10 courses with the subject HS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HS 3357The Natural World3
This course concerns itself with the great variety and the interdependence of species that live on this planet. Students discuss just how species evolve and grow and how they die and become extinct. Change over time in living organisms is a major theme of this course. Class sessions are primarily lecture-based with some discussion. Assignments include examinations and short essays. In addition, a biodiversity field trip gives students practical experience in observing the living and the interactive cycle of one species. This course fulfills the Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning requirement for Humanities and Sciences. CPW/ES 3242 Writing for the Voice This course explores the power of the spoken word. Students integrate the voice with visual communication utilized on social media platforms, the internet, TV, radio, and so forth, and attend recording studio sessions with professional voiceover talent. Students write various pieces for the voice and attain the skills necessary to develop any audio broadcast assignment from concept stage through final air-quality production without supervision.
This class provides powerful tools that help students understand why a movie works or doesn't work. It teaches the basics of film structure, of writing good dialogue, and of creating effective characters and dramatic situations. Class sessions are discussion-based. Students turn in weekly assignments, starting with short scenes and problems and moving on to several short scripts. This course fulfills the Creative and Professional Writing requirement for Humanities and Sciences. CPW/HU 3915 Science Fiction and Fantasy This class combines a close study of the works of classic and contemporary fantasy/science fiction writers with a writing workshop component. The primary focus of this class is the creation of altered realities-worlds that present a reality as different, yet connected and meaningful to our own. A series of assigned writing exercises give participants in the class the chance to build their own worlds and begin the process of peopling them with appropriate characters. Class exploration focuses on developing students' own unique logic, questions, interrogations, and approaches to fantasy/science fiction genre writing. Class sessions are discussion-based.
Writing and Inquiry or faculty permission Writing and Inquiry or faculty permission
HS 4910Advanced Screenwriting3
In Advanced Screenwriting, each student develops and structures a conventional or alternative screenplay. Students who choose a mid-length format write the complete screenplay, while students who choose a feature-length format write a significant portion of the work. Students orally present their ideas for feedback from the class, then write iterative drafts of their scripts to be read for class critiques. Feedback is rigorous but supportive, and each student is expected to write at a high level. It is recommended that students complete Beginning Screenwriting before enrolling in this course. This course fulfills the Creative and Professional Writing requirement for Humanities and Sciences.
Beginning Screenwriting or permission from instructor
HS 4916Literature of the Americas3
This course offers students a hemispheric perspective on the study of literature, focusing on a range of works from underrepresented, marginalized, and outsider authors in the Americas from the nineteenth century to the present. Students have an opportunity to challenge conventional categorizations of writers from across the Americas-not just in the United States-by fostering transnational and transhistorical perspectives while considering concepts including identity, race, citizenship, hybridity, and nationhood.
Any 3000-level AH or HU course or its transferred equivalent, or faculty permission.
HS 5010Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a public presentation. Class sessions are discussion-based and interactive. Group learning is emphasized
Completion of Cultural Awareness Requirement (4000-level course), Junior standing
HS 5011Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Craft3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Craft enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. Though students from any major can enroll in this class, this seminar is especially intended to appeal to students who are interested in the history of a specific studio practice, discipline, process, exploring the state of a craft or discipline, issues of technology and artistic production, arts pedagogy, and other related fields. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a public presentation. Class sessions are
Completion of Cultural Awareness Requirement (4000-level course) Junior standing
HS 5012Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Creativity3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Creativity enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. Though students from any major can enroll in this class, this seminar is especially intended to appeal to students who are interested in exploring the nature of creativity and creative endeavors, creative writing, performance, and other related fields. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a public presentation. Class sessions are discussion-based and interactive. Group learning is emphasized.
Completion of Cultural Awareness Requirement (4000-level course), Junior standing
HS 5013Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Critique3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Critique enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. Though students from any major can enroll in this class, this seminar is especially intended to appeal to students who are interested in art criticism, art journalism, art history, curatorial studies, and other related fields. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a public presentation. Class sessions are discussion-based and interactive. Group learning is emphasized.
Completion of Cultural Awareness Requirement (4000-level course), Junior standing
HS 5014Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Community3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Community enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. Though students from any major can enroll in this class, this seminar is especially intended to appeal to students who are interested in exploring ethnography, sociology, market research, socially-engaged art, public art, and other related fields. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a public presentation. Class sessions are discussion-based and interactive. Group learning is emphasized.
Completion of Cultural Awareness Requirement (4000-level course), Junior standing
HS 5015Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Curation3
The Liberal Arts Advanced Seminar: Curation enables students to pursue their own research and writing goals within a seminar setting. This class is intended for juniors and seniors who have declared the Curatorial Studies Minor. Projects are student-originated and consist of both a written piece and a curation project. Class sessions are discussion-based and interactive. Group learning is emphasized.
