2022-2023 Course Offerings
 

Fall 2022

ENGL 1159: English Composition
Instructors: Elizabeth Brina and Lisa Verner
This course satisfies the Composition II general education requirement.

In ENGL 1159 students read, discuss and write about the idea of "other Americas' as reflected in Latin American, Asian American, Afro-Caribbean, Indigenous, and other literatures. Class is conducted as both lecture and active discussion. This course is the Honors section of ENGL 1158, and is available to Honors student only.

MATH 2114: Calculus I
Instructor: Stephen Shalit
This course satisfies the Math/Analytical Reasoning general education requirement.

Prerequisites: Math 1126 with a grade of C or better. Limits and continuity of functions; introduction of the derivative; techniques of differentiation; Chain rule; implicit differentiation; differentiation of transcendental and inverse functions; applications of differentiation: concavity; relative extrema; maximum and minimum values of a function; optimization; anti-differentiation; definite integrals; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; areas. This course requires an additional recitation hour.

Spring 2022

ENGL 2090: Special Topics - Monsters and the Monstrous
Instructor: Robin Werner
This course satisfies the Literature general education requirement.

The primary function of monsters is to challenge and confirm the boundaries of the societies that create and 'encounter' them. This course will focus on critical and cultural readings of monsters in literature covering a range of texts concerning the monstrous throughout the long 19th century (Romanticism to WWI). During this period, Western culture was going through a period of rapid change and literature featuring horror and the supernatural became tremendously popular.

PHIL 2201: Ethics
Instructor: Jacob Monaghan
This course satisfies the Humanities general education requirement.

This class begins by exploring the most powerful theories of morality. These theories provide answers to essential ethical questions: What makes an action right or wrong? What makes an individual good or bad? After our theoretical work, we will apply these theories to contemporary practical problems of great significance. Students will hone their skills in discussing and writing about the moral and legal status of abortion, euthanasia, immigration, animal rights, and more.

PHIL 2460: Moral Psychology/
PSYC 2460: Moral Psychology
Instructor: Crawford Crews

Prerequisites: one of PHIL 1000, PHIL 1101, PHIL 2201, or PSYC 1000. A study of the implication of philosophical, psychological, and neuroscientific research findings for our understanding of morality.