender, sexuality, the environment, and social justice in modern China.

HS 359 Themes in Global History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

A variable topic course covering the history of a non-Western geographical region or focusing on a transnational/regional theme such as migration, cultural encounters, trade and intellectual movements. Both regions and chronology may vary but all courses focus on the interactions of peoples across borders.

Notes: May be repeated for credit if the topic differs.

HS 362 History of Mexico 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better and sophomore standing.

A history of the Mexican people from their prehistoric origins through the colonial development, independence, the rise of national Mexico and the era of Diaz. Special attention will be paid to the Mexican Revolution (1910) and the development of modern Mexico.

HS 364 African American History 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and completion of a 100- or 200- level history course, or instructor permission.

African American history focusing on in depth investigation of such topics as the slave experience, claiming freedom, and the civil rights movement. The course considers the divergent narratives of history and the centrality of the African American experience to the United States.

HS 380 Public History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course.

This course provides a background in public history which deals with historical administration, grantship and fund raising, editing, preservation, management, and use of historical resources in historical societies, museums, galleries, governmental agencies and private consulting firms.

HS 390 The Historian's Laboratory 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Completion of a minimum of 3 credit hours of 300-level history and junior standing.

Direct experience with archival research using both local traditional archives and digital archives. Students will produce a substantial, thesis-driven essay based on their archival research. Emphasis of course may vary with instructor.

HS 410 Seminar in Approaches to History 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Junior standing and completion of a 200- or 300-level history course.

This course offers an examination of various approaches to history and how those approaches shape the way historians ask historical questions, conduct historical research and formulate historical arguments.

HS 490 The History Seminar 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: HS 390, 12 additional credits in history and junior standing.

This seminar experience brings together historiography and primary source research. Major work consists of researching and writing an article-length, peer-reviewed historical essay demonstrating the ability to integrate primary and secondary sources into a significant essay that articulates and defends an historical thesis. Emphasis of course may vary with instructor.

HS 491 Internship in History 1-6 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: HS 200, 2.5 grade point average, junior standing and departmental permission.

Professional internship experience, such as in a museum, historical society or archives, or in historical preservation advocacy. Notes: May be taken more than once for up to six credits with a maximum of three counting for the minor.

HS 495 Special Topics in History 1-4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: Junior standing and completion of 200- or 300-level history course.

Investigation of a significant topic or problem in history. Content varies depending upon the intentions of the instructor and the needs of the students.

Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.

HS 498 Directed Study in History 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Junior standing and department permission.

Individual investigation of a significant topic or problem in the study, teaching or writing of history.

HV 170 Applied Electricity for Trades 4 cr.  (2-0-4)

• Offered: Fall

This course covers the basic concepts of electrical circuits as applied to heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning, industrial maintenance and related trades. Circuit fundamentals, components, wiring diagrams and symbols, motors, motor control devices and power supplies are covered.

HV 171 Basic Heating 4 cr.  (2-0-4)

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: HV 170 or concurrent enrollment.

An introduction to the principles and components used in heating systems. Pipe and tube fitting, theory of heat flow, sources of energy, combustion, electrical controllers, humidification, air filtering, venting and code requirements.

HV 172 Basic Refrigeration 4 cr.  (2-0-4)

• Offered: Fall

An introduction to basic refrigeration and cooling systems, the theory of refrigeration, basic service methods and operation of mechanical refrigeration systems. Provides a fundamental understanding of mechanical refrigeration through study of major components and their detailed operation, piping connections and fabrication, refrigerant characteristics and refrigerant management.

HV 173 Heating Systems I 4 cr.  (2-0-4)

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: HV 170 and HV 171.

Gas heating systems, gas piping design and installation, mid- and high-efficiency gas heating equipment, basic and advanced gas heating controls, integrated microprocessor controls, venting, installation, troubleshooting, service and code requirements.