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ECON 203 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
A study of microeconomics dealing with individual and social choices, economic analysis, supply and demand, and price determination. Theories of specialization, trade, income distribution, and the optimization decisions of business are also studied.
Offered each Spring.
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ECON 347 - The Global Economy (3)
This course explores the current system of globalized consumption, production, trade, finance, and ecology that shapes our daily economic lives. Critical reflection on Christian participation in that economy is also a key part of the course.
Cross-listed with POL 347.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ECON 353 - Public Finance (3)
A survey of the field of government finance; expenditures, revenues and debt management; and the effects of these governmental activities upon other segments of the economy.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 202.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ECON 401 - Money and Banking (3)
A study of the development and function of American monetary and banking practices.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 202, 203.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ECON 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
An opportunity for the superior student to pursue, under supervision, an area of special interest either on his/her own initiative or in a seminar group. Open to juniors or seniors in this area who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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EDUC 112 - Teaching in a Diverse Society (3)
An introduction to teaching emphasizing the opportunities and challenges of educating children in an increasingly diverse society. Social, historical, cultural, and economic factors are considered as teacher candidates develop a personal philosophy of education which includes the influence of a Christian worldview on professional practice. Includes 30 hours of field experience.
Co-requisite(s): EDUC 122.
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EDUC 122 - Learners in a Diverse Society (3)
A survey course to prepare all educators to teach diverse learners, including those with exceptionalities. Emphasis on developmental characteristics, intervention strategies, and ethical and biblical principles for students in educational settings.
Co-requisite(s): EDUC 112.
Offered each semester.
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EDUC 232 - Psychology of Human Learning (3)
A course which focuses on the psychology of human development and learning important to the understanding of those influences which affect how learning is maximized. Cognitive, physical, moral, motivational, and social development are addressed with epistemological foundations and key learning theories to provide the basis for principles of effective instruction across developmental stages and exceptionalities.
Offered each semester.
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EDUC 245 - Teaching the Young Child (3)
An overview of appropriate practices which support physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of all children from birth through age eight. The impact of classroom physical environment (including technology), schedule, routines, transitions, and external aspects such as family and cultural backgrounds are presented. Includes 20 field hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 112.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 252 - Phonics (3)
This course emphasizes the importance of phonological and phonemic awareness as the foundation for phonics instruction. Teacher candidates will explore the implications of how the brain learns and the effects on the ability to read. Current research and evidence-based instructional practices will focus on methods of teaching and assessing phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, structural analysis, derivational patterns, spelling, writing, and fluency. The teaching of diverse learners and utilizing various instructional approaches will be emphasized. Systematic, analytic, and analogical approaches to phonics instruction will be presented and practiced.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 112, 122. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 232.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 267 - Content Reading Strategies 3
This course provides a multidisciplinary support of reading development with an emphasis on content area reading. Attention is given to the differentiation of instruction to develop skills in comprehension, vocabulary, word identification, the reading and writing process, grammar skills, and effective strategies for reading and writing instruction across the content areas. Various speech and language patterns, dialects, and other issues of language diversity are considered. Includes 30 field hours.
Cross-listed with SPED 267.
Offered each Spring.
This course is required for students pursuing Adolescence to Young Adult licensure (i.e., Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Mathematics, Integrated Social Studies, Life Science Education, Life Science/Chemistry Education) or Multi-age Licensure (i.e., Music Education).
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EDUC 293 - Emergent and Early Reading Instruction (3)
An overview of theories of language acquisition and development of reading. Emphasis is placed upon the development of a balanced literacy program including, but not limited to, teaching strategies for the sequential evolvement of spelling skills, grammar skills (oral and written), handwriting, and the use of various cueing systems to enhance reading comprehension. Attention is given to the reading and writing process and to the model/methods appropriate for reading instruction. Includes 20 field hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 252.
Cross-listed with SPED 293.
Offered each Spring.
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EDUC 305 - Young Adult Literature (3)
This course deals with the critical evaluation of adolescent and young adult books and their appropriateness to the needs and interests of students at the middle and secondary school levels. Students complete assigned readings of various genre that are reflective of multiple major world cultures including African, European, Asian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, and American. Students will read complete texts that appeal to both male and female adolescent and young adult readers.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EDUC 325 - Nature and Needs of Adolescent Learners (3)
Examines the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and moral development of early adolescents and the corresponding implications for curriculum, instruction, and school organization for grades 3 through 8.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232.
Offered each Spring.
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EDUC 326 - Communication, Collaboration, and Advocacy (3)
This course explores educational considerations for teachers including the policies, theories, practices, skills, and knowledge of home, school, and community partnerships. Candidates will examine: the multiple influences on the whole child; accessibility of community services and supports; ethical, practical, and culturally competent decisions to foster family engagement; knowledge and skills needed to address family structure, socio-cultural backgrounds, identities and customs, and advocacy for students and families. Course fee. Includes 20 hours of volunteer-related experience approved by the course instructor.
Offered each semester.
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EDUC 417 - Management Strategies in Education (2)
Course content focuses on conceptual models of discipline, management methods and strategies, systematic interventions, and classroom procedures/routines that lead all students to make constructive social/behavior choices. Strategies to motivate students through evidence-based practices with emphasis on positive behavioral intervention strategies will also be covered. Ethical considerations inherent in behavior management are also considered.
Co-requisite(s): EDUC 418.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 418 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction (3)
The focus of this course is the alignment of curricular goals, assessment, and instructional design. Candidates develop a theoretical and practical understanding of contemporary curriculum and the application of backward design to develop a meaningful synergy between instructional intentions and assessment. Topics include: measurement statistics to appropriately interpret standardized test scores, knowledge and application of educational standards, data-driven assessment and differentiation, and the social, legal, and ethical implications of testing.
Co-requisite(s): EDUC 417.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 419 - Teaching Integrated Mathematics in the Secondary School (4)
A comprehensive methods course which integrates various branches of mathematics with applications for mathematics instruction at the secondary level. Attends to NCTM standards and Ohio academic content standards for mathematics. This course includes 60 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232, 326. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 417, 418.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 425 - Literacy Assessment and Instruction (3)
An overview of standard and alternative assessments designed for the identification of reading difficulties with attention given to specific intervention strategies, including the use of technology. Strategies for assisting and accommodating readers with speech, linguistics, and cultural differences. Case studies, the development of individualized education plans (IEPs), and the 504 plan in reading is a significant focus for 20 field hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 293.
Cross-listed with SPED 425.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 429 - Teaching Integrated Social Studies in the Secondary School (4)
A comprehensive social studies methods course which integrates the broad areas of history, economics, political science, and sociology, with applications for instruction at the secondary level. Attends to NCSS standards and Ohio academic content standards for social studies. This course includes 60 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232, 326. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 417, 418.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 435 - Intermediate Methods for Social Studies and Language Arts (3)
Developmentally appropriate content and strategies for teaching early adolescent children (grades 3 through 5) in social studies and language arts are stressed with careful attention given to inquiry-based and problem-solving approaches. The Ohio Learning Standards in social studies and language arts will be carefully followed for grades 3 through 5. Includes 25 hours of field experience.
Offered each Spring.
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EDUC 438 - Intermediate Methods for Math and Science (3)
Developmentally appropriate content and strategies for teaching adolescent children (grades 3 through 5) in math and science are stressed with careful attention given to inquiry-based and problem-solving approaches. The Ohio Learning Standards in mathematics and science will be carefully followed for grades 3 through 5. Includes 25 hours of field experience.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 444 - Primary Methods for Social Studies and Language Arts (3)
This course explores the principles, techniques and resources for teaching language arts in the context of social studies to children in preschool through grade 2, incorporating technology and other non-print media. Course work includes the examination of strategies for selecting, integrating and translating knowledge and methods from history, geography, and social science disciplines appropriate for early childhood. Planning an integrated social studies curriculum and providing intervention for children with various educational needs are emphasized. Includes 30 field hours. This course must be taken concurrently with EDUC 446. Attends to Ohio Learning Standards for Social Studies and English/Language Arts for grades P-2.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 425. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 446.
Cross-listed with SPED 444.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 446 - Primary Methods for Math and Science (3)
This course presents the current developments and methods of teaching math and science to children preschool through grade 2, with content and learning activities reflecting national standards and the state curriculum model in math and science. Emphasis is placed on materials, techniques, and research-based practice for effective instruction of content, process, and real-world applications. Inventive strategies for children who are at-risk, gifted, or those with mild/moderate educational needs, including the gifted, are practiced. Planning integrated math and science curricula is emphasized. Includes 30 field hours. This course must be taken concurrently with EDUC 444. Attends to Ohio Learning Standards for Math and Science for grades P-2. Course fee.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 215; general education science elective. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 444.
Cross-listed with SPED 446.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 448 - Teaching Language Arts in the Middle Grades (3)
This course examines effective strategies for instruction and evaluation in middle level language arts and provides the opportunity to apply strategies to meet the diverse needs of students through middle school field experience. Attends to NCTE standards and Ohio academic content standards for English/language arts. Includes 20 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 325.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 449 - Teaching Integrated Language Arts in the Secondary School (4)
A comprehensive methods course which integrates the broad areas of language, writing/composition, reading and literature, and media, with applications for instruction at the secondary level. Attends to NCTE standards and Ohio academic content standards for English/language arts. This course includes 60 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232, 326. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 417, 418.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
An opportunity for the exceptional student to pursue, under supervision, an area of special interest either on his/her own initiative or in a seminar group. Open to juniors or seniors who are majors in the area and who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses.
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EDUC 456 - Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades (3)
Examines effective strategies for instruction and evaluation in middle level mathematics and provides the opportunity to apply strategies to meet the diverse needs of students through middle school field experience. Attends to NCTM standards and Ohio academic content standards for mathematics. Includes 20 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 325.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 457 - Teaching Science in the Middle Grades (3)
Examines effective strategies for instruction and evaluation in middle level science and provides the opportunity to apply strategies to meet the diverse needs of students through middle school field experience. Attends to NSTA standards and Ohio academic content standards for science. Includes 20 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 325.
Offered each Fall beginning Fall 2018.
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EDUC 458 - Teaching Social Studies in the Middle Grades (3)
This course examines effective strategies for instruction and evaluation in middle level social studies and provides the opportunity to apply strategies to meet the diverse needs of students through middle school field experience. Attends to NCSS standards and Ohio academic content standards for social studies. Includes 20 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 325.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 459 - Teaching Integrated Science in the Secondary School (4)
A comprehensive methods course which integrates the different subject areas contained within the sciences, with applications for science instruction at the secondary level. Attends to NSTA standards and Ohio academic content standards for science. This course includes 60 hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 232, 326. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 417, 418.
Offered each Fall.
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EDUC 463 - Teaching and Assessing English Language Learners (3)
This course develops students’ understanding of and ability to utilize assessments and design instruction for English language instruction. Acquiring knowledge of students, designing assessments, and planning and implementing appropriate standards-based learning experiences for English Language Learners are addressed as well as various theories of testing, and knowledge of the nature of testing, its parameters and its pitfalls.
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EDUC 469 - Student Teaching Seminar (2)
The student teaching seminar meets once a week during the student teaching semester. The seminar encourages reflection and provides opportunities for students to interact regarding their student teaching experiences. Discussions on issues and trends affecting the profession and preparations for the professional role will occur. The professional portfolio and student teaching work sample capstones are developed and submitted.
Offered each semester.
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EDUC 498 - Student Teaching (10)
For those seeking teacher licensure, this course is a full-time clinical experience providing opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and evaluate instruction in a school setting and receive professional feedback from university supervisors and experienced cooperating teachers in the appropriate licensure area for a minimum of 12 weeks. Attendance at additional duties associated with the teaching role is expected (i.e., parent-teacher conferences, professional meetings, etc.). Those registering for student teaching must also register for EDUC 469 - Student Teaching Seminar . Application for student teaching should be made in November preceding the academic year in which student teaching is to be completed.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance as a candidate for clinical experience and satisfactory completion of all professional education course work. Co-requisite(s): EDUC 469.
Offered each semester.
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ENG 145 - English Composition (3)
Emphasizes writing as a recursive process and offers practice in reading and responding to expository essays. Students explore language as a means of discovering and communicating truth. Grading is limited to A through C- and No Credit.
Note: Students are placed into ENG 145-English Composition: Developmental if the ACT English score is < 15 and the overall high school gpa is < 3.0. Students are placed into ENG 145 if the ACT English score is 16-17 and overall high school gpa is > 3.0 or if the ACT English scored is > 18 (no gpa requirement). For students without an ACT score, those with a high school GPA < 3.0 will be placed into ENG 145-English Composition: Developmental. Students with a high school GPA > 3.0 will be placed into regular sections of ENG 145.
Offered each semester.
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ENG 200 - Literature in Society (3)
Examination of enduring issues through the evaluation and interpretation of a variety of literature from different critical approaches.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 145 (Not available for credit/proficiency by exam).
Offered each semester.
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ENG 206 - English Seminar and Retreat (1)
The image of the writer escaping to the woods for solitude and inspiration has become emblematic and powerfully represents certain ideals about art and the self. This course, a general introduction for English, Creative Writing, and ILA majors which culminates in a required off-campus retreat, explores issues foundational to the study of writing and literature-disciplinary challenges and trends as well as personal ones-with the goal being to orient students toward their course of study, their vocations, and lifelong growth. Course fee.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 145.
Offered each Fall (Term A).
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ENG 208 - English in the City (2)
The course will be an experiential encounter with discourses of the city, of the realms of politics and planning, of the corporate workplace, of the arts, of the church, of people on the margins of the community. It is a course about taking stock of the surrounding wider community, its ideals, its collective work, and its shortcomings and contradictions, with an eye toward considering where and how we each fit in, either in Canton or in the place each of us chooses to live. And while it’s not just a course about how to get a job, practical career skills will be addressed.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 231 - Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
An exploration of imaginative writing and the writing life: literary art and the creative process, techniques of poetry and narrative fiction, readings in modern and contemporary literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 145.
Offered each semester.
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ENG 270 - World Cinema (3)
Students will view and analyze western and non-western movies, taking narrative cinema as the principal conduit into the lives, times, and cultures of other persons. As a foundation for film studies, we will explore the artistic and technical components of the cinema: narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and so on. Through this engagement with world cinema, the course will underline the connection between analyzing our experiences of film and a richer, more sophisticated enjoyment of it.
Cross-listed with COMM 270.
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ENG 306 - Teaching Grammar and Composition (3)
An overview of composition theories, with consideration given to major pedagogical approaches, research on English Language Learners (ELL), “basic” writers, constructivist and collaborative learning, and issues pertaining to the teaching of revision and the conventions of the English language.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 311 - Essay Writing (3)
An advanced writing course designed to use essay writing as a means of inquiry, exploration, and dialogue with sources. Students will analyze and critique the rhetorical strategies and techniques used by both classical and contemporary essayists and then apply these in a variety of forms such as the narrative, analytical, and persuasive essay.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ENG 315 - Style and Rhetoric (3)
A writing-intensive course that focuses on assisting the writer in developing an effective style, gaining control over the conventions of the language, and writing with attention to purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 322 - World Literature (3)
This course emphasizes a close reading of texts from diverse historical, cultural, and religious contexts. Through this literature we can explore the key institutions and social dynamics that link the nations and communities of our world so that we can understand our commonalities and come to terms with those with whom we share this world.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered each Spring.
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ENG 325 - Writers Series Seminar (1)
Read and study the works of writers visiting campus with the University Writers Series. Opportunities to meet with the writers for discussion and instruction will be arranged whenever possible. Repeatable to 6 hours. Creative Writing majors must repeat to 2 hours.
Offered each Fall.
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ENG 331 - Poetry Writing (3)
A writing workshop focused on poetic craft and tradition. Readings in modern and contemporary poetry as well as criticism and theory combine with intensive work in the practice of writing poems.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 332 - Fiction Writing (3)
A writing workshop devoted to the art of fiction. Diverse readings across the spectrum of narrative prose-classic stories, experimental forms, craft essays by writers-augment student writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ENG 350 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
Individual or small group study. Open only to junior or senior majors in this area who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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ENG 363 - Literary Publishing (3)
Study the history of publishing and learn about the contemporary publishing landscape-literary, academic, and commercial-while developing an array of skills, on the writing and editing side as well as publishing production and economics. Learn about forms of submission and their review in a variety of contexts, and how to carry a project through to its final form, be it digital or print. Avenues for marketing and promotion will be explored as will emerging and sustainable business models.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 381 - Applied Linguistics (3)
This course offers insight into one of the most fundamental parts of being human: the ability to communicate through language. Whether it’s telling a joke, writing a song, naming a baby, or speaking to a relative with a speech impairment, language use is bound up with nearly everything humans do. While examining how words operate in spoken and written contexts-and how our understanding of this phenomenon has changed over time-students will learn and practice ways language facilitates thinking while shaping perception.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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ENG 382 - Living Traditions: Henry David Thoreau (3)
Few books are as strange, moving, provocative, and inspiring as Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, and it almost single-handedly created the mode of American nature writing. Taking Thoreau’s work as our gateway and working with Lawrence Buell’s concept of “the environmental imagination,” we
will explore other writers whose works were influenced by Thoreau and have influenced the way in which we engage the natural order. In coming to understand how it is that writers and the texts they create are situated in and influenced by the specifics of place and landscape, we will strive to develop an appreciation of an eco-centric aesthetic in literature and come to a greater awareness of the environmental underpinnings and ecological considerations of texts. We will read the works of nature writers in the tradition of nonfiction prose and narrative with some attention to poetry as well as works by theologians and eco-activist scholars-examining their legacies and seeking the lessons they teach.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Fall 2021 and Fall 2024.
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ENG 384 - Living Traditions: William Shakespeare (3)
Shakespeare, considered the center of the English-language canon, is a writer so inexhaustible that any attempt to be comprehensive is doomed to failure. This course will focus on his plays (as well as drama, more broadly) and treat them as they as living documents meant to be performed. We will focus on two plays: the tragedy of Hamlet and one of the “problem” plays, The Merchant of Venice. Excerpts from Greek drama, Latin prose, and Danish history will provide the Danish play its deep background, and we’ll compare it with Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy and Twain’s spoof in Huckleberry Finn. How actors and directors have interpreted the play will be a central interpretive lens. With Merchant of Venice, we will track down biblical and Italian sources, and find contrast in Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, as well as link the drama with anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Again we will look at contemporary productions, focusing on differing treatments of Shylock. By looking at fewer plays with greater depth, students will gain a method for how to read and understand any other play by Shakespeare-whose poetry, brilliance, and well of empathy know few if any equals.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2022 and Spring 2025.
Living Traditions courses illuminate ways in which writers, writing from within their social milieu and in a given form or mode, use art to explore vital questions of human existence. Starting with a representative figure, these courses explore that author’s historical and literary influences as well as the contemporary legacy, examining ways in which literary artists and their ideas continue to transform culture.
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ENG 385 - Living Traditions: Flannery O’Connor (3)
Although she died young and at the height of her visionary talent, Flannery O’Connor left behind a trove of stories and prose which helped define modern fiction and set a standard for articulating the means by which faith can inform art. A lifelong native of Georgia, her novels and short stories are inflected by a fearless confrontation with the idea of the South, with the complexities of religious conviction entwined with a history of racial violence. From her position within the Southern gothic tradition that includes Faulkner, we will examine the influences-from Christian mystics and philosophers to earlier writers of fiction and romance-that inform her storytelling. We will look also at the influence she continues to exert on contemporary writers as varied as Shusako Endo, Joyce Carol Oates, and Raymond Carver, all of whom exemplify her sensibility for graphic naturalism in service to the unseen.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Spring 2020 and Spring 2023.
Living Traditions courses illuminate ways in which writers, writing from within their social milieu and in a given form or mode, use art to explore vital questions of human existence. Starting with a representative figure, these courses explore that author’s historical and literary influences as well as the contemporary legacy, examining ways in which literary artists and their ideas continue to transform culture.
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ENG 386 - Living Traditions: J.R.R. Tolkien (3)
Perhaps no literature participates in the purely imaginative as much as fantasy, and Tolkien’s important ideas about human co-creation underwrite his work, which continues to cast a long shadow on the genre. Tolkien’s invented realm of Middle-earth is deeply rooted in our actual world, grounded in medieval literature and norse mythology, inseparable from the anxieties of pre-war England, participating in the hopeful realism of his faith. In addition to Tolkien’s own writing, we will delve into his medieval and mythological sources, the work of contemporaries such as C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams, and of course exemplars of modern fantasy. Tolkien understood the fantastic not as merely “escapist” literature-a derisive term-but as a vehicle for myth, for enduring images and truths that guide us as we escape into imagined worlds in order to better find a place within our own.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Fall 2022 and Fall 2025.
Living Traditions courses illuminate ways in which writers, writing from within their social milieu and in a given form or mode, use art to explore vital questions of human existence. Starting with a representative figure, these courses explore that author’s historical and literary influences as well as the contemporary legacy, examining ways in which literary artists and their ideas continue to transform culture.
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ENG 387 - Living Traditions: Jane Austen (3)
Jane Austen’s novels-despite the “chick lit” reputation film treatments have lent them-are anything but light beach reading. Set against backdrops of war, transgressive sexuality, and venomous rivalries, abiding human desires for money and power compete with more virtuous ideals, where heroines of sincere belief in loving marriage parry with oftentimes Byronic heroes struggling to square morality with the demands of their rank and status. We will read a smattering of her minor writings (poetry, prayers, short stories, and a farcical play) before concentrating on her best novels. After reaching back to classical influences like Aristotle and the Bible, and after looking at more immediate precursors like Richardson’s epistolary novel and Mary Wollstonecraft, we will reach forward to the Romantic era and to her influence on popular romance fiction, and ultimately on the Harry Potter series and modern vampyric heroes.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered Fall 2023 and Fall 2026.
Living Traditions courses illuminate ways in which writers, writing from within their social milieu and in a given form or mode, use art to explore vital questions of human existence. Starting with a representative figure, these courses explore that author’s historical and literary influences as well as the contemporary legacy, examining ways in which literary artists and their ideas continue to transform culture.
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ENG 388 - Living Traditions: Emily Dickinson (3)
The writing as well as the person of Emily Dickinson has come to stand for poetry at its most essential and potent: life itself distilled to the bones, the human being as solitary, alert, and alive. Famously reclusive yet fiercely committed, Dickinson wrote poems that on one hand are personal and private, concerned with domestic details of ordinary life, but which hum at the limits of syntax and grammar and diction, with the mysteries that hover beyond the reach of direct expression. In this course, we situate Dickinson within her relationship to American Puritanism and Romanticism as well as within the lyric tradition that stretches from Pindar and Sappho to Levertov and Ashbery. Dickinson explores with wit and courage the deepest perplexities of her age and thereby demonstrates in general the possibilities of poetry-especially poetry of the avant garde-to disrupt the status quo, even as it clarifies and consoles.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Spring 2024 and Spring 2027.
Living Traditions courses illuminate ways in which writers, writing from within their social milieu and in a given form or mode, use art to explore vital questions of human existence. Starting with a representative figure, these courses explore that author’s historical and literary influences as well as the contemporary legacy, examining ways in which literary artists and their ideas continue to transform culture.
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ENG 390 - African American Literature and Culture (3)
This course examines a selection of literature written by African Americans in an effort to gain greater understanding of various aesthetic, cultural, political, and social issues. Students will explore several central motifs: the African roots of African-American culture, the importance of literacy and “telling lives,” the journey toward freedom and equality, and the inter-relationship between African-American cultural traditions and the larger landscape of American culture.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200.
Offered each Spring.
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ENG 394 - Professional Writing and Editing Internship (1-3)
Professional off-campus experience with a focus on written communication and editing. Should include significant time spent in an off-campus workplace environment; exceptions must be approved by instructor. Grading is limited to credit or no credit. Repeatable to 9 hours.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200; Junior standing.
Offered each semester.
Enrollment is limited to students with signed contracts with companies or organizations outside of Malone University. See instructor for details. Offered each semester.
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ENG 398 - Applied Writing: On-Campus Internship (1)
Professional, on-campus experience employing writing, editing, and other language arts skills. Grading is limited to credit or no credit. Repeatable to 3 hours.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 200. Enrollment is limited to students with job offers from on-campus entities whose assigned duties meet the stated criteria. See instructor for details.
Offered each semester.
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ENG 431 - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop (3)
Advanced writing workshop that presents a single theme or craft issue with common readings while students write in multiple genres. Repeatable to 6 hours.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 231, 331, 332.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ENG 434 - Professional Writing and Editing (3)
This course explores and practices the skills necessary for a career as a professional writer-freelance or otherwise-and editor. Learn the ins and outs of professional writing markets, from magazines to trade and corporate publications. On the editing side, dig into the Chicago Manual of Style-by far the most widely used style guide-and learn how to edit and copyedit manuscripts for academic, artistic, and journalistic publication. Learn critical professional skills, including fact-checking, proofreading, and managing editorial professional relationships.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ENG 435 - Creative Writing Portfolio Capstone (2)
Independent writing project: create new and revise work from previous courses into a coherent collection, accompanied by a critical introduction. Explore professional and avocational issues such as publishing, graduate school, and writing after college. Culminates in a public reading.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 231, 331, 332, 431.
Offered each Spring.
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ENG 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
Individual or small group study. Open only to junior or senior majors in this area who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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ENG 475 - Postcolonial Literature (3)
This course explores a range of world literature by focusing on texts written in nations of Asia, Africa, and the Americas formerly colonized by European powers. We will read and discuss literature that helps us confront testimonies of violence, control, and injustice in a rapidly shrinking world-authors such as Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Derek Wolcott, Salmon Rushdie, Isabelle Allende, and Jamaica Kincaid-examining the role that literature plays in illuminating and shaping cultures.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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ENG 477 - Gender and Literature (3)
In this course students will explore ways that gender is represented in literature. Texts will include multiple literary genres as well as works of literary and cultural theory.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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Environmental Studies |
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ENVS 420 - Research (1-4)
An investigation of an environmental topic of the student’s choice in consultation with a faculty member. Enrollment requires advance permission of the instructor.
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ENVS 480 - Internship (1-4)
This course is designed to provide the student with a practical hands-on experience in environmental studies. Enrollment requires advance permission of the internship coordinator.
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Exercise Science |
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EXSC 103 - Introduction to Exercise Science (1)
This survey course will provide an overview of the scientific discipline of Exercise Science and associated career opportunities. Students will be exploring the varied disciplines of exercise science; including medical fitness, physical therapy, sports medicine, clinical and sport biomechanics, clinical exercise physiology, exercise nutrition and exercise psychology. Graded as CR/NC.
Offered each Fall.
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EXSC 210 - First Aid and Safety (1)
Theory and practice of the fundamentals of first aid necessary for the recognition and treatment of common first aid emergencies and injuries. Students analyze accident causation and prevention occurring in the home, school, wilderness, and workplace. Successful completion of CPR training in a laboratory setting leads to Red Cross certification. Course fee.
Offered each semester.
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EXSC 211 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries (3)
This course examines the foundations of the pathophysiology of injuries sustained through exercise and addresses the domains of prevention and immediate care in the sports medicine industry.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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EXSC 212 - Human Fitness Assessment (2)
Practical laboratory class teaching human fitness assessment in cardiovascular, muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
Offered each Spring.
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EXSC 214 - Taping Skills Laboratory (2)
The course includes the teaching of specialty tapings for the upper and lower extremities. Emphasis is placed on common athletic injury situations.
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EXSC 215 - Anatomical Structure and Function (3)
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the musculoskeletal system. A special emphasis is placed on osteology, arthrology and myology. Lecture and laboratory.
Offered each Fall.
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EXSC 310 - Advanced Athletic Training (3)
An advanced course designed to expand on the knowledge and evaluative skills of musculoskeletal injuries.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or 273 or PE 215.
Offered at department discretion.
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EXSC 313 - Biomechanics (3)
This course introduces the concepts of mechanics as they apply to human movement and exercise principles. An emphasis on linking the anatomical structure of the human body with the mechanical principles that govern motion and function are explored.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215.
Offered each Fall.
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EXSC 314 - Evaluation Skills Laboratory (2)
The course provides the student athletic trainer with hands-on skills in evaluating athletic injuries. Attention is also given to proper record keeping in the training room.
Co-requisite(s): PE 310
Offered at department discretion.
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EXSC 315 - Evaluation and Taping Fundamentals (3)
This course provides hands-on application of sports medicine evaluation skills and specialty tapings for the major articulations of upper and lower extremities. Students will become proficient at describing and performing all special tests related to the assessment of joint injuries.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 322 - Exercise Testing (3)
Through experiential learning labs, this course provides the exercise science student with the knowledge and necessary skills to conduct fitness assessments on apparently healthy individuals and for individuals with controlled disease.
Prerequisite(s): EXSC 103.
Offered each Fall.
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EXSC 334 - HHP Practicum (1)
This course will allow students to bridge the gap between classroom learning and practical application in an exercise or health. Each major must complete this 30-hour practicum experience working in the Malone University Wellness Center. This practicum must be completed before a student can participate in an internship.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
Offered each semester.
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EXSC 341 - Exercise Nutrition and Ergogenic Aids (3)
This course examines approaches to improving exercise and sport through nutrition. A critical analysis of the interaction of the body’s energy systems will be explored. Issues related to the use of ergogenic aids and performance enhancing substances will also be investigated.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 190.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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EXSC 360 - Corporate and Worksite Wellness (3)
Introduces theoretical principles and research on the best-practices for improving workplace wellness. Practical application of planning, implementing, and evaluating wellness programs is emphasized.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 386 - Teaching Group Exercise (2)
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the educational concepts, performance techniques, program design, and leadership skills needed to teach group-led exercise programs and design personal training programs. The course will include basic analysis and application of safe and effective exercise procedures for all fitness levels.
Offered Fall 2019.
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EXSC 413 - Exercise Physiology I (3)
A critical analysis of the physiological basis of muscular activity and the general effects of exercise on body function. An emphasis is placed on the structure and function of exercising muscle and its impact on bioenergetics, hormonal control, energy expenditure and fatigue, the function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and exercise training adaptations.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215.
Offered each Spring.
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EXSC 414 - Exercise Physiology II (3)
A critical analysis of special considerations for the fitness professional. An emphasis is focused on environmental influences on performance, optimization of performance, body composition, age and gender considerations, and physical activity for health and wellness.
Prerequisite(s): EXSC 413.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 417 - Physical Activity Epidemiology (3)
An examination of the current population-level research demonstrating the impact of physical activity on disease. The course provides students with practical application of measurement and surveillance of physical activity and explores the rates of physical activity among various populations.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 422 - Musculoskeletal Injuries (3)
An in-depth focus on the etiology of specific musculoskeletal injuries and their proper management.
Prerequisite(s): EXSC 211.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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EXSC 431 - Exercise Management of Chronic Diseases (3)
An exploration of the principles and methodology of problem-oriented exercise management. An investigation of chronic diseases, their pathophysiology, and exercise intervention will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): EXSC 413.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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EXSC 433 - Therapautic Exercise and Modalities (3)
The course focuses on the rehabilitative programs for major joint injuries and the modalities used in conjunction to treat such injuries.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215; and EXSC 211.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 436 - Internship in Exercise Science (3)
After securing an external site, students will intern/shadow/volunteer for a minimum of 90 contact hours gaining knowledge and hands-on experiences within the disciplines of exercise science.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
Offered each semester.
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EXSC 441 - Fitness Industry Management Principles (3)
The investigation and application of business practices for the fitness professional. Areas of study include: sales, marketing, service, operations, administration, management, policy development, and risk management for the fitness professional; and entrepreneurship, business plan development, and financial planning for the fitness professional.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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EXSC 460 - Seminar in Exercise Science (1)
This capstone course provides students the opportunity to practically apply their exercise science skills in the administration of exercise prescriptions. Students are required to engage in 45 contact hours within Malone University’s Wellness Center providing individual and group fitness training assistance for faculty, staff and students.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215; senior standing.
Offered each semester.
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EXSC 461 - Exercise Prescription (3)
This course is designed, through lecture and laboratory sessions, to provide the student with practical application of exercise prescription for apparently healthy individuals with regards to resistance training, cardiovascular conditioning and flexibility programs, and health risk appraisal. This course is designed to prepare the student for various fitness certifications.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 131 or EXSC 215.
Offered each Spring.
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Global and International Studies |
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GISP 476 - Global Practice (3)
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected, allowing for information, economic, and social issues to spread across borders rapidly. This Capstone Course for the Global and International Studies Program and social work elective will prepare students with a beginning understanding of global issues that impact both local and domestic practice with international populations. From an interdisciplinary practice perspective, students will learn about current international issues and their impact on society. Utilizing an anti-oppressive framework, students will develop ethical skills based on principles of social justice, reconciliation, peace, and truth in preparation for both international and domestic practice in global contexts.
Cross-listed with SWK 476.
Offered each Fall.
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GISP 477 - Global Practice Internship (1)
A 40-hour internship with a global population required for the Global and International Studies major.
Cross-listed with SWK 477.
Offered each semester.
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HIST 111 - World History I: The Ancient World to 1500 (3)
A study of the ancient Middle Eastern, Asian, Mediterranean, and European civilizations from the Paleolithic period to the Age of European Discovery. A liberal arts approach will be utilized that incorporates a comparative examination of the political, intellectual, social, and cultural contributions of each period and culture. Introduces students to historical analysis and critical thinking skills.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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HIST 112 - World History II: The Modern World (3)
Examines major world civilizations from the Age of Discovery to the present. Special attention will be given to the Industrial Revolution, rise of nationalism and imperialism, the major world wars, communist revolutions, the Cold War, and the various ethno-religious tensions in the post-Cold War era. A liberal arts approach will be utilized that incorporates a comparative examination of the political, intellectual, social, and cultural contributions of each period and culture. Introduces students to historical analysis and critical thinking skills.
Offered each semester.
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HIST 211 - American History I: Colonial Era to the Civil War (3)
Surveys the major cultural, political, economic, social, and religious themes in American history from the pre-Columbian era through the era of Reconstruction. Special attention will be given to the development of colonial societies, the formation of American political institutions, the structure of slavery, the growth of reform movements, the conflicts that provoked the Civil War, and the changes brought about by that war.
Offered each Fall.
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