This coursefamiliarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting, and plot. Students draft, workshop, and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 12. (E)

Application of the theories of political economy to environmental problems and issues. Topics include regulatory and market approaches to pollution and natural resource depletion; cost-benefit analysis and its economic and political foundations; and case studies of specific environmental problems such as acid rain, deforestation, and global warming.

This one-credit, interactive and exploration-based course will focus on personalizing your approach to college. In this course you will create a college academic plan; explore majors, career and internship paths; discover on-campus support resources, and connect with creative and cultural opportunities.

The course is designed to present an overview of the field of how additional languages, with an emphasis on English, are learned after a first language has already been acquired. In this course, core concepts of language learning will be explored along with a historical perspective of teaching approaches based on those core concepts. The development of learner language will also be examined from the perspective of the four modalities: reading, writing, listening, speaking, as will the influences of culture and individual differences on language learning.

In depth presentation of animal agriculture and its economic implications. Concepts of nutrition, reproduction, husbandry and marketing will be presented for beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and horses. Lab emphasizes application of selected management practices for these animal species. Prereq: ANIMLSCI 101 with a grade of C or better.