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HIST 426 - Post World War II America
This seminar engages the students and instructor in a critical and in-depth analysis of crucial issues affecting the United States during the twenty-five years following the Second World War. Its purpose is to describe and analyze how and why the United States reacted to the challenges posed when it became a global power. Specifically, we will explore the benefits and costs Americans, especially the 75 million born between 1946 and 1975, have and are incurring as a result of the consensus wrought by the Cold War and Cult of Materialism. This includes the impact of four limited wars (Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq) on American society, the rise of national institutions with immense power, and the demise of confidence in some of those institutions. We will spend considerable time evaluating how and why Americans have responded to inequities in a prosperous representative democracy as conservatives and liberals duel over the direction the nation should pursue.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 428 - Topics in English History, 1350-1700
A topical approach to medieval and/or early modern England, focusing on a particular theme throughout the semester. The themes will vary, but possible offerings include: Tudor England, Stuart England, Crisis in Medieval and Early Modern England, Crime and Poverty in Early Modern England. Students will analyze historical interpretations and do research in appropriate secondary and primary sources. This course may be repeated for credit as long as there is no duplication of previous topics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major European History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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HIST 429 - Intellectual History of Modern Europe
A survey of the intellectual history of Europe from the Seventeenth Century to the present, designed to acquaint students with the major thinkers, schools of thought, political doctrines, and organizing ideas of the period.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major European History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 432 - Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1917
The political, economic, and social developments of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 434 - History of Japan I
The origin and development of the Japanese culture: its social, political, religious and economic aspects from ancient times to the end of the Tokugawa period (1868).
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major Asian History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 435 - History of Japan II
History of modern Japan from the Meiji Reform to the present. Emphasizes political, social, and intellectual developments, including Japan’s modernization and her role in today’s world.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major Asian History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 436 - War, Gender, Business, and Technological Change
This course examines technological developments since the Industrial Revolution, the manipulation of natural processes to bring about remarkable changes in culture and environment: from the broadest areas of urban and national development to gender roles in the workplace and in private households. History research course.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major European History or American History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 437 - The Age of Jackson, 1820-1848
Jacksonian Democracy, its meaning and significance; domestic problems during the administrations of Jackson, Tyler, and Polk.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 438 - America in the Revolutionary Era
A seminar introducing students to historical research through a study of the American Revolutionary period, c. 1759-1789. Common readings in Eighteenth Century political culture, the emergence and transformation of resistance into revolutionary movements, popular ideology and mobilization, the social impact of war, and the creation of republican governments.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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HIST 439 - Colonial American History
A topical study of the cultural and social development of the American colonies before 1750 including the interaction of European and Native American cultures, problems of settling regional societies, the origins of slavery, family life and labor, and economic integration within the Empire.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 448 - History of China I
An intensive investigation of Chinese history from ancient times to the mid-19th Century. Emphasizes classical Chinese thought, political, socio-economic, and intellectual developments of ancient China, and the contributions of Chinese ancient culture to world civilization.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major Asian History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 449 - History of China II
An intensive investigation of modern Chinese history from the mid-19th Century to the present. Explores interactions between China and the West, the rise and development of Nationalism and Communism, democracy and modernization in China, important political leaders and recent political events, and China’s position in the modern world.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major Asian History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 461 - The Vietnam War
A critical and in-depth study of the Vietnamese struggle for independence from the 1800s through 1975 with particular attention on the U.S. role.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History and Asian History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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HIST 471 - Internship: History
On-the-job specialized training in fields generally accepted as needing history field experience to complement the student’s academic training. May be taken on a pass/fail basis only.
Credits: 3-12 hours
NOTE: A special application procedure is required and must be completed the semester prior to starting the internship.
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HIST 472 - Internship Evaluation and Analysis
Research, evaluation, and analytical analysis of internship experiences. Prearrange one semester before enrollment.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HIST 485 - Readings in History
Selected readings in one or more fields of history to be assigned by the instructor. Minimum of six books to be read for each hour of credit. Maximum, 2 hours allowed for the undergraduate history major.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 536 - Seminar in 20th Century Latin America
Directed study in selected periods/topics in 20th Century Latin American history with emphasis on the development of oral and written reporting techniques including the writing of a research paper.
Prerequisites: senior with a 3.00 GPA or above and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major Latin American History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 536G - Seminar in 20th Century Latin America
Directed study in selected periods/topics in 20th Century Latin American history with emphasis on the development of oral and written reporting techniques including the writing of a research paper.
Credits: 3 hours
LA: Latin American History
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HIST 540 - The Civil Rights Movement
This seminar will provide students with an introduction to the history of the civil rights movement and the ensuing debate over the meaning of equality. The course will also examine the impact of the civil rights movement on American life.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (May Interim only)
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 540G - The Civil Rights Movement
This seminar will provide students with an introduction to the history of the civil rights movement and the ensuing debate over the meaning of equality. The course will also examine the impact of the civil rights movement on American life.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (May Interim only)
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HIST 551 - Advanced Topics in History
Reading and/or research in selected topics in U.S., European, or Non-Western History. This course may be repeated for additional hours as long as there is no duplication of topics covered by previous enrollments.
Prerequisite: senior or graduate-level status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major General History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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HIST 554 - Independent Studies: History
An opportunity for students to organize and conduct research projects of their own choice with the help of faculty supervision.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 560 - America in World War II
This course examines the impact of World War II on the society and culture of the United States. The focus is on the consequences of total warfare for the political economy, social structure, and cultural life of the nation.
Prerequisite: senior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: History major United States History course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HIST 560G - America in World War II
This course examines the impact of World War II on the society and culture of the United States. The focus is on the consequences of total warfare for the political economy, social structure, and cultural life of the nation. US: United States History
Prerequisite: senior status.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 634G - Graduate Survey of Modern Europe
A critical historiographical examination of the major themes and methodologies that currently preoccupy scholars in the field of Modern European History. The course explores a series of themes that are pivotal for thinking about this field, focused around major texts that constitute key points of reference for historians, laying out and evaluating the categories currently employed in historical understanding. EU: European History
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 635G - Graduate Topics in History
Reading and/or research in selected topics in U.S., European, or non-Western history. This course may be repeated for additional hours as long as there is no duplication of topics covered by previous enrollments. GE: General History
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 639G - Seminar in Asian History
Directed study in selected topics of Asian History. AS: Asian History
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 645G - Readings in American History I
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to early American history and historiography. Assigned readings have been selected because they are recognized by scholars as landmark works and/or because they are representative of interpretive approaches that are currently shaping the historical profession. This is not a lecture class. Students will read one book each week and come to class with notes and questions designed to stimulate discussion. In addition to written work and class participation, students will also be required to read reviews of assigned works. This will both acquaint students with major journals that specialize in American history and provide additional material for class consideration.
Prerequisite: admission to the MAE History program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 646G - Readings of American History II
This course is an initiation into the scholarly conversation about American history since 1877 - what history is, what it means, how to study the past, how to think like a historian. More specifically, we will examine and participate in a few of the most significant topics in recent American history under discussion among professional historians and kibbitzers. We will learn how to find, listen to, and join in these friendly talks, cordial debates, and passionate arguments. Accordingly, the skills and knowledge base for this course include bibliographical researching, scholarly reading, synthesizing, speaking, and writing. And, of course, the art and science of scholarly conversation.
Prerequisite: admission to the MAE History program.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 150 - Nutrition in Health and Wellness
This course provides an introduction to basic human nutrition and the interdependence of nutrition and food on health, behaviors, and diseases. Energy expenditure, caloric intake, diet analyses, and food/diet controversies and issues will be examined. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: Health Science major or Health Studies minor.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HLTH 160 - Essentials of Stress Management
This course exposes each student to the concept of holistic stress management: the principles, theories, and skills needed to effectively manage personal stress, to understand the psychosomatic (mind-body-spirit) relationship, and to employ a holistic approach to stress management: cognitive strategies and relaxation techniques in both personal and public health arenas.
Credits: 2 hours
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HLTH 192 - Microcomputer Applications
The course will guide students through practical, computer-related tasks including database searches, Internet sources, advanced word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, web authoring software, and database software applications. The main goal of this course is to allow students to use computers with greater proficiency in other coursework as well as in their daily life.
Prerequisite: Health Science or Communication Disorders major.
Credits: 2 hours
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HLTH 195 - Lifetime Health and Fitness
The purpose of this course is to integrate material from human physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition to present an interdisciplinary framework for disease prevention and health promotion. The course focus is to promote a behavioral lifestyle change in which students integrate into their lives patterns of physical activity, health, and well-being.
Concurrent enrollment with HLTH 196 required.
Credits: 1.5 hours
NOTE: This course in conjunction with HLTH 196 fulfills the Personal Well-Being Essential Skill of the Liberal Studies Program.
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HLTH 196 - Lifetime Physical Activities
This course is designed to introduce the student to a pattern of lifetime fitness and physical activity through a variety of activity modes. Regardless of activity mode, concepts of aerobic and anaerobic conditioning techniques will be explored. Where appropriate, issues of safety, equipment, theory, technique and other factors will be introduced.
Concurrent enrollment with HLTH 195 required.
Credits: 0.5 hours
NOTE: This course in conjunction with HLTH 195 fulfills the Personal Well-Being Essential Skill of the Liberal Studies Program.
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HLTH 200 - Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology allows the student to develop mastery with terminology that is used in Allied Health occupations. In the process of developing mastery with medical terminology, a student will have the opportunity to preview or review the fundamentals of anatomy, evaluate medical reports, and learn proper pronunciation of medical terms. The course is designed as a programmed learning and self-paced approach by body systems. Students who enroll in this course must be highly self-motivated, have good time management skills and posess the ability to understand and follow written instructions.
Credits: 1 hour
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HLTH 230 - Health Literacy: Challenges and Change
The purpose of this Student Initiated Course is for the course participants from all majors and backgrounds to gain an understanding of the importance of health literacy in achieving national health objectives. Understanding the effects of low health literacy and how to communicate effectively with low literacy patients is beneficial, not only for future health professionals, but all who will communicate health-related information to others. Health literacy is the ability to understand and apply written and oral health-related information. Inadequate levels in health literacy among patients create communication problems between health professionals and patients. Future health care providers and consumers will learn the challenge low health literacy creates and the methods to alleviate these problems. This course will also empower consumers of health care to be more proactive concerning their healthier. by learning specific health literacy evaluation methods, students will be able to measure the readability of health related literature and assess an individual’s health literacy level. These skills will prepare students to successfully complete a small group health literacy service-learning project. The project is essential to the course structure; it will include building partnerships in the community that will enhance the capacity of the local community to meet client needs.
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HLTH 240 - Issues in Consumer Health
This course meets the requirements for a minor in Health Studies. This course helps students gain a basic understanding of the multitude of issues related to consumer health in the United States. Course topics include Consumer Bill of Rights, consumer-driven healthcare, impacts of advertising on consumer spending (wants vs. needs), consumer protection laws/agencies/organizations, analysis of conventional vs. alternative/complementary medicine, and how to complain effectively. Emphasis will be on how these issues currently affect one’s health and well-being.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only, even years)
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HLTH 245 - Substance Abuse Prevention
This course is designed primarily for Health Science and Exercise Science pre-MAE majors to convey the impact of drug use and/or abuse on the lives of ordinary people. It will assist students in gaining a realistic perspective of drug-related problems in our society. Topics explored will include the history of drugs; how and why drug abuse occurs; how drug abuse relates to each profession; and drug abuse prevention. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: Exercise Science or Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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HLTH 250 - Public Health Practicum I
This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to obtain practical experience in a public health area related to their major and pattern. Students typically shadow a clinical health professional and complete a number of written assignments reflecting on their observations. Students develop personalized learning objectives for each setting based on the competencies of the Certified Health Education Specialist.
Prerequisites: HLTH 255 and HLTH 290, HLTH major only.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HLTH 255 - Introduction to Community and Public Health
A survey of the methods and techniques by which community health workers identify and measure the scope and intensity of health problems. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: Health Science or Exercise Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 260 - Human Sexuality
Course discussions include anatomy/physiology, decision-making skills, disease outcomes, relationships, parenting, birth control, and sexual expression. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: Health Science or Exercise Science: Physical Education/Health/Coaching major.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HLTH 265 - Drugs in Society
Introduction to topics associated with drug-taking behavior, emphasizing drug education. Physiological and sociological aspects of drug-taking behavior are examined.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
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HLTH 270 - Consumer Health
This course provides an overview of the complex health marketplace in order to assist consumers in selecting health products and services intelligently. Topics explored include fraud/quackery, fact/fiction, self-care, advertising, cancer, healthcare facilities, insurance, aging/death and dying consumer issues and more. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: Health Science or Exercise Science major, or Health Studies minor.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 290 - Principles of Health Education and Health Science
This course will aid in the development of a basic foundation of awareness, knowledge, and skills from which to apply subsequent health education and health promotion principles. The course content covers health history, philosophy, ethics, theories and models, settings for health, professional organizations, and the literature in health. The course is based on the Seven Responsibilities of a Health Educator which include: assess needs; plan; implement; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; administer health education strategies, interventions, and programs; serve as a health education resource person; and communicate and advocate for health education. This course includes a pre-professional shadowing assignment and an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: HLTH 255 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 320 - Patient Education and Clinical Health Promotion
This course meets the ‘Selectives’ requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree. In addition to an overview of patient education/clinical health promotion - what a Health Educator needs to know and be able to do in Patient Education, the course will focus on: patient and family education, JCAHCO standards/goals, the Health Educator/clinician’s role/responsibility, health education and learning theories, materials and counseling/teaching in health promotion, patient compliance and motivation, interdisciplinary collaboration, assessing health and learning needs, participation in collaborative decision-making and brief motivational interviewing (MI), chronic disease and chronic disease self-management (CDSM), MO’s CDSM Plan, selecting effective patient education materials/programs, resources for patients/clinicians/health educators, planning/delivery/evaluation of CDSMPs, and health policy. This course will include an Integrated Service Learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 290 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 321 - Seminar in Graduate School Admissions
This course assists students in identifying appropriate graduate programs, understanding the admissions process and developing application materials.
Credits: 1 hour
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HLTH 322 - Seminar in Graduate Job Searching
This course assists students in identifying job search strategies, development of application materials and interviewing skills.
Credits: 1 hour
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HLTH 325 - Health Promotion Management and Marketing
Introduction to the skills and principles necessary for leadership/management of successful health promotion programs. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 290 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
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HLTH 330 - Community Nutrition for Special Populations
This course will aid in the development of a basic foundation of knowledge and skills from which to apply the principles of community nutrition to various constituencies (elderly populations, children, impoverished populations, women, diabetics, etc.). As part of the integrated service learning component, course information will be applied to aid in students’ understanding of local program planning, policies, resources, and nutrition issues specific to community nutrition for various populations. This course will also present material relevant to solving community nutritional and health problems, including program delivery, nutrition education, nutrition assessment, and planning nutrition interventions.
Prerequisites: HLTH 150 or ES 245; and Health Science, Exercise Science or Athletic Training major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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HLTH 349 - Research Methods in Health Science
This course helps students gain a basic understanding of the research process, become critical consumers of published work, and to be prepared to conduct research in a variety of health science settings.
Prerequisites: HLTH 290, and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 350 - Public Health Practicum II
Practical experience in a public health area related to major or pattern. Extension of options included in HLTH 250. Consent of academic advisor and Department Chair required.
Prerequisites: HLTH 250, Health Science major, and consent of advisor and HES Department Chair.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HLTH 361 - Mental Health
This course meets the ‘selectives requirements’ for the Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science. The course will explore the role that positive mental health plays in the achievement of optimal health and wellness; the role of the health educator, health education models/theories, and Healthy People 2020 in mental health. What the health educator needs to know and be able to do in the community mental health setting, programming skills, and other skills sets for the community health educator are presented and applied.
Prerequisites: (HLTH 290 or ES 190) and Health Science or Exercise Science: Physical Education/Health/Coaching major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only, even years)
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HLTH 362 - Environmental Health
The course actively involves the student in the determination of environmental health concerns. It examines the impact of the environment on individual and population health, Healthy People 2020 objectives for environmental health, and the sources/etiology, effects, and control measures for selected environmental and personal safety hazards. This course includes an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisite: sophomore status or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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HLTH 366 - Program Assessment and Planning
This course meets the major requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree. In addition to an overview/review of the field of community health, the course will explore issues pertinent to the community health educator’s focus (What the Health Educator Needs to Know and Be Able to Do) in the areas of assessment and planning: core public health functions (assessment, policy development, assurance, community health mobilization/promotion and action planning), culturally competent health promotion, health education programming in the community setting, introduction to health promotion/health department management (simulated: planning, budgeting, communication, human capital, performance, risk management); and legislative advocacy/grant writing/ethics for health education issues. This course will include an Integrated Service Learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 349 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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HLTH 370 - Field Experience in Health Science
This course is designed as an elective to provide Health Science majors with the opportunity to apply career-oriented skills in an off-campus internship setting for a minimum of 200 contact hours. The student must follow the procedures in the application process before enrolling. The student may not be enrolled in more than one additional class during the field experience.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366, Health Science major, mandatory attendance at two informational sessions, junior or senior status, consent of academic advisor and Department Chair, minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA, and minimum 2.5 major GPA are required. See Program Office or http://hes.truman.edu/fieldexp.asp for complete enrollment procedures.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: (summer only)
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HLTH 374 - Independent Study in Health Science
Individualized study in specialized areas of Health Science.
Prerequisites: HLTH 290, Health Science major, and consent of academic advisor and Department Chair.
Credits: 1-4 hours
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HLTH 405 - Global Public Health
Course explores disease prevention and health promotion in the global community. Current global health issues will be addressed.
Prerequisite: HLTH 366 and health science major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
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HLTH 410 - Health Communication Methods
This course meets the Core Curriculum for the Health Science major. HLTH 410 actively involves the student in what the Health Educator needs to know and be able to do in health communications. The student will develop and select materials, methods, and techniques for communicating and advocating for health and health education in response to public input. Students will select an agency and a health topic/issue to communicate a persuasive health communication message in a culturally appropriate manner to a targeted population in the community. The student will demonstrate proficiency in communicating and advocating for health and health education using health information/targeted messages via multiple media methods. This course will include an Integrated Service Learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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HLTH 440 - Program Implementation and Evaluation
This course is designed to develop a more complete understanding of the skills and abilities needed by future health educators for program implementation and evaluation. A wide variety of learning activities and discussions focusing on the core competencies for entry-level health educators will be employed in this health science capstone course. Topics presented will emphasize a theoretical basis for planning, implementation, evaluation, and re-planning as an ongoing process. This course includes an integrated service learning component, and a review of Certified Health Education Specialist responsibilities. Students will complete their Liberal Arts and Sciences Portfolio in this course.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
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HLTH 455 - School Health Programs
This course meets a Community/Public/Worksite Health Pattern Requirement for the Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science. This course allows students to experience what the community health educator needs to know and be able to do in the school health setting: advocate for Coordinated School Health Programs/Coordinated School Health Education; design, implement, and evaluate a coordinated school health program, examine the Missouri Assessment Program/Missouri School Improvement Program and where Coordinated School Health Programs fit, evaluate health education curricula and materials, discuss how Health and Physical Education relates to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Healthy/Active Living Framework, the Missouri Assessment Program, the Missouri School Improvement Program, the Show-Me Standards, the National Health Education Standards, and the new Grade Level Expectations (GLEs); School Health Initiative/Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool/Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool, and Wellness Policy, and design a health lesson project. This course will include an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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HLTH 460 - Field Experience in Health Education
This course is designed for Health Science majors to apply the responsibilities and competencies of the entry-level health educator in an off-campus internship setting for a minimum of 320 hours. Using academic advisor guidance, the student should secure an appropriate placement in a community/public health or health administration setting during the semester prior to this course. During the field experience, students must submit artifacts to verify practical experience(s) in each of the seven CHES areas of responsibilities. Students will write a minimum of a one-page explanation/reflection for each of their submitted artifacts describing how the artifacts helped them to meet the minimum criteria for these responsibilities. The student may not be enrolled in more than three additional credit hours during the field experience. Prior to enrolling in the field experience, the student must have declared an HS pattern, as well as complete and submit the Field Experience Checklist.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366, 60 credit hours, mandatory attendance at one informational session, junior or senior status, consent of his/her academic advisor and HES Department Chair, minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA, and minimum 2.5 major GPA.
Credits: 6 hours
When Offered: (summer only)
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HLTH 467 - Introduction to Epidemiology
Increasing an understanding of epidemiological concepts, practices, and methods is a primary focus. Topics covered during the course are history of epidemiology, disease etiology, measures of morbidity and mortality, descriptive means of epidemiology, data uses in the field, study designs, measures of effect, data interpretation issues, screening guidelines, and epidemiological aspects of infectious diseases, work and the environment. A separate focus will be placed on the ethics of research and the practice of analyzing data in epidemiological investigations.
Prerequisites: STAT 190 Basic Statistics or STAT 290 Statistics and HLTH 366 or Statistical Methods minor
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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HLTH 470 - Research in Health Science
Directed student research in Health Science. Consent of academic advisor, research mentor, and Department Chair is required.
Prerequisites: HLTH 349
Credits: 1-4 hours
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HLTH 480 - Worksite Health
This course meets the Community Health/Public Health/Worksite Health Pattern requirements for the Health Science Major. The course will examine worksite health promotion and health protection on the educational, organizational, and environmental levels. What the health educator needs to know and be able to do in the worksite health setting will be covered and assessed. Students will assess workplace needs for health promotion and occupational health programming; plan, implement, and evaluate intervention programming; administer safety and health programs; and serve as a workplace safety and health promotion advocate and resource person using the specific skill sets of the worksite health educator. This course will include an integrated service learning component.
Prerequisites: HLTH 366 and Health Science major.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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IDSM 130 - Integrative Inquiry Seminar
The Inquiry Seminar will present science as a way of knowing and will serve as an early introduction to the scientific literature and professional development skills. Students who take this seminar will be prepared with the skills to engage in an independent research experience with faculty. Topics will include ethics and scientific misconduct, the importance of writing papers and grant proposals, searching the primary literature, interpreting data, writing a survey of literature, preparing scientific posters, and giving scientific presentations.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: (spring and summer only)
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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IDSM 131 - Integrative Inquiry Seminar
The Inquiry Seminar will present science as a way of knowing and will serve as an early introduction to the scientific literature and professional development skills. Students who take this seminar will be prepared with the skills to engage in an independent research experience with faculty. Topics will include ethics and scientific misconduct, the importance of writing papers and grant proposals, searching the primary literature, interpreting data, writing a survey of literature, preparing scientific posters, and giving scientific presentations.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: (spring and summer only)
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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IDSM 140 - Integrative Freshman Seminar: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
This seminar will introduce students to the ways of knowing that are employed in the sciences and mathematics. It will include discussion of current roles of science and mathematics in the modern world and help students appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of the study of science and mathematics. Students will be provided with an introduction to opportunities in science and mathematics at Truman and a chance to interact with faculty and students who are working at the intersections of the sciences and mathematics. This course is open to students of all majors.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: (fall only)
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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IDSM 175 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
In IDSM 175, students will explore the theoretical and practical meanings of disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity through readings, discussions, and an individual project focused on the student’s own planned course of study.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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IDSM 240 - Kurt Vonnegut and Contemporary Apocalyptic Thought
The novels Player Piano, Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Timequake will be the lenses into Kurt Vonnegut’s commentary on the period from World War II to his death in 2007, and on into the present day. The course will explore the great ideas Vonnegut tinkers with, opening a dialogue with students concerning how Vonnegut’s satiric absurdism is actually a brilliant vehicle to dissect our social imaginations. The ultimate goal of the course will be to view apocalyptic thought through Vonnegut’s writings, from diverging angles and interconnecting perspectives, and between decades and disciplines. Course is graded pass/fail.
Credits: 3 hours
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IDSM 250 - Italian American Experience in Film
This is a film course that addresses various aspects of Italian American immigration, culture, and assimiliation as expressed through film and supported by texts. This course will explore the historical context of the big Italian immigrations to the United States; various aspects of Italian culture that helped and/or hindered the survival of the newcomers; and the progression of Italian Americans from a subaltern minority, victimized by racism, to an assimiliated group whose culture and contributions are an important part of the American cultural tapestry. It will also analyze the image of Italians and Italian americans in popular culture, focusing on film.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Fine Arts Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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IDSM 300 - Folklore Colloquium
Folklore Colloquium is a half-credit course in which faculty and students come together to discuss issues and strategies essential to the collection and/or interpretation of folklore. The course meets once a month for two hours. Each meeting will involve a reading, listening, viewing, writing or collecting assignment, and each will be led by a selected faculty member. Grades will be Pass/Fail. Folklore minors must take the course twice, for a total of one credit.
Prerequisite: sophomore status or above.
Credits: 0.5 hours
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IDSM 320 - Ethics of Food
A discussion-based course that surveys the rich and diverse viewpoints surrounding moral principles in relation to food. Subjects discussed include ecology, economics, agriculture/food technology, theology, and philosophy. Subjects will be explored starting from the question of “How ought we act?”
Credits: 3 hours
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IDSM 351 - Interdisciplinary Global Health Seminar
This seminar course integrates aspects of global health through an exploration of biomedical and sociohistorical perspectives that influence health disparities; specific themes will vary with each iteration. Emphasis will be placed on reviewing and integrating information from current scholarly, peer-reviewed literature sources into students’ semester-long service-learning projects. Each directed project will take action in resolving a global health issue that incorporates ideas presented in the course. The course may be repeated, as long as there is minimal or no duplication of topics covered by any previously attended iteration, as judged by the instructor(s) of record. An interest or background in global health issues is desirable.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
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IDSM 352 - Practice and Meaning of Tattoos
This course examines the practice of tattooing through an interdisciplinary lens. While primarily seminar-based, the course may also incorporate the approaches and methodologies of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and semiotic analysis in course work outside the classroom. The course content will include an exploration of the historical development of the uses of tattooing,especially uses emerging from personal, social, and institutional contexts.
Credits: 3
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IDSM 400 - Readings in Interdisciplinary Studies
An opportunity for the student to earn credit toward the Interdisciplinary Major by readings or other work on topics not covered in available course offerings; directed and evaluated by appropriate faculty.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, and a written learning agreement signed by student, instructor, and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Credits: 1-3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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IDSM 475 - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone
This course brings together students pursuing a wide range of self-designed majors. Students will review their experiences in terms of their initial stated expectations, and will pursue individual capstone projects in cross-disciplinary, critical collaboration with other students and the instructor of record, with input where appropriate from the student’s program mentor.
Prerequisites: IDSM 175 and interdisciplinary studies major.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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IDSM 620G - Introduction to Sustainability: From Science to Society
This course begins by investigating the scientific knowledge informing our sense of ecological challenges to sustainability, including climate change, loss of biological diversity and ecosystem services, and invasive species. Primary literature will provide most of the resources for this portion of the course. The course then proceeds to address responses to these challenges, from local grassroots efforts to international treaties. Here, various sources are relevant, addressing diverse endeavors ranging from the building of a seed savers network; to considering regional and national carbon trading schemes (and legislation/regulation); to international efforts to minimize species introductions, ozone-depleting atmospheric pollutants, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Credits: 3 hours
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IDSM 621G - Applied Sustainability: Optimizing Value from Concept to the Boardroom to the Bottom Line
This course will examine the practical application of implementing sustainability in business, land use, products and daily life. We will study best practices, lessons learned, barriers, opportunities risks management and rewards of implementing sustainability in this increasingly complex field and dynamic and changing legal and regulatory environment. Included will be the exploration of topics such as socially responsible investing (SRI), environmental and social governance (ESG), the triple bottom-line, cradle to cradle, sustainable real estate development and sustainable community development, and sustainable facilities management. Examples of innovative business models and sustainable enterprise software tools will be touched upon as ways to enhance longer-term value, capitalize on opportunities, manage risks, and bridge the split incentive dilemma that sustainability often times presents in the short-term.
Credits: 3 hours
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INDV 110 - Skills for Academic Success
Taught by academic advisors in a discussion-oriented atmosphere, the course assists students in developing skills for academic success. The course covers reading and understanding textbooks; listening, concentration, and note-taking strategies; understanding arguments and critical thinking; effectively managing time and avoiding procrastination; preparing for and taking tests; and understanding and confronting obstacles to learning.
Credits: 2 hours
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INDV 115 - Strategies for Success
Through a series of workshops, Strategies for Success introduces students to strategies, tools and skills they can use to be more successful students. Among other topics, workshops cover time management; reading and listening for the main idea; note taking strategies; test taking and anxiety; preparing study guides; and tips for active class participation. Students who have previously earned credit for INDV 110 may not earn credit for INDV 115.
Credits: 1 hour
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INDV 140 - Truman Seminar in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
“Truman State University is the premier public liberal arts and sciences university of Missouri!” You have heard this before, but what does that mean? To begin your career at Truman, this class sets out to explore and explain how the liberal arts and sciences have historically been defined, what their purposes have been, and how they have applied in a university setting. Throughout the semester, this discussion-based course aims to help you to answer the following questions: “What in the world are the liberal arts and sciences?’ “What do the liberal arts and sciences have to do with me?” I’ll never use this again, why do I have to take this course?” and “I want to be a(n) _______when I grow up, why can’t I just take more courses in my major?” The class is graded pass/fail.
Credits: 1 hour
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation requirement.
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INDV 150 - Dinner and a Book or Book and Discussion
In this course, students and faculty come together to discuss a book. The book varies from section to section. The book selected for each section is indicated in the schedule of classes. When offered with a meal, the course is titled Dinner and a Book. When offered without food, the course is titled Book and Discussion. The course is pass/fail and may be repeated for up to four credit hours.
Credits: 1 hour
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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INDV 151 - Film, Food, and Discussion
In this seminar, students and faculty come together over a meal to discuss the relationships and connections among 8 films. The films vary from section to section. The films for each section are indicated on the course announcement. This course is pass/fail and may be repeated for up to four credit hours.
Credits: 1 hour
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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INDV 320 - Professional Development Seminar
This two-credit hour upper level course will address issues of professional development for students interested in graduate studies. Structured as a series of seminars, the course will help students develop a comprehensive understanding of professional issues.
Credits: 2 hous
When Offered: Spring
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INDV 350 - Dinner and a Book: Co-Leader
Selected upper class students may participate in INDV 150 Dinner and a Book at an advanced level. Students chosen will assist a faculty member who is teaching a section of Dinner and a Book. Students help faculty in choosing appropriate books, preparing class materials, and facilitating discussion. The course is pass/fail.
Prerequisites: INDV 150 and consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 hour
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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INDV 351 - Film, Food, and Discussion: Co-Leader
Selected upper class students may participate in INDV 151 Film, Food, and Discussion at an advanced level. Students chosen assist a faculty member who is teaching a section of Film, Food, and Discussion. Students help faculty in selecting films, preparing class materials, and facilitating discussion. The course is pass/fail.
Prerequisites: INDV 151 and consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 hour
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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INDV 400 - Graduate School Preparation
This course touches on virtually every aspect of graduate level research. The course deals with professional ethics, various methods of scholarly investigation, and presentation techniques. It also covers, in detail, the basic components of a research proposal including (but not limited to) statement of research question, review of the literature, research methodology, significance or implications of research, bibliography. In addition, the course explores the components of a successful application to graduate school. Students create a personal statement and curriculum vitae for application to graduate schools. The following topics are addressed: factors to consider when selecting prospective institutions, how to get letters of recommendation, applying for fellowships and assistantships, and linking up with graduate school faculty.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (offered spring only)
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ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian I
Basic grammatical structures, vocabulary, idioms, and accurate pronunciation are presented and practiced in communicative contexts. Emphasis on speaking, aural comprehension, and writing. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Successful completion of ITAL 101 and the continuing course ITAL 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II
Continuation of Italian 101. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required.
Prerequisite: ITAL 101.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Successful completion of ITAL 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I
A review and further study of Italian grammar, along with readings based on cultural topics which include: geography, history of the language, wine and cuisine, the Commedea dell’Arte, Italian culture in the U.S. and Italian film. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required.
Prerequisite: ITAL 102.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II
Reading, composition, and conversation at an advanced-intermediate level. Students will use their skills and knowledge of the language to analyze and discuss newspaper and magazine articles, short stories, excerpts from novels, and an Italian film. Three classroom hours per week are required.
Prerequisite: ITAL 201.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 225 - Italian Film
A broad overview of Italian cinema. Focus on the neorealist movement and its enormous influence, with investigation and discussion of some of Italy’s acclaimed and influential directors. Taught in English.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Fine Arts Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 324 - Italian Civilization I
A survey course designed to bring students to a better understanding of Italy and Italian culture and civilization. The approach will be to view each topic in its cultural and historical context, moving chronologically from ancient times and finishing with the Renaissance. Topics such as: Pre-Roman civilization; cooking traditions and wine; Dante and the Middle Ages; Renaissance Humanism in art and philosophy; Machiavelli; and theater will be studied. Taught in English.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ITAL 325 - Italian Civilization II
Survey course of Italian culture and civilization from 19th - 21st Centuries, with emphasis on historic and geographic factors that contributed to diversity of Italian culture and importance/continued influence of Italian civilization. Taught in English.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I
Emphasis is placed on the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Japanese behavioral culture, along with the four basic language skills, will be developed in order to use the language properly. Four classroom hours per week and extended tape work are required.
Credits: 4 hours
NOTE: Successful completion of JAPN 101 and the continuing course JAPN 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II
Emphasis is placed further on the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Japanese behavioral culture along with the four basic language skills will be developed in order to use the language properly as in Elementary Japanese I. Four classroom hours per week and extended tape work are required.
Prerequisite: JAPN 101.
Credits: 4 hours
NOTE: Successful completion of JAPN 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I
Instruction in intermediate-level spoken Japanese and training in Japanese written forms. Introduction to translation of Japanese modern texts.
Prerequisite: JAPN 102.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II
Instruction in intermediate-level spoken Japanese and training in Japanese written forms. Translation of Japanese modern texts.
Prerequisite: JAPN 201.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese I
Instruction in advanced-level spoken Japanese and continued training in reading and writing Japanese.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II
Continuation of instruction in advanced-level spoken Japanese and continued training in reading and writing Japanese.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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