Undergraduate Catalog 2018-19 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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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. |
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ENG 1250 - Popular Literature 3 cr
What are you reading? What do you like to read? Mysteries? Science Fiction? Fantasy? Horror? This class looks through a new lens at what people enjoy reading in the current moment, and asks questions like: Why do we enjoy it? What does it say about us? Will people be reading it in 100 years? This course uses current popular fiction to engage students in basic analysis, looking at cultural contexts, critical frameworks and evaluation of literary quality within the field of pleasure reading. It will provide structures for developing skills in literary study, exploring the foundations of pleasure in reading and using literary critical terminology.
This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding frame of reference
Every semester
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ENG 1310 - Introduction to Literature 3 cr
This course asks students to consider and apply the variety of formal strategies by which accomplished readers interpret, appraise, and appreciate fiction, poetry, and drama. English majors should complete this course their first year.
This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: ENG 0040 /ENG 1010 , or equivalents.
Every semester
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ENG 2010 - Expository and Argumentative Writing 3 cr
Primarily concerned with writing that explains or elaborates and writing that persuades, this course builds upon the foundation laid by ENG 1061 .Further emphasis is given grammar and mechanics, development and style, with particular attention paid the skills of critical thinking and the strategies of persuasion. English majors must complete this course their first or second year.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 .
Every semester
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ENG 2101 - Creative Writing 3 cr
An introduction to creative writing, this course is designed for the beginning writer or student interested in learning about writing original poetry, short stories, or creative non-fiction.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 .
Periodically, Spring 2016
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ENG 2161 - World Literature through Renaissance 3 cr
This course investigates salient texts from a variety of different cultures, most of which are related to one another by origin or influence. The booklist changes each time the course is offered, and texts are chosen for the contributions they can make to students' knowledge of world literature and ability to contextualize the events, texts, and persons of today's world. Recent selections have included Plato's Symposium, the Bhagavad Gita, the Koran, Poems of Rumi, and Dante's Paradiso.
This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall, even years
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ENG 2162 - World Literature from Enlightenment 3 cr
In the novels, poetry, and essays read for this course, the major religious traditions confront modernity. Among the changes to which these texts respond are: the voyages of exploration and discovery, the religious warfare that shook Europe in the seventeenth century, the Enlightenment and its violent triumph in the French Revolution, and the modern experience of world war.
This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, odd years
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ENG 2215 - Southwestern Literature 3 cr
The course emphasis will be on writing and region, about how environment shapes expression. Students will learn about the three major culture groups of the Southwest, indigenous, Hispanic and Anglo. Readings will include personal accounts, poetry and fiction written by members of these groups. Written assignments will include analyses, descriptions and creative works.
Course only offered as part of the Santa Fe semester.
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ENG 2260 - Touchstones of Western Literature 3 cr
This course provides a representative sampling of biblical, classical, medieval, Renaissance, and modern modes of thought, feeling, and expression. Reading includes examples from the Bible, classical epic and tragedy, medieval allegory or romance, Shakespeare, satire, and the nineteenth century novel.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 , and at least sophomore standing.
Every semester
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ENG 2270 - Honors Touchstones 3 cr
As the second course in the university's Honors program, Honors Touchstones is a study of readings comparable to those in ENG 2260 and involves frequent and significant writing about those readings. Upon successfully completing this course, students are exempted from ENG 1061 .
Enrollment in the Honors program.
Spring
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ENG 2271 - English Literature: Anglo-Saxons to 18th Century 3 cr
This course introduces the major authors, genres, and motifs of English literature from its inception to the end of the neoclassical period. A wide range of materials is presented, from the development of the English language and its Anglo-Saxon base to masterfully crafted rhymed couplets, from the Canterbury pilgrims to Dr. Faustus, from the Red Crosse Knight and Oroonoko to Satan and a cat named Jeoffry, from Grendel to Gulliver.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall
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ENG 2272 - English Literature: 18th Century to Present 3 cr
Continuing the introduction begun in ENG 2271 , this course spans the Romantic, Victorian, modern, and contemporary periods. Again, its scope is broad: from Songs of Innocence to A Room of One's Own, from Manfred to Kurtz, Frankenstein's monster to Godot, from Heathcliff and Aurora Leigh to J. Alfred Prufrock and Stephen Dedalus, from the early Romantic poets' Neoplatonism to the somber mood and modes following the cataclysmic First World War.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring
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ENG 2311 - American Literature: Colonial to Civil War 3 cr
This course examines the formal and philosophical features of American literature through the Civil War, particularly those features that resulted from the exhilarating yet complex, even contradictory, new American character. Reading includes fiction, poetry, and essays that characterize and illustrate colonial, Romantic, and Civil War era literary endeavor.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall
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ENG 2312 - American Literature: Civil War to Present 3 cr
This course examines the formal and philosophical features of American literature from the Civil War to the present, particularly those features wrought by the Civil War, by urbanization, by advances in science and psychology, and by the two world wars. Reading includes fiction, poetry, and drama that characterize and illustrate literary regionalism, realism, naturalism, and modernism-and that begin to characterize contemporary American literature by, and against, those traditions.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring
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ENG 2412 - Children's Literature Survey 3 cr
This course traces the development of a professional literature for children through its inception in the nineteenth century and its proliferation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In order to examine trends in children's literature, the course begins with such writers as Carroll and Stevenson before sampling such subsequent authors as Beatrix Potter, A. A. Milne, and Maurice Sendak (and a variety of other more contemporary authors).
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 and at least sophomore standing. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, odd years
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ENG 2910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
First-year students and sophomores 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 the course. Signed contract required at time of registration.
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ENG 3060 - Technical and Professional Writing 3 cr
This course introduces students to the writing demanded of many liberal arts graduates in their work. Students practice drafting, revising, and editing a variety of documents—including letters, procedures, reports, evaluations, and proposals—for audiences and purposes related to students’ prospective careers in such fields as publishing, the fine arts, the social and natural sciences, history, mathematics, and literature and language. The course emphasizes clarity, concision, and correctness as qualities of effective style. Students use computers as tools for writing.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 2010 .
Fall, odd years
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ENG 3070 - Writing Non-Fiction 3 cr
Students practice the art of writing non-fiction that interests and entertains as it informs the reader. After writing short autobiographical pieces and character sketches, students concentrate on topics of their choice. For example, they may write about personal experiences or family histories, interesting individuals, or communities, nature or the environment, or other topics from their major fields of study or prospective careers. While drafting, revising, and editing their work, students apply fundamental strategies for writing effective narration and description.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 recommended: ENG 2010 .
Periodically
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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.
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ENG 3170 - Epic Poetry 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
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ENG 3210 - Greek Tragedy 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
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ENG 3220 - World Fiction 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
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ENG 3280 - The Bible 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 .
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ENG 3290 - Studies in World Literature 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
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ENG 3360 - Shakespeare 3 cr
"The play's the thing!" by which we encounter one of the most influential authors of the English (and American) literary tradition. Whether he is poking fun at people's loves and lives in a comedy such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, condemning the damage people do through their hatreds and biases, Romeo and Juliet, or holding up England's best and worst kings for our examination, Shakespeare provides insights into what it means to be human--in any age.
Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 or ENG 1250
Fall, even years
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ENG 3520 - American Poetry 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
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ENG 3530 - American Novel 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
Spring, odd years
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ENG 3550 - American Short Fiction 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
Fall, odd years
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ENG 3560 - American Drama 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
Fall, even years
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ENG 3580 - African American Literature 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
Fall, even years
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ENG 3600 - Studies in American Literature 3 cr
This course examines significant figures, movements, or themes in American literature. It could involve the study of the literary career of one or more significant American writers, or a significant literary movement such as transcendentalism, naturalism, imagism, or the Harlem Renaissance, or a broader theme such as American exceptionalism or American imperialism. Students investigate the critical reception of literary works or figures over time. Students may investigate the cultural forces behind and contributing to literary productions. Students may not repeat the course on the same topic.
This course counts towards the Aesthetic Understanding Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310
Spring, even years
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ENG 3610 - Women Writers 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
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ENG 3620 - Overview Of Children's Literature 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
Fall, even years
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ENG 3640 - Studies in Children's Literature 3 cr
Children's literature relies heavily on both visuals and text. In this course, students might investigate, depending on semester's focus, the art of children's book illustration, the poetry children love--both classic and modern, or the way children themselves are presented in the books about them. Students may not repeat the course on the same topic.
Repeatable once for credit
Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310
Spring, odd years
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ENG 3660 - Myth and Folk Tales 3 cr
This course is an intensive study of predominantly Western myths and folk tales. Myths (mostly of ancient Greek and Scandinavian-Germanic cultures) are explored as tales, as narrative cosmologies and archetypes, as the contexts for later literature, and as re-visioned in contemporary culture. The course also examines the oral, literary, cultural, folkloric, historical, psychological, archetypal, and philosophical components of folk tales, as well as tale variants-from different cultures or as adapted to other literary genres such as the short story and poetry.
This course fulfills the Aesthetic Understanding or World Views Frame of Reference.
Prerequisite: Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, even years
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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
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ENG 3720 - Special Topics In Children's Literature 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
Spring, even years
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ENG 3740 - Special Topics in Literature 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
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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
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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.
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ENG 3900 - Independent Foreign Study Credits to be arranged.
Registration by permission of department chair only.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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
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ENG 4140 - Approaches to Literature 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
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ENG 4720 - Seminar in Literature 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ENG 4940 - English Capstone 3 cr
This course provides a capstone experience for English majors. Majors will have four options: 1. A research-based thesis, 2. A creative writing portfolio, 3. A secondary English component to the student teaching program, 4. A professional internship with a community partner. All of these will require the supervision of an English faculty mentor, and will require a substantial written reflection in addition to other requirements.
Senior status or approval of the instructor
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Environmental Studies Other relevant courses may be found under Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Global Studies, History, and Political Science. |
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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
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ENV 2910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
By arrangement with the coordinator of Environmental Studies. Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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
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ENV 3810 - Internship in Environmental Studies 1-12 cr
By arrangement with the coordinator of Environmental Studies. Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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.
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Foreign Language and Literature Other relevant courses may be found under French and Spanish. |
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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
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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
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FLL 3810 - Internship in Foreign Language 1-12 cr
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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.
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FLL 3830 - Foreign Culture Study Abroad Credits to be arranged
Registration by permission of World Languages Program Coordinator only.
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FLL 3910 - Independent Foreign Study Credits to be arranged
Registration by permission of World Languages Program Coordinator only.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Geography Other relevant courses may be found under Economics, Environmental Studies, Geology, Global Studies, History, and Political Science. |
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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.
Spring
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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.
Every semester
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GEO 2040 - Web-Based Mapping and GIS 3 cr
This class introduces web-based mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and related applications as tools for collecting, storing, displaying, and analyzing spatial data. Working both indoors and outdoors, students will use a variety of online programs and applications as they learn how to integrate geospatial technologies into a variety of subject areas.
Fall
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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 study the major subfields of cultural geography, understand those subfields in the contexts of folk, popular, material, and nonmaterial culture, and apply those subfields to local, regional, and world geography using appropriate approaches, methods, and tools.
This course fulfills the World Views Frame of Reference.
Fall
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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
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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
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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.
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GEO 3040 - Landscapes of Death 3 cr
Landscapes of death, and particularly graveyards and cemeteries, reflect not only evolving cultural attitudes toward death, but also changes and important events in the evolution of cultures. Through cemeteries we can see changes in gender roles, a community's ethnic makeup, technology, and social, moral, and religious values, as well as general trends relating to the physical well-being of the population. In this course, students will study landscapes of death at both local and global scales, and learn how to identify, document, and analyze such landscapes for what they reveal about cultures in general.
Fall, even years.
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GEO 3060 - Baseball and Culture 3 cr
This course considers the historical geography of baseball, from its English roots to its development into an international game. Through readings, discussion, and primary research, students will consider topics including: the "Cooperstown myth"- the idea that baseball originated as a rural game during an era of industrialization; the game's urban origins and growth of its popularity during and after the Civil War; the inclusion and exclusion of various groups as a result of race, ethnicity, gender, and "American" values; the evolution of baseball landscapes; the game's symbolic meanings in the context of national identity and global cultures; and the global diffusion of baseball.
Fall, odd years
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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
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GEO 3910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Available by arrangement with coordinator. Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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.
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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.
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Geology Other relevant courses may found under Chemistry, Geography, Physics, and Science. |
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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GEY 2810 - Internship in Geology 1-12 cr
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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GEY 3810 - Internship in Geology 1-12 cr
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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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.
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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
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GEY 4810 - Internship in Geology 1-12 cr
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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GEY 4910 - Independent Study 1-3cr
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.
Signed contract required at registration.
Prerequisite: At least 16 prior credits in BIO, CHE, GEY, or PHY.
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Global Studies Other relevant courses may be found under Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, and Political Science. |
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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
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