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Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011The program in Literary and Cultural Studies brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the study ofculture. Students collaborate with an advisor to design an individualized and focused plan of studythat includes courses from a range of departments and programs. Courses that involve more thanone national literature are central to the program, as are those that explore the intersections ofliterature and theory. Moreover, students are encouraged to expand their definition of the “text” toinclude not just literature but also other media such as music, art, and cinema. Students are equallyencouraged to take courses in related disciplines that help situate the creative text in terms of itscultural and historical contexts: thus, students concentrating in Literary and Cultural Studies canalso count toward their major courses from departments that are not primarily oriented toward thestudy of literature and the arts, such as Anthropology, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.English majors may include LCST 201, 301 and 302 in the first 36 credits of their major program,but must explicitly alert the Registrar’s Office that they wish these courses to count toward theirEnglish major.Students can follow one of two tracks in fulfilling the major requirements for Literary and CulturalStudies:Cultural Studies TrackThis consists of two central components: first, a required sequence of core courses in Literary andCultural Studies consisting of LCST 201 (Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies), 301(Theoretical Approaches to Literary and Cultural Studies), and 401 (Concentration Seminar);second, at least 27 additional credits chosen in close consultation with a member of the LCSTAdvisory Committee.Film Studies TrackThis permits students to use the College’s Film minor as the core of their Literary and CulturalStudies major. Students supplement the 18-credit Film minor – FILM 150 or FILM 250 (offeredfall only), FILM 251 (spring only), and FILM 306 (fall only) or other accepted GER 6 course -with LCST 302, FILM of LCST 401, and at least 12-15 additional credits chosen in closeconsultation with a member of the LCST or Film Studies advisory Committee.More details about the major can be found on the Literary and Cultural Studies websitehttp://www.wm.edu/as/lcst/index.php. For details on the Film Studies minor, seehttp://www.wm.edu/as/filmstudies/index.php.Introductory Courses201. Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies - (GER 5) Fall and Spring (3) Introductory levelcourse examining how literature and other forms of artistic expression (e.g., film and music)reflect, shape, and contest cultural values. (For the past several years, the specific topic dealt within this course has been “Literary and Cultural Constructions of Crime”: readings have ranged fromGreek tragedy and Dante to the detective novel, film noir, and gangsta rap. Recently, we have alsoadded sections on “Vampires and Popular Culture” and “Analyzing Popular Music”).Students pursuing the LCST Film Track must take (as a substitute for or complement to LCST201) Film 150W/250, “Introduction to Film Studies.”54
Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011150W. Introduction to Film Studies – (GER 5) Fall (4) A freshman seminar in film as anindependent aesthetic form, treating the formal and narrative components of film and brieflyintroducing students to the history of film and the comparison of films made in the United Stateswith those made in other countries. This course satisfies the freshman writing requirement.250. Introduction to Film Studies –(GER 5) Fall (4) An introduction to film as an independentaesthetic form, treating the formal and narrative components of film and briefly introducingstudents to the history of film and the comparison of films made in the United States with thosemade in other countries. Shares the same course content as Film 150W, but designed for studentswho have either 150W or 250 for the Film Studies minor; and they may not take both courses forcredit.Beyond Literary and Cultural Studies 201 and Film 150/250, relevant introductory courses willdepend on the individual focus of the Literary and Cultural Studies major. Students should be sureto take prerequisites for upper level courses in their first few semesters.Interested students should consult a member of the Literary and Cultural Studies AdvisoryCommittee: Colleen Kennedy(Director/English); Anita Angelone (Modern Languages)VarunBegley (English); Troy Davis (Swem Library Media Center); Simon Joyce (English), ArthurKnight (English/American Studies); Rich Lowry (English); Christopher MacGowan (English);Charles Palermo (Art History); Sasha Prokhorov (Modern Languages); Elena Prokhorova (ModernLanguages); Ann Marie Stock (Modern Languages); Sharon Zuber (English).MathematicsThe Mathematics Department offers a number of different courses that are often taken byincoming freshmen. Those with a possible career interest in mathematics, computer science, thenatural sciences, or economics will want to pursue the main calculus and linear algebra sequence:Mathematics 111-112-211-212. These courses are prerequisite to most advanced courses inmathematics as well as to certain courses in physics and chemistry. Special versions of 111 and112, called 131 and 132, are available for students interested in the life sciences.Many students will fulfill the GER 1 requirement with a course taken in the MathematicsDepartment. There are four standard possibilities: Mathematics 104, an introduction to theelementary mathematics of airplane flight; Mathematics 106, an introduction to probability andstatistics that does not require calculus; Mathematics 108, a course in applied calculus;Mathematics 111, the first semester of the main calculus sequence. In unusual circumstances, itmay be appropriate for a student to take Mathematics 112 without credit in Mathematics 111.Mathematics 112 also earns GER 1 credit. Admission to the School of Business requires credit forone semester of calculus. For this purpose, Mathematics 108 or Mathematics 111 or Mathematics131 will suffice.Neither Mathematics 104 nor Mathematics 106 has any formal prerequisite. Reasonablefamiliarity with high school algebra is ordinarily sufficient. Students who want to takeMathematics 108 should have a good understanding of polynomial and exponential functions.Mathematics 108 will cover a broader range of topics than is taken up in Mathematics 111, whichfocuses more on conceptual issues. In addition to the algebra skills mentioned for Mathematics108, the high school background appropriate for enrollment in Mathematics 111 should includework in trigonometry.55
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