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  • ENGL 491: Research/Independent Work

    4.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty This course is open to candidates for departmental honors and to other students with the permission of the department chair. Pre- or co-requisite: ENGL-301. Four semester hours. (I.) ? Women Writers of the Middle Ages ? Blues and Literature ? Before the Conquest: Old English ? War Literature ? Renaissance Tragedy: Shakespeare and Other Playwrights ? Women and Theater ? African-American Drama ? Literature into Film in Britain and America ? The Harlem Renaissance ? Werewolves and other Shapeshifters ? Chaucer ? Biography and Autobiography Literature in Translation ? Upward Mobility: A Study of the American Novel ? Postmodern Fictions ? Novels of the night: The Gothic Novel ? Ulysses' Journey from Homer to Joyce
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  • ENGL 492: Research/Independent Work

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty A continuation of course ENGL-491. Prerequisite: ENGL-491. When this course is used to fulfill the capstone experience in the major, the student will be required to give a substantial oral presentation of the research project, either to the departmental honor society or to another group approved by the project adviser. Four semester hours. (I.)
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  • ENGL/CLAS 230: Epics of the World

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Wickersham Read in English translation, a specimen of Western epic, such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey or Vergil's Aeneid,is compared with a specimen of non-Western epic, such as the Indian Mahabharata or the Persian Book of Kings. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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  • ENGL/EAS 224: Japanese Literature in Translation

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Mizenko Critical reading of representative works from Japanese literature in modern translation. This survey in a variety of genres begins with literature from the Ancient Period (Man'yoshu) and ends with modern novels and short stories. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (G, H.)
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  • ENGL/ENV 262: The Environment in Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty Students in this course will study literature inspired by a variety of environments. Readings will range from classic essays "Nature" by Emerson and "Walking" by Thoreau to Terry Tempest Williams' 1991 environmentautobiographical study, "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place." Ecocriticism, the study of therelationship between literature and the physical environment will provide the theoretical framework for the course. Writing for the class will be half-analytical (critical responses to texts), and half-original, creative student writings about their own environments. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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  • ENGL/GWMS 228: Women's Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty A cross-period study of literature by British and American women, paying attention to issues of canon formation and feminist literary theory. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, D.)
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  • ENV 100: Issues in Environmental Studies

    4.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty An introductory interdisciplinary course with readings and research on topics across all fields of environmental studies. This course examines environmental issues through many lenses, including ecology, economics, ethics, policy analysis, and the arts. Issues explored include (but are not limited to) population, energy, biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, food and agriculture, global warming, ozone depletion, air pollution, water resources management, and solid waste. Student projects include investigations of local environmental issues and applied conservation activities within the Ursinus and surrounding communities. Four hours per week. Four semester hours.
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  • ENV 272: Marine Mammal Conservation and Management

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Wallace This course addresses historical and current issues concerning the conservation and management of marine mammals, their habitats, and related marine resources. It integrates the biological sciences, policy, law, economics, and humanities (in the form of ethics and values) in presenting and engaging the students in discussions about the history of human-marine mammal interactions, changes in human values and attitudes about the marine environment, the role of human-marine mammal interactions in societal changes, and the policy arena that has developed around marine mammals in the past century. Prerequisite: ENV-100. Three hours per week. Four semester hours.
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  • ENV 299: Readings in Environmental Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty Individual study and directed reading of a particular topic or book within the discipline. Students will work closely with a member of the ENV faculty in selecting, reading, and discussing the topic, and in determining a proper written assignment. Prerequisites: ENV-100 and permission of the instructor. One semester hour.
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  • ENV 340W: Food,Society,and the Environment

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Wallace Few issues are as complex and interdisciplinary as what we eat. The seemingly simple every-day choices we make about our food have repercussions far beyond our diets and wallets. We will explore the food systems in which we live from many different perspectives to achieve an understanding of what food and food decisions mean in terms of personal health, welfare, and budgets, and in the context of society, economy, and sustainability. Written and oral communication of critical thinking is emphasized. Sophomores and above welcomed. Prerequisite: ENV-100. Three hours of lecture plus three hours of field or lab work per week. Four semester hours.
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