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Education
	EDU 121 - History of Educational Theory and Practice Instructor Gay Traces historical development and underlying philosophies of educational institutions and practices in the United States; considers current roles and functions of the school in relation to other social institutions such as state and church. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall and Spring)
	EDU 221 - Schools and Society Instructor Gay What really constitutes school success? Is a liberal education the best education? Do teachers treat children from different backgrounds unfairly? What aspects of society do schools reproduce? These are some of the questions that students will examine in this introductory course on contemporary educational theory and practice in schools. Using theoretical autobiography as a tool, students will build an understanding of major social theories that have shaped their thinking about educational problems. In addition, students will construct and reconstruct their own theoretical perspective to educational trends and debates in the United States. The course requires the completion of 15 structured contact hours in a school, a midterm and a final review. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	EDU 241 - Child Development (= PSY 241) Instructor Ault (Cross-listed as Psychology 241.) Individual development of normal children with emphasis on learning, social and emotional development, cognitive and language development. Special study of behavioral, social learning, and cognitive theories of development. Includes observations at local day-care centers. Prerequisites & Notes Psychology 101. (Fall)
	EDU 242 - Educational Psychology and Teaching Exceptionalities Instructor Gerdes Psychology of learning as it relates to teaching. Focus on contemporary theories of learning, retention, transfer, motivation, educational assessment, and adolescent psychology, and their particular application to classroom teaching. Includes special emphasis on teaching exceptional students and appropriate clinical experiences in educational institutions. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	EDU 243 - Adolescent Development (= PSY 243) Instructor Staff (Cross-listed as Psychology 243.) An in-depth examination of specific theories, concepts, and methods related to the period of adolescence. Students will explore a wide range of topics including: cognitive development, moral development, identity formation, gender role, social relationships, and the effects of culture on adolescent development. Prerequisites & Notes Psychology 101. (Fall)
	EDU 250 - Multicultural Education Instructor Gay Examines critical issues related to diversifying today’s educational system. Discussion topics include curricular content, assessment techniques, and the educational system’s role in preparing its citizens to live and work in a global society. It views multicultural education as encompassing teachers, parents, students, administrators, employees, employers, and society at large. The focus is on examining traditional assumptions, expectations, and biases. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies a distribution requirement in Social Science, provides credit toward the Education Concentration and the Ethnic Studies Concentration, and satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	EDU 260 - Social Diversity and Inequality in Education (=SOC 261) Instructor Kelly (Cross-listed as SOC 261.) This course focuses on issues of social diversity, social inequality, and social justice in education. We will examine education as a central site of conflict over the gap between the United States’ egalitarian mission and its unequal structure, processes, and outcomes. Students will rethink contemporary solutions to social diversity in education, develop a social justice framework which emphasizes inequality, and design an institutional ethnographic project as a critical intervention in schools and society. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies a distribution requirement in Social Sciences, provides credit toward the Education Concentration and the Ethnic Studies Concentration, and satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Fall)
	EDU 300 - Seminar: Special Topics in Education Instructor Staff Individual research on topics requested by students under conditions specified in a written contract arranged no later than the end of the first week of the term in which credit is to be authorized. Contract must include project title, summary statement of project objectives and proposed activities, preliminary bibliography, specific evaluation criteria and techniques, and schedule of conferences with the instructor. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of the department chair and acceptance of contract by the faculty sponsor of the department.
	EDU 301 - Independent Study in Education Instructor Staff Areas of study vary according to educational objectives and preferences of interested students. Includes experiences in school settings (public or private) and any level (elementary or secondary) for any subject. The independent study is under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and evaluates the student’s work. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of the instructor.
	EDU 302 - Field Placement in Education Instructor Staff Independent study in the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Education under the supervision of a faculty member who approves the student’s topic(s) and evaluates the work. Areas of study and experience vary according to the student’s educational objectives and preferences. Requires approximately eight hours per week in a public or private school, weekly meetings with a department faculty member, and production of a portfolio, that synthesizes the completed concentration courses. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of the instructor. (Spring)
	EDU 330 - Sociology of Education (=SOC 330) Instructor Kelly (Cross-listed as SOC 330). An introduction to the sociological study of education in the United States, including an examination of the school as an organization within a larger environment. Explores the link between schools and social stratification by analyzing the mutually generative functions of schools and considers how processes within schools can lead to different outcomes for stakeholders. Prerequisites & Notes Provides major credit in Sociology, satisfies a distribution requirement in the social sciences, and satisfies a requirement in the Education Concentration.
	EDU 340 - Education in African-American Society (=SOC 340) Instructor Kelly (Cross-listed as SOC 340). This seminar explores the social and historical forces shaping the education of people of African descent in the United States from slavery to the 21st century. We will examine values, beliefs, and perspectives on education across gender and class lines, individual and group efforts toward building educational institutions and organizations, hidden or forgotten educational initiatives and programming, and cross-cultural projects to promote literacy and achievement in African-American society. Students will write a seminar paper and complete a midterm and final review. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies a major credit in Sociology and a distribution requirement in the social sciences, cultural diversity requirement, Education Concentration requirement, and Ethnic Studies Concentration requirement.
	EDU 400 - Organization for Teaching Instructor Chartier Procedures for effective organization and presentation of subject matter in particular academic disciplines at the high-school level. Approximately one-third of this course is taken under the direct supervision of one or more Davidson College professors in the academic discipline of anticipated certification. Requires appropriate clinical experiences in schools. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of the instructor. (Spring)
	EDU 410, 411 - Internship in Teaching Instructor Chartier Ten to twelve weeks of full-time involvement in the secondary school spent in observing, classroom teaching, and other tasks appropriate to accomplished professional teaching. Close classroom supervision by the local secondary school and Davidson professors. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of Department of Education. (Spring)
	EDU 420 - Seminar in Secondary Education Instructor Chartier Function of the secondary school, nature of the secondary student, and secondary school curriculum. Emphasis on diagnostic and remedial procedures for secondary students. Discussion includes evaluation and shared experiences resulting from the internship experience. Prerequisites & Notes Approval of the instructor. (Spring)
English
	ENG 110 - Introduction to Literature Instructor Staff Designed for non-majors. Emphasizes close reading and informed appreciation of literary texts. Topics and readings vary by section. Does not count toward the major.
	ENG 201 - Intermediate Composition Instructor Staff For students who wish a more advanced instruction in writing. The focus of the course may vary from semester to semester.
	ENG 202 - Introduction to Creative Writing Instructor Staff Practice in the writing of poetry and short fiction with some reading of contemporary American poets and fiction writers. Prerequisites & Notes Limited to first- and second-year students.
	ENG 203 - Introduction to Writing Poetry Instructor Staff Practice in the writing of poetry with some reading of contemporary poets in English.
	ENG 204 - Introduction to Writing Fiction Instructor Staff Practice in the writing of short fiction with some reading of contemporary fiction writers in English.
	ENG 211 - Greek Literature in Translation (= CLA 211) Instructor Cheshire (Cross-listed Classics 211). Selected works from a variety of ancient Greek literary genres, from Homer’s epic (ca. 8th c. BCE) to Plutarch’s biography (ca. 2nd c. CE).
	ENG 220 - Literary Analysis Instructor Staff Designed for majors. Emphasizes theoretical approaches and critical strategies for the written analysis of poetry, fiction, and drama. Writing intensive. Required for the major. Prerequisites & Notes Students who major in English should complete 220 by the end of the sophomore year. Those who do not meet this deadline must make special arrangements with the Chair.
	ENG 222 - Roman Literature in Translation (= CLA 222) Instructor Neumann (Cross-listed Classics 222.) Selected works of Roman literature from the early Republic through the Empire.
	ENG 231 - Young Adult Literature Instructor S. Campbell Explores young adult fiction from 1860 to the present from various critical perspectives and within varied educational contexts.
	ENG 240 - British Literature from the Middle Ages to 1800 Instructor Staff Designed for majors and prospective majors. Introductory survey of the British literary tradition in poetry, drama, and narrative during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Eighteenth Century, with special emphasis on Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Prerequisites & Notes Students who major in English should compete 240 by the end of the junior year. Those who cannot meet this deadline must make special arrangements with the Chair.
	ENG 260 - British Literature since 1800 Instructor Staff Designed for majors and prospective majors. British literature of the Romantic and Victorian periods and the twentieth century. Prerequisites & Notes Students who major in English should complete 260 by the end of the junior year. Those who cannot meet this deadline must make special arrangements with the Chair.
	ENG 261 - Modern Drama (= THE 261) Instructor Fox (Cross-listed as Theatre 261). European, American, and British drama from Ibsen to Pinter with emphasis on the major movements within Western theater: realism, naturalism, expressionism, Epic Theater, and Theater of the Absurd.
	ENG 262 - Colonial/Postcolonial Literature Instructor Staff The study of postcolonial themes in colonial and postcolonial works with special attention to historical context. Emphases and literary traditions vary by instructor. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	ENG 280 - American Literature through the Twentieth Century Instructor Staff Designed for majors and prospective majors. Historical survey treating the development of American letters from the beginnings through the twentieth century. Prerequisites & Notes Students who major in English should complete 280 by the end of the junior year. Those who cannot meet this deadline must make special arrangements with the Chair.
	ENG 281 - Literature of the American South Instructor Staff Regional survey from literary beginnings to the present, with particular attention to literature from the New and the Contemporary South.
	ENG 282 - African American Literature Instructor Flanagan The study of African American literature from the 18th to the mid-20th century. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	ENG 283 - Short Prose Fiction Instructor Nelson Theory and development of the short story with emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century authors. Lecture, discussion, and workshops. Some attention given to writing for publication.
	ENG 284 - Ethnic American Literatures Instructor Fox Readings in poetry, drama, and prose by selected ethnic American writers. Course topics vary from year to year. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	ENG 286 - Native American Literature Instructor Staff Literature of the native peoples of North America, including myths and oral traditions, autobiography, poetry, drama, and fiction; emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century works. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	ENG 289 - Environmental Literature Instructor A. Ingram Introduction to environmental literature, covering various time periods and genres. Generally focuses on the environmental literature of the United States, but may include other English-language literatures. Designed for both majors and non-majors. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies a major requirement in Environmental Studies or in English; concentration in Environmental Studies; Distribution credit in Literature.
	ENG 290 - World Literature Instructor Staff Designed for majors and prospective majors. Historical survey of selected texts outside the British and American literary traditions. Prerequisites & Notes Students who major in English should complete 290 by the end of the junior year. Those who cannot meet this deadline must make special arrangements with the Chair. Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.
	ENG 291 - Studies in Literature and Religion Instructor Gibson Special topics considering relationships between literature and religion.
	ENG 293 - Film as Narrative Art Instructor Staff Relationship between prose narrative and film, with emphasis on literary origins and backgrounds of selected films, verbal and visual languages, and problems of adaptation from novel and short story to film.
	ENG 294 - Studies in Modernism Instructor Churchill An examination of modernist literature and arts, with emphasis on formal experimentation within historical, political, and social contexts. Specific themes and texts may vary.
	ENG 295 - Women Writers Instructor Staff Selected 19th, 20th, and 21st-century British and American women authors. Explores how culture influences the writing, reading, and interpretation of literature and how women writers articulate their experience.
	ENG 297 - Caribbean Literature Instructor Flanagan Explorations of fiction and poetry written by writers from the English-speaking Caribbean with some attention to English translations of French Caribbean writers such as Aime Cesaire, Maryse Conde, and Edouard Glissant. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	ENG 301 - Writing Nonfiction Prose Instructor Staff Advanced study of contemporary nonfiction prose, approaches to expository writing across the curriculum, and editing; students may pursue special interests. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 303 - Writing Poetry II Instructor Staff Advanced work in writing poetry. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 304 - Writing Fiction II Instructor Staff Advanced work in writing fiction. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 305 - Writing Plays Instructor Staff Offered in years when a professor in residence or a visiting professor of writing or theater focuses on playwriting. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 310 - The English Language Instructor A. Ingram Introduction to theories of modern linguistics as they illuminate the historical development of English phonology, morphology, and syntax from Old and Middle English to Modern English. Attends to both written and spoken English; examines definitions and theories of grammar, as well as attitudes toward language change in England and the U.S. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 342 - Medieval Literature Instructor Gibson An interdisciplinary study of medieval English literature, visual art, and spirituality from the 8th through the 15th century. Most texts in translation. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 343 - Chaucer Instructor Gibson Critical study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde in Middle English with attention to their historical and cultural context. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 352 - Shakespeare Instructor Lewis Critical reading, discussion, and performance of selected plays. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 353 - Studies in English Renaissance Literature Instructor Staff Topics in Renaissance literature such as Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, Renaissance schools of poetry, and Northern humanist culture. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 355 - Milton Instructor R. Ingram Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, selected minor poems, selected prose. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 360 - Studies in British Literature Instructor Staff Special topics in British literature with attention to critical approaches. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 361 - The Eighteenth Century Instructor Vaz-Hooper Historical and critical study of British literature from 1660 to 1800. Topics include “High/Low Art” and ”Virtue & the Female Body.” Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 362 - British Romanticism Instructor Vaz-Hooper Topical study of the poetry and prose of the period. Themes range from revolution and the imagination to the gothic. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 363 - History of the British Novel Instructor Fackler The origins of the novel in Britain and the circumstances, both historical and sociological, surrounding its emergence. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 370 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University Limited to thirty students, the Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge focuses on the history and literature of late 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Students may receive credit for either English 370 or History 390.
	ENG 371 - Victorian Literature Instructor Vaz-Hooper Readings in the prose and poetry of the period with topics varying from class and gender to madness and desire. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 372 - British Fiction: 19th and 20th Centuries Instructor Staff Selected British and Commonwealth fiction from 1800 to 2000. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 373 - Modern British and Irish Poetry Instructor Churchill Development of poetry in England and Ireland from Hopkins and Hardy to the present. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 380 - Studies in American Literature Instructor Staff Special topics in American literature with attention to critical approaches. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 381 - American Fiction: 19th Century Instructor Staff Historical and theoretical understanding of romanticism, realism, and naturalism, with attention to Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, James, Crane, and others. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 382 - African American Literature 1955-2000 Instructor Flanagan The study of African American Literature related to the modern Civil Rights Movement. Literature Distribution Requirement, Major credit in English, Ethnic Studies concentration, Cultural Diversity credit.
	ENG 385 - Philosophy and the Narrative Arts (= PHI 385) Instructors Miller, Robb (Cross-listed Philosophy 385.) This course explores philosophical themes in literature and film as well as philosophical questions about the study of narrative arts. Topics vary and have included freedom and determinism, ethics, authorial intentions, materialism, genre, medium specificity, and realism. Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
	ENG 386 - American Fiction: 20th Century Instructor Nelson Historical and theoretical understanding of modernism, postmodernism, and contemporary literature, with attention to Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Ellison, O’Connor, Welty, Bellow and others. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 387 - Modern American Poetry Instructor Staff Development of poetry in America from Whitman and Dickinson to the present. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 388 - Contemporary Theatre Instructor Fox Alternative and mainstream American and British theatre after 1950, from Pinter to Kushner, with emphasis on developments arising in political theatre, postmodern theatre, and solo performance. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 389 - Studies in Literature and the Environment Instructor A. Ingram Special topics in environmental literature, such as American nature writing, the Thoreauvian narrative, ecocriticism, and ecoliterature. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 391 - Literary Criticism Instructor Kuzmanovich Analytic and comparative reading of major critical texts. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 392 - Studies in Literature by Women Instructor Mills Special topics in women’s writing such as Literary Selves Evolving, Poetry and Female Identity, the Woman Hero, Gender and Text. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 393 - Studies in Literature and the Visual Arts Instructor Staff Special topics considering relationships between literature and the visual arts. Designed especially for students who wish to pursue the study of film beyond the level of English 293 and for students interested in relationships among painting, sculpture, and literature. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 394 - Studies in Modern Literature Instructor Staff Special topics in modern literature such as The City Novel, Modern International Fiction, Contemporary Poetry, Literature and Medicine, and Contemporary Drama. Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
	ENG 395 - Independent Study in Literature Instructor Staff Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 396 - Independent Study in Writing Instructor Staff Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 397 - Independent Study Instructor Staff Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 400-494 - Seminars Instructor Staff Seminars, numbered 400 through 494, are limited to twelve juniors and seniors with preference to English majors.
	ENG 495 - Senior Colloquium Approaches a wide range of literature through specific topics, themes, or problems chosen by the course instructors. Topics may include a genre, a specific historical issue, or some other broad organizing principle. Emphasizes synthesis and analysis of material from disparate cultures and periods by reading, discussing, and writing about works that exemplify the course’s topics. Prerequisites & Notes Limited to fourth-year English majors.
	ENG 498 - Senior Honors Research Instructor Kuzmanovich Reading and research for the honors thesis taught by the student’s thesis director and the departmental program coordinator. Ordinarily, taken in the fall of the senior year. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
	ENG 499 - Senior Honors Thesis Instructor Kuzmanovich Writing of the honors thesis begun in English 498, supervised by the student’s thesis director and supported by instruction of the departmental program coordinator. Ordinarily, taken in the spring of the senior year. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
Environmental Studies
	ENV 120 - Introduction to Environmental Geology Instructor Johnson A study of basic geologic principles and critical issues in environmental geology on a global scale. Topics to be covered can include: minerals, rock types and cycles, earthquakes and tectonics, volcanoes, mass wasting, stream systems, coastlines, soils, water resources, mineral and rock resources, fossil fuels, and climate change. Generally, the class will divide time between learning introductory geologic principles and applying those principles to understand environmental issues associated with geology.
	ENV 202 - Environmental Social Sciences Instructors Samson and Bullock Overview of social science approaches to environmental issues, with problem-based and topical approaches to the study of interactions between society and the environment. This course teaches students to integrate concepts and the qualitative and quantitative methods of the social sciences (primarily anthropology, economics, geography, political science, and sociology) in interdisciplinary analyses of environmental issues. Distribution requirement in Social Science, Major credit in Environmental Studies, Concentration in Environmental Studies.
	ENV 203 - Environmental Humanities Instructor Poland One of three core courses required for the Environmental Studies Major, ENV 203 introduces students to perspectives on the environment from the areas of philosophy, religion, history, cultural studies, art, and literature. Environmental Studies Major and Concentration.
	ENV 230 - Surface Geology and Landforms Instructor Johnson A detailed survey of processes in surface geology including weathering, soils, landslides, stream systems, glaciers, and climate as well as differences between these processes in various environments. The class will split time between learning and discussion of geomorphic principles and practicing them in the field. The class will be roughly based around the collection of new field data for an overarching class project. Environmental Studies major and concentration. Distribution requirement in Natural Sciences (non-laboratory).
	ENV 282 - Water and Development Instructor Schade This course introduces students to critical studies in water and development. Drawing from anthropology, history, and development studies, readings will consider complex stories of regional and social change, as well as debates in the communities of ‘Experts’ and ‘Others.’ Includes a wide variety of regions, sources, and thematic approaches. Environmental Studies major and concentration. Distribution requirement in the Social Sciences.
French
	FRE 101 - Elementary French I Instructor Beschea Introductory French course developing basic proficiency in the four skills: oral comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading. Requires participation in AT sessions twice a week. Prerequisites & Notes Normally, for students with no previous instruction in French. (Fall)
	FRE 102 - Elementary French II Instructor Beschea, Slawy-Sutton Continuing development of basic proficiency in the four skills. Requires participation in AT sessions twice a week. Prerequisites & Notes French 101 at Davidson, placement examination, or permission of the department.
	FRE 103 - Intensive Beginning French (2 credits) Instructor Jacobus Beginning French. Learn conversational French quickly. Meets every day for 6 class-hours per week plus meetings with an assistant teacher (AT). Completes two semesters of French in one semester. Equivalent to French 101 and 102. Counts as two courses and prepares for French 201. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	FRE 201 - Intermediate French Instructors Slawy-Sutton, Sutton, Fache Development of skills in spoken and written French, with extensive oral practice and grammar review. Prerequisites & Notes Fulfills foreign language requirement.
	FRE 210 - Advanced Intermediate French through Cinema Instructors Sutton, Slawy-Sutton Further cultivation of intermediate-level oral and written skills, through selected grammar review, films, skits, and composition. Normally required before F 212 or F 213, and before Study Abroad in Tours. Prerequisites & Notes French 201, placement examination, or permission of the department.
	FRE 212 - Oral Expression, Listening Comprehension and Practical Phonetics Instructor Fache, Beschea Advanced oral practice and corrective phonetics. Prerequisites & Notes French 210, placement examination, or permission of the instructor. (Fall)
	FRE 213 - Written Expression, Advanced Grammar Review, Translation and Composition Instructor Fache Advanced work in written French. Prerequisites & Notes French 210, placement examination or the permission of the instructor. Native speakers of French may not enroll, heritage speakers must consult with the instructor. (Spring)
	FRE 220 - Portraits of Women Instructor Fache Literature treating portraits of women in French and Francophone texts, films, music, and painting. Discussion of issues such as national identity, religion and morality, colonialism and the status of women. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature and Gender Studies Concentration. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Not offered 2011-12.)
	FRE 221 - Visions of the City Instructor Staff Written and visual works that imagine cities and their inhabitants. Discussion topics will include the ways in which urban modernity changes Western conceptions of art, the social geography of space, the treatment of class and race, and immigration. Typical authors include Balzac, Baudelaire, Zola, Maupassant, Apollinaire, Aragon, Pérec, and Beyala. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Not offered 2011-12.)
	FRE 222 - Literature and Revolt Instructor Buckley Literature treating the theme of social, moral, metaphysical, or political revolt. Typical authors: Gide, Mauriac, Camus, Ionesco. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Fall)
	FRE 223 - Childhood and Youth Instructor Slawy-Sutton Literature treating the theme, “l’enfance et l’adolescence,’’ through different genres and literary periods. Typical authors: Maupassant, Colette, Prévert, Anouilh, Sarraute, Sebbar, Chedid. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature and Gender Studies Concentration. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Spring)
	FRE 224 - Innocence and Awareness Instructor Sutton Literature treating the theme of self-discovery in different genres and literary periods. Typical authors: Voltaire, Flaubert, Camus, Molière. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Not offered 2011-12.)
	FRE 225 - Rich and Poor Instructor Kruger Discussion of the theme of wealth and its place in a variety of literary forms and cultural contexts. Readings typically include plays, poetry, and fiction by French and Francophone authors such as Molière, La Bruyère, Balzac, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Proulx, Roy, and La Ferrière. Satisfies Distribution Requirement in Literature. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Not offered 2011-12.)
	FRE 229 - Introduction to French Literature Abroad Course in literature taught by the Davidson program director in Tours.
	FRE 260 - Contemporary France Instructor Sutton Contemporary French social and political institutions, attitudes and values, emphasizing current events. Especially recommended for those planning to study in France. Prerequisites & Notes French 210 or above. (Spring)
	FRE 287-288, 387-390 - Studies in Civilization and Culture Abroad Courses on topics related to francophone civilization (e.g., culture, history, politics) taken at a university in a French-speaking country.
	FRE 295, 296, 297 - Independent Study for Non-Majors Individual work under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic of study and determines the means of evaluation.

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EDU 121 - History of Educational Theory and Practice

EDU 221 - Schools and Society

EDU 241 - Child Development (= PSY 241)

EDU 242 - Educational Psychology and Teaching Exceptionalities

EDU 243 - Adolescent Development (= PSY 243)

EDU 250 - Multicultural Education

EDU 260 - Social Diversity and Inequality in Education (=SOC 261)

EDU 300 - Seminar: Special Topics in Education

EDU 301 - Independent Study in Education

EDU 302 - Field Placement in Education

EDU 330 - Sociology of Education (=SOC 330)

EDU 340 - Education in African-American Society (=SOC 340)

EDU 400 - Organization for Teaching

EDU 410, 411 - Internship in Teaching

EDU 420 - Seminar in Secondary Education

ENG 110 - Introduction to Literature

ENG 201 - Intermediate Composition

ENG 202 - Introduction to Creative Writing

ENG 203 - Introduction to Writing Poetry

ENG 204 - Introduction to Writing Fiction

ENG 211 - Greek Literature in Translation (= CLA 211)

ENG 220 - Literary Analysis

ENG 222 - Roman Literature in Translation (= CLA 222)

ENG 231 - Young Adult Literature

ENG 240 - British Literature from the Middle Ages to 1800

ENG 260 - British Literature since 1800

ENG 261 - Modern Drama (= THE 261)

ENG 262 - Colonial/Postcolonial Literature

ENG 280 - American Literature through the Twentieth Century

ENG 281 - Literature of the American South

ENG 282 - African American Literature

ENG 283 - Short Prose Fiction

ENG 284 - Ethnic American Literatures

ENG 286 - Native American Literature

ENG 289 - Environmental Literature

ENG 290 - World Literature

ENG 291 - Studies in Literature and Religion

ENG 293 - Film as Narrative Art

ENG 294 - Studies in Modernism

ENG 295 - Women Writers

ENG 297 - Caribbean Literature

ENG 301 - Writing Nonfiction Prose

ENG 303 - Writing Poetry II

ENG 304 - Writing Fiction II

ENG 305 - Writing Plays

ENG 310 - The English Language

ENG 342 - Medieval Literature

ENG 343 - Chaucer

ENG 352 - Shakespeare

ENG 353 - Studies in English Renaissance Literature

ENG 355 - Milton

ENG 360 - Studies in British Literature

ENG 361 - The Eighteenth Century

ENG 362 - British Romanticism

ENG 363 - History of the British Novel

ENG 370 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University

ENG 371 - Victorian Literature

ENG 372 - British Fiction: 19th and 20th Centuries

ENG 373 - Modern British and Irish Poetry

ENG 380 - Studies in American Literature

ENG 381 - American Fiction: 19th Century

ENG 382 - African American Literature 1955-2000

ENG 385 - Philosophy and the Narrative Arts (= PHI 385)

ENG 386 - American Fiction: 20th Century

ENG 387 - Modern American Poetry

ENG 388 - Contemporary Theatre

ENG 389 - Studies in Literature and the Environment

ENG 391 - Literary Criticism

ENG 392 - Studies in Literature by Women

ENG 393 - Studies in Literature and the Visual Arts

ENG 394 - Studies in Modern Literature

ENG 395 - Independent Study in Literature

ENG 396 - Independent Study in Writing

ENG 397 - Independent Study

ENG 400-494 - Seminars

ENG 495 - Senior Colloquium

ENG 498 - Senior Honors Research

ENG 499 - Senior Honors Thesis

ENV 120 - Introduction to Environmental Geology