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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • CO 217 - Journalism and Public Relations II

    Credits: 4 credits

    In this course students use electronic tools including digital cameras and camcorders to design, produce and webcast reports.  Special attention is given to social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter as contemporary communications tools. 

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    CO 216 nor permission of instructor.
  

  • CO 220 - The Moving Image

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This foundation production course lays the technical groundwork for the multimedia concentration, and provides an introduction to media aesthetics. Emphasis will be on digital image acquisition and manipulation, including the principals of light, color, composition, visualization, and editing.

    Notes
    Restricted to AT and CO students. Priority is given to CO students.
  

  • CO 302 - Media Law

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course deals with the legal environment of mass media and digital technologies in the United States. Special attention is given to the First Amendment, privacy statutes, and copyright and trademark regulations. Material also includes legal issues surrounding new technologies such as digital image manipulation and the Internet.
  

  • CO 306 - Topics in Communications

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The Communications Department offers topics courses in specialized areas.

    Notes
    Titles vary by semester.
  

  • CO 306 B - Topics in Commerce: Social Change

    Credits: (4 credits)
  

  • CO 306 Q - Graphic Design

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Graphic design provides students with a working knowledge of typography, layout, and graphic imagery as it relates to the world of printed and new media commercial art. By working on contemporary design problems students will become familiar with the function of the elements of design as applied to graphic design.
  

  • CO 307 - Sports Writing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students learn to write sports copy for the print media and Internet. Emphasis is placed on style, research, profiles, and features. Students must participate in student publications as part of the course lab requirement.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Instructor approval
  

  • CO 308 - Sports Broadcasting

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students develop and practice skills used in television, cable and streaming sports reports.  Emphasis is placed on story research, interviewing skills and on-camera performance techniques.  Students are expected to contribute to broadcast and online sports coverage opportunities at the college.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    CO 307 or permission of instructor
  

  • CO 313 - Magazine Writing/Editing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students build on skills learned in lower-level courses by moving to the feature-oriented style of magazines. Historical foundations of the genre are covered. Students will research stories, conduct interviews, and write articles for magazine publication.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: CO 202.

    Notes
    Students must work for the campus newspaper as the lab component of this course.
  

  • CO 320 - Advanced Web Design

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course builds on Web Design (CO 210) basics by requiring that students master HTML software to produce sophisticated final deliverables.  Work may include site encryption and e-commerce considerations, as well as site tracking techniques.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    CO 210 and permission of instructor
  

  • CO 333 - Movies in America

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course traces the technical and social history of movies in America, from the silent film era to contemporary digital productions. Emphasis is placed on the socioeconomic settings for specific films, and how they both reflect and impact society.  The course uses films from specific or multiple genres.
  

  • CO 345 - Photoshop & Electronic Imaging

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course introduces students to Adobe Photoshop; students have hands-on experience creating and manipulating images.  Students create portfolios of their work; these portfolios will include manipulating exisitng files as well as creating and manipulating original work.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Permission of instructor; Digital Media strongly recommended.
  

  • CO 346 - Adobe Photoshop II

    Credits: 4 credits
  

  • CO 350 - Politics and the Media

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course studies the link between politics and mass media in the United States, from historical beginnings in the 18th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on national political candidates and movements, but case studies of local races and contests will be studied as well.

    Cross-listed
    This course is cross-listed as PS 306.
  

  • CO 400 - Internship

    Credits: (2-4 credits)

    Students work in professional settings such as newspapers, broadcast stations, advertising agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Students work under the supervision of site supervisors who monitor progress and guide the internships. Internship must include a learning experience appropriate to the student’s major and concentration.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: junior CO status, minimum 2.5 GPA.
  

  • CO 403 - Service Learning Practicum

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course is the required field-based experience offered each spring semester. Students work with the College’s Service Learning Office and department faculty to identify, plan and complete a major service learning project for a non-profit community partner. Students apply academic training and critical thinking skills to specific needs identified by community-based organizations.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: Senior CO standing.

    Notes
    Depending on the semester, students may work collectively on one or two major projects or as part of smaller teams working on many projects.
  

  • CS 201 - Computer Systems

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students learn the essentials of contemporary technology with topics including platforms, network basics, software considerations, programming languages and operating systems.

    Notes
    Required of all ACS majors and minors; open to other students by permission.
  

  • CS 205 - Introductory Data Analysis

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students use commercial spreadsheet software to analyze data and develop solutions to problems; topics include formulas, functions, and software selection.

    Notes
    Required for all ACS majors and minors. Open to others students by permission.
  

  • CS 210 - Database Management

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The course covers the concepts of database architectures, data models, query languages, design theory, and current research and development trends of database systems. Attention is also given to storage and security issues.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: CS 205.

    Notes
    Required for all ACS majors and minors.
  

  • EC 203 - Economics

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course is designed to give the student an understanding of how a country allocates resources and produces, distributes and consumes its goods and services. Topics include aggregate supply and demand, aggregate income, employment, inflation, determinants of consumption and investments, the role of money and the Federal Reserve, and monetary and fiscal policies. This course also examines the market structures of pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly; analysis of the role of labor and unions, public goods and the public sector; discussion of the problems of foreign aid, poverty, pollution, and tax reform.

    Cross-listed
    This course is cross-listed as PS 411.
  

  • ED 100 - Educational Foundations

    Credits: (3 credits)

    This course is a study of the historical, philosophical and cultural nature of the school. Emphasis is on the professional role of the teacher and the skills, values and attitudes which facilitate learning in grades K – 12.  This course contains a practicum for students who have declared Secondary Education as a minor.
  

  • ED 205 - Science and Technology Methods

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course provides opportunities to: develop practical approaches for teaching and learning science through inquiry and utilizes technologies to enhance learning and assessment. Class sessions will include training in three national environmental education programs, incorporate a research-based inquiry learning cycle model, introduce and use appropriate technologies, and address standards for students and teachers. As learners, you will participate in multiple hands -inquiry activities. As teachers, you will assess, plan, and teach lessons. Service learning is a requirement for this course.
  

  • ED 210 - Teaching and Learning

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course provides opportunities to investigate the theories and methods associated with the learning process and the reflective aspect of the teaching role. Participants will use standards to organize learning experiences that are relevant and appropriate for learners. In addition to long and short-term planning, the class will address classroom management and strategies proven to enhance instruction and learning. It will also address ways to build and sustain partnerships among school personnel, parents, and the community.
  

  • ED 220 - Introduction to Special Education (Practicum)

    Credits: 4 credits

    This is an introductory course covering all aspects of special education. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the role of the special educator in K-8 public education, the role of identification and the Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of special education, and the theoretical perspectives related to studens with disabilities. This course contains a practicum requirement in a special education setting.
  

  • ED 225 - Characteristics and Identification of the Mildly Disabled

    Credits: 4 credits

    This course is designed to provide the learner with an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of students with mild disabilites. This includes a heavy emphasis on Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, Autism, and ADHD. Students will explore the cognitive, perceptual, academic, and social components of the disabilities. Issues of identification procedures will be thoroughly investigated according to both State and Federal regulation.
  

  • ED 230 - Developing Curriculum and Assistive Technology in Special Education

    Credits: 4 credits

    Students will learn research-based K-8 curriculum models including inclusive measures and universal design elements. Analyses and application will be included. Functional adaptation of curriculum will be stressed. Technology has the potential to significantly improve the learning and life skills situations for students with disabilities. Laws relating to assistive and adaptive technology use will be demonstrated and discussed. A model for selecting the most appropriate curriculum and assistive technology will be included. This course contains a practicum requirement in a special education setting.
  

  • ED 315 - Reading Methods in Elementary Education

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Focuses on the principles, procedures and instructional materials used in the teaching of elementary reading, placing special emphasis on the developmental and diagnostic aspects of reading. Emphasis is on methodology stressing the connection between theory and practice with different models of reading instruction.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: ED 100, ED210, EH113, EH220.
  

  • ED 320 - Junior Internship

    Credits: (2 credits)

    Supervised experience in a local classroom, a minimum of 10 hours per week, to implement an understanding of the connection between theory and practice. The clinical advisor and the school system continuously monitor both preparation and actual teaching.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: ED 100, ED205, ED210, EH113, EH220, PY212.

    Notes
    The internship is taken concurrently with ED 315. Student transportation is required.
  

  • ED 325 - Educational Psychology

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Studies the learning process based on theories, principles, and applications. This course explores methods and learning concepts relating to teacher-student interactions. Case studies are used to demonstrate the teaching process from various perspectives.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    Cross-listed
    This course is cross-listed as PY 307.
  

  • ED 330 - Junior Internship

    Credits: (2 credits)

    A field-based internship with students working directly with children in grades 4– 8 under the guided supervision of the classroom teacher, or specialist. Directly linked to MA325, the course does place an emphasis on the discipline of math. In addition, it focuses on how to think about other disciplines and the methods used in teaching, planning, and assessment at the intermediate/middle school range.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: ED 100, ED205, ED210, ED220, ED315, ED320, EH113, MA 100, PY212.

    Notes
    The internship is taken concurrently with MA 320. Student transportation is required.
  

  • ED 335 - Social Studies Methods in Elementary Education

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Examines methods of presenting social studies content to elementary school children with emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to teaching. Develops and constructs curriculum materials, paying particular attention to social studies threads and curricula criteria as outlined by the National Council of Social Studies.

    Notes
    Students are encouraged to become members of the Maine Council of Social Studies.
  

  • ED 340 - Exceptionality

    Credits: 3 or 4 credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide educators with an appreciation of the unique learning needs of students with special needs. Specific disability categories recognized by the State of Maine will be studied in addition to effective teaching practice, applicable law, and the role of the regular education teacher with the special educator. The successful student will develop an appreciation for the unique learning needs of all students. This is the course required by the State Department of Education of all students seeking certification.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Fulfillment of all education requirements.
  

  • ED 345 - Exceptional Student Behavior Management

    Credits: 4 credits

    Through the use of case studies students will become acquainted with the principles, theory, and application of research-based positive behavioral interventions for classroom use. Methods for appropriately modifying behavior including antecedents and appropriate consequences will be discussed. Positive management procedures will be stressed. Students will use the information learned to design and implement positive prosocial skills and programs for disabled youth. An introduction to Applied Behavioral Analyses (ABA) will be included.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED220, ED225, ED230
  

  • ED 350 - Teaching Methods and Strategies in Special Education

    Credits: 4 credits

    This course will include research-based K-8 practices in teaching methodology, instruction, and strategies for the mildly disabled student. Students will acquire the skills necessary to effectively and efficiently teach elementary school students with mild disabilities in inclusive and resource room settings. Students will investigate the latest research on teaching methods for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Early intervention strategies will be stressed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED220, ED225, ED230, ED345
  

  • ED 408 - Special Education Student Teaching

    Credits: 12 credits

    Full-time student teaching is the culminating event for seniors in education. This experience provides an extensive on-site 15 week opportunity to work with a certified special educator and practice the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom setting. Lesson planning, a reflective journal and observations are required. Students must pass Praxis I and have a minimum 2.75 GPA to apply to student teaching.
  

  • ED 415 - Elementary Student Teaching

    Credits: (12 credits)

    Student Teaching is the professional experience offered one semester of the senior year. Student Teaching is undertaken in area classrooms under the daily guidance of cooperating teachers of proven expertise and the close supervision of Saint Joseph’s College faculty. All students participating in this program follow the school calendar for the participating school and are expected to project professional competence. Student Teaching placement is made by the Education Department.

    Notes
    Student transportation is required. Student Teaching is required for certification but is not a graduation requirement. Candidates for certification must apply for admission to student teaching. Elementary Student Teaching is offered in the fall semester. Elementary Student Teaching in the spring semester is only granted in exceptional cases. Requirements for Student Teaching in Elementary Education: • 2.7 GPA • Passage of Praxis I: Reading, Writing, Math • Completion of all methods courses with a C (73): EH 113, ED 100, ED 205, AT 202, EH 220, ED 210, ED 315, ED 320, MA 325, ED 330, ED 335, PY 212, PY 307. • A recommendation from the Education Department.
  

  • ED 425 - Measurement and Evaluation

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Basic principles of measurement, characteristics of measurement instruments, administration and scoring of standardized tests, practice in the construction of informal assessments, and statistical treatment and interpretation of scores are discussed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED100, ED205, ED210, ED315, ED335, ED440, ED445, EH113, EH220, MA100, MA325, PY212, PY307.

    Cross-listed
    This course is cross-listed as PY 401.
  

  • ED 430 - Senior Seminar

    Credits: (3 credits)

    Focal point will be on the relationship of one’s theory and philosophy of education and the correlation to one’s classroom experiences. Includes a review of the literature on best practices in education as a basis for discussion, research methods, IEPs, and the development of the professional portfolio.

    Notes
    A presentation of portfolios will be made at the end of the semester. The seminar is team taught by the education faculty.
  

  • ED 435 - Special Education Internship

    Credits: (3 credits)

    A field–based optional internship where students work directly with special education students. Interns work under the direct supervision of the special education teacher learning how to prepare and deliver instruction for special needs students. Integral components of the course are the college supervisor’s meeting and conferencing with the interns and special education teacher.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: ED 320, ED 330, ED 415; 2.7 GPA and permission of the college supervisor.

    Notes
    The practicum is limited to twelve students.
  

  • ED 440 - Curriculum Design Practicum – Secondary Education

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Introduces the advanced secondary education student to an overview of the design and development of a modern secondary education curriculum in grades 7 – 12. Group and individual study of curriculum issues in each content field will be explored in depth. Issues in multiculturalism, gender, exceptionality and the common core of learning are reviewed and their implications for the curriculum are discussed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED100, PY307

    Notes
    Students are required to do an internship at the secondary education level for a minimum of one half day per week and focus on curricular issues in their major. Timely readings in professional journals current to each discipline are required.
  

  • ED 445 - Teaching Methods in the Secondary School

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Traditional and modern teaching methodologies emphasizing concepts from content areas. Materials, techniques, and skill development for key aspects of lesson planning/ teaching are presented. Appropriate curricular matters, specific to each discipline, are reviewed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED100, ED440, PY307

    Notes
    See the following: MA 408 Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School. An overview of the 7–12 mathematics curriculum from pre-algebra to calculus, emphasizing different methods of presenting concepts using appropriate techniques. EH 412 Teaching English in the Secondary School. Guidance in the method of presenting materials used in 7–12 English classes, including review of mechanics, remedial assessments, and appreciation of literature. HY 417 Teaching History in the Secondary School. An overview of methods of teaching history including the areas of economics and geography which are included in Maine Learning Results. Classroom observations and teaching a model lesson will be included. Analysis of materials and student assessment will be addressed. SC 401 Teaching Science in the Secondary School. This course designs and implements laboratory experiences in grades 7–12. Promoting and understanding scientific methodologies and the integration of the sciences with the curriculum are given emphasis. Awareness of safety regulations and their implementation in the classroom’s teaching and learning environment are stressed.
  

  • ED 450 - Secondary Student Teaching

    Credits: (12 credits)

    Student Teaching as a professional orientation and laboratory learning experience is offered for one term of the senior year. Student Teaching is undertaken in area classrooms under the daily guidance of cooperating teachers of proven expertise and the close supervision of Saint Joseph’s College faculty. All students participating in this program follow the school calendar for the participating school and are expected to project professional competence. Student Teaching placement is made by the Education Department.

    Notes
    Student transportation is required. Student Teaching is required for certification but is not a graduation requirement. Candidates for certification must apply for admission to student teaching. Requirements for Student Teaching in Secondary Education: • 2.7 GPA • Passage of the Praxis I: Reading, Writing, Math • Completion of all professional Education courses with a C (73): • A recommendation from the Education Department and the major field of study. • Secondary student teaching is offered fall/spring semester.
  

  • ED 455 - Exceptional Student Assessment

    Credits: 4 credits

    This is an in-depth course in special education assessment of student academic achievement, cognitive and intellectual achievement, and language ability. Students will be given extensive practice with test administration, scoring, interpretation of results, reporting of results and the connection of assessment to the writing of the IEP. Appropriate dissemination of the results including confidentiality and the parental role in assessment will also be studied. Diagnostic procedures including Response to Intervention (RTI), disability specific testing, Functional Behavioral Assessment (ABA), and processing issued will be covered. Ethical issues in formal and informal testing will be discussed. Students will understand norm referenced testing and protocols. Curriculum-based assessment and portfolio assessment will be reviewed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED220, ED225, ED230, ED340, ED345, ED350, ED460.
  

  • ED 460 - Special Education Law

    Credits: 4 credits

    This course will focus on the three disability laws including The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Historical perspective and appropriate case law will be investigated and applied to the current authorizations. State regulations will be addressed in terms of disability categories, identification procedures, legal numbers, and programming options. The special edcuation referral process will be covered in-depth. Ethical and legal issues relating to confidentiality, mandatory reporting laws, and parental input will be addressed.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites:  ED220, ED225, ED230, ED345, ED350.
  

  • EH 100 - Fundamentals of Writing

    Credits: (3 credits)

    The course is designed to help students elevate their writing skills to an acceptable college level. Students concentrate on grammar, sentence formation, paragraphing, essay construction, and study skills.

    Notes
    Students identified by the English Department as needing this course must satisfactorily complete it before taking EH 101. The course includes an exit essay, which must be passed in order to receive credit for the course. EH 100 does not satisfy the Core Curriculum English requirements.
    A grade below C- is considered a failure, and the student should follow the Repeat Course policy.
  

  • EH 101 - College Writing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Designed to improve students’ writing skills by means of an increased understanding and appreciation of written language. Students write a variety of compositions, including formal essays; study grammar; and explore the interrelationships among persuasive writing, thinking, and speaking.

    Notes
    A grade below a C- is considered a failure, and the student should follow the Repeat Course policy.
  

  • EH 103 - Literary Research

    Credits: (1 credit)

    Designed for first-year English majors, the course engages students in the process of conducting scholarly research and producing a substantial essay which uses secondary sources in support of an original thesis. Students learn the Modern Language Association (MLA) format, including composition of parenthetical citations and Works Cited.

    Notes
    Open only to English majors.
  

  • EH 113 - Children’s Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Survey course with emphasis on the history, authors, and illustrators of the best in literature for children. Students develop a literary file covering designated categories of children’s reading. Emphasis is on establishing literary criteria and thoughtful evaluation of literature.

    Notes
    English credit for Elementary Education major.
  

  • EH 203 - American Literature I

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This survey course begins with a selection of poetry of Colonial America and continues with a focus on works by the major writers of the nineteenth century. Included are Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson.
  

  • EH 204 - American Literature II

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Survey course includes selected works from the Civil War to the present that illustrate major trends of this period: regionalism, realism, naturalism, and psychological realism. Such authors as Henry James, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, and Jack London are read as representatives of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature. Later authors include William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson, Philip Roth, Leslie Silko, and Bernard Malamud. Poets such as Edgar Lee Masters, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and W. S. Merwin are also part of the overview of the period.
  

  • EH 205 - British Writers I

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This survey course examines the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf and other major writing from the Medieval Period such as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as well as representative writing from the Renaissance and Restoration, including works by Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Swift.
  

  • EH 206 - British Writers II

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This survey provides a comprehensive study of the literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Periods. The course examines poetry by the major Romantic poets, poetry by the Victorians (Tennyson and Browning), and twentieth-century short stories and poetry; at times the course includes novels by Dickens and one or two other novelists.
  

  • EH 209 - Creative Writing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    A workshop course for students who wish to express themselves imaginatively in poetry, fiction, and drama. Students also learn about manuscript preparation and identify possible markets for their writing.

    Notes
    Requirements include a formal reading and submission of a manuscript to a publisher.
  

  • EH 211 - Nonfiction Prose Writing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The course complements Creative Writing (EH 209) by encouraging students to write imaginatively in nonfiction prose. Students gain experience in such media as the book review, magazine articles, and the personal essay.

    Notes
    Students are required to submit a manuscript for possible publication.
  

  • EH 213 - Nature and Application of English Grammar

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The study and application of grammar (specifically morphology and syntax). The course considers the history of grammar study and explores different theories of grammar, with both practical and theoretical emphases.

    Notes
    This course is required of English majors in Secondary Education.
  

  • EH 214 - Native American Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The course explores thematic preoccupations with identity and assimilation in contemporary essays, poetry, short stories, and novels by such writers as N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and James Welch.
  

  • EH 216 - The Catholic Literary Tradiiton

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Readings in a variety of genres reflect the Catholic literary imagination as it evolved throughout the centuries. The course may include such selections and authors as The Dream of the Rood, Pearl, Corpus Christi (mystery) plays, Everyman, Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard, poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Paul Claudel, and Raymond Roseliep, and fiction by Flannery O’Connor, Brian Moore, Graham Greene, George Bernanos, G.K. Chesterton, and Walker Percy.
  

  • EH 217 - African-American Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, August Wilson, and Toni Morrison are among the major writers studied in this survey of African-American autobiography (slave narrative), poetry, prose fiction, drama, and essay.
  

  • EH 220 - Language Arts and Writing Methods

    Credits: (3 Credits)

    This course will provide an in-depth study of listening and speaking while emphasizing language acquisition, cognitive development, oral language development, spelling, grammar, vocabulary development, handwriting, lesson planning, formal and informal assessment across the disciplines and best teaching practices. Strategies will be based upon the most recent research. Students will also learn techniques that focus on developing student writers who can independently and successfully compose writing from prewriting to publication. This course will provide an in-depth study of effective writing strategies within the framework of the writing process. This critical balance, supported through research, integrates the writing process with the most effective aspects of writing instruction.
  

  • EH 300 - Women in Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course investigates the roles of women in a variety of cultures as depicted in different literary genres (novel, short story, drama, poetry, autobiography). The course examines the ways in which the image of woman as portrayed in literature has influenced her understanding of herself and her place in society. Common themes that emerge are relationships between men and women, women and other women, and women and children.
  

  • EH 301 - Old and Middle English Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Intensive study of Old English literature in translation and Middle English literature in both the original and translation gives the lie to the old habit of referring to the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages. Along with appreciating the imaginative richness to be found in medieval literature, students chart the rise of a national literature in England.

    Notes
    The course usually includes such works as Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Canterbury Tales.
  

  • EH 303 - Shakespeare I

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Includes an introduction to Elizabethan assumptions and a detailed study of six plays, illustrating the various Shakespearean genres. Occasionally, the course focuses primarily on Shakespeare’s major comedies.
  

  • EH 304 - Shakespeare II: Tragedies

    Credits: (4 credits)

    A close examination of six tragedies with a focus on the underlying themes. An attempt to understand the nature of Shakespeare’s genius and, with this understanding, to develop an awareness of why Shakespeare’s plays have long been considered an important part of a liberal education.
  

  • EH 305 - 16th- and 17th-Century British Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course focuses on English Renaissance and Interregnum writers such as More, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton.

    Notes
    The course includes examination of the close connections among literature, religion, and politics during these centuries.
  

  • EH 306 - 18th-Century British Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The period from the Restoration through the eighteenth century supplies the scope for this course, which includes an intensive examination of the nature and techniques of satiric writing. John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Johnson are among the writers usually studied in this course. Students come to understand that this period, often called the Age of Reason, is, in reality, a period of diverse intellectual and literary tendencies.
  

  • EH 307 - Romanticism

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The course focuses on the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.

    Notes
    Prose related to the poets and the underlying issues of the period is included.
  

  • EH 308 - Victorian Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    A study of the significant poetry and prose of the Victorian period with a consideration of the intellectual and aesthetic climate of the times. There is an emphasis on the essays of John Stuart Mill, the poetry of Tennyson and Browning, and the novels of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy or other representative Victorian novelists.
  

  • EH 310 - Topics in Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Constructed around a particular theme, movement, or related grouping of authors, the course varies from semester to semester. Recent topics include classical mythology; American literature of the Jazz Age; modern literature, baseball and society; and romance and comedy.
  

  • EH 311 - Advanced Creative Writing

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students, having written poetry, fiction, and drama in EH 209 (Creative Writing), specialize in this course. Each student spends the entire semester writing a major work: a novella, a collection of short stories, a volume of poetry, or a full-length play.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: EH 209 with a minimum final grade of B or permission of the instructor.

    Notes
    Students critique each other’s work in progress, give a formal reading, and explore publishing opportunities.
  

  • EH 312 - Modern Literature, Baseball, and Society

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course explores relationships among twentieth-century literature, baseball, and a range of American attitudes and values. We approach readings as literature and also as documents that offer insights into our society and into ourselves. Among the themes considered are the myth of the golden age, baseball as big business, parent-child relationships, gambling as original sin, and the human desire for immortality.
  

  • EH 315 - 20th-Century British Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The literary movement known as Modernism is characterized by radical experiments in poetry and prose fiction, with such writers as W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce attempting a “true” reflection of reality as nonlinear, relative, and subjective.

    Notes
    The course includes study of Joyce’s Ulysses.
  

  • EH 316 - Irish Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Beginning with a review of Irish mythology and its role in the formation of a national literature by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, the course includes drama by J. M. Synge and Sean O’Casey; prose ficiton by James Joyce, Bernard MacLaverty, and Roddy Doyle; and poetry by Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon.
  

  • EH 318 - Russian Literature

    Credits: (4 credits)

    This course consists of readings in translation by major Russian writers of the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century with an emphasis on the work of Anton Chekhov, a master of both the short story and drama (Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters). Also included are short stories by Leo Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Andrei Platonov, and Evgeni Zamyatin. Poems by Anna Akhmatova, who witnessed the Czarist regime and the Communist Revolution, give an artistic and historical perspective on the conditions under which writers struggled.
  

  • EH 319 - Interpretive Nature of Cinema

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Students study the cinematic narrative – the nature of storytelling in a visual and linguistic medium – to interpret film as literature and to examine critically the ways film interprets society, history, and other works of art and literature.

    Notes
    The focus of the course may vary; possible topics include the American western and crime and punishment on the silver screen.
  

  • EH 320 - Literature of the Vietnam War

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Some of the best literature written about the Vietnam War helps students (1) deepen their understanding of the literature that has come out of the war; (2) develop a basic understanding of the progress of the war; (3) increase their awareness of the historical, political, and social ramifications of the war; and (4) explore the relationship of historical events to artistic depictions of those events.

    Notes
    Students supplement their readings by viewing representative films about the Vietnam War.
  

  • EH 321 - Brave New Worlds: The Dystopian Novel

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Recommended for students who enjoy reading and giving free reign to their imaginations, the course explores six works of socio-policital criticism, all of which envision not-so-pleasant future works:  Utopia, Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, and The Handmaid’s Tale.  Class discussion will focus on the novels’ shared concerns with ethics, social justice, technology, and the power of language manipulation to reshap reality.
  

  • EH 322 - Literature of the 1960s and 1970s

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The course includes some of the best novels, short stories, and poems written from 1960 to 1980, and is taught with the following objectives:  (1) enhance students’ understanding and appreciation of the literature; (2) increase students’ awareness of the historical, political, and social events of the time; (3) explore the relationship of historical events to artisitc depictions of those events.  Readings are supplemented by representative films of the period.
  

  • EH 325 - The English Profession in the Digital World

    Credits: 4 credits

    The course introduces students to online methods of research and publishing. Students gain experience with e-books, online journals, literary databases and specialized websites. They also examine issues pertaining to digitizing books, virtual libraries, copyright laws, and changes in reading habits.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite:  Completion of at least one intensive writing course at the 200 level or above (or permission of the instructor)
  

  • EH 401 - The English Language

    Credits: (4 credits)

    An introduction to linguistics, with special attention given to the nature and origins of language, the history of English, language acquisition, language diversity, and social and psychological aspects of language.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of at least four college English courses or permission of the instructor.
  

  • EH 402 - Senior Seminar in Literary Criticism

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Invites students to examine literature from various critical perspectives, such as reader response criticism, deconstruction, gender criticism, new historicism, psychoanalytic criticism, history of ideas methodology, Marxist criticism, cultural criticism, source study, and biographical and historical contexts. Relationships among literature and other areas of human thought and creativity also are explored.
  

  • EH 403 - English Intern Program

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The English intern spends an entire semester (12-18 hours per week) in a professional setting that offers opportunities for the student to apply what she/he has learned in English courses and to gain additional knowledge and experience in an English-related profession.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, a minimal cumulative G.P.A. of 2.5, a G.P.A. of 3.0 or better in English courses, and approval of the Department Chairperson.
  

  • EH 404 - 21st-Century Issues in American Culture

    Credits: (4 credits)

    An exploration of significant cultural issues (political, religious, sociological, and aesthetic) through the prism of literature (fiction, drama, poetry, memoir, and essay). The course may consider a range of issues or be constructed around a specific issue or event, e.g., literary responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; or literature and the environment in contemporary America.
  

  • EH 405 - Literature and American Culture Intern Program

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The intern spends an entire semester (12-18 hours) in a professional setting that offers opportunities for the student to apply what she/he has learned in major courses and to gain additional knowledge and experience in a profession related to the student’s major field of study.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, a minimal cumulative GPA of 2.5, a GPA of 3.0 or better in the major courses, and approval of the Department Chair.
  

  • ES 105 - Oceanography

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Oceanography is the inter-disciplinary study of marine environments, including coastal, open ocean, surface and deep water, and sea-floor environments.  Oceanography comprises four disciplines of geological, physical, chemical, and biological oceanography.  This course explores each of these disciplines and incorporates them into a holistic understanding of marine ecosystems.  Specific topics include coastal zone changes and management, controls of biological productivity and fisheries, the influence of climate changes on ocean system variability, and major threats from pollution to endangered species.  Laboratory and field exercises reinforce and illustrate the course content.

    Cross-listed
    MS-105
  

  • ES 106 - Gulf of Maine Environment by Sea Kayak

    Credits: 4 credits

    The Gulf of Maine has been one of the most biologically productive regions of the world. In this class, we will investigate the confluence of oceanographic, ecological, biological, geological, and chemical processes that have led to this amazing environment and use it as a microcosm of similar processes occurring globally. Our classroom will be the Gulf of Maine - we will access it by sea kayak. Starting with 4 days in western Casco Bay (near Portland), students will alternate class time with an introduction to sea kayaking. For the remaining 6 days of the course, we will venture further into Casco Bay, staying on islands. both from the seat of the kayak and on the islands, we will investigate a variety of ecosystems, looking both f0r evidence of a multitude of processes, and for evidence of human influence. A student-designed and executed, field-based research project is an integral component of the course; the research project is designed to develop analytical and design capabilities. Students will write and present a research paper based on the results of the research project.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    No pre-requisite required.

    Notes
    Offered May semester.
    No kayaking experience necessary.
    Weight and/or body size limited by limitations of kayaks
  

  • ES 205 - Environmental Chemistry

    Credits: 4 credits

    Application of basic chemistry concepts to understand the behavior of naturally occurring and anthropogenic chemicals in aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environments.  This class will provide an excellent scientific background to better understand the chemistry behind current environmental problems.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    CH 103-104

    Cross-listed
    CH205
  

  • ES 207 - Environmental Geology and Hydrology

    Credits: (4 credits)

         This course addresses natural and human-affected environmental conditions impacting humans and societies. Topics to be covered in lecture and lab include: the natural hazards of earthquakes and volcanoes; soil generation and contamination; land use practices and slope stability; mining and mine waste; petroleum by-product pollution and remediation; and coastal hazards. The course will be robustly supported by practical lab exercises.  

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    CH 103
    CH 104
  

  • ES 210 - Climate Change and Glacial Geology

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Climate has varied during the course of human history and pre-history, and is in an observable state of flux in the present day. In this course students investigate icehouse (glacial) and greenhouse climates, both locally (New England) and globally. Analysis of glacial and climatological events, alpine and continental glaciations, and natural- and human-induced causes, informs and promotes understanding of past and present climate change. Laboratory and field exercises are integral components of the course.
  

  • ES 215 - Limnology

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Introduction to the study of lakes. Emphasis is placed on the interplay among chemical, physical, geological, and biological components of lacustrine systems. Much of the course involves field-oriented studies of Sebago Lake, a large glacial ice-scour lake adjacent to Saint Joseph’s campus.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: ES 101, CH 103-104.
  

  • ES 300 - Ecology and the Environmental Challenge

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Today’s students are tomorrow’s decision-makers. Independent of their ultimate careers, it will be their decisions that collectively decide the fate of our planet. This course will provide students with a solid foundation in earth system processes and past, current, and future environmental problems and solutions so that they are better equipped to make informed, environmentally responsible decisions.
  

  • ES 301 - Seminar in Environmental Science

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The Seminar in Environmental Science is an upper-level skills course, designed to allow students with a solid background in environmental sciences to enhance their ability to research and understand scholarly works in multiple disciplines, and to improve presentation and oral communication skills. Successful professional scientists must be able to understand, interpret, and analyze scientific studies in unfamiliar disciplines; they must also be able to present complex scientific information coherently to audiences that can vary widely in background. Through literature research, discussion, and professional format presentation, students hone these essential skills.
  

  • ES 315 - Seminar: Environmental and Marine Science

    Credits: (4 credits)
  

  • ES 321 - Conservation Biology

     Conservation biology is a new, synthetic and truly interdisciplinary area of study focused on the preservation of global biodiversity, including genetic and species diversity, and the habitats in which these species reside.  This discipline, and thus this course, considers topics related to the current crisis that now exists associated with the ever-increasing rates of extinction of plant, animal and other species around the globe.  This course focuses on three main objectives.  First, we must document the full range of biological diversity on the earth.  Then we will investigate human impacts on biological diversity.  And finally, we must consider practical approaches to prevent the extinction of species.  Many consider the loss of global biodiversity to be one of the most serious of our environmental problems, one that one day, may even threaten us as a species and affect our ability to survive on this planet.  This course also includes a laboratory, where we will address various topics related to material being covered in lecture. 

    Cross-listed
    BI 320 Conservation Biology
  

  • ES 401 A - Senior Research

    Credits: (2-4 credits per semester)

    Students will research the topic, ask an appropriate question, design field and lab sampling/experimental protocol and carry out research.

    Notes
    This course is for seniors who have achieved an average of 3.0 or better within the major and provides students an opportunity to carry out high-quality scientific research. The ultimate goal of student projects will be publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal and/or presentation of results at a scientific conference. The final project will be presented to the Saint Joseph’s College community during a spring seminar (for Senior Environmental Science majors only).
  

  • ES 401 B - Senior Research

    Credits: (2-4 credits per semester)

    Students will research the topic, ask an appropriate question, design field and lab sampling/experimental protocol and carry out research.

    Notes
    This course is for seniors who have achieved an average of 3.0 or better within the major and provides students an opportunity to carry out high-quality scientific research. The ultimate goal of student projects will be publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal and/or presentation of results at a scientific conference. The final project will be presented to the Saint Joseph’s College community during a spring seminar (for Senior Environmental Science majors only).
  

  • FI 301 - Business Finance

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Concepts and techniques for determining the need for the acquisition and management of capital resources for firms including financial analysis, forecasting, leveraging, capital budgeting, time value of money, investment banking, common and preferred stock financing and bond evaluation.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisites: AC 211, MG 101.
  

  • FI 302 - Risk Mgt. and Insurance

    Credits: (4 credits)
  

  • FI 303 - Investments

    Credits: (4 credits)

    The objective is to provide an understanding of the investment process. Topics include a study of stock markets and functions, securities legislation, source of investment information, evaluation of alternative investments, valuation of bonds and stocks, risk-return analysis, and portfolio strategies.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: FI 301.
  

  • FI 304 - Money and Banking

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Provides a broad and basic survey of the financial structure of the United States. Starts with money and credit transactions in the economy and the institutions involved in those transactions including the Federal Reserve and commercial banks. Examines the effects of the transactions on economic activity and the interrelationships among financial institutions, business firms, and consumers.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: EC 203, FI 301.
  

  • FI 305 - Analyzing Financial Statements

    Credits: (4 credits)

    Emphasizes the accounting measurement and reporting practices underlying financial statements and examines the processes and methods of financial statement analysis. Provides deeper understanding the managerial functions of planning, financing, investing and operating.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite
    Prerequisite: FI 301.
 

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