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2.00 Credits
Workshop in Writing (WRT 108) offers ongoing practice and instruction in writing and critiquing writing. Students meet weekly with a writing center consultant to work on forms of academic writing relevant to their spring coursework -- forms which may include summary, critical response, the argumentative essay, the lab report, and others. Students may also choose to revise essays completed in previous semesters or work on other non-fiction projects. Guided by a writing center consultant, students plan, draft and revise their writing, critique each other's work, assess their own writing, and participate in group sessions on writing issues that the group faces. The semester's work will culminate in a final portfolio that features polished essays and an overall self-assessment. WRT 108 is a two-credit course which is graded pass/fail.
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1.00 Credits
Americans today live longer and healthier lives than they did fifty years ago. Many of these health advances have been due to the discovery and development of therapeutic compounds (drugs). Despite these gains, there are still many health problems for which there are few therapeutic options. Thus, the development of new drugs to treat these diseases is the focus of intense effort. We will explore drug development approaches, including evaluation of natural products, screening compound libraries, and rational drug design. Students will choose a topic, write short pieces that serve as building blocks for the final 10-15 page review article, and revise this paper at least once. This course satisfies one of your two required upper-level writing experiences. It is a half-semester course, meeting once weekly. There will be significant out-of-class time commitment required for writing, revision, self-assessment, and peer-review.
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1.00 Credits
After completing a Biology degree, many people apply to graduate or medical school, become laboratory technicians, or do work that in some way describes science to non-scientists. These options all require writing, although the particulars vary. In this class, students will complete short writing assignments that tailor information about a single topic to different audiences. They will then identify the area(s) where they would like to concentrate their efforts, and write and revise at least one significant piece of scientific writing. More than one piece may be required; the final project should contain 10-15 pages of writing (split as desired between projects). This course satisfies one of your two required upper-level writing experiences. It is a half-semester course, meeting once weekly. There will be significant out-of-class time commitment required for writing, revision, self-assessment, and peer-review.
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2.00 Credits
No course description available.
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2.00 Credits
Nineteenth-century American women's sentimental fiction--tear-jerking tales like Fern's "Ruth Hall" and Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that aimed to provoke their readers' sympathy for the downtrodden--has a complex reception history. Many critics have believed it lacks literary merit due to its ostensible reliance on manipulating emotion as opposed to engaging literary intellect. Recently, though, readers influenced by feminism have demonstrated the sexist character of anti-sentimentalist criticism. These scholars have called attention to the tradition's artistry and perspective on the lived experience of the non-empowered, particularly women. Critics have also, though, revealed how such fiction also reinforces normative gender hierarchies. As we explore these and related issues while reading sentimental fiction, also considering how the genre has influenced our own artistic and cultural values, this course will introduce students to a number of historical, literary and theoretical approaches to gender studies.
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4.00 Credits
The aim of this course is two-fold: First, to develop an understanding of the extraordinary variety of ways meaning is produced in visual culture; secondly, to enable students to analyze and describe the social, political and cultural effects of these meanings. By studying examples drawn from contemporary art, film, television, digital culture, and advertising we will learn techniques of analysis developed in response to specific media and also how to cross-pollinate techniques of analysis in order to gain greater understanding of the complexity of our visual world. Grades are based on response papers, class attendance and participation, and a midterm and a final paper. Occasional film screenings will be scheduled as necessary in the course of the semester.
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2.00 Credits
This course will explore Traditional Folkloric roots of Middle Eastern Dance, focusing on specific Bedouin dance styles of North Africa (Raks Shaabi). These dance forms will consist of Moroccan, Tunisian, Algerian, and Egyptian Folkloric styles. Rhythms from within these regions will be identified through music and drumming. Traditional costuming will be addressed and shown in class and history, art, and culture from these countries will be explored and experienced. Discourse and research topics will address issues of gender and body image. Improving strength, flexibility and self-awareness of the body, the class work will include meditative movement, dance technique, choreography and improvisation. No prior dance experience necessary.
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4.00 Credits
The colloquium explores the diversity of feminist thought and practice in its importance in forming the intellectual grounding in Women's Studies, in its impact on a variety of disciplines, and in its articulation with lives and social practices. The course follows a three fold structure. First, we consider several major systems of feminist thought; second, through discussions and reading with guest faculty Associates of the Susan B. Anthony Institute, we consider the interdisciplinary methods that undergird these forms of feminist theory in a variety of academic disciplines. Third, in class discussions and writings we consider the experiences of women and men situated in diverse and changing cultural, economic, political, and psychological climates with an emphasis on student interest. The course will support and develop in students the ability to write intensively in Women's Studies as an inherently interdisciplinary field; it meets the upper-level writing requirement in Women's Studies for the college.
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4.00 Credits
The study of contemporary feminist theory. The course considers the conception of women expressed through our practices, laws, theories and literature. Is this conception that of an inessential Other as one philosopher has argued? Other topics to be discussed include: equality and equal rights, sex roles and gender specific language, power relations and self-determination, marriage and maternity.
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4.00 Credits
Survey course on understanding sexuality. Includes such topics as biological sexual differentiation, gender role, gender-linked social behaviors, reproduction issues, intimacy, and the role of social and personal factors in psychosexual development.
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