2019-2020 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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ENGL 215H - Tolkien: Medieval and Modern
Credits: Four (4)
In this course students will explore Tolkien as a medievalist and a
modern writer. They will study and discuss The Lord of the Rings,
Silmarillion, Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, and On
Fairy Stories, as well as the medieval texts Beowulf, the Elder
Edda, and the Saga of the Volsungs.
Cross-listed: HUM-215H
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 216H - History of Religious Freedom
Credits: Four (4)
This course will consider major documents, works of literature, and works of art that are significant in the development of the idea of religious toleration, liberty, individual conscience, and the modern concept of religious freedom. The class will discuss the current state of religious freedom in a variety of countries throughout the world and the national and international agencies and institutions that study and monitor its progress or decline.
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 220H - Secret Doors & Gothic Horror
Credits: Four (4)
This course about the rise of the literary Gothic imagination in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries takes our students on explorations of dusty castles and mansions with secret doors behind every tapestry and a wailing ghost in every attic. Medieval curses haunt aristocratic families, and vampires seductively charm victims who swoon melodramatically. Across bizarre literary landscapes, supernaturalism and science often clash, sometimes embrace, in an emerging popular genre for an emerging readership. Our students will explore the emergence (and continuity) of the Gothic in literature and film.
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 221 - Shakespeare and his World
Credits: Three (3)
Students will study in detail the dramatic and literary values of representative comedies, tragedies, histories and romances.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-321, ENGL-221H
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 222H - The Mystery of Language
Credits: Four (4)
We speak, read, and write every day, and yet language remains one of the greatest mysteries of our existence. How do we affect language, how does language affect us? How is communication possible? What is the relationship between language and experience? Between speech and silence? What are the limits of language? We will explore questions like these by studying philosophical, psychological, and literary approaches to solving the enigma of language.
Cross-listed: HUM 224H
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 223 - New Voices, New Forms in American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
This class will examine some of the major authors and literary movements in America after WWII, decade by decade, in order to read them closely, consider their timeliness and timelessness, compare the ways in which literature has maintained and defied previous conventions, and discuss how different kinds of outsiders established their voices. We will likely include short fiction by Flannery O’Connor and Sherman Alexie, novels by Ken Kesey, Toni Morrison, and Don DeLillo, memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston, and drama by Tony Kushner; poetry will likely include the Beats, Confessional poetry, and the Black Arts Movement, with an in-depth look at the work of contemporary poet Sharon Olds.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-323
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 224H - Detective Fiction
Credits: 4
The seminar will study the origin of detective fiction and the cultural circumstances which made this genre possible and popular with the general reading public. Students will read a variety of detective narratives beginning with Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle and ending in the 21st century with Raymond Chandler and P.D. James, to name just a few.
Note: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 229H - Wonder Women: Feminist Science Fiction
Credits: Four (4)
This class will combine an introduction to feminist theory and practice with an exploration of the various ways science fiction literature represents and reimagines gender roles. Science fiction’s boundless speculative range makes this genre a perfect vehicle for a critique and change of systemic patriarchy. Readings will include classic texts by writers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ursula K. LeGuin, James Tiptree, Jr., Joanna Russ, and Octavia Butler. We will also investigate the emergence of “strong” female protagonists in Young Adult science fiction, and make our own attempts at writing feminist sci fi.
Cross-listed: WGS-229H
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 233 - Modern American Drama
Credits: 3
This course explores American Drama from the late 19th century through the late 20th century. In reading such authors as Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Lorraine Hansberry, and Tony Kushner, students explore how this unique art form not only explored the turbulence of an ever-changing America, but in many ways affected the perceptions of American society. Along with close-readings of key plays, students will explore modern American drama in performance through screenings of plays as well as excursions to go see plays in local production.
Cross-listed: HUM 233
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
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ENGL 255 - Modern Fantasy Literature
Credits: Three (3)
The fantastic has been around in literature as early as the medieval and Renaissance periods and even earlier (Beowulf, the King Arthur legends, The Faerie Queene, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Many people actually believed in trolls, elves and dragons. But why does Fantasy persist, even thrive, in the modern period? How do we define Fantasy as a genre? We will ask such questions as we adventure in the worlds of William Morris, George MacDonald, Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien and Stephen R. Donaldson. We will investigate our need for quests, explore the unknown and unusual, and encounter characters that defy the categories of being.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-455
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 257 - World Literature I: The Dawn of Story
Credits: Three (3)
This class begins four thousand years ago, with the Epic of Gilgamesh, the first great work of world literature, and then moves through the ancient and medieval world up to the 17th century. Readings may draw from classic works such as The Odyssey, Greek tragedies and comedies, The Aeneid, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, The Journey to the West, Narrow Road to the Interior, The Canterbury Tales, and Don Quixote. The class may also include writers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Augustine, as well as selections from the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad-Gita.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-357
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 258 - World Literature II: The Modern Mind
Credits: Three (3)
Individuality and personal freedom, or alienation and existential despair? This class explores the development of modernity as reflected and developed in the literatures of the world from the 18th century to the present. Readings will be drawn from various global traditions, and may include authors such as Goethe, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Baudelaire, Rilke, Lu Xun, Kafka, Akhmatova, Camus, Abe, and Allende.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-358
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 261 - Writing for Stage and Screen I: Storytelling
Credits: Three (3)
This workshop-style course focuses on the art and craft of dramatic writing. By first examining dramatic works of literature as well as cinematic screenplays, students will learn and practice style and techniques that are geared towards composition for a visual medium, whether that be in theatre or film. Then, students will compose and workshop their own original story outline that will become either a short 10-minute play or screenplay of a short 10-minute film. Students will then have the opportunity to either stage their short play or shoot their short film using their iPads.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
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ENGL 296 - Independent Study
Credits: One (1) to Four (4)
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ENGL 304 - Grammar, Glamour, and Stylistic Choices
Credits: Three (3)
In this class students examine the many choices they have in developing their own voice and their own style in their writing.Students learn a variety of sentence patterns to make their writing more precise and more powerful.As students gain a comprehensive understanding of grammar, they use that knowledge to choose effective rhetorical patterns for their writing.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 305 - Writing About Literature
Credits: Three (3)
Students develop skills in analyzing fiction, poetry, and drama.
Note: This course may count toward the writing minor.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-205
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 306 - Advanced Research Writing
Credits: Three (3)
In this course, students develop their skills as professional writers. Topics for essays and articles are chosen from the students major fields of study or areas of interest. The focus is on developing writing skills through a consideration of styles of writing, strategies of argumentation, and resources for research.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 307 - Advanced Creative Writing
Credits: Three (3)
A course to develop skills in creative writing, particularly in writing fiction and poetry. Strategies of style, techniques of narrative writing, and forms of poetry are examined.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-104 or ENGL-204H
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ENGL 308 - Minority Voices in American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions of minority Americans, primarily of Chinese, African, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Mexican, and Native American heritage.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-108, HUM-108, HUM-308
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 309 - Survey of American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
This course studies major authors and works from the Puritan era to the present.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-109
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 310 - The American Novel
Credits: Three (3)
This course studies classic and contemporary American novels.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-110
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 311 - Adolescence in American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
Students read novels, short stories, poems, and essaysthat focus on the passages from youth to adulthood and from innocence to experience.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 312 - History of Literary Criticism
Credits: Three (3)
A study of the development of literary criticism in the western intellectual tradition, the course examines the distinction between criticism concerned primarily with form and criticism concerning itself with evaluation.
Note: English majors may take this course as a capstone course.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 313 - Themes in American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
Each course focuses upon a major theme in American literature; for example, “American Identity.”
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-213
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 314 - Fairy Tale in Literature And Film
Credits: Three (3)
This course will discuss the origin and history of the Central and
East European fairy tale. The course reading will include original
fairy tales (such as Grimms’ Fairy Tales) and dramatic, fictional,
poetic, and cinematic adaptations of representative tales from the
tradition.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-114
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 315 - Contemporary American Fiction/Non-Fiction
Credits: Three (3)
This course analyzes and appreciates selected works of contemporary American fiction and non-fiction.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-215
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 316 - Grendel to Gutenberg: English Literature I
Credits: Three (3)
A study of major authors and works of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to Shakespeare, this course is required for the English major.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 317 - Gulliver To Google: English Literature II
Credits: Three (3)
A study of major authors and works of English literature from Neoclassicism to the present, this course is required for the English major.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 318 - Literary Forms: Fable to Film
Credits: Three (3)
The course explains the art of storytelling through an analysis of narrative techniques in fiction, drama and film.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-118
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 319 - Survey of Women’s Lit
Credits: Three (3)
A study of the English and American traditions of literature by women. The course focuses on literary analysis and appreciation of fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays, and drama by classical and contemporary authors. The roles of women as authors and as characters will be considered within their historical and literary contexts.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-119, WS-119, WS-319
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 320 - Uneasy Minds: Mental Illness in Literature
Credits: 3
This course studies the various ways in which mental illness is portrayed in novels, memoirs, poetry, and essays. The course will also explore the therapeutic aspects of reading and writing literature.
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ENGL 321 - Shakespeare
Credits: Three (3)
Students will study in detail the dramatic and literary values of representative comedies, tragedies, histories and romances.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-221
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 322 - American Realism and Modernism
Credits: Three (3)
This course studies novels, short fiction, poetry, plays, and essays by various writers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Major authors of this period are read in the context of the historical, cultural, and literary changes of the times; special attention will be devoted to the rise of modernism in American literature. Authors studied may include Kate Chopin, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marianne Moore, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Eugene O’Neill, and others.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-122
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 323 - New Voices, New Forms in American Literature
Credits: Three (3)
This class will examine some of the major authors and literary movements in America after WWII, decade by decade, in order to read them closely, consider their timeliness and timelessness, compare the ways in which literature has maintained and defied previous conventions, and discuss how different kinds of outsiders established their voices. We will likely include short fiction by Flannery O’Connor and Sherman Alexie, novels by Ken Kesey, Toni Morrison, and Don DeLillo, memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston, and drama by Tony Kushner; poetry will likely include the Beats, Confessional poetry, and the Black Arts Movement, with an in-depth look at the work of contemporary poet Sharon Olds.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-223
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 325H - Technology, Postmodernism, and Literature
Credits: Four (4)
This course will examine contemporary attitudes towards technology in post-World War II fiction, film, and critical theory, focusing on various visions of a violent past, an imperiled present, and a dystopic near-future. In doing so, we will consider these and other problems: what is postmodernism, and why does every discussion of postmodernism begin by asking what it could possibly mean? How do our novels embody and challenge aspects of postmodernism? And what comes after postmodernism? What do our novels and films say about technology and teleology? About language, readership, and authorship? About the relationship between the human body and the machine? About humanity’s interconnected hopes and fears? About the power of science so often juxtaposed against the need for, or absence of, spirituality? Authors will likely include Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., J.G. Ballard, Don DeLillo, Joanna Russ, Kathy Acker, William Gibson, and Chuck Palahniuk; please note that several of our novels contain potentially offensive content. We will also likely use Star Wars and Blade Runner, taken together, as a case study in postmodern, technology-centered film.
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
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ENGL 326 - Latin American Magical Realism
Credits: Three (3)
Magical Realism is an interesting and distinctive yet complex genre, combining elements of the fantastic and true-to-life in ways that differ from conventional, English-influenced fantasy stories. While many feature elements of what Americans consider imaginary, at the same time many of the novels are also deeply rooted in the politics and culture of their countries. For many critics, the genre emerged from and is best defined by twentieth-century Latin American writers. This class will examine the conventions and contradictions of this genre, ways in which individual writers employ language and storytelling techniques, and some of the complex relationships between these writers, their novels, their varied countries of origin, and the role of their original languages and translation.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-126
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ENGL 327 - Early American Voices
Credits: Three (3)
This course will study major authors and literary movements from the Puritan Era to the end of the Civil War. By analyzing fiction, poetry, memoirs, and essays, we will trace the development of an American consciousness and identity from the 17th to the 19th century. Authors will include writers such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Whitman, and Dickinson.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-127
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 329 - Writing Fiction II
Credits: Three (3)
Furthering the work of Writing Fiction I, this intermediate creative writing course emphasizes the development of individual voice and style through in-depth study of short story collections by contemporary fiction writers, as well as rigorous workshopping of student prose.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-129; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 330 - Writing Poetry II
Credits: Three (3)
Furthering the work of Writing Poetry I, this intermediate creative writing course emphasizes the development of individual voice and style through in-depth study of poetry collections by contemporary poets, as well as rigorous workshopping of student poems.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-130; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 334 - The Words and the Melody
Credits: 3
This course will investigate the poetic and musical elements of song. Students will be introduced to several poems, and will learn to analyze these poems’ prosody and structure. We will then examine musical settings of these and other poems in order to discover ways in which musicians and composers relate to the form and content of poetry in song. Students will be required to write and memorize poetry in various verse forms, and to analyze music critically. Students who are confident in their musical skills will have the opportunity to compose songs of their own.
Cross-listed: HUM/MUS 334
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ENGL 336 - African American Literature, Music, and Protest
Credits: 3
Broadly speaking, literature refers to many kinds of written, discipline-specific texts, such as artistic or literary writing, scientific articles and books, medical articles and journals, musical compositions and scholarship, etc. Protest literature reflects writing that argues strongly against a perceived injustice or a forced inadequacy; it may criticize, demand change, or express anger. In many respects, a great deal of African American literature is centered on a form of protest, whether directly stated or implied. This course will investigate the relationship between African American music and writing that gives voice to protest.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
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ENGL 350 - Write Short: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Credits: Three (3)
Some of the most interesting work today in contemporary literature engages short forms. In this course, we will read, discuss, generate and revise creative writing in short form, in poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Readings and writing assignments will revolve around flash fiction and non-fiction, the short poem, Japanese haiku, the uses of aphorism, the uses of short sentences, and genre-blur (is it a prose poem? Flash fiction? Flash creative nonfiction?)
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-150
Prerequisite: ENGL-101
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ENGL 352 - Oxford Tutorial in Creative Writing
Credits: Three (3) to Five (5)
Coursework includes meeting regularly with Oxford University professors, attending lectures, and participating in writing workshops. Students are encouraged to write fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and writing portfolio submitted to the English Department.
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ENGL 356 - World Mythology
Credits: Three (3)
In this class, we will learn to read and discuss mythology as a unique kind of storytelling. While we will pay special attention to elements often shared in common by myths across the globe (the hero, the underworld, the trickster, etc.), we also will explore what myths can tell us about the unique cultures, histories, and political contexts of the people who produce them. Our readings (and viewings) will include a wide variety of works both ancient and modern, from The Odyssey and The Arabian Nights to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Required work will include participation in weekly online discussions, short analysis papers, and a multimedia presentation.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 357 - World Literature I: The Dawn of Story
Credits: Three (3)
This class begins four thousand years ago, with the Epic of Gilgamesh, the first great work of world literature, and then moves through the ancient and medieval world up to the 17th century. Readings may draw from classic works such as The Odyssey, Greek tragedies and comedies, The Aeneid, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, The Journey to the West, Narrow Road to the Interior, The Canterbury Tales, and Don Quixote. The class may also include writers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Augustine, as well as selections from the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad-Gita.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-257
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 358 - World Literature II: The Modern Mind
Credits: Three (3)
Individuality and personal freedom, or alienation and existential despair? This class explores the development of modernity as reflected and developed in the literatures of the world from the 18th century to the present. Readings will be drawn from various global traditions, and may include authors such as Goethe, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Baudelaire, Rilke, Lu Xun, Kafka, Akhmatova, Camus, Abe, and Allende.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-258
Prerequisite: ENGL-101, ENGL-104, or ENGL-204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 362 - Writing for Stage and Screen II: Production
Credits: Three (3)
This workshop-style course continues the work done in ENGL / FPAR 261 - Writing for Stage and Screen I: Storytelling. Students will continue to learn and practice style and technique suited for composition of either a short 10-minute play or a short 10-minute film. Through workshop, students will then work on developing, casting and directing rehearsals of their narratives, or learn the craft of camera work and editing of their short films-all with the intention of featuring these completed projects in an end-of-semester showcase for the class and invited Maryville community.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-362, FPAR-362
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 370 - History of Western Theatre
Credits: Three (3)
This course examines the evolution of dramatic literature through the shared spectrum of major works of drama and the theatrical spaces upon which such plays were performed. Students will explore important plays from classical antiquity through modern drama, and study how conventions of the genre took shape from one playwright to another. Essential to these readings will be an appreciation of how theatre spaces themselves evolved along with the drama, oftentimes shaping the way that playwrights wrote their plays. Students will be encouraged to view drama not only from the perspective of literature, but also as works of performative art.
General Education Area: Fine Arts
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ENGL 406 - Writing Tutorial
Credits: Three (3)
The student undertakes and completes a substantial writing project under the direction of a full-time faculty member in English or communication.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL-104 or ENGL-204H; Permission of the Instructor
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ENGL 411 - The Teaching and Assessment of Writing
Credits: Three (3)
This course is designed for prospective teachers of writing. Students learn strategies for teaching and assessing writing. The course moves from a historical and theoretical grounding in writing instruction and assessment to practical design and implementation. Students design assessments and give feedback on assignments within an English composition course. Students then have the opportunity to adapt instructional and assessment strategies for their future teaching practices.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; and Permission of the Instructor
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ENGL 412 - Monsters in Film and Literature
Credits: Three (3)
This course will look at influential modern works such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, recent revisionism by writers such as Anne Rice and Octavia Butler, and a few of the many monster movies. Students will consider the language, structure, origins, contexts, and implications of the stories.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-212, ENGL-212H
Prerequisite: ENGL-101
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ENGL 455 - Modern Fantasy Literature
Credits: Three (3)
The fantastic has been around in literature as early as the medieval and Renaissance periods and even earlier (Beowulf, the King Arthur legends, The Faerie Queene, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Many people actually believed in trolls, elves and dragons. But why does Fantasy persist, even thrive, in the modern period? How do we define Fantasy as a genre? We will ask such questions as we adventure in the worlds of William Morris, George MacDonald, Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien and Stephen R. Donaldson. We will investigate our need for quests, explore the unknown and unusual, and encounter characters that defy the categories of being.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: ENGL-255
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 491 - Literary Magazine Internship
Credits: One (1) to Three (3)
Each spring, five to seven students are selected to be on the
editorial staff of the Maryville literary magazine, Magnolia.
Students who can edit, proofread, design graphics, do layout and
other design work, and plan public relations and advertising
campaigns are invited to apply. Interested students from all majors
are eligible. The entire staff of the magazine works together to
decide the written and artistic content of the magazine.
General Education Area: Literature
Prerequisite: Students must apply to and interview with Magnolia’s faculty advisor
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ENGL 493 - Cooperative Education
Credits: One (1) to Six (6)
General Education Area: Humanities
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ENGL 495 - Research in the Humanities
Credits: Three (3)
The student undertakes and completes a substantial research project under the direction of a full-time faculty member in Humanities.
General Education Area: Literature
Cross-listed: HUM-495
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 496 - Independent Study
Credits: One (1) to Four (4)
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ENGL 497 - Special Studies
Credits: Three (3)
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty.For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 498 - Seminar: Your Brain on Language
Credits: Three (3)
This course introduces the student to the study of the English language as a cultural subject, as a means to understanding how usage changes, how vocabulary changes, how orthography changes, and how these changes are effected. The history of the English language will also be studied along with the various linguistic influences impacting its development. Along with the historical study, the class will consider the development of English grammar and punctuation.
Note: English majors may take this course as a capstone course.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL-104, or ENGL- 204H; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 499 - Internship
Credits: One (1) to Six (6)
Note: Up to six credits in ENGL 499 may be counted toward an English major.
General Education Area: Humanities
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
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ESL 100 - Intensive ESL
Credits: Three (3)
This course includes intensive practice focused on improving TOEFL scores in addition to developing language skills. Attention is also given to the skills needed to succeed in an American college classroom. This course is offered only for non-native speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the student’s score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 101 - Listening and Speaking
Credits: Four (4)
This course develops students’ ability to make oral presentations, retell stories, participate in face-to-face conversations, and identify the main ideas and factual information in level-appropriate listening passages. Students meet weekly with a tutor for one hour of conversation practice. This course is offered only for non-native speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the student’s score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 102 - Reading for College
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on improving reading comprehension and on increasing vocabulary. Students will learn to identify the main point in a variety of academic texts and to recognize supporting details. Summarizing and drawing conclusions from readings will also be emphasized. This course is offered only for non-native speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the student’s score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 103 - Writing and Research
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on writing multiple-paragraph compositions that demonstrate organization of ideas, use of a thesis statement, and support of ideas. Skills required for academic writing are emphasized. The course includes an introduction to skills for academic research. This course is offered only for non-native speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 104 - Intensive ESL
Credits: Three (3)
This course includes intensive practice focused on improving TOEFL scores in addition to developing language skills. Attention is also given to the skills needed to succeed in an American college classroom. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 105 - Listening and Speaking
Credits: Four (4)
This course develops students’ ability to make oral presentations, retell stories, participate in face-to-face conversations, andidentify the main ideas and factual information inlevel-appropriate listening passages. This course is offered only fornon-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the student’s score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 106 - Reading for College
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on improving reading comprehension and on increasing vocabulary. Students will learn to identify the main point in a variety of academic texts and to recognize supporting details. Summarizing and drawing conclusions from readings will also be emphasized. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 107 - Writing and Research
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on writing multiple-paragraph compositions that demonstrate organization of ideas, use of a thesis statement, and support of ideas. Skills required for academic writing are emphasized. The course includes an introduction to skills for academic research. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 108 - Intensive ESL
Credits: Three (3)
This course is designed for international students preparing to begin a degree program. It includes intensive practice focused on improving TOEFL scores in addition to developing language skills. Attention is also given to the skills needed to succeed in an American college classroom. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 109 - Listening and Speaking
Credits: Four (4)
This course focuses on developing students’ listening comprehension and presentation skills. Students will understand main ideas and specific details of conversations on academic and general interest topics; take notes while listening and summarize the information orally; produce oral summaries of written material; give presentations on topics of general interest; participate in and orally summarize the outcome of group discussions; and develop an ability to support opinions and explain ideas in detail. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 110 - Academic Reading
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on improving reading comprehension and increasing vocabulary. Students work on improving their comprehension of material drawn from a variety of academic subject areas. Critical thinking and active reading strategies are emphasized. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 111 - Writing and Research
Credits: Three (3)
This course focuses on the skills needed for writing academic reports and essays and on demonstrating comprehension through written responses. The course introduces students to research skills for academic writing. Students will write a series of essays that incorporate research. This course is offered only for non-native English speakers. Placement in ESL classes is based on the students score on the TOEFL or IELTS.
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ESL 112 - Intensive ESL Grammar
Credits: Three (3)
In this grammar course students develop their knowledge of the form, meaning, and correct use of grammatical structures. Students will review verb tenses related to present, past, and future time frames. They will also study the grammatical uses and forms of nouns, pronouns, adverbs, articles, comparisons, modals, questions, and clauses.
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ESL 297 - Special Studies - Intensive ESL
Credits: Three (3)
The primary emphasis of this course will be on improving written skills in English. Students will also participate in class activities to enhance speaking, listening, and reading skills as needed. This course is offered for International Students only and does not satisfy General Education requirements.
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EXSC 110 - Introduction to Exercise Science
Credits: Three
The course provides an overview of the exercise science profession to include the history of exercise science, career opportunities, and certifications available. The concepts of basic physiological, neurological, and biomechanical processes associated with physical activity and human movement will be discussed. Students will be given the opportunity to meet with experts in the field and learn about the various career opportunities. Content based on guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
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EXSC 110 - Introduction to Exercise Science
Credits: Three
The course provides an overview of the exercise science profession to include the history of exercise science, career opportunities, and certifications available. The concepts of basic physiological, neurological, and biomechanical processes associated with physical activity and human movement will be discussed. Students will be given the opportunity to meet with experts in the field and learn about the various career opportunities. Content based on guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
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EXSC 210 - Stress Management
Credits: Two
The course provides a comprehensive approach to stress management that is proactive and motivating. Topics include physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental wellness. Emphasis is given to the conceptual frameworks and the applied aspects of sport performance enhancement and mental skills, exercise behavior and motivation, sociological factors, and health and well-being. Applications are made to future practitioners of coaching, teaching, sports medicine, counseling, sport management, and fitness instruction.
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EXSC 220 - Care & Prevention of Injuries
Credits: Three
The course is designed to provide entry level knowledge in the field of sport related injuries. This course includes units dealing with basic anatomy of common injuries, evaluation techniques, and preventive measures to reduce the incidences of injuries and a knowledge of basic treatment procedures to be used after injuries occur. Legal and ethical issues will also be discussed. This course includes adult CPR, child CPR, and first aid. In addition, OSHA recommendations, blood borne pathogen precautions, and injuries are discussed.
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EXSC 240 - Methods and Programming in Strength
Credits: Three
The course will expose students to methods in various venues of strength and conditioning.Current research and practice are examined for both basic and advanced training strategies in use at different levels of competition. Students will examine different methods currently in use in the field and discussed in the literature on selected topics and demonstrate appropriate implementation of training methods. Additionally, this course will refine the students’ ability to construct an advanced training program designed to enhance performance in specific ways. The student will demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and alter a training program. This course includes a hands-on exercise component. Students must be medically cleared to participate in a moderate-intensity, physical exercise program, or request an accommodation. Submit PAR-Q: Physical Activity Readiness - Questionnaire, medical clearance paperwork, and any accommodation requests to EXSC Program Director. Appropriate gym attire is required.
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EXSC 242 - General Fitness Training
Credits: Three (3)
This course will discuss the integration of the four EXOS pillars of mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery as they pertain to coaching general population clients. A key component to this course is understanding the EXOS Behavior Upgrade Model which is an amalgamation of several prevailing theories in behavior change. Ultimately, this model helps shed light on how mindset is coached and provides strategies for coaching “the person within the body.” Once behavior upgrade is clearly defined, this course will introduce the “X’s and O’s” of program design for general population clients, highlight 5 components of the EXOS training system - Pillar Preparation, Movement Preparation, Strength/Power, Energy Systems Development, and Regeneration.
Prerequisite: BIOL-102
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EXSC 243 - Performance Coaching Strategies
Credits: Three(3)
The course will offer foundational underpinnings that will help tomorrow’s practitioners better learn the skills necessary to successfully lead and interact with clients and athletes from diverse backgrounds and upbringings. It will draw upon a combination of research and strategies derived by coaches worldwide who use these very practices every day when leading either recreational athletes or some of the world’s elite to the pinnacle of human performance. Achieving success in the realm of fitness, sport or human performance is not only dependent on a deep understanding of the physiology and biomechanics of the human body, but also that of the mind, emotions and behavioral economics. We may live in the age of technology, but people are not robots, and connecting with them is dependent on not only identifying and refining your own coaching and communication style, but learning
how to attune that with those that we lead.
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EXSC 250 - Personal and Community Health
Credits: Three
The course emphasis is on positive lifestyle practices to reduce one’s risk for disease and for the maintenance of health and vitality. Topics include health behavior, stress, psychological health, chronic diseases, sexually transmitted infections, immunology, and psychoactive substance use and abuse. Community and Population health will also be examined.
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EXSC 260 - Health and Exercise Psychology
Credits: Three
The course includes aspects of psychology for understanding and explaining behavior in the context of exercise and sport. Discussions of identifying high-risk individuals, counseling and referring individuals for help are emphasized. The course will also examine the relationships between psychological factors and human physical activity while obtaining peak performance. Evaluating published research, particularly theory and research methodology practices will be required. Motivational interviewing and behavioral change theory will be briefly discussed.
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EXSC 301 - Field Experience I
Credits: One
The course details the study of exercise testing and prescription for all age groups at every athletic level, including special needs and at-risk athletes/clients. Exercise prescription, testing for optimal performance and wellness, demonstrations, a practical component, and review of the current literature are featured. Field Experience I requires 50 contact hours in an operational or clinical setting.
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EXSC 302 - Field Experience II
Credits: One
Personal Trainer Track: The course studies general topics in sports science including youth, adolescent, and adult participation assessments, assessment of upper and lower extremities in relationship to injury and performance, return to play criteria and management, and common injuries involving musculoskeletal systems. Demonstration, a practical component, and a review of current literature are featured. Field Experience II requires 50 contact hours in an operational or clinical setting.
Wellness Management Track: The course studies general topics in health promotion and wellness including youth, adolescent, and adult participation assessments, community/public health program design and operation. Field Experience II requires 50 contact hours in an operational or clinical setting.
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EXSC 305 - Strength Training & Conditioning Lab
Credits: One
The course provides hands-on demonstration and practical application of Strength Training & Conditioning concepts. Students apply exercise science principles to develop an 8 to 12 week strength and conditioning program. Students design programs based on personal or client goals and a need’s analysis. Appropriate gym attire is required.
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EXSC 310 - Exercise Physiology
Credits: Three
The course discusses physiological principles of exercise. Topics include: bioenergetics, energy expenditure, functions of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, neuromuscular and neuroendocrine systems, muscle, renal function, training, environmental influences, ergogenic aids, nutrition, weight control, and body composition. (Lab required)
Prerequisite: BIOL 394
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EXSC 310L - Exercise Physiology Lab
Credits: One
The course provides hands-on practical application of topics discussed in EXSC 310 Exercise Physiology. An overview includes topics on bioenergetics and energy expenditure, functions of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, neuromuscular and neuroendocrine systems, and body composition. Lab experiments will consist of circulatory and respiratory responses to exercise; respiratory metabolic measurements,
identification of the lactate and ventilator thresholds, assessment of maximal oxygen uptake, energy cost of physical activity, assessments of rate of perceived exertion, and assessments of body composition.
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EXSC 320 - Biomechanics / Kinesiology
Credits: Three
The course introduces basic physical concepts as they apply to human movement. Emphasis is placed upon structural anatomy, neuromuscular physiology, and biomedical principles as they apply to sport skills, injury assessments, fitness activities, and rehabilitative exercises.Applies fundamental biomechanical principles to the human musculoskeletal system. Topics include musculoskeletal mechanics, and
quantitative analysis of human movement. (Lab required)
Prerequisite: BIOL 102
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EXSC 320L - Biomechanics / Kinesiology Lab
Credits: One
The course provides hands-on practical application of topics discussed in EXSC 320 Biomechanics/Kinesiology. Lab experiments will consist of Vicon video motion capture analysis, force plate, GPS and manual muscle assessments, electromyography (EMG), ultrasound, and video sports-skill analysis.
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EXSC 322 - Adaptive Physical Activity
Credits: Three
The course focuses on age-related changes in human movement. Changes in the sensory, neuromuscular, and central neural systems will be addressed, as well as the development of adaptive strategies and the application of various therapeutic techniques to enhance motor performance. Recent experimental findings will be incorporated where appropriate.
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EXSC 323 - Movement Health & Exercise
Credits: Three
The course covers topics involving the development of motor learning and control systems, as well as introductory concepts in program design for speed, strength, power, and endurance, and explores specific methods of strength and conditioning.
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EXSC 330 - Nutrition of Exercise Management
Credits: Three (3)
The course discusses the study of body mass regulation, including the understanding of food, digestion, metabolism and different intervention strategies such as a diet and exercise. Students learn assessment and prescription principles and techniques.
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EXSC 340 - Personnel & Human Resource Management
Credits: Three
The course comprises program planning, theories and models of human and sport performance, development of team/client schedules for facility use, program implementation, including mission, goals, objectives, and activities of human and sports performance programs. Introduces needs assessment and program evaluation, as well as staff management and data analysis.
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EXSC 341 - Marketing and Budgeting for Sports
Credits: Three
The course provides an overview of the principles and practices of promoting, marketing and budgeting in the sports and fitness industries. Topics include market analysis and segmentation, marketing planning, target market identification and analysis, sponsorship, fundraising, and budgeting for sports & fitness centers. Budgeting topics cover both for profit and non-profit organizations.
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EXSC 342 - Human & Sport Performance Training
Credits: Three (3)
This course will discuss the integration of the four EXOS pillars of mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery. Emphasis will be placed on the testing, theory, and program design behind the EXOS training system and will focus on providing practical, real-world application of the material. There will be a strong focus on coaching and motivational science, movement instruction, feedback, error identification and correction, as well as cueing. We will examine the outcomes associated with differential resistance training regimens. Emphasis is placed on training principles centered on periodization, variation, and progression of the acute program variables of frequency, intensity, volume, and rest across cycles of training to prevent overtraining and promote optimization of performance in various areas. This course will include an extensive hands-on instruction component.
Prerequisite: BIOL-102
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EXSC 350 - Health Program Planning & Evaluation
Credits: Three
The course will present theories/models for health promotion program planning and implementation in community health settings. Steps to program planning include a needs assessment, logic models, community organizing, program evaluation and social marketing will be addressed.
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EXSC 353 - Virtual Fitness and Health
Credits: Three
The course discusses concepts and application of fitness, health and wellness principles in a digital world. Topics include online fitness consultations, motivational interviewing, video analysis of exercise prescription, and blogging/vlogging. Common smartphone applications, website and social media usage is discussed to enhance accountability and education for online training clients.
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EXSC 410 - Exercise Testing and Prescription
Credits: Three
The course examines techniques of evaluation for physical fitness and health with a particular emphasis on aerobic capacity, flexibility, strength, and body composition and to design, implement, and administer programs for developing physical fitness and lifestyle changes. (Lab Required)
Prerequisite: EXSC 310
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EXSC 410L - Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab
Credits: One
The course provides a hands-on practical application of basic principles and skills learned in EXSC 410 Exercise Testing and Prescription. Emphasis is placed on the proper techniques associated with assessing health-related components of physical fitness for the development of appropriate exercise prescriptions for individuals.
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EXSC 420 - Applied Sports / Exercise Science
Credits: Three
The course outlines the various disciplines that play important roles in sports performance enhancement. Course topics include practical application of relevant research in sports biomechanics, motor learning, exercise physiology, sociology, and sports psychology. Students are required to apply foundational knowledge to real world sports scenarios to solve problems, enhance training, reduce injuries, or
improve performance.
Prerequisite: EXSC 320
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