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Engineering
  

  • EGR 332 - Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (1)

    An introduction to the effects of forces on solid bodies. Structures will be analyzed under axial, shear, torsional, and bending loads. Students learn to assess structures in terms of stress, strain, and deflection under the various types of loading. The course emphasizes individual and group problem-solving. Students apply course concepts to build and evaluate their own structures during hands-on design projects. Prerequisite: EGR 231  and MAT 122 .
  

  • EGR 346 - Fluid Mechanics (1)

    An introduction to the mechanics of liquids and gases. Topics include classifications of flows, fluid statics, Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluids, Bernoulli and energy equations, closed system and control volume concepts, dimensional analysis and similarity. Applications of fluids to engineering including internal flow, flow in pipes and ducts, external flow, lift and drag forces. This course includes a visit to IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering at University of Iowa. Prerequisite: EGR 231 , EGR 271  and MAT 122  
  

  • EGR 352 - Heat Transfer (1)

    An introduction to fundamentals of heat transfer including heat transfer mechanisms, deriving heat conduction equation and defining initial and boundary conditions, steady and transient heat conduction in plane walls, cylinders and spheres, thermal resistance networks, critical radius of insulation, finned surfaces, numerical methods in heat conduction, fundamental of convection, heat and momentum transfer in turbulent flow, external and internal forced convection, natural convection, thermal radiation, blackbody radiation, the view factor, radiation shields. Engineering and real-life applications of the heat transfer mechanisms from plants to houses and space telescope. Prerequisite: EGR 346   & MAT 236  
  

  • EGR 361 - Signals and Systems Analysis (1)

    Linear systems and signal analysis are fundamental to engineering. Examples including signal transmission, signal processing, and the design of feedback and control systems. Topics covered include discrete and continuous linear time-invariant systems, Fourier analysis, Laplace and Z transforms, modulation, sampling, feedback and control. Prerequisite: EGR 311 
  
  

  • EGR 385 - Engineering Design Project (1)

    Students work on a design project in a small group to formulate an engineering solution to a real-world problem. Specific projects will be chosen in an area of the student’s interest with prior consultation with the instructor. Includes a comprehensive written report and oral presentation. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19. Prerequisites: EGR 231 , EGR 271 , EGR 311 , and one additional EGR 300-level course, Senior standing or permission of instructor.
  
  
  
  

English and Creative Writing
  

  • ENG 111 - Topic: Intersectional Feminism (W) (1)

    Our everyday interactions-the ways we see ourselves and the ways others treat us-are deeply influenced by the interrelationship of gender, sexuality, race, class, and other identity categories. Black feminists in the 1970s were the first to fully theorize this idea, which we now call “intersectionality.” From Black Power to Black Lives Matter, from the Combahee River Collective to the Crunk Feminist Collective, this course spans fifty years of intersectional thought. We will use intersectionality as a lens through which to analyze identity and power in poetry, music videos, essays, social media culture, campus life, and more. Writing assignments will include reading responses, essays, and a collaborative podcast, and will allow you to hone your skills in close reading, critical thinking, making claims, library research, and multimedia writing. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111 - Topics in Literature, Film, Cultural Studies (W) (1)

    Writing seminar for first-year students, an intensive engagement with a topic in literature, film, or cultural studies. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course. STAFF
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111-3 - Topic: Crossing Borders (W) (1)

    This course will examine literature about crossing borders–cultural as well as national. The course will focus particularly on the experiences of Indian and Arab women crossing borders as immigrants, using historical, social, political, and cultural points of view. Readings will include short stories and novels by and about women as well as non-fiction accounts of women’s lives (work, health and water, marriage and children, religion, education). Emphasis on critical reading, writing and revision. Some attention paid to writing style as well. Not open to students who have completed their writing course (W) requirement. REED
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111-4 - Topic: Creating Monsters: Society, Psych, Lit (W) (1)

    This is a course about reading, thinking, and writing about the individual and society’s influence on the individual. Social constructs such as race and gender often lead to the creation of social outcasts, “monsters.” Further, such constructs can lead individuals to loathe portions of themselves and create “personal monsters” which they attempt to repress. Literature, particularly the gothic, examines the influence of such constructs on both society and the individual, and often examines the relationship between social oppression and psychological repression. This course will analyze various works that depict the creation of both social and personal monsters and the social context that led and leads to such creations. Writing, research, presentations and discussions will lead students to think critically about the various texts as well as relate such works to their own personal and cultural experiences. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111-4 - Topic: Do Words Make a Difference (W) (1)

    Do Words Make a Difference? The Language of the Me Too, Black Lives Matter, Alt-Right, and other Twentieth-Century Movements.

    This course will examine the contested language and rhetorics of recent social movements, and reflect on the relationship between language and power. Who has the power to define social movements? What rhetorical appeals have been most effective and with whom? What difference does language make with respect to (shifting) individual and group identities? What is the relationship between language and political efficacy? How has the conflict between banning hate speech and protecting freedom of speech been socially drawn and contested? Students will develop skills in academic research, writing and discussion. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111-4 - Topic: Literary Responses to War (W) (1)

    Walt Whitman said of the Civil War that the “real war will never get in the books.” What versions of war, then, do get in books? And how does literary form reflect the history of war? This course will expose students to different artistic responses to war and the critical skills necessary to analyze them. Course discussions will consider the limitations of representation and documentation as well as the uses and ethics of art. Our foremost concern will not be with “what happened” but with how what happened has been represented - or not represented. Because this is a first-year writing course, we will also spend significant time on the processes of drafting, revision, and scholarly research. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 111-4 - Topic: Shakespeare & Freedom (W) (1)

    How does Shakespeare portray personal and political quests for freedom? What do his plays suggest about the power of freedom, its fruits and the responsibilities it demands? In this academic writing seminar, we will focus on a couple of plays, such as Julius Caesar and The Tempest, whose dramatic action is propelled by quests for freedom. We will study closely the playtexts, several of their performances, and selected contemporary literary and cinematic works that appropriate the plays for the goals of progressive social and political movements, from anti-colonial resistance through gay and queer liberation, to the youth movements in the new European democracies calling for the restoration of ethics to politics. We will also address the big question of the social value of literature. In today’s age of insatiable consumer appetites, what good is Shakespeare in particular and the arts more generally? Written assignments, including a paper involving library research, will challenge your creativity and hone your analytical and critical reading skills. Plan on daily writing, reflection on the writing process, and thoughtful revision of your papers. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (Writing Requirement)
  

  • ENG 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)

    Introduces students to methods of reading, analyzing, and interpreting literature. Focus on understanding conventions and technical aspects of a literary work and on introduction to multiple genres of literature. Students do close reading and are introduced to additional methods of critical inquiry involving literature. Shows students how to apply critical and literary vocabulary, and to develop writing and research skills.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 202 - Introduction to Film Studies (1)

    An introduction to film as an art form, cultural practice, and institution. The class focuses on questions of film form and style (narrative, editing, sound, framing, mise-en-scène) and introduces students to concepts in film history and theory (e.g. national cinemas, periods and movements, institution, authorship, spectatorship, ideology, style, genre). Students develop a basic critical vocabulary and research practices for examining film. They apply their skills in oral and written analysis and interpretation to a wide range of films: old and new, local and global, mainstream and less familiar. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 215 - Introduction to Creative Writing (1)

    Beginning course in creative writing and an introductory course to the English major. Students will explore a myriad of writing techniques and approaches to writing in a variety of genres. Students will write, share work, and offer critiques. The course also includes the study of published authors as models for student writing, as literary historical context for artistic creation, and for the study of creative theory. Students will learn to analyze texts from a writer’s perspective, which they will apply to their own writing and to the study of literature in the major. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19.
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 220 - Nature Writing (1)

    A creative writing workshop focused on writing concerned with the environment and human relationships with the environment. Our focus will be on non-fiction and the lyric essay. Students will produce a range of creative works and will engage in thoughtful discussion and critique of peers’ work. We will also read widely in the tradition of environmental writers, including writers such as Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, Sigurd Olson, Annie Dillard, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, and Gary Snyder to study techniques used by these writers. Offered in alternate or every third year.
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 230 - Caribbean Literature (1)

    This course offers the unique experience of studying Caribbean literature in the Bahamas. We will study a range of genres, including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, from a range of time periods and Caribbean islands. We will also treat the landscape itself as a text, “reading” the natural world and such sites as ruins and monuments to understand the environment and history of San Salvador island. Course topics may include the creation of national identity through literature, local writers and tourists responding to the environment, and writing from a postcolonial position. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 240 - Theatre, Architecture, and the Arts in Great Britain (1)

    A study of British literary, heritage, and theatre tourism. While reflecting on the history and present-day state of cultural tourism in the United Kingdom, students visit literary and historical sites in Scotland and England, attend a range of theatre events in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, and visit museums and galleries in London and beyond. Students will read travel writing and plays, keep an academic travel journal, and write several short papers. Team-taught in the United Kingdom. Registration entails additional costs. Prerequisites: Either a Writing-designated course (W), or one of the following: ENG 201 , ENG 202 , ENG 215 . Students must secure permission of instructor and have at least 2.0 GPA and be in good disciplinary and financial standing with the College. The course will be offered next in 2017-18.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 267 - Multicultural Literature (1)

    Critical analysis of texts by national and international writers of “minority” status, which may include groups marginalized by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class. Consideration of the role of an author’s status or identity in literary study. In Block 7 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online. Prerequisite: Writing designated course (W). Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 274 - Topics: Text/Art: Literary Meets Visual (1)

    In this course, you will examine the text art, visual poetry, and other intermedia work of writers and artists from the last 100 years, using these pieces to provide context and inspiration for your own projects. We’ll begin in the early 20th century with Italian Futurism’s “words-in-freedom” (parole in libertà) and the British Vorticist magazine Blast; move through later-20th-century artists such as Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Cecilia Vicuña; and end with contemporary writers whose work incorporates visual elements, including Instagram poets such as Rupi Kaur. Throughout the block, you will respond critically and creatively to this work, testing the limits of genre and medium, exploring the possibilities of guerrilla art interventions in an advertising- and media-saturated culture, and ultimately designing a final project that updates text art for our new media age.
    (Fine Arts)
  
  
  
  

  • ENG 311 - Grammar and the Politics of English (1)

    An examination of the structures and forms which currently govern standard usage of the English language. Encompasses a broad view of grammar as a subject by a wide-ranging investigation of the history and development of the language. Examines the social and political implications of the development of English as a global language. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and a writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 317 - Advanced Poetry Writing (1)

    Advanced course in writing poetry. Students will study techniques, share work, and offer critiques. The course will also include the study of published poetry. Additional topics will include publication options, manuscript submission procedures, and resources for writers. Prerequisites: ENG 215  and sophomore standing. May be repeated once for credit. Alternate years.
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 318 - Advanced Fiction Writing (1)

    Advanced course in writing fiction. Students will study techniques, share work, and offer critiques. The course will also include the study of published fiction. Additional topics may include publication options, manuscript submission procedures, and resources for writers. Prerequisites: ENG 215  and sophomore standing. May be repeated once for credit. Alternate years.
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 319 - Advanced Critical Writing (1)

    Advanced course in academic writing. In discussion, intensive workshops, and individual instruction, students will critically read and evaluate their own work and the work of their peers, as well as professional academic writers. In addition to writing several papers, students will substantially revise and expand the research for a paper they have written for a previous course. Students must bring to class on the first day a short paper they are prepared to further research and revise. The course will also give considerable attention to advanced information literacy and advanced writing style. This course is especially appropriate for students who intend to pursue graduate study or careers with a strong writing component. Prerequisites: junior standing and a writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
  

  • ENG 321 - Studies in Medieval Literature (1)

    Topical concentrations in English and world literature of the Middle Ages, including cultural context. Topics may include: Arthurian romance, Dante, Chaucer, the mystical tradition, chivalry, etc. Prerequisites: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . When offered off campus, the course entails additional prerequisites. Alternate years or every third year. No S/U option.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 322 - Medieval and Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare’s Rivals (1)

    A study of the drama of Shakespeare’s predecessors, contemporaries, and rivals - such as Cary, Dekker, Ford, Marlowe, Middleton, etc. - within the context of the booming printing and theater trades of early modern England. The course develops editing skills by producing a new teaching edition of an early modern play. Prerequisite: writing designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 323 - Shakespeare I: Comedies and Romances (1)

    Analytical, cultural-historical, and performative approaches to Shakespeare. Discussion of selected comedies and romances in their cultural contexts and contemporary performance. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19. Prerequisite: writing designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 324 - Shakespeare II: Histories and Tragedies (1)

    Critical analysis of Shakespeare’s histories and tragedies, with attention paid to their cultural contexts and performative aspects. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 325 - Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature (1)

    English and world literature from the period 1500-1660. Topics may include: women writers; literature of geographic exploration; lyric poetry; studies of authors, such as Donne, Elizabeth I, Spenser, or of authors’ circles, such as the Sidney family. The course entails a hands-on introduction to book arts, including letterpress printing. Prerequisite: ENG 111 , ENG 201 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 326 - Milton (1)

    This course will provide a deep and thorough engagement with John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost. Attention will be given to the reading practices of early modern and post-modern audiences. Additional materials may include critical articles and other works by John Milton, like Comus, Samson Agonistes, or selections from his sonnets or prose works. The course will conclude with a consideration of contemporary uses for Milton’s epic. Prerequisites: writing-designated course (W), and ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 327 - Shakespeare after Shakespeare: Performance and Cultural Criticism (1)

    A study of Shakespeare’s plays as blueprints for performance, and of the historically and culturally diverse forms of Shakespearean performances on stage and screen, including Asian, East European, and other renditions. Focus on the relationship of performance to the processes of cultural formation and reflection. Students in the class engage in performance workshops and theatre and/or media production activities enabled by the Stephen Lacey Memorial Shakespeare Fund. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 328 - Eighteenth Century English Literature (1)

    Drama, poetry and essays of the period 1660-1798. Discussion of the interplay between culture and literature. Topics may include colonialism; civility, honor and barbarism; politics and poetics of Restoration drama. Authors may include Behn, Wycherly and Rochester, Addison and Steele, Swift, Pope, and Eliza Haywood. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 329 - Eighteenth Century Fiction (1)

    Examination of fiction written between 1660-1789. Discussion of the novel and the anti-novel using works such as Pamela, Joseph Andrews, The Female Quixote, Tristram Shandy, and Northanger Abbey. Some discussion of contemporary creative and critical responses to eighteenth-century fiction. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 111 , ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 331 - British Literature of the Romantic (1)

    An examination of intellectual, political, and aesthetic movements of the English Romantic period 1789-1832. May focus on a topic such as gender and Romantic poetics, the Gothic impulse, or slavery and abolition. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W),or ENG 111 , ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 332 - Queering the Restoration (1)

    This course examines the construction and disruption of gender–especially on the stage–during Restoration England (1660-1714). Readings will include comedy and drama from the period, along with historical and contemporary theories of gender and theatre. Assignments include papers, research projects, and performance. This course also counts towards the GSS major. Prerequisites: W course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 , or GSS 171 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 333 - Victorian Literature (1)

    Poetry, novels, essays, and plays written between 1837 and 1901. May focus on a topic, such as the Victorian life cycle, political reform movements, or turn-of-the-century decadence. In Block 7 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 334 - Nineteenth Century English Novel (1)

    A study of one or more forms: the domestic novel, the Gothic novel, the serial novel, the novel of social critique. Authors may include Austen, Shelley, Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, and Wilde. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 335 - Virginia Woolf (1)

    Novels and essays by the iconic and innovative early twentieth century British writer and critic, Virginia Woolf, including A Room of One’s Own and other groundbreaking essays, novels such as Jacob’s Room, To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, Orlando, and Between the Acts, and her autobiographical writing “A Sketch of the Past.” This course also counts toward the GSS major. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 336 - Early Twentieth Century Literature (1)

    Texts from the first half of the twentieth century, chosen from British and American writers such as Rebecca West, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Richardson, H. D., Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Zora Neale Hurston, and others. The course may include films of the early twentieth century, and may focus on a topic such as films and literature of World War I or transatlantic modernist experiments in literature and film. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 343 - The American Renaissance (1)

    Literary and cultural trends in the early- and mid-nineteenth century with attention to Transcendentalism, Melville’s Moby-Dick, and philosophical contradictions within the period. Authors in addition to Melville may include Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Douglass, and Alcott Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 345 - Late Nineteenth Century American Literature (1)

    Literary and cultural trends of the late-nineteenth century with a focus on the relationship between literary and social movements of the time period. Authors may include Twain, James, Whitman, Stove, Wells-Barnett, Davis, Gilman, and Riis. Course may include a civic engagement component and/or group research project investigating the role of literature in reform movements. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 347 - Modern American Literature: Encountering the Wilderness, Literature, and Photo-Writing at the Boundary Waters (Wilderness Field Station, Minnesota) (1)

    t the wilderness that we study. We will reflect upon art and meditation as ways of relating to the wilderness; we will keep journals/portfolios of projects involving writing, literary analysis, meditation, and photography (including a one-photo-a-day project inspired by Jim Brandenberg’s works). Open to seasoned campers & neophytes. Registration entails additional costs, estimated $500. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 .
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 350 - American Nature Writers (1)

    Study of writers who share a concern with human relationships with nature, landscape, and the environment. Authors may include Muir, Leopold, Dillard, Carson, Abbey, and Krakauer. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 351 - Studies in African-American Literature (1)

    Study of African-American Literature and/or film. Topics may include African-American women writers and directors and the slave narrative. This course also counts towards the GSS major. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 361 - Modern Poetry (1)

    Study of experimental poetic trends in the first half of the twentieth century. Poets may include Eliot, Stevens, Williams, Stein, Loy, Millay, Hughes, and H.D. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 363 - Contemporary Fiction (1)

    Intensive look at recent and experimental developments in fiction as represented by writers such as Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston, Don DeLillo, and Tim O’Brien. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 364 - Contemporary Poetry (1)

    Study of poets whose work has come to prominence since 1950 and an overview of contemporary poetic trends in America. Poets may include Lowell, Ginsberg, Ashbery, Rich, Plath, Olds, and Graham. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 365 - Comparative Literature and Cinema (1)

    Investigating some of the multi-faceted connections between literature and film, this course may focus on a topic such as the investigation of transatlantic avant-garde film and the “little magazines” or film societies and literary coteries of the early twentieth century. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 370 - AIDS Literature, Film, and Social Theory (1)

    Study of the historical emergence and consequences of HIV/AIDS through memoirs, novels, plays, documentary and feature films, and essays. In evaluating the way literature shapes our understanding of HIV and AIDS, we will explore pertinent issues of race, gender, nationality, and sexual identity. May include service learning component with required field trips. This course also counts towards the GSS major. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Offered in alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 371 - Literary Theory (1)

    Survey of literary theories with emphasis on the second half of the twentieth century through the present. Theories considered may include Narrative Theory, Feminist theories, Reader-Response Theory, New Historicism, Postmodernism, and Cultural Studies as well as newer approaches. Recommended for students who may be interested in pursuing graduate studies in English. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 372 - Film and Film Studies (1)

    The study of films as artistic and cultural texts. The focus may be on the study of an individual director, Hitchcock, or a broader topic, such as Women Directors, or a particular period in film history, such as Avant Garde Films of the 1920’s and 1930’s. See Topics Courses  for expanded current course description. (This is not a film production course.) Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 373 - Advanced Topics: Lit & Social Justice (Chicago) (1)

    The city of Chicago has always been home to writers involved in social justice movements. Using Chicago as a backdrop, this interdisciplinary course will question the relationship between literature and society. Through shared readings, archival research, and visits to local organizations, students will explore the challenges and constraints faced by individuals and groups seeking social change; the rhetoric used by individual authors and by organizations seeking social change; the construction of identity in social movements; and the role of literature in reform movements. The class will examine issues of race and socio-economic class through case studies of abolition and race relations, the settlement movement, immigration, and labor movements in the 19th and early-20th centuries. By connecting literature to context and to practice, students will investigate the complex web among writers, communities, social issues, and social change. A significant portion of the course takes place at the McLennan Center in Chicago. We will visit historic sites such as Hull House, contemporary neighborhoods where activists are working for social change, and sites of literary importance. This course counts towards the English major as a Social/Global Concerns course and as a 19th-century group iii course. This course counts towards the Sociology & SAN majors; credit for ANT must be determined in conjunction with advisor. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201, 202, or 215; individual courses may have additional prerequisites.

    Chicago

    A non-refundable deposit of $150 will be due on Monday April 8th and must be paid using the online system. Students must be in good academic, disciplinary, and financial standing with the College at the time of registration and one month prior to the beginning of the course. Details of this policy are available in the Catalogue. The total course fee is $350. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 ; individual courses may have additional prerequisites.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 380 - Internship (1)

    Diverse internship options may include writing and editing in the commercial world, such as working for a newspaper, a magazine, a publishing house, or another communications medium. See Additional Academic Opportunities , All-College Independent Study Courses 280/380. Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 .
    (CR)
  

  • ENG 381 - Advanced Topics: Imitation & Experiment in Speculative Lit (1)

    When is a Clone Not a Clone? Imitation and Experimentation in Speculative Literature. Distinguished Visitng Writer

    The term “speculative fiction” encompasses and traverses many forms of imaginative literature, including but not limited to the futuristic, the alternative, the supernatural and the superhero. In this creative writing workshop, we’ll study novels in each of these subcategories of the “speculative,” both to draw inspiration from their worlds and models and to experiment with them ourselves, as we ask large questions about craft and genre. What does it mean to “copy,” to approach an artform through conscious imitation? How can we add to a field of writing already so rich in examples and experiments? The clones, ghostly twins, and shadowy doubles conjured by authors Kazuo Ishiguro, Shirley Jackson, and Swati Avasthi will help us expand our understanding of the boundary-bending that energizes so much speculative writing (and that makes it so exciting), as we workshop exercises, plotlines, and imaginative landscapes, and create our own alternate worlds, at once familiar and unfamiliar. This course is open to students who may have little to no creative writing experience; just bring your love of reading, writing, imagining, and a willingness to invent and play (with the help of some amazing writers). Prerequisite: writing-designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215  
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 383 - Advanced Topics: Novel Writing (NaNoWriMo) (1)

    National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenges writers to produce a draft of a novel in a single month’s time. This creative writing course will adopt some of the tenets of NaNoWriMo, privileging generation over revision at the early stages of the writing process and providing “structure, community, and encouragement.” In addition to producing a significant portion of a novel draft through ambitious daily word count goals, students will be introduced to the work of contemporary novelists and will reflect on the literary traditions influencing their novel. Open to students with previous experience writing fiction and an idea for a novel to begin on day one. Pre-requisite: ENG 215  and sophomore standing.
    (Fine Arts)
  
  
  

  • ENG 411 - Senior Seminar (1)

    Advanced, theoretically informed engagement with literary studies, broadly defined, including reflection on what the English major brings to intellectual and creative life beyond the undergraduate years. See Topics Courses  for current topics and course descriptions. Prerequisites: English major and senior standing.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 412 - Senior Project in Creative Writing (1)

    This course serves as the second half of the capstone experience for students completing the English major’s creative writing concentration. Students will work independently on a creative writing project started in previous workshops, meet independently with the instructor to discuss their progress and work on successive drafts, and meet with other students for an intensive workshop of projects. Students will also work with the instructor to create, complete, and discuss a reading list relevant to their project. The goal is to produce work for publication and/or public performance. The Senior Project Workshop will be conducted as a combination of workshop with other course members, independent study, and one-on-one mentoring. The block will also include professional training in the submission and publication process as well as graduate school and careers in writing.
  

  • ENG 413 - Senior Project in Critical Writing (1)

    This course serves as the second half of the capstone experience for students completing the English major’s concentrations in Literary Studies and in Film and Literary Studies. Students will work independently to develop a project proposed in ENG 411  into a theoretically informed research thesis of substantial length. The goal is to produce work for public presentation or for publication in an undergraduate journal or comparable venue. The course will also include professional training in the processes of conference and publication submission and review. The Senior Project Workshop will be conducted as a combination of workshop with other course members, independent study, and one-on-one mentoring.
  
  
  

  • ENG 510 - Introduction to Book Arts (1/4)

    The course will introduce participants to the field of book arts, including page design, letterpress, typesetting, printing, and book construction through demonstrations and hands-on experience. Sessions may also include field trips to libraries and museums, fine presses, and/or Book Studies Programs. To earn credit, students must complete four sessions and all homework, including a culminating project. A complete schedule of workshops and fieldtrips will be distributed at an informational session to be held at the beginning of the academic year. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
    (CR)
  

  • ENG 715 - Literature in Action: Editing (1/4)

    Serving in one of the supervisory positions for the English Department literary magazine Open Field (or similar magazine): Editor, Assistant Editor, Web Editor, Art/Design Editor. Participation must be supervised by a member of the Department and the work carried out within a single semester. May be repeated for credit.
    (Fine Arts) (CR)

Environmental Studies
  

  • ENV 101 - Environmental Perspectives (1)

    An interdisciplinary examination of the interplay between the artistic, social and scientific components of modern environmental issues. Not open to juniors or seniors.
  

  • ENV 201 - Environmental Biology (1)

    Investigation of the fundamental biological principles underlying how humans and other living things interact with an environment increasingly altered by human activities. These principles will be applied to understanding and seeking practical solutions to modern environmental problems. Prerequisite: ENV 101  or any science credit. Alternate years.
    (Laboratory Science)
  

  • ENV 202 - The Chemistry of Natural Waters (1)

    This course introduces some of the fundamental concepts used for understanding the chemical processes occurring in the environment. Topics covered will include: chemical bonding and structure; cycling of chemical substances and elements in the atmosphere, oceans, and soils; the chemistry of atmospheric and water pollution; chemical analysis of environmental samples. This course cannot be used to satisfy course requirements in the chemistry major. Offered as an off-campus course in alternate years which incurs additional costs. Prerequisite: ENV 101  or any science credit.
    (Laboratory Science)
  
  

  • ENV 280 - Internship in Environmental Studies (1)

    Working with a business, government agency, or other institution under the direction of the organization’s leaders and a faculty supervisor. See Additional Academic Opportunities, All-College Independent Study Courses 280/380.
  
  
  

  • ENV 301 - Hydrogeology (1)

    The study of hydrogeology, landscape evolution, and earth surface processes. Particular attention will be paid to the dynamics of groundwater and surfacewater. Includes field- and laboratory-based group research projects on various local and regional topics, and reading of primary literature. Co-listed with GEO 320  . Alternate years. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19. Prerequisite: ENV 201  or ENV 202  .
    (Laboratory Science)
  

  • ENV 380 - Internship (1)

    See Additional Academic Opportunities , All-College Independent Study Courses 280/380. Prerequisites: junior standing; at least one of the three required 300-level courses; approval by the participating institution, the faculty supervisor, and the Environmental Studies advisor.
    (CR)
  
  
  

  • ENV 485 - Environmental Studies Research (1)

    Serves as a capstone experience for the environmental studies major. Research on a subject or problem selected by the student and approved by the instructor, involving library and field or laboratory study. Comprehensive term paper and oral report. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  
  

  • ENV 912 - Tanzania: Studies in Human Evolution and Ecology (1)

    see ACM Programs .
  

  • ENV 942 - Costa Rica: Tropical Field Research (1)

    see ACM Programs .

Ethnic Studies
  

  • EST 123 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (1)

    Examination of the meaning of ethnicity, race, and minority status. The relationship between race, class, and ethnicity. The psychology of prejudice. Structural discrimination. The evolution of ethnic interactions. The course is interdisciplinary in method and cross-cultural in perspective. Not open to seniors without permission of instructor.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • EST 485 - Readings/Research in Ethnic Studies (1)

    Student designed individual research in selected areas. Focus to be a research paper or project whose subject matter has been approved by both the professor directing the paper/project and by the Ethnic Studies Program Committee. May be taken under the direction of any professor currently offering courses listed as part of the Ethnic Studies major. Prerequisites: a declared major in Ethnic Studies, EST 123 , at least six additional courses that may be counted towards the Ethnic Studies major, permission of the instructor, and approval by the Ethnic Studies Program Committee. No S/U option.
  
  

Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
  

  • GSS 171 - Gender, Power, and Identity (1)

    This interdisciplinary core course in the program analyzes how notions of race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, physical ability and other aspects of social location materially influence people’s lives. To conduct our analysis, we will consider various strands of feminism, divergent positions among queer theorists, and arguments drawn from other identity based fields (e.g ethnic studies, American studies, postcolonial studies) in order to survey and compare several perspectives on gender, race, sexuality, race and class. Placing gender and sexuality at the center of analysis, we will address some of the basic concepts in Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies. We will also explore questions regarding incorporating other social categories such as race, ethnicity, class and nationality. Throughout the course we will complete readings, watch films, and engage in exercises to explore the past, present and potential future understandings about gender and sexuality, paying close attention to political, cultural, and economic contexts. In Block 8 2020, this course was evaluated as Credit/No Credit and was taught online due to COVID-19.
  

  • GSS 270 - Social Justice Perspectives and Practices (1)

    Intersectional and interdisciplinary exploration of feminist and other social justice perspectives and practices relevant to understanding and responding to social oppression. Course discussions focus on power, privilege, oppression, and implications for social change. Activities and assignments focus on using social justice remedies or ‘tools,’ such as individual resistance, policy, advocacy, and social action, and collective struggle to propose solutions to contemporary problems. Areas studied might include critical race theory and critical race feminism, queer theory, women of color feminisms, transnational/global feminisms, disability studies, liberation theory, postcolonial theory, feminist ‘locational’ theories. Specific topics vary by instructor.
 

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