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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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HI 345 - The Black Death
An interdisciplinary study of disease in Europe before, during, and after the outbreak of the plague pandemic in the mid-fourteenth century. Among the topics examined are the causes and spread of the contagion throughout Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century, the outbreak of peasant revolts, the effect of the plague on painting and literature, and the role of disease in history.
Prerequisites: HI 105 or HI 108 or HU 101
Full course
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HI 353 - Presidential Elections
A seminar that views US history through the lens of presidencies and presidential elections. From the era of George Washington to the present, it explores a number of topics related to running for and serving as president, including the evolution of campaign styles, the rise and decline of parties; the spread of democracy; the effect of questions about character, personality, peace, and the economy; the growth of television, the airplane, and the internet; and the role of the mass media.
Prerequisites: HI 101 or HI 103
Full course
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HI 363 - Race, Class, and Gender in the Atlantic World
This course examines the history and historiography of women’s experiences throughout the Atlantic World from the period of first contact between the “Old” and the “New” World until the final days of the plantation systems exploring concept such as color, class, honor, illegitimacy, and womanhood.
Prerequisites: HI 161 or HI 163 or HI 101 or HI 221 or instructors permission
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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HI 365 - Public History
Public history is a broad category that refers generally to the study and presentation of history to a broad, general, and non-academic public. Public historians work in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, libraries, museums, historic sites, historic houses, for the federal and state governments, corporations, and as historic preservationists in public and private capacities. Primarily, these various roles require that the public historian can use historical methodology, content, and skills to identify, illustrate and convey the results to a non-academic audience. This course is intended to explore the broad scope of public history, the significance of being a public historian, and provide a basis for a career path that explores history outside of the traditional classroom.
Prerequisites: 100-level History Course
Full course
When Offered: Spring
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HI 374 - The Roots of American Society, 1607-1763
This course will explore the political, social, economic and intellectual life of the American colonial period. Topics may include, but not be limited to, Puritanism, Indian-white relations, slavery, western expansion, and religious movements.
Prerequisites: HI 101
Full course
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HI 393 - The Historian’s Craft: Theory and Methodology
An examination and analysis within a global perspective of selected influential works of historical writing since antiquity. The seminar will examine these texts as models of historical literature as well as explore the various theories and methodologies they propose. Topics examined may include (and are not limited to) the following: ancient and medieval historiography, Marxism, feminism, positivism, and postmodernism.
Prerequisites: At least junior or senior standing and at least one other history course.
Full course
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HI 394 - Britain’s 19th Century
Using gender and class as organizing concepts, this course focuses on the social history of the British people during the Nineteenth Century. Explores the pivotal moments and debates of the era, including the Industrial Revolution, Empire, responses to poverty and welfare, as well as the everyday experience of being British.
Prerequisites: HI 105 or HI 107
Full course
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HI 397 - Advanced Topics in Modern European History
A topical examination of issues in modern European history from the French Revolution to the present. Topics may include (but are not limited to) the French Revolution, gender issues in European history, poverty and welfare in European history, World War I, or Europe since 1945.
Prerequisites: HI 107
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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HI 410 - Senior Seminar
This course requires students to prepare a senior thesis in a selected area of history under the close supervision of a faculty member in the Department of History. All students will also be members of a seminar that will assist them to complete their theses.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; required of all History majors; History majors and American Studies majors only; Permission of Instructor required.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills intensive writing requirement for History majors and American Studies majors.
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HI 414 - African Slavery in the Atlantic World
An examination of the intricacies of the Atlantic slave trade from the arrival of the first slaves in Santo Domingo until 1888 and the final abolition of slavery in the Western Hemisphere.
Prerequisites: HI 101 or HI 161 or HI 163 or HI 221
Full course
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HI 422 - Advanced Topics in American History
The examination of a particular topic in American history. Topics will vary but may include higher education, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, and Vermont.
Prerequisites: HI 101 or HI 103
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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HI 425 - Europe During the Second World War
A social, cultural, and political study of the Second World War in Europe. Focusing primarily on Germany, France, Britain, and the Soviet Union, this course will consider the origins of the conflict, the experience of war and reconstruction in Europe, and the war’s global impact on the rest of the 20th century.
Prerequisites: HI 107
Full course
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HI 427 - The Age of FDR, 1932-1945
The Great Depression, which seemed to mark the collapse of capitalism, and World War II, which brought total, global war, posed some of the most difficult challenges in U.S history. The response of the American people has indelibly shaped the world in which we live. This course is a wide-ranging exploration of politics, the economy, society, culture, diplomacy, and war.
Prerequisites: HI 103 or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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HI 461 - Society and Culture in Medieval Italy
An exploration of the relationship between culture (literature, law, philosophy, and the visual arts) and society (politics, economy) in medieval Italy before, during, and after the age of the communes (with particular attention to the achievements of Dante, Giotto, and Boccaccio).
Prerequisites: HU 101 or HI 105 or HI 108
Full course
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HI 463 - The Franciscans
An interdisciplinary, topical, and chronological approach to the history of the Franciscan Order, with particular attention to its origins, the lives of Saints Francis and Clare, the development of gendered models of spirituality, and the impact of the Franciscans on the religious, political, and cultural development of medieval Europe.
Prerequisites: HI 108 or HU 101 or RS 217
Full course
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HI 465 - Advanced Topics in Modern Latin American History
A topical examination of issues such as the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions, military dictatorship in Chile and Argentina, Hispanic immigration to the United States, slavery, and the human condition in Latin America today.
Prerequisites: HI 161 or HI 163
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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HI 497 - Independent Research in History
An independent research project in History under the direction of a History instructor.
Prerequisites: B average or higher in History major and permission of instructor.
Full or Half course
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HI 499 - History Internship
Internships may be offered both on- and off-campus. Students may apply to a history faculty member and the college internship office. At a minimum the faculty supervisor will expect the student to produce weekly journal entries and a research paper.
Prerequisites: Three courses in history, at least Junior standing, 2.7 GPA, faculty supervisor, approval of academic advisor and department chair.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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HO 301 - Honors Colloquium
A multidisciplinary seminar designed to engage Honors Program students in readings and discussion with peers, some based on arts and academic events offered in the greater Burlington area.
Prerequisites: Honors Program Status and Junior or Senior standing.
Half course
Misc. Notes: This course is required of all students enrolled in the Honors Program.
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HU 101 - Ancient and Medieval Civilization
A chronological and interdisciplinary study of significant texts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages, primarily in the Western tradition but not excluding the non-Western. Readings may include Virgil’s Aeneid, Saint Augustine’s Confessions, the Rule of Saint Benedict, the Lays of Marie de France, an Arthurian romance, and Dante’s Inferno.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 102 - Modern Civilization
A continuation of HU 101 (Ancient and Medieval Civilization). Its focus is the intensive study of key and significant texts, and films, primarily in the Western tradition but not excluding the non-Western. Texts chosen may include a selection of the following: Machiavelli’s The Prince, a play by Shakespeare, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Marx’s Communist Manifesto, Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 203 - Renaissance and Reformation
An interdisciplinary survey of some of the most important influential texts and works of art in European history from about 1350 to 1650. Authors studied may include Machiavelli, Christian humanists (Erasmus and/or More), Catholic and Protestant thinkers (Luther, Ignatius Loyola, Calvin), Marguerite of Navarre, Montaigne, Descartes, and Shakespeare.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 205 - Enlightenment and Revolution
Covers the years from the seventeenth century to 1815. The major areas of consideration are: the Industrial and French Revolutions, and the causes and effects of the Enlightenment through the Napoleonic Era. Readings may include The New Science (Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Locke, and/or Newton), and selections from the area of society and politics (Locke, Pope, Voltaire, and/or Rousseau). The second half of the course concerns the Romantic reaction against the Enlightenment and focuses on the poets Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Byron.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 207 - The Nineteenth Century
The Nineteenth Century is an interdisciplinary study of the main intellectual and literary currents in nineteenth century thought. Readings include Darwin, Marx, and Nietzsche as well as representative
English, French and Russian novels.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies OR Literary Studies
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HU 209 - The Twentieth Century
A cross-cultural, interdisciplinary course that draws on a wide variety of artistic manifestations in literature, art, music, and cinema.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 225 - Environmental Humanities
An introductory study of the natural environment from a diverse range of perspectives across the humanities.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or Historical Studies
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HU 350 - Advanced Academic Writing
This course is designed to support students working on an extended writing project in their major. The course is a workshop in which students improve and polish their research and writing skills in preparation for graduate school or a career that involves writing.
Half course
Misc. Notes: This course is designed primarily for Juniors and Seniors.
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ID 220 - Peer Tutoring Practicum
Students are expected to work concurrently as peer tutors while taking this course. Course topics include: tutoring techniques, learning theory, learning styles, handling difficult situations, setting goals, active listening and paraphrasing, using probing questions, study skills, metacognition, and strategies for tutoring ESL students and students with learning differences.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
Half course
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IT 101 - First Semester Italian
A course for designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to the cultures of the Italian-speaking world.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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IT 102 - Second Semester Italian
This course follows IT 101 and continues the development of students basic language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on the culture of the Italian-speaking world.
Prerequisites: IT 101 or equivalent placement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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IT 203 - Third Semester Italian
This course follows IT 102 and offers further development in all language skills. Some course material will be based on the literature and culture of the Italian-speaking world.
Prerequisites: IT 102 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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IT 206 - Fourth Semester Italian
This course follows IT 203 and offers further development of students’ intermediate language skills in all areas. Some course materials will be based on Italian culture.
Prerequisites: IT 203 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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IT 208 - Conversation in Italian
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 Italy and the Italian world.
Prerequisites: IT 206
Half course
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LA 101 - Introduction to Latin
A thorough introduction, at an accelerated pace, to the basic forms, vocabulary and syntax of classical Latin. Readings from a variety of authors and periods of Latin literature.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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LA 211 - Intermediate Latin
Continued intensive study of the basic structure and idioms of the Latin language. Aims to develop and hone skills in reading, translation, composition and conversation.
Prerequisites: LA 101
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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LA 310 - Directed Readings in Latin Literature
Examines the writings of a particular author, genre, or period. Students will translate, parse words, interpret passages, examine the style of a prose author and the metrics and diction of a poet, and consider the literary, philological, and historical background of a given author. Students write interpretive and analytical essays as well as translate from sight.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of LA 211 or equivalent experience.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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LA 410 - Senior Seminar in Latin
A reading and writing program that draws together each student’s work in Latin. Students will take two major sight examinations and weekly sight quizzes, and will write a short explication du texte: a short interpretive exercise involving commentary on linguistic, rhetorical, and literary features of a passage or short text.
Prerequisites: LA 101 and LA 211; Classics Majors Only: Juniors and Seniors only.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students are advised to take several versions of Directed Readings in Latin Literature before taking the seminar.
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LS 101 - Research Skills and Strategies
Students will investigate and critically examine the dynamic constellation of library and information resources, including the Internet, online databases, and print resources. Focus is on developing efficient search strategies, evaluating information sources, documenting sources, and effectively using new technologies. It will provide a foundation and methodology for students planning to write senior theses, honors papers, capstone projects, or foresee graduate studies in their future.
Prerequisites: Restricted to first year, sophomores, and juniors. Seniors require permission of the instructor.
Half course
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LS 202 - Introduction to Archives
An introduction to archival work through hands on exploration of a variety of primary source materials. Students will enhance their understanding of the historical method by exploring theories and methodologies for managing and disseminating primary resources, while incorporating primary resources into their own research.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
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MA 101 - Finite Mathematics
An introduction to concepts of modern mathematics with applications to business, economics and the social sciences. Topics considered may include linear systems, matrices, linear optimization, sets, combinatorics, probability, logic, Markov chains, game theory, difference equations and the mathematics of finance.
Prerequisites:
Misc. Notes: Non-majors only.
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MA 104 - Pre-Calculus
An individually customized review of: logarithms, exponentials, functions, graphing, polynomial and rational functions, conic sections, trigonometric functions and identities. An introduction to limits, continuity and derivatives.
Prerequisites: Open by permission of instructor only to students who will enroll or are enrolled in MA 150 or MA 130.
Full course
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MA 105 - Pre-Calculus
An individually customized review and reinforcement of limits, continuity and an introduction to derivatives, with selected pre-calculus topics.
Prerequisites: Open by permission of instructor only to students who will enroll or are enrolled in MA 150 or MA 130.
Half course
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MA 110 - Mathematics for Social Justice
Mathematics and statistics will be used to understand and illuminate issues of social, political, and/or economic justice. We will also employ quantitative arguments and critical thinking to promote justice in our community, our society, and the world. This course is for non-math majors only. Credit will not be given for MA 110 if credit has already been received for MA 120.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 112 - Finite Math
An introduction to concepts of modern mathematics with applications in contexts such as business, economics, the social sciences, and the arts. Topics considered may include linear systems, matrices, optimization, sets, combinatorics, probability, symmetry, logic, Markov chains, game theory, difference equations and the mathematics of finance.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course is for non-math majors only. Credit will not be given for both MA 112 and MA 110.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 115 - Mathematics for Teachers
This course is designed for education majors to develop both a deep conceptual understanding of pre-K-8+ mathematics along with the mathematical knowledge necessary to teach these topics. Topics include: whole number operations, place value, fractions, integers, decimals, ratios, proportions, inverse variation, percents (including percent increase and decrease), and estimation.
Prerequisites: ED Major/Licensure Students Only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 120 - Elementary Statistics
Description of sample data; probability distributions including the Normal distribution; correlation and regression; sampling; hypothesis testing; statistical inference; other topics may include Chi-square tests, multiple regression, and ANOVA.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Non-majors only. Credit will not be given for MA 120 if credit has already been given for BU 207, EC 205, MA 140, PS 213 or PS 216.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 130 - Elements of Calculus
A one-semester survey of calculus. Topics include limits, derivatives and the integral, with emphasis on applications in the life sciences and finance. Note that the prerequisite for MA160 is MA150, so additional preparation (e.g. formal limits and more in-depth trigonometry) is strongly recommended for MA130 students who subsequently decide to petition into MA160.
Prerequisites: At least high school algebra and trigonometry; preferably pre-calculus
Full course
Misc. Notes: Credit will not be given for MA 130 if credit has already been received for MA 150.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 140 - Biological Data & Statistics
An introduction to the numerical analysis of biological data in fields such as ecology, medicine, neuroscience, and molecular/cellular biology. The emphasis is on choosing the correct analysis method for experiments by learning common elementary statistical tests and on developing skills to evaluate and interpret statistical reporting in the life sciences.
Prerequisites: BI 151
Full course
Misc. Notes: Credit will not be given for MA 140 if credit has already been given for BU 207, EC 205, MA 120, PS 213, or PS 216.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 150 - Calculus I
Limits and continuity; exponential and trigonometric functions; the derivative and applications; Riemann sums, the integral, and applications. The applications, motivation, and context for the mathematics will come from the Life Sciences (MA 150 LS), the Physical Sciences (MA 150 PS), or Finance (MA 150 FI). Students should confer with their advisor or the calculus coordinator in the math department to determine the section best aligned with their major/minor or the best alternative in the event of a schedule conflict.
Prerequisites: Appropriate high school preparation, with at least pre-calculus.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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MA 160 - Calculus II
Integration techniques and applications; sequences and series; plane analytic geometry including parametric curves; polar coordinates; space geometry including an introduction to vectors.
Prerequisites: MA 150
Full course
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MA 207 - Discrete Mathematics
Propositional logic; sets, functions, relations; elementary combinatorics; techniques of mathematical proof, including induction; recurrence and recurrence relations. Emphasis on connections to computing.
Prerequisites: MA 150
Full course
Misc. Notes: Credit will not be given for both MA 207 and MA 240
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MA 208 - Theory of Computation
Primitive recursion and recursive functions; Turing machines; weaker computational models, including finite state machines and pushdown automata; regular expressions and Kleene’s theorem; nondeterminism; Halting Problem and Rice’s Theorem; NP completeness. Emphasis on conceptual overview of the role the topics play in computing.
Prerequisites: MA 207 or MA 240
Full course
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MA 211 - Calculus III
Vector-valued functions; partial differentiation; multiple integrals and applications, line integrals; Green’s Theorem and other vector calculus results.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 213 - Linear Algebra
Systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear independence and bases; linear maps; matrices; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 217 - Applied Graph Theory
Graphs, networks, paths, trees, coloring, etc. in the context of current applications such as network connectivity, conflict scheduling, optimal workforce assignment, and DNA sequencing, as well as classical problems such as the Four Color Theorem. May also include related algorithms and special topics.
Prerequisites: MA 150 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 240 - Introduction to Mathematical Proof
Fundamentals of sets and logic; logical quantifiers; methods of direct and indirect proof; mathematical induction; functions and relations; divisibility theory and modular arithmetic in the integers. Emphasis on construction of mathematical arguments and writing these arguments in a clear and convincing manner.
Prerequisites: MA 211
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Mathematics major.
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MA 251 - Probability and Statistics
Introduction to combinatorics and probability; discrete distributions; density functions, moments; the normal and other exponential family of distributions with applications; the Central Limit Theorem. Elementary applications to statistics inference, such as interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 303 - Differential Equations
First order differential equations with applications primarily from physics and population dynamics; qualitative analysis; approximation of solutions. Second order linear d.e.’s and applications; series solutions; Laplace transforms. Other topics may include difference equations and iterated functions, systems, boundary value problems.
Prerequisites: MA 160; MA 211 is recommended
Full course
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MA 304 - History of Mathematics
A problem study approach to the history of mathematics. Topics may include: Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics, number systems, Pythagorean mathematics, duplication, trisection, and quadrature, Greek mathematics including Euclid’s Elements, Hindu-Arabian and Chinese mathematics, and the prelude to and dawn of modern mathematics.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MA 305 - Scientific Computing
Methods for approximating the solutions of problems that are difficult or impossible to solve exactly. Floating point representation; approximation of functions; roots of nonlinear equations; interpolation and curve-fitting; linear systems; some operations research methods; additional topics possibly including numerical integration and differentiation.
Prerequisites: MA 160
Full course
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MA 308 - Geometries
Euclidean geometry; the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry and the independence of the parallel postulate; neutral geometry; Hilbert’s axioms; some philosophical implications. Additional geometric topics such as finite geometries; an introduction to elementary topology; fractals.
Prerequisites: MA 240
Full course
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MA 315 - Complex Analysis
The theory of functions of one complex variable. Topics will include: topology and algebraic structure of the complex numbers; differentiation of complex-valued functions and the Cauchy-Riemann equations; contour integration and Cauchy’s Theorem; classification of singularities; Laurent series; the residue calculus.
Prerequisites: MA 211
Full course
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MA 351 - Applied Regression Analysis
Regression analysis and its applications. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression, model diagnostics and testing, residual analysis, transformations, indicator variables, variable selection techniques, logistic regression and analysis of variance. Most methods assume use of a statistical computing package.
Prerequisites: MA 251 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 380 - Advanced Topics in Mathematics
Topics of current interest not covered in the standard courses.
Prerequisites: Dependent on topic.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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MA 381 - Mathematics Education Seminar
Topics in teaching mathematics at the secondary level or other levels, including effective mathematics lesson preparation and delivery, current issues in mathematics education, the use of ancillary teaching resources, and engagement in teaching and learning in local classrooms.
Prerequisites: MA 150 or permission of the instructor.
Half course
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MA 399 - Mathematics Internship
An opportunity to utilize mathematical skills in a non-academic environment.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: It is generally the responsibility of the student (in conjunction with the SMC Internship Director) to find an appropriate internship. Math internships require a faculty sponsor from the mathematics department. Internship will not count as elective credit towards either the math major or the math minor; it may be taken as an additional course.
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MA 401 - Real Analysis I
A rigorous study of the real number system: field and order axioms, completeness, and topology. Limits, sequences and series. Functions and continuity; pointwise and uniform convergence. The derivative and the Riemann integral.
Prerequisites: MA 240
Full course
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MA 403 - Real Analysis II
Functions of several variables; the derivative and Riemann integral in higher dimensional real spaces; implicit and inverse function theorems; other topics in analysis.
Prerequisites: MA 401
Full course
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MA 406 - Abstract Algebra I
Groups, rings, and fields with an emphasis on group theory. Topics will include: subgroups, cosets, and Lagrange’s theorem; normal subgroups and quotient groups; the homomorphism theorems; the structure theorem for finite abelian groups; rings and ideals; quotient rings; integral domains and fields.
Prerequisites: MA 213 and MA 240
Full course
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MA 407 - Abstract Algebra II
Commutative rings, ideals, and the construction of quotient rings. Axiomatic description of fields; algebraic (and transcendental) extensions of fields. Applications of field theory to ruler-and-compass constructions; Galois theory and the non-solvability by radicals of quintic equations. Other topics as time permits.
Prerequisites: MA 406
Full course
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MA 410 - Seminar in Mathematics
Exposes students to a variety of topics in current mathematics, including research, career, and ethics-related issues. Students will present lectures on selected topics.
Prerequisites: Senior Math Major or permission of instructor.
Half course
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MA 417 - Applied Mathematics
Mathematical methods and models used in the sciences. Topics typically include linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations; Fourier series methods; partial differential equations.
Prerequisites: MA 211, MA 213 and MA 303.
Full course
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MA 451 - Applied Statistical Methods
Exploration of common statistical techniques using the theory and methods of probability and statistics. Topics include review of inferential statistics, ANOVA, time series, nonparametric and multivariate statistics, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression. Most methods assume use of a statistical computing package.
Prerequisites: MA 251 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 490 - Readings and Research in Mathematics
Independent reading and/or research of an advanced topic, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member. Results for the course are often submitted in written form and presented in a seminar setting or a student symposium.
Prerequisites: Junior standing; permission of supervisor and department chair.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: Topic and course credit must be approved by a faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Associate Dean of the College. This course may not be used to replace one of the required electives for the major.
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MA 495 - Honors Thesis in Mathematics
Independent research and thesis under the supervison of a member of the mathematics faculty.
Prerequisites: Membership in the Honors Program, permission of Supervisor and Department Chair.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students must have permission of a supervisor and submit their research proposal to the department chair before preregistration for the semester in which the proposed research is to take place. This course does not count toward the major requirements; it is taken to fulfill requirements of the Honors Program.
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MJD 101 - Media Revolutions: Social, Political, & Psychological Issues
Interdisciplinary in its focus, the course combines psychology, sociology, history, political science, and communication studies to challenge students to think critically about the mass media revolutions that are currently taking place. In addition to teaching the course in an interdisciplinary way, the professors encourage students from many majors to bring the expertise of their field to the class discussions, research essays, and class projects.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 110 - Digital Media: Arts, Culture, & Theory
Digital media have changed radically the ways words, images, and sounds can be manipulated and delivered and, in the process, have altered the ways in which humans communicate, express ideas, get information, and conduct relationships. Students are introduced to new technologies used to create digital art and develop basic proficiencies in digital imaging (Adobe Photoshop), digital illustration and animation (Adobe Illustrator), and web design (Adobe Dreamweaver). Students are introduced to the critical examination of the digital revolution, including issues connected to privacy, consumerism, artistic/creative expression, media ownership, multitasking, and mediated representations of reality.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to Media Studies majors and minors.
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MJD 205 - Reporting for Media
We begin with an analysis of several exemplary print publications and a discussion of literary and media theories that will inform the student’s work in creating their own stories. Students will learn the art of storytelling, from story idea through interviewing, researching and writing and ultimately, over a series of weeks, publish their own stories in the student newspaper and online publication. Course readings explore basic concepts pertaining to nature and design of interviews, ethical concerns, validity, and role of the journalist in a democratic society. Additional exercises focus on best form writing practices with an emphasis on AP style. The course is designed to be a broad, rigorous orientation for understanding basic elements of media writing as well as skills training in reporting, writing, editing and publication of news media.
Prerequisites: Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Media Studies and Mass Communication major.
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MJD 207 - Multimedia Reporting
This class teaches various ways of conducting a journalistic inquiry. Advanced Writing for Media explores a wide range of storytelling media. From print to online to radio to television to audio slideshows, techniques are explored that reveal common storytelling strategies and essential differences among the media. In addition to using Pulitzer-Prize-winning and other highly regarded journalism (including investigative journalism), instructors will use media analysis to explore the structure of objectivity, balance, fairness and other journalistic norms. Students will become fluent in a range of storytelling media, with an aim to engage and inform the public.
Prerequisites: MJD 205
Full course
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MJD 210 - Photojournalism in the Digital Age
This digital-based photography course introduces students to the skills, theory and ethics of newspaper, magazine and Web-based photojournalism. Through in-class discussions and hands-on demonstrations, students learn manual camera techniques, and image editing using Photoshop software. Analyses of historical and contemporary photographic work help students apply techniques and theory to create storytelling photographs suitable for publication.
Prerequisites: MJD 110; Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
Full course
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MJD 213 - Media Law and Ethics in a Digital Age
This course explores the political, historic and philosophical roots of the First Amendment. Particular emphasis is given to the legal and ethical problems of the new communications technologies; other topics include libel, privacy, obscenity, newsgathering, copyright, and the free press/fair trial dilemma. The class also provides insights into how the legal process works and an understanding of the principles and philosphies that underlie the restraints on and privileges of the media. After analyzing what the law says journalists can do, the course moves into the ethical component of what the should do. Using basic philosophical theories, students analyze ethical dilemmas through the use of case studies. Using multimedia, guest speakers and current events the course considers media law and ethics and its impact of journalists’ ability to fulfill the historic function of the press to inform the public.
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.
Full course
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MJD 215 - Photography and Tourism
This digital-based photography course will explore the methods and artistry of outdoor and tourism photography. Through the analysis of historical and contemporary work, students will develop the technical skills and creative approaches necessary for documenting recreational, outdoor, and tourism related activities pursued in the state of Vermont. Additionally, in the experiential learning component of this class, students will be responsible for creating multimedia marketing presentations for Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. By the end of the class, students will be proficient in the following Adobe programs: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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MJD 219 - Topics in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Various topics, ranging from women in the mass media to advanced Web design and theory to literary journalism.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Course may be taken more than once in different topic areas.
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MJD 225 - Topics in Chinese Media
This course will explore the role new digital media play in shaping 21st century Chinese culture and politics, including the role of blogs, social media platforms, satellite technology, and the Chinese Internet, home to the world’s biggest national population of Internet users. Our course will culiminate in a 12 day trip to China during May.
Prerequisites: Not open to first year students
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning or Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 226 - 21st Century Chinese Media Study Tour
This short summer trip will be two weeks in duration, including two days traveling to and from China. It starts with visiting Beijing and the Great Wall of China in the east, and then traveling west to the SIlk Road.
Prerequisites: Not open to first year students.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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MJD 243 - Media and American Politics
This course explores the confluence of media and politics in our democratic society. Students read political science and media studies texts, engage in class discussions, and take a field trip to New Hampshire to meet candidates (including “minor” ones), political science professors, journalists, and election workers. To put the modern political system in historical context, students will study the changing relationship of politicians and reporters from the founding of the republic until modern times. Students learn about and analyze how politicians work to get out their messages to the media world, how the media interpret (and misinterpret) these messages, and the students’ place within this mélange.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 250 - Global Communication
In this course we will be mapping-out world communication and the cross-cultural outlines of our so-called “global village.” We will take a macro-look at the rise of international communication systems and the development of this thing we call “global culture.” We will examine a series of case studies which reflect the ways in which media techniques and technologies–computers, satellites, the news, language, digital imaging, fiber optics–impact national and cultural development among different populations around the world. Finally, we will take a critical look at the future–the future of global mass audiences; issues of inter-and-cross cultural media ethics, privacy, global policy, and intersections between science and science fiction.
Prerequisites: Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 261 - The Moving Image: Broadcast TV/Video Storytelling
The focus of this course is twofold. First, its focus is on the the role of broadcast TV journalism in our society today. To this end, students will examine the different ways in which TV news shapes our understandings of our own local communities, our nation, and world events. The second focus of this course is on the creation of broadcast TV news stories. Students will be learning strategies of visual storytelling for all aspects TV and video production–scripting, filming, editing and distributiion as well as some basics in on-camera presentation.
Full course
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MJD 263 - Screen Life in Modern Visual Media
Over the past few years, new media techniques, technologies, and organizations such as Facebook, Twitter, texting, iPhones, iPads, smart phones, HD webTV, Skype, and Kindle have rapidly changed the way in which many of us interact and communicate on a daily basis. These devices—and the manner in which they’ve been used—have had an enormous impact on nearly all aspects of our daily lives. In this course, students take an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at the ways in which modern screen-based media impact global society.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 266 - Digital Film/TV
Students take a critical and in-depth look at methods and artistry of digital filmmaking in two complementary ways. Analysis: students will be screening and critically deconstructing a wide range of film and television programs with an eye towards analyzing the languages with which these media communicate as art forms and as social and political products. Production: this is a course in the production of visual art; students will conceive, storyboard, script, shoot, edit and present a series of their own digital film/TV productions throughout the course of the term.
Prerequisites: MJD 110. Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors only
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to students with a dedicated interest in film/TV analysis, criticism, and production.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 303 - Nature and Outdoor Writing
This is a course that combines two central elements: (1) reading and discussing provocative examples of nature writing to see how the authors craft their nonfiction stories and communicate their fascination with the outdoors. The goal here is simple: to learn about strategies for writing creative nonfiction by analyzing great examples of it; and (2) to develop skills in writing feature-length articles about the outdoors and the natural world—cultivating a story idea, training your powers of observation, conducting research that enhances your writing, the draft and revision process. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: humans’ relationships to the natural world, environmental and conservation issues, the status of recreation in the outdoors, and the natural history of the creatures and landscapes that surround us.
Prerequisites: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors only
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 311 - Digital Media II: Advanced Digital Design
An advanced digital media course designed to help students further develop critical and ecological perspectives about emerging media as art forms. The course is focused on two major objectives. The first is to provide students an arena for evaluating and questioning the roles and influences of emerging media. Second, this course is an advanced multimedia projects course aimed at providing students with the opportunity to produce unique and creative interactive digital media projects using advanced multimedia authoring programs including Adobe Flash.
Prerequisites: MJD 110
Full course
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MJD 323 - Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Media
This course is an introduction to analysis of representations of identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation , and ethnicity in the mass media. We view, read about, analyze and discuss mass media like television, film, print, radio, music, sports, news, advertising, and the web to determine if and how race, gender and ethnicity are depicted. An underlying understanding within the course is recognition of the inextricable interconnections between/intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, etc. Students will write response/reflection papers, present analyses individually in class, and work in teams to produce a research project analyzing the issues discussed in class.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 330 - Advanced Visual Storytelling: Multimedia Analysis
This course explores the structural foundations of documentary storytelling through both the analysis and production of still photographic essays, audio stories and multimedia slideshows. In addition to analyzing contemporary and historic examples of these storytelling media, students will learn advanced techniques in multimedia production. Students will become proficient in the following software programs: Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Audition; Adobe Premiere; and Sounslides.
Prerequisites: MJD 210 or MJD 266 or MJD 302 or AR 130 or permission from the instructor
Full course
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MJD 352 - Health and Development in East Africa
This service learning course has a two-fold purpose. First, it will provide students with an overview of the health and development challenges of East Africa, with a focus on HIV/AIDS in rural Tanzania. Second, it will develop a communication skill set among class participants to present these challenges to the developed world in film, photos, web site production and grant proposals. Students will also explore the tension between compelling storytelling and political empowerment and advocacy as development tools.
Prerequisites: MJD 110 or permission of the instructor.
half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 353 - Applied Health and Development Approaches in East Africa
This service learning course includes an intensive two week field course based at the Ilula Orphan Program (IOP) in Iringa, Tanzania. Students will travel to Tanzania to observe first-hand the development challenges related to HIV/AIDS, water scarcity, education and poverty being addressed by the IOP. The service learning component of the course will involve updating the IOP’s educational and development materials, including the web site, and producing at least one completed grant application. Students will be expected to complete this work in a one-week work session following completion of the two weeks in-country.
Prerequisites: MJD 352
Half course
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MJD 363 - Study Abroad Re-entry
This interdisciplinary course is specifically designed for students who are returning from study abroad and are looking for ways to integrate their international experiences back into their “home” cultures and into the academic environment. Throughout this class, we will be using travel writing and the travel essay as the vehicles for exploring the possibilities and problems of cross-cultural communication and interaction. Students will be reading provocative examples of travel literature and research on cross-cultural issues and will be writing their own travel pieces. Together, we will be engaging with ideas from communication and media studies, anthropology, sociology, and psychology in order to better understand human behavior and identity within and across cultures. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: the connection between language and identity; the connection between travel and identity; wealth, power, and poverty; the phenomenon of culture shock–and reverse culture shock; being a “minority” in another culture; developing a sense of “home”; the differences between the tourist and the traveler; the role of nonverbal communication in culture; encountering the other; the unwritten roles and rules of social behavior; and the “generalized other” of the global citizen.
Prerequisites: Students must have studied abroad.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 411 - Writing and Editing for Publication
Explores writing genres through the journalistic lens with an eye toward publishing for specific audiences. Using the campus publication as an exploratory medium, students experiment with reporting/feature/ persuasive writing and editing and merge written work with visuals.
Prerequisites: Soph/Juniors/Seniors , all majors. Must have a solid foundation in grammar, structure and organization.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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MJD 413 - Internship in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Working in collaboration with media professionals at media organizations and in corporate and non-profit, media students put theory into practice by producing media in a professional work environment. Possible activites include producing and distributing media, i.e. websites, articles, films, brochures etc. planning and staging media events; researching and evaluating public relations campaigns; and optimization studies. The internship gives students a practical context in which to examine and interpret issues and concepts they have studied in their Media Studies classroom courses.
Prerequisites: Majors and Minors Only; Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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