2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 27, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses that meet the General Education Curriculum (GEC) are so noted at the end of their individual course description.

Courses noted as “shared” are also offered at one or more of the other Vermont State Colleges.

 

Education

  
  • EDU 3266 - Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part II: Numeracy & Quantitative Reasoning for Diverse Learners


    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides students with the opportunities to explore mathematical thinking and examine ways in which teachers support this thinking. The focus will be on how mathematical understanding develops as children learn mathematics in inclusive classrooms. This course will involve observation of math lessons, lesson planning, practice teaching and lesson study as well as reading and informal and formal papers. Students will observe and participate in an assigned elementary school classroom under the supervision of a licensed teacher during a 60-hour practicum shared with EDU 3265  Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part I: Language, Literacy, & Literature for Diverse Learners.

    Prerequisites: EDU 2370 ; MAT 2021 ; EDU TEW2 ; overall 2.75 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS I; permission of program director

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3300 - Introduction to Classroom Management


    Credit(s): 1

    Advanced research, theories and practices of classroom management at elementary, middle and high school levels are studied in this course.

    Restrictions: Permission of department chair

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3311 - Foundations of Inclusive Practices


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines the social construction of disability in society, the characteristics of diverse learners and the strategies to address these characteristics. The course will focus on methods of universal instruction to promote an inclusive education. Students will gain knowledge of the contemporary models of special education, the related laws and regulations guiding these models and the policies governing these practices.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3265  or EDU 3266  or EDU 3112  or EDU 3140  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3350 - Foundations of Language and Literacy Instruction


    Credit(s): 3

    This course focuses on the content knowledge requisite for teaching students, including English Language Learners, to effectively receive and express thoughts and ideas through oral and written language. Teacher candidates will learn about the structure of English language, and understand the processes by which students learn to read and write.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3020 and ENG 2540, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 3360 - Promoting Inventive Thinking: Integrating Multimodal Literacy Across the Curriculum


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines modern definitions of literacy through an exploration of the following literacies: information literacy, multicultural literacy, media literacy and critical literacy. Students will learn how these literacies relate to their content area instruction and discover ways to use them to promote high level thinking skills and creativity in their students. Digital reading comprehension, interactive pedagogy, multiliteracies, new literacies and the use and creation of multimodal texts are examples of some of the specific topics that will be examined in detail.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3140  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3425 - GeoCultural Studies


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the intersection of history, culture, geography and economics as students engage in individual and group inquiry projects related to national and international peoples and places.  The course will place equal emphasis on learning and engaging in the inquiry process and exploring geocultural themes.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3440 - Teaching Toward Democracy


    Credit(s): 3

    This course studies the practice of teaching throughout history, across cultures and among diverse settings. Teaching is examined as a sociopolitical endeavor with specific consideration of its professional, ethical and legal context. Students learn to analyze the means by which social values shape the work of teaching, with particular attention to the role of assessment. Attention is drawn to educational agents, educational policies and educational practices that have moved schooling toward more equitable and inclusive practice. Students conduct a collaborative fieldwork project with the goal of teaching toward democracy. 20 hours of fieldwork required.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3265  or EDU 3266  or EDU 3112  or EDU 3140  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3445 - Applied Mechanics I


    Credit(s): 3

    Beginning with a review of the basic principles of physical processes, this course introduces students to the design procedures for mechanical operations and problem solving.  With consideration of social context, scientific methods, and principles of engineering, students learn when and how mechanics are useful for addressing real-world problems.  The social and ethical effects of science and engineering are considered.

    Prerequisites: PHY 2031 

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3460 - Literature & Media for Children & Youth


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines a wide range of literature and media for children and young adults.  Participants study literature selections for different reading levels across age groups and learn to conduct text analysis while building an understanding of literature as an intersection of aesthetics, semiotics, culture, literacy, and learning.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3510 - Differentiating Instruction, Assessment & Spec Ed Law


    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides instruction in the methods and materials appropriate for teaching students with special learning needs in the inclusive classroom. Models of designing an inclusive classroom, including universal design and differentiated instruction, are studied with an emphasis on using assessment data to inform instruction. The course provides an introduction to special education law and the special education process. This offers students an opportunity to participate in the development of the Individualized Education Program and to work collaboratively as a member of the Evaluation and Planning team.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 2210, EDU 2120, and sophomore standing. Licensure students take the Praxis II test as a program requirement. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 3525 - Teaching Math and Science


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the best practices for teaching math and science. Topics examined include effective methods and approaches for teaching math and science, content specific and cross curricular lesson planning, and using standards and assessments to inform teaching pedagogy in the classroom. There is a field work component for this course.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3185 and MAT 2010, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 3530 - Social Science Methods


    Credit(s): 2

    This course, using elementary social studies as a basis, provides instruction in developing learning opportunities and multiple assessments that support children in attaining educational standards. “Best practice” instruction is modeled and practiced by the students. A balanced variety of assessment strategies are examined.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3020 and EDU 3185, each with a C+ or better, or permission. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 3540 - Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Classroom


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines the instructional strategies, curriculum methods, and resources used in teaching literacy in elementary classrooms. There will be an in-depth examination of the components of effective reading and writing instruction as identified by research. Course content will include effective instructional practices for differentiating instruction for students with differing learning abilities including English Language Learners. Use of formative assessment to inform instruction will be emphasized, and links to national and state standards for student learning will be made throughout the course. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3350 with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 3570 - Dynamic Symmetry


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines the principles and applications of design for engineering.  Through a study of the principles of design in nature, art, architecture, engineering, social interactions, education, communication, and organizational systems, students learn to see their world geometrically, dynamically, and aesthetically.  Students will be able to use this understanding to design more interesting, inspiring, and effective projects across disciplines.  Students will learn strategies for introducing the principles of engineering design to new settings, including youth venues emphasizing STE/AM education.  This interdisciplinary course examines cross-cutting concepts from design, engineering, art, science, social systems, education, and organizational studies.  This course is included in the Aesthetic Perspective of JSC’s General Education Program:  A Program of Integrative Understanding.  It explores the human experience of artistic and natural forms.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3710 - Special Topics in Education


    Credit(s): Variable

    This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Education curriculum.

    Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.

  
  • EDU 3730 - Educational Laws & Regulations


    Credit(s): 1

    This course provides students with an overview of educational laws and regulations for educators. Through this course students will examine the historical events such as key case laws, civil rights acts, and federal regulations that shaped current educational laws and regulations. Students will learn about key laws and regulations pertaining to educational records, mandated reporting, educational interventions and plans, regulations for the evaluation and identification of students suspected of having a disability, accommodation plans for students who have special needs, and the provision of special education services to students found eligible for special education services.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 2010 and EDU 2120, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 3750 - Literature for Children


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines the use of children’s literature, including informational texts, as an instructional tool in the elementary classroom. Key concepts will include assessing text complexity, using literature to explore cultural diversity, and effective strategies for sharing texts with children of different age groups and reading levels.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3540 with a B- or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 3810 - Apprenticeship Fieldwork


    Credit(s): 4

    This course emphasizes working collaboratively with one’s colleagues, developing teaching skills that address the needs of all children, and developing teaching an effective teaching style. Each student is assigned two mentors - a professor and a teacher in the field - to introduce her or him to all aspects of teaching. The mentors work closely with the student in the field demonstrating techniques and observing and evaluating the student’s performance. 

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 2120, EDU 2210, EDU 2250, EDU 2840, EDU 3020, EDU 3325, EDU 3350, EDU 3520, EDU 3530, EDU 3540, EDU 3550, EDU 3560, acceptance to the Elementary Education major, a passing score on Praxis Core, and a GPA of 2.70. Co-requisite courses are EDU 3315 and EDU 3510, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 3811 - Instructional Practicum


    Credit(s): 3-6

    Students are assigned to work with a cooperating teacher in a school under the guidance of a college supervisor. Students provide individual, small group and whole class instruction. Using educational literature and best practices, they design, instruct and assess formal, standards-based lessons in their content area. As well, they participate in and contribute to the general operation of the classroom and school. Students receive critique and feedback from the classroom teacher and the supervisor, and construct a professional self-assessment. The course involves regular meetings with the supervisor. Practicum hours vary by program.

    Restrictions: Permission of instructor

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 3820 - Special Education Practicum


    Credit(s): 3

    The purpose of this course is to expand one’s understanding of what constitutes an appropriate special education. In keeping with the model of family centered care, the student works closely with the family of an exceptional child. The student and family members then create learning opportunities based not on predetermined school standards, but on the child’s and family’s interests and strengths. On campus meetings provide an opportunity to reflect upon the experience.

  
  • EDU 3825 - Teaching Over Time: Curriculum Development


    Credit(s): 3

    This course assists students in developing, planning, implementing, and evaluating lessons and units of instruction that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and other applicable standards (e.g. NET-S, ASCA, NGSS). Coursework becomes the basis for, or is similar to, lessons and units that students will utilize in their Teaching Apprenticeship (EDU 4475) and include in their licensure portfolio for Vermont Educators. Managing time efficiently and utilizing formative assessment strategies and appropriate instructional materials/resources are emphasized. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3525, EDU 3530, and EDU 3540 each with a B- or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 3830 - Early Childhood Techniques


    Credit(s): 3

    This course promotes the development of teaching skills for working with young children. Students will integrate theories of child development and pedagogical strategies into teaching practice. Students assume increasing responsibility for curriculum development, classroom management, and instruction in a single setting. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 1030 with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee.  This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4015 - Educational Travel


    Credit(s): 1-3

    This course provides students the opportunity to enhance their education through travel. Relevant cultural, historical, and natural sites will be explored. Students will be required to attend meetings before and after the trip, research sites to be visited, record observations, and write a final paper. This course may be repeated for credit with a change of location.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is permission. There is a course fee.

  
  • EDU 4020 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores teaching methods and techniques in the classroom for students preparing to teach English in grades 7-12, as well as preparation, implementation, and assessment of curriculum in secondary English. It also covers the teacher’s relationship with the school and the community. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3150.

  
  • EDU 4025 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Mathematics


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores teaching methods and techniques in the classroom for students preparing to teach mathematics in grades 7-12, as well as preparation, implementation, and assessment of curriculum in secondary mathematics. It also covers the teacher’s relationship with the school and the community. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3150.

  
  • EDU 4030 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Social Studies


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores teaching methods and techniques in the classroom for students preparing to teach social studies in grades 7-12, as well as preparation, implementation, and assessment of curriculum in secondary social studies. It also covers the teacher’s relationship with the school and the community. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3150.

  
  • EDU 4040 - Methods in Teaching Secondary Science


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores teaching methods and techniques in the classroomm for students preparing to teach science in grades 7-12, as well as preparation, implementation, and assessment of curriculum in secondary science. It also covers the teacher’s relationship with the school and the community. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3150. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 4050 - Teaching Diverse Learners: Strategies, Assessment, Law


    Credit(s): 3

    This course introduces students to the special education process including the development of the Individualized Education Program. The course explores effective methods for individualizing instruction and modifying curriculum to meet the needs of students with special needs. Students are taught to use assessment data to guide recommendations in the classroom setting.

  
  • EDU 4051 - Strategies to Promote Inclusive Practices


    Credit(s): 3

    This course addresses the strategies to promote inclusive practices in the classroom. The course will review basic remedial principles, specific teaching methods, principles of universal instruction, lesson planning, and IEP development for students with unique learning characteristics. The course will also address the causes of emotional problems in school-aged children. Students will review specific behavior and adjustment problems and study appropriate classroom management and educational procedures. Emphasis will be placed on functional behavior assessment, positive behavior intervention plans and positive behavior instructional supports.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4070 - Teaching Students with Special Needs: Elementary Emphasis


    Credit(s): 3

    This course reviews the etiology, characteristics, and evaluation of individuals diagnosed as learning impaired or learning disabled. The course studies current research and practice regarding teaching strategies, instructional modifications, curriculum, and transitional planning, supervising paraprofessionals, and collaboration with other professionals.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3185 and EDU 3730, each with a B- or better, or permission. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4080 - Language & Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines emergent literacy development through the lens of the young child’s developmental domains. Instruction will focus on research-based developmentally appropriate strategies for promoting early language and literacy skills. There is a field work component for this course.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 3540 with a B- or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4130 - Implementing Content Specific Methods in a Secondary Classroom


    Credit(s): 4

    This course serves as a pre-practicum experience for secondary education students. As such, students will spend the majority of time working side-by-side with a licensed educator at a local secondary school. Academic study accompanying this pre-practicum experience will focus on instructional and assessment methods specific to a student’s content area major.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3360 ; EDU 3311 ; EDU TEW3  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4250 - e-Portfolio Development


    Credit(s): 1

    This course will assist students in developing the e-Portfolio required for licensure. Students will demonstrate reflective practice through the artifacts that are included in the portfolio.  

    Prerequisites: The course is to be taken concurrently with ECE 4811, EDU 4811, or EDU 4880. The course is offered every semester.

  
  • EDU 4310 - The Art of Experience in Education: Designing for Engagement & Accomplishment through the Unified Arts


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines curriculum theory and practice across time and through a variety of frameworks with specific attention to the role of experience and the unified arts. Topics include knowledge and understanding, processual and experiential learning, and engagement and motivation. A variety of designs are introduced and analyzed, such as theme-based, learner-centered, problem-oriented and critical approaches, as well as inclusion, differentiation, multiculturalism, cooperative learning, backward design and integration. Students will study the process of constructing content units employing Universal Design for Learning, with attention to technical literacy, diversity and adaptation. This course provides a 40-60 hour supervised practicum in a local school accompanied by a regular seminar. An application for the practicum should be submitted during the prior semester.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3112 ; EDU 3311 ; EDU TEW3  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4368 - Classroom Strategies Practicum


    Credit(s): 3

    This is a field-based course. Under the guidance of a college supervisor, students work with a classroom teacher to study and practice classroom strategies. The course covers best practices for creating a professional classroom environment, instructional efficiency, activity transition, discipline and management, work routines for teachers and problem solving. Students seeking Initial Elementary Teacher licensure must enroll for 3 credits; students will be placed in an elementary classroom for an entire semester and attend according to the school’s calendar. Students may repeat the course for fewer credits. Students seeking a classroom practicum may enroll for fewer credits. Students in other endorsement areas will make arrangements with an NVU-Johnson Education Department Chair.

    Prerequisites: EDU TEW3  

    Corequisites: EDU 4630  or permission of department chair

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4450 - Assessment of Exceptional Students


    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides instruction in the ethical administration, scoring and interpretation of tests commonly used in the assessment of students with differing abilities. Although a variety of assessment types will be explored including cognitive, language, achievement, behavior, and emotional, the focus of the course will be on tests commonly used by special education teachers in schools. Preference for assessments will be based on their psychometric properties, theoretical basis, appeal to evaluators and students, and their age. The course examines federal regulations as well as Vermont guidelines and procedures for identifying students with special needs.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites is EDU 4070 or PSY 4020 or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.

  
  • EDU 4460 - Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities


    Credit(s): 3

    This course presents the study of methods of assessment, evaluation, and programming for children with behavioral and/or emotional disabilities that interfere with normal learning and social development. Students investigate behavior modification, biophysical, ecological, developmental, psychodynamic, and countertheoretical approaches. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is EDU 4450 with a B- or better, or permission. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4475 - Teaching Apprenticeship


    Credit(s): 6

    This course emphasizes working collaboratively with ones colleagues, developing teaching skills that address the needs of all children, and developing an effective teaching style. Each student is assigned two mentors - a professor and a teacher in the field - to introduce her or him to all aspects of teaching. The mentors work closely with the student in the field demonstrating techniques and observing and evaluating the student’s performance.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3750 and EDU 3825 each with a B- or better, acceptance to the Elementary Education major, and permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4580 - Reading Disabilities I


    Credit(s): 3

    This course is essential for prospective Tier II and Tier III providers. This course covers the identification of reading disabilities, the classification of reading problems, and an introduction to research-based strategies for Tier II and Tier III interventions. Students will learn about formative assessments as well as norm-referenced diagnostic assessments specific to this course. There is a field work component.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3540 and EDU 4450 each with a B- or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • EDU 4630 - Integrated Elementary Methods Practicum: Intention, Knowledge & Presence


    Credit(s): 6

    This course provides elementary classroom teacher candidates with an integrated experience of teaching and study resulting in working knowledge of elementary school curriculum, pedagogy and policies. Work done for seminar-style class sessions is integrated with candidates’ student teaching experience and builds on daily observations and direct work with teachers and children at the elementary level. Readings and activities cover overarching ideas about learning and learners, lesson planning, classroom management, assessment and current research, initiative and policy. Seminars focus on methods and materials needed to teach literacy, mathematics, social studies and science, but emphasis is also placed on integrating academic disciplines with the arts, physical education, technology, experiential learning and thematic units. Instruction occurs in once-a-week seminars that are held in NVU-Johnson’s “partner schools.”

    Prerequisites: EDU 3265 , EDU 3266 , EDU 3311  and EDU TEW3  

    Corequisites: EDU 3125 , EDU 4368  and EDU TEW4 .

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4640 - Special Education Practices & Procedures


    Credit(s): 6

    The purpose of this course is to examine theoretical and practical methods for effective collaboration and consultation to assist in developing inclusive programming for students with diverse learning needs in schools. Students will learn various models of consultation and collaboration for working with colleagues, families and community agencies. Students will explore the referral process, IEP procedures and other special education responsibilities, including the development of an individualized education plan.

    Prerequisites: EDU 3025  and EDU 3266  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4650 - Capstone & Thesis Seminar


    Credit(s): 3

    This course serves two purposes. The first is to provide a forum for reflective practice regarding the student teaching experience. Employing an action research approach, students will assess their student teaching experience with an aim of establishing a unique guiding theme for their identity as a novice teacher. Additionally, the course provides guidance for students through the final stage of submitting their capstone portfolio, which includes materials constructed over the span of their coursework as well as their thesis unit as implemented during student teaching. Students must make a public presentation of their thesis unit and their learning. Students seeking Initial educator licensure must enroll for 3 credits; students will be placed in a seminar by location.

    Corequisites: EDU 4812  or EDU 4820  or EDU 4812  or EDU 4850 , and EDU TEW5 .

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4680 - Reading Disabilities II


    Credit(s): 3

    This course offers opportunities to consider actual reading problems in relation to a wide variety of diagnostic and remedial activities.
    The field work activities focus on using and evaluating evidence-based strategies while working with students.

    Prerequisites: This course may be repeated once for credit. The prerequisite is EDU 4580 with a B- or better, or permission. There is a course fee.

  
  • EDU 4710 - Special Topics in Education


    Credit(s): Variable

    This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Education curriculum.

    Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.

  
  • EDU 4730 - Student Teaching Seminar


    Credit(s): 2

    This course is taken concurrently with student teaching and students work on the requirements of professional competencies. Students research and present issues in education as they relate to the student teaching experience. 

    Prerequisites: This course must be taken concurrently with ECE 4811, EDU 4811, or EDU 4880. This course is offered every semester.

  
  • EDU 4811 - Teaching Elementary Education


    Credit(s): 7-12

    This course places students in a public school classroom. Students gradually increase their involvement, culminating in a period of full-time teaching under the direction of a qualified supervising teacher. The course involves practical application of teaching principles, knowledge, and understanding of youth and their development. Please note that 15 weeks of student teaching equals 12 credits and ten weeks of student teaching equals 7 credits.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 4475 with a B- or better, a passing score on at least two of the four sections of the Praxis II tests, a minimum of 3.00 GPA in courses for the major, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00, and permission. This course must be taken concurrently with, or after, EDU 4730. There is a course fee. This course is offered every semester. 

  
  • EDU 4812 - Unified Arts Student Teaching


    Credit(s): 12

    This full-semester course involves full-time student teaching in art and participation in frequent seminars which focus on techniques, materials and technology pertinent to teaching art in an elementary school.

    Prerequisites: EDU 4310 ; EDU TEW4 ; overall 3.0 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS II; permission of placement coordinator

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4820 - Elementary Student Teaching


    Credit(s): 12

    Following a semester of prescriptive study after Practicum I, the student enrolling in Elementary Practicum II will spend a full semester student teaching in a school district. Evaluation is based on the student’s demonstration of the competence generally expected of a first-year teacher.

    Prerequisites: EDU 4368 , EDU 4630 ; EDU TEW4 ; overall 3.0 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS II; permission of placement coordinator

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4850 - Secondary Education Student Teaching


    Credit(s): 12

    Students spend a full semester in a secondary classroom setting, gradually increasing their involvement, and culminating in a period of full-time teaching under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Practical application of teaching principles, knowledge, and understanding of adolescents is involved.

    Prerequisites: EDU 4130 ; EDU TEW4 ; overall 3.0 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS II; permission of placement coordinator

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • EDU 4850 - Secondary Student Teaching


    Credit(s): 12

    This course places students in a secondary classroom. Students gradually increase their involvement, culminating in a period of full-time teaching under the supervision of a qualified cooperating teacher. This course involves practical application of teaching principles, content knowledge, and understanding of youth and their development. Students must take at least fifteen continuous weeks of student teaching for 12 credits.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 4020, 4025,4030 or 4040, a GPA of 3.0, and passing scores in both Praxis Core and Praxis II. This course is offered every semester. There is a course fee.

  
  • EDU 4880 - Teaching Special Education


    Credit(s): 7-12

    This course introduces the student to special education in resource rooms, regular education classrooms, and other setting where special education takes place. Students gradually increase their involvement, culminating in a period of full-time teaching under the direction of a qualified supervising teacher. The course involves practical application of teaching principles, knowledge and understanding of youth and their development. Please note that 15 weeks of student teaching equals 12 credits and 10weeks of student teaching equals 7 credits.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 4475, EDU 4070, EDU 4450, EDU 4460, and EDU 4580, each with a B- or better, a passing score on at least two of the four sections of the Praxis II test, a minimum of 3.00 GPA in courses for the major, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00, and permission. This course must be taken concurrently with, or after, EDU 4730. There is a course fee. This course is offered every semester.

  
  • EDU 4910 - Independent Study in Education


    Credit(s): 1 to 4

    This course gives the more mature student an opportunity to work on a well-formulated problem of special interest.

    Prerequisites: This is an elective offered by permission of the department.

  
  • EDU 4910 - Independent Study in Education (J)


    Credit(s): 1-12

    Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus


English

  
  • ENG 1005 - College Reading


    Credit(s): 3

    This course is designed to teach critical reading skills applicable to course work in many fields. Students will learn how to recognize the essential points in a piece of reading, as well as how to discern the writer’s tone and how to evaluate the relevance of supporting information. They will learn to ask questions about what they read, rather than taking what appears in print on faith. Though this course is not intended to be a speed reading course or a remedial course for serious deficits in reading skills, students who successfully complete this course will be more comfortable and fluent with a variety of texts and better prepared for further college work.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1025 - Academic & Professional English for Non-Native Speakers


    Credit(s): 3

    This one-semester course is for non-native speakers of English who have been in the United States for under ten years and who speak another language at home. The course reinforces the reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that students have acquired in secondary school composition and content courses. Students will focus on expanding their knowledge of voice, mode, and specialized vocabulary in college courses across the curriculum. They will also learn sociocultural and historical references, as well as idioms specific to contemporary American usage. Throughout the semester, they will utilize context clues and a range of rhetorical strategies essential for success in first-year reading, writing, and oral/aural assignments.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

    Repeatable for Credit: Yes.

  
  • ENG 1031 - College Writing 1A


    Credit(s): 3

    This course – with ENG 1032 , which must be taken afterward – covers the material of ENG 1071 . Students must earn a grade of C- or better in ENG-1031 in order to enroll in ENG 1032. If both courses are successfully completed, students earn 6 credits toward graduation.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1032 - College Writing 1B


    Credit(s): 3

    This course – with ENG 1031 , which must be taken beforehand – covers the material of ENG 1071 . Students must earn a grade of C- or better in ENG 1031 in order to enroll in this course. If both courses are successfully completed, students earn 6 credits toward graduation.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1031  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1035 - Foundations of Reading and Writing


    Credit(s): 1.5

    This course focuses on individualized and group work covering study skills such as note-taking, outlining, skimming, and vocabulary development, as well as critical reading skills including recognizing essential points, evaluating the relevance of supporting information, and asking questions about the text. Intensive instruction in writing process provides students with basic English literacy and competence. Paragraph and short essay forms will be covered, and a review of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence mechanics and structure will support students’ writing on a college level.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Repeatable for Credit: Yes, three times.

    Notes: There is a course fee.
  
  • ENG 1045 - FYS: Dreams, Freedom, and Wonder


    Credit(s): 3

    In this course you will view, discuss, and then write about a number of American films from the past quarter century.  Each film incorporates themes of writing, dreaming, and discovering one’s truest self.  Along the way, your thinking will expand, and your critical reading and writing skills will improve.  Field trips to an arts cinema and/or a local film festival will enhance the classroom experience.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1070 - Effective Speaking


    Credit(s): 3

    Students prepare and deliver short speeches, practicing how to choose, limit and arrange what they say according to their audience and purpose, and to use visual aids and cite sources appropriately.

    Recommended: ENG 1072  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1071 - College Writing


    Credit(s): 3

    This course emphasizes the writing of narrative, descriptive and analytic essays developed around a central thesis. The construction of coherent, well-organized paragraphs, as well as standard punctuation, usage, grammar and spelling, receive special attention.

    Prerequisites: PLE 0003  or ENG-0041

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1072 - Exposition & Analysis


    Credit(s): 3

    This course addresses the writing of analytic essays, focusing on the structure of persuasive writing, the appropriate consideration of audience and the development of style. The course culminates in a research paper.

    Prerequisites: PLE 0004  or ENG 1071  or ENG 1031  or ENG 1032  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1081 - Writing and Reading Strategies for College


    Credit(s): 3

    This course introduces students to the study of language fundamentals and provides practice in reading strategies and in organizing and writing short essays necessary for college success. While providing instruction in syntax, grammar, diction, punctuation, and the conventions of standard academic English, this course emphasizes instruction in writing and reading processes, including invention and revision strategies, developing or locating a thesis, and organizing the material into a coherent whole. The course also includes an introduction to information literacy, particularly collecting or researching information, but does not necessarily include a formal academic research paper.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Notes: There is a course fee.
  
  • ENG 1082 - Academic Inquiry


    Credit(s): 3

    This writing course provides an opportunity for study and practice in the principles of rhetoric, evidence, analysis, exposition, and argument as a foundation for academic inquiry. Students will be expected to analyze source material from across the disciplines; to evaluate, summarize, and document the thoughts of others; and to synthesize researched evidence to create clear explanations and to develop one’s own academic argument. The course includes a review of research process and grammar and mechanics as needed, and at least one formal research paper will be required.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1081  with a C- or better, or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Notes: There is a course fee.
  
  • ENG 1090 - FYS: The Vampire in Western Culture


    Credit(s): 3

    This course focuses on the vampire in Western culture in order to ask the questions: “How and why does a culture create outsiders, exiles and scapegoats?” “Why has the vampire become a figure that fires our imaginations, our fears and our desires?” We will consider folklore, history, geography, literature and film to study the cultural appeal of the vampire from the 18th to the twenty-first century, although the majority of the course will focus on the latter part of this chronology. We will also examine a selection of medical and psychological theories to gain insight into why the vampire has remained a figure of attraction (or revulsion) for centuries.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1220 - Rhetorical Expression


    Credit(s): 3

    Through intensive practice with short essays and close instruction, students in this course enhance their skills in written expression. They become more effective and comfortable with the writing process, use of good mechanics and precise language, development of a natural style, and standard rhetorical forms and strategies.

    Restrictions: NVU Online Students Only.

    Offering Location: Online

    Notes: Pass/No Pass only.
  
  • ENG 1260 - Introduction to Photojournalism


    Credit(s): 3

    This course introduces students to the art and craft of visual narrative and provides the skills needed to produce effective images in a journalistic context. Students learn the elements of a good news photo, which means developing an understanding of composition, content and professional representation as they pertain to the demands of photojournalism. Students also learn how photojournalists work and where they fit within the framework of news organizations, be it newspapers, magazines or web. The class includes lectures, field assignments, collective critiques and guest speakers.

    Prerequisites: ART 2301  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1280 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking


    Credit(s): 3

    This course focuses on the practical skills of public speaking essential for effective expository and persuasive presentations in interpersonal, small group, and broad public circumstances. Topics may include extemporaneous and prepared speaking techniques, effective listening, critical analysis, and basic principles of organization and research needed for effective speeches.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 1310 - Introduction to Literature (J)


    Credit(s): 3

    This is an examination of poetry, fiction and drama, emphasizing key literary concepts and techniques, including plot, theme, character, point of view and prosody.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1310 - Introduction to Literature (L)


    Credit(s): 3

    This course consists of the study of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. It develops the ability to read perceptively and to write effectively about literature.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 1330 - FYS: Language of Film


    Credit(s): 3

    Just as learning a foreign language requires a sensibility for rules and structure, effective communication using film and video requires an understanding of the filmic conventions that have grown up through the past 100 years of film history. Understanding these conventions is especially important as changes in technology bring the tools for video creation to personal computers and devices. Today’s students and workers have unprecedented opportunity for video expression in both their academic and professional careers.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1360 - FYS: Dystopia: Cautionary Tales of a Nightmarish Future


    Credit(s): 3

    Probing basic questions of human nature and society, dystopian (the worst of all possible worlds) literature and film reveal anxieties that remain chillingly applicable today. We will explore such issues as the self, alienation, freedom, complicity, citizenship, love, faith, sex, technology and happiness through a variety of novels and films.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1420 - FYS: Journaling: Writing in New Territory


    Credit(s): 3

    The objective of this course is to use writing as a means to stimulate reflective and critical thinking. With these skills, the students can then see the world through these lenses, as students and as writers. Students will do investigative writing; that is, they will not only write what they observe, but also they will write about how and why these observations affect the interpretation of experience, insight and knowledge. Students will use daily writing as a crucial medium for thinking. Students use their journals as a way to communicate through observation, reflection, introspection and written expression.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1430 - FYS: Nature Writing


    Credit(s): 3

    In this course, students will read writings ranging from nonfiction, fiction, poetry, folklore, and children’s literature to environmental policy in order to explore the relationship between nature and identity and the way society and nature intersect. We will use these readings and our own experiences in the natural world to communicate our own beliefs and advocate for important environmental policy. Nature walks will figure into (and out of) class time.

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 1710 - Special Topics in English


    Credit(s): Variable

    This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general English curriculum.

    Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.

  
  • ENG 2005 - The Self-Sufficient Writer


    Credit(s): 3

    This course is intended to replace the Writing Proficiency Portfolio and is the means by which students who have failed the Writing Proficiency Exam may satisfy the last element of the General Education Core Curriculum in writing. As with the Writing Proficiency Exam, the emphasis of the course is the writing of extemporaneous persuasive essays in edited standard American English, without help from instructors or software-based spelling and grammar aids. Students will be expected to write in-class essays that state a clear thesis and develop that central idea concretely, logically and correctly. Class time is spent reviewing and cultivating the wide range of skills necessary to prepare students for the writing of analytic essays with a minimum of errors and without assistance from the instructor: review of and quizzes over the rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling and usage; editing passages and dictation exercises; peer teaching; and every week, in-class writing.

    Prerequisites: Failure of the Writing Proficiency Exam

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2031 - History and Art of Publishing


    Credit(s): 3

    This course teaches the basic principles and fundamentals of literary magazine editing, production and layout. This includes the fundamentals of editorial selection, the processing and managing of submissions, editorial discussions of submitted material, editorial correspondence (rejections and acceptances), ordering of the final manuscript and preparation of the electronic manuscript for typesetting. Students are responsible for producing and publishing an edition of the journal over the course of the semester. Students act as editors and editorial assistants, reading, identifying and selecting well-written manuscript submissions, as well as selecting art. They also work in both production and marketing; develop skills in evaluating and reading copy and editing prose and poetry; evaluate art and photography; developing skills in layout and production; and interview and write articles on contemporary writers. This is primarily a lab course, academic in nature.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson

  
  • ENG 2051 - Introduction to Journalism


    Credit(s): 3

    The basics of news gathering and news writing are taught with an emphasis on print and digital formats.  Students will write for Basement Medicine, the student-run NVU-Johnson and community newspaper, also serving as auxilary staff. The nuts and bolts of journalistic research, photojournalism, interviewing, story structure, and AP style are incorporated into the semester’s work.  Ethics, basic media law, and the history of journalism are also part of the course.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2052 - News Publishing


    Credit(s): 3

    This course will focus on editing the campus newspaper. The students will comprise the newspaper editorial staff. They will assign stories and photography; write news stories, columns and editorials; and learn layout (desktop publishing). In addition, some of the class will be designated to handle the business end of publication: advertising sales, budget and acquisition of supplies and equipment. This is a hands-on class required of all journalism majors and open to all majors.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1072 ; ENG 2051  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2101 - Creative Writing


    Credit(s): 3

    Students analyze and practice the techniques of poetry and prose fiction. In poetry, students work with imagery, metaphor, tone and diction, and experiment with traditional and contemporary verse forms. In prose fiction, students work with plot, setting, point of view and characterization.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2130 - Introduction to Writing Poetry


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the art and the craft of writing poetry and offers an opportunity to practice concepts learned in class in a variety of written exercises. While the instruction encourages students to study published poetry, the emphasis will be on writing poetry for an audience of poetry readers. The course will also cover the rudiments of narrative structure. No previous creative writing experience is required.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1081  or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 2140 - Introduction to Writing Fiction


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the art and the craft of writing fiction and offers an opportunity to practice concepts learned in class in a variety of written exercises. While the instruction encourages students to study published fiction, the emphasis will be on writing original fiction. No creative writing experience is required.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1081  or permission. 

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 2155 - Multimedia Storytelling


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the theory and practice of creative and professional writing across media platforms. The instruction allows students to construct narratives using a mix of text, photography, audio, video, and graphics. The course emphasizes development of multimedia offerings for online presentation.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1081  or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Notes: There is a course fee.
  
  • ENG 2171 - World Literature I


    Credit(s): 3

    This course introduces students to fiction, poetry, essays and drama in translation, primarily from the European tradition, but also including works from the Near and Far East and Latin America. Included are works by Homer, Biblical and Buddhist writers, and the Chinese poet Tu Fu. Each work is viewed in its cultural context, with common themes and ideas also examined. This course may be taken separately or in sequence with ENG 2172 .

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2172 - World Literature II


    Credit(s): 3

    Major figures in this course include Dante, Rumi, Chekhov, Kafka and Neruda. Each work is viewed in its cultural context, with common themes and ideas also examined. This course may be taken separately or in sequence with ENG 2171 .

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2250 - Critical Approaches


    Credit(s): 3

    [LGWL2] This course provides an introduction to methods of critical analysis of textual and visual forms of storytelling. Beginning with an exploration of the essential categories and vocabulary of critical analysis, this course briefly surveys classical theories, such as those of Aristotle and Plato, and focuses on recent theoretical approaches such as reader-response theory, semiotics, deconstruction, feminism and gender theory, critical race theory, new historicism, psychoanalytic approaches, Marxist theory, eco-criticism, and film theory. Students will learn how these theories can be applied to specific genres, texts, and media.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is ENG 1082. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • ENG 2281 - Survey of English Literature I


    Credit(s): 3

    In this course, we will read and discuss works by writers from what we now call Great Britain, including early Anglo-Saxon poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and John Milton’s great epic, Paradise Lost, which aspires to “justify the ways of God to men”.  We’ll read a variety of genres, including epic, poetry, and nonfiction.  As we do so, we’ll develop an overview of literary history:  its themes, literary forms, and cultural contexts.  In order to understand and appreciate literature from distant periods and places, we’ll consider the intellectual, cultural, and political climates in which it was produced, and how issues from the literary past persist in our world today.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2282 - Survey of English Literature II


    Credit(s): 3

    In this course, we will read and discuss representative works by writers from the British Isles from the 18th to the 20th century, including Jonathan Swift, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde.  We will read a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, and drama.  We will develop an overview of literary history:  its themes, literary forms, and cultural contexts.  In order to understand and appreciate this literature, we will consider the intellectual, cultural, and political climates in which it was produced, as well as how issues raised in this literature persist in our world today.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2290 - Survey of British Literature and Culture


    Credit(s): 3

    [LGWL2] This course explores the roots and transformations of British literature and culture from the Medieval through the Modern periods through representative major figures such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Wordsworth, Dickens, Yeats, and Woolf.

    Prerequisites: The prerequisite is ENG 1082 or permission. This course is required for English Secondary Education Licensure. This course is offered every fall.

  
  • ENG 2321 - Survey of American Literature I


    Credit(s): 3

    This is the first of two courses surveying the American tradition of literature from the early colonial period to the present. The focus is on major figures and on genres such as diaries, journals, poetry, essays and fiction. This course considers Winthrop, Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards and Franklin in the 17th and 18th centuries and Emerson, Poe, Thoreau, Melville, Dickinson and Whitman as major 19th century writers.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2322 - Survey of American Literature II


    Credit(s): 3

    This is one of two courses surveying the American tradition of literature from the early colonial period to the present. The focus is on major figures and on genres such as diaries, journals, poetry, essays and fiction. This course extends from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century and includes such writers as Twain, James, Crane, Frost, Eliot, Hemingway, Faulkner and Stevens.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2323 - FYS: 1492: Reading the Conquest


    Credit(s): 3

    This first-year seminar will examine early literary responses to the conquest of the New World. Themes include the sense of wonder and curiosity catalyzed by the epochal encounters begun in 1492; the meanings of these journeys, discoveries and conquests; ideas about the natural (were the Americas and their inhabitants paradisiacal or savage?); and the significance of the conquest for us today. It is hoped students will share the sense of awe expressed by our authors at the marvels they encountered during their various sojourns. This course is also designed as a beneficial introduction to college life including research, balancing your schedule, learning how to learn, making use of campus resources and developing successful study skills.

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2325 - Survey of American Literature and Culture


    Credit(s): 3

    This course explores the roots and transformations of American literature and culture from the pre-Colonial period to the twentieth century. Genres include poetry, fiction, historical narrative, autobiography, and drama.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1082  or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 2355 - FYS: Tradition & Identity in Contemporary Literature


    Credit(s): 3

    This course is designed to investigate the influence of the past on the present, especially as this influence affects individual identity, purpose and fulfillment. Our focus will be on people’s responses to family contemporary essays, autobiography and fiction, and on our own examination of the past and its influence in our lives. Whenever we identify who we are, we make choices: What do we want or need to emphasize about ourselves? How will people respond to what they learn about us? Will our freedom and control (both short- and long-term) be enhanced or constrained as a result? What combination of skills, influences, insights and effort will give us the best chance of meeting life on its own terms and making the most of it and of ourselves?

    Restrictions: First-year students only

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2390 - Survey of World Literature: Explorations


    Credit(s): 3

    This course, by focusing primarily but not exclusively on the modern era, explores the representations, ideas, and concerns of a variety of cultures through selected literary works that are considered significant by the culture that each embodies. Texts to be considered might include Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. The emphasis throughout will be on the ways in which the texts address issues of identity, gender, and cultural differences.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1082  or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 2510 - Women & Literature


    Credit(s): 3

    This course provides a culturally diverse survey of fiction and poetry by women authors that explores women as characters and the condition of women in the world.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1032  or ENG 1071  

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

  
  • ENG 2535 - Genre Survey


    Credit(s): 3

    This course will explore a variety of literary and cultural genres at an intermediate level. Specific genres that might be explored in any given semester include: Mystery and Detective Fiction; Literary Non-Fiction; Epic Poetry; Fantasy Literature; and Adventure Literature.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1082  or permission. 

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Repeatable for Credit: With a change of genre (but may be counted only twice toward English program requirements).

  
  • ENG 2540 - Global English: Forms, Roles & Issues


    Credit(s): 3

    This course addresses the importance of language in general as a means of understanding ourselves and the world around us. Topics include, but are not limited to, history of the English language, dialects of American English, World Englishes, language acquisition and language pathology, language and culture, gender difference, language policy and planning.

    Prerequisites: ENG 1082  or permission.

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

  
  • ENG 2545 - Literature and Culture Survey


    Credit(s): 3

    This course examines intermediate topics at the intersection of literature and culture by exploring various literary themes and issues in their cultural contexts. Specific themes or issues that might be explored in any given semester include: Greek and Roman Classics; Arthurian Literature; Outsiders in Literature; Dangerous Literature; and the Literature of Business. 

    Prerequisites: ENG 1082  or permission. 

    Offering Location: Lyndon Campus

    Repeatable for Credit: With a change of issue or theme (but may be counted only twice toward program requirements).

  
  • ENG 2575 - Disquiet International Literary Program


    Credit(s): 3

    This is a course that will introduce students to a classic work of Portuguese literature by one of the 20th Century’s most exciting writers, Fernando Pessoa, through discussions and peer review and critique. We will read Pessoa’s classic text, in Richard Zenith’s translation, The Book of Disquiet. The course includes attending the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal. This conference features workshops, craft talks, literary tours of the city, and a Portuguese Literature and Culture Series offered in conjunction with the University of Lisbon. 

    Offering Location: Johnson Campus

 

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