Course Descriptions
Descriptions of courses offered through the Hamilton Holt School are listed first in alphabetical order by discipline prefix, then numerically. The following key may be used to identify the disciplines represented.
Last update: October 9, 2007
Most of the majors and minors offered through the Hamilton Holt School are of an interdisciplinary nature (several disciplines are represented within the majors and minors). To identify Holt School majors and minors and the course requirements within them, please refer to the section titled "Academic Programs."
Anthropology
ANT 205/305 Topics in Anthropology
Introduces subdisciplines. Varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
ANT 206 Anthropological Perspectives on Love and Marriage
Investigates patterns of courtship and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective. Explores the biological/evolutionary bases of male-female relationships. Includes two texts on love and marriage in non-Western cultures and one non-Western example of fiction pertinent to courtship and marriage.
ANT 210 Human Evolution
Introduces physical anthropology. Reviews genetics, including evolution, then turns to non-human primates as models for human physical and cultural evolution. Examines human fossils and changes in human form and material culture. Dissects debates among paleontologists to illuminate how science works. Suitable for nonmajors.
ANT 228 Introduction to Archaeology
Surveys origins and cultures of early civilizations, including hunter-gatherers, the Neolithic, Sumerians, Egyptians, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas. Contrasts ancient customs and processes of cultural change with those of modern civilization. Suitable for nonmajors.
ANT 251 Indigenous Cultures of North America
This course provides an introduction to indigenous North American cultures through an anthropological perspective. Emphasis is placed on prehistorical and historical periods, social organization, ecology, and cultural change. The goal of the course is to provide a basic understanding of indigenous cultures and to encourage a sensitivity to indigenous issues.
ANT 252 Cultures of China
Surveys the cultures, peoples, and history of mainland China from primitive times until the present. Suitable for nonmajors.
ANT 254 Cultures of Japan
Surveys Japanese culture from its origins to present configurations, touching upon social institutions such as the family, traditional and modern state systems, and the modern Japanese corporation. Evaluates the effects of modernization, influence of the West, and predictions about the future of Japanese society. Suitable for nonmajors.
ANT 275 Sex and Gender: Biology and Culture
Weighs the extent to which sex roles are culturally or genetically determined. Draws on biology, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. Examines gender roles in different cultures, including non-Western societies, and applies insights to contemporary American culture. Suitable for nonmajors.
ANT 280 Social Gerontology
Anthropological and sociological perspectives on the elderly in various societies, from “primitive” to industrialized; what human behaviors are universal in the culture of the elderly; the elderly’s living environments (i.e., the nursing facility, the rehabilitation hospital, and the retirement community); the effects of aging on sex and skills; the psychopathology of human aging; and death and bereavement.
ANT 300 Development of Anthropological Thought
Traces the development of classic anthropological thought. Prerequisite: major and junior/senior status or consent.
ANT 305 Topics in Anthropology
Introduces subdisciplines. Varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
ANT 323 Foundations in Archaeology
Presents the subdiscipline of archaeology, including field work, laboratory analysis, and theory. Students interpret past human behavior and cultural change from stone tools, ceramics and other artifacts, dietary remains, and settlement patterns. Prerequisite: one ANT course or consent.
ANT 331 New World Archaeology
The Pre-Columbian peoples of the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru are among archaeology’s most fascinating subjects. This course focuses on the Maya, Aztecs, Incas, Moche, Olmecs, Pueblos, and Mississippians. In addition to archaeological findings, we use historic and ethnographic sources to study the societies, religions, and daily life of Pre-Columbian New World cultures.
ANT 345 Brazilian Amazon
Explores the relationship between the ecology of the Brazilian Amazon and human beings. Considers the complexity of Amazonian habitats and human strategies within those habitats. Examines the social, economic, and environmental impacts resulting from governmental efforts. Prerequisite: one LAC, ANT, or ENV course.
ANT 351 Language, Culture and Society
Examines the origin of language, linguistic change, variability of speech vis-à-vis social factors (sex, class, ethnicity), and the functions of language in shaping and reflecting cultural beliefs and values. Also discusses meaning, metaphor, and special language systems such as jargons, naming, and slang. Prerequisite: one ANT course or consent.
ANT 355 Dynamics of Sociocultural Change
Examines evolutionism, cultural ecology, historical and economic materialism, technological determinism, and the flow of ideas and practices among cultures. Covers recent research on tribal and peasant peoples, as well as modern industrial society. Introduces basic methodology in applied anthropology and development. Prerequisite: one ANT course or consent.
ANT 360 Culture and Personality
Analyzes past and present anthropological and psychological concepts of culture and personality theory. Focuses on the subfield of cultural anthropology known as psychological anthropology. Introduces testing devices employed by psychological anthropologists while carrying out fieldwork. Also covers psychosocial adaptation in childhood and adulthood amidst stability and change.
ANT 365 Real and the Supernatural in Latin America
Examines relationships between belief systems and the economic, social, and political components of their cultures. Focuses on Latin American folklore traditions of the supernatural, including the conditions under which incidences of witchcraft increase; the pharmacological and psychological causes of the Haitian zombie phenomenon; the uses of magic; ritual sorcery among tropical groups; and shamanism and healing. Prerequisite: one ANT course.
ANT 426 Seminar: Youth Cultures
Explores values, norms, and social behavior of adolescents and young adults in tribal, agrarian, and urban societies, both Western and non-Western. Compares patterns of development in youth cultures of modern Europe, North America, and Asia, especially twentieth-century student cultures. Also considers gender differences. Prerequisite: ANT major/minor and junior/senior.
ANT 452 Seminar: Cinema & Society in China
Chinese society in the twentieth century has experienced tumultuous change. Since the 1920s much of this change has been mirrored in the feature films produced by Chinese directors. In addition to serving as a mirror offering changing visions of Chinese society, the film industry has itself been subject to the economic and political pressures characterizing this society. This course considers such issues as changes in the family system, gender roles, ethnic identities, class relationships and the urban-rural dichotomy in modern China as these are portrayed in Chinese film. It also analyzes the distortions and interpretations in these portrayals as they reflect responses by the film industry to economic and political forces in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
ANT 470 East Meets West: Cultures in Contact
Anthropological approaches to culture change and acculturation provide the basis for an understanding of the cultures of Asia and other non-Western regions as they have responded to pressures from the west. Changes in family systems, community structures, concepts of the person, ideologies and political and economic systems will be analyzed in light of anthropological theory.
ANT 475 Women and Health in Latin America
Examines how preliterate cultures explain and treat disease. Discusses how health patterns in past and present populations reflect human adaptations—genetic, physiological, or cultural—to environmental pressures such as food supply, climate, and disease. Touches upon the Black Death, stress diseases, American over nutrition, and alcoholism. Prerequisite: one ANT, one BIO, or consent.
Art History
ARH 101 Introduction to Art and Artists
Focuses on thematic and critical rather than historical approaches to visual arts and architecture. Slide lecture.
ARH 201 Introduction to Art History I
Outlines the history of Western visual art, architecture, sculpture, and painting from ancient times through the Middle Ages. Includes illustrated lectures, discussions, and outside reading reports.
ARH 202 Introduction to Art History II
Outlines the history of Western visual art from the Renaissance to the present. Includes illustrated lectures, discussions, and outside reading reports.
ARH 218 Art and Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East
Overview of the major art historical and architectural monuments of ancient Egypt and the Near East. Themes include artistic canons, pyramids, royal art, art of daily life and death, temple and tomb architecture. Legacy to the art of classical Greece noted throughout.
ARH 219 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
Survey of the art historical and architectural monuments from Bronze Age Greece to the late Roman Empire. Topics include representation of the human figure and narrative in art, development of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian architecture, urban planning, Roman portraiture, architecture, painting, and the late antique style.
ARH 220 Castles and Cathedrals: Medieval Art
Covers architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts circa 300-1300 AD including the decline of classical art, emergence of Early Christian and Byzantine art, and relationship between arts of East and West. Examines development of Romanesque and Gothic styles as symbols of human life, belief, and ideas. Formerly ARH 309. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
ARH 230 Italian Renaissance Art
Focuses on art and architecture in Italy from 1400-1530, with attention to social influences on the subject and style of the artists and with emphasis on Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Formerly ARH 311.
ARH 231 Northern Renaissance Art
Follows evolution of painting techniques and styles during fifteenth and sixteenth centuries north of the Alps. Touches upon iconography and analogies between visual arts and contemporary humanist ideas. Formerly ARH 310.
ARH 240 Baroque and Rococo Art
Pursues seventeenth century Baroque style in Italy, Holland, Flanders, France, England and Spain from Renaissance and Mannerist sources, through termination in eighteenth century Rococo style, circa 1750.
ARH 241 Art of the Colonial U.S.
Surveys architecture, sculpture, and painting from the founding of the colonies to WWI. Traces America’s emergence from Europe’s shadow to a position of independence. Formerly ARH 322. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
ARH 250 Modern European Art
Overview of the major artistic movements and theories of Nineteenth-century Europe, primarily France, Great Britain, and Germany. Movements include Neoclassicism, Romanticism, the Pre-Raphaelitics, Impressionism, and symbolism. Examines the emergence of photography. Situates the arts in their social and political context. Formerly offered under ARH 320.
ARH 260 Modern American Art
Overview of the major artistic movements and theories in the art of the twentieth century United States, including abstraction, cubism, abstract expressionism, and pop art, as well as the emergence of new art categories and media, such as environmental art. Examines artistic expression in the context of the century’s social and political upheavals. Formerly offered as ARH 323. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
ARH 290 Indian Art of Continental U.S.
Surveys North American Indian art, both ceremonial and utilitarian. Begins with prehistoric mounds of Ohio River Valley and extends through crafts of twentieth century Southwest. Touches upon art of tribes from different geographical areas: Woodlands, Southeast, Plains, Southwest, Great Basin, California, and Northwest Coast.
ARH 315 Special Studies: Ancient Art
Focused studies in specific areas of ancient art and archaeology. Topics vary, but may include Art and Archaeology of Pompeii and Roman Daily Life, Art and Archaeology of the Holy Land, and Power, Propaganda, and Empire: Roman Art and Architecture of the Roman provinces. All courses focus on recent problems or issues in the field, expose students to a variety of art historical methods used to address those problems, and introduce students to research methods and tools required to conduct significant research projects within the discipline of ancient art and archaeology. May be repeated for credit where there is not topical overlap.
ARH 325 Special Studies: Medieval Art
Focused studies in specific areas of Medieval art from the conversion of Constantine to 1453. Topics vary, but include Gothic Architecture, Manuscript Illumination in the Middle Ages, and the Art of the Crusades. All courses focus on recent problems or issues in the field, expose students to a variety of art historical methods used to address those problems, and introduce students to research methods and tools required to conduct significant research projects within the discipline of medieval art history. May be repeated for credit where there is not topical overlap.
ARH 335 Special Studies: The Quattrocento
Focuses on the major accomplishments in painting, sculpture and architecture of the Quattro-Cento in Italy. Includes the development of the Renaissance ideals in Florence and how Humanism influenced the change from Medieval Florence to Renaissance Florence.
ARH 355 Special Studies: Modern European Art
Focused studies in specific areas of European art from 1789 to World War II. Topics vary, but include Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art of Revolution, and Dada and Surrealism. All courses focus on recent problems or issues in the field, expose students to a variety of art historical methods used to address those problems, and introduce students to research methods and tools required to conduct significant research projects within the discipline of modern art history. May be repeated for credit where there is not topical overlap.
ARH 360 Women in Art
Examines the roles of women artists in Western art from the Renaissance to the present, focusing on how cultural conditions determined women’s artistic production. Also addresses how women are portrayed in the arts, ranging from painting to contemporary mass media. Formerly ARH 317. Prerequisite: sophomore status or consent.
ARH 361 History of Photography
An introduction to the major contributors, movements and technologies of photographic history. The primary focus is upon cultural, social, aesthetic, and commercial implications of photography concurrent with its invention and development through the present day. The photograph, as document and as aesthetic object, will be analyzed through contemporary criticism, historical writing, and illustrated lectures. Formerly ARH 324.
ARH 362 History and Theory of Museums
Explores a wide variety of museums, the issues and problems they face, their contributions to society, and our relationship to them as visitor, staff member or benefactor. Topics include: defining museums; what, how, and why museums collect; legal and ethical issues of collection; role of museums in society; and personal relationships to community museums.
ARH 365B Special Studies: Modern American Art
Focused studies in specific areas of American art from 1900-1960. Topics vary, but include Pop Art, Culture Wars, Abstraction from O’Keefe to Pollock, and Primitivism. All courses focus on recent problems or issues in the field, expose students to a variety of art historical methods used to address those problems, and introduce students to research methods and tools required to conduct significant research projects within the discipline of modern American art. May be repeated for credit where there is not topical overlap.
ARH 380 Special Categories in Art History
Surveys selected areas of art history (Art Nouveau, Art Deco) not covered by period courses.
ARH 424 Contemporary Art and Theory
An examination of postmodern art and theory (1960-present) beginning with fine art’s appropriation of popular culture in the 1960s and culminating with today’s pluralistic range of tradition to virtual media. Themes include temporary art forms, constructions of national, ethnic, and gender identity in a post-colonial world, and recent arts controversies and censorship issues. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
Studio Art
ART 131 Studio Foundations
Introduces students to the various methods and concepts in the visual arts practice. Projects incorporate drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, and basic color theory. Appropriate for nonmajors who wish to explore various media and basic visual art concepts.
ART 221 Drawing and Composition
Expands the basic drawing skills of intermediate students with an emphasis on form and concept. Examines universal and personal themes in contemporary drawing. Required for majors, but suitable for nonmajors.
ART 222 Introduction to Design
Provides a foundation for painting, sculpture, and graphics. Discusses applied design and pure design principles.
ART 232 Special Studies in Painting and Drawing
Fosters technical improvement and critical thinking among intermediate and advanced painters and drawers. Studio work, individual and group critiques, and individual research. Prerequisite: ART 221 or consent.
ART 241 Sculpture I
Introduces three-dimensional techniques and issues as a foundation for later specialization. Highlights addition and subtraction in traditional figurative studies, relief sculpture, and still lifes. Required for majors, but suitable for nonmajors.
ART 243 Human Figure Drawing I
Challenges intermediate and advanced students to incorporate human figures into artwork. Stresses studio exercises, such as gesture drawings and in-depth anatomical studies, as well as individual and group critiques, and discussions with individual research.
ART 251 Introduction to Painting
Drills the basics (technical aspects of medium, design elements, and compositional methods) as the foundation for individual creativity. Intensive studio work, individual and group critiques, and individual research. Prerequisite: ART 221 or consent.
ART 261/362 Jewelry Design I, II
Presents basic and advanced techniques. Jewelry I covers silversmithing and centrifugal casting. Discusses stylistic directions from ancient to contemporary art. Jewelry II elaborates on the history of jewelry making as fine art.
ART 293 Photography I
Introduces camera operation, films, papers and developers, and darkroom printing. Considers visual, stylistic and conceptual issues of contemporary photography. Suitable for majors and nonmajors.
ART 300 Digital Color Photography
Introduces digital photography and the dry darkroom. Explores stylistic and conceptual directions in contemporary color photography. Includes digital camera images and scanned images, management and enhancement of images utilizing PhotoShop, and printing from digital printers. Prerequisite: ART 293 or equivalent (with instructor consent).
ART 332 Special Studies in Painting and Drawing
Fosters technical improvement and critical thinking among intermediate and advanced painters and drawers. Studio work, individual and group critiques, and individual research. Prerequisite: ART 221 or consent.
ART 342 Sculpture II
Builds upon concepts covered in Sculpture I. Explores different techniques, styles, and materials, many not traditionally associated with sculpture. Combines perceptual and conceptual study of form. Prerequisite: ART 241 or consent.
ART 394 Photography II
Explores the aesthetics, historical themes, and contemporary trends in photography. Focuses on concepts but also refines camera and darkroom techniques. Prerequisite: ART 293 or some photography.
American Sign Language
ASL 100 American Sign Language I
This course is designed as an introduction to the principles of American Sign Language (ASL) and deaf culture. The student will be instructed in the study of ASL linguistic structure and develop a 600+ conceptually accurate sign vocabulary. Emphasis will be placed on conversational expressive/receptive skills and protocol.
ASL 200 American Sign Language II
In this course, the deaf culture and principles related to an intermediate level of conceptual sign language will be emphasized. Complex grammatical structure and construction will be introduced. Students will develop advanced receptive and expressive conversational skills. Prerequisite: ASL 100 or equivalent.
ASL 300 American Sign Language III
Designed to increase competence in American Sign Language. Receptive and expressive skills further developed. Topics include sign syntax, analysis, neurobasis of sign, sign linguistics, community of the deaf, educational effects, deaf history, and accommodations for the deaf. Prerequisite: ASL 200.
Australian Studies
AUS 245 Evolution of Life in Australia: A Separate Experiment in Evolution
The origins, in complete isolation, of the unique animals and plants of Australia. How the egg-laying and marsupial mammals, birds, eucalypts and other diverse flora arose in the southern supercontinent, Godwana.
Biology
BIO 108 Your Body: Health and Wellness
Encourages students to take control of their health through well-informed decisions about wellness. Emphasizes personal responsibility in understanding and preventing a variety of health problems including stress, food-borne illness, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, strokes, and heart attacks. Laboratories and assignments will facilitate a hands-on approach to related topics, including nutrition, weight control, alternative medicines, and environmental health. Formerly BIO 200A.
BIO 112 Biological Aspects of Nutrition
Examines foods, nutrients, and biological processes by which humans ingest, digest, metabolize, transport, utilize, and excrete food. Covers current concepts in scientific nutrition and how they apply to personal health. Lab course for nonmajors.
BIO 200 Topics in Biology
Topics vary, but may include human health, epidemiology microbiology, nutrition, parasitology, or ecology, depending on faculty interest.
Business
BUS 260 Financial Accounting
Exposes students to theory and methods of using accounting information to solve problems throughout the business cycle. Emphasizes decision making based on financial statements. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
BUS 280 Managerial Accounting
Explores accounting’s role in providing managers accurate and timely information for planning, controlling, and decision making. Covers budgeting, profit planning, and statement analysis, as well as theory and application of managerial accounting in production. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: BUS 260 and sophomore status.
BUS 317 Personal Finance
Outlines a wide variety of financial instruments available for managing money. Touches upon personal financial statements, insurance, social security, investments, tax, retirement, and estate planning. Also introduces personal financial planning as a profession. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 336 Management and Leadership
This course focuses on the processes of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling that leaders use to achieve their objectives in organizational settings. Topics include the human, operational, and structural issues involved in managerial decision making using a variety of methods to develop analytical skills. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 337 Marketing
Presents theories, applications, and case studies of marketing goods and services in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Looks into interpreting market demands; designing and managing products; establishing distribution channels and pricing policies; communicating with consumers; and analyzing, planning, and controlling marketing activities in a socially responsible context. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 338 Financial Management
Focuses on the role of the financial manager in corporate decision making. Deals with analysis of the corporate financial structure, asset management, capital budgeting, and debt versus equity financing. Prerequisite: BUS 280 and junior status.
BUS 342 Human Resource Management
Examines how to optimize human resource strategies and the people who work for an organization. Links human resource strategies to organizational goals. Provides an overview of the main functions of human resources: employee and labor relations, staffing, development, compensation, and separation. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 348 Investments
Explores theories and techniques of investing, especially in the stock and bond markets. Highlights basic security analysis and portfolio management, as well as financial planning in a changing economic environment. Prerequisite: BUS 338 and junior status.
BUS 369 International Business
Details strategies U.S. firms can use to compete globally. Covers international competition, competitive advantage, international trade, international political economy, importing, exporting, licensing, foreign direct investment, and globalization. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 375 Advertising and Promotion
Examines marketing communication, advertising, publicity, and promotion; management of that process; and effects on consumer behavior. Focuses on current issues. Prerequisite: BUS 33.
Business
BUS 260 Financial Accounting
Exposes students to theory and methods of using accounting information to solve problems throughout the business cycle. Emphasizes decision making based on financial statements. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: sophomore status.
BUS 280 Managerial Accounting
Explores accounting’s role in providing managers accurate and timely information for planning, controlling, and decision making. Covers budgeting, profit planning, and statement analysis, as well as theory and application of managerial accounting in production. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: BUS 260 and sophomore status.
BUS 317 Personal Finance
Outlines a wide variety of financial instruments available for managing money. Touches upon personal financial statements, insurance, social security, investments, tax, retirement, and estate planning. Also introduces personal financial planning as a profession. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 336 Management and Leadership
This course focuses on the processes of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling that leaders use to achieve their objectives in organizational settings. Topics include the human, operational, and structural issues involved in managerial decision making using a variety of methods to develop analytical skills. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 337 Marketing
Presents theories, applications, and case studies of marketing goods and services in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Looks into interpreting market demands; designing and managing products; establishing distribution channels and pricing policies; communicating with consumers; and analyzing, planning, and controlling marketing activities in a socially responsible context. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 338 Financial Management
Focuses on the role of the financial manager in corporate decision making. Deals with analysis of the corporate financial structure, asset management, capital budgeting, and debt versus equity financing. Prerequisite: BUS 280 and junior status.
BUS 342 Human Resource Management
Examines how to optimize human resource strategies and the people who work for an organization. Links human resource strategies to organizational goals. Provides an overview of the main functions of human resources: employee and labor relations, staffing, development, compensation, and separation. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 348 Investments
Explores theories and techniques of investing, especially in the stock and bond markets. Highlights basic security analysis and portfolio management, as well as financial planning in a changing economic environment. Prerequisite: BUS 338 and junior status.
BUS 369 International Business
Details strategies U.S. firms can use to compete globally. Covers international competition, competitive advantage, international trade, international political economy, importing, exporting, licensing, foreign direct investment, and globalization. Prerequisite: junior status.
BUS 375 Advertising and Promotion
Examines marketing communication, advertising, publicity, and promotion; management of that process; and effects on consumer behavior. Focuses on current issues. Prerequisite: BUS 33.
Chemistry
CHM 105 Chemistry and Society: Applications and Issues
Examines chemistry in daily life and decision making--from nutrition, drugs, cosmetics, and household chemistry to environmental problems. Discusses data analysis and scientific methodology and its limitations. For nonmajors with/without science background or college math. Lab required.
CHM 106 Chemistry of Life
Introduces biochemistry and its relationship to people. Covers diets and fat metabolism, as well as the action of steroids, carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. Analyzes data from lab or historical sources. For nonscience majors with limited background in high school biology and chemistry. Lab required.
CHM 110 Chemistry in an Environmental Context
Applies concepts and methods of chemistry to environmental problems such as global warming and ozone depletion. Weighs quantitative and qualitative data gathered from historical sources, demonstration, and lab experiments. For nonscience major with limited background in chemistry. Lab required.
Computer Science
CMS 147 Multimedia Programming and Design
Views the World Wide Web as a tool for use in academic life and looks beneath the surface to see how it works. Students learn Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and how to design and construct interesting and effective Web sites.
CMS 151 Fundamentals of Programming
An introduction to major areas of computer science. Includes information representation, hardware, programming, operating systems, applications and communications. Prerequisite: High school algebra; basic computer usage skills.
CMS 157 Web site Construction and Design
Principles of multimedia design for effective presentations and for basic learning/training applications programs such as Flash and Pinnacle Studio. Intensive course in which students produce 2-D animations, Web site interfaces and short video projects.
CMS 167 Introduction to Computer Programming
An intensive introduction to fundamental aspects of programming, focusing on problem solving, software design concepts, and their realization as computer programs.Topics include procedural abstraction, control structures, iteration, and data types. A high-level language for the purpose of gaining mastery of these principles will be provided in lectures and in closely coordinated programming assignments. Students will need access to a PC on which to load the software necessary to complete the course assignments. (Administration note: professors to provide minimum system requirements. They are not noted here as requirements may change from year to year.) Prerequisite: HS Algebra or equivalent and moderate computing skills. Concurrent registration in CMS 151 prohibited.
CMS 170 Data Structures
Develops discipline in program design, problem solving, debugging, and testing, with an introduction to data structures. Topics include abstract data types, complexity analysis, and recursion. Basic data structures (queues, stacks, trees, and graphs) and transformations (sorting and searching) are introduced as representative of the fundamental tools that are used to aid in software development. A high level language is used to construct programs of moderate size. Students will need access to a PC on which to load software necessary to complete the course assignments. (Administration note: professors to provide minimum system requirements. They are not noted here as requirements may change from year to year.) Prerequisite: CMS 167.
CMS 250 Introduction to Computer Organization
An introduction to the principles of computer architecture from the layered point of view with emphasis on assembly language programming. Topics include CPU organization at the register/bus level, development of machine language and assembly level programs including multiple addressing modes, flow-of-control branching and subroutine calls, and comparison of high-order language programs to machine language programs. Prerequisite: CMS 170.
CMS 270 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Moves students into the domain of software design, including principles that are necessary for solving large problems. Here the software design process serves as the basis for treating topics such as specification, object-oriented design and programming, user interface design, generic modules, and file organization. Prerequisite: CMS 170.
CMS 310 Software Development and Professional Practice
Combines a range of topics integral to the design, implementation, and testing of a medium-scale software system with the practical experience of implementing such a project as a member of a programmer team. In addition to topics on software engineering, this course treats also includes material on professionalism and ethical responsibilities in software development and human-computer interaction. Prerequisite: CMS 270.
CMS 340 Developing GUI Applications
Covers program design and implementation of Graphical User Interface (GUI) programs. Topics include program organization, APIs, controls, screen design considerations, and event-driven program design. Students need access to a PC on which to load Microsoft Visual Studio software which is used in the programming projects. Prerequisite: CMS 270.
CMS 351 Database Design
An introduction to the design and management of database systems. Using relational database as a backdrop, this course addresses design issues, structured query language (SQL), data integrity, normalization, transaction processing, and distributed database concepts. Students will need access to a PC on which to load the Microsoft software that will be used in the course. (Administration note: professors to provide minimum system requirements. They are not noted here as requirements may change from year to year.) Prerequisite: CMS 170 and MAT 240.
CMS 370 Operating Systems Principles
A study of the structure and function of modern operating systems with emphasis on concurrent processes and resource management. Topics include processing scheduling, synchronization and deadlock, memory management and virtual memory systems, CPU scheduling, I/O techniques, protection and security. Prerequisite: CMS 250.
CMS 371 Developing Database Applications
Applies previous programming methodologies to developing database centric applications in a distributed, multi-user environment. Topics include ODBC methodologies, thin versus thick client considerations, programmatic manipulation of database objects, and security issues in a heterogeneous database environment. Students will need access to a PC on which to load the Microsoft software that will be used in the course. (Administration note: professors to provide minimum system requirements. They are not noted here as requirements may change from year to year.) Prerequisite: CMS 340 and 351.
CMS 375 Networking
Introduces the structure, implementation, and theoretical underpinnings of computer networking and the applications that have been enabled by that technology. Topics include network architectures, ISO 7-layer reference model, protocols, client/server computing, and Web technologies. Prerequisite: CMS 370.
CMS 380 Programming Languages and Paradigms
A short history of programming languages and styles precedes the study of an important collection of programming paradigms. This material includes data types, data control, sequence control, run time storage, language translation, and semantics. The paradigms include procedural, functional, logic and object oriented. Prerequisite: CMS 250.
CMS 381 Computer Law and Ethics
Examines the ethical and legal aspects of information technology, with an in-depth analysis of the intellectual property protection afforded to computer hardware, software, patent copyright, and trade secrets. Includes an overview of ethical theory, legal principles, and their application to the computer age. Topics include copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, computer crimes, hacker activities, and censorship.
CMS 395 Topics in Computer Science
Provides students with an intensive introduction to specialized areas such as computer simulation, assembler construction, computer architecture, symbolic computation, parallel and distributed processing, computer communication networks, computer security, VLSI system design, and programming tools. CMS 270 and consent.
CMS 495 Special Topics
Provides students with an intensive introduction to a specialized area of computer science. Some possible topics are: user interface design, network programming, modeling and simulation, data mining, and software development tools. Prerequisite: CMS 270 and consent.
CMS 497 Senior Project
Offers students the opportunity to integrate their knowledge of the undergraduate computer science curriculum by implementing a significant system as part of a programming team. Prerequisite: All core courses.
MAT 140 Discrete Mathematics
Introduces the foundations of discrete mathematics as they apply to computer science, focusing on providing a solid theoretical foundation for further work. Topics include functions, relations, sets, simple proof techniques, Boolean algebra, propositional logic, digital logic, elementary number theory, and the fundamentals of counting. Prerequisite: math preparation sufficient to take calculus at the college level.
Communication
COM 110 Public Speaking
Explains research, organization, writing, delivery, and critical analysis of oral presentations with attention to individual needs.
COM 120 Small Groups and Leadership
Examines communication, leadership, participation, and decision making within groups and teams.
COM 220 Interpersonal Communication
Explores one-on-one communication with significant others in personal and career situations.
COM 300 Communication Theory
Provides various explanations of the process by which senders and receivers of messages interact in social and organizational contexts.
COM 301 Designing Effective Organizations
The study of organizational design and its impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of modern organizations. Students will explore and discuss issues such as strategic planning and management, organizational effectiveness, power and politics, organizational culture and communication, and the designing of organizations for the information age.
COM 302 Interviewing
The study of interviewing as a procedure applied in various ways by professionals in work situations. Dyadic encounters will emphasize the structure and process of different types of interviewing methods.
COM 303 Communication Ethics
Challenges students preparing for professional and business careers to make moral choices and develop questions when confronted by ethical dilemmas in real-life case studies.
COM 305 Listening
The study of the art of listening and its importance in our personal and professional lives. Students learn to analyze, assess, and improve their own listening abilities.
COM 306 Intercultural Communication
Examines concepts/constructs, theories, and empirical research pertinent to communication within and between cultures, with primary foci on contexts and relationships.
COM 312 Persuasion
Explores influencing human behavior in socially acceptable ways. Looks into persuasion strategies from attitude change to audience analysis.
COM 314 Communication and the Media
An evaluation of media relations in contemporary organizations, both government and private. This course will focus on ways the media influences and is influenced by these groups.
COM 315 Topics in Organizational Communication
Study of selected areas of organizational communication taught in seminar fashion designed to promote maximum interaction between students and the instructor. Topics for consideration are at the discretion of the instructor and will change with each course offering. This course may be repeated for general credit but can fulfill the requirements of the major one time.
COM 316 Training and Development
Focuses on the role of communication in the training and development of human resources. Topics will include: the role of training and development; identifying training needs; adult learning theory; instructional design; training evaluation; and approaches to work-force development. Case analysis and work in small groups will be used extensively. Offered on credit/no credit basis only.
COM 318 Public Relations
The study of public relations principles applied to organizations. This course examines the ways in which public relations theories and principles are applied to specific business situations.
COM 319 Leadership and Effective Communication
The study of leadership, leadership styles, and leadership effectiveness in organizations. Students explore the connection between leadership and organizational communication.
COM 321 Small Groups and Work Teams
This course will explore the study of group dynamics and its importance within social and professional contexts. Specific focus will be given to groups in the workplace and techniques to maximize performance within organizations. Students must have access to a computer with Internet capabilities and be familiar with using the Web for searching and sending e-mail with attachments.
COM 322 Computer Mediated Communication
Study of the fundamental changes in human communication processes brought about by our interactions with new technologies such as video conferencing, email, real time chat, list servs, Internet and intranet technologies, personal digital assistants, wireless devices, and electronic books. The computer and other communication technologies act as intermediaries in new communication processes, and students will analyze the benefits and challenges they create for effective human communication.
COM 324 Self-Leadership and Communication
This course explores the many ways that self-leadership skills may be enhanced through effective communication principles, strategies and techniques. Topics to be discussed include rebuilding personal infrastructures, establishing high standards and wide boundaries, eliminating tolerations in life, competing with the past, developing reserves, making the present perfect, becoming a problem-free zone, and much more. Offered on a credit/no credit basis only.
COM 325 Communication Campaigns
Communication campaigns are focused, large-scale efforts to exert social influence. This course deals with the planning, organizing, implementation, and evaluation of various educational, political, religious, and commercial campaigns. Students will analyze both classic and current communication campaigns.
COM 340 Organizational Law
Examines the law on national and local levels, focusing on the relationship between effective communication and legal problems.
COM 350 Communication Presentations
The identification of communication opportunities encountered in professional situations. This course analyzes communication objectives and emphasizes the preparation of oral presentations. (Formerly Business and Professional Presentations.)
COM 395 Communication Research
The investigation of qualitative and quantitative communication research focusing on its practices, ethics, and consequences.
COM 415 Topics in Organizational Communication
Study of selected areas of organizational communication taught in seminar fashion designed to promote maximum interaction between students and the instructor. Topics for consideration are at the discretion of the instructor and will change with each course offering. This course may be repeated for general credit but can fulfill the requirements of the major one time.
COM 418 Advanced Public Relations
The advanced study of the discipline of public relations. Students learn the basic communication theories and professional practices necessary in a wide range of roles from publicity to promotion to public information, counseling and management. Students develop skills in written and oral communication, critical thinking, problem solving, research, and strategic planning. Prerequisite: COM 318 or permission of instructor.
COM 421 Organizational Communication
The analysis of the role and importance of communication in organizations with special emphasis on corporations, not-for-profit institutions, government agencies, and other structures in which people work. The focus of the course is rooted in theories of organizational communication with applications to contemporary situations. Students must have access to a computer with Internet capabilities, and be familiar with using the Web for searching and sending e-mail with attachments.
COM 440 Death & Dying
An examination of the legal and ethical issues in the practice of withholding treatment from terminally ill patients, the “Baby Jane Doe” cases, the concept of “mercy killing,” active Euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment and the implications of surviving death. In addition to case studies and professor’s lectures, guest lecturers from various related disciplines and survivors of the Holocaust, Hiroshima, and recent terrorist activities will meet in workshop sessions with the class.
COM 480 Senior Seminar in Organizational Communication
Advanced study of the theory and application of organizational communication. This capstone course, taken in the student’s senior year, provides an end-of-the-major opportunity to conceptualize and understand organizational communication and the organizational communication program through the use of various instructional modules, team teaching, outside expert speakers, and program evaluation methods. Prerequisite: senior status and major in Organizational Communication.
INT 340 Great Trials of the Century
A study of the cases that made headlines and influenced our lives in the twentieth century: the Lindbergh Kidnapping, the Rosenburg Spy Case, the Leopold-Loeb Murder trial, the trials of Dr. Spock, Father Berrigan, and the famous “Chicago Seven”, the McCarthy hearings, the Nuremberg Trials, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the trial of Lee Harvey Oswald for the murder of President Kennedy, the trial of Sirhan for the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the “Anarchy” trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, and a host of other famous cases. Prerequisite: at least one course in sociology, politics, history, or consent.
Dance
DAN 170 Ballet I
Introduces fundamental concepts and historical background. Presents positions and barre exercises to build correct alignment, flexibility, strength, coordination, and ballet vocabulary.
DAN 175 Tap
Introduces fundamental concepts and historical background. Covers basic time steps, waltz clog, triplets, shim-sham, buffalo, cramp roll, soft-shoe and tap vocabulary.
DAN 177 Jazz I
Introduces fundamental concepts and historical background. Works in studio on body placement and alignment through highly-structured classical jazz warm-up (LUIGI). Values clarity and quality of movement, rhythm, style, and use of dynamics.
DAN 179 Modern Dance I
Introduces fundamental concepts and historical background. Focuses on style, phrasing, mood projection, and changing dynamics.
DAN 200 Dance in America
A historical overview of dance in the United States. Explores the philosophies, ideologies, and contributions of the major dance authorities in America. Choreographers, critics, performers and their relationship to trends in the art form will be analyzed. Examines the relationship of dance to contemporary political and social issues. Explores the subject matter through demonstration and film. (Previously DAN 100.)
DAN 203 Dance History
Follows the evolution of Western concert dance from primitive times to the late twentieth century: dance in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; Ballet Comique; Opéra Ballet; Ballet d’Action; and Romantic ballet.
Economics
ECO 108 Quantitative Methods for Economics
Certain quantitative concepts and skills are necessary for economic analysis. This course introduces these concepts and develops the applied quantitative skills needed for a more complete comprehension of economics. Demonstration of the applicability of these concepts to economic topics such as economic growth, cost-of-living, inflation, investment decision-making, and market supply and demand are illustrated.
ECO 121 Economics of Contemporary Issues
Applies elementary tools of economic analysis to issues of national and social importance. Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECO 212 or ECO 213.
ECO 126 Economics and Public Policy
Examines U.S. macroeconomic policies and effects on inflation, unemployment, rate of growth of GDP, budget deficit, and other current policy questions. Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECO 212 or ECO 213.
ECO 130 Democracy and Economics
Assesses difficulties, successes, and potentials of economic institutions with democratic rules. Evaluates the nature of democratic control both for economic efficiency and alternative criteria. Highlights traditional analysis based on property rights.
ECO 135 The Global Economy
Explores multilateral and bilateral political economy relationships. Touches upon the historical development of global economic integration, global economic geography, major institutional features of contemporary international economic relations, current conflicts of interest, and the likely future evolution of world systems. Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECO 212 or ECO 213.
ECO 140 Nonprofit Economics: Analysis of the “Third Sector”
Analyzes organizations that are neither government nor privately controlled for the profit of owners, including charities, foundations, membership associations, cooperatives, mutuals, and other third-sector entities. Requires volunteer work at a local third-sector organization.
ECO 142 Political Economy of the Media
Dissects print, film, broadcast, cable, and new electronic media in U.S. today. Questions economic structure of media institutions, differing viewpoints of media sources, and role of media in resolving current political/economic issues. Reviews journalistic and academic works, as well as video and audio recordings (including international short-wave news and program broadcasts), newspapers, magazines, and publications of citizen and government groups.
ECO 201 Economics in Perspective
This course will trace the evolution of economic ideas and events from ancient times to the current budget statement in Washington. It will focus on the major economic events that have influenced the development of economic theory and on the philosophers and economists who have made the most important contributions to the development of modern day economic theory.
ECO 212 Principles of Economics I: Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduces neoclassical theories of consumer behavior and of the firm. Covers supply and demand, utility, cost and production, structure of markets, and resource allocation. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: sophomore status and ECO 108.
ECO 213 Principles of Economics II: Introduction to Macroeconomics
Explains aggregate economic phenomena and policy alternatives, including determination of national income, inflation, unemployment, international economics, banking system, economic growth, income distribution, and national debt. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ECO 212.
ECO 225 Personal Economics
A development of a conceptual framework and the analytical tools to make effective personal economic decisions. Topics covered include budgeting, consuming, saving, and investing. Prerequisite: ECO 212.
ECO 237 International Economic Relations
An introduction to international trade and financial systems as practiced in the world today. Emphasis will be placed on trade and financial policies of both developed countries and less developed countries, as well as the international institutions created to accommodate international trade and finance. Prerequisite: ECO 212 and 213.
ECO 239 Women and Work
Explores the effects of increasing numbers of working women on households and employment policies, earning differentials, company and government policies, comparison of women’s work issues with those of minorities, and valuation of household work. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: sophomore status or consent.
ECO 303 Intermediate Microeconomics
Continues with neoclassical theories of consumer behavior and of the firm, using mathematical as well as graphic techniques. Probes topics similar to those in ECO 212 but more intensively. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 304 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Uses mathematical and graphic techniques to analyze behavior and relationships among broad aggregates of economic activity. Pushes beyond topics of ECO 213 to an in-depth discussion of economic policy, policy alternatives, and alternative economic models of macroeconomy. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 305 Topics in Economics
Introduces subdisciplines. Varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 306 Monetary Economics
Examines financial markets and institutions, monetary theory, and macroeconomic implications. Charts the relationship between Federal Reserve and depository institutions, as well as the effects of monetary and fiscal policies on economic performance. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 307 International Economics
Focuses on the theory and practice of international trade: comparative advantage, economies of scale, trade policy, international labor and capital movements, economic integration, and foreign exchange rates. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 311 Economic Journalism
Examines current economic writing for general and specialized audiences. Applies economic knowledge to descriptive writing about contemporary issues and problems. Explores ideologies and their influence on economic topics selected by media and other writers. Required experiential component. Some essay writing based on this volunteer work with a media organization in business, government or nonprofit sectors of the economy. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212, 213 and INT 221.
ECO 315 Radical Political Economics
Outlines the economic analysis of capitalism given by Karl Marx and other modern socialist theorists. Covers the evolutionary rise of capitalism, alienation and other behavioral traits of people living in capitalist systems, labor theory of value, concentration of capital, causes of capitalist economic crises, capitalist imperialism, and socialism as an alternative economic system. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 318 Economic and Monetary Integration of the European Community
Concepts will be developed to examine the different levels of economic integration. The experience of the Community in the completion of the customs union will be compared with the expectations of theory. Moreover, the move towards EMU will be examined in the light of various theories. The aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of how and why different countries might wish to integrate economically. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 321 Labor Economics
Highlights trends in employment, problems of unemployment, relevance of markets for labor services, and issues of wages, hours, and working conditions. Also covers labor unions, labor disputes and methods of settlement, and the theory and practice of collective bargaining. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 325 Distribution of Income and Wealth
Studies distribution of income and wealth among families and individuals by race, sex, age, occupation, and class in the U.S. and other countries. Offers alternative theories and views on how best to achieve desirable distribution with public policy tools. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 327 Comparative Economic Systems
Examines similarities and differences among ideal types of economic systems: capitalist, centrally planned socialist, decentralized market socialist, and communist. Undertakes case studies of individual countries (Japan, Sweden, Russia, China, and Yugoslavia) to compare and contrast real versus ideal. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 330 Rationality and Economic Behavior
Explores various conceptions of rationality as these relate to our economic behavior and the efficacy of market allocation. Students will engage in class games analogous to formal economic experiments in order to deepen understanding of rationality concepts and resulting market behaviors, both expected and anomalous. Prerequisite: junior/senior status; ECO 108, 213, and INT 221.
ECO 332 Industrial Organization
Probes problems in control of industry performance in mixed economy. Surveys microeconomic theory and economic research on industry structure, conduct, and performance, and antitrust litigation. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 335 Public Economics
Applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of government spending in a market economy. Touches upon theory of welfare economics and market failure, principles of expenditure analysis, benefit-cost analysis, government and distribution of income, and public-choice theory. Prerequisite: ECO 212 and 213 and working knowledge of indifference curve analysis; ECO 303 highly recommended.
ECO 351 Economic Development
Traces evolution in attitudes, institutions, and policies that accompany and define permanent economic change within countries. Assesses current economic conditions and future prospects in less-developed countries through theoretical models and actual data. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 355 Environmental Economics
The course will examine the economics and scientific basis of environmental issues and the policies that are used in addressing them. The advantages and disadvantages of different regulatory responses will be discussed. We will also discuss methods for valuing the benefits of environmental amenities that do not have an observable value in the marketplace, including the approach used more recently in “ecological economics.” The use of economics in regulating a natural resource (commercial marine fisheries) will be evaluated. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 358 The Economics of Health Care
Examines U.S. mixed private-public health care system. Topics include cost inflation, roles of private insurance and public programs in financing, and the impact of proposals such as national health insurance. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 & 213.
ECO 361 Urban Economics
Stresses location theory and application of microeconomic theory to analysis of urban policy issues. May cover land-use controls, housing, urban poverty, transportation, and urban public finances. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 365 Economic Democracy and Economic Theory
Contrasts alternatively structured organizations--especially those based on one-person/one-vote--with traditional capitalistic firms of the West, which bases control on property ownership with the primary goal of profit maximization. Examines democratic worker-managed firms, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, consumer or producer-controlled cooperatives, and publicly controlled enterprises or financial institutions. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213.
ECO 381 Introduction to Econometrics
Presents regression theory, multiple regression, simultaneous equations, identification problems, time-series problems, selected estimating techniques, and basic econometric models. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212 and 213, and INT 221.
ECO 403 Applied Microeconomics
Synthesizes microeconomic theory and methodology for decision making. Emphasizes problem formulation, analysis, and solution. Prerequisite: ECO 108, 212, 213 and 303.
ECO 404 Senior Seminar in Economics
Probes, theoretical applied, or policy economics, as well as issues in historical, institutional, or critical economics studies. May be repeated for credit with consent of the department chair. Prerequisite: ECO 221, 303, and 304, or consent.
ECO 405 Economics and Public Policy
This course involves the political-economic analysis of the mass media and associated technologies in the USA, the EU, and other selected countries. International comparisons of industrial structure and policies will be addressed in class, in readings, and in term papers. Prerequisite: ECO 212, 213 and 303.
ECO 407 International Finance
Considers balance-of-payments adjustment mechanisms and impact on national economies. Looks at alternative exchange-rate regimes, international movements of capital, foreign-exchange intervention, impact of exchange-rate variations, and objectives and effects of international monetary standards and financial institutions. Prerequisite: ECO 304 or 306.
ECO 442 History of Economic Thought
Chronicles economic theories from ancient to modern times--particularly from the mercantilist period (circa 1650 AD)--and links them to contemporary social and political systems. Prerequisite: ECO 303, 304 and INT 221.
ECO 448 Alternative Economic Theories
Surveys Marxism, Austrianism, institutionalism, feminism, bioeconomism. Contrasts methodology, analysis, and policy prescriptions with those of classical and Keynesian theories that guide economic orthodoxy. Prerequisite: ECO 303, 304 and INT 221.
INT 221 Statistics for the Social Sciences
Introduction to statistics for social science students with the major emphasis on the concepts of statistical inference. Topics covered include distributions, probability, the testing of hypotheses, estimation, non-parametric methods, correlation, and regression. Computer programs and self-instructional media support the course. Prerequisite: HS Algebra or equivalent.
Education
EDU 271 School and Society
Chronicles the social, political, economic, and historical background of the contemporary American school system. Demonstrates how social forces have shaped the curriculum, organization, and purposes of formal education. ESOL infused course. Prerequisite: APLE or secondary certification only.
EDU 272 Educational Psychology
Covers child development; learning, evaluation, and assessment; and psychology of teaching. Focuses on motivation, perception, personality, intelligence, and learning. Prerequisite: APLE or secondary certification only.
EDU 280 Diversity in American Education
Examines cultural pluralism in the classroom: multicultural education, diversity and teaching, bilingual education, racism, tracking, and teacher preparation. ESOL stand alone course. Prerequisite: APLE or secondary certification only.
EDU 309 Foundations of Reading
Examines the foundations of reading instruction from historical, linguistic, social, psychological, cognitive, and curricular perspectives. Theoretical base for reading and language arts methodology courses. Explores basic phonics instruction, reading programs in use, nature of reading and writing processes, and balanced approach to reading instruction. Prerequisite: APLE
EDU 311 Teaching Writing in Elementary Schools
The primary purpose of this course is to learn about the nature of the writing process and how to develop learning activities where the development of good writing will be facilitated. In that the course deals with the “writing process,” there will be an emphasis on what skillful writers actually do when creating a written work. The developmental nature of learning how to write will be a major consideration in this course.
EDU 324 Curriculum Development for Diverse Learners
Addresses organization and curriculum development in elementary and secondary schools including instructional goals and basic teaching strategies. Requires nonteaching field component. ESOL stand alone course. Prerequisite: APLE or secondary certification only.
EDU 335 Content Area Reading in Secondary Schools
This course is designed to prepare teachers in content areas with the tools needed to help students with reading skills. Pre-service teachers will learn strategies to improve vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills so students can better learn content materials. ESOL infused course. Prerequisite: secondary certification only; two courses from among EDU 271, 272, 280 and 324.
EDU 350 Strategies for Classroom Management
Practical classroom management based on a variety of models being used in schools today. Video observations and critiques, reading and sharing ideas, and the development of a classroom management notebook may be incorporated into a seminar-type format.
EDU 385 Teaching Children with Special Needs
Emphasizes useful strategies for teaching special populations, including students with learning disabilities, mental disabilities, emotional disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, communication disabilities, and giftedness. Includes field component.
EDU 407 Teaching and Learning in Diverse Secondary Schools
Emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction in an increasingly diverse school environment based on current research. Includes teaching field experience. ESOL infused course. Prerequisite: secondary certification only; two courses from among EDU 271, 272, 280 and 324.
EDU 417 Teaching (Particular Subject) in Middle and Secondary Schools
Explores selection, evaluation, and use of instructional materials to adapt a college major to middle and secondary school. Corequisite: EDU 417L. Prerequisite: Secondary certification only. EDU 407
EDU 417L Teaching (Particular Subject) in Middle and Secondary School Lab
Requires preinternship field experience of at least four hours weekly in middle and secondary school. Corequisite: EDU 417.
EDU 470 Seminar in Classroom Management
The survey course, taken during the student teaching semester, helps to prepare future teachers in the planning of instruction, organization of classrooms, and the management of student learning. Not only are day-to-day items facing the teachers explored, but also the course examines topics pertaining to teaching such as child abuse, assessments, and job-hunting skills. The ETEP portfolio based on the Florida Competencies must be completed at the performance beginning teacher level. Corequisite: EDU 491.
EDU 491 Student Teaching-Secondary
Provides full-time experience integrating and applying skills in an approved local school under direction of a master teacher. Corequisite: EDU 470.
EED 317 Music for Elementary Schools
Presents basic concepts, literature, and methods for teaching music in the elementary classroom. Workshop. Required for certification in music. Prerequisite: music certification or APLE only.
EED 318 Art for Elementary Schools
Examines use of art to foster child development and supplement learning in curricular areas. Explores sensory experiences, aesthetics and aesthetic education, management of classroom art center, and adult’s role in child art. Participants experience an array of media and conduct art activities with children. Prerequisite: art certification or APLE only.
EED 363 Social Studies for Elementary Schools
Delves into foundations for social studies, exploring human experience, environmental studies (including conservation), teaching strategies for inquiry learning, problem solving, and concept development. Prerequisite: APLE only; two courses from among EDU 271, 272, 280 and 324.
EED 364 Science for Elementary Schools
Stresses major concepts and processes of science: process skills, inquiry strategies, problem solving, environmental and ecological issues, and science in today’s society. Prerequisite: APLE only; two courses from among EDU 271, 272, 280 and 324.
EED 367 Health and Physical Education for Elementary Schools
Discusses methods for physical activities for children, concepts and materials of health education, and values underlying programs of personal fitness for children. Prerequisite: APLE only.
EED 369 Literature for the Elementary School Child
Survey of the genres of literature for elementary school-aged children. Emphasis on techniques used to implement literature across the elementary school curriculum. Reviews recent research, major authors and illustrators, and literature circles as means of instruction. Prerequisite: APLE
English
ENG 140 Composition: Writing About Selected Topics
Develops students’ ability to write college-level essays by practicing strategies of argumentation and by refining skills of invention, revision, and critical thinking. Leads to writing essays characterized by unity, order, coherence, completeness, clarity, and mechanical correctness. In order to satisfy the College’s general education requirement for writing (W), students must receive a grade of C or better in the course. Section topics are designated by individual instructors. This course (or an equivalent) must be taken during the first semester at Rollins. Formerly ENG 101. Does not count as elective credit in the English Major or Minor or the Writing Minor.
ENG 150 Introduction to Literature
Examines literary works in various genres while considering whether literary meaning resides in the authors’ intentions, in readers’ responses, or in the texts themselves. Suitable for nonmajors. Does not count as elective credit in the English Major or Minor. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 167 Introduction to Creative Writing
Requires writing in a variety of genres including fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Emphasizes peer evaluation, thus requiring that students learn to evaluate the writing of others, as well as their own writing. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 200 Writing About Literature
Introduces literary analysis and writing about literature. Includes instruction in writing from sources, both primary and secondary, and in MLA documentary style. Must be taken in the first or second semester as an English Major or English Minor at Rollins. Formerly ENG 391. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 201 Major English Writings I
Provides a historical survey of English literature, beginning with the Anglo-Saxon period, including the Medieval and Renaissance periods, and concluding with writers of the seventeenth century. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 202 Major English Writings II
Provides a historical survey of English literature, beginning with the eighteenth century, continuing through the Romantic and Victorian periods, and concluding with writers and works of the early Modernist period. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 204 African Literature
Introduces major writers and literary movements of Africa. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 205 Language Studies
Specific topics vary. May include grammar; semantics; linguistics; style and stylistics; etymology; the history of the English language; or some combination thereof. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 206 Language and Power
How do powerful people use language? What is the role of language in achieving success? How can we use language to influence others and control our environment? These and related questions will help us examine how people and societies use language to manipulate power in various situations, from personal relationships to political debate. The course involves both written and oral work. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 207 Writing Like a Woman
Focuses on women writers and their literary works, considered in the context of history, culture, and social movements. Requires that students self-select one particular writer and follow her creative journey. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 208 Topics in World Literature
Introduces major writers in one or more literary traditions other than - or in combination with - British and/or American. Specific topics vary. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 210 Patterns of Persuasion in Public Writing
A survey of rhetorical tools leaders have used throughout history to change their societies. Students will analyze how these tools function within speeches, letters, essays, and other literary texts that have persuaded audiences to think, feel, and act in new ways. By modeling such writing in their own essays, students will practice using these tools to address contemporary social issues while discussing the ethical concerns that responsible citizens must consider whenever they use rhetoric. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 215 Writing for Mass Media
Introduces the basic skills of journalistic writing with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy and speed. Includes readings in the contemporary press to examine current standards for news stories and other forms of writing. Also includes instruction in the use of a style book and additional standard guides to careful writing. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 220 Survey of American Literature
Introduces representative works of American literature, beginning with those of the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods, continuing through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and concluding with works of the early Modernist period. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 224 Review of English Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage
With direction, students complete a programmed course of study that reviews all aspects of basic English grammar and mechanics. Credit/No Credit only (C/NC). Two credit hours. Offered in fall, spring, and summer terms.
ENG 231 The Bible as Literature
Considers the Old and New Testaments as works of creative literature and includes frequent excursions into poems, plays, music/musicals, and novels influenced by the Bible. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 232 Literature and Experience
This genre course may focus on drama, poetry, fiction, and/or prose. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 233 Women Writers
Focuses on literary works by women writers. Authors, genres, and historical periods vary. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 234 Creative Non-Fiction
Examines a wide array of literary works that come under the heading of “creative nonfiction,” i.e., the literature of fact. Categories to be examined include the personal essay, memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, nature writing, and social criticism. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 235 Selected Studies in Environmental Literature
Focuses on poets, novelists, and essayists who have spoken out strongly for the preservation of the environment. Readings may include works by Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Burroughs, Muir, Austin, Rawlings, Hurston, and Abbey. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 241 Film and Literature
Focuses on the history and aesthetics of film and its relationship to literature. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 242 Contemporary Short Fiction
This course will examine the strategies a writer calls upon when constructing a short story. Using Madison Smartt Bell’s groundbreaking book Narrative Design, students will analyze the use of time, plot, character, point of view, dialogue, and other elements of fiction. The course will be especially helpful to Writing Minors, as well as those interested in learning the building blocks of literary prose. Students will closely examine twelve short stories for both their art and craft and will demonstrate their understanding of narrative design techniques in two essay exams and an oral presentation. Suitable for non-majors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 245 Selected Studies in Popular Culture
Topics vary. May focus on theories, historical periods, themes, and/or genres that reflect and are representative of popular culture. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 249 Darkness Visible
Focuses on the almost non-existent art of radio drama by offering a hands-on experience. In this course, students write, direct, produce, and star in their own weekly radio drama show on WPRK. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 259 Topics in Popular Culture
Specific topics vary. Possibilities include visual culture; performance art; virtual reality; the mixing of media; Cuisine [and/as/in] Art; outsider art; interactive literary venues; personal aesthetics; or some combination thereof. Suitable for nonmajors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 260 Writer’s Studio
In this course, you will learn about your creative potential and how to nurture it. You will take up a writing “practice” that includes regular writing and attention to the conditions under which you are most creative and productive. You will learn how to respond effectively to the writing of others. And you will be introduced to some basic techniques of craft that good writers use to achieve effect and meaning. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 264 Exploring the Fringe
Provides an immersion in the Orlando International Fringe Festival (OIFF), an internationally known alternative theater festival. Students attend performances; meet with performers, directors, and playwrights; and write reviews. Discussions cover historical, technical, cultural, and performance issues. Class size is limited to twelve (12) students. Although there are no required texts, a nonrefundable lab fee (covering fringe membership and tickets for all performances) must be paid in full by March 31st. Nota Bene: Because fringe performances often explore controversial topics, the class will encounter adult language, ideas, and situations. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 267 Topics/Techniques in Writing
The topics version of this course offers an introduction to a very specific genre of writing (fiction, autobiography, humor writing, etc.), giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre and offering a sequence of short reading and writing assignments designed to develop facility in producing the genre. The techniques version of this course offers a close study of a specific literary technique (point of view, character/dialogue, narrative design, voice), and requires practicing the technique in short, focused writing assignments with emphasis on both literary and technical excellence. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or consent.
ENG 268 Writing Intensives
Consists of seven (7) intensive experiences in specific genres including memoir, short-short story, profile, sonnet, and writing about art. Each session introduces a particular type of writing and includes exercises for practice. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 271 Personal Writing
Explores writing as self-discovery and self-expression, as a means of discovering thoughts, feelings, and intuitions that would otherwise remain inchoate. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 273 Journalistic Writing
This writing-intensive course is designed to introduce students to the various kinds of journalistic writing: basic news pieces, features, editorials, and reviews. It will provide them with the skills necessary to produce well written, accurate, insightful stories, and develop the skills necessary to do journalistic investigation and research. Through classroom workshops, students will also learn the basics of story editing, and the way in which generalized themes can be turned into specific, clearly defined journalistic pieces. In addition, they will become familiar with contemporary journalistic practices and issues involving ethics and standards in the media. Students in Journalistic Writing I will be encouraged to submit stories to Sandspur and join Sandspur’s staff. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 275 Selected Studies in Minority Literature
Minority literary studies. Offerings vary year to year. Suitable for non-majors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 276 Writing for the Future
How do we depict ourselves when we’re communicating on the internet? How does our understanding of audience shift? This course in the genre of cyberspace writing explores how our own personal reading and writing are being changed by advances in technology, as well as how online forms and practices are reshaping corporate and academic writing. Focusing on new skills we’d like to master, we’ll consider whether our ability to learn is affected by our uses of technology. Previous experience is NOT a prerequisite. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 291 Magical Realism
When a love story filters through the centuries or a man awakens as a giant cockroach (this could happen in Florida); when an owl perches on a window crying sweet warnings or a baron lives his life in the treetops; when a dead baby rises from the grave or the local shopping mall draws us into fairyland--what are we to think? Exploring several works of magical realism, this course offers delightful metaphors, strange dreams, strategies for reading literature, and a whole new way of understanding experience. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 295 Writing in the Community
How do we give voice to private and public concerns in shaping the places we live? How do we become active members influencing decisions in our various communities (political, environmental, religious, social, or intellectual)? This course in the genre of civic writing lets students develop selected forms (letters to the editor, fact-finding summaries, field studies, proposals, documentaries, and other persuasive public project pieces that organizations use to develop cases and gain support), write for a not-for-profit organization, and practice service learning. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 300 Expository Writing
Assumes that writing is a primary way to understand, organize, and give meaning to experience, and is thus an integral part of a liberal arts curriculum. Stresses the need to examine specific rhetorical contexts and develop strategies for writing. In a workshop setting, students study and analyze both professional and student essays, as well as their own. Assumes basic competency in conventional syntax, usage, punctuation, mechanics, and organization. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 301 The Art and Craft of Autobiography as Literary Text
Explores the literary genre of autobiography as personal history, psychological exploration, and imaginative creation. Attention is given to distinguishing between autobiography, memoir, and fiction, and to the rhetorical strategies through which each is shaped. Prerequisite: ENG 300.
ENG 303 American Literature I: Beginnings through 1865
Explores representative works of the period, focusing on the evolution of American literary consciousness and shifting literary strategies, in the context of history and culture. Includes traditional canonical works as well as works that expand the canon. Prerequisite: ENG 140, and one of the following: ENG 200, 201 or 202.
ENG 304 American Literature II: 1865-1920
Explores representative works of the period, focusing on the evolution of American literary consciousness and shifting literary strategies, in the context of history and culture. Includes traditional canonical works as well as works that expand the canon. Prerequisite: ENG 140, and one of the following: ENG 200, 201 or 202.
ENG 305 American Literature III: 1920-Present
Explores representative works of the period, focusing on the evolution of American literary consciousness and shifting literary strategies, in the context of history and culture. Includes traditional canonical works as well as works that expand the canon. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 306 Selected Studies in World Literature
Explores representative works of literatures other than British and American. Specific writers, works, and/or genres vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 307 American Literature IV: African American Literature
Surveys African-American literary forms from the seventeenth century through the present time while emphasizing the social, historical, economic, and cultural politics of literary production. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 310 Studies in Early English Literature
Studies literature in the historical context of the Anglo-Saxon and/or Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500, in England. Emphasizes the history of the language, cultural diversity, and the oral-formulaic nature of the poetry. Possibilities for primary focus include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Canterbury Tales, and/or Le Mort d’Arthur. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 311 Studies in Renaissance Literature
Examines English literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, excepting the works of Shakespeare, in the context of the times. Focus varies, sometimes by genre (prose, lyric, epic, drama), sometimes by theme. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 312 Studies in Shakespeare
Focuses on selected plays and/or poems by Shakespeare, examined in the context of history and culture. Satisfies “Major Author” requirement for English Majors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 313 Shakespeare in Text and Film
Focuses on the reading of selected plays in tandem with the viewing of major film adaptations. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 314 Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the Restoration and neoclassical periods. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 315 Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the Romantic and/or Victorian periods. pecific writers, works, and/or genres vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 319 Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the Modernist, Contemporary, and/or Postmodern periods. Specific writers, works, and/or genres vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 320 Selected Studies: Literature in Translation
Focuses on literary works created in a language other than English, such as French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and others. Specific writers, works, and/or genres vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 324 Selected Studies in Minority Literature
Focuses on writers and literary works that represent minority groups and/or cultures. Specific topics vary. Possibilities include Native American literature; African-American literature; the literature of British Colonialism and/or Post-Colonialism; Latin American literature; Asian-American literature; gay/lesbian literature. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 326 Southern Writers
Focuses on selected Southern writers, including novelists, dramatists, and/or poets. Prerequisite: junior/senior status and ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 327 The Art of the Personal Essay
Explores the personal essay as a literary genre, studying its historical development and critical status. Writers studied may include E.B. White, George Orwell, Alice Walker, Annie Dillard, Joan Didion, Cynthia Ozick, James Baldwin, and Virginia Woolf. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 328 Contemporary American Literature
Focuses on American literature in the last half of the twentieth century, from the end of World War II and the emergence of the Beats, through the tumultuous ‘60s and ‘70s, and into the fin de siecle. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 329 Selected Studies in American Literature
Explores one or more specific topics in the American literary tradition. Writers, works, periods, and/or genres vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 335 Critical Approaches to Literature
Focuses on major works of critical theory as well as applications of critical theory to literary texts. Includes emphasis on literary terminology. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 340 Poets on Poetry
Offers a historical overview of poets’ ideas on poetry, beginning in antiquity and continuing through the present time, then examines the poetry and critical writings of selected poets. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 341 Film and Literature
Focuses on the history and aesthetics of film and its relationship to literature. Specific topics vary. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 344 Literature and Cultural Studies
Specific topics vary. Possibilities include The Postmodern; Visual Culture; Media Mixtures; Interactive Literary Venues; or some combination thereof. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 345 Classical Rhetoric: Persuasion
This course offers a close study of the classical tradition of rhetoric. Students will become familiar with the work of the major figures of classical rhetoric (Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Quintilliam), their theories of rhetoric, how those theories differ and overlap and how they have influenced modern notions of persuasiveness. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 359 Topics in Popular Culture
Specific topics vary. Possibilities include Food and Foodways; Performance Art; Outsider Art; Gender Studies; or some combination thereof. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 360 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
Focuses on the broad range of intellectual, rhetorical, and composition skills necessary to write creative nonfiction prose. Uses workshop approach for drafting, revising, and critiquing. Specific discourse forms vary, alternating among autobiography, travel writing, the personal essay, nature writing, and literary journalism. Refer to the online Schedule of Courses for topics currently being offered. Prerequisite: ENG 300.
ENG 361 Writing for the Professions
Make the transition from student to professional. This course gives students experience in developing the writing and presentation skills expected of them in their careers. They will learn and apply specific communication principles underlying the forms and practices of professionals. Appropriate for all majors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 363 Modern Drama
Focuses on American, British, and Continental plays written/produced from 1890 to 1945. Representative playwrights include Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, Synge, O’Neill, Treadwell, Pirandello, and Eliot. Emphasizes critical analysis, historical significance, and issues of performance. Satisfies “Genre Study” requirement for English Majors. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 364 College Grammar
Examines the rules and conventions of modern English, drawing on insights gained from traditional, structural, and transformational grammars. This theory-of-language course is NOT remedial. Students who feel that they need a review of basic English grammar are encouraged to take ENG 224 (Review of English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation--CREDIT/NO CREDIT) before undertaking this course. Recommended for future teachers of English and for all writers who want to improve the mastery of their craft. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 367 Creative Writing Workshop
Alternates focus among various writing genres including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, children’s literature. Requires strong, established creative writing skills and experience in writing workshops. Refer to the online Schedule of Courses for topics currently being offered. Prerequisite: ENG 140 or equivalent.
ENG 370 Spiritual Autobiography
Examines autobiographies by persons who have successfully fostered both social activism and profound spirituality in their own lives. Readings include works by Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Thomas Merton, Frederick Buechner, Elie Weisel, Viktor Frankl, and Annie Dillard. Prerequisite: ENG 300.
ENG 372 Winter With the Writers
Winter With the Writers
Conducted in conjunction with the visiting authors’ series, whose work will be the focus of study. Includes biographical research and critical studies in papers and panels in advance of the writer | 
