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2018-2019 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Course Numbering

The College of Wooster uses a five-digit course numbering system. The first three digits indicate the primary course number. The next two digits are the secondary course number and indicate whether there is a special focus for the course. For example:

The first letters are the department or program abbreviation. The next three digits are the primary course number (101 is the primary course number for all Introduction to Historial Study courses). The last two digits are the secondary course number. These two digits indicate that the special focus for this HIST 101 course is The History of Islam. A course with a given three-digit primary course number can only be taken once for credit unless specifically indicated otherwise by the department.

The following policy has been used in assigning primary course numbers:

  • 100-level courses are usually introductory courses; some 100-level courses do have prerequisites, and students are advised to consult the description for each course.
  • 200-level courses are usually beyond the introductory level, although many 200-level courses are open to first-year students and to majors and non-majors.
  • 300-level courses are seminars and courses primarily for majors but open to other students with the consent of the instructor.
  • The following numbers are for Independent Study: I.S. 40100 (Junior Independent Study), I.S. 45100 and I.S. 45200 (Senior Independent Study).

In addition to the regular course offerings, many departments offer individual tutorials under the number 40000 and internships under 41000. On occasion, departments will offer a course on a special topic as approved by the Educational Policy Committee, designated 19900, 29900, or 39900.

Abbreviation

In keeping with the general education requirements of the College’s curriculum
(see Degree Requirements ), course listings employ the following abbreviations:

W Writing Intensive 

C Studies in Cultural Difference

R Religious Perspectives

Q Quantitative Reasoning

AH Learning Across the Disciplines: Arts and Humanities

HSS Learning Across the Disciplines: History and Social Sciences 

MNS Learning Across the Disciplines: Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Except where otherwise noted, all courses carry one course credit.
 

History
  

  • HIST 30154 - Antisemitism

    Course Credit: 1
    (RELS)
    ANTISEMITISM Analyzes hatred of Jews from the Greco-Roman era until today. Topics includ anti-Judaism in Christianity and Islam; pseudoscientific racial Jew-hatred and the invention of antisemitism, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion; Nazi antisemitic ideology; Holocaust denial; antisemitism on today’s political right and left; and the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. Prerequisite(s): 1 History course; or permission of the instructor [C, HSS]
  

  • HIST 40000 - Tutorial

    Course Credit: 1
    TUTORIAL A one-semester tutorial that explores a specialized field of study. Specific readings and assignments are worked out by the student and the supervising faculty member together. Prerequisite: The approval of both the supervising faculty member and the chairperson is required prior to registration. May be repeated. Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • HIST 40100 - Junior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    (GLIS)
    JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY A one-semester tutorial that focuses upon the research skills, methodology, and theoretical framework necessary for Senior Independent Study. Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • HIST 41000 - Internship

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Maximum Credit: 1
    INTERNSHIP A structured, usually off-campus experience, in which a student extends classroom knowledge to a work position within a community, business, or governmental organization. Student interns work and learn under the joint guidance of a host organization supervisor and a College of Wooster mentor. The student must arrange the internship in advance through the appropriate department or program. No more than six internships, and a maximum of four Wooster course credits, will count toward graduation. The form for registering for an internship and the Internship Learning Plan are available in the office of the Registrar. (0.25-4 course credits) S/NC course. Prerequisite: The approval of a College of Wooster mentor, department chair, the faculty adviser, and the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning is required. May be repeated. S/NC. Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • HIST 45100 - Senior Independent Study 1

    Course Credit: 1
    (GLIS)
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and culminating in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): HIST-40100 Annually. Fall and Spring.
  

  • HIST 45200 - Senior Independent Study 2

    Course Credit: 1
    (GLIS)
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, culminating in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: HIST-45100. Annually. Fall and Spring.
 

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