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2018-2019 Catalogue 
    
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.

 

Urban Studies

  
  • URBN 10100 - Contemporary Urban Issues

    Course Credit: 1
    CONTEMPORARY URBAN ISSUES An interdisciplinary approach to issues and institutions present in American cities. Contemporary urban problems related to growth, housing, poverty, race, social relations, etc., and public policies designed to alleviate them are analyzed from a social science perspective. Alternative ideological perspectives are presented. Annually. Fall. [HSS]
  
  • URBN 20100 - Special Topics in Urban Studies

    Course Credit: 1
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN STUDIES A seminar exploring the current theories and research regarding selected issues facing urban areas. Topics will be announced in advance by the faculty member teaching the course. Prerequisite(s): URBN-10100 or any course in ECON, PSCI, or SOCI Annually. Spring. [HSS]
  
  • URBN 20103 - Urban Revitalization & Sustainability

    Course Credit: 1
    URBAN REVITALIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY A seminar exploring the current theories and research regarding urban revitalization and sustainability. Prerequisite(s): URBN-10100 or any course in Economics, Political Science or Sociology [HSS]
  
  • URBN 40100 - Junior Independent Study

    Course Credit: 1
    JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY This course will introduce Urban Studies majors to the process of conducting social scientific research in an urban context. Students will be exposed to the practical techniques for accomplishing an urban research project. This includes providing the appropriate theoretical framework and specification of methodology that will be used to test hypotheses on urban phenomena. Annually. Fall and Spring.
  
  • URBN 45100 - Independent Study Thesis

    Course Credit: 1
    SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student undertakes a significant, independent, interdisciplinary analysis of an urban-related topic, and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): URBN-40100
  
  • URBN 45200 - Independent Study Thesis

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