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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

History
  

  • HIST 429 - The History of Baltimore

    (3.00)
    An examination of the growth of Baltimore from the 18th century to the present. Major themes are the evolution of urban government and politics, the development of the urban economy from a commercial port to an industrial center and then to the post-industrial era, the growth of the urban physical plant and its expansion into the metropolitan region in the 20th century, and the changing relationships of Baltimore’s socio-economic groups. Recommended Preparation: HIST 101  or HIST 102 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54714
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 434 - The Vietnam Wars in International Context

    (3.00)
    This course studies the Vietnam Wars of 1946 to 1975: the French Colonial War as well as the American War in international context. Students will study the conflicts from a variety of perspectives, including those of North and South Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States. They will also learn about the experience of the war at all levels, from presidential policy-making down to army private or civilian casualty. Recommended Preparation: HIST 102   or HIST 304 or HIST 347  .

    Course ID: 54661
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 436 - The Rise of China and the United States’ Response

    (3.00)
    The relationship between the United States and China is one of the most critical for peace and stability in world affairs. The long history of cooperation and competition between the two powers dates to the 18th century, long before either emerged as a superpower, but continues today. This course helps students analyze developments in this diplomatic relationship on all levels, from the presidential to the personal, while keeping an eye on the future. Recommended Course Preparation: Upper division course in History or Political Science, U.S. Foreign Policy

    Course ID: 102278
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 445 - History of Science to 1700

    (3.00)
    The story of the growth of scientific knowledge in the West. Topics include views of nature in traditional societies, Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, Egyptian medicine, the work of the ancient Greeks, medieval European and Arabic science, the Copernican revolution, the relationship between religion and science, and the Scientific Revolution. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  and junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54721
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: HIST 445H  
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST100 or HIST110 or HIST111 with a C or better and have Junior/Senior status.
  

  • HIST 445H - History of Science to 1700

    (3.00)
    The story of the growth of scientific knowledge in the West. Topics include views in nature in traditional societies, Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, Egyptioan medicine, the work of the ancient Greeks, medieval European and Arabic science, the Copernican revolution, the relationship between religion and science, and the Scientific Revolution. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 or HIST 111 and junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 100041
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: HIST 445  
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  with a C or better and have Junior/Senior status.
  

  • HIST 446 - History of Science Since 1700

    (3.00)
    A survey of the history of Western science since the 18th century, emphasizing the development of various scientific fields within their institutional settings and the professionalization of the role of the scientist. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54722
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents:HIST 446H
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST100 or HIST 110 or HIST 111 with a C or better and have Junior/Senior status.
  

  • HIST 446H - Honors-History of Science Since 1700

    (3.00)
    A survey of the history of Western science since the 18th century, emphasizing the development of various scientific fields within their institutional settings and the professionalization of the role of the scientist. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110, or HIST 111, junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 100306
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: HIST 446
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  with a C or better and have Junior/Senior status.
  

  • HIST 447 - The Civil Rights Movement

    (3.00)
    This course explores the African American struggle for full citizenship rights in the United States during the middle years of the twentieth century. It will focus on the individuals and organizations that used litigation, boycott, and nonviolent civil disobedience to desegregate America society during the period 1954 to 1968, when they achieved their greatest legislative and judicial victories. This class will also explore alternative strategies available to African Americans during this period,why nonviolence and desegregation became dominant, and how/why they were challenged as the 1960s came to a close. Recommended Course Preparation: HIST 101  or HIST 102  

    Course ID: 054723
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 449 - From Black Power to Black Lives Matter:

    3
    This course explores the myriad and changing ways that African Americans struggled for equality in the fifty years after the civil rights reforms of the mid-1960s. It pays particular attention to issues of political economy and structural shifts in U.S. politics in order to situate black activists activism in context. Recommended Preparation: HIST 201  or any 300 level Humanities or SS course.

    Course ID: 102365
    Consent: No Specail Consent Required.
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: HIST 649
  

  • HIST 450 - Social History of American Medicine

    (3.00)
    The history of American health care, hospitals and ambulatory care facilities, the role of government, public health programs, and social issues such as smoking and abortion.

    Course ID: 50156
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: SOCY 457 
    Requirement Group: You must complete one Social Science, Biology, or Chemistry course and your academic standing must be junior.
  

  • HIST 453 - Ancient Greece

    (3.00)
    A history of Greece from the earliest times to the death of Alexander. Topics include the Aegean Bronze Age, Greek colonization and the tyrants, Sparta, Athens, the Persian Wars, the classical age and the Peloponnesian War, the rise of Macedonia, and Alexander the Great and his impact. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110 , or HIST 111  junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54726
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 454 - Hellenistic World and Rome

    (3.00)
    Course ID: 54727
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 455 - The Roman Republic

    (3.00)
    A history of ancient Rome from the earliest times to 31 B.C.E. Topics include Roman imperialism in Italy and the Mediterranean, the conflict of the orders, the Punic Wars and the collapse of the republic. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , junior/senior status

    Course ID: 54728
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 456 - The Roman Empire

    (3.00)
    A history of ancient Rome from the Augustan Age to the disintegration of the empire in the West. Topics include the Pax Romana, the military monarchy and anarchy, the reorganization of the empire by Diocletian and Constantine, the rise of Christianity and the final collapse of the empire. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , junior/ senior status

    Course ID: 54729
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 457 - Byzantine Civilization

    (3.00)
    Byzantine state, with particular attention to the art, institutions and ideals that shaped its long history. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54730
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
  

  • HIST 458 - Japan to 1800

    (3.00)
    The history of Japan from the origins of the Japanese people through the height of Tokugawa rule. Some areas of focus will be an examination through archaeological sources of Japan’s beginnings, the transition of Japanese society from courtier to warrior rule during the 11th through 14th centuries and the process of political unification of the 16th century. Recommended Preparation: HIST100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , junior/senior status

    Course ID: 54731
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 459 - Japan since 1800

    (3.00)
    Beginning with Japan’s early modern past and its forced emergence from isolation, this course will explore Japan’s rise as a modern state, its plunge into militarism and war, and its subsequent rapid emergence as one of the world’s leading nations. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54732
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 463 - Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages

    (3.00)
    This course examines moments of contact and conflict between the three major monotheistic faiths of the medieval period: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Topics will include an examination of the scriptural foundations of the three faiths and their influence on topics such as law, violence, conversion, ritual, and legend. The course provides an overview of how individuals and leadership within the three faiths interacted with each other. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111  or JDST 100  or RLST 100  or 200-level course, and junior/senior standing.

    Course ID: 50151
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: JDST 463 , RLST 463 
  

  • HIST 465 - The Renaissance

    (3.00)
    A history of Europe from 1300 to 1500 with emphasis on the economy, institutions and culture of the Italian citystate; the movement toward capitalism and the national state; the erosion of the medieval synthesis and the growth of religious heterodoxy. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54734
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 466 - The Reformation

    (3.00)
    The economic and political conditions, the popular movements and the theological controversies that led to the overthrow of the Catholic Church’s monopoly of religious loyalties, thereby turning Europeans against one another on a national/religious basis. Attention is focused on the lives and ideas of the leading reformers. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 50157
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Same as Offered: RLST 466 
  

  • HIST 468 - The Age of Enlightenment

    (3.00)
    A study of the major works of the Enlightenment in Western Europe. The literature and philosophy of the Enlightenment are examined within the political and social history of the 18th century. Readings include Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume and Kant. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54735
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 469 - Masculinity and Femininity in the Middle Ages

    (3.00)
    This course considers how medieval society defined femininity and masculinity, appropriate male and female behavior, and men and women¿s bodies. Close study of primary and secondary sources will help answer these  questions: What did it mean to be masculine/feminine within medieval culture? Who created these definitions? How were the definitions challenged? What role does sexual behavior play in these definitions? How do other categories, like economic class, religion, and ethnicity complicate ideas about gender? Recommended Course Preparation : HIST 201   and HIST 362   or HIST 366   or GWST 100   or GWST 210  

    Course ID: 102172
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: GWST 469  
  

  • HIST 470 - Tudor and Stuart England: 1485-1714

    (3.00)
    An introduction to British politics, society, economy, religion and culture during the 16th and 17th centuries. It is under the Tudors that England developed into a strong and relatively wealthy nation state. The country also underwent revolutions in culture (the Renaissance) and religion (the Reformation). The 17th century was a turbulent one, with unemployment and poverty, witchcraft accusations and civil wars affecting the British people. But Britain also was emerging as a colonial naval and trading power, as well as a center of the Scientific Revolution. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54736
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 471 - Britain in the Industrial Revolution: 1714-1848

    (3.00)
    An examination of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on British society, with particular reference to the themes of social and economic change, the rise of social classes and class consciousness, early feminism and gender relations, and the genesis of modern party politics. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  and junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54737
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 472 - Victorian Britain

    (3.00)
    An examination of the main social, political and economic trends in Victorian Britain, with particular reference to the themes of parliamentary reform and the genesis of modern party politics, the Irish problem and new imperialism, the condition of the people question, the revival of socialism and the struggle for women’s suffrage. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  and junior/senior status .

    Course ID: 54738
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 473 - Twentieth-Century Britain: The Age of Decline

    (3.00)
    An examination of the causes and consequences of Britain’s 20th-century descent from its preeminent position of the Workshop of the World in the 19th century to its present-day status as the Sick Woman of Europe. Particular attention will be paid to the contemporary debates around the various dimensions of decline, the succession of counter-strategies adopted or canvassed to halt or reverse this process, the impact of the two world wars, and the evolution of domestic social and economic policy. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111  and junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54739
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 477 - History of China to 1644

    (3.00)
    Chinese history from ancient times to the mid-17th century, with special attention paid to the development of society, thought, economy and political institutions. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , plus junior/ senior status.

    Course ID: 54743
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 478 - History of China, 1644 to 1912

    (3.00)
    Chinese history from the beginning of the Ch’ing dynasty to the founding of the republic in 1912. A study of the disintegration of traditional China and the intrusion of the West. Special emphasis is placed on the re-evaluation of the nature of Western imperialism in China and the rise of Chinese nationalism. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100, HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54744
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 479 - China’s Long Revolution

    (3.00)
    This course examines the history of China from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century through the lens of revolution.It explores the transition of China from a Manchu empire to a modern nation-state. The course highlights the idea of revolution-racial, political, national, social, and cultural-in the Chinese context. Recommended Preparation:HIST 103  

    Course ID: 54745
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 480 - Contemporary China, 1949 to the Present

    (3.00)
    Chinese history from the founding of the Communist regime in 1949 to the present: ideology and organization of the new regime, the role of the Communist party and the People’s Liberation Army, social changes and thought reform, arts and culture, the cultural revolution and the Gang of Four, the Four Modernizations, the democratic movement and China’s foreign policy. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54746
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 481 - History of Modern France, 1789-1989

    (3.00)
    A survey and an analysis of French society and political institutions from the era of the great revolution to its bicentennial anniversary, covering the impact of Napoleon and 19th-century conservatism, as well as the formation of republican regimes in the 20th century. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54747
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 483 - German History: 1789 to 1914

    (3.00)
    History of the German states from the French Revolution through national unification, the Bismarckian era and the Wilhelminian era up until the outbreak of World War I. Emphasis is on the struggles between nationalism, conservatism, liberalism and social democracy in the new German empire. Includes a cultural, social and political approach. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status .

    Course ID: 54749
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 484 - German History: 1914 to the Present

    (3.00)
    History of Germany from World War I, through the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Allied occupation, and the founding and development of the two Germanies. Emphasis is on the development of economic and military strength, political and social upheaval, cultural responses to war and role of Nazism in modern German history. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54750
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 485 - Russia to 1900

    (3.00)
    A history of Russia from its origins to the end of the 19th century. Topics covered include Kievan Russia, the rise of Muscovy, the reforms of Peter the Great, the evolution of society under Peter’s successors, the “golden age” of Russian culture and industrialization, and the development of the revolutionary movement. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status .

    Course ID: 54751
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 486 - Soviet History on Trial

    (3.00)
    Students try four important cases in Soviet history and examine the full range of 20th century Russian history: radical socialism and the Russian Revolutions of 1917, the socialist social and cultural experiments of the twenties, the Stalinist Revolution, World War II, the Khrushchev Thaw, Brezhnev-era stagnation, the Gorbachev experiment, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and aftermath. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , plus junior/ senior status.

    Course ID: 54752
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 487 - Europe, 1815-1914

    (3.00)
    An examination of European history from the Congress of Vienna, which ended the Napoleonic Wars, until the eve of World War I. Emphasis will be placed on the impact of the Industrial Revolution on social classes, ideologies, gender roles, cultural trends, nation- and empire-building, and international competition in the 19th century. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110 , or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54753
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 488 - Europe, 1914 to the Present

    (3.00)
    The history of Europe from the outbreak of World War I until the present. Emphasis on the origins and the social and political impact of the two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the rise of fascism in inter-war Europe, and the decline and the division of Europe after 1945, as well as its more recent revival and developing unity. Recommended Preparation: HIST 100 or HIST 110  or HIST 111 , plus junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54754
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
  

  • HIST 490 - Honors - Selected Topics in History

    (3.00)
    Topics to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: Honors College student status and any 100-level Social Science course, junior/senior status.

    Course ID: 54755
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • HIST 493 - Seminar in European History

    (3.00)
    Special topics course. Intensive study and discussion of the historical literature on a particular issue, problem or period of European history. Topic will be announced in advance by the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54758
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Colloquium European Hist, Seminar in Family History, Hist of Family in Britain/U.S.
  

  • HIST 494 - Seminar in World History

    (3.00)
    Special topics course. Intensive study and discussion of the historical literature on a particular issue, problem or period of world history. Topic will be announced in advance by the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54759
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Thinking About Ussr, Hist Of Modern S E Asia, Post Ww II Europe, The Age Of Caesar, Ancient Trade, Christians,Jews,Muslims, Japan’s Samurai, Colloquium World History, Gender In 20Th Europe, Reflections On Cold War, City/Society: Edo Japan, Scientific Voyages, Femininity & Masculinity in the Middle Ages, Gender, Ideology and War in 20th Century Europe, Mexican Revolution, Native and Enslaved People.
  

  • HIST 495 - Seminar in American History

    (3.00)
    Special topics course. Intensive study and discussion of the historical literature on a particular issue, problem or period of American history. Topic will be announced in advance by the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54760
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Collqm: US During 1920’s, Industrial City In Amer, Colloq:, Slavery To Industrialztn, Society In Nyc,1790-1930, Colloquium:Amer History, Heritage Tourism, Colloq: New Polticl Hist, Clqm:Baltimore 1865-1930, Colloq:Hist Of Amer Sci, Histography Of Civil War, The Cold War And After, Public History, Top:Professions In Amer, Pol/Admin Hist Nuc Age, Colloquium In Amer Hist, US And China Relataions, Public Hist/Public Cult, Sci In American Culture, Democracy In Early Amer, Cold War To War On Trrsm, US Sci Tech/Plcy Cld Wr, Slavery Western World, Intro To Public History, Coll:Pol/Admin History, Coll:Technology/Culture, Colloquium: Amer History, Orig Of US Envir Policy, Colloquiem:Amer Hist, American East Asian Rlts, Amer Cities In 20Th Cent, Colloq: Policy History, Practice In Public Hist, Cyberspace And New Media, U.S. China Relations, Cold War To Terror War, Coll:Professions In Amer, Colloq: Polit/Admin Hist, Colloquium: Amer Hist, Amer Hist Thru Biography, Pub History/Pub Culture, The US & E. Asia 20Th C., US And East Asia, Native Americans, Amer Women & Social Mov, Racial Poli Of Black Per, History,Science &Museums, Maryland In History, Relig/Rebel Early Amer, US And East Asia: 20Th C, Public Hist: Oral & Vid, Dutch Colonialism, Archival Administration, 20Th Cent U.S. Politics, Entering The Nuclear Age, Colloq:Stud Of Biography, Clqm: Amer Pol Institute, The Cold War, Cyperspace & New Media, Colloquium, Prac. In Public History, History Of Science&Tech., Oral History, US History & Environment, Progressive Era Reform, Readings In Amer Soc His, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Early Baltimore, Views From Public Hist, History Of Science, Social Justice in the New Nation, Constitutional History, Science, Technology, and Culture, Community History, Rebels & Revolutionaries in Atlantic World, Environment & Baltimore History, Modern American Culture, Asian American History, The Atlantic World, Activism/Digital Storytelling, Music in American History, Gender/Crime in Am Hist Memory, Slavery Abol. Eman. in the US, Civil Rights in America, US Science & Tech Since 1946, US Sci Tec Policy Since 1946, Rebels & Revolutionaries, Chocolate City: Race and Politics in Nation Cap., History and Memory: Nation as imag. landsc, Slavery & Freedom in Atlantic World, Adam Smith meets Uncle Sam: Bus/Econ Pol. Hist, 19th Century U.S., The U.S. in the World, The Arts in the Military, The US Through Foreign Eyes, Civil War in History & Memory, Capitalism
  

  • HIST 496 - Historical Research

    (3.00)
    Historical methodology with respect to research, organization and preparation of materials. Written and oral reports and a research paper are required. The course is oriented around a specific topic in American history, to be chosen by individual professor. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54761
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Myth,Memory & Civil War, Race Ethnicity Amer Migr, US, Colloq:Strctrlsm/Deconst, Historical Research, US In Depression & War, Aviation & Space Flight, United States In Depress, Memory & Commemoration, Maryland’s Cities, Towns, U.S. And Vietnam, Race And Ethnicity, Colonial Maryland, Afam Migration/ Jim Crow, The American Revolution, US History & Environment, Whose Amer. Revolution?, Proto-Marxism:17-18Th C., Colloquium:Proto-Marxism, New Deal Culture, History of Science & Tech in American Society, Social Movements in Modern Ame, Catastrophes in American History, 20th Century U.S. History, Research in UMBC’s Special Collections, Cold War, Ethnicity, Race, and Am. Immig. Narritiv, Science, Tech. and Society, Modern American Culture, Healthcare in Modern America, Borders and Nationalism, Colonial Londontown, Inventing American Identity, American Borders & Nationalism, Gender/Race in Amer. Pop Cult., The U.S. in the 2nd World War, Meaning and U.S. History, Myth,Memory,& the Amer Civ War, Contesting Nationalism in America
    Attributes: Writing Intensive
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST 201  with a “C” or better
  

  • HIST 497 - Historical Research:

    (3.00)
    Historical methodology with respect to research, organization and preparation of materials. Written and oral reports and a research paper are required. The course is oriented around a specific topic in European and world history, to be chosen by individual professor. This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation: junior/senior status or permission of the instructor.

    Course ID: 54762
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: European Renaissance, European Environ History, Europe/Entrepreneurship, Historical Research, 3rd Reich Rmbrd In US, Wmn Wk In Erly Mdn Eurpe, History And Memory, US Imperialism & Japan, Colloq: Modernity, Disease In Modern China, 18Th Century London, Explorers & Exploration, Europe And Discovery, Medicine/Hea Care/China, The Darwinian Revolution, The American Occ. Of Jpn, Enlightenment London, Early Modern European Culture, Business Women Entrepreneurs in the 18th Century, Atomic Intelligence: the Wartime Search for Secr, The History of Diseases in China, Victorian Britain, Entrepreneurs in 18th Cent. London, Japan, Japan and the U.S.: The first Century (1797-1897), Witches & Witchcraft in 16 & 17th Centuries, Entrepreneurs in 18th cent. England, Modern European Culture, The People’s War:British Home Front, Borders and Nationalism, British Home Front in WWII, I Spy:Soviet Espionage in the US,1927-1954, Making Modern Europe, Witches and Witchcraft, Meaning and Western History, London: 18th-Cent. World City, Contesting Nationalism in Europe
    Attributes: Writing Intensive
    Requirement Group: You must complete HIST 201  with a “C” or better
  

  • HIST 498 - Honors Thesis in History I

    (3.00)
    Research and writing of honors thesis in history. HIST498 and HIST 499  comprise a two-semester sequence and are part of the departmental honors program. (For further information on HIST 498 and HIST 499  and on the Honors Program in history, inquire at the departmental office.)

    Course ID: 54763
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
  

  • HIST 499 - Honors Thesis in History II

    (3.00)
    Research and writing of honors thesis in history. HIST 498  and HIST499 comprise a two-semester sequence and are part of the departmental honors program. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54764
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Attributes: Writing Intensive

Honors
  

  • HONR 100 - Honors Forum I

    (2.00)
    This course introduces students to the academic methods and tradition and to the pursuit of excellence. Students will interact with campus researchers and creative artists, participate in service learning and development, acquire research and study skills applicable to their future endeavors, and reflect upon what it means to be a full member of a community of learning.

    Course ID: 54861
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 200 - Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar

    (3.00)
    This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.

    Course ID: 54863
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: The Beatles, Anatomy Of Deviance, Intelligence Community, Trad Chinese Writers, The School Of Athens, Honors Seminar, Class, Race, and Sexual Orient, Reality and Illusion in Contem, Ethics and Public Policy, The Nature of Learning and the, Computation, Complexity & Emergence, The Biology of Color, An Economic Perspective on the History of the Amer, The Embodied Mind: Culture and the Neurological Bo, The Literature of Chivalry, Community in the Age of Social Media and the 99%, Being Human: Brain, Mind & You, Childhood in Ancient Mediterranean, Race, Poverty & Gender in Baltimore, Animal Reproduction, A History of Kermit, Art as Illustration, Race, Science and Society, Horror and Suspense Literature, Spies & Assassins-Security Law, Cultures of Childhood, Psychology of Women, Shakespeare on Film, Transnatl Feminst Solidarities, The Atom Unleashed, Biology of Obesity
    Prerequisite: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 210 - Great Books Seminar I

    (3.00)
    An introduction to the great books of world literature, religion, philosophy, history, and science from ancient times to the present day. This course will include readings from such works as the Bible, the Bhagavad-Gita, Confucius, Homer, Plato, Dante, Machiavelli and Shakespeare.

    Course ID: 54865
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 211 - Great Books Seminar II

    (3.00)
    A second semester course on the great books of world literature, religion, philosophy, history and science. The course will include readings from such authors as Molihre, Swift, Basho, Darwin, Tolstoy, Dickinson and selected modern writers. Although this course continues work begun in HONR 210 , it is designed so that students can easily enter HONR 211 without having taken HONR 210 .

    Course ID: 54866
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 300 - General Honors Seminar

    (3.00)
    A significant interdisciplinary theme will be examined under the direction of a UMBC faculty member or an expert guest instructor. Seminar topics will vary from semester to semester. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54872
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Sem:Holocst & Lit Imgntn, Reflect/Learning-Service, Literature And Medicine, Independent Study-Honors, King Lear & Dys Family, The Beatles, Lit Of Sigmund Freud, Cont Art Theory & Crit, Herodotus And Faulkner, Anti-Hero In Eur & Amer, Sci,Math,Tech In Ancient, Aristotle And Verbal Art, Anti-Hero Euro Amer Lit, Art,Culture & Childhood, American Citizenship, Sem: Drama And Education, Top:Darwinism, Culture In Nazi Germany, Ethinic Lit & Film In US, Knowlege And Responsibil, The Book Of Job, New York, Electoral Systems & Rep, The Cinema And Antiquity, The Culture Of Ireland, The Bardic Voice, Technology & Perception, Phil Reflections On War, Ethical Issues In Arts, Sem: Relig-Indiv/Society, Heresy/Toleratn/Dissent, Knowledge & Responsibili, Knowledge/Responsibility, Today’s Theatre, Reflection Thru Service, Leadership/Research Srvc, What IS A Person, Presidential Selection, The Divine Comedy, Lit Of The Holocaust, Cultures Of Childhood, From Spies To Sataellite, Globalization & Wrld Cit, Sci,Mth, & Tech In Anc W, The Intelligence Communi, Aristotle & The Verb Art, Leadership/Responsibilty, Moral Laws, Theology In Literature, From Spies To Satellites, What IS Liberal Educ?, Women/Emergence Of Consu, Performance In Baltimore, Greece And Turkey, World Art/Culture Study, The Hero And The Quest, Death And Dying, English Romantic Lit, Hist/Culture Cent.Europe, Ethics And Public Policy, Art Museum: Hist/Theory, Sem: Soviet Poltcs & Lit, Relativity/Lit Modernism, General Honors Seminar, Leadership & Responsblty, Discovery/Problem Solvng, Personal Relationships, Leadership & Responsibil, Ancient Greek Drama, Leadership Through Serv, Professional Issues And, Herodotus & Faulkner, Amer Response To Terror, The Hist & Cult Of Italy, Provost’s Seminar, Seminar:Faith And Reason, Sem: Art/Minds/Machines, Sem:The Radical In Art, Comp Rhetorical Styles, Knowledge & Responsiblty, Philosophy & Autobiog, Understand Todays Theatr, Intermed Exposition-Hnrs, Prof Issues/Decision Mak, Post-Modern Western Mind, Leadership & Respons, Leadership/Responsiblity, Utopia/Dystopia, Minds, Machines & Logic, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Travel To Ireland, Global Warming, Study Travel, Identity And Democracy, Sem:Heroes/Heretics/Hist, Moral Issues Life Scienc, Sem:Idea/Ideal And Greek, Sem:Sociology Of Science, Top:The Environment, Issues Of Life And Death, Prof Ethics/Decisionmak, Prof Issues/Decisionmak, East Euro Lit & Pol, Shakespeare’s England, Prof Issues/Decis Making, Spain And Portugal, Questioning The Arts, Hist & Culture Of France, Aristotle & Verbal Arts, Utopian And Dystopian, Literature Of Holocaust, Hero And The Quest, Bardic Voice, Politics And Literature, Top:Today’s Theatre, The Two Cultures, Top:Against Metaphor, Knowledge And Responsib, Knowledge & Responsblty, Humane Warfare?, Space & Earth Sciences, Knowledge & Respons, Literature & Medicine, Origin Of Modern Mind, Theatre In Baltimore, Paradigms Of Belief, Project Discover, Infrmtn,Commnctn & Web, Russian Foreign Policy, Jesus - From Man To God, Freud As Literature, When Worlds Collide, Beyond Emancipation, Art Culture Of Chldhood, Shkspre Beyond Comedy, Images&Culture Of War, Honors Seminar, Performance, American Political Thought, Constructing the Samurai, Science, Policy, and Diplomacy, Paris as Text, Images of Joan of Arc, Science and Technology in the, The Embodied Mind: Culture an, Stress-Testing the U.S, War, Terror, and the Rule of Law, Computation, Complexity & Emergence, The Biology of Color, Robots and Society, What is a language?, Writing By and About Artists, Cultural Identity & American Democracy, Security and Privacy in a Mobile, Social World, Understanding HIV and AIDS, Biological Clocks, The Literature of Chivalry, Community in the Age of Social Media and the 99%, Race, Poverty & Gender in Baltimore, Childhood in Ancient Mediterranean, A History of Kermit, Animal Reproduction, Art as Illustration, Race, Science and Society, Horror and Suspense Literature, Spies & Assassins-Security Law, Modern National Security Law, Transnatl Feminst Solidarities, Shakespeare on Film, Psychology of Women, The Atom Unleashed, Biology of Obesity
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 390 - Reflections on Community Service

    (3.00)
    This course provides opportunities for reflection on the principles and techniques of community service. It introduces students to basic methods of community service; offers background in the cultural, political and social contexts of community service; and serves as a forum for discussion of issues surrounding civic engagement and social responsibility. Students will apply the concepts and skills they develop to actual experiences in community service. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54873
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Field Studies
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 400 - Honors Independent Study

    (1.00 - 4.00)
    Independent study or research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Course guidelines are available in the Honors College. Variable credit course repeatable for a maximum of 4 credits.

    Course ID: 54874
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 410 - Honors Internship

    (3.00)
    This course offers academic credit for an internship or other applied learning experience. For each credit hour, student interns perform three hours per week of supervised tasks for a business, government or non-profit agency. Internships are individually arranged with the sponsoring agency under the supervision of the Shriver Center. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts.

    Course ID: 54875
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Field Studies
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
  

  • HONR 490 - Senior Honors Project

    (1.00 - 4.00)
    A formal research paper, an extended essay, a report of experimental research, a performance or a portfolio of creative work that represents the outcome of an independent project by a member of the Honors College. Permission to register will be granted after the student submits a written proposal describing the proposed Honors project, which then is approved and signed by the faculty mentor and the Honors College course director.

    Course ID: 54876
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.

Human Context Science & Technology
  

  • HCST 100 - The Human Context of Science and Technology

    (3.00)
    In this course students explore interactions among the humanities, the sciences and technology, including study of the sciences and technology using humanistic approaches, and study of the effects of the sciences and technology on art, philosophy and society. Students will have the opportunity to consider the role of human values in the pursuit of the sciences and in the invention and employment of various technologies. Practical social and political issues relating to science and technology will also be addressed.

    Course ID: 54602
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: HCST 100H 
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Writing Intensive, Arts and Humanities (GFR)
  

  • HCST 100H - Introduction to the Human Context of Science and Technology

    (4.00)
    In this course, students explore interactions among humanities, the sciences and technology, including study of the scineces and technology using humanistic approaches, and the study of the effects of the sciences and technology on art, philosophy and society. Students will have the opportunity to consider the role of human vales in the pursuit of the sciences and in the invention and employment of various technologies. Practical social and political issues relating to science and technology will also be addressed.

    Course ID: 100042
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents: HCST 100 
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Writing Intensive, Arts and Humanities (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.

Humanities
  

  • HUM 120H - Introduction to the Humanities I

    (4.00)
    Part I of a two-semester honors course devoted to an exploration of various aspects of the humanities. The course will consist of substantial reading, discussion and writing based on works of literature, history, cultural studies, philosophy and the arts of Western and non-Western cultures. Fieldtrips and attendance at the Humanities Forum are an integral part of the course. Team-taught by professors from two disciplines. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Humanities Scholarship Program.

  

  • HUM 121H - Introduction to the Humanities II

    (4.00)
    Part II of a two-semester honors course devoted to an exploration of various aspects of the humanities. The course will consist of substantial reading, discussion and writing based on works of literature, history, cultural studies, philosophy and the arts of Western and non-Western cultures. Fieldtrips and attendance at the Humanities Forum are an integral part of the course. Team-taught by professors from two disciplines. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Humanities Scholarship Program.

  

  • HUM 250 - Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

    (3.00)
    Selected interdisciplinary topics in the humanities. Topics to be announced each semester.

  

  • HUM 260 - Issues in Photography and the Humanities

    (3.00)
    This course will explore the relationships between photography and the humanities by examining issues that have common relevance, such as Realism, Modernism, environmentalism, eroticism, censorship, pornography, multiculturalism, and Postmodernism. Through significant learning experiences, images and textswill be analyzed and discussed, and historical perspectives will be provided. Opportunities will be provided for students to examine original materials and become acquainted with primary sources.


Information Systems
  

  • IS 101 - Introduction to Computer Based Systems

    (3.00)
    An overview of computer information systems. This survey course introduces computer hardware, software, procedures, systems and human resources, and it explores their integration and application in business and other segments of society. The fundamentals of computer problem-solving and programming in a higher-level programming language are discussed and demonstrated.

    Course ID: 54988
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents: IS 101H , IS 101Y 
  

  • IS 101H - Introduction to Computer Based System

    (3.00)
    An overview of computer information systems. This survey course introduces computer hardware, software, procedures, systems and human resources, and it explores their integration and application in business and other segments of society. The fundamentals of computer problem-solving and programming in a higher-level programming language are discussed and demonstrated.

    Course ID: 100202
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents : IS 101 , IS 101Y 
  

  • IS 101Y - Introduction to Computer Based Systems

    (4.00)
    An overview of computer information systems. This survey course introduces computer hardware, software, procedures, systems and human resources, and it explores their integration and application in business and other segments of society. The fundamentals of computer problem-solving and programming in a higher-level programming language are discussed and demonstrated.

    Course ID: 54989
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Course Equivalents: IS 101 , IS 101H 
  

  • IS 125 - Information Systems Logic and Structured Design

    (3.00)
    This course teaches the development of well-structured solutions to various programming applications as a preparation for programming language courses. Concepts of data representation, handling and physical/logical interface are emphasized. Various logical and mathematical tools for problem-solving are introduced. This course also includes a unit on the basics of Microsoft Office, in particular MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. BTA majors without prior exposure to MS Office should take IS 101  or IS 125  before taking IS 295  .

    Course ID: 51093
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • IS 147 - Introduction to Computer Programming

    (3.00)
    This course introduces the basic principles and techniques involved in computer programming and computing. Methods of algorithm development, program development, and program design are taught using an object-oriented programming language. Projects are geared toward those typically encountered in the Information Systems field. Recommended Preparation:  IS 101   or COMP 101  

    Course ID: 54990
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • IS 199 - Service-Learning and Information Systems

    (1.00)
    This service-learning experience is for all levels of students providing IS-related support for community organizations. The course has a co-requisite of PRAC 096 which needs to be arranged through the Shriver Center prior to registering for IS 199. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.

    Course ID: 54991
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must also be enrolled in PRAC 096.
  

  • IS 202 - Systems Analysis Methods

    (3.00)
    Overview of the system development life cycle. Emphasis on current system documentation through the use of both classical and structured tools/techniques for describing process flows, data flows, data structures, file designs, input and output designs, and program specifications. Discussion of the information gathering and reporting activities and of the transition from analysis to design.

    Course ID: 51025
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 101  or IS 101H  or IS 101Y  or COMP 101   with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 246 - Topics in Programming Languages and Tools

    (3.00)
    This course will introduce a high-level programming language or a development tool. The specific language or tool may vary and more than one may be offered (the letter suffix will be used to distinguish them). This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 54992
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Visual Basic, Programming Lang C#, Prog Lang & Tools, Visual Studio, Android Programming for Mobile Applications
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 147  or CMSC 201  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 247 - Computer Programming II

    (3.00)
    This second course in a sequence continues the development of programming and problem-solving skills, focusing on topics such as: lists, searching and sorting, sets, stacks, queues, trees and an introduction to analyses of algorithm time and space requirements.

    Course ID: 51280
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete IS 147  and either MATH 151   or MATH 151H   or MATH 155    all with a C or better.
  

  • IS 295 - Intermediate Business Applications

    (3.00)
    Extends the introduction of business-oriented application programs to include intermediate functions from typical productivity software found in many businesses and organizations. Stresses the use of case studies to develop and implement solutions using functions from programs such as spreadsheet and databases. Recommended Preparation IS 101  or IS 125  

    Course ID: 51183
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • IS 298 - Special Topics in Information Systems

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    A topic at the intermediate level that deals with the design, implementation or post-installation review of information processing systems. This course is repeatable for credit.

    Course ID: 51026
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Tpcs: Visual Basic, Into To Prog Techniques, Entrepreneurship For It, Intro To Prog Techniques, Transfer Success Seminar, Tpcs: Programming Lang C#, Introduction to Research Methods
  

  • IS 300 - Management Information Systems

    (3.00)
    An overview of management information systems (MIS), including the development of transaction processing systems and their relationship to management reporting systems. The course objectives include developing an understanding of the purpose, functions, components and applications of transaction processing systems and management reporting systems in private and public organizations, and describing and evaluating policies for information resource management. Recommended Preparation: IS 101  or COMP 101  

    Course ID: 54993
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: IS 300H  
  

  • IS 300H - Management Information Systems

    (3.00)
    An overview of management information systems (MIS), including the development of transaction processing systems and their relationship to management reporting systems. The course objectives include developing an understanding of the purpose, functions, components and applications of transaction processing systems and management reporting systems in private and public organizations, and describing and evaluating policies for information resource management. Recommended Preparation: IS 101  or COMP 101  

    Course ID: 100355
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Course Equivalents: IS 300  
  

  • IS 303 - Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction

    (3.00)
    This course provides a survey of human factors and human computer interaction relevant to the design and use of information systems. It describes the contributions of information systems, computer science, psychology, sociology and engineering to human-computer interaction. Emphasis is placed on human factors theories, human information processing concepts, interaction design approaches and usability evaluation methods. Application areas and current research are also reviewed.

    Course ID: 51335
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 202  or IS 300  or IS 300H  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 304 - Ethical Issues in Information Systems

    (3.00)
    A survey course that reviews the ethical impact of information systems and related technology throughout the world. The course examines the policy issues that relate to the use of information systems, such as persona, privacy, rights of access, security, transborder data flow and confidentiality.

    Course ID: 51336
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
    Requirement Group: You must have completed any 300 level IS course with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 310 - Software and Hardware Concepts

    (3.00)
    A survey of technical topics related to computer systems with emphasis on the relationships between hardware architecture, system software and applications software. The architecture of processors and storage systems are explored, and the implications for systems software design are covered, along with the impact of hardware and system software design on the development of application programs in a business environment.

    Course ID: 51225
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed  IS 147  or  CMSC 201  or CMSC 201H    and either MATH 151  or MATH 151H    or MATH 155   all with a grade of C or better 
  

  • IS 317 - Accounting Information Systems

    (3.00)
    This course examines accounting systems concepts and technologies, transaction processing systems and the control of accounting information. The roles and uses of technology will be explored in regard to accounting systems design, financial and processing controls, performance evaluation and information security.

    Course ID: 50061
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: ECAC 317 
    Requirement Group: You must have completed ECON 122  with a grade of C or better to take this course.
  

  • IS 320 - Advanced Business Applications

    (3.00)
    Students will analyze, design and implement solutions to examples of real-world business problems using advanced database and spreadsheet software that is commonly found in business today.

    Course ID: 100228
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must complete IS 295  with a C or better.
  

  • IS 325 - Introduction to Management Science

    (3.00)

    A survey of the concepts and techniques of management science, including decision-making tools, mathematical programming, networks and operations management, and simulation.  

    This course may be subject to a Course Materials Charge. The charge may vary by semester, depending on the course materials required. The Course Materials Initiative (CMI) was established to provide students with more affordable course materials, enhance the students’ experience on a common digital platform via Blackboard, and position UMBC to be ahead of the curve with digital content.  More information is available at UMBC Bookstore’s website.

    Course ID: 51130
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 300  and either MATH 151  or MATH 155  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 350 - Business Communications Systems

    (3.00)
    A survey of business data communications for end users of computer networks. Students will gain a basic understanding of the features, operations and limitations of different types of communications and network systems. Topics covered include: fundamentals of data and signals, telecommunications systems, wired and wireless media, error control, local-area networks, wide-area networks, the Internet and network security. This course will provide the student the knowledge and ability to interact with the system professional administering these areas.

    Course ID: 51094
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Prerequisite:IS 300   and (MATH 155   or MATH 151  ) with a C or better. This course is available to BTA majors or IS minors only.
  

  • IS 352 - Women, Gender, and Information Technology

    (3.00)
    This course examines important issues concerning women, gender, and information technology (IT). It considers women’s contributions to technology, from the 19th century Analytical Engine to contemporary cyber-security industry; how women are impacted by technology; how women and girls fare in IT educational settings; and the way these issues intersect with multiple dimensions of experience, such as nationality, race, class and age. Students will connect these issues to their ow n experiences, including academic and career choices, and will utilize information technology to completing course assignments. Recommended Course Preparation:A prior course in computer science, information systems or gender and women’s studies.

    Course ID: 050049
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
    Same as Offered: CMSC 352 , GWST 352  
    Requirement Group: You must have completed one IS, CMSC, or GWST course with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 361 - Technology for Management of Aging Services

    (3.00)
    This course will introduce students to the history of technology, both as a social/cultural phenomenon that has shaped the lives of those entering their later years as well as an enabler to improve and enhance quality of life for aging Americans. Students will be introduced to various types of technology and to how they can be used to improve the care and quality of life for aging Americans. Recent advances in technology such as electronic health records, home monitoring devices, software and tools that enhance seniors’ connections with the outside world and turn therapy into recreation, and electronic tools that can be used to manage and enhance an organization’s approach to improving its culture and care practices will be examined. Guest speakers and opportunities to see some of these technologies either in use or through live demonstrations or video will be featured.

    Course ID: 100021
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: AGNG 361 
    Requirement Group: AGNG 100  and IS 101 , and CMSC 100  or CMSC 104  or CMSC 201 
  

  • IS 369 - Research Seminar: Writings In Information Systems

    (3.00)
    This seminar course introduces students to current research writing in the fields related to Information Systems. Students will be required to read examples of current research publications in order to improve their professional analytical, communications and interacting skills. The course is designed to improve students skills through reading and critiquing the IS literature, preparing written reviews of journal articles, making presentations, and interacting collaboratively. The content areas for this work will relate to the broad topical areas that encompass the field of information systems that have been encountered through other courses in the program.  Recommended Preparation : STAT 351  

    Course ID: 54994
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Attributes: Writing Intensive
    Requirement Group: You must have completed ENGL 100  and one IS 200 or IS 300  level course with a C or better.
  

  • IS 387 - Information Architecture for the Web

    (3.00)
    This course focuses on the creation and organization of web content that meets the information needs of endusers and serves the communication purposes of the site’s sponsors or creators. Students will learn how to analyze information architecture, navigation, audience and usability of good and bad Websites; conduct online research about best practices; talk with Web content developers from a variety of fields; and develop the Web content plan for a site.

    Course ID: 51227
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group:You must complete ( IS 247  or CMSC 202  ) and IS 303  with a C or better. IS 303  can be taken concurrently.
  

  • IS 397 - Health IT Internship

    (3.00)
    This course provides the opportunity for IS majors, particularly those enrolled in the Health IT certificate program, to earn academic credit while employed in a professional internship position that is related to Health IT. The course is repeatable to a maximum of six credits. Pass/fail grading only. Requires a GPA of 2.5 or better, at least 30 credits completed towards graduation, and co-enrollment in the Career Center’s PRAC Department permission required.

    Course ID: 102469
    Consent: Departmental Consent
    Components: Internship
  

  • IS 399 - Cooperative Education in Information Systems Management

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    This course provides the opportunity for IS majors to earn academic credit while employed in a professional position under the Cooperative Education Program. The course is repeatable to a maximum of six credits for a second co-op assignment. Course grading is P/F only, based on the student meeting the requirements of the Office of Professional Practice and an acceptable performance evaluation from the employer. Variable credit course repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.

    Course ID: 51131
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Independent Study
    Topics: Coop Educ In IS
    Requirement Group: You must complete PRAC98A or PRAC98B or PRAC98C or PRAC99 or PRAC99A or 99B. You can also be concurrently enrolled in these classes.
  

  • IS 400 - Individual Study in Information Systems

    (1.00 - 3.00)
    Course open to IS majors only. Students considering enrolling in this course are encouraged to meet with the faculty member coordinating the individual study to determine the course requirements and their IS advisor to determine if the course fits their needs.  Variable credit course repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.

    Course ID: 54995
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Research
  

  • IS 403 - User Interface Design

    (3.00)
    A second-semester human computer interaction course in which the student will have the opportunity to apply the user interface theories, guidelines and principles presented in the introductory course. The goal of the course is for the students to follow the complete systems development life cycle in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating an interactive user interface. Course activities include producing project milestone deliverables, developing a design report, coding an interactive interface and conducting a formal interface evaluation.

    Course ID: 51337
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 303   with a grade of C or better
  

  • IS 410 - Introduction to Database Design

    (3.00)
    This course introduces the student to the process of database development, including data modeling, database design and database implementation. Students learn basic interactive SQL for both data definition and queries. Students practice design skills by developing a small database project. This course requires consent of the department, where consent will be granted only to students who have completed the IS BS Gateway.

    Course ID: 51282
    Consent: Department Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • IS 413 - GUI Systems Using JAVA

    (3.00)
    This course introduces the student to graphical user interface systems using the most current version of Java. Students will learn to implement a series of interactive stand-alone or Web-based interfaces. Event handling and multi-threaded Java programs will be studied. Image and data transmission via the Internet will be presented. Students will read articles from the current research literature that offer guidelines in interface design. Familiarity with UNIX file and directory manipulation is recommended.

    Course ID: 51096
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Topics: Java, Gui Systems Using Java
    Requirement Group: You must complete IS 247  or CMSC 202  w/ a C or better.
  

  • IS 417 - Information Systems for Auditors

    (3.00)
    Information Systems Auditing involves the examination of controls within an organization’s IT infrastructure. Formerly known as an EDP Audit, the IS Audit involves collecting and evaluating evidence about an organization’s systems, practices and operations. This course covers methods and outcomes of those procedures as well as the impact and implications involving controls mandated by governmental agencies.

    Course ID: 50062
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Same as Offered: ECAC 420  
    Requirement Group: You must have completed ECAC 321  OR IS 300  both with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 420 - Database Application Development

    (3.00)
    The course offers hands-on experience for developing client/server database applications using a major database management system. Students learn how to create and manipulate database objects, including tables, views and sequences; develop program units using SQL; and implement client applications such as forms and reports. The course provides students with firsthand experience developing prototype client/server applications.

    Course ID: 51184
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 410  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 421 - Database Administration

    (3.00)
    Course ID: 51028
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
  

  • IS 425 - Decision Support Systems

    (3.00)
    This course provides an overview of theoretical and organizational aspects of decision support systems (DSS), including descriptive and prescriptive decision-making concepts, individual and group decision support systems, and executive information systems. Management of DSS within the end-user environment also is discussed. Projects using DSS software are required, and case examples are discussed.

    Course ID: 51228
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Discussion, Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 410 , MGMT 210 , MATH 215  or MATH 221  with a “C”or better.
  

  • IS 427 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Applications

    (3.00)
    This course will provide an introduction to, and hands-on experience with, several artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. It will begin with the concepts and design of knowledge-based systems; the students will identify the issues arising in the design of rule-based systems. Machine learning, particularly neural network topologies will be introduced. The class also will include a discussion of recent advances in AI, including intelligent agents, natural language processing, evolutionary computing and case-based reasoning.

    Course ID: 51075
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed any 300 level IS course with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 428 - Data Mining Techniques and Applications

    (3.00)
    Data mining is the exploration and analysis of large quantities of data to discover hidden and meaningful patterns. Students will learn both how data mining techniques work and how to apply data mining to various business and organizational contexts in this course. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of how data mining is changing the way businesses understand their customers and make decisions.

    Course ID: 54996
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 410  and STAT 351  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 430 - Information Systems and Security

    (3.00)
    A survey course relating to the establishment and maintenance of a practical information security program. The security implications of databases, telecommunications systems and software are examined, as are techniques to assess risks and to discover abuses of systems.

    Course ID: 51132
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 300  and IS 310  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 432 - Computer Viruses

    (3.00)
    Through a review of the current literature, a survey of state-of-the-art software tools and an examination of actual microcomputer-based viruses, the course is intended to prepare students for the eventuality of having to protect their machines and data against the increasingly common threat of viruses.

    Course ID: 51097
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 300  or IS 300H  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 434 - The Evolution of Modern Information Systems

    (3.00)
    This course examines the impact of information systems on nearly every aspect of life in the United States and other countries. It traces the developments that have made this situation possible, especially those changes following the release of the personal computer and the rise of networking. Included are topics relating to the increasing reliance on information systems within the economic and social context of the computer revolution.

    Course ID: 51185
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 300  or IS 300H  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • IS 436 - Structured Systems Analysis and Design

    (3.00)
    A capstone course involving advanced study and application of structured analysis and design methods throughout the system life cycle. Emphasis is given to the common approaches for gathering requirements, modeling, analyzing and designing information systems. Managing the complexity of system development projects is also addressed. These skills are applied via a semester-long, team-based, field research project.

    Course ID: 51029
    Consent: No Special Consent Required
    Components: Lecture
    Requirement Group: You must have completed IS 410  with a grade of C or better.
 

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