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2020-2021 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

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English and Creative Writing
  

  • 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
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 111-2 - Topic: Fairy Tale Creative Process (W) (1)

    Fairy tales have ignited the imagination of children and sophisticated salon readers, storytellers and political activists, creative writers and film-makers. Sometimes dismissed as trite little (girl) stories or escapist fantasies, they have been discussed, conversely, as illuminating powerful anxieties and desire, as windows into the history of childhood and the family, as emancipatory dreams. To the writerly imagination, they are a treasure trove. Case in point: their prominence in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the fulcrum of this First-Year Writing course, which reworks the familiar “Beauty and the Beast” tale, contains echoes from “Bluebeard,” and fragments from non-Western tales featuring slaves and cannibals, an Egyptian witch, a maid from Barbary, and a conniving devil. Othello itself has been re-worked in a variety of media and we will explore the fairy-tale qualities of some of these transformations by contemporary authors.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, transformational revision. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))
  

  • ENG 111-2, 5 - Topic: Science Fiction Science Fact (W) (1)

    In this first-year writing seminar, we will trace the history of science fiction as it is influenced by, and diverges from, scientific developments. Organized around several major themes (including artificial intelligence, time travel, and biological alterity) this course will highlight historical and contemporary fictions of science alongside the advancements in the physical sciences that inspired those texts. Along the way, we will question the fact that science and literature have often been considered separate fields of inquiry and examine the role that literary devices and trends played in the development of scientific knowledge. Texts will include early examples of science fiction - from novels to poetry - as well as contemporary films, short stories, and other genres.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))
  

  • ENG 111-3 - 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, personal and critical essays, contemporary social movements, social media culture, and more. Writing assignments will include Moodle posts, a personal essay, an inquiry essay, a frame and case essay, and a collaborative podcast. By the end of the block, you will know how to read more closely, ask better questions, add more nuance to your critical thinking, hold better conversations, make strong claims supported by evidence, give useful feedback on peers’ writing, incorporate feedback into successful revisions, conduct scholarly research, and create new media writing. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))
  

  • ENG 111-5 - Topic: The Art & Activism of Reading (W) (1)

    In this course we will focus on writing through the unique lens of Reading, particularly reading theories about reading, and looking into the Art and Activism of Reading. How is reading transformative? Revolutionary? Rather than escapist? How does writing and reading about utopian visions of more just societies contribute to making them possible? We will consider utopian texts, transformative films, and more. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))
  

  • ENG 111-7 - Topic: Hazardous Journeys & Grand Adventures (W) (1)

    What does it mean to be a traveler? An explorer? An immigrant? How do we reconcile our sense of self in each new context we uncover, on every new ground we tread? How does movement through space and culture fundamentally change us? Humans have been thinking about what it means to exist, to survive, and, even, to thrive or wither in strange lands for centuries. Indeed, because it is inevitably tied up with histories of colonialism, empire, race, gender, and able-bodiedness, travel is no simple thing. In this first-year writing seminar, we will explore the complexities of identity negotiation and formation through a selection of global travel literatures, loosely conceived. The course will encompass a variety of challenging readings and viewings that we will process through extensive in-class discussions, brief oral presentations, small group work, and evidence-based writing assignments. Ultimately, the course is also designed to inspire reflection and critical thinking about our own context and self-identity. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))
  

  • ENG 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)

    Serving as the foundation course for majors in English and Creative Writing, the course 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) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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.
    (Humanities) (Intercultural Literacy Intensive)
  

  • 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.
    (Fine Arts) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • ENG 218 - The Art and Activism of the Journal as Creative Writing (1)

    The journal can be the site for creative writing and activist reflection. For this course, we will read different writers and activists’ journals and craft our own as venues for thinking and growing in the safe experimental space of the journal. Journals will embrace the visual arts and photography as well as writing. The course will engage with the emerging body of theory about the art of the journal, as well as practice of journal writing. The Book Arts focus will use Japanese stab binding and suminagashi (water/ink marbling) to create journals, and perfect binding to create hard-copy journals from digitally composed journals. The focus for a specific course offering may be a topic such as the Environment, Race, Social Justice or Gender. When the course focuses on the Environment (as planned for 2022) it will count as an offering for the Environmental Studies major.
    (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. This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (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. This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (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. Prerequisite: Writing designated course (W). Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities) (Intercultural Literacy Encounter)
  
  
  
  

  • 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) (Writing Intensive)
  

  • 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 alternate grade 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) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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. Prerequisite: writing designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years.
    (Humanities) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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 111-3 , ENG 201 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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 111-3 , 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 111-3 , 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. 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) (Intercultural Literacy Encounter) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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) (Intercultural Literacy Intensive)
  

  • 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 . This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (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)

    The Harlem Renaissance of the. 1920s and 1930s was a dazzling moment in cultural history: a time when African American culture exploded with vibrant and compelling creative work in the visual arts, literature, jazz, blues, and more. We will explore this cultural phenomenon, beginning with the journal FIRE!! reading Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and many more, while watching Jazz shorts and studying artworks from the time. This course counts toward group iv (20-21 century) of the English major, toward the Ethnic Studies major, and toward the GSS major. Prerequisite: writing (W) course, ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 . Alternate years or every third year.
    (Humanities) (Intercultural Literacy Intensive)
  

  • ENG 352 - 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; will reflect on the literary traditions influencing their novels; and will explore a variety of writing processes. Open to students with previous experience writing fiction and an idea for a novel to begin on day one. Prerequisites: ENG 215  and sophomore standing.
    (Fine Arts) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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) (Intercultural Literacy Intensive)
  

  • 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) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • ENG 374 - Advanced Topics: Intro to Digital Humanities (1)

    With new technologies, and with big data sets, the kinds of questions that we can explore in the Humanities have expanded. New media also allows us to share results in new ways. The Digital Humanities is an emerging, interdisciplinary field, creatively combining knowledge and skills from humanities disciplines with information and computer sciences in the spirit of inquiry. Students in this course will be introduced to debates surrounding this new area of study, and will design and implement intro-level Digital Humanities projects of their own. Recommended for computer science and humanities students, but all majors are welcome. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W)
    (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 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.
    (Writing Intensive)
  

  • 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. This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (Writing Intensive) (Writing Intensive)
  
  
  

  • 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. This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Civic Engagement. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (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.  Prerequisite: ENV 201  or ENV 202  .
    (Laboratory Science) (Quantitative Reasoning Encounter) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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.
    (Intercultural Literacy Intensive)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • 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 alternate grade 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.
    (Intercultural Literacy Intensive) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • 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.
    (Intercultural Literacy Intensive) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • GSS 271 - Feminist Theories (1)

    Examination of a variety of theories about feminism, the nature of gender, and its relationship to biological sex, and women’s and men’s roles in society. Theoretical perspectives that posit reasons for the existence of privilege, oppression and various “isms” (e.g., sexism, heterosexism, and racism) will be examined as well as goals and strategies for social change associated with these diverse perspectives. Prerequisite: GSS 171  or any course approved for Women’s Studies major credit.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • GSS 393 - Global Feminisms (1)

    The course will examine the meaning of “feminism” in a global context and study the ways in which local movements, national and international agencies have addressed the issue of gender oppression in the world. The course will also examine some of the issues that have become part of the global agenda for women over the last few decades. Particular attention will be given to women’s movements worldwide and the multiple ways in which women have organized to improve their lives. Prerequisite: GSS 171 , GSS 270 , GSS 271 , or PHI 352 . Alternate years.
    (Social Science)
  
  

  • GSS 487 - Project (1)

    A substantial culminating capstone for the Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies major, typically completed in the senior year. Consists of an original research/criticism paper, a creative writing/performance/exhibition, or a practicum, and a public presentation and defense. Pre-requisites include GSS 171 , GSS 270 , at least four other courses to be counted toward the major, and the approval of the project proposal by the two advisors and instructor.
  
  
  

  • GSS 510 - Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies in Action (1/4)

    What is the relevance of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies? How does it intersect with other academic disciplines? How does it prepare you for life after Cornell? In this adjunct course, Cornell professors and alumni will share the relevance of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies to their own lives. In monthly gatherings, we will discuss how this interdisciplinary field intersects with and influences other disciplinary perspectives and how it prepares us for the future. Professors will share the ways that studying women, gender, and/or sexuality has shaped their own teaching, research, and activism. Alumni will also talk about the effect of GSS studies on their own lives and career paths.
    (CR)
 

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