English Communications (2 courses)
Writing Requirement (3 courses)
This component recognizes the central role communication plays in
learning and in life. Courses teach the principles of clear and
effective communication and provide opportunities to practice and refine
them throughout a student’s college career.
English Communications [EC]
Courses
provide instruction in the elements of English composition and provide a
wide range of opportunities for students to practice and sharpen their
writing abilities. Courses also teach the related skills of speaking,
reading, and critical thinking. ENG 112 provides a foundation in the
skills essential to information literacy, i.e., the ability to find,
evaluate, and make effective use of source material relevant to a
research topic.
Requirement:
One of:
ENG 111 English Communications I| This course will help the student develop his or her own voice while meeting the demands of academic and public expression. It will emphasize the development of clear, organized, and rhetorically effective written prose. Offered fall semester. Fulfills general education requirement: English Communications. 3 credits. |
FYS 100
and
ENG 112 English Communications II
| This course continues to help the student develop his or her own voice while meeting the demands of academic and public expression. In addition to emphasizing the development of clear, organized, and rhetorically effective written prose, this course also focuses on speaking, reading, and research skills. Offered spring semester. Fulfills general education requirement: English Communications. Prerequisite: ENG 111, FYS 100 or permission of chairperson. 3 credits. |
First-year students must fulfill the communications component of the
General Education Program by enrolling in either First-Year Seminar (FYS
100) or English Communications I (ENG 111). The primary goal of each
course is to help first-year students become college-level writers.
Students will be assigned the same amount of writing in both FYS 100 and
ENG 111. An important difference between the two courses is that each
FYS class is organized around a particular topic, and students will
write in response to various aspects of that topic, whereas ENG 111 is
not organized around a particular topic, so its students can expect to
write essays about a variety of different topics. Students in FYS should
expect to do more reading than students in ENG 111.
Writing Requirement [WP]
In addition to English Communications, students must complete three courses designated Writing Process,
preferably one each during the sophomore, junior and senior years.
Requirement: Three courses from the following approved list.
AMS 223 American Thought & Culture| A survey of American intellectual history and cultural criticism ranging from Puritanism and Enlightenment Rationalism to multiculturalism, feminism, and post-modernism. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 1 (History).Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| An examination of the social, political, economic and cultural upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s in the historical context. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity.Writing Process. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PHL 229) |
| This course covers the history of photography with emphasis on the aesthetic elements of traditional and contemporary work. The significance of technical developments, photographic processes, and photographic criticism is discussed. It provides a contextual study of photography, not only as an art form but as a social commentary on culture. Content includes the history of the photography from the early 19th century to the present, including the introduction of color, photography as a form of social documentation, Modernist and Postmodernist approaches to the medium, photojournalism, and the use of photography within popular culture. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| Focusing on the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, this course offers a comprehensive survey of the major monuments, themes, and developments of Renaissance art in Europe. Works by Giotto, Van Eyck, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, D rer, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, among others, are examined. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisites: ART 112 or ART 114. 3 credits. |
| This course is a pan-European survey of baroque art and architecture, focusing on artists working in Italy, France, Spain, England, Flanders, and the Dutch Republic. Artworks by Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini, and Velßzquez in southern Europe, and Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Poussin, and Christopher Wren in Northern Europe, will be highlighted. Students explore such issues as patronage, stylistic difference, the interconnection of art and religion, and the changing political climate of Europe. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: ART 112 or ART 114. 3 credits. |
| Covering the period from the American Revolution in 1776 to the controversial Salon des RefusTs of 1863, this course examines the art of Europe and the North America as it undergoes turbulent cultural change. Cataclysmic events such as the American and French Revolution, the economic and technological changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, and the various revolutions in thought and politics, such as The Enlightenment and the rise of Marxism, emerge as key driving agents in the transformation of art and architecture during the period. Art movements under examination include Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisites: ART 112 or ART 114. 3 credits. |
| An overview of modern art and architecture from the 1890s to the rise of postmodernism in the 1970s, including important stylistic movements such as Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Dada and Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, and Conceptual Art. The focus will be on the ideas, works, and critical reception of specific artists, widened to include issues of science and technology, race and gender, and related developments in politics and literature. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: ART 114. 3 credits. |
| This course immerses students in a thematic investigation of color in human culture from ancient times to the present. Using case studies from the histories of art, literature, and philosophy, students examine the role color plays in our understanding of the world, particularly in relation to economic, moral, and spiritual value systems. Fulfills general education requirement: Disciplinary Perspectives.Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| An organismal and molecular approach to the study of animal development using typical invertebrate and vertebrate organisms. The laboratory includes the study of slides as well as experiments on fertilization, regeneration and metamorphosis. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L and BIO 201, or permission of the instructor. Corequisite: BIO 304L. 3 credits. |
| A study of the functioning of plants, with emphasis on vascular plants. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L; three semesters of chemistry or permission. Corequisite: BIO 307L. 3 credits. |
| An examination of the basic concepts of ecology with extensive laboratory work and field experiences in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L. Corequisite: BIO 312L. 3 credits. |
| A study of the principles of vertebrate body function, with emphasis on the mechanisms by which cells and organs perform their functions and the interactions of the various organs in maintaining total body function. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L; one semester of chemistry or permission. Corequisite: BIO 322L. 3 credits. |
| A study of many of the invertebrate phyla, concentrating on the physiological mechanisms controlling movement, metabolism, information, and control and reproduction. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: a C- (1.67) average in BIO 111/L and BIO 112/L. Corequisite: BIO 324L. 3 credits. |
| The development of writing, speaking, and listening skills for business management. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 111 and 112. Majors in accounting, business administration, and health care management need a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or greater in all foundation courses completed to date. 3 credits. |
| A capstone course to study administrative processes under conditions of uncertainty, integrating prior studies in management, accounting and economics. Uses case method and computer simulation. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: BUS 130, 340, 361 and senior standing. Designed for last semester seniors. Course requires business casual or business professional dress at all class sessions. Underclassmen admitted with permission of instructor and Chair. 3 credits. |
| Students will be exposed to a number of advanced synthetic methods including inert atmosphere manipulations, high vacuum and temperature dehydrations, mixed solvent crystallizations, and photochemical transformations . Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Corequisite: CHM 222. 1 credit. |
| Experimental study of the principles of physical chemistry. Work involves spectroscopy (IR, UV/VIS, fluorescence, Raman, and NMR), calorimetry, refractometry, conductivity, and viscometry applied to atomic and molecular structure, thermodynamics, phase and reaction equilibrium, and chemical kinetics Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 311. 1 credit. |
| Second semester of an experimental study of the principles of physical chemistry. Work involves spectroscopy (IR, UV/VIS, fluorescence, Raman, and NMR), calorimetry, refractometry, conductivity, and viscometry applied to atomic and molecular structure, thermodynamics, phase and reaction equilibrium, and chemical kinetics. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 312. 1 credit. |
| Technical communications requires students understand the basics of the human-centered design process, while focusing primarily on the use of writing and video to clearly and precisely communicate ideas. Students will develop copy and content appropriate to a given audience, client needs and goals, and context. The course will emphasize iterative design, prototyping and usability testing of acts of persuasive and informative writing. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: DCOM 130 and DCOM 131, or by permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| How do human beings experience the sacred? How is faith connected with doubt? What might "God" mean? What's the point of it all? Readings will include fiction, poetry, and essays drawn from a range of historical periods. This course examines what William James called "the varieties of religious experience" from the disciplinary perspectives of literature and religion. Fulfills general education requirement: Disciplinary Perspectives.Writing Process. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing required. 3 credits. |
| Looks at the significance Greek and Roman myths hold for us today from the perspectives of literature, psychology, religion, sociology, and anthropology. Fulfills general education requirement: Disciplinary Perspectives.Writing Process. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing. 3 credits. |
| A course that will focus on the growth and continued development of the beginning reader as independent reading within the curriculum becomes necessary. The course foundation will be supported by both a balanced literacy approach and the PDE standards for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Stressing the importance of comprehension, students will explore a variety of strategies, methods, and assessments to teach reading and writing across the content areas as supported by research. This includes but is not limited to writing short stories and informal pieces with an understanding of the stylistic aspects and conventions of composition. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ECE 110, 240, 330, EDU 140, limited to early childhood education majors or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course will begin with an overview of national, state and local interests that continue to inspire educators, businesses, and government to become more involved in discussions and to offer solutions, including legislative solutions, to assure children's success across the nation. Students will be prepared to make informed, research-based professional decisions about each of their students on a daily basis, using ongoing observation and diagnosis to support their decisions. Delivery approach will include, but not be limited to, critiques of prototypical examples of effective practices according to research, modeling evidence-based strategies for the culturally and linguistically diverse learners, informational reading and writing. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ECE 110 or 115, EDU 140, limited to early childhood education majors or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Benefit-Cost analysis (BCA) is the study of the of competing public policy alternatives. The purpose of benefit-cost analysis is to inform social decision-making and facilitate the equitable and efficient allocation of society's resources. This course introduces the basic theory and principles of benefit-cost analysis and examines its implementation and effectiveness. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ECN 101 and 102. 3 credits. |
| This course introduces the theory and practice of international economic relations. It includes, not only the history and purpose of trade and the traditional theory of the gains from trade, but also the more modern theory of trade with imperfect competition. The history and nature of the institutional structures of trade (World Trade Organization) are covered. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: ECN 101 and 102. 3 credits. |
| This small seminar course is a reading course in support of the research interests of the professor, the student, or both. The content and structure of the course will depend on the research interests of the professor, but will always require from each student a major paper related to this area. Reading and critiquing articles from refereed economic journals and the popular press are also included. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: ECN 201 and 202 and junior standing. 3 credits. |
| This course explores and examines the historic and philosophic contexts of middle level education of students aged 10-15, and current issues affecting middle schools including developmentally appropriate curriculum, instruction and assessment, the guidance role of middle school teachers, and communication with parents and the public. A must-take elective for those going into secondary education. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Limited to teacher certification candidates or permission of instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course focuses on writing at the level of the sentence. Students will learn the fundamental parts of English sentences, will learn how those parts are put together to create grammatical sentences, and will learn how punctuation can signal the relationships between those parts. In addition to learning to identify and correct errors in grammar and punctuation, students will learn how elements of style can lead to writing that is clear, precise, and powerful. This course has no prerequisites, and no prior study of grammar is expected. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 2 credits. |
| Introduction to the basic skills of journalistic writing such as interviewing, gathering and reporting news and writing feature stories according to standard formats and styles. The course also covers ethical and legal considerations related to news reporting. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 112, or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Introduction to the theory and practice of editing, with an emphasis on reading closely, revising, creating headlines, and other aspects of refining and preparing copy for publication or online distribution. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 213, or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Seminar on the adolescent literature canon with which many teachers work, especially in middle school and some levels in high school. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Concentrated study of early Shakespearean drama, especially the comedies and the histories. Writing process. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Concentrated study of late Shakespearean drama, especially the tragedies and the romances. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Seminar on poetry drawing from English, American, and Commonwealth traditions from the Middle Ages to present. This seminar will introduce the student to a wide range of poems, critical vocabulary, and literary interpretations. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Historical view of the novel, drawing both on novels written originally in English and on those translated from other languages. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Seminar on literature in English in the period since 1800, concentrating on literature that grows out of the worldwide encounter between British and American literary traditions and other cultures. This course examines the remarkable syntheses that have emerged in the literature of other countries. Usually offered fall semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| Discussion of advanced and complex grammatical structures. Intensive practice in written French. Development of advanced writing skills through composition assignments. Introduction to a variety of writing styles. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: FRN 202 or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| Varying topics which focus on particular authors or literary movements in French or Francophone literature. Examples may include: Victor Hugo and the Romantics; Women writers; Writers of NTgritude; French Revolutions 1789, 1848, 1968. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: FRN 300-level course, or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| Study of major trends and cultural productions in French and Francophone literature from the Second World War to the present. Students will read a representative selection of major literary works in French, and discuss theoretical, aesthetic, and critical issues pertinent to existentialism, theater of the Absurd, colonialism and its legacies, feminism, etc. Special emphasis is placed on close reading of texts in order to train students to read critically and to discuss in context major authors, themes, and their interpretation. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: FRN 300-level course, or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| Varying topics which focus on particular themes or genres in French or Francophone literature. Examples may include: Comedies from MoliFre to Ionesco; Paris in the Literary Imagination; Chansons from the troubadours to Jacques Brel; Bande dessinTe. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: FRN 300-level course, or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| Culminating experience for the French major. Focus on synthesizing knowledge from previous courses into a broad historical and cultural framework. Final project will take the form of an extensive research paper. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: At least 20 hours of French credit. 1 credit. |
| Works of fiction and nonfiction selected to explore a particular topic or theme. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: GMN 202 or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| A study of German song from Minnesang to Kanaksprak. Involves both texts and music as appropriate. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: GMN 202 or equivalent. 3 credits. |
| The course will chart the ways in which the French Revolution and the industrial revolution in Europe shaped the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual development of Europe in the nineteenth century. The major themes of the course include the development of the political ideologies that emerged as a result of the French Revolution, industrialization, nationalism, the development of class societies, gradual democratization in parts of Europe, the beginning of the women's movement, challenges to liberalism, and finally, the causes of World War I. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 credits. |
| An introduction to the main political, social, economic and intellectual developments in twentieth-century Europe. The major themes of the course include the experience of the two world wars; the development of fascist and communist regimes under Lenin and Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler; the weakness of the western democracies after World War I; the Holocaust; the Cold War; the Communist Bloc; the end to colonialism; the European Union; the development of the welfare state, and the new nationalism. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 1 (History).Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PSC 207) |
| This course uses key cases to study important doctrines established by the Supreme Court with respect to the structure and functions of the constitutional system (judicial, legislative and executive power and federalism). There is a particular emphasis on various forms of textual interpretation used by individual justices to apply the Constitution in deciding cases and writing opinions. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 2 (Social Science).Writing Process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. PSC 110 recommended. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PSC 215) |
| An exploration of the position of women in Modern Europe from 1750 to the present. The course focuses around the tensions between women's difference and demands for equal treatment as this theme has played out through history. The course will begin with a discussion of gender in history and then proceed to examination of women in pre- industrial Europe, the French Revolution, the industrial revolution, nineteenth-century reform movements, feminism and the suffrage movement. Twentieth century themes include the "new" woman, women in communist Russia and under the fascist regimes, the impact of two world wars on women's roles, the welfare state, and finally, contemporary feminism. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 1 (History).Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 credits. |
| How the old republican ideal of a virtuous agrarian society struggled to confront the new age of economic modernization, social diversity and sectional tension. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 1 (History).Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 credits. |
| An introduction to the basics of historical research and writing. The most important goal of the course is to help students produce a clearly written research paper, with footnotes and a bibliography. A primary source paper and other writing assignments will prepare the students for the achievement of this goal. Class discussion will revolve around analysis of various types of primary sources, secondary sources, journal articles, issues of interpretation, and research methods. The course will also include several research trips to libraries, archives, historical societies, or local history collections. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: at least one of the following: HIS 103, 104, 105, 125, 126 or 127; or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course provides and in-depth study of World War I. The topics covered include the causes of the war; the military history of the war; the social, economic, and cultural changes that resulted; the terms and consequences of the peace; and ways in which the memories of the war were constructed. Although the course will focus on Europe where most of the war was fought, students will also examine the impact of the war on Russia and Europe's overseas colonies. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and one prior history class or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| An in-depth study of why Americans declared their independence and how they won the Revolution and worked to build a republic in a hostile world of monarchies. Particular attention is paid to major issues on which historians of the period disagree. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| A study of how sectional divisions over slavery led to a bloody war and reshaped American society. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Focus on a theme in history such as World War I, the industrial revolution, or the Enlightenment. These topics will be approached from a variety of perspectives (economic, political, or social for example) and from the viewpoint of many national histories. Class meetings will include discussion of course readings, research methods, and the historiography related to the theme of the course. Students will write a research paper on some aspect of the course topic utilizing a variety of primary and secondary sources and present their research to the class. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Senior history majors or permission of instructor. 3 credits. |
| This seminar will expose international studies majors to readings on issues, events, and theories in International Studies as well as allowing them to pursue a research interest within a broad topic area prescribed for each semester the seminar is given. Each student is required to do independent library research and to make an oral presentation under the direction and guidance of the professor. Students are expected to produce a research paper (minimum of 3000 words) that could be presented at an undergraduate research conference. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: major in international studies and junior or senior standing. 3 credits. |
| This course examines how the music business operates, delving into a wide range of issues and areas, such as publishing, record labels, retail, distribution, market research, agents and managers, and current issues in the industry. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| A study of literature, materials and approaches appropriate for choral and general music classes in grades 5-12. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| One of the central concerns of this course is the ability of music to represent American identity. Of particular interest are the historic contributions of minority peoples, particularly African Americans, to the rich diversity of musical styles in the United States. This course considers the importance of geographic and ethnic origins of a particular musical style as well as the consequences of a market-driven music industry which historically has privileged some people groups over others. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity.Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| An inquiry into the central problems of values applied to human conduct, with an examination of the responses of major ethical theories to those problems. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 6 (Religion and Philosophy).Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| An examination of the social, political, economic and cultural upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s in the historical context. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity.Writing Process. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with AMS 229) |
| A study of the issues raised for philosophy by contemporary religious thought. The course examines such topics as faith and reason; faith and culture; and interpretations of revelation, symbolism and religious language. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 6 (Religion and Philosophy).Writing Process. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with REL 230) |
| An examination of major periods in the history of philosophy, this requirement for the major will introduce students to both the figures and the methodology of each time period. The specific focus of the course will vary from semester to semester, rotating through the various historical periods. Seminars will include: Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, the Enlightenment, 19th Century, 20th Century. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: One prior course in philosophy. 3 credits. |
| Intensive studies of individual great philosophers or principal schools. Potential authors include Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, etc. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission. 3 credits. |
| An intensive study of individual issues within the discipline of philosophy. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Potential issues include: "Nothing," "Women in Philosophy," "God," "Post-modern Philosophy and Theology," "Existentialism," etc. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: One prior course in Philosophy. 3 credits. |
| Students in this course study the development of Western political thought from Classical Greece to modern times, examining the conceptual evolution of citizenship, civic obligation, and the nature of justice and exploring the connection between moral and positive law in the western tradition. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PSC 345) |
| This course will examine the psychological, cultural, and political roots of, and responses to, violence and genocide with special attention paid to the cases of the Jewish Holocaust and the Armenian genocide. Course material will draw on history, philosophy, literature, and film Fulfills general education requirement: Disciplinary Perspectives.Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| This capstone seminar examines the historical and philosophical development of constitutional law in the United States; the seminar emphasizes the dynamic relationship between the law and moral and political philosophy. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing. PSC/PHL 345, DSP 352, DSP 356 or BUS 450. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PSC 417) |
| This is an advanced seminar course for senior philosophy majors. Students will complete a major paper, integrating their research, writing, and analytical skills. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with REL 499) |
| Second semester of experimental work selected from the areas of mechanics, AC and DC electrical measurements, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics, with emphasis on experimental design, measuring techniques and analysis of data. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: PHY 211. 2 credits. |
| An introduction to the main political, social, economic and intellectual developments in twentieth-century Europe. The major themes of the course include the experience of the two world wars; the development of fascist and communist regimes under Lenin and Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler; the weakness of the western democracies after World War I; the Holocaust; the Cold War; the Communist Bloc; the end to colonialism; the European Union; the development of the welfare state, and the new nationalism. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 1 (History).Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with HIS 207) |
| A survey of the developing nations of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This class explores why some countries are "developed" and others not. The course examines some of the major explanations for development, both economic and political. Following an overview of each of the developing regions, the class will analyze some of the major issues facing developing nations today. Topics include democratization, religion and politics, ethnic conflict, women and development, and revolution. Fulfills general education requirement: Intercultural Diversity.Writing Process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course uses key cases to study important doctrines established by the Supreme Court with respect to the structure and functions of the constitutional system (judicial, legislative and executive power and federalism). There is a particular emphasis on various forms of textual interpretation used by individual justices to apply the Constitution in deciding cases and writing opinions. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 2 (Social Science).Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. PSC 110 recommended. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with HIS 215) |
| This course is designed to expose students to the study of concepts and theories of international relations. It will provide students with a conceptual approach to understanding the principal actors in the international system and a systematic analysis of advanced international relations theories, namely realism, liberalism, radicalism, constructivism, and feminism. Topics addressed include international relations theory, history of international relations, the global system, the state and the individual, global organizations, non-governmental organizations, international law, war and strife, international political economy, and transnational issues. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| This course describes the public policy process and analyzes various areas of substantive domestic policy at the national level. Topics covered include budgeting and taxation, education, health, welfare, and the environment. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 2 (Social Science).Writing Process. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and PSC 110 or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course examines key theories and contexts that shape American foreign policy strategy and important questions of foreign policy politics. It exposes students to foreign policy strategy as the means by which U.S. national interests and policies are formulated and to foreign policy politics as the roles played by institutions and actors within the foreign policymaking process. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course will examine contemporary conflict and the use of force in world politics. It introduces two schools of thought (security studies and strategic studies) and examines theories and concepts used to understand contemporary global security. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This course uses key cases to study important doctrines established by the Supreme Court with regard to civil rights and civil liberties. Students will examine the Court's rulings concerning the establishment and free exercise of religion, protection of freedom of speech and of the press, privacy rights (abortion and sexual freedom), the rights of the accused in the criminal justice system, and the law governing racial or sexual discrimination. The course places particular emphasis on various forms of textual interpretation used by individual justices to apply the Constitution in deciding cases and writing opinions. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity.Writing Process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. PSC 215 recommended. 3 credits. |
| Governmental institutions, characteristics of state and local political systems and the major inter-governmental problems in state and local relations with federal government. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 2 (Social Science).Writing Process. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and PSC 110 or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Students in this course study the development of Western political thought from Classical Greece to modern times, examining the conceptual evolution of citizenship, civic obligation, and the nature of justice and exploring the connection between moral and positive law in the western tradition. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PHL 345) |
| This capstone seminar examines the historical and philosophical development of constitutional law in the United States; the seminar emphasizes the dynamic relationship between the law and moral and political philosophy. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing. PSC/PHL 345, DSP 352, DSP 356 or BUS 450. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PHL 417) |
| This is the capstone class for political science majors, to be taken at the end of the student's junior or senior year. It is a reading- and writing-intensive course, conducted in traditional seminar style. This means that our weekly meetings are primarily dicussion-driven (based on the assigned readings), with very little lecturing by the professor. The objective is for students to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical and empirical course material, both orally and their written work. The seminar is based on a theme that changes from year to year; recent examples have been nationalism, democratization and the Arab Spring, and political communication. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: Major in political science and junior or senior standing or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| This foundational laboratory course introduces students to scientific methodology and experiment design as it applies to psychology. Students learn how to identify research questions through literature reviews, develop hypotheses, appropriately design and conduct research projects, and draw conclusions from the findings. The course engages students in data-collection laboratory experiences that culminate in the development, execution, analysis and APA-style presentation of an original experiment on a behavior-related topic of their own choosing. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: PSY 111/L, or junior-level psychology major or minor. Corequisite: PSY 211L. 3 credits. |
| A study of the major theories of personality, with emphasis on psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, behaviorism, social learning, and trait theory. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: PSY 111 or 112, or junior-level psychology major or minor. 3 credits. |
| A study of the history of psychology, including philosophical precursors to psychology, early and modern schools of thought within psychology, important trends, and famous psychologists. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, plus all of PSY 111, 112, 211, 212. 3 credits. |
| A study of the issues raised for philosophy by contemporary religious thought. The course examines such topics as faith and reason; faith and culture; and interpretations of revelation, symbolism and religious language. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 6 (Religion and Philosophy).Writing Process. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PHL 230) |
| The aim of the class is to familiarize students with the methods and theories which are constitutive of the academic discipline of Religious Studies and to attune them to the historical context of the development of the study of religion as an academic discipline. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| The course focuses on the issues surrounding one central topic in the study of religion. Topics include God, Postmodern Philosophy and Theology, Existentialism and Religion, Religion and Violence, Religious Fundamentalism, The Problem of Evil. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: One prior course in religion. 3 credits. |
| This course will examine ancient texts, contemporary commentaries, historical reconstructions, and artistic and literary depictions in its search for Jesus. Fulfills general education requirement: Disciplinary Perspectives.Writing Process. 3 credits. |
| Students will complete a major paper, integrating their research, writing, and analytical skills. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing or by permission. 3 credits. (This course is cross-listed with PHL 499) |
| Experiential-based course covering fundamental concepts and problems in social science research. Topics include ethics or research on human behavior, design, measurement, sampling, and interviewing and questionnaire construction. There is an emphasis on four research methods: available data, survey research, experiments, and field research. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: SOC 110, plus 9 credits of 200-level or above sociology or permission. 3 credits. |
| An examination of the societal bases of health, illness and health care. The course will include an examination of the three components of medicine: the patient, the medical professional and the health care organization. Specific topics will include: the role of the patient; doctor-patient relationships; the socialization of medical professionals; the hospital as a complex organization, cross-cultural comparisons of health care and current topics of concern such as the AIDS epidemic, new technologies and social response to the terminally ill patient. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisites: SOC 110 plus 9 credits of sociology at the 200-level or above and junior standing, or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| An examination of the causes of crime. The question of whether or not victimless crimes such as pornography, prostitution and drug use should be considered crimes is explored. This is primarily a theory course for criminal justice majors. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: SOC 110 and SOC 245, plus 6 credits of 200 level or above of Sociology, and junior standing, or permission. 3 credits. |
| A critical analysis of selected themes and issues in contemporary sociology. Topics may vary. This course is conducted as a seminar requiring extensive student participation. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: SOC 110 plus SOC 311, 321, or 331 and 9 additional credits in sociology. This course is for senior Sociology majors and criminal justice majors only (or permission). 3 credits. |
| Discussion of more complex grammatical structures. Intensive practice in written Spanish. Development of advanced writing skills through composition assignments based on contemporary issues. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or placement into 300-level or higher according to the placement test. 3 credits. |
| This class will analyze the contributions and experiences of Latinos in the United States through the examination of examples of literature, film, music and artwork. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity.Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 300. 3 credits. |
| This course presents a chronological study of some of the major trends and cultural productions, corresponding to the cultural and aesthetic movements from the 1880s to the present. Students will read a representative selection of major Peninsular literary works from that period, and discuss theoretical, aesthetic, and critical issues pertinent to modernism, the avant-garde, post-modernism, etc. These texts will also prepare students for further work in more advanced courses of Hispanic literature(s) and culture(s). Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 330. 3 credits. |
| This course focuses on the analysis of cultural productions in the 20th and 21st centuries from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Race, class, gender and nationality will be categories of experience that will guide the analysis, conversations and written essays. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 330. 3 credits. |
| This course covers a wide range of genres and authors. Some of the reading selections include texts from the Latin American "boom" literary movement as well as from Latin American Nobel Laureates in literature. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 330. 3 credits. |
| This course is designed to be a culminating experience for the Spanish major. As such, the focus of the course is on synthesizing knowledge from previous courses into a broad historical and cultural framework. Final project will take the form of an extensive research paper. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art).Writing Process. Prerequisite: SPA 330 or equivalent, and at least 20 total hours of Spanish credit. 3 credits. |
| This course is designed to introduce all categories of disability. Specific attention will be given to the potential cognitive, physical, social, behavioral, and language differences in children with disabilities. Delivery approach will include, but not be limited to: lecture, case study discussions, and student presentations. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |
Criteria for Writing Process courses:
- Course teaches students to write according to the conventions and expectations of a particular discipline.
- Writing will be taught as a process, beginning with thinking about (and perhaps conducting research on) a topic, then articulating a tentative thesis or hypothesis, drafting an outline, and working through successive drafts of an essay before arriving at the finished product.
- Faculty will offer instruction in writing and will provide substantive written or oral feedback on students' written performance during the writing process.
- Evaluation of writing quality shall be an important factor in determining the course grade.
- Students in writing process courses will write a minimum of 3,000 words in formal writing (i.e. case studies, discipline specific documents). In-class examinations and quizzes, laboratory notebooks, journals, diaries, and essays of fewer than 500 words may count toward the final course grade, but shall not count toward the 3,000-word minimum requirement. Exception: A course taught in a language other than English shall be held to the 3,000-word minimum requirement, but shall be permitted to count reflections, journals, and in-class writings as part of the writing process.
- The number of students in a writing-process course shall be capped at a level no higher than 22 students.
- Equivalent courses taken at other institutions may not necessarily include a writing component and therefore will not automatically satisfy the WP requirement. Students who wish to meet the Writing Process requirement off-campus must petition the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for approval.