Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41034

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Honors Course
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

  Craig Eliason

An exploration of how concepts like nature, wilderness, and landscape have been incorporated into art. Cross-cultural instances of landscape painting will be placed in their historical contexts. We will then explore artists who incorporate the land into their art, from the site-specific artists of the late twentieth century to artists addressing the ecological concerns of the present day. We will consider Chinese literati painting, European Romanticism, frontier painting and regionalism in the United States, Earthworks, and recent artistic responses to global climate change and the exploitation of natural resources. We will consider how visual arts can not only reflect but also alter societal attitudes and practices.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41036

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Amy Nygaard

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41037

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Amy Nygaard

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41038

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Vanessa Rousseau

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41039

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Vanessa Rousseau

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41040

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Theresa Downing

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41041

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Lois Eliason

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41042

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Theresa Downing

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41043

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Lois Eliason

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41044

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Luke Erickson

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41045

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Luke Erickson

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41046

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jessy Saffell

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41047

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Michelle Turner

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41048

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Kara ZumBahlen

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41049

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Kara ZumBahlen

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41050

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Kara ZumBahlen

Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 41278

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 126

Online

Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Kristen Einertson

This course teaches students to become more critical consumers and producers of public messages. Students will examine a mix of historical and contemporary examples of persuasive communication in order to develop an awareness of the rhetorical power of messages in everyday life. Critical tools will be covered to help the student learn how to approach a communicative act systematically, identifying crucial interactions and suggesting ways of understanding how those interactions function. The emphasis on critical consumption also enables students to become more effective creators of public messages.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 41290

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Pamela Nettleton

This course will provide students with the opportunity to understand television as a text situation in a cultural context. It will examine television from a critical perspective, review a wide variety of program genres and incorporate several theoretical orientations to the qualitative analysis of TV. Students, along with reading about and discussion of critical perspectives, watch programs such as comedies, dramas, news, advertisements, miniseries, etc., and write several critical analyses of the programs.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 41291

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Pamela Nettleton

This course will provide students with the opportunity to understand television as a text situation in a cultural context. It will examine television from a critical perspective, review a wide variety of program genres and incorporate several theoretical orientations to the qualitative analysis of TV. Students, along with reading about and discussion of critical perspectives, watch programs such as comedies, dramas, news, advertisements, miniseries, etc., and write several critical analyses of the programs.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 41292

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 246

Online

Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Kristen Einertson

Study of the various strategies used to influence choice in modern society, including sources, content (such as evidence and argumentation) and audience factors (such as beliefs, attitudes, and values) that influence the persuasive process. Ethical consideration of persuasive tactics will be discussed. Students apply theory through analysis of, and practice in, written, mediated and oral forms of persuasion. A final project in applied persuasion is developed in the course.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41383

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Abagail Petersen

Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41384

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Sean Reynolds

This course develops critical thinking and writing through encounters with literature that explore how we perceive the world. Students engage texts ranging from ancient tragedy to modern poetry and essays, discovering how wonder grows out of careful observation and reflection.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41385

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Chris Hassel

The books in this class are set in various geographical regions of the United States and around the world, and they focus on the abiding and transformative power of human resilience in the face of various social issues and related challenges (such as, but not limited to, disaster relief, climate change, xenophobia, and corruption).

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41386

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 319

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - The Natural World
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Karen Soto

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper,” writes Eden Phillpotts while observing the beauty of the buckbean, imbuing a mundane moment with mystic wonder. In this course, students will read texts which blend the familiar with the strange, the natural with the supernatural, and explore how these unusual stories subvert expectations, critique social structures, and amplify the magic in everyday life. Through their writing, students will have the opportunity to analyze and reflect on these texts, while also experimenting with literary and rhetorical techniques to express their own experiences and observations of this mystic and mundane universe.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41387

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 310

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Media & Technology
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Asmita Ghimire

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41388

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Heather McNiel

The act of revision is more than just a step in the writing process — re-vision is the act of seeing with new eyes, whether it is an idea, a work of art, a relationship, or another aspect of lived experience. The practice of revision extends beyond the classroom, and encourages us to be curious, engaged, and reflective about ourselves, the people around us, and the choices we make every day. In this class, we’ll read texts that feature re-vision (of history, life, art, etc.) as a prominent theme, and incorporate re-vision actively in our weekly writing, journaling, and discussion activities.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41389

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Joan Williams

The focus of this course is the exploration, across great works of literature, of wisdom in faith, hope, and love. Students will explore how we can more fully celebrate and understand the human person through this wisdom. Works may include Donne, Dickinson, Bronte, Austen, Kafka, or Frankl.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41390

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 319

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Abagail Petersen

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41391

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Heather McNiel

The act of revision is more than just a step in the writing process — re-vision is the act of seeing with new eyes, whether it is an idea, a work of art, a relationship, or another aspect of lived experience. The practice of revision extends beyond the classroom, and encourages us to be curious, engaged, and reflective about ourselves, the people around us, and the choices we make every day. In this class, we’ll read texts that feature re-vision (of history, life, art, etc.) as a prominent theme, and incorporate re-vision actively in our weekly writing, journaling, and discussion activities.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41392

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Joan Williams

The focus of this course is the exploration, across great works of literature, of wisdom in faith, hope, and love. Students will explore how we can more fully celebrate and understand the human person through this wisdom. Works may include Donne, Dickinson, Bronte, Austen, Kafka, or Frankl.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41393

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 204

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Mercedes Sheldon

This course centers texts that explore a sense of place in several ways: our sense of place in relation to others, in relation to history, and in relation to geographic places. We explore how authors contend with social issues through personal writing in essay and graphic narrative form, and how the film adaptations of a play can shape the audience’s perception of the text and their own sense of place.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41394

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Media & Technology
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

The texts in this class examine dark spaces and concepts: the underbelly of society, the underdog, gallows humor, skeletons in closets, and shadows on the cave wall.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41395

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Heather McNiel

The act of revision is more than just a step in the writing process — re-vision is the act of seeing with new eyes, whether it is an idea, a work of art, a relationship, or another aspect of lived experience. The practice of revision extends beyond the classroom, and encourages us to be curious, engaged, and reflective about ourselves, the people around us, and the choices we make every day. In this class, we’ll read texts that feature re-vision (of history, life, art, etc.) as a prominent theme, and incorporate re-vision actively in our weekly writing, journaling, and discussion activities.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41396

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Joan Williams

The focus of this course is the exploration, across great works of literature, of wisdom in faith, hope, and love. Students will explore how we can more fully celebrate and understand the human person through this wisdom. Works may include Donne, Dickinson, Bronte, Austen, Kafka, or Frankl.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41397

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 309

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Dan Jones

This course focuses on how social norms, standards, and expectations can positively or negatively influence a person’s sense of self, from Elizabethan England to the modern day. Typical authors may include William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Nella Larsen, and Margaret Atwood.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41398

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Michael Raimondi

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41399

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jessica Mattson

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41400

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jessica Mattson

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41401

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Andrew Hamilton

This course will focus on close reading: how to do it, why to do it, and how it will change your life. Each week we will practice some core "moves" of close reading as we engage with a variety of texts by authors including Flannery O'Connor, Hua Hsu, William Gardner Smith, Tommy Orange, and Isabella Hammad, among others. Our reading and discussions will be guided by these essential questions: What is literature, and how does it shape, expand, and trouble our ideas about meaning-making, ethics, and morality? What does it mean to be a "critical thinker" and a "close reader" in society today? How can close reading empower us to understand, engage, and change our world?

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41402

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Melissa Hendrickx

Texts for this course will highlight Minnesota voices, with special attention given to indigenous groups and refugee communities. Students will reflect on their own perspective of Minnesota and the power of storytelling.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41403

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     ENGL - The Natural World
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Lorraine Monteagut

What makes the American South such fertile ground for ghost stories, grotesque characters, and dark secrets? In this course, we’ll study traditional Southern Gothic writers like Flannery O’Connor alongside contemporary authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Percival Everett, and Mariana Enriquez, who are pushing the boundaries of the genre. We’ll also examine short stories, oral urban legends, film, and other art forms that explore how hauntings, decaying landscapes, and the uncanny help us confront histories of racism, religious trauma, violence, and social inequality.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41404

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jessi Smith

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41405

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Melissa Hendrickx

Texts for this course will highlight Minnesota voices, with special attention given to indigenous groups and refugee communities. Students will reflect on their own perspective of Minnesota and the power of storytelling.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41407

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 454

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  David Rathbun

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41408

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 206

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - The Natural World
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Courtney Gildersleeve

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41409

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Yvonne Asp-Grahn

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41410

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 206

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - The Natural World
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Courtney Gildersleeve

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41411

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Yvonne Asp-Grahn

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41412

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Yvonne Asp-Grahn

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41413

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 208

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Lucy Saliger

In this course, we examine stories, poetry, essays, and film which attempt to resist oppression and injustice and envision and enact freedom, mutual care, and hope. Through our engagement with these materials, we continually consider the question "Why literature?"

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42780

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - The Natural World
     Writing Intensive

  Gordon Grice

Learn critical thinking and writing skills through nature. We will observe wildlife in person and read about it in poems, lyric essays, and more

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41425

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - The Natural World
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Honors Course
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

The course focuses on environmental writing, both outlining the positive side of our human need for immersion in nature (William Wordsworth and other poets) and responding to human ecological destructiveness (Lynn Nottage, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Pope Francis, and Diane Wilson). Climate change is one of the most urgent issues facing younger generations; readings in this course provide a foundation for thinking about core environmental issues in your own communities. NOTE: ENGL 190-W42 is a cross-listed class with a Living and Learning Community (LLC) section of ENGL 190. Three seats are available in the non-LLC side and 17 seats are available on the LLC side of the course.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41420

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Chris Hassel

The books in this class are set in various geographical regions of the United States and around the world, and they focus on the abiding and transformative power of human resilience in the face of various social issues and related challenges (such as, but not limited to, disaster relief, climate change, xenophobia, and corruption).

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41421

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Social Issues
     Writing Intensive

  Chris Hassel

The books in this class are set in various geographical regions of the United States and around the world, and they focus on the abiding and transformative power of human resilience in the face of various social issues and related challenges (such as, but not limited to, disaster relief, climate change, xenophobia, and corruption).

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42858

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Joshua Brorby

This class investigates the question of justice through classic texts across periods and traditions, from ancient Greece to modern America, exploring in each the nature of our obligations. In our writing, we will ask not only about the moral challenges of these texts, but how argumentation itself necessitates reflection on an ethics of persuasion. Writing about these core texts will allow students to examine how these powerful examinations of justice resonate with us still today.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42813

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     ENGL - Great Books
     Writing Intensive

  Joshua Brorby

This class investigates the question of justice through classic texts across periods and traditions, from ancient Greece to modern America, exploring in each the nature of our obligations. In our writing, we will ask not only about the moral challenges of these texts, but how argumentation itself necessitates reflection on an ethics of persuasion. Writing about these core texts will allow students to examine how these powerful examinations of justice resonate with us still today.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41422

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Douglas Phillips

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41423

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] English

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Douglas Phillips

Across a variety of themes and readings, all sections of this course engage you in using reading and writing to discover, explain, question, and clarify ideas; find your voice; develop good habits; and reflect on your critical and creative practices as a thinker, reader, and writer. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42169

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

Many fans, critics, and creators agree that we are living in a Golden Age of Horror. From new fiction by Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones to films such as TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (Lopez 2017) and MIDSOMMAR (Astor 2019), the genre is proving to be finely crafted and character driven. In other words, horror in the twenty-first century is much more than slasher films, body gore, and jump scares (though there is still plenty of room for those!). The horror genre explores the human condition through the emotion of fear—fear of pain, disease, isolation, of being lost, consumed, or prey to supernatural forces. Horror also teaches us how to handle those fears. According to writer Ruthanna Emrys, “Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how to live with being afraid.” This course explores horror from fairy tales like Bluebeard, to Gothic classics by Poe, to American cinema’s Universal monster films, to contemporary works by Jennifer Kent, Brian Evenson, and more. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. It also satisfies a Film Studies History and Analysis major and minor requirement. NOTE: This is a cross-listed class, with 11 seats in this ENGL 202-W02 side and 9 seats in the FILM 297-W01 side. Also, please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42487

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

  Gordon Grice

Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, writers of natural history have straddled science and literature in their attempts to understand the world. We'll read and analyze the works of great naturalists and incorporate some of their strategies--empirical observation, reporting, academic research, memoir--into our own writing. Authors may include Italian biologist Francesco Redi; French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre; U.S. poet Robert Frost; and others. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and counts towards the Sustainability minor. ENGL 202-W03 is cross-listed with ENVR 298-W03; there are 15 seats available on the English side and five seats available on the ENVR side. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42489

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Dan Jones

This course will examine literary texts which feature the connection between the world of business and American culture. Work has always been an integral part of American society, and individuals often identify themselves with the work that they do. Students will closely read a handful of texts--Willa Cather's A LOST LADY, Solomon Northup’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY, Mario Puzo’s THE GODFATHER, Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, and Colson Whitehead’s APEX HIDES THE HURT--to explore how the dominant cultural narratives behind common perceptions of American business (such as the American Dream and the self-made person) shift from the pre-Civil War era through the early twenty-first century. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and a Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42491

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 208

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Lucy Saliger

The difficult contradictions in our criminal justice system – one that purportedly aims to reduce violence and crime, keep us safe, and promote justice – hide in plain sight. Yet we as a society may or may not know the contradictory realities: the violence and injustices that can occur in our jails and prisons, disparities in legal representation and sentencing, and a host of tangled methods and aims often in conflict with one another. While popular "crime" shows keep certain stories ever present in our societal imagination, they tend to obscure deeper stories. In this class, we will attempt to enter into those deeper stories using film, online media, and texts. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42490

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Timothy Dewey

This course will examine the enduring appeal and growing influence of conspiracy theories. We will look at key historical events, figures, and social issues in the history of our nation and the conspiracy theories they have spawned, as well as the psychological phenomena most commonly associated with conspiracism, and the rhetoric of political paranoia. The objective of the course is neither to promote nor debunk any particular theory, but to examine the role that conspiracy theories play as modern mythologies, dramatizing our fears and anxieties, and (strangely enough) our enduring (and possibly naïve) hope that things will one day get better. This course satisfies both a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42954

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Susan S. Morrison Hall 140

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Kaushik Tekur Venkata

This course explores 19th-century gaming by studying popular Victorian games, their role in shaping the period’s literature, and our adaptations of Victorian culture in contemporary games such as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Marrying Mr. Darcy. Through the rich scholarship of game studies, we’ll study (and play) literature-based role-playing, parlor, board, and video games, among others. ‘Reading’ games and literature from across the globe, students will write critical essays, response papers, and build a game using Twine. We’ll understand ‘gaming’ as a form of reading and appreciate the politics of ‘gaming’ texts and rules. No prior familiarity with gaming or Twine is required. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, and the Global Perspectives requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41429

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Kaushik Tekur Venkata

This course explores 19th-century gaming by studying popular Victorian games, their role in shaping the period’s literature, and our adaptations of Victorian culture in contemporary games such as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Marrying Mr. Darcy. Through the rich scholarship of game studies, we’ll study (and play) literature-based role-playing, parlor, board, and video games, among others. ‘Reading’ games and literature from across the globe, students will write critical essays, response papers, and build a game using Twine. We’ll understand ‘gaming’ as a form of reading and appreciate the politics of ‘gaming’ texts and rules. No prior familiarity with gaming or Twine is required. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, and the Global Perspectives requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42488

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 222

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jeannie Hofmeister

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” French novelist Andre Malraux suggests that those who lie are deceiving themselves. Throughout world history people have kept secrets and deliberately lied for their own gain or simply for the thrill of knowing they have the power to deceive. Are there consequences for deliberate acts of deception? In this course, we will analyze how various international writers explore this human characteristic and discuss what we can learn about ourselves by considering the theme of lies and deception in global literature. Possible texts include: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M.L. Stedman, Patrick Shanley's DOUBT, and WHITE IVY by Susie Yang. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41433

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41434

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Matthew Batt

This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41435

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Caleb Tankersley

This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41437

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Gordon Grice

This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42804

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 481

Requirements Met:
     English-Theory and Practice
     Writing Intensive

  Joshua Brorby

In what ways are we telling stories in our writing--stories of research, stories that show how we interpret what we see and experience, stories that move people to think and act differently? This course will give students the opportunity to strengthen their academic writing and lay foundations for writing in their field through the lens of storytelling; learn how to write with voiced, passionate, cutting-edge energy; and consider what is expected as a writer and speaker in their chosen field and revisit honestly how they work and define good writing. Per the undergraduate catalog, this course introduces students to current writing, rhetorical, and pedagogical theory, and helps them develop a vocabulary for talking about writing and strengthen their abilities to write and to assist others in developing their academic literacy. Students will practice writing in a variety of genres.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41447

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Leila Green

This intermediate course explores traditional and innovative patterns of fiction writing. Emphasis on experimentation with a variety of techniques and development of individual voice. This course will include critique sessions, readings to broaden possibilities of form and subject, and individual instruction. This course fulfills the Genre Study requirement in the English major. Prerequisite: ENGL 255 or permission of instructor.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 41448

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Heather Bouwman

In this course, we'll focus on writing fantasy, broadly conceived. We'll read different types of contemporary fantasy--portal/quest fantasy, immersive fantasy, intrusion fantasy, and liminal fantasy--and try our hand at writing them. We'll explore typical fantasy structures and try out ways to break the mold. And we'll immerse ourselves in the diverse and wonderful world of contemporary fantasy. Over the course of the semester, students will write a couple of short stories or the opening to a novel, as well as many shorter exercises and prompts. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and counts as a writing course for students in the English with a Creative Writing Emphasis major and minor. Prerequisite: ENGL 255.

4 Credits

Subject: Environmental Studies (ENVR)

CRN: 42492

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

  Gordon Grice

Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, writers of natural history have straddled science and literature in their attempts to understand the world. We'll read and analyze the works of great naturalists and incorporate some of their strategies--empirical observation, reporting, academic research, memoir--into our own writing. Authors may include Italian biologist Francesco Redi; French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre; U.S. poet Robert Frost; and others. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and counts towards the Sustainability minor. ENVR 298-W03 is cross-listed with ENGL 202-W03; there are five seats available on the ENVR side and 15 seats available on the ENGL side. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41473

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  James Snapko

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41475

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

Many fans, critics, and creators agree that we are living in a Golden Age of Horror. From new fiction by Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones to films such as TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (Lopez 2017) and MIDSOMMAR (Astor 2019), the genre is proving to be finely crafted and character driven. In other words, horror in the twenty-first century is much more than slasher films, body gore, and jump scares (though there is still plenty of room for those!). The horror genre explores the human condition through the emotion of fear—fear of pain, disease, isolation, of being lost, consumed, or prey to supernatural forces. Horror also teaches us how to handle those fears. According to writer Ruthanna Emrys, “Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how to live with being afraid.” This course explores horror from fairy tales like Bluebeard, to Gothic classics by Poe, to American cinema’s Universal monster films, to contemporary works by Jennifer Kent, Brian Evenson, and more. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. It also satisfies a Film Studies History and Analysis major and minor requirement. NOTE: This is a cross-listed class, with 9 seats in this FILM 297-W01side and 11 seats in the ENGL 202-W02 side. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41485

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Christopher Kachian

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41486

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Ora Itkin

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 41638

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Writing Intensive

  Susanne Wagner

A survey of German literature from 1770 to 1890. The course will focus on important works by Goethe and Schiller, German Romanticism, and the literature of the later-19th century. Prerequisite: GERM 300

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 41696

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 210

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Historic Analysis

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Kevin Mummey

Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course examines the development of and interconnections between religious, legal, economic, social, and political institutions around the world. It considers the rise and fall of various civilizations, the peaceful and destructive interactions between and within different societies, and the lasting impacts of the pre-modern world.

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 41697

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Historic Analysis

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Writing Intensive

  Kevin Mummey