Cowell College
Lower-Division Courses
*21. Writing Workshop: Poetry (2 credits).
A workshop for beginning writers of poetry. Students generate, revise,
and discuss their own work as well as study modern poems that illustrate
issues and choices in contemporary poetry writing. Offered again in winter
quarter 2002. Enrollment limited to 20. Enrollment restricted to members
of Cowell College. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code:
A.) The Staff
*22. Writing Workshop: Prose (2 credits).
A workshop for novice writers of fiction in which students generate, revise,
and discuss their own work as well as read stories by diverse writers.
Offered again in spring quarter 2002. Enrollment limited to 20. Enrollment
restricted to members of Cowell College. May be repeated for credit. (General
Education Code: A.) The Staff
42. Student-Directed Seminar. F,W,S
Seminars taught by upper-division students under faculty supervision.
(See course 192.) The Staff
70. Book Arts. F,W
History, theory, and practice of the printer's craft. Students learn typesetting,
manual press operation, aspects of design, and historical processes with
particular emphasis on the book arts. Taught in conjunction with Art 111.
Does not fulfill a requirement for the art major. (Also offered as Art
070. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment limited
to 10. (General Education Code: A.) G. Kane
80. The Cowell Core Course. F
Discussion of literary and philosophical texts which develop themes of
humanistic study. Emphasis on critical interpretation and expression with
frequent writing assignments (including at least five essays). Syllabus
revised each year. Seminar groups meet together periodically for lectures,
films, or performances. (Formerly Idea and Imagination in Western Cultural
Contexts (Cowell Core Course).) (General Education Code: T4-Humanities
and Arts.) The Staff
93. Field Study. F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
94. Group Tutorial. F,W,S
A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and
a faculty instructor. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with sponsoring
agency. Enrollment limited to 10. The Staff
94F. Group Tutorial (2 credits). F,W,S
A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and
a faculty instructor. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with sponsoring
agency. The Staff
99. Tutorial. F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. The Staff
99F. Tutorial (2 credits). F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. The Staff
Upper-Division Courses
*118A. American Musical Theater.
An examination of representative works of the American musical theater
in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with attention to ways in which
they illustrate significant aspects of American life and address problems
of politics, class, race and gender. (Also offered as American Studies
118A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment limited
to 40. (Formerly American Studies 118A.) J. Dizikes, M. Ellis
136A-B-C. La Francophonie (2 credits). F-W-S
Studies linguistic and cultural variety in the French-speaking world.
Topics range from the linguistic (language description) to the sociolinguistic
(language use in multilingual societies), from literature (poetry, fiction,
drama) to history and the arts. Prerequisite(s): Three years high school
or one year college-level French, or French 3, 4, 5, 6, 30, 111, 125,
or 136A-B-C. Required of residents of Cowell's Francophone House; otherwise
open to all students, but priority given to Cowell students. Enrollment
limited to 20. A. Elsey
192. Directed Student Teaching. F,W,S
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course
42.) Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; a proposal supported by
a faculty member willing to supervise. The Staff
194. Group Tutorial. F,W,S
A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and
an instructor. The Staff
194F. Group Tutorial (2 credits). F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
195. Senior Thesis. F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): petition on file with sponsoring agency. The Staff
195F. Senior Thesis (2 credits). F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
198. Independent Field Study. F,W,S
Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus, for
which faculty supervision is not in person (e.g., supervision is by correspondence.)
Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in any one quarter. Prerequisite(s):
approval of the student's adviser, certification of adequate preparation,
and approval by the provost. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
198F. Field Study (2 credits). F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
199. Tutorial. F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. The Staff
199F. Tutorial (2 credits). F,W,S
Various topics to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): petition on file with
sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
*Not offered in 2003-04