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3.00 Credits
Surveys world literary masterpieces in the Western Tradition, from ancient works to the Renaissance. Treats recurrent archetypal, thematic, and psychological patterns of major legends and myths, along with their cultural-social-historical influences on modern artistic expression. Includes literary and philosophical selections, e.g., excerpts from the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament); Homeric epics; Greek philosophy, mythology, and classical drama; The Aeneid; excerpts from the New Testament; and The Divine Comedy. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or instructor's permission.
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Presents literature about the African-American experience. Focuses on accounts of the colonial slave trade, the plantation experience, the abolition movement, the Reconstruction Era, and the Harlem Renaissance. Includes works by such emerging writers as Walker, Morrison, Gaines, and Jordan. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or instructor's permission.
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3.00 Credits
Examines women in literature by both male and female writers throughout the centuries. Approaches various genres from critical, cultural, and historical perspectives. Analyzes the stages, circumstances, and conditions of women's lives in a broad spectrum of literary expression. Includes a critical writing component. Prerequisite: ENG* 101.
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3.00 Credits
Defines art in its broadest sense (visual, performance, and media arts, as well as literature, music and philosophy); explores the nature and theories of creative expression. Asks students to idenfity and evaluate art forms and in the process see relationships and make connections between various forms of creative expression. Engages students to explore their own creative process. Prerequisite: ENG* 101, ENG* 102 (suggested).
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3.00 Credits
Studies the unique forms of film and literature by reading selected novels and plays and by viewing films adapted from them, followed by a critical discussion of both. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or instructor's permission.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the history of film from its beginning to the present. Emphasizes the development of forms and techniques, production methods, and film's relationship to other arts and to social/political currents. Focuses on critical analysis and discussion of selected contemporary films illustrating aesthetic principles that govern cinematic value and meaning. Prerequisite: ENG* 101.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the major writers of contemporary American Letters. Serves as a cooperative writing workshop to evaluate student writing. Encourages commitment to the writing process: revision, development, discipline, and the satisfaction of accomplishment. Studies each of the writing genres, allowing students to select their own medium for a course project. Prerequisite: ENG* 101.
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3.00 Credits
Presents a broad view of federal, state, and municipal environmental regulations as they apply to industry, commercial establishments, local governmental facilities, and the individual citizen. Reviews elementary chemistry. Provides a practical approach to regulatory understanding to plan an effective and economically sound compliance program. Course topics also include the Clean Air Act (CAA); the Clean Water Act (CWA); the Water Toxins Program; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA); SARA Title III (Community Right-to-Know); and federal, state, and local regulations covering such topics as hazardous material transportation, in-ground tank storage, and such specific hazardous materials as asbestos and PCBs.
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3.00 Credits
Develops quantitative solutions to environmental problems concerning public health, air and water pollution, water and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. Applies engineering methods to environmental preservation and protection. Prerequisites: WWT* 110, WWT* 112, WWT* 114, and WWT* 116, or State of Connecticut Wastewater Certification Levels I and II.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the many steps being taken by governmental, commercial, industrial, and educational facilities to eliminate pollutant discharges. Pollution prevention (i.e., preventing the discharge of pollutants to eliminate the need for treatment and discharge into the air, ground, or water of a "waste stream") has become a very important part of modern environmental protection. Field trip required. Prerequisite: EVS* 100 or instructor's permission
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