Courses

The study of writing by and for women in American, British, and/or Anglophone literature. Topics may include how gender and such factors as race, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or class shape women’s lives; the emergence of the category “women writers” and its relationship to literary studies; and conditions affecting women’s literacy and literary production. The course can focus on a single period, a particular genre, or a specific theme (marriage, politics and society, the nation).

An intermediate expository writing course using forms and modes appropriate to various professions and disciplines. Special fields covered in the past have included medicine, law, business, computer science, teaching, psychology, music, art, and film. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

Advanced instruction and practice in the theoretical, stylistic, and ethical matters connected to the study of writing. Topics may include methodologies of writing research, histories and theories of literacy and writing, theories on composing and language use, rhetorical theory, or digital composing. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

Advanced instruction and practice in the theoretical, stylistic, and ethical matters connected to the study of writing. Topics may include methodologies of writing research, histories and theories of literacy and writing, theories on composing and language use, rhetorical theory, or digital composing. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

Individual, social, economic and policy dimensions of vulnerability and client needs for disaster; service delivery strategies, coordination models, resource management and capacity building for nonprofit disaster relief organizations.

Experience, first-hand, the major financial markets of the United States; visits to major Wall Street firms, security and commodity exchanges, and other financial institutions.

An exploration of war, human conflict, and organized violence, and how nations, communities, and individuals remember and memorialize them with an emphasis on the public history aspects.

An exploration of war, human conflict, and organized violence, and how nations, communities, and individuals remember and memorialize them with an emphasis on the public history aspects.

Examination of world wars, colonial wars, genocides, and historical crimes from the late nineteenth century until the present; analysis of the changing memory of those traumatic events as evident in historical accounts, commemorations, film, and literature.

Study of the causes of war at the individual, societal and international levels of analysis with particular emphasis on international relations research using the scientific method. PW: Global Engagement