Undergraduate Catalog 2013-14 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Criminal Justice Other relevant courses may be found under Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology. |
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CRJ 2910 - Independent Study 3 cr
Directed individual study of criminal justice topics.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
Prerequisite: Criminal Justice faculty approval is required before registration.
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CRJ 3010 - Crime Victims 3 cr
An interdisciplinary study of criminal victimization and prevention. The course examines patterns of crime, offending, and victimization and how to use such information to prevent violent and property crime, including rape, domestic violence, and hate crime. Other issues to be explored include victimization theories, prevention programs, treatment of victims, and victims’ rights and remedies.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , SOC 1010 , or consent of instructor.
Fall Odd years
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CRJ 3020 - Criminal Justice Administration 4 cr
An examination of organizational and management theory as it applies to criminal justice agencies. Among the topics examined are: the organizational environment, employee motivation, job design, communication in the workplace, leadership and the use of power, organizational socialization, and managing organizational change. A lab is also required with this course.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , CRJ 2010 , CRJ 2020 , CRJ 2080 , and junior standing.
Fall
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CRJ 3025 - Crime Scene Investigation 3 cr
This course provides an introduction to crime scene investigation. Topics covered include: the crime scene search; documenting the crime scene; types of evidence; techniques for recognizing, collecting, and preserving crime scene evidence; the crime laboratory; and introducing evidence in court.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , CRJ 2010 , junior standing, or consent of instructor.
Fall
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CRJ 3030 - Evidence 3 cr
An examination of the rules of criminal evidence and the procedural guidelines applied to law enforcement agencies who gather that evidence. Among the topics considered are: types of evidence;; materiality, relevance, and competence of evidence; the hearsay rule and its exceptions; lay vs. expert testimony; testimonial privileges; the “best evidence” rule; and the laws relating to arrest, search and seizure.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , CRJ 2020 , or consent of instructor.
Spring
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CRJ 3040 - Women and Criminal Justice 3 cr
An examination of contemporary issues and research on women as offenders, victims of crime, and criminal justice practitioners.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 or consent of instructor.
Periodically
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CRJ 3050 - Law and Society 3 cr
An examination of the nature and function of civil & criminal law in modern society. Current legal issues and their relationship to social institutions are highlighted.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , SOC 1010 , or consent of instructor.
Fall, alternate years
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CRJ 3060 - Constitutional Criminal Procedure 3 cr
An examination of the origins and development of the U.S. Constitution, particularly noting its significance in defining and limiting the authority of criminal justice personnel. This course will explore the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in developing constitutional law and examine key cases that have helped define the scope of 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendment protections.
Prerequisite: CRJ 2020 and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Spring
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CRJ 3120 - White Collar Crime 3 cr
An exploration of work-related violations of criminal and regulatory law. Topics considered include: employee theft and misconduct; “crimes in the suites” committed by corporations and corporate officers; and offenses committed by government officials, and medical, legal, and other professionals. Theories of causation and suggested strategies developed to identify and control this serious, but often hidden, crime problem are also examined.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 or consent of instructor.
Fall, alternate years
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CRJ 3140 - Mass Murderers and Serial Killers 3 cr
An examination of the crimes of mass murder and serial killing in the United States. Students will look at the history, traits, and characteristics of the killers, the crimes, and the victims. They will study the efforts of the law enforcement community to identify and track down such offenders, and criminal justice system efforts to deal with them after capture.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , CRJ 2010 , junior standing, or consent of instructor.
Fall
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CRJ 3160 - Juvenile Justice 3 cr
An examination of the procedures used in dealing with juveniles who come into conflict with the law. Course includes critical appraisal of the history and role of the juvenile courts and assessment of correctional strategies currently in use to treat juvenile offenders.
Prerequisite: CRJ 1010 , junior standing, or consent of instructor.
Spring
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CRJ 3170 - Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice 3 cr
This class in applied ethics is designed to introduce upper level CRJ students to ethical theories and help them apply these theories to real world dilemmas they may confront as criminal justice practitioners. Among the topics explored in this class are: the meaning of morality and ethics, the problem of defining right wrong/good-bad behavior, the connections between law, morality and justice, and the consideration of what consequences should befall those caught in unethical behavior. Ethical checklists and decision making strategies are also examined and evaluated.
Prerequisite: Sophomore level standing and completion of at least two of the following: CRJ 2010 , CRJ 2020 , CRJ 2080 .
Spring
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CRJ 3740 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice 3 cr
Advanced study in criminal justice with specific topics to be announced prior to each semester. Course offerings will be determined by student demand and faculty availability. Specific topics may include: prisoner’s rights. Specific topics may include: prisoners’ rights, community justice, comparative criminal justice, private security and public safety, police civil liability, etc.
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CRJ 3820 - Criminal Justice Proctorship 3 cr
Criminal Justice majors assume partial responsibility, under faculty supervision, for the progress of students in criminal justice courses. Sample duties might include conducting study sessions, preparing and distributing handouts, and leading discussion groups.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing and consent of instructor.
Every Semester
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CRJ 4720 - Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice 3 cr
This is the final, culminating course in a BA.CRJ student’s academic career, where seniors will be expected to perform at a level appropriate for educated graduates about to enter the field. In this discussion-oriented course, students will be required to demonstrate the ability to retrieve, analyze, integrate, and apply knowledge gained through both research and prior study to contemporary issues in criminal justice. Additionally, the course will examine the future of agencies of the criminal justice system, as well as providing students with the opportunity to explore and clarify their own career options and goals.
Prerequisite: Senior Criminal Justice majors graduating in same calendar year only, and consent of instructor.
Spring
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CRJ 4810 - Criminal Justice Internship and Seminar 5 cr
This course combines 125 hours of student participation in the operations of one host criminal justice agency with instructor-led seminar meetings held throughout the semester. The course is designed to give upper-level criminal justice majors the opportunity to acquire responsible, work-related experience in the field. Students must apply and be accepted into the Internship Program by both criminal justice faculty and the supervising agency. Both the criminal justice faculty instructor and the on-site supervisor will provide direction and supervision throughout the internship.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
Prerequisite: CRJ 2810 , Junior or Senior standing and consent of instructor.
Spring
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CRJ 4910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Available by arrangement with Coordinator.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and Criminal Justice faculty approval is required before registration.
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Dance Other relevant courses may be found under Physical Education. |
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DAN 1040 - Introductory Dance Workshop 3 cr
Introductory level workshop in specific dance techniques or styles such as ballet, jazz, modern or tap.
Offered on an as needed basis
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DAN 1050 - Aerobic Dance 1 cr
Half Semester (First Half of Semester/Second Half of Semester)
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DAN 2020 - Rhythms And Dance 2 cr
Spring
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DAN 2140 - Intermediate Dance Workshop 3 cr
Intermediate level workshop in specific dance techniques or styles such as ballet, jazz, modern or tap.
Prerequisite: DAN 1040 or permission of department or instructor.
Offered on an as needed basis
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DAN 2730 - Special Topics in Dance 3 cr
An in-depth examination of specific dance styles. Exact course descriptions will be provided prior to each registration period. May be taken up to two times for department credit.
Spring
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DAN 3133 - Advanced Dance Workshop 3 cr
Advanced level workshop in specific dance techniques or style such as ballet, jazz, modern or tap.
Prerequisite: DAN 2140 or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Periodically
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Economics Other relevant courses may be found under History, Geography, Global Studies, Environmental Studies, and Political Science.
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ECO 1010 - Economics and Society 3 cr
An introductory course focused upon the evolution of western market systems. We start with the nature of the local economy in the middle ages. From those origins in feudal society sprang mercantilism and ultimately capitalism. What facets of early trading systems survive; what were jettisoned? How has the evolved system acted upon the wider socio-political realm and in turn been shaped by the political choices history throws up?
Every semester
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ECO 1030 - The Economics of Wealth and Poverty 3 cr
This course is an examination of inequalities of income and wealth, primarily in the U.S., using economic tools of analysis. Topics that will be discussed include: how wealth and poverty are measured, the extent of poverty, competing economic explanations and analyses of the causes of extreme poverty and inequality, the consequences inequality has for the economy, and evaluations of public and private sector responses to poverty. These topics will also allow us to touch on such areas as economics of the family, discrimination, individual vs. systemic causes, and the subjective experience of poverty.
Spring
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ECO 1040 - Global Economic Issues 3 cr
In the past fifty years globalization has profoundly changed economic reality for hundreds of millions of people throughout the world, for some much for the better and for others decidedly not. This course examines that changing reality and analyzes its causes and consequences from a variety of perspectives. We address many of the difficult, complex, and contentious issues that arise as the people of the world try to create prosperous and thriving societies.
Spring, even years
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ECO 2040 - Macroeconomics in a Global Context 3 cr
This course serves as an introduction to economic principles in general as well as macroeconomics in particular. How do we understand the workings of the U.S. economy, in its global context? This course looks at the economy holistically, with an emphasis on its interconnections. We examine the connections between competing economic analyses and competing policy prescriptions to prevent or repair economic problems such as unemployment, inflation, and unsustainable growth – within the context of a rapidly globalizing economy.
Prerequisite: MAT 1221 or MAT 1320 or MAT 2021 or equivalent or concurrent enrollment in MAT 2021 .
Every Semester
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ECO 2050 - Microeconomics in a Global Context 3 cr
An introduction to microeconomic theory and its applications placed in a global context. Attention given to: 1) economic behavior of consumers and businesses; 2) the pricing of productive inputs, income distribution and redistribution; 3) the nature and functioning of markets; and 4) the consequences of imperfect competition and imperfect information.
Prerequisite: MAT 1221 or MAT 1320 or MAT 2021 or equivalent.
Every Semester
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ECO 2120 - U.S. Economic History 3 cr
This course surveys economic history for the United States, from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Special attention is given to the institutional basis of U.S. economic society, including slavery, industrial developments, international trade and political developments, and various trends in economic growth, income distribution, and class, gender, and race relations. As much has happened on this continent over the past 400 years, we cannot expect to become experts on all relevant topics, and will thus try to balance our time between the broader narrative of economic history, and in-depth analysis on some specific topics.
Fall, even years
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ECO 2250 - Economics for Social Studies Teachers 3 cr
This course offers prospective Social Studies teachers training in the basic principles of both macroeconomics (national income, economic cycles, inflation, unemployment) and microeconomics (markets, supply and demand, price determination, consumer theory) as necessary economics background for the teaching of the middle and high social studies curriculum and state licensure endorsement standards. Students also develop pedagogical methods for integrating economic thought into specific lessons in history, government, and geography. This course fulfills one of the five general pedagogy lab requirements—but not one of the four specifically HGEP pedagogy lab requirements—for prospective Social Studies teachers. Also fulfills an Economics requirement for History and Social Studies majors.
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing is recommended but not required.
Fall, odd years
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ECO 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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ECO 3020 - Money, Banking, and the Financial Services Sector 3 cr
An examination of the role of money in the economy. What is money? How does the federal reserve, our central bank, control monetary conditions? We will scrutinize various theories of inflation and how financial markets affect and respond to changes in the value of money: actual or anticipated.
Prerequisite: ECO 2040 .
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ECO 3050 - Women in the Economy 3 cr
Why do we observe differences between women and men in terms of work, income, consumption and ownership of property? Why have these differences varied over time, between countries, and across ethnic groups and social classes? This class draws upon both traditional and critical economic theories and analyses as well as empirical evidence to address these questions and also to evaluate the policy issues surrounding gender-based economic differences. Many of these questions are controversial; no single theory or perspective will be offered as the correct one. Instead, the process developed will be one of critical thinking. The class is expected to be of interest to men as well as to women.
Prerequisite: any Economics course is recommended, but not required.
Spring, even years
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ECO 3060 - Political Economy of the Environment 3 cr
How do we have both a healthy environment and a healthy economy? The goal of this class is to examine the intersections of economic and ecological systems in a social and political context, and to help students develop an understanding of the controversies around the analytical and policy frameworks now evolving which may or may not help to solve some pressing environmental problems. In particular, students will learn to use the tools of economic analysis, both neoclassical and alternative, to provide perspective to the issues. They can expect to gain insight into the complexity of the political and economic issues surrounding the environmental and environmental justice movements. Finally, students can expect to gain insight into the debates around growth and sustainability.
Prerequisite: any Economics course is highly recommended, but not required.
Spring, odd years
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ECO 3210 - Great Ideas in Economics 3 cr
This course explores the underlying questions and enduring themes in economic thought and debate. What is economic justice? What is the proper role of government in the economy? Are capitalism and democracy compatible? What is our duty to future generations? We will consider answers offered by various thinkers-from Adam Smith to Karl Marx, from John Maynard Keynes to Milton Friedman. Then we will fashion our own answers for our own time.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and one course in Economics; or consent of instructor.
Fall, odd years
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ECO 3220 - International Trade and Development 3 cr
This course offers an overview of theory, recent data, and controversies surrounding the interlinked topics of international trade and economic development in an increasingly integrated world economy. We will examine the philosophical commitments underpinning the debates, followed by a further examination of economic concepts, and a look at the facts of the global economy, with a primary focus on the developing world.
Prerequisite: At least one previous course in economics is highly recommended but not required.
Fall, even years
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ECO 3810 - Internship in Economics 1-12 cr
By arrangement with the coordinator of Economics.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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ECO 4810 - Internship in Economics 1-12 cr
By arrangement with the coordinator of Economics.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
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ECO 4910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
A student-faculty contract determines content. Intended for students wishing to study upper level economics topics not otherwise available, or to carry out economic research. By arrangement with instructor and department chair.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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EDU 1000 - Introduction to Education 7 cr
Description: This course integrates the foundational issues of teaching and learning – including the philosophy and history of education, social justice and education, and the psychology of learning and learning theory–with topics in education, including curriculum, instruction, assessment, literacy, special education and inclusion, and classroom leadership. Teams of faculty, in collaboration with teachers in the area schools, will engage learners in a series of field and project-based experiences that provide the maximum opportunity for students to learn through direct experience in classrooms and other learning environments. Students will work from a contemporary knowledge base in education as they practice and refine professional dispositions. This course fulfills the Gen Ed computing requirement.
Fee $170 The lab fee reflects the cost of Praxis I testing and registration, adjusted annually as fees change
Every semester
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EDU 1100 - Education Technology 3 cr
This course will introduce students to the ways in which technology and the electronic portfolio process deepen prospective teachers’ abilities to learn, to write analytically and reflectively about their own learning, and to further their own professional development. Students will learn how to apply what they experience in this course to the curriculum they provide for students.
Prerequisite: EDU 1000 may be taken concurrently.
Fee $25.
Every semester
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EDU 2110 - Introduction to Exceptional Populations 3 cr
This course is a study of history, philosophy, and current practices relating to education of children and young adults with special needs: the culturally different, visually handicapped, deaf and hearing impaired, learning impaired, emotionally disabled, intellectually gifted, physically handicapped, and learning disabled. The course also includes an overview of Public Law 94-142 and its implication for the inclusion of youngsters into regular classroom environments.
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EDU 2140 - Cognitive Differences and Emotional Challenges 3 cr
This course focuses on students with Low Incidence Disabilities: severe and multiple disabilities, autism, moderate-severe learning impairments, sensory disabilities, and severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Pre-service special educators will be learning about the characteristics of these students and the strategies to teach them academic and social skills within the regular classroom, in resource rooms, and in substantially separate classrooms. Emphasis is placed on interventions and assessment for functional academics, blended with life-skills and adaptive technology. The field component of this course is 15 hours based on licensing area.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 .
Fall
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EDU 3130 - Learning Differences and Attention Difficulties 3 cr
This course focuses on students with High Incidence Disabilities: learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactive disorders, and mild/moderate emotional and behavior disorders. Pre-service special educators will learn about the characteristics of these students and the strategies used to teach them collaboratively within the regular classroom and in resource rooms for academic and social success. Emphasis will be placed on diagnosing and remediating literacy difficulties across academic areas, and utilizing assistive technology to accommodate for these challenges. The field component of this course is 15 hours based on licensing area.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110
Spring
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EDU 3280 - Behavior Differences: Social and Academic Success for All 3 cr
The course will focus on positive strategies to reduce problem behavior, increase academic achievement and improve social behaviors across all environments. Education students will develop knowledge and skills to prevent problem behavior and to intervene appropriately in crisis situations. The goal is to establish safe, positive classroom and school climates that will enhance the acceptance of students with behavioral challenges and will increase their self-management skills, self-esteem, and academic success.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 or consent of the instructor.
fall
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EDU 3370 - Models of Assessment and Intervention in Special Education 4 cr
This course focuses on the role of the special education teacher, as he/she teaches students with learning disabilities, learning impairments, and behavioral challenges in the resource room and in the regular classroom. The emphasis is on planning, instruction, and assessment, including the linkage of assessment/evaluation with curriculum/instruction and technology. Students will be exposed to the most common assessment measures used to identify and teach students with special needs and the “paper process” that is legally required for all students with identified challenges. Emphasis is placed on literacy instruction and access to the general education curriculum. The field component of the course (60 hours) is designed to give the student hands-on practice, and opportunities for observation, teaching, and assessment that bridges previous coursework and leads to student teaching.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 , EDU 2110 , EDU 3130 , & EDU 2140 .
Fall
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EDU 3380 - Collaboration and Special Education Law 3 cr
This course is an overview of laws that govern special education. Special educators will learn collaborative strategies for their work with regular classroom teachers, specialists, parents and administrators. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004), VT State Regulations, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 1973 will be explored.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 or consent of the instructor.
Spring
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EDU 3450 - Instructional Application of Computers 3 cr
Students will study and use different applications of computers that enhance a student’s ability to learn and to express ideas. Topics will include integrated software packages, subject specific applications, multi-disciplinary integration, and an introduction to multi-media.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 and recommended experience with a word processor.
Lab fee $25.
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EDU 3900 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Hours by arrangement. Consent of department chair. Signed contract required at time of registration.
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EDU 4720 - Student Teaching Seminar 3 cr
The seminar prepares the student for the student teaching experience, supports the student during this experience and introduces and/or reviews competencies associated with the role of the professional educator. Taken concurrently with EDU 4871 and EDU 4872 .
Prerequisite: Required Education courses and Senior standing.
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EDU 4815 - Education Theory and Practice 14 cr
The purpose of this course is to extend the teacher intern's knowledge of pedagogy, critical thinking applications, classroom management practices, literacy constructs, curriculum and assessment development, and special education instruction. Participating in extensice K-12 classroom experiences will provide the intern with opportunities for deep reflection on the practice of teaching, thereby promoting high quality professional practice necessary for improving K-12 student learning.
Prerequisite: Permission of Director of Education.
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EDU 4871 - Directed Student Teaching I 6-9 cr
This course is an opportunity for the student to teach under the guidance of a qualified cooperating teacher and college supervisor. Taken concurrently with EDU 4720 and EDU 4872 .
Prerequisite: Required Education courses, departmental recommendation, professional and intellectual competencies as stated in exit requirements.
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EDU 4872 - Directed Student Teaching II 6-9 cr
Extension of student teaching. Under the guidance of a qualified cooperating teacher, the student gradually assumes responsibilities involved in classroom teaching. School and community relations are emphasized. Must be taken concurrently with EDU 4720 and EDU 4871 .
Lab fee $10.
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EDU 4900 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Hours by arrangement.
Signed contract required at time of registration.
Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.
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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 0040 - Essential Writing 1 cr
Students whose test scores indicate underdeveloped writing skills must enroll in this course. Through close study of their own writing and the writing of others, these students learn the essentials of writing, particularly grammar and usage, sentence structure, punctuation, and mechanics. Credit for this course does not count toward diploma requirements. Concurrent enrollment in ENG 1010 is required.
Every semester
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ENG 1010 - Introduction to Academic Writing 2 cr
Students whose test scores indicate underdeveloped writing skills must enroll in this course. These students learn about the rhetorical concepts of writer, audience, purpose, and language, and about the relationship between these concepts and academic writing. Through a variety of academic reading and writing assignments, they apply these concepts to their own writing and to the writing of others. Credit for this course does count toward diploma requirements. Concurrent enrollment in ENG 0040 is required. NOTE: Students enrolled in ENG 0040 /1010 must pass these courses before taking ENG 1061 .
Every semester
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ENG 1061 - English Composition 3 cr
Students study and practice the forms of writing most important to academic thought and expression, including those conventions that govern how to report and document the thoughts of others. Not only do they review grammar and usage, punctuation and mechanics, but they consider how the nuances of language and style affect the other elements of rhetoric. Students should complete this course their first year.
Prerequisite: ENG 0040 /ENG 1010 or equivalent.
Every semester
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ENG 1070 - Effective Speaking 3 cr
Students prepare and deliver short speeches. They practice how to choose, limit, and arrange what they say according to their audience and purpose; how best to address an audience; how to use visual aids effectively; and how to report and document the thoughts of others. Students should complete this course their first year.
Every semester
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ENG 1310 - Introduction to Literature (L) 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. Literature majors should complete this course their first year.
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. Literature majors must complete this course their first or second year.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 .
Spring Fall, even years
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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 (L) 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.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall, even years
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ENG 2162 - World Literature from Enlightenment (L) 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.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, odd years
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ENG 2260 - Touchstones of Western Literature (L) 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 (L) 3 cr
This course is available to new students with considerable accomplishments in high school and on college entrance exams. It 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 .
Prerequisite: invitation from department chair.
Spring
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ENG 2271 - English Literature: Anglo-Saxons to 18th Century (L) 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 (L) 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 (L) 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 (L) 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 2411 - Nineteenth Century Children’s Literature (L) 3 cr
A professional literature for children barely existed before the nineteenth century. This course focuses on such writers as Carroll, Lear, Alcott, Stevenson, and Andersen, with some attention given their few predecessors, their contemporaries, and the twentieth century writers who followed them.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 and at least sophomore standing. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall
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ENG 2412 - Twentieth Century Children’s Literature (L) 3 cr
Including Beatrix Potter, A. A. Milne, Kenneth Grahame, J. M. Barrie, Maurice Sendak, and a variety of other authors, this course examines twentieth century trends in children’s literature. Particular focus is given the development of books designed exclusively for children, the use of fantasy as a counterpane to reality, and the issues evolving from realistic fiction for children.
Prerequisite: ENG 1061 and at least sophomore standing. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring
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ENG 2515 - Teaching with Non-Print Media Pedagogy Lab 1 cr
This pedagogy lab, guided by the Common Core and Vermont Standards, will explore the pedagogical value and use of non-print media- including film, television, and various web-based platforms. Students will demonstrate facility in using appropriate terminology and technology and will present lessons using the media and lessons analyzing and evaluating the media. Appropriate for students who wish to become either elementary or secondary teachers.
Fall
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ENG 2910 - Independent Study 1-3 cr
Freshmen 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, Spring 2014
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ENG 3160 - Teaching Writing 3 cr
For Literature majors and others, who learn how to help college 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 (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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or equivalent*. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
Fall, odd years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or equivalent*. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or equivalent*. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
Spring, odd years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Periodically
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 .
Fall, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or equivalent*. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2161 , and ENG 2162 .
Spring, odd years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall, odd years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Spring, odd years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Fall, odd years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 *. Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Fall, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Spring, odd years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Fall, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2311 , and ENG 2312 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall, odd years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
Fall, even years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
Spring, odd years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
Fall, odd years
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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: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 , ENG 2411 , and ENG 2412 .
Spring, even years
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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.
Prerequisite: ENG 2260 or ENG 2270 . Highly recommended: ENG 1310 .
Fall
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