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ENG 401 - Anglo Saxon & Medieval Literature
Credit(s): 4
Studies Medieval literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500.
Prerequisite(s): 300-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
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ENG 402 - Early Modern Literature
Credit(s): 4
Examines British literature from 1500-1700. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 403 - 18 & 19 Century American Lit
Credit(s): 4
Examines British literature from 1700 to 1900. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 406 - 19th Century American Lit
Credit(s): 4
Examines major writers and writings of the 19th Century. Emphases may include works of American romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, and naturalism, and examines literary movements in their cultural contexts. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 410 - Studies in Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Studies literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500, in England. Emphasis on the history of the language, the cultural diversity, and the oral-formulaic nature of the poetry. Primary focus: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
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ENG 411 - 20 Century British Literature
Credit(s): 4
Examines British writers and writings of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 411 - Studies in Renaissance Literature
Examines English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries, excepting Shakespeare, in the context of the times. Focus varies from term to term, sometimes by genre (prose, lyric, epic, dramatic), sometimes by theme.
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ENG 412 - 20th Century American Lit
Credit(s): 4
Examines American writers and writings of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 412 - Studies in Shakespeare
Topical course on Shakespeare’s works, for advanced students. Topic to be advertised in advance of registration.
Prerequisite(s): English major or consent. ENG 140 or equivalent. JR Status. ENG major.
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ENG 414 - 20th Century Literature
Credit(s): 4
Studies literature of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 414 - Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the Restoration and neoclassical periods. Focus on novel as a literary genre, comic potential of the war between the sexes, and poets’ efforts to offer the emerging middle class a sense of both the past and the world of ideas.
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ENG 415 - Studies ContemporaryLiterature
Credit(s): 4
Studies contemporary literature of the 21st century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 415 - Studies in 19th-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the romantic and Victorian periods. Emphases may include works of either period, the forms of lyric poetry, the rise of the novel, or literary movements in their cultural contexts.
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ENG 419 - Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the modern and contemporary periods. Emphases may include movements in poetry, fiction, or drama – especially those that represent experiments in new modes of expression at the beginning and end of the century.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent. JR Status.
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ENG 422 - Studies Multiethnic Literature
Credit(s): 4
Studies literature by writers of different racial and ethnics origins. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 426 - Southern Writers
Studies selected Southern writers, including novelists, dramatists, and poets.
Prerequisite(s): Junior/senior status.
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ENG 428 - Contemporary American Literature
Studies American literature in the last half of the 20th century, from the end of World War II and the emergence of the Beats, through the tumultuous ‘60s and ‘70s, and on into the fin de siècle.
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ENG 429 - Selected Studies in American Literature
Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): junior/senior standing.
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ENG 434 - Studies in Contemporary Media
Credit(s): 4
An advanced media literacy and the culture of media, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. May be repeated for credit. Prereq(s): A 300-level ENG or ENGW course or instructor consent.
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ENG 436 - Twentieth-Century English and American Poetry
Seminar on British and American poets of the 20th century, with emphasis upon the major poets.
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ENG 440 - Topic in World Literature
Specific topics vary. Possibilities include a theme; a period; a selection of authors.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent. JR Status.
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ENG 444 - Literature & Culture Studies
Credit(s): 4
Specific topics vary. Possibilities include The Postmodern; Visual Culture; Media Mixtures; Interactive Literary Venues; or some combination thereof. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 444 - Topics in Advanced Literature and Cultural Studies
Offers advanced study in literature and culture with focus on critical theory. Specific topics vary. Possibilities include theories of gender and sexuality, critical race theory, postcolonialism, performance, and formal innovation.
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ENG 445 - Studies American Literature
Credit(s): 4
Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 446 - Studies British Literature
Credit(s): 4
: Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 449 - Major Authors
Credit(s): 4
Focuses on the works of a single author OR a group of closely connected authors. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
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ENG 450 - Studies in Rhetoric
Credit(s): 4
Studies rhetorical and linguistic theories of public discourse to analyze, critique, and create persuasive texts and media.
Prerequisite(s): WCMP May be repeated for credit.
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ENG 459 - The Writer’s Portfolio
Examines issues for students serious about keeping writing in their lives. Assists students in defining themselves as writers, framing their work for the public, and balancing the desire for voice with the need for professionalism. May also introduce an editing process for correctness (grammar, punctuation), precision (unity, coherence, emphasis), and style (syntax, voice, tone). Required for the minor in writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent. JR Status.
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ENG 475 - Creative Writing Colloquy
Capstone course that engages writing minors in a culminating workshop, facilitates an edited compilation of best work from the minor, and prepares them to continue writing and market their work.
Prerequisite(s): must have completed the twenty (20) semester hours required for the creative writing minor except for this final course. By permission, a student may take this course concurrent with one other course to fulfill the minor.
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ENG 490 - Advanced Major Author(s) Study
Focuses on the works of a single author (excluding Shakespeare) OR a group of closely connected authors. Assigned texts include secondary sources as well as primary works.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent. JR Status.
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ENG 497 - Internship in Writing
Interns assist in a variety of activities related to the Rollins Writing Program, i.e., Winter with the Writers; annual Student Readings; First Friday workshops; and other promotions. Interns are appointed by faculty selection committee.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and consent.
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ENG 498 - Independent Study/Research
To be eligible for independent study, students must have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours at Rollins College.
Prerequisite(s): Approval.
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ENG 498/499 - Independent Study/Research
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ENG 499 - Independent Study/Research
To be eligible for independent study, students must have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours at Rollins College.
Prerequisite(s): Approval.
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ENGW 434 - Studies in Contemporary Media
Credit(s): 4
An advanced media literacy and the culture of media, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. May be repeated for credit. Prereq(s): A 300-level ENG or ENGW course or instructor consent.
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ENGW 140 - Composition: Writing about Selected Topics
Develops students’ ability to write college-level essays by practicing strategies of argumentation and by refining skills of invention, completeness, clarity, and mechanical correctness. Section topics are designated by individual instructors. In order to satisfy the College’s general education requirement for writing (WCMP), students must receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in the course.
May be repeated for credit, so long as a different topic is selected.
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ENGW 167 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Credit(s): 4
Writing in a variety of genres, including fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Focus on peer evaluation (oral and written) as well as that of the professor. Models of these genres are studied not as literature, but as writing samples.
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ENGW 210 - Language and Power
Surveys rhetorical tools leaders have used throughout history to change their societies. Students will analyze how these tools function within speeches, letters, essays, and other literary texts that have persuaded audiences to think, feel, and act in new – sometimes positive, sometimes destructive – ways. By modeling such writing in their own essays, students will practice using these tools to address contemporary social issues while discussing the ethical concerns that responsible citizens must consider whenever they use rhetoric.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140.
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ENGW 216 - Grammar Bootcamp
Covers basic English grammar as well as more advanced grammar to prepare students for advanced writing courses. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, diction, and cohesion.
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ENGW 217 - Introduction to Professional Writing
Credit(s): 4
Offers a foundation in professional writing theory and practice. Using a rhetorical approach, analyzes situations, texts, and audiences to understand and produce effective documents. Appropriate for non-majors.
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ENGW 260 - The Writer’s Craft
Credit(s): 4
Students will learn about creative potential and how to nurture it. They will take up a writing “practice” that includes regular writing and attention to the conditions under which they are most creative and productive. Responding effectively to the writing of others and basic techniques of craft that good writers use to achieve effect and meaning will be explored.
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ENGW 261 - Writing Poetry
Credit(s): 4
Offers an introduction to writing poetry, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequence of reading and writing assignments.
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ENGW 262 - Writing Creative Nonfiction
Credit(s): 4
Offers an introduction to writing creative nonfiction, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequences of reading and writing assignments.
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ENGW 263 - Writing Fiction
Credit(s): 4
Offers an introduction to writing creative fiction, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequences of reading and writing assignments.
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ENGW 267 - Topics/Techniques in Writing
Offers an introduction to a specific genre of writing (such as humor writing or writing children’s books) or a close study of a specific literary technique (such as point of view or narrative design), giving close attention to the defining characteristics through a sequence of reading and writing assignments. May be repeated for credit with differen instructors or topics.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140 May be repeated for credit with different instructors or topics.
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ENGW 277 - Visual and Verbal Text Design
Credit(s): 4
Investigates how visuals (pictures, graphics, color, and layout) interact with words to add or disrupt meaning in texts. Studies cutting-edge research on visual perception. Practices document design using InDesign software.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140
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ENGW 280 - Writing in the Liberal Arts
Reinforces skills in writing, rhetoric, and research through in-depth writing projects. Assignments will ask students to consider how they, as writers, can influence public debate and move readers. Students will better understand the complexities of the writing process and be able to reflect on how writing can enrich their academic, civic, and professional lives. This course fulfills the Writing Reinforcement General Education requirement for Holt students.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140 /WCMP or equivalent.
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ENGW 294 - The Writing Life
Credit(s): 4
Provides students the opportunity to work with the Irving Bachellor Professor of Creative Writing during the Winter with the Writers festival.
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ENGW 360 - The Writers Bookshelf
Credit(s): 4
Teaches the principles of “reading as a writer” through an intense focus on a single genre of writing (such as the novel, the lyric poem, or young adult literature), devoting particular attention to the craft within these works. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 361 - Poetry Workshop
Credit(s): 4
Focuses on the writing of poetry through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary poets. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 362 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Credit(s): 4
Focuses on the writing of creative nonfiction through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary nonfiction writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 363 - Fiction Workshop
Credit(s): 4
Focuses on the writing of short fiction through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary fiction writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 367 - Creative Writing Workshop-Special Topics
Emphasizes the writing of a specific genre (such as young adult literature, literary journalism, or science fiction) through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors or topics.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 368 - Playwriting Workshop
Through the reading of plays and multiple workshops, students write a full-length script.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 369 - Screenwriting Workshop
Credit(s): 4
Through the reading of screenplays, watching of films, and multiple workshops, students write a full-length screenplay.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 374 - Editing Essentials
Focuses on editing writing at three levels: for correctness (grammar and punctuation); for precision (unity, order, coherence, emphasis, language); and for style (syntax, levels of detail, tone, diction, voice). Students will perform close analysis of surface features of their own and professional writing, and they will complete exercises designed to strengthen their ability to edit writing at the three levels mentioned above. This course is especially appropriate for students preparing to be teachers or engage in any profession that requires writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140.
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ENGW 377 - Studies in Professional Writing
Credit(s): 4
Studies select topics, genres, and practices in professional writing. Topics may include writing for digital media, writing for communities, business writing, and journalistic writing. Each class involves both theoretical study and skills development.
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ENGW 380 - Language Studies: Readers and Writers
Credit(s): 4
Investigates the dynamics of language from historical, sociological, and rhetorical perspectives. Students will learn the best tools for understanding language and for editing their own work and that of others.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 140.
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ENGW 394 - Winter with the Writers
Conducted in conjunction with the visiting authors series, whose work will be the focus of study. Includes biographic research and critical studies in papers and panels in advance of writers’ visits. Provides opportunity to meet these writers and discuss their work in master classes. Offers opportunity to combine an academic experience with a deeper involvement in the literary community on the campus. Prerequisite: Instructor consent.
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ENGW 396 - Journal Production
Credit(s): 4
Examines the genre of the literary journal, including practical experience in reading, discussion, selection, and editing of material for the journal. Students review online submissions, readings on the journal theme, and participate in class discussion. Examines past issues of the journal and other national journals, discussing principles of design, content, and aesthetics. Requires final project based on the call for papers for the current issue. Prerequisite: 300-level ENGW Workshop or instructor consent.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 167 or instructor consent.
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ENGW 397 - Internship in Writing
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ENGW 460 - The Writer’s Portfolio
Credit(s): 4
Examines issues for students serious about keeping writing in their lives. Assists students in defining themselves as writers, framing their work for the public, and balancing the desire for voice with the need for professionalism. May also introduce an editing process for correctness (grammar, punctuation), precision (unity, coherence, emphasis), and style (syntax, voice, tone).
Prerequisite(s): 300-level ENGW Workshop (ENGW 361, ENGW 362, ENGW 363, ENGW 367, ENGW 368, or ENGW 369) or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
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ENGW 467 - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
Credit(s): 4
Focuses on readings and writing in a chosen genre. Frequent deadlines and critiques in a workshop atmosphere emphasizing individual instruction. Revision and submission of works encouraged.
Prerequisite(s): 300-level ENGW Workshop (ENGW 361, ENGW 362, ENGW 363, ENGW 367, ENGW 368, or ENGW 369) or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
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ENGW 482 - Writing for Publication
Credit(s): 4
Identifies the demands/restrictions of various publications (newspapers, magazines, literary journals, literary contests, etc.) Students conduct research on the genre, style, and audience of specific publications, write queries and proposals, and submit to at least two publications.
Prerequisite(s): A 300-level ENGW workshop (ENGW 361 , ENGW 362 , ENGW 363 , ENGW 367 , ENGW 368 , or ENGW 369 ) or instructor consent. Check course restrictions and update. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
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ENV 115 - Oceanography
A study of oceanography with special emphasis on seawater composition and circulation, marine geology, marine biology, and economic resources. Includes a history of ocean studies, present development, and the future potentials of the oceans.
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ENV 120 - Fundamentals of Environmental Studies
A survey of biological principles which include the structure and function of cells; plant and animal physiology and anatomy; development; genetics; diversity of forms; ecology; and evolution.
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ENV 130 - The Geosphere with Lab
Introduces the study of geology, earth science, and ecological systems.
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ENV 189 - The Environmental Crisis in its Cultural Context
Weighs humanity’s responsibility to nature, technocratic drift of society, and conflicts between material and environmental values. Traces development of a mechanistic worldview and reemergence of an organic or holistic perspective.
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ENV 191 - Humanscapes
Humanscapes is a study of the environmental and psychological factors that we rely on to make sense of our cities and neighborhoods. This course also examines the failure of modern communities to provide a common life that connects humans to each other and the landscape. The steps needed to rectify this dilemma and create communities that are easy to understand, yet continually stimulating, is the final component of this course.
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ENV 201 - Introduction to Historic Preservation
This course provides an introduction to issues of historic preservation. Topics include the history and language of the movement, governmental agencies and their activities, adaptive reuse, and architectural history. Research involving historical written sources, maps, photos, and oral history will be used in class assignments.
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ENV 206 - Caribbean Environmental History
Studies clash among American, European, and African cultures in East Indies. Views contemporary and historical geography of Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean in light of Spanish conquest, native assimilation, and African colonization.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 189 or LAC 200 (offered in College of Liberal Arts only).
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ENV 212 - Florida Water Resources
Florida water resources are most important ecologically as well as economically. What are the characteristics of Florida’s varied water resources? How fragile are they? Can we safely develop adjacent to these resources? These questions will be considered for Florida’s lakes, rivers, ground water, swamps, marshes, and estuaries. The physical, chemical and biological properties of Florida’s water resources along with how Florida’s weather and climate affect those resources will be explored. Also water resource laws and policies will be covered. With field trips.
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ENV 215 - Topics in Environmental Studies
Introduces subdisciplines. Varies from year to year.
May be repeated for credit.
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ENV 216 - Ecology with Lab
Explores relationships of organisms and environments, including population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Focuses on aquatic and terrestrial systems of Central Florida. Lab required.
Prerequisite(s): Junior/senior status. ENV 120 and ENV 130 .
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ENV 220 - Field Botany with Lab
Examines taxonomy, evolution, ecology, and the environmental significance of local flora through directed observation, identification, and experimental analysis. Students describe and identify plant specimens obtained in the field and interpret evolutionary and ecological relationships among plant groups. Mandatory field labs in Florida’s natural environment and climate.
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ENV 222 - Sustainable Agriculture
The course explores the rise of local and regional food systems in North America and examines changes taking place in Central Florida.
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ENV 250 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
A project-based course that examines the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the mapping of land, and how to use GIS to make well-informed decisions regarding land use.
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ENV 270 - Environmental Literature
Features poets, novelists, and essayists who have spoken out strongly for preservation of the environment: Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Burroughs, Muir, Austin, Carson, and Abbey.
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ENV 284 - Marine Biology
Introduces ecology, systematics, biogeography, and behavior of marine organisms from floating (planktonic) organisms through swimming and bottom-dwelling forms, with emphasis on organisms of Florida coasts and Caribbean. Includes lab and fieldwork.
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ENV 289 - Nature in the City
Takes up the problems of environmental degradation and alienation–separation of humans from nature–in American cities. Traces efforts of design professionals beginning with Frederick Law Olmsted to harmonize urban and natural worlds.
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ENV 300 - Land Use Controls
Law defines both property rights and the limitations placed on property use. This course analyzes how our growth can best be managed to promote the public welfare, reduce social costs and protect property rights. Florida’s Growth Management Act and its application in Central Florida will provide a major focus for the class. Emerging techniques including new urbanism, sustainable communities, transit-oriented development, and fiscal impact analysis will also be introduced.
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ENV 302 - Traditional Town Planning
Explores the historical basis, principles and practice of Traditional Town Planning as an alternative to conventional, auto-oriented development and suburban sprawl. Examines the importance of neighborhood structure, transportation alternatives and community identity as essential components of sustainable development. Includes field trip to model communities.
Prerequisite(s): Two ENV or GMS courses.
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ENV 303 - Citizen Participation and Community Dynamics
This course examines the components that make a community work. Case studies and local projects are studied to find out how communities function and what makes them unique. Since citizen participation operates at the most fundamental level of American democracy, students are also introduced to the communication tools and techniques for resolving conflict and building consensus.
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ENV 310 - Ecological Restoration
Analysis of the origins and evolution of ecological restoration. Field trips and field projects supplement the classroom experience, which will analyze restoration projects in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 130 or ENV 289 .
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ENV 320 - Aquatic Biology with Lab
Develops an awareness of the complex nature of the aquatic environment and the diversity of life in this medium. It starts with an exploration of the physical and chemical factors operating in the aquatic environment; then the most important groups of plants and animals are studied. Finally the individual groups are put together as populations and communities and the applied side of biology is examined through a short study of water-pollution biology. With laboratory and field trip.
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ENV 325 - Natural Habitats of Central Florida
Investigates complex interactions between climate, landforms, soils, plants, and animals. Teaches ecosystem mapping techniques.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 120 or ENV 130
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ENV 327 - Principles and Methods in Environmental Analysis
Introduces students to techniques of environmental field analysis and regulatory requirements. Covers regulatory criteria (i.e. wetland delineation), standards and guidelines for environmental assessments, and site analysis and sampling techniques. Students will also critique project case studies in groups to emphasize the problem-solving techniques employed at environmental firms and agencies.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 220 .
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ENV 348 - Sustainable Development
Explores both theoretical and actual development strategies that are ecologically and socially acceptable.
Prerequisite(s): One ENV or GMS course.
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ENV 362 - Environmental Politics
This course will examine the diverse influences and interests that shape environmental policy, with special emphasis on the role of the media. The presidential election will provide a unique opportunity to see how these influences and interests actually play out in the present political climate.
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ENV 380 - American Environmental History
Follows the changing patterns of land and resource use. Examines the displacement of Native Americans, expansion of the frontier, the progressive conservation movement, and development of contemporary environmentalism.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 189 . Previously offered as ENV 280.
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ENV 386 - Environmental Law
Introduces the interpretation and application of federal, state, and local environmental regulations in the U.S. Focuses on national and local land-use planning and federal judicial response to environmental problems past and present. Covers air and water pollution, dredge-and-fill laws, historic preservation, toxic-waste, and growth management regulations. Recommended: ENV 120 and ENV 189 .
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ENV 389 - Environmental Planning
Provides an understanding of competing demands for urban growth and development and needs to conserve and protect limited natural resources. Concludes with environmental issues in Central Florida.
Prerequisite(s): Junior/senior status. ENV 220 , and ENV 189 or ENV 289 .
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ENV 390 - Culture and Landscape
Analyzes American landscapes and human cultures that created them, particularly intensive development that has radically altered natural systems.
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HSL 135 - U.S. Health Law
This major course provides an overview of the legal aspects of the U.S. health system. It is a basic survey course that covers a wide range of important issues in health law, including physician-patient relations, access to health care, informed consent to medical treatment and basic medical malpractice suits against physicians.
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HSL 200 - U.S. Health Systems
This course provides students with an understanding of the current American health care system including its history and evolution. The structure of the health care system, financing of health care, provider components, and the legal and regulatory framework within which our system operates will be addressed. The American system will be compared to health care systems globally and national issues such as public health, consumerism, access to and quality of care, health care reform, pay for performance, and managed care organizations will be discussed.
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HSL 295 - Special Topics in Health Services Management
Credit(s): 4
This course was developed as an elective course in the major and minor health services management and leadership curriculum. Topics will focus on trends that impact health services managers and leaders.
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HSL 300 - Health Informatics and Quality Control
This course will provide basics concepts of the theory, development, management, adoption and use of information systems in clinical, administative and financial health settings and stress the impact of technology on outcomes and quality of health services.
Prerequisite(s): HSL 200 .
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HSL 315 - Health Services Management, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership
This course provides a discussion of the principles of health services management and leadership and how organizational behavior plays a role in succesful health leadership.
Prerequisite(s): HSL 200 or permission of instructor.
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HSL 325 - Human Resources in Health Services Management
This course deals with assessing the need for and the supply of professional and other personnel. Functions include recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and evaluation of such personnel and examining ways to evaluate productivity and monitor accountability for results.
Prerequisite(s): HSL 200 or permission of instructor.
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