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EN 212 - Genres: Fiction
An intensive study of fiction aimed at cultivating critical skills and vocabulary and fostering appreciation of the many varieties of prose fiction.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 213 - Genres: Drama
An intensive study of types of drama, ranging from classical comedy and tragedy to twentieth-century experiments in realism and non-realism.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 214 - Genres: Film
A study of the feature 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 which represent a variety of genres, directors, countries and techniques. Attention will be paid to both film criticism and film technique.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 219 - British Literature I
A survey of British literature from Beowulf to 1789.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 221 - British Literature II
A continuation of the survey from 1789 to the present.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 223 - Poetry Writing Workshop I
A workshop designed to provide practical experience in the reading, writing, and analysis of poems. Through first-hand experience of writing poems, which are then discussed in class, students will develop practical critical ability, as well as an appreciation of the techniques of writing poetry.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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EN 227 - Fiction Writing Workshop I
A course in the basic techniques and processes of writing fiction, learned through reading and discussing contemporary fiction, writing a series of short exercises, and writing and revising a complete short story.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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EN 251 - American Literature I
A survey of American writers from the arrival of Europeans to the mid-nineteenth century.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 253 - American Literature II
A survey of American writers from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Credits: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 301 - The Nineteenth Century
Focuses on the interconnections among the philosophical, religious, economic and scientific ideas of the nineteenth century as expressed primarily in the novels. Readings include Austen, Bronte, Flaubert, Turgenev, Darwin, Marx and Nietzsche.
Credits: 3 cr.
Crosslisted: HU 207
Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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EN 305 - Shakespeare
A study of representative histories, comedies, tragedies, and a late romance.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 309 - Milton
Milton’s important works, including L’Allegro/II Penseroso, Comus, Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes as well as selected prose that bears a particular relationship to his poetry.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 314 - Teaching Writing
Open to all majors. A writing-intensive course that trains students to work as consultants in the Writing Center and helps prepare them to become editors, writers, or teachers at the elementary, secondary, or college level. Readings on tutoring methods, the writing process, the codes of language, and writing across the curriculum, supplemented by two hours per week experience in the Writing Center.
Prerequisites: Recommendation by an instructor familiar with your writing, followed by a short qualifying test.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: Contact the instructor at least two weeks before registration if interested.
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EN 323 - Poetry Writing Workshop II
A small workshop for advanced poetry writers. Students will read poetry and theory, but the primary work of the course is writing poems and presenting them for workshop critique.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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EN 325 - Critical Theory
An introduction to current schools of critical theory, including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, post-structuralism, and reader response. Students will learn to read, write, and think critically. This is the second writing-intensive course in the major.
Prerequisites: EN 123. Open to English majors only with at least Junior standing.
Credits: 4 cr.
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EN 327 - Fiction Writing Workshop II
A small workshop in which students write several stories, present them for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit them for presentation in a final portfolio (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary fiction and theory complement the workshops.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Artistic Experience
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EN 333 - Empire and After
Juxtaposes novels of the British Empire with the post-colonial fictions of Africa and India. Readings include Conrad, Forster, Kipling, Achebe, Soyinka, Coetzee, Gordimer, Rushdie, and Ghosh.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 335 - Eighteenth-Century Literature I
A survey of the major British poets and prose writers from Dryden to Burns.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 337 - The British Romantic Poets
Works of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 341 - Modernist Poetry
Study of the stylistic innovations of early twentieth-century poetry in relation to the historical and cultural backgrounds of Modernism. Poets include Eliot, Pound, H.D., Williams, Stevens, Frost, Stein, and Hughes.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 351 - Russian Literature I
A study of Russian literature in various genres (prose: novels and short stories; poetry; drama) and various periods (nineteenth and twentieth centuries). Specific writers and works will be selected each semester.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In English. Applied Language Component (one credit) available in Russian.
Crosslisted: RU 415
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 353 - Russian Literature II
Similar to English 351, with a different selection of authors and topics.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In English. Applied Language Component (one credit) available in Russian.
Crosslisted: RU 417
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 355 - Eighteenth Century Literature II
Readings will include novels by Bunyan, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Burney, Sterne, and others.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 357 - The Victorian Novel
Readings will include novels by Scott, Austen, Bronte, Dickens, Thackeray, Meredith, Hardy, Conrad, and others.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 359 - Twentieth-Century British Novel
Readings will include novels by Lawrence, Forster, Woolf, Conrad, Lessing, and McEwan.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 375 - The Middle Passage
An interdisciplinary study of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, or Middle Passage, which considers the global significance of the African Diaspora and the cultural links between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Particular focus on the development of an African American literary tradition within this context. There is an optional 2-credit service learning study tour to Ghana attached to this course.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 376 - The Middle Passage: The View from Ghana
This is a three-week course that extends the work of EN 375 to consider West African perspectives on the slave trade. It combines volunteer service, study, and immersion in Ghanaian culture.
Prerequisites: EN 375.
Credits: 2 cr.
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EN 380 - Multi-Ethnic Literatures of America
This course studies the cultural and ethnic diversity of American literature by focusing on the dialogue between texts and between traditions. Topics may include Native-American, Asian-American and African-American literature.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 389 - Major British Writers
Emphasizes the work of one to four major British writers.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 395 - Major American Writers
Emphasizes the works of one to four major American writers.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 401 - Women’s Literature
Explores selected works by women writers. Students will discuss themes and topics which are of particular interest to female authors, including patriarchy, access to political power, women’s biology, the environment, language, and women’s history.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 403 - Special Topics in Film
Designed to give students an opportunity to engage in the study of film and film criticism beyond the introductory level. Provides more in-depth study of topics and techniques than English 214, focusing 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).
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 406 - Old English
This class teaches students to read and translate Old English texts. Beginning with basic grammar, the course moves into translation, first of prose and eventually poetry. The semester culminates in a full-scale study of Beowulf. The course covers literary and cultural issues in addition to language.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 407 - African-American Literature
Survey of literature by African-American writers from the time of slavery to the present. Readings will include fiction, poetry, autobiographies, and essays; the course will consider current theoretical issues in the study of black culture and the American literary canon.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 409 - Irish Literature
Surveys a selection of writers and works, and may emphasize a particular genre or focus on a few major authors for special study.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 410 - Senior Seminar
Designed to be an English major’s most important course, the one in which students do their best work and most fully demonstrate the skills acquired in the previous years of reading, writing, and studying. As much as possible, student choice of subject matter will be honored.
Credits: 4 cr.
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EN 413 - Special 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.
Credits: 4 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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EN 414 - Writing Center Internship
Required each semester for all writing coaches working in the Writing Center, this seminar will meet one hour per week for ongoing training and discussion of topics not covered in EN 314, with special focus on teaching techniques for remedial, learning-disabled, and non-native writers, and techniques for using computers to teach/tutor writing.
Prerequisites: EN 314 and writing coach status in the Writing Center.
Credits: 1 cr.
Misc. Notes: Students may repeat the course up to three times.
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EN 420 - Tutorial in Independent Study
An independent project pursued in consultation with an English instructor.
Prerequisites: Only students with a B average or higher in the English major may register for this course. Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3-4 cr.
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EN 425 - Politics and Literature
An interdisciplinary, team-taught examination of how the study of politics and the study of literature can interrelate and enhance each other. The thematic focus varies with the choice of instructors. Recent topics have included the Vietnam War and Voices of Resistance.
Credits: 4 cr.
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EN 450 - English Honors Seminar
Each spring semester the Department of English faculty elects 10 to 12 English Honors Scholars who will be sophomores, juniors, and seniors during the following academic year. The choice of subject will be made by the instructor after consultation with the elected students and does not duplicate courses already listed.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: Open only to English Honors Scholars.
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FR 101 - First Semester French
A course for beginners and students with limited preparation, designed to develop proficiency in the basic language skills.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FR 102 - Second Semester French
A course offering proficiency-oriented practice in conversation, grammar review, reading, and composition. Course material will be based on various aspects of French and Francophone culture, including literature.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: Only students with a grade of C+ or better may continue on to the advanced courses.
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FR 203 - Third Semster French
This course follows FR 102 and continues the development of students’ language skills in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FR 204 - Composition et Grammaire
A course designed to help students consolidate and mobilize their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary as they develop their writing skills.
Prerequisites: FR 203 or equivalent.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French.
When Offered: Offered in the fall and/or spring semesters.
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FR 205 - Conversation en français
The study and practice of oral expression. Class activities are related to different aspects of French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 203 or equivalent.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French.
When Offered: Offered in the fall and/or spring semesters.
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FR 243 - Études Littéraires
Familiarizes students with different literary genres and styles and introduces them to the principal literary movements and authors of French and Francophone literature.
Prerequisites: FR 204 and FR 205 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French. Must be taken at Saint Michael’s College.
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FR 313 - Thèmes de la culture francophone
Explores cultures of French-speaking countries and regions outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, New England, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: the culture of Québec; Haitian culture through its art; sub- Saharan Francophone culture; New England’s Franco-Americans; or the oral tradition in Francophone culture.
Credits: 3-4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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FR 315 - Thèmes de la culture française
Explores the cultures of France. Courses could cover such topics as: the image of Paris as the center of French culture; history of French civilization; the culture of Occitanie (Southern France); Breton traditions and cultures; the Enlightenment; women in France; rural life in France or French impressionism, for example.
Prerequisites: FR 243
Credits: 3-4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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FR 425 - Le Théâtre francais
Explores works chosen from the rich body of French and Francophone theatrical works. Discussion will center on the unique qualities of this genre. Students may have the opportunity to participate in a theatrical presentation and/or see a performance in Montréal.
Prerequisites: FR 243.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
When Offered: Offered in rotation with other French literature courses.
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FR 435 - Lectures: La Littérature Francophone
Readings in Francophone literatures from outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, New England, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: French-Canadian women authors, Haitian literature of the diaspora, literature of the Négritude movement in Africa and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: FR 243.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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FR 440 - Lectures: La Littérature Française
Readings in the literature of France. Courses could cover a literary school or movement (e.g. the Moralists of the seventeenth century), an author (e.g. Colette or Molière), a theme (e.g. la querelle des femmes).
Prerequisites: FR 243.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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FR 445 - La Poésie
An exploration of poetry, leading to an appreciation of its uniqueness as a genre. The course will discuss what makes poetry different from other literary forms and will provide the student with a better understanding of poetry and with the tools of poetic analysis.
Prerequisites: FR 243.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: In French.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Literary Studies
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FR 455 - Independent Study
Permits the student to gain academic credit for work done outside regularly scheduled courses. The course may be based on research, directed readings or special internship programs (when available). A plan of study must be submitted and approved prior to enrollment, and the fee for independent study is applicable.
Prerequisites: 18 hours of earned credit in French, and permission of the instructor, department chair, and the Assistant Dean of the College.
Credits: 3-4 cr.
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FR 460 - Senior Seminar
Topics vary.
Prerequisites: Senior French majors only.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 101 - Ancient and Medieval Civilization
An interdisciplinary study of significant texts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Readings may include Virgil’s Aeneid, Saint Augustine’s Confessions, and Dante’s Inferno. The seminar will emphasize critical reflection, writing, and discussion.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 103 - Essays and Essayists: Person, Place and Time
This seminar will include discussions on assigned readings of major essayists, in- and out-of-class writing assignments, a research project, and oral reports. Students will learn to read and write better and learn ways in which discussion and writing help us to think better and to better understand our biases and those of others. For the research project, students will be asked to write about their own place and time.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 104 - Looking at Art
We are surrounded by images and objects every day that teach us what we should look like, buy, and desire. “Looking at Art” analyzes art of the past and present to inform our understanding of our own material world. Along the way, we will survey and critique visual culture from the dorm room to the Shelburne and Fleming Museums.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 108 - Beginnings
This course will explore origins of many kinds. We will start with the Zen concept of “beginner’s mind,” then look at creation stories from several cultures. For comparison, we will consider a scientific approach to the origins of Earth and the universe. Then we will open the idea up to other kinds of beginnings, such as stories about coming of age and the possibility of starting over even as an adult.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 109 - The Great Russians: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
The works of these authors will be examined against a broad historical and cultural background of Russia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The focus will be on various issues: family, love, faith, ideology, social justice, the complexity of human nature, and the quest for a meaningful life. In some semesters both authors will be considered; in others, the course will focus on just one of them.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 110 - Off the Grid
In this course we will study examples of nonconformist behavior. What are the various grids in our lives? To what extent is it desirable, or even possible, to abandon them? Students will do substantial autobiographical writing, in order to examine the inherited structures in their own experience. Readings may include Galileo, Tolstoy, Thoreau, Jack London, Emily Dickinson, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jon Krakauer.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 111 - The Examined Life: The Art, Craft, and Impact of Memoir
In this course we will study the ways in which writers examine their lives by writing about them, and students will learn how to examine their own lives through reading, writing, and collaboration with peers.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 112 - Drama and Culture: Text and Performance
This course will introduce students to plays from classical times to the present. We will consider the plays as texts and also as performance events. Through reading, discussion, and regular writing assignments, students will be challenged to understand the relationships between the theatrical worlds that playwrights have fashioned and the world in which they find themselves living. Plays in performance during the semester, both on campus and off campus, will be included in the course syllabus.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 114 - A River Runs Through It: The Literature and Craft of Fly Fishing
The intent of this seminar is to introduce students to the rich literature and passionate practice of fly fishing. Classic novels and short stories will be illuminated through an interdisciplinary exploration ranging from film to biology, entomology, fly tying, poetry, and fly casting. In the process we will contemplate questions of philosophy, politics, class, gender, science, religion, life cycles, and the serious pursuit of leisure. The seminar will include some field work; you may get wet.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 115 - The American Environmental Imagination
This course is designed to introduce students to American literary and cultural representations of the natural environment, examining a variety of writings that have shaped the way that we understand and treat nature. We will consider a number of relevant disciplines, including environmental philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and ethics.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 118 - Theatre and Social Justice
This course will examine how theatre is uniquely equipped to engage us in conversation about divisive issues and lead us toward action to fight social injustice.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 121 - Meanings of Myth
An introduction to the varied world of myth among the Greeks and Romans. Its scope extends from the Greek stories of creation to the transmission of Greek myth to Rome. Texts will include Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, as well as works of art and music.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 136 - Global Studies
This seminar offers an interdisciplinary study of globalization, one of the most controversial topics in the world today. It invites students to explore the increasing interconnectedness of people and places across the globe and to discuss the social and ethical issues surrounding globalization and culture, economics, politics, the environment, and various other topics.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 137 - Sexual Ethics
This seminar will explore moral philosophy and psychology as applied to modern ethical questions about sex and sexuality. Students will discuss readings in moral philosophy, psychology, feminist theory, and sociology. Topics may include: consent in sexual relationships; pornography; what is sexual harassment; the phenomenon of “friends with benefits”; responsibility for birth control and pregnancy; approaches to sex education; and more.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 138 - The Politics of Food
What we eat is a question of cultural and political power. This seminar examines how food production and consumption reflect the value societies place on the environment and profit, and the health and status of consumers and producers. Through readings, assignments, and visits to innovative farms, stores, and restaurants in rural Vermont, students will learn to consider the implications of our eating choices, to view food as a social value, and to examine compelling alternatives.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 153 - Peace and Justice
This seminar explores the stories of women and men who struggled to build a just society. Special focus is given to Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, and Mahatma Gandhi. Students will also participate in a community-based learning experience.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 155 - Beloved Community
Divisions of race, class, gender, ethnicity, political ideology, and religion seem greater than ever, from the local to the global level. This seminar will examine how Americans fall short of achieving what Martin Luther King, Jr. called a “Beloved Community” composed of diverse cultures. We will draw on a variety of disciplines to explore how we might imagine communities where we are enriched rather than threatened by encounters with others, and where we can both acknowledge difference and embrace commonality. The course will include a service-learning component where students interact with people in the larger Burlington/Winooski community.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 161 - Technology and Ethics in Society
The interplay of technology, sociology, and ethics will be considered in this seminar. We will examine both historical and recent impacts of technological innovation on the American landscape as well as the broader influence of globalization. Looking at current research and trends in computing, we will consider the ethical, sociological and economic dilemmas created by the introduction of new technologies.
Credits: 4 cr.
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FS 191 - Solving Environmental Problems
This course examines environmental issues from the perspectives of ecology, business, economics, and public policy to assess the concept of sustainable development. Students will gain an understanding of the methods environmental biologists use to investigate, monitor and remediate environmental problems, as well as learn how social scientists assess the economic and political impacts of these problems and the viability of potential solutions. Field trips and laboratory work are required.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GE 101 - First Semester German
A course for beginners and students with limited preparation, designed to develop proficiency in the basic language skills.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GE 102 - Second Semester German
A course offering proficiency-oriented practice in conversation, grammar review, reading, and composition. Course material will be based on various aspects of German culture, including literature.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GG 101 - Introduction to Human Geography
An overview of the core ideas of 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. The development of a geographical imagination grounded in a solid knowledge base is a central objective.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component (one credit).
Liberal Studies Requirement: Social Science/Organizational Studies
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GG 201 - Urban Geography
An introduction to the development of urban systems and to 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; 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 U.S. and Canadian cities.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GG 205 - Political Geography
A survey of the theories and themes of political geography past and present. Possible topics include environmental political theories, geopolitics, territoriality, nationalism and the state, the Law of the Sea, locational conflict, electoral geography, locality studies, and urban politics. This course covers local political-geographic conflict as well as global issues.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GG 207 - Economic Geography
A global 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: 3 cr.
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GG 211 - Geography of Water
This course provides a geographical examination of human-environment relations in the context of water. Built on a foundation of hydrology/water resource management, the course focuses on the development and resolution of conflict over this critical natural resource. Possible topics include 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: 3 cr.
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GG 311 - Urban and Regional Planning
An introduction to applied geography through the study of urban and regional planning. 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; and planning techniques and tools. Supplementary emphases include planning for the environment, housing and community development, economic development, historic preservation and transportation. The class has a fieldwork component.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GG 317 - Topics in Geography
Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GG 327 - Environmental Policy
This course provides a geographical examination of human-environment relations in the context of environmental policy. The class will conceptualize the key drivers of environmental policy and apply those to the evolution and implementation of environmental policies at different geographic scales. Possible topics include: air, water and waste policy in the United States, Canada and Mexico; globalization and environmental policy through protocol and treaty; the evolving role of International Non-Governmental Organizations in environmental policy; and environmental justice and sustainability.
Prerequisites: One geography course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4 cr.
Crosslisted: PO 327
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GG 417 - Directed Readings in Geography
For advanced students in human geography focused on major themes and literature in the field, this seminar includes design and implementation of a research project.
Prerequisites: Enrollment by permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2 cr.
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GL 201 - Foundations of Global Studies
Students are introduced to the theories and methodologies of critical thinking about globalization. A central theme of the course is the interdependence of people and places, and the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through economic, political, cultural, and environmental change. Students explore ways of thinking globally about the fast-paced transfer of ideas, products, labor, and money and their vital impact on local communities.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GL 202 - Sustainable Development: Case Studies
This course will explore the competing forces of development in Third-World countries. We will look at the concept of sustainable development and whether or not it is a valuable guide for future economic and social development. A central theme of the course will be case studies of sustainable development in different parts of the world.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GL 340 - Otherness and Marginalization
The theme of this course will be “marginalization of ‘Others.’” There will be three main components to the course: (1) stories, testimonies, videos, and articles written by victims of marginalization, or about their experiences; (2) examination of Emmanuel Levinas’ philosophical ethics based on “Otherness”; and (3) service-learning work with individuals in the community who face possible marginalization. We will discuss five broad categories of marginalization: marginalization of (1) a race group, (2) the poor, (3) the abandoned/rejected, (4) the ill, and (5) the elderly. In a world that requires frequent and meaningful contact with people, cultures, and belief systems different from one’s own, this problem of marginalization and otherness demands attention and discussion.
Prerequisites: One 100-level Philosophy course.
Credits: 3 cr.
Misc. Notes: Optional service-learning trip to Georgetown, Guyana in May. 1 cr.
Crosslisted: PH 340
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GL 368 - Ethics of the Heroic
This course will be a philosophical examination of the phenomenon of heroic action. We will explore the possible need for a category of ethical action known as the “supererogatory,” or action that is “above and beyond” duty. This notion will be discussed in light of the ethical theories of Aristotle, Mill, Kant, and Levinas. To give much-needed content to this theoretical exploration, we will examine the lives and writings of many real-life examples of “heroic” activity from across the globe and across history.
Prerequisites: One 100-level Philosophy course
Credits: 4 cr.
Crosslisted: PH 368
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GL 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar
This is the capstone course for the Global Studies minor. It is designed as a readings seminar that will focus on central issues facing cultures worldwide. The course is also designed as a projects course. Students will be expected to complete final projects related to their specific area of interest and research corresponding with their experience in the Global Studies Program.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GR 101 - Elementary Greek
A thorough introduction, at an accelerated pace, to the forms, vocabulary, and syntax of classical Attic Greek. Selected readings from Xenophon, Plato, and appropriate authors.
Credits: 4 cr.
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GR 201 - Intermediate Greek
Continued intensive study of the fundamentals and nuances of ancient Greek. Selected readings may include Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, and Demosthenes.
Credits: 4 cr.
Misc. Notes: Fulfills second-language requirement.
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GR 310 - Directed Readings in Greek Literature
A critical and philological examination of a specific genre of Greek literature, an author, problem, or period of composition in the history of the language.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GS 101 - Introduction to Gender Studies
Introduction to Gender Studies introduces students to the history, theories, methodologies, vocabulary, and classic readings in these fields. The course materials have broad applicability to other courses and will provide a useful foundation for students who plan to minor in Gender Studies.
Credits: 3 cr.
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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: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Culture and Civilization
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GS 208 - Special Topics in Gender Studies (Introductory Level)
This special topics course may change from year to year as professors offer introductory level courses on a topic related to the study of gender. A current special topic course is, for example, Men and Masculinities. These courses are designed to include all undergraduates, not just Gender/Women’s Studies minors, who are interested in the particular special topic relating to gender offered that year.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GS 308 - Special Topics in Gender Studies (Advanced Level)
This special topics course may change from year to year as professors offer advanced level, theoretical courses that reflect current work in the discipline of Gender/Women’s 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/Women’s Studies minors do advanced reading and work in the field.
Prerequisites: GS 101 or GS 203.
Credits: 3 cr.
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GS 401 - Independent Research in Gender/Women’s Study
This course gives Gender/Women’s Studies minors the option of doing independent research in the field with a professor who teaches in the Gender/Women’s Studies Program.
Prerequisites: GS 101, GS 203.
Credits: 3 cr.
Misc. Notes: Independent research can take place in the junior or senior year, and needs the approval of both the coordinator of Gender/Women’s Studies and the professor who will be supervising the research.
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GS 410 - Senior Capstone
Each student designs a senior project by working with the director of the program and a Gender Studies advisor. It must include a research thesis or project and an internship or community-based learning component linking theory and praxis. Students will give a presentation of their work at a symposium in the Women’s Center at year’s end.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; Gender Studies major.
Credits: 4 cr.
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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: 3 cr.
Liberal Studies Requirement: Historical Studies
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