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SPN-331 Survey of Spanish Literature I
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN-270
Introduction to representative authors and works from Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque literature. 4 credits.
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SPN-332 Survey of Spanish Literature II
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts); WR (Writing/Research Intensive)
Prerequisite: SPN-270
Survey of the major movements, principal authors, and representative works in Spanish literature since 1700. 4 credits.
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SPN-340 Travel Study in Spanish American Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Part of the study away curriculum. Overview of contemporary Spanish-American literature, focusing on the poetry, narrative, and drama of the country. Readings and discussions of representative texts complemented by viewing selected works in the theatre. 4 credits.
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SPN-350 Travel Study in Contemporary Spanish America
GER: WC (World Cultures)
Prerequisite: two Spanish courses numbered 210 or greater
Part of the study away curriculum. Through lectures, literary readings, and visits to areas of cultural interest, students familiarize themselves with contemporary Spanish-American life, as well as with the contributions of indigenous cultures to contemporary Spanish-American society. Research on a cultural topic will culminate in a written project. May be repeated for credit with a change of instructor/topic. Part of the study away curriculum. 4 credits.
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SPN-351 Hispanic Cuisine and Culture
Exploration of different aspects of food production and consumption as they relate to Spanish and Spanish American cultures. Through readings, discussions, small field trips to local markets and restaurants and the act of shopping for and preparing authentic Spanish and Spanish American dishes we will explore the complex web of connections between crops, ecology, farming life, politics and what have come to be called fast or slow food cultures. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Conducted entirely in Spanish, a culinary study trip to Guatemala is typically required. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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SPN-361 Survey of Spanish American Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN-270
Introduction to the major authors and representative works of Spanish America, with concentration on the age of Modernism to the present. 4 credits.
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SPN-400 Advanced Studies in Hispanic Linguistics
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: one Spanish course numbered 300 or greater
In-depth study of an area of Hispanic linguisitcs with an emphasis on both theory and empirical research. Students may participate in a research project for a more profound understanding of course material. Repeatable with change of topic. 4 credits.
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SPN-401 Studies in Hispanic Civilization
Prerequisite: one course SPN 300 or above
Close examination of a particular aspect of Hispanic civilization through a variety of disciplinary perspectives and media. Critical assessment of phenomena of cultural importance in Spain and/or Latin America. Repeatable with change of topic. 4 credits.
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SPN-411 Golden Age Spanish Drama
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN-361 , or SPN 340
Readings and discussion of Spanish dramatic works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including selections by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Ruiz de Alarcsn, and Caldersn 4 credits.
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SPN-412 Cervantes
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN-361 , or SPN 340
Emphasis on Don Quixote with additional readings from Cervantes’s Novelas ejemplares and Entremeses. 4 credits.
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SPN-417 19th Century Spanish Realism and the Generation of 1898
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
Readings and discussion of major works of Spanish peninsular literature from the age of Realism (c. 1850) through the Generation of 1898, including works by Galdss, Unamuno, Benavente, Valle-Inclan, and Pmo Baroja. 4 credits.
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SPN-420 20th and 21st Century Spanish Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite:SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
Survey of predominant literary movements, writers, and works (essay, short story, novel, drama, and poetry) of twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Spain from the period following the Generation of 1898 to the present. 4 credits.
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SPN-430 Readings in Spanish Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
In-depth focus on a period, movement, author, or genre. Possible topics include: Spanish Picaresque Literature, Literature after the Spanish Civil War, Twentieth Century Spanish Drama, etc. Repeatable with change of topic. 4 credits.
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SPN-440 Spanish American Narrative
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
The development of the Spanish-American narrative from the period of Discovery and Conquest to the present, with emphasis on contemporary writing. Indigenous works such as the Mayan Popol Vuh are also considered. Examination of historiography, the essay, novels, and short stories. 4 credits.
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SPN-445 Latin American Women’s Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
Survey of literature by Latin American women from Colonial times to the present, including all major genres. Study of the evolution of women’s thought from the private realm of convent and home to the public arena of politics, women’s rights and the environmental movement. 4 credits.
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SPN-448 Spanish-American Short Story
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
In-depth consideration of the development of the short story in Spanish America, with a primary focus on the definitive works of the Twentieth Century by authors such as Borges, Cortazar, García Márquez, and Valenzuela. Includes a brief overview of short fiction in colonial and nineteenth-century Spanish America. 4 credits.
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SPN-460 Readings in Spanish Amer Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
In-depth focus on a period, movement, author, or genre. Possible topics might include Contemporary Spanish American Poetry, Gabriel García Márquez, Dissidence in Spanish American Literature, etc. Repeatable with change of topic. 4 credits.
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SPN-465 Film Studies
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
A historical, critical, and theoretical survey of the cinema of Spain and/or Latin America. Films studied through formal properties of representation– mise-en-schne, cinematography, editing, sound– as well as through context, theme, and application. Includes examination of the relationship to other national and regional cinemas 4 credits.
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SPN-466 United States Latino/a Studies
SPN-310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN-340 or SPN-361
In-depth examination of the literary production of Hispanics in the United States with special focus on Chicano and Dominican-American narrative. Includes consideration of the formation and negotiation of Latino identities through such media as television, film, and music. 4 credits.
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SPN-470 Senior Seminar in Spanish
GER: WR (Writing-Research Intensive) and TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: SPN 310 , SPN-331 , SPN-332 , SPN 340 , or SPN-361
The opportunity to address a topic, period, author, or genre n depth. The student is provided a chance to synthesize the experience of previous course work in a research project. 4 credits.
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SPN-503 Individualized Internship
Prerequisite: instructor permission
Individualized internships are typically developed by seniors and juniors and approved by a faculty member in the Spanish section. General objectives for the internship experience are to provide exceptional Spanish students with an opportunity to use Spanish language skills in a professional setting and to offer students additional preparation and training for future endeavors. In addition, students, together with their on site supervisor and faculty sponsor, will develop a list of objectives for the specific internship, maintain a log and reflective journal, meet weekly with the faculty member in person or virtually, submit an academic paper at the conclusion of the internship related to their internship work, and summarize their activities orally in Spanish for their faculty supervisor or for a larger audience as a scholarly presentation. Fifty hours of on-site activities required per credit up to four credits. No more than four credits of either SPN-503 or SPN-505 may contribute to the Spanish major. Pass-No pass grading option not available. Variable credit.
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SPN-504 Directed Independent Study
Variable credit.
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SPN-505 Structured Internship
Prerequisite: instructor permission
Internships to provide students with an opportunity to use Spanish language skills in a professional setting and offer additional preparation and training for postgraduate work or study. Develop a list of specific objectives, work approximately 200 hours, maintain a log and reflective journal, attend a weekly seminar to discuss their work and related literature, submit an academic paper, and summarize their activities orally in Spanish. No more than four credits of either SPN-503 or SPN-505 may contribute to the Spanish major. Pass-No Pass grading option not available. Variable credit.
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Strategic Design |
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SDG-605 Type As Message
Type is a living, vibrant, and exciting art form. Technology has given us great power in dealing with type, but at the same time has dematerialized typography: it has gone from an art practiced by a select few to something that millions watch passively on a screen. We will be actively engaging with letters, numbers, symbols and spatial principles. 3 credits.
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SDG-606 Strategic and Change Management
In this course students will learn about what distinguishes a company’s vision, mission, values, and principles, vs. its purpose. Plus, how these declarations can strategically align for positive change outcomes in an organization and how to manage them. 3 credits.
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SDG-609 Argument and Visual Narrative
This course explores reason-giving in persuasive contexts, including a variety of argument and image generation strategies. Special focus is given to the integration of storytelling with visual design. 3 credits.
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SDG-610 Rhetoric and Design
With reference to the ancient history of communicative invention since the liberal arts tradition of antiquity, this course will explore the creative process of design and how compositional arrangements, styles, and delivery systems alter persuasion and identification across a variety of frameworks. The course includes learning core concepts and project-based applications of those concepts to contemporary creative technologies. 3 credits.
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SDG-614 Brand Strategy and Creative Thinking
This course teaches methods for developing strategies; then how to generate ideas based on the appropriate strategy. Students learn how to actualize their ideas using a variety of image-making sources including photography. Art Direction and Copywriting tracks ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-615 Design Aesthetics and Strategy
This course provides thinking, making and doing as a basis to achieve design experiences introduced by visual languages, craft, leadership & strategic thought. The student examines omnimedia channels which emphasize innovation and strategic thinking. Design track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-704 The Art of Story - Vision Point I
This is a reflective seminar requiring students to reflect on the collaboration and problem-solving required to complete projects and course requirements. Students examine how creativity can have a positive impact on issues our society is facing. Students research the issue, collaborate and then address the challenge by creating appropriate offline and online activities. The course will incorporate speakers, online blog posts, and other digital media to allow for reflection on learning. 2 credits.
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SDG-705 Marketing Strategy - Vision Point II
This is a seminar requiring students to reflect on the collaboration and problem-solving required to complete projects and course requirements. Students examine how creativity can have a positive impact on issues our society is facing. Students research the issue, collaborate and then address the challenge by creating appropriate offline and online activities. The course will incorporate speakers, online blog posts, and other digital media to allow for reflection on learning. Students also begin the development of the online portfolio. 2 credits.
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SDG-709 Visual Narratives
Storytelling is a critical component in a brand’s strategy. To maintain a strong digital presence content creators must have the skills to produce visual stories with video, images, and text for producing creative communications through the telling of stories. Art Direction track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-710 Verbal Narratives
The main focus of this course is on understanding, challenging and exploring new ideas of how brand messages can be delivered in multiple mediums. Students will learn about plot development, story and character arcs, and telling stories in multiple installments from videos to blogs. Copywriting track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-711 Design Narratives
The main focus of this course is on understanding, challenging and exploring new ideas of how technological driven delivery systems are conveyed through metaphor-rich, story-driven narrative visualizations from motion, to packaging and product environments. Design track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-715 Crafting Brand Experiences
In this course students learn the importance of creating innovative brand experiences. Students examine a brand’s essence and then bring this theme to life in a way that gives the consumer a unique experience no matter the medium. Students explore publications, events and social media. Art Direction track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-716 Writing for Brand Engagement
This course explores what constitutes the essence of a brand. Students will explore ways to express this essential theme in writing for a variety of media including traditional & social. The focus is on developing a writing style that is short, to the point and powerful. Copywriting track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-717 Creating for Design Experiences
The course is a study of visual culture of the Modern period. The student engages in storytelling where design stimulates and creates culture. It uses interpretative media narratives, criticism, and history to define progressive messages. Students explore publications, type, and image. Design track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-724 Content Creation and Social Media
The course introduces students to social media through an examination of the multiple social environments and a study of consumer behavior. Students learn methods to rapidly create original content that encourages consumer engagement which allows brands to develop relationships with consumers. Art Direction and Copywriting tracks ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-725 Content Creation and User Experience
The course is a study of visual communication and how it encourages engagement. Interfacing through culturally driven visual narratives. There is an emphasis on refining skills sets for brand applications, delivery and options for current consumer cultures. Design track ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-730 Creating Cultural Impact
Within this class students will create and develop powerful ideas that invigorate campaigns and influence culture. Emphasis will be on challenging the way students approach strategy, creativity and innovation in order to show how they are all synthesized. Art Direction and Copywriting tracks ONLY. 4 credits.
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SDG-731 Innovation in Experiential Design
This course of study examines systems thinking and designing for scale and agility which is about simplifying, standardizing and integrating elements. Emphasis in the course is placed on how human factors drive dynamic content in experiential design (XGD). The student learns how the use of skills sets might make possible rich interactions between a user in a place and the information being provided. 4 credits.
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SDG-951 Portfolio Development
This course provides student advisement in preparing a final portfolio. Students receive instruction, critique and advisement toward developing professional career goals including interviewing techniques and an industry portfolio review. 2 credits.
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SDG-952 Practicum
While developing the individual portfolio, students will have choice in the application of art direction, copywriting, or design through some real-world application of theory, skills, and knowledge gained in the program. Students may engage in an internship in the field, work on a school site-based special project, or create a thesis regarding some real-world issue explored and defined within the student’s portfolio. 4 credits.
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SUS-120 Principles of Sustainability Science
GER: NWL (Empirical Study of the Natural World with laboratory) and NE (Humans and the Natural Environment)
Introduction to the concepts of sustainability science and the complex problems associated with sustainability. In particular students will examine the challenge of supporting nine billion people without destroying the planetary resource base, social cohesion, and integrity of the individual. Labs will cover introduction to methods in sustainability. 4 credits.
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SUS-125 Sustainability and Society
GER: UQ (Ultimate Questions)
The grand challenge of sustainability science is to improve both the well-being of people on Earth and reduce the impact of humanity on the environment at the same time. What does “sustainable” mean? This course explores the ethical obligations and realistic challenges of achieving this goal. 4 credits.
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SUS-200 Sustainability Living and Leadership
Covering multiple facets of sustainability, encouraging students to experiment and live a more sustainable lifestyle, and providing leadership training for promoting campus and community sustainability. 1 credit.
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SUS-201 Making Change Happen
Designed for students in the Greenbelt Community, developing and implementing action plans for sustainability related change on campus and in the Greenville area. 1 credit.
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SUS-210 Urban Sustainability
SUS-120
What does a sustainable city look like, and how do we create one? In this course, students learn theory, principles, and practices of urban planning as it applies to sustainability science and planning for sustainable urban development. 4
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SUS-220 Mineral Resources and Sustainable Development
Prerequisite: SUS-120 or EES-111 or EES-112 or EES-113 or EES-115 or BIO-111
Our modern lifestyles are based on technology, and progress towards a sustainable clean energy transition entails increasing reliance on green technologies. These are based on geologically or geopolitically limited metallic resources. This course will address how resources can be developed and sourced in sustainable manner. 4 credits
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SUS-240 Human Systems
Prerequisite: EES-112 or SUS-120
Exploration of the effects of human activities, consumption patterns and the complexity of human behavior on sustainable development. Application of the science of human behavior to complex problems such as sustainable consumption, human health, poverty, equity, and food security. 4 credits.
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SUS-241 Social Systems
Prerequisite: EES-112 or SUS-120
An overview of how comparative cultures conceptualize sustainability and the ways in which the actors, institutions, and policies at all scales (e.g., local, regional, national) shape societal well-being. Connections to the global environmental and human systems are emphasized and explored. 4 credits.
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SUS-242 Dynamic System Modeling
Prerequisite: EES-112 , EES-113 , EES-115 or SUS-120
An introduction to systems thinking and modeling of the human-environment relationship. Stocks, flows, feedback loops, homeostasis, and cyclic processes will be considered. Problems in sustainability such as climate change, population growth, and energy consumption will be modeled. 4 credits.
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SUS-282 Sustainable Energy Systems
Prerequisites: EES-112 or EES-113 or EES-115 or SUS-120
4 credits
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SUS-320 Consumption and Culture
Prerequisite: EES-112 or SUS-120 , and ANT-101
Explores the ways in which culture drives material consumption beyond basic human needs, and the relationship between culture, consumption, and our capitalist system. 4 credits.
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SUS-325 Conservation and Communities
Prerequisite: EES-112 or SUS-120 or ANT-101
Focusing specifically on political ecology, an environmental anthropology approach to understanding the relationship between conservation initiatives and local communities that depend on natural resource extraction for sustenance. Includes an exploration of themes involving governance, power, and inequality as we trace the social implications of conservation policy from the past to present. 4 credits.
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SUS-330 Ecological Economics
EES-112 , SUS-120 , and ECN-111
This course will introduce the critical approach of the new transdisciplinary field of ecological economics,and use this approach to assess the problem of perpetual economic growth within limited planetary boundaries. We will analyze and challenge the viability of our current global economic paradigm, including
market-based approaches to environmental policy. 4 credits
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SUS-335 Sustainability and Social Justice
SUS-240 , SUS-241 or EST-301
Focus on the social justice aspects of sustainability; disproportionate impacts of sustainability actions on different social groups; environmental justice in terms of fair treatment and meaningful involvement of both positive and negative environmental actions. 4 credits
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SUS-342 Leadership for Sustainability
Prerequisite: SUS-120
Humanity is facing interconnected environmental and social global challenges that require innovative solutions and leaders willing to create change. What does it take to be a leader who creates a safe and just space for humanity? In this course, students learn leadership theory, practice behaviors such as listening with empathy, and experience the creation and implementation of strategies to make a difference for people and the planet. Knowledge about self, working with others, building strong teams, and comfort with communication and conflict management will be our focus. Students will engage in a self-directed project to improve upon specific leadership skills within the sustainability issue of their choice. 4 credits
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SUS-345 Resilience and Adaptation
Prerequisite: EES-111 , EES-112 , EES-113 , EES-115 or SUS-120
How social change shapes the environment and how environmental change shapes society. “Adaptation” and “vulnerability” concepts compared and contrasted through social-ecological resilience and political ecology approaches. Case studies from the developed and developing world will illustrate the utility of these concepts for pressing environmental issues such as global climate change. 4 credits.
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SUS-351 Off the Grid
An off the grid, eco-village immersion experience. Topics in social, ecological, and economic sustainability, with a focus on organic foods, regenerative systems, and community living. Students will be immersed into the village, livelihoods, businesses, and farms of an eco-village community. May Experience ONLY. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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SUS-352 Community Partnership: Envisioning Space and Place
In a project setting, students will learn from and partner with a local neighborhood and county officials, apply methods of inquiry and analysis, and create a community-driven vision for addressing a local challenge. May Experience ONLY. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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SUS-370 Sustainability Solutions Workshop
Prerequisite: SUS-240 , SUS-241 or SUS-242
Sustainability science addresses pressing challenges facing society. But how do we understand these challenges and design actions to create desirable change? Through a one semester-long, guided group project, students collaboratively implement principles and methods of sustainability science to generate potential solutions for a local problem. 4 credits.
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SUS-410 Sustainable Futures
Prerequisite: SUS-120 and SUS-240 , SUS-241 or SUS-242
Striving for sustainability requires a clear, long-term perspective on both sustainability problems and their potential solutions. Students will explore sustainability science as a future-oriented endeavor and practice methods including scenario development and visioning, among others. 4 credits.
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SUS-472 Research and Analysis
WR (Writing-Research Intensive)
Prerequisite: completed FYW course requirement AND have completed or in the process of completing an independent research project
Same as EES-472 . Analysis of data, reading of scientific literature relevant to individual research, and writing of a thesis based on the results of an independent research project. Students must also present results at a professional meeting and to the department. EES-502 must be enrolled at the same time. 4 credits.
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SUS-473 Sustainability Science Practicum
GER: WR (Writing-Research Intensive)
Prerequisite: any first year writing seminar
Capstone experience in the major emphasizing solution-based research. Students will have the opportunity to conduct rigorous, applied research and further develop critical analysis skills. Research analysis will be conducted at the local level in partnership with local organizations (nonprofit, public, or private), addressing a pre-determined research question. Exploring topics that allow students to grapple with how to reduce environmental impact and increase social welfare, designed to encourage “engaged scholarship” to prepare students for interdisciplinary team-based research in their careers. 4 credits.
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SUS-474 Senior Capstone
Synthesis integrating the research experience into the interdisciplinary context across EES and SUS majors.
Develop writing, collaboration, and communication skills. 4
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SUS-475 Sustainability Science Seminar
2 credits.
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SUS-502 Research
Original field and/or laboratory research focusing on a topic selected be the student in collaboration with a faculty member. Results of research are reposted in a paper written according to the style and format of professional publications in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. The grade will depend largely on the initiative of the student. Variable credit.
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SUS-504 Directed Independent Study
A topic of special interest selected by the student and a faculty member with whom the student chooses to work. The study is done mostly with sustainability science literature. Results of the investigation are reported in a paper written according to the style and format of professional sustainability science publications. The grade will depend largely on the initiative of the student. The grade will depend largely on the initiative of the student. Variable credit.
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Theatre Arts |
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THA-001 Theatre Practicum
Significant participation in the department’s theatre productions as determined by the faculty, including, but not limited to, serving as a cast member, in stage management, as a crew head or as an assistant to a designer. Required for declared majors every semester. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory ONLY. Required for declared majors every semester. Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory ONLY. 0 credit.
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THA-101 Introduction to Theatre
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Script analysis, dramatic structure, production styles, introductory overview of acting, directing, design, and technical elements of production. Participation in some phase of play production (backstage or onstage) or a creative project is part of the course. 4 credits.
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THA-111 Introduction to Acting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Designed for Non-Fine Arts majors.
Training in the basic element of the actor’s craft. Exploration of the study and practice of realistic acting principles. Work will center on modern scene study, exercises and observation. No credit for students who have previously successfully completed THA-120. 4 credits. 4 credits.
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THA-112 Make-Up
Principles of makeup design for the theatre based upon play reading and script analysis. Techniques of application limited to the painterly approach and beginning three-dimensional techniques. Compilation of a resource file of graphic images provides the basis for design choices. 2 credits.
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THA-113 Sound Design
Study of the history of theatre sound design and production. Introduction to sound recording, digital sound capturing and editing, microphones and sound reinforcement techniques. Students complete design projects related to theatrical production. 2 credits.
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THA-115 Stagecraft
Prerequisite: THA-101
Technical theatre nomenclature, tools, materials, rigging, scene painting and standard construction techniques for standard theatrical scenery. Laboratory required. 4 credits.
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THA-116 Costume Crafts
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Principles of costume technology, including basic sewing/construction techniques, fabric identification, and modification technique; and crafts techniques, such as millinery, armor construction, and dyeing and painting. Production Work required 4 credits.
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THA-120 Foundations of Acting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Fundamentals of acting technique including script reading and analysis, movement, vocal development, and performance theory and practice. Theatre Arts and Vocal Performance majors ONLY. 4 credits.
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THA-140 Digital Technology for the Theatre
Introduction to hardware and software technologies used in theatrical production, study, research and analysis. Students produce projects directly related to theatre scholarship, design and practice in such areas as graphics, database, audio and video production and editing, html and web publishing, page layout, and design. Laboratory required. 4 credits.
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THA-150 Clothing as Self Expression
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Students will explore fashion as a form of self-expression and attempt to assess the importance of our personal daily routines relative to external manipulation of our fashion priorities. 4 credits.
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THA-210 Theatre History I
A survey of classical Greek and Roman theatre, the beginnings of eastern theatre, the theatre of medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, France and Japan, Golden Age Spain, Elizabethan and Restoration England, and Baroque France. 4 credits.
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THA-211 Theatre History II
A survey of theatre history from the end of neo-classicism through German romanticism and on through realism. Includes elements of twentieth-century eclecticism such as epic theatre, the theatre of the absurd, and the theatres of participation, confrontation, protest and ritual. 4 credits.
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THA-220 Acting II: Characterization
Prerequisite: THA-120 , THA 223, or THA 224.
Advanced acting techniques with emphasis on exploration and development of character through play reading and analysis, improvisation, ensemble acting, experimentation and performance. 4 credits.
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THA-223 Actor’s Voice
Exploration of the natural voice using methods developed by Kristen Linklater including articulation for the stage, developing character voices and stage dialect. 4 credits.
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THA-224 Movement for the Actor
GER: MB (Mind & Body)
Laboratory required. Exploration and development of the actor’s physical expression for the stage. Includes: stage combat, period styles, mask work, physical conditioning, personal fitness and other methodologies that can be applied to theatrical performances. 4 credits.
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THA-230 Readings in Dramatic Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Study of the dramatic literature of a particular historical period, genre or nation. The topic changes depending on the instructor teaching the course. Offerings might include readings in Irish Theatre; Restoration Theatre; Theatre of the Absurd; Nineteenth Century Realism; Late Twentieth and Early Twenty First Century American Theatre. 4 credits.
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THA-240 Playwriting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Introduction to and practice in the art and craft of playwriting for the stage. Emphasis on play structure, character development and dialogue. Students write frequently, read their work in class and complete a 10-minute play and a one-act play. 4 credits.
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THA-260 Theatre Production Laboratory
The purpose of this course is to give students insight and practical experience on a theatre production. The students in the course will function as a company, taking on different roles and positions to create a production collaboratively. The topic, style, genre, and approach to each production will be based on student interest and instructor preference. May experience 2 credits
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THA-310 Directing
Prerequisite: THA-120 Completion of THA 210, 211, 315, 316, 317 helpful, but not required.
Introduction to modern directing theory and strategies, including script analysis, casting and rehearsal techniques, and direction of a one-act play for public performance. 4 credits.
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THA-315 Scene Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 and THA-115 Completion of ART-111 , ART-113 or ART-124 helpful, but not required.
Exploration of theatrical perspective drawing techniques. Analysis, research and execution of selected scenic design projects. Completion of ART-111, 113 or 124 helpful, but not required. 4 credits.
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THA-316 Costume Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 , THA-115 , THA-116 or THA-120 Completion of ART-111 , ART-113 or ART-124 helpful, but not required.
The costume design process, from elements and principles of design to analysis of script and character, historical research, and methods of rendering. Completion of ART-111, 113 or 124 helpful, but not required. 4 credits.
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THA-317 Lighting Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 and THA-115
Introduction to the history and practice of theatrical lighting design, including basic electricity, instruments, control, analysis, research and execution of design projects. Lab required. 4 credits.
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THA-320 Acting III: Period Styles
Prerequisite: THA-120 , 223 or 224.
The study and practice of period acting styles and the research tools available to actors. Offerings might include Greek Golden Age, Italian Commedia dell’Arte, Elizabethan England, French Neoclassicsm, and Comedy of Manners. 4 credits.
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THA-330 Foundations of Musical Theatre
Prerequisite: THA 111 , THA 120 , MUS 101 , MUS 111 , MUS 511 , or one year in a musical ensemble
Fundamentals in musical theatre scene study including acting, singing, and movement technique necessary for song and scene performance. Topics may also include musical theatre history and basic musicianship as it relates to performers.
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THA-350 Travel Study in United Kingdom
Topics include, but are not limited to, play attendance, visits backstage at major theatres, visits to foreign museums, and field trips to other sites of interest. 4 credits.
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THA-410 Theatrical Criticism
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Analysis and discussion of major trends in theatrical criticism from Aristotle to the present. 4 credits.
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THA-420 Acting IV: Advanced Topics
Prerequisite: THA-120 and THA-220, THA-223, THA-224 or THA-320
Emerging issues and innovative content not covered by other acting courses. Topics might include advanced scene study, contemporary or classical styles, show development, or collaborative theatre-making. Significant laboratory component required. 4 credits.
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THA-430 Senior Synthesis
A portfolio assembly/presentation completed by senior Theatre Arts majors. Student presentations will demonstrate levels of accomplishment in acting/directing, backstage, design, and written project work. Students will focus intensively on one particular project to demonstrate mastery in that area. Presentations will contain evidence of students’ in-depth ability to understand and articulate the meaning of plays from a design, performance, technical or research perspective. Senior majors ONLY. 2 credits.
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THA-440 Creative Dramatics & Classroom Technique
Practical games, exercises and improvisations for actors and teachers who wish to work in the children146s theatre field or use creative dramatics in the non-theatre arts classroom. Includes creative dramatics and drama structures for the non-theatre classroom. 4 credits.
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THA-501 Independent Study
Independent projects not specifically related to directing or design. Projects may be approved in, although not necessarily limited to, acting, theory and criticism, theatre history or playwriting. May be retaken for credit. Variable credit.
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THA-503 Individualized Internship
Prerequistie: Instructor permission
Students will develop an internship to work at a theatre or arts-related business/agency with professionals over the term and will meet the objectives of a learning agreement completed with the workplace advisor and approved by a faculty sponsor. Students are required to work regular weekly hours at their internship site, meet regularly with their workplace and faculty advisors, and submit a log, portfolio, and academic paper relating to their internship. Fifty hours of on-site activities per credit. Open only to Junior and Senior Theater Arts majors, or with instructor’s permission. Cannot be completed through the pass-no pass grading option. Not repeatable. Variable credit. 4 credits
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