|
|
2018-2019 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
|
|
| |
English |
| |
-
UAENG 151 W - Research Writing
3 Credit(s)
This first year course integrates critical reading and writing skills. 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-orientated approach to college writing.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
UAENG 215 CQ - Women Writers
4 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the work of women writers from a variety of literary genres and periods. The course will also teach fundamentals of literary interpretation.
Prerequisite(s): UAENG 151 .
|
| |
-
UAENG 306 X - Professional Communication
4 Credit(s)
This course provides students with the skills they need as communicators in professional environments with an emphasis on written communication. Students will acquire knowledge of correct format and writing style for memos, letters, reports, resumes, cover letters and web pages. They will learn to approach each writing assignment by first determining the purpose of the communication–to persuade, console, demand, request, inform, or convey good or bad news–and then by analyzing the audience to best achieve their goal. The students will gain experience communicating orally in both formal and informal situations. They will also confront issues of intercultural business communication and gender and communication at work.
Prerequisite(s): UAENG 151 , UACA 160
|
| |
-
UAENG 317 B - Photojournalism
4 Credit(s)
Photojournalism students will learn how to effectively use their digital cameras, how to shoot professional photographs, and the rules of photojournalism outlined by the Associated Press. Past and current photojournalists and their work will be studied. Composition and lighting will be learned during field trips during class and student’s work will be shared and published in Edgewood’s student newspaper, On the Edge. Students will learn the latest version of Photoshop CS, and guest photojournalists will give presentations to the class. Students bring their own digital cameras or can check one out at Edgewood College’s TAC.
|
Environmental Science |
| |
-
ENVS 101 1ER - Spirituality and Ecology
4 Credit(s)
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 1ER.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): Freshman standing.
|
| |
-
ENVS 102 1E - Food: You Are What You Eat
3 Credit(s)
You really are what you eat. In this course students will set out on a journey to explore their relationship with food. The journey will take students on a tour of the Earth’s atmosphere, soils, and waters; inside human cells to examine how food is utilized, and to remote corners of the globe to evaluate the far-reaching effects that food choices have on the planet. Connections with food are explored both within the local community and around the world. Decisions regarding what we eat every day have considerable effects on our health, the environment, and the well-being of those involved in the production, processing, and transportation of our food. Students will consider how food provisioning has changed throughout human history, how the rise of agriculture changed the way we feed ourselves, and what this has meant for human health and ecological systems. A personal exploration of how food shapes our lives and communities.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): This course is for first semester freshmen or freshmen transfer students.
|
| |
-
ENVS 110 EPU - Environmental Ethics
3 Credit(s)
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 be built around case studies, other readings, and the chapters of the text. Through the case studies, we will apply critical thinking theory to real life examples and develop an understanding of how these situations affect individuals, the local and larger communities, and the Earth. We will analyze these situations from the core ethical arguments of utilitarian ethics, virtue ethics, and Kantian ethics as well as the ecological ethical frameworks of light green ethics, dark green ethics, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. We will then identify and argue our personal environmental ethic. This course will develop your ability to think philosophically; to think critically about several philosophical traditions in ethics and to apply your abilities and understandings to environmental issues. Cross-listed PHIL 110 .
Prerequisite(s): T tag course.
|
| |
-
ENVS 201 2ER - Living Sust in Dominican Studium I
2 Credit(s)
The ENVS 201/ENVS 202 sequence satisfies the 2, E, and R tags. To receive these tags, a student must enroll in and successfully complete both the fall and spring courses. If you wish to receive the tags for this sequence (which is set up as two separate courses), enroll in ENVS 201 (with no tags) at this time and ENVS 202 2ER in Spring. The tags will be added to your record after successful completion of ENVS 202 2ER in the Spring term. Cross-listed RS 201 .
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent required of students in their second or third year; Students apply in March for admission to the “Sustainable Living and Learning Studium” in Dominican Hall and register in April for RS 201 .
|
| |
-
ENVS 202 2ER - Living Sust in Dominican Studium II
2 Credit(s)
The second of a two-semester sequence associated with the Sustainable Living and Learning Community in Dominican Hall. Continuing the intensive study of eco-spiritualties and efforts to live sustainably during the Fall in RS 201 , student’s partner with others in the wider community in a variety of sustainability efforts through research and practical assistance. In addition to weekly seminars, students summarize their learning, beliefs and actions for the annual Student Academic Showcase and write a COR 2 Statement to articulate their own spirituality, worldview, beliefs and values. Note Well: Students must take both RS 201 and RS 202 in order to fulfill requirements for the COR 2, E and R tags. Cross-listed RS 202 2ER.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): RS 201 . COR 1 or equivalent; open to students in their second or third year, or sophomore and above transfers; RS 201 . Prior or concurrent enrollment in another Environmental Studies course recommended; Acceptance in the “Sustainable Living and Learning Community” in Dominican Hall.
|
| |
-
ENVS 203 E - Debating the Earth: Pol Pers on Env
4 Credit(s)
In the minds of many scientists and policymakers, there are ultimately is no issue of greater important than sorting out humankind’s relationship to the deteriorating natural environment that sustains all life on earth. In this course, we shall explore how a diverse array of competing political perspectives views this relationship in terms of both the sources of and the solutions to our current ecological crisis. In investigating these different paradigms and how each constructs the issues, we will come to better understand how these views shape public policy, political movements, public opinion, and even international relations. Cross-listed PS 201 .
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 206 EV - Natural Communities of Wisconsin
3 Credit(s)
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 ENVS 206.
Offered (F/SS)
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 216 EV - Environmental Geology
3 Credit(s)
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.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 224 - Drawing in Nature
3 Credit(s)
An experiential hands-on course in the study of art and ecology that provides students with the opportunity to draw outdoors and creatively experience the diversity of the Wisconsin landscape. Students will also explore historic and contemporary visual art with concern for global and local environmental issues.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 250 EV - Intro to Environmental Science
3 Credit(s)
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 (F/S)
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 265 E - Natural Resources and Society
2 Credit(s)
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 E.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 275 E - Dendrology: Trees & Shrubs of Wisc
2 Credit(s)
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 E.
|
| |
-
ENVS 301 2E - Roots and Shoots
3 Credit(s)
Dynamic interrelationships within and between ecosystems are the key to what we will study in this course as well as the history of human relationship and impact with the natural world and the ecological history of civilization. Finally we will look at what the future may hold for this relationship depending on the choices that each of us make. Course work will include activities both inside and out of doors as we expand our knowledge of the plants and plant communities of the Edgewood campus, the surrounding neighborhoods and the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. The class will collaborate with several community groups and business groups to research and promote the practice of sustainable living. We will also be fostering a culture of sustainability within the Edgewood Community with hands on experience in ecological restoration practices on the Edgewood grounds, the UW Arboretum and the City of Madison parks and Recreation. Field trips will include several Saturday day-trips to scientific areas, Nature Conservancy sites, sustainable housing and LEED certified buildings and one overnight to the Environmental Retreat Center in Mazomanie. Students will collaborate with Woods Edge, the Environmental Studies Student Organization with outdoor activities and community outreach projects. Each student will be expected to make a 20 minute presentation to the class during the month of April. These presentations will illustrate how the material covered in the class relates specifically to the individual students major or main area of interest.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent; open to students in their second or third year, or sophomore and above transfers; prior or concurrent enrollment in another Environmental Studies course recommended. Sophomore status.
|
| |
-
ENVS 302 2E - Dumpster 2 Eternity: Trash & Conseq
3 Credit(s)
This course strives to make visible the by-products of our daily lives, helping us see their travels once we throw them out. Are there alternatives to non-thinking consumption? Is the landfill really the best home for plastic bags? Do we really need all this packaging? What will our trash tell future researchers? As researchers and citizens, we will attempt to answer these questions through shared experiences, reading, and individual exploration.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): sophomore status.
|
| |
-
ENVS 303 2E - Food and Social Justice
4 Credit(s)
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.
|
| |
-
ENVS 306 2E - Environmental Justice
3 Credit(s)
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.
|
| |
-
ENVS 323 - Exploring Iceland: Art and Science
This program provides an interdisciplinary examination of Iceland through the lenses of ecosystem services, geology, and photography. The human benefit, dependence, and effect on natural resources will be studied simultaneously with learning about culture, science, and photography. Travel destinations will include several unique natural sites, history, culture, and art exhibits, interaction with locals, as well as activities such as glacier walks, hikes, horse riding, and boat excursions. Cross-listed GS 333
Prerequisite(s): successful application. Students will enroll in GS 333 followed by GS 334 , and will receive the B, E, and G tags after the successful completion of GS 334 .
|
| |
-
ENVS 324 BEG - Exploring Iceland: Art and Science
0 Credit(s)
This program provides an interdisciplinary examination of Iceland through the lenses of ecosystem services, geology, and photography. The human benefit, dependence, and effect on natural resources will be studied simultaneously with learning about culture, science, and photography. Travel destinations will include several unique natural sites, history, culture, and art exhibits, interaction with locals, as well as activities such as glacier walks, hikes, horse riding, and boat excursions. Cross-listed GS 334
Prerequisite(s): successful application
|
| |
-
ENVS 325 - Environmental Economics
2 Credit(s)
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.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 327 EGJ - World Food Systems
4 Credit(s)
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.
|
| |
-
ENVS 330 2EG - Sustainability: Global-Local Connect
3 Credit(s)
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): COR 1 or equivalent; open to students in their second or third year, or sophomore and above transfers.
|
| |
-
ENVS 333 E - Ecological History of Civilization
3 Credit(s)
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 (F)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 151 or consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
ENVS 352 EJ - Environmental Politics
4 Credit(s)
Major issues in environmental policy, including public lands, wildlife, pollution and energy, as well as the role of governmental institutions, interest groups and the public in formulating environmental policy. Offered in alternate years. Cross-listed PS 352 .
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 353 EJ - Pltcs of Sprwl: Lnd Use & Trns Plcy
2 Credit(s)
Since World War II, the United States has undergone a revolution in how we live and get around. The suburb is now where most Americans live and the car is how most get around. Ever-spreading development of housing subdivisions and shopping malls at the edges of metropolitan areas, known as suburban sprawl, is increasingly becoming a major local political issue all over the country. This course examines the environmental and social consequences of suburban sprawl and the patterns of mobility associated with it. In doing so, we will closely explore the role of public policies at the local, state, and federal levels in creating, supporting and now questioning this entire system. Cross-listed PS 353 .
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 450 E - Ecology
4 Credit(s)
No species exists in isolation; life on Earth depends on interconnections between organisms and their environment. This course explores this interdependence by considering ecological principles as they pertain to individual organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and the biosphere. Special attention is given to the role of humans in global ecological systems. Many topics are explored through field-based research in local natural communities. Cross-listed BIO 450 .
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 151 /BIO 152 or BIO 181 /BIO 182 .
|
| |
-
ENVS 460 - Special Topics-Permaculture Design
2 Credit(s)
An intensive 8-day exploration of permacultural design principles and applications. Students will learn how thoughtful planning can preserve and enhance both people and nature by careful use of resources based on nature’s design. Students will complete a design project.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Instructor.
|
| |
-
ENVS 469A - Topics-Permaculture Design
2 Credit(s)
An intensive 8-day exploration of permacultural design principles and applications. Students will learn how thoughtful planning can preserve and enhance both people and nature by careful use of resources based on nature’s design. Students will complete a design project.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Instructor.
|
| |
-
ENVS 469B - Topics: Sustainable Development
4 Credit(s)
This course provides the foundation for the Sustainability Leadership Program. We introduce major approaches to and measures of sustainability (e.g., ecological design, permaculture, biomimicry, life-cycle costing, triple bottom line, natural capitalism, ecological footprint, bioregionalism, The Natural Step, Transition movement); explore relationships among sustainability, economic development, and social justice; and apply systems thinking and sustainability principles to specific issues. We also use existing models and team projects to examine how personal values, goals, and communication styles influence our roles as change agents; and we practice a variety or methods (e.g. Scenario Thinking, Appreciative Inquiry, World Cafe, Open Space) that can promote networking, public participation, planning, and group decision-making on sustainability issues. This is a mostly residential course designed to create a community of reflective learners that support each other in becoming effective as social entrepreneurs and sustainability change agents.
Prerequisite(s): Admissions into Sustainability Leadership Program or consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ENVS 469C - Topics: Ecological Sustainability
4 Credit(s)
In the second course of the Sustainability Leadership Program, we use an ecological framework to explore the scientific basis of sustainable systems and the extension of principles of ecology and natural systems at multiple levels of organization, with emphasis on the fundamental roles of energy flow, nutrient dynamics, and hydrological cycles in ecosystem and biosphere function. We work extensively with principles of ecological design, resilience, and restoration; and we critically analyze key sustainability indicators and reporting frameworks (e.g., ecological and carbon footprints, green building certifications, Global Reporting Initiative, Genuine Progress Indicator). Key related concepts considered in some depth include: ecosystem services; adaptive management; regeneration; permaculture; biomimicry; integral ecology; indigenous knowledge systems; ecospirituality.
Prerequisite(s): SUST 650 .
|
| |
-
ENVS 469D - Topics: Social & Econ Sustainability
4 Credit(s)
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 469E - Topics: Sustainability Ldsp Capstone
3 Credit(s)
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ENVS 479 - Independent Study - Environmental S
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
The study of selected topics in Environmental Studies under the direction of a faculty member in the program.
Offered (F/S/SS)
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
ENVS 489 - Undergraduate Research
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
Independent research related to environmental studies to be completed in collaboration with a faculty member or researchers from other agencies.
Offered (F/S/SS)
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
UAENV 108 EGP - Worldviews of Ecology
4 Credit(s)
This course will expose students to philosophies from non-Western spiritual traditions and from indigenous peoples to examine their responses to three profound questions: What is the Universe and the Earth? Who are humans and why are we here? How should we live? The course begins with a study of India’s history and culture, and provides a context for a critical examination of how non-western spiritual traditions view the natural environment and the Earth. Students will then examine indigenous peoples’ views of the same.
Prerequisite(s): completion of the T tag.
|
Ethnic Studies |
| |
-
ENVS 201 - Living Sust in Dominican Studium I
2 Credit(s)
The first of a two-semester, Living & Learning Community which integrates the study and practice of eco-spiritualties and application of the principles of sustainability. Open to students from every religious and spiritual tradition, this LLC integrates the features of the Dominican Studium: Community, Contemplation, Study, and Mission. The first semester includes weekly seminars, regular gatherings for contemplative rituals and eco-celebrations as well as community meetings to deal with the practicalities of living as sustainably as possible. Participants attend a “Constitution-Writing Retreat” the first week of the semester and prepare research papers and public presentations for early December. Cross-listed RS 201 .
Offered
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: COR 1 or equivalent required of students in their second or third year; Students apply in March for admission to the “Sustainable Living and Learning “Studium” in Dominican Hall and register in April for RS 201.
|
| |
-
ETHS 150B 1D - Rethinking the Border: US Immigratn
3 Credit(s)
Though the traditional US immigrant narrative focuses on those immigrants who came into Ellis Island, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, this course turns its gaze to the long US-Mexican border (understood both as a physical barrier between the two countries, but also a psychological reality) and the crucial role of Mexican immigrants in shaping the US, not only in the traditional ‘borderlands’ of California and the Southwest, but across the country. While we focus on the experiences of Mexican immigrants, we also give attention to the larger historical context of US immigration. Through an exploration of a range of immigrant expressions (songs, narratives, fiction, documentaries, interviews), this course examines the roles and contributions of Mexican and other immigrants in US history. Against the backdrop of an increasingly multicultural United States, we consider the breadth and depth of cultural history and experience that make up the US, even as we examine the ways in which immigrants (both historically and today) come under attack.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): This course is for first semester freshmen.
|
| |
-
ETHS 200 D - Ed & Identity in Plralistic Society
3 Credit(s)
Students will examine, interact with, and explore the pluralistic and diverse educations and identities of peoples in Wisconsin, the United States, and beyond through the lenses of privilege, oppression, and opportunity before and beyond the 21st century. Individual and institutional discrimination will be examined through culturally significant identity vistas that include race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, language, and ability. Through self-analysis and reflection, historical investigation linked with analysis of contemporary schools and society, school/community-based experiences, and communication-skill building, students will learn how to be culturally responsive to the contexts of communities and the dynamics of difference. Course meets Wisconsin DPI American Indian Tribes requirement. Course will have a primary emphasis on Wisconsin Teacher Standards 3, 6, and 10 and will involve fieldwork. Cross-listed ED 200
Prerequisite(s): sophomore standing or consent of the School of Education.
|
| |
-
ETHS 201 DJ - Introduction to Ethnic Studies
4 Credit(s)
This is a gateway course for majors and minors in Ethnic Studies, as well as for all who are interested in learning about race and ethnicity in the United States within a global context. Using sociological, historical, literary, and other disciplinary concepts and methods, the course introduces the history and current development of ethnic studies as an academic discipline; fundamental concepts and issues in ethnic studies; and the historical, social, and cultural experiences of African American, Latino/a American, Asian and Pacific American, and Native American peoples and/or other historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the United States, focusing on issues of race and ethnicity as they intersect with class, gender, sexuality, and nation.
|
| |
-
ETHS 202 DP - Philosophy and Mass Incarceration
4 Credit(s)
This course examines the philosophical questions raised by criminal law. This course will examine how various philosophers and social theorists have justified criminal punishment. We will pay special attention to how liberal democratic societies reconcile commitments to individual liberty with practices of confinement. We will connect this study to moral, political, and experiential reflections on mass incarceration, especially as they relate to racial, sexual, and class hierarchies in the US. This course will include a community learning project.
Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101 .
|
| |
-
ETHS 204 DH - Social Movements in American Histor
4 Credit(s)
The course examines the process of social change in U.S. history from the period of Native American and European contact to the 1980s. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the causes and consequences of “rights” movements in American history. Cross-listed HIST 204 DH.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 222 GJ - Intro to Cultural Anthropology
4 Credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to the nature and diversity of human society and culture through an examination of specific cross-cultural cases. It includes a comparative study of social, political and economic organization, patterns of religious and aesthetic orientations, gender issues, relations with the natural environment, as well as the process of sociocultural persistence and change. Special consideration will be given to the circumstances faced by contemporary small-scale societies. Cross-listed ANTH 222 GJ.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 242 CDX - Literature of American Minorities
4 Credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to literatures of ethnic minorities in the US, including Native American, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American literatures. We will read a number of significant 20th and 21st century texts that have shaped ethnic minority traditions and have become part and parcel of American literature. We will explore such major issues as identity, culture, history, race, gender, sexuality, and class. We will examine how these texts present specific ethnic experiences via diverse literary means and innovations and by doing so contribute to American literature and culture. Cross-listed ENG 242 CDX.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
|
| |
-
ETHS 250 - Themes and Issues in Ethnic Studies
Variable 3-4 Credit(s)
A study of historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. through the exploration of various topics, such as ethnic autobiography, slave narratives, the Civil Rights movement, Chicano art, or the graphic novel.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 250B CDX - Themes: American Slave Narratives
4 Credit(s)
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, slaves of African origin composed a series of autobiographies that revised literary genres to finally give voice to experiences shared by millions forced into bondage over several centuries. As first-person stories with great political and historical significance, slave narratives reflect the inherent disjunction between the American ideal of equality and its continued use of brutal forced servitude. The development of the slave narrative as a literary genre provides a unique perspective on American cultural and political history while acknowledging voices long exiled from the American canon. Cross-listed ENG 260A CDX.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
|
| |
-
ETHS 250C CD - Faulkner & Morrison: Slavery’s Legacy
4 Credit(s)
Very few important American writers have considered slavery and its legacies in American culture with the intensity and originality of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. Their novels and stories span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to show how the effects of slavery haunted later generations up to the present day. This course examines these two writers within a rich context of secondary readings to provide rich historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts. Students will learn how to interpret themes of race and ethnicity in strong literary and socio-historical contexts. The course will focus particularly on how course readings reflect the legacies of slavery in U.S. culture. Cross-listed ENG 250B CD.
|
| |
-
ETHS 250D CDX - Themes: Multi-Ethnic Graphic Novel
4 Credit(s)
This course is designed to introduce to students to contemporary multi-ethnic American literature through the graphic novel as an increasingly significant literary genre for academic inquiry. We will read a number of significant graphic novels by Native American, African American, Latino/a American, Jewish American, Asian American, and white American graphic novelists and will explore such major issues as identity, culture, history, memory, community, race, gender, sexuality, and class. Students will gain knowledge of diverse multi-ethnic experiences and various literary expressions through the genre of the graphic novel and will develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills to interpret literary texts. Cross-listed ENG 250D CDX.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
|
| |
-
ETHS 262 - Foundations of ESL & Bilingual Educ
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the historical, political, and social issues that contributed to the formulation of local, state, and federal educational policies for linguistically and culturally diverse students. The aspects of language acquisition theories as they relate to specific program models are included through a prism of cultural and linguistic relevant pedagogy and educational empowerment through family and community engagement. Cross-listed ED 262 .
Prerequisite(s): Preliminary Entry to Teacher Education.
|
| |
-
ETHS 264 ADU - Multicultural Art in the USA
4 Credit(s)
This course provides an inclusive, multicultural introduction to 20th- and 21st-century art of the US, with emphasis on ways that art is related to the historical, social, and cultural contexts in which it is created. We consider such questions as: How have the social dynamics of race and ethnicity, along with gender and class, shaped the experiences of American artists and their audiences at various historical moments during the past hundred years? How do artists’ social positions inform their artistic responses to questions of modernity? What does art by artists of diverse ethnicities tell us about the historic and contemporary experiences of various cultural groups in the US? As well as exploring movements in art of the US and the work of individual artists of various ethnicities, this course introduces the students to methodological and theoretical issues underlying the study of modern and contemporary art in the US, and ways that consideration and critical analysis of multiple disciplinary and social perspectives can enrich our understanding of this art. Readings, class discussion, group inquiry projects, and other assignments will emphasize the development of reflective, creative, and critical approaches to the study of visual art. Cross-listed ART 264 ADU.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 271 2DH - Asian American Experience
4 Credit(s)
This course examines major issues in the history of the Asian American experience from the middle of the 19th century to present, including the causes of early Asian immigration, the formation of Asian American communities and Asian American culture/identity, the history of exclusion/discrimination and resistance, and Asian Americans’ contributions to American democracy. While special attention will be given to Chinese and Japanese Americans, students will also examine other Asian immigrants, such as East Indians, Koreans, and Hmongs. As it is a community-based learning course, students in this class are required to participate in activities that will allow them to interact with Asian Americans in the greater Madison community to explore Asian American cultures and race/ethnic relations. They will be guided to rethink their sense of self, their relations with other race/ethnic groups, and their American identity through studying Asian American views on self, community, social justice, equal rights, and democracy. Out of this experience, a deep understanding of their role in constructing a more justice and compassionate world will be achieved. Cross-listed HIST 251 2DH.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent; open to students in their second or third year, or sophomore and above transfers.
|
| |
-
ETHS 271B H - Topic: African Americans and Film
4 Credit(s)
The course examines the portrayals of African Americans in Cinema/TV over the past century. Students will also become well-versed in African American history as a whole to better contextualize the films they study in the semester. In addition, the course seeks to demonstrate the continuity and change in African American history and in Hollywood’s portrayal of Black people. For instance, how did African Americans respond to the depiction of Blacks in Birth of a Nation and Shaft? How (and why) has Hollywood shifted its portrayal of people of color over the years? Finally, this course will emphasize the differences between primary and secondary documents as well as the pros and cons that each may have for students of history.
|
| |
-
ETHS 301 BD - Tap Dance: Techniq & Cult Perspectiv
3 Credit(s)
This course, for students with little or no knowledge of tap dance, spans the development and place of the form from its early roots in the Americas of 1600 to the present. It combines pedagogical study of the multi-cultural elements of this art from participatory studio work to build basic understanding of music, movement and cultural sensitivity. An American hybrid art form, the course illuminates the intersection of history and culture.
|
| |
-
ETHS 309 D - Race & Ethnicity
4 Credit(s)
This course engages students in an analysis of historical and contemporary experiences of race and ethnicity in the United States as influenced by changing migration trends and economic developments. Special consideration is given to the social construction of racial categories; issues of whiteness; and multiracial identity. Cross-listed SOC 309 D.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: SOC 201 , ANTH 222 , PSY 101 .
|
| |
-
ETHS 317 D - Intercultural Communication
3 Credit(s)
This course is the study of how individuals perceive and react to cultural rules, and how those perceptions and reactions affect the ways they communicate with one another. The general goals of the class are for students to develop understanding of the role that identity plays in intercultural communication, develop understanding of how cultural rules affect communication, learn how cultures differ from each other and how they come together and coexist, and develop competence in communicating with people of various cultures in the United States and beyond.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 325A CDQ - Asian American Writers
4 Credit(s)
This course offers a study of selected works of various genres (e.g., fiction, poetry, drama, and film) by Asian American women and men of diverse ethnicities. Emphasizing the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality, and informed by critical studies of race and ethnicity, feminist criticism, and cultural studies, we will explore the following main questions: What are the major themes and issues in Asian American literature and literary studies? What textual strategies do Asian American writers employ to represent Asian American self-identities and cultural politics? In what ways do these writers challenge or accommodate dominant representations of Asian American women and men as raced and gendered subjects? In what ways do the subject positions of the writers, characters, and readers impact our understanding of Asian American texts? Cross-listed ENG 325A CDQ.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 W and Sophomore standing.
|
| |
-
ETHS 330 DPU - Philosophy and Race
4 Credit(s)
This course will examine philosophical analyses of race, considering a range of views from race as a biological feature of individuals to race as a social construction and hence a political issue. We will consider whether (and how) notions of race relate to practices of racism, asking both ethical questions (how should people of different races be viewed and treated?) and metaphysical questions (what IS race?). Would a just world be one which has gotten “beyond” race, or would that ideal perpetuate a dangerous desire for sameness?
|
| |
-
ETHS 344 DQR - Women and Multicultural Theologies
4 Credit(s)
How do women theologians from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds understand and discuss God, Jesus, Human Beings, the Bible, Spirituality, Ecology and the Roles of Women in religion and society today? How do North American women “do theology” in their African-American, Latina, Native American, Asian-American, Euro-American and/or socio-economic contexts? What kinds of theology are women theologians in Latin America, Asia and Africa doing? In what ways do race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and nation shape the formation and development of Christian feminist theologies? From multicultural perspectives, this course explores the questions, experiences, values, concerns, and challenges that women bring to the understanding and practice of Christian faith and its implications for building a more just and compassionate world. Cross-listed ETHS 344 DQR.
Prerequisite(s): I-, T-, and W- tags or their equivalents.
|
| |
-
ETHS 359 D - African American History
4 Credit(s)
African American history from the beginning of the African Diaspora to the present. Cross-listed HIST 359 D.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 362 ADX - Native American Art
4 Credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to North American Indian, or Native American, art, and to the broader questions underlying its study. Focus will be on post-contact Native American art, the impact on this art of encounters between Indian and non-Indian peoples, and 20th-21st century art. Particular attention is given to indigenous perspectives through the writings of Native American scholars and artists.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
|
| |
-
ETHS 380 CD - Immigrant Narratives
4 Credit(s)
This course investigates the issue of migration, border, and identities in modern and contemporary immigrant narratives in the United States. Focusing on works of various genres, such as fiction, memoir, poetry, and film, by writers from diverse ethnic and racial ancestries, we will explore the following key questions: What is an immigrant narrative? What are the major themes and issues in immigrant narratives? What does it mean to cross borders, and what are the causes, possibilities, and problems of border crossings? In what ways do (im)migrant subjects challenge or negotiate boundaries that seek to oppress, exclude, or constrain? How do race and ethnicity intersect with other salient social identities like class, gender, sexuality, religion, and nationality in the construction of immigrant identities? In what ways do immigrant narratives challenge or accommodate the U.S. national discourse of immigrant integration and progress? In what ways can literary and cultural studies empower us as we seek to understand the urgent issues of immigration, citizenship, and identities in today’s national and global contexts?
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and higher.
|
| |
-
ETHS 382 D - Topics: Multicultural Counseling
4 Credit(s)
In this course we will focus on the theories, ethics, and issues related to counseling within a multicultural context. Working effectively with diverse clients requires self-awareness, the skills for successful interaction, and knowledge of information specific to various cultures/populations, and the ability to engage in a relationship with those from other cultures/populations. Implications of cultural ethnic, geographic, and sexual diversity are considered as they relate to developing a multicultural perspective in studying and understanding human behavior, as well as its application in professional settings. Cross-listed PSY 382 D.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 J or consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 385 2DG - Brdg Brdr: US/Mexico Immigration
4 Credit(s)
This course will examine the root causes of Mexican immigration to the U..S, as well as the cultural practices and public policies that have built physical and symbolic walls between the two countries. We will also learn about the educational and social activist work of “bridging” organizations that promote understanding and advocate for the human rights of immigrants. Cross-listed SOC 385 .
Course Fee: Course requires travel to the US/Mexican border during spring break and a course fee of $1,200 to cover travel, housing, and expenses.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or transfer bridge.
|
| |
-
ETHS 390 KU - Theories & Mthods in Ethnic Studies
4 Credit(s)
How has “race” been explained and explored by different disciplines? What new conceptual and interpretive approaches have been developed in ethnic studies? This course provides an advanced study of critical theories and research methods in ethnic studies, integrating multiple perspectives and disciplines, such as history, sociology, literary studies, and cultural studies. Examining an array of critical approaches, including critical race theory, postcolonial studies, feminism and race, and diaspora studies, we will develop the critical vocabulary and frameworks for understanding the history and contemporary impact of race within the U.S and in a global context. The course also provides students with various skills, approaches, and strategies for research on race and ethnicity.
Prerequisite(s): ETHS 201 and junior standing.
|
| |
-
ETHS 401 - Topics in Ethnic Studies
Variable 3-4 Credit(s)
Advanced study of selected themes or issues, such as ethnic diasporas, immigration, indigenous history, or race and popular culture.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 401A K - Topics: English Language Learners
3 Credit(s)
In this course we will focus on the theories, ethics, and issues related to counseling within a multicultural context. Working effectively with diverse clients requires self-awareness, the skills for successful interaction, and knowledge of information specific to various cultures/populations, and the ability to engage in a relationship with those from other cultures/populations. Implications of cultural ethnic, geographic, and sexual diversity are considered as they relate to developing a multicultural perspective in studying and understanding human behavior, as well as its application in professional settings. Cross-listed PSY 382 D.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 J or consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 415A CDQ - Black Women Writers
4 Credit(s)
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 ENG 415A CDQ and WS 415A CDQ.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of W Tag.
|
| |
-
ETHS 430B - Topics: Afro-American Communities
3 Credit(s)
This course explores African-American language, culture, and communication with in-depth and critical interpretations within a social and historical context. Cross-listed COMMS 430B .
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
ETHS 443A CDQ - Passing Narr: Ethnic Am Literature
4 Credit(s)
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 ENG 443B CDX.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 and sophomore standing.
|
| |
-
ETHS 443B CDX - Foc Stud: Ethnic Am Studies-Slavery
4 Credit(s)
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 ENG 443B CDX.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or W cornerstone.
|
| |
-
ETHS 479 - Independent Study - Ethnic Studies
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
An in-depth exploration of an ethnic studies topic. Ethnic Studies program approval and supervision required.
Offered (F/S/SS)
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 480 - Integrative Seminar in Ethnic Studi
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
The seminar integrates advanced research and community-based learning, focusing on selected themes or issues in ethnic studies. Synthesizing the goals of the major and minor, the course applies integrative approaches to the development of multicultural understanding. For two-session topics, students must complete both semesters to satisfy the ETHS 480 requirement. Cross-listed 300-400 level COR courses approved by Ethnic Studies.
Offered (F/W/S/SS)
Prerequisite(s): junior standing or consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 480B 3D - Freedom Rides: Civ Rights & Black Pwr
4 Credit(s)
In this course students will learn about the freedom struggle in the North, so that they can better understand that the Movement–and racism–was and is not confined to the American South but that places such as Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis and Detroit all witnessed very turbulent freedom movements in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to lectures, discussions, films, and guest lectures, a big portion of this course will center around our “Freedom Rides” throughout the North during fall break. We will travel to all the aforementioned cities, visiting important places from the Civil Rights era, as well as listening to veterans of that struggle.
Prerequisite(s): junior standing and consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 480C 2DP - Integratv Sem: Philosophy of MLK Jr
4 Credit(s)
This course discusses a shared inquiry into the nonviolent philosophy of M.L. King and its relevance both in the Civil Rights movement and in diverse communities in the U.S. and beyond. Students will study and discuss Dr. King’s writings, reflect on their own potential for helping build the “Beloved Community,” and engage in relevant service learning projects such as Amnesty International, the United Nations Association, and Fair Trade Advocacy. If funds are available, we may travel to the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Cross-listed PHIL 307 2DP.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent; open to second or third year students or sophomore and above transfers; completion of the T tag or concurrent enrollment in a T-tag course.
|
| |
-
ETHS 480H - Black Theo & Dsmntlg of Racism, I
2 Credit(s)
The first of a two-semester seminar, this course is an opportunity to identify and develop your personal spirituality through the study of Black Liberation Theologies and dismantling racism. You will integrate insights from the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the theologies of Black and Womanist theologians in reflecting on your own community-based engagement in the dismantling of racism and building “the beloved community” envisioned by Dr. King. This two-semester sequence meets one day each week for two hours in both the Fall and Spring semesters and requires significant participation in community-based and/or service-learning. Both semesters are required to fulfill COR 2 or ETHS 480H. Cross-listed RS 308
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or COR 199 (may be concurrent) or equivalent; Sophomores and above.
|
| |
-
ETHS 480H 2DR - Black Theo & Dsmntlg of Racism, I
2 Credit(s)
The ETHS 480H/ETHS 480I sequence satisfies the 2, D, and R tags. To receive these tags, a student must enroll in and successfully complete both the fall and spring courses. If you wish to receive the 2, D, and R tags for this sequence (which is set up as two separate courses), enroll in ETHS 480H at this time and ETHS 480I 2DR in Spring. The tags will be added to your record after successful completion of ETHS 480I 2DR in the Spring term. Cross-listed RS 308 .
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent, Junior standing
|
| |
-
ETHS 480I 2DR - Black Theo & Dsmntlg of Racism, II
2 Credit(s)
Integrating insights from the first semester’s consideration of racism and white privilege, the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the theologies of Black and Womanist Theologians, this semester focuses on what is being done to dismantle racism in your own field of study (major or minor), area of community involvement (volunteer or athletic organization) or intended career path. Students are required to participate in the annual White Privilege Conference (additional cost for travel and registration) OR a minimum of 20 hours of community-based anti-racism or healing racism series and multicultural trainings offered in the Madison area. Students report on their own efforts to dismantle racism during the annual Student Academic Showcase. Each student completes a COR 2 Statement connecting learning beliefs/values and stance on racism and building “the beloved community” envisioned by Dr. King.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent; open to second or third year students or sophomore and above transfers; ETHS 480H .
|
| |
-
ETHS 480J 2D - Native American Spirituality
4 Credit(s)
An experiential and community-based survey of native religious traditions, exploring the breadth and depth of spiritual expression among native people in North America, with particular emphasis on the Anishinaabe bands of Wisconsin. Important themes include sacred landscapes, mythic narratives, oral histories, communal identities, tribal values, elder teachings, visionary experiences, ceremonial practices, prayer traditions, and trickster wisdom. This course includes significant engagement in Native American communities. Cross-listed RS 351 2D.
Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or equivalent.
|
| |
-
ETHS 481 GQU - Contemporary Global Feminisms
4 Credit(s)
What issues are important to women in different parts of the world? How do those issues relate to one another? What makes an issue “feminist” or not? How do we conceive of feminisms outside of our borders, whether those borders are geographic, political, or personal? What strategies can we employ to understand women’s lives and concerns in different cultures, locations, and times? Is it possible to actively support feminist causes across the globe without imposing dangerous sets of limiting assumptions? 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. Three large units will make up the course: feminism and race at the end of the second wave and into the present; postcolonial critiques of feminism and issues of religion, rights, and class in various locations throughout the world; and transnational approaches to feminist identity, politics and possibilities. Throughout our explorations of contemporary feminisms, we will interrogate how our own lives and choices affect the lives of women around the world, in part by investigating the origins of products we purchase regularly. 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 WS 480 .
Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 and ENG 280.
|
| |
-
ETHS 490 X - Senior Seminar in Ethnic Studies
4 Credit(s)
In this capstone research seminar, graduating majors and minors will be guided to examine a significant issue in the critical study of race and ethnicity and complete an intermediate-length research paper, integrating the theories and methods from prior Ethnic Studies coursework and reflecting knowledge and approaches from more than one Ethnic Studies-related field. In guiding students throughout the research and writing process, the seminar seeks to enhance their abilities not only to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize published primary and secondary research but also to conduct firsthand research and contribute to the public and academic discourses on the issue. At the same time, the course invites students to examine the ethical implications of their research, especially its impact on communities of color and the power relations between the researcher and the researched, and to forge connections among academic inquiry, advocacy, and social change.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, ETHS 390 , ETHS 495A , and ETHS 495B or consent of the instructor.
|
| |
-
ETHS 495A 3 - Ethnic Studies Internship Seminar
1 Credit(s)
The internship seminar examines and reflects on the knowledge, skills, and experiences acquired from internship settings. Integrating the Ethnic Studies Program goals, the General Education COR guiding questions, and the internship experience, the course explores the following key questions: What does the internship mean to one’s studies as an Ethnic Studies major/minor and one’s intended profession? What are the ethical implications of interning or working at a site that serves primarily communities of color? In what ways do race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class intersect and shape power relations in the internship setting, and what is the student intern’s social location in the setting? What are the unique needs and contributions of the historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups and the new (im)migrant populations in our communities? How does the internship deepen one’s understanding of one’s own gifts, values, and commitments in building a just, compassionate world?
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, ETHS 201 DJ, concurrent registration in ETHS 495B or an internship course in a related field, and COR II.
|
| |
-
ETHS 495B - Ethnic Studies Internship
Variable 1-3 Credit(s)
The internship offers Ethnic Studies majors and minors firsthand knowledge, skills, and experiences related to ethnic studies. Students will work in a setting that serves racially and ethnically diverse populations, and internships will be available through sites approved by the Ethnic Studies Program. Majors are required to complete a minimum of three credits, or eight hours per week throughout the semester for a total of 120 hours.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, ETHS 201 , concurrent enrollment in ETHS 495A , and consent of instructor.
|
French |
| |
-
FREN 101 L - 1st Semester French
4 Credit(s)
FREN 101 is an interactive, introductory French class designed for beginners. This multi-media first year French program will enable language learners to acquire the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding elementary French by using a proficiency-oriented, communicative method combining audio-video technology with the written text. FREN 101 & FREN 102 will focus on active learning and communication in French through vocabulary and structures presented in a culturally authentic context, skill-building exercises, and intensive oral and listening practice reinforced via visual medium and audio aid.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
FREN 102 L - 2nd Semester French
4 Credit(s)
FREN 102 is the continuation of FREN 101 and as such is also a participatory, elementary French course. This multi-media first year French program will enable language learners to acquire the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding elementary French by using a proficiency-oriented, communicative method combining audio-video technology with the written text. FREN 101 & FREN 102 will focus on active learning and communication in French through vocabulary and structures presented in a culturally authentic context, skill-building exercises, and intensive oral and listening practice reinforced via visual medium and audio aid.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 101 or appropriate placement for FREN 102 (online placement testing available).
|
| |
-
FREN 201 GL - 3rd Semester French
4 Credit(s)
FREN 201 is an interactive French class designed for language learners who have completed 1 year of college French or equivalent. This third semester French course will enable learners to develop the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension in French, as well as acquiring an understanding of French and Francophone cultures through a proficiency-oriented, communicative approach. FREN 201 will focus on active learning and oral communication in French through skill-building activities, vocabulary and structures presented in a culturally authentic context.
Prerequisite(s): Second semester French or appropriate language placement (online placement test available).
|
| |
-
FREN 202 GL - 4th Semester French
4 Credit(s)
FREN 202 is a continuation of FREN 201 . This fourth semester French course will enable learners to develop the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension in French, as well as acquiring an understanding of French and Francophone cultures through a proficiency-oriented, communicative approach. FREN 202 will focus on active learning and oral communication in French through skill-building activities, vocabulary and structures presented in a culturally authentic context.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 201 or appropriate language placement (online placement test available).
|
| |
-
FREN 279 - Independent Study - French
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
Given with the consent of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
FREN 312 G - Conversation & Composition
4 Credit(s)
French 312 is aimed at language learners who have completed 2 years of college French or equivalent. It is designed as an interactive, learning-centered, proficiency-orientated language course focusing on the development of written and oral communication in French using a meaningful cultural framework. This French course will enable language learners to improve their writing skills through compositions, essays, and assignments on a variety of topics, themes, issues and events studied in the course. Students will also develop fluency in spoken French through discussions, debates, and oral presentations set in culturally authentic contexts from contemporary France and the Francophone world.
Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 , correct placement or equivalent.
|
| |
-
FREN 313 G - Written & Oral Communication
4 Credit(s)
FREN 313 is aimed at language learners who have completed 2 years of college French or equivalent. It is designed as an interactive, learning-centered, proficiency-oriented language course focusing on the development of oral and written communication in French using a meaningful cultural framework. This French course will enable language learners to develop fluency in spoken French through listening comprehension activities, vocabulary building exercises, guided dialogues and role play set in culturally authentic contexts from contemporary France and the Francophone world as well as improve their writing skills through reflections, essays and short compositions on cultural themes, issues and events studied in the course.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): Fourth semester French or appropriate language placement.
|
| |
-
FREN 314 G - Language in the Media
4 Credit(s)
French 314 is a 3rd year French language course designed to develop students’ listening comprehension, reading, and understanding of French idioms and spoken and written language used in the French media. Through a sampling of French TV programs, newspaper articles, music videos, films, and various other cultural products, Language in the Media aims to improve the learners’ listening comprehension, oral communication, and written expression in French while lending insights into the Francophone world through culturally authentic media and realistic contexts.
Offered (F)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 , correct language placement or equivalent.
|
| |
-
FREN 316 G - Language & the Francophone World
4 Credit(s)
Language and the Francophone World is aimed at language learners who have completed 2 years of college French or equivalent. This course is designed as an interactive, culture-based course focusing on the development of oral and written communication in French using a meaningful global framework. This proficiency-oriented, learning-centered course will provide a deeper understanding of the Francophone world by reviewing grammatical structures and vocabulary-enrichment activities in the context of culture-based readings, films, research projects, and class discussions. Via culturally authentic topics ranging from family and society (Polygamy in Senegal; Marriage rituals in Tunisia; Role of women in Madagascar) and questions of socio-linguistics (Quebecois; Creole; status of French in Vietnam, regional dialects) to ecological and environmental issues of global concern (deforestation and solar energy in Cote d’Ivoire; space exploration and research in Guiana), French 316 will lend insights into the customs, traditions, social codes, communicative practices and global preoccupations of French speakers across borders.
Prerequisite(s): Fourth semester French or appropriate language placement.
|
| |
-
FREN 332 G - Contemporary Francophone Culture
4 Credit(s)
The course surveys the rich cultural traditions of the French-speaking world as well as examining the ethnic, racial, linguistic, and religious diversities of the immigrant populations in present-day France. It is aimed to develop cultural competency and student understanding of “la Francophonie” i.e. French-speaking countries and regions, and study the diversity of contemporary French society through cultural readings, films, documentaries, and music. It also investigates France’s relationship with its former colonies and its role in the global context.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): Fourth semester French or appropriate language placement.
|
| |
-
FREN 333 G - Film & Society
4 Credit(s)
A study of French and Francophone films as a reflection of culture. Using the cultural lens of French cinema, the course surveys the evolution of French society through different historical periods. It looks at various cross-sections of French society in their past forms and current status and focus on diverse social structures and the interplay of power, politics, and privilege that shape and define them.
Offered (S)
Prerequisite(s): Fourth semester French or appropriate language placement.
|
| |
-
FREN 379 - Independent Study - French
Variable 1-4 Credit(s)
Given with the consent of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
|
| |
-
FREN 380 - Special Topics
Variable 2-4 Credit(s)
A course which will meet the specialized needs of intermediate students - e.g., literature, culture or language.
Prerequisite(s): None.
|
| |
-
FREN 381 - Special Topics: Language
Variable 2-4 Credit(s)
A course which will meet the specialized needs of intermediate students in French Language.
|
| |
-
FREN 382 - Special Topics: Literature
Variable 2-4 Credit(s)
A course which will meet the specialized needs of intermediate students in French literature.
|
| |
-
FREN 383 - Special Topics: Culture
Variable 2-4 Credit(s)
A course which will meet the specialized needs of intermediate students in French Culture.
|
| |
Page: 1 <- 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
| 14
| 15
-> 18 |
|
|
Eagle Athletics
Print this Page