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2013-2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • 51-2223 Race, Gender, and Sexuality

    In this course, we will think through the interrelationships of race, gender and sexuality as categories of social identity and difference, investigating how these categories have been constructed through and in relation to one another. We will consider a range of materials and methods, including cultural studies, social and cultural history, feminist and queer theory, literature, and film. Our approach emphasizes intersectionality: how race, gender, and sexuality are implicated within one another as well as within other systems of power.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-1211 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies  and 52-112
  

  • 51-2272 Death and Dying

    Universal and timeless, dying and death are life experiences integral to human existence. What and how we experience, give order to, make sense of, and live out these journeys in our lives and in relation to others within societal, cultural, philosophical and spiritual contexts will be the focus of our course of study.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2274J J-Session in Shanghai: History, Culture, and Art

    Three week J-Session course begins in Chicago during the first week of J-Term, and then departs for China. This course offers a complete cultural immersion and introduces modern Chinese history through visits to Chinese cities and cultural institutions. Intensive seminars with Chinese and international artists, curators of art galleries, museums and cultural institutions address the history and future of Chinese art as well as the business of art in China. Past classes have travelled to Shanghai and Beijing. In Shanghai, that city’s important role as a sea port in the 19th century, a city occupied by Western and Japanese forces in the 20th century, the seat of the first Chinese Communist party, and a contemporary art and business center have been topics of study. Likely activities include visits to the Great Wall, The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing and in Shanghai, the remarkable open air museum for Art Deco buildings and for Moderns skyscrapers, as well as temples, gardens, tea-houses, music and dance venues. This is an intense, rich and unique academic and cultural experience. Students must submit an application and be accepted to the course. 

    3 Credits
    GA HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-1102 Eastern Humanities  or 51-1101 Western Humanities 
  

  • 51-2331 French IV: Conversation and Theatre through Acting

    This course continues the work done in French III and focuses on improving the student’s pronunciation and fluency through conversations about French theatre and also by having students act excerpts from various plays. Besides theatre, the course also expands the student’s knowledge of French culture, art, philosophy, and history.

    4 Credits
    GA Repeatable HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-2330 or Language Placement Results
  

  • 51-2332 Japanese III: Language and Culture

    Building on one year of college Japanese, this course extends each student’s capacity to understand, read, speak, and write in Japanese through exposure to the rich variety of arts in Japanese culture.

    4 Credits
    GA HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-1331
  

  • 51-2360 Film and Society

    Relationships between people are explored through weekly screenings of feature, short, fiction, documentary, and animated films; all dealing with a semester-long social topic.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2401 Philosophy of Art and Criticism

    Course explores works by radically diverse thinkers to show how assumptions about art and artists shape evaluations of the arts. Works are from such philosophers or critics as Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Sontag, Freud, Derrida, Foucault, and Stravinsky.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2402 20th-Century Philosophy

    Course examines central issues and major movements in philosophy in the twentieth century, including existentialism, pragmatism, deconstructionism, and linguistic analysis.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2403 Political Philosophy

    Course uses a few major writings from ancient through modern thinkers to explore political philosophy, with special focus on problems of power, freedom, justice, and law.

    3 Credits
    HU
  
  

  • 51-2405 Philosophical Issues in Film

    Course addresses a series of philosophical themes including ethical issues, metaphysical questions, and existential quandaries. Philosophical study can open up vistas of meaning to any student, and films can effectively realize abstract ideas in palpable and compelling ways. Several films are used with readings in philosophical literature to explore specific philosophical themes.

    3 Credits
    HU
  
  
  
  

  • 51-2409 Philosophy of Religion

    This course examines a number of issues connected to religious belief and practice. At the heart of the course is an exploration of religious “ways of knowing” and how these compare and contrast with secular ways of knowing. The course will explore the following: arguments for and against the existence of God (including the problem of evil), the nature and justification of religious experiences, the possibility of miracles, the nature of God’s attributes and their compatibility with each other, the connections between faith and reason, the connections between religion and ethics, and the challenges of religious pluralism.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 51-2409HN Philosophy of Religion: Honors

    This course examines a number of issues connected to religious belief and practice. At the heart of the course is an exploration of religious “ways of knowing” and how these compare and contrast with secular ways of knowing. The course will explore the following: arguments for and against the existence of God (including the problem of evil), the nature and justification of religious experiences, the possibility of miracles, the nature of God’s attributes and their compatibility with each other, the connections between faith and reason, the connections between religion and ethics, and the challenges of religious pluralism. This course is part of the Honors program and requires, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  
  

  • 51-2412 Philosophy of Imagination

    Artists have long considered the imagination as their unique provenance, but the imagination drives everything from engineering, marketing, cosmology and ethics. Aristotle describes the imagination as a faculty in humans (and most other animals) which produces, stores, and recalls the images used in a variety of cognitive activities, including those which motivate and guide action. Even our sleep is energized by the dreams of our involuntary imagination. This course will examine different theories about the imagination. We will reflect on the evolution and the cultures of imagination, and give special attention to the philosophy of mind approach, which sees imagination as a middle ground between conceptual and perceptual powers.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 45 Credit Hours Complete
  

  • 51-2501 Exploring the Goddess

    This course is an introduction to selected goddesses who have been worshipped in various regions of the world from prehistory to the present. Students will learn to identify and to analyze the symbolism that has traditionally been used for each goddess in primary texts, works of art, and acts of worship. Students will also learn to understand these primary texts, works of art, and acts of worship in terms of the historical and cultural contexts from which they emerged.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2502 Women and Religion

    This course will take students on an introductory journey through the story of women’s religious experience. Starting with pre-Indo-European cultures which venerated a Goddess-Mother Creator and ending with the rise of new feminist

    3 Credits
    GA HU
  

  • 51-2503 Introduction to Ritual Studies: What is Religion?

    What are people doing when they do ritual? In this class we will try to answer this question and use it to think about both the nature of religion and the nature of performance. We will read major theorists of ritual and consider rituals drawn from a wide variety of traditions, religious and otherwise. We will also go into the community to observe and analyze rituals practiced in Chicago, using our grounding in ritual theory to move productively between theory and data.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 51-2503HN Introduction to Ritual Studies: What is Religion: Honors

    What are people doing when they do ritual? In this class we will try to answer this question and use it to think about both the nature of religion and the nature of performance. We will read major theorists of ritual and consider rituals drawn from a wide variety of traditions, religious and otherwise. We will also go into the community to observe and analyze rituals practiced in Chicago, using our grounding in ritual theory to move productively between theory and data. This course is part of the Honors program and requires, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 51-2504 Religion and Science

    This course investigates the interaction of religion and science in Western culture, with some comparative analysis of non-Western traditions. The course introduces students to some historical conflicts (Galileo’s trial, evolution vs. creationism, etc…) and also explores contemporary avenues of reconciliation between religion, spirituality, and science.

    3 Credits
    HU
  

  • 51-2505 Religion and Secularism in U.S. Law and Politics

    In this class, we will look at legal cases, cultural representations, and historical documents pertinent to the issue of religion and politics to understand what secularism is, in the U.S., how it has changed over time, and how it has been imagined; we will build a website narrating these developments. We will also take up what these conceptions mean for our current political landscape as well as broader theoretical questions about the relation of religion to the state.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
  

  • 51-2505HN Religion and Secularism in U.S. Law and Politics: Honors

    In this class, we will look at legal cases, cultural representations, and historical documents pertinent to the issue of religion and politics to understand what secularism is, in the U.S., how it has changed over time, and how it has been imagined; we will build a website narrating these developments. We will also take up what these conceptions mean for our current political landscape as well as broader theoretical questions about the relation of religion to the state. This course is part of the Honors program and requires, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 51-2520 Religion and Its Critics: From t he Classics to the New Atheists

    Recently, the ‘New Atheists’ have leveled a variety of criticisms against religion, regarding the (purported) falsity of its claims, the ways in which it shapes people and citizens, and the sorts of political problems it occasions. But these arguments are not new-indeed, they go back several hundred years (further, in some cases). In this class, we will look at some of the most important articulations of these criticisms of religion in the modern period, as well as some of the defenses of religion. We will contextualize these ideas with respect to social and political developments, and then in turn use them to reconsider the recent claims of the New Atheists.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-111 and 52-112
  

  • 51-2520HN Religion and Its Critics: From t he Classics to the New Atheists: Honors

    Recently, the ‘New Atheists’ have leveled a variety of criticisms against religion, regarding the (purported) falsity of its claims, the ways in which it shapes people and citizens, and the sorts of political problems it occasions. But these arguments are not new-indeed, they go back several hundred years (further, in some cases). In this class, we will look at some of the most important articulations of these criticisms of religion in the modern period, as well as some of the defenses of religion. We will contextualize these ideas with respect to social and political developments, and then in turn use them to reconsider the recent claims of the New Atheists. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-111 and 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 51-3102 Senior Research Project: Black World Studies

    This two-day culminating workshop offers students who have chosen to minor in Black World Studies an opportunity to reflect on the material and knowledge they have gained in other courses in the minor program. The workshop will be facilitated by faculty and/or an invited activist, who will discuss pragmatic and political aspects of their activities in scholarship, arts, and/or politics.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-2105 Introduction to Black World Studies 
  

  • 51-3112 Humanities Study in South Africa: Memory in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    Since the end of apartheid, South Africans have been engaged in memory work, which is based on the desire to remember or at least not forget their traumatic past. Complicating memory work has been the burden of the future. With the release of Nelson Mandela and the first democratic elections, there was a call for consensus around a new multi-racial nation. But has such a consensus occurred and among whom; and is it more likely with or without deep confessions to the past All of these will be tackled in the study trip to South Africa. Students must also register for the linked History course, 49-3026.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 49-3026 and 51-3990
  

  • 51-3202 Peace Studies

    Class studies forces at play in the course of human events that profoundly affect one’s relationship to self, work, family, and others; to social justice; to the earth and its myriad life forms; to the nature and purpose of human existence; and to spirituality.

    3 Credits
    HU
  
  

  • 51-3250 Senior Research Project: Women’s and Gender Studies

    This is the final course for the Women’s and Gender Studies minor. Students, in close collaboration with the instructor through the semester, will work independently on a project of their choice that deepens their understanding of women’s and/or gender issues and that may integrate with their major field of interest. This project may be a research paper or an arts or media project, or may take the form of an internship of 7-10 hours/week with an appropriate organization. Students should contact the instructor during the semester prior to taking the Capstone course to begin discussing their project ideas and obtain preliminary project approval. They should have their approved internships set up or project idea well established before the semester begins.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-1211 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies 
    Requirements 90 Enrolled Hours
  

  • 51-3298 Independent Project: Humanities

    An independent study is designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, to study an area that is not presently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project.

    1-6 Credits
    Requirements Permission of Instructor
  

  • 51-3450 Topics in Philosophy

    Anger is a fundamental part of the human condition. Its causes are varied and its expressions are diverse, but we all experience some form of anger. Philosophers have perennially tried to understand anger and find some way to manage its destructive power. Some pacifists argue for the elimination of anger, while others recognize its motivational energy for social justice issues. This course looks at philosophical ideas about anger, ranging over Eastern and Western traditions as well as Ancient and Modern eras. Some of the perspectives explored include Buddhism, Stoicism, Existentialism, Sociobiology, Postmodernism, Feminism, and more.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112 and 51-4
  

  • 51-3950 Undergraduate Research Mentorship

    The Undergraduate Research Mentorship connects talented students interested in the experience of conducting academic research in particular disciplines with faculty in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This course, available to students from across the College, gives students the opportunity to gain real-world experience and learn research and scholarly techniques from practitioners in academic and integrative disciplines based in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The experience will prove valuable to students as they enter professional fields or pursue higher academic degrees. Faculty members will gain assistance in completing their innovative research and scholarship while mentoring students in fields of specialization within the academic community.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Department Permission
  

  • 52-1100 Introduction to College Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English

    Introduction to College Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. An intensive review in writing, reading, and critical thinking prior to enrolling in 52-1121 ESL English Composition I. Designed to emphasize each students’ writing process, the ICW curriculum works to recognize student knowledge and understanding of culture, while exploring the rhetorical purpose of personal narrative and cultural response. Teaching strategies include individualized, conference-based instruction, peer tutorials, grammar and usage review, and academic and digital literacy training. Students attend weekly sessions with an ESL Specialist in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 52-1108 ESL Tutoring in Writing Skills 
  

  • 52-1101 Introduction to College Writing

    An intensive review in writing, reading, and critical thinking prior to enrolling in 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I. Designed to emphasize each students’ writing process, the ICW curriculum works to recognize student knowledge and understanding of culture, while exploring the rhetorical purpose of personal narrative and cultural response. Teaching strategies include individualized, conference-based instruction, peer tutorials, grammar and usage review, and academic and digital literacy training. Students attend weekly sessions in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 52-1110 Tutoring in Writing Skills 
  
  

  • 52-1109 Writing Tutoring: Across the Curriculum

    Students signing up for this course will attend one-on-one tutorial sessions for 1 hour per week throughout the semester. Qualified Writing Consultants provide assistance and guidance in writing skills to students of all ability levels and from all majors. Tutorial sessions are student-centered, and content is tailored to the writing needs of each student.

    0 Credits
    Repeatable
  
  

  • 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced

    Identical to 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I, with respect to course content, Writing and Rhetoric I-Enhanced offers students more curricular support via smaller class size (12), individual teacher-student conferences, and regular time in the computer classrooms. Students are required to attend weekly sessions in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: COMPASS Placement Test score >= 60 or 52-1101 Introduction to College Writing  or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 380
  

  • 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II

    Identical to 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II, with respect to course content, Writing and Rhetoric II - Enhanced offers students more curricular support via smaller class size (12), individual teacher-student conferences, and regular time in the computer classrooms. Students are required to attend weekly sessions in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97
  

  • 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English

    Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. Identical to 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I, with respect to course content and LAS Core credit, Writing and Rhetoric I offers students with heritage languages other than English curricular support via specialized teaching, smaller class size (12), individual teacher-student conferences, and regular time in the computer classrooms. Students are required to attend weekly sessions with an English as a Second Language (ESL) Specialist in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 52-1108 ESL Tutoring in Writing Skills 
  

  • 52-1122 Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English

    Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. Identical to 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II, with respect to course content and LAS Core credit, Writing and Rhetoric II offers students with heritage languages other than English curricular support via specialized teaching, smaller class size (12), individual teacher-student conferences, and regular time in the computer classrooms (once a week). Students are required to attend weekly sessions with an English as a Second Language (ESL) Specialist in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  CONCURRENT: 52-1108 ESL Tutoring in Writing Skills 
  

  • 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I

    Writing and Rhetoric I helps students understand and refine their own writing processes. Designed to assist students in making connections between their knowledge, cultures, worlds, and the multiple-literacies and discourses of academic, communicative and performing life, the course encourages students to develop their distinctive voices as they learn to make conscious rhetorical decisions. Writing and Rhetoric I connects personal reflection with critical analysis, providing plentiful and varied opportunities for writing, strengthening reading skills, and becoming a member of a writer-reader community.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: COMPASS Placement Test score >= 73 or 52-1101 Introduction to College Writing  or 52-1100 Introduction to College Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English  or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 430
  

  • 52-1151HN Writing and Rhetoric I: Honors

    Writing and Rhetoric I helps students understand and refine their own writing processes. Designed to assist students in making connections between their knowledge, cultures, worlds, and the multiple-literacies and discourses of academic, communicative and performing life, the course encourages students to develop their distinctive voices as they learn to make conscious rhetorical decisions. Writing and Rhetoric I connects personal reflection with critical analysis, providing plentiful and varied opportunities for writing, strengthening reading skills, and becoming a member of a writer-reader community. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II

    Writing and Rhetoric II helps students use writing to develop and sustain an in-depth personal and intellectual inquiry into a subject of their choosing. The course unfolds in a series of assignments designed to lead students through a continually deepening creative research process that ripens into a written project of considerable length and complexity. Focusing on methodology, rather than specific course theme, students learn to generate worthwhile questions, collect primary data, locate secondary resources, and form original research insights.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 and COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710
  

  • 52-1152HN Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors

    Writing and Rhetoric II helps students use writing to develop and sustain an in-depth personal and intellectual inquiry into a subject of their choosing. The course unfolds in a series of assignments designed to lead students through a continually deepening creative research process that ripens into a written project of considerable length and complexity. Focusing on methodology, rather than specific course theme, students learn to generate worthwhile questions, collect primary data, locate secondary resources, and form original research insights. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1151HN Writing and Rhetoric I: Honors  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning

    Identical to Writing and Rhetoric II with respect to course content and satisfaction of the LAS Comp II requirement, Writing and Rhetoric II - Service Learning offers students the additional opportunity to engage with real-life issues through a required community service component. Designed with the objective of allowing students a hands-on exploration of civic engagement, this is a 4-credit course with a 15 person cap. Specific sections of the course often focus on a particular cultural issue, such as domestic violence, environmental concerns, poverty, literacy or youth support.

    4 Credits
    EN
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97
  

  • 52-1202 College Reading for Non-Native Speakers of English

    Introduction to College Reading for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. An intensive review in writing, reading, and critical thinking prior to enrolling in 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English. Designed to emphasize each student’s writing process, the ICW curriculum works to recognize student knowledge and understanding of culture, while exploring the rhetorical purpose of personal narrative and cultural response. Teaching strategies include individualized, conference-based instruction, peer tutorials, grammar and usage review, and academic and digital literacy training. Students attend weekly sessions with an English as Second Language (ESL) Specialist in the Writing Center.

    3 Credits
  

  • 52-1300 Tutoring in College Reading

    Enrollment for this course is open to all Columbia students. Students enrolled in Introduction to College Reading are required to enroll concurrently for Tutoring in College Reading. Students attend the Reading Center at least one hour per week for individual or small group tutoring related to reading. Students receive help with assignments from their Reading course or reading demands of other courses.

    0 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 52-1301 Introduction to College Reading 
  

  • 52-1301 Introduction to College Reading

    Course is for students who need to improve their reading abilities in order to succeed at Columbia College. Through extensive, guided reading, students improve their reading comprehension skills and strategies. Students read narrative (stories) and expository (informational) texts, improve their abilities to recognize main ideas and supporting details, increase their vocabulary, and learn to take notes on text. Students are required to register concurrently for one hour of tutoring each week in the Reading Center. Students who successfully complete this course register for College Reading the next semester.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 52-1300 Tutoring in College Reading 
  

  • 52-1302 College Reading

    Course improves students’ abilities to succeed with the wide range of reading that college requires. Students read full-length books and short stories, improve their comprehension of narrative text, and explore interpretations of stories through artistic creation. Students learn several reading and note-taking strategies appropriate for different types of expository (informational) text. Students also learn to conduct library reading research.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: COMPASS Placement Test score >= 41
  

  • 52-1400 Oral Expression for Non-Native Speakers of English

    Oral Expression for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. This course addresses specific barriers to effective public speaking for English as a Second Language students, such as stage fright, poor pronunciation/rythm patterns, and intercultural communication difficulties. The course introduces students to basic principles of communication theory and informative, persuasive, and occasional models of public speaking. Instruction focuses on planning, organization, argumentation, delivery and posture, use of gestures and voice, and U.S. academic audience expectations. Oral Expressions for Non-Native Speakers of English meets the LAS Core requirement for Oral Communications. (Requires one hour of tutoring.)

    3 Credits
    SP
  

  • 52-1401 Oral Expression

    Students overcome difficulties they may have in public speaking, such as stage fright and poor diction. Students are made aware of important elements such as delivery and posture, use of gestures, and good grammar. Course introduces students to informative, persuasive, and occasional modes of public speaking and helps students develop well-organized and purposeful speeches.

    3 Credits
    SP
  

  • 52-1401HN Oral Expression: Honors

    Students overcome difficulties they may have in public speaking, such as stage fright and poor diction. Students are made aware of important elements such as delivery and posture, use of gestures, and good grammar. Course introduces students to informative, persuasive, and occasional modes of public speaking and helps students develop well-organized and purposeful speeches. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    SP
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  
  

  • 52-1600HN Introduction to Literature: Honors

    Course introduces students to genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. By studying important works by writers of culturally diverse backgrounds, students gain experience in reading, analyzing, interpreting, and writing about literature. Course establishes connections between literature and other areas of arts and communications. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 52-1602HN Introduction to Poetry

    Students study poetry ranging from traditional forms and figures to contemporary experimental forms. Course may include selected significant poems from all major periods. This is primarily a literature course, not a writing workshop. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 52-1603 Introduction to Readings in Creative Nonfiction

    A survey class in Creative Nonfiction which will focus on several genres of nonfiction writing: autobiography/memoir, the essay, travel writing, aphorism, prose poetry, biography, etc. This class will introduce students to some of the larger issues in nonfiction and some of the more specific questions that arise within its sub-genres. Students will also have an opportunity to try their hands at writing creative nonfiction through exercises and/or prompts provided by the instructor.

    3 Credits
    HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  
  
  
  

  • 52-1642 African-American Cultural Experience in Literature

    A cultural studies approach to literature, course shows students the significant contributions African Americans have made to American culture and demonstrates the pervasive influence of African culture on other cultures throughout the world. Course explores African elements in dance, music, writing (fiction and nonfiction), theater, photography, photojournalism, visual arts, film, and athletics and how these elements have influenced African-American literature.

    3 Credits
    PL HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 52-1643 Examining the African-American Cultural Experience

    A cultural studies approach to literature, course establishes connections between African-American culture as explored in African-American literature and Chicago’s African-American artistic community. Students study the literature of African-American writers and conduct an ethnographic research project in the Chicago African-American artistic community.

    4 Credits
    PL Repeatable HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  
  

  • 52-1800 Careers in Writing

    Introductory course provides students with opportunity to explore various careers available in field of writing. Students investigate job potential, examine demands of various writing professions, and interview professionals who have made writing a career.

    3 Credits
  

  • 52-1900 Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Beginning

    A beginning class in writing creative nonfiction, a term including many forms, constantly re-imagined, with the personal and lyrical essay at its core. You will boldly combine different elements of shape, texture, and voice to attempt to produce works of literary art, primarily in the essay, and present your work to the rest of the class in a workshop format. You will also begin reading in nonfiction.

    3 Credits
    WI
  

  • 52-2500 Poetry Workshop: Intermediate

    Through in-class writing exercises, the reading of model poems, and discussion of student work, students are encouraged to produce poetry of greater sophistication. Familiarity with work of notable poets is strongly encouraged.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1500 Poetry Workshop: Beginning 
  

  • 52-2510 Poetry Workshop: Performance

    Through in-class writing assignments, performances of their own and other poets’ works, theater exercises, critiquing poetry performance videos, and discussions of student work, this course encourages students to produce and perform poetry of increasing quality.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1500 Poetry Workshop: Beginning 
  

  • 52-2600 Fiction Workshop

    Students will learn the fundamentals of writing and critiquing fiction in a variety of forms such as flash fiction and minimalist fiction with the short story at the core. Students will learn to work with elements of fiction such as narration, POV, and character, and to shape language to convey meaning. Students will present their work in a workshop format and discuss fiction by established authors. Beginning workshops in other genres are encouraged but not required.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97
  
  
  

  • 52-2611HN English Authors: Romantics to Contemporary: Honors

    Course’s selected readings range from Blake and the Romantic poets to contemporary figures such as Harold Pinter. Significant writers studied may include Wollstonecraft, Austen, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, the Brownings, the Brontes, Hardy, Woolf, Yeats, Joyce, and Lawrence. This course is part of the Honors program and requires, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher to register.

    3 Credits
    WI HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  
  
  
  

  • 52-2634 Topics in Asian Literature

    Course explores the literature of one or more East Asian or South Asian country, such as Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, India, or Tibet. Relevant socio-cultural traditions will be discussed along with specific texts. Work will be read in English translation where necessary. Students will write papers and create projects incorporating insights from their reading and discussion. Course is repeatable as topic changes.

    3 Credits
    GA Repeatable HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 52-2634HN Topics in Asian Literature: Honors

    Course explores the literature of one or more East Asian or South Asian country, such as Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, India, or Tibet. Relevant socio-cultural traditions will be discussed along with specific texts. Work will be read in English translation where necessary. Students will write papers and create projects incorporating insights from their reading and discussion. Course is repeatable as topic changes. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    GA Repeatable HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 52-2636 The Vietnam War in History, Literature and the Arts

    The Vietnam War is one of the most studied, documented, and argued about wars in American history. The debate has taken the form of historical inquiries, poetry, novels, film, music, and other arts. The war shaped the experiences of a generation and continues to affect American life and arts. This interdisciplinary course examines the conflict in Southeast Asia through the eyes of journalists, fiction writers, poets, historians, filmmakers, musicians, and other artists.

    3 Credits
    GA HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  

  • 52-2636HN The Vietnam War in History, Literature and the Arts:Honors

    The Vietnam War is one of the most studied, documented, and argued about wars in American history. The debate has taken the form of historical inquiries, poetry, novels, film, music, and other arts. The war shaped the experiences of a generation and continues to affect American life and arts. This interdisciplinary course examines the conflict in Southeast Asia through the eyes of journalists, fiction writers, poets, historians, filmmakers, musicians, and other artists. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    PL HL
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 52-2639 Baseball in History and Literature: A Contested Narrative

    This course will examine the dynamic cultural meaning of baseball in the United States, from the rise of the professionalism in the mid-19th century to the introduction of free agency and the rise of corporate competitions of the present. Through lectures, readings, and discussions on the history of baseball and analysis of the literary texts the sport inspires, students will explore issues of American identity and examine how sport can be a reflection of society as well as an instrument of change.

    3 Credits
    HL
  
  
  

  • 52-2647HN Asian American Literature: Honors

    A rotating topics course tracing the emergence and development of Asian American Literature. Course examines the artistic contributions of Asian American authors, and how they have explored issues of concern to Asian Americans. Topics may include Survey of Asian American Literature, Asian American Fiction, Asian American Theatre and Film, or others. Authors studied may include Maxine Hong Kingston, John Okada, Lan Samantha Chang, Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, and Diana Son. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    PL Repeatable HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning  or 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II  or 52-1122 Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II 
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  
  

  • 52-2655 Queer Literature

    Course examines LGBTQ literary and cultural traditions in light of key concepts and insights drawn from queer theory. Consideration of writers such as Tony Kushner, Achy Obejas, Stephen McCauley, Judy Grahn, Paul Monette, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Rita Mae Brown, and John Rechy. Course may include earlier works such as Cather’s My Antonia to explore queer themes not always addressed by other approaches to literature.

    3 Credits
    PL HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  
  
  

  • 52-2665HN Dramatic Literature: Honors

    This writing intensive course focuses on dramatic texts by contemporary minority playwrights. We will examine the emergence and development of ethnic American drama, looking at works by African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latino/a playwrights. We will investigate issues relating to the politics of self-representation, the ways hegemonic dominant beliefs discursively construct the Other, and the intersections between race, gender, and sexuality. We will attempt to answer some of the following questions: What is at stake in the representation of people of color and queer people on the American stage How do issues of racial conflict and sexual politics inform the seemingly neutral domestic space of families and personal relations What are the linkages between race and class in contemporary society, as depicted by these playwrights By the end of this course, students will be able to think critically about issues of race, gender and sexuality in American drama, be conversant with theoretical issues of craft and practice in theater studies, and be able to speak and write in a sophisticated, articulate manner about literature in general, and contemporary ethnic American drama in particular. This is an Honors class. In addition to other possible pre-requisites, students need a minimum G.P.A. of 3.50 or higher to enroll.

    3 Credits
    WI Repeatable HL
    Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA
  

  • 52-2670 Ancient Mythology

    Course surveys myths and epics produced by ancient cultures such as the Sumarians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, and Hebrews. The focus is on the stories, mythic structures, and literary and poetic forms of the myths as they symbolically express deep cultural values. Works studied may include the Sumarian Hymn to Inanna, The Egyptian Mysteries, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Kaballah.

    3 Credits
    HL
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97  or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30 or Writing SAT score >= 710
  
  
  
 

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