400 Wickenden Building
Phone 216-368-2970; Fax 216-368-5039
James B. Rebitzer, Chair

James B. Rebitzer, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics; Chair, Economics Department
Economics of organizations, employment relationships and labor markets, human resource management and industrial relations, behavioral economics

Eric Bettinger, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Labor economics, economics of education

Bo A. Carlsson, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
E. Mandell deWindt Professor of Industrial Economics; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Managerial economics, industrial economics

David J. Cooper, Ph.D. (Princeton University)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory

Avi Dor, Ph.D. (City University of New York)
John R. Mannix Blue Cross & Blue Shield Associate Professor of Health Care Economics
Health care economics, industrial economics

Robin A. Dubin, Ph.D. (The Johns Hopkins University)
Associate Professor of Economics
Spatial econometrics, urban economics, regional economics

Asim Erdilek, Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Professor of Economics
International economics, international finance

Susan Helper, Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Associate Professor of Economics
Economic history, technical change, economics of supplier relations

Mari Rege, Ph.D. (University of Oslo)
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary game theory and behavioral economics

Robert L. Slonim, Ph.D. (Duke University)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Game theory, learning, behavioral economics, reference theory, price theory, auctions, decision theory and experimental economics

Marcus Stanley, M.A. (Syracuse University)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Labor economics, economics of education

Paul D. Gottlieb, Ph.D. (Princeton University)
Associate Director, Center for Regional Economic Issues; Senior Lecturer of Economics
Economics of cities and regions, public policy, labor markets and commuting, amenities and economic development

David C. Hammack, Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Elbert Jay Benton Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Economics
Nonprofit organizations, urban and social policy history

Dennis R. Young, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
Professor of Nonprofit Management, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; Professor of Economics
Economics of nonprofit organizations, economics of public services, entrepreneurship

Martine Lussier, Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Instructor of Economics

Ayhan Talu, Ph.D. (Arizona State University)
Lecturer

Economics is concerned with the problems of allocating scarce resources to meet human needs. Students who study economics gain an understanding of how consumers (households), producers (firms) and governments make decisions affecting the allocation of resources and, therefore, a society’s economic performance. Economics also involves an examination of how the interaction of these decisions in markets and in the political process produces certain outcomes, and how legal and institutional arrangements can influence these outcomes. Finally, the study of economics leads to a better appreciation of the ways in which trade, investment and the movement of people and information across national boundaries tie the global economy together.

An undergraduate major in economics provides an excellent preparation for a variety of professional careers, such as management, law and government service. A major is essential for those wanting to pursue graduate work in economics.

A major in economics consists of 33 hours, with a minimum of 30 hours of economics courses. It leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.

ECON 102, 103, 307, and either 308 or 309 (12 hours)

STAT 201 or 207 or equivalent (3 hours)

ECON 326 (3 hours)

Electives (12 hours)

2 elective courses in each of 2 concentrations (12 hours)

(see concentrations on following page)

Capstone Experience (3 hours)
The Senior Project requirement can be satisfied by choosing from a menu of options. This Senior Project course requirement can be satisfied by taking ECON 399 — Individual Readings and Research, which could be tailored around service (action) learning, or active student participation, requiring effective written and oral presentation, in our LESS and MOPPS seminars under the supervision of a faculty advisor. It can also be satisfied by taking ECON 398 — Honors II, as well as certain existing electives, such as ECON 377 — Economics of Nonprofit Organizations and ECON 386 — Urban Economics, that are offered as service (action) learning oriented courses.

A minor in economics consists of 15 hours, as follows:

ECON 102, ECON 103, and three additional economics courses (9 hours). At least 2 of the elective courses must be within one concentration.

The sequence requirement is satisfied by taking ECON 102, ECON 103, and one other 200- or 300-level ECON course.

ECON 102. Principles of Microeconomics (3)
This course covers how productive resources are allocated in a market economy, the determination of individual prices and costs of production, consumer behavior, the consequences of governmental controls over prices and wages, and problems related to allocating resources between the private and public sectors.

ECON 103. Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
This course covers how incomes, employment, inflation, and the national output of goods and services are determined, as well as the monetary system and its management. Government revenue and expenditure policies and their influence on economic stability and growth are also studied.

ECON 205. Economic Perspectives (3)
This course examines important contemporary and historical issues from an economic perspective. It enables students to think about the world "like an economist." Possible topics of current interest include the transformation of Eastern Europe, ethnic and racial strife, environmental policy and sustainable development, and professional sports.

ECON 255. The Economic History of the United States (3)
(See HSTY 255.) Cross-listed as HSTY 255 and PLCY 255.

ECON 306. History of Economic Thought (3)
In this course you will study first hand the writings of the great economists. The course focuses on such famous thinkers as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Leon Walras, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Ronald Coase. For many of these writers, economics went beyond contemporary boundaries and encompassed the study of history, philosophy and sociology. Their original texts are "classics"–books that everybody talks about yet nobody reads. As such they are often misinterpreted. In this course you should develop your own interpretation–hopefully it will surprise you. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103.

ECON 307. Intermediate Macrotheory (3)
This course examines the theories of the determination of national income, the unemployment rate, inflation, and the rate of interest, as well as alternative theories of income determination, the theory of capital, monetarists vs. Keynesians, and dynamic analysis. Prereq: ECON 103.

ECON 308. Intermediate Microtheory (3)
This course examines pricing and resource allocation, welfare economics, general equilibrium, and relative economic efficiencies of capitalistic and alternative forms of economic organization. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 309. Intermediate Microtheory: Math Based (3)
Course covers the same topics as ECON 308 but uses calculus. Prereq: MATH 121 or MATH 125 and ECON 102.

ECON 326. Econometrics (3)
This course covers the techniques used by economists to estimate the parameters of economic relationships such as demand curves and consumption functions. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103 and one semester of statistics.

ECON 328. Experimental Economics (3)
This course covers the methods of experiments to study economic behavior. This course will examine the role of market institutions, game theory, and individual choice. Specific topics will depend on both the instructor and student interest, but will include market organization, game theory and rational choice and recent modifications to economic thinking on this topics. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 329. Game Theory: The Economics of Thinking Strategically (3)
The term "game theory" refers to the set of tools economists use to think about strategic interactions among small groups of individuals and firms. The primary purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of game theory and its applications. The class will stress the use of game theory as a tool for building models of important economic phenomena. The class will also include a number of experiments designed to illustrate the game theoretic results, and to highlight how reality may depart from the theory. The course will stress the value of thinking strategically and provide students with a framework for thinking strategically in their everyday lives. Rather than approaching each strategic situation they encounter as a unique problem, students will be taught to recognize patterns in the situations they face and to generalize from specific experiences. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 332. Economic Analysis of Labor Markets (3)
This course examines the determinants of the demand for and supply of labor, the operation of labor markets under differing degrees of competition, and the relationship between the operation of the labor market and the level of inflation. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 335. Comparative Economic Systems (3)
This course examines the way that different institutions affect economic performance. An alternative course title might be "Comparative Institutional Analysis." In particular, we look at the economic institutions of three capitalist economies (the U.S., Japan and Sweden), one socialist economy (the former Soviet Union), and two economies in transition (Poland and Hungary), together with the unique institutional arrangements in Iran (the "Islamic Model") and the former Yugoslavia ("worker self-management"). We combine insights from traditional economic theory, recent developments in "information economics," and the use of case studies. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103.

ECON 338. Law and Economics (3)
This course examines legal institutions and rules from an economic perspective. Students will learn when and how legal rules can be efficient. Topics will depend on both the instructor and student interest, but will include commercial law, accident law, property rights, contracts, and polycentric legal systems. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 341. Money and Banking (3)
(See BAFI 341.) Prereq: ECON 103. Cross-listed as BAFI 341.

ECON 342. Public Finance (3)
This course covers economic aspects of government spending and taxing, allocation of scarce resources among competing claims in the public and private sectors, application of equity and efficiency criteria to tax and expenditure systems, and theories of bureaucratic performance. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103. Cross-listed as BAFI 342.

ECON 343. Economics of State and Local Governments (3)
This course examines economic analysis of the roles of federal, state, and local government; economic effects of state and local property, sales, and other taxes; effects of intergovernmental grants; public school finance; the urban fiscal crisis. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 345. Public Choice (3)
This course covers economic theory and empirical analysis of the behavior of politicians, bureaucrats, and voters based on the assumption of rational pursuit of self-interest, comparison with other approaches to the study of political behavior, and implications of alternative collective decision procedure. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103.

ECON 361. Managerial Economics (3)
This course explores the economic principles that underlie strategic decisions in firms. Topics include the determination of vertical and horizontal boundaries of firms, strategic positioning and the sources of competitive advantage. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 364. Competition and Public Policy (3)
This course covers alternative market structures and their performance in terms of profit, prices, and productivity, as well as antitrust laws and regulations and their importance to industrial organization. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 367. Economics of Energy (3)
The economic aspects of energy are studied. Long term trends in consumption, sources of supply, the theory of nonrenewable resources, interactions with environmental problems, and current questions of energy policy are included. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 368. Environmental Economics (3)
This course examines the economics of both the causes of pollution and the remedies for it. Among the topics covered will be: citing of environmentally undesirable facilities (such as nuclear waste repositories), tradable air pollution emissions permits, pesticide use in agriculture, and international cooperation in cleaning up the Great Lakes. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 369. Economics of Technological Innovation (3)
This course looks at the process of technological change. We will explore topics such as: the computer/internet revolution, Japanese manufacturing techniques, the mechanization of housework, the impact of new technology on workers and consumers, and how managers and government policy-makers can affect the nature of technological change. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 372. International Finance (3)
This course deals with open-economy macroeconomics and international financial markets, covering open-economy national income analysis, international macroeconomic policy coordination, exchange rate determination, foreign portfolio investment, and global financial crises. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103. Cross-listed as BAFI 372.

ECON 373. International Trade (3)
This course deals with international trade theories and policies, covering gains from and patterns of trade, immigration, foreign direct investment, protectionism, multilateral trade liberalization, regionalism and the costs and benefits of globalization within as well as among nations. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103.

ECON 375. Economics of Developing Countries (3)
This course examines the problems of less developed countries, including theories of economic growth, policies for capital accumulation, criteria for resource allocation, foreign trade problems, inflation, population trends, and development planning. Prereq: ECON 102 and ECON 103.

ECON 377. Economics of Nonprofit Organizations (3)
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the private nonprofit sector of the U.S. economy, with economic theory contributing to our understanding of this sector, and with economic analysis of policy and management issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Topics include understanding the different types of nonprofit organizations; the size, scope and economic impact of the nonprofit sector; economic theories of why nonprofit organizations exist and how they behave; economic analysis of tax and regulatory policy issues affecting nonprofits. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 378. Health Care Economics (3)
This course deals with the health care system, the fastest growing sector of the U.S. economy. Because of its complexity and sheer size, the health care system affects virtually every facet of the economy, including labor productivity, income distribution and international competitiveness. The course will foster an understanding of economic analysis of health care markets and related public policy issues by developing a general understanding of the health care system, and then focusing on (1) the behavior of consumers; (2) the supply side (physicians, hospitals and their markets); (3) insurance and regulation with special emphasis on current events. Prereq: ECON 102; ECON 103 recommended.

ECON 386. Urban Economics (3)
Microeconomic theory as taught in principles (and even intermediate) does not usually take into account the fact that goods, people, and information must travel in order to interact. Rather, markets are implicitly modeled as if everyone and everything is at a single point in space. In this course, we examine the implications of spatial location for economic analysis. One of the most important implications is that households and firms can find it advantageous to cluster together in cities in order to reduce transportation costs. The course will emphasize applying the theoretical analysis to real world issues, with a special emphasis on important problems facing the Cleveland metropolitan area. Prereq: ECON 102.

ECON 398. Honors Research II (1-3)
Prereq: ECON 397.

ECON 399. Individual Readings and Research (1-6)
Intensive examination of a topic selected by the student.

ECON 403. Economics for Management (3)
This course surveys of the basic principles of micro and macroeconomics. Topics covered in microeconomics include supply and demand, the theory of production and costs, market structures and factor markets. Macroeconomics topics are the national incomes accounts, the determination of national income, employment and inflation, fiscal and monetary policies and international trade.

ECON 415. Economic Analysis for Managers-E.M.B.A. (2)
This course, which is limited to students in the Executive M.B.A. program, explores the basic elements of the economic system which the executive needs to know in order to understand how the firm interacts with the system and how economic factors affect decision making.

ECON 421. Health Economics and Strategy (3)
This course has evolved from a theory-oriented emphasis to a course that utilizes economic principles to explore such issues as health care pricing, anti-trust enforcement and hospital mergers, choices in adoption of managed care contracts by physician groups, and the like. Instruction style and in-class group project focus on making strategic decisions. The course is directed for a general audience, not just for students and concentration in health systems management. Prereq: ECON 403 or MBAC 426. Cross-listed as HSMC 421 and MPHP 421.

ECON 431. Economics of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3)
Students frequently enroll in a negotiation class with one thought in mind–negotiating a better job offer from an employer. They soon learn, however, that negotiation skills can do far more than improve a pay check. Negotiations occur everywhere: in marriages, in divorces, in small work teams, in large organizations, in getting a job, in losing a job, in deal making, in decision making, in board rooms, and in court rooms. The remarkable thing about negotiations is that, wherever they occur, they are governed by similar principles. The current wave of corporate restructuring makes the study of negotiations especially important for M.B.A.s. Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing and joint ventures call into question well established business and employment relationships. Navigating these choppy waters by building new relationships requires negotiation skills. The increased stress on quality and other hard-to-measure aspects of relationships with customers and suppliers makes the process of negotiation even more complex and subtle. For these reasons, negotiation classes have taken center stage in the study of management. Every major business school now offers classes in negotiation and these classes are overflowing with students. Cross-listed as LHRP 413.

ECON 434. Business and Nonprofit Entrepreneurship (3)
This course examines the power of entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector. It will cover large scale policy initiatives, new services and for-profit activities. Course elements include vision, staffing, leadership, and funding. Cross-listed as ENTP 434 and MAND 434.

ECON 435. Industrial Economics and Technical Innovations-E.M.B.A. (2)
This course, which is limited to students in the Executive M.B.A. program, presents the basic elements in the analysis of production and technological change. It explores the uses and limitations of theory in analyzing innovative activity in industry and examines the role of technological progress in the growth of firms and industries.

ECON 436A. Economics of Organizations-E.M.B.A. (2)
Dramatic changes in technology, work force demographics and economic competition are forcing firms to rethink their internal organization. Implementing new internal strategies is remarkably hard for organizations and managers to do. This class is designed to provide the economic tools that managers need to understand why their organizations are the way they are and why change can be as difficult as it is important. This course focuses on two elements of a firm’s internal strategy: structuring incentives and investing in relationships. In the incentives section, we analyze how organizations: allocate decision rights; evaluate performance; and implement motivation strategies. In the relationships section, we analyze how organizations sustain functional, long-term relationships in competitive or conflictual environments. A small number of surprisingly simple economic models, it turns out, offer important insights into incentive design and investments in long-term relationships.

ECON 436B. Economics of Organizations-M.B.A. (3)
Dramatic changes in technology, work force demographics and economic competition are forcing firms to rethink their internal organization. Implementing new internal strategies is remarkably hard for organizations and managers to do. This class is designed to provide the economic tools that managers need to understand why their organizations are the way they are and why change can be as difficult as it is important. This course focuses on two elements of a firm’s internal strategy: structuring incentives and investing in relationships. In the incentives section, we analyze how organizations: allocate decision rights; evaluate performance; and implement motivation strategies. In the relationships section, we analyze how organizations sustain functional, long-term relationships in competitive or conflictual environments. A small number of surprisingly simple economic models, it turns out, offer important insights into incentive design and investments in long-term relationships.

ECON 441. Economics of Financial Intermediation (3)
(See BAFI 441.) Cross-listed as BAFI 441.

ECON 461. Managerial Economics (3)
This course explores the economic principles that underlie strategic decisions in firms. What determines their boundaries - i.e., Which activities do they expand, acquire and divest? What are the sources of competitive advantage, and how do firms position themselves strategically? Prereq: ECON 403 or MBAC 426.

ECON 462. E-Business and the New Economy (3)
This new economy course focuses on the following questions: What is this phenomenon variously called the digital economy, the global information economy, the new economy, or the networked society? How is it related to E-business or E-commerce? What are its most important features? What impact will it have on competition, business organization, and business strategy? What does it mean for businesses in Cleveland (U.S. vs. other countries)? Why is the stock market valuation of Procter and Gamble lower than that of companies that have been around for only a couple of years and never made a profit? Prereq: ECON 403 or MBAC 426.

ECON 472. The World’s Regions and Strategic Advantage (3)
This course will focus on business decisions in an increasingly complex regional and global economic environment and the significance of place in business success. Every company decision involves location–recruiting, locating headquarters or an R&D lab, choosing where to invest, evaluating a merger, evaluating the investment portfolio of a bank, locating a new facility, and marketing your product. Topics include: high technology development, interpreting business climate indexes, the business location decision, sources of regional advantage, case studies of the world’s important cities, geographic clustering of industries, and business partnerships for improving regional economics. Prereq: ECON 403.

ECON 474. International Trade (3)
This course deals with the causes and effects of international trade and investment. Its coverage includes the global and regional commercial agreements and institutions that affect the international business environment. The European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the World Trade Organization are treated extensively. Prereq: ECON 403.

ECON 475. International Finance (3)
This course covers the global financial markets that multinational corporations, government agencies, and banks use in conducting business. These financial markets include the market for foreign exchange, the Eurocurrency and related money markets, the Eurobond and global equity markets, the commodity markets, the markets for forward contracts, options, swaps, and other derivatives. Prereq: ECON 403.

ECON 476. Fundamentals of International Business-E.M.B.A. (3)
This course deals with the fundamentals of business activities that cross national boundaries. It focuses on not only exports and imports, but all other issues, such as foreign direct investment, international technology transfer, organizational structure, and financial management, that required a corporate strategy in establishing and maintaining global competitiveness. It covers the basic international business activities within an interdisciplinary framework, drawing from economics, finance, accounting, marketing, organizational behavior, political science, and history. Its aim is not only to enable an understanding of such technical issues as how the effects of tariffs and quotas differ or how foreign exchange rates are determined, but also to provide a systemic view of how government policies and corporate strategies interact in changing the environment of international business. The basic premise of the course is that to formulate successful global corporate strategies, we must comprehend and cope with the political, cultural, and economic environment of international business.

ECON 482. High-Tech Regions and Business Strategy (3)
Many regions of the world seek to emulate Silicon Valley’s success as a high-tech center. These include Taiwan, Israel, India, Britain, Cote d’Azur ("Europe’s California"), Pyramid Technology Park of Egypt, and Malaysia. A region’s innovation system serves as both a source of strategic advantage for high-tech companies and as a critical infrastructure for supporting the development and use of new technology by a region’s companies and industries. In this course we look at what makes Silicon Valley so successful as a high-tech region, and whether it can be used as a model for high-tech development in other countries and regions. We examine alternative systems of innovation in other regions of the world and the U.S., including older industrial regions. Countries and regions will be selected depending on class composition. The class will focus on the critical ingredients that form a regional innovation system and their effect on the performance of companies and industries. Prereq: ECON 403 or MBAC 426 or equivalent.

ECON 486. Value Creation through Real Estate (3)
Introduction to economic analysis of real estate markets, with focus on development of urban land. Introduction to financial instruments used in development, and to the role of government in facilitating and constraining the use of real property. Prereq: MBAC 426 or ECON 403 or instructor permission.

ECON 501. Special Problems and Topics (1-18)
This course is offered, with permission, to students undertaking reading in a field of special interest.

ECON 601. Special Problems and Readings (1-18)
This course is offered, with permission, to Ph.D. candidates undertaking reading in a field of special interest.

ECON 255 — Economic History of the United States

ECON 306 — History of Economic Thought

ECON 332 — Economics of Labor Markets

ECON 341 — Banking and Finance

ECON 367 — Economics of Energy

ECON 368 — Environmental Economics

ECON 328 — Experimental Economics

ECON 329 — Game Theory

ECON 361 — Managerial Economics

ECON 364 — Competition and Public Policy

ECON 369 — Economics of Technological Innovation

ECON 338 — Law and Economics

ECON 342 — Public Finance

ECON 343 — Economics of Local and State Governments

ECON 345 — Public Choice

ECON 377 — Economics of Nonprofit Organizations

ECON 378 — Health Care Economics

ECON 386 — Urban Economics

ECON 372 — International Finance

ECON 373 — International Trade

ECON 375 — Economics of Developing Countries

2215 Adelbert Road
Phone 216-368-2714; Fax 216-368-2715
Tim Shuckerow, Director of Teacher Licensure, 216-368-2714
Philip Safford, Associate Director of Teacher Licensure, 216-368-4117

Ohio teacher licensure can be attained by those undergraduate students who complete the approved curriculum of the Case Western Reserve University/John Carroll University Joint Program in Teacher Licensure. Adolescence/young adult teacher licensure is available in integrated language arts (English major), integrated social studies (history major), integrated mathematics (mathematics major), life sciences (biology major), and physical sciences (chemistry or physics major). Multi-age licensure is available in French. The program requires 35 credit hours in professional education, 12 taken at Case Western Reserve University and 23 credit hours at John Carroll University.

For further information, turn to departmental major listings in English, History, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and French.

A 3.0 grade point average must be maintained in all professional education courses, and a cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all course work is required to be recommended for Ohio teacher licensure. Completion of the University’s program in education does not ensure that Ohio teacher licensure will be awarded. The Ohio Department of Education also requires that licensure applicants receive passing scores on the PLT (Principles of Learning and Teaching) and Content Area subtests of the Praxis II Exams and fingerprinting with a criminal background check by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification. Once licensed, teachers can apply to transfer their Ohio licensure to over 40 states. Students should contact individual state departments of education for teacher reciprocity details.

Teacher licensure programs are also offered in art education and music education at the undergraduate Bachelor of Science and graduate Master of Arts levels, and the school speech-language pathology personnel licensure can be attained at the graduate level. For further information, turn to the departmental listings for art history and art, music, and communication sciences.

Tim Shuckerow, M.A. (Case Western Reserve University)
Director of Teacher Licensure

Phil Safford, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)
Associate Director of Teacher Licensure, Clinical/ Field Lectures

David Bellini, M.A. (Cleveland State University)
Educational Psychology Instructor

Rita Saslaw, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University)
Introduction to Education Instructor

EDUC 301. Introduction to Education (3)
The historical, sociological, and philosophical role of education in a diverse society. Contemporary practices and issues are introduced, researched, and debated. Issues of professional development. Application of research to instructional methodologies. Clinical/Field experiences required.

EDUC 304. Educational Psychology (3)
Application of psychological principles as they relate to various educational learning theories. Principles and practices of measurement and evaluation. Learning developmental differences between child, adolescent, and young adult growth. Continuation of professional development. Application of research to instructional methodologies. Clinical/Field experiences required. Prereq: PSCL 101.

EDUC 338. Seminar and Practicum in Adolescents (3)
Supervised field placement and attendance in early childhood, child, and adolescent settings including preschools, schools, hospitals, and neighborhood centers. This class is used to fulfill requirements by the Ohio Department of Education teacher licensure program. Prereq: PSCL 101, EDUC 301, EDUC 304, and permission of program director. Cross-listed as PSCL 338 and SOCI 338.

EDUC 401. Introduction to Education (3)
(See EDUC 301.) Research project required for graduate students.

EDUC 404. Educational Psychology (3)
(See EDUC 304.) Research project required for graduate students. Prereq: PSCL 101.

EDJC 186. Instructional Technology (2)
Principles and techniques of instructional design and use of technology in educational settings. Includes examination of emerging technologies and production of instructional materials. Lab fee required. Prereq: EDUC 301, EDUC 338, and EDUC 304.

EDJC 255. Literacy Across the Curriculum (3)
Literacy development examined through psychological, socio-cultural and historical perspectives. Examines reading as an interactive, problem-solving process. Strategies that foster critical thinking, active engagement and social interaction in the teaching of reading and writing across the curriculum. Includes field experience. Prereq: EDUC 301, EDUC 338, and EDUC 304.

EDJC 337. Adolescent Education Special Methods (3)
For Adolescent and Multi-Age licensure program students. General methods and specific content area methods for planning, implementing, and integrating curriculum, evaluating pupil achievement, and teaching to individual differences. Aligned with Ohio Department of Education’s Competency-Based Models, Praxis II, and Learned Society Guidelines. Emphasis given to strategies related to effective teaching and learning in each licensure content area. Additional emphasis placed on nurturing a risk-taking classroom community responsive both to high standards of performance and to students with diverse backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles. Prereq: EDUC 301, EDUC 338, and EDUC 304.

EDJC 405C. Adolescent Education Seminar (3)
Continued study of adolescent development, learner achievement, and assessment. Seeks to integrate program learning with student teaching experience. Development of the Professional Portfolio and preparation for job interviewing. Coreq: EDJC 444C.

EDJC 405D. Multi-Age Education Seminar (3)
Continued study of student development, learner achievement, and assessment. Seeks to integrate program learning with student teaching experience. Development of the Professional Portfolio and preparation for job interviewing. Coreq: EDJC 444D.

EDJC 444C. Adolescent Student Teaching (9)
A full-day, full-semester of teaching in an accredited secondary school under the direction of a classroom teacher and a university supervisor, including a scheduled seminar. Supervision includes personnel with advanced training in the relevant content area. Lab fee required. Prereq: All professional education courses. Coreq: EDJC 405C.

EDJC 444D. Multi-Age Student Teaching (6)
A full-day, full-semester experience of teaching in an accredited secondary school under the direction of a classroom teacher and a university supervisor, including a scheduled seminar. Supervision includes personnel with advanced training in the relevant content areas. Lab fee required. Prereq: All professional education courses. Coreq: EDJC 405D.

106 Guilford House
Phone 216-368-2340; Fax 216-368-2216
Gary L. Stonum, Chair

The Department of English offers courses of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Included among the department’s offerings are literary and cultural studies, linguistics, film, journalism, creative writing, and composition.

Combining the intellectual resources of a major research university with a scale and a set of values more typical of a liberal arts college, the department puts great stress on class discussion, individual conferences or tutorials, and other opportunities for students and faculty to work closely together. Likewise, the curriculum is deliberately flexible enough to respond to student needs and interests and to encourage close cooperation with the faculty in planning a course of study.

An undergraduate major in English prepares one first and foremost to be a thoughtful, responsible person and a lifelong learner. A major in English also prepares one for various sorts of careers. Three paths are common:

The department is home to The Emily Dickinson Journal and The Society for Critical Exchange, an international community of scholars in literary and cultural theory.

Gary Lee Stonum, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
Oviatt Professor and Chair
Editor, The Emily Dickinson Journal
American literature, literary theory

Thomas G. Bishop, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Associate Professor
Director, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Shakespeare; Renaissance literature; post-colonial literature

Thomas Sayers Ellis, M.F.A. (Brown University)
Assistant Professor
Creative Writing (poetry); African-American Literature

Christopher Flint, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Associate Professor
18th Century English literature; history of the book

Louis D. Giannetti, Ph.D. (University of Iowa)
Professor
Film

Mary Grimm, M.A. (Cleveland State University)
Associate Professor
Creative writing (fiction), contemporary literature

Ted Gup, J.D. (Case Western Reserve University)
Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism
Journalism, non-fiction writing

William H. Marling, Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Professor
American literature; modernism

Heather Meakin, D. Phil. (University of Oxford)
Assistant Professor
Renaissance literature, women’s studies

Todd V. Oakley, Ph.D. (University of Maryland)
Assistant Professor
Director of Composition
Rhetoric; linguistics

Judith Oster, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University)
Associate Professor
The teaching of English; American literature; poetry

William R. Siebenschuh, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)
Professor
18th- and 19th-century literature

Athena Vrettos, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Associate professor
Director of graduate studies in English
19th-century English literature, women’s studies

Martha Woodmansee, Ph.D. (Stanford University)
Professor
Executive Director, Society for Critical Exchange
Literary theory; 18th- and 19th-century literature; comparative literature

Because of the flexibility of departmental requirements and the variety of career paths to which the major may lead, all students should confer frequently and closely with advisors. No courses outside the department are required for the major, but the department recommends courses in comparative literature, history, philosophy, history and criticism of the fine arts, theater, and literature in other languages. Students planning to go to graduate school are reminded of the importance of foreign language study. Completion of the University composition requirement (ENGL 150) is a prerequisite for most English courses at the 200 level and above.

The minor in English consists of at least 15 hours above the 100 level. Students who wish to minor in English arrange their sequence of courses in consultation with the department’s minor advisor. Minors are strongly advised to take ENGL 200 (Literature in English) early in the sequence. They also should keep it in mind that the flexibility of the department’s requirements often makes it possible to take English as a second major.

Sequences in English provide students with an examination of major literary texts, close study of a cultural period or genre (including film), increased facility in writing, and a better understanding of the nature and functioning of language. Any sequence of three courses above the 100 level (9 hours) that meets at least two of these goals normally will be acceptable. Students should consult the department’s sequence advisor in planning their programs. ENGL 398 and 398N cannot be counted toward a sequence or a minor.

The Department of English participates in the Integrated Graduate Studies Program, which makes it possible to complete both a B.A. and an M.A. in English within about five years of full-time study. The department particularly recommends the program to qualified students who are interested in seeking admission to highly competitive professional schools or Ph.D. programs. Interested students should note the general requirements and the admission procedures in this publication.

The Department of English offers programs in American and English literature and language leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. At either the M.A. or Ph.D level students may elect a concentration in Writing History and Theory. For current information on this and other graduate programs in the department consult the department’s website, http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/engl.engl.html.

Candidates for graduate work in English should present an undergraduate major in English or a minimum of 18 semester hours of English (or its equivalent) beyond the freshman level. In some cases, students will be required to make up deficiencies without graduate credit. The department requires all candidates for admission to submit their scores on aptitude sections of the Graduate Record Examination. Candidates are also required to submit a writing sample of at least 15 pages of academic writing. Students whose native language is not English are normally admitted only as provisional students. After 12 semester hours ofsatisfactory work they are granted regular status.

A maximum of six semester hours of transfer credit will be accepted from another institution provided it was earned in graduate-level courses and has the approval of the department and the dean of graduate studies. Such courses must have been taken within five years of matriculation at Case Western Reserve University and passed with grades of B or better. The department welcomes part-time students.

Although not formally a requirement for graduate degrees, teaching is viewed as part of the education of every graduate student. The department provides opportunities for graduate assistants to gain teaching experience in a variety of courses offered by the department. Other teaching opportunities exist elsewhere in the university and in the Greater Cleveland area.

New and continuing graduate students may apply for graduate student assistantships, which are awarded by the dean on recommendation of the department. Applicants with previous teaching experience are preferred. Graduate assistants without previous teaching experience will be required to take ENGL 400, Seminar in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing, before or during the first semester in which they teach.

Master of Arts incomparative literature (English and French, German or Spanish). A more detailed description of all graduate programs in English is available from the departmental office or the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Faculty and graduate student offices are in Guilford House, as is a faculty/ student lounge and reading room (Guilford 223). In cooperation with the undergraduate Film Society and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the English Department maintains a library of classic movies on videotape. Camera, recorders, and monitors are available in Guilford for making and viewing video tapes. The Film Society mainains a state-of-the-art film projection facility in Strosacker Auditorium. Kelvin Smith Library, a part of the University Libraries, houses the collections of printed material. In addition to manuscript and rare-book holdings in the Special Collections Division, the library has strengths in Renaissance literature, 18th- and 19th-century English literature, and American literature. The Library has recently acquired an outstanding collection of approximately 6500 art films on videotape, supported in part by English department endowment funds.

Current topics of faculty research include 16th and 17th century women’s writing, Shakespeare’s theater, biography and autobiography, cognitive linguistics, authorship and intellectual property, the export of American popular culture, immigrant and cross-cultural literature in the United States; the history of the book; native American literature, medical and psychological contexts of Victorian literature; the literature of empire; and the aesthetics of modernism.

ENGL 148. Introduction to Composition (3)
Practice and training in various modes of writing. Includes regular individual conferences as well as classes. Texts and readings vary from section to section. May be repeated in special instances, but a maximum of three semester hours will count toward a Bachelor’s degree. Students placing into ENGL 148 must complete the course with a grade of C or higher in order to enroll in ENGL 150.

ENGL 150. Expository Writing (3)
Practice and training in expository writing. Although a common quantity of writing is assigned, methods and texts may vary from section to section. A grade of C or better in ENGL 150 fulfills the university composition requirement.

ENGL 180. Writing Tutorial (1-2)
Students who pass ENGL 150 with a grade of D and transfer students who are placed in ENGL 180 on the basis of the ENGL placement test must pass ENGL 180 with a grade of C or higher to meet the ENGL composition requirement of the colleges. Others desiring substantial scheduled tutorial work in composition may report to the Writing Center during the first week of classes to arrange a tutorial appointment. May be repeated in special instances, but no more than three semester hours of ENGL 180 credit will count toward the degree.

ENGL 181. Reading Tutorial (1)
Scheduled tutorial in reading for those who need work beyond ENGL 148 or who come to the Writing Center seeking substantial help. May be repeated in special instances, but only one semester hour will count toward the degree.

ENGL 200. Literature in English (3)
This course introduces students to the reading of literature in the English language. Through close attention to the practice of reading, students are invited to consider some of the characteristic forms and functions imaginative literature has taken, together with some of the changes that have taken place in what and how readers read. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 202. Expository Writing (3)
A workshop-style course for students who wish to refine the skills acquired in ENGL 150. Special attention to style and presentation.

ENGL 203. Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
A course exploring basic issues and techniques of writing narrative prose and verse through exercises, analysis, and experiment. For students who wish to try their abilities across a spectrum of genres. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 204. Introduction to Journalism (3)
Print news and feature stories, broadcast writing, advertising copy, and public relations. Considerable writing. Guest speakers from the profession. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 213. Introduction to Fiction Writing (3)
A beginning workshop in fiction writing, introducing such concepts as voice, point of view, plot, characterization, dialogue, description, and the like. May include discussion of literary examples, both classic and contemporary, along with student work. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 214. Introduction to Poetry Writing (3)
A beginning workshop, focusing on such elements of poetry as verse-form, syntax, figures, sound, tone. May include discussion of literary examples as well as student work. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 255. Major British Writers (3)
Introduction to literary studies and survey of selected English authors from the Medieval period to the present. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 256. Major American Writers (3)
Introduction to literary studies and survey of literature of United States from colonial times to the present. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 257A. The Novel (3)
Introductory readings in the novel. May be organized chronologically or thematically. Some attention to the novel as a historically situated genre.

ENGL 257B. Poetry (3)
Introductory readings in poetry. May be organized chronologically or thematically. Attention to the formal qualities of poetry in relation to meaning, expressivity, etc.

ENGL 268. Understanding Movies (3)
An introductory course designed to familiarize students with the language systems and aesthetic components of the movies and provide the means to analyze how movies work as complex aesthetic entities. Films are shown in 35mm. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 270. Introduction to Gender Studies (3)
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, and art history. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s studies major. Prereq: ENGL 150. Cross-listed as WMST 201.

ENGL 273. Literature and the Environment (3)
American writers–primarily of the 19th and 20th centuries–whose works deal with themes of the environment. Approved for the Environmental Studies program. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 285. Special Topics Seminar (1)
One-credit seminars on special topics in literature or language; see departmental listings for topics each term. Maximum of 3 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 290. Masterpieces of Continental Fiction (3)
Major works of fiction from the 19th century and earlier. Cross-listed as CMPL 290.

ENGL 291. Masterpieces of Modern Fiction (3)
Major works of fiction of the 20th century. Cross-listed as CMPL 291.

ENGL 301. Linguistic Analysis (3)
Analysis of modern English from various theoretical perspectives: structural, generative, discourse analytical, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and cognitive linguistic. Some attention to the major dialects of American English. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 303. Intermediate Writing Workshop: Fiction (3)
Continues developing the concepts and practice of the introductory courses, with reading, writing, and discussion of fiction in various forms, including the short story, the novella and the novel. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 203 or ENGL 213.

ENGL 304. Intermediate Writing Workshop: Poetry (3)
Continues developing the concepts and practice of the introductory courses, with emphasis on experiment and revision as well as consideration of poetic genres through examples from established poets. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 203 or ENGL 214.

ENGL 305. Playwriting (3)
Theory and practice of dramatic writing, in the context of examples, classic and contemporary. Prereq: Any one of the following: ENGL 203 or ENGL 213 or ENGL 214, ENGL 303, ENGL 304. Cross-listed as THTR 312.

ENGL 307. Intermediate Writing Workshop: Journalism (3)
Continues developing the concepts and practices of the introductory course, with emphasis on feature writing for magazines, story structure, and repertorial techniques. Prereq: ENGL 150 and ENGL 204, or permission of department.

ENGL 309. Topics in Journalism (3)
Study and practice of specialized forms of journalism. Maximum of six credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 310. History of the English Language (3)
An introductory course covering the major periods of English language development: Old, Middle, and Modern. Students will examine both the linguistic forms and the cultures in which the forms were used. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 312. Chaucer (3)
An introduction to the work of Geoffrey Chaucer, with emphasis on "The Canterbury Tales." Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 317. Business and Technical Writing (3)
Professional communication in theory and practice, including audience analysis, logic and strategy applied to the writing of technical reports, proposals, manuals, progress and feasibility studies, memoranda, and letters. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 320. Renaissance Literature (3)
Aspects of English Renaissance literature and its contexts from 1500-ca. 1620. Genres studied might include poetry, drama, prose fiction, expository and polemic writing, or some works from Continental Europe. Writers such as Skelton, More, Erasmus, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Lanier, Wroth, Shakespeare, Donne. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 323. Milton (3)
Poetry and selected prose, including the careful study of "Paradise Lost." Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 324. Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (3)
Close reading of a selection of Shakespeare’s tragedies and history plays (e.g., "Richard the Third," "Julius Caesar," "Hamlet," "King Lear"). Topics of discussion may include Renaissance drama as a social institution, the nature of tragedy, national history, gender roles, sexual politics, the state and its opponents, theatrical conventions. Assessment may include opportunities for performance. Prereq: ENGL 150. Cross-listed as THTR 334.

ENGL 325. Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances (3)
Close reading of selected plays of Shakespeare in the genres of comedy and romance (e.g., "The Merchant of Venice," "Twelfth Night," "Measure for Measure," "The Tempest"). Topics of discussion may include issues of sexual desire, gender roles, marriage, the family, genre conventions. Assessment may include opportunities for performance. Prereq: ENGL 150. Cross-listed as THTR 335.

ENGL 326. Seventeenth-Century Literature (3)
Selected topical readings drawn from a variety of sources: drama, lyric and epic poetry, political and philosophical writings, and prose fiction. Writers studied may include Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, Herbert, Finch, Behn, Dryden, and Cavendish. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 327. Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)
Survey of a variety of writings from or relevant to the eighteenth century. Writers discussed may include Dryden, Behn, Defoe, Pope, Swift, Gay, Fielding, Richardson, Burney, Wollstonecraft and others working in drama, lyric and epic poetry, biography and autobiography, political and philosophical writings and prose fiction. Thematic approaches may include: satire, journalism and literature, the rise of the novel. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 328. Studies in the Eighteenth Century (3)
This course examines selected topics in the English literary culture of the eighteenth century, a culture which extended to the Americas and to other English colonies. Literary writings will be examined in relation to other aspects of the century culture, which may include visual arts, marital institutions, the printing industry, property law, medicine, and other topics. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 329. English Literature, 1780-1837 (3)
Aspects of English literature and its contexts in the early 19th century. Genres might include poetry, prose fiction, political and philosophical writing, literary theory of the period. Writers such as the Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Austen, Byron, the Shelleys. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 330. Victorian Literature (3)
Aspects of English literature and its contexts during the reign of Queen Victoria. Genres studied might include poetry, prose fiction, political and philosophical writing. Writers such as the Brontes, Gaskell, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Carlyle, Ruskin, Gosse, Swinburne, and Hopkins. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 331. Studies in the Nineteenth Century (3)
Individual topics in English literary culture of the 19th century. Topics might be thematic or formal, such as literature and science, medicine, labor, sexuality, or Empire; literature and other arts; Gothic fiction, decadence. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 332. Twentieth-Century British Literature (3)
Aspects of British literature (broadly interpreted) and its contexts during the 20th century. Genres studied might include poetry, fiction, and drama. Such writers as Joyce, Woolf, Conrad, Ford, Lawrence, Mansfield, Shaw, Beckett, Stoppard, Yeats, Edward or Dylan Thomas, Stevie Smith, Bowen, Spark. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 333. Studies in the Twentieth Century (3)
Individual topics in twentieth-century literary culture. Particular issues and topics may cross national boundaries and genre lines as well as exploring political, psychological, and social themes, such as movements, comparative studies across the arts, literature and war, literature and occultism. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 353. Major Writers (3)
Close and detailed study of the work of one or two writers: development, social and aesthetic contexts, reception, interpretation, significance. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 356. American Literature Before 1865 (3)
Aspects of American literature and its contexts from the colonial period through the end of the Civil War. Writers such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Poe, Stowe, Alcott, Melville, Hawthorne, Emerson, Douglass. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 357. American Literature 1865-1914 (3)
Aspects of American literature and its contexts from the Civil War to the First World War. Writers such as Whitman and Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Chopin, Wharton. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 358. American Literature 1914-1960 (3)
Aspects of American literature and its contexts from the First World War to the Cold War. Genres studies might include fiction, poetry, drama, polemics. Writers such as T.S. Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Moore, W.C. Williams, Dos Passos, West, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, Barnes, Miller, T. Williams, O’Neill. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 359. Studies in Contemporary American Literature (3)
Individual topics in literary culture since the 1960s. Topics may include the Beats, literature of the Vietnam war, post-modern fiction, contemporary poetry, the documentary novel. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 360. Studies in American Literature (3)
Individual topics in American literary culture such as regionalism, realism, impressionism, literature and popular culture, transcendentalism, the lyric, proletarian literature, the legacy of the Civil War. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 363H. African-American Literature (3)
A historical approach to African-American literature. Such writers as Wheatley, Equiano, Douglass, Jacobs, DuBois, Hurston, Hughes, Wright, Baldwin, Ellison, Morrison. Topics covered may include slave narratives, African-American autobiography, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Aesthetic, literature of protest and of assimilation. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 365E. The Immigrant Experience (3)
Study of fictional and/or autobiographical narrative by authors whose families have experienced immigration to the U.S. Among the ethnic groups represented are Asian-American, Jewish-American, Hispanic-American. May include several ethnic groups or focus on a single one. Attention is paid to historical and social aspects of immigration and ethnicity. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 365N. Topics in African-American Literature (3)
Selected topics and writers from nineteenth and twentieth-century African-American literature. May focus on a genre, a single author or a group of authors, a theme or themes. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 365Q. Post-Colonial Literature (3)
Readings in national and regional literatures from former European colonies such as Australia and African countries. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 366G. Minority Literatures (3)
A course dealing with literature produced by ethnic and racial minority groups within the U.S. Individual offerings may include works from several groups studied comparatively, or focus on a single group, such as Native Americans, Chicanos/Chicanas, Asian-Americans, Caribbean-Americans. African-American works may also be included. May cover the entire history of the U.S. or shorter periods. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 368A. Introduction to Film Studies (3)
This course will help students develop a sophisticated awareness of some of the major schools of thought employed in analyzing Hollywood and world cinema, such as formalism, psychoanalytic theory, Marxist criticism, postmodernism, feminist film theory, and reception theory, among other interpretive approaches. Attention will also be paid to the role of the cinema in a world of rapidly changing technologies. Prereq: ENGL 150 and ENGL 268 or permission of the department. Cross-listed as CMPL 368A.

ENGL 368B. History of Film (3)
Analysis of selected topics in film history, such as film before 1940, American cinema 1940 to the present. European or Asian cinema since 1940. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 368C. Topics in Film (3)
Individual topics in film, such as a particular national cinema, images of women in film, film comedy, New Wave film, literature and film. Maximum 12 credits. Cross-listed as CMPL 368C.

ENGL 370. Women Writers (3)
Study of the work of a selection of women writers oriented toward their themes, forms, reception, relationships; may cross national boundaries or temporal eras. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 371. Topics in Women’s Studies (3)
Individual topics and issues in women’s studies relating to writing by and about women, such as feminist theory and criticism; the politics of gender and sexuality; women in popular culture; women in the writing business. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 372. Studies in the Novel (3)
Selected topics in the history and formal development of the novel, such as detective novels; science fiction; epistolary novels; the rise of the novel; the stream of consciousness novel; the Bildungsroman in English. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 373. Studies in Poetry (3)
Selected topics and issues in the study of poetry, such as reading poetry, the elegy, pastoral poetry, love poetry, the long poem, form and meter in poetry. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 374. Internship in Journalism (3-6)
Students work as interns at area newspapers, magazines, trade publications, radio or television and meet as a class to share their experiences as interns and to focus on editorial issues–reporting, writing, fact-checking, editing–that are a part of any journalistic enterprise. Students are responsible for pre-arranging their internship prior to the semester they intend to take the class but can expect guidance from the instructor in this regard. Prereq: ENGL 204 or permission of the department.

ENGL 375. Internship in Technical Communication (3-6)
Students create technical and professional documents in a selected corporate or organizational setting, do assigned reading, and meet as a class to participate in seminar discussions and review of work. Students must pre-arrange internship assignment with instructor prior to semester. Prereq: ENGL 317 or ENGL 398N and permission of department.

ENGL 376. Studies in Genre (3)
Topics in literary genres, such as comedy, biography and autobiography, satire, allegory, the short story, the apologue, narrative poetry. May cross over the prose/poetry boundary. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 379. Topics in Language Studies (3)
Aspects of contemporary language studies. Topics such as history of rhetoric, Saussurean linguistics, generative grammar, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, cognitive and construction grammars, metaphor, language acquisition, stylistics. Maximum 9 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 380. Senior Seminar (3)
Capstone course required of all English majors in the senior year. Limited to senior English majors. Maximum 6 credits.

ENGL 385. Special Topics in Literature (3)
Close study of a theme or aspect of literature not covered by traditional generic or period rubrics, such as "spatial imagination," "semiotics of fashion in literature," "epistolarity." Maximum 9 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 386. Studies in Literature and Culture (3)
Boundary-crossing study of the relations between literary and other aspects of a particular culture or society, including theoretical and critical issues raised by such study. For example, literature and medicine, gay and lesbian literature, Asian/Western literary relations, emotion in literature, philosophy and literature, literature and music. Maximum 9 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 387. Literary and Critical Theory (3)
A survey of major schools and texts of literary and critical theory. May be historically or thematically organized. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 390. Independent Study and Creative Projects (1-6)
Up to six semester hours of independent study may be taken in a single semester. Must have prior approval of faculty member directing the project. Projects may be critical or creative in nature.

ENGL 392. Classroom Teaching (3)
For undergraduate students who assist in the teaching of ENGL 150, 180, or 181. Interested students should check with the director of composition (for ENGL 150, 180, 181) before the beginning of the semester in which they wish to participate. May be repeated only once; not more than three semester hours in ENGL 392 may be counted toward the major. May also include up to three semester hours of supervised peer tutoring at the University Writing Center.

ENGL 393. Seminar and Practicum in Literacy (3)
Taken for credit in conjunction with tutoring in Project STEP-UP, a University-sponsored collaboration with city middle schools. Students must commit to 60 hours of tutoring at one of the approved sites during the term they take ENGL 393, as well as participating in weekly one-hour seminar sessions and completing reading and writing assignments.

ENGL 398. Professional Communication for Engineers (2)
A writing course for engineering majors only. Subjects covered include audience adaptation, problem/solution formats, lab reports, journal articles, proposals, feasibility studies, and oral presentations. Corequisite is a particular engineering lab course; students should consult advisors. Prereq: ENGL 150. Coreq: Concurrent enrollment in appropriate engineering course.

ENGL 398N. Professional Communication for Engineers (3)
Principles and practices of effective communication in the workplace, with an emphasis on computer-mediated communication. Topics include analyzing audience needs in context, visual communication, computer-mediated documents, ethics, and team writing. Typical assignments include e-mail, memos, letters, reports, documentation, and oral presentations. Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 399. Senior Thesis (3)
Elective research or creative project. Should be used for Honors Projects option. By department approval only. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: Consent of department.

ENGL 400. Rhetoric and Teaching of Writing (3)
Classical and modern theories of rhetoric; their application in the classroom. Required of graduate assistants and tutors who have had no prior experience in the teaching of composition.

ENGL 401. Linguistic Analysis (3)
(See ENGL 301.)

ENGL 406. Advanced Creative Writing (3)
Workshop for serious undergraduate and graduate writers. Offered alternate years; alternates between poetry and fiction. Admission requires review of writing sample by faculty. Maximum 6 credits. Prereq: Consent of department.

ENGL 410. History of the English Language (3)
(See ENGL 310.) Prereq: ENGL 150.

ENGL 420. Renaissance Literature (3)
(See ENGL 320.)

ENGL 423. Milton (3)
(See ENGL 323.)

ENGL 424. Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (3)
(See ENGL 324.)

ENGL 425. Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances (3)
(See ENGL 325.)

ENGL 426. Seventeenth-Century Literature (3)
(See ENGL 326.)

ENGL 427. Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)
(See ENGL 327.)

ENGL 428. Studies in the Eighteenth Century (3)
(See ENGL 328.)

ENGL 429. English Literature, 1780-1837 (3)
(See ENGL 329.)

ENGL 430. Victorian Literature (3)
(See ENGL 330.)

ENGL 431. Studies in the Nineteenth Century (3)
(See ENGL 331.)

ENGL 432. Twentieth-Century British Literature (3)
(See ENGL 332.)

ENGL 433. Studies in the Twentieth Century (3)
(See ENGL 333.)

ENGL 453. Major Writers (3)
(See ENGL 353.)

ENGL 456. American Literature Before 1865 (3)
(See ENGL 356.)

ENGL 457. American Literature 1865-1914 (3)
(See ENGL 357.)

ENGL 458. American Literature 1914-1960 (3)
(See ENGL 358.)

ENGL 459. Studies in Contemporary American Literature (3)
(See ENGL 359.)

ENGL 460. Studies in American Literature (3)
(See ENGL 360.)

ENGL 463H. African-American Literature (3)
(See ENGL 363H.)

ENGL 465E. The Immigrant Experience (3)
(See ENGL 365E.)

ENGL 465N. Topics in African-American Literature (3)
(See ENGL 365N.)

ENGL 465Q. Post-Colonial Literature (3)
(See ENGL 365Q.)

ENGL 466G. Minority Literatures (3)
(See ENGL 366G.)

ENGL 468A. Introduction to Film Studies (3)
(See ENGL 368A.)

ENGL 468B. History of Film (3)
(See ENGL 368B.)

ENGL 468C. Topics in Film (3)
(See ENGL 368C.)

ENGL 470. Women Writers (3)
(See ENGL 370.)

ENGL 471. Topics in Women’s Studies (3)
(See ENGL 371.)

ENGL 472. Studies in the Novel (3)
(See ENGL 372.)

ENGL 473. Studies in Poetry (3)
(See ENGL 373.)

ENGL 476. Studies in Genre (3)
(See ENGL 376.)

ENGL 479. Topics in Language Studies (3)
(See ENGL 379.)

ENGL 480. ESL Composition Theory (3)
Study of theories related to teaching ESL composition, including second language acquisition; specialized grammar related to common ESL problems; cultural and affective issues; different Englishes; composition theory and research as it relates to ESL.

ENGL 485. Special Topics in Literature (3)
(See ENGL 385.)

ENGL 486. Studies in Literature and Culture (3)
(See ENGL 386.)

ENGL 487. Literary and Critical Theory (3)
(See ENGL 387.)

ENGL 502. Critical Theory (3)
Theories and methods of contemporary literary study. Required of all graduate degree-seeking students.

ENGL 506. Teaching Technical and Professional Communication (3)
Prepares graduate students to teach technical and professional writing in academic and non-academic settings. Prereq: ENGL 500.

ENGL 550. External Seminar (3)
Course work offered in cooperation with participating English departments in the region; content and approach vary. Requires prior approval of the Graduate Director.

ENGL 590. Special Reading or Research (3)
Independent study as arranged with individual instructors. Prereq: Graduate status or consent of department.

ENGL 601. Directed Reading (1-6)
Preparation for the Ph.D. general examination. Graded S/U. Prereq: Graduate status.

ENGL 701. Dissertation Ph.D. (1-18)
Prereq: Ph.D. candidates only.

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Peter McCall, Director

Peter L. McCall, J.D., Ph.D. (Yale University)
Professor, Geological Sciences; Director, Environmental Studies

Joseph F. Koonce, Ph.D.(University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Professor, Biology

Timothy K. Beal, Ph.D. (Emory University)
Associate Professor, Religion

Mihajilo Mesarovic, Ph.D. (Serbian Academy of Science)
Cady Staley Professor of Engineering

Carroll W. Pursell , Ph.D.(University of California, Berkeley)
Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History of Technology

Norman Robbins , M.D. (Harvard University), Ph.D.(Rockefeller University)
Professor of Neurosciences; Director, Center for Environment

Theodore Steinberg, Ph.D. (Brandeis University)
Associate Professor of History; Associate Professor, School of Law

Environmental studies is an multi-disciplinary program that introduces students to the societal determinants and implications of environmental problems. Emphasis is given to the moral, cultural, and political dimensions of environmental problems and solutions. It brings to bear the issues and methods of the humanities and social sciences as well as the sciences and professions on environmental questions. The program is designed to serve the needs of students seeking a liberal education as well as those who desire a broad intellectual base for more technical training in environmental sciences. Students in environmental studies can pursue a major, a minor, or Engineering Core sequence.

The environmental studies program offers a major (30 credit hours) leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. However, it may be elected only as a second major. The double major is required so that the multi-disciplinary perspective offered by the program may be complemented by a concentrated disciplinary major. To declare the major, students should have declared a first major and have sophomore or junior standing. Up to six credits in required and elective courses taken by students for their first major may be applied to their environmental studies major. None of the required courses may be taken pass/no pass.

ESTD 101. Introduction to Environmental Thinking.

ESTD 398. Environmental Seminar

and one course from each of the three following areas of emphasis:

Humanities
RLGN 206. Religion and the Environment

HSTY 378. History of the American Environment

Social Policy
ECON 368. Environmental Economics

GEOL 303 ,(POSC 303). Environmental Law

Science and Engineering
ESCI 340. Introduction to Global Issues

BIOL 350. Introduction to Ecosystem Analysis

GEOL 202. Global Environmental Problems

At least 15 credit hours must be taken from a list of approved electives. This list will change from time to time as departmental offerings change. An approved Washington Semester internship may be used to satisfy part or all of the elective requirement. Students should consult with the program director for current information. All student programs must be approved by the director.

The minor in the College of Arts and Sciences (15 credit hours) consists of ESTD 101, one course from two of the three disciplinary groups above, and two of the approved electives, which may include courses from the third unselected disciplinary grouping.

The sequence in environmental studies in the Case School of Engineering consists of 9 credit hours comprising ESTD 101 and two courses from the above disciplinary list.

ESTD 101. Introduction to Environmental Thinking (3)
Critical comparison of scientific, historical, religious, and literary conceptions of nature. Theories of environmental ethics, legal, and economic conceptions of environmental goods. Current controversies concerning human population growth, energy use, the consumer society, and attitudes towards animals.

ESTD 387. Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental Problems (1-3)
This course is designed to illustrate, using a different topic each year, the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach to environmental problems in order to understand and manage environmental problems. Multiple faculty and community leaders participate in the teaching. Students registering for 1 credit attend weekly seminars; those registering for 2-3 credits do an individual research project in addition. Past topics include: lead poisoning in the urban environment, sustainability and the Great Lakes, setting environmental priorities, and reducing the University’s environmental impacts.

ESTD 398. Seminar in Environmental Studies (3)
Small group discussion and student presentations concerning the cultural determinants of environmental attitudes. Each student presents two seminars on current environmental issues, one local and one global. Prereq: ESTD 101.

ESTD 487. Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental Problems (1-3)
(See ESTD 387.)

201 Guilford House
Phone: 216-368-3071; Fax 216-368-2216
Marie Lathers, Director

Marie Lathers, Director French Studies
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of Humanities and French

Christine M. Cano
Assistant Professor of French

Margaretmary Daley
Associate Professor of German

Laura Hengehold
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Miriam Levin
Associate Professor of History

Catherine B. Scallen
Associate Professor of Art History

Laura Tartakoff
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science

Designed to develop cross-cultural awareness and to foster international understanding in a global world, the French Studies Program adds an exciting new dimension to the traditional liberal arts curriculum. The French studies major differs from the traditional French major in two respects: by its interdisciplinary nature and by its greater flexibility to accommodate students’ own areas of interest. The French studies major answers the needs of students with a strong interest in cultural issues in general and in French history and society in particular.

The French Studies Program is an interdisciplinary, integrated program that understands the term "French" in its broadest sense, in an effort to represent the diversity characteristic of the field of French studies today as reflected in a variety of cultures of Francophone expression: Canada, the Caribbean, North and West Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Reaching beyond disciplinary and national boundaries, the program encourages students to study in several disciplines, choosing from a large selection of courses in the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences. The program takes advantage of the varied resources the university has to offer in order to provide a meaningful course of study and an outstanding preparation for various graduate and professional schools or for careers in international business and finance, law, journalism, foreign service, or the arts.

Each student prepares a program of study, indicating specific course selections to meet the two area requirements below, in close consultation with a faculty advisor drawn from the Steering Committee membership. Students should also discuss their choice of a minor or a second major with their advisor. The major in French studies requires a minimum of 33 credit hours in the following areas:

I. Foundations in French History and Culture (9)
These required courses introduce French civilization and culture from a contemporary (FRCH 316) and a historical perspective (FRCH 318, FRCH 319, or HYST 310). They also expose students to a variety of themes and issues particular to French culture and history.

II. French Area Courses (6)
From the list of French offerings, students select two courses that concentrate on a single historical period or cultural area (may not repeat courses taken as foundations courses). Two to three French area courses are offered in a given semester:

FRCH 308 Study in France

FRCH 314 Translation Techniques

FRCH 315 Business French

FRCH 316 Contemporary France

FRCH 317 French Cinema

FRCH 318 The Origins of France

FRCH 319 Modern France

FRCH 320 Introduction to French Literature

FRCH 321 French Literature to 1600

FRCH 331 Seventeenth-Century French Literature

FRCH 341 Eighteenth-Century French Literature

FRCH 351 Nineteenth-Century French Literature

FRCH 361 Twentieth-Century French Literature

FRCH 371 Topics in French Poetry

FRCH 372 Topics in French Drama

FRCH 373 The Novel and the Novella

FRCH 374 Major Writers and Literary Movements

FRCH 375 Francophone Literature

FRCH 376 Women Writers

FRCH 377 Special Topics

FRCH 399 Directed Reading

III. Courses in Other Disciplines (15)
Courses in disciplines other than French provide an international and interdisciplinary perspective on French and Francophone cultures. They foster an appreciation for complexity through the study of particular historical periods, issues, and disciplinary methods.

Students have the opportunity to experiment or tailor the program to suit their particular interests.

When designing their program, students select five courses from a list of suggested courses in the following disciplines. Students should note the prerequisites for the courses they choose. Courses with the note "French content" should be cleared with the French studies advisor before registration.

ANTH 322 Living Africa

ANTH 337 Comparative Medical Systems

ANTH 356 Mediterranean Culture and Society

ANTH 399 Independent Study (French content)

ARTH 240 Introduction to Medieval Art

ARTH 260 Art in the Age of Grandeur

ARTH 280 Modern Art and Modern Science

ARTH 284 History of Photography

ARTH 367 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century French Art

ARTH 374 Impressionism to Symbolism

ARTH 379 Issues in Nineteenth-Century Painting (French content)

ARTH 381 Neoclassicism to Realism

ARTH 392 Issues in Twenieth-Century Art (French content)

ARTH 398 Independent Study (French content)

CMPL 211 Great Books: Middle Ages to 1600

CMPL 212 Great Books: 1600 to Present

CMPL 229 Theater History II (also THTR 229)

CMPL 371 Philosophy and Literature (also PHIL 370) (French content)

CMPL 275 Postcolonial Francophone Literature

CMPL 290 Masterpieces of Continental Fiction (also ENGL 290)

CMPL 291 Masterpieces of Modern Fiction (also ENGL 291)

CMPL 300 Turning Points of Modern Culture (French content)

CMPL 368A Introduction to Film Studies (also ENGL 368A)

CMPL 368C Topics in Film (also ENGL 368C) (French content)

CMPL 390 Topics in Comparative Literature (French content)

CMPL 399 Independent Study (French content)

ECON 372 International Finance

ECON 373 International Trade

ECON 375 Economics of Developing Countries

ENGL 290 Masterpieces of Continental Fiction (also CMPL 290)

ENGL 291 Masterpieces of Modern Fiction (also CMPL 291)

ENGL 301 Linguistic Analysis (French content)

ENGL 368A Introduction to Film Studies (also CMPL 368A)

ENGL 368B History of the Film (French content)

ENGL 368C Topics in Film (also CMPL 368C) (French content)

ENGL 379 Topics in Language Studies (when taught as Semiotics)

ENGL 387 Literary and Critical Theory

HSTY 151 Technology in European Civilization

HSTY 201/202 Science in Western Thought

HSTY 212 Modern European History

HSTY 215 Europe in the Twentieth Century

HSTY 220 The Early Modern Mediterranean

HSTY 250 Issues and Methods in History (French content)

HSTY 268 Colonialism in Africa

HSTY 309 Reformation Europe, 1500-1650 (also RLGN 374)

HSTY 310 The French Revolutionary Era

HSTY 313 Women in Modern European History

HSTY 315 Heresy and Dissidence in the Middle Ages (also RLGN 315)

HSTY 321 Colonialism, Sex, Race, and Gender (French content)

HSTY 332 European Diplomacy in the Age of Nationalism:1789-1945

HSTY 348 Political and Social Thought in the Machine Age (also POSC 348)

HSTY 397 Undergraduate Tutorial (French content)

INTL 396 International Independent Study (French content)

MUSC 321 History of Western Music I

MUSC 322 History of Western Music II

MUSC 336 History of Western Music III

PHIL 302 Modern Philosophy

PHIL 315 Selected Topics in Philosophy (French content)

PHIL 325 Philosophy of Feminism (French content)

PHIL 370 Philosophy and Literature (also CMPL 371) (French content)

PHIL 399 Directed Study (French content)

POSC 326 Comparative Constitutions

POSC 348 Political and Social Thought in the Machine Age (also HSTY 348)

POSC 351 Modern Political Thought (French content)

POSC 366 Government and Politics of Africa

POSC 367 Western European Political Systems

POSC 370A Political Economy

POSC 374 Politics of Development in the Global South

POSC 395 Special Projects (French content)

RLGN 315 Heresy and Dissidence in the Middle Ages (also HSTY 315)

RLGN 374 Reformation Europe, 1500-1650 (also HSTY 309)

RLGN 392 Independent Study (French content)

THTR 229 Theater History II

THTR 329 Dramatic Literature (French content)

THTR 399 Independent Study (French content)

Courses offered in a given semester with a French studies component are posted in Guilford House at registration time and on the French studies website.

IV. Senior Colloquium (3)
In the last semester of the senior year, the student’s experiences in French area courses as well as in courses in other disciplines are integrated in a colloquium (FRCH Studies Colloquium) which involves the writing of a substantial research paper in French or English. A faculty director will approve the selection of the topic, facilitate discussion of research with other faculty and students through periodic colloquia, and direct the research and writing of individual papers. Students will be expected to identify their faculty directors and topics by the end of the fall semester of senior year. Exceptional papers will be considered for honors.

All 300-level FRCH courses are taught in French. FRCH 202 or equivalent is a prerequisite for Foundations in French History and Culture courses.

Study abroad in France, Belgium, Switzerland, French Canada or a Francophone African or Middle Eastern country is strongly encouraged but not required for French Studies majors. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers a summer study abroad program in Bordeaux, France (FRCH 308).

Students participating in the teacher licensure program complete a 45-47 semester hour major in French, including course work in French language, culture, and literature, and a 35 hour sequence in professional education. Course work in French begins in the freshman year with a language course appropriate to the student’s proficiency level and continues until the student has completed a range of upper-level courses and has met the goals of the program. Students are strongly urged to complete some of their course work in a French-speaking country and are assisted in identifying opportunities for study abroad. Interested students should contact Professor Marie Lathers. The professional education component (see Education [EDUC & EDJC] for overview and course requirements) begins with a sequence taken on campus, followed by 23 semester hours at John Carroll University, culminating in the student teaching requirements.

FRCH 201*, 202*, 308**, 310, 311, 314, 315**, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321**, 331**, 341**, 351**, 361**, 371**, 372**, 373**, 374**, 375**, 376**, 377**, 398**, 399**

The minor in French studies requires at least one course from among FRCH 316, FRCH 318, FRCH 319, or HSTY 310; four additional 300-level courses on the list of French studies courses from any two departments, or a thematic course of study (12 hours) approved in advanced by the director of the French studies program.

The sequence in French studies consists of one of the following courses: FRCH 316, FRCH 318, FRCH 319, or HSTY 310; and two additional 300-level courses.