Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Course Descriptions
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World Literature in Translation |
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WL 354 - Madmen and Wily Heroines (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 254, RUS 354, and WL 254)
In Russian and/or English. Primarily a literary survey course for advanced students comprised of authentic texts supplemented by short written assignments. Native speakers read authentic texts. English speakers read the works in translation. Major genres, and literary movements of the late 18th to mid-19th century are covered in the works of major writers: Karamzin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Individual works selected in accordance with the topic. Essential grammar review and intensive vocabulary building is integrated into the course. Prerequisite: RUS 231 or RUS 248 . Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 355 - Serfdom and the Silver Spoon (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 255, RUS 355, and WL 255)
In Russian and/or English. Primarily a literary survey course for advanced students comprised of authentic texts supplemented by short written assignments. Native speakers read authentic texts. English speakers read the works in translation. Major genres, and literary movements of the late 18th to mid-19th century are covered in the works of major writers: Karamzin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Individual works selected in accordance with the topic. Essential grammar review and intensive vocabulary building is integrated into the course. Prerequisite: RUS 231 or RUS 248 . Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 356 - Laughter Through Tears (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 256, RUS 356, and WL 256)
In Russian and/or English. Primarily a literary survey course for advanced students comprised of authentic texts supplemented by short written assignments. Native speakers read authentic texts. English speakers read the works in translation. Major genres, and literary movements of the late 18th to mid-19th century are covered in the works of major writers: Karamzin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Individual works selected in accordance with the topic. Essential grammar review and intensive vocabulary building is integrated into the course. Prerequisite: RUS 231 or RUS 248 . Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 357 - Superfluous People (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 257, RUS 357, and WL 257)
In Russian and/or English. Primarily a literary survey course for advanced students comprised of authentic texts supplemented by short written assignments. Native speakers read authentic texts. English speakers read the works in translation. Major genres, and literary movements of the late 18th to mid-19th century are covered in the works of major writers: Karamzin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Individual works selected in accordance with the topic. Essential grammar review and intensive vocabulary building is integrated into the course. Prerequisite: RUS 231 or RUS 248 . Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 361 - 18th-19th Century Satire (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 261, RUS 361, and WL 261)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the study of the works of Fonvizin, Gogol, Saltykov-Schedrin and Nekrassov designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 362 - The Works of Alexander Pushkin (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 262, RUS 362, and WL 262)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the study of the poetry, prose and drama of Alexander Pushkin designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 363 - The Works of Lev Tolstoy (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 263, RUS 363, and WL 263)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the early prose and the mature novellas of Lev Tolstoy designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 364 - Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 264, RUS 364, and WL 264)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around Lev Tolstoy’s second major novel of psychological realism designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 365 - Nineteenth Century Short Prose (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 265, RUS 365, and WL 265)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course featuring select short stories and novellas of Lermontov, Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, and Chekhov designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 366 - To the Manor Born (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 266, RUS 366, and WL 266)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course depicting thelife of the Russian gentry through literature designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 367 - The Golden Age of Russian Literature (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 267, RUS 367, and WL 267)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course revolving around the poetry of Lermontov and Pushkin, and the prose of Gogol designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 368 - The Poetry of Romanticism (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 268, RUS 368, and WL 268)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course featuring the prose of Bestuzhev Marlinsky and his contemporaries, the poetry of Lermontov, Fet, and Tiutchev designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 369 - Russian Fairytale: A Critical Analysis (4 Cr.) (Cross-listed as RUS 269, RUS 369, and WL 269) (LER TXT and LER DIV)
In English with 1-credit Russian option. A multimedia survey course of Russian oral and subsequent written traditions presented against the background of the Indo-European traditions. All students must complete a research paper. At the 300-level students are required to complete a research paper, capstone project, or an approved Community- Based Learning project. Prerequisite: none. Alternating years. Spring semester. Czeczulin.
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WL 370 - Tales of St. Petersburg (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 270, RUS 370, and WL 270)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course revolving around the theme of Russia’s western capital. Includes an in-depth analysis of the Bronze Horseman by Pushkin and Requiem by Akhmatova. Designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 371 - Out of the Shadows: Women in Russia (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 271, RUS 371, and WL 271) (LER TXT and LER DIV)
In English. An examination of the role of Russian women in the world and the significance of their contributions from diverse perspectives, including feminist methodology. All students must complete a research paper. At the 300-level students are required to complete a research paper capstone project or an approved Community-Based Learning project. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Alternating years. Spring semester. Czeczulin.
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WL 373 - Folklore in Russian Literature (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 273, RUS 373, and WL 273)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course that analyzes the influence of Russian folklore on the works of major writers such as Lermontov, Pushkin and Gogol. Designed for advanced and native students. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 374 - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 274, RUS 374, and WL 274)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course revolving around the comparison of the style and themes of Russia’s foremost authos of psychological realism, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 375 - Saints and Sinners (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 275, RUS 375, and WL 275)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course which examines the role of Orthodoxy on major writers such as Lev Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Suitable for advanced and native speakers). Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Fall semester. Samilenko.
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WL 380 - Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 280, RUS 380, and WL 280)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around Bulgakov’s cult novel about the devil coming to Moscow at the height of the purges. Suitable for advanced and native speakers). Part of a four-year cycle of rotating pre-revolutionary topics in fiction, poetry, or drama involving close textual analysis of select works of one author, in-depth analysis of a single literary masterpiece, or examination of a particular theme or genre. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. English speakers read the works in translation. Prerequisite: any 200 level Russian Literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 381 - Twentieth Century Satire (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 281, RUS 381, and WL 281)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the works of Zoshchenko, Ilf and Petrov and Bulgakov. Designed for high intermediate, advanced, and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 382 - Poets of the Silver Age (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 282, RUS 382, and WL 282)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the works of such Symbolist poets as Blok, Bely, balmont, and Briusov. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 383 - Great Works of the Silver Age (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 283, RUS 383, and WL 283)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the poetry and prose of Bely and Blok. Designed for advanced and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 384 - Twentieth Century Poetry (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 284, RUS 384, and WL 284)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the Decandent, Symbolist, Futurist, and Acmeist movements in poetry. Designed for advanced and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 385 - Russian Cinema (4 Cr.) (cross-listed with RUS 285, RUS 385, and WL 285)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course structured around the works of Eisenstein, Vertov and other innovators of the first quarter of the Soviet Union as well as masters of contemporary Russian cinema. Designed for advanced and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 386 - Masterpieces of Twentieth Century Literature (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 286, RUS 386, and WL 286)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course for advanced and native speakers. Course examines the revolutionary themes in Blok Bable, Maykovsky, and Bulgakov. Designed for advanced and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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WL 387 - Revolution and Purge (4 Cr.) (cross-listed as RUS 287, RUS 387, and WL 287)
In Russian and/or English. Intensive writing and speaking course which examines the revolutionary writings of Blok, Babel, Mayakovsky, and Bulgakov. Designed for advanced and native speakers. Part of a four-year cycle of rotating topics in 20th-century prose, poetry, drama, or cinema involving close textual analysis of the works of a single author, study of a particular genre, in depth analysis of a single novel, genre or soviet or Russian cinema. Special emphasis is placed on the writing of longer critical essays. Projects include authentic soviet periodicals. English speakers read the works in translation. May be taken more than once under a different topic for minor and major credit. Prerequisite: any 200-level Russian literature course, RUS 312 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Samilenko.
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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
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WGS 100 - Confronting Inequality: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary American Society (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 100) (LER DIV) (GCR RPP)
This introductory course is an interdisciplinary examination of contemporary issues in women, gender, and sexuality studies, drawing on a variety of sources - scholarly journals, autobiography, fiction, poetry, political analysis, and pop-culture discourses - with an emphasis on racial and ethnic diversity in American society. This course explores a variety of topics, including sexualities, gender in the labor force, family, motherhood, masculinity, education, cultural images, health, sexual violence, creativity, and political activism. Fall semester. Lewis.
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WGS 150 - Women’s Experiences in Global Perspectives (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 150)
An interdisciplinary examination of women’s status and activism worldwide, including regional and local comparisons and the roles of government, nongovernmental, and international organizations in shaping women’s experiences. Fall and spring semester. TBA.
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WGS 205 - Maintaining the Status Quo: Power and Privilege in the United States (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 205)
This course will examine the history of race-based privilege and its evolution from the nineteenth century to today. By reading historical documents, biography and socio-economic studies, students will explore samples of structural violence in education, housing and employment. They will analyze the means through which injustices have been challenged. This course serves as the WID course for PCE and WGS. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Fall and spring semester.
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WGS 222 - Women and Literature (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 222) (LIT 222 ) (LER TXT and LER DIV)
Topic: Working Class Women’s Literature. For too long the working class has been used as a coded term for white male blue-collar workers. Women, including women of color, form a large part of the working class. In literary works - fiction, poetry, and memoirs - these women represent themselves and their communities. Yet many readers are not even aware that the category “working-class women’s literature” exists. In LIT/WS 222 we’ll begin by talking about just what we mean by working-class women’s literature. We will then look at several literary works in their historical and cultural context. Writers we’ll study include Sandra Cisneros, Rebecca Harding Davis, Dorothy Allison, and June Jordan. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or instructor’s permission. Next offered Fall 2016. Tokarczyk.
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WGS 224 - Is there life beyond the Looking Glass? Gender, Identity, and Race in Caribbean Culture (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 224)
An interdisciplinary examination of women, their families, and society in Caribbean culture. Emphasis is given to the process of representation and self-portraiture of women in the works of contemporary Caribbean women writers, including Jean Rhys, Simone Schwarz-Bart, Ramabai Espinet, Ana Lydia Vega, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as to the themes of colonialism, resistance, migration, and exile. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Offered 2015-16 and alternate years. François.
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WGS 225 - Gender and Sexuality Studies (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 225)
An interdisciplinary examination of theories of sexuality and their impact on specfic historical and contemporary sociopolitical movements and issues, such as marriage equality, sexual identity, motherhood, prostitution, race and sexual politics, formations of femininty and masculinity, youth access to sexual health education, and constructions of desire. With an emphasis on racial and cultural diversity in a US context, this course will engage with history and theory, expressions in the arts, personal narratives, contemporary social debates, and legal discourses. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 or permission of instructor. Spring semester. Lewis.
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WGS 226 - Women, Peace, and Protest: Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 226) (LAM 226 and PCE 226)
Examination of women’s participation in the human rights, social, and economic movements. Focus on understanding if, why, and under what circumstances gender becomes a central force in the development of these movements. We will address three questions: Has the involvement of women helped to define the human rights movement in Latin America? To what extent have feminist theory and theories of the state accounted for the nature of women’s protest? How and why were women instrumental in the political process that led from authoritarian to democratic rule in their countries? This course focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on women’s movements in the southern cone countries: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil. Prerequisite: WGS 150 and a HIS or LAM 100-level course. Spring semester. Offered 2014-15 and alternate years. François.
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WGS 227 - Becoming Visible: Fictions of International Female Identity (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 227) (LER DIV ONLY IF TAKEN PRIOR TO FALL 2015)
This course looks at the social, cultural, and political construction of femininity within different sociopolitical contexts. We read an internationally diverse range of women writers from various countries from the non-Western world. Thus we can explore the concept of female marginality in various modalities and its relationship to questions of power and gender formation. We look at the geographical, political, personal and imaginative space women occupy and discuss how women move through the world both literally and figuratively. Prerequisite: WRT 120 or WRT 181 or FYS 100W , and sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2011-12 and alternate years. François.
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WGS 229 - Contemporary Brazilian Voices (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 229)
Brazil is a country rich in haunting paradoxes, contradictions, awesome in its diversity and multiplicity with renowned writers, artists, and grassroots activists mostly unfamiliar to Americans. This interdisciplinary course aims to introduce students to selected contemporary Brazilian women writers, activists, and artists with emphasis on the complex web interconnecting and disconnecting representations of nationality, geography, race, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and sexuality. It is organized around a cultural/women’s studies perspective, taking as a point of departure and returning to the dis-junctures between popular film constructions of Brazil and its people, in particular Brazilian women, by U.S./European filmmakers and representations by Brazilian themselves. Analyses of texts, films, telenovelas, music, and dance will center on fantasies/quests of female subjectivity or stardom in specific historical and contemporary contexts, as opposed to pervasive and entrenched national myths of racial democracy and pluralistic identities. Prerequisites: Any WGS, SOA, PSC, or LAM course at the 100-level and sophomore standing. Spring semester. Offered 2014-15 and alternate years. François.
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WGS 242 - Women and Environmental Justice (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 242) (LER ENV)(GCR ENV)
Environmental issues do not affect all of us equally. In the United States, poor and minority groups are disproportionately impacted by pollution, toxic dumping, mountaintop removal and other issues. For women, there are reproductive implications, as well as health issues. This course will examine both articles on environmental issues and imaginative writing (novels, poetry, etc.) depicting the environment’s affect on working-class and poor people’s lives. The course will address national and international concerns. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Tokarczyk.
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WGS 250 - Special Topics (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 250)
Topics vary by term.
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WGS 253 - Haitian History and the Culture of Resistance (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 253) (cross listed with PCE 253 )
This course examines Haitian history through various forms of creative expression that serve as forms of political, economic or epistemological resistance. The course addresses Haiti’s long history of resistance and social justice action before and since its birth as a nation in 1804. Of particular interest will be issues of nationalism, colonialism/racism, difference/identity, resources/wealth/environmental degradation, U.S. occupations (military and non-profit), displacement, trauma, geo-psychoanalytic space, exile and globalization. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Spring semester every other year. Bess, Francois.
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WGS 265 - Law, Ethics, and Public Policy: Current Issues (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 265) (LER Textual Analysis)
An examination of the legal, ethical, and public policy questions raised by controversial contemporary issues. Topic: abortion and reproductive technology. Focus on the impact of these issues on women’s lives. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Offered 2011-12 and alternate years.
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WGS 270 - Gender, Work, and Family (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 270) (cross listed as SOA 270 )
Examination of gender expectations and experiences in work and family. Review of theories explaining effects of gender on employment and family life. Issues discussed include occupational segregation, pay inequities, household division of labor, intimate partner violence, and alternate family forms.
Prerequisite: SOA 100 , WGS 100 , or WGS 150 . Fall semester. Offered 2013-2014 and alternate years. Shope, Smith.
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WGS 276 - Feminist Philosophy (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 276) (Cross listed as PHL 276 )
A philosophical study of questions of gender and gender inequality. The class will explore social constructions of femininity and masculinity, theories of masculine privilege, and various, competing strategies for resistance. Students will reflect on gender in relation to other social inequalities, with particular attention to sexuality and heterosexism. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, alternate years.
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WGS 282 - Women of North Africa and the Middle East (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 282) (Cross listed as HIS 282 )
This course examines the role of women in the greater Middle East region, from the pre-Islamic period through the present. Using primary sources, memoirs, and visual material, the course compares and examines the impact of religion (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), empire, slavery, colonialism, and nationalism on women in Arab, Iranian, Israeli, and Turkish civil society and history. Spring semester. Offered 2015-16 and alternate years. François.
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WGS 299 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)
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WGS 311 - Queer Film and Media (4 Cr.) (COM 430 ) (GCR RPP)(LER DIV)
This course will explore gender and sexuality nonconformity in cinema, television, and video. Using readings drawn from queer theory and film criticism, we will examine significant queer auteurs and queer film practices, from activist videos to the New Queer Cinema movement to YouTube mashups. Topics to be considered include the politics of queer representation and visibility; appropriating and revising dominant mainstream images and genres; and queer aesthetics, sensibilities, and fandoms. Prerequisites: 2 300-level COM courses, COM 262 , and junior or senior status, by the beginning of the semester; or 2 WGS courses; or permission of the instructor.
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WGS 325 - Women and Film (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 325) (Cross listed as COM 425 ) (GCR RPP)
This course examines films and filmmakers noted for their singular, provocative approaches to screening women. Drawing on feminist and queer theories, we will explore how these films and filmmakers challenge and transgress gender roles and sexual norms while experimenting with cinematic form. Filmmakers to be studied represent a variety of historical periods, nationalities, and film traditions, including classical and contemporary Hollywood, avant-garde cinema, independent film, and international art cinema. Prerequisites: WGS 330 and junior or senior status; OR COM 341 or COM 342 , and COM 262 , and junior or senior status; or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate years, Spring semester. San Filippo.
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WGS 330 - Intersectionality: Diverse Feminisms (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 230)
This course examines intersectional feminist theory in the United States, tracing its emergence in foundational texts from the 1960’s and 70’s, through contemporary intersectional discourses on race, class, gender, and sexuality. This course focuses on issues raised and analytic frameworks used by women of color and queer scholars, activists, and artists seeking to theorize power, critique privilege, examine identity, and envision liberation. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 or sophomore standing. Offered Fall 2016 and alternate years. Lewis.
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WGS 332 - African American Women’s History (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 232) (GCR RPP)
This course will examine the social, political, and cultural history of African American women in the United States from the Colonial period through the present. Special attention will be given to the construction of race and the diversity of African American women’s experiences in the United States. Prerequisite: WGS 100 , WGS 150 , AFR 200 , or permission of instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2012-2013 and alternate years. Lewis.
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WGS 335 - Gender Identity, Expression, and the Body (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 235)
This course will examine the social constructions of sex and gender, and will explore gender identity and expression, non-conforming gendered bodies, variance, ambiguity, performance, and embodiments. This course will employ an intersectional approach that evaluates the science of biological sex, race, class, sexual orientation, and other dimensions of identity using methods of inquiry from feminist studies, LGBT studies, queer theory, performance studies, and popular culture discourses. Prerequisite: WGS 100 , WGS 150 , or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Lewis.
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WGS 337 - Gender and Migration: Where are you from? I “detect” an accent (4 Cr.) (formerly WGS 237) (LER DIV)
This course on gender and migration focuses on recurrent and recognizable patterns of migration that takes into account gender, politics, war, race, ethnicity, class and sexuality. It considers how economic factors, geopolitics, empire-building, neoliberal principles of national security and fighting terrorism affect the contemporary lived experience of migration. It will also address the human dimension of migration, of resisting, of border zones, statelessness, of identity, and dignity, survival and personal security. Prerequisite: WGS 150 , or a 100-level PCE course, or FYS 100 , or AFR 100, or permission of the instructor. Francois.
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WGS 348 - Towards Collective Liberation: Activism and Organizing (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 248)
Taking an intersectional and interdisciplinary feminist perspective, this course will examine the ways in which gender, sexuality, culture, race-ethnicity, and class shape political consciousness in the U.S.Topics include the evolution of conflicts and coalitions within organizations and social movements, neoliberal and progressive discourses around feminism, marriage equality, racial profiling, war, immigration, poverty, urban education, and health care, and the transformation of divisions into catalysts for vision, strategy, and implementing change through organizing. This course will engage the debate between community activists and academic theorists while highlighting coalition work and multi-issue approaches. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Lewis.
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WGS 400 - Seminar in Selected Topics in Women’s Studies (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 300)
An interdisciplinary seminar aimed at integrating theoretical approaches and research on women, gender, and sexuality that have emerged from a number of academic disciplines. Prerequisite: WGS 100 or WGS 150 . Spring semester.
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WGS 420 - Transnational Feminist Theory and Women’s Activism (4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 320) (Cross listed as AMS 320 and PCE 321 )
Crossing the boundaries of nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, sexuality, and genre, this course brings together a plurality of women’s voices of the non-Western world that counter colonial, post-colonial, multinational, and masculine paradigms of “otherness.” The central aims are to examine the extent to which their activism and theoretical thinking grew out of historical conditions, to establish a dialog that forms the wide-ranging spectrum of women’s experiences across the globe, and to assess these social and political writings for national change in the 21st century. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester. François.
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WGS 490 - Internship in Women’s Studies (0-4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 390)
A variety of WGS related internships are available. Students participate on site under the supervision of professionals in the field and also complete specific assignment(s) as determined by the faculty internship sponsor. Prerequisite: Permission of the director. May be taken for letter grade or pass/no pass.
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WGS 499 - Advanced Independent Work (1-4 Cr.) (Formerly WS 399)
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WRT 101 - Studio for Writers (1 Cr.)
Students will concentrate on craft in this fast-paced, interactive studio. The Writing Studio covers eight points of emphasis for writers: drafting and composing, revising and editing, mechanics and grammar review, style and voice, research, collaboration, critical thinking, and effective writing strategies and habits of mind. Final evaluation will be based on an e-Portfolio. Pass/No-Pass graded only. Fall and spring semesters. This course may be taken twice for credit.
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WRT 107 - Creative Screenwriting (4 Cr.)
This creative screenwriting workshop course guides participants through the process of transforming an original story into a feature film script. Students begin by analyzing award-winning original screenplays in order to understand cinematic language and its unique method of communication, the demands of its particular form of narrative design, and the importance of act structure in this medium. Students then are shepherded through the complex screenwriting process together in workshop format. They will share with each other several project steps along the way to ensure that the screenplay itself reaches full potential. Students examine storyline and structure from concept to synopsis to script, with particular attention to act structure, scene arc design, dialogue, characterization, plot development, pacing, subtext, and visual storytelling. The class features a roundtable workshop format in a demanding environment where students participate as both artist and critic, providing analyses of each other’s work. The course allows each student the opportunity to complete a large-scale project in a fully realized workshop environment. Spring semester. U’Ren.
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WRT 108 - Intro to Creative Writing: Mixed Genres (4 Cr.) (LER ARC)
Students will explore several genres in creative writing, including poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as well as multimodal texts and emerging genres. Students’ work, plus the work of published authors in these fields, will form the foundation of the class discussions. Fall semester. Poliakoff-Chen.
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WRT 120 - Introduction to Fiction Writing (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 120) (LER Artistic/Creative Expression)
This introduction to fiction writing seminar/workshop guides students as they develop basic techniques of fiction writing: plot, characterization, imagery, tone, narrative design, theme, and other fundamentals. The discussion group employs student work as text along with exemplary works of fiction. Fall and spring semesters. Flann, U’Ren.
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WRT 181 - Writing Studies (4 Cr.)
This course welcomes you into the Goucher Community of Writers and to the creative processes of inquiry, composition, collaboration, revision, and editing. You will develop strategies to read perceptively, think deeply, and write with clarity about complex issues. This course emphasizes research - the thoughtful, responsible use of sources that is part of joining ongoing academic conversations. In this intensive workshop, you will develop the habits of mind and practice of craft that characterize academic writing in all its complicated and graceful forms. Fall and spring semesters. (Please note that more sections are offered in the fall semester.)
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WRT 199 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)
Advanced studies and directed research. Center faculty.
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WRT 201 - Studio for Writers II (2 Cr.)
This writing studio is designed to help students earn College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Student will develop, research, and write an extended argumentative paper on a topic of their own choosing. Fall and spring semesters. Writing Program Faculty.
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WRT 202 - Short Story Writing (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 202) (LER Artistic/Creative Expression)
This course further examines craft in fiction writing, with special attention to the short story. Students write original short stories and discuss each other’s work in a seminar (workshop) format. Additional readings (stories, novels, and essays) will also be required and discussed. Fall and spring semesters. U’Ren, Flann, Poliakoff-Chen.
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WRT 203 - Feature Writing for Newspaper and Magazines (4 Cr.) (formerly ENG 203)
This intensive writing workshop focuses on identifying and interviewing candidates for feature stories. Students will write feature stories based on their interviews, and learn how to organize the material into compelling narratives. Students will discuss each other’s work in a seminar (workshop) format. Additionally, students will read and discuss published feature stories and articles about journalism. Students will also examine ethical concerns in interviewing and publishing. Guest lectures from professional journalists. The final project will be aimed at publication. Fulfills WEC requirement. Spring semester.
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WRT 205 - Introduction to Poetry Writing (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 205) (LER Artistic/Creative Expression)
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. Fall semester. Kunz.
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WRT 206 - Professional Communication (4 Cr.)
Open to students from any major, this course will develop and enhance students’ skills in a range of written and verbal communications in organizational settings. Students will work on a variety of projects, including standard business correspondence and career development documents in multiple platforms. Students will also craft persuasive arguments in the form of longer researched articles and grant proposals. Students will learn to write for a range of audiences. There will be an emphasis on presentations as well. Prerequisites: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or CWP. Enrollment preference is for Business Management Majors and Professional Writing Minors. Fulfills WEC requirement. Fall and spring semesters. Poliakoff-Chen, Roswell, Oweidat, Cottle, and Writing Program faculty.
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WRT 208 - Journalism Workshop (4 Cr.) (formerly ENG 208)
This course introduces students to the basic techniques of journalism and practice in forms of news, interviews, features, and reviews. Students learn specific techniques of newswriting, such as leads, edits, styles, and research. The course also asks students to engage in a critical study of the media and examine key ethical issues in journalism. Guest lectures by professional journalists. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or CWP. Fall semester.
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WRT 210 - Act Structure and Plot (2 Cr.)
The act structure component of narrative design is much like the blueprint of a building – never seen or examined by those who walk inside on ribbon-cutting day to appreciate carefully crafted archways, ceilings, and windows. Yet, this unseen blueprint is just as vital to the success of the plot in a novel, film, or story project. Act structure is an element considered at every stage of the writing process even though it is not meant to be detected or evaluated by outsiders. Understanding this unseen, yet vital, structural component in writing is crucial for anyone working in narrative design in any form: novel, film, or story. This two-credit course allows students to identify, analyze, and explore the act structure component of plot development. Students will study award-winning work as a means of understanding and appreciating the importance of dramatic act structure. The two credit course will culminate with each student analyzing and presenting an act structure analysis from a medium of their choice. Spring semester, first offered 2020. U’Ren.
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WRT 215 - Point of View (2 Cr.)
In-depth examination of points of view in fiction - the choices available and their effects. Reading of published texts, seminar discussion, writing exercises. Spring semester, first offered 2020. Flann, U’Ren, Poliakoff-Chen, Staff.
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WRT 217 - Literature and Film: Screenplay Adaptation (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 217)
Writing for a visual medium poses a set of unique challenges, especially in the adaptation process. This course guides participants through the elements of film writing and the methods of transforming the literary narrative into a feature film script. Students analyze award-winning adaptations of novels and short stories in order to understand cinematic language and its unique method of communication, the demands of its particular form of narrative design, and the importance of advanced structural planning for the medium. Students then are shepherded through the complex screenwriting adaptation process, going through several related projects and approval stages to ensure that their semester project reaches full potential. Students examine storyline and structure from concept to synopsis to script, with particular attention to dialogue, adaptation techniques, characterization, plot development, pacing, subtext, and visual storytelling. The class also features a roundtable workshop format in a demanding environment where students participate as both artist and critic, providing analyses of each other’s work. The course allows each student the opportunity to complete a large-scale project in a fully realized workshop environment. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or FYS 100W or CWP or sophomore standing. Fall semester. U’Ren.
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WRT 219 - Linguistics (4 Cr.) (formerly ENG 219)
Linguistics is the study of human language in all its complexity. This survey course covers the sound systems of the world’s languages; word formation, the creation of new words, and etymology; grammar, sentences structure, and style; semantics and meaning; pragmatics; language change and history of languages; dialects; slang; language and power; language and gender; and language acquisition. Students will analyze data from English and many other languages through linguistic problem sets and explore various aspects of their own language individually and in groups. Fulfills WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Spring semester. Garrett.
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WRT 221H - Theories and Practice in Composing, Tutoring, and Teaching - Honors. (4 Cr.) (formerly ENG 221 and WRT 221)
This course introduces students to the current theories of writing and composing both in print and digital environments, as well as to a variety of methods and strategies for teaching and tutoring. Students will learn about different learning styles, the various genres of writing, revision strategies, and helping writers across the curriculum, while enhancing their own writing, listening, and speaking. Intersections with issues of racial diversity, identity, power, ethics, and disability will be at the heart of this course. Students will also gain insight into the best practices in responding to multimodal texts and to the texts of multilingual writers. This course is designed for students who are recommended as potential Writing Center tutors and those interested in teaching careers. Students will be required to shadow current Writing Center tutors the first half of the course and to tutor toward the end of the course. Fulfills WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or CWP. With permission of instructor. Fall semester. Oweidat.
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WRT 226 - Creative Nonfiction I (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 226) (LER Artistic/Creative Expression)
This course introduces students to the breadth of creative nonfiction. The course focuses on building skills, learning techniques of creative nonfiction writers, and examining potential subjects. Students will read and discuss contemporary essays, as well as each other’s writing in a seminar (workshop) format. Additionally, students will be asked to consider the ethical responsibilities of writers and to examine the qualities of successful creative nonfiction. This class fulfills the WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Fall and spring semesters. Flann, Writing Program faculty.
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WRT 272G - Intensive Course Abroad (4 Cr.) (LER SA)(GCR SA)
SUMMER 2018 Offering:
TRAVEL WRITING IN CURACAO
This course asks you to explore the craft and the ethics of travel writing. The best travel writing offers readers an understanding of a country’s culture and history beyond the requisite descriptions of food and sunsets. While you visit and study on the Caribbean-Dutch island of Curacao, you will learn about the history of the island, and how this continues to impact life for Curacao’s citizens, residents, and tourists. Curacao’s unique mix of languages and religions, together with Curacao’s economic and environmental struggles, provide a prime opportunity to understand a reporter’s ethical responsibilities.. Explore these issues in depth while you explore Curacao’s culture, history, economy, and beauty. Preference will be given to Creative Writing minors, Professional Writing minors, and English Majors with the Creative Writing Concentration. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Summer 2018. Poliakoff-Chen.
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WRT 281 - Writing Studies II: Special Topics (4 Cr.)
Writing Studies II offers students the opportunity to examine specific genres in depth. Special topics include feminist rhetoric, community-based learning, medical narrative, and the graphic novel. This class fulfills the WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or sophomore standing or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Writing Program faculty.
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WRT 282 - Comics, Composition and Creativity (4 Cr.)
Many children learn to read by reading comics, yet for years comics were, at best, considered poor writing and were banned from classrooms and libraries. Today, however, comics have become a multi-million-dollar industry and have captured both the popular and scholarly imaginations. Why is this so? This class seeks to investigate this paradox and other related big questions (what is originality? What makes great art great?) by examining comic and sequential art through its representative genres, and diving into the creative process itself. No prior drawing experience required. This class fulfills the WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or sophomore standing or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Fall semester. Sterling.
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WRT 283 - Writing Harry (4 Cr.)
Calling all witches and wizards! Grab your pens and quills and join us for an exploration of the world of Harry Potter: what role does the series play in promoting literacy? What influence does it continue to have in publishing and pop culture? In this course we will discuss both the Harry Potter books themselves, and the books that influenced Rowling in creating the Harry Potter universe. We will also investigate understandings of fandoms, genre fiction, and distinctions between literary influence, canonical conventions and plagiarism. Prior experience reading the Harry Potter books is not required, but suggested. This class fulfills the WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or sophomore standing or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Spring semester. Sterling.
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WRT 284 - The Rhetoric of Islamophobia (4 Cr.)
How is the rhetoric of Islamophobia constructed, circulated, received, and enacted? How can we encounter and disrupt this rhetoric and its manifestations? This course will examine the discourses of anti-Muslim prejudice and the mechanisms that drive Islamophobia in the U.S. in particular and the West in general. Using feminist rhetorical methodologies, we will investigate the historical roots of current Islamophobic attitudes, practices, and policies. Special attention will be given to Muslim women’s agency within this religious discourse and the ethical implications surrounding the discussions of their artifacts. This course will provide a space for us to engage in discussions with Muslims from Muslim-majority countries (via Skype) and Muslim Americans from our community. We will collaboratively think of creative ways to combat Islamophobia while producing written and multimodal works that make visible the network of relations keeping this hateful rhetoric alive and well. Class materials will include current events pieces, fictional and autobiographical accounts, scholarly articles, and films. This class fulfills the WEC requirement. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or WRT 181H or FYS 100W or sophomore standing or College Writing Proficiency (CWP). Oweidat.
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WRT 285 - Analyzing Linguistic Data (4 Cr.) (GCR DA-AC)
This course has four main goals: to introduce students to some areas of linguistic study such as dialect variation, register analysis, and sociolinguistics; to explore some of the ways that linguists use data to learn more about language and how people use language; to examine how linguists, academics in general, and students themselves use written language; and to introduce students to the genre of scholarly linguistic writing (and academic writing more generally). Students will read scholarly and popular works in the field of linguistics; collect, analyze, present, and write about linguistic data; conduct group and individual research; and share their findings with the class. Students will learn to work with several corpora including the Corpus of Contemporary American English and the Dictionary of American Regional English, and will also create and analyze data from their own corpus. The class will culminate with students developing their own research question, conducting their own research, and presenting it to the class as both an oral presentation and a paper written in the style of published linguistic research. This final paper will be a multi-draft paper, and we will conduct peer review and one-on-one conferences to help students revised their work. Prerequisites: WRT 181 - Writing Studies (4 Cr.) or WRT 181H - Writing Studies - Honors (4 Cr.) or FYS 100W - First Year Seminar Writing (4 Cr.), and GCR Data Analytics Foundational Level completion. This class fulfills both the WEC and DA-AC requirements. Fall semester. Garrett.
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WRT 290 - Internship in Writing (0-4 Cr.)
Students’ internships in editing, publishing, journalism, radio and television, advertising, and public relations can qualify for credit in WRT 290. Internships are off-campus endeavors. Students have interned at a variety of sites, including journals, newspapers, magazines, literary agencies, literary magazines, radio stations, and book publishers. (Occasionally, students may receive internship credit while working for the college newspaper.) Faculty sponsorship is required. The number of credits correlates to the number of hours worked. Please contact CDO/CEO for details. May be taken either for a letter grade or pass/no pass.
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WRT 299 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)
Advanced studies and directed research. Center faculty.
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WRT 301 - Studio for Writers 3: Special Topics (1 Cr.)
This writing studio is designed for students to write about their shared experiences such as Study Abroad and Community Based Learning, in a group setting. Students will have the opportunity to discuss their writing with each other and receive feedback from their peers, in this instructor-guided writing course. The Special Topics will include high impact practices, as well as other significant shared experiences, such as the Grieving Process through Writing. Fall semester. Rauwerda, Oweidat, Terry, Poliakoff-Chen.
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WRT 305 - Writing Workshop: Poetry (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 305)
Supervision of individual creative projects in poetry. Formal and thematic weekly assignments with in-class discussion of class members’ poems. Suggested prerequisite: WRT 205 (ENG 205) or WRT 415 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Spires.
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WRT 306 - Writing Workshop: Fiction (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 306)
Supervision of individual creative projects. Individual conferences and weekly seminar meetings. Prerequisites: WRT 108 or WRT 120 or WRT 202 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Bell.
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WRT 307 - Creative Nonfiction II (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 307)
Further work in creative nonfiction. This writing workshop requires several extensively revised papers and peer critiques of essays. Prerequisite: WRT 226 (ENG 226) or another 200-level writing course. Spring semester. Flann, Center faculty.
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WRT 401 - Studio for Writers 4 (1 Cr.)
This writing studio is designed to support students across disciplines who are writing senior capstone projects and senior theses. Spring semester. Writing faculty.
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WRT 414 - Advanced Seminar: Creative Non-Fiction (4 Cr.)
An advanced workshop in creative non-fiction. Written work for the seminar will be an extended creative non-fiction project. In-class critique of students’ work, as well as discussion of published creative non-fiction works. Prerequisites: WRT 226 /ENG 226 or WRT 307 /ENG 307 or another 200-level WRT course. Spring semester.
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WRT 415 - Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 315)
An advanced workshop in poetry. Written work for the seminar will be an extended project consisting of 10-15 pages of poetry. In-class critique of students’ work. Prerequisites: WRT 205 (ENG 205) or WRT 305 (ENG 305) or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Spires.
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WRT 416 - Advanced Writing Workshop: Fiction (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 315)
An advanced workshop in fiction. Written work for the seminar will be an extended project consisting of either three or four finished short stories (or chapters, with permission of instructor). In-class critique of students’ work. Prerequisites: ENG/WRT 202 or ENG/WRT 306 or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Bell.
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WRT 420 - Advanced Creative Writing: Visiting Writer (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 300)
The Kratz Center for Creative Writing invites an established fiction or creative nonfiction writer (from outside the current Goucher community) to teach this semester-long course. May be taken twice for credit. Spring semester. Manko.
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WRT 495 - Senior Thesis (4 Cr.) (Formerly ENG 450)
Fall and spring semesters. Faculty sponsorship is required. Writing faculty.
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WRT 497 - Capstone (2 Cr.)
This course allows students to look back at their coursework, and look ahead at how they might continue to develop as writers. Discussion will include possible career paths and advanced degrees for writers. Center faculty.
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WRT 499 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)
Advanced studies and directed research. Center faculty.
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