Examines the major causes, personalities, policies, events and significance of the Third Reich. Focuses on Hitler and the rise of the Nazi Party, the instabilities and collapse of the Weimar Republic, the Nazi "seizure of power," the Nazi "racial state," World War II in Europe, the Holocaust and the destruction and legacy of the Third Reich.
Archaeology of the Chesapeake in the Atlantic World
HIST-300
Average GPA: 3.48
Withdraw Rate: 2%
Total Enrollment: 111
Number of Reviews: 0
Traces the emergence and development of various Chesapeake societies and institutions, situating them in broader Atlantic contexts. Through the lens of archaeology, examine the complex histories of interaction, cultural and biological exchanges between Natives, Europeans and Africans from first contact to the present. Explore topics such as colonialism, capitalism, enslavement and the rise of the Atlantic plantation complex.
History of England And Great Britain, 1702 to the Present
HIST-311
Average GPA: 2.52
Withdraw Rate: 20%
Total Enrollment: 52
Number of Reviews: 0
Survey of England and Great Britain from the reign of Queen Anne to the present, emphasizing institutional growth and development, the expansion of the empire and Britain's rise to a major world power.
Economic, social, cultural and political study of the evolution of Japan from a traditional, isolated and closed society to a Westernized superpower. Emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Introduces the student to major figures in classical Greek and Roman mythology and demonstrates the interconnectedness of classical mythology and history from ancient times until the present. A general knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable for an understanding of social and political history of both the ancient and modern worlds. Also, without this knowledge, much of literature and art, past and present, would remain unintelligible.
Charts the course of the women's movement in 20th-century America, examining the relationship between organized feminism and changes in public and private lives of women from different class, racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Military history enables students to understand better the role played by the armed forces in American society today through a study of the origins and development of military institutions, traditions and practices in the United States, 1775 to the present.
Social and Cultural History of the United States II
HIST-413
Average GPA: 2.75
Withdraw Rate: 8%
Total Enrollment: 79
Number of Reviews: 0
Studies of American thought as reflected by the people and leaders. Development of American heritage from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the intellectual, social, religious and economic movements. The first course covers from the colonial period to reconstruction and the second course from about 1876 to present.
Explores African-American history from the Colonial period to 1865. Focuses on the beginnings of enslavement, the development of the slavery institution and the role of African Americans in the Civil War.
Through class discussions, students will gain an understanding of the natural history of Delmarva and Chesapeake, the changing patterns of land and resource use, environmental conflicts, the growth of 20th century conservation efforts and the implication of burgeoning growth in the Eastern metropolitan corridor of Delmarva. This course draws upon the resources of the Salisbury area through local speakers, environmental activists, foresters, authors and farmers. The course will utilize: the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, the Nanticoke Indian Museum, Furnace Town, Wye Island NWMA, Pemberton Park, and Crisfield and Smith islands. Research paper is required.
Using mobile development platforms, build and deploy hybrid mobile applications that are designed to execute across a variety of smart devices, with particular emphasis on the development of enterprise applications that extract and deploy data from business information systems, web services and other organizational level data sources.
Study of technical topics related to computer systems. Emphasis is placed on hardware architecture, operating systems, basic networking and application software compatibilities issues.
Introduction to basic financial mathematics focusing on equivalent rates of interest and their use in discounted cashflow analysis. Topics include annuities, loans, projects, bonds, duration and convexity, the yield curve, and the fundamentals of financial derivatives such as European call and put options.
