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Click on the name of an online humanities & liberal arts graduate course to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the category by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Graduate Writing for ESL/EFL Learners (OM7004) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Capella University |
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This course introduces non-native speakers of English to graduate-level academic writing. Learners will develop an understanding of the assumptions and intentions that underlie advanced academic writing as it is done in the United States. Learners will develop skills in producing effective advanced academic writing including skills in combining facts and opinions from multiple sources. Learners will develop linguistic and content editing skills so that they will be able to continue to improve their own academic writing after they leave the course. |
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Graduate Writing for ESL/EFL Learners (ED7004) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Capella University |
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This course introduces non-native speakers of English to graduate-level academic writing. Learners will develop an understanding of the assumptions and intentions that underlie advanced academic writing as it is done in the United States. Learners will develop skills in producing effective advanced academic writing including skills in combining facts and opinions from multiple sources. Learners will develop linguistic and content editing skills so that they will be able to continue to improve their own academic writing after they leave the course. |
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Group Psychology (PSY5012) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Northcentral University |
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The course examines the key concepts of group process and the application of these concepts in a variety of groups from formation of a group through termination of a group, as well as the ethical and professional aspects of group leadership and participation. |
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Historical Conceptions of the City (OC541) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course traces the changing idea of the city from the Renaissance through modern times and into the conception of the city of the future. It will examine a number of many different conceptions of the ideal city in the larger context of proposals for social change. |
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History and Culture of South-East Asia (NS541) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course examines Southeast Asia as an important historico-cultural area through the 19th century. While the region?s countries -- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei -- have different socio-political systems and development levels, they share geographical conditions, cultural origins, values, and common interests in national independence. Important cultural patterns and history necessary to understand the formation of Southeast Asia nations are emphasized, including traditional notions of authority, political and cultural identity, state-society relations, and regionalism. |
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History and Culture of Sub-Saharan Africa (NS582) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course covers the major cultural, social, economic, and related issues that have dominated the historical through modern scene in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chief among the topics addressed will be commercial, health, and post-colonial adjustment issues. |
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History and Cultures of Central Asia (OC570) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of Central Asia's history, culture, and ways of thinking. The course?s focus is on the political and social organization of Central Asia, cultural changes as expressed in art and literature, and formal and informal interactions with China, India and the Middle East. |
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History and Cultures of East Asia (NS540) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course addresses the historical development of the peoples of East, South, and Southeast Asia. It emphasizes their economic, political, and military development through the late 19th century. |
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History and Popular Culture (OC542) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course explores the history of expressive and material cultures around the world, with particular emphasis on industrialized nations. Course topics include study of aesthetics, social identification, and the production, consumption, and reception of cultural forms. Using historical and ethnographic scholarship as well as primary sources (literature, films, pictures, and music), students will study and apply theories of popular culture and aesthetic hierarchy; explicate the historical contexts of various artistic movements; discuss cultural imperialism; address problems of cultural appropriation, creativity, and identity; and examine cultural expressions of social difference and deviance. Other topics include discussion of selected studies in the social history of culture in the age of mass society, including the popular arts, and the "culture of consumption." |
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History and Systems of Psychology (PSY5003) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Northcentral University |
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This course presents a history of psychology beginning with the early Greeks. It shows how philosophy combined with developments in natural science and experimental physiology to form the major schools of psychology today. |
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History, Culture, and Social Contexts of Sport (DM600) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course focuses on the theoretical, historical, principles, social, and cultural aspects of sport. Covering the issue through the ages from ancient through modern times, the fundamental issues of sport in human life are addressed. Topics include philosophical, physical, religious, and other aspects of sport. |
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Human Sexuality (PSY5007) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Northcentral University |
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This is a comprehensive course focusing on physiological, psychological, and social cultural variables associated with sexual identity, psychological, cultural, and biological aspects of human sexuality, including an overview of psychosexual development, cultural and individual variations, gender identities and roles, and legal aspects. |
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Humanities: Research, Study, And Use (RC610) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This is the first course in the graduate humanities program. It is designed to introduce the student to the theory, concept, and general approach to a program of study centered on civilization?s great works, authors, and ideas. Course topics include how to approach study of the great works, authors, and ideas; a philosophy grounded in the classical/liberal tradition; and the university and curricular concepts centered on the great ideas. Students are expected to use this course to orient themselves for the remainder of the graduate humanities curriculum, prepare for a life of focused and purposeful study based on fundamental concepts and a particular modus of thought and reflection, and apply themselves within a general framework of knowledge acquisition and application. Readings for this course include Clifton Fadiman's The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature; Adler and Van Doren's How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading; Harold Bloom's The Western Cannon: The Books and Schools of the Ages; and John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University. |
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Independent Study: American Revolution Studies (AR690) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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An opportunity for American Revolution Studies students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of the American Revolution and its history under the mentorship of a single professor. Students must complete 24 credits of study before taking this course. Participation is at the discretion of the faculty member. The course will typically involve six or more telephone calls and produce a major research paper (50+ pages); there will be no examination. Students will submit a proposal prior to the start of the project, and a rough draft of the paper at week 10, both of which will count toward the final grade. Prior to registering, students should first contact the professor with whom they wish to mentor their independent study, coordinate an agreement on the grading requirements, and then NOTIFY the University System Registrar with the name of their professor. |
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Independent Study: Civil War Studies (CW690) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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An opportunity for Civil War students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of the Civil War and its history under the mentorship of a single professor. Students must complete 24 credits of study before taking this course. Participation is at the discretion of the faculty member. The course will typically involve six or more telephone calls and produce a major research paper (50+ pages); there will be no examination. Students will submit a proposal prior to the start of the project, and a rough draft of the paper at week 10, both of which will count toward the final grade. Prior to registering, students should first contact the professor with whom they wish to mentor their independent study, coordinate an agreement on the grading requirements, and then NOTIFY the University System Registrar with the name of their professor. |
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Independent Study: Political Science (PS690) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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An opportunity for political science and international peace and conflict resolution students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of their academic discipline under the mentorship of a single professor. Students must complete 24 credits of study before taking this course. Participation is at the discretion of the faculty member. The course will typically involve six or more telephone calls and produce a major research paper (50+ pages); there will be no examination. Students will submit a proposal prior to the start of the project, and a rough draft of the paper at week 10, both of which will count toward the final grade. Prior to registering, students should first contact the professor with whom they wish to mentor their independent study, coordinate an agreement on the grading requirements, and then NOTIFY the University System Registrar with the name of their professor. |
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Individual and World I (OC619) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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The first course in a two-course series. It is a study of the modern individual in relation to and as a product of social environment. It addresses the forces of family, sex, economy, and others that shape the psyche. Course topics include the concept of the self, the history and role of the family, and the individual in free and totalitarian societies. American cultural traditions are studied against the backdrop of other societies in this contemporary-minded course. Readings for this course include: Gerth, From Max Weber; Sigmund Freud, Autobiographical Study; Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; Margaret Mead, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies; Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks; Robert Bellah, et. al., Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. |
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Individual and World II (OC620) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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The second course in a two-course series. It is a study of the modern individual in relation to and as a product of social environment. It addresses the forces of family, sex, economy, and others that shape the psyche. Course topics include the concept of the self, the history and role of the family, and the individual in free and totalitarian societies. American cultural traditions are studied against the backdrop of other societies in this contemporary-minded course. Readings for this course include: William James, Varieties of Religious Experience; Emile Durkeim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life; Ernest Geilner, Nations and Nationalism; Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents; Erik Erikson, Childhood and Society; Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. |
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Information Research Strategies (LS6010) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Northcentral University |
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This course provides an introduction to information research including electronic resources. It is designed to help researchers locate, evaluate, and use information. LS6010 includes: exploration of the research process, search strategies, locating resources, source documentation, and organization of research. |
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International Development (PS583) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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American Public University |
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This course focuses on alternative theories and definitions of development as expressed in the major international institutions (aid agencies, cartels, multinational corporations) concerned with the transfer of resources. Its focus is on consideration of the problems of the ?change-agent? in working for development and examines the major development issues. |
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