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FYW-1223 Eat, Write, Think: Food As Metaphor
Ideas are nourishing: like food, they fuel our understanding of and aliveness to the world. We “digest” them, “chew them over,” reject them as “half-baked.” Food and eating are deep metaphors for meaning and understanding. This course explores food as conceptual metaphor and metaphor as “food for thought” through readings, discussions, and writing workshops. 4 credits.
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FYW-1224 Big Food: Media and Politics in Modern American Culture
In this writing seminar, we will read, evaluate, and discuss media and political messages related to food in modern American culture. Sources will include websites, newspapers, magazines, peer-reviewed research articles, popular non-fiction books, and movies. Topics will include issues related to big food industries, farm subsidies,environmental impact and sustainability, crop homogeneity, pollution, the obesity epidemic, toxic food environment, weight bias, and popular diets. Students will lead in class discussions, post weekly blogs, complete an APA style literature review as well as present their paper to the class. 4 credits.
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FYW-1225 Sustainability
This course is intended to take an interdisciplinary scientific approach to addressing the issue of the sustainability of industrial, agricultural, and natural systems. The course covers a wide range of global environmental topics with an emphasis on sustainability. 4 credits.
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FYW-1226 Minority Rights
Exactly which groups should have what rights? Do collective group rights protect minorities or undermine individual liberties? By comparing social, political, economic, and international factors that contribute to the creation of minority identities and maintenance of minority-majority relations in several different countries, students will explore and debate definitions of justice, equity, and rights. 4 credits.
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FYW-1227 Quest for Meanings and Values through Theater
Theatre challenges core beliefs and principles and has become a vehicle for social change around the globe. This course aims to explore those concepts and deepen skills of critical reading and writing while opening one’s heart and mind to unique ideas and interpretations in theatrical works. 4 credits.
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FYW-1228 Writing Freedom: United States Abolition and Social Change
In this course we will investigate some puzzles of emancipation and consider a broad array of abolitionist strategies for change. Why did emancipation take so long? Who was responsible for ending it? Which approaches seemed to catalyze change, and which hardened opposition? Why, in contrast to so many other nations in the Atlantic world, did American emancipation involve such a violent ending? How did abolition overlap with other efforts to extend human rights in the same era? What kinds of human rights were involved in emancipation, and which were left out? Did we complete emancipation’s promise with the civil rights movement or is the process ongoing? 4 credits.
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FYW-1229 Faith and Doubt in Literature
What makes a book great? Do certain texts have a transformative power, and if so, wherein does it lie? After an initial discussion of the nature and purpose of art and literature, this seminar will focus on literary crisis of faith and how faith is created, shattered, lost, renewed, challenged, and strengthened in narratives from around the world and from the Golden Age of Spain to the present day. Students will engage in class discussions, write research papers, and maintain a reflective journal. All stages of the writing process will be examined in the context of the writing assignments. 4 credits.
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FYW-1230 Ooh La La!: French Women in American Culture
We will investigate the current fascination with representations of French women in American self-help literature. Is it true that French women “Don’t Get Fat” and “Don’t Sleep Alone”? Why should we want to know “How French Women Do It” or how to find our “Inner French Girl”? 4 credits.
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FYW-1232 Dante and the Inferno
a guided tour of the afterlife, as seen through the eyes of Dante Alighieri, focused primarily on reading Dante’s great epic as a way of engaging with some of life’s biggest questions: What is the purpose of human existence? What is the nature of justice? How can finite human beings attain a glimpse of transcendent truth, goodness, and beauty? 4 credits.
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FYW-1233 Sea Dragons and Storm Gods: Hebrew Mythology
This course will examine mythological elements of narrative and poetic texts in the Hebrew Bible. We will focus on how the larger religious and literary contexts of the Bible help us understand its mythological metaphors and allusions. Texts studied will include Genesis, Psalms, Job, and the Prophets. 4 credits.
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FYW-1234 Bird by Bird: Interactions in Nature and Society
Birds fill many roles in society. Examples abound in science, fashion, sports, and religion. As such, birds serve as an important window to understand human-environment interactions. In this seminar, we read and discuss how our ideas about birds reflect changing ideas about nature and society. 4 credits.
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FYW-1235 Shakespeare Then and Now
Exploring the written Shakespearean plays and comparing them with modern interpretations/adaptations. Specifically, the changes made from the plays in contemporary films. 4 credits.
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FYW-1236 Thinking Sex: What’s Love Got to Do With It
Typically, sex and sexuality define discrete, natural categories of being or identity. Instead of treating these as separate from other social and cultural issues, we will study how these concepts acquire meaning from their association with categories of knowledge (race, ethics, medicine, or science, for example) that are not primarily about sex. Works explored include philosophical texts, Disney films and fairy tales, documentaries and contemporary novels. 4 credits.
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FYW-1237 Welcome to Greenville
Introduction to the city and country of Greenville, South Carolina. Focusing on the region’s government and politics, considering its history, economics, sociology, arts, and religion. Students will read and write about local history and poltics and invest themselves in current local events. 4 credits.
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FYW-1238 The Way of Wisdom
Explore the world’s “wisdom” traditions as you study the Biblical Wisdom books (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes) alongside ideas about wisdom from the Ancient Near Eastern traditions as well as in conversation with texts from other world religions. Reflect on the root and purpose of religious wisdom traditions, and consider how these traditions might have enduring relevance for questions such as: Does the world have order and meaning? What would a “successful” and “happy” life look like, and how might we pursue that goal? How should we make sense of suffering and injustice in the created order? 4 credits.
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FYW-1239 Pseudoscience and Skepticism
Using examples in pseudoscience and the paranormal, introduction to the scientific attitude and to critical thinking. Students will learn how to critically evaluate extraordinary claims, and how to construct an effective argument. Topic areas include ESP, alien abductions, astrology, homeopathic medicine, conspiracy theories, and recovered memories. 4 credits.
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FYW-1240 Religion and Science Fiction
An examination of the religious themes that inhabit contemporary science fiction and fantasy. 4 credits.
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FYW-1241 Near Neighbors: Canada, U.S. and Mexico
This course considers the longstanding and increasingly complex relationships between the three countries occupying North America. It will focus on important bilateral and multilateral issues, including immigration, drugs, trade, the environment, and national and subnational identities. 4 credits.
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FYW-1242 World of the Founding Fathers
Students will be encouraged to develop their writing and oral presentation skills while exploring the era of the American Revolution. Readings and class discussions will help students better understand the mental world of revolutionary leaders as well as the global context in which the Revolution took place. Students will experience different ways of presenting the past to an audience - through reasoned argument, through creative writing, and through dramatic monologues. 4 credits.
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FYW-1243 Cancer, Biology and Beyond
The course will introduce the basic biology of cancer. Students will explore how cancer is portrayed in the media and the role of cancer in society. The class will investigate the responsibility of cancer non-profit organizations and consider the role of faith when coping with cancer. 4 credits.
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FYW-1244 Battlestar Galactica Politics
Miniseries Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) provides the launching point to explore the world of politics. The series introduces students to ancient political questions such as: What is political community? What is justice? What is power? Who rules? It also confronts students with questions of immediate relevance: Should religion influence politics? When is armed revolt just? Is democracy always the best form of government? 4 credits.
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FYW-1245 The Parables of Jesus
A study of the parables of Jesus, canonical and non-canonical through the lenses of social theory, folktale, and theological studies. Students will be expected to read the parables, study their history both in the context of the gospels and in their earliest forms in order to understand how the parables are used as stories to subvert both the empire of the ancient world but also the typical understanding of human interaction. 4 credits.
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FYW-1246 Japanese Religion in Everyday Life
Examining how various religions in Japan including Shintô, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, and New Religions are practiced, interconnected, and manifested in everyday life and culture in contemporary Japan. 4 credits.
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FYW-1247 What is and isn’t Language?
This seminar addresses language as a human phenomenon. Students will learn what language is as well as what it is not. The content is limited to a only few topics such as language origin, animal communication systems, language in the brain, first-language acquisition, language variation and change, and language and culture, but these topics intersect with notions of language in fields such as anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, education, sociology, and classical as well as modern languages. 4 credits.
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FYW-1249 Life Writing: Autobiography and History
This seminar uses autobiography as a conduit to help students explore key developments in history and their own evolving sense of self. By reading a diverse group of autobiographical authors-male/female, white, African-American, Native-American, Hispanic, prominent/obscure, rich/poor-students will use the self-referential content of life writing to explore the dynamics of American history and its narrative nature while constructing their own life story over the course of the semester. 4 credits.
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FYW-1251 Margin and Meaning
Examining the inter-related questions: What is the meaning of life? What are the hallmarks of a truly human life? What is the meaning of MY life? How might answers to these questions guide decisions that I am making about what I should do with my life? We de-center these very personal, I-centered questions by looking at them from various margins to consider whether and how those perspectives assist in answering the questions. 4 credits.
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FYW-1252 Finding Your Life Purpose
A seminar designed to guide critical reflection on what it means to live a life of significance, one that seeks to make a difference in the world. Study of biblical, historical, literary and psychological models will facilitate a contextually rich and diverse interpretation of calling.
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FYW-1253 Origins of Global Poverty
An exploration of the historical origins of the maldistribution of wealth between the “west” and the “rest” in the contemporary world. Contrasting viewpoints are considered and students are encouraged to explore the differing use of evidence to arrive at their own conclusion. 4 credits.
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FYW-1254 Winning the White House
The race to win the presidency encompasses examination of competing political philosophies, political issues, the role of interest groups vying for political power and methods of campaigning. 4 credits.
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FYW-1255 Nature of Roman Myth
It is often said that the Romans had no myth, only saga. This course will explore that idea by interrogating various definitions of myth, examining the differences among types of traditional tales, and exploring their connection
to native Italian religions, inherited Greek traditions, and Roman cultural identity. Primary texts to be read in English include Ovid, Vergil, and Livy. 4 credits.
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FYW-1256 What If I Told You?: The World through ESPN Films
This course will analyze the social world through the lens of the ESPN documentary series 30 for 30. It will use the films as a foundation, in connection with key readings, to address significant current social problems and concerns. It will cover a wide range of topics, such as drug cartels, higher education, gender equity, and the economic impact of sports. Students will connect key theories from the social sciences to the issues presented in the films. 4 credits.
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FYW-1257 Adaption for Actors
For actors, studying the classics doesn’t bring up images of stuffy language and boring lectures. It provides challenges on how to adapt a classic text for a globalized 21st century audience. Through exploration and investigation, students will re-imagine masterpieces in dramatic literature using improvisation, creative drama, and applied theatre. 4 credits.
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FYW-1258 Drugs, Sex and Rocky Road
What are the motivating factors for eating, sex, and recreational drug use? Why do we persist in the face of difficulties? Why do some of us use and abuse drugs, sex, and food while others seem unaffected? Just as importantly, what are the prevailing attitudes of society toward individuals who struggle with drugs, sex, and food? Modern psychology, using the scientific method, has provided a wealth of information about these and other motivational questions. Consideration of how our biology, learning and cognition, affect and direct these behavior. Motivational concepts and theories will be applied to our understanding of drugs, sex, and rocky road. 4 credits.
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FYW-1259 James Baldwin in the #BlackLivesMatter Era
This seminar primarily focuses on providing students rich content that spurs original essays, content drawn from the non-fiction and public talks/debates of James Baldwin and the #BlackLivesMatter movement spurred in social media. Students will investigate issues in the context of race and reconsider their own perspectives on race and privilege in order to write disciplinary essays. 4 credits.
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FYW-1260 Tudor-Stuart Texts
The era saw significant social changes alongside political & religious revolutions. Because the rise of print culture enabled a pulp press, popular polemics, regular news reporting, and a famous “Renaissance” in literary and dramatic works that recorded these changes, this seminar will focus on literary and/or historical analysis and interpretation of texts from the 16th and 17th centuries to help students understand some of the significant cultural changes that anticipate the modern world. 4 credits.
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FYW-1261 Free Speech in Democracy Inc.
The seminar looks at speech economies from multiple perspectives. If attention is scarce thanks to digital media saturation, what happens to thought in a “marketplace of ideas?” And when money gets involved, is free speech “sold out?” Using court decisions, political cartoons, advocacy pieces, and communication theory, we not only evaluate the “state of speech” in democracy today, but also examine the craft of writing as working in a constrained economy. 4 credits.
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FYW-1263 Representations of Prison in Print and Film
This seminar examines how the U.S. prison system is presented in print and film in order to consider how different mediums allow for a multitude of understandings of the prison system in the popular imagination. Students read texts and watch their visual counterparts, as well as write three essays and create their own visual representations of texts about prison. 4 credits.
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FYW-1264 Can Humans Fly?
The purpose of communication in scientific discovery with human flight as the discovery of focus. Students will explore the fundamentals of flight through observations in the natural world and experimentation in order to understand the invention of human flight. Analysis from experimentation with the characteristics of flight will ground discussion on the meaning of a scientific discovery including its implications and consequences. 4 credits.
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FYW-1265 Architecture of Early Modern Spain
Exploration of early modern architecture of Spain and its colonial possessions from 1400 to 1800. As Spain stood at the crossroads of cultural influences coming from western and northern Europe, the viceroyalties of Mexico and
Peru in the New World, and the Islamic past and present legacy, the architectural production and practice of Spain was shaped by complex relationships of society, politics, economics, and culture. The seminar scrutinizes the strong relationship and collaborative efforts among architects, painters, and sculptors in the making of Spanish visual culture. 4 credits.
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FYW-1266 Inside the White Cube: Exhibition Practice and History
An introduction to the basic theory and practice of museum exhibition planning. Through exhibition planning, design, and execution students will move through a series of writing projects. Students will examine historical exhibitions to determine best practices, analyze written materials from these exhibitions, and produce professional examples in different genres. 4 credits.
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FYW-1267 Fairy Tales and Childhood
Examination of fairy tales in the context of the history of childhood, practices of education, and socialization of the modern subject. The work of the Brothers Grimm, but also fairy tales drawn from other traditions and periods will be included. Critical approaches include psychoanalysis, historical models of childhood, the evolution of specific tale types, and the ‘medial’ history from oral traditions through print to film. 4 credits.
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FYW-1268 France. Friend or Frenemy?
Investigation of the Franco-American alliance and representations from Lafayette to Freedom Fries. Study of hot-button issues from American and French perspectives in an effort to understand the French and ourselves better. 4 credits.
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FYW-1270 China and the Environment
The origin of China’s current environmental crisis and policy recommendations for improving its environment using a multidisciplinary approach. Introduction of the science behind key environmental issues facing China and how political, social and economic factors impact China’s natural environment and prospects for its preservation. 4 credits.
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FYW-1271 Engage the News
Students will read a national newspaper on a daily basis and be prepared to discuss and write about the content and its implications. Students will demonstrate comprehension of what they have read through periodic assessments, participate dynamically in class discussion and complete writing assignments that vary in topic, objective and audience. 4 credits.
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FYW-1272 Biodiversity: The Other Earthlings
Through field trips, readings, videos, and writing assignments, students will learn about the breath and importance of life’s diversity and will meet some of the unique and ‘alien’ species that share our world. Students will maintain a writer’s journal, complete three papers (with revisions), and have an exam on lecture material. This seminar focuses on broader patterns, ecological relationships, and specific ’biographies’ of interesting species. 4 credits.
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FYW-1273 International Security Threats?
Since the end of the cold war and even more so after 9/11, international security threats such as terrorism or rogue states are seemingly ubiquitous. This seminar critically engages phenomena of international security threats. It discusses their dangers, but also the possibility of them being exaggerated or even fabricated and it asks what goals such strategies may serve. 4 credits.
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FYW-1274 Management Literacy
Whether working in private sector, not-for-profit, or government organizations, managers are confronted with the needs to ‘manage by the numbers’ and to motivate, lead and inspire the people who surround them. These two aspects of management are fraught with hazards associated with mathematical reasoning, the interpretation of
data, and the understanding of human behavior. This seminar examines the key issues associated with management literacy, with illustrations drawn from situations that confront today’s managers and leaders in their professions and everyday lives. 4 credits.
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FYW-1275 Rhetoric of African-American Film
This seminar analyzes films that are either written, produced, or directed by African Americans from a rhetorical perspective. Taking this perspective means analyzing films as responses to socio political circumstances and as a type of social discourse that engages other discourses about African-American identity and experiences. The course is unique in its focus on African-American films exclusively, and in its study of these films as social discourse rather than as cinematic art. 4 credits.
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FRN-110 Elementary French I
Prerequisite: appropriate placement
Introduction to the sound system and grammatical structure necessary to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in French. An appreciation of French-speaking culture underlies the orientation of the course. 4 credits.
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FRN-115 Intensive Elementary French
Prerequisite: appropriate placement
Designed to prepare students with some background in French for the first intermediate level course. One semester equivalent of the elementary sequence. 4 credits.
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FRN-120 Elementary French II
GER: FL (Foreign Language) for students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree ONLY
Prerequisite: FRN-110
Continuation of the skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) developed in French 111, with increased emphasis on vocabulary expansion, idiomatic expression, and cultural differences. 4 credits. 4 credits.
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FRN-201 Intermediate French I
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: FRN-115 or FRN-120
Continuation of the development of proficiency in listening and speaking, while expanding the reading and writing skills using materials of a literary or cultural nature. 4 credits.
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FRN-210 Introduction to French Readings
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: FRN-201
Builds upon and further enhances the basics developed through the first intermediate course. Reading numerous short works of fiction and nonfiction and through discussions and short written assignments in French, expanding the critical listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and cultural skills necessary for further study. 4 credits.
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FRN-214 French Conversation
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: FRN-201
Intense oral practice focusing on practical daily use as well as discourse on Francophone cultures and events with an emphasis on current, everyday speech. A variety of sources are used to develop listening and communication skills; improve fluency in speaking French; build vocabulary; and familiarize students with appropriate linguistic register. An introduction to French phonetics is included. 4 credits.
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FRN-215 French Composition
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: FRN-201
Development of advanced writing skills in French with emphasis on advanced grammar structures, organization, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary building, and rhetorical strategies. A variety of sources are used to refine the ability to write in different genres for different occasions. 4 credits.
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FRN-220 French Civilization
Prerequisite: FRN-201
Survey of the culture and civilization of France and, to a lesser extent, other parts of the French-speaking world. Areas of study include history, geography, politics, the arts, and daily life. 4 credits.
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FRN-221 Contemporary French Culture
Prerequisite: FRN-201
Overview of contemporary France through a thematic approach to such topics as geography, demography, lifestyles and cultural patterns. Examination of the influence of France and Francophone nations within the global community. 4 credits.
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FRN-265 French Language House
Prerequisite: at least one French course numbered 200 or greater and residential assignment to language house.
Media such as newspapers, magazines, film, and television helps focus regular discussions on current topics of concern to French society. Student journals are presented in both oral and written form. French is used for all discussions and written work. 2 credits.
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FRN-266 French Language House
Prerequisite: at least one French course numbered 200 or greater and residential assignment to language house.
Media such as newspapers, magazines, film, and television help focus regular discussions on current topics of concern to French society. Student journals are presented in both oral and written form. French is used for all discussions and written work. 2 credits.
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FRN-301 Travel Study French Language
Prerequisite: FRN-210
Emphasis on idiomatic expression in speech and writing. Part of the study away curriculum in France. 4 credits.
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FRN-305 Advanced French Oral and Written Expression
Prerequisite: FRN-215 or FRN-301 and one other French course numbered 300 or greater.
Advanced study to perfect spoken and written French. Emphasis is on sustained expository, persuasive and rhetorical communication; on advanced grammar usage and syntax; and on precision in the production of phonemes and intonational patterns. 4 credits.
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FRN-310 Travel Study 20th Century French Drama
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: take 2 French courses numbered 201 or greater.
Part of the study abroad curriculum in France. Survey of twentieth century French drama, both as literature and spectacle, including selected works of Montherlant, Claudel, Anouilh, Giraudoux, Sartre, and Camus. Part of the study away curriculum in France. 4 credits.
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FRN-320 Travel Study French Civilization
Cultural history of France, including history, politics, geography, the arts, architecture, and daily life. On-site visits (museums, monuments, cathedrals, etc.). Part of the study away curriculum in France. 2 credits.
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FRN-321 Contemporary Senegal
Prerequisite: FRN-201
An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture of Senegal. 2 credits.
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FRN-322 Francophone Culture in Senegal
Prerequisite: FRN-321
Lectures, literary readings, and visits to areas of cultural interest to familiarize participants with contemporary Senegalese cultural life. Research on a cultural topic will culminate in a written project. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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FRN-325 French Architecture in Context
GER: VP (Visual & Performing Arts)
An understanding of French architectural monuments as the expression of the esthetic, religious, political and cultural values of the era that shaped them. Paris and Versailles are a particular focus. Taught in French with the assistance of on-site guides and art historians. Part of the study away curriculum in France. 4 credits.
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FRN-331 French Literature and Civilization I: Middle Ages and Renaissance
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: A course in French numbered 210 or greater.
An interdisciplinary introduction to French civilization, literature and fine arts from their beginnings to 1600. 4 credits.
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FRN-332 French Literature and Civilization Ii: Classicism and Enlightenment
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: a course in French numbered 210 or greater.
An interdisciplinary introduction to French civilization, literature and fine arts from 1600 to 1800. 4 credits.
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FRN-333 French Literature and Civilization Iii: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: a course in French numbered 210 or greater.
An interdisciplinary introduction to French civilization, literature and fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries, including authors of the Francophone world. 4 credits.
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FRN-405 Introduction to French Linguistics
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: two French courses numbered 210 or greater
A descriptive analysis of the French language from the smallest linguistic units to the largest units – from sounds, words, and sentences to discourse. Topics include: the historical development of the French language, standard vs. non-standard French, language variation and sociological factors affecting language use. 4 credits.
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FRN-410 French Literature of Louis XIV
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Study of selected works of the principal literary figures of the seventeenth century in France. Emphasis on classical drama; also includes short prose works and poetry. 4 credits.
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FRN-411 French Literature of the Enlightenment
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century (1715-89), including essay, theater and prose fiction. Works by authors such as Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Beaumarchais and Laclos. 4 credits.
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FRN-415 French Romanticism
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Selected works of the principal literary figures of the first half of the nineteenth century in France. Poetry, prose fiction, and drama included. 4 credits.
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FRN-417 French Naturalism
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Study of selected works of the principal literary figures of the second half of the nineteenth century in France. Poetry, prose fiction, and drama included. 4 credits.
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FRN-420 20th Century French Novel
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Study of the major works and authors of twentieth century prose fiction in France. 4 credits.
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FRN-421 20th Century French Drama and Poetry
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Survey of the major developments, both theoretical and practical, in French drama and poetry since 1913. Readings include plays by such representative dramatists as Giraudoux, Salacrou, Sartre, Ionesco and Beckett. Among poets considered are Valery, Apollinaire, St. John Perse, and the early Surrealists. 4 credits.
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FRN-430 Studies in French Literature
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
In-depth focus on a period, movement, author, genre, or theme. Possible topics might include the French lyric tradition, exoticism, narratives of childhood, etc. May be repeated for credit based on change of topic. May be repeated for credit based on change of topic. 4 credits.
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FRN-435 Literatures in French: Writing Across Worlds
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts) and WC (World Cultures)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
Exploration of contemporary literary productions (from late 20th century to today) in French of non-French authors. Special focus on the literary representation of experiences of migration and exile. This course is taught in French. 4 credits.
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FRN-445 African Novel in French
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts) and WC (World Cultures)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
The major African authors writing in French. Attention given to the early relevance of negritude, colonial and postcolonial issues, the emergence of African women writers in French, and contemporary perspectives in recent works. Emphasis on the literary representation of tradition, society and culture in the francophone African fiction. 4 credits.
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FRN-450 History of France
GER: HA (Historical Analysis of Human Interactions)
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
A chronological survey of the history of France from approximately 1000 to the present. Topics will include but not be limited to history, geography, politics, and the arts. 4 credits.
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FRN-465 French Cinema
Prerequisite: FRN-331 , FRN-332 , or FRN-333
A survey of French and Francophone cinema from the 1920s era of silent film to the present day. Students will explore the historical context of each era, and become familiar with the principle film genres, directors and actors. 4 credits.
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FRN-470 Senior Seminar in French
Prerequisite: two French courses numbered 300 or greater
The opportunity to address a topic, period, author, or genre in 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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FRN-503 Individualized Internship
Individualized internships are typically developed by seniors and juniors and approved by a faculty member in the French section. General objectives for the internship experience are to provide exceptional French students with an opportunity to use French 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 French for their faculty supervisor or for a larger audience as a scholarly presentation. Fifty hours of on-site activities per credit up to four credits. Cannot be completed through the pass-no pass grading option. Only four credits of either FRN-503 or FRN-505 may be applied toward the French major. Variable credit.
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FRN-504 Directed Independent Study
Variable credit.
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FRN-505 Structured Internship
Internships at sites approved by a faculty member in the French section to provide students with an opportunity to use French language skills in a professional setting and offer additional preparation and training for postgraduate work or study. Students, primarily seniors and juniors, together with their on-site supervisor and faculty sponsor, will develop a list of specific objectives for the internship, work approximately 200 hours each at their site, attend a weekly seminar to discuss their work and related literature, maintain a log and reflective journal, submit an academic paper at the conclusion of the internship related to their internship work, and summarize their activities orally in French for their seminar. This course may be completed only once and the pass-no pass grading option cannot be selected. Only 4 credits of either FRN 503 or FRN 505 may be applied toward the French major. 4 credits.
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GGY-230 Principles of Geography
GER: NE (Humans and the Natural Environment)
Regional examination of the complex relationship between humans and the environment in an increasingly globalized world. Focus on interconnections between diverse regions of the world. 4 credits.
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GGY-265 Geography and Sports
Intersection of geography and sports with particular attention to the increasing globalization of sports worldwide. Focus will be primarily on baseball, basketball, and soccer, but will also explore a number of other modern sports. Cultural impact of modern sports, the diffusion of sport around the world, the economic impact of sports internationally, and struggle in finding spaces for recreational activities. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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GGY-501 Independent Study
Variable credit.
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GRM-110 Elementary German I
Prerequisite: appropriate placement
Introduction to the sound system and grammatical structure necessary to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in German. An appreciation of German-speaking culture underlies the orientation of the course. 4 credits.
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GRM-115 Intensive Elementary German
Prerequisite: appropriate placement
Designed to prepare students with some background in German for the first intermediate level course. One semester equivalent of the elementary sequence. 4 credits.
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GRM-120 Elementary German II
GER: FL (Foreign Language) for students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree ONLY
Prerequisite: GRM-110
Continuation of the skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) developed in German 111, with increased emphasis on vocabulary expansion, idiomatic expression, and cultural differences. 4 credits.
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GRM-201 Intermediate German I
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: GRM-115 or GRM-120
Continuation of the development of proficiency in listening and speaking, while expanding the reading and writing skills using materials of a literary or cultural nature. 4 credits.
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GRM-210 Introduction to German Readings
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: GRM-201
Builds upon and further enhances the basics developed through the first intermediate course. Reading numerous short works of fiction and nonfiction and through discussions and short written assignmenets in German, expanding the critical listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and cultural skills necessary for further study. 4 credits.
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GRM-215 Composition and Conversation
GER: FL (Foreign Language)
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or greater
Emphasis on idiomatic expression through guided oral and writtn practice. Review of basic phonology, grammar and syntax included. 4 credits.
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GRM-220 German Civilization
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or greater
Advanced intermediate level introduction to the culture and civilization of the major German speaking areas of Europe. The goal is an understanding and appreciation of the contemporary civilization and its historical development. 4 credits.
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GRM-222 Contemporary Germany
Prerequisite: GRM-115 or GRM-120
Advanced intermediate travel study language course focusing on the culture and civilization of Germany with emphasis on the large public urban setting of Berlin and on the more private small-town setting of Cuxhaven. Guided interactions with the local community will enable the students to improve and practice their German language skills. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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GRM-230 Specialized Readings in German
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or Greater
Introduction to the technical language of various fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, or the humanities. Offerings have included biology, business, chemistry, philosophy, and psychology. 4 credits.
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GRM-265 German Language House
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or greater and residential assignment to language house.
Media such as newspapers, magazines, film, and television helps focus regular discussions on current topics of concern to German society. Student journals are presented in both oral and written form. German is used for all discussions and written work. 2 credits.
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GRM-266 German Language House
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or greater and residential assignment to language house.
Media such as newspapers, magazines, film, and television help focus regular discussions on current topics of concern to German society. Student journals are presented in both oral and written form. German is used for all discussions and written work. 2 credits.
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GRM-301 Travel Study German Language
Prerequisite: at least one German course numbered 200 or greater
German study based on level of proficiency with native instructors. Part of the study away curriculum in Germany. 4 credits.
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