Summer Session

Courses On Campus 2013

Campus Course Descriptions

AR 113 Western Calligraphy
Instructor: Geoffrey Burnham
LSC: Artistic Experience
Description: The theory and practice of writing and lettering as an art form.

AR 127 Ceramics I: Wheelworking
Instructor: Jeremy Ayers
LSC: Artistic Experience
Lab fee $145.00
Description: Will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the practice of throwing on the potters wheel including clay preparation, centering, formation of vessels, trimming, glazing and firing. We will also look at the work of historical and contemporary ceramic artists.
Misc. Notes: The course meets at Burlington City Arts Clay and Craft Studio.

BI 108 Topics in Organismal Biology: Human Nutrition
Instructor: James Willard
LSC: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
Lab fee $100.00
Description: An intensive lab science course for non-science majors that will consider the components of human diets, how such components are processed by the human body, and how nutrition affects human health throughout the life cycle. Topics include the physiological requirements for and chemistry of the main nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, lipid, minerals and vitamins. Laboratories consisting of computer-assisted dietary analyses will complement material covered in lectures.
Misc. Notes: Biology 106, 108, and 110 are laboratory courses designed for students who are not science majors. They may not be taken by biology majors or minors.

EC 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
Instructor: Reza Ramazani
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: This course is an introduction to the macroeconomic approach to economic analysis. Students learn how to measure and interpret: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment and price levels through a discussion of fundamental economic concepts and the role of markets. We examine macroeconomic instability through a study of causes and policy prescriptions from two major opposing schools of thought: Classical and Keynesian. We continue with a study of money, interest rates and the Federal Reserve. Current economic problems and policy debates including economic controversies on the role of international trade, monetary and fiscal policy, the deficit, economic growth, and productivity are also highlighted.

EC 103 Principles of Microeconomics
Instructor: Patrick Walsh
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: Introduction to how economists interpret the everyday decisions of consumers, businesses, and workers. Develops concepts and models that explain what is produced, how it is produced, and how output is distributed. Applies the insights of economic analysis to real-world questions such as minimum wage, business profits, taxes, outsourcing, and environmental policies.

EN 329 Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Instructor: Bridget Kerr
LSC: Artistic Experience
Description: Writing About Place - A small workshop in which students write one or two substantial pieces of creative nonfiction, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary and historical examples of creative nonfiction complement the workshops.

EN 403 Special Topics in Film: The Road Movie
Instructor: Robert Niemi
LSC: Literary Studies
Description: The course will explore the evolution, characteristics, and implications of the road movie genre.  In fifteen screening/discussion sessions, we will view, study, discuss, and write about the best examples of the road movie from the United States and internationally.  Tentative film selection:  Grapes of Wrath (1940); Wages of Fear (1953); The Hitchhiker (1953); Bonnie & Clyde (1967); Easy Rider (1969); The Rain People (1969); Wanda (1970); Scarecrow (1973); Alice in the Cities (1974); Paris, Texas (1984); Drugstore Cowboy (1989); Thelma and Louise (1991); Smoke Signals (1998); The Straight Story (1999); Wendy and Lucy (2008).

HI 107 Modern Europe
Instructor: Timothy Blake
LSC: Historical Studies
Description: This course is a survey of political, economic, social and cultural forces that have changed the course of European and western civilization since the French Revolution. This course will investigate the people and events that shaped European landscapes, boundaries, and economics, as well as the European mindset over the period.

MA 120 Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Denise Mulry
LSC: Quantitative Reasoning
Description: Description of sample data; probability distributions including the Normal distribution; correlation and regression; sampling; hypothesis testing; statistical inference; other topics may include Chi-square tests, multiple regression, and ANOVA.
Misc. Notes: Non-majors only. Credit will not be given for MA 120 if credit has already been given for BU 207, EC 205, or PS 216.

MJD 210 Photojournalism in the Digital Age
Instructor: Jerald Swope
Description: This digital-based photography course introduces students to the skills, theory and ethics of newspaper, magazine and Web-based photojournalism. Through in-class discussions and hands-on demonstrations, students learn manual camera techniques, and image editing using Photoshop software. Analyses of historical and contemporary photographic work help students apply techniques and theory to create storytelling photographs suitable for publication.

Prerequisites: MJD 110

PO 245 International Relations
Instructor: Jeffrey Ayres
LSC:Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
Description: This course introduces students to the study of international relations, focusing especially on the interactions between states and non-state actors in the international environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to consider enduring and contemporary issues and problems in international affairs.

PO 360 Film and Politics
Instructor: Michael Bosia
LSC:Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
Description: The cultural and political power of film is unique. Films reinforce or break stereotypes, rewrite history, encourage dissent, or enforce conformity. This course will focus on politically relevant and engaged films from China, India, France, Latin America, and the U.S. in order to understand the political context of each film and its contribution to ongoing debates, and to reveal national mythmaking in the social and political assumptions that inform storytelling in the movies.

PS 270 Cognitive Psychology
Instructor: David Boynton
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: A general introduction to the study of human cognition addressing basic questions about how people acquire, retain, and use information. Topics include perception; attention; memory; concept formation and categorization; language comprehension and production; emotion and cognition; problem solving; and decision making.

SP 101 First Semester Spanish
Instructor: Diego Mattos Vazualdo
LSC:Second Language
Description: A course designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world.

SP 102 Second Semester Spanish
Instructor: Roxana Wortman
LSC:Second Language
Description: This course follows SP 101 and continues the development of students' basic language skills all areas. Some course material will be based on Spanish and Latino culture.
Prerequisite: SP 101 or equivalent placement.

TH 351 Special Topics in Performance Dance Theatre
Instructor: Annette Urbschat
LSC: Artistic Experience
Description: "Dance Theatre blends theatrical elements of dance and creative movement with sound and spoken word.  classes will begin with a thorough physical and vocal warm-up.  Based on exercises from Ruth Zaporah's text: 'Action Theater, The Improvisation of Presence', students will imporvise alone, in pairs an d as a group.  This course will develop the participants' imagination and spontaneity and help them build performance and ensemble work skills."

Hybrid Courses 2013

Spend three days on campus and take the rest of the course online. Housing is available at a reduced rate of $170.00 for on-campus meeting days. Due to the multimedia aspects of these courses, broadband Internet access is required for participation.  Fee of $35.00 for eCollege.

Open to Saint Michael's students and to all college students currently enrolled at another institution - credit may be transferable.

Hybrid Course Descriptions

BU 205 Business Communications
Instructor: Erik Kaarla
Description: This course enhance students’ understanding of communication theory and capability in multiple communication channels and situations. Also develops critical thinking skills and ethical integrity in discerning credible information and responding appropriately. 

BU 209 Legal Environment of Business
Instructor: William Wargo
Description: This course will explore the nature of the law and the judicial system, their relationship to consumers, ethical behaviors, and the business enterprise. It will introduce students to basic legal concepts governing business transactions, as well as to the constraints imposed and protections offered by the law. Students will also acquire an appreciation for how the contemporary American legal system operates.

BU 215 Marketing
Instructor: Robert Letovsky
Description: This course will provide a review of the fundamental topics in marketing management, and expose the student to various analytical and decision making tools currently used by marketing managers. The course will focus on how the various elements of the marketing mix, and on how the marketing manager must control and integrate each of these elements to achieve competitive advantage.

Prerequisites: BU 113 or permission of instructor

CS 101 Introduction to Multimedia Computing
Instructor: Michael Battig
LSC: Quantitative Reasoning
Description: An introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science through an examination of digital multimedia. Students will learn how pictures, music, and movies are represented in digital formats, as well as how to write programs that manipulate and transform digital media data.

PO 101 Introduction to Politics
Instructor: Jeffrey Ayres
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: An introduction to the basic concepts of politics and the tools of political analysis.

PS 101 General Psychology
Instructor: Rene Schmauder
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: An introduction to the field of psychology, its methods, major perspectives, theories, and area specialties, with emphasis on the normal adult human being. The course explores basic psychological areas such as biopsychology, perception, learning, motivation, developmental, personality, social, abnormal, and therapies.

PS 256 Abnormal Psychology
Instructor: Ronald Miller
LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
Description: This course explores historical and contemporary ways of conceptualizing the origins, characteristics, and treatments of psychological/emotional difficulties and problems in living. Problems and disorders to be examined range from minor adjustment problems and common disorders such as depression to more rare, major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Through an in-depth examination of a variety of viewpoints on "abnormal" behavior, students are invited to think critically about their own and our society's conception of "mental illness."

Online Courses 2013

Online Course Descriptions

ID 498 Internship
Instructor: Paul Olsen or Joanne Muehlberger 
Description: The online Internship is designed to support the internship site experience and assist with the integration of learning from the theoretical to the practical by providing a means of reflection and learning. This course offers students the opportunity to share their internship experiences and concerns in a team setting and includes opportunities to develop personal and professional skills. Assignments and online discussions will be related to the internship experience.
Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA/Juniors and Seniors only/Permission of Internship Director/Open only to students who have not previously completed or are not currently enrolled in BU 498 or ID 498.

eCollege Fee: $90.00

ID 499 Internship
Instructor: Staff
Description: The online Internship is designed to support the internship site experience and assist with the integration of learning from the theoretical to the practical by providing a means of reflection and learning. This course offers students the opportunity to share their internship experiences and concerns in a team setting and includes opportunities to develop personal and professional skills. Assignments and online discussions will be related to the internship experience.
Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA/Juniors and Seniors only/Permission of Internship Director

eCollege Fee: $90.00

MJD 413 Internship in Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts
Instructor: Allison Cleary
Description: Working in collaboration with media professionals at media organizations and in corporate and non-profit media students put theory into practice by producing media in a professional work environment. Possible activities include producing and distributing media, i.e. websites, articles, films, brochures etc. planning and staging media events; researching and evaluating public relations campaigns; and optimization studies. The internship gives students a practical context in which to examine and interpret issues and concepts they have studied in their Media Studies classroom courses.

Pre-requisite: Permission of Instructor required.

eCollege Fee: $90.00 

International Study Courses 2013

International Study Course Descriptions

AR 280 Culture & Society in Medieval Burgundy
Instructor: Terryl Kinder and Peter Vantine
LSC: Historical Studies or Study of Christian Tradition and Thoughts
Description: An 18-day academic study-abroad course in Burgundy, France, focusing on the historical, political, artistic, religious, literary, cultural, and social developments of medieval Burgundy. Based in Pontigny, students travel every other day to cities, abbeys, castles, cathedrals, museums, and archaeological sites which are examined in preparatory classes.
Optional Applied Language Component

JA 350 Summer Study Trip to Japan
Instructor: Hideko Furukawa and Joseph Kroger
LSC:  Global Issues

Description: This is a half course extended from the course, JA 333, Japanese Culture.  This short summer trip will be two weeks in duration including three days traveling to and from Japan.  It starts with visiting the western part of Japan and then traveling to the east in the second half of the trip.  The western part of the trip consists of visiting the traditional aspects of Japan; farming community, fishing community, a castle, temples, and shrines.  It also includes visiting Hiroshima, Nara, and Wakayama.  The second part of the trip includes visiting mainly the contemporary aspects of Japan including a Toyota factory, schools, the police stations, and the city of Tokyo. Each visit will have ties to the topic covered by the class. Along with visiting the places mentioned above, the participants will meet SMC alumni living in Japan to hear their personal impressions.  The students will reciprocate the visits by the students of the Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.