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2020-2021 Hill Book (Class of 2024) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
Course Descriptions
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Theatre Arts |
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VPT 475 - Internship in Theatre Arts Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Opportunity for the qualified student to work in a professional theatre environment.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Must complete the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” process found under the myPlans tab in myHill to register for this Internship.
Note: An Intern will typically spend at least 8-10 hours/week for a minimum of 112 hours on site to earn 3 credits.
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VPT 490 - Directed Study - Theatre Arts One to Four Credits
Offered as Needed
Opportunity for upper-level students to do an advanced research project or investigation in a field of special interest not covered by a normally-scheduled course. Student and a full-time faculty member familiar with the student’s area of interest agree on a plan of study and research and on evaluation methods.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Approval of a faculty member willing to supervise the project and the Department Chair or Program Director; and submission of the online Directed Study Application and Contract to the Registrar’s Office.
Note: Students must complete 45 hours work/semester per credit. A max of 3 Directed Study credits may fulfill an appropriate slot in the major.
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VPT 496 - Independent Research - Theatre Arts One to Four Credits
Offered as Needed
Opportunity for upper-level students to do an advanced research project or investigation in a field of special interest not covered by a normally-scheduled course.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Approval of a faculty member willing to supervise the research and the Department Chair or Program Director; and submission of the online Independent Research Application and Contract to the Registrar’s Office.
Note: Students must complete 45 hours work/semester per credit.
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Writing |
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WRI 041 - Writing Practicum One Credit
Fall and Spring Semesters
A practical introduction to all aspects writing process, including brainstorming, outlining, drafting, organizing, constructing and supporting a thesis, critiquing, revising, editing, and proofreading. This workshop, designed for the new college writer, will sharpen skills and build confidence for the many writing tasks lie ahead
Note: This course may be taken twice.
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WRI 110 - Writing in New Media (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Let’s face it, writing in the 21st century is accomplished online. This course explores reading and writing across social media and other web spaces through genre study, cultural analysis, and real-world practice. Through posts, tweets, blogs, emails, and texts students will hone valuable skills necessary in the twenty-first century workplace and in everyday life.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Course Applies to: American Studies, Digital Humanities
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 111 - The Supernatural in Contemporary Popular Culture (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall Semester
We live in a world haunted by the fantastic. Vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, ghosts, and even caped crusaders invade our everyday lives through entertainment media and advertising. This course will look at how these familiar creatures evolved and what they can teach us about history, culture, and ourselves.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Course Applies to: American Studies
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 131 - Topics in Writing Three Credits
Offered Periodically
Provides students with an introduction to academic writing, while exploring an engaging theme or topic. Designed for students who wish to practice and develop the essential skills of writing, critical reading, and textual analysis at the college level. Instructors provide extensive feedback on assignments, helping students to gain more confidence with grammar, sentence structure, and the writing process as a whole.
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WRI 141 - Introduction to College Writing (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
This workshop-based course is designed for students who wish to practice and develop the essential skills of writing, critical reading, and textual analysis at the college level. Instructors provide extensive feedback on assignments, helping students to gain more confidence with grammar, sentence structure, and the writing process as a whole.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 147 - Poetry Lab on Metaphor Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
An examination of the nature of metaphor in language and the function of metaphor in creative writing, especially the students’ own work. Analysis of the precise nature of the difference between metaphor and analogy, metaphor and sign, metaphor and symbol. Exploration of how poets - and writers in general - contextualize and materialize metaphor, focusing on metaphor as a vehicle of discovery in the work of Atwood, Dickinson, Shakespeare, and Garcia-Lorca.
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WRI 210 - Introduction to the Sciences of Language Three Credits
Alternate Years: Spring 2019, 2021
This course is designed to provide students with a general introduction to the scientific study of language. The primary goals of this course are to familiarize students with linguistic terminology, focusing on both the methods of linguistic analysis, how to apply them, and on the relationships between linguistics, modern grammar, writing, and rhetoric. The course also addresses theories and research on how first languages and other languages are learned by children and adults, and encourages students to think about the social implications of language use.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a First-Year Seminar.
General Education Attribute(s): Social Scientific Inquiry
Course Applies to: Speech Language Pathology
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WRI 241 - The Art of the Essay (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall Semester
In this workshop-based course students will sharpen their writing skills in a rigorous yet supportive workshop setting; explore the flexibility and versatility of the essay form in a variety of rhetorical contexts; and prepare a final portfolio of revised writing that demonstrates mastery of the essay form.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 246 - Reading and Writing Diverse Lives (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall Semester
An exploration of the autobiographical essay as a form of cultural critique. A critical analysis of how writers use their life experiences to examine the challenges inherent in the cultural diversity of American democracy. In addition to reading and analyzing autobiographical essays, this course will serve as an introduction to the craft of life writing.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 261 - Violence and Peace in God’s Name Three Credits
Fall Semester
An inquiry into how religious texts can be exploited to cultivate war or nurture peace. Through the multiple lenses of literature, history, and theology, the course examines the Catholic philosophical concept of a “just war,” as it has been theorized from Aquinas and Augustine, and its influence on modern theologians and philosophers of war, pacifism, and socio-political justice.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
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WRI 269 - Writing Fellows Seminar One Credit
Fall Semester
This course is a hands-on, interactive seminar for new Writing Fellows. Students will learn and practice effective methods of responding to student writing, structuring individual conferences, and facilitating conversations about writing in the classroom.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Students must be nominated by a faculty member teaching a First-Year-Seminar or Writing-in-the-Disciplines course. Permission of the instructor is required.
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WRI 299 - Topics in Writing (First-Year Seminar) Four credits
Fall Semester
Provides students with an opportunity to explore an engaging topic or question in a small-class format emphasizing writing, discussion, critical thinking, and academic inquiry. Previous topics have including Comics and Culture, Writing and Career Exploration, Music as Cultural Critique, Woman Warriors in Classical Literature, Writing and Social Justice, Storytelling Across Media, and Cyborgs, Clones and Ethics.
General Education Attribute(s): First-Year Seminar
Note: This course provides enhanced writing support.
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WRI 369 - Tutoring Writing: Theory & Practice Three Credits
Spring Semester
In this course, students will prepare to become peer tutors in the Writing Center. They will develop tutoring skills by analyzing theoretical and research articles from professional journals, by applying the theory and research results to their own writing in process and the writing of other students, and by observing and participating in the Writing Center one hour a week.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Faculty recommendation or permission of the instructor.
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WRI 371 - Topics in Writing: Writing-in-the-Disciplines Four credits
Offered Periodically
Provides students with an advanced writing-intensive experience focused on individual disciplines and professional writing within particular fields. Students explore the rhetorical, genre conventions, and ways of knowing relevant field, topic, or question featured in the course.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of a First-Year Seminar.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
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WRI 399 - Professional and Technical Writing (WID) Four Credits
Spring Semester
This course provides students with a practical foundation for professional writing and communication in business and technical fields, such as engineering, accounting, finance, government, and computer science and covers written, oral and electronic communication in a wide variety of genres: letters, memos, texts, PowerPoint presentations, speeches, posters, investigative journalism, collaborative reports, proposals, and social media. Frequent short assignment, labs, and a final project related to a chosen discipline are required.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of the First-Year Seminar Requirement.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
Course Applies to: Data Science, Digital Humanities
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WRI 401 - Writing-in-the-Disciplines Supplement One Credit
Fall and Spring Semesters
Through co-enrollment with a discipline-based course bearing at least 3 credits, the Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID) Supplement course allows instructors to modify a non-WID course to fulfill the Cornerstone WID requirement. Each course modified with the WID Supplement requires a minimum of 20 pages of writing, for which students have the opportunity to revise with feedback from instructors and peers.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Writing Program Director approval required.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
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WRI 441 - Topics in Rhetorical Criticism (WID) Four Credits
Spring Semester
This course will focus on enhancing students’ abilities to critically analyze and respond to public messages found in political speaking, public advocacy, popular culture, and visual and new media narratives that appear throughout the digital world. Students will learn and apply effective writing techniques throughout the term and explore both on-line and traditional prose styles.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Completion of the First-Year-Seminar requirement.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines (This is a particularly good option for students in American Studies, Catholic Studies, Cinema Studies, Creative Writing, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and Journalism.)
Note: May not receive credit for both WRI 441 and .
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Visual & Performing Arts |
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VPA 101 - Introduction to Performing Arts Three Credits
Fall Semesters
This course is a survey of the critical theory behind, and the cultural role of various modes of performance (primarily dance, music and theatre). Historical and contemporary examples of how performance shapes, and is shaped by the world we live in will provide a foundation for students to build a life of creative practice or critical engagement with the performing arts.
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VPA 102 - Introduction to Visual Thinking Three Credits
Fall Semesters
This class is meant as an introduction to the theories and practices of our contemporary visual world. We will look at a range of imagery from fine art, to advertisements, to family photographs as a way to understand the images but also as a way to understand ourselves. Foundational concepts in visual art theory and composition will be introduced through reading texts, looking at art, and engaging with artists. The class will also use these concepts as a lens to explore contemporary culture as we experience it in the news, online and at home.
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VPA 210 - Writing for the Arts (WID) Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Being an artist or a professional working within the arts requires the ability to float between the role of creator, manager, publicist and editor. This class will address the writing of resumes, grants, fundraising drives, performance programs and more. There will be regular workshops and critiques of your work.
General Education Attribute(s): Writing-in-the-Disciplines
Note: Formerly offered as VPH 210. Students cannot take both VPA 201 and VPH 210.
Fall semester will focus mainly on the visual arts and the Spring semester will focus mainly on performing arts.
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