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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • DA 350 - Topics in Dance

    A practical demonstration and exploration of theories and techniques of a Dance genre that is not normally offered at the College.

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • DA 397 - Advanced Dance

    An advanced technique class for an experienced dancer with at least five years of dance training. This course explores a variety of dance styles with an emphasis on Modern, Contemporary and ballet. This class is geared towards a dancer ready to explore new movement styles in a supportive yet rigorous environment.

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
  

  • EC 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    This course is an introduction to the macroeconomic approach to economic analysis. Students learn how to measure and interpret: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment and price levels through a discussion of fundamental economic concepts and the role of markets. We examine macroeconomic instability through a study of causes and policy prescriptions from two major opposing schools of thought: Classical and Keynesian. We continue with a study of money, interest rates and the Federal Reserve. Current economic problems and policy debates including economic controversies on the role of international trade, monetary and fiscal policy, the deficit, economic growth, and productivity are also highlighted.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
  

  • EC 103 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Introduction to how economists interpret the everyday decisions of consumers, businesses, and workers. Develops concepts and models that explain what is produced, how it is produced, and how output is distributed. Applies the insights of economic analysis to real-world questions such as minimum wage, business profits, taxes, outsourcing, and environmental policies.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
  

  • EC 110 - Economic Issues in a Global World

    Explore how economists approach topics as diverse as immigration, deficits and debt, free trade, living wage, climate change, healthcare, taxes, natural resources, financial crises, education, inequality, bailouts, stimulus, demographic change, globalization, poverty and human development. This non-technical course is ideal for students who are curious about these topics that will be discussed in a contemporary global context but haven’t taken Principles of Economics.

     

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This course is not a substitute for EC 101 or EC 103.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
  

  • EC 205 - Statistics for Economics

    This course develops the conceptual framework of statistical thinking. Follows with examination of applications in experimental design, statistical description, and inference, as these relate to such topics as probability distributions, regressions, correlation, analysis of variance, and so on. Students work with a computerized statistical package and prepare a report.

    Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in EC-101 or EC-103

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: LSC or CORE: Quantitative Reasoning
  

  • EC 215 - World Economies

    Study of major economic systems, both in their “pure” forms and as they have evolved over time. Topics include an examination of the history, structure, policy and performance of various economies from an evolutionary perspective; Countries studied may vary. Examples: Japan, former U.S.S.R, South Korea, China, India, Brazil; European economic integration and transitioning countries in Eastern Europe.

     

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103 or permission of instructor

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
  

  • EC 225 - Economics of Health Care

    Study of economic aspects of health care, weighing cost, quality and access. Topics include theory and evidence on access problems; the applicability of competition models to health care; the efficacy of health care in improving health; causes for high costs and wasted care; an international comparison of health care systems; and an exploration of the effects of the new healthcare reform law.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103 or EC 110

    Full course
  

  • EC 301 - Economic Thought and Policy

    A survey of major schools of economic thought, methodology, methods, philosophy, principal developments, debates in economic theory and policies. Influential pre-classical thought: e.g. Greek, Islamic; followed by medieval, feudal, mercantilist. Emphasis on classical political economy– Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Marx et al. Logical positivism, marginalists; Neoclassical economics; 20th & 21st century: Keynes and macro, General equilibrium, evolutionary econ, econometrics, feminist econ; Contemporary: Eg., A.K. Sen, Ostrom. This course provides the foundation for the breadth of economic thought and practice.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103; (EC 311 or EC 312 recommended)

    Full course
  

  • EC 303 - Public Finance

    This course explores the criteria for government involvement in the economy, discusses intended and unintended effects of this involvement, and studies the effects of the taxes. We consider market failures like pollution, public goods, and tragedies of the commons, and survey government involvement in Welfare, Social Security, education, and healthcare.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
  

  • EC 311 - Macroeconomic Theory

    Examination of classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, monetarist, new classical, and post-Keynesian economics, with particular focus on various theories and policies that relate to the determination of national (aggregate) income and price level, the determination and role of interest rates, and the part played by monetary and fiscal authorities in stabilizing the economy.

    Prerequisites: EC 101; recommended MA 130 or MA 150

    Full course
  

  • EC 312 - Microeconomic Theory

    This course builds rigorously on micro principles. It develops neoclassical theoretical explanations for different market structures & outcomes, using stylized facts, deductive reasoning, and mathematical techniques. Major topics: consumer & producer theory, market structures, game theory, market failures & factor markets. Students should be comfortable with algebraic operations. This course is a foundation for electives such as development, labor, international and environmental economics.

    Prerequisites: EC 103; Highly recommended: MA 130 or MA 150

    Full course
  

  • EC 317 - International Economics

    An overview of the nature of and reasons for international movements of merchandise and factors of production, the measurement of balance of payments transactions, the determination of exchange rates, and other topics. This course includes theoretical analysis, brief historical background, and coverage of contemporary issues in policy coordination and trade negotiation.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
  

  • EC 321 - Economics of Development and Poverty

    Study of theories that explain the economics of growth, development, poverty; dimensions of the development problematic faced by middle and low income regions. Policies related to industrialization, environment, health, education, population, and poverty will be examined; focus on development in an era of rapid globalization. The course will use development theories to examine specific socioeconomic issues of vulnerable populations in developing regions. Examples: child labor, international migration, trade in dirty industries.

     

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103; Highly recommended: EC 311 or EC 312

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
  

  • EC 327 - Advanced Topics in Economics

    Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year.

    Prerequisites: Spring 2019: MA-130 or MA-150; EC-312

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Enrollment will be limited and preference given to juniors. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
  

  • EC 331 - Economics of Labor Markets and Income Distribution

    Analysis of current labor market theories, problems and trends. Topics include the changing characteristics of the U.S. labor force, labor supply and demand, alternate compensation systems, human capital development, labor market signaling, discrimination, immigration, income inequality, poverty and unemployment. Also included is an appraisal of the effects of unions and of various government policies that impact the labor market such as the minimum wage, welfare programs, affirmative action and workforce development programs.


     

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
  

  • EC 333 - Economics of Education

    Study of economic aspects of education, focusing both on individuals and education systems. Topics include the income returns to education and to college in particular; individual decisions about attending college; the productivity of public & private K-12 schools in the U.S.; the influence of incentives on that productivity; and the applicability of competitive markets to K-12 education.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
  

  • EC 335 - Money and Banking

    Develops an understanding of the roles and functions of financial markets, financial intermediaries, and financial instruments from an economic perspective. Discusses risk management, capital formation, and the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of finance. Reviews recent financial crises and reforms. Examines the function role of money, and contrasts these with popular notions of money.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
  

  • EC 351 - Environmental Economics

    Study of the role of natural resources in the economy and the role of government in dealing with environmental problems. The course examines various environmental policy instruments and the application of benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analysis in policy decision making. Current U.S. environmental policies are evaluated.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103

    Full course
  

  • EC 391 - Introduction to Econometrics

    A survey of econometrics which is devoted to the statistical testing of propositions derived from economic theory. Both the derivation and application of such tests will be covered, in an applied multiple regression analysis context. Students will have numerous opportunities to develop and tests their own econometric models.

    Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 103 and EC 205 or another entry level statistics course.

    Full course
  

  • EC 410 - Senior Seminar in Economics

    A full year sequence of two courses. The first semester involves a review of research methods, skills and an exposure to peer reviewed scholarly research in various sub-fields in economics. Students will prepare an original research proposal on a topic of their choice. During the second semester students will complete the research, submit a final written research paper, and present their results. Close guidance will be provided by the instructor.

    Prerequisites: Majors Only; Seniors Only

    Full (two semesters) course
    Misc. Notes: Taken in both Fall and Spring semesters of senior year. Fulfills writing intensive requirement for the Economics major.
  

  • ED 120 - Topics in Education

    An examination of a topic at the introductory level not offered by the department on a regular basis.  Topics will vary depending on the interests of the faculty.

    Full course
  

  • ED 220 - The Coach as Educator

    This course will explore the discipline of sports pedagogy and the role of coach as educator.  Sports pedagogy is an academic field of study concerned with learning, teaching, and instruction in sport and physical education.  Students in this course will gain invaluable knowledge and experience on the many dimensions of coaching sports.

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This class counts as an Elective in the Education Studies Major.
  

  • ED 231 - Education in the 21st Century: Inquiry and Innovation

    What is the purpose of education? How is the scope of education evolving and how are learning environments changing?  What aspects of education are most interesting to you? This course invites you to explore some of the diverse approaches to teaching and learning in schools as well as other educational settings. You will explore innovative ways to rethink education through the design of an educational project. This might include environmental education, art and history, linguistics, special education, digital technology or even a mentoring program. Over the course of the semester, you will also visit a variety of schools and other educational organizations to help you create your educational vision for the future.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: ED Major/Minor/Licensure students during first Registration period, then open to all students. Includes field trips to a variety of educational settings.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior or CORE: History & Society
  

  • ED 241 - Literature for Children and Adolescents

    This is a survey course introducing literature for children and adolescents with emphasis on criteria for identifying high quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.  Students will develop familiarity with a broad range of books for all ages and the implications of developmental characteristics for book selection.   Theory and research about reader response, gender, and multiculturalism will be examined.  Students are expected to read a substantial number of books for children and adolescents.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • ED 251 - Child Development in a Culturally Responsive Classroom

    In this course students explore theories about child development from conception through early adolescence, and consider the practical application in educational settings.  Students also examine current cultural contexts and other factors that can influence children’s development at different ages and stages and the implications for educators in responding to individual differences and creating an inclusive learning environment.

    Prerequisites: Prior Completion of or Concurrent Enrollment in ED-231; ED Majors/Minors/Licensure Students Only; Second-Semester First-Years, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only.

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Students will not receive credit for both PS 252 & ED 251.
  

  • ED 271 - Adolescent Development in a Culturally Responsive Classroom

    Provides an analysis of early, middle, and late adolescence through an exploration of cognitive, social, emotional, moral, physical, and language development from a cultural perspective. This course emphasizes diverse cultural contexts that impact development and learning, and teaching methods which are responsive to both individuals and the learning communities.

    Prerequisites: ED 231; ED Majors/Minors/Licensure Students Only; Overall GPA of 3.0 required

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Sophomore standing or higher. Includes a weekly field-placement working with an English language learner. Students will not receive credit for both PS 253 & ED 271.
  

  • ED 300 - Teaching Social Studies and the Arts, PK-6

    Students will explore effective and creative ways to create interdisciplinary curriculum for educational environments.  Literature, visual culture, performances, theoretical essays, primary sources, and our own experiences are the texts to bridge understanding of history with social, environmental, and aesthetic issues of today.  Students will learn to construct a curriculum unit and teach lessons that promote imagination and reflection within culturally responsive communities where all students’ learning needs are addressed.

    Prerequisites: ED 231 and (Prior Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in ED 251)

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or CORE: Engaging Diverse Identities
  

  • ED 325 - Teaching Elementary Mathematics, PK-6

    Explores the nature of learning and teaching math and science with an emphasis on developing student understanding through active involvement and inquiry. Using experiences with a variety of instructional materials, classroom activities with children, and innovative and diverse teaching strategies, students develop an understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures.

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment in ED 300

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only. Includes a two-hour per week public school classroom experience, in addition to the scheduled class times, for ten weeks.
  

  • ED 327 - Teaching Elementary School Science and Engineering, PK-6

    This course will enhance a student’s ability to teach science and help students meet the Next Generation Science Standards through active involvement and inquiry. In class students will gain knowledge of scientific content, concepts, and skills in science pedagogy; in a two hour school placement student will gain practical experience.

    Prerequisites:   ED-231 and ED-251 and (prior or concurrent enrollment in ED-325); ED Major and Minor and Licensure students only.

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    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Required for all elementary education majors.
  

  • ED 335 - Literacy in the PK-6 Classroom

    This interactive course will introduce students to the continuum of literacy development and research-based best practices in literacy instruction with a particular emphasis on six literacy essentials:  word structure, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and motivation. Coursework will include visits to local elementary classrooms to observe master teachers and to work with elementary students.

    Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 251 and (Prior Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in ED-300)

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only.
  

  • ED 339 - Making Meaning: Content-Area Literacy, PK-6

    Building on ED 335, this course deepens students’ understanding of reading and writing instruction, specifically nonfiction, visual literacy, content area literacy, and the writing process in elementary classrooms. Coursework will include visits to local elementary classrooms to observe master teachers and to work with elementary students.

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251, ED 335 and ED 300 or concurrent enrollment.

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: ED Major students only. ED Minor students with permission.
  

  • ED 340 - Teaching in Inclusive PK-6 Classrooms

    Students will learn to recognize and address the needs and strengths of individual learners in a variety of contexts: tutoring, small group, and whole class instruction. The course focuses on children who are having difficulty learning, including children who are eligible for special education and children who are English Language Learners. Through a tutoring lab and class activities, students learn to observe and analyze learning, write individualized lesson plans, modify whole class instruction, and describe learners’ needs and strengths. A variety of strategies for remediation and accommodation will be learned. 

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 251, ED 300, ED-325, ED-335 and (Prior Completion of or Concurrent Enrollment in ED-339), or Permission of Instructor; Juniors and Seniors Only.
     

    (Pk-6) Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major and Minor students only. Includes a weekly field-placement in a local school.
  

  • ED 343 - Literacy in Middle and High Schools

    This course considers reading as a thinking process, and examines the acquisition of basic concepts in disciplines taught in middle schools and high schools. Topics include the range of reading ability in classrooms, the deficiencies of textbook presentations, the acquisition of reading and study skills and multiple literacies beyond reading print text. Students will be expected to determine the readability of certain assignments, construct lesson plans, and develop a unit in their content area related to what is expected in the Vermont teaching standards. A field placement in a middle or high school is required.

    Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271; Co-requisite: ED 361 or Permission of Instructor. Overall content GPA 3.0

     

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major/Minor/Licensure students only. Includes a weekly field-placement in a public middle or high school.
  

  • ED 357 - Early Childhood Education: Investing in the Future

    This course introduces the field of early childhood education. It provides an overview of: major historical and contemporary program models; current research on early child development and education; policy and advocacy issues; family and community perspectives; and the Vermont Early Learning Standards. Students develop skills to observe, contrast and analyze a variety of programs through required observations.

    Prerequisites: ED-251; Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Only; Education Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only (If spaces remain, course will be open with
    permission of instructor to students in other majors who have taken a child or human development course that includes the period of early childhood.).
     

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
  

  • ED 361 - Curriculum in Middle and High School

    This course offers theory and practice in curriculum, instruction, and assessment for future middle and high school teachers. Students will spend your time in content specific classrooms while learning the latest teaching techniques using technology and proficiency based education.  You will develop your understanding of diverse learners, design curriculum and assessments, and create inclusive classroom communities for students.

    Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271; Co-requisite: ED 343 or Permission of Instructor. Overall content GPA 3.0

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major/Minor/Licensure students only. Includes a weekly field-placement in a middle or high school classroom.
  

  • ED 365 - Approaches to Teaching the Humanities

    For individuals interested in teaching Humanities, this course allows students to investigate the practical realities of teaching humanities at the classroom, school, and community level while learning the policies, practices and tools of personalized learning.  The nexus of the course is how the Humanities intersect with education and society.  Includes at least 30 hours of focused field work in an educational setting.

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361, and concurrently enrolled in ED 423. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
     

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major/Licensure students only. This course runs concurrently with ED 423 Practicum.
  

  • ED 367 - Approaches to Teaching Math, Science & Technology

    For individuals interested in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math (STEM) related fields, this course allows students to investigate the practical realities of teaching STEM at the classroom, school, and community level while learning the policies, practices and tools of personalized learning.  The nexus of the course is how STEM fields intersect with education and society.  Includes at least 30 hours of focused field work in an educational setting.

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361, and concurrently enrolled in ED 423. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0.
     

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Education Major/Licensure students only. This course runs concurrently with ED 423 Practicum.
  

  • ED 370 - Teaching in an Inclusive Middle and High School

    This course allows students to apply critical thinking skills in understanding human behavior as it relates to the social construction of disability. We examine social, political and historical influences from a societal perspective, as well as our lived experiences. Students learn how to plan instruction to support students with disabilitis in general education classes.

    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Education majors, minors or licensure students.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Includes a required 2.5 hours per week practicum.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
  

  • ED 423 - Practicum

    Extends the field-work experience of teacher candidates, requiring placement in an elementary or secondary school or other educational setting for an extensive period of time, such as two school days per week or every morning.

    Prerequisites: ED 231, ED 271, ED 343, ED 361 and concurrently enrolled in ED 365/367. ED Major/Licensure Students Only. Must be a Senior with required GPA of 3.0

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: For secondary education majors and secondary and middle level licensure candidates this course is the companion practicum to ED 365 Approaches to Teaching the Humanities or ED 367 Approaches to Teaching Math, Science & Technology.
  

  • ED 426 - Education Studies Seminar

    This course is for students who are currently completing their Education Studies major and participating in an internship in their education studies concentration (e.g., early child education, education policy, special education, etc.). We collaboratively examine issues raised through the internship experience and support each other as we design and complete our community-based learning (CBL) research project.

    Prerequisites: ED-231, ED-251, (ED-300 or ED-361), (ED-340 or ED-370); Senior Education Studies Majors Only

    Full course
  

  • ED 428 - Student Teaching Seminar

    This seminar is taken concurrently with the ED 475 Student Teaching Internship. The class examines issues raised through the student teaching experience, supports the construction of the professional portfolio required for Vermont teacher licensure, and bridges the transition from student teacher to professional practitioner. As a community of learners we address the themes of creativity, curiosity, contemplation, collaboration, reflection, and social justice through topics such as student diversity, classroom management and culture, standards-based lesson and unit planning, instructional strategies, and assessment.  We develop skills together to successfully enter the teaching profession and create a professional development trajectory.

    Prerequisites: Education Majors/Licensure Students Only. Seniors Only. Must successfully pass Praxis I & II, Overall & Education GPA of 3.0, Liberal Arts Major GPA of 3.0; and Departmental approval.

    Elementary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-251, ED-300, ED-335, ED-339, ED-340, and ED-327.

    Secondary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-271, ED-343, ED-361, ED-370, (ED-365 or GED-580), (ED-367 or GED-587 or AL-310).

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: To be taken concurrently with ED-475.
  

  • ED 450 - Middle Grades Philosophy and School Organization

    The purpose of this course is to synthesize and extend theory and practice in education. Students will also explore a variety of different career opportunities available to professionals with a teaching license. Consult with your advisor about which courses in the Education department as well as other departments that might fulfill this requirement.

    Prerequisites: ED-231 and ED-271; ED Majors (or Licensure) Only.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This course is an elective for the Secondary Education major, and a requirement for the Middle Level Licensure, as Middle Grades Philosophy and Practice.
  

  • ED 475 - Student Teaching Internship

    This internship provides art, elementary, middle, and secondary students, who are earning an education major/license, the opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate instruction under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher.  This internship is the equivalent of three full courses and is taken concurrently with ED 428.

    Prerequisites: Education Majors/Licensure students Only; Seniors Only; Must successfully pass Praxis I & II; Overall & Education GPA of 3.0; Liberal Arts Major GPA of 3.0; and Departmental approval.

    Elementary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-251, ED-300, ED-335, ED-339, ED-340, and ED-327.

    Secondary Pre-reqs: ED-231, ED-271, ED-343, ED-361, ED-370, (ED-365 or GED-580), (ED-367 or GED-587 or AL-310)

    Full (three) course
    Misc. Notes: To be taken concurrently with ED 428.
  

  • ED 499 - Internship in Education

    This course offers opportunities for supervised work experience for students in Education. Interns focus on integrating theory and practice while developing skills required for success in a professional environment.

    Misc. Notes: 4 to 8 credits
  

  • EG 100 - Introduction to Engineering

    This seminar for first year engineering students exposes them to curricular options and career paths. The course will also introduce basic principles of engineering design through project based laboratories. Students will interact with faculty, professionals, and peers in their field.

    Prerequisites: None

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
  

  • EG 101 - Graphical Communication

    Principles of computer-aided drafting/design; production of engineering drawings including: orthographic, auxiliary, section, pictorials and dimensioning, graphics and charts; applications in specific engineering disciplines.

    Prerequisites: None

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
  

  • EG 220 - Statics

    Fundamentals of statics; composition and resolution of forces; the analysis of force systems in two and three dimensions; and centroids and moments of inertia. 

    Prerequisites: MA 160 and PY 210

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Matches UVM for transfer purposes
  

  • EG 499 - Engineering Internship

    An opportunity to utilize engineering skills in a non-academic environment.  Requirements include extensive work with the internship site, related readings and written reports as arranged with the sponsoring faculty member.

    Prerequisites: Junior standing

    Half or Full course
  

  • EM 101 - Fundamentals of Emergency Management

    Fundamentals of Emergency Management and command systems including the Vermont Local Emergency Management Director’s course, Red Cross shelters and other federal and state courses.  This program is mostly online with discussions and deliverables each week and three in person weekends throughout the semester.

    Prerequisites: None

    Half course
  

  • EM 102 - Emergency Management and Government

    This course builds on EM principles, discusses government and community relations and public information, hazard assessment and culminates in a nationally recognized program in emergency management exercise evaluation and control.  This program is mostly online with discussions and deliverables each week and three in person weekends throughout the semester.

    Prerequisites: EM 101: Fundamentals of Emergency Management

    Half course
  

  • EM 103 - Emergency Management for Professionals

    Fundamentals of Emergency Management and command systems including the Vermont Local Emergency Management Director’s course, Red Cross shelters and other federal and state courses. This course builds on EM principles, discusses government and community relations and public information, hazard assessment and culminates in a nationally
    recognized program in emergency management exercise evaluation and control.  This course is not available to current Saint Michael’s College students.

    4 course
  

  • EM 201 - Emergency Management Field Study

    This Independent Study engages the student to work and research the intersection of emergency management and their major or area of study.  Work and deliverables will be determined and evaluated by the EM program coordinator and an appropriate professor in the academic area. 

    This requirement can be met by certain preapproved 2- or 4-credit courses relevant to and including sufficient connection with emergency management such as ES310 Environmental Hazards; approved on a case by case basis.

    Prerequisites: EM 102: Emergency Management and Government (minimum grade of C)

    Half course

  

  • EM 210 - Emergency Management Exercise Capstone

    As a team students will conduct a needs assessment for an emergency exercise, assess emergency plans and resources, develop, conduct and evaluate a functional or full scale exercise according to Homeland Security (HSEEP) standards.

    Prerequisites: EM 102: Emergency Management and Government (minimum grade of C)

    Half course
  

  • EN 101 - College Writing

    In this workshop course, constant writing allows students to develop ease in writing, practice academic writing, and experience all aspects of the writing process: considering and understanding purpose and audience; generating ideas; gathering and organizing material; finding and sustaining a focus; developing a thesis; making arguments; using evidence; citing sources; doing multiple revisions; and editing for clarity, style, and correctness.

    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
  

  • EN 103 - College Literary Studies

    This course introduces students to college-level skills in reading, interpreting, and writing about literary texts, and the reasons it is important to practice those skills in college in the 21st century.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This course may not apply towards the English Major or Minor. This course will not meet the Literary Studies LSC. Students may not receive credit for BOTH EN-101 and EN-103. Students may not earn credit for BOTH AP English Language & Composition and EN-103.
  

  • EN 110 - Seminar in Literary Studies

    This course provides a topic-based approach to literary studies. It aims to make students more aware of their aesthetic experience through extensive reading of primary texts, discussion of interpretive strategies, and writing about the process of paying attention to literature and life.  As each EN 110 seminar offers a unique topic, the course may be repeated as long as the seminar topic is different for each subsequent semester enrollment.

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 120 - Introduction to Film

    This course is designed as an introduction to film analysis and criticism. We will study film as an art form using methods similar to those used in the study of literature. Each week students will view and discuss one or two films that represent a variety of techniques, genres, directors, and cultural perspectives. Attention will be paid to both film criticism and film technique. In addition, students will be expected to read film criticism and history, to write weekly papers, and to master the technical vocabulary.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 219 - British Literature I

    A survey of British Literature from the Old English Period to 1789.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 221 - British Literature II

    A survey of British Literature from 1789 to the present.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 251 - American Literature I

    This course introduces students to the range of American writing from the period of European settlement of the New World through the Civil War.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 253 - American Literature II

    This is a chronological survey of diverse texts and traditions in American literature from 1865 to the present.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 305 - Shakespeare

    Emphasis in this course is on the study of several representative plays by Shakespeare, including comedies, tragedies, a history play, and a late romance. Principal attention will be given to the published texts as literature and as scripts on which productions have been based. Performance matters will be relevant as they relate to and affect interpretation.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 306 - Shakespeare in Performance: On Screen

    This course will focus on five of Shakespeare plays recorded in at least two different video versions, from silent films to studio recordings, from filmed stage performances to major motion pictures. Critical analysis of screen interpretations of the printed texts will be enhanced by animated discussion, writing, and research, including reviews as well as scholarly commentaries.

    Prerequisites: None

    Half course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: N/A or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 307 - Shakespeare in Performance: On Stage

    This intensive two week study abroad course will focus on four plays performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and another performance by a different company in London. Critical analysis of both text and performance will be enhanced by animated discussion, writing, and research at Wroxton College, in addition to a broader cultural analysis of both contemporary and historic Shakespeare in performance. Travel, cultural field studies, and on-site guest lectures will complement our coursework.

    Prerequisites: EN 306

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
    When Offered: Summer
  

  • EN 309 - Milton

    The major poetry of John Milton, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, will be the main focus of this course. In addition, selected shorter poems, including Sonnets, L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas, as well as prose selections and three early biographies will be read and discussed.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 311 - American Renaissance

    A study of the flowering of the prose and poetry in the mid-nineteenth century, with special attention to the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 312 - American Naturalism

    This course explores American Naturalism, a literary movement dating from the 1880s to the 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Its major practitioners were Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, Glasgow, John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell, John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, William Styron, and Saul Bellow.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Litrature & The Arts
  

  • EN 314 - Teaching Writing

    Open to all majors, this writing-intensive course trains students to work as coaches in the Writing Center and helps prepare them to become editors, writers, or teachers at the elementary, secondary, or college level. Readings focus on the process of learning to write, tutoring methods, the writing process, writing across the curriculum, and style. Coursework is supplemented by two hours per week experience in the Writing Center.

    Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Contact the instructor at least two weeks before registration if interested.
  

  • EN 321 - Writing the Study Abroad Experience

    This course is designed primarily for study abroad returnees seeking a writing course to reflect on their study abroad experiences. We will read essays by inspiring travel writers, and our writing will range from reflections on encountering new lands, cultures, and peoples to re-thinking familiar places. Students who have had experience abroad are also welcome.

    Half course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 323 - Poetry Writing Workshop

    A workshop in which students read and write a range of different types of poems based on the technical aspects of poetry, on prosody, on presenting this material for discussion with their peers and the instructor, and revising and editing for final presentation in portfolio form. Discussions of poetry and the writing of poetry complement the workshops.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 325 - Critical Theory

    An introduction to current schools of critical theory, including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, post-structuralism, and reader response. Students will learn to read, write, and think critically. This is the second writing-intensive course in the major.

    Prerequisites: EN-123 or EN-110;Strongly recommended that this be taken in the Junior year and prior to the Senior Seminar; Majors Only or open to Gender Studies majors and English minors with instructor permission.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the English major.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: N/A or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 327 - Fiction Writing Workshop

    A small workshop in which students write two short stories or one longer one, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary fiction and theory complement the workshops.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 329 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop

    A small workshop in which students write one or two substantial pieces of creative nonfiction, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary and historical examples of creative nonfiction complement the workshops.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 333 - Empire and After

    Juxtaposes literature of the British Empire with the post-colonial fictions of Ireland, Africa and India.

    Possible authors may include E.M. Forster, Elizabeth Bowen, James Joyce, Colm Toibin, Olive Shreiner, J.M Coetzee, Nadine  Gordimer, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, and Zadie Smith.

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 335 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature I

    A survey of the major prose and poetry from 1660 to 1740.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
  

  • EN 339 - Nature, Perception and Imagination

    This course examines the Romantic tradition of nature study from the European Romantic movement through the Transcendentalists to contemporary writers, with particular focus on Goethe, Wordsworth, Emerson, Thoreau, Frost, Oliver, Coetzee and Calvino.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 341 - Modernist Poetry

    Study of the stylistic innovations of early twentieth-century poetry in relation to the historical and cultural backgrounds of Modernism. Poets include Eliot, Pound, H.D., Williams, Stevens, Frost, Stein, and Hughes.
     

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 342 - In Wildness

    When Henry David Thoreau proclaimed that “in wildness is the preservation of the world,” he articulated an aesthetic and environmental vision that continues to resonate today.  This course will consider the shifting meanings of “wildness” and “wilderness” in the American literary, cultural, and environmental imagination. 

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 357 - Victorian Novel

    Readings will include novels by Austen, Scott, Eliot, Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, Hardy, Conrad and others.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 359 - 20th Century British Novel

    Readings will include novels by Lawrence, Forster, Woolf, Conrad, Lessing, and McEwan.
     

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 375 - The Middle Passage

    An interdisciplinary study of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, or Middle Passage, which considers the global significance of the African Diaspora and the cultural links between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Particular focus on the development of an African American literary tradition within this context.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 385 - Digital Literary Studies

    This course explores relationships between literature and technology, past and present, with particular attention to changing reading practices and our sense of the “literary” in a digital era.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 389 - Major British Writers

    Emphasizes the work of one to four British writers.

    Prerequisites: EN 219 or 221 recommended.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 395 - Major American Writers

    Emphasizes the work of one to four American writers.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 401 - Women’s Literature

    Explores selected works by women writers. Students discuss themes and topics that are of particular interest to female authors including patriarchy, access to political power, finding a voice, women’s biology, the environment, language and, especially, historical and cultural contexts.

    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 403 - Topics in Film

    Designed to give students an opportunity to engage in the study of film and film criticism beyond the introductory level. Focuses on a variety of possible issues and genres, including film noir; women’s film; documentary; New German cinema; horror film; silent film; Third World film; and specific directors (Welles, Wenders, Hitchcock, Truffault, Kurosawa).

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
  

  • EN 404 - Film and the Environment

    This course surveys a diverse array of films that dramatize a broad range of environmental issues, e.g., soil and water conservation, food crises, industrialization, overpopulation, pollution, nuclear energy, fracking, and humanity’s relation to wild animals and the wilderness. We will screen, analyze, discuss, and write these films both in cinematic terms and in terms of the ethical and philosophical issues they raise about the technocratic transformation of life on Earth in the modern era.

    Prerequisites: None

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies & CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 406 - Old English

    This class teaches students to read and translate Old English texts. Beginning with basic grammar, the course moves into translation, first of prose and eventually poetry. The semester culminates in a full-scale study of Beowulf. The course covers literary and cultural issues in addition to language.

    Prerequisites: EN 219 recommended.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 407 - African-American Literature

    This course explores how the tradition of African American literature has evolved in response to historical and cultural conditions, with particular focus on the relations between oral, musical, and vernacular expression and written texts. Special topics may include: autobiography, blues and jazz in literature, visionary improvisation in black poetry.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts or Engaging Diverse Identities
  

  • EN 408 - Tolkien and Medievalism

    In this course we will explore the major works of J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion) in light of the medieval texts that influenced him, including Beowulf, Old English elegiac poetry, the European romance tradition, and Old Norse sagas.

    Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 410 - Senior Seminar

    Designed to be an English major’s most important course, the one in which students most fully demonstrate the skills acquired in the previous years of reading, writing, and studying. The course culminates in a senior thesis and presentation. As far as possible, student choice of subject matter will be honored.

    Prerequisites: Senior English and American Studies majors only, permission of instructor.

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: N/A or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • EN 413 - Topics in Literature

    A course on a topic not offered by the department in a given semester or not customarily offered on a regular basis.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
  

  • EN 414 - Writing Center Internship Seminar

    Required upon completion of EN314, this half-course seminar meets once a week to offer continuing education and support for Writing Center “core” coaches, who work in teams to fulfill the Writing Center’s mission in such areas as advertising, public relations, continuing education, website development, assessment, and improvement of services. This course may be taken twice.

    Prerequisites: EN 314 and permission of the instructor.

    Half course
    Misc. Notes: Students may repeat the course up to two times.
  

  • EN 420 - Independent Research in English

    An independent research project pursued in consultation with an English instructor.

    Prerequisites: Only students with a B average or higher in the English major. Permission of the instructor.

    Full course
  

  • EN 450 - English Honors Seminar

    This advanced seminar, open to students by invitation, focuses on a topic of the instructor’s choosing.  In recent years topics have included Utopian Literature, Aesthetics, Myth and Literature, and Glamour.

    Prerequisites: English majors only or permission of instructor.

    Full course
    Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: N/A or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • ENG 099 - AEP Prep

    This course introduces students to supported undergraduate content coursework.  Courses reflect subject matter from areas of student interest such as business and the social sciences.  Course readings and assignments reflect a graded level of difficulty. Along with lectures, a variety of media and learning activities are utilized.

    Support Courses for the content course are aimed at developing learners’ academic skills. Materials and assignments in support courses are aligned with the academic course texts and tasks covering writing and grammar, reading and vocabulary,  and oral skills: listening/note-taking and speaking/pronunciation. Skill based labs are included for the support courses to give the learners’ more practice with academic skills

    Prerequisites: None, but need permission of instructor as part of AEP program.

    Variable Credit course
    Misc. Notes: This is a variable credit course (3 to 12 credits) depending on placement.
  

  • ENG 100 - Academic Reading and Writing

    This course supports international students in the development of academic skills in reading and writing in conjunction with an undergraduate cooperative course chosen from regular course listings in the Saint Michael’s Catalog. Students will apply principles of composition as well as critical reading skills and strategies with attention to academic discourse styles and vocabulary. Basic research skills and other aspects of academic orientation to written texts are also addressed.

    Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level 1

    Full course
  

  • ENG 102 - Introduction to Literature

    ENG 102, Introduction to Literature (for non-native English speakers), introduces the principles of literary analysis and appreciation through the reading of the first-year seminar common text and selected works of fiction, poetry, and drama. Additionally, the students will complete writing assignments on the readings. The genre selections are chosen and treated with the students’ cultural backgrounds in mind. Successful completion of ENG 102 fulfills the requirement in the Arts and Literature category of the Core Curriculum. .

    Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level II or equivalent English proficiency.

     

    Full course
    Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies or CORE: Literature & The Arts
  

  • ENG 103 - English for Academic Purposes

    Supports academic skills development and provides further instruction in academic reading and writing through the content of the undergraduate cooperative course.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the AEP Level 1 or permission of the Instructor and ELP Director.

    Half course
 

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