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| 60000 Level Courses (61300 And Up) *61303 VIETNAM IN WAR AND REVOLUTION This course examines the causes and consequences of war and revolution in 20 th century Vietnam . Concentrating on major events such as the Vietnamese anti-colonial movement, the 1945 August Revolution, Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Communism, the Franco-Viet Minh Way , the roots of U. S. involvement and the American War in Vietnam , students explore modern Vietnamese history from a variety of perspectives: Vietnamese, American, and French. Course requirements include assigned readings, book and film critiques, a webliographic essay, and participation in threaded discussion.
*61323 THE NEW SOUTH, 1877 - PRESENT In this course, the political, social and economic factors in the New South are examined with attention given to comparative regional history. Particular emphasis will be placed on historical interpretations, showing both the professional and lay image of the South in today's society. The economic modernization of the South will also be a major theme of the course.
*61333 TERRORISM AT HOME AND ABROAD This course introduces the graduate students to the practices of terrorism--international and domestic--along with the history and motivations behind it. Particularly, the course will provide insight into terrorism from an historical, geographical, cultural, and ideological basis. Strategies to combat terrorism will also be explored. After completing this course, students will not only be familiar with a variety of terror groups and terrorist acts that have made the news, but will also have a deeper understanding of the hostilities and conflicts which give birth to terrorism around the world and at home.
*61373 THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION This course introduces students to the central ideas in the field of social psychology and the significance of these ideas in providing explanations for criminal behavior and related phenomena. Additionally, social psychological theory and research are examined and utilized to understand offenders, victims and criminogenic environments. The course emphasizes the integration and application of course content to understand such contemporary criminological issues as punishing and controlling juvenile offenders, treatment and control of sex offenders, victim recovery, the media violence connection, serial and mass murder, and the validity of repressed memory.
*61383 THE POLITICS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT This course will introduce students to the impact of natural and man-made disasters on society, as well as the principles and practices of modern emergency management efforts in the United States. This includes efforts in planning for disasters, mitigating disasters, responding to them, and recovering from them. An emphasis is placed on the role that FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security play in the process.
*61423 MODERN MEXICO: A NATION IN CRISIS The emergence of Mexico from colonial status to hemispheric leader and major force among third-world" countries. Considerable attention is devoted to the Revolution of 1910 and the ongoing revolutionary process it initiated. The role of the United States in the emergence of modern Mexico is discussed in detail. The course concludes with an extensive examination of Mexico's role as a major oil producer and the current financial and economic crisis with which the country is contending.
61523 THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS IN OUR WORLD Aspects of plants that make them useful to people from an economic and social perspective. The structure, chemistry, genetics and ecology of plants are examined. Products derived from flowers, seeds, fruits, stems, leaves and roots are analyzed in light of past, present and future needs of the world community.
61533 "THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: A BLESSING OR A CURSE"? Today's headlines report the failure of revolutions with their civil wars, ethnic massacres, and palace coups. What constitutes a successful revolution? What lessons are there in the American experience? General Washington's startling words in 1783 express his anxiety for the problems of American state-building and give the title to a course that will examine the origins of those problems in the protest to British Imperialism, the War for Independence, and the post-war challenges leading to the creation of the Federal structure under the Constitution.
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