Goucher College 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Course Descriptions
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ED 210 - Development of Education in the United States (3 Cr.)
Educational theories and practices in America from the 17th century to the present, in relation to social, economic, political, and intellectual forces. Consideration of inequality in educational opportunities for women and racial and ethnic groups. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Velder.
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ED 215 - Issues in Education (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
Analysis of current issues in education, including educational policies, accountability, mainstreaming, role of education in society, multicultural education, postmodernism, critical pedagogy, testing, teacher training, urban education, women and education, and education as a profession. Prerequisite: one course in education or the social sciences. Spring semester. Velder.
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ED 221 - Assessment and Evaluation in Education (3 Cr.)
Theories and basic principles of test construction. Standardization procedures and interpretation and survey of norm-referenced achievement and aptitude tests. Use of criterion-referenced tests. Individual diagnosis of reading and arithmetic competencies. Use and interpretation of individual intelligence tests. Construction of informal assessment devices. Systems of evaluating and reporting learning outcomes. Prerequisite: ED 207 or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Smith.
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ED 222 - Foundation of Reading and Language Arts: Processes, Acquisition, and Instruction of Reading (6 Cr.)
Concepts, theories, and instructional approaches to reading and language development, including strategies for beginning readers. Special attention to scientifically based reading research on the components of the reading process, including phonemic awareness, word analysis, word recognition, fluency, meaning vocabulary, and comprehension. Students must reserve Tuesday and Thursday mornings for internship. Prerequisites: ED 207 and permission of instructor. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Processes and Acquisition of Reading and Instruction of Reading for initial certification and recertification. Spring semester. Longo.
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ED 241 - Materials for Teaching Reading (3 Cr.)
Analysis of materials needed to motivate, plan for, and instruct readers. Experience with texts for a variety of reading purposes. Application of scientifically based reading research criteria for selecting, retrieving, and evaluating materials. Consideration given to multicultural materials, text quality, electronic media, and the role of parents in promoting reading. Prerequisite: ED 222 . This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Materials for Teaching Reading for initial certification and recertification. January intersession. Longo
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ED 243 - Assessment for Reading Instruction (3 Cr.)
Examination of reading assessment techniques and their application for planning and modifying reading instruction using scientifically based reading research criteria. Prerequisite: ED 222 . May be taken concurrently. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Assessment for Reading Instruction for initial certification and recertification. Spring semester. Longo.
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ED 246 - Teaching Social Studies in Special Education and the Elementary School (2 Cr.) *Credits changed from 2 to 3 effective spring 2014.
Methods of teaching social studies. Attention to objectives, concepts, skills, materials, and learning activities. Adaptations for special and mainstreamed children. Elementary education majors elect concurrently with ED 342 ; special education majors elect concurrently with SPE 350 . January intersession. Cornish.
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ED 247 - An Introduction to Education Policy (3 Cr.) (PSC 247)
This course will offer students an introduction to public policy through the lens of education policy in the United States. Students will learn about the various actors involved in making education policy at the local, state and federal levels of government and policy process. Students will also be taught the tools and resources needed in order to analyze and assess education policy. This course does not have any pre-requisites only a desire to better understand how education policy is made in the United States and the impact it has on students. Political science students seeking an introduction to public policy may be interested in this course as well as future educators.
First offered Spring 2012 and every two years. Kasniunas.
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ED 253 - Methods of Secondary School Teaching (4 Cr.)
Analysis of general methods and planning of different types of learning activities in secondary school instruction. Part of the course is devoted to special methods in teaching subjects that members of the class intend to teach. Considers the relationship of subjects to objectives of secondary education, structure, and classroom organization; evaluation of textbooks on the subject. Observation in the schools. Forty-eight hours of fieldwork. Prerequisite: ED 207 . Fall semester. Cornish.
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ED 254 - Reading, Writing, and Assessment in the Secondary School (6 Cr.)
An overview of the principles of reading and assessment, with an emphasis on their application to adolescents and to the diverse content areas of the secondary school. An examination of literature for adolescents. Thirty hours internship on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Prerequisite: ED 207 . This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part I and Part II, for initial certification and recertification. Spring semester. Cornish.
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ED 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad () (GEN. ED. #3) (LER–DIV WHEN TOPIC APPLIES)
INTENSIVE COURSE ABROAD (GEN. ED. #3) (LER-DIV WHEN TOPIC APPLIES) courses include a pre-departure or post-departure discussion (or both) in the fall and spring and a three week intensive course abroad in the winter intersession or summer.
Intermediate Reading in Spanish: Multicultural Education (2-4-2)(SP229G and SP299G) This is an interdisciplinary course (see cross-listing with SP 229G and SP299G). Awareness of multiculturalism in the context of the educational system in the United States and Costa Rica. Develop skills to facilitate a classroom climate that meets the needs of a diverse population. Emphasis on critical writing, analytical reading, and advanced conversation required for upper-level Spanish courses. The first seven weeks are conducted in English (2 credits), and the final seven weeks are conducted in Spanish (2 credits). Practice of complex linguistic structures, writing summaries, developing arguments, and interpretation of quotes. Intensive study abroad in Costa Rica for the January term (4 credits). Prerequisites: completion or concurrent enrollment in SP 230 and ED 207 , or permission of the education instructor. Year course. TBA. Smith, Moreno-Lopez.
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION/TOWNSHIP AND RURAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA (3-3) (COM 272Y) This intensive service course abroad consists of two components, a semester course of study in the spring semester and a four-week intensive field placement in a township and rural school in South Africa at the end of the spring semester. Students examine the social, political, and historical landscape of South Africa to understand the country’s continued transformation, examine culture and customs unique to the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and examine their own cross-cultural competence to effectively teach learners who are distinctly different from themselves. At the conclusion of this experience, students can apply knowledge of the nature of adolescents to create units and lessons that reflect national and local standards, adapt personal teaching style to multiple learning styles, and use knowledge of learners to provide effective instruction in English and reading to South African learners in the middle grades. Prerequisites: ED 101 or ED 103 , SPE 100 or ED 207 , COM 105 , COM 257 , or permission of instructor. Spring/summer semester. Cornish.
EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL ISRAELI SOCIETY (1.5-3) (JS 272Y ) This course will provide field work experience and lectures from the faculty of Ben Gurion University of Negev in Israel concerning education for Bedouin Arabs and Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. The pre-departure course is 1.5 credits and the three-week course is three credits. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Variable. Velder.
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ED 280 - Special Topics in Education (3 Cr.)
Prerequisites vary by topic. Offered variable semesters. Department
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ED 290 - Internship in Education (3-4 Cr.)
This course is graded pass/no pass only. Department.
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ED 299 - Independent Study (3 Cr.)
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ED 342 - Elementary School Internship (10 Cr.)
Internship under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. Completion of a minimum of 250 hours of teaching, participation, observation, and conferences. Discussion of teaching problems in seminar meetings. A minimum grade of B- is required for certification. Prerequisites: Completion of 86 credits, including ED 222 , successful completion of Praxis I tests from ETS, and permission of the Education Department. Fingerprinting. Fall semester. Longo, Adkins.
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ED 353 - Secondary School Internship (10 Cr.)
Internship under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. Completion of a minimum of 250 hours of teaching, participation, observation, and conferences. Discussion of teaching problems in seminar meetings. A minimum grade of B- is required for certification. Prerequisites: ED 207 , recommendation from major department, successful completion of Praxis I tests from ETS, and permission of the Education Department. Elected concurrently with ED 253 . Application and references required. Students should apply to the instructor or the chair of the Education Department by December 1 of the year preceding desired internship. Fall semester. Cornish.
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ED 400 - Independent Project (1-4 Cr.)
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ED 450 - Senior Thesis (4/4 Cr.)
Fall and Spring semesters. Department.
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SPE 100 - Special Education: Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Foundations (4 Cr.) (LER – DIV)
Changing roles of individuals with exceptional learning needs in society. Historical and philosophical development of treatments, educational provisions, institutions, programs, and services for children with exceptional learning needs. Characteristics of children with exceptional learning needs and their education needs. Various contemporary models of treatment and teaching. The legal rights of individuals with exceptional learning needs. Thirty hours internship; Tuesday or Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Prerequisite: ED 101 or ED 103 recommended. Spring semester. Adkins.
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SPE 235 - Curriculum for Exceptional Students: Methods and Instructional Procedures (3 Cr.)
Methods of instructional procedures for students with exceptional learning needs in the elementary/middle-school age range with focus on the individual: task analysis, IEP, behavioral instructional objectives, resource management, and classroom organization. Emphasis on mathematics and science. Accommodating individual differences in reasoning, listening comprehension, oral expression, reading skills, written language, mathematical calculations, motor skills, and social/emotional development. Prerequisite: SPE 100 . Spring semester. Offered 2010-2011 and alternate years. Adkins.
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SPE 238 - Curriculum for Exceptional Students: Principles and Programs (3 Cr.)
Principles, programs, and problems in teaching students with exceptional learning needs in the elementary/middle-school age range. Overview of curriculum for different modalities, with an emphasis on language, linguistic, psycholinguistic, reading, perceptual-motor, visual, and auditory. Developing programs for different disabilities. Alternate programs according to learning problems: vocational, functional academics, circumvention strategies, and the use of instructional technology. Prerequisite: SPE 100 . Spring semester. Offered 2011-2012 and alternate years. Adkins.
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SPE 320 - Counseling Exceptional Students and Their Parents (3 Cr.)
Emphasis on communication skills and strategies applicable to individuals with exceptional learning needs. Topics include interviewing and conducting conferences; counseling strategies; human relations; the teacher’s role in a team concerned with children’s evaluation, placement, and instruction. Prerequisites: ED 207 and SPE 100 . Spring semester. Offered 2010-2011 and alternate years. Department.
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SPE 327 - Diagnostic and Prescriptive Techniques for Exceptional Children (3 Cr.)
Diagnosis of perceptual-motor, intellectual, physical, social, and behavioral development of children with exceptional learning needs. Assessment of cognitive style and sensory learning modalities. Task analysis of learning skills and prescriptive teaching techniques based on diagnostic information. Prerequisites: ED 221 and one course in special education or junior standing. Spring semester. Offered 2011-2012 and alternate years. Adkins.
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SPE 350 - Special Education Internship (10 Cr.)
Internship with children with exceptional learning needs in the elementary/middle-school age range under the supervision of a classroom teacher in special education and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. The course provides for a minimum of 250 hours of observation, participation, teaching, and conferences. The experience stimulates insight into the special needs and unique educational approaches to teaching children with exceptional learning needs. Discussion of problems in seminar meetings. A grade of B- is required for certification. Elected concurrently with ED 246 and SPE 324 or SPE 326 or SPE 328 . Prerequisites: completion of 86 credits, including ED 222 and SPE 327 ; successful completion of Praxis I test from ETS; and recommendation of department. Fall semester. Longo, Adkins.
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SPE 226 - Practicum in Special Education with Children with Learning Disabilities (Variable Cr.)
Practicum with children with learning disabilities in the elementary/middle-school age range under the supervision of a classroom teacher in special education. The practicum provides insight into the special needs and the unique educational approaches to teaching children with learning disabilities. Prerequisite: one special education course and permission of the instructor before November 1. January intersession. Department.
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SPE 326 - The Assessment of the Behavior and Development of a Child with Learning Disabilities (4 Cr.)
Study of a child with learning disabilities in the elementary/middle-school age range through observation, anecdotal records, behavioral data, informal assessment techniques, tests, school records, developmental data, and tutorial work relationship. Emphasis on factors that affect the behavior and development of the child in the education process. The analysis of the data results in a case study and an IEP. Prerequisite: SPE 327 . Fall semester. Longo.
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SPE 344 - Special Education Internship with Children with Intellectual Disabilities (10 Cr.)
Internship with children with intellectual disabilities in the elementary/middle-school age range under the supervision of a classroom teacher in special education and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. The course provides for a minimum of 250 hours of observation, participation, teaching, and conferences. The experience stimulates insight into the special needs and unique educational approaches to teaching children with mental retardation. Discussion of teaching problems in seminar meetings. A minimum grade of B- is required for certification. Elected concurrently with ED 246 and SPE 324 or SPE 326 or SPE 328 . Prerequisites: completion of 86 credits, including ED 222 and SPE 327 ; successful completion of Praxis I; and recommendation of department. Fall semester. Department.
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SPE 228 - Practicum in Special Education with Children with Emotional Disturbance (Variable Cr.)
Practicum with children with emotional disturbance in the elementary/middle-school age range under the supervision of a classroom teacher in special education. The practicum provides insight into the special needs and the unique educational approaches to teaching children with emotion al disturbance. Prerequisite: one special-education course and permission of the instructor before November 1. January intersession. Department.
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SPE 328 - The Assessment of the Behavior and Development of a Child with Emotional Disturbance (4 Cr.)
Study of a child with emotional disturbance in the elementary/middle-school age range through observation, anecdotal records, behavioral data, informal assessment techniques, tests, school records, developmental data, and tutorial work relationship. Emphasis on factors that affect the behavior and development of the child in the education process. The analysis of the data results in a case study and an IEP. Prerequisite: SPE 327 . Fall semester. Longo.
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ENG 103 - The College Essay (3 Cr.)
What does it mean to write at the college level? Focus on the organization, coherence, and development required for college papers. Intensive study of the conventions of written English, including grammar, punctuation, and sentence construction. Placement determined by the Writing Program staff. Fall semester. Department.
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ENG 104 - Academic Writing I (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #1)
Introduction to the rhetorical and mechanical skills necessary to develop confident, informed academic voices. Study and practice of writing processes, including critical reading, collaboration, revision, and editing. Focuses on the aims, strategies, and conventions of academic prose, especially analysis and argumentation. May confer college writing proficiency based on student portfolio. Placement determined by the Writing Program. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
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ENG 105 - Academic Writing II (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #1) (LER–WP)
Advanced study and practice in the development of an academic voice, preparing students to engage with more complex and specialized texts and questions. Students plan, write, and revise several papers, honing their rhetorical skills and developing strategies for analysis, argumentation, and integration of both primary and secondary sources. Those who demonstrate their ability to write on the college level will earn College Writing Proficiency. Prerequisite: ENG 104 or permission of the Writing Program. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
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ENG 106 - Academic Writing III (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #1) (LER – WP)
Focuses on refining questions for writing, finding, evaluating, and incorporating evidence and writing rhetorically and grammatically correct and engaging prose. By adding tutorial instruction to classroom work, the course provides each student with intensive, individualized practice. Designed specifically for students who have not yet achieved College Writing Proficiency, the course allows those who demonstrate their ability to write on the college level to earn proficiency. Placement determined by the Writing Program. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
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ENG 111 - Masterpieces of English and American Literature (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9) (LER–TXT)
An introduction to college-level analysis of major works of literature in various genres. Texts and emphases will vary with the instructor. Spring semester. Department.
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ENG 112 - Environmental Science Fiction (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER-ENV)
An introduction to college-level analysis of major works of literature. We will be reading (and viewing) Science Fiction with plots and characters that will help us imagine the consequences of our action or our inaction for environmental sustainability, and perhaps give us the courage to unflinchingly examine our situation and save our environment. Variable. Myers.
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ENG 120 - Introduction to Fiction Writing (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8) (LER–ARC)
Introductory weekly seminar/workshop, developing basic techniques of fiction writing: plotting, characterization, imagery, tone, and other fundamentals. The discussion group employs student work as text along with exemplary works of fiction. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Turtle, Flann, U’Ren.
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ENG 200 - Close Reading, Critical Writing (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7)
This course is intended to provide new English majors with the skills that will enable them to approach unfamiliar texts with confidence. Students will learn what is meant by—and how to perform—close readings of texts. Students will also explore how one goes about conducting literary research. Overall, this course intends to provide a strong foundation to make future encounters with literature more meaningful and rewarding. Students can obtain writing proficiency in the major in this course. Prerequisite: limited to students who have completed their college writing proficiency and are considering a major or minor in English. May confer writing proficiency in the major. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
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ENG 202 - Short-Story Writing (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8) (LER–ARC)
Fiction techniques, with special attention to the short story. Supervision of individual short stories. Seminar discussion of student work. Prerequisite: submission of a sample of fiction writing to the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. U’Ren, Flann, Turtle.
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ENG 203 - Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines (3 Cr.)
Intensive writing workshop stressing techniques of interviewing and organizing material into feature stories. Interviews of various subjects from the community. Weekly stories. Final project aimed at publication. Spring semester.
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ENG 205 - Introductory Poetry Workshop (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8) (LER–ARC)
A poetry-writing course with in-class discussion of each class member’s poems. Assignments in common poetic forms (sonnet, sestina) as well as “free verse.” Readings in recent British and American poetry. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Turtle.
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ENG 208 - Journalism Workshop (3 Cr.)
Introduction to the basic techniques of journalism and practice in forms of news, interviews, features, and reviews. Critical study of the media and theories of the press. Guest lectures by professional journalists. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency. Fall semester.
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ENG 211 - English Literature: Beowulf to Dryden (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Comparative study of the literary forms and attitudes dominant in England from Beowulf to Dryden. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Sanders, Myers.
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ENG 212 - English Literature: Pope to Eliot (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Comparative study of the literary forms and attitudes dominant in the British Isles from the beginning of the 18th century to the Early Modern period. Prerequisite: ENG 200 (or concurrent enrollment). 2013-14, Fall and Spring semester, thereafter in spring. Wells, Rauwerda.
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ENG 215 - Literary Theory: Eight Ways of Looking at a Text (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
This course explores why we do what we do. Prerequisite: English 200 or permission of instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Sanders, Tokarczyk, Marchand.
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ENG 219 - Linguistics (3 Cr.)
An introduction to modern linguistics, with special attention to grammatical structures, word and sound formation, semantics, and pragmatics. The course also explores recent linguistic theories, as well as sociolinguistics, and the history and dialects of the English language. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Spring semester. Garrett.
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ENG 221 - Theories of Composing, Tutoring, and Teaching (3 Cr.)
Designed for students who are recommended as potential Writing Center tutors, students who are interested in teaching careers, and students in the cognitive studies and theory, culture, and interpretation concentrations. Study of current theory and research on how writers write and what teaching methods are most effective. Discussion of collaborative learning, error analysis, writing styles, and tutoring strategies. One hour a week peer tutoring in Writing Center required. Prerequisites: college writing proficiency, the instructor’s permission based on a recommendation by a Goucher College faculty member and instructor’s review of college transcript, a writing sample, and an interview. Fall semester. Tokarczyk.
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ENG 222 - Women and Literature (3 Cr.) (WS 222 ) (GEN. ED. #9 and #10)
Topic will be posted in the course registration booklet. Variable semesters. Department.
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ENG 226 - Creative Nonfiction I (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8) (LER – ARC)
An introduction to the techniques of creative nonfiction and possible subjects. Peer revision, readings of contemporary essays, conferences. Prerequisite: certified proficiency in writing or instructor’s permission. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Flann, Tokarczyk.
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ENG 230 - The Classical Tradition (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4)
This survey of Greek and Roman literature will provide useful background for further study in English literature and such fields as women’s studies, theatre, anthropology, and history. The focus will be “Women and Men in the Ancient World,” studying evolving and conflicting conceptions of gender from Homer to Apuleius. Variable semesters. Myers, Sanders.
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ENG 232 - Shakespeare (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Study of plays in all of the Shakespearean genres and an introduction to the criticism of the plays. Viewing one or two plays to supplement an approach to the plays as drama. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Myers.
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ENG 240 - Medieval Literature (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9) (LER–TXT AND DIV)
Study of a major author or a broad issue in the literature of the Middle Ages. Aesthetic and cultural study of Medieval English verse and prose to rediscover pre-Modern cultural values. Emphasis on oral performance in pre-literate communities, manuscript construction and circulation, and the 15th-century transition to moveable type printed editions, using digital voice boards, original manuscripts and early print editions from Goucher’s Special Collections and the instructor’s collection, and in facsimile. Chaucer, the anonymous “Gawain”(or “Pearl”) poet, Malory, and other anonymous romancers, lyric poets, and dramatists. Prerequisite: ENG 211 or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Sanders.
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ENG 241 - Archeology of Text (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #7)
This interdisciplinary English course uses hands-on “laboratory” methods to introduce students to archival research using Goucher’s Rare Book Collection and online digital archives. Working backward in time, from the present to the Early Modern and Medieval periods, the course will survey ways people have packaged and used written/visual information, from digital media to early printed books to manuscripts. After training in codicology (rare book and document analysis), iconography (study of visual design), and paleography (study of old handwriting) students will conduct independent research using materials from Special Collections and Archives. Field trips to the Garrett Library (Johns Hopkins), the Library of Congress Rare Book Collection, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Students who have completed the course will be equipped to do additional archival research in 200- and 300-level courses, and for continued work in Special Collections and Archives and internships at Johns Hopkins, LC and the Folger. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Sanders.
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ENG 242 - From Puritan Diaries to Oprah’s Book Club: Readers and Writers in American History (4 Cr.) (HIS 242)(AMS 242)
Using insights gleaned from various disciplines, this course examines the history of reading
and writing in America. In particular, we will study how written texts are produced, disseminated,
and consumed. Topics include Indians and the discovery of print; the sentimental
novel; slave narratives; religious readers; the making of an American literary canon; comic
books in modern America; and, of course, Oprah’s book club. Prerequisites: sophomore
standing or or . Alternating years. Hale.
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ENG 243 - Renaissance Literature (3 Cr.)
Study of a major author or broad issue in the literature of the Renaissance, from Sidney to Massinger, emphasizing Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Prerequisite: ENG 211 . Variable semesters. Myers.
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ENG 246 - English Literature 1660-1800 (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Studies of major literary themes and traditions in historical, intellectual, political, and aesthetic contexts. Extensive readings in Swift, Pope, Johnson, and Austen. Prerequisite: ENG 212 . Variable semesters.
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ENG 249 - The Legacy of Slavery (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #10)
In this interdisciplinary course on African-American literature, culture, and history students will examine the impact and legacy of slavery on the experiences of all Americans, but particularly African Americans as they negotiate and define “freedom” for themselves throughout history. The theme of enslavement will be explored from the American Colonial period to the present in literary genres that include slave narratives, poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and science fiction. Authors include Butler, Chesnutt, Douglass, Hansberry, Ellison, and Wright. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency, permission of the instructor, or sophomore standing. Variable semester. Robinson.
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ENG 250 - American Literature I (3 Cr.)
This course explores issues of nationality, spirituality, race, gender and sexuality from the Colonial Period to the Civil War in literary genres that include letters, journals, essays, poetry, the sermon, autobiography, short story, novel, and the slave narrative. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency. Fall semester. Robinson.
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ENG 254 - American Literature II (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
This course traces developments in American Literature from the 1880s through the 1920s, a period dominated by the rags-to-riches plot. Students will explore how writers such as Alger (Ragged Dick), Twain (Puddn’head Wilson), Dreiser (Sister Carrie), James (Daisy Miller), Wharton (The House of Mirth), Chopin (The Awakening), Harper ( Iola Leroy), Norris (McTeague), and Burroughs (Tarzan) obsessively reworked this plot, even as they grappled with the moral costs of social ambition and the obstacles that women, minorities, and the lower classes faced in their struggle upward. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency. Spring semester. Marchand.
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ENG 255 - The Modern American Novel (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
Studies of modern American fiction. Special topics. Announced prior to registration. Variable semesters. Cordish.
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ENG 256 - Multiethnic American Literature () (GEN. ED. #9) (LER–TXT AND DIV)
An examination of literature written by Americans of various ethnic and racial backgrounds. Works studied may include Native American tales, Sui Sin Far, Anzia, Yezierska, Rudolfo Anaya, and Maxine Hong Kingston. Course also discusses theories of ethnic literature and immigrant experience. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency. Variable semesters. Tokarczyk, Robinson.
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ENG 259 - The Victorian Period (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
This course approaches British Victorian literature through the lens of the Bildungsroman: the novel of education, development, or vocation. Texts will include Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, a novel by Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s epic poem Aurora Leigh, and Hardy’s Jude the Obscure. Topics for discussion will include authorship, gender, national identity, and the effects of industrialization, as well as techniques of narration, characterization, and description. Prerequisite: . Spring semester, alternate years; next offered spring 2015. Wells.
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ENG 260 - The Early English Novel (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Study of the themes and forms of major 18th- and early 19th-century novels within the context of social and intellectual history. Works by Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen. Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Variable semesters. White.
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ENG 264 - The Victorian English Novel (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Study of the themes and forms of major Victorian and early 20th-century novels within the context of social and intellectual history. Works by Dickens, Eliot, Thackery, Hardy, Conrad, Ford. Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Variable semesters.
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ENG 265 - History of the English Novel (3 Cr.)
This course will examine the history and evolution of the novel in English from its emergence in the early eighteenth century, through the nineteenth century “golden age,” and into the modern era. We will explore changes in authors’ techniques and concerns, paying particular attention to the evolution of styles of narrative; approaches to psychological characterization; the appearance of other genres within the realist tradition; conventions of fiction, and responses to these conventions; attitudes towards authorship, especially when influenced by gender; and representations of “Englishness.” Prerequisite: or permission of instructor. Offered spring 2014 and alternate years. Wells.
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ENG 272G - Intensive Course Abroad: Shakespeare: Stage and Page (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #3)
This course examines the relationship between Shakespeare as literature and Shakespeare as theatre; we examine Shakespeare’s works both from a historical/critical perspective and from a performance perspective. January intersession. Variable years. Curry and Myers.
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ENG 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad () (GEN. ED. #3)
Course includes a pre-departure or post-departure, seven-week course or both in the fall and/or spring and a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter or summer.
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ENG 273 - Postmodernism (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
This course explores various theories and examples of postmodern literature and culture. Texts, from 1960 to the present, that focus on writing, reading, and storytelling as acts of profound political, social, and existential significance will be studied. Authors include Pynchon, DeLillo, Gibson, Wallace. Prerequisite: ENG 212 or junior standing. Fall semester. Offered 2013-14. Alternate years. Cordish.
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ENG 275 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #10) (LER–TXT AND DIV)
Poetry and Fiction conventionally assigned to the Harlem Renaissance. Authors include Hughes, Hurston, Cullen, McKay, and others. Discussion of the delineation of the movement’s boundaries, both temporally and by subject, the construction and reconstruction of a racial identity, and the tension between a progressive literary movement and the “masses” it would represent. The approach will be interdisciplinary. Fulfills American studies elective. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency. Fall semester. Robinson.
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ENG 276 - Modern Poetry (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
An exploration of works by British and American poets of the early 20th century in their historical, intellectual, and cultural context. Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Auden, Stevens, Moore, Frost, and their contemporaries. Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Variable semesters. Tokarczyk.
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ENG 277 - Contemporary American Poets (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
Major writers representing various schools, regions, and ethnic groups. Particular attention will be paid to the historical and cultural context of the work. Lowell, Ginsberg, Ashbery, Rich, and others. Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Variable semesters. Tokarczyk.
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ENG 280 - The Novel and the Film (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
The Films and Sources of Stanley Kubrick. This course offers a comparative study of form and theme in the novel and film versions of Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. Prerequisite: one course in literature or film, or sophomore standing. Alternate years.
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ENG 285 - Contemporary Literature From India, Africa, and Australia (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9 and #10) (LER–TXT AND DIV)
How do the time you spend abroad and the time you spend on campus fit together? What is the legacy of colonialism in the modern world? This contemporary literature course may allow you to find some answers by examining works from three very different locales (India, Africa and Australia).We will pursue our literary study of novels, plays and poetry while also considering the socio-cultural contexts that produce these works and the historical events and legacies that have made them what they are. Prerequisite: Frontiers or sophomore standing. Rauwerda.
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ENG 290 - Internship in English (3-4 Cr.)
Internships involving the application of knowledge and skills in composition, language, and literature, typically in editing, publishing, journalism, radio and television, advertising, and public relations. Businesses, professional firms, and government agencies sometimes accept students with composition skills as interns. Credit for off-campus experience is available in some cases to students working for the college newspaper. Prerequisite: Varies according to the nature of the internship, but usually consists of a course in journalism, ENG 221 , or a 200-level course in composition. Faculty sponsorship required. May be taken either for a letter grade or pass/no pass. Department.
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ENG 299 - Independent Work in English (1.5-4 Cr.)
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ENG 300 - Special Topics in English (3 Cr.)
Advanced creative writing workshop taught by a visiting writer to the Kratz Center for Creative Writing. Prerequisite: ENG 315 and/or manuscript submission and approval of Madison Smartt Bell. Can be taken twice. Spring semester. Visiting Instructor.
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ENG 305 - Writing Workshop: Poetry (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8)
Supervision of individual creative projects in poetry. Formal and thematic weekly assignments with in-class discussion of class members’ poems. Suggested prerequisite: ENG 205 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Spires.
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ENG 306 - Writing Workshop: Fiction (3 Cr.)
Supervision of individual creative projects. Individual conferences and weekly seminar meetings. Prerequisites: ENG 202 and submission of a sample of creative writing to the instructor. Spring semester. Bell.
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ENG 307 - Creative Nonfiction II (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #8)
Further work in creative nonfiction. This writing workshop requires several extensively revised papers, peer critiques of essays, and submission of a final portfolio. Prerequisite: ENG 226 or another 200-level writing course, certified proficiency in writing. Spring semester. Tokarczyk.
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ENG 315 - Advanced Seminar in Creative Writing (3 Cr.)
An advanced workshop with sections in fiction and poetry. Written work for the seminar will be an extended project consisting of either three or four finished short stories or 10 to 12 pages of poetry. Can be taken twice if different topic. Suggested prerequisite (one of the following): ENG 202 or ENG 306 , or ENG 205 or ENG 305 . Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Fall semester. Bell and Spires.
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ENG 325 - Overseas: When World Travelers Write (3 Cr.)
This course starts by examining iconic non-fiction travel narratives like Graham Greene’s Journey without Maps and its contemporary successor, Tim Butcher’s Chasing the Devil: A Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene. We then consider how creative non-fiction narratives of being an immigrant differ from travel narratives, using Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family as an example. Finally we shift to what will be the course’s primary focus: fiction written by third culture authors (where “third culture” means authors who spent their formative childhood years outside their ostensible “home” nation). As examples of third culture authors we treat, among others, Ian McEwan and Barbara Kingsolver. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Rauwerda.
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ENG 330 - Special Topics in English Literature to 1700 (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Topic: Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: A complete reading of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, with attention to the critical controversies of the past five hundred years, and to the cultural context from which the tales emerged. Early Modern (1475-1700) commentaries on, and editions and translations of the tales will be consulted in Goucher’s Rare Book Collection and at the Garrett Library (Johns Hopkins). May be repeated for credit with different topic. Prerequisite: ENG 211 , ENG 240 , or ENG 243 , or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2011-12 and alternate years. Myers, Sanders.
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ENG 335 - Jane Austen and Her Readers (3 Cr.)
Enduring popular as well as critically praised, the novels of Jane Austen have intrigued and inspired readers from her day through ours. We will make extensive hands-on use of Goucher’s Burke Austen Collection in order to explore changing responses to her writings; film adaptations will part of our study as well. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Also counts towards the new Book Studies minor. Offered fall 2013 and alternate years. Wells.
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ENG 340 - Special Topics in English Literature Since 1700 (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7 and #9)
This course focuses on major works of three nineteenth-century British novelists: Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Emma; Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Villette; and George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch. Our study of conditions of authorship and reception will include hands-on work in Goucher’s Jane Austen Collection. Other topics for discussion will include treatment of the Bildungsroman and approaches to gender and artistry. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Wells.
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ENG 350 - Seminar in Shakespeare (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #9)
Topic for 2012-2013 - A close reading of Shakespearean drama, supplemented by secondary readings from both Shakespeare’s time and the subsequent critical heritage, as an exploration of Shakespeare’s world and our interpretation of it. Topic: A very close reading of King Lear in an attempt to understand (or at least understand why we don’t understand) every line in the play. We will also examine the quarto and folio texts, supplemented by important secondary material on the play. Prerequisite: ENG 211 or ENG 232 . Offered 2013-14. Myers.
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ENG 361 - Studies in Fiction (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7 and #9)
TOPIC FOR 2012-2013: VIRGINIA WOOLF: HER WORK AND WORLD
Virginia Stephen Woolf, novelist, essayist, and critic remains one of the most important and influential writers of the modern world. This seminar focuses on close reading of the majority of her major works within the historical, intellectual and aesthetic context of the Bloomsbury Group, feminism and Modernism. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Spring semester. Cordish.
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ENG 371 - Seminar in American Literature (3 Cr.)
The Whale. Several years ago the New York Times Book Review surveyed readers about the book they most regret not having read. The number one answer? Moby-Dick. Avoid their terrible fate and read Moby-Dick, the true story it was inspired by, and the works it inspired in turn, including satires (Mad Magazine’s “Call me Fish-Smell”), films, and a techno-opera.
Fall semester. Marchand.
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ENG 372 - Seminar in African American Literature (3 Cr.)
Topic: The African American Novel—an examination of thematic, structural, and stylistic characteristics of the African American novel from its rise in the 19th century through contemporary works. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and a course in literature, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Robinson.
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ENG 392 - Contemporary Literary Theory (3 Cr.)
An introduction to Postcolonial Theory, which is one branch of literary theory, this course deals with international contexts and the power differences between the western world and its former colonies. We study works by Said, Fanon, Bhabha and Spivak. Though this counts as a literature seminar for students in the English major, we do not emphasize the study of literature, but rather ideas about what “postcoloniality” means and what its implications are. The texts we read are, admittedly, challenging, but are provocative and exciting too. This course will hopefully expand your own ideas about race, gender, nationalism and the effects of political and cultural influence. Prerequisite: ENG 215 . Spring semester. Alternate years. Rauwerda.
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ENG 400 - Independent Work in English (1.5-4 Cr.)
Fall and spring semesters. Department.
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ENG 450 - Senior Thesis (4/4 Cr.)
Fall and spring semesters. Department.
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ES 100 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3.5 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6 and #11) (LER–ENV)
This course explores current environmental issues with the goal of evaluating how the integration of biological, chemical, geological, and physical principles is vital for identifying and understanding environmental problems and for shaping policies for effective solutions. The laboratory centers on the application of scientific principles and protocols to investigate both natural and urban environments. Discussions will focus on global environmental issues, including global warming, water and air quality, urbanization, biodiversity, human population growth, and food production. This course involves required field trips. Four hours lecture/laboratory. Fall and spring semesters. Mora.
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ES 130E - Intermediate Reading in Spanish and Environmental Studies in Ecuador (6 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #2, #3, and #11) (LER–ENV, LER-SA, LER-FL)
This interdisciplinary course allows students to study environmental sustainability issues and Spanish in Ecuador, which is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. This course encompasses a pre-program course and an international field experience that includes field trips to the rain-forest and the San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands. Using current environmental problems in Ecuador and elsewhere, this course focuses on environmental politics, economic development, and/or ethical considerations about the relationship between human populations and their surrounding ecosystems. This course also examines the intellectual history of the idea and discipline of ecology, including Darwin’s legacy and the importance of the Galapagos Islands in shaping Darwin’s thought. Credits will be distributed as follows: 3 credits during the pre-program course in the Spring semester at Goucher (2 Environmental Studies and 1 Spanish), and 4 credits during the three week intensive course in Ecuador (1 Environmental Studies and 3 Spanish). This course will be offered every other year in the Spring semester at Goucher, in combination with a three week intensive course in Ecuador during May/early June. Offered May/June 2012 and every other year. Department.
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ES 130G - Intermediate Reading in Spanish: Environmental Studies (6 Cr.) (SP 229G and SP 299G) (GEN. ED. #2, #3, and #11) (LER-ENV, LER-SA, LER-FL)
This interdisciplinary course allows students to study environmental sustainability issues and Spanish in Ecuador, which is one of the most bio-diverse countries in the world. This course encompasses a pre-program course and an international field experience that includes living on San Cristóbal Island, visiting several other islands in the Galapagos, and visiting Otavalo (an indigenous community) in Ecuador. This course will examine the tensions that exist in the Galapagos between preserving one of the world’s most pristine ecosystems and sustaining the people who live and depend on the islands’ resources. We will also consider the role of the indigenous cultures in helping the government of Ecuador advance progressive sustainability initiatives in the face of demands to extract the non-renewable resources that exist in this bio-diverse country. 3 credits during the pre-program course in the Spring semester at Goucher (2 Spanish and 1 Environmental Studies), and 3 credits during the three week intensive course in Ecuador (2 Environmental Studies and 1 Spanish). Prerequisite: SP 130. Students will receive credit for SP 229 or for independent work in Spanish (1-3 credits, the equivalent to SP 299). Spring/summer. Offered 2014 and alternate years. Cortes-Conde and Kasniunas.
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ES 140 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (3 Cr.) (PSC 140) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER–ENV)
An introductory course intended to broaden and deepen understanding of the environmental issues facing humanity today. The course focuses on how human institutions and ways of living create—as well as offer resources for solving—the problems that we face. We examine a selection of topics that have become central environmental issues of our time: climate change, biodiversity loss and conservation, food production, energy and sustainable development. We then consider how contemporary social activists and thinkers are defining central problems and questions. Finally we investigate our role in creating humanity’s collective social-environmental future. Fall and spring semesters. Billo.
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ES 200 - Environmental Geology (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER–ENV)
This course examines the interconnectivity of geologic processes, climate change, and life on Earth. Topics include rock formation, soils, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, and river and groundwater pollution. Emphasis will be placed on the application of geologic principles to solve some environmental problems. Variable semesters. Mora.
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ES 204 - Environmental Engineering (3 Cr.) (BIO 204 ) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER – ENV)
Critical examination of current problems related to environmental engineering approaches applied to protect resources, human health, and the environmental quality. Topics include: Environmental Health Microbiology (drinking water, sewer processes and wastewater), Xenobiotics (Man-made toxic compounds), Sustainable Waste Technology and Life Cycle Assessment (evaluation of products from “Cradle-to-Grave”). Emphasis is on the environmental impacts of the Greater Baltimore area and the Chesapeake Bay including water sheds and on the protection of resources. Lectures, student presentations & discussion, guest lectures and field trips to facilities such treatment plants for drinking water and wastewater. Prerequisites: BIO 104 or ES 100 or CHE 106 /CHE 111 . Spring Semester. Offered 2014 and alternate years, Kjellerup.
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ES 205 - Debunked! Environmental Writing & Communication (3 Cr.) (COM 205)
This 200-level environmental communication and writing class will focus on improving scientific literacy across a variety of media. We will prepare students to be intelligent consumers of popular environmental discourse, able to distinguish valid science-based information from disinformation. As well, the course will stress competent science-based environmental writing. Students will be expected to understand science-based articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals; and scientifically-themed television programming. Assignments will include a letter to the editor, a storyboard for a television episode, a corporate press release, an NGO white paper, and an in-depth research article. The course will focus on environmental and sustainability-based subjects.
Prerequisite: College Writing Proficiency requirement. Fall semester. Offered 2014 and alternate years. Peroutka.
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ES 210 - Biosphere and Society (3 Cr.)
This course employs interdisciplinary inquiry and mixed methodological approaches towards understanding current environmental issues. Built around critical evaluation and analysis of current scientific reports and other primary materials, the course focuses on topical issues at the intersection of ecological questions and social institutions. Emphasis is placed on cultivating the ability to understand disciplinary abstraction and apply such knowledge to context-dependent explanations of environmental challenges. The course is intended to support development of key intellectual and practical tools for upper division work and future careers in environmental studies. Satisfies requirement for writing proficiency in the major. Enrollment restricted to Environmental Studies majors and minors. Prerequisite: ES 100 and ES 140 /PSC 140 . Fall semester. Department.
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ES 215 - Fossil Fuels and Society (3 Cr.)
In this course students will approach societal relationships to fossil fuels from a contemporary perspective. We will cover multiple conceptual themes, including envrionmental justice and corporate social responsibility. The course concentrates on consumption patterns in shaping specific social and political relationships. By studying the social and political aspects of fossil fuel consumption, students should be able to apply this knowledge to current events and politics, and begin to develop practical real-world solutions for our current energy challenges.
Prerequisite: . Offered 2014 and alternate years. Billo.
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