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ES 260 - Geographic Information Systems
This course provides an introduction to the field of Geographic Information Systems, including cartography, visualization, and analyses of geospatial data. Students will learn the basics of mapping/cartography (e.g. scale, projections, map design), create maps with commonly used digital data (e.g., aerial photographs, census boundaries, digital elevation models), and master basic methods of spatial analyses. Both concepts and hands-on techniques will be taught in this course.
Full course
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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.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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ES 305 - US Environmental History
An examination of the relationship between humans and the environment in US history, from the Colonial Period to the present.Topics include, but are not limited to, colonial perspectives on nature, popular environmental movements, commodification of the natural world, and environmental justice.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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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 in Environmental Studies
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: ES201 and senior standing in the Environmental Studies major; or permission of instructor
Full course
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ES 411 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Science
This course provides the capstone experience in Environmental Science. Students will apply interdisciplinary scientific knowledge to an in depth exploration of a specific topic. Students will review environmental literature, demonstrate oral and written communication skills, and discuss societal implications of environmental science, including its moral and ethical dimensions within the broader context of the liberal arts.
Prerequisites: Seniors only; Environmental Science majors only
Full 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
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 200 - French Applied Language Component
Students who have completed FR 102 may continue to develop their proficiency through applied language components of courses taught in English. This allows students to read and discuss, in French, selected texts and materials pertinent to the subject matter of the course. These courses may be offered in a variety of disciplines. Students meet weekly with their instructor(s) to discuss the texts in French. Those who successfully complete the language portion of such a course will receive credit for a half course.
Prerequisites: FR 102
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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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 208 - Conversation in French
This intermediate-level conversation course emphasizes speaking skills: vocabulary, pronunciation, accuracy of expression, confidence, and fluency. Students will also practice listening, reading, and writing skills through class discussion and assignments. Course topics will focus on current affairs and contemporary social, political, and cultural issues in France and the Francophone world.
Prerequisites: FR 206
Half course
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FR 297 - Voices of Resistance in the Francophone World
We will listen to voices of resistance throughout the Francophone world, from people who want to radically change their situations, in the hope of making the world a better place. Our texts and films will be on the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, the Maghreb, First Nations in Canada, France, and Iran.
Prerequisites: NONE
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues That Impact the Common Good
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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: 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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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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FR 343 - Literary Studies in French
Familiarizes students with different literary genres and styles and introduces them to the principal literary movements and authors of French and Francophone literature.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. Must be taken at Saint Michael’s College if counting for the major. Students may take FR 310 and FR 343 concurrently. Offered only in spring semester.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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FR 435 - Readings in Francophone Literature
Readings in Francophone literature from outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: French-Canadian women authors, Haitian literature of the diaspora, literature of the Négritude movement in Africa and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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FR 440 - Readings in French Literature
The course may be based on a single author, work or movement or may be of a topical nature. Past courses include “Medieval Literature” and the “Nineteenth-Century Novel.”
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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FR 445 - Poetry in French
An exploration of poetry leading to an appreciation of its uniqueness as a genre. The course will discuss what makes poetry different from other literary forms and will provide the student with a better understanding of poetry, authors, and traditions and with the tools of poetic analysis.
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
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FR 460 - Senior Seminar
In the capstone course for majors, students use the skills and knowledge gained over the course of their studies on campus and abroad to produce a substantial academic essay written in the language of the major. The theme of the essay depends on the particular year, professor, and student.
Prerequisites: Senior French majors only.
Full course
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FS 102 - The Afterlife
This seminar explores how cultures in different times and places have imagined what happens to human beings after death. It will also examine how beliefs about the afterlife are related to questions of power, authority, and ethics in this life. All major world religions, and some localized indigenous traditions will be covered.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 111 - The Examined Life
In this course we will examine our lives by writing about them, using “lenses” from various fields (literature, history, philosophy, or psychology, for instance) to see ourselves from different angles. We will write personal narratives/memoirs of our own, using what we have learned to further explore the writing process and examine our own lives.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 113 - Tries: Creative Writing Seminar
This is a course in creative writing. An essay (from the French essayer, to try) is a try, an attempt to articulate a world. We will read models in a variety of genres and then write our own tries, in a workshop format. No previous experience in creative writing is required.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
When Offered: Fall
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FS 115 - The American Environmental Imagination
This course is designed to introduce students to American literary and cultural representations of the natural environment, examining a variety of writings that have shaped the way that we understand and treat nature. We will consider a number of relevant disciplines, including environmental philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and ethics.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 116 - Snow: The Art & Science of Alpine Crystals
This course offers an introduction to the literature, science, and technology of alpine crystals, as well as an exploration of “winter mountaintop sublimity.” Our focus will be on reading, writing, and animated discussion about snow and ice crystals as they are featured in prose, poetry, and scientific experiments. Coursework requirements include four formal essays, a longer essay with a research component, an oral presentation, and a field trip.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 117 - Joan of Arc
Illiterate peasant, mystic, and military leader during the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc (d.1431) was captured and eventually executed for witchcraft and heresy. Her life and death allow us to explore issues associated with gender, war, heresy, and politics in the pre-modern world. Contemporary literature and films will also demonstrate her influence today.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 119 - Horses and Healing
This course will examine how humans connect with the natural world, especially through horses. Readings about animal behavior, psychology, and the environment will combine with extensive writing and service work in a riding program for people with special needs. No previous experience with horses required, but hands-on engagement is expected.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 122 - Music and the Human Experience
This First Year Seminar explores the power of song as it relates to the human condition. The class will examine music’s many dimensions – cultural, social, political, etc. – and how music can address and engage in issues from gender, identity, healing, and spirituality to stereotypes, oppression, solidarity, and the “other.”
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 123 - On Memory
What is memory? Why do we remember? What role does memory play in constructions of self and society? Can we exist without memory? This course will explore such questions on memory, which have been posed and debated since antiquity. Our study will be interdisciplinary, considering these problems through the lenses of psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and history.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 124 - Human Rights in China
What do human rights mean in China, the world’s second largest economy and a country that contains nearly one quarter of humanity? This seminar will be an intellectual journey exploring human rights in China in historical, political, social, and cultural contexts, through scholarly materials, primary sources, literature, and films.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 126 - Sports Stories
This course focuses on sports-centered stories, novels, nonfiction books, and films and explore what these works teach us about honesty, fairness, endurance, faith, solidarity, disappointment, pain, and other essential facts of life.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 136 - Globalization
This seminar offers an interdisciplinary study of globalization drawing upon both the humanities and social sciences. It invites students, through writing and discussion, to explore the increasing interconnectedness of people and places around the globe and to examine the social and ethical implications of this contemporary phenomenon.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 140 - Place and Placelessness
This seminar examines conceptions and experiences of place. We live in a world of distinct, memorable and meaning-infused places. By exploring spaces and places which seem to resonate with meaning, we will probe how the essence of the meaning of place can be imposed and maintained (or resisted and denied?), and how we define ourselves and others through and within places.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 150 - Black Voices of Democracy
African American writing and music are fundamentally American traditions that express the gaps between democratic ideals and social realities. From the time of slavery to the present, Black writers have used the prophetic power of voice—spoken, sung, and written—to move the nation towards transformation, freedom, and equality.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 153 - Peace and Justice
This course is designed as an introduction to the subject of social justice through the study of social justice issues in the context of the lives of individuals who envision(ed) a more just society and endeavor(ed) to live by that vision. We will study issues such as nonviolence, racism, and social and economic inequality, and individuals such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Paul Farmer. This course includes a community service component.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 154 - Race, Gender, & Ethnicity in Media
Our society is fundamentally affected by our understanding of race, gender and ethnicity. In this class we will explore how these categories are constructed and function in society and the ways they are shaped by the media. Media portrayals profoundly influence our perspective on the world. We will seek to understand the impact of these media depictions.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 156 - Memoirs of Race, Gender, & Sexuality
This course examines critical autobiographies from around the world that explore structural racism, misogyny, and homophobia, and that offer individual stories of self-discovery and resistance. Grounded in comparative reflections on identity in text and film, the course builds knowledge from the experience of what it means to be different and to act politically.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 158 - Society, Identity, & Race
This course examines race, power dynamics in society, the creation of identity, and the nature of racial injustice. We will explore the formation of racial identity and the power of radical critique in response to powerful external forces and the inherent human drive to shape and determine one’s own self.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 161 - Technology and Ethics in Society
The interplay of technology, sociology, and ethics will be considered in this seminar course. We will consider both recent and historical impacts of technological innovation on the American landscape as well as the broader and more recent influence of globalization. Course participants will study current research and trends in computing and consider their impact on our society and the world. We will consider the ethical, sociological and economic dilemmas created by the introduction of new technologies.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 162 - Science and Technology that Changed History and You
From ancient history to today’s technological age, fundamental scientific discoveries and new technologies have impacted all aspects of change in human society. Through readings, writings, discussions, and hands-on experiments, we will examine the discoveries and inventions that have affected some of the major turning points of history as well as the science hidden behind many social, economic, and political changes.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 182 - The Social Construction of Humanness
This course will introduce students to the questions: What makes us human? To what extent do variations in characteristics (e.g., sex, gender, dis/ability, stature, body morphology, and race) impact our perceptions of humanness? To what extent is being human biologically determined, socially constructed, or an emergent property of both? Have notions of what it means to be human been fixed or have they varied throughout history? This course must be taken along with the lab science course BI 106 The Cellular and Developmental Biology of Being Human.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 184 - Robotics, Technology and the Evolving Self
As the world of technology becomes increasingly complex, we must be able to combine imagination with logic. Imagination allows us to dream beyond what is; while logic helps us to operationalize those dreams. Key elements of this course are related to underlying concepts in physics.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 194 - Gardens and Greening
This course will examine how humans connect with the natural world, especially through plant life. Readings about agriculture, botany, permaculture, and ecology will combine with extensive writing and time spent in the SMC organic vegetable garden. No previous experience with gardening required, but hands-on engagement in the outdoors is expected.
Prerequisites: First-Year Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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GG 101 - Introduction to Human Geography
An overview of the central themes of systematic human geography: the creation and recreation of places; and an understanding of their interdependence in the context of globalization. Core topics include: human-environment relations, demography, cultural identity, geographies of political space, and a spatial history of the world economy.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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GG 102 - Introduction to Physical Geography
This course is a systematic study of elements that compose the Earth’s physical environment: weather/climate, vegetation, soil, and landforms. The emphasis of the course is on these processes, but human-environment relationships are also examined. Labs promote hypothesis testing, sampling, and experimentation on processes and interactions occurring in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: Yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
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GG 201 - Urban Geography
A geographic perspective on urbanization and a variety of contemporary urban problems. Possible topics include perceptions and images of urban areas; approaches to the study of urbanization and the spatial structure of urban systems; architecture and urban design; social structure and the urban experience; the evolution of residential and non-residential land-use patterns; investment and disinvestment in central cities; and the role of politics and planning in urban development. Emphasis is on the processes characteristic of North American cities.
Full course
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GG 205 - Political Geography
A survey of the theories and themes of political geography. Possible topics include environmental political theories; traditional and critical geopolitics and power; territoriality and identity, nationalism and the state; global environmental governance; locational conflict; electoral geography; locality studies; and urban scale politics. This course examines conflict and conflict resolution at a variety of spatial scales – from local to global.
Full course
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GG 207 - Economic Geography
A geographic perspective on the central economic issues facing human societies. This course covers conflicting arguments and theories for comprehending a world in rapid transition, ranging from spatial applications of neoclassical economics to political economy perspectives on underdevelopment. Possible topics include population dynamics and policy; pollution and resource depletion; food and famine; transportation; patterns of production and land use; economic justice; social and economic development; and multinational and international commerce.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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GG 211 - Geography of Water
A geographical examination of human-environment relations in the context of water. Built on a foundation of hydrology/water resource management, the course examines the development and resolution of conflict over this critical natural resource. Possbile topics include the hydrological cycle; surface and groundwater processes; the distribution and development of water resources at a variety of spatial scales; water quality and human health; water law; globalization and the commodification of drinking water supplies; international conflict over water supplies; water and human rights.
Full course
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GG 220 - Maps and Mashups: Space and Place in Electronic Environments
An exploration of maps and mapping in electronic environments. Students will explore the fundamental premises of cartography and apply them in various Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environments. Course topics include map creation and analysis, virtual globes, exploration and use of online “public” mapping and spatial analysis services, and basic use of GIS software. The principle objective is to investigate an array of mapping and spatial display environments rather than develop expert GIS users.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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GG 311 - Community and Environmental Planning
An introduction to community and environmental planning from an applied geography perspective. Foundational topics include the evolution of the American urban system and the internal structure of cities; the evolution of planning as a legal and regulatory facet of American society; planning techniques and tools; approaches to environmental problem solving at local and regional scales. Supplementary emphases may include housing and community development, economic development, historic preservation and transportation. The class has a fieldwork component. Students are introduced to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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GG 317 - Advanced Topics in Geography
Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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GG 327 - Environmental Policy
An examination of the key drivers of environmental policy at a variety of geographic scales. Course themes may include policies related to endangered species, environmental impact analysis, air and water pollution; toxic and nuclear waste; environmental justice; and energy policy and its externalities. Supplementary emphases may include: globalization and environmental policy through treaty and protocol; the evolving role of non-governmental organizations and social movements in environmental policy.
Full course
Crosslisted: PO 327
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GG 417 - Directed Readings in Geography
Directed study for advanced students in human geography. Focused on major themes and literature in the field, this seminar includes design and completion of a research project.
Prerequisites: Enrollment by permission of the instructor.
Half course
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GL 201 - Foundations of Global Studies
Students learn theories and methodologies of critical thinking about globalization. They study the interdependence of people and places, and increasing global interconnectedness through economic, political, cultural, and environmental change. Students think globally about the fast-paced transfer of ideas, products, labor, and money and their vital impact on local communities.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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GL 301 - Advanced Topics in Global Studies
An examination of a topic not offered by the department on a regular basis. Topics will vary depending on instructor and student interest and demand, but all topics will at a minimum employ a multi-disciplinary and comparative perspective to examine an issue of global relevance in or across two or more cultures, nations or institutions.
Prerequisites: GL 201 or permission of instructor.
Full course
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GL 340 - Preparation for International Service
Students prepare for travel to an international location by learning about the history, economics, politics, culture, and society of that location, and by carefully exploring the challenges of engaging in service work in developing countries. This course provides an opportunity for team-building, logistical preparation, and intellectual grounding in philosophical ethical theory, as applied to international service. The course is restricted to students planning to enroll in GL 341 “A Study in Service: Guyana” or another international service experience.
Half course
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GL 341 - A Study in Service: Guyana
Students travel to an international location for two weeks (Guyana, if political conditions allow) and engage in service-learning, working with individuals facing marginalization based on race, poverty, age, and illness. Daily writing and group discussion will consider global social, political, and economic marginalization and Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of infinite responsibility.
Prerequisites: PH 351
Half course
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GL 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar
This is the capstone course for the Global Studies minor. Students will have the opportunity to synthesize theoretical material from this and previous courses, and apply it to cases and issues facing cultures worldwide. Students will be expected to use research, writing and presentation skills to complete projects related to their geographic and topical areas of interest.
Prerequisites: GL 201
Full course
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GR 101 - Elementary Greek
An introduction to Ancient Greek. Students will learn the fundamentals of Greek grammar through drill, and translation and composition exercises. Students will get a taste of simple Greek, through sentences and very short passages from the New Testament and ancient Greek authors, such as Menander, Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon. Students will also be introduced to the history of Greek literature.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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GR 201 - Intermediate Greek
Continued intensive study of the fundamentals and nuances of ancient Greek. Selected readings may include Xenophon, Herodotus, and the New Testament.
Prerequisites: GR 101
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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GR 310 - Directed Readings in Greek Literature
Students will read and discuss texts by a Greek author. This course may be taken more than once, and normally students will work with one author in a semester. Recent offerings have been Homer, Plato, and Herodotus.
Prerequisites: GR 101 and GR 201 or equivalent.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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GS 101 - Gender Studies: Foundations
This course introduces students to the history, theories, methodologies, vocabulary, and classic readings in gender studies, usually with concentration on one theme such as health, labor, or suffrage. The course materials have broad applicability to other courses and will provide a useful foundation for students who plan to major or minor in Gender Studies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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GS 203 - Gender Issues in Society
Explores the significance and intelligibility of gender by examining, from an interdisciplinary and global perspective, how gender differentiation is experienced, understood, expressed, valued, and lived out in cultures.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Gender Studies major.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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GS 204 - Men & Masculinities
Explore the myriad definitions, pre-conceived notions, constructions and consequences of both our subjective and objective “experiences” of the two vastly misunderstood terms - men AND masculinities. Global, national and local interpretations of these terms will be explored through the use of texts, discussions, lectures, videos and guest speakers.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Gender Studies majors and minors get priority registration for the course.
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GS 208 - Topics in Gender Studies
This topics course may change from year to year as professors offer introductory level courses on a topic related to the study of gender. These courses are designed to include all undergraduates, not just Gender Studies minors, who are interested in the particular special topic relating to gender offered that year.
Full course
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GS 308 - Advanced Topics in Gender Studies
This advanced topics course may change from year to year as professors offer advanced level, theoretical courses that reflect current work in the discipline of Gender Studies. A current special topic course is, for example, Feminist Theory and the Body. A past course was Sex and Sexuality from a Gender Perspective. These courses are designed to help Gender Studies minors do advanced reading and work in the field.
Prerequisites: GS 101 or GS 203.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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GS 410 - Senior Capstone
Each student designs a senior project by working with the director of the program and a Gender Studies advisor. It must include a research thesis or project and an internship or community-based learning component linking theory and praxis. Students will give a presentation of their work at a symposium in the Women’s Center at year’s end.
Prerequisites: GS 101 and GS 203 and permission of the program coordinator after other major requirements have been met.
Full course
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HI 101 - U.S. History to 1865
A survey of American history from the beginnings of colonization through the Civil War.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 103 - U.S. History since 1865
A survey of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 105 - Early Modern Europe
A survey of the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Europe from the end of the Hundred Years’ War in the fifteenth century to the eve of the French Revolution in the eighteenth century.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 107 - Modern Europe
This course is a survey of political, economic, social and cultural forces that have changed the course of European and western civilization since the French Revolution. This course will investigate the people and events that shaped European landscapes, boundaries, and economics, as well as the European mindset over the period.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 108 - Medieval Europe
An interdisciplinary survey of significant developments in the history of Europe, Islam, and Byzantium from the fifth through the fifteenth century (from the collapse of the Roman Empire through the Hundred Years War and the rise of the Ottoman Empire).
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 121 - The Modern Middle East: An Introduction
A survey of the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Historical Studies
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HI 141 - Traditional East Asia
An intellectual adventure across time and space into the distant past of China and Japan, from their prehistoric beginnings to approximately 1800 A.D. A comparison between China and Japan will highlight the shared characteristics as well as the diverse experiences of East Asian societies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 143 - Modern East Asia
A survey of social, political, and cultural changes in China and Japan from the eighteenth century to the present. We will compare the paths of development the two nations have taken in the past two centuries. The hallmark of this course will be the critical examination of the contemporary relevance of China’s past and its implications for the future of our shared humanity.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Historical Studies
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HI 161 - Early Latin America
A survey of Latin American history from the emergence of pre-Columbian societies to independence, with an emphasis on the effects of “empire” on pre-Columbian and Latin American societies and on Indian-European relations after 1492.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 163 - Modern Latin America
A survey of Latin America since 1810, with emphasis on state-making and national consolidation in the nineteenth century, its impact on society, culture and economics, and the origins and course of major revolutionary and reform movements of the twentieth century.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Historical Studies
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HI 215 - Women in American Society
An introductory course for students to explore the major themes and experiences of American women from the colonial period to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 216 - Native Peoples of North America
A survey of indigenous people of North America from 1400 to the present day, with emphasis on cultural diversity among native groups, the impact of colonization, rebirth of social and cultural identity/ political sovereignty in the twentieth century, and present day issues.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Historical Studies
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HI 218 - History of Modern Ireland
A survey of Irish history from the mid 16th to the early 21st century. Topics include the Tudor revolutions, English colonialism and penal laws, Irish republicanism and home rule movements, the partition of Ireland, creation of the Irish republic, and the question of the North.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 221 - Early Caribbean History: Swashbucklers, Slaves, and Servants
Survey spanning the pre-colonial era through the mid-nineteenth century examining the diverse Caribbean region. Explores political, social and cultural events through the experiences of the diverse peoples and cultures of the region. Major themes include colonial history, slavery, race relations, political processes, relations with the United States, and immigration.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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HI 223 - Modern Caribbean History: Cannons to Cricket
Survey spanning the nineteenth century through the present examining the diverse Caribbean region. Explores political, social and cultural events through the experiences of the regions diverse peoples and cultures. Major themes include colonial history, slavery, race relations, political processes, religion, culture, tourism, relations with the United States, and immigration.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Historical Studies
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HI 320 - American Society and Culture since 1865
This course explores the social and cultural history of the US since 1865 through the lens of the American Dream, continually evolving, in part, because of an on-going tension between the values of two cultures, an older one of scarcity and production and a newer one of affluence and consumption.
Prerequisites: HI 103 or EN 253 or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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HI 330 - The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1815
This course explores the American Revolution from its colonial foundations through the War of 1812. In the context of economic, social, political, and cultural influences, this course will examine the concepts of revolution, liberty, independence, republicanism, and nationalism. It will also examine how race, class, and gender affected or were affected by revolutionary ideology.
Prerequisites: HI 101 or HI 103
Full course
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HI 332 - History of the American Family
This course will explore the functions of the institution, changes in the structure, size and character of the family, roles and relationships within the family and the institution of the family as a reflection of the broader social and historic trends in American culture and society. It will also consider methodologies and perspectives in American social and cultural history.
Prerequisites: HI 101 or Permission of Instructor
Full course
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HI 335 - China in the Twentieth Century
An analysis of recent Chinese history from the Boxer uprising in 1900 to the return of Hong Kong in 1997. This course examines the interplay of imperialism and nationalism, and the mixture of socialism and capitalism, that has shaped China’s experience in modern times.
Prerequisites: HI 141 or HI 143
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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HI 338 - Rebels with a Cause: Tiananmen in History and Memory
In spring 1989, millions of Chinese took to the streets calling for reforms. The nationwide Movement, highlighted by a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, ended on June 4 with the People’s Liberation Army firing on unarmed civilians. Over 200,000 soldiers, equipped with tanks and machine guns, participated in the lethal action. Student leaders, intellectuals, workers, and citizens were subsequently purged, imprisoned, or exiled. This seminar explores the Tiananmen Movement in history and memory as well as its long-term impact.In 1989, millions of Chinese demonstrated for political reform. Protests and the hunger strike by students on Tiananmen Square ended with the army’s firing on unarmed civilians. Leaders were purged, imprisoned, or exiled. This seminar explores the Tiananmen Movement in history and memory as well as its long-term impact.
Prerequisites: HI 141 or 143 or permission of the instructor.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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HI 339 - East Asia and the West
From Marco Polo to Toyota. A topical analysis of the history of cultural, economic, and diplomatic relations between East Asia and the Western world, with an emphasis on the experience from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Prerequisites: HI 141 or HI 143
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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HI 341 - Advanced Topics in East Asian History
Critical inquiry of social and political issues in the history of China or Japan.
Prerequisites: HI 141 or HI 143 or Permission of Instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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HI 343 - Advanced Topics in Medieval History
A topical examination of a selected historical problem or issue in medieval European history from 300 to 1500. Possible topics may include women and gender, medieval heresy and dissent, or the medieval economy.
Prerequisites: HI 108 or HU 101
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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