With the advent of the interstate system of highways and air travel, the glory of the railroad is relegated to history. The purpose of this course is to expose students not only to the historical development of the American Railroad but to help students grasp the human experience associated with its development. From the first steam engines to the end of passenger service, the class will explore what the railroad meant to the United States as a developing nation and what it meant to the local communities that were connected to the rest of the country via the railroad. The people of Hispanic descent have suffered from all these causes and more. This course explores some of the reasons they were forced to leave their homelands and how they adjusted to new lands.
Topics covered include alienation and acculturation, nostalgia, and disillusionment.
These topics are explored historically and through literature. This course satisfies the international and multicultural Marshall Plan requirements. The complexity of the American political and legal system is often misunderstood and under-appreciated by those who seek to play a role in the development of public policy. This is especially true for environmental policy, which necessarily intersects a wide variety of legal, scientific and social issues. Dr. Betsy Ennis Dulin, Associate Dean, Engineering Division Chair, and Associate Professor of Engineering, College of Information Technology and Engineering.