Course Descriptions - Northern Kentucky University (2024)

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Course Description Notes HIS 339 China: Prosperity, Poverty & Socialism (3 credits) HIS 353 British History to 1485 (3 credits) HIS 354 British History from 1485 to 1763 (3 credits) HIS 355 British History 1760 - Present (3 credits) HIS 360 Europe: From Poverty to Prosperity (3 credits) HIS 361 History of Germany (3 credits) HIS 362 Women and Christianity (3 credits) HIS 365 Ancient European Military History (3 credits) HIS 379 History and Literature (3 credits) HIS 380 History and Film (3 credits) HIS 381 History and the Arts (3 credits) HIS 382 History of Kentucky (3 credits) HIS 383 American Immigration History (3 credits) HIS 384 History of American Religion (3 credits) HIS 385 Historical Research (3 Credits) HIS 387 Modern American History, 1945-1975 (3 credits) HIS 388 Recent US History, 1975- Present (3 credits) HIS 394 Special Topics in History (3 credits) HIS 395 Study Abroad in History (1-15 credits) HIS 400 American Military History to 1865 (3 credits) HIS 401 American Military History 1865-Present (3 credits) HIS 414 The Holocaust (3 credits) HIS 417 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 (3 credits) HIS 418 Researching Underground Railroad History (3 Credits) HIS 428 History of American Popular Culture (3 credits) HIS 429 History of Baseball (3 Credits) HIS 431 Historical Themes in African-American History (3 credits) HIS 435 History of Race Relations in the Americas, 1492-1800 (3 credits) HIS 436 History of Race Relations in the Americas, 1800-Present (3 credits) HIS 438 African-American Women’s History and Culture (3 credits) HIS 442 History through Biography (3 credits) HIS 444 History of Women in the U.S. to 1900 (3 credits) HIS 445 History of Women in the U.S. since 1900 (3 credits) HIS 451 History of the New South (3 Credits) HIS 453 American Frontier (3 Credits) HIS 470 Europe in the Ancient World (3 Credits) HIS 471 Medieval and Early Modern Europe (3 Credits) HIS 472 Modern and Contemporary Europe (3 Credits) HIS 485 History of Terrorism (3 credits) HIS 489 Senior Capstone (3 credits) HIS 492 Directed Research: History (3 Credits) HIS 494 Topics: History (3 credits) HIS 496 Practicum: History (3 credits) HIS 499 Independent Study: History (1-3 credits) HIS 501 Introduction to Public History (3 credits) HIS 522 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3 credits) HIS 592 Directed Research in History (1-6 credits) HIS 594 Special Topics in History (1-3 credits) HIS 595 Study Abroad in History (1-15 credits) HIS 596 Internship: History (0-6 credits) HIS 599 Independent Study: History (0-6 credits) HNR 100 Curiosity and Conversation in Honors (1 credit) HNR 101 Introduction to Honors Learning - WC/OC (3 credits) HNR 102 Interdisciplinary Research Process - WC/OC (3 credits) HNR 200 Project-Based Learning in Honors (1 credit) HNR 210 Scholarly Approaches to the Nat. World - NS/QR (4 credits) HNR 220 Scholarly Approaches to Society - SB (3 credits) HNR 230 Scholarly Approaches to Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits) HNR 240 Sophom*ore Honors Enhancement (0-1 credits) HNR 301 Humanity and Nature (3 credits) HNR 302 Humanity and Society (3 credits) HNR 303 Humanity and the Imagination (3 credits) HNR 304 Humanity and Technology (3 credits) HNR 306 Studies in Diversity (3 credits) HNR 307 Studies in Film and Media (3 credits) HNR 308 The World in Transition (3 credits) HNR 309 World Cities/World Cultures (3 credits) HNR 310 Community & the Natural World - NS/QR (3 credits) HNR 311 Global Citizen in the Natural World - NS/QR (3 credits) HNR 320 Community and Society - SB (3 credits) HNR 321 Global Citizen in Society - SB (3 credits) HNR 330 Community and Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits) HNR 331 Global Citizen and Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits) HNR 340 Honors Enhancement-Community (0-1 credits) HNR 341 Honors Enhancement-Global Citizen (0-1 Credits) HNR 342 Honors Enhancement-Scholarly Approaches (0-1 Credits) HNR 381 Capstone Concept (0 Credits) HNR 392 Directed Research: Honors (1-3 credits) HNR 394 Honors Special Topics (1-3 credits) HNR 395 Honors Study Abroad (3 credits) HNR 396 Honors Internship (1-3 credits) HNR 440 Senior Honors Enhancement (0-1 credits) HNR 481 Capstone Development (0 Credits) HNR 482 Honors Capstone I (Mentored) (1-3 Credits) HNR 483 Honors Capstone I (Guided) (1-3 Credits) HNR 490 Honors Capstone Completion (0 credits) HNR 491 Capstone Completion (0 credits) HNR 492 Honors Capstone II (1-3 credits) HNR 496 Capstone Completion (Clinical) (0-12 Credits) HNR 497 Honors Capstone/Thesis II (1-3 credits) HRM 300 Introduction to Labor-Management Relations (3 credits) HRM 301 Training and Employee Development (3 credits) HRM 302 Recruiting and Selecting Human Resources (3 credits) HRM 303 Employment Law (3 credits) HRM 304 Compensation and Benefits (3 credits) HRM 392 Research Experience in Human Resources (0-3 credits) HRM 394 Topics: Human Resource Management (3 credits) HRM 396 Human Resource Management Internship (1-3 credits) HRM 480 Strategic Human Resources (3 credits) HHS 100 Orientation to College of Health & Human Services 1 credit hours

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Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.

History

  • HIS 339 China: Prosperity, Poverty & Socialism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    A survey of the historical, geographical, political, cultural, and economic factors influencing the development of China from earliest times to the present, with special focus on how China evolved from being one of the world’s most prosperous civilizations to one of it poorest to one of its economic marvels.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 353 British History to 1485 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    From the Roman invasion to the end of the Middle Ages.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 354 British History from 1485 to 1763 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    From the founding of the Tudor dynasty to the accession of George III.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 355 British History 1760 - Present (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    From the accession of George III to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 360 Europe: From Poverty to Prosperity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    A social, political, and economic overview of Europe from medieval times to the present, focusing on why Europe went from being one of the world’s poorest civilizations to one of the most prosperous.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 361 History of Germany (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    A survey of the historical, geographical, political, cultural, and economic factors influencing the development of Germany from earliest times to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 362 Women and Christianity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    A thematic introduction to major issues in the history of women and Christianity.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 365 Ancient European Military History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    Interaction between warfare and European society from the ancient world to the Renaissance.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 379 History and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of selected literature and its interrelationship with history. Topics vary by instructor; may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 380 History and Film (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Film as a reflection and a shaper of history. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    Available High Impact Practices: service learning

  • HIS 381 History and the Arts (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of a selected art form and its interrelationship with an historical era. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 382 History of Kentucky (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    History of Kentucky from 1750 to the present; political, economic, and social issues; how developments in the Commonwealth related to trends in U.S. history.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 383 American Immigration History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    A thematic introduction to the major issues in the history of American immigration.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning
  • HIS 384 History of American Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    A thematic introduction to the major issues in the history of American religion.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 385 Historical Research (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): sophom*ore standing
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Equips students with the essential skills, methodologies, and insights required to unearth, analyze, and interpret historical events, societies, and individuals.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 387 Modern American History, 1945-1975 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Social and political developments in the U.S., 1945-1975.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning
  • HIS 388 Recent US History, 1975- Present (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    Social and political developments in the U.S. since 1975.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 394 Special Topics in History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Class in topic not included in regular history curriculum. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 395 Study Abroad in History (1-15 credits)

    Hours: 1-15 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more officially-sponsored and/or departmentally-approved History courses abroad, ranging from one week to an entire semester. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 400 American Military History to 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    American military experience and its relationship to other historical developments from the colonial era to the end of the Civil War.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 401 American Military History 1865-Present (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    The American military experience and its relationship to other historical developments from the end of the Civil War to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 414 The Holocaust (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A study of genocidal European Holocaust during World War II, the role of the history of antisemitism, the influence of racist ideologies on Nazi Germany, and its lessons for today.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 417 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Causes of the Civil War; the war in the field and on the home front; slavery, emancipation, and the economic, political, and social consequences of reconstruction.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 418 Researching Underground Railroad History (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines the origin, development, and impact of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley, the first multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-class, and human rights movement, from a local historical perspective.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 428 History of American Popular Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    Historical analysis of the creation of popular entertainment for and by working class Americans between the mid-1800s to the present day.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning
  • HIS 429 History of Baseball (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Examines the development of the game of baseball, assesses its impact on society, and explores how the playing of the game in a specific time period reflected that era in American history. Also important is an analysis of how the game was influenced by various “outside” historical forces.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 431 Historical Themes in African-American History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Experiences undergone by Africans in the diaspora from Africa and subsequent scattering throughout the U.S.; struggles over race and gender within the context of dominant political, economic, social, and cultural institutions; attempts by Blacks to build an enduring community.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 435 History of Race Relations in the Americas, 1492-1800 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major influences in the formation of race relations in the Americas (U.S. and Latin America) from the European explorations to the revolutions for independence; role of race in the development of European colonies in the Americas.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 436 History of Race Relations in the Americas, 1800-Present (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major influences in the development of race relations in the Americas (U.S. and Latin America) from the revolutions for independence to the present; role of race in the development of modern nation states in the U.S. and Latin America.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 438 African-American Women’s History and Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This discussion-oriented course is a history of African-American women that begins by examining African women and their cultures prior to European contact and ends with a look at women in the Civil Rights Movement.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 442 History through Biography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examination of various historical eras through study of lives of influential and outstanding individuals from diverse areas. Topics vary. May be repeated once for credit.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HIS 444 History of Women in the U.S. to 1900 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Women’s role in U.S. economic, social, political, and cultural development until 1900; participation of women in historical eras from earliest societies through industrialization as experienced in diverse ways depending on racial, ethnic, class, and regional differences.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 445 History of Women in the U.S. since 1900 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Women’s role in U. S. economic, social, political, and cultural development since 1900; participation of women in recent history as experienced in diverse ways depending on racial, ethnic, class, and regional differences.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 451 History of the New South (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    A detailed analysis of the southern region of the United States after the Civil War with al focus on the major cultural, political, economic, gender, and racial trends that developed in this area from 1865 to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 453 American Frontier (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    Examines westward movement and its effects on national character to 1890. Topics include economics, transportation, wars, government land policy, Native Americans, frontier life and cultural impact.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 470 Europe in the Ancient World (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Examines the cultural interactions that shaped the Greco-Roman world by paying special attention to the ever-changing notion of “the barbarian.” This analysis will illustrate that the exchanges between so called “barbarian” and “civilized” peoples shaped Ancient Europe in ways that historians have only recently come to understand.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 471 Medieval and Early Modern Europe (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    Examines the cultures, societies and structures of Medieval and Early Modern Europe paying particular attention to continuities and contrasts with Europe’s common heritage from the classical world.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 472 Modern and Contemporary Europe (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines European and Western history more broadly, from a cultural perspective, paying special attention to the lasting ramifications of the Reformation and the French Revolution on the development of contemporary European mentalities.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 485 History of Terrorism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    A global examination of the historical evolution and significance of terrorism.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 489 Senior Capstone (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HIS 291Wor the equivalent
    Taught: Spring only
    A capstone course for history majors involving the study of historiography, methodology, career options and the preparation of an extended research project.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 492 Directed Research: History (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    Individual research in an area of history under supervision of faculty member. May be repeated once for credit if topic varies.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 494 Topics: History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Class in topic not included in regular history curriculum. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    Available High Impact Practices: service learning

  • HIS 496 Practicum: History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Participation in planning, implementation, and administration of civic engagement, public history, or other departmental projects under supervision of faculty.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12 credit hours

  • HIS 499 Independent Study: History (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of faculty member. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 501 Introduction to Public History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophom*ore Standing
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    Exploration of different non-academic career fields open to history and humanities majors; coursework includes reading current scholarship by different public history practitioners and active, experiential, service, and problem based learning projects.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 522 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    An examination of the growing field of historic preservation including such topics as philosophy, recognition and assessments, survey techniques, preservation planning, conservation, advocacy, federal compliance, and protection of significant resources.
    Repeatable: No
  • HIS 592 Directed Research in History (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 1-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual research in an area of history under supervision of faculty member.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    Available High Impact Practices: service learning

  • HIS 594 Special Topics in History (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Lecture class in topic not included in regular history curriculum. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 595 Study Abroad in History (1-15 credits)

    Hours: 1-15 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Departmental permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more officially- sponsored and/or departmentally-approved History courses abroad, ranging from one week to an entire semester. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

  • HIS 596 Internship: History (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophmore standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised work experience in a community history agency or institution or experiential learning in an aspect of public history under the direction of a faculty member.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HIS 599 Independent Study: History (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of faculty member. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

Honors

  • HNR 100 Curiosity and Conversation in Honors (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 102; or ENG 104; or ENG 101and CMST 101; or permission of program director
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Allows students entering the Honors College with prior written and oral communication credit to practice interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving, inquiry based learning, collaboration, and critical thinking with other students new to honors, enabling a successful transition to honors learning.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 101 Introduction to Honors Learning - WC/OC (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HonorsAdmit status.
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving, this course emphasizes critical thinking and communication skills based in an appreciation of the rhetorical situation. This course enables a successful transition to college and honors learning.

    Note: this course counts towards both WC and OC general education categories.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning

  • HNR 102 Interdisciplinary Research Process - WC/OC (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 101or ENG 101/ENG 104.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will design an interdisciplinary project to answer a research question. Written and oral communication about the project throughout the semester will enrich the steps of the process.

    Note: this course counts toward both WC and OC general education categories.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning

  • HNR 200 Project-Based Learning in Honors (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 100; or ENG 101, ENG 102, and CMST 101; or ENG 104 and CMST 101; or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduces transfer or continuing students who have completed university written and oral communication requirements to frameworks for honors education including: interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving; scholarly, creative, and applied inquiry; project-based learning; collaboration;critical thinking;and independent project design. Does not fulfill Foundation of Knowledge General Education requirements.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 210 Scholarly Approaches to the Nat. World - NS/QR (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Research, analysis, critical thinking, and deliberative process that leads to creative practice, scholarly interpretation, or problem solving. Acquiring skills to collect, organize, and analyze data with a lab component. Focus on effective communication to various audiences.

    Note: this course counts toward both NS and QR general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 220 Scholarly Approaches to Society - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Exploring human society through research, analysis, critical thinking, and deliberate processes that lead to creative practice, scholarly interpretation, and problem solving.Focusing on effective communication to various audiences.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning
  • HNR 230 Scholarly Approaches to Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduces the standards and processes of scholarly inquiry and communication about knowledge, culture, and the arts from an interdisciplinary, humanities- and arts-based perspective. The course emphasizes research, analysis, critical thinking, and deliberative process as essential to creative practice, critical interpretation, or innovative problem-solving.

    Note: this course counts toward both AH and SB general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 240 Sophom*ore Honors Enhancement (0-1 credits)

    Hours: (0-1 classroom + 0 lab/studio)
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: HNR 102or HNR 200; Permission of instructor and program director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes measurably broader, deeper, or more complex learning that enhances a non-honors course or co-curricular activity in the current semester or extends work from a prior semester. Students and supervising instructor must sign a contract to be approved by the Honors College for permission to enroll.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3

  • HNR 301 Humanity and Nature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Readings and discussion on significant issues and ideas in the interaction of humanity and nature.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 302 Humanity and Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Readings and discussion on significant issues and ideas in the interaction of humanity and society.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 303 Humanity and the Imagination (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Readings and discussion on significant issues and ideas in the interaction of humanity and the imagination.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 304 Humanity and Technology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Readings and discussion on significant issues and ideas in the interaction of humanity, perceptions of physical reality, and scientific advances.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 306 Studies in Diversity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Analysis of society and its multicultural representations in selected areas of study.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 307 Studies in Film and Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Studies in selected topics in film and media and its relationship to social issues and other arts.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 308 The World in Transition (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Analysis of contemporary trends in cyberspace, business and other social arenas.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 309 World Cities/World Cultures (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Exploration and appreciation of selected world-class cities and a variety of cultures; cities and cultures vary from semester to semester; taught in English; may be cross-listed with a foreign-language course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 310 Community & the Natural World - NS/QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 210.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will work in teams to apply their scientific, technological and mathematical knowledge to an experiential learning project. Written or oral communication incorporated throughout the semester.

    Note: this course counts toward both NS and QR general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 311 Global Citizen in the Natural World - NS/QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102 or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will learn about the privileges and responsibilities individuals have as contributing members of a global community. These include understanding one’s role as an ethical scientist, cultivating empathy for those who differ from our own, and foster awareness of one’s broader impact on other people and the environment.

    Note: this course counts toward both NS and QR general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 320 Community and Society - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102 or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students explore the ways in which course content can come to life through local community engagement. Students will deepen their understanding of an existing societal problem and engage in experiential learning in local, regional, or national community contexts to generate and articulate a solution.
    Repeatable: No
    Available High Impact Practices: service learning
  • HNR 321 Global Citizen in Society - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102 or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will learn responsibilities as contributing members of a global community including understanding the contexts surrounding societal issue, one’s role as an ethical actor, cultivating empathy for those whose backgrounds or ideas differ from our own, and fostering critical awareness of one’s broader impact.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 330 Community and Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102 or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students learn the ways in which ideas that we explore in the classroom can come to life through community engagement. Explores ideas in the humanities and arts, and applies those ideas to experiential learning in local, regional and/or national communities.

    Note: this course counts toward both AH and SB general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 331 Global Citizen and Humanity - AH/SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102 or HNR 200
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students learn the privileges and responsibilities individuals have as contributing members of a global community. Exposes students to global viewpoints to foster critical awareness of one’s broader impact not only on other people but also on culture, society, and the environment.

    Note: this course counts toward both AH and SB general education categories.
    Repeatable: No

  • HNR 340 Honors Enhancement-Community (0-1 credits)

    Hours: (0-1 classroom + 0 lab/studio)
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 102or HNR 200; Permission of instructor and program director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes broader or deeper learning aligning with national collegiate honors standards that enhances a non-honors course in the current semester with a focus on skills and projects similar to other Community courses within the college. Students must sign a contract to be approved by the Honors College to enroll.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3

  • HNR 341 Honors Enhancement-Global Citizen (0-1 Credits)

    Hours: 0-1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s):

    HNR 102or HNR 200; Permission of program director.


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes broader or deeper learning aligning with national collegiate honors standards that enhances a non-honors course in the current semester with a focus on skills and projects similar to other Global Citizen courses within the college. Students must sign a contract to be approved by the Honors College to enroll.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 342 Honors Enhancement-Scholarly Approaches (0-1 Credits)

    Hours: 0-1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s):

    HNR 102or HNR 200; Permission of program director.


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes broader or deeper learning aligning with national collegiate honors standards that enhances a non-honors course in the current semester with a focus on skills and projects similar to other Scholarly Approaches courses within the college. Students must sign a contract to be approved by the Honors College to enroll.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 381 Capstone Concept (0 Credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This zero-credit course provides students with resources to develop a topic or question and identify a project mentor and identify appropriate capstone pathway in a semester before their first official capstone semester.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 392 Directed Research: Honors (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    Individually supervised interdisciplinary scholarly activity (research, service, or creativity) in an area of faculty expertise; readings, design, analyses, product creation, or presentation of findings. Specific activities assigned by instructor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  • HNR 394 Honors Special Topics (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Readings and discussion on significant issues not covered in other honors seminars.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 395 Honors Study Abroad (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Spring only
    This course will include a study abroad component. Classroom readings, discussions and other activities will prepare students to actively engage with the topics during the travel portion. Final projects will be due upon completion of the study abroad portion of the course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  • HNR 396 Honors Internship (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Honors Status or permission of program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Selected opportunities for students to serve as teaching assistants, research assistants or as assistants in designated business or community groups.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 440 Senior Honors Enhancement (0-1 credits)

    Hours: (0-1 classroom + 0 lab/studio)
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: HNR 102or HNR 200; Permission of instructor and program director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes measurably broader, deeper, or more complex learning that enhances a non-honors course or co-curricular activity in the current semester or extends work from a prior semester. Students and supervising instructor must sign a contract to be approved by the Honors College for permission to enroll.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3

  • HNR 481 Capstone Development (0 Credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 381
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This zero-credit course serves as the link between the Honors College and students during their independent work withcapstone mentors in other departments.Students use the course Canvas site to submit documents required to proceed to their final semester of capstone.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 482 Honors Capstone I (Mentored) (1-3 Credits)

    Hours: Variable
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 381
    Co-requisite(s): HNR 481
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This course serves as the credit-bearing scholarly work for the first semester of the Honors Capstonethat students complete while working one-on-one with their faculty mentor. The course can also operate as faculty-led research project wherein a faculty member develops a specific project that may include multiple honors students.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  • HNR 483 Honors Capstone I (Guided) (1-3 Credits)

    Hours: Variable
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 381
    Co-requisite(s): HNR 481
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This seminar course is intended for honors students who have not yet identified a faculty mentor to further develop their ideas into a proposal, bibliography, and methodology for faculty approval.
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 490 Honors Capstone Completion (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Records successful completion of capstone requirements including required training, paperwork, documentation, and public presentation. Emphasizes academic honesty, copyright law, Institutional Review Board requirements, and ethical and appropriate research methods. Required for honors students in their final thesis, capstone, or honors in major semester.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5

  • HNR 491 Capstone Completion (0 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 481
    Co-requisite(s): HNR 492or departmental equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This zero-credit course serves as the link between the Honors College and students during their second semester of independent work withcapstone mentors in other departments.Students use the course Canvas site to submit final documents required to complete thecapstone project.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 492 Honors Capstone II (1-3 credits)

    Hours: Variable
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 481
    Co-requisite(s): HNR 491
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This course serves as the credit-bearing scholarly work for the second semester of the Honors Capstonethat students complete while working one-on-one with their faculty mentor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HNR 496 Capstone Completion (Clinical) (0-12 Credits)

    Hours: Variable
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 381
    Co-requisite(s): Departmental clinical, field practicum, or intership of at least 6 credit hours in one semester.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This zero-credit (usually) course serves as the link between the Honors College and students during their intensive clinical experiences and is reserved for students using a clinical experience as their capstone project. (For example, the 12-hour clinical experience in teacher education, 6-12 hour accounting or political science internships, etc.)
    Repeatable: No
  • HNR 497 Honors Capstone/Thesis II (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): HNR 491
    Co-requisite(s): HNR 490
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    A continuation of the independent mentored scholarly activity begun in HNR 491 in fulfilment of the Honors Capstone/Thesis requirement. The second semester includes completing research and analysis, creating a final product, and providing a public presentation of the project.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

Human Resource Management

  • HRM 300 Introduction to Labor-Management Relations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Development, structure, and process of American labor relations; evolution and origins of labor unions, internal and external responses to their environment, major legislative and judicial decisions affecting labor management relations, and the collective bargaining process; current and anticipated developments.
    Repeatable: No
  • HRM 301 Training and Employee Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Spring only
    This course will provide students the opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills involved in the effective training and development of employees. This course will address the roles of organizational trainers and managers in employee training and development.
    Repeatable: No
  • HRM 302 Recruiting and Selecting Human Resources (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Spring only
    Provides students in-depth knowledge of the human resources planning, recruitment, and selection activities performed in organizations. Exposure to the variety of recruiting sources and hiring techniques managers use to staff the organization will be stressed. The focus will be on developing within the student the ability to design recruitment and selection programs that support the organization’s short-and long-term strategies.
    Repeatable: No
  • HRM 303 Employment Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Fall only
    Legal and administrative framework for labor management relations; role of the courts; the NLRB and other administrative agencies, decisions, and procedures.
    Repeatable: No
  • HRM 304 Compensation and Benefits (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Fall only
    Economic impact of wages and benefits on the labor management process; estimating the cost of the labor contract, benefits law, and effects of wages and benefits on the economy.
    Repeatable: No
  • HRM 392 Research Experience in Human Resources (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 0-3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to research in human resource management by participating in special project or original research directed by a member of the Human Resource Management faculty. Course intended for Human Resource Management majors. May not be used as a HRM elective.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HRM 394 Topics: Human Resource Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of student and business community interest. Topics for current offering listed in on-line Schedule of Classes. May be repeated once for elective credit when topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

  • HRM 396 Human Resource Management Internship (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of theoretical knowledge in solving business problems through consulting and counseling with business owners; group work in case analysis and problem solving.
    Repeatable: yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3

  • HRM 480 Strategic Human Resources (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MGT 340, one HRM class from the following: HRM 301, HRM 302, HRM 303, HRM 304, and senior standing and must be certified as a Human Resource Management major.
    Taught: Spring only
    This course will provide students the opportunity to learn essential knowledge and skills involved in making the Human Resources function a strategic partner in organization. Emphasis will be placed on aligning HRM activities with organizations’ values and mission and using HRM activities to build the organizational capability and competitive advantage.
    Repeatable: No

Human Services/Mental Health

  • HHS 100 Orientation to College of Health & Human Services 1 credit hours

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasis on transitioning to NKU and CHHS through activities related to academic, social, and personal development. Discover university resources and build community to gain understanding of the learning process. Students will examine growth mindset and skills for college and lifelong learning. Roles of various healthcare practitioners will be examined.
    Repeatable: No

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