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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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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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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 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 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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FST 1110 - Food Studies: An Introduction Credits: 4
This course introduces students to Food Studies, an interdisciplinary, sensory and experiential field that examines the relationships between food and the human experience from a range of humanities and social science perspectives. We will explore the complex ways in which food has
influenced human history and explore the role food plays in the construction of personal and collective identity in terms of body, race and ethnicity, class, gender, nationality, and social movements. We also will examine questions of hunger, and cultural aspects of food politics,
paying particular attention to globalization and the international flow of people, goods, ideas, and technologies. We will address key questions such as: What is food? How has food influenced human history across the globe? How has our social environment or culture influenced our views of
what we consider food? How was /is food produced, distributed and consumed and by whom? What effects does this have on the environment? What are the ethical, cultural and spiritual meanings of food? Why are so many people hungry while others eat so much that it makes them sick?
McDaniel Plan: International; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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FST 2110 - Reel Food and World Cinema Credits: 4
Food has been part of the semiotic process of film-making since films began. Both food and film provide information about ourselves and our values. They both communicate information about our political and economic aspirations, ethnic and religious values, and even sexual and
philosophical identities. Both enrich our minds with ideas about adventure and bravery, hope and despair, love and romance, and more. This course explores the representations of food in world cinema. We will pay special attention to the social, cultural and historical issues depicted in
films from around the world. In addition to analyzing films as pieces of artist cinematic expression, we will also examine the multiple roles that “culinary images’ play in world cinema. We will also pay special attention to how food production and preparation, presentation and
consumption can play an important role in film structure, character development and film themes.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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FST 2201 - A Global History of Food Credits: 4
Anthropologist SidneyMintzremarked once “Food is such a powerful dimension of our consciousness as living things, to omit it from the study of human behavior would be egregious.” This course will explore the history of food from the prehistoric world and the earliest hunting and gathering societies to the present, as we consider examples from every corner of the world. It will focus on how and why civilizations have been shaped by geography, flora and fauna and technological developments that have enabled humans to exploit natural resources. Feeding people has always been the primary concern of our species and,more than any other factor,finding, growing or trading food products has been the prime catalyst in human history. The scope of this course will be global, covering civilizations of Africa, Asia, Europe and America. The course will also cover the marginalized and colonized cultures that were dominated largely to feed or entice the palates of the citizens of the colonizing powers. A major theme of the course will be the process of globalization, imperialismand the growth of capitalist enterprise at the cost of indigenous cultures and traditional farming practices and how these processes were shaped by trade in food.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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FST 3301 - Mediterranean Culinary Culture Credits: 4
Food is perhaps the most distinctive expression an ethnic group, a culture, a nation. It is an essential aspect of our identity and consciousness. Food isnot onlycookingand eating. Food has social meaning and emotional significance. It touches upon issues of class, gender, religion, race and ethnicity. Food is a product of geography, historical development and societal changes involving food production and consumption. This course considers the food cultures of the Mediterranean from an anthropological and historical perspective. Topics of studyinclude:food in Ancient Mediterranean societies, the regional cuisines of various Mediterranean nations, food as a defining characteristic of culture, religious practices and taboos involving food, and Mediterranean food in American society and culture.Each week students will enter the kitchen where they experience various regional cuisines, learn the techniques of Mediterranean cooking, organize meals, and critique their culinary creations.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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FST 3305 - World Hunger and Food Crisis Credits: 4
More than 9 million people die every year of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases, most of them children in Africa. Nutritional deprivation affects more than one-quarter of the world’s population. Western (American and European) policies keep the world’s poorest hungry and unable to feed themselves. Why does hunger exist globally despite an abundance of food? This course is a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study of world hunger. It
involves a critical examination of the political, economic, social, and ecological causes and consequences of hunger and famine. There are only a few other global problems of more dire significance in today’s world than world hunger. Through readings and research, students will learn about hunger in the United States and around the world in different historical and cultural contexts along with different explanations and solutions to hunger worldwide.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-western
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FST 3308 - Literary Feast Round the Globe Credits: 4
Food is one of the most universally used themes in literary works since ancient times, from classical texts such as the Satyricon by Petronius with its famous Banquet of Trimalchio, to Like Water for Chocolate by Mexican writer, Laura Esquivel. Food, food production, food justice, and the food movement are key areas for literature study. Food is used in literature to present interpretations of culture, history, politics, ethnicity and gender issues. In this
course, students will study the role of food in literature written by “global” authors and ethnic writers. Most of the texts read in the course, primarily written by women authors, include fiction and non-fiction: travel writing, memoirs,
essays, cookbooks, and novels. The discussions will be augmented by food films based on some of the novels read in class.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-western; Textual Analysis
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FST 3325 - Food Studies: Research Methods Credits: 4
Marion Nestle, a leading scholar in nutrition, food studies, and public health, observed that food is not only a worthy subject ofstudy in itself, butalso an entrée into larger issues that concern humankind: health, sustainability, globalization, development, governance, and power. In this course we will explore historical, quantitative, qualitative, observational and material objects research methods used in the field of food studies. As an interdisciplinary field, food studiesemploysa variety of methods from diverse disciplines. For example, data collection methods like dietary recall, which comes from nutrition science, are helpful in learning what people eat. Interview is another method widely used across disciplines. However, the “charlasculinarias” (culinary chart) is an enhancement of the more traditional interview. Food interviews can tell the stories of migration, assimilation or resistance, changes over time, and personal and group identity.
Prerequisites FST-2110
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Research
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FST 4401 - Capstone in Food Studies Credits: 4
The Capstone in Food Studies is a semester-long seminar in which students conduct original and independent research on a topic approved by the Program Coordinator. Students will use theoretical and methodological skills
they obtained in their Food Studies Research Methods course and through their experience as Food Studies majors and focus on a specific area in Food Studies. Students will write a journal-length paper that meets the standards of the Food Studies discipline and present a report from their independent research project to the college community.
Prerequisites FST-3325
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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; Textual Analysis; Experiential
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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.
This is the same course as THE 1117; students do not receive credit for both.
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. This course will address Putin’s foreign policy in historical perspective as he has intervened in Ukraine and Syria, opposed NATO expansion, forged a Eurasian Economic Union, and meddled in American elections. The course will also examine Russia’s political system, economy, society and culture as they have developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Overall, Russia’s place in the world will be considered in light of the centuries old debate over Russia’s identity as a Slavic and multi-ethnic state situated on the crossroads between Europe and Asia.
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 1140 - Beyond the Eiffel Tower Credits: 4.0
An analysis of French culture with an emphasis on traditions, key historical moments, the arts, politics, economics, and current issues.
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 1166 - Yo/Latinx: Telling Stories of Being and Becoming American Credits: 4
Students will learn from a diverse range of Latinx voices who reflect on their identities and experiences as Americans, a term which includes their origins throughout the hemisphere as well as in United States. We will learn by hearing directly from Latinx people through digital and social media, memoire, essay, poetry, art, film, music, news, guest speakers, and more. We will all engage in creatingand reflecting on our own first-person narratives through a variety of digital media to appreciate the power of framing one’s own experience and claiming the agency to effect greater personal and social change. The course will provide sociohistorical context for students to understand the impact of emerging and longstanding issues experienced by Latinx and Latin American communities both in the U.S. and in other parts of the Americas. A variety of topics arise in these discussions and will help students to understand intersectional identities of Latinx people in the U.S. These include: differing racial constructs and racism in the U.S. and Latin America; values (family, religion, individualism vs. group responsibility); internal/external migration experiences; the negotiation of national identities; language; healthcare and notions of wellness; work and participation in the economy; education and different funds of knowledge; gender and LGBTQ identities; political representation and community participation; and more.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar; Multiculutural
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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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FYS 1212 - Medieval Supernatural Worlds Credits: 4.0
What supernatural “other worlds” did medieval people imagine as parallel to their natural world of ordinary experience? This class will examine a rang of medieval literary tests that depict and complicate the boundary between humans and the supernatural. As we analyze the worlds that these texts construct (magical kingdoms, dream worlds, spiritual realms), our writing and discussion will address what they reveal about human identity, the desire to connect with something beyond what is seen, and ongoing human fascination with supernatural phenomena. Readings may include Arthurian tales, Celtic legends, Viking epic, dram visions, and mystical texts of the great medieval spiritual writers.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar, Social Cultural and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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FYS 1213 - European Visions of America Credits: 4.0
This seminar focuses on reflextns of European travelers across the centers about their journeys to the New World, particularly the U.S. An analysis of a variety of European ways of seeing America, its people and its culture will help us understand how the idea of America was shaped, refined, and eventually challenged between the 18th century and the present. Discussions will draw on travel narratives, art, cinema, comics and contemporary novels as a source of observation, interpretation and myth-making that continue to impact contemporary discourses about the land of unlimited opportunities and otherness.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1214 - Homeric Myths and Heroes Credits: 4.0
The very first works of Western literature-the epic masterpieces of the Greek poet Homer are set in a world of myth and legend, but they ask questions that continue to engage us today. Through the “Iliad” and its hero Archilles, Homer reveals war as a brutal arena in which men fight for honor and glory, for city and survival, under the watchful eyes of the gods. In the wanderings of Odysseus from the battlefields of Troy to the island of Ithaca, the “Odyssey” portrays the journey that is life itself and the importance of home and family to human identity. This course - for students interested in mythology, literature, history and philosophy - will consider how these ancient stories speak to the issues of the twenty-first century: war and peace, male and female, self and “other.” And it will look at the influence these universal themes continue to have on modern literature, movies and popular culture.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1215 - Ideas That Made America Credits: 4.0
What does it mean to be an American? Does it require a belief in freedom or democracy? Does it mean a belief in American exceptionalism? Would the founders recognize what America is today? In this course we will examine the ideas that influence the creation of America and how those ideas have changed over time to create our current definition of what it means to be American now.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1216 - The Ocean Credits: 4.0
Life began in the sea, and the oceans have been the cradle of diversity ever since. Oceans have also strongly influenced all aspects of human societies, from art to politics. In this course, students will (1) learn basic marine biology and oceanography concetps, (2) explore current challenges facing the oceans, from climate chang to overfishing to resource exploration, and (3) explore human connections to the ocean in areas outside the sciences, the topics chosen based on student interest.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry
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FYS 1217 - Aging Amer: Challenge & Opportunity Credits: 4.0
Ten thousand baby-boomers celebrate their 65th birthday every single day in the United States– a trend that will continue over the next 15 years and is contributing to the doubling of the older adult demographic, which is expected to make up nearly 1/4 of the American population by 2030. Students will be required to read and discuss research articles as they explore the field of Gerontology as both a unique discipline and as a subset of other disciplines. Through class discussion, guest lectures, and job-shadowing, students will be introduced to the challenges and opportunities that come from living in an aging nation.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1218 - Food Chemistry Credits: 4.0
This is a course that uses Food to introduce students to the sub-disciplines of Chemistry. We will indulge your two most chemically related senses - smell and taste in a gastronomical yet scientific journey. We will make and eat food such as popovers, fudge and liquid nitrogen ice cream/dip and dots to validate laws of Physical Chemistry. We will learn about the Biochemistry of bromelain protease enzymes that makes it difficult to prepare fresh pineapple jello. We will taste the brown glaze on teriyaki chicken that is the result of the Maillard reaction. And explore the impact of optical activity on Organic Chemistry flavor molecules, such as the enantiomers of Carvone - one that smells like spearmint and the other that smells like caraway. We will explore the Inorganic Chemistry of nitrite food preservation in how it cures and colors meat through the nitrosylation of iron. We will demonstrate how red cabbage can be used to quantify solution pH and further use Analytical Chemistry to quantify the water content of popcorn. Through examples of food experimentation such as these, students will gain a meaningful understanding of the depth and breadth of the subject that is Chemistry.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar, Scientific Inquiry
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FYS 1219 - The Nature of Science Credits: 4.0
Science courses generally are designed to introduce students to what scientists know. The focus of this course, however, will be to deepen students appreciation of what science is and how scientists know what they know. Through activities designed to stimulate creative and logical thinking skills, and discussions centered on interactions between science and society, students will gain a clearer understanding of the scientific endeavor, while exploring and expanding their own scientific skills.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquire with Embedded Lab
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FYS 1220 - World Music Survey Credits: 4.0
What does music of India have in common with Mozart? How does Indonesian music compare with African music? This course presents a brief and broad survey of a variety of music cultures of the world. We will consider the common threads these musics have as well as learn to appreciate
heir beautiful differences.
Offered: Fall only, on demand
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar, Creative Expression, International Non-Western
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FYS 1221 - Doctor Who and Metacognition Credits: 4
Who is the Doctor? More importantly, how can we use this popular television character to make you a better college student? In this course we will use the television program Doctor Who as a framework to discuss cognitive psychology, metacognition, and the college experience. Students will learn a variety of methods for improving their ability to learn (i.e., metacognition) and communicate, while discussing the Doctor, Gallifrey, and those pesky Daleks.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1222 - Heroic Leaders & Evil Tyrants Credits: 4
George Washington, Winston Churchill, Queen Boudica, and Genghis Khan. The annals of human history are filled with examples of these and other valiant leaders and vile dictators. But how can we assess the positive and negative qualities of leadership that make leaders great, terrible, or merely mediocre? This course will examine theories of leadership that stem from multiple disciplines, including political science,
communication, business administration, and military science, while also examining a rich diversity of political and senior wartime leaders, both past and present.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1223 - Introduction to Game Theory Credits: 4
Game Theory is a subject that tries to determine, in a logical way, the decisions that “players” should take to secure the best possible outcomes for themselves, or for themselves and their allies, in a wide array of human interactions. In order to illustrate the versatility of this topic, during the semester we will investigate applications of Game Theory in a variety of settings, i.e., in economics, business, political science, biology, sociology, computer science, logic, ethics, and sports.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1224 - Androids, Martians, Astronauts Credits: 4
Science fiction has never shied away from some of the biggest questions around. Religion, politics, love, race, gender–what it even means to be human–are all ambitious conversations openly cultivated by sci-fi texts. This course will examine books, movies, and graphic novels from diverse authors that tackle these questions head-on. In turn, students will respond creatively via a mix of multimedia projects and writing assignments that also explore what it means to be truly human.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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FYS 1225 - Scientific Thinking Strategies Credits: 4
A course designed for college majors in the natural sciences (such as biology, physics and chemistry), Scientific Thinking Strategies focus not on biological, physical or chemical facts, but on two major skills that are not only applicable to, but also required by a successful career in all natural sciences. First, the course teaches you how to approach any problem, even problems you have never seen before, using a highly structured thinking strategy. Second, the course trains you to articulate the process of problem-solving such that one successful strategy becomes a sustained successful strategy, in your future science courses, your science career, and your life in general.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1226 - The Psychology of Star Wars Credits: 4
This course will challenge students to analyze the application of psychological principles to the Star Wars universe, from The Phantom Menace to The Force Awakens. We will explore which personality traits and psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, psychopathy) apply to each character. We will discuss the use of mindfulness and other counseling techniques by the successful Jedi in their path to self-actualization. We will explore how interpersonal relationships, family dynamics, and loss/grief affect each character. We’ll discuss how Carl Jung’s conception of archetypes is present in the storyline. We’ll examine how the representation of gender roles has changed throughout the films. Through these topics (and more!), we will discover how psychological principles are present in everyday life and throughout the Star Wars universe.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1227 - Game Theory Credits: 4
Game Theory is a subject that tries to determine, in a logical way, the decisions that “players” should take to secure the best possible outcomes for themselves, or for themselves and their allies, in a wide array of human interactions. In order to illustrate the versatility of this topic, during the semester we will investigate applications of Game Theory in a variety of settings, i.e., in economics, business, political science, biology, sociology, computer science, logic, ethics, and sports.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1228 - Born to Run? Credits: 4
This course will examine how we run, why we run, and the benefits of movement from a variety of perspectives. In addition, exercise training strategies will be introduced and practiced to help runners – especially novice runners – complete a 5k. Thus, this course involves physical activity. Be prepared to walk, jog, and run!
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1229 - Race-Based New Religions Credits: 4
Throughout American history, a variety of social groups have combined racial, ethnic, and religious rhetoric as they created dozens of new religious movements. This trend peaked in the 1900s, but is otherwise a ubiquitous factor throughout American history. This course explores the history of new social groups that blended racial, ethnic, and religious rhetoric to create new religious identities and new religious movements in America.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar; Multicultural; Social, Cultural and Historical Understanding
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FYS 1230 - Tinkering with Discovery Credits: 4
“Science and Engineering” may conjure images of stark, precise, and rigid procedures, when in fact, innovative scientists must practice creative thought processes in order to get to that “eureka” moment. In this hands-on course, students will tinker, that is, try something that they don’t know how to do (yet). Options will include but are not limited to 3D printing, robotics, creating textiles, and repurposing an old item into something new and useful. Risk and playful curiosity will be encouraged, because this is what leads to discovery. Students will learn and practice the same iterative processes used by scientists and inventors that can be applied to everyday problems.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1231 - The Examined Life Credits: 4
This course is concerned with how we make and find meaning in the world. It will focus on the relationship between personal identity and the quest for a meaningful life. Guiding questions include: What factors shape our identities? Are we free? Is religious belief a necessary part of life? Is life absurd? Is knowledge part of the good life? Throughout the quarter, we will familiarize ourselves with how major figures throughout the history of Western philosophy and contemporary Western philosophers approached these questions. We will also place these authors into dialogue with several ancient and contemporary Asian philosophical works. In addition to philosophical texts, this course will address the aforementioned themes through a film, a short story, and a novel.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar
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FYS 1232 - Shakespeare’s Game of Thrones Credits: 4
Violence, political intrigue, and religious conflict. Sex, spies, and magic. Moral ambiguity and heartbreaking deaths. These key features of George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series and HBO’s Game of Thrones are fundamental to Shakespeare’s own vision of politics, history, and human nature. This course explores the affinities between Martin’s fantasy novel A Game of Thrones and several Shakespeare plays, and it asserts the relevance of Renaissance literature to contemporary popular fiction.(SPOILER ALERT!)
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar; Textual Analysis
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FYS 1233 - Water, Food & Environment in China Credits: 4
Water and food have been a crucial but often overlooked part of Chinese history. How have changing patterns of consumption shaped the environment and daily life in different times and regions? What has shaped the Chinese peoples’ relations with water, food, and the environment? Despite lakes and rivers, why have people in China repeatedly suffered in history from lack of water? Why has China faced repeated famines? How have solutions to these problems been wrapped in economic shifts, cultural integration and disintegration, and the expansion/diminishing of state power? Employing a range of disciplinary perspectives-historical, literary, philosophical, agrarian, economic, technological, and environmental -this course examines the changing images of food, water, and environment in Chinese history. Students will consider issues of water and food in peoples’ daily lives, in relation to the environment, within the agrarian economy, and in state projects over time.
McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Experiential
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