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Course Descriptions

Course Numbering System

Courses are numbered as follows to indicate levels of difficulty and degrees of specialization:

  1000 series courses, for the most part, cover a wide range of material and serve as introductions to a particular discipline. Generally appropriate for first-year students.
  2000 series courses are more specific in focus than 1000 series; they may require some previous knowledge of a subject. Generally appropriate for sophomores.
  3000 series courses are clearly upper-level courses that require significant background in a field and may have specific prerequisites. Generally appropriate for juniors and seniors.
  4000 series courses require extensive background in a field and usually have prerequisites. Generally appropriate for juniors and seniors.
 

English
  

  • ENG 2164 - Twentieth-Century African American Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of African American writing that explores the portrayal of urban experience following the Great Migration. The class will read fiction, drama, and non-fiction narratives, listen to jazz, and watch films in order to examine how race, class, and gender shape life in American cities and how literary representation has changed historically. Writers may include Charles Chesnutt, Nella Larsen, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paule Marshall, Amiri Baraka, and Toni Morrison.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2174 - Popular Fictions

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to the critical study of popular culture. Texts will be selected from a variety of media (print, film, television, comic books, etc.) so as to open questions of genre (detective, romance, thriller, etc.). The critical contexts will provide students with the opportunity to investigate the cultural and political implications of popular forms and to consider the role of popular fiction in contemporary life. Media and genres considered may change from term to term.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2184 - Literature of the American South

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of selected fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction by Southern writers. The course will address ways in which these writers both reflect and create what have come to be considered cultural realities about the region, the relationship between the history of the area and its literature, and the continued existence of the South as a distinctive region within the United States. Writers may include Jefferson, Poe, Twain, Chesnutt, Chopin, the Nashville Agrarians, Hurston, Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, O’Connor, Welty, Gaines, Walker, and Allison.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2264 - Non-Fiction Workshop

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as WRC 2264 .
    An introductory study of the conventions that shape literary non-fiction with extensive practice in using these conventions. Conducted as a workshop, the course will involve regular writing and discussion of the work produced by student writers themselves. Students wishing to enroll must present satisfactory evidence of motivation and serious interest in creative writing. May be repeated for credit as long as the topic is different. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2284 - South African Fiction, 1960-1994

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of South African fiction written between 1960 and the first fully democratic elections of 1994. The course includes some of the key issues addressed by writers such as J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Alex La Guma, and Njabulo Ndebele as they lived through the effects of apartheid. Guiding this exploration will be an awareness of developments in the new South Africa as it seeks to come to terms with the violence and racialism of its past. Inclusion of journalistic and video material will provide assistance in understanding the relevant historical and social contexts.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2294 - Special Topics in Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Study of an author, period, or problem not fully treated in other English courses. Topics change from term to term and are announced in advance. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2344 - The Culture of Nature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of ways in which popular culture in the U.S. shapes assumptions about nature. The course provides students with a critical language designed to illuminate cultural products in a variety of media (print, film, television, etc.) as well as those aspects of daily life which communicate ideas of nature implicitly. This course will treat a range of topics in relation to environmental concerns, including, for example, gender, wilderness, food, tourism, labor, and the sciences.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2374 - Postmodern Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of literature after 1945 that reflects a postmodern consideration of language as a means to cultural criticism. The course will examine how writers, by focusing on language, experiment with form narrative, dramatic, and poetic. The literature embodies varieties of cultural criticism, including feminist and postcolonial; may include such writers as Donald Barthelme, Italo Calvino, Derek Walcott, Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, M. M. Coetzee, and Caryl Phillips.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2474 - Survey of British Literature I

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of great British writers from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Restoration. Included are such figures as Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and Donne.

    General Education Requirement(s): III B or IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, completion of one ENG Area II course, or permission of instructor and FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2484 - Survey of British Literature II

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A survey of important British literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present that examines ways in which literary artists both adapted to and reproduced the cultural changes associated with modernity while dealing with modernity’s evolving social and political circumstances. The course will explore a complex cultural tradition in its social context and will include such writers as Addison, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Dickens, Hardy, Woolf, and Hughes. May be used to satisfy a distribution requirement in Western tradition.

    General Education Requirement(s): III B or IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, completion of one English Area II course, or permission of instructor and FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2504 - Studies in Film

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Study of an auteur or group of auteurs, or of film genres, stylistic, or historical questions not treated fully in Introduction to Film. Topics change from term to term and are announced in advance. May be repeated for credit if genre is different.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2514 - Genre Film

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Addresses the complex question of genre in cinema, investigating the ways in which narrative forms are infused with and transmit culturally specific mythic and ideological meanings. It will examine what constitutes cinematic genre in general, and then consider the developing histories of such genres as the Western, the gangster film, horror, science fiction, etc., as reflected by particular texts.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2534 - Detective Fiction

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the generic dimensions and directions of detective fiction from Poe to the present. It will investigate the hold detective fiction has had on the popular imagination and the genre’s reinforcement or subversion of ideological assumptions. Writers and filmmakers may include Doyle, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Paretsky, Hillerman, Himes, Dmytryk, Huston, Polanski, and others.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2614 - American Short Story

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the genre of the short story as conceived and crafted by American writers. The course will consider the nature and history of the short story, its development in America, its early American practitioners and theorists, and how American short fiction reflects and comments on American life and culture. May include the work of Poe, Hawthorne, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Baldwin, O’Connor, Paley, Oates, Lahiri, and others.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2624 - American Gothic

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the genre of American Gothic fiction and how it evolved from the late eighteenth century through the early twenty-first century. The course will examine the origins of American Gothic fiction and the genre’s development at various periods and in different regions. It will explore the sometimes painful birth of American literature and consider the continued fascination with what Herman Melville called the “power of blackness.”

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2654 - Fictions of Identity in American Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of American literature in relation to the phenomenon of “passing,” exploring the complex connections among race, gender, class, and power. The primary readings will be supported by an examination of legal essays, ethnographic studies, and films that develop 3534a context for understanding how Americans culturally and legally defined as “black” took on “white” identity and how “passing” now extends to class, ethnic, and sexual identities. Writers may include James Weldon Johnson, Nella Larsen, William Faulkner, Americo Paredes, and Danzy Senna.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2674 - Survey of American Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An exploration of the social forces shaping American literature from 1492 to the present. We will consider how our literature chronicles the emergence of uniquely American voices and stories, and we will analyze the formation of a canon of “important” literature and the ways that canon has been challenged. Most importantly, we will keep asking how the literature of the United States simultaneously contests and reinforces the evolving cultural and political concerns of American culture.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and completion of one English Area II course, or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 2714 - Jane Austen and Film

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as WGS 2714 .
    Examines what Jane Austen’s novels and their film adaptations reveal about both Regency England and the contemporary world. The course explores the novels in their original cultural contexts and asks how these novels speak to the interests, desires, and problems of today’s culture. Students will read in detail four of Austen’s novels and discuss the efforts of twentieth-century filmmakers to capture, edit, and update Austen’s humor and wit for today’s audiences.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3014 - Special Topics in Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Advanced study of an author, period, or topic not fully treated in other English courses. Topics change from term to term and are announced in advance. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3024 - Chaucer

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A close reading of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and selected shorter works within the cultural context of fourteenth-century England. The seminar will examine literary, political, social, religious, and philosophical issues central to an understanding of Chaucer as both a reflection and a critique of his times and as someone who anticipates contemporary issues. Read in Middle English.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3074 - Advanced Fiction Workshop

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An advanced and in-depth study of the conventions that shape literary fiction with extensive practice in using these conventions. Conducted as a workshop, the course will involve regular writing and discussions of the work produced by student writers themselves. Students wishing to enroll must present satisfactory evidence of motivation and serious interest in creative writing. May be repeated for credit as long as the topic is different. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2074 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3084 - Advanced Poetry Workshop

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An advanced and in-depth study of the conventions that shape poetry with extensive practice in using these conventions. Conducted as a workshop, the course will involve regular writing and discussions of the work produced by student writers themselves. Students wishing to enroll must present satisfactory evidence of motivation and serious interest in creative writing. May be repeated for credit as long as the topic is different. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2084  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3164 - Advanced Non-Fiction Workshop

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An advanced, in-depth study of the conventions that shape literary non-fiction with extensive practice in using these conventions. Conducted as a workshop, the course will involve regular writing and discussion of the work produced by student writers themselves. Students wishing to enroll must present satisfactory evidence of motivation and serious interest in creative writing. May be repeated for credit as long as the topic is different. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2164 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3174 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of major writers focusing on the emergence of an American consciousness. Emphasis on Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Crane, Dickinson, Whitman, and James.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3204 - The Romantic Lyric

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the lyric as it was transformed by British Romantics into a vehicle for sustained introspection and psychological analysis. The course explores the ethical and political dimensions of these aesthetic developments and situates them within a history of revolutions—British, American, and French. Authors may include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, the Shelleys, Keats, and others.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3224 - Romanticism and Liberty

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of major British writers from the Romantic period, with some attention to Continental developments of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Authors may include Blake, Burns, Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Shelleys, Byron, Keats, and others.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3234 - Victorian Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of British literature from 1832 to the end of the century dealing with poetry and prose of such writers as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, Eliot, Ruskin, Hardy, and others.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3304 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of major writers of the seventeenth century: Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Jonson, Milton, Bacon, Burton, Browne, Webster, Tourneur, Middleton, etc. Emphasizes intellectual and literary currents in the period as seen in selected prose and examines trends in drama and lyric poetry after Shakespeare. Generic focus may vary from year to year.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3314 - Renaissance Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of major writers of the Continental and English Renaissance: Erasmus, More, Castiglione, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and other sixteenth-century poets and playwrights. Emphasis on intellectual and cultural backgrounds to the literature.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3324 - Shakespeare I

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as THEA 3324 .
    An intensive study of 8-10 plays drawn from the first half of Shakespeare’s career, dealing with selected histories, comedies, and tragedies up to about 1600.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3334 - Shakespeare II

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as THEA 3334 .
    An intensive study of at least 10 plays from the second half of Shakespeare’s career, dealing with the problem comedies, mature tragedies, and tragicomedies.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3404 - Early Twentieth-Century British Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of British literature from the turn of the century to World War II. Most of the course will be devoted to the development of Modernism, but predecessors and successors will also be considered. Writers such as Hardy, Shaw, Yeats, Joyce, Eliot, Lawrence, Rhys, and Woolf will be included.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3414 - Twentieth-Century British Literature, Post-1945

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of British literature written after World War II. The designation “British” will include not only authors born in England, but also authors from the former British colonies writing in English. Will explore the intersection of Modernism and Postmodernism, as well as the place of the written word in a world increasingly dominated by mass communication: radio, television, and the advertising image. Authors may include Greene, Lessing, Pinter, Barker, Murdoch, Stoppard, and Rushdie.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2904 or permission of instructor and FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3504 - The Eighteenth-Century British Novel

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the novel’s beginnings and rapid development in Britain, with special attention to such topics as the rise of literacy, the respectability of writing fiction, and special forms of the novel. Authors may include Defoe, Sterne, Fielding, Richardson, and Austen.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3514 - The Nineteenth-Century British Novel

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the major novelists of the nineteenth century. Though individual works may vary between offerings of the course, authors will include such writers as Scott, E. Bronte, Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3564 - Milton

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An intensive study of the most important poetry and selected prose of the major seventeenth-century British writer, focusing on Paradise Lost.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3664 - Early Twentieth-Century American Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of North American literature from the turn of the century to World War II. Includes an examination of the Modernist movement and the Harlem Renaissance as well as the work of other influential authors. Reading may include works by Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, ee cummings, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Charlotte Perkins- Gilman, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, and Richard Wright.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 3674 - Twentieth-Century American Literature, Post-1945

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of North American literature from 1945 to the present, with special emphasis on the exploration of cultural issues in traditional, multicultural, and feminist literatures. Reading may include the works of Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, E. L. Doctorow, Ralph Ellison, Louise Erdrich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Flannery O’Connor, Thomas Pynchon, J. D. Salinger, Sam Shepard, Tennessee Williams, and George Wolfe.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 2674 , ENG 2474 , or ENG 2484  and FYS 1104  or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4014 - Independent Study

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Readings on an approved topic, followed by the preparation of a critical paper. Repeatable once by special permission.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Grade point average of at least 30
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4144 - Senior Creative Writing Project

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Full-year independent study project in creative writing. Emphasis may be on poetry, fiction, or drama and will vary with student interest and availability of instructor. Student is expected to research the craft and produce an organized, book-length manuscript.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, at least one term of WRC 2074 /ENG 2074  or WRC 2084 /ENG 2084 , or permission of instructor ENG 4144 is a prerequisite to ENG 4154  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4154 - Senior Creative Writing Project

    2 Course Unit(s)
    Full-year independent study project in creative writing. Emphasis may be on poetry, fiction, or drama and will vary with student interest and availability of instructor. Student is expected to research the craft and produce an organized, book-length manuscript.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, at least one term of WRC 2074 /ENG 2074  or WRC 2084 /ENG 2084 , or permission of instructor ENG 4144  is a prerequisite to 4154
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4204 - Internship in English

    1 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of English skills in journalism, communications, advertising, and other areas. Students choose an appropriate organization in consultation with faculty sponsor. A total of 2 course units may be counted toward the major. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in the major and permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4208 - Internship in English

    2 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of English skills in journalism, communications, advertising, and other areas. Students choose an appropriate organization in consultation with faculty sponsor. A total of 2 course units may be counted toward the major. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in the major and permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENG 4504 - Capstone Seminar

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Designed to encourage students to engage more deeply with questions that arise from the study of literature, as well as provide occasion for students to reflect on work done throughout the major. It will, in addition, require that students complete an extended critical essay. Focal literary works will be drawn from a specific historical period and will change from term to term, depending upon the instructor. Required of all English majors in the winter of their senior year.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of three period-requirement courses, and senior standing in the major
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

Environmental Studies
  

  • ENVS 1024 - Environmental Science

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A broad overview of the structure and function of environmental systems and the impact of human cultures on these systems. The complexity and multidisciplinary nature of environmental issues involving, for example, population growth, air and water pollution, biogeochemical cycles, and energy demands and alternatives are considered, but emphasis will be placed on our scientific knowledge of these issues. Lecture and laboratory.

    General Education Requirement(s): II Natural Science
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENVS 3072 - Environmental Studies Research

    1/2 Course Unit(s)
    For students who wish to devise a research project that crosses disciplines to explore issues of environmental significance. Students need to arrange for guidance from more than one faculty member. Students may register for up to two half-credit projects.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, ENVS 1024 , and completion of at least two other courses toward the Environmental Studies minor, or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENVS 3074 - Environmental Studies Research

    1 Course Unit(s)
    For students who wish to devise a research project that crosses disciplines to explore issues of environmental significance. Students need to arrange for guidance from more than one faculty member. Students may register for up to two half-credit projects.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, ENVS 1024 , and completion of at least two other courses toward the Environmental Studies minor, or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENVS 3204 - Environmental Studies Internship

    1 Course Unit(s)
    For students engaging in an internship that requires work that cannot be classified as contributing to a single disciplinary major.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, completion of at least two courses for the Environmental Studies minor, or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • ENVS 4004 - Environmental Studies Senior Project

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Offered to students who plan to enter graduate programs or careers in environmental fields, this course involves independent study of environmental issues under the guidance of professors from various disciplines. It requires students to draw on more than one discipline while analyzing case studies, developing critical bibliographies, writing a substantial research essay, and making a public presentation. Application needs to be made to the Environmental Studies Committee chair in the term prior to anticipated enrollment.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, completion of coursework for the environmental studies minor, and permission of Environmental Studies Minor Committee
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

Health and Exercise Science
  

  • HES 1004 - Introduction to Exercise Science

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to the history, methods, and philosophy of exercise science as a discipline. This course should be taken in the first or second year.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 1113 - Lifetime Fitness and Wellness

    3/4 Course Unit(s)
    A course combining knowledge and activities that will provide a basis for lifetime physical fitness. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2004 - Health Promotion

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Introduction to a range of topics related to the health of the individual. Areas of specific emphasis include nutrition and weight management, stress management, substance abuse, and aging.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): HES 1113  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2014 - Women’s Health

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as WGS 2024 .
    This course will explore the social, political and cultural issues impacting women’s health and the special health needs of women across the lifespan. Students will discuss the relationship of women, both as consumers and practitioners, to the health care system and will research the health behaviors unique to women to achieve and maintain wellness and to prevent chronic disease.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2024 - Public Health

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to the rationale, history and development of public health in the U.S. and globally. Emphasis is placed on underlying theories and the scientific and social bases for public health practice, plus the impact of critical public health concerns on society. Professional disciplines, organizations, and methods that interact to improve the public’s health are addressed.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2094 - Anatomy and Physiology I

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as BIO 2014 .
    An introductory consideration of the structure and function of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and cardiovascular systems with particular reference to the human. This course is designed for exercise science majors and students considering an allied health career. It will not count toward the major course requirement of the biology pattern. Lecture and laboratory.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): HES 1004 , Exercise Science major or permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2104 - Anatomy and Physiology II

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Also listed as BIO 2104 .
    An introductory consideration of the structure and function of the nervous, endocrine, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems with particular reference to the human. This course is designed for Exercise Science majors and other students interested in an allied health career. It will not count toward the major course requirements of the biology pattern. Lecture and laboratory.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): HES 2094  or BIO 2014  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 2294 - Special Topics in Health and Exercise Science

    1 Course Unit(s)
    The study of a topic or inquiry not fully treated in other courses. Topics may include nutrition and human performance, weight management, exercise testing for normal and special populations, or other allied health areas. Subjects change and are announced in advance. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 3014 - Physiology of Exercise

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the human anatomical systems and their physiological function with special emphasis on the muscular, nervous, skeletal, circulatory, and respiratory systems and the acute and chronic adaptations that result from exercise. Additional topics may include bioenergetics, body composition, and environmental influences on exercise performance. Laboratory component required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 2014 /HES 2094  and BIO 2104 /HES 2104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 3034 - Injuries and Rehabilitation

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Develops awareness of the injury problems associated with physical activity participation and activities of daily living. Teaches methods of prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeltal injuries. Introduces the therapy modalities available to rehabilitation professionals. Skills and certification in CPR/AED and First Aid will be taught.  A lab component is required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 2014  or HES 2094  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 3054 - Biomechanics

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Biological and mechanical principles of movement patterns and their application to the evaluation of both the performer and the performance. This course includes a lab component.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 2014 , HES 2094 , or PHYS 2115   
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 3204 - Nutrition and Energy Balance

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of evidence-based information on major nutrients and nutritional needs across the lifespan. Explores basic concepts that govern energy balance, body composition, and weight management. Other topics include the relationship between nutrition and physical performance and disease prevention, the factors that affect food choices—including media and advertising, and the sustainability of our food system.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): HES 1004  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4004 - Organization, Administration, and Evaluation of Exercise Science

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Explores concepts of administration, supervision, and evaluation of exercise science programs.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): HES 1004  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4014 - The Life of a Muscle

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An in-depth examination of muscle physiology across the lifespan. Topics may include muscle development, metabolic adaptations to training, muscle hypertrophy, muscle diseases, spaceflight and aging-associated atrophy.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): HES 3014  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4204 - Internship

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Supervised placement of students in organizations that provide capstone experiences for the Exercise Science major. Integrating theory and practice, this experience includes academic requirements, such as reports and research papers, which will be agreed upon in advance among the student, faculty, and placement supervisor by means of a learning contract. May be repeated once for credit. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 2104  or HES 2104  and permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4212 - Independent Study

    1/2 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the tools and techniques of research, the use of the library for literature review, and the planning and execution of a research project, with a written report. May be repeated for a total of 2 units of credit. 4212 is CR/NC grading only. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4214 - Independent Study

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the tools and techniques of research, the use of the library for literature review, and the planning and execution of a research project, with a written report. May be repeated for a total of 2 units of credit. Standard or CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • HES 4444 - Senior Seminar

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Topics include current trends and research methods in exercise science and the allied health field. Team research projects provide the opportunity to integrate previous coursework and to explore new questions.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

Fine Arts
  

  • FA 1004 - Introduction to the Fine Arts

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A survey of basic ideas, guiding principles, and historical and contemporary practices in art, drama, and music. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the creative process, analyzing various works of art, developing critical tools for appreciation, perceiving the relationships among the three art forms, and comprehending fundamental issues in the representation of reality through art. Travel to artistic events will occur as part of the course when available.

    General Education Requirement(s): II Fine Arts
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

First Engagements
  

  • FEN 1001 - First Engagements

    1/4 Course Unit(s)
    The First Engagements experience is the gateway to the academic community at Transylvania University and will model liberal education in a conference setting. Transylvania has high expectations for the members of our academic community. To help incoming students become part of that community, the course meetings in August will emphasize cultivating a spirit of inquiry; developing critical reading, listening, and discussion skills; making relevant connections; and engaging in collaborative learning. The class will continue to meet during the fall term for academic advising and to introduce students to academic resources provided by the University. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FEN 2001 - First Engagements Tutorial

    1/4 Course Unit(s)
    A tutorial in which the scholar works closely with a faculty member in planning and preparing a seminar section of First Engagements. This will include reading and selection of texts for the course, discussion of course objectives and teaching strategies, and preparation of the seminar’s syllabus. There is no overload fee for enrollment in this course. Can be repeated once for credit. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FEN 2002 - First Engagements Practicum

    1/2 Course Unit(s)
    Scholars will work closely with a faculty member in teaching the First Engagements seminar. The scholar will help lead discussion, discuss teaching strategies with the faculty member, and facilitate student learning in and outside the classroom. The scholar will assist the academic advisor(s) throughout the fall term as a peer mentor for the first-year students. There is no overload fee for enrollment in this course. Can be repeated once for credit. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

First-Year Seminar Program
  

  • FYS 1002 - First-Year Seminar: Expository Writing

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Provides intensive instruction in expository writing with assignments emphasizing skills in developing ideas, constructing cohesive paragraphs, organizing material, and creating thesis statements. Assignments may provide practice in paraphrase, summary, description, definition, comparison and contrast, and argumentation. The course includes discussion of and instruction in grammar, syntax, and usage.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FYS 1004 - First-Year Seminar

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Designed to help introduce students to the rigorous intellectual work necessary at the college level. Courses are interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary in nature and draw from the instructor’s areas of interest and expertise. Includes a broad range of shorter readings and a longer, book-length text of the instructor’s choosing. The course stresses the skills of close and careful reading, critical thinking, thoughtful and respectful discussion, and effective academic writing.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Score of 22 or higher on the English section of the ACT/SAT verbal score of 520, FYS 1002  or permission of FYS program director
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FYS 1104 - First-Year Research Seminar

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Designed to continue the development of college-level critical reading, thinking, writing, and discussion skills. The courses are topical in nature based on the instructor’s areas of interest and expertise, and offer a focused and in-depth investigation of a topic of importance. The Second-Term Research Seminar includes extensive instruction in research methods appropriate at the college level and culminates in the writing of a lengthy, research-based argumentative essay.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): FYS 1004  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

French
  

  • FREN 1014 - French I: The Personal World

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to French through exploration of the student’s immediate world, developing student proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. By the end of the course students will be able to ask for and give information; express their wants, needs, abilities, and obligations; describe people, places, and things in their surroundings; write a basic letter in the language; and give in some detail a report of their typical activities. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 1024 - French II: The French-Speaking World

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An extension of French I that moves beyond the student’s personal experiences toward an increased linguistic and social awareness of French-speaking cultures. By the end of the course students will be able to narrate past events, demonstrate an understanding of various aspects of the French-speaking world, and formulate briefly a position on an issue treated in the course. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1014  or equivalent proficiency.
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 1034 - French III: Topical Issues

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An extension of French II that offers a more in-depth look at current issues in French-speaking cultures. Religions, ethnic groups, and demographic patterns will be explored, as will other concerns such as the environment and the economy. Material will include literary texts, films, and productions in the fine arts. Students will give oral and written reports, refute and support positions taken on specific issues, and suggest and negotiate compromises. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1024  or equivalent proficiency
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2001 - Practicum in French

    1/4 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of French language and/or research skills in education, law, business, art, medicine, or other areas. Students devise projects under the direction of the instructor to integrate practical applications to their particular area of interest. Examples are creative writing projects, practice of foreign language teaching methodologies, or an internship in a local organization where French language and/or translation skills are required. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2002 - Practicum in French

    1/2 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of French language and/or research skills in education, law, business, art, medicine, or other areas. Students devise projects under the direction of the instructor to integrate practical applications to their particular area of interest. Examples are creative writing projects, practice of foreign language teaching methodologies, or an internship in a local organization where French language and/or translation skills are required. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2003 - Practicum in French

    3/4 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of French language and/or research skills in education, law, business, art, medicine, or other areas. Students devise projects under the direction of the instructor to integrate practical applications to their particular area of interest. Examples are creative writing projects, practice of foreign language teaching methodologies, or an internship in a local organization where French language and/or translation skills are required. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2004 - Practicum in French

    1 Course Unit(s)
    The practical application of French language and/or research skills in education, law, business, art, medicine, or other areas. Students devise projects under the direction of the instructor to integrate practical applications to their particular area of interest. Examples are creative writing projects, practice of foreign language teaching methodologies, or an internship in a local organization where French language and/or translation skills are required. CR/NC grading.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2014 - French Grammar and Expression

    1 Course Unit(s)
    One of two non-sequential gateway courses leading to advanced studies in French (3000-level courses). This course refines grammatical competencies and sharpens oral expression in French. Through the study of how texts communicate sophisticated ideas, students investigate grammatical, syntactical, and lexical strategies. By surveying different forms of expression (including literary, historical, cinematic, and artistic) as well as current media (newscasts, newspapers and magazines, websites, blogs, videos, etc.), students practice grammar and idiomatic usage while making connections between culture and language. Writing assignments include le résumé, le compte rendu, and le portrait. Students will also practice phonetics to support enhanced fluency and precision in oral expression.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1034  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2024 - French Rhetoric and Composition

    1 Course Unit(s)
    One of two non-sequential gateway courses leading to advanced studies in French (3000-level courses). The course facilitates more complex reasoning through close readings of French literary and cultural texts from around the world while developing written and oral expression in French. By targeting five key areas of language acquisition (speaking, reading, listening, writing, and culture), the course prepares students linguistically to articulate original ideas with greater precision and clarity through training in grammar, morphology, syntax, and phonetics. By cultivating a more sophisticated use of language, students develop their ability to use rhetorical strategies in producing higher-order reasoning. Special attention will also be paid to writing: understanding different modes of expression (exposition, narration, description, and argumentation) and writing effectively (coherent discourse, lexical flexibility, rhetoric, and style). Formal writing assignments include la dissertation, l’essai critique, and le récit. This course is conducted entirely in French.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1034  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2034 - French Society and Culture

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Examines the cultural, social, and political transformations of French society and culture over the centuries by exploring developments from a number of vantage points (family, religion, values, leisure, social classes, etc.). Topics include political regimens (Empire, Monarchy, Republic), historical figures (Jeanne D’Arc, Louis XIV, Napoléon, De Gaulle), history of ideas (humanism, enlightenment, socialism, fascism, existentialism), and artistic movements (baroque, classicism, realism, symbolism, post-modernism).

    General Education Requirement(s): III B or IV
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1034 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2054 - Introduction to French Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Introduces students to the history of French literature from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on reading major works in French within their historical and cultural context. In addition, students will acquire a critical vocabulary for analyzing literary texts. Special attention will be paid to close readings of texts (poetry, theater, and the novel) and different approaches such as résumé de texte, explication de texte, commentaire composé, and dissertation explicative.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1034  and FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2074 - French Literature in Translation

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Material is chosen according to period, genre, or topic, and varies from year to year. Course subtitle reflects the particular material chosen and is announced in advance. Does not count toward the major or minor pattern. Taught in English. May be repeated if course subtitle is different.

    General Education Requirement(s): II Humanities or IV
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 2294 - Special Topics

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Study of an area involving the language, literature, or culture not fully treated in other French courses. Topics change and will be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 1034  or equivalent proficiencies unless specific description states otherwise
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3014 - Independent Study and Research

    1 Course Unit(s)
    May be repeated once for credit.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3094 - French Business Culture

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to the French-speaking business world and to its very specific language, this course provides mastery of the fundamental vocabulary, expressions, and cultural practices required to communicate in a variety of business situations. Topics include banking, commerce, finance, the economy, business correspondence, and job interviewing skills. The course does not presume prior knowledge of business principles.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3144 - Medieval and Renaissance French Literature: Fin’ amor and Humanism

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of French literature in its historical context, from its origins to the reign of Henri IV. The course encompasses the courtly love tradition, sacred and profane theater, courtly and bourgeois realism, and humanist thought. Works and authors studied may include the chanson de geste, the troubadours, Chrétien de Troyes, Christine de Pizan, Villon, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, the poets of the Pléïade, and Montaigne.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014 , FREN 2054  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3204 - French Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Order, Reason, and Revolution

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An exploration of the century of Louis XIV and of the Age of Enlightenment. Using literary texts, film, music, and visual arts, this course will view baroque art and literature, classicism and Versailles, the esprit critique of moralist and philosophical writers, and libertine thought. Authors may include Corneille, Racine, Molière, Madame de La Fayette, Descartes, Pascal, Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Laclos.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  or FREN 2054  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3304 - Studies in Genre

    1 Course Unit(s)
    A study of the formal elements that constitute genre, its textual components, and its historical and literary manifestations. Each time the course is offered, a particular genre is analyzed exclusively, alternately French poetry, theater, and novel. In French poetry, the course will focus on poetic forms and versification through the troubadors, Villon, the Pléïade, romantics, symbolists, and modern free verse. In French theater, the course will emphasize analysis through performance as it traces theater’s origins in medieval liturgical drama and follows with Molière, Racine, Corneille, Beaumarchais, and the Theatre of the Absurd. In the French novel, the course will trace the evolution from early forms of novelistic writing such as the epistolary novel through the great literary movements of the nineteenth century (realism, romanticism, naturalism) up to the modern novel.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  and FYS 1104  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3324 - French Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Experiment and Unrest

    1 Course Unit(s)
    This course will address the individual’s relation to society and the arts in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as it is revealed through representative works of literature, music, and film. The literature of the time reflects French history in its fragmentation and upheaval, but attempts to impose order through the redefinition of traditional literary genres. A study of the Romantic poets, the Naturalist writers, Surrealist theater, Existentialist essays, and the Nouveau Roman will highlight the more successful forms of artistic experimentation.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  or FREN 2054  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3344 - French Cinema Culture

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Through a study of French films from the 1890s to the present, this course examines the role of cinema in a social-historical context and provides an in-depth analysis of cinematic “language.” Since French cinema evolved as both an art and an industry, particular attention will be paid to questions of narrative, representation, production practices, and reception. Topics include the birth of cinema, the silent era, the avant-garde, poetic realism, cinema of the occupation, the New Wave, contemporary trends, and Francophone world cinemas.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3404 - The Francophone World and its Literature

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Reading and analysis of literary genres through the centuries in the various Francophone countries with an emphasis on twentieth-century literature. Historical background of each country will provide a context for the readings.

    General Education Requirement(s): III A or IV; V
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  or FREN 2054  and FYS 1104 
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 3504 - Advanced Special Topics

    1 Course Unit(s)
    In-depth study of language, literature, or culture not fully treated in other 3000-level courses. Topics change and will be announced in advance; course may focus on a genre, an issue, an author, or a movement. May be repeated once for credit if the topic is different.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): FREN 2014  or FREN 2054  
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • FREN 4444 - Senior Seminar

    1 Course Unit(s)
    Designed as the capstone experience for French majors. While focusing on a particular problem, genre, author, or time period, the selection of cultural texts is geared to refine students’ analytical, interpretive, and expressive skills in French. In addition to oral presentation, research, and writing within the sphere of the course topic, students undertake individual projects in their own particular domain of interest in order to integrate their knowledge and experience of French with their future life and career plans.

    General Education Requirement(s): IV
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None

German
  

  • GER 1014 - German I: The Personal World

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An introduction to German through exploration of the student’s immediate world, developing student proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. By the end of the course students will be able to ask for and give information; express their wants, needs, abilities, and obligations; describe people, places, and things in their surroundings; write a basic letter in the language; and give in some detail a report of their typical activities. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • GER 1024 - German II: The German-Speaking World

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An extension of German I that moves beyond the student’s personal experiences toward an increased linguistic and social awareness of German-speaking cultures. By the end of the course students will be able to narrate past events, demonstrate an understanding of various aspects of the German-speaking world, and formulate briefly a position on an issue treated in the course. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): GER 1014  or equivalent proficiency
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
  

  • GER 1034 - German III: Topical Issues

    1 Course Unit(s)
    An extension of German II that offers a more in-depth look at current issues in German-speaking cultures. Religions, ethnic groups, and demographic patterns will be explored, as will other concerns such as the environment and the economy. Material will include literary texts, films, and productions in the fine arts. Students will give oral and written reports, refute and support positions taken on specific issues, and suggest and negotiate compromises. Laboratory required.

    General Education Requirement(s):
    Prerequisite(s): GER 1024  or equivalent proficiency
    Corequisite(s): None
    Pre/Corequisite(s): None
 

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