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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Academic departments and programs are generally listed in alphabetical order. All courses are listed under the department or program in which they are offered. Courses which are cross-listed will appear in more than one place.
Course Designations
Courses of instruction are designated by a system of four-digit numbers within each department. The first digit in the number indicates the class standing that a student must attain to be eligible for the course. To interpret the numbering system, students need to know that:
- Courses generally for freshmen are numbered in the series beginning 1000. Freshmen may not register for any course numbered 2000 or above, except by placement or with the permission of the instructor. Similarly, sophomores may not register for courses numbered 3000 or above, or juniors 4000 or above, with exceptions permitted only by the instructor.
- Cross-listed courses are courses appropriate to more than one department or area.
- The number of credit hours per course is indicated below the course title. Courses which may be taken for variable credit (applied music lessons, independent studies, internships, etc.) or which can be repeated for credit are so indicated.
- Prerequisites for each course are so indicated following the description.
- Special Topics, Internships, and Independent Studies courses are listed with numbers separated by semicolons. These courses may be taken in any order.
- The (FR) designation after a number indicates that the course is offered only as a first-year seminar.
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ENV 2207 - Environmental Management Credits: 4
This course examines the concepts and practices used to maintain and develop Earth’s natural systems and humanity’s built environments. Specifically, the course is designed to review how the human and natural systems critical to biodiversity and human well-being can be developed and managed sustainably. Course topics include ecosystem and wildlife management, urban planning, climate change mitigation, and global environmental governance. An emphasis is placed on understanding how people individually and collectively influencenatural and built environments, as well as developing knowledge and skills useful to contemporary environmental managers. The course format includes class discussions, projects, and interactive lectures.
Prerequisites ENV 1131 or ENV 2151
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Lab; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ENV 2215 - Environmental Policy Credits: 4
This course is designed as a survey of the principles and practices of environmental policy. Using the case study approach, theories of public policy are linked to its application to understand existing approaches to environmental policy and how these approaches influence, and are influenced by, social and environmental change. An emphasis is placed on the design and evaluation of policy instruments, the diversity and trade-offs of environmental governance systems, and the democratic engagement required to achieve environmental sustainability. Students will learn the language of public policy and develop transferable professional skills, including memo writing and policy analysis.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ENV 2265 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Recent selections include Chesapeake Bay Blues and Field Guide to Maryland.
Prerequisites none or permission of the instructor as indicated.
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ENV 3106 - Conservation Biology Credits: 4
The mission of conservation biology is the conservation of life on earth, and thus to balance the needs of people and biodiversity. To understand the promise and peril of conservation biology’s mission in a rapidly globalizing world, the course introduces students to the elements of the contemporary biodiversity crisis, the applied practices of professional conservationists, and the values and scientific theories that provide the discipline’s foundation. Coursework is designed to develop practical skills and disciplinary knowledge through interactive lectures, field trips, and group and individual projects.
Lab period included.
Prerequisites ENV 1131 or ENV 2151 or BIO-1111 and BIO-1117
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry Embedded Lab
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ENV 3110 - Climatology Credits: 4
Will future climate changes advance gradually, or abruptly and catastrophically, as they have in the past? Understanding processes that have affected climate in the past will help us predict future global warming. This course explores the mechanisms and indicators of global change, and treats topics such as the “snowball earth,” ocean fertilization, oceanic methane release and the ocean conveyor belt.
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ENV 3120 - ENV Junior Seminar Credits: 4
This course introduces Environmental Studies majors to the science and practice of environmental studies. Designed as introduction to the Environmental Studies major, the course examines the interdisciplinary approaches used to study the environment, the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline, and how to find a successful career in the field. Students will explore these topics through a mix of lectures, individual projects, and class discussion.
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ENV 3365 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Recent selections include Chesapeake Bay Blues and Field Guide to Maryland.
Prerequisites none or permission of the instructor as indicated.
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ENV 4465 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Recent selections include Chesapeake Bay Blues and Field Guide to Maryland.
Prerequisites none or permission of the instructor as indicated.
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ENV 4494 - ENV Senior Seminar Credits: 4
Students will formally present a report from an internship program or independent research project that is focused on a specific environmental problem. This course is the capstone experience in ENV and is required of all ENV majors.
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FRE 1101 - Elementary French Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to French used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables the student accurately to express his or her daily experiences in spoken and written French, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
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FRE 1102 - Elementary French Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to French used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables the student accurately to express his or her daily experiences in spoken and written French, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
McDaniel Plan: Second Language
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FRE 1103 - Elementary French for Advanced Beginners Credits: 4
A review of basic grammar and the introduction of more advanced grammar, together with the acquisition of oral/aural skills that allow communication in French in everyday contexts. This course encompasses material presented in FRE 1101 and 1102.
Placement
McDaniel Plan: Second Language
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FRE 1123 - The French-Speaking World Credits: 4
An examination of French-speaking countries outside of Europe – especially Africa and the Caribbean – prior to, during, and after the establishment of French colonial rule. Special attention is given to the ways different cultures have reacted, in economic, religious, sociological, artistic, and literary spheres, to the experience of French hegemony.
This course is taught in English.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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FRE 1131 - Culture of France Credits: 4
A study of influences that have molded France through the ages, with insights into all aspects of French culture (geography, history, the arts, folklore, gastronomy, etc.).
This course is taught in English.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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FRE 2100 - Introduction to Business French Credits: 4
An Intermediate-level language course stressing all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) in the contexts of professional situations.
Prerequisites FRE 1102 or 1103 or placement.
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FRE 2110 - L’Amérique française: le Québec, la Louisiane, les Antilles et la Guyane Credits: 4
The thematic focus of this low intermediate level conversation/composition course is on the French presence on the American continent. A special emphasis is placed on Quebec which plays an important role in maintaining the French language and identity on this continent. French America also includes Louisiana in the United States, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti, in the Caribbean region, and French Guyana in South America. As in all language courses all four skills will be developed.
Course taught in French.
McDaniel Plan: International Western
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FRE 2211 - Cultures Francophones Credits: 4
A review and expansion of grammar and practice in oral and written French through the study of various Francophone media.
Prerequisites FRE 1102 or 1103 or placement.
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FRE 2215 - Intermediate Composition & Conversation Credits: 4
An examination of French perspectives on a variety of topics, which may change from year to year. Students will be able to read, engage in a basic conversation, and write about these topics at the intermediate-low to intermediate level in French by the end of the semester.
Prerequisites FRE 1102 or 1103 or placement.
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FRE 2265 - Special Topics in French Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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FRE 2295 - Internships in French Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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FRE 2298 - Independent Studies in French Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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FRE 2510 - Cinema for Composition & Conversation Credits: 4
This intermediate course focuses on developing linguistic skills and cultural awareness, using French feature films as the main course texts. French language films contribute to the improvement of aural comprehension and offer a model for pronunciation. Themes are used as topics for written and oral expression, and grammar is presented in context. Cinema also introduces students to the French culture.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites French 1101 and French 1102 or placement
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FRE 2511 - Bandes dessinées et images de la culture française Credits: 4
A review and expansion of grammar and practice in oral and written French through the study of the French and Belgian French comic strip over the last century from a historical, sociological, and technical perspective. Topics include political satire, Nazi propaganda, regional and national stereotypes, the role of women, and the influence of cinema and television. Readings include original works, interviews, critical articles, and related historical, cultural studies.
McDaniel Plan: International Western
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FRE 2512 - Le Sport en Francophonie Credits: 4.0
A contextualized review and expansion of grammar and practice in oral and written French through the study of leisure activities and sport in Metropolitan France and the French-speaking world. Readings and discussions of essays, short stories, films, and a full-length novel in French.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Any 2000-level FRE class
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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FRE 2513 - France and the European Union Credits: 4
A review and expansion of grammar and practice in oral and written French through the study of France’s political and economical situation within the European Union.
Prerequisites Any FRE 2100 or 2200 course or placement.
International Western.
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FRE 2514 - Out of Africa: Nouvelles d’expression française Credits: 4
Review and expansion of linguistic skills, combined with the study of French-speaking African and Caribbean literary works and culture. Readings and discussions in French.
Prerequisites Any FRE 2100 or 2200 course or placement.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern.
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FRE 3100 - French House Study Credits: 1
Study related to participation at the French Language House. Special emphasis is placed on speaking the French language, participating in and organizing cultural events and conversation hours.
By Permission only
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FRE 3301 - Introduction to the Study of French Literature I Credits: 4
Themes and topics related to periods and genres in French literary history. The course covers particular areas from the Medieval period through the Enlightenment.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses or placement.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Textual Analysis.
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FRE 3302 - Introduction to the Study of French Literature II Credits: 4
Themes and topics related to periods and genres in French literary history. The course covers Romanticism to the present.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level or higher courses or placement
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Textual Analysis.
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FRE 3304 - Ecrire en français Credits: 4
This course focuses on the study of various writing formats and styles. Emphasis is placed on singularities of French genres and writing techniques.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses or placement.
McDaniel Plan: Junior Writing, Departmental Writing
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FRE 3307 - Colonial Desire Credits: 4
This course critically examines the complex notion of “colonial desire” through an overview of the history of French colonization from the perspective of the colonizer as well as the colonized. Focusing on key moments in French history and their socio-political, economic, and cultural ramifications, we will trace the spread of French colonial rule from the first French colony in the New World to the French Caribbean,
Indian Ocean, Africa, South East Asia, and French Polynesia. We will also consider various reactions to the colonial encounter, ranging from assimilation to violent and non-violent methods of resistance. This resistance essentially led to the gradual falling apart of the French Empire, with former colonies claiming their independence while other colonies opted for a status as overseas departments and territories. Discussion will be based on essays, engravings, novels, plays, movies, documentaries, and comics from the colonial, neo-colonial, and post-colonial era.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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FRE 3308 - La Méditerranée Credits: 4.0
This course focuses on novels, short stories, films, comics, and plays to examine the French-speaking cultures of various Mediterranean regions, including Southern France, Corsica, North Africa, and Lebanon, through the lens of colonialism, independence, decolonization, and postcolonisalism. Topics include exile, war, migration, immigration, and diverse forms of multiculturalism.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Any 2500 or 3000 course (other than 3100) or by placement
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understaning
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FRE 3310 - Advanced Studies in French I Credits: 4
A course designed for upper-class French majors, with a different topic dealing with aspects of the French or Francophone literature or culture each semester. See topics under French 4410.
Prerequisites Any French 3000 level course, except FRE 3100.
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FRE 3320 - French/English Translation Credits: 4
Practice in the art of rendering a text from one language to another using both literary and non-literary sources. This will include a study of advanced French grammar.
Prerequisites Any French 3000 level course or placement.
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FRE 3321 - Histoire du cinéma français Credits: 4
This course introduces students to the history of French cinema. The approach to French cinema used in this class is interdisciplinary and international in scope and concerned with understanding films in terms of style, technology, spectatorship, cultural history, narrative and foreign culture. This course treats film primarily as a unique and powerful twentieth-century art with its own traditions, history, conventions and techniques. Students learn how to understand, analyze, discuss and explain film in the French language.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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FRE 3323 - L’Espace outre-mer Credits: 4
This course focuses on current issues in French overseas departments and territories, which are islands, with the exception of French Guyana. While the Western imaginary tends to portray these places predominantly as tropical, paradisiacal islands, local authors, artists, filmmakers, and playwrights challenge the notion of exoticism. Their works serve as a critical vantage point from which to examine topics such as the economic crisis, globalization, modernity, and traditions in the Indian Ocean, the French Caribbean, and the South Pacific. Students will analyze texts through a variety of historical, geographical, theoretical, and disciplinary dimensions.
This course is taught in French.
Prerequisites FRE-2510, FRE-2511, FRE-2513, or FRE-2514 OR 1 course from FRE 3000 level.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis
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FRE 3330 - Current Events in France/ L’Actualité Française Credits: 4
Practice in comprehending, writing and speaking the French language through the reading of newspapers and study of various media (TV programs, French Web sites, etc.). Special emphasis is placed on French contemporary culture and issues.
Course taught in French.
Prerequisites Two French 2000-level courses.
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FRE 3331 - Paris Credits: 4
This course looks at the history of one of the world’s great cities. It examines the manner in which new styles of thought, science, politics, fashion and art were elaborated in Paris. It examines the life of its districts and its streets and in particular the response to its population to the redesign and rebuilding of the city in the second half of the 19th century and eventually the building of its suburbs in the 1960s. It looks at the visitors to Paris, tourists, exiles and immigrants and at their representations of the city. The course also studies how Paris, with its Eiffel Tower as its primary representation, became a Romantic myth.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses.
McDaniel Plan: International Western.
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FRE 3365 - Special Topics in French Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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FRE 3395 - Internships in French Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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FRE 3398 - Independent Studies in French Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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FRE 4407 - Colonial Desire Credits: 4
This course critically examines the complex notion of “colonial desire” through an overview of the history of French colonization from the perspective of the colonizer as well as the colonized. Focusing on key moments in French history and their socio-political, economic, and cultural ramifications, we will trace the spread of French colonial rule from the first French colony in the New World to the French Caribbean,
Indian Ocean, Africa, South East Asia, and French Polynesia. We will also consider various reactions to the colonial encounter, ranging from assimilation to violent and non-violent methods of resistance. This resistance essentially led to the gradual falling apart of the French Empire, with former colonies claiming their independence while other colonies opted for a status as overseas departments and territories. Discussion will be based on essays, engravings, novels, plays, movies, documentaries, and comics from the colonial, neo-colonial, and post-colonial era.
Prerequisites FRE-2510, FRE-2511, FRE-2513 or FRE-2514 or a French course at the 3000-level.
McDaniel Plan: International; Social, Cultural & Historical Understanding
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FRE 4408 - La Méditerranée Credits: 4.00
This course focuses on novels, short stories, films, comics, and plays to examine the French-speaking cultures of various Mediterranean regions, including Southern France, Corsica, North Africa, and Lebanon, through the lens of colonialism, independence, decolonization, and postcolonisalism. Topics include exile, war, migration, immigration, and diverse forms of multiculturalism.
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FRE 4410 - Advanced Studies in French II Credits: 4
A course designed for upper-class French majors, with a different topic dealing with aspects of the French or Francophone literature or culture each semester. Course offerings include: Le cinéma français; L’autobiographie en France; La littérature française contemporaine comme prière athée; La littérature féminine francophone; Le théâtre classique; Les femmesécrivains du Moyen Age au XVIIIè siècle.
Prerequisites Any French 3000 level course, except FRE 3100.
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FRE 4420 - French/English Translation Credits: 4
Practice in the art of rendering a text from one language to another using both literary and non-literary sources. This will include a study of advanced French grammar.
Prerequisites Any French 3000 level course or placement.
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FRE 4421 - Histoire du cinéma français Credits: 4
This course introduces students to the history of French cinema. The approach to French cinema used in this class is interdisciplinary and international in scope and concerned with understanding films in terms of style, technology, spectatorship, cultural history, narrative and foreign culture. This course treats film primarily as a unique and powerful twentieth-century art with its own traditions, history, conventions and techniques. Students learn how to understand, analyze, discuss and explain film in the French language.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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FRE 4423 - L’Espace outre-mer Credits: 4
This course focuses on current issues in French overseas departments and territories, which are islands, with the exception of French Guyana. While the Western imaginary tends to portray these places predominantly as tropical, paradisiacal islands, local authors, artists, filmmakers, and playwrights challenge the notion of exoticism. Their works serve as a critical vantage point from which to examine topics such as the economic crisis, globalization, modernity, and traditions in the Indian Ocean, the French Caribbean, and the South Pacific. Students will analyze texts through a variety of historical, geographical, theoretical, and disciplinary dimensions.
This course is taught in French.
Prerequisites FRE-2510, FRE-2511, FRE-2513, or FRE-2514 OR 1 course from FRE 3000 level.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis
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FRE 4430 - Current Events in France/ L’Actualité Française Credits: 4
Practice in comprehending, writing and speaking the French language through the reading of newspapers and study of various media (TV programs, French Web sites, etc.). Special emphasis is placed on French contemporary culture and issues.
Course taught in French.
Prerequisites Two French 2000-level courses.
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FRE 4431 - Paris Credits: 4
This course looks at the history of one of the world’s great cities. It examines the manner in which new styles of thought, science, politics, fashion and art were elaborated in Paris. It examines the life of its districts and its streets and in particular the response to its population to the redesign and rebuilding of the city in the second half of the 19th century and eventually the building of its suburbs in the 1960s. It looks at the visitors to Paris, tourists, exiles and immigrants and at their representations of the city. The course also studies how Paris, with its Eiffel Tower as its primary representation, became a Romantic myth.
Prerequisites Two French 2000 level courses.
McDaniel Plan: International Western.
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FRE 4465 - Special Topics in French Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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FRE 4495 - Internships in French Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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FRE 4498 - Independent Studies in French Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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FYS 1108 - From Chaos to Compromise Credits: 4
In this course we will examine three periods of history when important decisions had to be made. You will take on a role from those time periods and deal with the very same issues that affected those who lived at that time. Our course is based on a pedagogy called “Reacting to the Past,” which asks students to argue specific points based on the beliefs of the characters that they play. In order to make these games effective (and to win!), you must base your arguments on ideas, thoughts, and beliefs from the period. To do that effectively, you must do research and read the texts from the period.
Offered - Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar and Textual Analysis
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FYS 1109 - Our Unseen Enemies: Emerging Viruses Credits: 4
An emerging virus is a viral pathogen that suddenly explodes upon a population, seemingly out of nowhere. In the past few decades alone, viruses such as Ebola, HIV, West Nile Virus, SARS, and Avian Influenza have unexpectedly appeared in the human population, in some cases causing global pandemics. This course will introduce the student to the biological principles of virology, while also addressing the societal impact of emerging viral diseases.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry
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FYS 1113 - Acting Credits: 4
An introduction to acting combining practical exercises with study of contemporary texts on acting. Emphasis is placed on scene analysis and scene work, as well as written exercises in performance analysis and acting theory.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Creative Expression, Textural Analysis
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FYS 1114 - Technology in Education Credits: 4
From computers to iPods, technology has changed the face of education. This course explores the role of technology in elementary, secondary, and higher education classrooms. Students will share personal observations, review data on technology use, availability, and impact in schools, and will demonstrate various technological applications in the learning environment. This course allows students to explore a career in education.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1115 - A World of Light and Color Credits: 4
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue or the sunset red? Or why water is clear but snow is white? Or how we know so much about distant stars without actually visiting them? If so, this is the perfect course for you! This course embraces a hands-on guided discovery method of instruction and not traditional lectures. This means you will be performing many simple experiments that involve lenses, mirrors, light boxes, filters, and lasers in class as you explore a world of light and color. Instead of learning about science, you will have the opportunity to be a scientist!
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry Equivalent to GSC-1115, GS-1115.
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FYS 1119 - Grp Proc in Interactive Thea Credits: 4
This course is an investigation into group dynamics within the theatrical process. We will learn and use techniques drawn from dramatic play, sociodrama, transformations play and mythodrama. Students will have the opportunity to work independently, in small groups and in the large group to create and present original work. The first-year edition of the course emphasizes issues concerned with cultural change and personal identity. The transition from high school to college often presents the opportunity and sometimes the necessity to create new roles more appropriate to an adult identity. We will use dramatic processes to explore this dynamic, working playfully, sensitively and thoughtfully.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Creative Expression
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FYS 1129 - Close Encounters: Merging Worlds Credits: 4
How do we encounter humans, animals, nature, spirits, aliens and the divine? Why and how do we categorize humans who think differently about religion, culture, gender and sexuality as Other? How are these encounters influenced by our concepts of truth, culture, nationality and technology? These and other questions will set the parameters for an examination of philosophical ideas and practices from a wide variety of traditions including Native American, Ancient Greek, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Islamic cultures. Philosophers throughout the ages analyzed the interconnections of our perception of the cosmos and encounters with others. Following in their concepts and meditations can help us better understand ourselves and others.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1135 - Theatre Appreciation Credits: 4
An introduction to the analysis and appreciation of theatre, the student receives an overview of dramatic theory and practice by reading and attending plays, studying critical evaluations of professionals, and participating in classroom discussions.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1136 - Putin’s Russia: Past and Present Credits: 4
Russian president Vladimir Putin is often in the news as he asserts his country’s power and challenges the liberal international order. This course will look into the connections between Putin’s authoritarian political model, his effort to restore Russia’s great power status, and his outreach to nationalist movements within the European Union. Putin’s world view and actions will be seen against the backdrop of his
country’s remote and more recent past. Students will ponder the debate over Russia’s cultural identity sparked by the reforms of Peter the Great and Russia’s uncertain relationship with Europe. The course will address Russia’s regional role in historical perspective as Putin has intervened in Ukraine, railed against NATO expansion, and moved to create a Eurasian Economic Union. Other topics will include Putin’s
approach to Islam and the Islamic world - including Muslim populations inside Russia, military intervention in Syria, relations with Turkey and Iran, and response to the Islamic State. Last but not least, the course will factor in the legacy of the Cold War and fallout from the Soviet Union’s collapse. We will follow current events as the Trump-Putin relationship takes shape.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1137 - Chemistry in Context Credits: 4.0
This is a college level chemistry course that equips students with the skills and experience necessary to succeed in any discipline or potential career where chemistry knowledge and understanding is vital. In the context of an introduction to the subject, the basic principles of chemistry unfold as a historical account of important discoveries followed by an in-depth focus on modern chemistry.
Alchemy is used to introduce the concepts of matter, chemical change, and the need for carefully crafted scientific experiments. Atomic theory is investigated through the lens of time starting with the Greek philosophers, progressing through early atomic theories (Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr) to arrive at the modern view of the atom. A concurrent historical discussion of energy will allow the culmination of modern views of atoms, energy, and chemical reactivity.
Students must register for CHE-1001 Introductory Chemistry I Laboratory concurrently. Furthermore, this course satisfies the Introductory Chemistry I ( CHE 1101)
Prerequisites MAT-1001 and MAT-1002 or MAT-1100
Co-requisite CHE-1001
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory
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FYS 1139 - Half the Human Experience Credits: 4.0
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to issues related to sex and gender, with a particular focus on the experience of being female. Students will develop an understanding and awareness of how gender issues impact a variety of social and professional contexts. We will critically evaluate the methods and results of scientific studies of gender differences and stereotypes. Other topics include developmental, biological, historical, and cultural influences on behavior.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1142 - Gestural Foundations of ASL Credits: 4.0
This course is an introduction into the grammar and structure of American Sign Language (ASL) and the premise that sign came before speech in the development of language. Historical and cultural significance of a signed language to the Deaf community around the world, will be emphasized along with a student’s ability to communicate using signs, pictures, or icons instead of the spoken word. Material covered will be a resource for those interested in ASL/Deaf Studies, linguistics, semiotics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and/or sociology. The course includes a language laboratory, which is an integral component of the course; and, a cultural experience involving the Deaf community. This course is taught in ASL except for the Flex Days when presentations are made in spoken English.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1147 - Scientific Revolutions Credits: 4.0
Until the eighteenth century, most Western scientists believed that any item that could be burned must contain phlogiston, a colorless, odorless, and massless substance that was consumed by fire. Today, this theory is nearly forgotten. How was this theory disproved? Who decided to challenge the existence of phlogiston, and how did they do so? How was the rejection of this popular idea received? This course will explore how new scientific ideas are introduced, and how they come to be accepted (the Germ Theory of Disease, the Theory of Relativity, Calculus, and Plate Tectonics) or rejected (Spontaneous Generation, Alchemy, and Cold Fusion).
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1148 - Music and Words As a Quest
This course explores the meaning of a variety of works chosen from drama, literature, poetry, and music. This course emphasizes skills of analysis and appreciation to allow students to understand each of these works as reflecting the world view of its time and also to appreciate it as a universal expression of humanitys search for meaning.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1149 - Gender, Literature, Culture Credits: 4
Be a man! That’s not very ladylike! We’ve all heard statements like these, but what do they really mean? What is “masculinity,” what is “femininity,” and how have these concepts changed over time? This course will examine the social construction of masculinity and femininity over the last century or so. We will read literature and examine cultural artifacts from early twentieth century Boy Scout manuals to contemporary magazine advertisements, and from a sex manual to popular movies and books in an attempt to chart some of the changes in the social construction of gender over the course of the twentieth century. How much have things changed? Have books, movies, television, advertisements helped advance new gender roles, or have they reinforced traditional ones?
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Social, Cultural and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1150 - America’s Game Baseball Credits: 4
This course will investigate the colorful history of baseball: the origins and evolution of the game, the professionalism that grew out of it, and the big business that was built upon it.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1151 - Drugs and the Mind Credits: 4
The earliest historical and literary evidence reveals that drug use has been an integral part of human experience for thousands of years. This course will explore a wide array of dimensions associated with psychotropic drugs. It will draw on a variety of disciplines, such as history, the law, biochemistry, art and music, sociology and, of course, psychology. Students will learn how drugs work, and examine a variety of psychotropics to include legal and illegal drugs, as well as medications used to treat psychiatric disorders. Several guest speakers, such a pharmaceutical representatives, law enforcement personnel, and drug education/rehabilitation will come from off campus to discuss their work. Projects include an evaluation of the issues surrounding the pain killer OxyContin, group presentations on drugs as represented in film and music, and talks/discussions on issues, such as medical uses of marijuana.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1155 - The Ghost Fiction Tradition Credits: 4
This course examines the ghost story in English and American literature and film as it developed over the 19th and 20th centuries. Through analyses of novels such as The Haunting of Hill House and The Turn of the Screw, and a variety of short fiction by masters of the form J. S. LeFanu, M. R. James, Edith Wharton, and Mary Wilkins Freeman, among others, the class explores all elements of fiction but emphasizes imagery, themes, and character types inherent in the genre. Although the course focuses on English and American fiction, students will also have an opportunity to research the oral and literary traditions of the ghost story in cultures worldwide.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1157 - Psychology and the Law Credits: 4.0
Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? Why is eye witness testimony sometimes inaccurate? Are there valid techniques for detecting lies? What factors influence jury decisions beyond the mere evidence of a case? This course will use psychological theories and experiments to answer these and other questions relevant to human behavior and erroneous decision making within the legal context.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1159 - Horror in Fiction and Film Credits: 4
In this course students will examine horror in fiction and film, investigating together why it fascinates so many of us, and analyzing what kind of messages it conveys about the world we live in. In addition to reading and viewing these works for enjoyment, we will analyze them, attempting to understand how they reflect the authors’ anxieties about a whole range of concerns: sexuality, the unconscious mind, scientific discoveries, unjust laws, and others.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1160 - Journalism in the 21st Century Credits: 4
Interested in what makes the news media tick? In this class you’ll get an up front and personal look at more than a dozen journalists who visit the classroom and field your questions and comments. Last year’s lineup included news reporters, editors, sports columnists, bureau chiefs, and photographers from the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post & Carroll County Times, among others. Plus, from TV news, the news director for a Baltimore station, a prize-winning investigative reporter, and an anchor for a Fox News station. And that’s not all. You’ll also read a collection of unforgettable newspaper articles by a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. By the end of the semester, you’ll know why this course is called the “real” story of journalism.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1162 - Reality Television Credits: 4.0
This course will examine the growing phenomena of the last decade that is known as “Reality TV.” Students will explore the underlying themes present in these kinds of programs that are rooted in group dynamics, organizational behavior and sociocultural norms. Students will examine these themes through various theoretical frameworks including Cultivation Theory, Gender Theory and Social Learning Theory. The impact of this genre on psychological and social development of individuals and families will also be explored.
As this is a First-year seminar course, students will be challenged in the areas of critical thinking, effective writing, analytic reading, and oral communication. In addition, this course will serve as an introduction to various literacy and learning skills on campus including accessing and retrieving information from the library and utilizing on-campus activities to increase one’s understanding of areas taught during lecture.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1165 - Biodiversity Credits: 4.0
A study of global biodiversity losses caused by human activity. We will study biodiversity ?hot spots? where biodiversity levels and biodiversity losses are also high and the root social causes that are involved in these losses. There will be an emphasis on solutions such as sustainable development that have been proposed for conserving the Earth?s remaining biodiversity.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar and Scientific Inquiry
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FYS 1170 - Intro to Liberal Arts Through Research Credits: 4.0
BUDAPEST CAMPUS
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1173 - Malaria: Human Scrouge Credits: 4.0
What is malaria and what causes it? How serious a disease is it? How much impact has the parasitic disease had on the human species? These questions and others will be tackled by first year students within the first year seminar course format of critical thinking and reading, writing and oral presentation. Students will learn to discuss serious human disease from multiple perspectives while adapting to their first college seminar course.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1176 - Alexander on the Road Credits: 4.00
Alexander the Great has received a lot of attention in the last decade partly because new perspectives have come to light from nonwestern sources (Egyptian, Persian, Babylonian, for example) and partly because his invasions of Iran and central Asia as far as India are relevant to western involvement in those areas today. The class will examine important historical and archaeological evidence to identify major themes in the current studies of Alexander. Topics will include Alexander’s youth in Macedonia, Macedonian royal women, Alexander’s friendships and sex life, his military leadership and the logistics of his army, the eastern cultures that he met, the cities that he founded, the new world era that he inspired, and his growth to mythical status. Later views of Alexander will be taken from the Alexander Romance and other sources as disparate as Napoleon’s biography and Oliver Stone’s recent film, Alexander.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, International Western, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1177 - Information in the 21st Century Credits: 4.00
Information in the 21st Century introduces students to the concept of “information” and the role that information plays in life. Specifically, the course considers the relationships between information and technology, information and democracy, and information and culture, and reveals the role(s) that information plays in decision making in contexts such as education, business, relationships, leisure activities, safety, and spirituality. Students are expected to come to class prepared, and must actively contribute to group and class activities.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1179 - Fried Melon Seedds, Chery Cars, and Tiechua in Contemporary China Credits: 4.00
This course will investigate the rapid changes of modern China through the city of Wuhu (a three-hour drive from Shanghai) in China from the seventeenth century to the present. We will examine the stories and myths of three local products, Tiehua (iron pictures, a folk art form hammered out of wrought iron resembling Chinese brush painting), fried melon seeds (a local product for the national market), and Chery cars (the least expensive car in China), to understand rapid changes of China as well as its society and culture. We will locate primary sources, analyze materials, and formulate historical questions through the use of the library, essay, in-class discussion, video making, and field trips. After thousands of years of unhurried evolution, China has undergone huge transformation, creating opportunity for millions within mere decades. Yet being one of the fastest-growing economies, will China become a threat to the rest of the world? Students will gain a deep understanding of modern China in the world and prospects for the future as well as the ways in which a historian explores the world in which we live.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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FYS 1180 - Understanding China Credits: 4
China has become a major player on the world stage, and its importance is only likely to increase in the future. Yet despite the periodic coverage it gets in the media, China often remains poorly understood. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad introduction to China so that they can better understand its impact on the world. Students will examine its history, culture, and politics, as well as contemporary social issues. While the course is aimed at students with a general interest in China, it is also intended to provide a foundation for those interested in taking additional courses on the subject in the future.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1181 - From Grimm to Disney Credits: 4.00
Fairy tales are perhaps most commonly associated with German literature, especially with the Brothers Grimm. This First Year Seminar provides an introduction to the fairy tale tradition, an overview of the most famous German fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and a comparison to the Disney movie adaptations. We will read, discuss and analyze various fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm as well as various Disney film adaptations that most if not all students grew up with. In addition, the fairy tales will be illuminated from various perspectives, including formalist (structure and style), feminist, and psychoanalytic approaches.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression, First-Year Seminar, International Western, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1184 - The Sustainability Revolution Credits: 4.00
An introductory and interdisciplinary study of environmental problems that considers world populations, energy, air and water pollution, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and environmental health. Class discussion will center on solutions including technical and human behavioral modifications that can lead to the sustainable use of our environment.
Note: For EPS majors and minors, this course will serve as an alternate for EPS 2206 Sustainability.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry with Embedded Lab
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FYS 1186 - Religion and the Earth Credits: 4.00
In what ways might contemporary understandings of “nature” be informed by world religious traditions? How do religious groups understand the environment and their relation to it, and how do these ideas translate into action or inaction? What resources might world religions, indigenous traditions, and ecospirituality movements offer for environmental ethics? This course investigates some intersections of religion and ecology, taking a global and historical approach
to examining religious and cultural impacts on environmental attitudes. Using a comparative perspective and pulling from theological, philosophical, and sociological writings, it also considers the contributions of eco-justice,
ecofeminist, deep ecology, and environmental anti-racism movements.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1193 - College Life in Cinema Credits: 4.0
This FYS course will introduce student to life in a liberal arts setting through a rigorous study of films dealing with college life, and the cinematic tools and assumptions these films utilize in order to tell their stories.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
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FYS 1196 - Mark to Message: Drawing Now Credits: 4.00
A Studio course in drawing combining practices that will develop an understanding of perceptual drawing techniques with a working knowledge of traditional, modern, and contemporary art theory. Different media will be explored, and student’s definition of drawing will be expanded. Note: This course can be used instead of ART 1101 Perceptual Drawing for the Art major or minor.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression; First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1197 - Why Was Socrates Tried Credits: 4.0
This course will try to solve one of the great riddles of ancient history. Socrates was the first great philosopher, a wise man who engaged his fellow citizens in conversations about truth, justice and politics. Athens was the epitome of all that we admire about classical Greece-an open society that valued democracy, individual freedom, and reason. Yet in 399 BCE Socrates was tried, convicted and put to death by a jury of his peers. Why? We will examine Socrates against the culture of classical Athens-its poetry, politics, and religion-in hope of an explanation. Our materials will include the dialogues of
Plato; the rhetoric of the sophists and orators; historical and political texts; Athenian tragedy and comedy. We will try to understand what really happened and why the sources are so inconsistent. We will look at modern attempts to explain the trial of Socrates. The course will culminate in a “retrial’ of Socrates before a jury of students and faculty.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
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FYS 1198 - The Greatest Novel Ever Credits: 4.0
Come ride with a knight and his squire (or perhaps with a madman and his farmer friend) through the fields of seventeenth-century Spain, tilting at windmills and saving damsels in distress. Reading Cervantes’s novel, Don Quixote-the most influential literary work ever written-may change your life.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
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FYS 1199 - Freakonomics
This course is based on the books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. These best-selling books employ economic reasoning to analyze and interpret situations and issues not traditionally associated with economics. Such topics include cheating in sumo wrestling, the consequences of names, the impact of legalized abortion on crime, and financial planning for suicide bombers. Students in this course will learn how to apply economic reasoning to all manner of socioeconomic issues and policies and to identify and illustrate how incentives impact decision-making.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
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FYS 1200 - What Race Are We Now? Credits: 4.0
conceptualizations, classifications and boundaries and how they change over time within and between societies. For example, US census data shows that race has been measured differently with each census since 1790. This has given us an insight into the question of who is included and excluded from which racial category, which for the most part has tended to reflect the political, socio-cultural and economic realities of the material point in time. This course will therefore conduct a cross-cultural examination of how the idea of race has been socially constructed over time and space; the implications of the various categorizations on privilege, status and power in society; and whether we are indeed in a post-racial society.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar, International Nonwestern, Social Cultural, and Historical
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FYS 1201 - The Politics of Dystopias Credits: 4.0
This course explores the use and misuse of political power from the development of governmental institutions to the modern post-industrial state. Both fictional and real world dystopias are examined and discussed.
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McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1202 - What the Bible Really Says
An introduction to both the Tanakh (the Bible that Jews use) and the different Bibles ueed by Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians. Students will explore questions such as the following: Who wrote the books of the Bible, when and why? Does what they say correspond to what we know of prehistory and history? Do they contradict each other? Why do different religious groups use different Bibles? What books were left out of the Bible? What does the Bible really say about issues like abortion, homosexuality, evolution, life after death, and the end of the world? No prior knowledge of the Bible, Judaism, or Christianity is necessary.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1203 - Goblins, Hobbits & Magicians Credits: 4.0
“It was in fairy-stories that I first divined the potency of words and the wonder of things…” J.R.R. Tolkien. Once widely panned, fantasy literature is now recognized as a worthwhile vehicle for exploring the deepest philosophical and spiritual questions. Over the course of the semester, we’ll look at selections from both the seminal and more esoteric work of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and related writers. In the process, we will enter into the authors’ worlds and respond through critical essays, creative writing responses, and multimedia assignments.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression, First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1204 - Tooning In Credits: 4.0
In this course, we examine mainstream American cartoon culture of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s – He-Man, She-Ra, Thunder Cats, My Little Pony, Duck Tales, and SpongeBob Squarepants. We’ll watch cartoons, criticize them, compare them, and contrast them. We’ll examine cartoon communication practices and value systems and figure out what these darned cartoons are saying beyond “the more you know” morals through a variety of rhetorical and cultural lenses.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1205 - Love Gone Wrong in Literature Credits: 4.0
Literature–from the classics to contemporary works–abounds with tales of the dark complexities of love and its failures. The sources of heartbreak are many: jealousy, betrayal, deceit, obsession, and unrequited love. This course will focus on American literary works (short stories, poems, novels, essays, songs) that explore the topic of misbegotten love and the variety of ways in which lovers respond to the thwarting or decline of their romantic emotions.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1206 - Rebels in Early America Credits: 4.0
This course examines rebellion and dissent in early America, with particular attention to two important episodes: 1) the trial of Anne Hutchinson by New England Puritans for her radical views on women and salvation; 2) the coming of the American Revolution to the streets of New York City. Rather than merely investigating events, students will have the opportunity to assume the roles of actual historical figures, mastering the issues of the day, debating from their point of view, and ultimately swaying the course of history. In addition to learning about early America, students will gain writing, research, and rhetorical skills necessary to prosper in college in beyond.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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FYS 1207 - Shakespeare at the Movies Credits: 4.0
Although Shakespeare’s plays were written over four hundred years ago, they continue to serve as a source of inspiration for directors, screen-writers, and the movie-making industry. What is it about Shakespeare’s plays that makes them compelling objects of analysis for reading and film-watching audiences today? How have various actors and productions interpreted, adapted, and enlivened Shakespeare’s written works in the 20th and 21st centuries? In this class, we will examine five plays by Shakespeare, including Hamlet, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing. We will read and discuss these works together as a class, with attention to character development, theme, poetic techniques, historical context, and more. For each play, we will watch (in full or in part) multiple movie productions or adaptations, including Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado, and Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood. By considering these works from multiple points of view and in multiple productions, we can better understand how Shakespeare remains relevant and how they can be meaningful and enjoyable to us today.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1208 - Leadership and Personal Growth Credits: 4.0
The focus of this course is to foster an understanding of the practical application of leadership. Working from the premise that the greatest leadership comes from “knowing thyself,” a strong emphasis will be placed on personal growth as it relates to core concepts of leadership. This will be accomplished through a variety of in and out of classroom activities, selected readings, group work, and reflections. In short, the purpose of this class is to nudge you toward becoming the best version of yourself while jumpstarting your higher education journey.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar
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FYS 1209 - Childhood Around the World Credits: 4
This course explores the experience of childhood around the world and examines how this experience is shaped by beliefs about who and what children are and by local and historical conditions and contingencies.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1210 - Exploring Disabilities/Media Credits: 4
Students will be exposed to a range of disability issues through various media, including, but not limited to: films, novels, poetry, journal articles, and performing and visual arts. In addition, students will explore the marginalization of, as well as, some of the pros and cons of the current state of exceptionalities in the US, including how individuals with disabilities are portrayed in the media.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, Multicultural
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