Undergraduate Catalog 2015-16 
    
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Course Descriptions

 

English

General Policy Statement: Students write critical and/or research papers in all English Department courses. NOTE: Literature courses are designated by an “(L)” after the course title.
  

  • ENG 3160 - Teaching Writing

    3 cr
    For English majors and others, who learn how to help university students through the process of writing essays and research papers and to assist English department faculty in teaching writing courses and evaluating student writing.
  

  • ENG 3170 - Epic Poetry (L)

    3 cr
    This course studies a selection of important texts of the epic tradition, from its ancient beginnings (including Homer) to its rebirth as an English poetic form. Issues considered may include translation, influence, orality and literacy, and the claims of poetry on the epic scale.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENG 3180 - Lyric Poetry (L)

    3 cr
    Characterized by subjectivity, emotion, imagination, and melody, the varied forms of lyric poetry are studied from among the best of Western literature. Particular attention is paid such fixed forms as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the sestina.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Fall, even years
  

  • ENG 3210 - Greek Tragedy (L)

    3 cr
    A study of selected dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, with attention to their wisdom about mankind and gods. Close readings of these tragedies are supplemented by attention to the Ancient Greek context and to contemporary prose, including Aristotle's Poetics.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
    Spring, odd years
  

  • ENG 3220 - World Fiction (L)

    3 cr
    This genre course investigates world fiction, asking how important writers have received and transformed fiction as art-and as a means of doing new kinds of philosophical and psychological work.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3230 - Asian Literature

    3 cr
    Students will read representative texts, both ancient and modern, from the literature of India, China, Japan, and the Islamic world, texts such as Valmiki's Ramayana,the poetry of Po Chui, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, and the short stories of R. K.Narayan, Lu Xun, and Naguib Mahfouz.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3260 - Western Mythology (L)

    3 cr
    This course is an intensive study of predominantly Western myths: as tales, as narrative cosmologies and archetypes, as the contexts for later literature, as re-visioned in contemporary culture. Primary emphasis is on the ancient myths of Greek and Scandinavian-Germanic cultures, with some consideration given to myth's prehistoric base; a representative sampling of myths from around the world, as well as the Bible, is also included.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Spring
  

  • ENG 3280 - The Bible (L)

    3 cr
    A detailed consideration of the King James version, a work which continues to have tremendous influence on English and American literature. Genres studied include drama, lyric poetry, short story, and essay. Students are also introduced to other noteworthy translations.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Periodically
  

  • ENG 3290 - Studies in World Literature (L)

    3 cr
    Topics for this course may include literature from an historical period, a major author, or a theme or genre in world literature. The specific subject of the course will be announced at registration.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Fall, even years
  

  • ENG 3310 - Dante (L)

    3 cr
    A consideration of The New Life and The Divine Comedy in the context of European civilization in the late Middle Ages. This course attends to Dante's text and its impossible project: to explain divine justice, and so repair a broken world.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite:  Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
    Spring, odd years
  

  • ENG 3360 - Shakespeare Comedies and Histories (L)

    3 cr
    This examination of Shakespeare's early plays attends to his development as playwright and poet, the nature and growth of his comic vision, and the relationship of the plays to his age and ours.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENG 3370 - Shakespeare Tragedies And Late Comedies (L)

    3 cr
    The major tragedies are viewed with special attention to the characterization, the nature, and the growth of Shakespeare's tragic vision; and to the increasing sophistication of his dramatic poetry. The late comedies are viewed as growing out of and complementing the vision of the tragedies.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3520 - American Poetry (L)

    3 cr
    So that students understand the distinctive attributes and achievements of American poetry, this course studies the abiding and evolving characteristics of poetry in general; the English and European influences on American poetry; but especially the development of American poetry itself by way of form and function, in particular the influences on, and of, modern American poetry. Reading includes poetry that represents such development from the nineteenth century to the present.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3530 - American Novel (L)

    3 cr
    So that students understand the distinctive attributes and achievements of the American novel, this course studies the abiding and evolving characteristics of the novel in general; the profound differences between the nineteenth century American and English novel; but especially the development of the American novel itself, with significant investigation of Romantic and modern forms and purposes. Reading includes novels that represent such development from the nineteenth century to the present.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Spring, odd years
  

  • ENG 3550 - American Short Fiction (L)

    3 cr
    With the American short story and novella as its subject, this course studies short fiction by way of the literary conventions that define, sustain, and transform it; by way of the distinctions to be drawn between short fiction and the novel; but predominantly by way of the formal and philosophical development of American short fiction itself, with particular attention paid its modern and contemporary significance. Reading includes short fiction that represents such development from the nineteenth century to the present.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENG 3560 - American Drama (L)

    3 cr
    This course studies drama by way of the literary conventions that define, sustain, and transform it; by way of the English and European influences on American drama; but predominantly by way of the formal and philosophical development of American drama itself, with particular attention paid its modern and contemporary significance. Reading includes drama that represents such development from the nineteenth century to the present.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Fall, even years
  

  • ENG 3570 - American Literary Movements (L)

    3 cr
    This course examines American literature by the study of one significant literary movement: transcendentalism, for example, or naturalism; imagism or the Harlem Renaissance. Students investigate the causes of that literary movement, the writers and works by which that movement achieved significance, the principles that have come to stand for that movement, and the effects of that movement on the larger unfolding of American literature.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Spring, odd years
  

  • ENG 3580 - African American Literature (L)

    3 cr
    Students survey prominent African American literature from the eighteenth century to the present. The relationship between vernacular literature-the blues, gospel, jazz, the sermon-and the formal African American literary tradition is examined. Students also consider the relationship between African American literature and the more general category of American literature.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Fall, even years
  

  • ENG 3600 - American Literary Careers (L)

    3 cr
    This course examines American literature by the study of one significant American writer's literary career. Students investigate the relationship between that writer's life and literary production; the critical reception of that literary production over time; and that writer's effect on the larger unfolding of American literature. This course might on occasion examine two significant writers for insights about American literature that reveal themselves only upon studying one literary career by another.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3610 - Women Writers (L)

    3 cr
    This course examines American and world literature written by women, including such genres as the novel, biography, autobiography, poetry, and the essay. The course also investigates images of women as well as the intersection of genre, gender, race, socioeconomic class, and historical period.
    This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENG 3620 - Overview Of Children's Literature (L)

    3 cr
    A comprehensive overview of children's literature, its history and genres, the issues and approaches it has generated, and strategies for using it in the classroom. Strongly recommended for elementary education majors.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
    Fall, even years
  

  • ENG 3630 - Poetry for Children (L)

    3 cr
    This course examines the ways in which poetry and its elements of diction, imagery, rhythm, and rhyme serve to develop and enhance the child's language skills, literary appreciation, imaginative and creative expression. Mother Goose, R. L. Stevenson, William Blake, W. De LaMare, Randall Jarrell, and Shel Silverstein are some of the poets considered.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
    Spring, odd years
  

  • ENG 3640 - Images of the Child in Literature (L)

    3 cr
    Children have been a recognized minority, both idealized and segregated, for at least two centuries. This course investigates classic portrayals of childhood in English and American literature for both children and adults.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENG 3650 - Art of Children's Book Illustration (L)

    3 cr
    An in-depth treatment of the picture storybook, from Beatrix Potter to contemporaries such as Arnold Lobel and Maurice Sendak. Primary concerns include format, the complementarity of picture and print, the meanings communicated through this "picture language," and the image as a visual text read by the child.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3660 - Folk Tales (L)

    3 cr
    Folk tales constitute "the bare bones of narrative"; this course examines that narrative's oral, literary, cultural, folkloric, historical, psychological, archetypal, and philosophical components, as well as tale variants-from different cultures or as adapted to other literary genres such as the short story and poetry. Both world tales and "Household Tales" of the Brothers Grimm are studied.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Fall
  

  • ENG 3690 - The English Language: Grammar

    3 cr
    Designed to investigate the systematic nature of English grammar, this course draws from both structural and transformational linguistics. It analyzes sentence structure—how to identify, expand, and transform the basic sentence patterns; it studies the assorted forms and functions of words, phrases, and clauses; and it examines the relationship between grammar and rhetoric, particularly by way of cohesion, rhythm, emphasis, and punctuation. This course also considers the evolution of English grammar.
    Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 2010 .
    Fall
  

  • ENG 3720 - Special Topics In Children's Literature (L)

    3 cr
    With such possible topics as the fantastic and children's series books, this course offers a variety of subjects from children's literature for further exploration and study. The topic is announced at registration. Students may take this course more than once, but only one offering can count as an elective within the concentration.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , ENG 2412 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • ENG 3740 - Special Topics in Literature (L)

    3 cr
    This course enables faculty and students to explore a subject that is treated only briefly, or not at all, in other English courses. The subject of the course is announced at registration. Students may take this course several times, but they may use it only once to meet an elective within a concentration.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Periodically
  

  • ENG 3750 - Special Topics in Writing

    3 cr
    This course enables faculty and students to explore diverse topics in the art and craft of writing, including writing and style, advanced argumentation, and advanced poetry writing. The content of the course is announced at registration. Students may take the course more than once, and additional credits may be applied toward completion of the writing minor when course content is substantially different.
    Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: at least one WI course.
    Fall
  

  • ENG 3810 - Internship in English

    1-12 cr
    See section on Individualized Educational Experiences . Permission of department chair required. Open to junior Literature and Communication majors only. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENG 3900 - Independent Foreign Study

    Credits to be arranged.
    Registration by permission of department chair only.
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENG 4040 - Advanced Creative Writing

    3 cr
    An advanced course in writing original poetry, short stories, or creative non-fiction, this offering is intended for students with a demonstrated competency in writing, as well as a knowledge of basic elements of literature. Interested students must submit a writing sample to the instructor.
    Prerequisite: At least junior standing and permission of instructor.
    Periodically, Spring 2015
  

  • ENG 4140 - Approaches to Literature (L)

    3 cr
    This senior seminar studies the variety of critical approaches by which accomplished readers interpret, appraise, and appreciate fiction, poetry, and drama. Not only do students consider the nature and purpose of literary criticism, but they also analyze and apply the principles that define such approaches as formalism, historicism, reader-response criticism, mimeticism, and intertextualism.
    Prerequisite: ENG 1310 
    Fall
  

  • ENG 4720 - Seminar in Literature (L)

    3 cr
    Depth rather than scope governs the selection of topics for this upper-level seminar. The subject is announced at registration.
    Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
    Periodically
  

  • ENG 4810 - Internship in English

    1-12 cr
    See section on Individualized Educational Experiences . Permission of department chair required. Open to senior Literature and Communication majors only. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENG 4900 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    Juniors and seniors do independent and substantial scholarly or creative work. They should decide upon the goals, scope, and method of their project with a cooperating instructor. They must then have their project approved in writing by both the instructor and the department chair before registering for this course. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENG 4930 - Honors Thesis

    3 cr
    Candidates for Honors in Literature produce an honors thesis or equivalent with guidance from a department honor’s committee.
    Prerequisite: Students who enroll must first be candidates for Honors in Literature.

Environmental Studies

Other relevant courses may be found under Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Global Studies, History, and Political Science.
  

  • ENV 1210 - Environmental Harm and Mitigation Strategies

    3 cr
    This course examines the problems in the interactions between human society and our natural environment. It is an introductory exploration of the pressures and correctives which our society places on all our life-sustaining ecosystems, while at the same time being utterly dependent on them. We will examine the depth and scope of the problems, the development of protective policies, and the variety of views on how best to proceed, at local, state, national, and global levels. Simultaneously, we will gain some hands-on experience at the local level with our service-learning work with the local community. A full understanding of the scope of environmental harm we are now facing can be very discouraging, so the course will also focus on the myriad ways, large and small, that we can and already do work to overcome the harm.
    This course fulfills the Social and Behavioral Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Fall, odd years
  

  • ENV 2910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    By arrangement with the coordinator of Environmental Studies. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENV 3080 - Globalization and the Environment

    3 cr
    (cross-listed with GEO 3080 )
    In this course, students consider relationships between the environment and globalization— including economic, political, cultural, and ideological globalization. Environmental problems and possible solutions to those problems are considered. Issues may include, but are not limited to: global climate change, fisheries collapse, “peak oil,” soil erosion and depletion, acid rain, deforestation, groundwater and surface water pollution, estuary health, and ozone depletion.
    Fall, Even Years
  

  • ENV 3810 - Internship in Environmental Studies

    1-12 cr
    By arrangement with the coordinator of Environmental Studies. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • ENV 4910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    A student-faculty contract determines content. Intended for students wishing to study upper-level Environmental Studies content not otherwise available or to carry out research in the field of Environmental Studies. Signed contract required at time of registration. By arrangement with instructor, environmental studies coordinator, and department chair.

English Second Language
  

  • ESL 3010 - Teaching English as a Second Language in a Cross Cultural Context

    3 cr
    This course is designed for the teaching of English as a second language to limited or non-English speaking immigrants. Participants in this course will examine current policies of public schools in the education of such students, examine appropriate E.S.L. methodologies; identify cultural factors and linguistic points of difficulty for Spanish-speaking and Indo-Chinese learners; and exiting criteria from public school E.S.L. programs. Students seeking certification in Education will find this course particularly useful.
    Periodically

Foreign Language and Literature

Other relevant courses may be found under French and Spanish. 
  

  • FLL 0020 - Foreign Language Teaching Methods

    3 cr
    An examination of past and current foreign language teaching methodologies, e.g. grammar-translation, direct methods, audio-lingual/behaviorist models, total physical response, suggestopedia, cognitive code, etc. Students will be expected to create appropriate instructional materials with attention to culture and the four-skills approach (listening, speaking, reading and writing); and demonstrate knowledge of current methods by direct application in foreign language classrooms with observation and critique by an instructor from the World Languages Program. Required of all Spanish majors seeking education licensure majors. To be taken before student teaching.
    Prerequisite: SPA 2000 level.
    Spring
  

  • FLL 1110 - Film and Lit: Hispanic, French and Italian

    3 cr
    A global reach of literary texts and film in cultural and/or literary translation from the Hispanic, French, or Italian languages and cultures, starting from the late 20th century. Film, novels, short stories, essays, and poetry will be analyzed and discussed. Works will be presented as part of a global consciousness in terms of interrelationships including historical context. They may be selected by theme, genre, topic, and/or special combination that are thought provoking and respond to current interest. Students will be required to do oral presentations and written reports.
    This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
    Every semester
  

  • FLL 3810 - Internship in Foreign Language

    1-12 cr
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • FLL 3820 - Foreign Language Study Abroad

    Credits to be arranged
    Registration by permission of World Languages program coordinator only. Only students studying in non-English speaking countries are eligible.
  

  • FLL 3830 - Foreign Culture Study Abroad

    Credits to be arranged
    Registration by permission of World Languages Program Coordinator only.
  

  • FLL 3910 - Independent Foreign Study

    Credits to be arranged
    Registration by permission of World Languages Program Coordinator only.

French
  

  • FRE 1010 - French Pronunciation

    3 cr
    Exercises for the improvement of the student’s pronunciation and intonation. Open to any student of French although recommended for those who are in at least their second semester.
  

  • FRE 1111 - French I

    3 cr
    The first course in a two-course sequence. Development of aural comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills. Three class hours plus one hour supervised lab per week. This may be used to fulfill one general education requirement.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: ENG 0040 /ENG 1010  or equivalent.
    Fall
  

  • FRE 1112 - French II

    3 cr
    Continuation of FRE 1111 .
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: FRE 1111  or permission of instructor and ENG 0040 /ENG 1010  or equivalent.
    Spring
  

  • FRE 2011 - French III

    3 cr
    Systematic and intensive review of first-year university or two years of high school French. Continued study of French grammar. Practice in directed composition. Vocabularies for everyday use. Informal oral and written reports. Three hours class plus two hours supervised lab per week.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: FRE 1112  or two years high school French or permission of instructor.
    Periodically
  

  • FRE 2012 - French IV

    3 cr
    Continuation of FRE 2011 .
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: FRE 2011  or consent of instructor.
    Periodically
  

  • FRE 2030 - Intermediate French: Introduction to Contemporary Literature

    3 cr
    Selected readings of whole works from contemporary French literature. Written and oral reports.
    Prerequisite: Simultaneous registration in FRE 2012  or permission of instructor.
    Periodically
  

  • FRE 2040 - Intermediate French: Introduction to French Culture

    3 cr
    Reading in a special topic area to introduce students to the French-speaking world. As topics change, this course may be repeated for credit. Reading will include French fairy tales and other appropriate works. This course is especially recommended for elementary education majors.
    Prerequisite: Simultaneous registration in FRE 2012  or permission of instructor.
    Periodically

Geography

 Other relevant courses may be found under Economics, Environmental Studies, Geology, Global Studies, History, and Political Science.
  

  • GEO 1040 - Map Use and Interpretation

    3 cr
    This class serves as an introduction to maps as tools for displaying and analyzing spatial information. Topics covered in this course include map projections, map bias, coordinate systems, and the creation, use, and interpretation of general and thematic maps, including topographic, choropleth, isolinear, and dot-density maps as well as satellite-photo images.
    Spring, even years
  

  • GEO 1060 - Fundamentals of Geography

    3 cr
    This course introduces students to the varied and wide-ranging discipline of Geography. Subject matter includes map use, physical geography (atmosphere, hydrosphere, and solid earth), human geography (population, cultural, economic, rural, urban, and political geography), and geographic education, with particular emphasis on national and state standards in geography and social studies.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Fall
  

  • GEO 1210 - Geography for Teachers

    1 cr
    This pedagogy lab is designed to introduce prospective teachers to the ways in which geography may be integrated into the teaching of social studies. Students will become familiar with state and national geography standards and understand how to apply those standards to social-studies education. Ultimately, students will concentrate their attention on one region, create a series of short level-appropriate teaching strategies and lesson plans about that region, present short lessons to their peers, and reflect on in-class teaching experiences.
    Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in or already have taken GEO 1060  (Fundamentals of Geography) or GEO 2020  (World Regional Geography) or permission of instructor.
    Fall
  

  • GEO 2020 - World Regional Geography

    3 cr
    In this course, students will consider the locational and regional characteristics of the world's diverse cultures. We will apply a variety of geographical models and perspectives relating to specific regions of the world to better understand the conflicts, commonalities, and general human geographies among world regions and culture groups.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Spring
  

  • GEO 2150 - Cultural Geography

    3 cr
    This class focuses on the relationships between people and their physical and cultural environments, and on the analysis of the spatial expression of culture throughout the world. Students will be introduced to the subfields of cultural geography, including linguistic, economic, population, urban, and agricultural geography, understand those subfields in the contexts of folk, popular, material, and nonmaterial culture, and apply those subfields to local, regional, and world geography.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Fall
  

  • GEO 2210 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

    3 or 4 cr
    (also listed as SCI 2210 )
    This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of modern geographic information systems (GIS). The class will consist of lectures, discussions, readings, demonstrations, and hands-on training exercises using ESRI's ArcView software. This will give students experience in defining spatial problems and solutions, organizing and locating geographic data, manipulating data for display, and map creation and use of a desktop GIS. Students will be expected to use what they have learned to develop a final ArcView project. This course fulfills the Gen Ed computing requirement at the Bachelor's level.
    Lab fee $60.
    Spring, even years
  

  • GEO 2220 - Weather and Climate

    3 cr
    This course offers an interdisciplinary examination of meteorology and climatology. Students will investigate earth-sun relationships, air-mass formation and movement, wind, fronts, severe storms, cloud formation and identification, cyclogenesis and pressure systems, precipitation, global circulation patterns, atmospheric pollution, and global climate change.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Spring, Odd years
  

  • GEO 2910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    Available by arrangement with the instructor and department chair. A student-faculty contract must be executed prior to registration. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEO 3020 - New England

    3 cr
    This course introduces students to the cultural geography of the six New England states using Vermont as a point of departure. Students learn how to read cultural environments for clues about New England’s past, present, and future, and consider how regional images influence the public’s perceptions of Vermont and New England.
    Fall, odd years
  

  • GEO 3030 - People and Places of North America

    3 cr
    This course introduces students to the cultural diversity of the United States and Canada. Material and nonmaterial elements that contribute to a sense of place—such as house types, language, racial and ethnic composition, burial landscapes, and interactions between people and environment—are considered in the investigation of selected subregions, cities, and places in North America.
    Spring, odd years
  

  • GEO 3080 - Globalization and the Environment

    3 cr
    (cross-listed with ENV 3080 )
    In this course, students consider relationships between the environment and globalization—including economic, political, cultural, and ideological globalization. Environmental problems and possible solutions to those problems are considered. Issues may include, but are not limited to: global climate change, fisheries collapse, “peak oil,” soil erosion and depletion, acid rain, deforestation, groundwater and surface water pollution, estuary health, and ozone depletion.
    Spring, even years
  

  • GEO 3910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    Available by arrangement with coordinator. Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEO 4720 - Field Experience

    3-15 cr
    Supervised field experience in approved settings may be arranged by a written contract between the student, advisor, and Geography coordinator. Students are expected to have adequate preparation in the discipline of Geography.
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEO 4910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    Available by arrangement with the instructor and department chair. A student-faculty contract must be executed prior to registration. Signed contract required at time of registration.

Geology

Other relevant courses may found under Chemistry, Geography, Physics, and Science.
  

  • GEY 1010 - Explorations in Geology

    1 cr
    These are lecture, lab, or seminar courses on selected, introductory-level topics in geology, especially those of interest to non-science majors. The topic for each course will be announced prior to the semester of offering, and the course may be taken more than once for credit. No more than two credits of GEY 1010 may be used to satisfy the minimum geology requirements for BA.GEY majors.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Periodically
  

  • GEY 1030 - Dynamic Earth

    4 cr
    This is an introductory geology course which examines the geological features of the earth and the processes that operate in the interior and on the surface of the earth which are responsible for their formation. Topics studied include volcanos, earthquakes, mountain building, plate tectonics, glaciers, minerals, rocks, streams and groundwater. Also covered are the techniques and methods geologists use to learn more about the earth.
    Lecture and lab.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Lab fee $50.
    Fall
  

  • GEY 1040 - Environmental Geology

    4 cr
    Geologic problems involving people, earth resources and the environment will be examined. Topics will include geologic hazards, pollution, global climate change, and earth resources and their associated environmental impact. This course stresses reading comprehension and writing.
    Lecture and lab.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Lab fee $50.
    Periodically
  

  • GEY 1050 - The Earth through Time

    4 cr
    This is an introductory geology course that examines the evolution of the earth, and the life on the earth, from 4.6 billion years ago to the present. We will develop the foundation necessary to understand the evidence and clues geologists use to interpret earth history.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Lab fee $50.
    Spring, odd years
  

  • GEY 2010 - Mineralogy

    4 cr
    This course includes basic identification of rocks and minerals and microscopic study of minerals. Minerals will be studied in hand specimen and microscopically. Rocks will be studied in hand specimen. The formation of both minerals and rocks will be covered.
    Lecture and lab.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030  and CHE 1041  or CHE 1051  or consent of instructor.
    Lab fee $50.
    Fall, even years
  

  • GEY 2020 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

    4 cr
    Interpretation of sedimentary processes and depositional environments through the study of sedimentary rocks and their characteristics is the focus of this course. Identification of siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks, and recognition of textural features and sedimentary structures, along with vertical and lateral variation in lithology, provides the necessary data to interpret past environments of deposition, and how those environments have changed through time. The physical and chemical processes involved in weathering and diagenesis will be studied.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030  or GEY 1050 , and CHE 1041  or CHE 1051  or consent of instructor.
    Lab fee $50.
    Spring, odd years
  

  • GEY 2030 - Field Mapping

    1 cr
    An introductory field mapping course for students considering a geology major, and a prerequisite for summer field camp. This course will be conducted almost entirely outdoors, familiarizing students with geologic structures and stratigraphy in the field and how to map them. Use of the Brunton compass and other tools will be stressed.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030  or GEY 1050 .
    Fall, even years
  

  • GEY 2110 - Energy and Environment

    4 cr
    This course is designed to introduce students to the important topic of energy resources and the environmental consequences of our choice of energy. The course will describe the geologic framework and environmental aspects of fossil fuels (petroleum, coal and natural gas), renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal), and nuclear fission, as well as energy sources still in development or of controversial value, such as hydrogen fuel, biomass, ethanol, biodiesel, and nuclear fusion. Weekly labs will consist of field trips to power plants and other places that illustrate various types of energy production, as well as laboratory introductions to relevant geologic materials.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Periodically
  

  • GEY 2510 - Geology Laboratory Teaching Assistant

    1 cr
    The student will assist the laboratory instructor with lab preparation and clean-up, will assist students in the laboratory, and may be asked to maintain a journal or complete some other form of reflective writing. May be taken more than once for credit.
  

  • GEY 2810 - Internship in Geology

    1-12 cr
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEY 2900 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    The student must initiate the application with a written proposal to the instructor with whom the student wishes to work. Number of credits to be earned must be stated. The original proposal, signed by the student and the instructor, must be submitted to the department chair for approval. This process must be completed prior to registration for the semester in which credit is to be earned. Signed contract required at time of registration.
    Prerequisite: At least 16 prior credits in BIO, CHE, GEY, or PHY.
  

  • GEY 3010 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

    4 cr
    This course includes understanding the genesis of igneous rocks (intrusive and volcanic) and metamorphic rocks, including plate tectonic settings, mechanisms of magma production and rock metamorphism, and rock and mineral identification.
    Lecture and lab.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030 , GEY 2010 , CHE 1041  or CHE 1051  , or permission of instructor.
    Lab fee $50.
    Spring, odd years
  

  • GEY 3030 - Aqueous Geochemistry

    3 cr
    This course is designed to show the application of chemical principles to the study of geology. Topics covered include aqueous geochemistry, activity-concentration relations, carbonate equilibria, pH-fO2 diagrams, isotope systems, and the application of geochemistry to solving environmental problems.
    Prerequisite:  CHE 1042  or CHE 1052  and GEY 1030 .
    Spring, even years
  

  • GEY 3050 - Structural Geology

    4 cr
    The origin and development of structural features of the earth's crust, folding, faulting, volcanism, metamorphism.
    Lecture and lab or field experience.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030  or consent of instructor.
    Lab fee $50.
    Spring, even years
  

  • GEY 3110 - Hydrogeology

    4 cr
    This is an applied hydrogeology course with lecture, laboratory and field experience. Course material will include the hydrologic cycle, ground water, wells, water quality/contamination and flow modeling. Lecture and lab.
    This course fulfills the Scientific and Mathematical Understanding Frame of Reference.
    Prerequisite: GEY 1030 , GEY 1050  or consent of the instructor.
    Lab fee $50.
    Fall, odd years
  

  • GEY 3710 - Topics in Geology

    1 cr
    This course is for advanced geology students interested in learning more about a special topic in geology. Examples of topics: ore deposits, oceanography, glaciation, and isotope systems in geology. May be repeated for credit.
    Prerequisite: Two GEY courses or consent of instructor.
    Lab fee $10.
    Periodically
  

  • GEY 3810 - Internship in Geology

    1-12 cr
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEY 3910 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    The student must initiate the application with a written proposal to the instructor with whom the student wishes to work. Number of credits to be earned must be stated. The original proposal, signed by the student and the instructor, must be submitted to the Department Chair for approval. This process must be completed prior to registration for the semester in which credit is to be earned.
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
    Prerequisite: At least 16 prior credits in BIO, CHE, GEY, or PHY.
  

  • GEY 4020 - Regional Geology

    4 cr
    Through lecture, lab and extensive field trips, the geology of Vermont, the Appalachians and the regional geology of North America is studied. Eastern and western mountains will be compared.
    Lecture and lab.
    Prerequisite: Two courses in Geology.
    Lab fee $50.
    Fall, odd years
  

  • GEY 4810 - Internship in Geology

    1-12 cr
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
  

  • GEY 4900 - Independent Study

    1-3 cr
    The student must initiate the application with a written proposal to the instructor with whom the student wishes to work. Number of credits to be earned must be stated. The original proposal, signed by the student and the instructor, must be submitted to the department chair for approval. This process must be completed prior to registration for the semester in which credit is to be earned.
    Signed contract required at time of registration.
    Prerequisite: At least 16 prior credits in BIO, CHE, GEY, or PHY.

Global Studies

Other relevant courses may be found under Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, and Political Science.
  

  • GLB 1010 - Introduction to Global Studies

    3 cr
    This course employs multidisciplinary perspectives to introduce students to concepts, issues, theories and methodologies that assist the student to attain a better understanding of the meaning and significance of the historical and contemporary processes of globalization. Topics covered include: the global economy; global dimensions of environmentalism; international and global institutions; the changing role of the nation state; and the interaction between local, national, regional and global culture and social patterns.
    This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
    Fall
  

  • GLB 3810 - Cultural Immersion Experience

    0-2 cr
    Study, work, intern, or volunteer abroad for 15 weeks in an approved cultural immersion experience. Not mere tourism, this requires students to make genuine efforts to engage with the society and culture of their host country. Students work closely with a Cultural Immersion Mentor to plan, carry out, and reflect on their activities abroad to gain meaningful insights that allow them to act knowledgeably and effectively as participants in that country and others. The student is responsible for arranging funding for the semester abroad.
    Prerequisite: Complete the 6 core GLB courses; 6 credits or equivalent in foreign language; 9 credits in the GLB thematic and/or regional concentrations; and a Cultural Immersion Contract (obtained from the Global Studies Coordinator).
    Every semester
  

  • GLB 4610 - Global Studies Capstone Seminar

    3 cr
    This collaborative seminar is required of all students majoring in Global Studies. Students work together, discussing common readings, lectures and films that investigate a variety of concepts and issues to advance their understanding of the globalized world and their place in it. They critically analyze and evaluate the knowledge and perspectives they gained in their Global Studies coursework and cultural immersion abroad. Students then present their unique analysis and synthesis of their global education in a culminating research project. Emphasis is on systematically developing their own complex and mature world view, including their own global career path.
    Prerequisite: GLB 3810 .
    Spring

Health Education
  

  • HED 2310 - Health Education Methods

    3 cr
    This course examines comprehensive school health education and the research and theory of health behavior. Course content includes the following: the historical development and philosophy of health education; knowledge of health education concepts and skills delineated in current national and Vermont health education standards, laws and regulations; the impact of societal values, norms and priorities on health education practice; the process of selecting and using current, valid and reliable sources of health information, to include national, state, and local organizations/associations, publications and educational materials/resources; and analyzing research relative to health risks among school-age youth and translating research into recommendations for the design and implementation of health education programs. This course also explores the purposes, components and approaches to coordinating school health initiatives based on the national Coordinated School Health model, including partnerships with families, school staff, and community members to improve health literacy and health behaviors.
    Prerequisite: PED 2420 , or permission of the instructor.
    Spring
  

  • HED 3010 - Elementary Health Education Curriculum & Assessment

    3 cr
    This course examines elementary standards-based Health Education curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Students explore the process of planning an effective, age-appropriate school health curriculum that aligns with the Vermont Health Education standards including developmentally appropriate instructional strategies and uses multiple assessment techniques. Students also learn about applying diverse innovative instructional strategies that align with standards-based learner outcomes and performance indicators; implementing skill building strategies to develop competency in health related skills; and selecting, designing and utilizing multiple assessment techniques. The process of Health Education program evaluation is also be discussed.
    Prerequisite: PED 2420 , HED 2310  (Health Education Methods), or permission of the Instructor.
    Fall
  

  • HED 3020 - Secondary Health Education Curriculum & Assessment

    3 cr
    This course examines secondary standards-based Health Education curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Students explore the process of planning an effective, age-appropriate school health curriculum that aligns with the Vermont Health Education standards including developmentally appropriate instructional strategies and uses multiple assessment techniques. Students also learn about applying diverse innovative instructional strategies that align with standards-based learner outcomes and performance indicators; implementing skill building strategies to develop competency in health related skills; and selecting, designing and utilizing multiple assessment techniques. The process of Health Education program evaluation is also be discussed
    Prerequisite: PED 2420 . HED 2310  (Health Education methods), or permission of the Instructor.
    Spring
  

  • HED 3030 - Health Behavior Theory

    3 cr
    This course examines health behavior theories.  Health behavior is the product of individual, interpersonal, community, societal, and cultural influences.  Health educators are committed to finding the best ways to improve health behavior outcomes.  The use of health behavior theory can guide the search for why people do or do not adopt healthy lifestyles, and be used to predict and improve health outcomes.  In this course, you will learn why health behavior theory is a necessary first step in developing health education programs and how to use theory to strengthen health education practices.
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Fall
  

  • HED 3051 - Community Health Education I

    3 cr
    This course deals with the analysis of principles of program planning in community health education.  Topics include:  needs assessment, community analysis and organization, program planning and selection, program implementation and coordination, and program evaluation.
    Prerequisite: MAT 2021  and HED 3030  , or permission of instructor
  

  • HED 4052 - Community Health Education II

    3 cr
    This course builds off the knowledge base in   Community Health Education I.  Additional topics include:  administration and management of health education programs, serving as a health education resource person, and communication and advocacy for health and health education.
    Prerequisite: HED 3051  with a grade of C or better
 

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