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ED 429 - Senior Seminar: Elementary Education
This seminar is taken concurrently with the ED 421 Student Teaching for Elementary Education majors. The class examines issues raised through the student teaching experience, supports the construction of the professional portfolio required for Vermont teacher license, and bridges the transition from student teacher to professional practitioner. We address the themes of dignity and diversity, character and community, and knowledge and wisdom through topics such as student diversity, classroom management and culture, instructional strategies, assessment, collaborative inquiry, and sociology of public schools. We develop skills together to successfully enter the teaching profession and create a professional development trajectory.
Prerequisites: To be taken concurrently with ED 421.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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ED 430 - Senior Seminar: Secondary Education
This seminar is taken concurrently with the ED 424 Student Teaching Secondary Education. The class examines issues raised through the student teaching experience, supports the construction of the professional portfolio required for Vermont teacher license, and bridges the transition from student teacher to professional practitioner. We address the themes of dignity and diversity, character and community, and knowledge and wisdom through topics such as student diversity, classroom management and culture, instructional strategies, assessment, collaborative inquiry, and sociology of public schools. We develop skills together to successfully enter the teaching profession and create a professional development trajectory.
Prerequisites: To be taken concurrently with ED 424.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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ED 450 - Advanced Topics in Education
The purpose of this course is to synthesize and extend theory and practice in education. Students will also explore a variety of different career opportunities available to professionals with a teaching license. Consult with your advisor about which courses in the Education department as well as other departments that might fulfill this requirement.
Prerequisites: ED 231 and ED 271
Full course
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EN 101 - College Writing
In this workshop course, constant writing allows students to develop ease in writing, practice academic writing, and experience all aspects of the writing process: considering and understanding purpose and audience; generating ideas; gathering and organizing material; finding and sustaining a focus; developing a thesis; making arguments; using evidence; citing sources; doing multiple revisions; and editing for clarity, style, and correctness.
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
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EN 110 - Seminar in Literary Studies
This course provides an introduction to literary studies through the lens of a particular topic. It aims to make students more aware of their aesthetic experience through extensive reading of primary texts, discussion of interpretive strategies, and writing about the process of paying attention to literature and life.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 120 - Introduction to Film
This course is designed as an introduction to film analysis and criticism. We will study film as an art form using methods similar to those used in the study of literature. Each week students will view and discuss one or two films that represent a variety of techniques, genres, directors, and cultural perspectives. Attention will be paid to both film criticism and film technique. In addition, students will be expected to read film criticism and history, to write weekly papers, and to master the technical vocabulary.
Full course
Misc. Notes: This course does not count toward the English major, although majors may take it.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 219 - British Literature I
A survey of British Literature from the Old English Period to 1789.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 221 - British Literature II
A survey of British Literature from1789 to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 251 - American Literature I
This course introduces students to the range of American writing from the period of European settlement of the New World through the Civil War.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 253 - American Literature II
This is a chronological survey of diverse texts and traditions in American literature from 1865 to the present.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 305 - Shakespeare
Emphasis in this course is on the study of several representative plays by Shakespeare, including comedies, tragedies, a history play, and a late romance. Principal attention will be given to the published texts as literature and as scripts on which productions have been based. Performance matters will be relevant as they relate to and affect interpretation.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 309 - Milton
The major poetry of John Milton, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, will be the main focus of this course. In addition, selected shorter poems, including Sonnets, L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas, as well as prose selections and three early biographies will be read and discussed.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 311 - American Renaissance
A study of the flowering of the prose and poetry in the mid-nineteenth century, with special attention to the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 312 - American Naturalism
This course explores American Naturalism, a literary movement dating from the 1880s to the 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Its major practitioners were Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, Glasgow, John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell, John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, William Styron, and Saul Bellow.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 314 - Teaching Writing
Open to all majors, this writing-intensive course trains students to work as coaches in the Writing Center and helps prepare them to become editors, writers, or teachers at the elementary, secondary, or college level. Readings focus on the process of learning to write, tutoring methods, the writing process, writing across the curriculum, and style. Coursework is supplemented by two hours per week experience in the Writing Center.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Contact the instructor at least two weeks before registration if interested.
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EN 321 - Writing the Study Abroad Experience
This course is designed primarily for study abroad returnees seeking a writing course to reflect on their study abroad experiences. We will read essays by inspiring travel writers, and our writing will range from reflections on encountering new lands, cultures, and peoples to re-thinking familiar places. Students who have had experience abroad are also welcome.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 322 - Caribbean Literature
The course focuses on contemporary literary texts from the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean. However, begins with a historical tour of the Caribbean (the tour will include lectures, documentary, film, and other audio/visual media) to get a feel for the historical and cultural contexts of the texts. The readings for the course will include contemporary fiction, essays, and poetry, to explore the writers’ representation of post-colonial themes such as marginality and poverty, self-definition, as well as issues of gender, class, race and ethnicity.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 323 - Poetry Writing Workshop
A workshop in which students read and write a range of different types of poems based on the technical aspects of poetry, on prosody, on presenting this material for discussion with their peers and the instructor, and revising and editing for final presentation in portfolio form. Discussions of poetry and the writing of poetry complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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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: At least one lower level English course, Junior standing, open to Gender Studies majors and English minors with instructor permission.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the English major.
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EN 327 - Fiction Writing Workshop
A small workshop in which students write two short stories or one longer one, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary fiction and theory complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 329 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
A small workshop in which students write one or two substantial pieces of creative nonfiction, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary and historical examples of creative nonfiction complement the workshops.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Writing workshops are repeatable, and may be taken up to three times.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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EN 335 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature I
A survey of the major prose and poetry from 1660 to 1740.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 339 - Nature, Perception and Imagination
This course examines the Romantic tradition of nature study from the European Romantic movement through the Transcendentalists to contemporary writers, with particular focus on Goethe, Wordsworth, Emerson, Thoreau, Frost, Oliver, Coetzee and Calvino.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 355 - Eighteenth Century Literature II
Readings emphasizing the second half of the eighteenth century, especially Samuel Johnson and his circle.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 357 - Victorian Novel
Readings will include novels by Austen, Scott, Eliot, Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, Hardy, Conrad and others.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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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.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 385 - Digital Literary Studies
This course explores relationships between literature and technology, past and present, with particular attention to changing reading practices and our sense of the “literary” in a digital era.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 389 - Major British Writers
Emphasizes the work of one to four British writers.
Prerequisites: EN 219 or 221 recommended.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 395 - Major American Writers
Emphasizes the work of one to four American writers.
Prerequisites: EN 251 or 253 recommended.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 401 - Women’s Literature
Explores selected works by women writers. Students discuss themes and topics that are of particular interest to female authors including patriarchy, access to political power, finding a voice, women’s biology, the environment, language and, especially, historical and cultural contexts.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 403 - Topics in Film
Designed to give students an opportunity to engage in the study of film and film criticism beyond the introductory level. Focuses on a variety of possible issues and genres, including film noir; women’s film; documentary; New German cinema; horror film; silent film; Third World film; and specific directors (Welles, Wenders, Hitchcock, Truffault, Kurosawa).
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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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.
Prerequisites: EN 219 recommended.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 407 - African-American Literature
This course explores how the tradition of African American literature has evolved in response to historical and cultural conditions, with particular focus on the relations between oral, musical, and vernacular expression and written texts. Special topics may include: autobiography, blues and jazz in literature, visionary improvisation in black poetry.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 408 - Tolkien and Medievalism
In this course we will explore the major works of J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion) in light of the medieval texts that influenced him, including Beowulf, Old English elegiac poetry, the European romance tradition, and Old Norse sagas.
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 410 - Senior Seminar
Designed to be an English major’s most important course, the one in which students most fully demonstrate the skills acquired in the previous years of reading, writing, and studying. The course culminates in a senior thesis and presentation. As far as possible, student choice of subject matter will be honored.
Prerequisites: Senior English and American Studies majors only, permission of instructor.
Full course
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EN 413 - Topics in Literature
A course on a topic not offered by the department in a given semester or not customarily offered on a regular basis.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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EN 414 - Writing Center Internship Seminar
Required upon completion of EN314, this half-course seminar meets once a week to offer continuing education and support for Writing Center “core” coaches, who work in teams to fulfill the Writing Center’s mission in such areas as advertising, public relations, continuing education, website development, assessment, and improvement of services. This course may be taken twice.
Prerequisites: EN 314 and permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: Students may repeat the course up to two times.
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EN 420 - Independent Research in English
An independent research project pursued in consultation with an English instructor.
Prerequisites: Only students with a B average or higher in the English major. Permission of the instructor.
Full course
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EN 450 - English Honors Seminar
This advanced seminar, open to students by invitation, focuses on a topic of the instructor’s choosing. In recent years topics have included Utopian Literature, Aesthetics, Myth and Literature, and Glamour.
Prerequisites: English majors only or permission of instructor.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
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ENG 100 - College Reading and Writing
Introduction to the principles of composition and rhetoric and a survey of written academic subject areas with attention to academic discourse styles and vocabulary. Basic library research and other aspects of academic orientation to written texts are discussed. This course is comparable to EN 101 College Writing, as listed under the Department of English, but EN 100 is specially designed for those whose native language is not English.
Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level 1
Full course
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ENG 102 - Introduction to Literature
Introduces the principles of literary analysis and appreciation through the reading of selected pieces of fiction, poetry, and drama. The selections are chosen and treated with the students’ cultural background and understanding in mind. This course is comparable to EN 110, Seminar in Literary Studies, as listed under the Department of English, but ENG 102 is specially designed for those whose native language is not English.
Prerequisites: AEP Level II English Language Proficiency or higher.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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ENG 103 - English for Academic Purposes
This course supports academic skills development and provides further instruction in academic reading and writing through the content of the undergraduate cooperative course.
Prerequisites: Admission to the AEP Level 1 or permission of the Instructor and ELP Director.
Half course
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ENG 104 - Advanced College Writing
Helps students improve their reasoning and writing skills, especially writing for academic purposes. Text material is read and analyzed for content and purpose as well as for the rhetorical patterns of English. Attention is given to specific writing tasks, advanced grammar and persistent linguistic problem areas. A research paper is required.
Prerequisites: Admission to AEP Level II or equivalent English proficiency.
Full course
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ENG 105 - Advanced English Grammar
A review of grammar and the mechanics of writing with emphasis on the needs of international students.
Prerequisites: AEP Level 1 acceptance.
Half course
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ES 101 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
The study of natural and built environments, the intersection of human ecology and ecology viewed more broadly, the relationship between humans and nature. The differing perspectives offered by the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences are introduced and the value of interdisciplinary study is explored. Students will examine environment at scales ranging from local to global and consider the role of activism and personal choice in solving environmental problems. The course has a laboratory and fieldwork component and is team taught.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning and Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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ES 201 - Environmental Problems
Research methods applied to study of environmental problems. Methods and skills to be developed may include qualitative research, policy analysis, rapid assessment of development, ecosystem services valuation, cost-benefit analysis, approaches to conflict resolution and negotiation, scientific analyses of water, soil and biodiversity, investigative journalism, as well as more general skills of map work, field note-taking, data analysis, technical report writing and oral presentation. Pathways to learning about environment and career choices will be discussed.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors and minors only and ES 101.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
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ES 301 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies
A course on an advanced topic in Environmental Studies, not offered on a regular basis. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to determine topics to be studied.
Prerequisites: ES 101 or permission of instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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ES 410 - Senior Seminar
A capstone course bringing Environmental Studies seniors with different foci in the major together to examine a topic in depth and from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will apply the expertise of the self-designed concentration for the major to an issue that is of concern to the local community but also widely relevant.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in the Environmental Studies major, ES 101 and ES 201
Full course
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ES 420 - Senior (Honor) Research
Senior (honors) research provides an opportunity for students who have demonstrated excellent academic performance to undertake an original thesis project, a laboratory or a field investigation with a faculty mentor. The results must be reported in written form and presented orally or as a poster.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors only and permission of instructor.
Full or Half course
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ES 499 - Internship in Environmental Studies
Qualified Environmental Studies majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, public utilities and businesses. Requirements include extensive work at the internship site and may also include related readings, written reports, and an oral or poster presentation.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies majors only.
Full or Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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FR 101 - First Semester French
A course designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to the cultures of the French-speaking world.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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FR 102 - Second Semester French
This course follows FR 101 and continues the development of students’ basic language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 101 or equivalent placement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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FR 103 - Intensive First Year French
This course is intended for those students who have had some experience with French but have not yet attained the level of 102. This intensive, accelerated course covers the materials of 101 and 102 in one semester. Students will develop and strengthen their language skills in all areas and develop their cultural competency.
Prerequisites: By placement only
Full course
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FR 200 - French Applied Language Component
Students who have completed FR 102 may continue to develop their proficiency through applied language components of courses taught in English. This allows students to read and discuss, in French, selected texts and materials pertinent to the subject matter of the course. These courses may be offered in a variety of disciplines. Students meet one additional hour per week with their instructor(s) to discuss the texts in French. Those who successfully complete the language portion of such a course will receive credit for a half course.
Prerequisites: FR 102
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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FR 203 - Third Semester French
This course follows 102 and offers further development in all language skills. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone literature and culture.
Prerequisites: FR 102 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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FR 206 - Fourth Semester French
This course follows FR 203 and offers further development of students’ intermediate language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 203 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
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FR 308 - Advanced Conversation
The study and practice of oral expression. Class activities are related to different aspects of French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 206 with a grade of C or better; or equivalent placement.
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French.
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FR 313 - Topics in Francophone Culture
Explores cultures of French-speaking countries and regions outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, New England, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: the culture of Québec; Haitian culture through its art; sub-Saharan Francophone literature; New England’s Franco-Americans; or the oral tradition in Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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FR 315 - Topics in French Culture
Explores the cultures of France. Courses could cover such topics as Paris as a center of French culture, medieval France, the Enlightenment, or women in France.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials. If the course is offered in French, it may be applied to major/minor credit. If offered in English, an ALC in French may be available.
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FR 343 - Literary Studies in French
Familiarizes students with different literary genres and styles and introduces them to the principal literary movements and authors of French and Francophone literature.
Prerequisites: FR 310
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. Must be taken at Saint Michael’s College. Students may take FR 310 and FR 343 concurrently. Offered only in spring semester.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Literary Studies
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FR 435 - Readings in Francophone Literature
Readings in Francophone literature from outside France (Québec, Africa, the Caribbean, etc.). Courses could cover such topics as: French-Canadian women authors, Haitian literature of the diaspora, literature of the Négritude movement in Africa and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
Misc. Notes: In French. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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FR 440 - Readings in French Literature
The course may be based on a single author, work or movement or may be of a topical nature. Past courses include “Medieval Literature” and the “Nineteenth-Century Novel.”
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
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FR 445 - Poetry in French
An exploration of poetry leading to an appreciation of its uniqueness as a genre. The course will discuss what makes poetry different from other literary forms and will provide the student with a better understanding of poetry, authors, and traditions and with the tools of poetic analysis.
Prerequisites: FR 343
Full course
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FR 460 - Senior Seminar
In the capstone course for majors, students use the skills and knowledge gained over the course of their studies on campus and abroad to produce a substantial academic essay written in the language of the major. The theme of the essay depends on the particular year, professor, and student.
Prerequisites: Senior French majors only.
Full course
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FS 103 - Essays and Essayists: Person, Place and Time
This seminar will feature major essays as models for enhancing critical thinking and writing skills. In addition to reading literary essays and imaginative literature, students will learn practical ways to organize and write lively, lucid prose. Each stage of the writing process will be examined. Well-established practices of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and style will be reinforced.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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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 Clark Art Institute and Mass MoCA museums.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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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.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 111 - The Examined Life
In this course we will examine our lives by writing about them, using “lenses” from various fields (literature, history, philosophy, or psychology, for instance) to see ourselves from different angles. We will each write a memoir of our own, using what we have learned to further explore the writing process and examine our own lives.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 112 - Drama and Culture
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.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 114 - A River Runs Through It: The Literature and Craft of Fly Fishing
This seminar introduces students to the rich literature and passionate practice of fly fishing. It seeks to do so by blending the formal classroom with the larger “classroom” of nature. Classic texts will be illuminated and deepened through an interdisciplinary exploration of film, biology, entomology, ecology, philosophy, history, poetry, fly casting and fly tying.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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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.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 117 - Joan of Arc
Illiterate peasant, mystic, and military leader during the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc (d.1431) was captured and eventually executed for witchcraft and heresy. Her life and death allow us to explore issues associated with gender, war, heresy, and politics in the pre-modern world. Contemporary literature and films will also demonstrate her influence today.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 118 - Theatre and Social Justice
This course examines how Theatre is uniquely equipped to engage us in dialogue about divisive issues and lead us toward action to fight social injustice.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 119 - Horses and Healing
This course will examine how humans connect with the natural world, especially through horses. Readings about animal behavior, psychology, and the environment will combine with service work in a riding program for people with special needs, and students will write extensively about the experience.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 120 - Living Digitally
Digital media have radically changed the ways words, images and sounds can be manipulated and delivered. In the process, they’ve altered the ways in which humans communicate, think, create art, express ideas, get information, and conduct relationships. In this course, students will be introduced to the critical examination of the digital revolution, including issues connected to creative expression, privacy and surveillance, consumerism, and psychological distraction. They will be introduced to new technologies and engage their imaginations through art projects in digital imaging, illustration, animation, and web design.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First Year Seminar
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FS 121 - Meanings of Myth
Throughout humanity’s search for meaning in the surrounding world, in thoughts of superior beings, and in the ultimate aspects of life and death, solace has been found in stories and myths. Our efforts in this seminar will pursue understanding of how myths have had meaning over time.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 125 - Yoga Philosophy, History and Practice
Yoga has become an international, multi-million dollar business, but its diverse roots as a philosophical practice go much further back into ancient India. In this class we will discuss the origins of yoga, read ancient mystical texts and their commentaries, and apply our learning in a weekly asana (physical postures) class.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 136 - Globalization
This seminar offers an interdisciplinary study of globalization drawing upon both the humanities and social sciences. It invites students, through writing and discussion, to explore the increasing interconnectedness of people and places around the globe and to examine the social and ethical implications of this contemporary phenomenon.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 153 - Peace and Justice
This course is designed as an introduction to the subject of social justice through the study of social justice issues in the context of the lives of individuals who envisioned a more just society and endeavored to live by that vision. Course units will focus on Gandhi and non-violence; MLK,Jr. and racism; Dorothy Day and poverty; Paul Farmer and global health.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 161 - Technology and Ethics in Society
The interplay of technology, sociology, and ethics will be considered in this seminar course. We will consider both recent and historical impacts of technological innovation on the American landscape as well as the broader and more recent influence of globalization. Course participants will study current research and trends in computing and consider their impact on our society and the world. We will consider the ethical, sociological and economic dilemmas created by the introduction of new technologies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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FS 193 - Digging Down to the Roots: The Meaning of Gardens
Gardens serve as cultural, environmental, historical, and aesthetic symbols across the world and reflect three seminal questions: why garden, what is a garden, and who gardens? These questions will be explored through readings, visits to gardens, and gardening experiences in the Teaching Gardens of Saint Michael’s College. Readings will include nonfiction, fiction, essays, memoir, and relevant children’s literature. Expect to get dirty.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: First-Year Seminar
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GE 101 - First Semester German
A course designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to German culture.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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GE 102 - Second Semester German
This course follows GE 101 and continues the development of students’ basic language skills in all areas. Some course material will be based on German culture.
Prerequisites: GE 101 or equivalent placement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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GG 101 - Introduction to Human Geography
An overview of the central themes of systematic human geography: the creation and recreation of places; and an understanding of their interdependence in the context of globalization. Core topics include: human-environment relations, demography, cultural identity, geographies of political space, and a spatial history of the world economy.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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GG 102 - Introduction to Physical Geography
This course is a systematic study of elements that compose the Earth’s physical environment: weather/climate, vegetation, soil, and landforms. The emphasis of the course is on these processes, but human-environment relationships are also examined. Labs promote hypothesis testing, sampling, and experimentation on processes and interactions occurring in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
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GG 201 - Urban Geography
A geographic perspective on urbanization and a variety of contemporary urban problems. Possible topics include perceptions and images of urban areas; approaches to the study of urbanization and the spatial structure of urban systems; architecture and urban design; social structure and the urban experience; the evolution of residential and non-residential land-use patterns; investment and disinvestment in central cities; and the role of politics and planning in urban development. Emphasis is on the processes characteristic of North American cities.
Full course
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GG 205 - Political Geography
A survey of the theories and themes of political geography. Possible topics include environmental political theories; traditional and critical geopolitics and power; territoriality, nationalism and the state; the Law of the Sea; global environmental governance; locational conflict; electoral geography; locality studies; and urban scale politics. This course examines conflict and conflict resolution at a variety of spatial scales – from local to global.
Full course
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GG 211 - Geography of Water
A geographical examination of human-environment relations in the context of water. Built on a foundation of hydrology/water resource management, the course examines the development and resolution of conflict over this critical natural resource. Possbile topics include the hydrological cycle; surface and groundwater processes; the distribution and development of water resources at a variety of spatial scales; water quality and human health; water law; globalization and the commodification of drinking water supplies; international conflict over water supplies; water and human rights.
Full course
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GG 311 - Urban and Regional Planning
An introduction to urban and regional 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; 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. Students are introduced to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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GG 317 - Advanced Topics in Geography
Intermediate seminar, the subject matter of which will vary from year to year. Consult with the instructor before enrolling to ascertain topics to be studied.
Prerequisites: At least one geography course or permission of the instructor.
Full course
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GG 327 - Environmental Policy
An examination of the key drivers of environmental policy development and implementation at 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 and social movements in environmental policy; and environmental justice and sustainability.
Prerequisites: GG 101 or permission of instructor for GG credit; none for PO credit.
Full course
Crosslisted: PO 327
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GG 417 - Directed Readings in Geography
Directed study for advanced students in human geography. Focused on major themes and literature in the field, this seminar includes design and completion of a research project.
Prerequisites: Enrollment by permission of the instructor.
Half course
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GL 201 - Foundations of Global Studies
Students learn theories and methodologies of critical thinking about globalization. They study the interdependence of people and places, and increasing global interconnectedness through economic, political, cultural, and environmental change. Students think globally about the fast-paced transfer of ideas, products, labor, and money and their vital impact on local communities.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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GL 301 - Advanced Topics in Global Studies
An examination of a topic not offered by the department on a regular basis. Topics will vary depending on instructor and student interest and demand, but all topics will at a minimum employ a multi-disciplinary and comparative perspective to examine an issue of global relevance in or across two or more cultures, nations or institutions.
Prerequisites: GL 201 or permission of instructor.
Full course
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GL 320 - Globalization and Latin America
This course explores some of the current debates on globalization in Latin America and recent and interrelated transformations in the economies, politics, and cultures of the region. It also promotes an in-depth discussion on globalization theories.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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GL 341 - Otherness and Marginalization: The International Context
Students travel to an international location for two weeks (Guyana, if political conditions allow) and engage in service-learning, working with individuals facing marginalization based on race, poverty, age, and illness. Daily writing and group discussion will consider global social, political, and economic marginalization and Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of infinite responsibility.
Prerequisites: PH 351
Half course
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GL 410 - Global Studies Senior Seminar
This is the capstone course for the Global Studies minor. Students will have the opportunity to synthesize theoretical material from this and previous courses, and apply it to cases and issues facing cultures worldwide. Students will be expected to use research, writing and presentation skills to complete projects related to their geographic and topical areas of interest.
Prerequisites: GL 201
Full course
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GR 101 - Elementary Greek
An introduction to Ancient Greek. Students will learn the fundamentals of Greek grammar through drill, and translation and composition exercises. Students will get a taste of simple Greek, through sentences and very short passages from the New Testament and ancient Greek authors, such as Menander, Homer, Herodotus, and Thucydides. Students will also be introduced to the history of Greek literature.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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GR 201 - Intermediate Greek
Continued intensive study of the fundamentals and nuances of ancient Greek. Selected readings may include Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, and Demosthenes.
Prerequisites: GR 101
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Second Language
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