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ENGL 382 - Women Writers: The Tradition in English
Literary accomplishments of women writing in English, covering a range of genres such as fiction, poetry, essays, and drama. Effects of gender on the reading and writing of literature.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 383 - Gay and Lesbian Literature
Historical survey of lesbian and gay fiction, drama, poetry, and prose by American and British writers such as Shakespeare, Behn, Whitman, Hall, Forster, Ortiz-Taylor, Kushner, Leavitt, and Winterson.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 384 - Literary Nonfiction
Representative readings in literary nonfiction, from autobiography and memoir to the personal and lyric essay, focusing either on a period, such as modern/contemporary, or on a theme. Attention paid to literary qualities fostered in personal writing, and to form, theory, and historical and cultural contexts.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 398 - Topics in the Practice and Theory of Composition
Selected aspects of composition such as advanced rhetorical argumentative writing and writing for publication. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 399 - Topics in American Literature
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 400 - Literary Topics
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 401 - Writing Poetry II
Advanced course in writing poetry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 301.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 402 - Writing Fiction II
Advanced course in writing fiction.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 302.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 403 - Technical Editing
Principles and strategies for preparing technical documents for publication, including editing for content, organization, style, and correctness. Topics include the editor’s roles and responsibilities, the levels of editing, proofreading and copyediting, readability, format, production, and usability testing.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 404 - Theory and Research in Written Composition
A. English Language Arts. Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching and evaluating composition in English Language Arts with emphasis on meeting Common Core Standards for writing in the multicultural classroom. Aligned with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
B. Middle Level Content Areas. Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching and evaluating composition in middle school content areas other than English Language Arts, with emphasis on meeting Common Core Standards for writing in the multicultural classroom. Aligned with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
For A: PRQ: ENGL 300C or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 201.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 405 - Early English Literature
English literature to 1500. Modernized texts used for works which might otherwise present language problems.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 406 - Chaucer
The poetry, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 407 - Shakespeare
Representative comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. Attention given to Shakespeare’s growth as a literary artist and to the factors which contributed to that development; his work evaluated in terms of its significance for modern times.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 408 - The English Renaissance: 1500-1603
Literature during the Early Tudor and Elizabethan periods, as reflected in the work of such writers as More, Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 409 - Milton
Poetry and prose, with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 410 - 17th Century English Literature: 1603-1660
Literature during the Jacobean, Caroline, and Commonwealth periods, as reflected in the work of such authors as Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Browne, Milton, and Marvell.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 412 - Restoration and 18th Century English Literature
Later 17th and 18th century literature, including selections from such representative writers as Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 413 - The Romantic Period
Earlier 19th-century English literature, including selections from such representative authors as Blake, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Austen, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 414 - The Victorian Age
Later 19th-century English literature, including such writers as the Brownings, Tennyson, the Brontës, Dickens, Eliot, Arnold, and Pater.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 420 - Arthurian Literature
Representative medieval works, in both Middle English and translation from European languages, with consideration of their influence on later Arthuriana.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 424 - Topics in Technical Writing
Studies in selected topics of special interest to students, teachers, and practitioners of written technical communication. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 426 - Digital Writing
Study of the principles and strategies for writing in digital environments, including relevant issues such as ethics, usability, accessibility, utilizing social media, ownership, and privacy. Practice writing web-based genres such as blogs, wikis, social media, and websites.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 432 - Topics in General Linguistics
Selected problems in descriptive, theoretical, applied, or historical linguistics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 433 - Meaning
Survey of approaches to the study of meaning in human language. Semantics of words and sentences, analysis of extended discourse, pragmatics of utterances in context, and philosophical approaches to meaning in language.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 434X - Language and Gender
Crosslisted as WGSS 434. Examination of empirical evidence pertaining to language variation by sex and gender identity within the framework of sociolinguistics. Focuses on characteristics of feminine and masculine speech and conversational styles, societal attitudes towards them, and their implications for men and women in society. Biological foundations and sociogenesis of sex differences in language; interaction effects on language variation of other social variables such as age, class, and ethnic identity; and crosscultural differences.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 451 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition I
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. Exploration of academic discourse in a cross-disciplinary context. Writing and revising essays with special support for grammar and mechanics. Reading of academic prose. Weekly writing assignments. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Placement by testing and consent of department.
Credits: 0
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ENGL 452 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition II
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. Exploration of critical strategies and documented writing in the disciplines. Documented writing required in all sections. Special support for grammar and mechanics. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 451.
Credits: 0
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ENGL 453 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. A concentrated approach to disciplinary writing with special support for grammar and mechanics. Reading of academic prose. Documented writing required in all sections. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Placement by testing and consent of department.
Credits: 0
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ENGL 470 - The English Novel to 1900
Development of the English novel in the 18th and 19th centuries, including works by such representative authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Austen, Thackeray, the Brontës, Eliot, and Hardy.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 471 - The English Novel Since 1900
Includes works by such representative authors as Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Murdoch, Amis, Naipaul, and Drabble.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 474 - The International Short Story
Birth and development of the short story as an international literary form. Studies short fiction by writers from around the world, from the early 19th century to the present.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 475 - British Poetry Since 1900
Includes works by such representative authors as Hopkins, Yeats, Sitwell, Eliot, Smith, Thomas, and Heaney.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 476 - British Drama Since 1900
Includes works by such representative playwrights as Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard, and Churchill.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 477 - Postcolonial and New Literatures in English
Representative works of new literatures in English by postcolonial South Asian, African, Australian, and Caribbean writers, such as Arundhati Roy, Buchi Emecheta, Ben Okri, Peter Carey, Michelle Cliff, and Derek Walcott.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 479 - Theory and Research in Literature for English Language Arts
Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching the reading of complex texts, including canonical, multicultural, young adult, and informational literature in English Language Arts. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 404, 9 semester hours of literature at the 300 and 400 level, or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 301.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 480 - Materials and Methods of Teaching English Language Arts
A. At the Secondary Level. Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Language Arts. Emphasis on designing coherent and integrated units of instruction, including the strategic use of assessments to foster learning. Developing a variety of activities and multiple representations of concepts to accommodate diverse students’ characteristics and abilities, especially for learners at the high level (9-12). Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
B. At the Middle Level. Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Language Arts. Emphasis on designing coherent and integrated units of instruction, including the strategic use of assessments to foster learning. Developing a variety of instructional activities and multiple representations of concepts to accommodate diverse students’ characteristics and abilities, especially for learners at the middle school level (grades 5-8). Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
For A: PRQ: ENGL 479 or consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 482.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 482 - Clinical Experience in English Language Arts
Discipline-based clinical experience for students seeking educator licensure in English Language Arts. Practicum in teaching methods, assessment, problem solving, and on-site research. Minimum of 50 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated experiences in the setting likely for student teaching.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 480.
Credits: 1-2
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ENGL 483 - Renaissance Literature
Comparative study of works, read in translation, by such continental figures as Petrarch, Erasmus, Machiavelli, Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais, and Cervantes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 485 - Student Teaching in Secondary English Language Arts
Student teaching for one semester. Assignments arranged through the office of clinical experiences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in consultation with the coordinator of educator licensure in English Language Arts. Ongoing assessment of candidate’s development. Candidates must satisfactorily complete a formal teacher performance assessment. Monthly on-campus seminars. Not available for credit in the major. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 480, ENGL 482, and consent of department.
Credits: 7-12
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ENGL 489 - European Novel
Selected works since 1700, read in translation, by such novelists as Goethe, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Kafka, Duras, and Calvino. Organization may be thematic or chronological.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 491 - Honors Directed Study
Directed study in an area of English studies. Open to all department honors students. May be repeated once.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 493 - Writing Creative Nonfiction II
Advanced workshop in writing creative nonfiction. The writing of personal and autobiographical essays with attention paid to extensive revision, formal and thematic experimentation, and considerations about the implications of the self as author and subject. Continues and advances the work begun in Writing Creative Nonfiction.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 303.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 494 - Writing Center Practicum
Crosslisted as ILAS 494X. Theoretical and practical instruction in tutoring, required for all undergraduate writing consultants in the University Writing Center. Includes research on cross-curricular writing tasks in a supervised, on-the-job situation. S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours with consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 495 - Practicum in English
Practical writing and other professional experience in supervised on-the-job situations. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. S/U grading.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 496 - Internship in Writing, Editing, or Training
Involves primarily writing, editing, or training in business, industry, or government setting, and that is jointly supervised by the English department’s internship coordinator and an individual from the sponsoring company or organization. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Up to 3 semester hours may be applied toward the English department’s program requirements. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Prior approval by the Department of English, a minimum of 120 contact hours, and other requirements as specified by the department.
Credits: 1-6
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ENGL 497 - Directed Study
Directed study in any area of English studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 498 - Topics in English Studies
Exploration of a topic or theme in English studies via lectures, discussions, and reports. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 499 - Topics in English Literature
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 100 - Exploring the Environmental Studies Major
Discussion of different emphasis and career options. Includes advising. Internships and research opportunities on campus will be explored. Guest lectures by faculty. Library and literature research skills. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Declared major in environmental studies.
Credits: 1
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ENVS 186X - Introduction to Environmental Economics
Crosslisted as ECON 186. Overview of economic analyses of environmental issues such as pollution and resource management. Introduction to marginal thinking, market-based solutions, and government management. Focus on current issues and applying economics in an interdisciplinary manner to other environmental fields.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 210 - Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems
Overview of how Illinois residents have responded to food problems through local initiatives. Examines different local food models used in DeKalb County and northern Illinois. Local public gardens will be used to explore soil science, food justice, local food, project management, public health, and environmental issues. Opportunities for several on-site visits to food production operations in the region. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work in local public gardens per week.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 301 - Environmental Science I: Physical Systems
Physical scientific foundations to facilitate understanding of current environmental issues. Spatially, material includes local, regional, and global scale processes. Temporally, provides context for current environmental changes by supplying an understanding of the Earth’s environment in geologic time. Topics covered are primarily those that relate to environmental processes that have been most subject to human manipulation over the past millennia. Includes at least two Saturday field trips.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 302 - Environmental Science II: Biological Systems
Introduction to the biological component of environmental science, focusing on understanding the functioning of ecosystems, the patterns of biological diversity, the processes that influence those patterns over space and time, and how human activities can disrupt those processes. At least two Saturday field trips are required.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 304 - Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics
Overview of how American society has responded to environmental problems through law and policy. Examination of the public policy debates that have animated the environmental movement in general, and environmental law in particular, including risk assessment and risk management. Includes an overview of environmental law, including the regulatory process, judicial review, and a brief examination of basic environmental statutes. Introduction to an economic analysis of environmental problems and proposed market-based solutions.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 305X - Green Technologies
Crosslisted as TECH 305. Introduction to environmentally friendly engineering and technological advances and new technologies that utilize green principles and green transportation. Includes topics in new areas of green manufacturing and materials used today and planned for the future, including the operation and manufacture of solar cells and the production of wind, thermal, and hydroelectric power. Topics will vary depending upon new trends in industry. Several on-site visits to green industries in the region.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 155 with a C or better or MATH 211 or MATH 229 or MATH 230; and CHEM 100 or CHEM 110 or CHEM 210.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 311X - Archaeology of Food
Crosslisted as ANTH 311. Food is a universal requirement for humans to survive, yet different cultures have developed radically divergent cuisines. In this course, we will use archaeology to explore the diversity of human foodways and the various roles food and drink have played around the world through time. With topics like the ‘real’ paleo diet to the origins of alcohol to hunger and food scarcity, we will consider the theoretical and methodological approaches that archaeologists use to study food and eating in ancient societies from a global anthropological perspective. This course will consist of lectures, critical film viewings, guest lectures, an on-campus museum collections visit, and seminar-style discussions, including focused partner/small group work.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 343X - Extinction: Where the Wild Things Were
Crosslisted as ANTH 343. Examination of the processes of natural selection, genetic drift, the formation of new species, and extinction. Review of natural extinction events due to environmental change as well as human-induced extinctions of prehistoric, historic and modern species.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 400 - Careers in Environmental Studies
Exploration of career options for environmental studies majors based on emphasis. Assists students with the identification of career paths, the development of skills (e.g., resume creation, interviewing techniques, adopting professional attitudes and behavior), and provides coaching and mentoring opportunities. Graduate school and other non-traditional options will be explored. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Environmental studies major and junior or senior standing.
Credits: 1
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ENVS 401 - Third Clinical High School Experience in Environmental Science
Discipline-based early clinical experience for students seeking teacher licensure in environmental science. Observations, evaluation, methods, and problems practicum in subject discipline teaching. Includes a minimum of 40 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated experiences.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 2
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ENVS 403X - The Nature of Scientific Inquiry
Crosslisted as BIOS 403X, CHEM 403X, GEOL 403, and PHYS 403X. Examination of science as a body of knowledge, a process, and a way of knowing and thinking. Development of an understanding of scientific inquiry and its role in the secondary and middle school science classroom.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 2
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ENVS 409 - Water Quality
Crosslisted as BIOS 409X, GEOL 409X, and PHHE 409X. Survey of microbiological and chemical parameters affecting water quality and their associated public health aspects. Topics include microbial detection methods, waterborne disease, organic and inorganic parameters, drinking water, wastewater treatment plants, source water, and risk assessment. Lectures, laboratories, and a field trip.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110 and CHEM 111 or CHEM 210 and CHEM 212; or consent of the department.
Credits: 4
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ENVS 410 - Fire Certification
Introduction and foundations of wildland fire behavior and firefighting with focus on prescribed fire use in habitat management. Online training and field exercises leading to National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) firefighter type 2 certification in conjunction with NWCG-certified course administrator. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: ENVS 302 or BIOS 406.
Credits: 1
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ENVS 414X - Interdisciplinary Teaching of Science in Secondary and Middle Level Education
Crosslisted as BIOS 414X, CHEM 414X, GEOL 414, and PHYS 414X. Methods and theory for the teaching of interdisciplinary science in grades 6-12. Exploration of the nature and purpose of science and its underlying assumptions, the social and cultural challenges in science teaching, and the potential solutions to these challenges through research, discussion, and reflection. Use of state and national science standards to develop student learning objectives and to design inquiry-based lesson plans, microteaching, construction and use of assessment rubrics, and ongoing development of a professional portfolio.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 416 - Methods in Teaching Environmental Sciences
Methods and materials and theory for teaching secondary environmental science. Emphasis on goal-setting, and planning logically sequenced learning experiences that are multisensory, interactive and that include opportunity for evaluation of on-going learning. Discussion and microteaching. Does not count as credit for the undergraduate major in environmental sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: ENVS 401.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 420X - Waterworlds
Crosslisted as ANTH 420. Exploration of water as a resource under threat and as a window into social worlds. Using crosscultural case studies, concentrates on customs, tools, and ideologies for encountering, appreciating, and controlling water as well as solutions to water scarcity, pollution, and unjust distribution. Seminar-style includes interdisciplinary readings, films, and field trip(s).
Credits: 3
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ENVS 421X - Introduction to Green Engineering
Crosslisted as ISYE 421. Basic principles of green engineering, impact of engineering activities on the global environment and ways to minimize the impact through better selection of materials, design of products and processes, distribution and reuse of products, and management of life cycles, etc. Life cycle analysis concepts and their applications to product and process life cycles. Environmental ethics and environmental auditing, including ISO environmental standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 425X - Environment and Anthropology
Crosslisted as ANTH 425. Human adaptation to the natural environment, including interconnections between ideologies, social systems, economics, political structures, and ecology. Historical development of environmental studies in anthropology, particularly ecological anthropology, up through and including the emergence of political ecology and environmental anthropology. Topics include ecological adaptation of non-industrial societies, communal resources, world food and population, industrial food systems, contemporary environmentalism, and the relationship between science, policy and the state.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ANTH 220 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 427X - Environmental Chemistry
Crosslisted as CHEM 427. Exploration of atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, and water pollution, with particular emphasis on the impact of organic compounds in the environment. Three hours of lecture/week.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: GEOG 101 or GEOL 105 or ENVS 301, and CHEM 211 and 213, or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 428 - Student Teaching (Secondary) in Environmental Science
Assignments made by Environmental Studies. Also see “Emphasis 7, Educator Licensure” for other regulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENVS 416 and consent of department.
Credits: 12
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ENVS 432X - Nature and the Environment across Cultures
Crosslisted as ANTH 432. Investigation of the different ways people conceptualize nature and the environment across cultures. Focus on out-of-awareness cultural models, that is, intermediary mental organizations of meaning that stand between universal concepts and culturally bound realizations. Critical evaluation of a number of projects that attempt to use local and/or indigenous knowledge in managing the relationship between people, nature, and the environment is included.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 435X - Gender and the Environment
Crosslisted as WGSS 435. Topics and issues pertaining to gender and the environment such as the role of gender and other social factors in perceptions, knowledge, and behaviors regarding the environment today and in the past; women’s contributions to environmental arts and sciences; the role of gender in environmental activism and policy in the U.S. and around the globe.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 444X - Primate Ecology and Conservation
Crosslisted as ANTH 444. Study of living nonhuman primates with an understanding of how primates have adapted to their environment and how this information is essential for conservation planning.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ANTH 240 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 450 - Issues in Environmental Studies
Interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives on selected issues in environmental studies. Independent study and seminars. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3-6
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ENVS 466X - Resource Conflicts and Environmental Peacebuilding
Crosslisted as ANTH 466. Interdisciplinary examination of resource conflict and environmental peacebuilding through case studies around the world. Investigates how different material, geographical, and sociopolitical factors exacerbate conflicts and provide opportunities for peacebuilding. Course materials include ethnographic books, scholarly articles, news reports, and films.
Credits: 3
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ENVS 481 - Field Research in Political Ecology
In-depth expertise in theory and methods of the interdisciplinary field of political ecology. Includes intensive introduction to political ecology theory, followed by a mentored political ecology research project with a faculty member. Concurrent workshop gatherings for lessons and discussion of methodological issues confronted in research projects. Course work in ethnographic and/or quantitative research methodologies or demonstration of equivalent research experience expected prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ANTH 460 or consent of department.
Credits: 6
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ENVS 482 - Transition to the Professional Environmental Science Teacher
A transitioning experience, in which the educator licensure candidate achieves closure on the initial phase of professional preparation and, upon that foundation, charts a path for continuing professional growth as a practicing teacher. Reflection on the preparatory experience and completion of documentation demonstrating ability to perform as a qualified environmental science teacher. Such documentation will include, but not be limited to, the electronic portfolio, a professional development plan, and a resume.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: ENVS 428 or consent of the department.
Credits: 2
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ENVS 490 - Undergraduate Research
Independent work in environmental studies under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENVS 491 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Lectures, discussion, readings, and reports on topics of special interest in a particular field of environmental studies. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENVS 492 - Internship in Environmental Studies
Work for a semester or a summer as interns with appropriate organizations under the supervision and advisement of a faculty adviser. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Credits: 1-6
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ENVS 498 - Senior Thesis
Independent research on an environmental studies problem under the direction of a faculty adviser leading to the completion of a written report and oral presentation to a thesis committee. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENVS 499 - Senior Thesis: Honors
Independent research for honors students on an environmental studies problem under the direction of a faculty adviser leading to the completion of a written report and oral presentation to a thesis committee. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 1-3
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FACS 198 - Orientation in Family and Consumer Sciences
Introduction, philosophy, and history of the field, choosing a major area of study, purpose of core and general education courses, contribution of volunteer work and campus experiences to employability. Exploration of career choices.
Credits: 1
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FACS 450 - Workshop in Family and Consumer Sciences
Advanced studies of various areas in family and consumer sciences. Nature and length of workshop dependent upon needs of students. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: At least junior standing.
Credits: 1-3
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FACS 460 - Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences
Work in individual problems in the student’s special area. Requires approval of a supervising faculty member and school. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing.
Credits: 1-3
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FACS 498 - Professional Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences
Professional career development, opportunities for employment, organization affiliations, and legislation as it affects the programs in family and consumer sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: At least junior standing in School of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Credits: 1-3
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HDFS 330A - Lab Experience in Principles of Guiding Young Children
Designed to accompany HDFS 330. Supervised hands-on practice and observation in skills to promote children’s social emotional development. Emphasis on positive guidance principles and techniques in early childhood. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: HDFS 330.
Credits: 1
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HDFS 332A - Lab Experience in Inclusive Program Planning for Children 3-8 Years of Age and Their Parents
Designed to accompany HDFS 332. Supervised hands-on practice on designing, implementing, and assessing activity plans with diverse children ages 3-8 years and their parents. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: HDFS 332.
Credits: 1
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HDFS 441 - Infant and Child Mental Health and Resiliency
Examination of risk and protective factors that influence the social and emotional development of infants and young children. Emphasis on the importance of secure early relationships in building resiliency in young children and families.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: HDFS 230 or PSYC 324 or EPS 304.
Credits: 3
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HDFS 494 - Practicum in Administration of Quality Programs for Young Children
Supervised on-campus practicum in the administration of programs for children up to 6 years of age. Explore administrative issues relating to leadership in early childhood profession, including legal and fiscal management, human resource development, program operations and facilities management, leadership and advocacy, and family partnership.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: HDFS 434 and HDFS 490 with a grade of C or better.
Credits: 5-6
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HDFS 398 - Cooperative Education for Family and Individual Development
Advanced cooperative work experience for students in the family and individual development emphasis in family and consumer sciences. Participation and work site must be approved by the school and the cooperative education program coordinator. S/U grading may be used. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Open only to declared human development and family sciences majors in the family and individual development emphasis with senior standing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: A grade of C or better in HDFS 280 or PSYC 225; and a grade of C or better in HDFS 284; and declared family and individual development major, senior standing; and at least two of the following: HDFS 437, HDFS 438, HDFS 482, HDFS 483, HDFS 488; and consent of school.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 152 - Textiles
The properties of basic textile fibers, yarns, fabrications, and finishes; and their impact on fabric performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: CHEM 110 and CHEM 111.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 252 - Apparel Production
Fundamentals of mechanics of apparel production including raw material analysis, cutting production analysis, and assembly and finishing processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: FSMD 152 with a grade of C or better and FSMD 258 with a grade of C or better.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 258 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry
Survey of the workings and interrelationships of the various industries and services that comprise the fashion business. Career opportunities in the fashion field.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 262 - Design Trends in Western Costume
Survey of styles in western dress from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the 20th century. Examination of factors that impacted stylistic trends within and across eras, as well as sources of new styles and how they diffused within populations.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 272 - Merchandising Promotion
Study of merchandising promotion as it relates to the apparel and fashion industry, implementation of design principles in executing both physical and digital merchandise displays, and promotional materials using industry software.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: FSMD 152 with a grade of C or better, FSMD 258 with a grade of C or better, ART 102 or ARTH 282, or consent of school.
Credits: 3
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FSMD 289 - Experiences in Fashion Merchandising I
Approved introductory learning experiences and related training programs supervised by a professional specialist. When credit is earned in conjunction with FSMD 389 Experiences in Fashion Merchandising II, total credit hours in both courses may not exceed 30 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of school.
Credits: 3-30
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FSMD 347 - Professional Development for Fashion Merchandising
Exploration of topics in preparation for employment in the fashion industry including career opportunities in fashion merchandising, job search strategies and skills, and self-assessment as a step toward successful career planning. Ethical issues pertaining to the fashion industry. Development of workplace skills and examination of customer service and leadership philosophies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: FSMD 152 with a grade of C or better and FSMD 258 with a grade of C or better., and declared fashion merchandising major.
Credits: 3
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