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FS 122 - Music and the Human Experience
This course explores the power of song as it relates to the human condition. The class will examine music’s many dimensions – cultural, social, political, etc. – and how music can address and engage in issues from gender, identity, healing, and spirituality to stereotypes, oppression, solidarity, and the “other.”
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 123 - On Memory
What is memory? Why do we remember? What role does memory play in constructions of self and society? Can we exist without memory? This course will explore such questions on memory, which have been posed and debated since antiquity. Our study will be interdisciplinary, considering these problems through the lenses of psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and history.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 126 - Sports Stories
This course focuses on sports-centered stories, novels, nonfiction books, and films and explore what these works teach us about honesty, fairness, endurance, faith, solidarity, disappointment, pain, and other essential facts of life.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 127 - Storytelling
This course will explore storytelling as a literary art, as a cultural and familial practice, and as a form of historical documentation. We will consider how stories shape perceptions (of nature, of nation, of community, of family, of self), and vice versa. Examples will include diverse modes of engaging others, preserving traditions, defining traditions, and communicating within and across cultures and subcultures through narrative. Students will also examine the integrations of storytelling practice in and across virtually all academic and professional fields.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 139 - Resistance and Empowerment
This seminar will explore the theme of resistance and empowerment in significant works of writing and films to better understand how words and images can be used as artistic, social, and political tools to give voice to those who are otherwise forgotten, ignored, discriminated against, or excluded.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 140 - Place and Placelessness
This seminar examines conceptions and experiences of place. We live in a world of distinct, memorable and meaning-infused places. By exploring spaces and places which seem to resonate with meaning, we will probe how the essence of the meaning of place can be imposed and maintained (or resisted and denied?), and how we define ourselves and others through and within places.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 147 - Skull Wars
This course examines how celebrity-seeking, competition, sexism, and racism dominate knowledge production in physical anthropology and the hunt for human ancestors. We will explore how numerous scientists and popularizers leverage academic publishers and the media for selfish ends and explore how historical western imperialism, and its attendant racisms, have plagued, and continue to plague, the science of paleoanthropology.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 153 - Peace and Justice
This course is designed as an introduction to the subject of social justice through the study of social justice issues in the context of the lives of individuals who envision(ed) a more just society and endeavor(ed) to live by that vision. We will study issues such as nonviolence, racism, and social and economic inequality, and individuals such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Paul Farmer. This course includes a community service component.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 154 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Media
Our society is fundamentally affected by our understanding of race, gender and ethnicity. In this class we will explore how these categories are constructed and function in society and the ways they are shaped by the media. Media portrayals profoundly influence our perspective on the world. We will seek to understand the impact of these media depictions.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 156 - Memoirs of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
This course examines critical autobiographies from around the world that explore structural racism, misogyny, and homophobia, and that offer individual stories of self-discovery and resistance. Grounded in comparative reflections on identity in text and film, the course builds knowledge from the experience of what it means to be different and to act politically.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 158 - Society, Identity, and Race
This course examines race, power dynamics in society, the creation of identity, and the nature of racial injustice. We will explore the formation of racial identity and the power of radical critique in response to powerful external forces and the inherent human drive to shape and determine one’s own self.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 161 - Technology and Ethics in Society
The interplay of technology, sociology, and ethics will be considered in this seminar course. We will consider both recent and historical impacts of technological innovation on the American landscape as well as the broader and more recent influence of globalization. Course participants will study current research and trends in computing and consider their impact on our society and the world. We will consider the ethical, sociological and economic dilemmas created by the introduction of new technologies.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 170 - Medieval Magic & the Divine
This seminar will explore medieval French epic, heroic, and romantic tales including Marie de France’s Lais, Chretien de Troyes’ Lancelot, and the Song of Roland (all in translation), as well as descriptions of the period. Students will gain insight into what these works reflect about medieval beliefs on the topics of magic and the power of God.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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FS 182 - The Social Construction of Humanness
This course will introduce students to the questions: What makes us human? To what extent do variations in characteristics (e.g., sex, gender, dis/ability, stature, body morphology, and race) impact our perceptions of humanness? To what extent is being human biologically determined, socially constructed, or an emergent property of both? Have notions of what it means to be human been fixed or have they varied throughout history?
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: First-Year Students Only
Core: First-Year Seminar
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GG 101 - Introduction to Human Geography
An overview of the central themes of systematic human geography: the creation and recreation of places; and an understanding of their interdependence in the context of globalization. Core topics include: human-environment relations, demography, cultural identity, geographies of political space, and a spatial history of the world economy.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
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GG 201 - Urban Geography
A geographic perspective on urbanization and a variety of contemporary urban problems. Possible topics include perceptions and images of urban areas; approaches to the study of urbanization and the spatial structure of urban systems; architecture and urban design; social structure and the urban experience; the evolution of residential and non-residential land-use patterns; investment and disinvestment in central cities; and the role of politics and planning in urban development. Emphasis is on the processes characteristic of North American cities.
Credits: 4
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GG 205 - Political Geography
A survey of the theories and themes of political geography. Possible topics include environmental political theories; traditional and critical geopolitics and power; territoriality and identity, nationalism and the state; global environmental governance; locational conflict; electoral geography; locality studies; and urban scale politics. This course examines conflict and conflict resolution at a variety of spatial scales – from local to global.
Credits: 4
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GG 207 - Economic Geography
A geographic perspective on the central economic issues facing human societies. This course covers conflicting arguments and theories for comprehending a world in rapid transition, ranging from spatial applications of neoclassical economics to political economy perspectives on underdevelopment. Possible topics include population dynamics and policy; pollution and resource depletion; food and famine; transportation; patterns of production and land use; economic justice; social and economic development; and multinational and international commerce.
Credits: 4
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GG 211 - Water Resources
A geographical examination of human-environment relations in the context of water. Built on a foundation of hydrology/water resource management, the course examines the development and resolution of conflict over this critical natural resource. Possbile topics include the hydrological cycle; surface and groundwater processes; the distribution and development of water resources at a variety of spatial scales; water quality and human health; water law; globalization and the commodification of drinking water supplies; international conflict over water supplies; water and human rights.
Credits: 4
Crosslisted: ES-211
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GG 220 - Maps and Apps: Space and Place in Electronic Environments
An exploration of maps and mapping in electronic environments. Students will explore the fundamental premises of cartography and apply them in various Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environments. Course topics include map creation and analysis, virtual globes, exploration and use of online “public” mapping and spatial analysis services, and basic use of GIS software. The principle objective is to investigate an array of mapping and spatial display environments rather than develop expert GIS users.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
Notes: This course will not be open to students to have already received credit for ES-260: Geographical Information Systems. (Students who complete ES-220/GG-220 may, however, move on to complete ES-260).
Crosslisted: ES-220
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GG 311 - Community and Environmental Planning
An introduction to community and environmental planning from an applied geography perspective. Foundational topics include the evolution of the American urban system and the internal structure of cities; the evolution of planning as a legal and regulatory facet of American society; planning techniques and tools; approaches to environmental problem solving at local and regional scales. Supplementary emphases may include housing and community development, economic development, historic preservation and transportation. The class has a fieldwork component. Students are introduced to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Crosslisted: ES-311
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GG 317 - Advanced Topics in Geography
Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
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GG 417 - Directed Readings in Geography
Directed study for advanced students in human geography. Focused on major themes and literature in the field, this seminar includes design and completion of a research project.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Enrollment by permission of the instructor.
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GG 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It
is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors; Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA.
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GG 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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GL 201 - Foundations of Global Studies
Students learn theories and methodologies of critical thinking about globalization. They study the interdependence of people and places, and increasing global interconnectedness through economic, political, cultural, and environmental change. Students think globally about the fast-paced transfer of ideas, products, labor, and money and their vital impact on local communities.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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GL 255 - South Africa: Apartheid – Resistance, Revolution and Representation
This course analyses the ways in which media was used to promote, maintain and then dismantle apartheid in South Africa. What role did media play in influencing people’s views of the systemic injustices and how was media utilized in the fight against apartheid? How does media shape post-apartheid South Africa?
Credits: 4
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities
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GL 270 - Senegalese Culture
This course will give you a solid introduction to West African culture through the study of Senegal in an interdisciplinary approach (history, religious and film studies, literature, sociology, linguistics.) in order to get a good understanding of what Senegalese society is like today.
Credits: 2
Core: Students must also complete GL-271 or FR-271 to earn CORE credit.
Crosslisted: FR-270
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GL 271 - Service and Culture in Senegal
You will spend two weeks in Senegal and learn about Senegalese culture through an interdisciplinary approach and by having excursions and visits, lectures by guest speakers, service and hands on activities, interactions with the locals, and class discussions.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GL-270 or FR-270
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Crosslisted: FR-271
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GL 301 - Advanced Topics in Global Studies
An examination of a topic not offered by the department on a regular basis. Topics will vary depending on instructor and student interest and demand, but all topics will at a minimum employ a multi-disciplinary and comparative perspective to examine an issue of global relevance in or across two or more cultures, nations or institutions.
Credits: Variable
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GL 330 - City of Joy! Seeking to Understand Kolkata, India (Pre-Trip)
In this course we explore the rich culture, art, religions and poverty of Kolkata, India. Each week we will uncover different stories, from streetlife to language and sounds in a city where 15 million people coexist with sacred cows and booming technology, and where Mother Theresa established her lifework.
Credits: 2
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GL 331 - Kolkata, India: Immersion through Service in the City of Joy (Study Trip)
Merging cultural exploration of this ancient city with service at various organizations, including Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity, we will explore what makes an NGO effective-a focus on immediate needs or sustainable change? This trip is largely defined by an immersive experience with significant time spent serving vulnerable populations.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GL-330
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities (Upon completion of both GL-330 and GL-331).
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GL 340 - Preparation for International Service
Students prepare for travel to an international location by learning about the history, economics, politics, culture, and society of that location, and by carefully exploring the challenges of engaging in service work in developing countries. This course provides an opportunity for team-building, logistical preparation, and intellectual grounding in philosophical ethical theory, as applied to international service. The course is restricted to students planning to enroll in GL 341 “A Study in Service: Guyana” or another international service experience.
Credits: 2
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GL 341 - A Study in Solidarity: Guyana
Students travel to an international location for two weeks (Guyana, if political conditions allow) and engage in service-learning, working with individuals facing marginalization based on race, poverty, age, and illness. Daily writing and group discussion will consider global social, political, and economic marginalization and Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of infinite responsibility.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH 351
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GL 355 - South Africa: Resistance, Revolution, & Representation Study Trip
This course analyses the ways in which media was used to promote, maintain and then dismantle apartheid in South Africa. What role did media play in influencing people’s views of the systemic injustices and how was media utilized in the fight against apartheid? How does media shape post-apartheid South Africa?
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GL-255 or MJD-255
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GL 358 - Power, Resistance, & Race
This course examines questions about race, identity, power, oppression, resistance, and liberation. Is race central to subjectivity? Are we free in determining who we are, given powerful forces of socialization and domination in our racialized world? Does human nature lead to conformity and oppression? Does human nature lead to resistance? How can we overcome oppression? How can we achieve liberation? We will examine ideas from thinkers and leaders in the US and around the world who have challenged systems of racial and ethnic domination and inspired movements for liberation.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: PH-103
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Crosslisted: PH-358
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GL 410 - Advanced Integrations
This is the capstone course for the Global Studies minor. Students will have the opportunity to synthesize theoretical material from this and previous courses, and apply it to cases and issues facing cultures worldwide. Students will be expected to use research, writing and presentation skills to complete projects related to their geographic and topical areas of interest.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GL-201; Seniors Only; Juniors by Permission of Instructor As this is a capstone experience, students should complete all other coursework for the Global Studies Minor prior to enrolling in this course.
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GL 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It
is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors; Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA.
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GL 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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GR 101 - Elementary Greek
An introduction to Ancient Greek. Students will learn the fundamentals of Greek grammar through drill, and translation and composition exercises. Students will get a taste of simple Greek, through sentences and very short passages from the New Testament and ancient Greek authors, such as Menander, Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon. Students will also be introduced to the history of Greek literature.
Credits: 4
Core: Second Language for B.A.
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GR 201 - Intermediate Greek
Continued intensive study of the fundamentals and nuances of ancient Greek. Selected readings may include Xenophon, Herodotus, and the New Testament.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GR 101
Core: Second Language for B.A.
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GR 310 - Directed Readings in Greek Literature
Students will read and discuss texts by a Greek author. This course may be taken more than once, and normally students will work with one author in a semester. Recent offerings have been Homer, Plato, and Herodotus.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: GR 101 and GR 201 or equivalent.
Core: Literature & The Arts
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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GR 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It
is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors; Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA.
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GR 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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GS 101 - Gender Studies: Foundations
This course introduces students to the history, theories, methodologies, vocabulary, and classic readings in gender studies, usually with concentration on one theme such as health, labor, or suffrage. The course materials have broad applicability to other courses and will provide a useful foundation for students who plan to major or minor in Gender Studies.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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GS 203 - Gender Issues in Society
Explores the significance and intelligibility of gender by examining, from an interdisciplinary and global perspective, how gender differentiation is experienced, understood, expressed, valued, and lived out in cultures.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Gender Studies major.
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GS 204 - Men & Masculinities
Explore the myriad definitions, pre-conceived notions, constructions and consequences of both our subjective and objective “experiences” of the two vastly misunderstood terms - men AND masculinities. Global, national and local interpretations of these terms will be explored through the use of texts, discussions, lectures, videos and guest speakers.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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GS 208 - Topics in Gender Studies
This topics course may change from year to year as professors offer introductory level courses on a topic related to the study of gender. These courses are designed to include all undergraduates, not just Gender Studies minors, who are interested in the particular special topic relating to gender offered that year.
Credits: 4
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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GS 308 - Advanced Topics in Gender Studies
This advanced topics course may change from year to year as professors offer advanced level, theoretical courses that reflect current work in the discipline of Gender Studies. A current special topic course is, for example, Feminist Theory and the Body. A past course was Sex and Sexuality from a Gender Perspective. These courses are designed to help Gender Studies minors do advanced reading and work in the field.
Credits: 4
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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GS 410 - Senior Capstone
Each student designs a senior project by working with the director of the program and a Gender Studies advisor. It must include a research thesis or project and an internship or community-based learning component linking theory and praxis. Students will give a presentation of their work at a symposium in the Women’s Center at year’s end.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Permission of Instructor Only.
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GS 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It
is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors; Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA.
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GS 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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HI 101 - U.S. History to 1865
A survey of American history from the beginnings of colonization through the Civil War.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
Notes: No credit given for HI-101 if credit has been given for AP U.S. History.
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HI 103 - U.S. History since 1865
A survey of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
Notes: No credit given for HI-103 if credit has been given for AP U.S. History.
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HI 105 - Early Modern Europe
A survey of the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Europe from the end of the Hundred Years’ War in the fifteenth century to the eve of the French Revolution in the eighteenth century.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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HI 107 - Modern Europe
This course is a survey of political, economic, social and cultural forces that have changed the course of European and western civilization since the French Revolution. This course will investigate the people and events that shaped European landscapes, boundaries, and economics, as well as the European mindset over the period.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 108 - Medieval World
An interdisciplinary survey of significant developments in the history of Europe, Islam, and Byzantium from the fifth through the fifteenth century (from the collapse of the Roman Empire through the Hundred Years War and the rise of the Ottoman Empire).
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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HI 113 - History of Rome
The goal of this course is to survey the richness and complexity of all of Roman history. The major focus will be to consider the Roman Empire from the settlement of Augustus in the first century B.C. to the fall of the Western half of the Empire in the fifth century A.D.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 121 - The Modern Middle East: An Introduction
A survey of the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 141 - Traditional East Asia
An intellectual adventure across time and space into the distant past of China and Japan, from their prehistoric beginnings to approximately 1800 A.D. A comparison between China and Japan will highlight the shared characteristics as well as the diverse experiences of East Asian societies.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 143 - Modern East Asia
A survey of social, political, and cultural changes in China and Japan from the eighteenth century to the present. We will compare the paths of development the two nations have taken in the past two centuries. The hallmark of this course will be the critical examination of the contemporary relevance of China’s past and its implications for the future of our shared humanity.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 161 - Early Latin America
A survey of Latin American history from the emergence of pre-Columbian societies to independence, with an emphasis on the effects of “empire” on pre-Columbian and Latin American societies and on Indian-European relations after 1492.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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HI 215 - Women in American Society
An introductory course for students to explore the major themes and experiences of American women from the colonial period to the present.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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HI 216 - Native Peoples of North America
A survey of indigenous people of North America from 1400 to the present day, with emphasis on cultural diversity among native groups, the impact of colonization, rebirth of social and cultural identity/ political sovereignty in the twentieth century, and present day issues.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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HI 221 - Early Caribbean History: Swashbucklers, Slaves, and Servants
Survey spanning the pre-colonial era through the mid-nineteenth century examining the diverse Caribbean region. Explores political, social and cultural events through the experiences of the diverse peoples and cultures of the region. Major themes include colonial history, slavery, race relations, political processes, relations with the United States, and immigration.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
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HI 223 - Modern Caribbean History: Cannons to Cricket
Survey spanning the nineteenth century through the present examining the diverse Caribbean region. Explores political, social and cultural events through the experiences of the regions diverse peoples and cultures. Major themes include colonial history, slavery, race relations, political processes, religion, culture, tourism, relations with the United States, and immigration.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society
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HI 320 - American Society and Culture since 1865
This course explores the social and cultural history of the US since 1865 through the lens of the American Dream, continually evolving, in part, because of an on-going tension between the values of two cultures, an older one of scarcity and production and a newer one of affluence and consumption.
Credits: 4
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HI 332 - History of the American Family
This course will explore the functions of the institution, changes in the structure, size and character of the family, roles and relationships within the family and the institution of the family as a reflection of the broader social and historic trends in American culture and society. It will also consider methodologies and perspectives in American social and cultural history.
Credits: 4
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HI 335 - China in the Twentieth Century
An analysis of recent Chinese history from the Boxer uprising in 1900 to the return of Hong Kong in 1997. This course examines the interplay of imperialism and nationalism, and the mixture of socialism and capitalism, that has shaped China’s experience in modern times.
Credits: 4
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HI 338 - Tiananmen in History and Memory
In spring 1989, millions of Chinese took to the streets calling for reforms. The nationwide Movement, highlighted by a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, ended on June 4 with the People’s Liberation Army firing on unarmed civilians. Over 200,000 soldiers, equipped with tanks and machine guns, participated in the lethal action. Student leaders, intellectuals, workers, and citizens were subsequently purged, imprisoned, or exiled. This seminar explores the Tiananmen Movement in history and memory as well as its long-term impact.In 1989, millions of Chinese demonstrated for political reform. Protests and the hunger strike by students on Tiananmen Square ended with the army’s firing on unarmed civilians. Leaders were purged, imprisoned, or exiled. This seminar explores the Tiananmen Movement in history and memory as well as its long-term impact.
Credits: 4
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HI 339 - East Asia and the West
From Marco Polo to Toyota. A topical analysis of the history of cultural, economic, and diplomatic relations between East Asia and the Western world, with an emphasis on the experience from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Credits: 4
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HI 341 - Advanced Topics in East Asian History
Critical inquiry of social and political issues in the history of China or Japan.
Credits: 4
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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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.
Credits: 4
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HI 351 - Advanced Topics History of Race and Ethnicity (EDI)
The examination of historical topics exploring the issues of Race and Ethnicity from a local and/or global perspective. Topics may include histories of BIPOC communities, civil rights and resistance movements, history of Race and Ethnicity in US or abroad. Topics will vary depending on the interests of the faculty.
Credits: 4
Core: History & Society AND Engaging Diverse Identities
Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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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.
Credits: 4
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HI 363 - Race, Class, and Gender in the Atlantic World
Historical and contemporary study of gender, class, and racial/ethnic relations as distinct, but linked dimensions of social inequality in multiple Atlantic World communities. Intersections of these identities contributed to both diversity and discord. Examines historic underpinnings of discrimination by race, class, gender and explores the present status of these issues.
Credits: 4
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities
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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.
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring
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HI 374 - Witches, Indians, and Swashbucklers: the remaking of the New World, 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.
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: One HI Course; Juniors and Seniors Only.
Notes: This course is not open to students who have taken JS-309.
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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.
Credits: 4
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HI 395 - Crime & Society in Victorian Britain
This seminar explores the rise of modern policing and considers the impact of gender, class, sexuality and race on definitions of crime and the treatment of offenders at home and in the Empire. It will also examine popular
representations of crime, policing, trial and punishment in Victorian society.
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Restrictions: History and American Studies Majors Only; Seniors Only.
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.
Credits: 4
Core: Engaging Diverse Identities
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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.
Credits: 4
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.
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
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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).
Credits: 4
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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.
Credits: 4
Core: Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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HI 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA; Permission of Instructor.
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HI 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
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.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Honors Program Students Only; Juniors and Seniors Only.
Notes: This course is required of all students enrolled in the Honors Program.
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HS 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research
Independent Study/Research courses are allowed by the college as a complement to regular class work for qualified students. These are variable credit experiences open to qualified sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA. It is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the faculty member who will supervise the Independent Study/Research. Independent Study/Research does not include Internships.
Proposals are submitted via the online “Undergrad Independent Study Application” form found on the Registrar’s portal page and must be approved by the end of the first two weeks of the semester in which the course is taken.
Contact the Office of the Associate Dean of the College with any questions.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA; Permission of Instructor.
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HS 499 - (INT) Internship
Qualified majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, healthcare practices and businesses.
Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and an oral presentation.
Registration is through the Career Education Center and will require an appointment with a Career Coach. This meeting will lead to your permission to enter the Experience section of Handshake to complete the forms necessary to do your internship for academic credit. The process will take several weeks and needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester.
Credits: Variable
Prerequisites/Restrictions: Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Notes: May be repeatable.
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