This course teaches the skills that enable us to read literature with understanding and pleasure. By studying examples from a variety of periods and places, students learn how poetry, prose fiction and drama work, how to interpret them and how to make use of interpretations by others. English 199 seeks to produce perceptive readers well equipped to take on complex texts. This gateway course for prospective English majors is not recommended for students simply seeking a writing intensive course. Readings in different sections vary, but all involve active discussion and frequent writing.

A study of the English literary tradition from the Middle Ages through the 18th century. Recommended for sophomores. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.

Sectioned course. This class is recommended for both the curious beginner and the experienced kickboxer. It incorporates martial art forms, a variety of strength/fitness drills, as well as standard boxing techniques. Students start by learning proper form of the basic techniques before progressing to more complicated combinations. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.

By permission of the department, normally for majors who have had at least four semester courses at the intermediate level.

Introduction to a block-structured, object-oriented high-level programming language. Covering language syntax and use the language to teach program design, coding, debugging, testing and documentation. Procedural and data abstraction are introduced. Enrollment limited to 48; 24 per lab section.

Authors vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list that includes Plato, Homer, Aristophanes, lyric poets, tragedians, historians and orators depending on the interests and needs of the students. May be repeated for credit, provided the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: 213 or permission of the instructor. Greek tragedy regularly derived its themes from traditional mythology but shaped them to reflect fifth-century concerns. The Hellenistic poet Apollonius of Rhodes consciously emulated the style of Homeric epic, but with radically different results.

In the history of Western music, world music, American music, composition and digital music, or music theory and analysis. For juniors and seniors, by permission of the department.

An historical and thematic perspective of literature and culture in the Americas and the Caribbean, from the colonial period until the present time. Topics include Coloniality, indigenous knowledge and the natural world; slavery, piracy and power; and gender, conquest and empire. Prerequisite:  SPN 220 or equivalent.  Enrollment limited to 19.

Assisting in the coaching of an intercollegiate team. Weekly conferences on team management, coach responsibilities and coaching aids.