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2021-2022 College of Liberal Arts
Course Descriptions
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EAP 041 - Academic English Reading and Vocabulary IV 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language reading and vocabulary series with a concentration on greater mastery of academic reading skills and independent vocabulary study strategies. Designed for students at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 031 or placement.
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EAP 042 - Academic English Listening and Speaking IV 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language listening and speaking series with a concentration on greater mastery of academic listening skills and accuracy and fluency in oral expression. Designed for students at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 032 or placement.
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EAP 050 - Academic English Writing and Grammar V 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language writing and grammar series with a concentration on development of advanced academic writing skills and accuracy in advanced grammatical forms. Designed for students at the high-intermediate level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 040 or by placement.
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EAP 051 - Academic English Reading and Vocabulary V 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language reading and vocabulary series with a concentration on development of advanced academic reading skills and precise academic vocabulary. Designed for students at the high-intermediate level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 041 or placement.
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EAP 052 - Academic English Listening and Speaking V 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language listening and speaking series with a concentration on development of advanced academic listening and oral communication skills. Designed for students at the high-intermediate level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 042 or placement.
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EAP 060 - Academic English Writing and Grammar VI 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language writing and grammar series with a concentration on mastery of writing skills and grammatical accuracy at the university level. Designed for students at the advanced level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 050 or placement.
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EAP 061 - Academic English Reading and Vocabulary VI 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language reading and vocabulary series with a concentration on mastery of reading and vocabulary skills necessary for reading at the university level. Designed for students at the advanced level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 051 or placement.
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EAP 062 - Academic English Listening and Speaking VI 0 credits
Continuation of the Academic English language listening and speaking series with a concentration on mastery of listening and oral communication skills necessary for university-level study. Designed for students at the advanced level. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EAP 052 or placement.
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EAP 071 - Academic English Special Topics I 0 credits
Development of beginning English language skills through the study of a specific topic not covered in depth in the English for Academic Purposes curriculum. Topics may include pronunciation, field study, American culture, or global issues. Designed for students at the beginning level. Pass/Fail. Course is repeatable as topic varies.
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EAP 072 - Academic English Special Topics II 0 credits
Development of intermediate English language skills through the study of a specific topic not covered in depth in the English for Academic Purposes curriculum. Topics may include pronunciation, intermediate vocabulary development, English through literature, presentation skills, current news topics, English through documentary film, or English through drama. Designed for students at the intermediate level. Pass/Fail. Course is repeatable as topic varies.
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EAP 073 - Academic English Special Topics III 0 credits
Development of advanced English language skills through the study of a specific topic not covered in depth in the English for Academic Purposes curriculum. Topics may include pronunciation and accent reduction, advanced vocabulary development, professional English, The Memoir, debate, or creative writing. Designed for students at the advanced level. Pass/Fail. Course is repeatable as topic varies.
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EAP 101 - English for Academic Purposes: Reading and Writing I 4 credits
Designed to provide international students substantive practice in reading and writing academic English at the advanced level. Students are expected to read, understand and discuss a variety of academic readings from the natural and physical sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and literature. Students will have the opportunity to work on reading skills; vocabulary acquisition; library and research skills; paraphrasing and summarizing; and the organization, style and development of essays. Prerequisite: EAP 040 with a minimum grade of C or by placement.
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EAP 102 - English for Academic Purposes: Listening and Speaking I 4 credits
Designed to provide international students substantive practice in listening and speaking academic English at the advanced level. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills to improve comprehension and note-taking during lectures in an academic format. Students will also work on discussion management strategies, presentation skills and using proper citation during an academic presentation. Prerequisite: EAP 042 with a grade of C or better or by placement.
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EAP 201 - English for Academic Purposes: Reading and Writing II 4 credits
Provides advanced practice in academic English and is designed to help students move into college work. Students will have the opportunity to read more advanced academic texts; conduct extensive information searches; write bibliographies, critiques of articles/readings, and a short research paper; and practice taking essay exams. Prerequisite: EAP 101 with C- or better.
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EAP 202 - English for Academic Purposes: Public Speaking 4 credits
Provides advanced practice for international students in public speaking required in academic situations. Students will have the opportunity to plan and deliver academic presentations; develop research and organizational skills; observe and critique classmates and native speakers; and improve their English accuracy. Prerequisite: EAP 102 with C- or better.
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ECON 101 - Economic Principles: Microeconomics 4 credits
An introduction to basic microeconomic analysis and institutions, with special emphasis on the roles markets play in an economy and the ways in which government can alter market activity. Includes such topics as consumer and firm behavior, competition and monopoly, poverty and justice, the environment, health care, and international trade. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Quantitative
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ECON 102 - Economic Principles: Macroeconomics 4 credits
An introduction to basic macroeconomic analysis with special emphasis on problems of unemployment, inflation, and economic growth. Topics may include national income determination; money, financial markets, and monetary policy; fiscal policy and the economic role of government; the United States and the world economy. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Quantitative
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ECON 211 - Economics in the Real World: Reading, Writing, and Researching 4 credits
Introduces main traditions and schools of contemporary economics with a historical perspective. Critically unpacks foundational concepts of growth, division of labor, class conflict, capitalism, institutions, competition, commodification, and inequality. Explores diverse problems and fields of economies and economics, including those that pertain to unemployment, discrimination, environmental degradation, GMOs, and health care provision. Students will have multiple opportunities to write research notes in economics using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods. Prerequisites: C- or better in ECON 101 OR C- or better in ECON 102 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ECON 238 - Economics of Labor and Trade Unions 4 credits
An analysis of labor markets, including determination of wage levels, compensation and working conditions, the impact of international trade and foreign investment, investment in human capital, differential wages, labor migration and unions, strikes and collective bargaining. Examines current issues facing employees and unions. Prerequisite: ECON 101 .
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ECON 241 - Global Economy 4 credits
Economic globalization has led to the increased mobility of goods and services, financial assets, information/ideas and humans. In this class we will examine how globalization is both shaped by and shapes various economic outcomes, with a particular focus on the role of technological change, global economic inequalities and existing policies in shaping labor and environmental outcomes, human mobility patterns and economic well-being more generally. The potential role for laws, policies and institutions to more effectively address globalization related challenges will also be explored. Prerequisite: ECON 101 . CLA-Diversity International
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ECON 242 - International Business 4 credits
An introduction to international business and economics for students who are interested in applying their skills as an economist to the business world. Examines the decision-making process confronting businesses operating on an international level. Explores international trade and investment along with economic development as related to business. Also focuses on international agencies (government and private) that affect international business along with the international monetary systems within which business operates. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 102 .
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ECON 244 - Middle East Development 4 credits
Aims to gain a deeper understanding of development issues in the region known as the Middle East or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), by studying and discussing economic, political and social theories and empirical analysis to provide a deeper understanding of conditions in the region. Examines the legacy of colonialism and the presence of oil in shaping political and economic outcomes, as well as looking into the links between demography, labor markets, gender, poverty and development. As it is impossible to understand the economy of the region without studying social, political, cultural and historical issues, students may be taught with an interdisciplinary emphasis. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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ECON 245 - Environmental Economics 4 credits
Economic analyses of environmental and ecological issues, focusing on both applied microeconomic analysis and ecological economics. Topics may include the “polluter pays” principle, the valuation of natural resources, the role of the market and regulation in dealing with environmental issues, sustainable development, the environmental impact of international trade, and issues of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Prerequisite: ECON 101 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ECON 247 - Economics of Business and Sustainability 4 credits
Considers the environmental challenges facing business. Examines business responses to environmental regulation, competitive advantages of “green” business, consumer demand for green products, product life cycle analysis, industrial ecology, environmental partnerships between business and non-governmental organizations, natural capitalism, and business education. Environmental decision-making of both large corporations and small businesses may be included. May also include case studies, outside speakers from the business community and student presentations. Prerequisite: ECON 101 .
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ECON 251 - Intermediate Open Topics: US Topics 2-4 credits
Focuses on selected topics that examine economic outcomes in a US setting, with a focus on the role that globalization, income inequality, economic conflict, discrimination, migration and/or the environment, play in shaping economic conditions in the United States. Amount of credit established at registration. Course is repeatable. CLA-Diversity US
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ECON 256 - Intermediate Open Topics: International 2-4 credits
Focuses on selected topics that examine economic outcomes in a non-US setting, with a focus on the role that globalization, income inequality, economic conflict, discrimination, migration and/or the environment, play in shaping economic conditions. Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Course is repeatable. CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ECON 273 - Selected Topics in Economics 2-4 credits
Recent topics have included the economics of food and nutrition, the economics of corporate downsizing, and the economics of financial market integration and comparative central banking. Course is repeatable as topic varies. Prerequisite: ECON 101 (and ECON 102 when topic merits it; see course listings each semester). CLA-Quantitative
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ECON 281 - Wall Street Program: Wall Street and the Economy 4 credits
Focusing on the institutions and operations of financial markets located on Wall Street (and more generally New York City), students are offered a solid background on Wall Street and its relationship to the rest of the economy, centering on finance but also including macroeconomic, historical, and ethical dimensions. The impact of the financial sector on the U.S. economy is considered at all levels (local, state, national, and global). Students spend two days per week in New York City, attending presentations and discussions by prominent executives, government officials, institutional shareholders, economists, academics and other members of the financial community. Students also participate in a course offered by the program director where they are exposed to the major theoretical concepts of modern finance. Registration restricted for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 102 and acceptance into the Wall Street Semester. Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Off Campus Experience, CLA-Immersive Experience
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ECON 287 - Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship 4 credits
Compliments ECON 387 with a focus on hands-on approaches to social entrepreneurship, as well as on obtaining the skills needed to successfully work for social change. Consists of a series of field trips, skills workshops and on group project that involves working with a social change organization on a current challenge they are facing. Same as BST 287 and PSCI 287 . Co-requisite: ECON 387 . Signature of instructor for registration. CLA-Off Campus Experience, CLA-Immersive Experience
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ECON 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits credits
Focuses on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. Course is repeatable as topic varies. CLA-Off Campus Experience CLA-Immersive Experience
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ECON 300 - Independent Study in Economics 1 to 4 credits
Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form. Course is repeatable.
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ECON 301 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 4 credits
A theoretical analysis of resource allocation in a market economy. Topics may include the theory of consumer behavior, production, and costs; decision making under various market conditions; general equilibrium and welfare economics. Student must earn a grade of C or better in this course to satisfy the major requirements. Prerequisite: ECON 101 . Recommended: MATH 150 or MATH 151 . CLA-Quantitative
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ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis 4 credits
A study of the determinants of the level of income, employment, and prices as seen in competing theoretical frameworks. Includes an analysis of inflation and unemployment, their causes, costs, and policy options; the sources of instability in a market economy; debates on policy activism; prospects for the control of aggregate demand. Student must earn a C or better in this course to satisfy the major requirements. Prerequisite: ECON 102 . Recommended: MATH 150 or MATH 151 .
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ECON 303 - Economic Methodology And Introductory Econometrics 4 credits
Studies empirical economic research, especially focused on the classical linear regression model and how to proceed with econometric analysis when some assumptions of the classical model do not hold. Examines sampling, statistical theory and hypothesis testing, as well as criticisms of and alternatives to common econometric methodologies. Students are expected to take this course in their third year. Prerequisite: ECON 101 , ECON 102 , and (STAT 207 or MATH 320 ).
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ECON 314 - American Economic Development 4 credits
A survey of the economic history of the United States from its establishment as a collection of British colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries to its emergence as the world’s leading industrial nation in the mid-20th century. Explores the nature, causes, and consequences of America’s economic growth and development and the social and political transformations that accompanied its rise to world industrial supremacy. Through the study of American economic development, students acquire a historical perspective on contemporary economic theory, issues, policies, and debates. Prerequisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302 . CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ECON 315 - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender 4 credits
Studies race, class, and gender using the political economic approach to the study of economics. Investigates the impact of introducing the categories of race, class, and gender into political economic theory and undertakes some empirical analyses of the roles of race, class, and gender in producing economic outcomes for minorities and majorities in the U.S. Same as WGST 315 . Prerequisite: Sophomore or higher standing and one course in Economics. Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Writing in the Major, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ECON 316 - History of Economic Thought 4 credits
A consideration of the philosophical basis, historical context, and development of economic thinking. Focuses on pre-20th-century economists-the Mercantilists, the Physiocrats, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, and early neoclassical economists. Some attention given to later economists and schools of thought as continuations and modifications of earlier ideas in economics. Sophomore or higher standing and one course in economics required for registration. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ECON 317 - Contemporary Political Economy 4 credits
A consideration of the varying interpretations by present-day economists of the current state of the U.S. economy and of the challenges it faces in the 21st century. Topics may include the historical origins and major ideas of such contemporary schools of economic thought as neo-conservatism, post-Keynesian liberalism, and ecological/humanistic economics. Open only to students with sophomore or higher standing. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 102 . CLA-Writing in the Major, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ECON 318 - Gender and Globalization 4 credits
Explores how gender and globalization intersect, with a particular focus on economic processes related to global supply chains and human mobility. An examination of the role of power as well as national and global institutions and policies is important to understanding gender outcomes and will be a particular focus of the course. Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, drawing on economics, history, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, political science, feminist and post-colonial theory to better understand economic globalization and the ways it is gendered. Both theoretical contributions to the question of how gender is shaped by/shapes globalization, as well as empirical case studies from a range of countries will also inform our understanding. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or WGST 101 . CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ECON 320 - Money and Banking 4 credits
An introduction to the theory of money and banking. Special consideration is given to the structure and functioning of the commercial banking system and the effectiveness of monetary policy. Prerequisite: ECON 302 .
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ECON 321 - Corporate Finance 4 credits
A study of selected problems and issues in the field of finance. Topics may include the use of financial statements, ratio analysis and the valuation of assets, especially derivatives (e.g., futures and options). Same as BST 321 . Prerequisite: ECON 301 .
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ECON 323 - International Economics 4 credits
Includes topics central to both international trade and international finance, in other words the flows of goods, services, and money across borders. The determinants of international trade, patterns of specialization and gains from trade in classical and neoclassical (Ricardian, Hecksher-Ochlin, factor-price equalization) models and new trade theories will be covered in order to study the effects of trade and trade policy (tariffs and quotas) on production and consumption patterns, factor prices, income distribution, economic growth and development. Also focuses on theory and practice of international macroeconomics and finance. Covers issues pertaining to balance of payments determination, and the functioning of feign exchange markets and international capital markets. A special focus may be devoted to financial crises and contagion in the context of global economic and financial interactions and policy coordination under international monetary system. Prerequisites: ECON 301 and ECON 302 .
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ECON 338 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy Toward Business 4 credits
An analysis of the present structure of industry in the United States, the theory of monopoly, oligopoly, and imperfect competition, and antitrust policy, i.e., government policies to preserve competition. Focuses on recent antitrust cases in the latter half of the course. Prerequisite: ECON 101 , ECON 102 , and ECON 301 .
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ECON 340 - Strategic Decision Making 4 credits
Analyzes the theory of strategically interdependent decision making, with applications to auctions, bargaining, oligopoly, signaling, and strategic voting. Explores the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics may include experimental design, laboratory technique, financial incentives, and analysis of data. Emphasizes applications: bargaining, auctions, market price competition, market failures, voting, contributions to public goods, lottery choice decisions, and the design of electronic markets for financial assets. Same as BST 340 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ECON 348 - Political Economy of War and Peace 4 credits
Examines how political, social, and economic factors intersect and shape the causes and consequences of conflicts, as well as exploring the effectiveness of policies aimed at ending conflicts and rebuilding communities in conflict zones. In addition to studying some of the general literature on the cost of militarization/conflict, the impact of colonialism, and the link between income inequality, resource distribution and conflict, students have the opportunity to examine a number of past and current conflict zones. Also looks into the ways that gender, race and class issues shape the impact of conflict and post-conflict resolution. Same as PSCI 348 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ECON 350 - Selected Topics in Economics 4 credits
Topics determined by department. Recent topics have included economics of racism, government regulation of industry, the microeconomics of macroeconomics, and workplace democracy. Course is repeatable as topic varies. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ECON 381 - Wall Street Program: Analysis of U.S. Financial Markets 4 credits
Using comparative, critical, and/or historical perspectives, students explore topical events in U.S. and global financial markets. An integral component of the Wall Street semester program, this experience allows students to intertwine classroom theory, information obtained from experts throughout the financial industry, and economic and financial data. At the end of semester, students will have an opportunity to deliver their analyses, findings and recommendations in oral and written forms to their peers, financial practitioners, and program director. Students produce their own research paper on a financial topic of their choice. Registration restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Prerequisite: STAT 207 and acceptance into the Wall Street Semester. Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ECON 387 - Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends 4 credits
Uses an interdisciplinary lens to explore how size, location, structure, mission and globalization have shaped decision making processes within social change organizations. Focuses on nonprofits, cooperatives, and firms with a commitment to achieving corporate social responsibility. A key question explored is why social entrepreneurship is increasingly associated with social change organizations. This question may be addressed through an exploration of both theoretical explanations and empirical examples of the economic, social and political challenges facing social change organizations. Case studies will focus on both US and international contexts. Same as BST 387 and PSCI 387 . Corequisite: ECON 287 . CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Off Campus
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ECON 400 - Economics Capstone Seminar 2 credits
Description pending. CLA-Capstone
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ECON 410 - Specialized Honors I 4 credits
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ECON 411 - Specialized Honors II 4 credits
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EDUC 300 - Independent Study in Education 1-4 credits
Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form. Course is repeatable. Prioritized registration for juniors and seniors.
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ENGH 101 - Western Literature I 4 credits
Students will have the opportunity to read and analyze selected works in the Western literary tradition from ancient to early medieval periods. Approaches may vary from a survey of works from; Homer to Augustine; a topical approach such as a study of justice and individual choice represented in the works; to a genre approach such as a study of epic. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 102 - Western Literature II 4 credits
Students will have the opportunity to read and analyze selected works in the Western literary tradition from the High Middle-Ages to the modern period. Approaches may vary from a survey of works from Dante to Woolf; a topical approach such as a study of power represented in the works; to a genre approach such as a study of prose narrative. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 103 - Gender and Literature 4 credits
An introduction to questions of how gender, as it intersects with race, class, and sexuality, shapes literary texts, authorship, readership, and representation. Most often organized thematically, students may focus on such issues as creativity, subjectivity, politics, work, sexuality, masculinity, or community in works chosen from a variety of periods, genres, and areas. Same as WGST 103 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 104 - Sexuality and Literature 4 credits
Examines how sexuality is articulated and mediated through literature and such modes of cultural production as film and two-dimensional art. Pays attention to specific iterations of sexuality and the labels that attend them (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual) as well as theories of sexuality. May also consider how sexuality intersects with ethnicity, nation, science and politics. Same as WGST 104 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 105 - Literature of Disability 4 credits
Demonstrates the social functioning of literature through an examination of the way in which disability is deployed in narratives. Includes texts well-known for their portrayals of disability, as well as examples from popular culture, and recent texts that seek to reinvent disability as a literary trope. Attention is paid to disability theory and the history of the disability rights movement in connection with close reading of the relevant texts.
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ENGH 106 - African American Literature 4 credits
A study of the writers in the African American literary tradition from the beginning of the nineteenth/twentieth century to the present. Examines the work of selected writers in light of their historical time and place, major themes, conclusions about the nature of black experience, and their contributions to this literary tradition and to the American literary canon. Attention is paid to particular movements in this tradition, such as the Harlem Renaissance, protest literature, the Black Arts movement, and contemporary directions in the literature since the 1970s. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 107 - Indigenous Environments: Literature and Film 4 credits
Examines contemporary indigenous literature and film using an environmental lens to explore the ways these texts help us understand past and present issues like displacement, resource extraction, and toxic exposure. Texts may include fiction and poetry by authors like Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and Simon Ortiz as well as such films as Smoke Signals, The Return of Navajo Boy, and Zapatista. Students will have the opportunity to also engage with global texts to consider how environmental injustice is perpetuated by globalization and transnational economic policies. Same as ESS 107 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 108 - US Multi-Ethnic Literature 4 credits
Introduces students to literary works by U.S. authors of color (African American, Latino/a, American Indian, Asian American, and Arab American, among others) from the twentieth-and twenty-first centuries. Through encounters with fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, students will think through issues like what it means to be “American,” how “othering” is accomplished and resisted, the links between land and cultural memory, and the connections between art and politics. By examining the social, historical, and political contexts of these works, students may reflect on themes like poverty, art, citizenship, family, education, the American dream, identity, religion, and immigration. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 115 - Topics in Literary Studies 4 credits
Explores a special topic or area not regularly taught in the curriculum and likely to be of particular interest to non-majors. Topics may include: supernatural fiction and fantasy, detective fiction, popular culture, graphic novel. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 120 - Introduction to Film Analysis 4 credits
How do films invite people to emotionally identify with characters? How has cinema cultivated or challenged gendered and racialized ways of seeing? How does economics of the film industry influence the form and content of movies? Students will have the opportunity to engage with such critical debates within film studies and thereby give students the tools to closely analyze and write about cinema. In addition to working with excerpts, each week students watch and discuss in class a new feature-length film. Primary texts may include a range of international films—from early silent shorts to more recent feature-length productions by directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Agnes Varda. Same as FILM 101 . CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA- Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ENGH 121 - Introduction to Media Studies 4 credits
Provides students with a framework for understanding how media messages are made and distributed, as well as a toolkit for effective and ethical engagement with media forms. Observes the nature of mediated communication, the functions of media, the effects of shifting media forms and technologies, and the institutions that help define media’s place in society through interdisciplinary, comparative, and historical lenses. Same as MCOM 101 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ENGH 141 - Language, Communication and Culture 4 credits
An introduction to the field of linguistics, examining both formal properties of languages (morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology) and the history, variation, and cultural dimensions of language. Topics may include language and gender, language and ethnicity, language and social structure, as well as the role of language and its various forms of transmission in the construction of individual and cultural identity. Same as LING 101 . CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 150 - Literary Analysis 4 credits
Immerses students in the art of close reading, exploring topics as varied as intimacy and isolation, war stories, justice, ghosts, and possibly the Holocaust. Attention is paid not just to what a text communicates, but how it does so through its linguistic textures, imagery, narrative patterns, structure, and genre. Focuses on students sustaining practice as writers of literary criticism, whose interpretations are based on textual evidence and should move fluidly between the voice of the author and the voice of the interpreter. Students should be able to read and write about a literary text with insight and authority by the end of the course. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 199 - ShortTREC: Introductory Level 1-8 credits
Focuses on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course may vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. Course is repeatable as topic varies. CLA-Off Campus Experience, CLA-Immersive Experience
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ENGH 201 - Intermediate Selected Topics in Literature 4 credits
Allows students to explore a special topic or area not regularly taught in the curriculum. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 202 - American Prose 4 credits
Provides a survey of American fiction and prose writing with a focus on form, genre, and history. Topics may include the American novel, the short story, creative nonfiction, American Gothic, historical fiction, or prose works of a particular period or by a particular author. Specific content and time frame vary depending on the instructor.
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ENGH 204 - Environmental Writing and Eco-Criticism 4 credits
Introduces ecocriticism, the study of literature and the environment, alongside American environmental writing. With readings ranging widely from traditional nature writing to multi-ethnic U.S. fiction, specific questions are addressed such as: How does environmental writing both reflect and shape values and attitudes about the human relationship with our environment? What kinds of questions does ecocriticism raise and how do different ecocritical strains approach literary, philosophical, and ethical questions in different ways? How is our understanding of the physical environment impacted by discourses of nature, race, gender, class, and location? Same as ESS 204 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 206 - Nature Writing 4 credits
Examines key texts in the tradition of writing about the natural world. Focusing on creative non-fiction by twentieth/twenty-first century U.S. writers, as well as some fiction and poetry, specific questions are explored such as: What is “nature”? What is the role of writing in the human relationship with the environment? How do race, gender, and class impact perspectives on nature? Students will have the opportunity to use close reading strategies along with an examination of historical/biographical context to better understand these texts’ contributions to nature writing and then write their own creative non-fiction. Same as ESS 206 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity US
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ENGH 207 - Literature of the Holocaust 4 credits
Examines a range of writings—memoir, fiction, and philosophy, poetry and plays—as well as film and graphic novels, that emerge out of and reflect upon the Holocaust. Explores the Holocaust from the perspectives of those who lived through these events—perpetrators, victims, and bystanders—and through readings of texts by and about those born in its aftermath, whose lives have nevertheless been shaped by it. Students will have the opportunity to grasp how various writers and artists have struggled to come to terms with events that many regard as beyond all human comprehension.
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ENGH 210 - Writing in the Discipline of English 4 credits
Students will have the opportunity to study the discourse conventions of English and practice the skills necessary for writing and reading in the discipline. Includes instruction in MLA style, advanced library research, and bibliographic skills, as well as an introduction to reading literary criticism. Prerequisite: ENGH 150 (C- or better effective Spring 2021) CLA-Writing in the Major
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ENGH 220 - Contemporary Transnational Cinema 4 credits
Examines contemporary film examples of “transnational” cinema, i.e., cinema that finds reception and distribution beyond its country of origin. Growing global interconnectedness has resulted in the expansion of a transnational market and audience for films. By closely analyzing a range of contemporary films from Argentina, Brazil, China, Iran, India, Germany, Spain, South Africa, and the United States, students may explore how these films’ narrative styles reinforce or challenge the form of cinematic storytelling popularized globally by Hollywood cinema. Same as FILM 220 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 221 - Film History and Theory 4 credits
Introduces the history of film form. Teaches how to historically situate particular films through analysis. Exposes students to philosophical and theoretical perspectives (including formalist, psychoanalytical, feminist, postcolonial, etc.) that have led to the consolidation of a vocabulary for film studies. Students will have the opportunity to learn the skills and language needed to develop a historically sensitive and theoretically nuanced interpretation of cinematic works. Explores such questions as: How did film emerge as one of the most powerful means of communication and artistic expression in the modern era? To what extent have film directors, cinematic movements, and film industries shaped cultures of film production and reception globally? What is film’s relationship to other media and how do we understand its status in the contemporary era? Same as FILM 201 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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ENGH 230 - Topics in Creative Writing Workshop 4 credits
A creative writing workshop in creative nonfiction, poetry, or fiction, that focuses on a particular theme, sub-genre, or problem. Topics may include writing that engages with the public sphere; occasional poetry (poetry that is composed for a particular occasion or is meant to be delivered to a particular person); interart poetry that engages with the visual arts, music, or vocal performance; writing that engages with a particular place such as New York City or the Drew campus; writing that combines genres or works intertextually; writing that engages with new media. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 231 - Travel Writing 4 credits
Journeys provide excellent material for travel writing, but writing about travel deepens the experience of the journey, requiring a little research and careful reflection to make connections that aren’t possible whilst still in motion. Some travel writing strives to make the unfamiliar and strange accessible to readers, but it may also render the seemingly familiar strange and new, allowing writer and readers to see things differently. Students will have the opportunity to read a variety of forms of travel writing (from nineteenth-century travel essays to contemporary blogs and travel guides), and write about their own travels in a variety of different forms, which may include a class travel blog. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 232 - Food Writing 4 credits
Invites students to practice the art of description and to understand the relationship between writing and experience, language and desire. Strengthens aspects of the writer’s craft that may be used in other persuasive contexts. From cookbooks, magazines, and websites to restaurant reviews, cultural guides, and television shows, the role of food writing is to inform, but also to foster curiosity and to create a desire in readers to experience what the writer describes. Students will have the opportunity to explore the role of audience, purpose, and context as they read a variety of forms of food writing and practice food writing in print and digital formats.
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ENGH 233 - Literary Translation 4 credits
Studies and practices the art of translation. Explores classic essays that have formed the foundation of translation theory and examines them in practice by comparing multiple translations of a text. Students will have the opportunity to apply these theories as they attempt to translate a short work of fiction or poetry they may share with the class in a workshop format. Students may work from any language into contemporary English; the language can also be a dialect, or historical variety, of English. If a student has fulfilled Drew’s language requirement (a language through the intermediate level), then they are eligible to take this course. Signature of Instructor Required for Registration. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 240 - Introduction to Writing and Communication Studies 4 credits
At the heart of both Writing Studies and Communication Studies is the study of language and the complex ways we shape and are shaped by the written and spoken word. From the personal to the professional, written and spoken texts are driven by the message the author/speaker wishes to send, the needs and expectations of the audience being addressed, and the genre and medium selected for that message. Students will have the opportunity to study the history, theory, and practical applications of writing and communication from classical rhetoric to social media, and from the arts to professions as diverse as advertising, journalism, public relations, and the law. Considers, also, the ways technologies have changed writing and communication. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ENGH 241 - History and Structure of the English Language 4 credits
A study of the development of English from Anglo-Saxon to its present status as a “global” language. Places the development of English within the framing social, political and economic contexts of its speakers. May also examine the historical development of theories attempting to explain English, its styles, dialects, and literatures. Same as LING 220 .
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ENGH 242 - Gender and Communication 4 credits
Explores the relationship between gender and communication, including gendered communication behaviors in single and mixed gender groups in both familiar and professional relationships; the impact of cultural expectations and socialization in the development of gendered communication, and the role of language itself in this process; and the complicating impact of race, nationality, and class on expectations for gendered communication. Students may be introduced to theories of gender and communication and to feminist rhetorics. Same as WGST 242 .
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ENGH 243 - Intercultural Communication 4 credits
Explores the relationship between language, culture, and communication, inviting students to understand different verbal and nonverbal communication practices and expectations (including their own), identify barriers to communication, and strengthen their ability to communicate across cultures. Topics may include the impact of worldview and ethnocentrism; World Englishes and translation; the role of nonverbal cues; and the impact of educational context, culture shock, acculturation, and ethical issues. Students will also have the opportunity to explore research in nonverbal communication such as personal appearance, touch, space, body language, gestures, eye contact, use of time, facial expressions, olfaction, and body adornment/alteration. CLA-Breadth Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 244 - Introduction to Journalism 4 credits
An introduction to the fundamentals and procedures of operating a newspaper. Emphasizes gathering news and writing clear, vigorous copy. Studies layout, editing, feature and editorial writing, and copy-editing as well as the ethics and responsibilities of journalism. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 246 - Business Communications 4 credits
Teaches students to create, review and present a variety of documents for different audiences in a typical business environment. Students will have the opportunity to analyze audiences, set objectives and prepare documents – memos, research reports, status reports, internal and external letters, talk points, presentations, marketing communications and project plans and timelines – that they will likely be asked to produce, review or analyze during a business career. CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 248 - History of Rhetoric 4 credits
Rhetoric, most typically defined as “the art of persuasion,” has had a variety of descriptions based on the describer and his or her historical context. Students may study the changing definitions of rhetoric from 5th-century B.C. Greece to contemporary American culture and why those changes took place. Students will also have the opportunity to analyze rhetoric’s relation to politics, religion, law and cultural identity from antiquity to the present day. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 249 - Theory and Practice of Writing Center Tutoring 4 credits
Introduces students to composition and tutoring theory and pedagogy. Combines readings in composition studies with a practicum that allows student to directly engage and interrogate the ideas and pedagogies they encounter. A significant portion of the course involves working directly with writers from a variety of disciplines. After successfully completing the class, students may be invited to apply for “writing fellow” and “writing tutor” positions in the Writing Center. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ENGH 250 - The Medieval Period: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture and intertextuality through an examination of representative Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Norman-French and English texts. Traces the development of English manuscript literature from its oral story-telling beginnings up to the advent of printing. Special attention may be given to the rise of literacy and its impact on narrative and poetry. Authors/texts may include: Beowulf, Arthurian romance, Marie de France, The Tain, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, medieval drama, and of course, Chaucer. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 251 - The Renaissance: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture and intertextuality through an examination of representative texts from the Renaissance period in Britain. Major topics may include: the emergence of a new kind of self taking on authority and autonomy, the transition to a culture that legitimizes pleasure, the move from coterie and court audiences to a national audience, shifts in media from manuscript to print, the explosion of new voices in the first modern revolution, the breaking of images. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 252 - 19th-Century British Literature: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Teaches students to think historically about literature through tracing a set of key concepts such as author, reader, theme, form, culture, and intertextuality through an examination of representative texts from nineteenth-century British literature. Pays attention to work from both the Romantic and Victorian periods and considers how writers redefined the role of writers, readers, and texts in a world being rapidly transformed by industrialization, technology, science, labor unrest, women’s enfranchisement, imperialism, and expanding literacy. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 253 - 20th-Century British Literature: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Examines the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture and intertextuality through an examination of representative texts from Britain and its former colonies in the twentieth century and beyond. Readings may include such authors as Conrad, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence, Beckett, Auden, Larkin, Pinter, Churchill, Quin, Ballard, Rushdie, Winterson, Carter, Naipaul, Coetzee, Achebe, Ngugi and others. May also feature colonialism, war, cities, gender and sexuality, popular culture, science and technology, globalization, language and consciousness as historical and thematic concerns. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 254 - American Literature Pre-1900: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture, and text in America through an examination of representative texts from the founding of the US to the turn of the twentieth century. Emphasizes the transnational roots of American literature, exploring the multiplicity of contexts from which a national literature emerges. Topics may include literary nationalism, Native American protest literature, race, slavery and freedom, the Gothic, transcendentalism, gender and sexuality, the novel, realism, urbanization, and US imperialism. Authors may include Paine, Jefferson, Brown, Wheatley, Irving, Apess, Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, James, Chesnutt, Twain, Gilman, and Du Bois. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 255 - American Literature Post-1900: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Teaches students to think historically about literature in the US through tracing a set of key concepts such as author, reader, theme, form, culture, and intertextuality through an examination of representative texts from post-1900 American literatures. Topics may include naturalism, modernism, the Great Depression, the Harlem Renaissance, race, war, the Beat Generation, the Cold War, New Journalism, multiculturalism, civil rights, class, gender, sexuality, postmodernism, technology, ethics, immigration, and the US diaspora. Authors may include Anderson, Cather, Frost, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Wright, Ellison, Hemingway, Hughes, Williams, Lowell, Miller, Morrison, Rich, Plath, DeLillo, and Pynchon. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 256 - Anglophone Literature Post-1900: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 4 credits
Explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture, and intertextuality through an examination of representative post-1900 texts from English-speaking nations of Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. Topics may include the decline of European colonialisms, the rise of post-colonial cultures, Cold War and post-Cold War politics, migration, urbanism, and transnational feminism. Writers may include Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Rabindranath Tagore, Vikram Seth, Michael Ondaatje, Doris Lessing, and Ama Ata Aidoo. Students may also explore how these literatures interact with post-colonial cinemas. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 257 - Shakespeare 4 credits
A study of representative texts from Shakespeare’s three major genres: the comedies, tragedies, and history plays. Attempts to situate Shakespeare within the cultural, political, and social contexts of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Considers ways in which the playwright, wildly popular in his day, was intent on speaking both to power and the people. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ENGH 298 - Community Language and Literacy [CBL] 4 credits
Introduces students to theories of literacy and language as a social practice, examining how literacy is affected by economic change in dynamic interplay with social, cultural, and linguistic differences. These dynamics shape the messages children receive in schools, the ways that families interact with one another, and the rhetoric of intelligence, achievement, and individual worth. Observes how communities are steered by many languages at once, recognizing that our sense of “normal” around English monolingualism is a convenient myth. Places special interest in non-school literacies, those that are nurtured within communities often outside the radar of mainstream testing and credentialing mechanisms. Students may spend one evening a week as conversation partners and literacy tutors with adult English language learners at the Neighborhood House in Morristown. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ENGH 299 - ShortTREC: Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
Focuses on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course may vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. Course is repeatable as topic varies. CLA-Immersive Experience, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ENGH 300 - Independent Study in English 1-4 credits
Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Course is repeatable as topic varies. Limited registration to juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: ENGH 150 Requires an approved individualized instruction request form.
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ENGH 301 - Advanced Topics in Literary Study 4 credits
Advanced study of particular literary subjects, topics, problems, or methodologies. Might also focus on an author or group of authors, a genre, or a critical approach. Topic varies with instructor and semester. Prerequisite: ENGH 150
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ENGH 302 - Gender and American Literature 4 credits
Investigates literary representations of gender and sexuality in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Considers provocative issues like the relationship between gender/sex and power, the links between violence and inequality, and the connections between art and politics through encounters with novels, graphic fiction, poetry, and essays, as well as some visual art and films. Attending to gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality, religion, and environment as categories of analysis, students will have the opportunity to reflect on beauty and the body, immigration and citizenship, feminism and women’s movements, home and identity, and creativity and social change. Prerequisite: ENGH 150
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ENGH 303 - Gender and Contemporary Anglophone Literature 4 credits
Examines late twentieth-century and early twenty-first century Anglophone fiction that theorizes the relationship between gender and the social and economic processes that have come to be known as ‘globalization.’ How do writers like Tsitsi Dangarembga, Arundhati Roy, Hanif Kureishi, and Mohsin Hamid depict the production of masculinities and femininities in the context of growing economic inequality within and between nations? How are their literary explorations in conversation with the philosophical perspectives offered by Immanuel Wallerstein, Anne McClintock, Joan Acker, Barbara Ehrenreich and others? Finally, what does contemporary Anglophone fiction—primarily literature, but also film— bring to current debates about social inequality as well as to longstanding questions about the relationship between aesthetics and politics? Same as WGST 303 . Prerequisite: ENGH 150 or WGST 101 . CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Diversity International
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