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EC 321 - Economics of Development and Poverty
Study of theories that explain the economics of growth, development, poverty; dimensions of the development problematic faced by middle and low income regions. Policies related to industrialization, environment, health, education, population, and poverty will be examined; focus on development in an era of rapid globalization. The course will use development theories to examine specific socioeconomic issues of vulnerable populations in developing regions. Examples: child labor, international migration, trade in dirty industries.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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EC 325 - Economics of Health Care
Study of economic aspects of health care, weighing cost, quality and access. Topics include theory and evidence on access problems; the applicability of competition models to health care; the efficacy of health care in improving health; causes for high costs and wasted care; an international comparison of health care systems; and an exploration of the effects of the new healthcare reform law.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 327 - Advanced Topics in Economics
Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Enrollment will be limited and preference given to juniors. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
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EC 331 - Economics of Labor Markets and Income Distribution
Analysis of current labor market theories, problems and trends. Topics include the changing characteristics of the U.S. labor force, labor supply and demand, alternate compensation systems, human capital development, labor market signaling, discrimination, immigration, income inequality, poverty and unemployment. Also included is an appraisal of the effects of unions and of various government policies that impact the labor market such as the minimum wage, welfare programs, affirmative action and workforce development programs.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 333 - Economics of Education
Study of economic aspects of education, focusing both on individuals and education systems. Topics include the income returns to education and to college in particular; individual decisions about attending college; the productivity of public & private K-12 schools in the U.S.; the influence of incentives on that productivity; and the applicability of competitive markets to K-12 education.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 335 - Money and Banking
Develops an understanding of the roles and functions of financial markets, financial intermediaries, and financial instruments from an economic perspective. Discusses risk management, capital formation, and the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of finance. Reviews recent financial crises and reforms. Examines the function role of money, and contrasts these with popular notions of money.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 339 - Economic Regulation, Deregulation and Anti-Trust
An examination of government policies toward business. Topics include market and government failures, antitrust and monopoly problems, antitrust institutions, , and the effects of regulation and deregulation. The course emphasizes how economic analysis can act as a guide for the formulation and evaluation of government policy.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 351 - Environmental Economics
Study of the role of natural resources in the economy and the role of government in dealing with environmental problems. The course examines various environmental policy instruments and the application of benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analysis in policy decision making. Current U.S. environmental policies are evaluated.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 391 - Introduction to Econometrics
A survey of econometrics which is devoted to the statistical testing of propositions derived from economic theory. Both the derivation and application of such tests will be covered, in an applied multiple regression analysis context. Students will have numerous opportunities to develop and tests their own econometric models.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103 and EC 205 or another entry level statistics course.
Full course
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EC 410 - Senior Seminar in Economics
A full year sequence of two courses. The first semester involves a review of research methods, skills and an exposure to peer reviewed scholalrly research in various sub-fields in economics. Students will prepare an original research proposal on a topic of their choice. During the second semester students will complete the research, submit a final written research paper, and present their results. Close guidance will be provided by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Open only to senior Economic majors who have completed all other requirements for the major or who are concurrently completing the major by taking one or two 300-level courses.
Full (two semesters) course
Misc. Notes: Taken in both Fall and Spring semesters of senior year. Fulfills writing intensive requirement for the Economics major.
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ED 231 - Schools and Society
What would our schools look like if you were in charge? This course invites you to imagine the possibilities for schools and society. Over the course of the semester, teams of students will visit and examine different models of learning, reflect on a variety of educational practices, and design a school in which children and adults are working together toward a vision of change.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only. Includes field trips to a variety of educational settings.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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ED 241 - Literature for Children and Adolescents
This is a survey course introducing literature for children and adolescents with emphasis on criteria for identifying high quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students will develop familiarity with a broad range of books for all ages and the implications of developmental characteristics for book selection. Theory and research about reader response, gender, and multiculturalism will be examined. Students are expected to read a substantial number of books for children and adolescents.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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ED 251 - Child Development in a Culturally Responsive Classroom
This course introduces students to theories about changes in the physical, cognitive, social-emotional, ethical and spiritual development of children from birth through early adolescence, as well as practical applications in educational settings. It emphasizes current cultural contexts that impact development and learning, and teaching methods which are responsive to both individual differences and the creation of community.
Prerequisites: ED 231
Full course
Misc. Notes: For education majors and minors only, must be taken either after or concurrently with ED 231. Students will not receive credit for both PS 252 & ED 251.
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ED 271 - Adolescent Development in a Culturally Responsive Classroom
Provides an analysis of early, middle, and late adolescence through an exploration of cognitive, social, emotional, moral, physical, and language development from a cultural perspective. It emphasizes diverse cultural contexts that impact development and learning, and teaching methods which are responsive to both individuals and the learning communities.
Prerequisites: ED 231
Full course
Misc. Notes: For education majors and minors only. Sophomore standing or higher. Includes a weekly field-placement working with an English language learner. Students will not receive credit for both PS 253 & ED 271.
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ED 300 - Teaching Social Studies and the Arts
Students will explore effective and creative ways to create interdisciplinary curriculum for educational environments. Literature, visual culture, performances, theoretical essays, primary sources, and our own experiences are the texts to bridge understanding of history with social, environmental, and aesthetic issues of today. Students will learn to construct and teach lessons that promote imagination and reflection within culturally responsive communities where all students’ learning needs are addressed.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 251 or concurrent enrollment
Full course
Misc. Notes: Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ED 325 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics and Science
Explores the nature of learning and teaching math and science with an emphasis on developing student understanding through active involvement and inquiry. Using experiences with a variety of instructional materials, classroom activities with children, and diverse teaching strategies, students develop an understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures and the process of scientific inquiry.
Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment in ED 300
Full course
Misc. Notes: For education majors and licensure students only. Includes a two-hour per week public school classroom experience, in addition to the scheduled class times, for ten weeks.
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ED 335 - Literacy in the Elementary Classroom
This interactive course will introduce students to the continuum of literacy development and research-based best practices in literacy instruction with a particular emphasis on six literacy essentials: word structure, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and motivation. Coursework will include visits to local elementary classrooms to observe master teachers and to work with elementary students.
Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment in ED 300
Full course
Misc. Notes: ED Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only
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ED 339 - Making Meaning: Content-Area Literacy
Building on ED 335, this course deepens students’ understanding of reading and writing instruction, specifically nonfiction, visual literacy, content area literacy, and the writing process in elementary classrooms. Coursework will include visits to local elementary classrooms to observe master teachers and to work with elementary students.
Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251, ED 335 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment.
Full course
Misc. Notes: ED Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only.
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ED 340 - Teaching in Inclusive Elementary Classrooms
Students will learn to recognize and address the needs and strengths of individual learners in a variety of contexts: tutoring, small group, and whole class instruction. The course focuses on children who are having difficulty learning, including children who are eligible for special education and children who are English Language Learners. Through a tutoring lab and class activities, students learn to observe and analyze learning, write individualized lesson plans, modify whole class instruction, and describe learners’ needs and strengths. A variety of strategies for remediation and accommodation will be learned.
Prerequisites: ED 300, ED 335 along with an overall and Education GPA of 3.0
Full course
Misc. Notes: Includes a weekly field-placement in a local school.
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ED 343 - Literacy in Middle and High Schools
Considers reading as a thinking process, examining its relationship to the acquisition of basic concepts in disciplines taught in middle schools and high schools. Topics include the range of reading ability in classrooms, the deficiencies of textbook presentations, the acquisition of reading and study skills and multiple literacies beyond reading print text. Students will be expected to determine the readability of certain assignments, construct lesson plans, and develop a unit in their content area related to Common Core Standards. A field placement in a middle or high school is required.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271 (Should be taken with ED 361) Overall content GPA 3.0
Full course
Misc. Notes: Includes a weekly field-placement in a public middle or high school.
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ED 361 - Curriculum in Middle and High School
If you think you want to be a middle or high school teacher, this course is for you. You will spend your time in content specific classrooms while learning the latest teaching techniques using technology and proficiency based education. You will develop your understanding of diverse learners, design curriculum and assessments, and create inclusive classroom communities for students.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271 (Should be taken with ED 343). Overall content GPA 3.0
Full course
Misc. Notes: Includes a weekly field-placement in a middle or high school classroom.
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ED 365 - Approaches to Teaching the Humanities
For individuals interested in teaching Humanities, this course allows students to investigate the practical realities of teaching humanities at the classroom, school, and community level while learning the policies, practices and tools of personalized learning. The nexus of the course is how the Humanities intersect with education and society. Includes at least 30 hours of focused field work in an educational setting.
Prerequisites: Must be a Junior or Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
Half course
Misc. Notes: This course runs concurrently with ED 423 Practicum.
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ED 367 - Approaches to Teaching Math, Science & Technology
For individuals interested in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math (STEM) related fields, this course allows students to investigate the practical realities of teaching STEM at the classroom, school, and community level while learning the policies, practices and tools of personalized learning. The nexus of the course is how STEM fields intersect with education and society. Includes at least 30 hours of focused field work in an educational setting.
Prerequisites: Must be a Junior or Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
Half course
Misc. Notes: This course runs concurrently with ED 423 Practicum.
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ED 370 - Teaching in an Inclusive Middle and High School
This course allows students to apply critical thinking skills in understanding human behavior as it relates to the social construction of disability. We examine social, political and historical influences from a societal perspective, as well as our lived experiences through a supervised field experience with a person with a disability.
Prerequisites: Education majors: ED 361; Non-Education majors have none except at least Junior standing.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Includes a required 2.5 hours per week practicum.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ED 423 - Practicum
Extends the field-work experience of teacher candidates, requiring placement in an elementary or secondary school or other educational setting for an extensive period of time, such as two school days per week or every morning.
Prerequisites: Must be a Junior or Senior with required GPA of 3.0
Half course
Misc. Notes: For secondary and middle level licensure candidates this course runs concurrently with ED 365 Approaches to Teaching the Humanities or ED 367 Approaches to Teaching Math, Science & Technology.
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ED 427 - Inquiry Science Practicum
This half course will allow students to learn directly from classroom teachers who are passionate about teaching science. Students will spend three hours per week in the field and will demonstrate knowledge of scientific content, concepts, and skills in the areas of development of students’ scientific thinking.
Prerequisites: ED 231, could be concurrent with ED 251
Half course
Misc. Notes: Required for all elementary education majors.
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ED 428 - Student Teaching Seminar
This seminar is taken concurrently with the ED 475 Student Teaching Internship. The class examines issues raised through the student teaching experience, supports the construction of the professional portfolio required for Vermont teacher license, and bridges the transition from student teacher to professional practitioner. As a community of learners we address the themes of creativity, curiosity, contemplation, collaboration, reflection, and social justice through topics such as student diversity, classroom management and culture, standards-based lesson and unit planning, instructional strategies, and assessment. We develop skills together to successfully enter the teaching profession and create a professional development trajectory.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Co-req: ED-475; ED Major/Licensure Students Only.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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ED 450 - Advanced Topics in Education
The purpose of this course is to synthesize and extend theory and practice in education. Students will also explore a variety of different career opportunities available to professionals with a teaching license. Consult with your advisor about which courses in the Education department as well as other departments that might fulfill this requirement.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271
Full course
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ED 475 - Student Teaching Internship
Provides Elementary Education majors the opportunity to teach under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher in an elementary classroom. Provides Secondary Education majors the opportunity to design, implement and evaluate instruction under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher in a middle school or high school classroom. This is a full-time, full-semester internship taken concurrently with ED 428.
Prerequisites: Must be a Senior and successfully pass Praxis I and Praxis II. Overall and Education GPA of 3.0, liberal arts major GPA of 3.0, and departmental approval.
Full (three) course
Misc. Notes: To be taken concurrently with ED 428.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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EN 101 - College Writing
In this workshop course, constant writing allows students to develop ease in writing, practice academic writing, and experience all aspects of the writing process: considering and understanding purpose and audience; generating ideas; gathering and organizing material; finding and sustaining a focus; developing a thesis; making arguments; using evidence; citing sources; doing multiple revisions; and editing for clarity, style, and correctness.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
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EN 110 - Seminar in Literary Studies
This course provides an introduction to literary studies through the lens of a particular topic. It aims to make students more aware of their aesthetic experience through extensive reading of primary texts, discussion of interpretive strategies, and writing about the process of paying attention to literature and life.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 120 - Introduction to Film
This course is designed as an introduction to film analysis and criticism. We will study film as an art form using methods similar to those used in the study of literature. Each week students will view and discuss one or two films that represent a variety of techniques, genres, directors, and cultural perspectives. Attention will be paid to both film criticism and film technique. In addition, students will be expected to read film criticism and history, to write weekly papers, and to master the technical vocabulary.
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 219 - British Literature I
A survey of British Literature from the Old English Period to 1789.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 221 - British Literature II
A survey of British Literature from1789 to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 251 - American Literature I
This course introduces students to the range of American writing from the period of European settlement of the New World through the Civil War.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 253 - American Literature II
This is a chronological survey of diverse texts and traditions in American literature from 1865 to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 305 - Shakespeare
Emphasis in this course is on the study of several representative plays by Shakespeare, including comedies, tragedies, a history play, and a late romance. Principal attention will be given to the published texts as literature and as scripts on which productions have been based. Performance matters will be relevant as they relate to and affect interpretation.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 306 - Shakespeare in Performance: On Screen
This course will focus on five of Shakespeare plays recorded in at least two different video versions, from silent films to studio recordings, from filmed stage performances to major motion pictures. Critical analysis of screen interpretations of the printed texts will be enhanced by animated discussion, writing, and research, including reviews as well as scholarly commentaries.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
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EN 307 - Shakespeare in Performance: On Stage
This intensive two week study abroad course will focus on four plays performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and another performance by a different company in London. Critical analysis of both text and performance will be enhanced by animated discussion, writing, and research at Wroxton College, in addition to a broader cultural analysis of both contemporary and historic Shakespeare in performance. Travel, cultural field studies, and on-site guest lectures will complement our coursework.
Prerequisites: EN 306
Half course
Misc. Notes: Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
When Offered: Summer
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EN 309 - Milton
The major poetry of John Milton, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, will be the main focus of this course. In addition, selected shorter poems, including Sonnets, L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas, as well as prose selections and three early biographies will be read and discussed.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 311 - American Renaissance
A study of the flowering of the prose and poetry in the mid-nineteenth century, with special attention to the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 312 - American Naturalism
This course explores American Naturalism, a literary movement dating from the 1880s to the 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Its major practitioners were Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, Glasgow, John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell, John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, William Styron, and Saul Bellow.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 314 - Teaching Writing
Open to all majors, this writing-intensive course trains students to work as coaches in the Writing Center and helps prepare them to become editors, writers, or teachers at the elementary, secondary, or college level. Readings focus on the process of learning to write, tutoring methods, the writing process, writing across the curriculum, and style. Coursework is supplemented by two hours per week experience in the Writing Center.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Contact the instructor at least two weeks before registration if interested.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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EN 321 - Writing the Study Abroad Experience
This course is designed primarily for study abroad returnees seeking a writing course to reflect on their study abroad experiences. We will read essays by inspiring travel writers, and our writing will range from reflections on encountering new lands, cultures, and peoples to re-thinking familiar places. Students who have had experience abroad are also welcome.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 323 - Poetry Writing Workshop
A workshop in which students read and write a range of different types of poems based on the technical aspects of poetry, on prosody, on presenting this material for discussion with their peers and the instructor, and revising and editing for final presentation in portfolio form. Discussions of poetry and the writing of poetry complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 325 - Critical Theory
An introduction to current schools of critical theory, including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, post-structuralism, and reader response. Students will learn to read, write, and think critically. This is the second writing-intensive course in the major.
Prerequisites: At least one lower level English course, Junior standing, open to Gender Studies majors and English minors with instructor permission.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the English major.
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EN 327 - Fiction Writing Workshop
A small workshop in which students write two short stories or one longer one, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary fiction and theory complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 329 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
A small workshop in which students write one or two substantial pieces of creative nonfiction, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary and historical examples of creative nonfiction complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 335 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature I
A survey of the major prose and poetry from 1660 to 1740.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 339 - Nature, Perception and Imagination
This course examines the Romantic tradition of nature study from the European Romantic movement through the Transcendentalists to contemporary writers, with particular focus on Goethe, Wordsworth, Emerson, Thoreau, Frost, Oliver, Coetzee and Calvino.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 342 - In Wildness
When Henry David Thoreau proclaimed that “in wildness is the preservation of the world,” he articulated an aesthetic and environmental vision that continues to resonate today. This course will consider the shifting meanings of “wildness” and “wilderness” in the American literary, cultural, and environmental imagination.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 357 - Victorian Novel
Readings will include novels by Austen, Scott, Eliot, Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, Hardy, Conrad and others.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 359 - 20th Century British Novel
Readings will include novels by Lawrence, Forster, Woolf, Conrad, Lessing, and McEwan.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 375 - The Middle Passage
An interdisciplinary study of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, or Middle Passage, which considers the global significance of the African Diaspora and the cultural links between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Particular focus on the development of an African American literary tradition within this context.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 385 - Digital Literary Studies
This course explores relationships between literature and technology, past and present, with particular attention to changing reading practices and our sense of the “literary” in a digital era.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 389 - Major British Writers
Emphasizes the work of one to four British writers.
Prerequisites: EN 219 or 221 recommended.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 395 - Major American Writers
Emphasizes the work of one to four American writers.
Prerequisites: EN 251 or 253 recommended.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 401 - Women’s Literature
Explores selected works by women writers. Students discuss themes and topics that are of particular interest to female authors including patriarchy, access to political power, finding a voice, women’s biology, the environment, language and, especially, historical and cultural contexts.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 403 - Topics in Film
Designed to give students an opportunity to engage in the study of film and film criticism beyond the introductory level. Focuses on a variety of possible issues and genres, including film noir; women’s film; documentary; New German cinema; horror film; silent film; Third World film; and specific directors (Welles, Wenders, Hitchcock, Truffault, Kurosawa).
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 404 - Film and the Environment
This course surveys a diverse array of films that dramatize a broad range of environmental issues, e.g., soil and water conservation, food crises, industrialization, overpopulation, pollution, nuclear energy, fracking, and humanity’s relation to wild animals and the wilderness. We will screen, analyze, discuss, and write these films both in cinematic terms and in terms of the ethical and philosophical issues they raise about the technocratic transformation of life on Earth in the modern era.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 406 - Old English
This class teaches students to read and translate Old English texts. Beginning with basic grammar, the course moves into translation, first of prose and eventually poetry. The semester culminates in a full-scale study of Beowulf. The course covers literary and cultural issues in addition to language.
Prerequisites: EN 219 recommended.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 407 - African-American Literature
This course explores how the tradition of African American literature has evolved in response to historical and cultural conditions, with particular focus on the relations between oral, musical, and vernacular expression and written texts. Special topics may include: autobiography, blues and jazz in literature, visionary improvisation in black poetry.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 408 - Tolkien and Medievalism
In this course we will explore the major works of J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion) in light of the medieval texts that influenced him, including Beowulf, Old English elegiac poetry, the European romance tradition, and Old Norse sagas.
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 410 - Senior Seminar
Designed to be an English major’s most important course, the one in which students most fully demonstrate the skills acquired in the previous years of reading, writing, and studying. The course culminates in a senior thesis and presentation. As far as possible, student choice of subject matter will be honored.
Prerequisites: Senior English and American Studies majors only, permission of instructor.
Full course
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EN 413 - Topics in Literature
A course on a topic not offered by the department in a given semester or not customarily offered on a regular basis.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 414 - Writing Center Internship Seminar
Required upon completion of EN314, this half-course seminar meets once a week to offer continuing education and support for Writing Center “core” coaches, who work in teams to fulfill the Writing Center’s mission in such areas as advertising, public relations, continuing education, website development, assessment, and improvement of services. This course may be taken twice.
Prerequisites: EN 314 and permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: Students may repeat the course up to two times.
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EN 420 - Independent Research in English
An independent research project pursued in consultation with an English instructor.
Prerequisites: Only students with a B average or higher in the English major. Permission of the instructor.
Full course
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EN 450 - English Honors Seminar
This advanced seminar, open to students by invitation, focuses on a topic of the instructor’s choosing. In recent years topics have included Utopian Literature, Aesthetics, Myth and Literature, and Glamour.
Prerequisites: English majors only or permission of instructor.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
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ENG 100 - College Reading and Writing
Introduction to the principles of composition and rhetoric and a survey of written academic subject areas with attention to academic discourse styles and vocabulary. Basic library research and other aspects of academic orientation to written texts are discussed. This course is comparable to EN 101 College Writing, as listed under the Department of English, but ENG 100 is specially designed for those whose native language is not English.
Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level 1
Full course
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ENG 102 - Introduction to Literature
Introduces the principles of literary analysis and appreciation through the reading of selected pieces of fiction, poetry, and drama. The selections are chosen and treated with the students’ cultural background and understanding in mind. This course is comparable to EN 110, Seminar in Literary Studies, as listed under the Department of English, but ENG 102 is specially designed for those whose native language is not English.
Prerequisites: AEP Level II English Language Proficiency or higher.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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ENG 103 - English for Academic Purposes
Supports academic skills development and provides further instruction in academic reading and writing through the content of the undergraduate cooperative course.
Prerequisites: Admission to the AEP Level 1 or permission of the Instructor and ELP Director.
Half course
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ENG 104 - Advanced College Writing
Helps students improve their reasoning and writing skills, especially writing for academic purposes. Text material is read and analyzed for content and purpose as well as for the rhetorical patterns of English. Attention is given to specific writing tasks, advanced grammar and persistent linguistic problem areas. A research paper is required.
Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level II or equivalent English proficiency.
Full course
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ENG 105 - Advanced Grammar for Writing
This course describes major aspects of English grammar and explains why we use them, and why one arrangement may be better than another in writing. It is intended for students who would like to acquire enough knowledge about the English sentence structure to enable them to write accurately and appropriately.
Prerequisites: AEP Level 1 acceptance.
Full course
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ENG 106 - Oral Presentation Skills for International Students
This course is designed to help non-native speakers of English gain proficiency in oral communication for the classroom. Students will learn tools for successful presentations: speaking clearly, organizing a speech, gathering resource material, preparing and speaking from notes, and using visual aids. Attention will be given to students’ pronunciation challenges.
Prerequisites: AEP Level 1 acceptance.
Half course
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ES 105 - Nature and Culture
This course explores our understanding of the natural world from the perspective of the Humanities, reading both canonical and contemporary writers in the Environmental tradition. The course examines the ways particular ideas and attitudes toward nature have either contributed to the current environmental crisis or have inspired and continue to inspire new thinking on how to ameliorate the worst effects of past attitudes and practices. The course asks how we can productively transform our own thinking to become more thoughtful and wise contributors to environmental debates, by becoming sophisticated and generous-minded interpreters of texts, the world and our own experience.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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ES 106 - Environment and Society
This course is a social science based investigation of the complex relationship between humans and their environment. The emphasis will be on both the impact people have on the environment in relation to social, economic and political contexts but also how environmental scarcity shapes human interactions. Important concepts such as ecosystems, resource, sustainable development, carrying capacity, climate change adaptation/mitigation and economic utility will be introduced as well as an overview of political economy, institutions for environmental governance and issues of ecological economics economics.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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ES 107 - Environmental Science
This course is a science-based investigation of the Earth as a system, with application to understanding many issues in contemporary environmental policy. Science is an attempt to discover how nature works. Through careful observation, measurements, experimentation, and modeling, students will explore issues in contemporary environmental science. These include climate change, biodiversity, deforestation, ecosystem structure and function, population, biogeochemical cycling, energy, as well as investigations of environmental problems, their causes, and solutions.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
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ES 201 - Environmental Research Methods
Research methods applied to study of environmental problems. Methods and skills to be developed may include qualitative research, policy analysis, rapid assessment of development, ecosystem services valuation, cost-benefit analysis, approaches to conflict resolution and negotiation, scientific analyses of water, soil and biodiversity, investigative journalism, as well as more general skills of map work, field note-taking, data analysis, technical report writing and oral presentation. Pathways to learning about environment and career choices will be discussed.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors and minors only, ES 101, and sophomore or higher class standing.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
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ES 243 - Environmental Study of Sustainable Places
The past several decades have witnessed the rise of an environmental consciousness rooted in “sustainable development” and “green economy” paradigms. This course is designed to explore through cultural, ecological, political, geographic and artistic lenses, how societies are integrating ecological sustainability throughout their cultures, institutions and policies.
Prerequisites: none
Half course
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ES 244 - Environmental Study of Sustainable Places - Wales Field Trip
This two-week study abroad course in May focuses on how Wales in the United Kingdom has integrated ecological sustainability throughout its culture, institutions, art, and policies. Cultural and environmental field studies, on-site guest lectures, exchange of research and artistic projects with University of Wales students and faculty will complement coursework.
Prerequisites: ES 243
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Artistic Experience; Experiential Learning
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ES 253 - Coral Reef Ecology
Coral reefs are coastal marine ecosystems that are among the most complex, diverse and fragile on our planet. This half-course will cover the application of basic ecological principles to this unique ecosystem, an introduction to the species endemic to the community, and a discussion of the major threats to the ecosystem, both natural and anthropogenic.
Prerequisites: BI 151 or equivalent
half course
Misc. Notes: Must complete both ES253 and ES254 to earn LSC credit
Crosslisted: BI 253
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning or Processes of Scientific Reasoning
When Offered: Fall
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ES 301 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies
A course on an advanced topic in Environmental Studies, not offered on a regular basis. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to determine topics to be studied.
Prerequisites: ES 101 or 103 or permission of instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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ES 306 - Environmental Justice
An examination of environmental justice as a movement of resistance to the environmental risks experienced by economically and politically marginalized communities. Students consider the ways systemic inequalities, driven by race/ethnicity, class, or gender, lead to disproportionate environmental and health risks, and how communities respond to them.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Course will count towards Justice and Sustainability as a foundation course in that track. Will count as elective for other tracks.
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ES 310 - Environmental Hazards
The course focus lies at the intersection of natural systems and human interactions. Environmental Hazards include both natural hazards (extreme geophysical and biologic events) and technological hazards (disasters originating from industrial processes or infrastructure). Emphasis will be placed on both the geography, description, frequency of physical characteristics as well as understanding human dimensions (risk, vulnerability, mitigation).
Prerequisites: ES 201
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ES 320 - Environmental Conflict Resolution
This course will explore the field of Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) with the goal of preparing students on how to analyze conflicts between groups of people over environmental protection, natural resource exploitation/extraction and pollution. Real world case studies at both the domestic and international level will be explored.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ES 330 - Sustainable Food Systems
Beyond choosing farm fresh ingredients, what is a sustainable food system? How has sustainability been promoted locally and globally? This course studies a specific sustainable food system outside the US in comparison with the scientific, social, and political development of such a system in Vermont.
Half course
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ES 335 - Sustainable Food Systems Case Study
Beyond choosing farm fresh ingredients, what is a sustainable food system? How has sustainability been promoted locally and globally? This away course studies a specific sustainable food system outside the US, examining the scientific, social, and political development of such a system through site visits and discussions with leading practitioners.
Prerequisites: PO 325 or ES 330
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ES 410 - Senior Seminar
A capstone course bringing Environmental Studies seniors with different foci in the major together to examine a topic in depth and from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will apply the expertise of the self-designed concentration for the major to an issue that is of concern to the local community but also widely relevant.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in the Environmental Studies major, ES 201
Full course
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ES 420 - Senior (Honor) Research
Senior (honors) research provides an opportunity for students who have demonstrated excellent academic performance to undertake an original thesis project, a laboratory or a field investigation with a faculty mentor. The results must be reported in written form and presented orally or as a poster.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors only and permission of instructor.
Full or Half course
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ES 499 - Internship
Qualified Environmental Studies majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, public utilities and businesses. Requirements include extensive work at the internship site and related readings, written reports, and an oral or poster presentation, supervised by an Environmental Studies faculty member.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors and minors only. 2.7 G.P.A. or higher. Juniors and Seniors only.
Full or Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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EXP 401 - Seminar in Experiential Learning
In this course, students create a scholarly personal narrative (SPN) that documents, examines, and reflects upon their individualized learning experiences in fulfillment of the experiential learning requirement. Students enter the course with at least one substantial focal experience in mind which they have completed prior to taking the course.
Prerequisites: Students in their final year at Saint Michael’s College.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
When Offered: Spring/Fall
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FR 101 - First Semester French
A course designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to the cultures of the French-speaking world.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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FR 102 - Second Semester French
This course follows FR 101 and continues the development of students’ basic language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 101 or equivalent placement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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FR 203 - Third Semester French
This course follows 102 and offers further development in all language skills. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone literature and culture.
Prerequisites: FR 102 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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FR 206 - Fourth Semester French
This course follows FR 203 and offers further development of students’ intermediate language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 203 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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FR 308 - Advanced Conversation
The study and practice of oral expression. Class activities are related to different aspects of French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 206 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French.
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FR 313 - Topics in Francophone Culture
Explores cultures of French-speaking countries and regions outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, New England, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: the culture of Québec; Haitian culture through its art; sub-Saharan Francophone literature; New England’s Franco-Americans; or the oral tradition in Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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FR 315 - Topics in French Culture
Explores the cultures of France. Courses could cover such topics as Paris as a center of French culture, medieval France, the Enlightenment, or women in France.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials. If the course is offered in French, it may be applied to major/minor credit. If offered in English, an ALC in French may be available.
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