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2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EAST 40100 - Junior Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY A one-semester course that focuses upon the research skills, methodology, and theoretical framework necessary for Senior Independent Study. Annually.
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EAST 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
EXPERIENCE IN THE DISCIPLINE A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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EAST 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS 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 which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): EAST-40100 Annually.
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EAST 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): EAST-45100 Annually.
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ECON 215 - Money and Banking Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MONEY AND BANKING
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ECON 10100 - Principles of Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(BUEC, EDUC, GLIS, URBN)
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS An introductory study of the fundamental principles of the operation of the market system, the determination of national income, and the role of money in the economy. Annually. [HSS, Q, QL]
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ECON 11000 - Quantitative Methods Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(BUEC, ENVS, GLIS, URBN)
QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS An introduction to analytical decision-making and its role in business and economic policy. The course includes a discussion of the limitations of quantitative methods and illustrates various techniques with computer applications. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 [HSS, Q, QL]
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ECON 20100 - Intermediate Micro Economic Theory Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(BUEC, GLIS)
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY The theory of the consumer; theory of the firm and the industry; the analysis of price determination under a market conditions, ranging from pure competition to monopoly; constrained optimization. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 and MATH-10400 (or MATH-10800 or MATH-11000)(May be taken concurrently); MATH-10400, MATH-10800, or MATH-11100. May be taken concurrently. Annually. [HSS]
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ECON 20200 - Intermediate Macro Economic Theory Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(BUEC, GLIS)
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY An analysis of the theory of national income determination, employment, and inflation, including a study of the determinants of aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100, sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor. Annually. [HSS]
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ECON 20500 - History & Philosophy of Economic Thought Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT An analysis of the development of economic thought and method, with emphasis on the philosophical bases and historical context for alternative schools of thought. The course will examine the important characteristics of alternative schools of thought (e.g., Marxist, neoclassical, institutional), and will consider the implications of these alternative schools for economic research and policy. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 [HSS, W]
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ECON 21000 - Econometrics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(BUEC, GLIS, URBN)
ECONOMETRICS Application of multiple regression analysis to economics. Particular attention is paid to identifying and correcting the violations of the classic model using Stata. Consideration of special topics, including time series forecasting, limited dependent variables, and panel data methods. Prerequisite: ECON-11000. Annually. Fall and Spring. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-11000 Annually. [MNS]
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ECON 23200 - Labor Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LABOR ECONOMICS An application of economic theory to the labor market, with particular emphasis on the U.S. labor market. Topics include: labor demand, labor supply, human capital theory, theories of labor market discrimination, unions, and inequality in earnings. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 [D, HSS]
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ECON 24000 - Environmental and Natural Resource, Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS An examination of the economic use of natural resources in society: the economic implications of finite resource supplies, renewable resource supplies, and the use of environmental resources with consideration of policy options regarding optimal resource use. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 [HSS]
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ECON 24500 - Economics of Gender Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ECONOMICS OF GENDER An investigation of the relationships between economic institutions (e.g., labor force, family, and government) and the role of women in our society, and the implications of the changing role of women for institutional change. Focus on the way traditional tools of economic analysis have been used to address issues that affect women’s economic status, and on feminist critiques of these methods. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 Alternate Years. [HSS]
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ECON 25100 - Global Exchange and International Trade Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
GLOBAL EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE This course develops critical, reflective, and theoretical tools to understand the impact of exchange and international trade historically and in its contemporary manifestations. Students will derive theoretical economic models to show the impact of international trade is mixed and multifaceted. The class uses reflective interludes, stepping-back from rigorous theoretical derivations to contemplate the limits of economic insight. As we start to understand trade historically and from other perspectives, students will see where economic frameworks are useful and limited. Students will be asked to engage with the contemporary global discourse on trade. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 Alternate Years. [GE, HSS]
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ECON 25400 - Economic Development Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT This course will introduce students to the various economic schools of thought concerning the process of economic development. Traditionally economic development has been associated with increasing GDP per capita but this vision has broadened to incorporate, marxists, humanists, gender-aware economists, environmentalists, economic geographers, as well as mainstream neo-classical economists. A political economy approach that incorporates political, social, as well as economic factors affecting development will be the main focus of the course. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 Annually. [HSS]
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ECON 26100 - Urban Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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URBAN ECONOMICS An analysis of economic activity in the spatial context of urban areas from the perspective of inefficient resource allocation resulting from externalities; theories of industrial location, land use, housing markets; application of models to urban problems of growth, land use, slums, ghettos, transportation, pollution, and local government, etc., with consideration of alternative policy options. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 Annually. [HSS]
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ECON 26300 - Law & Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LAW AND ECONOMICS An examination of law and legal institutions from the perspective of economics. Economics is used to explain aspects of common and statute law, and legal cases illustrate economic concepts. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 [HSS]
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ECON 26800 - Health Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HEALTH ECONOMICS An application of economic theory to the market for medical care and health insurance. Other topics include the role of government in these markets, health care reform, and international comparison of health care systems. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-10100 Alternate Years. [HSS]
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ECON 29900 - Special Topics in Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS A course designed to explore an application of economic analysis to a contemporary economic issue. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): ECON-10100
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ECON 29902 - Alternative Financial Institutions Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS This course will explore the economics of four types of alternative financial institutions: Microfinance, Islamic Finance, Amish Insurance and Funerary/Rotating Savings Associations. These institutions purport to be different than conventional finance. We will explore how risk is shared in these institutions and how they tackle the fundamental problems of moral hazard and adverse selection. We will also examine the public good, gender, and social capital aspects of these different types of institutions. Students are expected to write literature reviews for one aspect of each of these types of institutions and these will be shared publicly on a Wiki with Creative Commons rights. Prerequisite(s): ECON-10100 [W]
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ECON 29904 - Money and Banking Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MONEY AND BANKING Money and Banking emphasizes the financial system, financial institutions, central banks, monetary policy and financial stability. The course studies the role that money and interest rates play in the operation of the U.S. economy. Prerequisite(s): ECON-10100
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ECON 29905 - Environmental Urban Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ENVS, URBN)
ENVIRONMENTAL URBAN ECONOMICS This course applies economic ideas to contemporary environmental issues within the context of urban dynamics. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding the unique nature of pollution, externalities, environmental regulation, policy, and environmental justice in an urban setting. We will also discuss the design of incentives to reduce urban externalities such as crime, pollution and traffic congestion. Relevant examples that relate urban dynamics to environmental issues in both high and low-income countries will be covered. Prerequisite(s): Prequisite: ECON-10100 or Permission of Instructor [HSS]
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ECON 29906 - Economic Topics in Environmental Justice Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ECONOMIC TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Environmental injustice occurs when certain groups bear a disproportionate share of negative environmental consequences. This course examines the economics literature to shed light on various aspects of environmental injustice including sources of injustice, relevant government incentives and policies, and behavior of polluting firms. We will also examine environmental justice in urban planning such as the topic of environmental gentrification. The course will develop the theoretical framework used in economic analysis of environmental injustice and then examine empirical evidence using a variety of case studies. Prerequisite(s): ECON-10100; or permission of instructor
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ECON 29907 - Economics of Mobility and Migration Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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ECONOMICS OF MOBILITY AND MIGRATION This course uses economic methodologies to understand the decision to migrate or move, the impacts of migration or movement on markets and government budgets. The consequences of immigration policies will be studied in a global context. Student will also be given the opportunity to critique the extant economic framework of migration using perspectives from the interdisciplinary field of mobility studies and center discourses from the global south. Prerequisite(s): ECON-10100; or permission of instructor
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ECON 31000 - Introduction to Econometrics Course Credit: 1
ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS A discussion of the mathematical and theoretical foundations of the classical linear regression model. Empirical extensions of that model are then considered, for example: topics related to causal inference, experimental methods, instrumental variables approach, or machine learning techniques Prerequisite(s): ECON 21000 Alternate years [MNS]
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ECON 31500 - Public Finance Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
PUBLIC FINANCE An investigation of the economics of the public sector to determine an optimum level and structure of the revenues and expenditures of government; includes the relation between government and the private sector, the theory of public goods and collective decision-making, cost-benefit analysis, the structure and economic effects of various taxes, and inter-governmental relations among federal, state, and local governments. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20100 Annually.
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ECON 32000 - Industrial Organization Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION An application of microeconomic theory to firms and industries. Topics include market structure, pricing practices, advertising, antitrust, and public policy. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20100
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ECON 32500 - Agency Economics Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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AGENCY IN ECONOMICS This course surveys how economists have studied and conceptualized individual and group agency-or the capacity for human beings to make choices and to impose those choices on the world around them. Topics examining the main insights from Classical, Evolutionary, Behavioral, and Experimental Game Theory are explored. Additional topics survey the principle findings and implications of Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics, and Behavioral Finance for Economics and related social sciences. Prerequisite(s): Take ECON-20100 (Intermediate Micro Economic Theory)
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ECON 33500 - Monetary Economics Course Credit: 1
MONETARY ECONOMICS The role of money and the nature of the Federal Reserve’s management of the monetary system are examined in the context of the U.S. financial system and economy. Topics include the term structure of interest rates, economic effects of banking regulations, formulation and execution of monetary policy, and transmission channels through which monetary policy affects employment and inflation. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20200
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ECON 35000 - International Finance Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCE An analysis of the international financial system and policy issues related to world economic interdependence. Topics include exchange rate determination, balance of payments adjustments, monetary and fiscal policies in the open economy. European Monetary Union and issues of development and transition are also included. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20200
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ECON 39900 - Spc Tps in Advanced Economic Analysis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS A seminar designed for the advanced major. Topics will reflect new developments in the economics discipline. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20100 or ECON-20200
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ECON 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
TUTORIAL May be repeated.
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ECON 40100 - Independent Study Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY A one-semester course that focuses upon the research skills, methodology, and theoretical framework necessary for Senior Independent Study. Prerequisite(s): ECON-11000 (or MATH-22900); ECON-21000 (or MATH-32900); and either ECON-20100 or ECON-20200. ECON-21000 may be taken concurrently. Annually.
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ECON 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 4
This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. 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 on the office of the Registrar website. May be repeated. S/NC
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ECON 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
EXPERIENCE IN DISCIPLINE A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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ECON 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS 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 which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): ECON-40100 Annually.
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ECON 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GLIS)
INDEPENDENT STUDY THESIS The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): ECON-45100 Annually.
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EDUC 10000 - Introduction to Education Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION This is a survey course that addresses a variety of topics that include: history of education; diversity of learners; societal changes; educational philosophy; instructional technology; school organization; family and community involvement; cultural diversity; differentiation; lesson planning; and professional development. The course includes a 50-hour supervised field placement in the appropriate content area in a local school. Enrollment in this course is typically limited to first year and sophomore students. Annually.
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EDUC 11000 - Using Phonics to Teach Reading &, Develop Literacy Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(COMD, COMS)
USING PHONICS TO TEACH READING AND DEVELOP LITERACY In this course students explore techniques and strategies used to teach children to match, blend, and translate letters of the alphabet into sounds they represent and meaningful units. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: technology-related resources; the nature and role of word recognition; multiple literacies; methods and rationale for the instruction of phonemic awareness; fluency and vocabulary; instructional strategies for using children’s literature; diversity; differentiation; decoding; spelling; and word recognition. This class includes a series of focused observations in various early childhood classrooms. Annually.
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EDUC 12000 - Content Area Reading Course Credit: 0.5
Maximum Credit: 0
CONTENT AREA READING In this course students consider and examine the research and reading strategies used when teaching content in grades 7-12. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: diversity of learners; needs of struggling readers; developing effective strategies; reflection; ESL/ELL learners; instructional technology; differentiation; assessment; and cooperative and collaborative learning. Students observe teachers using content area reading teaching strategies. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 Annually.
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EDUC 14000 - Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTERDISCIPLINARY FINE ARTS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS This course is designed to help students explore developmentally appropriate practice and curriculum design and implementation within the areas of art, music, drama, and movement. Students examine lesson planning, assessment, instructional technology, community organizations that support the arts, instructional strategies, developmentally appropriate practice, diversity, differentiation, interdisciplinary planning, teaching and learning, and program organization and classroom management available to meet the needs of all learners within the area of fine arts. Several observations and hands-on clinics sponsored by a local community arts center are required in this course. Annually.
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EDUC 17000 - Intro to Intervention & Student Support Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
Introduction to Intervention and Student Support This course is designed to explore the federal government’s exceptionalities categories and special education models currently used in schools. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: laws governing special education; research-to-practice gap; disproportionate representation in special needs classrooms; impact of ELL/ESL; at risk students; collaborations with colleagues and students’ families; instructional differentiation; early intervention; problem-solving; writing and interpreting the I.E.P.; and cultural diversity. The course includes a 20-hour field placement within a special needs classroom. Annually. Fall and Spring. Annually. [D]
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EDUC 19903 - Urban Education Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
URBAN EDUCATION This course examines the context of education in urban settings and includes an exploration of the historical evolution of “school” as an urban socio-political institution, building a deeper understanding of the impact of race, ethnicity, and social class on the development of this institution. Utilizing relevant film and scholarly writings, emphasis will be placed on current educational policy and school reform efforts, understanding the experiences of “at-risk” students facing varying and confounding challenges, and thinking critically about a range of traditional and alternative school models along with the impact of private and parochial schools on the overall urban education landscape. Annually.
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EDUC 19905 - Teaching Globally Engaged Learners Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
TEACHING GLOBALLY ENGAGED LEARNERS This course examines multicultural education with a focus on the historical, sociological and philosophical foundations of education and on ways to help school-aged students investigate the world, recognize perspectives other than one’s own, communicate ideas, and take action. Students will examine culturally responsive curricula and, as we recognize the value and strength of diversity, be encouraged to reflect and actively participate in the classroom, our community and the world. Lastly, students will consider ways to teach and integrate students whose first language is not English. Annually.
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EDUC 19906 - Education and the Black Child Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
EDUCATION AND THE BLACK CHILD This course will explore the educational experiences of Black children from enslavement to contemporary American society. Some of the major themes covered in this course will include structural issues within American education systems, student tracking, the school-to-prison pipeline, the inaccuracies of the “achievement gap,” the receivement gap, and educational debt. The readings will explore Supreme Court cases that are symbolic markers of education today, as well as the significant relationship between housing and opportunity. Collectively, the materials for this course will prepare future educators to work with diverse students, and equitably serve minority communities.
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EDUC 20500 - Reading, Teaching, & Learning Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
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READING, TEACHING, AND LEARNING: LITERATURE AND MEDIA FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADOLESCENTS Engaging children in the process of literacy is fundamental to their academic success and engagement with the world around them. The ways in which we create these engagements is highly context depended - even more so in educational settings. What is intriguing about this engagement is why a child or young adolescent picks up, reads, and loves a particular book. The course is designed with readings, discussions, and assignments cause students to think about text, especially those for youth, differently and more critically than they have in the past and focuses on readings, discussions, films, and speakers, and applying what you are learning to your own life experiences and those of others. Annually.
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EDUC 21000 - Theory & Practice in Teaching Reading Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN TEACHING READING This is a comprehensive course that introduces students to the theory and practice of acquiring literacy and developing instructional strategies for teaching reading in early childhood settings. Some course topics include: theoretical and methodological approaches; diagnostic and organizational techniques; writing; new and multiple literacies; assessment; teaching comprehension, vocabulary, phonemics awareness, writing, and working with words; content area reading; children’s literature; ESL/ELL learners; differentiation; teaching diverse populations; instructional technology; the role of family and community; and classroom environment. This course includes a 50-hour supervised field experience in a reading/literacy-related classroom. Recommended: EDUC-23100 Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 Annually.
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EDUC 23100 - Intro to Early Childhood & Elem Educ Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
Introduction to Early Childhood and Elementary Education This course introduces students to the theory and practice which drives current early childhood education. Designed to present an exploration of an integrated and developmentally appropriate curriculum and the implementation of that curriculum, the course provides opportunities to examine many topics related to early childhood education. A 50-hour supervised field experience in an appropriate educational setting provides exposure to a diverse student population, instructional technology in an array of social service agencies, the early childhood profession, and a variety of curriculum guidelines and expectations. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 Annually. [W]
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EDUC 25100 - Intro to Adolescent & Young Adult Educ, Education Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRODUCTION TO ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT EDUCATION This course is designed to introduce students to teaching at the adolescent to young adult level, grades 7-12. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: evidence-based learning; instructional technology; curriculum models; learning theories; instructional planning; assessment; motivation; the role of family and community; accountability; classroom management; and strategies for meeting the needs of all learners. A 50-hour supervised field experience in a local 7-12 classroom appropriate to the area of licensure is required. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 Annually. [W]
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EDUC 26000 - Curriculum: Math/Science/Social Studies, In the Early Childhood Years Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
CURRICULUM: MATH/SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS This course is designed to help students examine curriculum and instruction in the areas of math, science, health, safety, and nutrition in the early childhood years. Topics include: developmentally appropriate practice; content area reading; content specific teaching and assessment strategies; the role of family and community; differentiation; instructional technology; ESL/ELL learners; and collaborative and cooperative learning. A 50-hour supervised field placement in a content-specific early childhood setting is required. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 Annually. [QL]
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EDUC 27000 - STEM in P-5 Learning Environments Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
STEM in P-5 Learning Environments This content course is designed to provide students with a clear understanding of foundational knowledge necessary to demonstrate an understanding of major concepts, skills, and practices, as they interpret disciplinary curricular standards and related expectations within and across all areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for curricular implementation in preschool thru grade 5 learning environments. Additionally, students will apply understandings of major mathematics concepts, algorithms, procedures, applications and mathematical practices in varied contexts, and connections within and among mathematical domains relevant to the specified grade bands. This course also emphasizes the integration of the three dimensions of science and engineering practices, cross-cutting concepts, and major disciplinary core ideas, within the major content areas of science and mathematics for children ages 3-10. Prerequisite(s): EDUC-10000 Annually.
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EDUC 28000 - Integ Soc Stds & Arts in P-5 Lrng Env Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
Integrated Social Studies and the Arts in P-5 Learning Environments This content course is designed to provide students with a clear understanding of foundational content knowledge necessary to demonstrate understandings, capabilities, and practices associated with the central concepts and tools in Civics, Economics, Geography, and History (including Ohio) within a framework of informed inquiry. Additionally, emphasis will be placed on core knowledge necessary for curriculum design, and implementation within the areas of art, music, drama and movement in P-5 environments Prerequisite(s): EDUC-10000 Annually.
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EDUC 30000 - Classroom Management Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
Classroom Management as Social Justice This course examines topics relevant to teachers preparing to teach grades P-12. Topics include: advocacy and social justice; classroom management; effective professional relationships; roles and responsibilities of various school personnel; PBIS, social-emotional development; classroom systems for collecting/analyzing behavioral data; responding to unwanted behavior; multicultural education; legal and ethical implications of teaching; matching curriculum to student needs; the impact of trauma; professionalism; standards and accountability. Prerequisite(s): EDUC-10000, EDUC-23100, EDUC-25100, or MUSC-29000 Annually. [SJ]
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EDUC 31000 - Assessme & Intervention/Teaching Reading, Reading Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION IN TEACHING READING This course is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of formal and informal assessment and intervention strategies in the early childhood years. Topics include: observation and assessment of reading skills; value-added assessments; diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties; use of children’s literature; multidisciplinary teaching, planning, and evaluation of instructional lessons and units; evaluation of technology tools; implementation of the I.E.P.; use of family-centered assessment; reflective practice; collegial relationships; and professionalism. An impact on student learning? project is integral to this course and requires both pre- and post- assessments and a 12-week tutoring experience with school-aged children. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 and EDUC-11000 Annually. [QL]
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EDUC 32000 - Curr Mthds & Assessment in AYA Educ Course Credit: 1.25
Maximum Credit: 0
CURRICULUM METHODS AND ASSESSMENT IN LANGUAGE ARTS, INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS, OR INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES This course is designed for those students who plan to teach grades 7-12 in either English/Language Arts, Mathematics or the Social Studies. Topics include: curriculum development, content area reading, implementation of Ohio Academic Content Standards and/or the Common Core State Standards; instructional models and methods; issues of diversity; integration of instructional technology and 21st century learning; assessment strategies; and research applications/best practices appropriate to the specified content area. A 50-hour supervised field placement in a content-appropriate classroom setting is required. Prerequisite(s): Take EDUC-10000 and EDUC-25100 Annually. [QL]
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EDUC 33000 - Adv Curriculum Methods & Assessment in Early Childhood & Elementary Education Course Credit: 1
ADVANCED CURRICULUM METHODS & ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD & ELEMENTARY EDUCATION This course encourages students to examine the development and implementation of curriculum and instruction for early and elementary grade levels (PK-5). Course topics include the creation of measurable goals using existing student testing data as well as the collection, interpretation and reporting of new quantitative (and qualitative) assessment data to inform teaching strategies and curriculum planning using differentiated pedagogical models. Additionally classroom management, school climate, meeting the needs of diverse learners and collaborative/cooperative learning will also be addressed. A central focus of this course is a semester-long quantitative reasoning “impact on student learning” research project. A 50-hour supervised field placement in an early or elementary classroom setting is required. [QL] Prerequisite- EDUC-10000
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EDUC 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1.25
TUTORIAL May be repeated. Annually.
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EDUC 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 2
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. May be repeated.
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EDUC 43000 - Experience in the Discipline Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 0
Experience in the Discipline A structured learning activity in which students use their academic knowledge to engage in an experience that has real-world implications. Incorporates best practices in experiential learning. Typically includes an off-campus component. May be repeated. S/NC
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EDUC 43001 - Field Experience Practicum Course Credit: 0.5
Maximum Credit: 0
FIELD EXPERIENCE PRACTICUM This course will explore the educational experiences of Black children from enslavement to contemporary American society. Some of the major themes covered in this course will include structural issues within American education systems, student tracking, the school-to-prison pipeline, the inaccuracies of the “achievement gap,” the receivement gap, and educational debt. The readings will explore Supreme Court cases that are symbolic markers of education today, as well as the significant relationship between housing and opportunity. Collectively, the materials for this course will prepare future educators to work with diverse students, and equitably serve minority communities.
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EDUC 49000 - P-5 Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
P-5 STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a pre-school through 5th grade classroom. Annually.
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EDUC 49100 - P-5 Student Teaching and Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
P-5 STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a pre-school, K,1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classroom. Annually.
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EDUC 49200 - P-5 Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
P-5 STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a pre-school, K,1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classroom. Annually.
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EDUC 49300 - AYA Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADOLESCENT/YOUNG ADULT STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR: Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved adolescent and young adult setting (grades 7-12) within the appropriate area of licensure. Annually.
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EDUC 49400 - AYA Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADOLESCENT/YOUNG ADULT STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved adolescent and young adult setting (grades 7-12) within the appropriate area of licensure. Annually.
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EDUC 49500 - AYA Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ADOLESCENT/YOUNG ADULT STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved adolescent and young adult setting (grades 7-12) within the appropriate area of licensure. Annually.
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EDUC 49600 - Multiage Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(MUED)
MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.
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EDUC 49700 - Multiage Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(MUED)
MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.
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EDUC 49800 - Multiage Student Teaching & Seminar Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(MUED)
MULTIAGE STUDENT TEACHING AND SEMINAR Placement consists of a full-time, 12-week supervised teaching experience in a local, approved multiage music setting (two different levels, divided among the pre-school, K-6, 7-8, and 9-12 environments). Annually.
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EDUC 49901 - Mentoring and Supporting Educators Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MENTORING AND SUPPORTING EMERGING EDUCATORS The mentor teacher is the key person in the student teaching program. In many cases the success of the teacher candidate is determined by this person. This course mirrors the 15-week student teaching experience and provides additional support and training for mentors as they help the student teachers through their in-classroom experience and guide student teachers in planning and implementing curriculum, advise and support student teachers in developing their personal teaching style, and encourage student teachers to ask questions, have open and honest discussion and dialogue about the professional growth and learning of the pre-service teacher. As the semester progresses, mentors will monitor and assess the many aspects of each student teacher’s growth and are encouraged to challenge, re-direct, question and explain according to the needs of the pre-service student. Throughout the semester, mentors will write reflections related to their role as mentors and complete various assignments that foster a mutually beneficial mentoring partnership. This course is offered to all COW mentor teachers who are working directly with a COW student teacher. May be repeated. Annually.
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ENGL 12000 - Strange Journeys in Children’s Lit Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT)
STRANGE JOURNEYS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE How can children’s/YA literature model-and help to build-welcoming and inclusive communities? In this class we’ll read a range of books and stories from the English and American traditions whose plots feature travel and cross-cultural encounters, assessing their thematic approaches to difference and inclusion. Beyond themes, however, we’ll focus especially on how each book functions as a formal and historical object, considering as wide as possible a range of periods, genres, modes, biographies, and perspectives. Authors will (probably) include Lewis Carroll, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jean Webster, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Lewis, J. K. Rowling, Thannhà L?i, Matt de la Peña, Jacqueline Woodson, Lemony Snicket, Mark Haddon, Grace Lin, Soman Chainani, and more. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. Annually. [AH]
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ENGL 12001 - Imagining America Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT, EDUC)
LLC: IMAGINING AMERICA We will compare descriptions of America’s landscape and promises by authors from diverse cultural groups, exploring the changing American dream, the emergence of a multicultural community, and how literature creates narratives of national identity. Such authors as Fitzgerald, Johnson, Whitman, Miller, Kingston, Mukherjee, Hansberry, Cisneros, and Marshall inform our evolving definition of what it means to be American in periods of national transformation, including the Jazz Age, Great Depression, and the Civil Rights era. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. Annually. [AH]
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ENGL 12002 - Writing Human Rights, Novels, Poems and Plays Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT)
WRITING HUMAN RIGHTS This course asks how literature has framed our discussion of contemporary human rights. Examining non-fiction creative writing from the US, Italy, and South Africa, we will consider how literary expressions of human sympathy influence our ideas about politics and rights today. What stories do we hear? And whose voices? These questions will guide our reading of both literary texts and news stories, questioning our ideas about language, law, and humanity through them. Students will work and write across media, engaging digital and traditional forms of writing to hone their expressive and analytic skills. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. . [AH, GE, W]
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ENGL 12005 - Modern Selves Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT)
MODERN SELVES This course focuses on how the self has been represented over time in poetry, fiction, and drama. The course gives special attention to how literary expressions of selfhood and crises of the self have developed in relation to three contexts: first, to historical shifts in understanding and preoccupations, from the early modern to the postmodern world; second, to such cultural positions as are defined by gender, race, ethnicity, class, and national origin; and third, to the shaping influences of literary language and genres. Works studied may include texts by Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson,Toni Morrison, David Malouf, Marilynne Robinson, and Tim O’Brien. NOTE: English 120xx can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12006 - Gods & Monsters Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT)
GODS AND MONSTERS If, as some have claimed, society needs its gods, then it seems to need its monsters as well. But why? In this course we’ll examine early manifestations of gods and monsters (Homer’s Odyssey, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, The Mahabharata, Popol Vuh) in order to uncover the origin of the desire for the monstrous and the divine. We’ll conclude with more contemporary examples (Frankenstein, The Golem, cinematic horror) to discover how and why this desire persists. NOTE: English 120xx can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12008 - The Gothic Imagination Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT)
THE GOTHIC IMAGINATION The Gothic, with roots in the sublime geographies and alienated individuals of the Romantic era, has mutated into new forms today. We will explore the genre’s origins, emphasizing the ways these wild stories of despair, degeneration and desire helped readers to forge national identities, bridge chasms between Self and Other, and negotiate relationships among humans, nature, and technology. Readings may include Walpole, Byron, Mary Shelley, Stevenson, Poe, O’Connor, García Márquez, Benítez Rojo, and Ferré. NOTE: English 120xx can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12015 - Animals in Literature Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CMLT, ENVS)
ANIMALS IN LITERATURE To determine whether authors “personify” animals, what do readers assume about the differences between humans and other animals? Serving as an introduction to literature and analysis, this course also attempts to identify and transcend literary interpretation’s traditional human-centeredness. Students will learn, for example, how understanding terms like “metaphor” and “allegory” can propel them toward controversial interpretations, especially of how animals function complexly in a wide variety of literary works. Featured texts include Hûeg’s novel The Woman and the Ape; Vaughan and Staples’s Saga comics; poems by Atwood, Neruda, Angelou, and many others; Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Shaffer’s play Equus. NOTE: English 120xx can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12019 - The Watery Part of the World Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ENVS)
THE WATERY PART OF THE WORLD This course will consider the ocean as a literary subject, with a special focus on its relation to the economic and political history of empire and globalization, and the ecological crises that have arisen from these historical developments. As an introduction to literary and cultural studies, the course will explore a wide array of cultural productions from a variety of genres and time periods, including the ancient epic, renaissance drama, the nineteenth-century novel, and contemporary lyric poetry, as well as essays in environmental philosophy, popular journalism, and documentary film. Topics include: global warming and ocean acidification, animal ethics and the crisis of mass extinction, and the role of the humanities in theorizing our planetary future. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12025 - LLC: Looking Behind Paradise Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LLC: LOOKING BEHIND PARADISE The Caribbean is commonly viewed as a tourist’s paradise, where the sun, ocean, and rum meet under a perfect sky: both a static, exotic, eternal place and a site of temporary escape. But the historical legacies of the region include colonialism, plantation economies, slavery, and forced migration-and more recently, political instability, economic underdevelopment, and neocolonialism. How do Caribbean and other writers make sense of these histories? In this course, we will read works by authors who grapple with and connect the past and present, personal and political, to move beyond “paradise.” NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12027 - LLC: Memory & Gender in Caribbean Lit. Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(WGSS)
MEMORY AND GENDER IN CARRIBBEAN LITERATURE Memory is often dictated by the dominant perspectives of history, but is also a site of preserving alternative interpretations of the past’s relationship to the present. As Caribbean history is marked by genocide, rupture, conquest, and migration, writers must find creative methods to reclaim silenced memories. For example, they often produce counter-histories through the body, environment, and dreams. We will investigate how this process is also deeply gendered, as it impacts how Caribbean masculinities, femininities, and queerness are imagined. By reading novels, poetry, essays, and theory, we will examine how language, race, and gender are related to the treatment of memory in decolonizing the Caribbean. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12028 - LLC: Historical Fiction Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LLC: HISTORICAL FICTION In this course, we will study four historical novels and a range of short stories, as well as essays about the goals and practices of historical fiction. We will learn about the history of this contested genre and the ways readers and critics have responded to it over the last two centuries. How does historical fiction fit into and illuminate literary history? How do representations of history in fiction differ from putatively factual historical accounts? Can historical fiction really teach us about the past, or is it, according to L. P. Hartley’s much-quoted line, “a foreign country” whose inhabitants “do things differently” and whose psychologies are opaque to modern readers? We will consider the cultural contexts in which various historical fictions are produced as well as analyzing the structure, form, and style of these texts. NOTE: ENGL-120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second ENGL-120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12029 - Llc: Ghostly Others in American Lit, LLC: Ghostly Others in American Lit, LLC: Ghostly Others in American Lit Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
LLC: GHOSTLY OTHERS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE What (or who) haunts the American national imaginary? What is present but also simultaneously erased? Focusing on African American, Indigenous, Chican@, Caribbean, and Asian American literature, we will consider how writers explore the tension between belonging, exclusion, and histories that just won’t die. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12030 - Mothers & Daughters in Contemporary Lit Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Mother-daughter relationships are complicated. Reflecting on this intergenerational relationship in contemporary literature, we will consider how authors speak back to assumptions about the Mother, and the obligations of the Daughter, to reimagine gendered labor, identity, and sexuality. We will read Caribbean, African American, Chican@, Asian American, and Euro-American authors who approach this gendered dyad to comment on history, culture, and politics. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12031 - Romance Narratives Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
ROMANCE NARRATIVES Romance is often regarded as lowbrow, yet it is a financially successful genre with broad audiences. This course will examine how issues of gender, sexuality, and love evolve over time and for different audiences. By studying romance in literature and media, we can understand how different cultural forms are interpreted and critiqued. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12032 - Jazz & African American Literature Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
JAZZ & AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE What did jazz-the central form of black expression in the twentieth century-mean to African American writers and their literary aesthetics? Did the music offer a promise or a snare, a provocation or an example? We will approach that complex question by looking at the myriad ways-thematic and formal-that the genre influenced pivotal figures from the Harlem Renaissance, forcing them into bolder forms of verbal experimentation. We will also examine how the jazz tradition began, by looking at the role of spirituals in slave narratives, and where the tradition persists today, in the poetic dimensions of contemporary hip-hop. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120XX for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12034 - Fictions of Knowledge Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
FICTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE The word “science” comes from the Latin scientia, or “knowledge,” and science fiction is a genre preoccupied with the pleasures and perils of knowledge. Though the modern genre of science fiction developed in the nineteenth century, authors from the ancient world to the present day have interrogated the limits of human knowledge. This course will focus on speculative fiction and science fiction from the last century, but will also consider older narratives that raise questions still relevant today: What can we know about our world and ourselves? How best to classify, transmit, and use that knowledge? How much knowledge is too much? Readings will include novels, short stories, and critical essays by Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Ted Chiang, Ursula Le Guin, Jonathan Swift, and others. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12035 - Will and Jane in the World Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
WILL AND JANE IN THE WORLD As we explore literary reading and writing across genres and time periods, our guides will be not only those two outsized figures of literary celebrity, William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, but also their global contexts, then and now. Focusing on a few plays and novels, along with some lyric poetry of the Renaissance and Romantic periods, we’ll ask: How do global events such as war and colonization appear (or disappear) in these works? How have later writers, artists, and filmmakers engaged Shakespeare and Austen on issues of gender, class, and race? NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12036 - The City As Utopia & Dystopia Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE CITY AS UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA More than half the world’s population currently lives in cities, and the United Nations expects that figure to rise to sixty-eight percent by 2050. Mass urbanization has produced myriad literary depictions of the city. Some writers speculate on the utopian possibilities of city life; others emphasize the corruption, disease, and anomie endemic in densely populated urban environments. The city itself often becomes a character, a leviathan with its own emotions and motivations. This course will focus on utopian and dystopian visions of the city from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Texts will include Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Alan Moore’s Watchmen, and Zadie Smith’s NW, as well as an assortment of short stories and poems. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12037 - Intro to Literary & Cultural Studies Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES This course introduces students to fundamental issues of literary language and textual interpretation. Each section focuses on a selected topic in literary studies to consider the ways language functions in the reading process and to explore interrelations among literature, culture, and history. Attention is given to the following goals: 1) practicing the close reading of literary texts; 2) understanding the terminology of literary analysis as well as core concepts; 3) introducing a range of genres and historical periods and discussing literature as an evolving cultural phenomenon; 4) increasing skills in writing about literature. This course is required for the major and strongly recommended as the first course in English for non-majors. NOTE: English 120XX can be taken only once for departmental credit; students may take a second English 120xx for College credit only. [AH]
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ENGL 12038 - Health, Land, Sovereignty Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
HEALTH, LAND, AND SOVEREIGNTY This course offers an introduction to literary and cultural studies through examining the stories people tell about how they inhabit land and space. We will study the links between health, identity, and Native/Indigenous narratives of sovereignty. This course will take up Native/Indigenous histories, narratives, and movements to consider the connections between nation, citizenship, disability, and ability. The main goal of this course is to interrogate social and cultural assumptions about what is now the United States through careful analysis of different peoples, bodies, minds, and experiences. Readings will include works by William Apess (Pequot), Zitkala-Sa (Dakota), and Joy Harjo (Muscogee Nation) in addition to selections from public discourse and digital media. [AH]
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ENGL 16000 - Intro to Non-Fictional Writing Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
INTRODUCTION TO NON-FICTIONAL WRITING This course introduces students to major writers and genres of contemporary and classic non-fictional writing-particularly the genres of memoir, personal essay, literary journalism, editorial writing, critical writing, and film review. The course focuses on answering questions such as “What is non-fiction?” “What are the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction?” and “What is the relationship between reading non-fictional writings and writing about them?” Students write and read non-fiction by comparing and contrasting students’ writings in creative non-fiction, the critical essay, and the review essay with those by contemporary and classic essay writers, and with writings by other students in the class as well. Annually. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16002 - Autobio Wrtg: Memoir Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING (MEMOIR) This course focuses on analysis, discussion, and practice of autobiographical writing, with an emphasis on memoir. The course explores the aims and conventions of the genre, emphasizing course participants’ own writing. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16003 - Nature & Environmental Writing Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ENVS)
NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING This course explores the traditions and current practices of writing connected with the natural world. Along with the exploration of already published works in nature and environmental writing, the course may include off-campus field trips and emphasizes course participants’ own writing and peer feedback workshops. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16004 - Critical/Creative Non-Fiction Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ENVS)
CRITICAL/CREATIVE NON-FICTION This class introduces students to major writers and genres of contemporary and classic non-fictional writing particularly the genres of memoir, personal essay, literary criticism, and film review. As we consider these texts, we will be answering the questions: “What is non-fiction?” “What is the relationship between reading non-fictional writings and writing about them?” And “What are the boundaries between creative and critical non-fictional writing?” Throughout the semester, students will be writing and reading non-fiction by comparing and contrasting students writings with those by contemporary and classic essay writers. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16007 - Digital Voices: Writing Travel Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(GMDS)
DIGITAL VOICES: WRITING TRAVEL This course will use the power of digital communication to create a community of writers and travelers. In it, you’ll explore the world that surrounds you - even if you travel no further than Lowry on a given day - and experiment with new ways to communicate your experiences to others. Digital writing and reading assignments are designed to expand your understanding of contemporary modes of communication, and also to guide you in describing, and thus shaping, your experiences, thereby integrating them into your larger personal and intellectual journeys. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16008 - Non-Fiction Wrtg: Creative Nonfiction Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(ENVS)
INTRODUCTION TO NON-FICTIONAL WRITING (CREATIVE NON-FICTION) This course introduces students to the lyric essay, a genre that troubles the lines between fiction and non-fiction, poetry and essay, cultural criticism and imaginative writing, theory and autobiography. We will read, and students will be encouraged to write, on a wide range of topics, which may include the variances of inhabiting gender, media and American selfhood, pretentiousness, and the color blue. [AH, W]
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ENGL 16009 - Women & Politics of Pain Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(WGSS)
INTRO TO NON-FICTIONAL WRITING: WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF PAIN In this introductory writing course, students will read and practice different genres of non-fiction, including memoir, personal essay, literary journalism, and critical writing. Students will read contemporary work by women that explores the role of gender in suffering, illness, and diagnosis. Readings and assignments will examine the treatment and mistreatment of sickness in women, and the resulting methods of survival, resistance, and transformation. [AH]
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ENGL 16010 - Cultural Criticism Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
CULTURAL CRITICISM We tend to think of personal essays and critical essays as belonging to two separate genres: one concerned with the self, the other concerned with literature, art, film, and other cultural productions. However, many writers do not observe that distinction; instead, they use culture as a lens through which to view the self, or vice versa. This course will consider a number of writings that blur the line between the personal and the critical, and students will produce their own such writings, including an essay on an artwork of their choice from the College of Wooster Art Museum. [AH]
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ENGL 16011 - The Experimental Essay Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
THE EXPERIMENTAL ESSAY This course will be dedicated to the analysis of the experimental essay. Over the course of the semester, students will also explore a wide range of creative possibilities by producing their own essays: some of this work will emerge from writing exercises and in-class activities. Selected works by each student will be workshopped in small groups and with the entire class. [AH, W]
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