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4.00 Credits
Postcolonial theory addresses issues of identity, culture, literature and history arising from the social context of colonization, resistance to colonization, liberation from colonization and the formation of new nations. It crosses the boundaries of the social sciences and humanities in its approach to theory and analysis of the discourses used to constitute colonial and postcolonial subjects. We begin with some classic texts of postcolonial theory before moving to a focus on specifically feminist debates and texts within postcolonial studies. Literature and film are used in dialog with theoretical texts to examine questions about gender and women's issues in various societies. Also offered as Gender Studies 367, Global Studies 367 and Philosophy 367.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the major "schools" of poets of the 1950s throughthe 1980s. Emphasis is on the Beat poets (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Di Prima, McClure); the Black Mountain poets (Olson, Creeley, Duncan, Dorn, Baraka); the New York poets (O'Hara, Schuyler, Berrigan, Ashbery); and the Confessional poets (Lowell, Sexton, Berryman, Plath). While a great deal of attention is given to primary texts, poetic theory and social history are also examined.
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4.00 Credits
Student-initiated projects involving significant study and writing carried out through frequent conferences with a faculty sponsor. Prerequisites: junior standing and a 3.0 GPA in English. Proposals must be approved by the department projects committee in the preceding semester (by the Friday before pre-registration week).
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4.00 Credits
The department sponsors a limited number of closely supervised internships on campus. There are various prerequisites for these and an application process for enrollment. Information about internships is available in the English department office. The internship counts as a writing course.
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4.00 Credits
SYE seminars are designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have developed in their own progress toward completion of the major. Seminars vary in topic, but each will require participants to complete a substantial writing project and to contribute both formally and informally to classroom discussions.
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4.00 Credits
Student-initiated projects involving significant study and writing carried out through frequent conferences with a faculty sponsor. Prerequisites: senior standing and a 3.0 GPA in English. Proposals must be approved by the department projects committee in the preceding semester. Fulfills SYE requirement for those eligible.
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4.00 Credits
This course is offered in the fall semester only and is for students working on an independent project to submit for departmental honors in the spring semester. Students meet regularly with their individual project advisor and as a group several times during the semester for guidance about conducting research, revising and preparing thesis manuscripts. Prerequisites: senior standing, a 3.5 GPA in English and approval by the departmental projects committee in the preceding semester. Fulfills SYE requirement for those eligible.
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1.00 Credits
This one-semester course is an introduction to the basic concepts and interrelationships needed to understand the complexities of environmental problems. A survey of the characteristics of natural environments and human populations is followed by a study of environmental degradation and alternative solutions to environmental problems. The student is introduced to the roles of many disciplines (including both the natural and social sciences) in the study of environmental problems. The emphasis of the course is on interdisciplinary thinking.
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4.00 Credits
The nature of energy, its application in modern society and a variety of issues associated with that use. The course covers the physical principles of energy, particularly of electrical energy, electromagnetic (optical) energy, nuclear energy and thermodynamics. The role of energy in society, fossil fuels, electric power plants, automobiles, global warming and the ozone layer and energy conservation; other topics may include nuclear, solar and other sources of energy. This course makes extensive use of elementary algebra and scientific notation. Environmental Studies 107 has a lab component and fills the natural science with lab distribution requirement. Environmental Studies 105 is taught in a lecture format with shorter integrated lab activities and fills the natural science distribution requirement. One of these courses is typically offered every other year. Also offered as Physics 105, 107.
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1.25 - 3.00 Credits
A one-semester course designed for non-science majors and environmental studies majors. Basic chemical concepts are examined with special reference to the environment. Topics include elements and compounds; atomic structure and the periodic table; chemical change; energy and entropy; oxidation and reduction; acidity; and the 10 questions a chemist needs to answer before fully characterizing a chemical reaction. These topics are related to pollution, waste management, recycling, energy sources and the limits to growth. Lecture plus one laboratory per week. Also offered as Chemistry 106.
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