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MA 406 - Abstract Algebra I
Groups, rings, and fields with an emphasis on group theory. Topics will include: subgroups, cosets, and Lagrange’s theorem; normal subgroups and quotient groups; the homomorphism theorems; the structure theorem for finite abelian groups; rings and ideals; quotient rings; integral domains and fields.
Prerequisites: MA 213 and MA 240
Full course
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MA 407 - Abstract Algebra II
Commutative rings, ideals, and the construction of quotient rings. Axiomatic description of fields; algebraic (and transcendental) extensions of fields. Applications of field theory to ruler-and-compass constructions; Galois theory and the non-solvability by radicals of quintic equations. Other topics as time permits.
Prerequisites: MA 406
Full course
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MA 410 - Seminar in Mathematics
Exposes students to a variety of topics in current mathematics, including research, career, and ethics-related issues. Students will present lectures on selected topics.
Prerequisites: Senior Math Major or permission of instructor.
Half course
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MA 417 - Applied Mathematics
Mathematical methods and models used in the sciences. Topics typically include linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations; Fourier series methods; partial differential equations.
Prerequisites: MA 211, MA 213 and MA 303.
Full course
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MA 451 - Applied Statistical Methods
Exploration of common statistical techniques using the theory and methods of probability and statistics. Topics include review of inferential statistics, ANOVA, time series, nonparametric and multivariate statistics, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression. Most methods assume use of a statistical computing package.
Prerequisites: MA 251 or permission of instructor
Full course
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MA 490 - Readings and Research in Mathematics
Independent reading and/or research of an advanced topic, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member. Results for the course are often submitted in written form and presented in a seminar setting or a student symposium.
Prerequisites: Junior standing; permission of supervisor and department chair.
Half or Full course
Misc. Notes: Topic and course credit must be approved by a faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Associate Dean of the College. This course may not be used to replace one of the required electives for the major.
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MA 495 - Honors Thesis in Mathematics
Independent research and thesis under the supervison of a member of the mathematics faculty.
Prerequisites: Membership in the Honors Program, permission of Supervisor and Department Chair.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students must have permission of a supervisor and submit their research proposal to the department chair before preregistration for the semester in which the proposed research is to take place. This course does not count toward the major requirements; it is taken to fulfill requirements of the Honors Program.
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MJD 101 - Media Revolutions: Social, Political, & Psychological Issues
Interdisciplinary in its focus, the course combines psychology, sociology, history, political science, and communication studies to challenge students to think critically about the mass media revolutions that are currently taking place. In addition to teaching the course in an interdisciplinary way, the professors encourage students from many majors to bring the expertise of their field to the class discussions, research essays, and class projects.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 110 - Digital Media: Arts, Culture, & Theory
Digital media have changed radically the ways words, images, and sounds can be manipulated and delivered and, in the process, have altered the ways in which humans communicate, express ideas, get information, and conduct relationships. Students are introduced to new technologies used to create digital art and develop basic proficiencies in digital imaging (Adobe Photoshop), digital illustration and animation (Adobe Illustrator), and web design (Adobe Dreamweaver). Students are introduced to the critical examination of the digital revolution, including issues connected to privacy, consumerism, artistic/creative expression, media ownership, multitasking, and mediated representations of reality.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to journalism majors and minors.
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MJD 205 - Investigative Reporting for Print, Web, Radio/TV
In this course, we begin with an analysis of several exemplary print publications and a discussion of literary and media theories that will inform the student’s work in creating their own stories. Students will learn the art of storytelling, from story idea through interviewing, researching and writing and ultimately, over a series of weeks, publish their own stories in the student newspaper and online publication. Course readings explore basic concepts pertaining to nature and design of interviews, ethical concerns, validity, and role of the journalist in a democratic society. Additional exercises focus on best form writing practices with an emphasis on AP style. The course is designed to be a broad, rigorous orientation for understanding basic elements of media writing as well as skills training in reporting, writing, editing and publication of news media.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Journalism and Mass Communication major.
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MJD 207 - Advanced Writing for Media
This class teaches various ways of conducting a journalistic inquiry. Advanced Writing for Media explores a wide range of storytelling media. From print to online to radio to television to audio slideshows, techniques are explored that reveal common storytelling strategies and essential differences among the media. In addition to using Pulitzer-Prize-winning and other highly regarded journalism (including investigative journalism), instructors will use media analysis to explore the structure of objectivity, balance, fairness and other journalistic norms. Students will become fluent in a range of storytelling media, with an aim to engage and inform the public.
Prerequisites: JO 205
Full course
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MJD 210 - Photojournalism in the Digital Age
This digital-based photography course introduces students to the skills, theory and ethics of newspaper, magazine and Web-based photojournalism. Through in-class discussions and hands-on demonstrations, students learn manual camera techniques, and image editing using Photoshop software. Analyses of historical and contemporary photographic work help students apply techniques and theory to create storytelling photographs suitable for publication.
Prerequisites: MJD 110
Full course
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MJD 213 - Media Law and Ethics in a Digital Age
This course explores the political, historic and philosophical roots of the First Amendment. Particular emphasis is given to the legal and ethical problems of the new communications technologies; other topics include libel, privacy, obscenity, newsgathering, copyright, and the free press/fair trial dilemma. The class also provides insights into how th legal process works and an understanding of the principles and philosphies that underlie the restraints on and privileges of the media. After analyzing what the law says journalists can do, the course moves into the ethical component of what the should do. Using basic philosophical theories, students analyze ethical dilemmas through the use of case studies. Using multimedia, guest speakers and current events the course considers media law and ethics and its impact of journalists’ ability to fulfill the historic function of the press to inform the public.
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing.
Full course
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MJD 219 - Topics in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Various topics, ranging from women in the mass media to advanced Web design and theory to literary journalism.
Prerequisites: May be repeatable as long as the topic is different.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Course may be taken more than once in different topic areas.
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MJD 243 - Media and American Politics
This course explores the confluence of media and politics in our democratic society. Students read political science and media studies texts, engage in class discussions, and take a field trip to New Hampshire to meet candidates (including “minor” ones), political science professors, journalists, and election workers. To put the modern political system in historical context, students will study the changing relationship of politicians and reporters from the founding of the republic until modern times. Students learn about and analyze how politicians work to get out their messages to the media world, how the media interpret (and misinterpret) these messages, and the students’ place within this mélange.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 250 - Global Communication
In this course we will be mapping-out world communication and the cross-cultural outlines of our so-called “global village.” We will take a macro-look at the rise of international communication systems and the development of this thing we call “global culture.” We will examine a series of case studies which reflect the ways in which media techniques and technologies–computers, satellites, the news, language, digital imaging, fiber optics–impact national and cultural development among different populations around the world. Finally, we will take a critical look at the future–the future of global mass audiences; issues of inter-and-cross cultural media ethics, privacy, global policy, and intersections between science and science fiction.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to journalism majors and minors.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 261 - The Moving Image: Broadcast TV/Video Storytelling
The focus of this course is twofold. First, its focus is on the the role of broadcast TV journalism in our society today. To this end, students will examine the different ways in which TV news shapes our understandings of our own local communities, our nation, and world events. The second focus of this course is on the creation of broadcast TV news stories. Students will be learning strategies of visual storytelling for all aspects TV and video production–scripting, filming, editing and distributiion as well as some basics in on-camera presentation.
Full course
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MJD 263 - Screen Life in Modern Visual Media
Over the past few years, new media techniques, technologies, and organizations such as Facebook, Twitter, texting, iPhones, iPads, smart phones, HD webTV, Skype, and Kindle have rapidly changed the way in which many of us interact and communicate on a daily basis. These devices—and the manner in which they’ve been used—have had an enormous impact on nearly all aspects of our daily lives. In this course, students take an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at the ways in which modern screen-based media impact global society.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 266 - Digital Film/TV
Students take a critical and in-depth look at methods and artistry of digital filmmaking in two complementary ways. Analysis: students will be screening and critically deconstructing a wide range of film and television programs with an eye towards analyzing the languages with which these media communicate as art forms and as social and political products. Production: this is a course in the production of visual art; students will conceive, storyboard, script, shoot, edit and present a series of their own digital film/TV productions throughout the course of the term.
Prerequisites: MJD 110 recommended but not required.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Preference given to students with a dedicated interest in film/TV analysis, criticism, and production.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 303 - Nature and Outdoor Writing
This is a course that combines two central elements: (1) reading and discussing provocative examples of nature writing to see how the authors craft their nonfiction stories and communicate their fascination with the outdoors. The goal here is simple: to learn about strategies for writing creative nonfiction by analyzing great examples of it; and (2) to develop skills in writing feature-length articles about the outdoors and the natural world—cultivating a story idea, training your powers of observation, conducting research that enhances your writing, the draft and revision process. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: humans’ relationships to the natural world, environmental and conservation issues, the status of recreation in the outdoors, and the natural history of the creatures and landscapes that surround us.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MJD 311 - Digital Media II: Advanced Digital Design
An advanced digital media course designed to help students further develop critical and ecological perspectives about emerging media as art forms. The course is focused on two major objectives. The first is to provide students an arena for evaluating and questioning the roles and influences of emerging media. Second, this course is an advanced multimedia projects course aimed at providing students with the opportunity to produce unique and creative interactive digital media projects using advanced multimedia authoring programs including Adobe Flash.
Prerequisites: MJD 110
Full course
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MJD 323 - Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Media
This course is an introduction to analysis of representations of identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation , and ethnicity in the mass media. We view, read about, analyze and discuss mass media like television, film, print, radio, music, sports, news, advertising, and the web to determine if and how race, gender and ethnicity are depicted. An underlying understanding within the course is recognition of the inextricable interconnections between/intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, etc. Students will write response/reflection papers, present analyses individually in class, and work in teams to produce a research project analyzing the issues discussed in class.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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MJD 330 - Advanced Visual Storytelling: Multimedia Analysis
This course explores the structural foundations of documentary storytelling through both the analysis and production of still photographic essays, audio stories and multimedia slideshows. In addition to analyzing contemporary and historic examples of these storytelling media, students will learn advanced techniques in multimedia production. Students will become proficient in the following software programs: Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Audition; Adobe Premiere; and Sounslides.
Prerequisites: MJD 210 or MJD 266 or MJD 302 or AR 130 or permission from the instructor
Full course
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MJD 363 - Study Abroad Re-entry
This interdisciplinary course is specifically designed for students who are returning from study abroad and are looking for ways to integrate their international experiences back into their “home” cultures and into the academic environment. Throughout this class, we will be using travel writing and the travel essay as the vehicles for exploring the possibilities and problems of cross-cultural communication and interaction. Students will be reading provocative examples of travel literature and research on cross-cultural issues and will be writing their own travel pieces. Together, we will be engaging with ideas from communication and media studies, anthropology, sociology, and psychology in order to better understand human behavior and identity within and across cultures. Along the way, we’ll be exploring related topics: the connection between language and identity; the connection between travel and identity; wealth, power, and poverty; the phenomenon of culture shock–and reverse culture shock; being a “minority” in another culture; developing a sense of “home”; the differences between the tourist and the traveler; the role of nonverbal communication in culture; encountering the other; the unwritten roles and rules of social behavior; and the “generalized other” of the global citizen.
Prerequisites: Students must have studied abroad.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MJD 411 - Publication Editing and Design
The course synthesizes the theoretical and experiential learning acquired in previous courses as students design and produce the weekly student newspaper, The Defender. The course’s only prerequisite is MJ 205, but a range of MJ courses inform the creation of the publication, including Media Law and Ethics, Global Communication, New Media, and Visual Communication.
Prerequisites: MJD 205
Full course
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MJD 413 - Internship in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
Working in collaboration with media professionals at media organizations and in corporate and non-profit media students put theory into practice by producing media in a professional work environment. Possible activites include producing and distributing media, i.e. websites, articles, films, brochures etc. planning and staging media events; researching and evaluating public relations campaigns; and optimization studies. The internship gives students a practical context in which to examine and interpret issues and concepts they have studied in their Media Studies classroom courses.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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MJD 433 - Publication Management
The course synthesizes the theoretical and experiential learning acquired in previous courses as students design and produce the weekly student newspaper, The Defender. The course’s only prerequisite is MJ 205, but a range of MJ courses inform the creation of the publication, including Media Law and Ethics, Global Communication, New Media, and Visual Communication.
Prerequisites: MJD 411
Full course
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MJD 450 - Senior Research Proposal Seminar
This is the research proposal seminar for the senior capstone experience in the Department of Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts. This class will focus on a variety of research methods and on the completion of a research proposal for students’ senior seminar projects. The senior capstone project, which will be completed during the following semester, is a high quality media critique and analysis project (a documentary film, book, or web documentary) which examines a socially significant topic through a variety of interdisciplinary angles.
Half course
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MJD 460 - Senior Seminar in Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts
This is the capstone course. It’s an opportunity to develop, research, and produce a professional-quality media project (a documentary film, book, or web documentary) which explores a socially significant topic through a variety of interdisciplinary angles.
Prerequisites: Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts majors only.
Full course
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MU 101 - Understanding Music
Study of the elements of music – rhythm, meter, pitch, melody, harmony, timbre, ensembles, and form – and music as an element of human culture. Emphasis is placed on both listening and elementary musicianship skills. Examples include both Western and non-Western music.
Full course
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MU 201 - Music Theory I
Basic tonal materials: scales, intervals, chords; melody and counterpoint; musicianship lab includes basic ear-training, sight-singing, keyboard skills.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Must be taken concurrently with MU 202.
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MU 203 - Music Theory II
Basic tonal materials, harmony, introduction to form and sanalysis; musicianship lab includes ear-training, sight-singing, keyboard skills.
Prerequisites: MU 201 or permission of instructor.
Full course
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MU 209 - Reading and Writing About Music
A survey of different genres of writing about music. Students read and write description, reviews, reports, and essays about music of a variety of styles including live performances.
Full course
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MU 261 - Private Lessons for Non-Music Majors
Enables a qualified student to study voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: Permission of the artist.
Must be followed by MU 262 or MU 362 to receive credit for the course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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MU 262 - Private Lessons for Non-Music Majors
Enables a qualified student to study voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: MU 261 or MU 361 and permission of the artist.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty. Upon completion of MU 262 credit for a half course is awarded.
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 271 - Instrumental Ensemble for Non-Music Majors
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music (and sometimes dance) of specific musical genres and cultures, with focus on substantial individual improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrument or other technique. May include public (on and off campus) performance of learned repertoire.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 301 - Music Theory III
Chromatic harmony, counterpoint, and standard forms of Western classical musical, with analysis of 18th and 19th-century examples.
Prerequisites: MU 203
Full course
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MU 316 - Instrumentation and Orchestration
Instrumental ranges, timbres, and playing techniques; score-reading, clefs, and transpositions; orchestral literature and stylistic analysis; arranging for different ensembles.
Prerequisites: MU 203
Full course
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MU 322 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
A survey of the genres and styles of music in medieval and Renaissance culture, both music for worship and for secular entertainment, with a focus on the debates about the value and correct forms of music throughout this period.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 324 - Baroque Music
Study of the music literature, style and performance of Baroque and Pre-classical music.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 326 - Classical-Period and Romantic Music
Western classical music of the Classical and Romantic periods, with a focus on the major genres and styles and the social and philosophical meanings of music in these periods.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 328 - 20th Century Music
Study of Western music and culture from Impressionism to present.
Full course
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MU 333 - J. S. Bach
Study of the works of J.S. Bach. Use of primary souces in music theory, form and design as tools for reading, research analysis.
Prerequisites: MU 203 and by permission of instructor.
Full course
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MU 335 - Opera
A survey of the operatic repertory from the 17th to the 20th century from both analytical and historical perspectives, focusing on changes in styles and conventions, and opera’s importance in European culture.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Historical Studies
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MU 339 - Topics in Classical Music
Detailed examination of a particular genre, period, region, repertory, or composer. Topics vary but may include, for example, the symphony, Russian music, or Beethoven.
Full course
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MU 342 - History of Jazz
The history of the music of African Americans from the point of departure in Africa to present day avant-garde jazz. The influence of jazz on American music.
Full course
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MU 349 - Topics in American and Popular Music
Detailed examination of a particular genre, period, region, repertory, composer, or performer. Topics vary but may include, for example, the blues, film music, or the Folk Revival.
Prerequisites: May be repeatable.
Full course
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MU 352 - World Music
Exploration and critical exploration of music cultures through discussion, readings, and performance. This is a broad and over-arching survey course that focuses on a number of distinct areas and cultures, using music as a lens to learn about their religious, political, historical, socio-political, and performance practices.
Full course
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MU 359 - Topics in Ethnomusicology
Exploration and critical study of a specific ethnomusicological topics through discussion, readings, and performance. May include topics such as: Music as Social and Political Expression; Religious and Ritual Music; Classical World Music; or specific regional/area studies, i.e. music of India.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 361 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: Permission of the artist.
Must be followed by MU 262 or MU 362 to receive credit for the course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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MU 362 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplishe artist in the area.
Prerequisites: MU 261 or MU 361 and permission of the artist.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty. Upon completion of MU 362 credit for a half course is awarded.
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 372 - Chamber Music
An instrumental group performing a variety of different genres and styles of classical music, depending on the instrumentation available.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 374 - Concert Band
An instrumental group performing literature for concert band and wind ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 375 - Jazz Orchestra
A stage band performing the Big-Band style of jazz.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 376 - World Music Ensemble
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music and dance of specific musical genres and cultures, with expectation of substantial individual and ensemble improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrument or other technique. There will be frequent on and off-campus performances, work with guest artists, and opportunities for individual musical projects (recitals, recordings, etc.) with the group.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 377 - Chorale
A chorus performing literature for mixed voices in a variety of styles, including major choral works.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 491 - Senior Seminar and Project
The senior seminar gives students the opportunity to undertake a culminating project in the study and performance of music. Topics and projects vary according to the interests of the students, and include a combination of original research, musical analysis, a final paper, an oral presentation, and a musical performance.
Prerequisites: Music majors only; at least junior or senior standing.
Full course
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PH 103 - Introduction to Philosophy
The course both shows the student the nature and value of philosophical inquiry, using only primary texts such as Plato’s dialogues and other major philosophical writings, and, at the same time, invites the student to become personally philosophical by developing their own way of seeing the meaning and value of things. One way of coming to see how deeply human and profoundly personal the questions of meaning and value examined in philosophy are is by coming to understand how they would remain unanswered even if some day we were able to answer all the questions of the sciences.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Philosophy
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PH 201 - Philosophy of Human Existence
This course engages questions concerning the place of humans in the wide world, questions that are at the heart of the ongoing Catholic and Christian Humanist traditions. Possible topics include: faith and reason, body and soul, freedom and moral responsibility, the art of living, the nature of desire, and the category of the human. Texts may be classic and/or contemporary.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 203 - Ethics
Ethics is the practice concerned with leading a worthwhile life consisting in worthwhile relationships with others and one self. In the Socratic tradition, the objective is to assist students in developing the ethical perspective they already have on worthwhile relationships.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 207 - Philosophy of Religion
This course is concerned with philosophical reflections on questions arising in relation to religious belief, especially with regard to belief in immortality and the existence of God or some transcendent reality.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 209 - Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Environment
This course includes topics in philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, and environmental philosophy. Questions may include: What is the goal of science? Are all sciences reducible to physics? Do we use technology, or does technology use us? Is nature intrinsically valuable? What is the moral status of plants and animals? What are our responsibilities to future generations? Readings include classic and/or contemporary texts.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 301 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
A study in the principle figures of early Greek Philosophy, from the sixth to the third centuries B.C. A brief consideration of the period from Thales to Socrates leads to a more detailed study of Plato and Aristotle.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 309 - Author/Text - Ancient
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, or Augustine.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 329 - Author/Text - Modern
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, or Kant.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as topic is different.
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PH 333 - Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
Since the early 20th century, the Analytic tradition has been the leading philosophic tradition in the U.S. and Britain. This course engages the ongoing history of contemporary Analytic philosophy, largely distinguished by its aim: science-like clarity and precision. Figures may include: Frege, Russell, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Quine, and current practitioners.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 339 - Author/Text - Contemporary
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Hegel, Nietzsche, Levinas, Heidegger, Wittgenstein.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as topic is different.
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PH 350 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
Pursues in depth a significant theme(s) such as the nature and types of freedom, truth, love, etc. and/or the exposition and assessment of major philosophical currents such as German Idealism, Existentialism, American Pragmatism, etc.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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PH 351 - Otherness and Marginalization: Levinas and the Alienated
This course will philosophically examine: (1) accounts of marginalization in the US and around the world; (2) theories of alienation; (3) philosophical ethics based on “Otherness”; and (4) community Service-Learning work. We will discuss political, economic, and social marginalization, both local and global, based on race, poverty, age, and illness.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 352 - Philosophy and Gender
This course brings the many varieties of feminism into conversation with core philosophic issues. Specific topics may include the relationship between feminism and humanism; the lived and conceptual relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality; the ontology of maternality; femininities and post-feminism; and masculinities.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 353 - Truth & Propaganda: Ethics & the Media
The purpose of this course is to examine the nature of propaganda as it appears in various types of media. There are several guiding theoretical questions that we will explore: What is truth? What is propaganda? What is deception? If propaganda involves the manipulation of the message recipient’s beliefs, values, desires, etc., could it be effective without calling upon ideas or perspectives that people take to be truth? In other words, can propaganda function if it is devoid of truth? We will read philosophical theory on truth, perception, and deception, and we will examine examples of propaganda, in various media formats, as they relate to our political, economic, and cultural lived experiences.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 354 - Philosophy of Human Rights
The general aim of the course is to assist students in developing the moral perspective they already have by focusing on the nature and significance of human rights within the contemporary context of globalization. Drawing on a dialogical, Socratic model, resources are provided to enable the student to bring their own perspective into dialogue with a number of different philosophical, religious and cultural perspectives. These views represent visions, values and commitments, often harmonious but at times in opposition, which have played and continue to play a significant role in the evolution of human rights.
Prerequisites: One 200-level course; seniors completing their philosophy major; and, if seats are available, open to other seniors with permission of instructor.
Full course
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PH 355 - Logic
What general features do good arguments have in common? In this course, students study and practice methods of good reasoning, focusing especially on the formal, mathematical aspects of ordinary language arguments. Topics may include: informal fallacies, proof and disproof within the Aristotelian, propositional, and predicate systems, analogical and legal reasoning, and the justification of logic itself.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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PH 368 - Ethics of the Heroic
This course examines 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. This exploration will be useful as we discuss the notions of “heroic” activity and ethical responsibility in regard to today’s global community.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course
Full course
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PH 489 - Independent Thesis
The outcome of the independent thesis project will be a substantial, completed philosophical research paper. The student, whether a major or a minor, may choose to submit his/her independent thesis to the department for consideration of honors.
Prerequisites: 3.6 GPA overall and permission of the department chair
Full course
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PH 490 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar serves as a student’s required capstone experience in the major. Each seminar will contain the following elements, though not necessarily limited to these: a) A general guiding theme or topic, one broad enough to relate to other areas of the Humanities; b) Students develop their own thesis within the philosophical topic or theme; c) Students periodically present their on-going thesis project to the other members of the seminar for careful analysis and discussion; d) The outcome of the seminar is a substantial, completed philosophical research paper; e) The student may choose to submit his/her research paper to the department for consideration of honors.
Prerequisites: Seniors completing their philosophy major; and, if seats are available, open to other seniors with permission of the instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Philosophy major.
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PJ 101 - Approaches to Peace
This course introduces the student to the issues involved in challenging human society’s acceptance of war and working toward a new paradigm of peace and social justice. Course discussions focus on the roots and causes of war; methods of conflict resolution and arms reduction; eliminating structural violence; religious inspiration for peace-making; and non-violence as a method and way of life.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Open to first-year and second-year students only.
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PJ 410 - Peace and Justice Senior Seminar
As the capstone course for the Peace and Justice minor, this is a readings seminar designed as an in-depth study of an important Peace and Justice topic, e.g., the role of religion in causing war and creating peace. Students are required to complete a service project or research paper in the topic area.
Full course
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PO 101 - Introduction to Politics
An introduction to the basic concepts of politics and the tools of political analysis.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 120 - Introduction to American National Politics
A general introduction to the structure and processes that define American politics on the national level.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 200 - Research Methods
This course will introduce students to many of the important concepts, approaches, procedures and methods used by political scientists. Specifically, we will discuss use of the scientific method and experimental design, quantitative and qualitative methods of measurement and data collection, and ways of analyzing and interpreting data that has been collected.
Full course
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PO 207 - Parties, Elections and Political Participation
This course will examine the main institutions and processes that connect government with the citizens of the United States: parties, elections and pressure groups (including both interest groups and social movement organizations). We will discuss the development of these institutions, discuss the ways they currently function, and evaluate whether and how they contribute to the system of government in the United States.
Full course
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PO 245 - International Relations
This course introduces students to the study of international relations, focusing especially on the interactions between states and non-state actors in the international environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to consider enduring and contemporary issues and problems in international affairs.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 261 - European Political Thought
This course traces the main developments in European political thought from the break-up of the feudal system until the mid-nineteenth century. It involves a close, critical reading of some of the major original works of prominent political thinkers from Hobbes through Marx, locating their thought in its social and political context.
Full course
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PO 285 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
What is a nation state? Capitalism? Authoritarianism? This course provides an introduction to comparative political analysis and central concepts in this field. The course will investigate political development and contemporary politics, governments and policies of countries around the world.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 290 - Canadian Government and Politics
A survey of Canadian government and politics. Specific topics will include a study of the parliamentary system of government, Quebec nationalism, Canada-U.S. relations and Canada’s place within the global economy. Students may also participate in a regularly scheduled fieldtrip to Ottawa, Canada.
Full course
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PO 325 - The Politics of Food
Investigates the connections between food choices and political and cultural power; considers decisions about production and distribution as economic, environmental, and social, from farms to restaurants, slaughter houses to home kitchens; explores the paradox of abundance and famine side-by-side in the world, revealing day-to-day politics as well as alternatives approaches.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing only.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 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: GG 327
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PO 332 - American Constitutional Law
An analysis of American constitutional theory as it has been developed and articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court and other authorities, focusing on the tension between constitutionalism and democratic politics. Specific topics include sources of constitutional authority, constitutional change, the nature of judicial review, the separation of powers (especailly as implicated in war powers and recent counter-terrorism policies) and substantive due process.
Full course
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PO 334 - Civil Liberties
A study of the constitutional relationship between the individual and the government. Particular emphasis will be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and religious belief, as well as Fourteenth Amendment theories of equal protection of the law.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 338 - Criminal Justice
An analysis of the various agencies involved with the administration of criminal justice. Topics include the definition and measurement of criminal behavior, pre-trial procedure, the adversary trial process, the imposition of punishment, and the judicial supervision of the rights of the accused. Emphasis is always on moral and constitutional values and institutional performance.
Full course
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PO 340 - Social Movements and Contentious Politics
This course provides a theoretical and empirical exploration of social movements and contentious politics. We will focus especially on North American and European approaches to social movement theory and study a variety of cases of national and transnational mobilization and protest, from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to the global justice movement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 345 - Transitions to Democracy
The origin and success of democratic institutions are a key concern in political science and for global politics. This course examines the relationship between social and political development in democratic transitions to better understand the origins of and challenges to democracy, recent transitions, and how global movements might promote democracy in the 21st Century.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 348 - American Foreign Policy
A study of the formulation and conduct of American foreign policy. Analysis of constitutional principles, institutions and historic traditions that influence the formulation of foreign policy. Case studies of contemporary policies towards specific countries and challenges.
Full course
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PO 350 - State Violence and Justice
Halting genocide, torture, and the violation of human rights is the first step. This course examines the next: how does a society address violence perpetrated by state officials, and how do they bring the perpetrators to justice? Understanding this process begins with an understanding of state violence, its goals and its effects on the victims, and proceeds with an examination of what is meant by truth, memory, and justice.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 351 - Politics of the Global AIDS Pandemic
This course uses the lense of political struggles to examine the global health crisis created by HIV/AIDS. The first part of the course concentrates on the development of HIV/AIDS policy in the United States, and the second looks at HIV/AIDS in a global context, with a focus on policy struggles within and among developed and developing countries.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 355 - Politics of the World Economy
An examination of power conflict at the international economic level and its impact on the politics of various states, regions and interests. Topics include the politics of trade, aid, debt, multinational corporations, and the globalization of the world economy.
Full course
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PO 360 - Film and Politics
The cultural and political power of film is unique. Films reinforce or break stereotypes, rewrite history, encourage dissent, or enforce conformity. This course will focus on politically relevant and engaged films from China, India, France, Latin America, and the U.S. in order to understand the political context of each film and its contribution to ongoing debates, and to reveal national mythmaking in the social and political assumptions that inform storytelling in the movies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 365 - Multiculturalism in Theory and Practice
This course studies historical and contemporary philosophical approaches to multiculturalism. It uses this theoretical understanding to examine contemporary controversies in multiculturalism in different parts of the world, and aims to facilitate moral and political judgments about various forms of multicultural coexistence and multiculturalist policies.
Full course
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PO 371 - Feminist Political Thought
This course studies the foundations of feminist political thought from its beginnings through to the recent explosion of gender- and sexuality-related social movements, locally and globally.
Full course
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