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2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

History

  
  • HIST 330 - America and China: U.S.-China Relations since 1784


    Credits: (3)
    A study of U.S.-China relations from 1784 to the present, with special attention to Sino-American relations in the 20th and 21st centuries. This course satisfies the department’s computing requirement.
  
  • HIST 331 - Modern Japanese History


    Credits: (3)
    A history of Japan from the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) to the present, with emphasis on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
    (formerly HIST 328)
  
  • HIST 332 - Modern Korean History


    Credits: (3)
    An examination of the major developments and issues in modern Korean history, including the collapse of the traditional order, Japanese colonial rule, the emergence of distinct political regimes in the north and south and north-south confrontation.
  
  • HIST 333 - Modern Chinese History


    Credits: (3)
    A history of China from 1644 to the present focusing on China’s imperial system, the experiment with republican government, and China under communist rule since 1949. This course satisfies the departments computing requirement.
    (formerly HIST 329)
  
  • HIST 334 - Nation, Gender, and Race in South Asia


    Credits: (3)
    This course examines the often inter-linked roles and definitions of nation, gender, and race, how these factors both undermined and reinforced British rule, and how they reshaped social relations in South Asia. Assignments include films, novels, memoirs, and travelogues.
    (formerly HIST 270)
  
  • HIST 336 - History of the Ottoman Empire: 1300-1923


    Credits: (3)
    The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest-lasting political structures in world history, ruling over a large portion of the Middle East and the Balkans for six centuries. This course is a survey of the history of the empire from its origins as a small principality in medieval Anatolia to a major world power in the sixteenth century, and to its eventual disintegration by the end of World War I. It intends to familiarize the students with the main political, social and cultural institutions of the Ottoman state and society, and how these changed over time. It will also introduce students to some of the major themes and recent trends in Ottoman historiography, including debates on the origins and decline of the Ottomans, the issue of Ottomans’ legacy for the successor states, as well as the growing research on Ottoman women. 
  
  • HIST 341 - United States Immigration History


    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): HIST 121  HIST 122  
    An introduction to the history of immigration to the United States from 1789 to the present. Emphasizing immigration from Ireland, China, Mexico and Eastern Europe, the course focuses on the history of U.S. immigration policy. It involves short lectures and discussions.
    (formerly HIST 431)
  
  • HIST 342 - The Invasion of North America


    Credits: (3)
    An introduction to the exploration, exploitation and colonization of eastern North America by the Spanish, French, English and Dutch; their cultural interaction with Native Americans in war and peace.
    (formerly HIST 426)
  
  • HIST 344 - Colonial North America, 1492-1763


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of the history of North America north of Mexico from the beginnings of sustained European contact through the end of the Seven Years’ War.
    (formerly HIST 411)
  
  • HIST 345 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789


    Credits: (3)
    An in-depth study of the origins of the American independence movement, the struggle between the rebellious colonies and the British Empire, the formation of the United States, and the salient cultural and social developments of the Revolutionary era.
    (formerly HIST 412)
  
  • HIST 346 - Antebellum America


    Credits: (3)
    Covering the period from 1815-1850, this course examines social, political, economic and cultural transformations in the pre-Civil War United States.
    (formerly HIST 415)
  
  • HIST 347 - US Civil War Era


    Credits: (3)
    Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the United States from 1850-1877. Military campaigns receive only minimal coverage.
    (formerly HIST 416)
  
  • HIST 348 - Old South


    Credits: (3)
    The American South from its colonial origins to the defeat of the Confederacy, including as major topics social structure, economic and geographic expansion, slavery as a system of profit and social control, the growth of southern sectionalism, and the southern mind.
    (formerly HIST 417)
  
  • HIST 349 - Exploring the Afro-American Past


    Credits: (3)
    A study of the commonalities and differences across Afro- America from the U.S. to Brazil. Works in Anthropology, History and Literature will be used to explore the nature of historical consciousness within the African Diaspora and diverse ways of understanding the writing about Afro-American pasts.
    (formerly HIST 345) Cross-listed with: AMST 402 and ANTH 429 
  
  • HIST 350 - Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Old South


    Credits: (3)
    Free and enslaved Afro-Southerners’ relations with one another and with whites from colonization to the Civil War. Themes include the variety of human experience under the slave regime; cultural affinities and differences among blacks, and between black and white Southerners.
    (formerly HIST 452)
  
  • HIST 351 - U.S. Gilded Age


    Credits: (3)
    1866-1901. Explores the collapse of Reconstruction and the rise of big business. Topics include Victorian sexuality, the Jim Crow South, craft unionism, cities in the West and literary naturalism. Preference to juniors and seniors.
    (formerly HIST 418)
  
  • HIST 352 - America in the World, 1763-1900


    Credits: (3)
    An examination of U.S. interactions with the wider world from 1763 to 1900. Topics include war, policymaking, economics, culture, immigration, religion, race, gender, and protest movements. 
    (formerly HIST 433)
  
  • HIST 353 - America in the World, 1901-Present


    Credits: (3)
    An examination of U.S. interactions with the wider world from 1901 to the present day. Topics include war, policymaking, economics, culture, immigration, religion, race, gender, and protest movements. 
    (formerly HIST 434)
  
  • HIST 354 - America and Vietnam


    Credits: (3)
    An examination of the United States’ role in Vietnam from 1945 to the present. The political, cultural, ideological and economic ramifications of the United States involvement will be analyzed from the American as well as the Vietnamese perspective.
    (formerly HIST 435)
  
  • HIST 355 - Religion in 19th Century America


    Credits: (3)
    This course explores how nineteenth-century Americans construed and debated personal religious experience, and how religious institutions developed and competed for social, cultural, and political power in this period.  Topics include: Reason and Revolution; Evangelicalism; Democratization; Class Formation; Millennialism and the Apocalypse; Antislavery, Proslavery, and Reform; Civil War Christianities; Gender; Religious Psychology; Liberalism, Fundamentalism, and Agnosticism; and the Varieties of Religious Experience.
  
  • HIST 357 - Medieval Europe


    Credits: (3)
    Surveys the history of medieval Europe from the later Roman Empire through the Renaissance.
  
  • HIST 358 - The European Renaissance


    Credits: (3)
    Investigation into the intellectual emphases and social and political contexts of humanist practices in Europe between 1314- 1598. Attention to historiography and historical method.
  
  • HIST 359 - The Reformation in Western Europe


    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): HIST 111  or consent of instructor.
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): CSI
    Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
    An investigation into the Catholic and Protestant Reformations in early modern Europe, 1500-1700. Examination of the foundations and effects of religious upheaval and codification. Attention to literacy, printing, the family, the creation of confessional identity and historiography.
  
  • HIST 360 - Roman Britain


    Credits: (3)
    The history and archaeology of Roman Britain. The story of the founding of the Roman province in Britain and its subsequent development. Examination of various aspects of Roman-British culture, including town life, fortifications, religion, art, villas, leisure and amusements.
    Cross-listed with: CLCV 340 
  
  • HIST 361 - Roman Greece


    Credits: (3)
    An archaeological, literary and cultural study of ancient Greece during the period in which Greece was part of the Roman Empire. How did Greece change under Roman rule, and how did Greek culture affect the rest of the empire?
    Cross-listed with: CLCV 341 
  
  • HIST 362 - History and Statecraft: Great Power Diplomacy, 1648-1949


    Credits: (3)
    This course uses case studies of episodes in Great Power politics from the Treaty of Westphalia to the founding of NATO to consider the application of history to current issues in international relations. Course readings prepare students to discuss and debate a range of key topics, such as the challenge of diplomatic/military overextension, foreign intervention in civil conflicts, relations among democracies and dictatorships, and the creation of successful (and unsuccessful) international structures. Evaluation is based on in-class participation, brief essays, and exams.
  
  • HIST 363 - The Age of Absolutism and Revolution in Europe, 1648-1789


    Credits: (3)
    An intensive survey of Europe in transition: absolutism, enlightenment, enlightened despotism. This course satisfies the Department’s computing requirement.
  
  • HIST 364 - The Age of Absolutism and Revolution in Europe, 1789-1870


    Credits: (3)
    An intensive survey of Europe in transition: revolution, industrialization and the emergence of the modern state. This course satisfies the Department’s computing requirement.
  
  • HIST 367 - Early Modern Britain, 1485-1714


    Credits: (3)
    This class introduces students to early modern British history, beginning with the wartime accession of Henry VII, the first Tudor king, in 1485 and concluding with the death of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, in 1714. It has sometimes been claimed that Britain emerged as the first modern society during this period, and this class is largely oriented towards providing students with historical tools useful for assessing the grounds of this claim, identifying its underlying assumptions, and determining its validity.
  
  • HIST 368 - Race, Class, and Gender in the British Empire


    Credits: (3)
    This course will survey the social and cultural history of the British Empire from the sixteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the ways in which diverse groups of people experienced empire. Themes will include migration, slavery, race, gender, imperial culture, class, and resistance to empire.
  
  • HIST 369 - History of Britain 1453-1783


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Britain.
  
  • HIST 370 - History of Britain 1783 to the Present


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Britain.
  
  • HIST 373 - East Central Europe


    Credits: (3)
    Modern history of the east-central region of Europe between Germany and Russia. Topics include: 19th century multi-national empires, 20th century (re)emergence of nation-states, citizens’ struggles to define political, social, and cultural identities despite foreign domination, and post-1989 developments.
  
  • HIST 377 - History of Russia to 1800


    Credits: (3)
    The political, cultural and intellectual development of Russia. From Kievan Rus’ to the end of the 18th century, tracing the Mongol occupation, the rise of Muscovy and the Romanov dynasty.
  
  • HIST 378 - History of Russia since 1800


    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): CSI
    Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
    The political, cultural and intellectual development of 19th and 20th century Russia, tracing the twilight of the Romanovs, the rise of socialist thought, and the Communist state.
  
  • HIST 382 - History of Spain


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of Spanish history from 1478 to 1978 that also asks students to investigate cultural, political and social issues in depth, such as the goals of inquisitors, the question of Spanish decline and the context of the Civil War.
  
  • HIST 383 - History of Germany to 1918


    Credits: (3)
    Origins and establishment of the modern German state to the First World War.
  
  • HIST 384 - History of Germany since 1918


    Credits: (3)
    Establishment and course of Hitler’s Third Reich, development of two Germanies since 1945, and their subsequent reunification.
  
  • HIST 385 - History of France, 1648 to 1800


    Credits: (3)
    Intensive examination of a pre-industrial society with special emphasis on social, economic and intellectual problems during the ancient regime and Revolution.
  
  • HIST 386 - History of France, 1800 to the Present


    Credits: (3)
    1800 to the present with special attention to social and economic problems as well as to the politics of 20th and 21st century France.
  
  • HIST 387 - England Under the Tudors, 1485-1603


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of developments in English political, social, intellectual, cultural, and religious history from the ascension of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
  
  • HIST 388 - Britain Under the Stuarts, 1603-1714


    Credits: (3)
    A survey of the political, religious, cultural, social, and intellectual history of the British Isles from the coronation of James VI and I in 1603 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714.
  
  • HIST 391 - Intellectual History of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Enlightenment


    Credits: (3)
    Cultural and intellectual development of the Western world from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
  
  • HIST 392 - Intellectual History of Modern Europe: 19th to the 21st Centuries


    Credits: (3)
    Cultural and intellectual development of the Western world from the Enlightenment to the present.
  
  • HIST 393 - American Cultural and Intellectual History from the Beginnings through the Early National Period


    Credits: (3)
    An interdisciplinary approach to the development of colonial and early national American culture and society, with special emphasis on the transit of European culture, regionalism and the emergence of the ideology of American exceptionalism.
    (formerly HIST 437)
  
  • HIST 394 - American Cultural and Intellectual History from the Early National Period through the Early 20th Century


    Credits: (3)
    An interdisciplinary approach to the development of colonial and early national American culture and society. Explores the social construction of knowledge, race, gender and class in the 19th- and early 20th-century United States, through an intensive reading of primary sources.
    (formerly HIST 438)
  
  • HIST 400 - Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia


    Credits: (3)
    A specialized study of the founding and development of Virginia from the founding of Jamestown through the early years of the new nation with special emphasis on the evolution of its social and political structure, economy, gender, race, and material culture. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 401 - Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia


    Credits: (3)
    An examination and assessment of the influence of gender, race, and power on the way in which all people–male and female; free and enslaved; Indian, European, and African–shaped the development of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Virginia society. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 402 - Thomas Jefferson in America and the World


    Credits: (3)
    This course explores the life of Thomas Jefferson, his contributions to ideas of liberty and government that reverberate in the world, and his many complex legacies that are part of United States history and culture, including being one of America’s most famous slaveholders and author of Indian extermination policies. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 403 - Archaeology of Colonial Williamsburg and Tidewater Virginia


    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisites: ANTH 301 or consent of instructor. This course examines the archaeological research on sites located in and around Williamsburg, the capital of the colony of Virginia from 1699-1781, as a way of reviewing the theory and method of historical archaeology. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
    Cross-listed with: ANTH 457  and ANTH 557
  
  • HIST 404 - Foodways and the Archaeological Record


    Credits: (3)
    In a seminar format, students will draw upon archaeological, historical, and anthropological studies to explore topics such as human-animal relationships surrounding the procurement and production of food, as well as the distribution, preparation, and consumption of food. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .  
    Cross-listed with: ANTH 426  and ANTH 526
  
  • HIST 405 - History of Museums and Historic Preservation-US 1850-Present


    Credits: (3)
    This course will identify and challenge how landmark institutions define and redefine culture, history, and their own significance. We will consider private, volunteer, and government roles in preserving and creating historic sites, and how museums and public history have changed since the mid-nineteenth century. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 406 - Architectural History Field School


    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): CSI
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    The course introduces students to the methods used in the investigation, description, and recording of historic buildings. The program is intended to help students distinguish the form, fabrication, and assembly of materials and building elements and understand their chronology. They will learn how to read and apply field evidence to answer larger questions concerning architectural and social history. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 407 - Field School in Material Culture


    Credits: (3)
    This course provides tools for using material culture as a source for history through multidisciplinary study in the identification, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material objects. The material culture of tobacco provides our subject, from ancient forms of consumption, agricultural practices, labor systems, to the rise of the modern corporation. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 408 - Field School in Public History


    Credits: (3)
    This course fulfills the NIAHD internship requirement and is designed to give students practical experience in a museum setting with a background of readings in public history and classroom discussion sessions designed to promote both critical and scholarly engagement with an individually chosen topic. The instructor will work with students before the start of the semester to arrange for a museum professional to host the student in a professional working environment for 10-12 hours a week in addition to the class meetings. This course is sponsored by NIAHD.
  
  • HIST 409 - Public History


    Credits: (3)
    Public History explores how history museums, especially Colonial Williamsburg, present history and make it meaningful today. The course uses current issues of society, politics, and race to interpret institutions that purport to speak to the collective identity of Americans through such media as museum exhibitions, performances, and interpretations books, film, and digital communications. This course is sponsored by NIAHD.
  
  • HIST 410 - Early American Architecture


    Credits: (3)
    This course is intended to introduce students to issues and research methods in early American architecture. Buildings are examined as expressions of fine art and social history. The course focuses on a variety of topics, building types, and theoretical approaches by examining archaeological and documentary sources and standing structures. This course is sponsored by NIAHD .
  
  • HIST 413 - Topics in History


    Credits: (3)
    Topics vary by semester. For current offerings, please consult the course schedule posted on my.wm.edu.
    (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.) (formerly HIST 490)
  
  • HIST 414 - Topics in History


    Credits: (3)
    Topics vary by semester. For current offerings, please consult the course schedule posted on my.wm.edu.
    (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.) (formerly HIST 491)
  
  • HIST 467 - Independent Study


    Credits: (3)
    A tutorial designed primarily for history majors who wish to pursue independent study of a problem or topic. Programs of study will be arranged individually with a faculty supervisor. Admission by consent of the chair of the department. Students must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average to pursue independent study in history.
    (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.)
  
  • HIST 468 - Independent Study


    Credits: (3)
    A tutorial designed primarily for history majors who wish to pursue independent study of a problem or topic. Programs of study will be arranged individually with a faculty supervisor. Admission by consent of the chair of the department. Students must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average to pursue independent study in history.
    (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.)
  
  • HIST 490C - Capstone Seminar


    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Topics vary by semester.
    Note: For current offerings, please consult the course schedule posted on my.wm.edu. (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.)
  
  • HIST 491C - Capstone Seminar


    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Topics vary by semester.
    Note: For current offerings, please consult the course schedule posted on my.wm.edu. (These courses may be repeated for credit if there is no duplication of topic.)
  
  • HIST 494 - Honors Seminar


    Credits: (0)
    Corequisite(s): HIST 495  
    This seminar provides support for students writing honors theses in History.  Taken during the first semester of honors work, it guides students through the process of developing a bibliography, engaging historiography, writing a literature review, crafting an argument, and refining their prose. 
    Graded: Pass/Fail
  
  • HIST 495 - Honors


    Credits: (3)
    Corequisite(s): HIST 494  
    Students admitted to honors study in history will be enrolled in this course during the first semester of honors work, typically in the fall of their senior year. Each candidate will be responsible for (a) reading and discussion of a selected list of books in some specific area of historical literature; and (b) preparing to submit a scholarly thesis to his or her advisor two weeks before the last day of classes of his or her graduating semester. When taken in the fall semester, students must concurrently enroll in HIST 494. Admission by consent of the department chair. The department’s honors program guidelines are available on the department’s website and in hard copy (consult the department secretary). Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
    Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
  
  • HIST 496 - Honors


    Credits: (3)
    Students admitted to honors study in history will be enrolled in this course during the second semester of honors work, typically in the spring of their senior year. Each candidate will be responsible for (a) reading and discussion of a selected list of books in some specific area of historical literature; (b) submission of a scholarly thesis to his or her advisor two weeks before the last day of classes of his or her graduating semester; (c) a comprehensive oral examination. Admission by consent of the department chair. The department’s honors program guidelines are available on the department’s website. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
    Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
  
  • HIST 499 - Internship in History


    Credits: (1-3)
    This designation is used for internships that would count towards the major in history. Each internship application can be approved only by the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies who will decide whether the internship meets the academic standards and work requirements of the
    history department.

Interdisciplinary Studies

  
  • INTR 100 - Big Ideas in Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 100
    An exploration of significant questions and integrative concepts in Interdisciplinary Studies, their grounding in the process of scientific discovery and application, and their broader relevance to society. Designed for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
  
  • INTR 110 - Wellness Applications


    Credits: (1)
    Wellness Applications are one-credit, pass/fail courses that provide students with sustained and engaged wellness experiences, as well as perspective on associated history, philosophical, and health considerations.  There will be several Applications each semester on topics such as creative arts, yoga, bicycling, outdoor experiences, and mindfulness. Students may only register for one Wellness Application course in each semester, however the course may be repeated in future semesters if the topic varies.
    May be repeated if topic varies.
  
  • INTR 150 - First-Year Seminar


    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 150
    An exploration of interdisciplinary topics in a seminar format. A grade of C- or better fulfills the COLL 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
  
  • INTR 160 - Digital Information Literacy


    Credits: (1)
    Examines how computers process digital information; communicating using computers; security and privacy issues; analyzing research needs; finding information electronically; evaluating the information found; and information ethics.
  
  • INTR 161 - Transitions: W&M


    Credits: (1)
    This course’s academic content will introduce students to some Scottish history and literature: Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World, some literature by Walter Scott, Robert Burns, James Hogg, and R.L. Stevenson. It will also fulfill the DIL requirement through assignments that require students to do research online, construct a digital project, and offer a PowerPoint presentation to the class (all students also complete the College Studies course in the summer).
  
  • INTR 162 - Transitions: St Andrews


    Credits: (1)
    This course is part informational and part academic, and is designed for first year Joint Degree Programme students to prepare them for their second year abroad. The course’s theme is “Transitions” and looks at people and characters who are experiencing two (or more) different cultures. Along with academic content and assignments, there will be guest speakers on topics relevant to the students’ transition and to help answer their questions and address concerns.
    Graded: Pass/Fail
  
  • INTR 201 - History of Science and Race


    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): CSI
    Domain (Reaching Out): ALV, NQR
    This class examines how, during the past two hundred years, science has both promoted and debunked the idea of race and racial hierarchy. We will read primary scientific texts in order to, first, see how what counts as “scientific knowledge” has changed during the past two centuries. Second, see how scientists have dealt with the problem of explicit or implicit value judgments in scientific research regarding race. Third, to discover how different scientific methdologies have developed over time. Last, to learn some basics of evolutionary biology from Darwin through the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis of the 20th century.
  
  • INTR 220 - Curating, Collecting, and Connoisseurship


    Credits: (3)
    This seminar, held in the Muscarelle Museum of Art, emphasizes the role of the curator in the museum field, especially in the areas of exhibition, preparation,
    cataloguing, and public speaking. Through exploration of the Muscarelle permanent collection, seminar students will also gain practical curatorial training in primary source research that will provide a foundation in the knowledge and skills expected of museum professionals. Lectures by the Museum’s permanent staff will broaden the students’ knowledge of the inner-workings of a museum and the variety of skillsets required in a productive and attractive museum. Students may take this course two times for credit, making it possible for them to work with additional materials for exhibition and to learn more about connoisseurship curation. 
    (May be repeated once for credit.)
  
  • INTR 299 - W&M Summer Study Abroad Program Preparatory Course


    Credits: (1)
    This course is designed specifically for students going on one of the W&M Summer Study Abroad Programs and is intended to enhance a student’s cross-cultural understanding and experience, and to cover a variety of pre-departure questions. This course will include substantive academic content.
  
  • INTR 301 - Emerging Research in Action


    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 300
    Emerging Research in Action will challenge students to engage, evaluate, and produce social knowledge in active experiential learning contexts such as educational, corporate, non-profit, and governmental organizations, or also community, grassroots, or neighborhood organizing with defined parameters for action and learning.  As an online, asynchronous course, Emerging Research is especially suitable for students who will be involved in community-based research, summer internships or sustained activism or volunteerism within communities throughout the third summer school session at William and Mary.  Students are NOT required to be located in Williamsburg, VA or the U.S. continent for enrollment; asynchronous accommodations will be made for students’ whose experiences are outliers to U.S. time zones.  However, consistent Internet access is required.
  
  • INTR 322 - Introduction to Library Resources


    Credits: (1)
    Course Objectives: to gain an understanding of the role of libraries and information in American culture and society today; to acquire a theoretical and logical approach to information gathering; to learn the practical skills of identifying, locating, evaluating, and effectively using print and electronic information sources.
  
  • INTR 350 - Emergent Dialogues: The Intersection of Art and Science


    Credits: (4)
    Three-week intensive course straddling art and science. Motivated by the science of complex systems thinking, students will create sculptures interacting with the landscape of Matoaka Woods. This course will foster a creative, interdisciplinary, and reciprocal dialogue between artists and scientists.
  
  • INTR 390 - Topics


    Credits: (1-4)
    This topics course allows students to study interdisciplinary material at an intermediate level.
  
  • INTR 455 - Pilgrimage Studies Seminar


    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): Instructor Permission
    Intensive seminar on pilgrimage studies in Santiago, Spain, a major goal of Christian quests in a medieval and modern times. Interdisciplinary approaches to travel for transformation in diverse traditions through an examination of history, monuments, and current religious and touristic practices.
  
  • INTR 456 - Pilgrimage Studies Field Research


    Credits: (4)
    Corequisite(s): INTR 455 .
    Intensive guided field research on pilgrimage studies and practices In Santiago, Spain, or on the pilgrimage trails leading to its shrine. Interdisciplinary approaches to travel for transformation through mentored data collection and analysis on history, monuments, and current religious and touristic practices.
  
  • INTR 470 - Leadership Theory and Application


    Credits: (3)
    This course aims to help students think critically about what makes for successful leaders in the public sector. Lessons and examples are drawn from
    history, communication studies, education, philosophy, sociology, and politics as well as from the field of social entrepreneurship. The class will explore the complex challenges that affect our communities today. This innovative curriculum combines rigorous academic work with a variety of
    site visits to locations and agencies throughout Washington DC.Through lectures, discussions, debates, readings and writing assignments, students will develop a deeper perspective from which to interpret, question, reflect upon, and engage with the underlying issues within engaged community leadership.
    Cross-listed with: EDUC 470 
  
  • INTR 480 - Independent Study


    Credits: (1-4)
    For majors who have completed most of their major requirements and who have secured approval of the Committee on Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies and that of the instructor(s) concerned. An interdisciplinary major may include no more than six hours of Independent Study.
  
  • INTR 490 - Topics:Interdisciplinary Study


    Credits: (1-4)
  
  • INTR 491 - Short Course in Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credits: (1)
    This course may be repeated for credit if topics vary.
  
  • INTR 493 - Civic Agency Project I


    Credits: (3)
    The Civic Agency Project (CAP) is an undergraduate think tank that focuses on problems of civic engagement and democratic leadership.  Based at the Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence at the College of William & Mary, CAP is designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and civic engagement.  The project educates students in multi-disciplinary approaches to democratic engagement that are centered in the liberal arts, while emphasizing the leadership virtues of compassion, intellectual openness, self-awareness, public-mindedness, and personal integrity.  It combines both experiential and curricular opportunities designed to facilitate the creation of projects that will uncover, explore, and act on the problems of contemporary democratic life.  Finally, it offers students opportunities to connect with civically engaged scholars, expert mentors, and a strong, supportive community of their peers.

    CAP fellows will identify key issues related to civic engagement and will develop projects designed with the goal of reinvigorating our democratic virtues, practices, and institutions.  Undergraduate fellows will have the opportunity to present their projects to the William & Mary community at an end-of-the-year symposium.

  
  • INTR 494 - Civic Agency Project II


    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): INTR 493  
    The Civic Agency Project (CAP) is an undergraduate think tank that focuses on problems of civic engagement and democratic leadership.  Based at the Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence at the College of William & Mary, CAP is designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and civic engagement.  The project educates students in multi-disciplinary approaches to democratic engagement that are centered in the liberal arts,

    while emphasizing the leadership virtues of compassion, intellectual openness, self-awareness, public-mindedness, and personal integrity.  It combines both experiential and curricular opportunities designed to facilitate the creation of projects that will uncover, explore, and act on the problems of contemporary democratic life.  Finally, it offers students opportunities to connect with civically engaged scholars, expert mentors, and a strong, supportive community of their peers.

     

    CAP fellows will identify key issues related to civic engagement and will develop projects designed with the goal of reinvigorating our democratic virtues, practices, and institutions.  Undergraduate fellows will have the opportunity to present their projects to the William & Mary community at an end-of-the-year symposium.

  
  • INTR 495 - Interdisciplinary Honors


    Credits: (3)
    Students admitted to Interdisciplinary Honors 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 of an Honors essay two weeks before the last day of classes of the semester in which the essay is being completed; (c) satisfactory performance in an oral examination on the subject matter of the Honors essay. The procedures and standards for Interdisciplinary Honors will be those in force in the department of the students primary faculty advisor. The primary faculty advisor, with the approval of CHIS, may make appropriate changes to those procedures and standards. Requests for these exceptions must accompany the student’s proposal to do Honors.
    Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
  
  • INTR 496 - Interdisciplinary Honors


    Credits: (3)
    Students admitted to Interdisciplinary Honors 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 of an Honors essay two weeks before the last day of classes of the semester in which the essay is being completed; (c) satisfactory performance in an oral examination on the subject matter of the Honors essay. The procedures and standards for Interdisciplinary Honors will be those in force in the department of the students primary faculty advisor. The primary faculty advisor, with the approval of CHIS, may make appropriate changes to those procedures and standards. Requests for these exceptions must accompany the student’s proposal to do Honors.
    Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
  
  • INTR 499 - Washington Semester Internship


    Credits: (3)
    Corequisite(s): Enrollment in Washington Program
    This course combines an internship experience in Washington, D.C., with individual research supervised by the Washington Program instructor and results in a substantial assignment. Only students already accepted into the Washington Program are eligible to enroll.

International Relations

  
  • INRL 300 - International Relations in Disciplinary Perspectives


    Credits: (4)
    Prerequisite(s): GOVT 204 ; ECON 101  & ECON 102 ; HIST 192 .
    INRL 300 is a course that addresses contemporary issues in international relations from three distinct disciplinary perspectives. It examines what these disciplines can tell us about issues driving the choices of states, firms, NGOs, social groups, consumers, and citizens.
  
  • INRL 300D - International Relations in Disciplinary Perspectives


    Credits: (4)
    Prerequisite(s): GOVT 204 ; ECON 101  & ECON 102 ; HIST 192 .
    INRL 300 is a course that addresses contemporary issues in international relations from three distinct disciplinary perspectives. It examines what these disciplines can tell us about issues driving the choices of states, firms, NGOs, social groups, consumers, and citizens.
  
  • INRL 390 - Topics in International Relations


    Credits: (1-4)
    Selected topics in International Relations 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.
  
  • INRL 391 - Short Course in International Relations


    Credits: (1)
    Selected topics in International Relations 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.
  
  • INRL 395 - Diplomacy Lab


    Credits: (1-3)
    Course for students accepted into the State Department’s Diplomacy Lab program. Separate sections will be offered for each of the Diplomacy Lab projects. Instructor permission required.
    Cross-listed with:  
  
  • INRL 480 - Independent Study in International Relations


    Credits: (1-3)
    Independent Study is an option for majors who have completed most of their major requirements and who have secured approval from a supervising instructor. An IR major can include no more than six hours of independent study. Forms for this purpose are available from the IR program or may be downloaded from the Program’s web site.
  
  • INRL 491 - Seminar: Topics in International Relations


    Credits: (4)
    Prerequisite(s): INRL 300  
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Selected topics in international relations, the topic to be announced prior to the beginning of the semester. Special emphasis will be given to the active involvement of members of the seminar in individual research projects and the preparation of research papers. May be repeated for credit only with Program permission.
    May be repeated for credit only with Program permission.
  
  • INRL 495 - Senior Honors in International Relations


    Credits: (3)
    Students who wish to conduct an honors project must apply for admission to the Senior Honors program. As part of the application, students must submit a prospectus to the Charles Center by the end of classes in the academic semester before the project is to begin. A prospectus includes: (1) a clear statement of the problem to be researched; (2) a brief, critical review of scholarly literature on the research topic; (3) a description of the methodology to be employed; (4) and an approximate schedule of work. Eligible applicants must carry a 3.4 grade point average in International Relations and must also meet the College eligibility standard of 3.0 overall or in their junior year. For further information and an application, contact the Charles Center. Students admitted into the Senior Honors program in International Relations will enroll in these courses during both semesters of their senior year. Honors candidates are responsible for (1) formulating and completing a program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor; (2) meeting with the committee prior to the end of the first semester to present preliminary work, (3) preparation and presentation, by two weeks before the last day of classes in the spring semester, of an honors essay; and (4) satisfactory performance in a comprehensive oral examination which focuses on the subject matter of the honors essay.
    Note: For College provisions governing admission to the Senior Honors program, see the discussion of major honors elsewhere in this catalog and the Charles Center web site.
  
  • INRL 496 - Senior Honors in International Relations


    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Students who wish to conduct an honors project must apply for admission to the Senior Honors program. As part of the application, students must submit a prospectus to the Charles Center by the end of classes in the academic semester before the project is to begin. A prospectus includes: (1) a clear statement of the problem to be researched; (2) a brief, critical review of scholarly literature on the research topic; (3) a description of the methodology to be employed; (4) and an approximate schedule of work. Eligible applicants must carry a 3.4 grade point average in International Relations and must also meet the College eligibility standard of 3.0 overall or in their junior year. For further information and an application, contact the Charles Center. Students admitted into the Senior Honors program in International Relations will enroll in these courses during both semesters of their senior year. Honors candidates are responsible for (1) formulating and completing a program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor; (2) meeting with the committee prior to the end of the first semester to present preliminary work, (3) preparation and presentation, by two weeks before the last day of classes in the spring semester, of an honors essay; and (4) satisfactory performance in a comprehensive oral examination which focuses on the subject matter of the honors essay.
    Note: For College provisions governing admission to the Senior Honors program, see the discussion of major honors elsewhere in this catalog and the Charles Center web site.
 

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