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    Sep 22, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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History

  
  • HIST 5061 - Historiography of Stalinism (1917-1953)

    3 hours

    The history and historiography of Stalin’s Russia (1920s to 1950s), with an emphasis given to scholarly work conducted since the opening of the Soviet archives in the 1990s.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5062 - Everyday Life in the Soviet Union (1917-1991)

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study of the history of everyday life in Soviet Russia (the 1920s –1980s). Emphasis given to the study of economic shortages, propaganda, the cult of leadership, surveillance, fears and beliefs, and popular opinion, as well as the connection of “big” historical narratives to microhistory.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5063 - Russian Spies, KGB and Surveillance: From the Tsars to Putin

    3 hours

    The history of the Russian State Security Service from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis is given to the discussion of theoretical and historiographical works, as well as collections of documents, primary sources, and memoirs.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5065 - The Art of War: Theory and History

    3 hours

    Key theorists whose ideas shape the ways historians write about war. Emphasis given to understanding the relationships between military history and military thought.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5066 - History of World War I

    3 hours

    History of World War I. Emphasis given to the war’s military, political, social, cultural and economic factors, as well as the war’s legacy and effect on modern memory.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5070 - World War II

    3 hours

    Historiography of World War II, highlighting the diversity of historical approaches to the war, as well as its global nature. 

    Prerequisite(s): None.

  
  • HIST 5080 - Seminar in Modern European History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in modern European history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5100 - Seminar in United States History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in United States history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5110 - Studies in United States History

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study in United States history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5125 - History of Military Revolution

    3 hours

    The historiography of “Military Revolution” in military history and associated scholarly fields.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5130 - Studies in World History: Latin American or Asian

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study in either Latin American or Asian history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5150 - Seminar in World History: Latin American or Asian

    3 hours

    Research seminar in either Latin American or Asian history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5155 - Texas Mexican History

    3 hours

    History of Mexican-origin people in Texas, emphasizing a range of approaches, methods, and interpretations developed in the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5160 - Mexican Americans since 1800

    3 hours

    History of Mexican-origin people in the United States since 1800, emphasizing the critical study of race and historical representation.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5173 - Food, Labor and Politics in the Americas

    3 hours

    History of the production and distribution of cooked, served, and consumed food with an emphasis on the politics of labor and historical representation in both North and South America.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5190 - Studies in Near East/African History

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study in one of the topical areas of Near East/African history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5191 - Modern Middle Eastern History

    3 hours

    History of the modern Middle East with an emphasis on important topics and debates in the current literature of the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5192 - Israeli History

    3 hours

    History of the nation of Israel with an emphasis on important topics and debates in the current literature of the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5193 - Gender and Postcolonialism in Modern Middle Eastern History

    3 hours

    History of the modern Middle East with an emphasis on postcolonial theory using gender as a critical category of analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5194 - World Histories of Pop Music

    3 hours

    History of modern pop music from around the world with an emphasis on historical events that shape music and analyzing the impact that popular musical forms and performers have had on world historical events.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5195 - Modern Egyptian History

    3 hours

    History of modern Egypt with an emphasis on the most important recent work in the field and engaging contemporary political and social issues.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5219 - The Holy Dead

    3 hours

    The tradition of pilgrimage and the Christian cult of the saints, from late Antiquity through the end of the Middle Ages, with comparisons to the modern era.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5220 - Studies in United States Military/Diplomatic History

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study in either United States military or diplomatic history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5230 - Seminar in United States Military/Diplomatic History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in either United States military or diplomatic history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5240 - Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study in either European military or diplomatic history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5250 - Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in either European military or diplomatic history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5260 - Seminar in Near East/African History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in Near East/African history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5270 - The American West

    3 hours

    History of the American West emphasizing settler colonialism and the shaping of the American nation.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5275 - Environmental History

    3 hours

    Theory and methods that emphasize the interactions of communities and their biophysical worlds at different historical moments.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5300 - Warfare During the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution

    3 hours

    History of warfare during the periods of the Enlightenment and French Revolution, from 1715-1800, emphasizing the interconnected development and evolution of military thought and the art of waging war on operation, strategic, and tactical levels.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5302 - Warfare in the Age of Napoleon

    3 hours

    Readings course that focuses on an intensive study of the characteristics of Napoleonic warfare.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5385 - Nazi Germany

    3 hours

    History of Nazi Germany with emphasis on the rise of Nazi ideology, Hitler’s role, militarism, and the long-term effects of Nazi rule on German society and European politics.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5386 - Nazi Germany at War

    3 hours

    History of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, emphasizing the study of the German “way of war,” economic preparations for war, and military participation in war crimes and other crimes against humanity.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5390 - The Holocaust and Atrocities

    3 hours

    History of the Holocaust highlighting the diversity of critical scholarly approaches to the Nazi-perpetrated genocide, as well as atrocities committed by other World War II belligerents.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5420 - Research Seminar in Local History

    3 hours

    Research and writing of local history.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5463 - United States LGBTQ History

    3 hours

    Examines and analyzes the ways historians have written about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history in the United States, including same-sex couplings in early America, the emergence of gay and lesbian identities in the late-19th century, and the modern roles of capitalism, government and other social, political, and cultural forces in the evolution of LGBTQ communities.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5465 - U.S. Gender and Sexuality History

    3 hours

    History of gender and sexuality in the United States with an emphasis on critical theories and research methods.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5490 - The American Revolution

    3 hours

    History of the American Revolution, emphasizing the forces that shaped transatlantic relationships during the Revolutionary era.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5491 - Historiography of American Exceptionalism

    3 hours

    History and critical study of the concept of American exceptionalism in American historiography, emphasizing the work of both American and international scholars.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5495 - U.S. Food History

    3 hours

    Major topics in U.S. food history with a focus on food as a mechanism for the construction of social, political and cultural identities.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5500 - Oral History Theory and Methods

    3 hours

    Extensive readings and study of the history, theory, and methods of oral history. Emphasis is given to discussions of best practices in recording, editing, archiving, and presenting interviews; legal and ethical concerns; the overlaps and divergences of history and memory; and how oral history is used in museum exhibitions, plays, documentary works, podcasts, digital projects, and other media. Students also record and transcribe their own oral history interviews for the permanent collection of the UNT Oral History Program.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5560 - Modern China

    3 hours

    Major topics in the history of China from the 18th century through the early 21st century, emphasizing the politics of historical representation in relation to capitalism, communism, and democracy.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5565 - Military History of Modern China

    3 hours

    Study of English-language scholarship on strategy, military force and war in China from the 17th through the early 21st century.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5575 - The Cold War in East Asia

    3 hours

    History of the Cold War in East Asia, emphasizing the profound effects of global competition between the Soviet Union and the United States on military conflict and everyday life in Korea, Vietnam, and other nations.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5643 - The U.S. Army in the Nineteenth Century

    3 hours

    History of the development of the United States Army in the 19th century from an ineffective national defense force to an effective agency for international expansion.  

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5700 - Texas History

    3 hours

    A review of the historical literature concerning the development of Texas from its frontier beginnings to an urban state, focusing on social, political, and economic topics within a chronological framework.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5900 - Special Problems

    1–3 hours

    Conference course open to advanced students capable of doing independent research under the direction of the instructor.

    Prerequisite(s): Registration permitted only with consent of department.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5910 - Special Problems

    1–3 hours

    Conference course open to advanced students capable of doing independent research under the direction of the instructor.

    Prerequisite(s): Registration permitted only with consent of department.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5940 - Fundamentals of Historical Scholarship

    3 hours

    Introduction to research and writing skills that are demanded of professionals in the historical discipline in the 21st century.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Required for all beginning MA/MS students and BA-PhD students.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5950 - Master’s Thesis

    3-9 hours

    To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 5980 - Teaching of College History

    3 hours

    Examination of the philosophies and techniques of teaching history at the college and university level.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Open to all graduate students and required of all history teaching fellows at their first opportunity to take it. This course is in addition to other degree requirements.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6000 - The Historian as Historical Subject

    3 hours

    Focuses on the critical study of historical methods and patterns of professionalization.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Required of all PhD students in history.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6065 - Seminar on the History of Modern Warfare

    3 hours

    Research seminar broadly focused on themes and topics related to the history of modern warfare, preparing students to conduct their own research in the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6070 - Seminar on the History of World War II

    3 hours

    Training in research methods and approaches unique to the study of the history of the Second World War, preparing students to conduct original research in the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6125 - Seminar in Warfare and State Formation

    3 hours

    Research seminar focused on the historical relationships between warfare and state formation, with an emphasis given to engaging state of field scholarship in military history, political history, and other fields.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6150 - Seminar in Mexican American History

    3 hours

    Research seminar preparing students to conduct their own original research and writing in the field of Mexican American history. 

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6261 - Seminar in Middle Eastern History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in Middle Eastern history that prepares students to pursue their own research projects, culminating in a formal research paper and presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6262 - Seminar on Race, Gender, and Decolonization

    3 hours

    Research seminar preparing students to utilize analytical categories of race, gender, and decolonization to pursue their own research projects, culminating in a formal research paper and presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6270 - Seminar on the History of the American West

    3 hours

    Research-based seminar on the history of the American West. Students are introduced to major sets of primary sources in western history and then guided in individual research projects in which they write an article-length manuscript of historical scholarship.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6275 - Seminar on Nature and Culture in America

    3 hours

    Research seminar in American environmental history, with an emphasis on using a variety of traditional and nontraditional historical sources to explore historical relationships between nature and culture.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6277 - Seminar on History, Memory and Memoir

    3 hours

    Research seminar focused on the challenges of using memoir and autobiography as historical sources. Students each research and write a paper based on a manuscript or published personal history from any period or area to enable the class to assess how the genre’s conventions changed over time and varied by culture.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6278 - Seminar on Modern America

    3 hours

    Research seminar focused on interpreting modern American history using a variety of traditional and nontraditional historical sources.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6279 - Seminar in Cultural History

    3 hours

    Research seminar focused on training students in the methodologies of cultural history, with an emphasis on using a variety of nontraditional historical sources.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6300 - Seminar on Warfare during the Ages of Enlightenment and Revolution

    3 hours

    Research seminar on warfare during the Ages of Enlightenment and Revolution, 1715-1800, preparing students to conduct original research using 18th-century historical sources.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6301 - Seminar on Military and Diplomatic History 1648-1914

    3 hours

    Research seminar on warfare and diplomacy from 1648 to 1914, preparing students to conduct original research that engages state of the field work in the military history of European expansion, colonialism, and empire.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6302 - Seminar on Warfare During the Age of Napoleon

    3 hours

    Research seminar on the history of Napoleonic warfare preparing students to conduct original research using European sources from the era.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6365 - Modern Germany Seminar, 1517 to the Present

    3 hours

    Research seminar providing students with an opportunity to explore original topics concerning modern German history in a sophisticated, comprehensive manner and accommodating diverse methodological approaches.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6390 - Seminar on the History of the Holocaust and Atrocities

    3 hours

    Research seminar preparing students to read and critically interpret primary texts on topics related to the Holocaust or other atrocities perpetrated by any of the World War II belligerents.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6402 - Seminar in Modern U.S. Political History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in modern U.S. political history focused on historical approaches that center the significance of political activities in modern America.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6470 - U.S. Gender and Sexuality History Seminar

    3 hours

    Research seminar focused on the history of gender and sexuality in the United States, preparing students to conduct original research in the field.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6477 - Seminar in Social History

    3 hours

    Research seminar that introduces students to main aspects and subfields of “social history.” Common readings encourage students to consider how social history scholarship and methods connect with their research topic.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6490 - Seminar in Early American History

    3 hours

    Research seminar in the history of early America, with emphasis given to the colonial, revolutionary, and pre-Civil War eras.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6575 - Seminar on Warfare in Asia and the Pacific

    3 hours

    Graduate research seminar on the history of warfare in Asia and the Pacific, with emphasis on the modern era (19th-21st centuries).

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6643 - Seminar on United States Army in the Nineteenth Century

    3 hours

    Preparation for writing a research paper on the United States Army in the 19th century, when it evolved from an ineffective defense force into an effective agency for international expansion. 

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6700 - Seminar in Texas History

    3 hours

    Instruction in writing and presenting an academic paper on a topic in Texas history, incorporating a structured approach that includes assessment during research, writing, and presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6900 - Special Problems

    1–3 hours

    Research by doctoral students in the fields of special interest.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6910 - Special Problems

    1–3 hours

    Research by doctoral students in the fields of special interest.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6940 - Individual Research

    3 hours

    Doctoral research of an independent nature.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
  
  • HIST 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation

    3, 6 or 9 hours

    To be scheduled only with consent of department. 12 hours credit required. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10

Hospitality Management

  
  • HMGT 5200 - Survey of Beverages in the Hospitality Industry

    3 hours

    Examination of wines, beers, and distilled spirits with a focus on vinicultural techniques, beer and distilled spirit production and classification, styles of wine and other beverages, and theory of wine and food pairing.

    Prerequisite(s): Students must be 21 years of age or older.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5210 - Hospitality Cost Controls

    3 hours

    Critical analysis of the food, beverage and labor cost control systems used in the hospitality industry. Emphasizes the identification, analysis and evaluation of control systems used for hospitality managerial planning. Develops procedures for successful control of business expenses.

    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate financial and managerial accounting or consent of department.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5250 - Restaurant Development

    3 hours

    Identification, examination and application of restaurant development principles. Topics include menu planning, service styles, dining room and kitchen design, materials purchasing and receiving, food production techniques, accounting and financial management, and merchandising.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5260 - Hospitality Business Strategies

    3 hours

    Critical thinking and strategic planning processes for hospitality operations. Analyze financial business plans, human resources plans and marketing plans for hospitality organizations; address leadership issues and global dimensions of management for hospitality organizations; analyze ethical issues and legal issues in managing hospitality enterprises, create solutions for hospitality operations from corporate and entrepreneurial perspectives. Utilize case study analysis and computer applications to apply principles.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5280 - Hotel and Restaurant Operations: Theory and Analysis

    3 hours

    Study of hotel and restaurant management operations problems, including the areas of budgeting, human resource scheduling and payroll control, sales forecasting, costing and financial statement analysis. Students are actively involved in writing and discussing cases on current operations issues.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5480 - Hospitality Industry Finance

    3 hours

    Critical evaluation of financial management issues in the hospitality industry. Analysis and evaluation of asset structures, capital structures, costs of capital and capital budgeting for hospitality firms. Determination of financial aspects of hotel valuation. Evaluation and comparison of the financial value, worth and health of hospitality firms.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5520 - Global Tourism Systems

    3 hours

    In-depth analysis of the global travel and tourism industries from a systems perspective. Models of tourism system used as methodological tools to understand this complex global industry. Topics include historical, contemporary and future effects of travel and tourism as related to social, economic, cultural and environmental issues.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5530 - International Sustainable Tourism

    3 hours

    Examines the philosophy, concepts and attitudes prevalent in practices of sustainable tourism in global destinations. Emphasizes the social/cultural, environmental and economic elements of sustainable tourism development. The variety of ways sustainable tourism activities are organized internationally and best practices are explored.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5531 - Sustainable Natural Resource Management

    3 hours

    Examines the fundamental changes affecting the world that impact institutions and attitudes toward more sustainable natural resource management. Problems with the depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, deforestation, species decimation, coastal erosion, wetlands protection, acid rain, water pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal, toxic air emissions, and other environmental problems of similar magnitude require changes in industry. Case study analysis and problem solving.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5532 - Context and Challenges of Sustainable Tourism Development

    3 hours

    The environment’s dilutive capacity and its importance to sustainable tourism are explored. Factors critical to the sustainable tourism industry such as concentration of visitors, rising affluence, technological change, and increased expectations are examined. Social responsibility, cultural assessment, and community participation principles for sustainable tourism development are considered in field excursions. Intervention strategies for sustainable tourism development are presented as a compelling case for an effective private–public partnership for development of sustainable tourism.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5533 - Environmental Policies in a Changing World

    3 hours

    Comprehensive overview of the theory and application of environmental policy. Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management are explored in an industry-based context. Explores Costa Rica’s national strategy for sustainable development and its policy implications for the sustainable tourism industry. Focuses on the selection and design of policy instruments for preserving the environment and/or reducing impact from tourism projects and programs.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5534 - Seminars in Sustainable Tourism: Experiences of Successful Practitioners in Costa Rica

    3 hours

    Examines the complexity of evaluating sustainability and the need for evaluation from various perspectives. Outlines the dilemmas that may be present in sustainable tourism projects, represented as competing values from the practitioner’s point of view. Experiences of successful and not-so-successful practitioners of sustainable tourism are analyzed for the best practices in operational management, customer satisfaction, business planning, and promotion-marketing. Recognizes the importance of scale when evaluating sustainability. Covers both small- and large-scale tourism projects.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5535 - Socio-Cultural Contexts of Sustainable Tourism Development

    3 hours

    Examines social and cultural elements that contribute to the complexity of sustainable tourism development and management. Emphasis is placed on understanding the tourist, considering the tourist-host relationship, and the socio-cultural and socio-economic impacts of travel and tourism. Discussing challenges and considerations from the micro- to macro-scale, addresses how environmental and economic realities shape the socio-cultural approach in the practice of sustainable tourism development.

    Prerequisite(s): HMGT 5530 .

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5536 - Field/Practical/Professional Experience with Research Applications

    3 hours

    Combines field, practical or professional experience with applied research. Supervised work experience in hospitality/tourism businesses, agencies or institutions as related to field and research interests is required. Requires a minimum of 150 hours of work experience/field research in the last semester of the master’s degree as a capstone. The types of field work and research projects required by the course are supported by area hospitality/tourism businesses, non-governmental organizations, and/or governmental organizations in Costa Rica through partnerships with CATIE.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5540 - Tourism Services Management and Marketing

    3 hours

    Concepts, tools and strategies necessary to effectively manage and market tourism services at the operational and destination level. The distinct character of tourism services and implications for management and marketing are explored. Topics include foundations of tourism management and marketing, managing tourism relationships, market-oriented management, marketing the operational and destination image (branding), tourism servicescapes, and managing a tourism service culture.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5560 - Planning and Policy in Sustainable Tourism

    3 hours

    Examines strategic policy development and implementation as it relates to sustainable tourism development and management. Emphasis is placed on public and private policy, planning strategies and techniques, and strategic management as process in sustainable tourism development. Macro and micro environments as well as the social/cultural, environmental, and economic realities of planning and policy making are explored.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5580 - Hospitality and Tourism Information Technology Strategies

    3 hours

    In-depth discussion and analysis of the strategic use of information technologies from the consumer perspective in the hospitality and tourism industries. Topics include theoretical foundations of IT studies, behavioral foundations in travel and tourism, consumer behavior in a digital environment, web site evaluation, social media, search engine marketing, and emergent marketing strategies.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5585 - SMART Destination

    3 hours

    Focuses on managing destination in the tourism and hospitality industry in a competitive manner through scientific data-driven methods. Emphasis includes big data, demand analytics, experience analytics, geoanalytics, web and social media analytics, benchmarking analysis and impact analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5590 - Hospitality and Tourism Data Analytics

    3 hours

    Advanced study of hospitality and tourism data analysis and market study. Emphasis is given on building the ability to analyze and interpret various types of industry data and making executive decisions. Demonstrates advanced hospitality and tourism data analytics with real-world industry data to enhance students’ critical thinking, analytical expertise, and problem-solving skills with the use of Excel and data visualization tools.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5630 - Advanced Convention and Event Management

    3 hours

    Focus on meeting, exhibition, event, and convention industry. Topics include planning, designing, managing and evaluating small to large events; applying industry professional standards; and the impacts of event management on operations. Addresses the major trends and successful practices in event management.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
  
  • HMGT 5730 - Hotel and Restaurant Management Systems

    3 hours

    In-depth analysis of revenue management in hotel and restaurant operations. Integration of the principles of marketing, finance and managerial economics to maximize revenues within the constraints and parameters of hospitality management operational issues and guest behavior. Utilization of computer simulations to model cost and revenue flows in a realistic manner to achieve operational and financial goals of the hospitality enterprise. Emphasis on analysis, report writing and formal business presentations.

    Prerequisite(s): None.

    Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
    Academic (AF) per hour: $10.40
 

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