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A survey of significant literature written in English, from the Anglo-Saxon era through the late Renaissance

This seminar explores effective revision and editing processes, providing students with ways to "re-think" their writing and incorporate concrete strategies for improvement.

This seminar teaches students how to create effective thesis statements and topic sentences, including considerations of language, style, and structure.

This seminar provides students models of the elements of an academic essay and how to create their own academic essays, including considerations of language, style, audience, and structure.

College reading, writing, and critical thinking with a major research component. Reading, writing, and research assignments are based predominantly on non-fiction texts.

A survey of contemporary queer literature, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender authors, characters, and experiences. Focus is on examples from the 20th and 21st centuries that present material relevant to present-day experiences.

A study of significant works in African-American literature, philosophy, art, and music, including their roots in African cultures.

The evolution of Western consciousness from the Renaissance to the modern era. Emphasis on the creations of those artists and thinkers whose styles and modes of thought reflect the cultural temper of their times.

The evolution of Western consciousness from Paleolithic times through to the High Middle Ages. Emphasis on the creations of those artists and thinkers whose styles and modes of thought reflect the cultural temper of their times.

A cross-cultural survey of women's achievements in the visual, literary, and performing arts made through examination of current and historical examples. Student understanding is informed by original, biographical, and critical texts and enhanced by cultural theories of aesthetics, sex, gender, and race.