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The courses listed herein have been approved by the faculty as authorized by the Board of Trustees. Prerequisites (if any) and the General Education Requirement(s) which each course fulfills (if any) are noted following each course description.
4.00 credit hours Development of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills at the intermediate level in the context of an exploration of the cultures of the French-speaking world. Taught in French.
4.00 credit hours Continued development of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills at the intermediate level in French, in the context of an exploration of the cultures of the French-speaking regions of the world. Taught in French.
4.00 credit hours Communicative approach to develop written proficiency in descriptive and narrative prose. Attention given to awareness of rhetorical techniques and cultural context.
1.00-4.00 credit hours Students assist faculty with pedagogical or other projects in French. Activities vary according to the project needs and student background, but may include such work as the preparation of materials for language learning or assisting faculty through bibliographic research.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
4.00 credit hours An introduction to the works of women writers from Medieval France to contemporary France and Francophone cultures. Taught in French.
4.00 credit hours A survey of the development of French culture and civilization from its origins to the beginning of the Fifth Republic. Taught in French.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
4.00 credit hours A study of France under the Nazi occupation in World War II, including topics on collaboration, rescue and resistance, survival and memory. Taught in French.
1.00 credit hours Preparation of a collection of documents including revised work from prior courses, reflections on the student’s growth as a French major and intercultural questions. Additional assignments may be included but the portfolio must represent all five skills and include evidence of the student’s extracurricular participation in the French program. Required for the French major. Taught in French.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
4.00 credit hours A linguistic, literary, cultural, and socio-political analysis of selected countries and regions across the world where the French language is extensively used. Taught in English.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Global Understanding. iCon(s): Thinking Globally.
2.00 credit hours Examination of historical and geographic factors that have contributed to the creation of French identities historically, and their implications for today. Supports FRST 265 (May term travel/study course in France). Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in FRST 265.
1.00 credit hours Travel/Study course to France to explore and experience the role place has played over the centuries in the construction of French identities. Offered during May term. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): FRST 264 or one course from French or French studies.
FRST 360 - Just Outside of Paris: Art, Literature and Life in the French Cités
4.00 credit hours Study of the life in the banlieues surrounding major cities in France, and the artistic and literary production that has generated in and about them since the 1980s. Readings will include selections from novels and autobiographies. The art forms examined range from murals to film and photography. Theoretical perspectives include post-colonial theories, literary studies, and insights from anthropology and sociology. Taught in English.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Global Understanding.
2.00 credit hours Advanced analysis of a problem related to French and Francophone studies. Includes a portfolio consisting of a collection of documents including revised work from prior courses, and reflections on the student’s growth as a French Studies major. Additional assignments may be included, but the portfolio must represent any two of the four communicative skills and then three artifacts demonstrating three different avenues of study of Francophone cultures. Finally, the portfolio includes evidence of the student’s extracurricular participation in the French program. Required for the French Studies major. Taught in English.
GSST 100 - Introduction to Sex, Gender and Sexuality
4.00 credit hours How do history, policies and cultural norms produce, shape, and govern our understandings of gender and sexuality? In what ways do gender and sexuality intersect with each other as well as other forms of identification, such as race, disability, age, ethnicity, citizenship and class? In this interdisciplinary course, we discuss gender and sexuality as social constructions and investigate the ways in which they are connected to power and inequality. By first exploring key term, theories, and concepts within Gender and Sexuality Studies, we then situate them alongside the history of feminist and LGBTQ activism. We will then consider how these concepts can be applied to a variety of contemporary issues such as: gender and sexual identities and the government (i.e. equal pay, reproductive rights, same-sex marriage), representations of gender and sexuality in popular culture and the media, and relationships.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Social Sciences, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.
2.00 credit hours (Same a MKTG 210.) Bodies hold a conspicuous place in the marketplace: marketers are selling goods and services related to the body, and marketing activities use images of the body that provide implicit and explicit messages about what a “good” body looks like and how to attain one. In this context, consumers’ intersectional identities related to gender, race, class, and (dis)ability, among others, impact how such messages are interpreted on individual, community, and structural levels. This course will explore such phenomena from a sociocultural perspective. Particular attention will be paid to developing the analytical skills required to critique and reimagine bodies in the marketplace.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing. Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Social Sciences, U.S. Power Structures.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: RELG 230.) An introductory course that examines how women are depicted in biblical tradition. Students will carefully read narratives about women in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament and explore their history of interpretation, including contemporary readings.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Being Human, Challenging Inequity.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: ENGL 234.) Students explore gender’s place in literature from a variety of cultures, time periods, and genres. Discussions focus on representations of gender; how creative writing links to political work to challenge inequality; how writers interrogate the category “woman”; and how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, and religion.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: HIST 242.) An examination of American women’s history from colonial times to the present. Exploration of women’s legal and political status, educational and occupational opportunities, family relations and health with special attention on how and why lives and experiences of women have changed over time. Analysis of the history that women share as a group as well as differences among specific groups of women.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: BIOL 300.) In traditional topics in human sexuality (e.g., natural essence of sexuality, reproductive biology, sex research, marriage and other arrangements, reproductive issues) there is a clash of values both within and between cultures. This course includes such controversial issues as religious perspectives, pornography, the media, prostitution, and female circumcision which serve to explore problems that result from the clash of values.
4.00 credit hours Examination of global issues facing 20th century women in science. Current literature will be used to explore how socioeconomic and cultural differences impact retention of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Discussion topics will include the driving forces behind women’s perception of their lack of ability in these disciplines, gender biases facing women, and current trends in science education of girls and women. Emphasis is placed on what advances for women in STEM disciplines have occurred over the last century, and what disparities still need to be resolved.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing. Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Global Understanding, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Challenging Inequity, Examining Health.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: RELG 350.) An analysis of feminist thought in global religious traditions. This course discusses women’s redefinition of traditional concepts, rituals, and practices in a number of religious traditions across the globe.
4.00 credit hours A rigorous study of the intellectual and activist traditions of diverse “feminisms” as well as the academic fields of gender and queer theory. This course asks students to consider gender and sexuality as constructed categories with powerful material consequences, exploring how these categories shape individual experience, social dynamics, and historical movements. Our approach will be intersectional; we will ask how various aspects of identity-such as race, class, and nationality-interact with gender and complicate easy definitions of privilege, oppression, and activism. The course also includes a significant comparative element, considering theories of gender and sexuality across cultural and national borders.
Prerequisite(s): GSST 100. Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.
4.00 credit hours (Same as: COMM 389.) An advanced introduction to the complex relations between gender and the mass media. Special emphasis is placed on the social construction of gender and sexuality, representations of the body and feminist theories of media.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing. Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures. iCon(s): Being Human, Challenging Inequity.
4.00 credit hours Specialized topics examine the constructions of gender and sexuality in a variety of cultural contexts across the globe. Content defined by the individual instructor.
1.00-4.00 credit hours Specialized topics examine women’s experience, women’s ways of knowing, ethical systems and feminist critique, patriarchy, dualistic thinking, gender oppression, care ethics, ethical dilemmas. Content defined by the individual instructor.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
4.00 credit hours Introduction to the basic structures of the German language, with emphasis on listening and speaking. Cultural contexts emphasized. Taught in German.
4.00 credit hours Continued introduction to the basic structures of the German language, and to the practices and cultures of German-speaking regions of the world. Special emphasis on listening and speaking in German. Taught in German.
4.00 credit hours Continued development of speech, writing and reading for the discussion of literary, historical and cultural topics in German. Taught in German.
1.00-4.00 credit hours Students assist faculty with pedagogical or other projects in German. Activities vary according to the project needs and student background, but may include such work as the preparation of materials for language learning or assisting faculty through bibliographic research.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
4.00 credit hours A contextualized study of the life and culture during the Weimar Republic in Germany. Special attention is given to the literature, film and visual art of the period. Taught in German.
4.00 credit hours Introduction to the history and development of traditions in the German visual arts. Works are analyzed within their historical epoch, but also as cultural documents problematizing aspects of German life and history. Taught in German.
4.00 credit hours Advanced study of selected literary and cultural topics. Course topics may include studies on specific authors, such as Bertolt Brecht, periods and epochs, such as Expressionism or Exile Literature, or specific themes. Taught in German.
1.00-4.00 credit hours Students assist faculty with pedagogical or other projects in German. Activities vary according to the project needs and student background, but may include such work as the preparation of materials for language learning or assisting faculty through bibliographic research.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
1.00 credit hours Preparation of a collection of documents including revised work from prior courses, and reflections on the student’s growth as a German major and on intercultural issues. Additional assignments may be included but the portfolio must represent all five skills. Required for the German major. Taught in German.
4.00 credit hours Advanced study of selected literary and cultural topics. Topics may include studies on specific authors, such as Bertolt Brecht, periods and epochs, such as Expressionism or Exile Literature, or specific themes. Taught in German.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
GRST 240 - Dictators, Terrorists and Hooligans: Sport in Germany and Europe
4.00 credit hours This course examines the confluence of violence and sport in Germany and beyond. Topics include the Third Reich and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, terrorism and the 1972 Munich Olympics, as well as professional soccer leagues. Taught in English.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Global Understanding. iCon(s): Thinking Globally.
GRST 360 - War, Revolution and Chaos: Germany and Two World Wars
4.00 credit hours An interdisciplinary examination of German society from the fall of the monarchy, WWI, revolutions, the Third Reich, WWII, and the division of Germany. Taught in English.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Global Understanding. iCon(s): Thinking Globally.
GRST 364 - Castles, Cathedrals and Culture I: German History and Identity
2.00 credit hours Examination of historical and geographic factors that have contributed to the creation of German identities historically, and their implications for today. Supports GRST 365 (May-term travel/study course in Germany). Taught in English.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in GRST 365.
GRST 365 - Castles, Cathedrals and Culture II: German History and Identity
1.00 credit hours Study of German culture, history and identity in Germany. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 364 or one course from German or German studies. Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Global Understanding. iCon(s): Experiencing Place.
GRST 380 - Vampires, Seductresses, Villains and Misfits: German Film and the Individual
4.00 credit hours This course introduces students to German films which thematize the individual in a social context while simultaneously teaching students about the history German film, its style and perspective, as well familiarizing students to epochs of German history, and how each film problematizes the individual as a product of and reaction to history, society, and culture. Taught in English.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Global Understanding.
2.00 credit hours Advanced analysis of a problem related to German studies. Includes a portfolio consisting of a collection of documents including revised work from prior courses, and reflections on the student’s growth as a German Studies major. Additional assignments may be included, but the portfolio must represent any two of the four communicative skills and then three artifacts demonstrating three different avenues of study of German cultures. Finally, the portfolio includes evidence of the student’s extracurricular participation in the German program. Required for the German Studies major. Taught in English.
4.00 credit hours Seminar taught in English by the NCC faculty member. Course content varies according to the expertise and areas of interest of the faculty member. Costa Rica term.
4.00 credit hours An upper-level survey of Britain’s violent relationship with the world designed to introduce students to the depth and breadth of British power since the sixteenth century. The course focuses on the high point of imperial expansion from the nineteenth century to the post-WWI era and concentrates on why the British expanded into India, Africa and the Middle East and how they ruled/thought about their global empire.
4.00 credit hours Selected topics in modern British culture and society designed to give context for student’s study in England. Required of all students on NCC-in-England program.
4.00 credit hours Seminar taught in English by the NCC faculty member. Course content varies according to the expertise and areas of interest of the faculty member. China/Japan term.
0.00-12.00 credit hours Valuable professional experiences supplement classroom instruction and allow students to apply theories and concepts to broader issues and system. Students explore career options within a specific area of study and critically reflect on the experience in a structured manner. May be repeated with different professional experience.
1.00 credit hours Designed for students in the Global Perspectives Program, this seminar is devoted to the completion of the required portfolio and culminates in an interdisciplinary project that focuses on the international dimensions of a student’s major.
4.00 credit hours Capstone seminar for Global Studies in which majors reflect upon their interdisciplinary training and apply their knowledge and skills to various topics and issues across the globe.
4.00 credit hours Introduction to ancient Greek, focusing on vocabulary and elements of grammar and syntax found in both the classical Greek of writers such as Plato and Sophocles and in the koine dialect of the New Testament. Course builds skills through exercises in reading, writing, and translation, as well as some speaking and aural comprehension.
4.00 credit hours Continued introduction to ancient Greek, focusing on more complex elements of grammar and syntax. Continued building of skills through exercises in reading, writing, and translation, as well as some speaking and aural comprehension. Culminates in readings of selected from New Testament writers.
1.00-12.00 credit hours Independent study based on reading, translation, and discussion of short excerpts of Greek authors; to include continued attention to student’s learning and mastery of basic and intermediate elements of Greek grammar.
1.00-12.00 credit hours Independent study based on reading, translation, and discussion of excerpts from Greek authors; to include attention to student’s learning and mastery of advanced elements of Greek grammar.
1.00-12.00 credit hours Independent study based on reading, translation, and discussion of texts of Greek authors; to include attention to questions of text’s literary interpretation and/or social, cultural, or historical contexts.
2.00 credit hours Teaches critical first aid and CPR skills with a focus on emotional and physical safety related to one’s health and well-being during and after an incident. Skills covered in this course prepare students to respond to breathing, cardiac, traumatic and medical emergencies and environmental and physical injuries. Students who successfully complete this course and pass the required examinations receive a HeartSaver Certificate through the American Heart Association that is valid for two years. Credit cannot be earned for both HTSC 100 and KINE 147.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Well Being. iCon(s): Examining Health.
HTSC 130 - Foundations of Community Health Promotion
2.00 credit hours Explores the basis of community health education, health promotion, and public health as academic disciplines. Introduction to the history, ethical principles, current issues, and projected outlook for the discipline areas. Examination of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, and the World Health Organization’s role in determining health priority areas.
2.00 credit hours An introduction to the health professions and health science fields serving as a gateway for the Health Sciences major, providing an overview of the wide variety of careers in the health sciences. Speakers will be invited to discuss their role in the health care system, education and professional requirements, practice settings, and professional organizations. Attention given to a student’s individualized interests and an introduction to inter-professional practice in health care.
2.00 credit hours An introduction of basic medical language with a body system’s approach. Required competencies to increase the student’s abilities to examine medical literature and to communicate with health care professionals are developed. This course is taught in an online format.
4.00 credit hours In-depth exploration of socio-ecological influences on personal health risk behaviors which contribute to the leading causes of death and disability. Emphasis on the examination of adverse childhood experiences and divergent perspectives around the dimensions of wellness. Varying health issues are used to evaluate why and how individuals do or do not achieve health promoting practices. Development and implementation of a behavior change plan is required.
2.00 credit hours An introduction to the fundamental practice of applying medical evidence to clinical practice across the health professions. Students learn the basic concepts of evidence based practice as it applies to health care and the interpretation of research enabling the students to discuss these findings with patients and peers in order to make collaborative, patient/client-centered health care decisions.
HTSC 220 - School Health and Methods of Physical Activity
2.00 credit hours Introduces teacher education candidates to school-wide and classroom teaching philosophies and methods of health education and physical activity. Examination of adverse childhood experiences and the role of trauma informed practices in schools is addressed.
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major or instructor consent.