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C OLLEGE OF A RTS AND S CIENCES
ideas, values, institutions, events
and personalities that have helped
to shape the contemporary United
States is emphasized. Seeks to
foster an attitude of critical
engagement and to develop students’
writing and oral skills
through papers and class participation.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC2423 DEVELOPMENT
OF THE AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE
Prerequisite: SSC2413. A continuation
of the study of philosophy,
political theory, science, art and
religion begun in Foundations of
the American Experience.
Discusses the framing of the
United States Constitution in the
late 18th century, and examines
the works of important American
thinkers and the important social
documents of the 19th and 20th
centuries. Both primary texts and
selected readings in issues of contemporary
importance are read.
Develops students’ writing and
verbal skills through written
assignments and class presentations.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3133 HISTORY OF
EUROPE TO 1500
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The development of
European civilization from the
Greeks to the Renaissance; analysis
of the principal forces of
change at work during this period.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3143 HISTORY OF
EUROPE SINCE 1500
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The emergence of modern
Europe in its principal political,
economic, social, cultural and
intellectual aspects. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3153 AMERICAN
HISTORY TO 1877
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The principal political,
economic, social, and cultural factors
which shaped colonial
America and led to the American
Revolution; the Constitution,
westward expansion, the Civil
War, and Reconstruction.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3163 AMERICAN
HISTORY SINCE 1877
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The United States since
the end of Reconstruction. The
Progressive Era, World War I, the
Great Depression, Word War II,
the civil rights movement, the
women’s movement, the Cold
War and Viet Nam, and the
information age. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3173 AMERICAN
POLITICAL TRADITION
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The American political
tradition and the men and women
who made it. Readings on selected
issues in American political
history. Among topics included
are: 18th-century republicanism,
the origins of the Republican and
Democratic parties, the history of
political party systems, and the
rise of the social welfare state in
the 20th century. Selected issues
in international relations, civil
rights, and women’s contributions
to the polity. Written assignments
and classroom presentations
required. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3183 AMERICAN
INTELLECTUAL TRADITION
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. Major currents in
American intellectual history.
Selections from Ralph Waldo
Emerson, William James, John
Dewey and other thinkers in
exploration of major paradigms in
American intellectual history from
the 17th to the 20th centuries.
Among philosophical issues
examined are the Enlightenment
and its critics, American transcendentalism,
and American pragmatism.
Written assignments and
classroom presentations.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3253 GOLDEN AGE
OF GREECE
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The Greek Golden Age
of the 5th century, B.C., emphasizing
the philosophy, drama,
architecture and sculpture, and
daily life of Athens, viewed with
the general historical and social
conditions of the period.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3273 CONCEPTS OF
HUMAN NATURE
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The way in which man
or human nature has been defined
through the ages from the early
Greek philosophers to modern
interpretations. Special emphasis
on modern psychological, philosophical,
and religious theory.
Implications of such concepts for
contemporary life. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3283 HISTORY
OF MICHIGAN
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. A survey from prehistoric
time to the present, with
emphasis on Michigan in national
and international contexts.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3313 HISTORY AND
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. The history and development
of scientific thought with
special emphasis on the rational
and irrational bases of the scientific
endeavor. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3343 INTERMEDIATE
MICROECONOMICS
Prerequisites: MCS1224 and
either SSC2303 or SSC2323.
Analysis of price and output
determination, demand and cost
theory, intertemporal decisionmaking,
welfare economics, market
structure and antitrust policy.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3353 ANTHROPOLOGY
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Introduction to theory and
methodology in social science and
the role of culture in shaping
human society; examination of
cross-cultural diversity in belief
systems, traditions, and material
culture; and consideration of ethical
problems in applied anthropology.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
SSC3383 INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMICS
Prerequisite: SSC2303 or
SSC2313. International trade and
finance. Gains from trade, barriers
to trade, customs unions, technology
transfer; currency exchange
rates, international capital flows;
balance of trade and balance of
payments. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
SSC3413 INTRODUCTION
TO AFRICAN AMERICAN
STUDIES
Prerequisites: SSC2413 and
SSC2423. Introduces key aspects
of the African-American experience
in the United States, including:
an historical survey of major
trends, issues, and forces, a study
of the contemporary status of
African-Americans; and a view of
how they order their lives and
define their futures through cultural,
social, and political institutions
and expressions. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
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