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Interdisciplinary Courses Interdisciplinary courses are team-taught courses that vary from semester to semester. They may be used to fulfill appropriate General Education requirements as specified in the course schedule bulletin.
Honors Courses: No Honors Program courses may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.
Business Leadership Courses: Although three of the first four courses are required of all business students, sections designated by BLDR are restricted to students in the Business Leadership Program. |
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INTD 333 - (CA,P,W) The Bible in Image and Text 3 cr.
This team-taught course is a study of the interpretation of major biblical stories and figures in the Christian theological tradition and in art history. The marriage of Christian text and image is a natural and long-lived one; it provides an exciting way to integrate knowledge of various major themes such as creation and last judgment, and of many great biblical figures, such as Moses and Christ.
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NSCI 102 - Science and Society 3 cr.
This course attempts to show how the sciences, particularly the behavioral sciences, impact both positively and negatively on society. Issues dealt with include the nature of science, similarities and differences between the scientific disciplines, the impact of science on the concept of free will, and the philosophical and moral implications of psychological testing, socio-biology, and Skinnerian radical behaviorism.
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NSCI 103 - (E,W) The Ascent of Man 3 cr.
Science and technology from the ancient Greeks to the present will be discussed from the personal viewpoint of the scientists and inventors. Lectures will be supplemented by films, demonstrations, and field trips. Three hours lecture.
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NSCI 105 - Science in the Cinema 3 cr.
Many modern movies use science and technology as a backdrop. Consider Back to the Future, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Outbreak, The Core, The Day After Tomorrow and Flubber. The media often forms the popular understanding of science and technology. Tools to differentiate between science fact and science fiction are provided.
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NSCI 108 - (E) Science in Our Time 3 cr.
This course presents the latest developments in science and technology and explores the ideas and techniques underlying these developments. It investigates both the implication these developments have on society and public policy as well as the effect politics, social institutions and mores have on scientific and technological advancement.
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NSCI 201 - (E) Science and the Human Environment 3 cr.
A brief study of the effects of technological, scientific and industrial progress on the air, land, and water resources of the human environment. Problems in each of the resource areas will be discussed in detail.
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NSCI 208H - (E,W) Science in Our Time 3 cr.
An in-depth review and analysis of current developments in science and technology. Topics will be selected from various current periodical and media sources. The scientific, social and political context of each will be discussed.
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PHIL 120J - Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr.
The aim of this course is to awaken in the student an appreciation of the nature and method of philosophical inquiry through an examination of key texts that grapple with central questions in the history of philosophy.
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PHIL 210J - Ethics 3 cr.
Through the presentation of a select history of moral philosophy, students are introduced to the philosophical discipline of ethics. Original texts of such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Epictetus, St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche are enlisted to explore the most fundamental question in ethics, “What is the good life?”
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PHIL 217J - The Trivium 3 cr.
Via numerous writing projects and speeches and the analysis of select philosophical texts, this practicum in grammar, logic, and rhetoric will encourage the student to connect the basic elements of reason, discourse, and persuasion.
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PHIL 311J - Metaphysics 3 cr.
A textual inquiry into the adequacy of philosophical responses to the fundamental question, “What Is?” Special attention will be given to Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche.
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PHIL 322J - Philosophy of Conscience 3 cr.
Studies the role of conscience in moral judgment and considers its metaphorical and narrative elements. Explores the difference between clarity and community, truth and wisdom, principle and prudence as we study possible links between conscience, reason, eros, imagination and education in some of the works of Plato, Kant and Marx.
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PHIL 412J - (P,D) Art and Metaphysics 3 cr.
The course utilizes the work of Martin Heidegger as well as several contemporary American novels to explore the philosophical problem of nihilism as it manifests itself today in the relationship between modern technology and art. Special attention is given to modern architecture.
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PHIL 419J - (D) Philosophy East and West 3 cr.
This course brings non-Western philosophy and philosophers into a dialogue with Western philosophy and philosophers on major philosophical topics.
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PHIL 435J - Philosophy of Self and Other 3 cr.
This course examines the way in which contemporary philosophy challenges modern conceptions of subjectivity by developing more fluid versions of the self. It also explores the emphasis in postmodern philosophy on the “other” (“alterity”), both human and divine, dealing with such themes as “the call,” the stranger, hospitality, and justice.
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T/JP 310 - Toward a Just and Peaceful World 3 cr.
In this seminar students will assess the courses that have fulfilled their requirements for the Peace and Justice Concentration and will explore the religious, philosophical and social/ethical concerns of their undergraduate education. Each participant will prepare and present a paper which assesses how her/his courses have met the goals of the concentration and the University’s mission as it relates to the concern for justice.
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T/RS 121J - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible 3 cr.
A survey of central texts and themes of the Bible. Its purpose is to develop biblical literacy as well as skills in interpreting various literary forms and key theological concepts.
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T/RS 122J - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: T/RS 121)A survey of key Christian themes: creation, Christ’s incarnation and redemption, the Church and sacraments, Christian personhood, and the practice of prayer, virtue, and hope for the future.
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T/RS 242H - Christian Ethics and Public Health 3 cr.
This course will explore one contemporary social and medical issue – the need for a functioning public health apparatus – and the ethical implications of an adequate public health system. The framework of the ethical analysis is Christian social ethics, especially Catholic Social Teaching as it understands “Common Good.”
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ACC/IB 475 - International Accounting 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ACC 252 or 254, ECO 351)This course is designed for both accounting and non-accounting majors with an interest in global accounting issues. The environmental influences on accounting development, the reporting standards for selected countries, financial statement analysis, and taxation and managerial accounting issues for multinational business entities are examined.
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ECO/IB 375 - International Economics 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ECO 153-154 or ECO 351 or permission of the instructor)This course explains the rationale for international trade and gains from trade and discusses various trade policies. Topics covered in the course include: comparative advantage, free trade and trade restrictions (tariffs, quotas, etc.), the trade policy of the United States, exchange rates and their determinants, balance-of-payments analysis, and the significance of multinational corporations.
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IB 476 - U.S.-East Asia Trade and Investment 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ECO 351)This course describes and analyzes trade and investment flows between the U.S. and Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. Topics covered in the course include: economic trends in these countries, U.S. trade and investment with them, U.S. trade deficit, trade policies of the U.S. and these countries, analysis of Japan’s Keiretsu, Korea’s Chaebol, China’s MFN status and Taiwan’s environmental problems.
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IB 477 - European Business 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ECO/IB 351)This course introduces the student to the European business environment, focusing on the implications for international business operations and competitiveness. This includes the study of rapidly changing business environments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as well as the nations of the European Union (EU). The elimination of barriers to trade, and the response of companies inside and outside the EU to the threats and opportunities of the Single Market are examined.
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IB 478 - Business in China 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ECO/IB 351)This course introduces the student to the dynamic business environment in the People’s Republic of China, focusing on the implications for international business operations and competitiveness.
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IB 495 - European Business Experience 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: MGT 351, MKT 351, ECO/IB 351)Students will have an opportunity to participate in lecture-discussion sessions with top-level executives from various multinational corporations, local business firms and government agencies in a number of different countries in Europe. Participants will gain a basic understanding of the issues prominent in international business today. Course involves travel to Europe.(Also listed as MGT 495 and MKT 495.)
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MGT/IB 475 - International Management 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ECO 351, MGT 351)Focuses on functional strategies of multinational corporations (MNCs), structure and control systems of MNCs, and comparative management. Specific MNC strategies to be covered include entry, sourcing, marketing, finance, human resources and public affairs. Study of structure and control systems includes corporate structure and headquarters-subsidiary relationships. Study of comparative management systems focuses on nature of management systems and practices in different cultures.
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MKT/IB 475 - (D) International Marketing 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: MKT 351, ECO 351)Analysis of the marketing strategies of multinational corporations with emphasis on the internal environment of country markets. Discussions will include comparisons of different regional markets along socioeconomic, political and cultural lines. Different types of international market barricades and the corresponding market-entry strategies will be analyzed. Additional readings from international publications will be required.
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International Studies |
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IS 390 - (W) Seminar in International Studies 3 cr.
Required for International Studies majors. Other advanced undergraduates may take this course with permission of the professor. This course may be used for either History or Political Science credit.
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Italian Students may not take the elementary level of their native language. Modern languages are taught in the target language, with the exception of non-Western languages in which students must first learn a new alphabet and sound system.
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ITAL 101-102 - (CF) Beginning Italian 6 cr.
Introduction to the Italian language. Designed for beginners. (ITAL 101 is normally the prerequisite to 102.) Taught in Italian. Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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ITAL 195 - (D) Italian Culture through the Image 3 cr.
This travel course explores aspects of Italian culture through the visual experience of photography. Students will familiarize themselves with the theories and techniques of famous Tuscan masters of photography and subsequently engage in photographic assignments aimed at capturing the complexity of Italian culture past and present. Taught by University faculty from the Department of World Languages in conjunction with faculty at the Istituto Europeo in Florence.
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ITAL 211-212 - (CF,D) Intermediate Italian 6 cr.
(Prerequisites: ITAL 101-102 or equivalent)Completion of ITAL 212 satisfies one semester of the cultural diversity requirements. Grammatical review, written and oral composition with selected cultural readings of intermediate difficulty. (ITAL 211 or its equivalent is normally the prerequisite to 212.) Taught in Italian. Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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ITAL 221E - (CL,D,W) Italian Women’s Writing 3 cr.
This course addresses women’s voices and experiences in 20th-century Italian prose, poetry, theater and film. Not all the artists subscribe to a feminist ideology, but their works share an interest in issues concerning women. Students examine the styles, themes and historical contexts of the primary works. ITAL 221E is taught in English and cannot count toward the major or minor; ITAL 221F is taught in Italian and may count toward the major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
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ITAL 221F - (CL,D,W) Italian Women’s Writing 3 cr.
This course addresses women’s voices and experiences in 20th-century Italian prose, poetry, theater and film. Not all the artists subscribe to a feminist ideology, but their works share an interest in issues concerning women. Students examine the styles, themes and historical contexts of the primary works. ITAL 221E is taught in English and cannot count toward the major or minor; ITAL 221F is taught in Italian and may count toward the major or minor by arrangement with the professor.Taught in conjunction with ITAL 333.
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ITAL 223E - (D,W) Italian Cinema 3 cr.
A study of films by some of Italy’s major directors. Focus on theme, style, and the impact of historical and cultural events on the films. Films with subtitles. ITAL 223E, taught in English, cannot count toward the major or minor; ITAL 223F includes work in Italian and may count toward the major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
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ITAL 223F - (D,W) Italian Cinema 3 cr.
A study of films by some of Italy’s major directors. Focus on theme, style, and the impact of historical and cultural events on the films. Films with subtitles. ITAL 223E, taught in English, cannot count toward the major or minor; ITAL 223F includes work in Italian and may count toward the major or minor by arrangement with the professor.Taught in conjunction with ITAL 333.
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ITAL 295 - (D) Intensive Italian Abroad 3 cr.
An intensive course of several hours daily at an institution in Italy.
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ITAL 311-312 - (CF,D,W) Advanced Italian Composition and Conversation 6 cr.
(Prerequisite: ITAL 211-212 or equivalent)Completion of ITAL 312 satisfies one semester of the writing-intensive requirements. An intensive course in Italian composition and conversation with emphasis on detailed study of advanced grammatical and stylistic usage of the Italian language. Taught in Italian. Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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ITAL 313 - (CL) Survey of Italian Literature I 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: ITAL 311-312 or equivalent)This course, conducted in Italian, introduces students to 19th-and 20th-century Italian literature and to significant literary movements and figures from these periods. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 314 - (CL) Survey of Italian Literature II 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ITAL 311-312 or equivalent)This course, conducted in Italian, introduces students to Italian literature from the medieval period to the 18th century. It focuses on significant literary movements and figures from these periods. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 315 - (D) Italian Culture and Society 3 cr.
An examination of Italian culture and society from the Renaissance to today. The course traces the development of Italian culture and society through primary texts, including essays, plays, short stories, films, opera and contemporary music, and sculpture and painting.
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ITAL 321 - Italian Short Story 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ITAL 311 and 312)This course will examine the Italian short story through a study of representative texts. Taught in Italian. May be taken as part of the Italian minor and major and Italian Studies Concentration.
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ITAL 322 - Italian Theatre 3 cr.
(Pre-requisites: ITAL 311-312 or equivalent)This course will examine Italian theatre through a study of representative forms and texts. Taught in Italian. May be taken as part of the Italian minor and major and Italian Studies Concentration.
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ITAL 333 - Italian Practicum 1 cr.
(Prerequisite: Enrollment in a FLaC course, that is, a course listed as E and F, English language or Foreign language credit bearing.)A one-credit course in the target language to supplement FLaC courses (Foreign Language across the Curriculum) taught in English. In addition to doing their reading and writing in the target language, students receiving credit in the target language will meet an additional hour per week for discussion in that language.
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ITAL 413 - (CL,D,W) Topics in Italian Studies 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ITAL 311-312 or equivalent)Studies of a specific author, period, movement, theme, and/or genre. Taught in Italian. Because topics may vary, the course may be repeated for credit with the consent of the Department chair.
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ITAL 439 - (CL,D,W) The Craft of Translation 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: ITAL 311-312 or equivalent.)In this course, students will undertake a series of translation and interpretation exercises and activities from Italian to English. Focus will be on the application of grammatical structures as well as on the interpretive qualities of transposing from one idiom to another. Taught in Italian. This course may fulfill the requirements of the Italian minor and major and in the Italian Studies Concentration.
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Japanese Students may not take the elementary level of their native language. Modern languages are taught in the target language, with the exception of non-Western languages in which students must first learn a new alphabet and sound system.
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JPN 101 - (CF) Beginning Japanese 3 cr.
(JPN 101 is normally the prerequisite to 102.)Development of the fundamental skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, with emphasis on language performance. Emphasis on practical application of the basic skills for business-related activities. Relevant cultural aspects are introduced. Designed primarily for students with no background in the Japanese language. Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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JPN 102 - (CF) Beginning Japanese 3 cr.
(JPN 101 is normally the prerequisite to 102.)Development of the fundamental skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, with emphasis on language performance. Emphasis on practical application of the basic skills for business-related activities. Relevant cultural aspects are introduced. Designed primarily for students with no background in the Japanese language. (JPN 101 is normally the prerequisite to 102.) Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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JPN 211 - Intermediate Japanese 1.5 cr.
(Prerequisites: JPN 101-102 or equivalent)This course continues development of the four major skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Upon completion of the course students will understand all the basic concepts of the structure of the language. (JPN 211 or its equivalent is normally the prerequisite to 212.) Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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JPN 212 - Intermediate Japanese 1.5 cr.
(Prerequisites: JPN 101-102 or equivalent)This course continues development of the four major skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Upon completion of the course students will understand all the basic concepts of the structure of the language. (JPN 211 or its equivalent is normally the prerequisite to 212.) Includes activities inside and/or outside the classroom that involve Language Learning Center (language lab) resources.
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LAT 111 - (CF) Beginning Latin 3 cr.
An intensive course in the fundamentals of Latin reading and composition.
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LAT 112 - (CF) Beginning Latin 3 cr.
An intensive course in the fundamentals of Latin reading and composition.
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LAT 205 - History of Latin Literature 3 cr.
A survey of Roman and post-Roman Latin literature. Taught in English.
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LAT 211 - (CF) Intermediate Latin 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: LAT 111-112 or equivalent)Review of fundamentals. Reading of selections from Caesar, Cicero and Virgil.
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LAT 212 - (CF) Intermediate Latin 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: LAT 111-112 or equivalent)Review of fundamentals. Reading of selections from Caesar, Cicero and Virgil.
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LAT 213 - (CL,D,W) Classical Roman Literature and Mythology 3 cr.
The course examines the role that mythology played in Roman literature, and examines the changing attitudes of the Romans toward the divinities, manifested in literature from Plautus to Apuleius. All readings and lectures in English.
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LAT 220 - Ancient Civilization: Rome 3 cr.
The political, constitutional, and cultural history of Rome from the earliest times to the end of the Western empire. All readings and lectures in English.
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LAT 311 - Readings in Latin Literature 1.5-3 cr.
(Prerequisites: LAT 211-212 or equivalent)Selections from Latin writers to suit the students’ special interests. Topics will vary from year to year; the course may, therefore, be repeated for credit.
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LAT 312 - Readings in Latin Literature 1.5-3 cr.
(Prerequisites: LAT 211-212 or equivalent)Selections from Latin writers to suit the students’ special interests. Topics will vary from year to year; the course may, therefore, be repeated for credit.
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LAT 482 - Guided Independent Study Variable Credit
(Prerequisites: LAT 211-212; junior or senior standing)A tutorial program with content determined by mentor.
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LAT 483 - Guided Independent Study Variable Credit
(Prerequisites: LAT 211-212; junior or senior standing)A tutorial program with content determined by mentor.
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Literature The prerequisite for all 200-level ENLT courses is ENLT 140 or the equivalent. Students must complete the University’s Written Communication requirement before they can register for any Writing Intensive literature course.
All 300-level ENLT courses have a prerequisite of ENLT 140 or equivalent; a 200-level ENLT course is strongly recommended.
All 400-level ENLT courses have a prerequisite of ENLT 140 or equivalent; a 300-level ENLT course is strongly recommended. |
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ENLT 103 - Children’s Literature 3 cr.
A broad study of literature for children since 1800, with the emphasis on American works since 1950, including aesthetic consideration of the art and design of picture books. Works for children up to the age of 12 are considered.
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ENLT 110 - History of Cinema 3 cr.
A study of the historical development of motion pictures. Practitioners in America and throughout the world are treated in this concise history of cinema. Film screening fee.
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ENLT 111 - The Art of Cinema 3 cr.
The study of the artists, technicians and businessmen who make films. Taped interviews of internationally famous filmmakers, as well as an analytic scrutiny of modern films, develop students’ intelligent, active participation in the major art form in modern culture. Film screening fee.
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ENLT 112 - Film Genres 3 cr.
A study of popular film genres (i.e., the western, the thriller, the musical, the historical epic, the woman’s picture) as they developed and changed in the U.S. and abroad. Film screening fee.
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ENLT 113 - Film Criticism 3 cr.
A study of the grammar, poetics, rhetoric, and aesthetic of film criticism constitutes the heart of this course. Film screening fee.
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ENLT 120 - (CL) Introduction to Fiction 3 cr.
An exploration of the nature of prose fiction, its elements and techniques. The emphasis is critical rather than historical. The range of works and the specific selections may vary with the individual instructor.
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ENLT 121 - (CL) Introduction to Poetry 3 cr.
An exploration of the nature of poetry, its value, aims, and techniques. The emphasis will be critical rather than historical. The range of poems and the specific selections may vary with the individual instructor.
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ENLT 122 - (CL) Introduction to Drama 3 cr.
An exploration of the nature of drama, its types, techniques, and conventions. The emphasis will be critical rather than historical. The range of plays and the specific selections may vary with the individual instructor. This course may be counted toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
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ENLT 123 - (CL) Masterworks of Western Civilization 3 cr.
Study of masterpieces of literature from the Hebrew Old Testament and classic Greek to the modern European, illuminating the development of Western civilization.
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ENLT 125 - (CL) Classic American Stories 3 cr.
This course will examine representative examples of the American short story from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the significance of individual works, but some consideration will be given to the evolving American milieu. Readings will include Hawthorne, Poe, Crane, Malamud, and Oates.
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ENLT 126 - (CL,D) Introduction to Irish Culture 3 cr.
An exploration of Irish culture by means of the island’s major works of mythology, history, religion, folk story, fairy tale, song, verse, drama and fiction. All readings in English.
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ENLT 127 - (CL) Myth of the Hero 3 cr.
Mythic materials are examined to discover the underlying heroic archetypal patterns. Then modern literature is examined in the light of the same mythic patterns.
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ENLT 140 - (CL) English Inquiry 3 cr.
An exploration of fiction, poetry, and drama. The approach is inductive; the aims are a greater understanding of literature, and an introduction to techniques of literary scholarship, theory, and research. The prerequisite for all 200-level ENLT courses is ENLT 140 or the equivalent. Students must complete the University’s Written Communication requirement before they can register for any Writing Intensive literature course.
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ENLT 210 - (CL) Modern Poetry 3 cr.
Some previous study of poetry expected. Modern poets ranging from Frost and Stevens to Bishop and Larkin are examined. Major emphasis is placed on close readings of representative works and historical and cultural contextualization.
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ENLT 211 - (CL) Dramatic Comedy 3 cr.
Principles, modes, tactics used in dramatic comedy. The plays of writers ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, as well as several films, will be analyzed as models. Opportunity for student writing of comedy. This course may be counted toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
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ENLT 212 - (CL,W) Masters of Darkness 3 cr.
This course will survey a significant sampling of the short works of three of America’s most famous “dark Romantic” writers: Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe. Consideration will be given to the historical milieu and the authors’ responses to the problems and promises of the American experience.
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ENLT 213 - (CL,W) Satire 3 cr.
An exploration of the historical, critical, and conceptual nature of satire, including established satirical conventions and techniques. Representative examples in fiction, drama, poetry, and other media, with emphasis on British literature of the Restoration and 18th century, the Age of Satire.
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ENLT 214 - Macabre Masterpieces 3 cr.
A survey of English and American horror fiction which focuses on this mode of writing as a serious artistic exploration of the human mind, particularly abnormal psychology. Readings will include works by Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and Bram Stoker.
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ENLT 215 - (CL) Literature of the Absurd 3 cr.
Focusing on literature from 1850 to the present, this course will examine fiction, drama, and poetry that reflect a general sense of disintegrating values and lost religious beliefs. Readings will include works by Poe, Byron, Hardy, Stevenson, Conrad, Williams, Hemingway, and Beckett.
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ENLT 220 - (CL) Shakespeare 3 cr.
An introduction to the works of William Shakespeare, including forays into each of the major dramatic genres (comedy, tragedy, history, and romance). Consideration will be given to the biographical and cultural contexts of individual works. This course may be counted toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
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ENLT 221 - (W) Woody Allen 3 cr.
This course examines the films, the published screenplays, the volumes of short prose, and assorted interviews and articles. We will examine some of Woody Allen’s sources, such as Plato, Shakespeare, Joyce, and Bergman. Our approach will be historical and analytical.
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ENLT 222 - (CL,D,W) Graham Greene’s Travelers 3 cr.
Detailed study of several privileged characters who exchange the familiar comforts of home for the disorienting complexities of the post-colonial world. Encountering social unrest in Africa, Latin America, Haiti, and French Indo-China, Greene’s protagonists abandon their aloof positions and confront the personal and ethical dilemmas raised by their situations.
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ENLT 224 - (CL,D,W) Perspectives in Literature about Illness 3 cr.
This course will explore the narrative conventions of both the (literary) life story and the (scientific) case history as a means of analyzing both the characters involved in literary depictions of illness and the ways in which they perceive and understand others involved in the same healthcare event.
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ENLT 225 - (CL,D,W) Writing Women 3 cr.
(Theory Intensive)Organized around issues raised in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Carolyn Heilbrun’s Writing a Woman’s Life, and informed by the ideas of British Marxist, French Psychoanalytic, and American traditional feminism, this course examines poetry and fiction from Sappho and Mary Shelley to Jean Rhys and Adrienne Rich.
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ENLT 226 - (CL,D) Novels by Women 3 cr.
A study of novels by and about women, including such authors as Austen, Bronte, Eliot, Chopin, Woolf, Lessing, Byatt, and Morrison. The aim is to expand students’ knowledge of the novel’s history and development and their understanding of women’s experiences as expressed by women writers.
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ENLT 227 - (CL,D,W) Frankenstein’s Forebears 3 cr.
(Theory Intensive)An interdisciplinary exploration of the influential lives and works of Mary Wollstonecraft (feminist, memoirist, and novelist); William Godwin (anarchist philosopher and novelist); their daughter, Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein); and her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Romantic poet and erstwhile political activist).
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ENLT 228 - (CL,D,W) Race in Anglo-American Culture 1600-1860 3 cr.
(Area G) (Theory Intensive)Beginning with the first English colonies in North American and running through the American antebellum period, this course focuses on literary and historical treatments of encounters involving Europeans, European-Americans, Africans, African-Americans, and Native Americans. The reading list includes poems, plays, novels, captivity narratives, frontier biographies, and slave autobiographies.
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ENLT 229 - (CL,D) The Cross-Cultural Novella 3 cr.
This course aims both to foster an understanding and appreciation of the novella as a distinct literary form and to introduce the student to the literature of a variety of continents and cultures. The course will deal with writers such as Tolstoy, Flaubert, Kafka, Kawabata, Mann, and Gaines.
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ENLT 230 - (CL) American Romanticism 3 cr.
(Area A-1)This course will deal with representative short works of America’s six major Romantic authors: Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe.
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ENLT 234 - (CL,W) Camelot Legend 3 cr.
(Area B-1)This course will examine the development of Arthurian legend-tales of knights and ladies associated with the court of King Arthur from its early origins in Celtic and Latin medieval literature, through medieval romances and histories, culminating in Malory’s Morte D’Arthur.
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ENLT 235 - (CL,W) Literature in the Age of Chaucer 3 cr.
(Area B-1)This course will explore 14th-century non-dramatic vernacular literature. In addition to Chaucer, authors studied may include Langland, Kempe, and the Pearl Poet.
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ENLT 236 - (CL,W) The Romantic Protest 3 cr.
(Area B-2)A survey of the first half of the British Romantic period. Readings will include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge and at least three “minor” writers of this era. Discussions will focus on the Romantic imagination, the role of nature in Romantic mysticism, and Romantic notions concerning heightened sensations and altered realities.
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ENLT 237 - (CL,W) The Darker Romantics 3 cr.
(Area B-2)A survey of the second half of the British Romantic period. Readings will include Byron, Percy Shelley, Keats, and at least three “minor” writers of this era. Discussions will focus on the waning of the “Romantic religion” of Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth in an increasingly prosperous, skeptical, and secularized era.
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ENLT 239 - (CL,D,W) The Irish Short Story 3 cr.
(Area B-3)For two centuries, Irish short story writers have represented the comedy and tragedy of Irish experience and simultaneously have fashioned the medium into one of our most flexible and innovative art forms. In historical and critical contexts, we examine the work of forth authors, emphasizing Joyce, O’Connor, O’Faolain, and O’Flaherty.
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ENLT 240 - British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance 3 cr.
(Area B-1)A detailed study of representative works and authors from the Anglo-Saxons to the 17th century. Though the emphasis will be on an intensive study of major works in their literary and cultural context, consideration will be given to minor writers as well.
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ENLT 241 - British Literature: Restoration and 18th Century 3 cr.
(Area B-2)Study of a select group of English and Anglo-Irish authors whose works were first published between 1660 and 1776. Discussions and assignments will emphasize literary history, critical analysis, and sociopolitical contexts.
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ENLT 242 - British Literature: Romantic and Victorian 3 cr.
(Area B-2)A study of the major literary works in 19th-century England: poetry, novels and non-fictional prose. The emphasis is threefold: critical analysis; literary history; social, intellectual and political background.
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ENLT 243 - American Literature to 1865 3 cr.
(Area A-1)An in-depth study of a select group of major American authors from the Colonial Period to the Civil War. Included are Bradford, Franklin, Irving, and Poe. Consideration given to the historical and cultural milieu and development of major American themes and attitudes.
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ENLT 244 - Modern British Literature 3 cr.
(Area B-3)Selected modern and postmodern English poets, playwrights, and fiction writers: Hopkins, Eliot, Hughes, Auden, Larkin, Spender, Osborne, Stoppard, Pinter, Greene, Waugh, Read, Lodge, Amis, Spark, McEwan and Chatwin.
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ENLT 245 - American Literature, 1865 to the Present 3 cr.
(Area A-2)Study of a select group of major American authors from the Civil War to the present. Included are Twain, Crane, Fitzgerald and Vonnegut. The historical and cultural milieu and the development of major American themes and attitudes are reviewed.
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