ANTH 285 - Tp: A Survey of Iroquois Society*
*pending faculty approval 
(3 semester hours) Mr. Taylor
This course will introduce students to the social and cultural constructs of historic Iroquois societies. The course will present contemporary Iroquois by way of historical framework. 
The course content will outline the connections between past and present. Students will gain appreciation of their Iroquois neighbors in this region.
Prerequisite: none.

ART 105 – Drawing from Nature - Plein Air 
(3 semester hours) Mr. Roberts
Continuing experience in drawing principles, with an emphasis on drawing from nature. The focus of the class will be on accuracy, with special attention given to shape, form, design principles and detail. Course will include lithography and egg tempera and other assorted drawing materials.
Prerequisite: none.

ART 241 – Introduction to Oxidation Fired Pottery 
(3 semester hours) Mr. Lossowski
Title and description change:
An introduction to pottery course. The ceramic traditions will be explored using oxidation glazes and firing techniques. The development of vivid surface colors will also be explored. Material fee: $50. 
Prerequisite: none.

ARTH 385 – Tp: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
(3 semester hours) Ms. French
The course will examine the period 1863 to 1895 to form critical understanding of later art movements; formation of Impressionist movement, exhibitions, subject matter, understanding of the New Paris. Addresses Post-Impressionism as a reaction to and outgrowth of Impressionism.
Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or POI.

BKRT 115 – Hand Bookbinding I
(3 semester hours) Ms. Ecke
Description change: This course introduces students to traditional bookbinding techniques by familiarizing them with the tools, materials and techniques of the craft. Students are expected to produce a set of book models that are clean, structurally sound, and consistent with the class demonstration. Lab fee: $75.
Prerequisite: none.

BKRT 120 – Title change: Letterpress: Introduction to Typography
(3 semester hours) Mr. Bixler

BKRT 220 – Title change: Typography II: Digital Design
(3 semester hours) Mr. Chouinard

BKRT 385 – Tp: The Printed Edition
(3 semester hours) Ms. Ecke
This course will explore the printed edition in several formats: artist’s book, fine press book, and democratic multiple. Students will complete editions that reflect sophisticated design, are serious investigations of a developed conceptual idea, and show clean construction. Lab Fee: $75.
Prerequisite: BKRT 115 and 120, or POI.

DANC 395 – Tutorial Topic: Dance Pedagogy
(1 semester hour) Ms. Goddard
Theoretical and practical approaches to teaching dance technique and improvisation across genres (ballet, jazz, modern dance). Students will plan and teach dance classes, and assess outcomes. Readings and discussion will cover basic principles of physical conditioning, kinesiology, and injury prevention.
Prerequisite: PART 106 or POI.

ENGL 212 – Portrayal of Gender in Fiction
(3 semester hours) Ms. Lohn
Title and description change: 
Examines social constructions of gender portrayed in both traditional and popular literature. Beginning with rigid rules of gender performance in the 19^th century, the course traces changing literary portrayals of both masculinity and femininity.
Prerequisite: as listed in catalog for 200-level English courses.

ENGL 250 – British Literature 1800 to Present
(3 semester hours) Ms. Burroughs
This course introduces students to the major literary texts produced by British writers between 1800 and the present. Texts to be drawn from the Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, Modern, and Post-Modern periods. Non-majors welcome. This course is designed to follow (and complement) ENGL 105 - British Literature: 1100-1800.
Prerequisite: as listed in catalog for 200-level English courses.

FLLC 385 – Tp: African Post-Colonial Literature
(3 semester hours) Mr. Siamundele
Francophone and Anglophone Sub-Saharan historical and cultural issues presented as a background for the study of literary works by representative post-independence major authors. Fictional texts are examined both as a product of society and as a picture of a specific universe considered in a historical, political and sociological context.
Prerequisite: none.

FREN 200 – Introduction to French Composition
Prerequisite change only: FREN 124, or Level V of high school French, or departmental placement exam, or POI.

FREN 385 – Tp: France-Afrique
(3 semester hours) Mr. Siamundele
A comparison of how francophone Africa and Africans are represented by French authors, and how francophone African writers consider France.
Prerequisite: FREN 202 or POI.

GRMN 101 – Elementary German I 
(4 semester hours) Mr. Delgado-Rodriguez
Description change:
Development of all four communication skills in German: speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Essentials of grammar, basic vocabulary, practice speaking and writing German. Information on current social and cultural issues in German-speaking countries.
Prerequisite: none.

GRMN 203 - Conversation and Composition in German
Prerequisite change only: GRMN 124, or Level V of high school German, or departmental placement exam, or POI.

GRMN 385 Tp: 9^th -17^th Century German Literature (Survey) 
(3 semester hours) Ms. Koester
Selected great works of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque German literature in the context of their time and culture. Emphasis on the medieval epic, 17-century poetry, depiction of women in the literature, and women’s roles at the time. 
Prerequisite: GRMN 202 or POI.

OCS 271 – Cross-Cultural Perspectives
(1 semester hour) Faculty
New listing and number: was formerly FLLC 270.
Prerequisite: none.

PART 285 – Tp: Introduction to Lighting Design
(3 semester hours) Faculty
An introduction to lighting design for the stage.
Prerequisite: none.

PART 395 – Tutorial: Songcraft
(1 semester hour) Mr. Penniman
One-on-one, hands on instruction in composing, arranging, engineering and producing a demo CD of original work. Fee: $100.
Prerequisite: Audition/POI.

PE 435 – Intercollegiate Cross-Country
(1 semester hour) Coaching Staff
Prerequisite: Tryout.

PHIL 250 – Bioethics Today
(3 semester hours) Ms. Purdy
Ethical principles and their applications to such topics as justice in health care, medical experimentation, abortion, and reproductive and genetic technologies, and death and dying.
Prerequisite: none.

PHYS 340 – Experimental Physics
(3 semester hours) Mr. Heinekamp
Advanced laboratory work in the physical sciences (for example, the Franck-Hertz, Millikan oil drop, and Cavendish torsion balance experiments), to develop thorough understanding of theoretical and practical considerations of these and other historic experiments.
Prerequisite: PHYS 212L and POI.

PSY 260 – Biological Bases of Behavior
(3 semester hours) Ms. Gagnon
A survey course designed to provide an understanding of the physiology, anatomy, and pharmacology of the various structural and functional components of the nervous and endocrine systems and to establish the relevance of these basic mechanisms for human psychological/behavioral processes.
Prerequisite: PSY 101.

PSY 265 – Cognitive Psychology
(3 semester hours) Ms. Gagnon
Cognitive psychology is concerned with the scientific study of the mind and how we process, store, and retrieve information. Mental functions studied in the course include perception, attention, memory, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and language processing.
Prerequisite: PSY 101. 

PSY 395 – Tutorial: Diversity and Psychology
(1 semester hour) All PSY Faculty
We will critically explore topics such as how western research shapes our understanding of human behavior, possibilities for constructing different psychologies, how paradigms frame our understanding of human life, how class and gender shape identities in the classroom, implicit assumptions in developmental theory and their consequences in the practice of psychology. Participants will be encouraged to continue critical examination of their attitudes, beliefs, and assumptions regarding race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, culture, etc. through dialogues with other participants. The psychology faculty may continue this tutorial in spring 06 as well.
Prerequisite: none.

RELG 105 – Religious Traditions of the West
(3 semester hours) Faculty
An introductory survey of the western religious tradition, with special reference to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The course focuses on the social development and cultural context of these traditions, through exploration of core texts, beliefs and rituals. 
Prerequisite: none.

RELG 263 – The Hebrew Bible and Jewish Tradition
(3 semester hours) Mr. Hoffmann
New title and new level; was formerly RELG 163 – Old Testament and Hebrew Beginnings.
Prerequisite: none.

RELG 321 – Title change: Faith, Culture and Modernity
(3 semester hours) Mr. Hoffmann

SOC 277 – Social Inequality
(3 semester hours) Ms. McClusky
Number change only.

SPAN 203 – Composition and Conversation in Spanish
Prerequisite change only: SPAN 124, or Level V of high school Spanish, or departmental placement exam, or POI.

SPAN 205 – Introduction to Spanish Literature
Prerequisite change only: SPAN 124, or Level V of high school Spanish, or departmental placement exam, or POI.

WLLS 101-0 Tp: Contemporary Economic, Social and Global Issues, and Policy*
*pending faculty approval 
(3 semester hours)  Mr. Uddin
The intent of this course is to develop an analytical understanding and perspectives of the contemporary economic and social issues in the world around us. Among the topics included in this course are the labor market (unemployment and wages), health care, the environment, poverty, discrimination, crime and international economy. Various government programs and policies surrounding these issues will be examined by using standard evaluative norms of efficiency, equity and liberty to help students form intelligent opinions.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101 -1 – Tp: History’s Visionaries
(3 semester hours) Ms. Farnsworth
Throughout history thinking people have proposed ways to create the "perfect" society in which misery, 
war and hatred would be eliminated and women and men would flourish harmoniously. Among those whose ideas we will read and write about are the Utopian Socialists, such as Charles Fourier; followed by Karl Marx, Thomas Huxley, Vladimir Ilych, Emma Goldman, Aleksandra Kollonti and Mao Tse Tung.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-2 – Tp: Psychology, Art, Culture & Experience
(3 semester hours) Ms. Gagnon
Psychology – the study of behavior, experience, mind – is used to illuminate the process of creating and experiencing art. In turn, art is used to reflect on the psychological. Diversity, gender, and social justice issues are explored.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-3 Tp: Writing the Other
(3 semester hours) Ms. Garrett
This course will investigate fiction and creative non-fiction in which the writers adopt the perspective of another sex or gender. Why do some writers use fiction to try to inhabit another sex? What methods do they use to represent – and challenge – conventions of feminine and masculine behavior? How do we judge the effectiveness of literary sex/gender shifting? We will address these questions in the writing of George Eliot, Henry James, Virginia Woolf, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jeanette Winterson, Roddy Doyle, and Jeffrey Eugenides. We will also consider social and literary theories of how gender affects writing and reading.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-4 Tp: A History of Multicultural America
(3 semester hours) Mr. Groth
What does it mean to be an American? An historical examination of race and ethnicity in the American experience from the colonial era to the present. How has cultural diversity divided Americans? How has pluralism been a source of strength? Topics include the clash of cultures in Early America, slavery and racism, territorial expansion, the immigrant experience, nativist movements, civil rights struggles, and contemporary debates about "American" identity.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-5 Tp: Women’s College Experiences over Time
(3 semester hours) Ms. Miller-Bernal
An examination of women’s educational options since mid-19^th century. How many and which groups have attended college, the curriculum they studied, and their extra-curricular activities are some of the topics that will be approached through readings and original, archival research.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-6 Tp: Critical Thinking about the Environment
(3 semester hours) Ms. Schnurr
This course will use readings from the environmental literature, past and present, to critically analyze topics important to the current state of the global environment.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-7 Tp: Women Writers of French Expression
(3 semester hours) Ms. Staples
Focusing mainly on novels and short stories by women writers from France, North Africa, the Caribbean and Canada, our reflection will center in the notions of écriture féminine language and the construction of (sexual and national) identity, and francophonie. 
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-8 Tp: Education of Third World Women*
(3 semester hours) Ms. King-McKenzie
*pending faculty approval
In this course we will try to explore the reasons why women in Third World countries are still denied equal educational opportunities and the consequences of the lack of adequate education. By examining the way these women are educated we can gain an understanding of how they have struggled, negotiated, and created meaning in their lives as they juggle complex and myriad responsibilities. Through reading of research we will try to uncover some of the issues faced by women of the Third World and how they work to emancipate/free themselves.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WLLS 101-9 Tp: The Sounds of Change
*pending faculty approval
(3 semester hours) Mr. Penniman
The 20th century was an era of unprecedented change in the ways in which music was conceived, composed, and heard.  Or was it?  Explore how current popular music styles are surprisingly similar to music composed centuries earlier, and how 20th century experimental musical ideas became part of the popular musical language.
Prerequisite: First-year (freshman) standing only.

WS 260 – Indigenous Women’s Experiences
(3 semester hours) Ms. Hill
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, this course will provide an introduction to the lives and experiences of indigenous women from pre-Contact to contemporary times. By centering indigenous women’s experiences, theories and perspectives, dominant feminist frames of reference will be critically examined.
Prerequisite: none.

WS 285 – Tp: Issues in LBGTQ Studies
(3 semester hours) Ms. Garrison
An interdisciplinary exploration of issues related to gender and sexuality, surveyed transhistorically and cross-culturally, and attentive to multiple differences (including race, class, gender, age and ethnicity). The history of homosexuality and compulsory heterosexuality, homo/gay/lesbian/queer/trans identities and politics, queer theory and les/bi/gay/trans cultural production will be covered.
Prerequisite: WS 148 or POI.

WS 301 – Feminist Theory 
(3 semester hours) Faculty
Description and prerequisite change: 
An intensive readings course for upper-level women’s studies majors and minors. A focus on debates and conflicts shaping and affecting the production of feminist knowledge will provide an introduction to feminist theorizing. Emphasis placed on writing as thinking and active discussion in class.
Prerequisite: WS 148, one additional course from the WS major, and junior standing or above.

WS 310 – Title change: Feminist Methodologies: Intersectionalities
(3 semester hours) Ms. Garrison