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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts This literature seminar presents the opportunity to explore the autobiographical impulse in American writing, past and present, through full-scale biographies, works of fiction, drama, and poetry, and in the memoirs so popular today. Students write an autobiographical essay on an aspect of their lives. (G7: Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts Students focus on the impact of travel literature and voyagers' chronicles on political, economic, and cultural development in the Eastern and Western worlds, from pre-Renaissance times to the present. They analyze literature of the so-called Golden Age of Travel, the late 18th century, up to the period between the two world wars and contemporary travel literature in order to discern changes brought about by the advent of tour groups, mass travel, and air transport. (G7: Humanities)
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Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts Shakespeare's plays as living literature are introduced. Readings include histories, tragedies, and a late romance, examined in the context of Elizabethan culture and concepts of Shakespearean art from his age to ours. (G7: Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts This course explores the art forms and skills that contribute to the collaborative process of theater-the script; directing; costume, set, and lighting design; and theater management-by focusing on American women practitioners. Historical developments, such as feminism and the growth of regional theater, are also examined. (G6: Arts)
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Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts Students are introduced to cinema history and the basic tools for writing about the art of film. They study how meaning in narrative film is elaborated by uses of camera, editing, lighting, sound, and acting. The course emphasizes the contrast between studio and non-studio films, especially those of Europe, Asia, and third-world countries in contrast to products of the powerful Hollywood system. (G6: Arts)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Qualification for Presidential Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts Students immerse themselves in writing poems while they examine the technical and historical aspects of poetry. They study basic elements of poetry such as image, figurative language, rhythm, diction, and form to develop the potential of those elements in their own writing. In order to understand their own creative processes, students read essays about craft and process. (G6: Arts)
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3.00 Credits
Variable Credits (3 Credits Maximum) Prerequisite: Approval of dean
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0.00 Credits
0 credits; 3 Lecture and 1 LABORATORY hour per week This course prepares intermediate to advanced level students to take the paper-based and computer-based TOEFL examinations. It covers the test areas of listening, grammar, written expression, and reading. Sessions cover each of the four areas of the test with follow-up practice on both paper-based and computer-based formats.
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0.00 Credits
0 credits; 20 hours per week This summer course, offered five days a week for three weeks in August, serves international students and permanent residents accepted to the college who have recently arrived in the United States. Students focus on improving speaking, listening, and presentation skills through learning about life at FIT and in New York.
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0.00 Credits
0 credits; 3 LABORATORY hours per week Co-requisite: ES 123 With intensified instruction in reading and writing, students apply and practice the English skills taught in the co-requisite ES 123. Sessions consist of small group and individual work.
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