ARTP 385 - Special Topics in Music
(3 semester hours) Faculty
Topic TBA, pending faculty approval.

ARTP 395 - Tutorial: Costume Design
(1 semester hour) Faculty
A special exploration into one facet of costume design, construction and implementation that is unique to the challenges of the fall theatre production of Scapino! Actual topic TBA by guest costume designer in fall 2001.
Prerequisite: POI.

ARTP 395-1 - Tutorial: Choreography
(1 semester hour) Ms. Goddard
Introduction to the art and craft of choreography: developing movement vocabulary, understanding the elements of time, space and dynamics, studying traditional and avant-garde compositional forms, as well as finding a personal creative voice and learning to conduct rehearsals.
Prerequisite: POI.

ARTS 310 – Women and the Arts
(New description pending faculty approval.)
(3 semester hours) Ms. French
This course will deal with the ways in which women have been both images and artists throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The major focus of the class will be on the ways women have been portrayed, codified and marginalized in art and how women artists have reacted and created in response to these portrayals. Issues of how women have been portrayed and how they have created in dance and music will also be studied.
Prerequisite: WS 148 and ARTH 101 or ARTH 102 or MUS 112 or TD 100, or POI.

BCS 395-1 – Tutorial: Scientific Terminology: Classical Roots
(1 semester hour) Ms. Flowers
The basis in classical Greek and Latin for the language of modern science and medicine.
Prerequisite: none.

BIOL 120L – Biological conservation: The Preservation of Diversity
(4 semester hours) Mr. Vawter
A non-majors course. An introduction to the scientific and technical means for the protection, maintenance and restoration of life on this planet – its species, its ecological and evolutionary processes, and its particular and total environment. An overview of the scientific principles and an investigation into how these principles apply to the preservation and restoration of biodiversity.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or POI.

BKRT 115 – Hand Bookbinding I
(3 semester hours) Ms. Brown
An introductory class in which students make their own blank books and explore traditional styles of bookbinding: Coptic, Islamic, Japanese, English, German. Students will also make their own paste and marbled papers for covers. Display of work at semester’s end.
Materials fee: $20.00
Prerequisite: none

BKRT 120 – Letterpress Printing I
(3 semester hours) Mr. Chouinard
Introduction to letterpress printing. Demonstrations, readings, and assignments on the mechanics of handsetting and printing from metal type. Traditional and artistically innovative approaches to this medium will be covered. Each student will create her own individual projects: postcards, broadsides, book, etc.
Materials fee: $30.00
Prerequisite: none.

BKRT 225 – The History of the Book
(3 semester hours) Mr. Chouinard
Same description as HUM 215. May not be repeated for credit. HUM 215 will be deleted effective fall 2001.
Prerequisite: none.

ECON 385 – Tp: The Political Economy of Globalization
(Pending faculty approval.)
(3 semester hours) Klitgaard
This class focuses on four facets of globalism. Part I analyzes the emergence of the global economy from a historical perspective. Part II is a survey of theories of imperialism. Part III details the workings of the multinational corporation, while the final segment looks at the connection between globalization and the environment. Social activism on the part of students will be encouraged.
Prerequisite: INTL 151, or any ECON course, or Spring ’01 WLLS 102-7: "Sustainability and the State of the World."

ENGL 214 – New Title: Women in English Renaissance Literature
(3 semester hours) Ms. Garrett
New description: Literature by and about women in Renaissance England, including pamphlets in the debate over women, plays by Jonson and Dekker, poetry by Lanyer and Philips. Topics include sex, marriage, spirituality, and women in public life.
Prerequisite: WLLS 101, ENGL 105, or POI.

ENGL 302 – Sp. Tp. In the American Novel: Greed!
(3 semester hours) Ms. Lohn
Where did the "American Dream" go wrong? This course examines late-nineteenth and twentieth century literary portrayals of American acquisitiveness, from the muckrakers and the robber barons to immigrants and steelworkers, to the wizards of Wall Street.
Prerequisite: any 200-level English literature or foreign language literature course, or exemption.

ENGL 349 – Sp. Tp. In American Poetry: Modern American Poetry
(3 semester hours) Mr. Bennett
Major American poets of the twentieth century, including Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, and Williams.
Prerequisite: any 200-level English literature or foreign language literature course, or exemption.

ENGL 366 – Sp. Tp. In British Poetry: British Victorian Poetry
(3 semester hours) Mr. Bennett
British Victorian poets, including Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, and Christina Rossetti.
Prerequisite: any 200-level English literature or foreign language literature course, or exemption.

ENGL 367 – Sp. Tp. In Earlier British Drama: British Closet Drama 1550-1750
(3 semester hours) Ms. Burroughs
This course examines the "genre" of closet drama in Great Britain between 1550 and 1750 in order to raise questions about how this form of playwrighting may have subverted and interrogated popular and traditional forms of play production. Special emphasis on the contributions of female closet dramatists.
Prerequisite for ENGL 367: any 200-level English literature or foreign language literature course, or exemption.

ENVR 203 – Environmental Studies in the Cayuga Basin
(3 semester hours) Mr. Bailey
New description: Students will participate in a directed-inquiry study of the Cayuga Basin. Measurements of physical, biological, and socio-economic quantities will be combined with existing databases in order to analyze relationships between human society and the region’s ecosystems.
Prerequisite: none.

ENVR 385L – Sp. Tp. In Envr. Studies: Environmental Microbiology
(4 semester hours) Ms. O’Leary
An examination of the role of microorganisms in ecosystems, their use in bioremediation strategies, and methods for control of pathogenic microoganisms in water supplies. Lab includes a water quality assessment of the local watershed with respect to microbial flora.
Prerequisite: ENVR 101, ENVR 102, and ENVR 203; or POI.

MATH 111 – Calculus I: Introduction to Calculus
(4 semester hours) Mr. Stiadle
New description: Properties and graphs of algebraic and transcendental functions. Conceptual and analytical introduction to limits, continuity and derivatives, with applications.
Prerequisite: MATH 109, or 4 years of high school math, or POI.

MATH 112 – Calculus II: Introduction to Calculus
(4 semester hours) Mr. Stiadle
New description: Continuation of MATH 111. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, methods of integration, and applications. Introduction to differential equations, sequences and series.
Prerequisite: MATH 111.

MATH 385 – Topics in Math: Advanced Linear Algebra
(3 semester hours) Mr. Stiadle
Continuation of MATH 212. Linear algebra with complex numbers, integers and polynomials. Gram-Schmidt Process, canonical forms, and geometric interpretations. Infinite-dimensional vector spaces. Introduction to modules and K-theory.
Prerequisite: MATH 212.

PE 119 – New Title: Canoeing/Kayaking
(.5 semester hour) Faculty
New description: Introduction to the basic canoeing and kayaking strokes. Emphasis will be placed on handling skills in and out of the water, use and care of equipment, and boating enjoyment.
Prerequisite: pass the swimming test.

PHIL 240 – Ethics
(3 semester hours) Ms. Purdy
Change in prerequisite only: Sophomore standing or POI. This course previously had no prerequisite.

POLS 285 - Special Topics in Politics and Policy: Law and Society
(Pending faculty approval.)
3 semester hours Mr. Weinberg
This course will cover the major categories of American law, with emphasis on those with the broadest application, such as: contracts, torts, criminal law, reproductive rights, sex and gender, race issues, property and legal procedure. Students will become familiar with the law in its function as one of society's most widely accepted methods for confronting contemporary social issues.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

PSY 385 – Topics in Psychology
(3 semester hours) Faculty
Topic TBA, pending faculty approval.

PSY 395 – Tutorial: APA Format and APA Style
(1 semester hour) Ms. Macalister
This is a tutorial in the publication style and format of the American Psychological Association. It is designed for Psychology majors and minors. Topics covered will include scientific-style writing, manuscript layout and preparation, and citations and references.
Prerequisite: none.

RELG 340 – The Soul in the Ancient World
(3 semester hours) Mr. Reis
This course focuses on the development of the concept of the soul in the Greco-Roman world and examines its influence on the religious and philosophical thought of antiquity. Problems such as pre-existence, predestination, ethics, and afterlife will receive special attention.
Prerequisite:HUM 110 or ANTH 368 or one course in religion.

RELG 385 – Tp: The Near-Death Experience
(3 semester hours) Ms. Yates
An interdisciplinary study of the Near-Death experience, using methods of interpretation from religion, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. The course will consider both the epistemological presuppositions of the various ways of knowing and hermeneutics, as well as questions of content, such as "What is death?"
Prerequisite: one course in religion or science.

SOC 368 – New Title: Women’s Status: Cross-Cultural Comparison
(3 semester hours) Ms. Miller-Bernal
New description: Analysis of factors accounting for variations in women’s status, using general theories as well as case studies of women in several countries, usually in the African continent and the Indian subcontinent.
Prerequisite: one course is sociology or anthropology or women’s studies, or POI.

TD 100 – Introduction to Theatre and Dance
(4 semester hours) Ms. Forbes/Ms. Goddard
New description: Introduction to the creative process of mounting live theatre and dance performances. Students learn basic elements of production and performance (scenery, lighting, costume, makeup, etc.) through class discussion, field trips to off-campus performances, and assigned practicum hours outside of class.
Materials fee: $75.00 for theatre tickets and travel.
Prerequisite: none.

TD 225 – Stagecrafts
(2 semester hours) Faculty
A "hands on," laboratory-style course that offers the student basic training in theatrical technology. The student will develop skills in the organization, planning and management of the implementation and execution of the following theatrical crafts: scenic construction and painting, rigging, lighting, costumes, props, special effects, audiovisual, and all related safety procedures.
Prerequisite: TD 100.

WS 301 – New Number for what was previously WS 250
(3 semester hours) Ms. Lengermann/Ms. Niebrugge-Brantley
No change in description.
Prerequisite: WS 148 and one other course from the Women’s Studies major.

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