College Courses

 

The category College Courses was created by the faculty to provide opportunities for study that reach across or beyond the bounds of existing departments and interdepartmental programs.  College Courses carry normal academic credit and may be elected by any eligible student.

 

ARABIC  101, 102  INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY ARABIC  An introduction to the writing and reading system of Modern Standard Arabic, with attention to basic listening comprehension and speaking skills.  Four 75-minute class meetings per week, plus an additional practicum hour (to be arranged) concentrating on spoken Arabic.  Six credit hours each semester.

                Prerequisite:  Course 101 is prerequisite for Course 102.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  C. J. Wang

 

ARABIC  120  ARABIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM THE QU’RĀN TO MAFOUZ AND BEYOND  Evolution of Arabic literary culture from the codification of the Qur’ān (7th century) to the present, with a focus on the continuity and change of literary styles, the thematic development of literary works, and social and historical contexts.  This course is taught in English; no knowledge of Arabic is required.

                Enrollment limited to 40 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  C. J. Wang

 

ARABIC  291, 292  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ARABIC  391, 392  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  110  INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA AND DIGITAL ART  An introduction to concepts, theories, and methodologies of new media; to issues of identity/corporeality, race, and gender within networked and virtual environments; and to a diverse array of social, artistic, and political practices using digital technology.

Enrollment limited to 30 students.  A. de Fren

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  201  TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  Examination of the historical and contemporary impact of the intersection of arts and technology.  Team taught, this course offers critical analysis and examination of the availability and influence of technology on artists, artistic styles, trends, materials and philosophy, as well as how artistic expression helped drive innovation and technological development.

                Open to all students.  Offered in spring 2008 and in alternate years in the spring semester.  Ammerman Center Faculty

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  215  REMIX AND MASH-UP  The history, theory, and practice of remix, mash-up, and culture jamming:  the reuse and repurposing of images and sounds from popular and commercial culture in works of art and social activism.  Students will make remix projects using found images, sounds, and video.

                Priority given to Center for Arts and Technology students.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  A. de Fren

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  216  AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY:  THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE MEDIA  An examination of the forms, strategies, and conventions of first-person narrative media and the opportunities and challenges of personal expression presented by the ″digital revolution."  This course provides students with hands-on experience in producing autobiographical documentary projects.  This is the same course as Film Studies 216.

                Enrollment limited to 22 students.  A. de Fren

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  401, 402  SENIOR SEMINAR IN ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  Presentations, discussions, and exercises related to issues, analyses, and critical evaluation of works that represent the interaction of arts and technology.  Focus on contemporary works and senior projects.  Students will develop informal and formal oral presentations, as well as digital documentation of their senior projects.  Open to seniors enrolled in the Ammerman Center's certificate program.  One semester-hour credit each semester (pass/not passed).

                Prerequisite:  Course 401 is prerequisite for Course 402.  Students must be concurrently enrolled in an individual study and must have completed all other required courses for the certificate program.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  Staff

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY  499  INDIVIDUAL STUDY  Eight hours credit.

 

COMMUNITY ACTION  201  PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL ETHICS  Examination of tensions among individual wants, community needs and citizens’ responsibilities, and how these tensions are affected by cultural, economic and social arrangements as well as globalization forces.  Analysis of social ethics, and commitment to universal satisfaction of basic needs, reduction of poverty and inequality.  Case studies of programs, related policies and their outcomes.

                Only open to students enrolled in the Holleran Center’s Certificate Program in Community Action.  Concurrent enrollment in Community Action 201A required.  Staff

 

COMMUNITY ACTION  201A  PICA:  COMMUNITY LEARNING SEMINAR  Students will develop skills in community participation, conflict negotiation, and leadership through classroom exercises, discussions, and community work.  Students will engage in service learning partnerships with New London community organizations.  A variety of partnership opportunities will be available.  Two credit hours, four hours once a week.

                Only open to students enrolled in the Holleran Center’s Certificate Program in Community Action.  Concurrent enrollment in Community Action 201 required.  Holleran Center Faculty

 

COMMUNITY ACTION  301, 302  JUNIOR COMMUNITY LEARNING SEMINAR  In this course, Holleran Center Program in Community Action (PICA) students will further develop their knowledge and skills in community action.  Students will engage in a supervised service-learning or action research project in the local community.  This course is offered both semesters; PICA juniors must participate for at least one.  Two credit hours.  This course may be repeated for credit once.

                Prerequisite:  Community Action 201 and 201A, or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 15 students.  Staff

 

COMMUNITY ACTION  401, 402  SENIOR SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY ACTION AND PUBLIC POLICY  This course provides Holleran Center Program in Community Action (PICA) students with an opportunity to discuss and integrate their educational experiences.  Students will reflect on summer internship experiences, consolidate learning across coursework, internship, community learning, skills workshops, and the senior project, and develop effective oral and written presentations.  One credit hour, marked as pass/not passed.

                Prerequisite:  CA 301 or 302 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  Staff

 

COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY  206  THEORIZING RACE AND ETHNICITY  This is the same course as American Studies 206/Religious Studies 216.  Refer to the American Studies listing for a course description.  D. Kim

 

COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY  228  Embodying principles and pedagogies of social justice  This is the same course as Dance/Education 228.  Refer to the Education listing for a course description.

 

COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY  231  ASIAN AMERICANS AND RACIALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES  An examination of Asian American racialization within the context of the changing racial dynamics in the United States.  Utilizing texts from a variety of disciplines, the course explores how the study of Asian American racialization can provide a distinct perspective on issues such as immigration policy, nation building, labor migration, transnational capital flow, and changing class dynamics in postindustrial urban America.  The course also examines the limitation of a black and white racial paradigm in understanding Asian American experiences.  This is the same course as American Studies/Anthropology 231.

                Enrollment limited to 40 students.  S. Lan

 

COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY  393, 394  ADVANCED RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES  This course is designed for fellows associated with the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity who will participate in a student-led seminar supervised by the director of the CCSRE, work as liaisons to different centers and programs at the College (e.g., Unity House, LGBTQ Resource Center, Holleran Center), or create student-designed projects for the CCSRE.  Two hours of credit, marked as pass/not passed.  The course may be repeated for a total of eight credits.

                Prerequisite:  Permission of the director of CCSRE.  D. Kim

 

COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY  404  COMPARATIVE RACIAL FORMATIONS:  ASIAN AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND LATINOS  An integrated and comparative study of the racialized experiences of three minority groups:  Asian Americans, African Americans, and Latinos.  The aim of the course is to help students understand that race and racial categories are socially constructed and historically contingent.  The course examines the relationship between the racialization of Asian Americans and the divergent experiences of African Americans and Latinos.  The course also provides a critical reflection on contemporary rhetoric regarding multiculturalism and colorblindness.  This is the same course as American Studies/Anthropology 404.

                Open to juniors and seniors.  A course relating to race and ethnicity is recommended.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  S. Lan

 

HEBREW  101, 102  ELEMENTARY HEBREW  Introduction to the fundamentals of classical Hebrew, developing facility in both biblical texts and modern spoken language.

                Prerequisite:  Course 101 is prerequisite for 102.  Staff

 

HEBREW  201  INTERMEDIATE HEBREW I  Reading and discussion of selected works in Hebrew.  Designed to increase proficiency across the wide spectrum from biblical to medieval literature, with emphasis on grammatical precision and vocabulary development in reading, writing, and oral expression.

                Prerequisite:  Four years of Hebrew at entrance or Hebrew 102.  Offered in alternate years.  Staff

 

HEBREW  202  INTERMEDIATE HEBREW II  Reading and discussion of selected works in Hebrew.  Designed to increase proficiency across the wide spectrum from medieval to modern literature, with emphasis on grammatical precision and vocabulary development in reading, writing, and oral expression.

                Prerequisite:  Hebrew 201.  Offered in alternate years.  Staff

 

HEBREW  291, 292  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

HUMANITIES  258  MODERNISMS  A cross-cultural examination of Modernism as an international cultural movement.  Topics may include French Symbolism, German Expressionism, Russian Futurism, and Spanish Surrealism.  Core concepts explored throughout the course include changing attitudes toward language, subjectivity, temporality, and new artistic forms.

                Students majoring in Slavic Studies, German Studies or Hispanic Studies may count the course toward the major, with the approval of the appropriate department chairperson, providing they complete relevant reading and writing assignments in the language.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  A. Lanoux and Team Taught

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY  497-498  HONORS STUDY

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  201  PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN GLOBAL SOCIETY  The origins and dynamics of modern global society and some of the material and spiritual challenges that confront it.

                Open only to students in the CISLA certificate program.  R. Gay

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  401  NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN GLOBAL SOCIETY  A synthesis of information, technology, theory, practical experience and ethical debate related to themes selected by the participants.  Two credit hours, marked as pass/not passed.

                Open only to students in the CISLA certificate program.  R. Gay

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  410  MUSLIM POSTCOLONIAL MELANCHOLIA  An historical study of catastrophe, irreparable loss, impasse, and helplessness in the postcolonial Muslim world.  Readings from psychoanalysis, historiography, and postcolonial theory help illuminate Muslim novels from across the postcolonial world:  Elias Khoury, Age of the Sun (Palestine); Naguib Mahfouz, Miramar (Egypt); Abdullah Hussein, The Weary Generations (South Asia); Intizar Hussain, Basti (South Asia); Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North (Sudan); Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ambiguous Adventure (Senegal).  This is the same course as English 410.

                Open to juniors and seniors with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  N. Naqvi               

 

INTERNSHIP  294  FIELD WORK:  CELS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM  Supervised practical training in various fields.  Enrollment in the course is contingent upon successfully obtaining an internship approved by the Director of Funded Internships and a faculty member.  Prior to the internship, students must find a faculty sponsor who will determine academic requirements and evaluate completed work.  The internship should be related to the practical application of the academic discipline of the sponsoring faculty member.  The internship should consist of a minimum of 100 hours of practical training with on-site supervision.  The on-site supervisor will be required to verify completion of the internship hours and will be asked to submit an evaluation to the faculty sponsor.  One hour of credit, marked as pass/not passed.

                This course may be repeated for credit.  For restrictions on the number of one-credit courses that can be applied toward the minimum degree requirements, see page 332 of the undergraduate catalog.  Please note that this course does not meet the requirement of Curricular Practical Training (CPT) for F-1 students.

 

LIBERAL ARTS  201  ROMAN ORIGINS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS TRADITION  A study of the origins of the liberal arts in republican Rome and their transformation in the Renaissance.

                Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors or by permission of the instructor.  This course is taught in SATA programs only.  R. Proctor

 

MUSEUM STUDIES  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS  393, 394  LIBERAL EDUCATION AND THE RESIDENTIAL STUDENT  This course is designed for Residential Scholars who will participate in a seminar exploring the nature of liberal education and will develop intellectual programming for residence halls in conjunction with the Faculty Fellows program.  Supervised by the Dean of Studies or the Faculty Fellow Coordinator.  Two hours of credit, marked as pass/not passed.  These courses may be taken for a total of four credits.

                Open to Residential Scholars.  Enrollment limited to 22 students.  T. Ammirati

 

SOUTH AFRICA  301  SOUTH AFRICA:  NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM  Apartheid and post-apartheid life as seen through novels and autobiographies of black and white South Africans.  A study of Nelson Mandela, the prisoner, negotiator and president.  Books by Andre Brink, J.M. Coetzee, Miriam Mathabane, Albie Sachs and Alistar Sparks.  Twenty hours of Community Service.  Field trips to local cultural events and sites may include cricket matches, Table Mountain and Robben Island.  This course is taught in SATA programs only.  M. Zimmer

 

STUDY ABROAD/TEACH ABROAD  101  An administrative course for students participating in Study Abroad/Teach Abroad.  12 credit hours.  Permission of the instructor required.