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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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EC 215 - World Economies
Study of major economic systems, both in their “pure” forms and as they have evolved over time. Topics include an examination of the history, structure, policy and performance of various economies from an evolutionary perspective; Countries studied may vary. Examples: Japan, former U.S.S.R, South Korea, China, India, Brazil; European economic integration and transitioning countries in Eastern Europe.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103 or permission of instructor
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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EC 225 - 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 or EC 110
Full course
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EC 301 - Economic Thought and Policy
A survey of major schools of economic thought, methodology, methods, philosophy, principal developments, debates in economic theory and policies. Influential pre-classical thought: e.g. Greek, Islamic; followed by medieval, feudal, mercantilist. Emphasis on classical political economy– Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Marx et al. Logical positivism, marginalists; Neoclassical economics; 20th & 21st century: Keynes and macro, General equilibrium, evolutionary econ, econometrics, feminist econ; Contemporary: Eg., A.K. Sen, Ostrom. This course provides the foundation for the breadth of economic thought and practice.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103; (EC 311 or EC 312 recommended)
Full course
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EC 303 - Public Finance
This course explores the criteria for government involvement in the economy, discusses intended and unintended effects of this involvement, and studies the effects of the taxes. We consider market failures like pollution, public goods, and tragedies of the commons, and survey government involvement in Welfare, Social Security, education, and healthcare.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
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EC 311 - Macroeconomic Theory
Examination of classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, monetarist, new classical, and post-Keynesian economics, with particular focus on various theories and policies that relate to the determination of national (aggregate) income and price level, the determination and role of interest rates, and the part played by monetary and fiscal authorities in stabilizing the economy.
Prerequisites: EC 101; recommended MA 130 or MA 150
Full course
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EC 312 - Microeconomic Theory
This course builds rigorously on micro principles. It develops neoclassical theoretical explanations for different market structures & outcomes, using stylized facts, deductive reasoning, and mathematical techniques. Major topics: consumer & producer theory, market structures, game theory, market failures & factor markets. Students should be comfortable with algebraic operations. This course is a foundation for electives such as development, labor, international and environmental economics.
Prerequisites: EC 103; Highly recommended: MA 130 or MA 150
Full course
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EC 317 - International Economics
An overview of the nature of and reasons for international movements of merchandise and factors of production, the measurement of balance of payments transactions, the determination of exchange rates, and other topics. This course includes theoretical analysis, brief historical background, and coverage of contemporary issues in policy coordination and trade negotiation.
Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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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; Highly recommended: EC 311 or EC 312
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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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 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 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 scholarly 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 120 - Topics in Education
An examination of a topic at the introductory level not offered by the department on a regular basis. Topics will vary depending on the interests of the faculty.
Full course
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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 education and the role of schools in the future. Over the course of the semester, teams of students will visit and examine different models of learning, reflect on a variety of educational theory and practices, and design a school in which children and adults are working together toward a vision of change.
Full course
Misc. Notes: ED Major/Minor/Licensure students during first Registration period, then open to all students. 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
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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ED 251 - Child Development in a Culturally Responsive Classroom
In this course students explore theories about child development from conception through early adolescence, and consider the practical application in educational settings. Students also examine current cultural contexts and other factors that can influence children’s development at different ages and stages and the implications for educators in responding to individual differences and creating an inclusive learning environment.
Prerequisites: Prior Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in ED 231
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only. 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. This course 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: 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 a curriculum unit and teach lessons that promote imagination and reflection within culturally responsive communities where all students’ learning needs are addressed.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and (Prior Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in ED 251)
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ED 325 - Teaching Elementary Mathematics
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 innovative and diverse teaching strategies, students develop an understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures.
Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment in ED 300
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor 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 327 - Teaching Elementary School Science and Engineering
This course will enhance a student’s ability to teach science and help students meet the Next Generation Science Standards through active involvement and inquiry. In class students will gain knowledge of scientific content, concepts, and skills in science pedagogy; in a two hour school placement student will gain practical experience.
Prerequisites: ED-231; prior or concurrent enrollment in ED-251; ED Major and Minor students only.
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Full course
Misc. Notes: Required for all elementary education majors.
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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 and ED 251 and (Prior Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in ED-300)
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor 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 students only. ED Minor students with permission.
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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 231, ED 251, ED 300, ED-325, ED-335 and (Prior Completion of or Concurrent Enrollment in ED-339), or Permission of Instructor; Juniors and Seniors Only.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only. Includes a weekly field-placement in a local school.
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ED 343 - Literacy in Middle and High Schools
This course considers reading as a thinking process, and examines 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 what is expected in the Vermont teaching standards. A field placement in a middle or high school is required.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271; Co-requisite: ED 361 or Permission of Instructor. Overall content GPA 3.0
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major/Minor/Licensure students only. Includes a weekly field-placement in a public middle or high school.
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ED 357 - Early Childhood Education: Investing in the Future
This course introduces the field of early childhood education. It provides an overview of: major historical and contemporary program models; current research on early child development and education; policy and advocacy issues; family and community perspectives; and the Vermont Early Learning Standards. Students develop skills to observe, contrast and analyze a variety of programs through required observations.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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ED 361 - Curriculum in Middle and High School
This course offers theory and practice in curriculum, instruction, and assessment for future middle and high school teachers. Students 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; Co-requisite: ED 343 or Permission of Instructor. Overall content GPA 3.0
Full course
Misc. Notes: Education Major/Minor/Licensure students only. 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: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361, and concurrently enrolled in ED 423. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
Half course
Misc. Notes: Education Major/Licensure students only. 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: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361, and concurrently enrolled in ED 423. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
Half course
Misc. Notes: Education Major/Licensure students only. 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. Students learn how to plan instruction to support students with disabilitis in general education classes.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Education majors, minors or licensure students.
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: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361 and concurrently enrolled in ED 365/367. ED Major/Licensure Students Only. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0
Half course
Misc. Notes: For secondary education majors and secondary and middle level licensure candidates this course is the companion practicum to ED 365 Approaches to Teaching the Humanities or ED 367 Approaches to Teaching Math, Science & Technology.
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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 licensure, 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.
Prerequisites: Education Majors/Licensure Students Only. Seniors Only. Must successfully pass Praxis I & II, Overall & Education GPA of 3.0, Liberal Arts Major GPA of 3.0; and Departmental approval.
Elementary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-251, ED-300, ED-335, ED-339, ED-340, and ED-327.
Secondary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-271, ED-343, ED-361, ED-370, (ED-365 or GED-580), (ED-367 or GED-587 or AL-310).
Full course
Misc. Notes: To be taken concurrently with ED-475.
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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
Misc. Notes: This course is an elective for the Secondary Education major, and a requirement for the Middle Level Licensure, as Middle Grades Philosophy and Practice.
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ED 475 - Student Teaching Internship
This internship provides art, elementary, middle, and secondary students, who are earning an education major/license, the opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate instruction under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher. This internship is the equivalent of three full courses and is taken concurrently with ED 428.
Prerequisites: Education Majors/Licensure students Only; Seniors Only; Must successfully pass Praxis I & II; Overall & Education GPA of 3.0; Liberal Arts Major GPA of 3.0; and Departmental approval.
Elementary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-251, ED-300, ED-335, ED-339, ED-340, and ED-327.
Secondary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-271, ED-343, ED-361, ED-370, (ED-365 or GED-580), (ED-367 or GED-587 or AL-310)
Full (three) course
Misc. Notes: To be taken concurrently with ED 428.
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EG 100 - First Year Engineering Seminar
This seminar for first year engineering students exposes them to curricular options and career paths. The course will also introduce basic principles of engineering design through project based laboratories. Students will interact with faculty, professionals, and peers in their field.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
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EG 101 - Graphical Communication
Principles of computer-aided drafting/design; production of engineering drawings including: orthographic, auxiliary, section, pictorials and dimensioning, graphics and charts; applications in specific engineering disciplines.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EG 220 - Statics
Fundamentals of statics; composition and resolution of forces; the analysis of force systems in two and three dimensions; and centroids and moments of inertia.
Prerequisites: MA 160 and PY 210
Full course
Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
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EM 101 - Fundamentals of Emergency Management
Fundamentals of Emergency Management and command systems including the Vermont Local Emergency Management Director’s course, Red Cross shelters and other federal and state courses. This program is mostly online with discussions and deliverables each week and three in person weekends throughout the semester.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
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EM 102 - Emergency Management and Government
This course builds on EM principles, discusses government and community relations and public information, hazard assessment and culminates in a nationally recognized program in emergency management exercise evaluation and control. This program is mostly online with discussions and deliverables each week and three in person weekends throughout the semester.
Prerequisites: EM 101: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
Half course
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EM 210 - Emergency Management Exercise Capstone
As a team students will conduct a needs assessment for an emergency exercise, assess emergency plans and resources, develop, conduct and evaluate a functional or full scale exercise according to Homeland Security (HSEEP) standards.
Prerequisites: EM 102: Emergency Management and Government
Half course
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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 103 - College Literary Studies
This course introduces students to college-level skills in reading, interpreting, and writing about literary texts, and the reasons it is important to practice those skills in college in the 21st century.
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course may not apply towards the English Major or Minor. This course will not meet the Literary Studies LSC. Students may not receive credit for BOTH EN-101 and EN-103. Students may not earn credit for BOTH AP English Language & Composition and EN-103.
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EN 110 - Seminar in Literary Studies
This course provides a topic-based approach to literary studies. 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. As each EN 110 seminar offers a unique topic, the course may be repeated as long as the seminar topic is different for each subsequent semester enrollment.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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.
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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: EN-123 or EN-110;Strongly recommended that this be taken in the Junior year and prior to the Senior Seminar; Majors Only or 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 333 - Empire and After
Juxtaposes literature of the British Empire with the post-colonial fictions of Ireland, Africa and India.
Possible authors may include E.M. Forster, Elizabeth Bowen, James Joyce, Colm Toibin, Olive Shreiner, J.M Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, and Zadie Smith.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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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 341 - Modernist Poetry
Study of the stylistic innovations of early twentieth-century poetry in relation to the historical and cultural backgrounds of Modernism. Poets include Eliot, Pound, H.D., Williams, Stevens, Frost, Stein, and Hughes.
Prerequisites: None
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.
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 099 - AEP Prep
This course introduces students to supported undergraduate content coursework. Courses reflect subject matter from areas of student interest such as business and the social sciences. Course readings and assignments reflect a graded level of difficulty. Along with lectures, a variety of media and learning activities are utilized.
Support Courses for the content course are aimed at developing learners’ academic skills. Materials and assignments in support courses are aligned with the academic course texts and tasks covering writing and grammar, reading and vocabulary, and oral skills: listening/note-taking and speaking/pronunciation. Skill based labs are included for the support courses to give the learners’ more practice with academic skills
Prerequisites: None, but need permission of instructor as part of AEP program.
Variable Credits: 3 to 12 course
Misc. Notes: This is a variable credit course (3 to 12 credits) depending on placement.
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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: Admission to AEP Level II or equivalent English proficiency.
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. Special attention will be given to helping students cope with the listening, note-taking, and speaking skills required of them in their undergraduate content course. 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 103 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
The study of natural and built environments, the intersection of human ecology and ecology viewed more broadly, the relationship between humans and nature. The differing perspectives offered by the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences are introduced and the value of interdisciplinary study is explored. Students will examine environment at scales ranging from local to global and consider the role of activism and personal choice in solving environmental problems.
Prerequisites: None
Full 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: ES-106 and ES-107; Environmental Studies and Environmental Science Majors Only; Sophomore standing or above.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
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ES 225 - Food Systems & Sustainable Agriculture
Students will explore the structure and function of the contemporary food system with a focus on Vermont, a small rural agricultural state, and compare it to historical models before launching into a rich investigation of ecological agricultural practices. The Permaculture Site and field visits to local farms will serve as a living classroom as we study sustainable agriculture through the lens of agroecology. This approach will inform students about the role that ecology and systems thinking must play in the designing and managing of sustainable food systems.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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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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