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* WRIT 300 - Contemporary Theory and College Writing
Spring (1) Zuber
This course is designed to train students who have applied to work in the Writing Resources Center by analyzing the writing and speaking processes and the dynamics of one-on-one peer consultations.
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WRIT 367 - Advanced Expository Writing
Fall of Spring (3) Lowry, Meyers, Melfi, Pease, Peterson, Scheoenberger, Wenska, Zuber
Practice in writing papers of various types under supervision, emphasizing style and expository techniques. Sections limited to 15 students each. This course satisfies the Lower Division Writing Requirement.
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WRIT 401 - Topics in Writing Professionally
Fall or Spring (1-3) Staff
Instruction in skills, practices, and styles for careers in writing. Topics may include editing and publishing, technical writing, business writing, and grant writing. If
there is no duplication of topic, may be repeated for credit.
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FMST 150W - Freshman Seminar in Film & Media Studies
Fall or Spring (4) Staff
An introduction to various topics in Film and Media Studies.
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FMST 250 - Introduction to Film and Media Studies
Fall, Spring (4) Joyce, Lowry, Zuber, Staff GER 5
This research- and writing-intensive course introduces methods for critical engagement with texts across different media (e.g., film, digital media, TV, print, recorded music). Students are strongly encouraged to take 250 before enrolling in 300-level courses in the Program.
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FMST 302 - Theories of Film & Media
Fall (3) Staff
Explores major theoretical issues in visual culture since the advent of photography, as well as intersections with other theoretical approaches like critical theory, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, critical race theory, and postcolonialism. This course satisfies the major computing requirement.
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FMST 310 - Topics in Media History
Fall, Spring (3) Barnard, Joyce, Knight, Prokhorov, Staff
These courses examine the history of a medium/media in social, cultural, and political contexts, with particular attention to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This course may be repeated for credit when there is no duplication of topic.
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FMST 330 - Topics in Global Media
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
These courses focus on the cultural products, values, and identities that emerge and circulate through media produced in and for countries outside the U.S. May be repeated for credit when there is no duplication of topic.
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FMST 370 - Topics: Media in Practice
Fall, Spring (1-3) Barnard, Davis, Stock, Zuber
Introduction to creative practices in film, media, or festival production with an emphasis on collaborative, hands-on projects. May be repeated for credit when there is no duplication of topic.
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FMST 401 - Seminar in Film and Media Studies
Fall, Spring (3-4) Staff
Study in depth of a specialized topic in Film and/or Media Studies. This course maybe repeated for credit when there is no duplication of topic.
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FMST 480 - Independent Studies
Fall or Spring (1-4)
A program combining (as appropriate to the topic) extensive viewing, production, writing, reading and/or discussion in a specific area of Film and Media Studies. The syllabus for this tutorial will be agreed upon by the student and instructor and approved in advance by the Coordinator. This course is open only to students who have completed at least half the requirements for the Film and Media Studies Minor and may ordinarily only be taken once.
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GSWS 150 - Freshman Seminar
Fall or Spring (3)
Topics vary. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies or the registration schedule for topic descriptions. Normally open to first-year students only.
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GSWS 150W - Freshman Seminar
Fall and Spring (4) Staff
Writing intensive. Topics vary. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies or the registration bulletin for topic descriptions. Normally open to first-year students only.
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GSWS 151W - Freshman Seminar: Gender in Non-Western Cultures
Fall, Spring (4) Ozyegin, Staff (GER 4B)
An examination of practices and conceptualizations of gender and their social and cultural consequences in selected non-Western societies. Normally open to first-year students only. (Cross listed with SOCL 151W )
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GSWS 205 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies
Spring (4) Burns, Ozyegin, Putzi, Raitt, Staff (GER 4C)
An interdisciplinary exploration of sex and gender differences; race and class-based differences and divisions among women; feminist epistemologies and practices. Topics include feminist histories, gender development, body images/representations, “women’s work,” activisms/subversions. Seminar format and weekly forum.
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GSWS 221 - U.S. Women’s History, 1600 to the Present
Fall, Spring (3) Meyer, Wulf (GER 4A)
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the main themes and issues of the field as it has developed in the past two decades. Primary themes throughout this course include: work, sexual/ gender norms and values, women’s networks and politics, and how each of these has changed over time and differed for women from diverse cultures/communities. The course divides at 1870. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with HIST 221 )
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GSWS 222 - U.S. Women’s History, 1600 to the Present
Fall, Spring (3) Meyer, Wulf (GER 4A)
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the main themes and issues of the field as it has developed in the past two decades. Primary themes throughout this course include: work, sexual/ gender norms and values, women’s networks and politics, and how each of these has changed over time and differed for women from diverse cultures/communities. The course divides at 1870. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with HIST 222 )
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GSWS 290 - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies
Fall, Spring (1-4) Staff
A study of a topic in some aspect of feminist scholarship. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
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GSWS 304 - Gender in Society
Fall or Spring (3) Bickham Mendez, Slevin
This course explores different theoretical approaches to gender and its intersections with other sources of inequality such as race, class and age. Possible topics include: gender and sexuality, masculinities, gender and the body, and inequalities in the workplace and home. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with SOCL 304 )
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GSWS 305 - Feminist Women Activist for Developing India
Fall and Spring (3) Fowler (GER 7)
The class examines the ethical values and interpretations of political engagement, environmental protection and development of three feminist women activists, two Indian and one American, and all internationally reknown for working for the environment and human rights in India: Vandana Shiva, Arundhati Roy, and Martha Nussbaum. (Cross-listed with ENSP 305 )
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GSWS 306 - Women, Gender and Culture
Spring (3) Kerns Prerequisite(s): ANTH 202
An examination of ethnographic research on women and the cultural construction of gender. Emphasis is given to non-Western cultures, with some attention to the contemporary United States. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with ANTH 306 )
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GSWS 312 - Comparative Sociology
Fall and Spring (3) Ozyegin (GER 4B)
This course explores non-Western societies, including a critical examination of the way in which non-Western cultures have been interpreted in the West. Topics include gender, class, and race-based stratification; family systems; industrialization; urbanization; international migration; globalization; national cultures as “imagined communities.” Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with SOCL 312 )
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GSWS 313 - Gender and Postcoloniality
Fall (3) Staff (GER 7)
This course focuses on gender and power relationships in discussing: the imposition of European normative values and ideologies within colonial contexts; European identities and normativity as a dynamic and ever emerging process between the metropole and colony; indigenous resistance to European enculturation; indigenous norms, values and ideologies; and the postcolonial legacies of these processes. The course provides critical analysis of European employment of enlightenment thought and emerging ideas on race to justify colonial expansion and oppression. Students will critically examine the historical and ideological claims to legitimacy and power within contemporary nations. Have colonial tools of oppression been employed by nations to maintain gender hierarchies and privilege? This course is discussion intensive. (Cross-listed with ANTH 313 )
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GSWS 314 - Women and Love in Chinese Culture Literature. (In Translation
Spring (3) Tang (GER 4B, 5)
This course examines the practice of love or gender relationships in pre-modern China with an emphasis on the presentation of women in literary texts. Readings vary in genres and are analyzed within their own cultural, historical and philosophical context. Taught in English. (Cross listed with CHIN 316 )
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GSWS 315 - Women in Antiquity
Fall or Spring (3) Spaeth (GER 4A)
A study, through analysis of dramatic, historical and artistic sources, of the role of women in Greece and Rome. The role of women in the home, in politics and in religion will be discussed, as will the sexual mores involving both heterosexual women and lesbians. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with CLCV 315 )
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GSWS 316 - 20th-Century Italian Women Writers
Fall or spring (3) Angelone (GER 5)
Twentieth-century Italian women writers will be selected and read. The course will focus attention in particular on feminist issues. (Cross listed with ITAL 316 .)
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GSWS 317 - Women in Islam
Fall or Spring (3) Sonn (GER 4B)
A study of changing status and role of women in Muslim society. The course focuses on the relationship between religion and culture as they shape the lives and options of women in traditional society, in the modern period and in the contemporary Islamic experience. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with RELG 317 )
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GSWS 321 - Women in Africa and the Diaspora
Fall (3) Sanford (GER 4B, 5)
This course is a multidisciplinary study of women’s organizations and collective agency in a range of African, African-American and African Diasporic settings. It seeks to understand women’s collective actions, often described as “wars,” “riots,” and “strikes,” in the context of their own histories and societies. (Cross listed with AFST 321 )
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GSWS 331 - Feminist Theory and Contemporary Theatre
Fall or Spring (3) Wolf (GER 7)
Readings in contemporary feminist theory (psychoanalytic, materialist, Brechtian, and others) as these pertain to the body onstage, character construction, playwriting, and audience reception. Course also investigates feminist performance art, scripts, and revisionings of the dramatic canon. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with THEA 331 )
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GSWS 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Dramatizing Diversity
Spring (3) Tanglao-Aguas (GER 4C, GER 6)
Study of sexuality, gender and race in plays and films dramatizing marginalized communities in the United States and selected countries like France, Iran, Martinique, Mexico, the Philippines, Senegal, and Turkey. Course work includes acting, creative projects, teaching methods, and analytical essays. (Cross listed with THEA 332 and AFST 332 )
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GSWS 355 - Sport and Gender
Fall and Spring (3) Hall
A study of women’s involvement in sport, the meaning of this participation and the social ramifications of women’s inclusion in and exclusion from sport. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor.
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GSWS 375 - Feminist Research Methods
Spring (4) Putzi, Staff
An interdisciplinary course designed to acquaint students with the prevalent conceptual models and research methods used in feminist scholarship. Students will develop research projects based on the methodologies studied, and will present their findings at the end of the course. Fulfills either the Social Science or the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/ minor, and the major computing proficiency requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major.
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GSWS 380 - Rhymes with Witch: Sexual Politics in Contemporary Culture
Spring (3) Gray
This course investigates contemporary sexual politics including: representations of “Woman” and what women have been doing about them; postmodern “gender bending” in theory and practice; relationships among identity constructs such as gender, race, and sexuality; what happens when women aren’t “nice.” Fulfills either the Social Science or the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor.
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GSWS 390 - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies
Fall, Spring (1-4) Staff
An in-depth study of a topic in some aspect of feminist scholarship. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies for topic descriptions.
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GSWS 390A - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies-Humanities
Fall, Spring (1-4) Staff
An in-depth study of a topic in some aspect of feminist scholarship. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies or the registration bulletin for topic descriptions. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. May be repeated for credit
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GSWS 390B - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies-Social Sciences
Fall, Spring (1-4) Staff
An in-depth study of a topic in some aspect of feminist scholarship. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies or the registration bulletin for topic descriptions. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. May be repeated for credit
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GSWS 405 - Feminist Theory
Fall (3) Staff (GER 7)
An in-depth examination of contemporary feminist theories in relation to various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences as they interface with complexities of difference raised by issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Fulfills either the Humanities or the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies minor.
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GSWS 414 - Major African American Women Writers
Spring (3) McLendon, Braxton, Pinson
This course studies the fiction and non-fiction of major African American women writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Gloria Naylor. Some attention to black feminist/ womanist and vernacular theoretical issues through selected critical readings. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with ENGL 414A or AFST 414 )
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GSWS 416 - Literature and the Formation of Sexual Identity
Spring (3) Heacox
A study of the homosexual tradition and the formation of sexual identity in 19th and 20th century British and American literature. Authors include: Oscar Wilde, E.M. Forster, Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, Christopher Isherwood, Sigmund Freud and Michel Foucault. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/ minor (Cross listed with ENGL 416A )
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GSWS 420 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
Fall (3-4) Staff
Study of historical and contemporary representations of gender and sexuality in popular culture, with a focus on the production, consumption, and reception of texts. Primary texts may include new media, film, television shows, magazines, popular fiction, and/or music. Topics vary from semester to semester. If there is no duplication of topic, may be repeated for credit.
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GSWS 430 - Comparative Studies in Gender and Work
Fall or Spring (3) Ozyegin, Bickham Mendez Prerequisite(s): Recommended for juniors and seniors (GER 4B)
A multidisciplinary examination of work and gender in the global economy. Topics include: constructing gender at work; occupational segregation by gender, race, and ethnicity; national and transnational labor migration; immigrants’ work in the United States; and movements towards gender equality. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor (Cross listed with SOCL 430 )
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GSWS 480 - Independent Study
Fall and Spring (1-3) Staff
For majors who have completed most of their requirements and who have secured approval of the instructor(s) concerned. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits
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GSWS 490 - Senior Seminar
Fall or Spring (3-4)
In-depth study of a specialized topic relevant to Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies. Work in this course will reflect senior-level research. Check with Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies or the registration bulletin for topic descriptions. May be repeated for credit
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GSWS 492 - Women and the Law
Fall or Spring (3) Grover
This course will focus on the status and treatment of women in and under the law. It will be organized around the themes of women and work, women and the family, and women and health. Foundations for discussion will include readings of cases, legislation, historical and social science materials and jurisprudential work. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. Note: (Students must return to campus in time to attend when Law School classes start, usually one full week before undergraduate classes.) (Cross listed with PUBP 600 02 and LAW 492 01)
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† GSWS 495 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
Students admitted to Honors study in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies will be enrolled in this course during both semesters of their senior year. Each candidate will be responsible for: (a) formulating a program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor; (b) submission by April 15 of an Honors essay; (c) satisfactory performance in an oral examination on the subject of the Honors essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
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† GSWS 496 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
Students admitted to Honors study in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies will be enrolled in this course during both semesters of their senior year. Each candidate will be responsible for: (a) formulating a program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor; (b) submission by April 15 of an Honors essay; (c) satisfactory performance in an oral examination on the subject of the Honors essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
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GSWS 498 - Internship
Fall and Spring (1-3)
Note: May be repeated for a total of 6 credits Graded Graded pass/fail
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GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology
Fall and Spring (3) Staff (GER 2A)
An investigation of the major features of the earth and its materials and the interaction of the geologic processes active on the surface and in the interior of the earth. Topics include volcanoes, rivers, glaciers, earthquakes, natural resources, and global change. The lab course, GEOL 160 , is optional.
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GEOL 110 - Earth’s Environmental Systems: Physical Geography
Fall and Spring (3) Bailey, DeSisto, Lockwood (GER 2A)
Introduction to the interactions between the earth’s environmental systems – the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and solid earth. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the environment and the human condition. The lab course, GEOL 160 , is optional.
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GEOL 150W - Freshman Seminar in Geology
Fall and Spring (4) Macdonald, Owens
A course designed to introduce first-year students to topics in the study of geology. Satisfies the freshman writing requirement. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
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GEOL 303 - Age of Dinosaurs
Spring (3) Lockwood Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W .
In this course, we’ll use dinosaurs and the Mesozoic world to explore concepts of geologic time, extinction, climate change, evolution, and plate tectonics. Emphasis will also be placed on how science works and major discoveries in dinosaur paleontology.
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GEOL 305 - Environmental Geology
Spring (3) DeSisto Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and . Offered alternate years.
The application of geology toward understanding the connections between human activities and the environment. Topics include climate change, flooding and water pollution, coastal processes, and natural hazard prediction.
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GEOL 307 - Planetary Geology
Fall (3) Bailey Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W .
An investigation of planetary bodies in the Solar System. Topics include celestial mechanics, the formation of planets and satellites, planetary surfaces, and planetary atmospheres.
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GEOL 310 - Regional Field Geology
Spring, Summer (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and GEOL 160 , and instructor consent.
Field techniques and their application in the study of the geology and geologic history of selected regions. This course may be repeated for credit. One to four-week field trip with pre-field trip lecture sessions. Fee Required.
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GEOL 311 - Field Methods in the Earth Sciences
Fall or Spring (3) Bailey Prerequisite(s): GEOL 200.
Field techniques and their application to solve geological and environmental problems. Topics include GPS surveying, topographic surveying, bedrock and surficial mapping, and introduction to geophysical methods. Required field trips.
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GEOL 312 - Weather, Climate, and Change
Fall (3) Bailey
An introduction to meteorology and climate with an emphasis on the workings of the atmosphere. The course will consider weather forecasting, hazards, and the nature of climate and change through time.
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GEOL 314 - Watershed Dynamics
Spring (4) Chambers, Hancock Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W or or .
This team-taught course will combine biologic and hydrologic approaches to explore the interactions between the physical, biological, and chemical processes active in watersheds. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how interactions between these processes control water quality and biologic diversity, and how anthropogenic activities modify these processes. Laboratory is required. (Cross listed with ENSP 201 )
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GEOL 315 - Hydrology
Spring (4) Hancock Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and MATH 111 , and GEOL 160 .
Quantitative investigation of the major components of the hydrologic cycle and their interactions, including atmospheric water, surface water, and groundwater. Field trips required.
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GEOL 316 - Environmental Geochemistry
Fall (3) Kaste Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and CHEM 103 and GEOL 160 .
This course examines the chemical interactions among water, rock, and biota. We will investigate the basic inorganic and organic chemistry of nutrients, metals, and carbon. Topics covered include weathering, oceanic and terrestrial biogeochemical cycles and heavymetal deposition.
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GEOL 320 - Earth Surface Processes
Fall (4) Hancock Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and GEOL 160 .
A quantitative investigation of processes that act to shape the Earth’s surface. Explores the links between surface processes, tectonics, and climate; the mechanics and rates of landscape processes and evolution; and the movement of water on and near the surface.
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GEOL 321 - Rock-Forming Minerals
Fall (4) Owens Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and GEOL 160 .
An introduction to the structures, compositions, characteristic features, and uses of the most common minerals. This course will emphasize the fundamental role that minerals play as the building blocks of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Field trips.
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GEOL 322 - The Sedimentary Record
Spring (4) Macdonald Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and GEOL 160 .
An introduction to the origin and interpretation of sediments, fossils, and sedimentary rocks with a focus on depositional environments, paleoclimates, and the use of sediments, fossils, and sedimentary rocks in the interpretation of earth history. Field trips.
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GEOL 323 - Earth Structure & Dynamics
Spring (4) Bailey Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , and GEOL 160 .
An introduction to the internal structure of the earth and its dynamics. Geological and geophysical characteristics of the earth are used to understand tectonic processes. Examines major earth structures and investigates the physics of deformation. Field trips.
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GEOL 330 - Introduction to Marine Science
Spring (3) Bronk, Patterson, Tang Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W .
Description of physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes operating in the world ocean. The interdisciplinary nature of oceanography is emphasized, providing an integrated view of factors which control ocean history, circulation, chemistry and biological productivity. (Cross listed with BIOL 230 and MS 330 )
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GEOL 404 - Introduction to Geological Research
Spring (1) Bailey
Analysis of journal articles, discussion of research topics, and instruction in the use of library resources including electronic databases. Class work will include oral and written presentations and students will develop a formal research proposal for a senior research or Honors project in consultation with their research advisor. Enrollment is restricted to geology majors, normally in their junior year.
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GEOL 407 - Special Topics in Geology
Fall and Spring (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Advanced study of topics not routinely covered by existing courses. Subjects, prerequisites and instructor will vary from year to year. This course may be repeated for credit.
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* GEOL 409 - Independent Study in Geology
Fall and Spring (1-3) Staff
A program for geology majors who wish to pursue independent study of a problem or topic in geology. May be repeated for credit.
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GEOL 422 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Spring (3) Owens Prerequisite(s): GEOL 321 .
Mineral and rock genesis in the igneous and metamorphic environments. A study of hand specimens and thin sections, structures, textures, and areal distribution. Field trips.
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GEOL 423 - Paleontology
Spring (3) Lockwood Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W , or both and .
The taxonomy of fossil organisms and the role of fossils in the study of organic evolution and the time relations of rock sequences. The laboratory stresses invertebrate morphology and quantitative measurement of local marine fossils. Field trips. (Cross listed with BIOL 317 )
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GEOL 424 - Sedimentology Seminar
Fall (1-3) Lockwood Prerequisite(s): GEOL 322 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Sedimentology.
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GEOL 425 - Structural Geology Seminar
Fall (1-3) Prerequisite(s): GEOL 323 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Structural Geology.
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GEOL 426 - Paleobiology Seminar
Fall or Spring (1-3) Lockwood Prerequisite(s): GEOL 423 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Paleobiology.
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GEOL 427 - Surface Processes Seminar
Spring (1-3) Hancock Prerequisite(s): GEOL 320 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Surface Processes.
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GEOL 428 - Geochemistry Seminar
Fall (1-3) Kaste Prerequisite(s): GEOL 316 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Geochemistry.
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GEOL 429 - Hydrology Seminar
Fall or Spring (1-3) Hancock Prerequisite(s): GEOL 314 or GEOL 315 .
Advanced seminar in topics in Hydrology.
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GEOL 491 - Senior Research
Fall and Spring (2) Staff Prerequisite(s): GEOL 404 .
Independent study throughout the senior year culminating in a written thesis and a formal presentation.
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GEOL 492 - Senior Research
Fall and Spring (2) Staff Prerequisite(s): GEOL 404 .
Independent study throughout the senior year culminating in a written thesis and a formal presentation.
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† GEOL 495 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GEOL 404 .
The requirements of Honors study in geology include a program of research accompanied by readings from the original literature, the satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination in geology, and the preparation and presentation of an Honors essay based on the student’s reading and research. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see the Department Honors section of the catalog under Requirements for the Baccalaureate Degree.
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† GEOL 496 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GEOL 404 .
The requirements of Honors study in geology include a program of research accompanied by readings from the original literature, the satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination in geology, and the preparation and presentation of an Honors essay based on the student’s reading and research. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see the Department Honors section of the catalog under Requirements for the Baccalaureate Degree.
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GBST 390 - Topics in Global Studies
Fall or Spring (1-4) Staff
Selected topics in Global Studies are offered occasionally. The topic to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester. These courses may be repeated for credit.
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GBST 391 - Short Course in Global Studies
Fall or Spring (1) Staff
Selected topics in Global Studies are offered occasionally. The topic to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester. These courses may be repeated for credit.
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GBST 480 - Independent Study in Global Studies
Fall and Spring (3) Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
For majors who have completed most of their major requirements and who have secured approval from a supervising instructor. A Global Studies major can include no more than six hours of independent study. These courses may be repeated for credit, if the topic varies.
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† GBST 495 - Senior Honors in Global Studies
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
Please see the detailed description of the honors process in the opening of the Global Studies catalogue section.
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† GBST 496 - Senior Honors in Global Studies
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
Please see the detailed description of the honors process in the opening of the Global Studies catalogue section.
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GBST 498 - Internship
Fall and Spring credits to be arranged Staff
An internship offers work experience relevant to Global Studies, including international work experience, while providing opportunities to apply and develop ideas, languages and research techniques outside the classroom. Internships must be developed in cooperation with an on-site internship supervisor and a sponsoring William and Mary faculty member and must be approved in advance.
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GOVT 150W - Freshman Seminar
Fall or Spring (4) Staff
A course designed to introduce freshmen to topics in the study of government. Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.
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GOVT 151W - Freshman Seminar: American Politics
Fall or Spring (4) Staff
A course designed to introduce freshmen to the American political system, its institutions and processes. This course is a substitute for GOVT 201 . Students may not receive credit for both GOVT 151 and GOVT 201 . Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.
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GOVT 153W - Freshman Seminar: Comparative Politics
Fall or Spring (4) Staff (GER 3)
A course designed to introduce freshmen to the comparative analysis of political systems. Attention will focus on political processes, such as political socialization, participation and elite recruitment, and on political institutions, such as party systems, legislatures and bureaucracies. This course is a substitute for GOVT 203 . Students may not receive credit for both GOVT 153 and GOVT 203 . Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.
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GOVT 201 - Introduction to American Government and Politics
Fall or Spring (3) Staff
An introduction to the American political system, its institutions and processes.
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GOVT 203 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
Fall and Spring (3) Staff (GER 3)
An introduction to the comparative analysis of political systems. Attention will focus on political processes, such as political socialization, participation, and elite recruitment, and on political institutions, such as party systems, legislatures and bureaucracies. Examples will be drawn from developing systems, as well as from the more familiar Western countries.
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GOVT 204 - Introduction to International Politics
Fall and Spring (3) Staff (GER 3)
A study of the theory and practice of international politics. The course will consider the international system of states and the bases of national power.
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GOVT 301 - Research Methods
Fall and Spring (3) Staff
Survey of qualitative and quantitative methods commonly used in empirical political analysis. Emphasis on building skills such as hypothesis testing, inference and causal reasoning. This course satisfies the Major Computing Requirement in Government. It is highly recommended that students plan on taking it before junior year.
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GOVT 302 - Quantitative Methods
Fall or Spring (3) Manna, Staff Prerequisite(s): GOVT 301 or GOVT 307 or permission of instructor.
Introduces students to basic statistical theory and advanced quantitative methods. Examples come from sub-fields across political science. Emphasizes how to apply methods and interpret results to make informed inferences. Provides opportunities to use datasets commonly used in political science research.
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GOVT 303 - Survey of Political Theory: The Ancient Tradition
Fall or Spring (3) Lombardini (GER 7)
This course centers on the political works of Plato and Aristotle, as the standards of the classical tradition. Selected works of medieval Christian writers are also included.
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GOVT 304 - Survey of Political Theory: The Modern Tradition
Fall or Spring (3) Staff (GER 7)
This course deals with Renaissance and Enlightenment era political theory, including the works of thinkers such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Burke.
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GOVT 305 - Contemporary Political Theory
Spring (3) Stow (GER 7)
An examination of various approaches to political theory from the late 19th century to the present.
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GOVT 306 - Political Parties
Fall or Spring (3) McGlennon
An examination of the electoral, organizational and governmental activities of political parties in the American context. Emphasis will be placed on the transformation of parties and the consequences of this change for American democracy.
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GOVT 307 - Political Polling and Survey Analysis
Fall (3) Staff
Introduction to formulation, implementation and analysis of political and public policy surveys. Topics include the psychology of survey response, sampling, interviewing, focus groups, experimental design, hypothesis testing and data analysis. Students will conduct individual and group survey projects.
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