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2023-2024 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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EDU 856 - Foundations-Quantitative Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course introduces students to the process of evaluating and conducting quantitative research in the higher education field. Students learn the basic methods of quantitative research such as correlational survey research, experimental research, and quasi-experiment research. Besides, this course is designed to help students understand the basic concepts of statistics used in educational research. This course will include eight learning modules with topics ranging from descriptive to inferential statistics. Specific topics include frequency distributions, central tendency, variability, probability theory, and hypothesis testing. As part of the class requirement, students are expected to practice SPSS software on descriptive analysis (frequency, mean, variance, standard deviation, etc.), and basic inferential statistical analysis of comparing mean difference using one sample. The goal is for students to acquire necessary skills and abilities to work with real data of students’ dissertation later in the research sequence.
Offered Spring
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EDU 858 - Organizational Development
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course allows students to utilize, and build upon, their leadership skills in the analysis of organizational structure, development, and change. Students will have the opportunity to apply behavioral science theories and current research concerning individuals, teams, and organizations to the dynamics and mechanisms of organizational change. Through course readings, group interactions, and self-reflection students will analyze and diagnose ongoing activities within their organization and identify appropriate interventions to facilitate organizational change. Additionally, students will identify how the traditional organizational structures with higher education may benefit from organizational development. Furthermore, students will explore how organizational development is different from other models of change and how leaders address stakeholders’ resistance to change.
Offered Summer
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EDU 860 - Special Topics in Higher Ed
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This is a special topics course in higher education and leadership studies. The course topic and title are TBD.
Offered Summer
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EDU 863 - Leadership Ethics - Multicultural
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will draw from various world philosophies on ethics and leadership by decentering the male white western cisgender patriarchal and hegemonic views that have historically dominated the scholarship of ethics and leadership in education studies. Students will use critical discourse analysis as a methodology to analyze both the historical shifts and contemporary transmogrifications of “Self” and “Other” within the discourses of ethics and leadership. Students will also examine how social epistemologies embedded within educational research, policies and practices are used to identify, order, and classify difference in education and society. Weekly discussions will focus on deconstructing these discursive formations across educational research, policies and practices in order to understand how a multicultural lens can be mobilized towards dismantling systemic racism and creating anti-racist educational spaces. Students will have the opportunity to learn from and engage with local community leaders and guest speakers from around the world throughout this course. These discussions are designed to be multidirectional, and to provide students and guest speakers with the opportunity to exchange innovative ideas for creating inclusive and sustainable partnerships with multicultural and multilingual communities and organizations.
Offered Fall
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EDU 864 - Qualitative Foundations
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course introduces the foundations that guide qualitative inquiry, also known as “naturalistic inquiry”. Students will learn about philosophical and epistemological underpinnings of qualitative research, a basic over view of 5 approaches, qualitative methods (specific research tools- e.g., interviews), and qualitative methodology (justification for using a particular research approach or tool).
In addition to providing an overview of qualitative research methodologies, students in this course will have an opportunity to apply theories to practice by designing a qualitative research project. The readings, class discussions, and online activities, will prompt reflection on your identity as a researcher and the complexities involved in qualitative inquiry. Students will explore methodological assumptions, topic selection, research question development, participant selection, relationships with participants, data collection and data analysis methods, validity criteria, and interpretive and representational decisions. The goals of the course are for students to learn criteria by which to evaluate contemporary qualitative research and to gain beginning knowledge and skills for designing and conducting qualitative inquiry.
Offered Fall
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EDU 866 - Inclusive Leadership
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The course takes as a core assumption that inclusion is a concept of shared power. The goal of the course is therefore to help student learners identify a strategy whereby they can individually work with people significantly different from themselves in policy, design and decision-making, particularly as it relates to higher education. This course will help students develop a foundation for research-based practices in the area of inclusion and diversity. Students will therefore leave with a working knowledge of how to create and implement a framework for inclusive excellence and diversity. Guided by a comprehensive strengths-based perspective, students will leave the course with the ability to understand: (1) the impact of racial/ethnic and gender stratification on the higher education system; (2) institutional/organizational and social psychological barriers that systematically impede achievement outcomes; and (3) strengths-based strategies to eliminate racial, ethnic and gender barriers at multiple levels policy, organizational and individual.
Offered Spring
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EDU 868 - Spec Topics: Research Discernment
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The purpose of this 3-credit course is to guide students to developing a research topic and identifying a research problem through an extensive review of the literature. This course introduces students to the steps of developing a research topic and leads them to developing a clearly articulated research question. Literature mapping and academic writing are stressed, particularly as they pertain to paragraph construction and synthesizing multiple sources. Students use library resources including Ref Works and Write n’ Cite to reinforce their skills in writing in APA format.
Offered Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): None.
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EDU 870 - Strategic Leadership
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students will focus on leadership decision-making, organizational planning, and creating positive organizational change within the complex systems of higher education. Students will plan a major change management process for their own institutions and they will utilize a systems-based approach to decision-making in higher education. Finally, students will evaluate strategic planning processes and structures in higher education.
Offered Summer
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EDU 872 - Special Topics III: Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This is the third special topics in higher education course, and it’s offered in the summer term of year 2.The course is a research course and will be co-taught by a quantitative and qualitative research expert. Students will focus on quant or qual methods, depending on what they intend to pursue for their dissertation. This is a practical and applied research course.
Offered Summer
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EDU 874 - Higher Education Law
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students will be introduced to a spectrum of legal issues commonly raised at institutions of higher education (IHE). Because the law intersects with all facets of campus operations, this course will provide a framework that explores the intersection between the law and both internal and external partnerships. There is a need for IHE leaders to understand their responsibilities to rights of students, faculty and staff, as well as the broader community so that partnerships become a conduit to sustainability for an institution and its affiliates. Students will identify and describe major legal issues in higher education. They will analyze case law and understand how court rulings should inform policies and procedures and learn how to brief a case by spotting issues and identifying the dispositive facts of a case. Finally, students will learn how to approach and resolve a challenge from the perspective of different stakeholders.
Offered Fall
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EDU 876 - Applied Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course gives all students an opportunity to develop a hands-on pilot research project that is aligned with the students’ dissertation inquiry. The goal is to help students get the preliminary research experience by applying one research methodology student learned from the research courses in the program and run a real pilot research project. This course will include four components: Study planning, data collection, data and analysis preparation, and concluding reflection. Students are expected to consider the research ethics and issues related to the proposed pilot project, draft an IRB proposal for review, and follow the recruitment and data collection procedures ethically. Students are expected to present their pilot research findings as the end product of this course and use it as a foundation for the dissertation work.
Offered Fall
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EDU 878 - Portfolio and Assessment
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
In this one-credit course, students will complete their portfolio: a compilation of reflections and key assessments completed prior to the dissertation. Students will also have an opportunity to attend face-to-face meetings. The meetings are intended to introduce students to their dissertation committees and to build community with them. As part of the portfolio process, students will compile key assessments and complete reflections that highlight their academic writing, scholarly research, and leadership skills and their identities in each domain.
Offered Winterim
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EDU 880 - Spec Topics: Writing & Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course will focus on applying academic writing standards to the proposal. Topics will include the use of the following components of quality academic writing: solid organization and coherence, APA style and format, headings, tables and figures, citations, and references. Students will incorporate multiple iterations of feedback and be supported towards a successful proposal presentation and dissertation defense. Students will prepare a proposal using components of academic writing and prepare for a formal proposal presentation.
Offered Spring
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EDU 882 - Dissertation Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course aids students’ journeys from discerning their topic towards the creation of and successful presentation of their proposals. To do so, students will be introduced to a variety of resources, including the dissertation template and quality review guide. The course will also provide multiple iterations of expert feedback to hone and align student proposal components.Students will draft and edit their proposals with the aid of research faculty. They will learn to incorporate multiple rounds of feedback from faculty members and from their advisor. At the completion of the course, students will be prepared for their proposal presentation.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDU 884 - Dissertation Proposal
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
This course allows students to convene their committee members for their proposal presentation. Following the Dissertation Writing course, the student now presents their Chapters 1-3 to the dissertation committee. Through 12 suggested slides, students outline the research question and their plan for data collection and analysis.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDU 886 - Dissertation Research
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course allows students to conduct their dissertation research as outlined in their Institutional Research Board (IRB) material and methodology section of their approved dissertation proposal. Students employ the data collection techniques relevant to their proposal, followed by the appropriate data analysis. Students write chapter 4, “What the data says,” and chapter 5, “What the data means”. These chapters integrate feedback from the advisor and possible research faculty consultations, in addition to editorial feedback. Students will also revise Chapters 1, 2, and 3 both to change verb tense to past tense, and incorporate committee feedback from proposal meeting. Student and advisor may work together to determine how to proceed on committee recommendations.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDU 888 - Dissertation Defense
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
This course allows students to convene their committee members for their defense presentation. Following the Proposal Presentation, the candidate now presents their findings to the dissertation committee. Through 20 suggested slides, students outline the research question, data collection, and research findings.
Offered Winterim, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): ED884 - passing grade
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EDU 950 - Ed Leadership Foundations & Ethics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
This course introduces students to the Dominican ethos as it relates to students’ leadership identity, professional lives, and their doctoral work. The foundations of educational leadership are the cornerstone for this course. Students will complete the necessary ethics training for conducting research and build their expertise as it relates to academic writing and scholarly research. Students will have an opportunity to build community with their cohort members as well as become familiar the tools and resources vital to their successful completion of their dissertation.
Offered Fall
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EDU 955 - Ed Leadership Research Discernment
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students are guided in making the connection between their role as an educational leader and contributing to the field of educational leadership through their dissertation research project. This course is designed to guide students as they draft the first three chapters of their dissertation. Students continue to hone their study and align the critical components of their study through instructor feedback. Students learn about and incorporate their particular research method into their prospectus. Students continue to work in writing groups, conduct peer reviews, and incorporate instructor/advisor feedback.
Offered Fall
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EDU 960 - Research Methods and IRB Proposal
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students will devote time to completing their research design, develop their instruments for collecting data, and prepare the IRB paperwork. Students will receive guidance in developing instrumentation (survey design, interview/focus group protocol, observation rubrics, etc.) Students will be introduced to Qualtrics, a survey design tool. Students will learn about the ethics of research and will develop an IRB proposal.
Offered Spring
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EDU 965 - Proposal Writing & Presentation
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students engage in continued alignment of their critical study components including problem statement, purpose statement, theoretical/conceptual framework, literature, and method. Students present a mock proposal and get feedback from cohort members to finalize their proposal. Students continue to meet in their writing groups and incorporate instructor and advisor feedback. Students end the course with a formal proposal to their committee.
Offered Spring
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EDU 970 - Data Collection
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students continue to meet in their writing groups. Students will begin to gather their data and are supported by advisors and experts. Students incorporate committee feedback into their proposal document. Students begin to collect data, as they continue to gain knowledge and skills related to academic writing and research through peer interaction and guidance by the advisor.
Offered Summer
Prerequisite(s): ED 965
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EDU 975 - Data Analysis
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students continue to meet in their writing groups. Students meet with research methodologist to analyze data and determine preliminary results. Students learn how to use the tools for analyzing quantitative and/or qualitative data, depending on their data set, and they work with a research methodologist to analyze their data and determine results of preliminary data analysis.
Offered Summer
Prerequisite(s): ED 965
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EDU 980 - Study results and discussion
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Students attend classes to work with each other, their advisors, program experts, and their peers to communicate their findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Students receive significant and substantial feedback on their findings from their advisors, committee members, and program experts to determine the conclusions and recommendations to be drawn from the data. The objectives are that students will complete their data analysis, work closely with advisors, editors, and writing groups to analyze data and communicate results.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): ED965
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EDU 985 - Guided Dissertation Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 6
Students submit their final draft of their dissertation to the Coordinator of the dissertation process, who then sets the defense date and distributes the student’s document to the committee. Students prepare the defense presentation. Upon successful completion of the defense, students incorporate feedback from the committee to prepare their document for publication to UMI. Students will successfully defend their dissertation through a presentation to their committee members. Next, students incorporate suggested changes and submit their document for publication.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): ED965
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EDU 990 - Dissertation Defense
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Conclusions, implications, and recommendations are drawn from the data. The final dissertation written copy is prepared, analyzed by the dissertation committee, and reviewed by the dissertation editor prior to dissertation defense and publication. Students are provided guidelines for final publication of the dissertation.
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EDU 995 - Dissertation Research Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
The Ed.D. program requires continuous enrollment while students work toward degree completion. ED 995 is a dissertation writing course guided by the Director of the Ed.D. program designed for students who have completed the required 54 credits required for graduation, but need additional time to complete their dissertation research.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the required 54 credits in the Ed.D. program.
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ENG 099B - Basic Writing Skills
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Focuses on developing skills needed for college-level writing. Students required to take ENG 99 must complete it before enrolling in ENG 110 . Credit does not count toward graduation requirements.
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ENG 099C - Basic Writing Skills
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Continuation of skills taught in ENG 099B for students who are recommended to take it by their instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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ENG 110 W - College Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 5
This first-year course integrates critical reading and writing skills. Course topics will vary, but every section will emphasize academic writing. Students will develop competence in finding and using source materials, and in writing research papers. Individual conferences, peer reading, and revision are some of the essential elements in this process-oriented approach to college writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 099; OKE 110.
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ENG 201 UX - Introduction to Journalism
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Students will learn the basics of newswriting and new-gathering tools, discover the markets for fake news and fact checkers, and explore news platforms from Facebook to the New York Times.
Offered Fall
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 202 - Journalism Practicum
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
The overall aim of the practicum is to provide journalism students with the closest approximation possible of working for a professional newspaper, magazine, or other journalistic publication. Students are expected to publish two to four major stories in the college newspaper (depending on the number of credits) assigned or pitched and accepted by editors.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 .
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ENG 205 BX - Intro to Creative Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This is an introductory course for those interested in creative writing. Students will write short stories and/or poetry of their own, and will participate in a peer-review process. Students will also write short critiques of all student work presented to this writing workshop. In addition, we will be reading work by established writers. English 205 is the gateway course to more advanced writing courses in Fiction Writing, Poetry Writing, and other creative-writing courses.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 210 CX - Intro to Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Supplies students with the critical tools to analyze, evaluate and appreciate fiction, poetry and drama.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 220 C - Issues and Themes in Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Each iteration of this course will focus on a particular theme, genre, or issue in literary studies. Possible topics include Arthurian Legends, Science Fiction, or Political Poetry. Ultimately this course examines the capacity of literature to give voice to cultural concerns and to reflect on and critique cultural questions and problems.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 224 CQ - Topics in Literature and Gender
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course focuses on the intersection between literary study and gender and sexuality studies. Different iterations of the course might focus on Women Writing on Love and Power, the LGBTQ Novel, Feminism in Literature, Gender Roles in Genre Fiction, or Transgender Memoirs. Cross-listed WS 224
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or concurrent enrollment
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ENG 243 CE - TOPICS IN LITERATURE & ENVIRONMENT
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Concepts of ecology are central to this literature course that might focus on nature writing, utopian and dystopian fictions, indigenous writing, and/or other literary topics that relate to environmental concerns. Students will learn about and employ eco-criticism.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 245 C - TOPICS IN FILM & LITERATURE
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A course focusing on the relationship between film and literature, as well as on the theoretical and critical tools literary studies brings to film analysis. Specific versions of the course might focus on Noir in Film and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, or Adaptations.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 246 A - FILM STUDIES TOPICS
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A course in film analysis that focuses on both form and content. Different methodological and theoretical approaches to film studies will be employed to explore specific topics that might include the New Documentary, American Romantic Film Comedy, or Blockbuster Studies.
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ENG 260 CD - Topics in Ethnic Literatures
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A course focusing on the intersection between literature and ethnicity or Ethnic Studies. Specific versions of the course might focus on topics like the Multiethnic Graphic Novel, American Slave Narratives, or the Literature of Immigration. Cross-listed ETHS 260
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or concurrent enrollment
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ENG 271 CG - TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURES
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course focuses on global literatures. Global Anglophone literature and literature in translation might be included. Specific topics could include Diasporic Fiction, Colonial and Postcolonial Writing, Global Drama, or Studies in the Epic.
Prerequisite(s): W tag or concurrent enrollment in W-tag course.
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ENG 277 J - Language Society and the Individual
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Students will investigate the different varieties of English and what they mean to the people who speak them. They will reflect on our assumptions and reactions to the language of different groups and search for the source of those reactions. Students will also analyze their language rituals and what role these rituals play in interpersonal relationships. Areas of study will also include the nature of the language faculty, the effects of human interaction on its development, and how language is processed by the brain.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENG 280 CUX - Introduction to Literary Study
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Required for all newly-declared English majors. This course provides students with the critical tools needed to perform upper-division literary analysis in English courses. The course defines literary studies and its subfields as scholarly disciplines, reviews fundamentals of literary interpretation, and establishes a timeline of literary periods and movements. Further, the course examines various critical perspectives and theories. Students will develop an understanding of the critical frameworks that provide the assumptions, strategies, and techniques that inform how we read literature for critical interpretation.
Course Fee: W tag.
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ENG 281 CI - Introduction to Literary Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
An Introduction to the study of Literature required for English majors and focusing on genre, research methods, and critical approaches. In the twenty-first century, navigating the world of interpretation also means learning how to work with information technology, and how to use technological tools for scholarly and creative work. Students will not only read about critical digital practices, they will become practitioners of digital information science and critical digital humanities projects. Librarians will help guide instruction in information technology tools and methodologies, and students will build projects that make use of critical digital methodologies within a digital humanities platform.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W tag.
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ENG 301 X - Magazine Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Students will read and discuss outstanding examples of magazine writing published in the previous year, then produce four magazine length articles or features of their own modeled on their readings. They will be encouraged to bring their skills up to a professional level and submit their work to our college newspaper, as well as outside publications that fall within their interests. Students will learn proper journalistic organization, diction and attribution, and interviewing techniques. Attention will be devoted to issues of libel law and plagiarism.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 .
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ENG 305 BX - Fiction Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This is a writer’s workshop for students interested in writing short fiction. The student’s own original stories will be analyzed and discussed in both peer-review groups and an all-class workshop setting. In addition to writing stories of their own, students will be expected to write short critical responses to all work by their peers. Students will also read and analyze stories by professional writers.
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ENG 306 - Poetry Writing
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A workshop course for students interested in writing poetry.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 205 .
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ENG 312 - Topics in Journalism
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Topics in journalism, varying by semester. Offerings might include environmental journalism, minority journalism, countercultural journalism, and advocacy journalism, including studies of how subcultures and marginalized interest discourse through media with the constantly changing mainstream in American culture.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 325 - Topics in Ethnic American Lit
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of selected works from one of the following ethnic literary traditions in the United States: African American literature, Asian American literature, Latino/Hispanic American literature, or Native American literature.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 325A CDQ - Asian/American: Fiction & Film
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
The course offers a study of selected fictional, cinematic, and other texts by Asian American and Asian immigrant writers and filmmakers in the United States. We will examine the ways in which Asian Americans and immigrants of diverse ethnicities negotiate dominant White constructions of the Asian/American cultural and psychological divides, (re)imagine Asian American self-identities, and claim citizenship and belonging. At the same time, we will appreciate Asian American literary texts for the beauty and power of their language and storytelling and their universal appeal to our hearts and imagination. Cross-listed ETHS 325A
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
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ENG 327 CQ - Tpc: Literature and Gender
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of literary works from a variety of periods and genres in relation to issues of gender. Specific iterations of the course could include emphases on gender, sexuality and representation; queer theory; feminist theory, especially feminist narrative theory; textuality and sexuality; women’s writing and society; or tough guys in literature. All possible versions of the course will require attention to how literature represents, reinforces, and/or attempts to subvert social roles attached to gender and sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 331 CX - Literary Figures
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Concentrated study of a single major author, including literary works, cultural and historical contexts and influences. Possible course offerings include Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton, Austen, Melville, Shaw, Joyce, Woolf, Twain, Faulkner, and Morrison.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 331B CX - Literary Figures: Shakespeare
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Reading and writing about Shakespeare’s plays. Selections will include a cross-section of comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances, as well as sonnets and longer poetry.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 358 CX - Medieval Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Works from European literature before 1485. The course may include Old English poetry, Chaucer, the Pearl-poet, Malory, and a variety of writers from non-English traditions. It will also emphasize cultural and linguistic contexts, historical development, and political and economic background. This course contributes to the pre-1865 literature requirement.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 359 CX - Renaissance Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A selection of works from British literature, ranging from the last years of the fifteenth century, through the Elizabethan age. The course may draw from a wide variety of poetry, drama and prose, including More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe and others. It will emphasize literary form and style, as well as cultural and social contexts. This course contributes to the pre-1865 literature requirement.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 360 CX - 17th Century British Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A survey of selected writers of late Renaissance and 17th century Britain, from the Stuart period through the English Civil War and the Restoration. This tumultuous and action-packed age was filled with unparalleled achievements in the theatre, milestones in publishing, political and religious unrest, the beginnings of global trade, and colonization of the New World. The course will include authors such as Jonson, Donne, Marvell, Wroth, and Milton. This course contributes to the pre-1865 literature requirement.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 361 CX - Restoration & 18th Centry Brit Lit
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A survey of British literature of the “long 18th century,” from the Restoration through the 1700s. Enormous cultural transformations, from the explosion of print culture, to the philosophical and scientific revolutions of the Enlightenment, to experiments in modern democratic thought, to the speed of travel and international trade, mark the era as one of the most turbulent and exciting in Western history. The course will include authors such as Behn, Defoe, Swift, Pope and Johnson. This course contributes to the pre-1865 literature requirement.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 362 CX - Romantic and Victorian Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course examines a selection of literature from the British long nineteenth century, from the late eighteenth century Romantics to the end of the Victorian era in 1901, and may cover a full survey of this period or only one part (e.g. only the Romantic or the Victorian period). Readings may include: John Keats, William Blake, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, or any of the many other writers of the period.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 363 - Modernism
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of literary modernism during the beginning of the twentieth century that may include emphases on any of the following: the Harlem Renaissance, the relationship between realism and modernism, the gender of modernism, and/or transnational influences on modernist writing.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 367 CX - American Literature to 1865
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Encompassing a wide range of literary movements and authors from the 1600s through the end of the American Civil War in 1865, this course may be organized as a survey course looking at writers from each period or may focus on one or more periods in depth. From the early settlers seeking religious or economic freedoms to the tumultuous revolutionary period to the establishment of a distinctive American literature and culture in the nineteenth century, the territories that became the United States forged new political and social frontiers that are reflected in a wide range of imaginative literary works. This course contributes to the pre-1865 literature requirement.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 368 - American Literature, 1865-1914
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course begins with the post-Civil War period of tumult and moves through the rise of realism in the late nineteenth century and Modernism in the early twentieth century. Writers in this period struggled to find innovative ways to get at the basic truths of life experience by experimenting with new forms of writing and new subjects to examine. This period of radical thinking and cultural revolutions produced creative experiments from Mark Twain, Henry James, Kate Chopin, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot among many others. This course may look at a survey from all periods or choose to focus in more depth on one or more periods.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 370 - Topics: World Literatures in English
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
An examination of a particular national literature other than that of the United States or Britain, or a survey of literature by writers from a variety of regions around the globe. Specific courses might include Irish Literature or Postcolonial Literatures.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 370B CGX - Tpc: Postcolonial Fiction
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will provide students with an opportunity to explore fiction from the former British colonies and from Great Britain itself. In order to experience the literature of this course as fully as possible, our readings of the primary texts will be informed by historical grounding, geographical/political contexts, as well as cultural and literary theory to do with postcolonial subjectivity. How do we, in North America, read the work of those in other parts of the world and learn from what they have to tell us?
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 371 CX - Postmodern and Contemporary Lit
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will discuss postmodern and contemporary themes such as the search for meaning, revisionism, consumerism, community, and the relationship between literature and cultural change. We will look closely at issues of form and genre and will discuss critical terms including magical realism, postcolonialism, and poststructuralism.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENG 377 C - Issues & Themes in Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Some of the earliest novels, even before the genre had a name, were fictionalized travel narratives. These novels were read alongside, sometimes interchangeably with, chronicles of real-life experience. Tales of travel and adventure have enjoyed popularity for centuries: they show us the hopes and fears of every era as their denizens venture into the unknown. They reflect a culture’s values and prejudices as characters confront both foreignness and their own limitations. What remains to be explored and understood in the literature of our increasingly globalized world? This course will take on a broad historical swath of fiction and non-fiction in an effort to find out.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 377A CX - Thm: Romantic,Transcendental,Gothic
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will look at a let of three literary traditions that overlapped during the late eighteenth and early to mid-nineteenth centuries: Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and Gothicism. These traditions are closely linked to each other: late 18th century British Romanticism gave rise to an American Romantic tradition. Romanticism also gave rise to British as well as American Gothic traditions.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 377B CX - Thm: The Shakespeare Effect
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course addresses the issue of literary adaptation. Using plays by Shakespeare as case studies, students will examine the way artists in different genres (including film, fiction, and musical theater) adapt and reimagine Shakespeare for different eras and audiences.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 380 CUX - Literary Criticism and Theory
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course builds on the theoretical principles taught in ENG 280 or ENG 281 to further provide students with the critical tools used in upper-division literature course work. It is devoted to examining critical perspectives and theories in detail, including New Criticism, New Historicism, queer and gender studies, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism, and deconstruction, exploring them through primary readings and case studies. Students will develop a greater understanding of the critical frameworks that provide the assumptions, strategies, and governing questions for the practice of interpreting texts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 280 or ENG 281 .
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ENG 391 - Literary Genres
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of literature through the lens of genre, such as the novel, film as literature, contemporary drama or poetry, popular genres, including fantasy or horror.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 395 CEX - Environmental Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course covers literature that puts the environment at the center of discourse and considers humans as part of(rather than apart from) nature and ecosystems. Specific iterations of the course might focus on nature writing, urban environments, deep ecology, eco-feminism, eco-criticism, and/or activist literature.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 410 - Advanced Journalism
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A project-oriented seminar for long investigative projects.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 .
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ENG 415A CDQ - Black Women Writers
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course offers a study of selected novels, short stories, and essays by African American women writers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Emphasizing the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality, and informed by critical studies of race and ethnicity and Black feminist criticism, we will explore the following main questions: What are the major themes and issues in Black women’s literature? What textual strategies do African American women writers employ to represent Blackness, womanhood, and Black womanhood? In what ways do these writers challenge or accommodate dominant discourses of race, gender, class, and sexuality? What does it mean to be a Black feminist reader, and what does it mean for non-Black and/or non-female readers to interpret Black women’s writings? Cross-listed ETHS 415A and WS 415A
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110
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ENG 416 CGX - Lit & Cult of Early Translantc Worl
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This advanced course examines transatlantic literature (between Europe, Africa, and the Americas) during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (specifically, the period of the Enlightenment). Literature of this period reflected radical new social and political realities: 1) Globalization on the heels of the age of exploration 2) the exploitative side of this age and the slave trade 3) focus on writings by and about evolving gender roles. This is a broad topics course that would allow various iterations. The emergence of new literary and cultural forms makes this an especially dynamic period. The study of literature of the period is likewise an especially rich frame for looking at this period because new genres emerged alongside new cultural and political forms.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 443 - Focused Study: Ethnic American Lit
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A close examination of a particular ethnic American literary period, genre, or theme, such as the Harlem Renaissance, immigrant narratives, or Asian Americans in popular culture. Cross-listed ETHS443A
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 443A CDQ - Passing Narr: Ethnic Am Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
The term passing refers to the disguises of elements of an individual’s presumed “natural” or “essential” identities, such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and/or class. In this course, we will study selected works of various genres (fiction, memoir, and film) which narrate and negotiate acts of passing. Attending to the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality in passing narratives and situating these texts in their historical, cultural, and critical contexts, we will examine the ways in which women and men from diverse ancestries in American literature and culture imagine the possibilities of passing while grappling with its complexities and limitations. We will explore the following key critical questions: What motivates passing, and what are the possibilities, consequences, and limitations of passing? What are the similarities and differences between racial and gender passing? In what ways do passing narratives destabilize the binaries of White/non-White, man/woman, authenticity/counterfeit and call into question the “absoluteness” of identity categories? In what ways does passing remain relevant in today’s U.S. cultural and sociopolitical contexts? Cross-listed ETHS 443A
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 and sophomore standing.
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ENG 443B CDX - Foc Stud: Ethnic Am Studies-Slavery
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course will examine a range of scenes of slavery as depicted in literary fiction, period accounts, historical documentation, photography and other imagery, and critical theory. This range of texts and images will reveal the lived experiences of slaves across time periods and different geographic locations. We will examine how slaves were transported to the Americas (particularly North America), how their enslavement was achieved materially and psychologically, how their bodies were treated and abused, how they were viewed by sympathizers and opponents of slavery, how the idea of slavery figured in debates about the establishment of the new United States, how they revolted and rebelled and how these rebellions were quashed, how they were controlled through legal and cultural circumscription, how they sought control of their own circumstances and destinies, how they sought escape and sometimes succeeded, and how they wrote accounts of their experiences in an effort to be heard. Cross-listed ETHS 443B
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110
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ENG 470 - Focused Study of World Literature
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of masterpieces from the Western and/or non-Western traditions, selected for their cultural or literary significance. This course may be organized around a central theme or question, such as the nature of literary tragedy or the role of the individual in the community.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 476 - Advanced Writing Workshop
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Directed study in the writing of various literary forms, such as the informal essay, nature writing, scriptwriting, genre fiction, the long poem, the novella, or other forms.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 205 .
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ENG 477 - Seminar in Literary Studies
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A special study of a literary period, figure, genre, or group, of some other special literary focus.
Prerequisite(s): W tag.
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ENG 478 - Independent Study - English
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A program of independent reading/research in a genre, or an author, or a period if a comparable course is not offered in the same year. This program may be one or two semesters in length.
Prerequisite(s): a literature course at the 300/400 level or consent of instructor.
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ENG 479 - Independent Study - English
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A program of independent reading/research in a genre, or an author, or a period if a comparable course is not offered in the same year. This program may be one or two semesters in length.
Prerequisite(s): a literature course at the 300/400 level or consent of instructor.
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ENG 480 - Focused Study of Literary Criticism
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A study of a particular approach or issue in contemporary criticism and theory, such as feminist theory, gender studies, trauma studies, or migration and diaspora.
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ENG 480A GQU - Focused Std Lit Crit: Cntm Glob Fem
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is an exploration of the methods, concepts, and experiences of feminism as it is practiced all over the world in different ways. The historical development and cultural mappings of feminism since the second wave will be our main concern, but we will maintain specificity by focusing on particular locations, and on locational concerns. Feminist theorists from a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, political science, history and sociology will provide groundwork for our explorations, which will be filled out through case studies, historical texts and literary narratives. Cross-listed ETHS481/WS480
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ENG 481 3K - Advanced Studies in English
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A senior seminar focused on the current themes in English studies that incorporates scholarship and methodologies from all of the sub-disciplines: literature, journalism, creative writing, and teaching. The first half of this course will explore different approaches to the course theme and the second half will be a workshop focused on student projects.
Offered Spring
Prerequisite(s): COR 2 and ENG 280 or ENG 281 .
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ENG 490 - Internship
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 1
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A planned and faculty-supervised program of work that utilizes skills learned in earlier English course work.
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ENVS 101 1ER - Spirituality and Ecology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
While focusing on Eco-Spirituality and Environmental Justice, this COR 1 course introduces the Dominican Liberal Arts tradition: building a more just and compassionate world through the integration of spirituality, study and service, in a community searching for truth. Through grappling with ecological concerns, students discover connections between their own spiritualties and what they are learning about the environment through various disciplines and their active collaboration in making the world a better place. We join Dominicans and others exploring “Is there a way to reverse global warming?” “Who suffers or benefits most from the way things are?” “What is ‘green’ living?” “What will motivate & empower us to reduce our own carbon footprints?” Cross-listed RS 101
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): Freshman standing.
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ENVS 110 EPU - Environmental Ethics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
What ways of thinking help us participate responsibly in the web of life on Earth? This course will help us recognize the interdependence of human society and the natural environment and the ways in which principles of ecological sustainability are essential to building a just and compassionate world. Our course will begin with developing an understanding of the multidisciplinary context of environmental ethics, and then we will explore fundamental worldviews of our relationship with and responsibility to the natural world. We will then look at specific areas of concern and case studies where you will be given the chance to examine an issue from different philosophical perspectives. This course will develop your ability to think philosophically; to understand several philosophical traditions in ethics; and to apply your abilities and understandings to environmental issues. Cross-listed PHIL 110
Offered Fall
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): none
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ENVS 206 EV - Natural Communities of Wisconsin
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
An exploration of Wisconsin’s wetlands, lakes and streams, prairies, savannas, and forests. In field trips and labs, we practice identifying local plants and animals, see some of the science behind our understanding of these biological communities, and support collaborative efforts to preserve our natural heritage. Cross-listed BIO 206
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENVS 216 EV - Environmental Geology
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Environmental geology focuses on the interaction between humans and geological processes that shape Earth’s environment. An emphasis is placed upon both how integral earth processes are to human survival and the fact that humans are an integral part of a complex and interactive system called the Earth System. The study of Environmental Geology brings important knowledge and information to the search for solutions to many of the problems facing humanity today. Challenges such as expanding populations, resource distribution and use, energy and water availability and earth processes (especially flooding, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, etc.) that pose serious risks to life and property are addressed. Possible solutions are explored that work within ecological realities and prioritize the ability to meet the needs of the current population without reducing the options available to future generations. Cross-listed GEOS 206
Offered Fall
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENVS 250 EV - Intro to Environmental Science
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Humans are intimately connected to the natural world. We not only depend on the environment for our existence and well-being, we are part of the environment and our actions can affect it profoundly. This course explores the connections between humans and our environment by exploring basic ecological principals and applying them to many of the major environmental issues currently faced by humanity. Cross-listed BIO 250
Offered Fall, Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENVS 265 E - Natural Resources and Society
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
A seminar designed to investigate the ecological, cultural, geographic and economic background of the conservation of natural resources. Some of the specific issues that will be explored are: resource allocation and energy production; water issues; intergenerational externalities and food production; and population pressures. A special section will be devoted to producer and consumer cooperatives and alternative institutional responses to many of these pressing issues. Cross-listed GEOG 265
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENVS 275 E - Dendrology: Trees & Shrubs of Wisc
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
A field course in the identification of trees, shrubs, and woody vines native to Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region as well as some of the common non-native horticultural and invasive species. Emphasis is on observation of plant characteristics permitting easy identification and discussion of the natural history, ecology, distribution, and human uses of each species. The course will also introduce students to basic forest ecology, management, and conservation principles, with emphasis on sustainable use of forests in the Great Lakes region and worldwide. Cross-listed BIO 275
Offered Fall
Course Fee: No
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ENVS 303 2E - Food and Social Justice
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Every day, the dietary choices we make have consequences for us, our communities, the environment, and people across the globe. An examination of agriculture, the food industry, and advertising reveals the causes of numerous social problems for a culture over-fed yet under-nourished by the food we produce. Yet Dane County and Madison boast some of the most progressive food practices in the nation that we’ll see first-hand. From CSAs to farmers’ markets to the Feed Kitchen, Madisonians work hard to protect our foodshed. Cross-listed SOC 303
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): COR 199 , two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.
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ENVS 306 2E - Environmental Justice
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
In our own communities and around the world, people are disproportionately affected by environmental problems if they are communities of color and/or socio-economically disadvantaged. These environmental injustices harm human and environmental health and contribute to global inequalities. The environmental justice movement is connecting and empowering marginalized communities throughout the world through a shared experience and is empowering those communities to demand a healthier world. This course uses interdisciplinary readings, community experiences, class discussions, and personal reflection to explore the impact of the environmental justice movement on our world and global communities.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.
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ENVS 323 - Exploring Iceland: Art and Science
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course is the spring semester-long preparation for travel to Iceland. The human benefit, dependence, and effect on natural resources will be studied simultaneously with learning about culture, science, and the principles of digital photography. Travel destinations will include several unique natural sites, history, culture, and art exhibits, as well as activities such as a glacier hike, exploring waterfalls, swimming, relaxing in hot tubs, hiking and more. Cross-listed GS 333
Offered Other
Course Fee: Yes
Prerequisite(s): Successful application. Students will enroll in ENVS 323/GS 333 followed by ENVS 324 /GS 334 , and will receive General Education credit after the successful completion of ENVS 324 /GS 334 .
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ENVS 324 BEG - Exploring Iceland: Art and Science
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 0
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 0
This course is the second part of the Exploring Iceland experience, traveling for 8-10 days in early summer and 2-3 days of coursework at Edgewood. Students will apply their knowledge from GS333 to their experience on the ground in Iceland. Travel destinations will include several unique natural sites, history, culture, and art exhibits, as well as activities such as a glacier hike, exploring waterfalls, swimming, relaxing in hot tubs, hiking, and more. Cross-listed GS 334
Offered Other
Course Fee: Yes
Prerequisite(s): successful application
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ENVS 325 - Environmental Economics
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Examines the mechanisms societies employ to allocate limited natural resources among unlimited demands. By seeing environmental issues as economic issues, this course identifies the incentives faced by consumers and producers that lead to environmental problems and how alternative incentives might alleviate problems like pollution, global warming, and vanishing rainforests; or to promote sustainable resource use. Cross-listed ECON 325
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENVS 328 EG - World Food Systems
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
In the last decades, the food system has undergone significant structural changes: agriculture has become a heavily-mechanized industry and the number of miles food travels from producer to consumer has multiplied. As buyers, we are no longer constrained to the local food variety or its seasonal availability. In addition, as incomes in poor countries have risen, people’s diets have become increasingly diversified with a greater reliance upon processed foods. In this course we will use basic economic theory to analyze world food production and distribution. We will explore and compare the benefits and problems experienced by rich and poor nations due to transformations of the food system. Topics to be discussed include international food aid programs, growth of urban food markets, and impact of government policies in food prices, health, labor structure, and the environment. Cross-listed ECON 328
Offered Other
Course Fee: No
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ENVS 330 2EG - Sustainability: Global-Local Connect
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
This course explores how people relate to each other and with the natural world, and how these relationships reflect our values and shape our future. Starting from the premise that we are in the midst of historically unprecedented ecological and social crises that threaten modern civilization, if not our survival as a species, we will examine grassroots movements in different cultures aimed at addressing these crises at both the local and global levels, with particular focus on the U.S. and Latin America. Students will become familiar with key concepts of ecological and cultural sustainability, and apply these concepts in community-based projects that address local needs.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.
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ENVS 333 E - Ecological History of Civilization
Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
A global examination of the evolutionary and biological foundations underlying the multi-ethnic societies and diverse cultures observed in the modern world. Beginning with human evolution, this course will follow the sweep of human history through the origins of agriculture and the rise and fall of civilizations to the modern industrial condition. Focusing on biological and ecological processes and the human decisions that have led to the present, this course also explores the challenges faced by a growing and increasingly globalized human population as we move toward the future. Cross-listed BIO 333
Offered Spring
Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): none
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