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  • HIS 205: History of the United States: From 1877

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    A survey of the political, economic and intellectual history of the United States from the period of Reconstruction until the present. Emphasis is on the rise of industrial America and the growth of the country as a world power in the Twentieth Century.
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  • HIS 214: African-American History and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This course is a chronological survey of the history of African Americans from their African beginnings through their progress in the twenty-first century. Five units in the history of African Americans will be emphasized - becoming African American, antebellum black life, the Civil War and Reconstruction, White Supremacy and legalized injustice, the Civil Rights movement through the modern era.
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  • HIS 219: The Vietnam War

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This course covers the experience of Americans and Vietnamese, soldiers and civilians in the Vietnam War. It has three parts: 1) the origins of American involvement, 1945 1963; 2) the war America waged on the ground and in the air; 3) the impact of the war on American society and government.
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  • HIS 250: History of the Modern Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    After a brief survey of the Islamic background of the Middle East and the analysis of the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, the course focuses on the development of the Middle East since Napoleon?s invasion of Egypt in 1798. Modernization, imperialism, and nationalism are the dominant themes in the history of this region in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The national histories of Turkey, Iran, the Arab states, and Israel are examined. Attention is given to the role of the Great Powers of the Middle East.
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  • HIS 260: History of Russia: Tsarism to Vladimir Putin

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This course begins with the brief overview of the Russian state before the 1800s and then proceeds to look at changes in the social, economic and political structure of pre-revolutionary Russia, the formation and break-up of the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period.
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  • HIS 299: Independent Study in History

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This one semester course affords the student and instructor the flexibility to collaborate in creating an individualized plan of learning that builds upon previous course work within the discipline, expands the student's knowledge in an area of interest and/or promotes continued personal development. The course is designed to broaden the scope of the regularly scheduled course offerings within the discipline. A contract for individualized learning is developed collaboratively between the instructor and student and submitted to the Division Dean for consideration. Specific arrangements and details of an independent study are arranged with the specific discipline and facilitated by the discipline director or coordinator. This course is subject to a course fee.
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  • HON 203H: Honors Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This service-learning course will enrich Honors Program students' and Phi Theta Kappa members' academic environment with an opportunity to explore and acquire a deeper understanding of significant and timely interdisciplinary questions and civic issues. This course will cover a different subject each semester based on Phi Theta Kappa's "Honors in Action" program, but will consistently utilize student research of a variety of perspectives to collaboratively develop sustainable service projects improving the world around them, encouraging excellence. This course meets the Honors Program's community service and "Honors Experience" requirements. This Honors course fosters high-achieving students' growth towards learning outcomes such as: problem solving, often with creative approaches; critical reading, artistic literacy, or original data analysis; forming judgments based on evidence, often from alternative modes of inquiry or integrative learning; clear, persuasive research writing; oral presentation; and articulate reflection on personal growth. Honors courses are more likely to utilize student-driven active learning, emphasizing exploration and discovery, rather than the acquisition of specific knowledge; faculty might provide projects with no pre-determined conclusion, but with real-world application.
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  • HOS 111: Introduction to Hospitality Management

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This course is designed to introduce the student to the vast variety of career opportunities and career paths within the world's largest and fastest growing industry. Each segment is discussed in terms of its growth potential, trends, unique characteristics, and management responsibilities. Field trips are taken hospitality-industry related operations which may include hotels, restaurants, country clubs, conference centers, caterers and retirement communities.
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  • HOS 114: Food & Beverage Operations

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    This course will introduce students to proper operating procedures for the front of the house and as it relates to other areas of a hospitality establishment. The course stresses the importance of front of the house experiences and as it relates to the overall success of the operation. During the course, students will learn about customer service, front of the house operations, career opportunities, table service styles, various beverage categories, service, and applicable laws.
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  • HOS 160: Meetings, Conventions, and Conference Management

    3.00 Credits
    Montgomery County Community College

    The meetings, conventions, and conference industry is a major market sector in the tourism and hospitality industry, and is one of the fastest growing sectors within the industry. This course will provide students insight into its elaborate and diverse nature exploring operations, strategic meeting management, accommodations, food and beverage management, technical services, risk management, project management, technology, and the U.S. multicultural meetings market. This culminating experiential course allows students to plan and execute an event.
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