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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 331   and MAT 122 .
  

  • EGR 336 - Topics: Signal Processing (1)

    The signal processing deals with a wide variety of applications including audio and speech processing, sonar, radar, image processing, biomedical engineering, and telecommunications and many more. The course covers fundamental concepts in signal processing, including an introduction to discrete-time systems. The course topics include discrete-time signals and systems, Z-Transform, discrete-Time Fourier Transform and DFT, FFT, design and implementation of digital filters, statistical methods, optimal filters, and error analysis. The course will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of signal processing, emphasising how to implement efficient algorithms in Octave/Matlab. EGR 311  
    (Laboratory Science)
  

  • 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 362 - Control Systems Engineering (1)

    The goal of Control System Engineering is to apply control theory (classical or modern) to analyze and design systems with desired behavior. The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the topic of feedback control design with applications on various systems. This course covers the mathematical modeling of mechanical, electrical systems, the transient and steady-state response analysis, Root-Locus and frequency response methods, PID controllers, and control systems analysis in state space. In this course Matlab/Simulink is used to practice modeling and controller design. Prerequisites: MAT 221 , EGR 231  & EGR 311 . Alternate years.
  
  

  • 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. Prerequisites: EGR 231 , EGR 271 , EGR 311 , and one additional EGR 300-level course, Senior standing or permission of instructor.
  
  
  

  • EGR 450 - Engineering Cooperative Experience

    The co-op is for upper-class engineering students who spend a full semester (4 blocks) working off-campus at a company. Through the co-op program, students are able to alternate academic study with full-time employment, gaining practical experience in engineering. Students must have at least junior standing at the start of the work assignment.  The position must be at least 4 consecutive blocks and at most 8 consecutive blocks long. Requires approval of academic advisor once the student submits a job description and contact information for the supervisor. Course is Pass/Fail only.
  
  

English and Creative Writing
  

  • ENG 111 - Be Transformed: Feminist Fairy-Tale Adaptations and the Creative Process (W) (1)

    Fairy tales have ignited the imagination of children and sophisticated salon readers, storytellers and political activists, authors and film-makers. Contemporary authors have used their familiar tropes and narratives to open up space for the mysterious and the emancipatory in stories of ordinary drudgery, neglect, injustice, violence. Case in point: the role of fairy-tales in the feminist fiction of Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue, English writer Angela Carter, and Nigerian-English author (currently a Czech expat) Helen Oyeyemi, which will be the focus of our discussions and writing in this class. We will dedicate our work to developing a basic vocabulary and guided practice analyzing both contemporary literary adaptations of fairy-tales and scholarship about these adaptations, toning our academic writing muscles by writing in a variety of informal and formal formats, developing writing strategies, and reflecting on writing as a multi-stage and recursive process. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 111 - 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 and Latina 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, film, video, nonfiction writing, contemporary social movements, social media culture, and more. By the end of the block, you will read more actively, ask better questions, add nuance to your critical thinking, hold better conversations, make strong claims supported by evidence, give useful feedback on the writing of others, incorporate feedback into successful revisions, and produce new media writing. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 111 - 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, outer space, 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, evaluate just how “objective” science has been or could be, and examine the role that literary devices and trends played in the development of scientific knowledge. The course will ask students to produce multiple pieces of polished prose to be gathered together as part of a larger portfolio that explores these and other issues. Texts will include examples of science fiction - from novels to poetry - as well as contemporary films, short stories, and other genres. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 111 - The Marginalized, Monsters and Me (W) (1)

    This is a course about reading, thinking, and writing about the individual and society’s influence on the individual.  The course will examine the notion of “normalcy”-relating to writing, reading and society generally.  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, particularly in the United States, that led and lead 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.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 111 - The Writings of Mary Shelley (W) (1)

    This course will introduce students to lesser-known works by the author of Frankenstein, including Shelley’s apocalyptic novel about a global pandemic titled The Last Man, as well as Shelley’s European travel writing. Students will also be introduced to critical reading, academic writing, and research at the college level. While the course focuses on writing in the Humanities, we will practice features of good writing common to all academic disciplines, and identify different expectations across disciplines. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
    (First Year Writing Seminar (FYW)) (Humanities)
  

  • 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 200 - Nature Writing: Art & the Environment (SYS) (1)

    This class will examine contemporary environmental issues and explore the role that the arts can have in response to these issues. How can an artist spark passion, curiosity, and engagement in their audience? We explore issues of land conservation, biodiversity, and-since we will be here in midwestern farmland at harvest time-land management and industrial agriculture. We will visit with local farmers, parks, and managed lands. We will use these experiences as the material for lyric essays, studying the ways that we can effectively respond to the complexity of these issues. We will develop our own sense of what it means to be an environmentally conscious citizen in the 21st century. Only open to sophomores.
    (Sophomore Year Seminar (SYS)) (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 200 - Social Media & Social Justice (SYS) (1)

    Social media platforms like TikTok, twitter, Facebook, and more advertise themselves as tools for making and sustaining connections. For many, those connections function as a way of sharing information-about popular culture, life events, and social and political developments. In this course, we will discuss the potential that social media offers for inspiring genuine social change. Is Facebook doomed to be nothing more than a haven for conspiracy theories? Is twitter filled with nothing but bots? Do the geographic and demographic patterns of their users limit any meaningful impact? In this second-year seminar, we will combine critical readings and intense discussions with real-life projects like learning to write for social media in a professional capacity, writing and editing web copy, using modern media to create positive change in our communities, and generating community projects from conceptualization to completion. Only open to sophomores.
    (Sophomore Year Seminar (SYS)) (Humanities)
  

  • 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 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)

    Introduction to Literary Studies 2022 Spring Block 6 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. This section begins with the play W;it, segues to the sonnet, leaps to Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, a essay/novel by Virginia Woolf, a graphic novel and a Marvel comic, engages with FIRE! The 1926 literary and art magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, and ends with the poignant Korean fable/novel, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang.
    (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.

    This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Creative Expression. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application.
    (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 271 - Video Games as Literature (1)

    As any avid gamer knows, the best games are the ones that offer us something beyond sexy graphics and exciting special effects. Whether you prefer isometric ARPGs, realistic FPS, or indie platformers with quirky characters, the reason we come back to play for hundreds of hours boils down to worldbuilding. The skills, weapons, armor, and quest items for each playable character have more of an impact on gameplay and on our experience of the game if they link in meaningful ways to that character and their backstory. For those who love an immersive gaming experience, the overarching narrative of the world itself can make a huge difference in continuing to entice our engagement. In this class, we’re going to combine significant amounts of gameplay with thought-provoking readings and casual writing projects to delve into how and why we can value the literary aspects of video games. We will cover topics ranging from what it means to be human, where our fears come from, or what kinds of bodies are valued to philosophical questions like the significance of choice, fate vs free will, and the ethics of violence. In doing so, we’ll also read a collection of short stories to draw direct comparisons between more typically “literary” forms of storytelling and games.
    (Humanities) (Writing Encounter)
  

  • ENG 273 - Topics: Archival Quests (1)

    Contemporary approaches to curating, preserving, and presenting knowledge have fostered a literary and artistic fascination with manuscripts, archives, book history, and old media. Archival Quests integrates the study of fiction and poetry that embodies the idea of the archive with hands-on exploration of practical and ethical questions involved in archival work. Literary readings may include Geraldine Brooks’s historical novel, People of the Book, Muriel Rukeyser’s groundbreaking documentary poem The Book of the Dead, or Claudia Rankine’s multi-media collection of lyric essays, Citizen: An American Lyric. Archival work will engage with twentieth-century publications of Cornell’s Hillside Press in Cole Library’s archives, the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections, and/or the M. Horvat Collection of Science Fiction Fanzines, also at the UI Special Collections. Part literary seminar, part lab work in book history and book art, part individualized research tutorial, part workshop in textual editing and e-publishing, Archival Quests will culminate in the creation of a class digital archive publicizing short fiction and poetry from the Hillside Press chapbooks. Prerequisite: writing designated course (W) or ENG 201.
    (Humanities)
  

  • ENG 274 - Topics: Intersectional Creative Writing With New Media (1)

    Intersectional Creative Writing with New Media engages difference–such as race, gender, citizenship, sexuality, and identity–through audio, video, electronic literature, and new media creative writing. Students will learn about and write poetry, fiction, non-fiction through experimentation with digital platforms with a focus on race, gender, justice, and identity in the digital sphere. Students will also read “digitally informed” “traditional” texts such as Claudia Rankine’s Citizen and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee to further explore ways creative writing, new media, and social justice intersect on the page. This course will include rigorous reading, writing, workshopping, labs, special guest speakers, and field trips to better facilitate digital learning and creative writing. Through constructionist learning–learning through creating–students will engage in creative writing and digital media making grounded in dialogues of intersectionality in our digital age. Prerequisite(s): Writing-designated course or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 .
    (Fine Arts)
  

  • ENG 275 - Topics: Digital Explorations of Mary Shelley (1)

    Mary Shelley’s speculative novel, The Last Man (1826), tells the story of a fictional pandemic, the result of a mysterious pathogen, from the perspective of humanity’s lone survivor. Although less well-known than Frankenstein, The Last Man-with its reflections on devastations wreaked by war, colonialism, disease and loneliness, alongside its celebration of humanity’s capacity for love-is arguably a novel for today. Students in this project-based course will study the novel and Shelley’s life in depth, while learning about new, digital-based ways of engaging with literature that even Shelley may not have dreamed possible. The culminating work will be a project that digitally showcases students’ discoveries about this remarkable piece of fiction. As an introduction to Digital Literary Studies, this course will interest students who enjoy reading literature and would like to develop new digital and quantitative literacy skills, as well as students already familiar with digital analytics, programming, or GIS who wish to learn more about literary studies. Prerequisite(s): Writing (W) course or ENG 201.
    (Humanities)
  
  
  
  

  • 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.

    This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Creative Expression. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application. 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) (Intercultural Literacy Encounter)
  

  • 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: Writing designated (W) course, 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) (Intercultural Literacy Encounter)
  

  • 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.

    This course is pre-approved for transcript notation in the Ingenuity in Action category, Creative Expression. To participate and earn notation of completion on your transcript, please complete the Ingenuity in Action application. 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 368 - African-American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance (1)

    The Harlem Renaissance of the1920s 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 (20-21st century) of the English major, toward the Ethnic Studies major, and toward the GSS major. Prerequisites: Writing designated course (W), or ENG 201 , ENG 202 , or ENG 215 .
    (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 381 - Advanced Topics: Living Language: The Work of New Media Writing and Hybrid Forms (1)

    In this contemporary moment, in this digital world - with the increasing accessibility of language, the increasing hybridity of language - is language more vulnerable or is it more alive? Can a zine be used to advance discourse on rape culture? Can an Instagram essay be used to give voice to immigration narratives? Can a podcast become a poem, a hyperlink a piece of evidence, a caption an argument? The poet Aimé Césaire writes: “Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.” In this course, we will consider what it means to use new media writing and language as a form of resisting sterile spectatorship. How can it be a way of reclaiming life, of activating warning, of actively noticing? How does the act of noticing complicate both our writing, reading, and our humanness? And, more than anything, how can it help us negotiate identity in increasingly fraught sociopolitical contexts?<p/>Together we will develop annotated chapbooks, our own interactive zines, online scavenger hunts, installed audio visual essays, and more. We will embark on listening projects, nature walks, research expeditions. We will read and work with writers and multimedia artists alike - including but not limited to: John Cage, Claudia Rankine, Sarah Minor, Carmen Maria Machado, Jeff Sharlet, Hanif Abdurraquib, C.A. Conrad, Bernadette Mayer, Ann Hamilton, Marina Abramovic… Though we will cover acres of ground in both our own work and the work of others, we will stay anchored to the central question of what work each work is trying to do. In other words: where is the stake? How is the language alive, how is it making use of form to produce activity, change, conversation - and what is our role in this.
    (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.

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

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