RockhuRst univeRsity 2012–2014 catalog

to heighten the tone and meaning of their writings.Poets to be studied may include WilliamWordsworth, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson,Anne Sexton, and Sylvia Plath. Prerequisite: EN1110/1120, or EN 1140, or EN 1150, or equivalent.(LTII)EN 4920. Report Project (3)This course prepares the student to develop anextensive report project and prepare both a writtenreport and an oral presentation with participationof faculty from areas relevant to the student’sproject. This course is also available as an advancedoffering in the writing track of the English major.Prerequisite: EN 4180.FS 1100. First Year Seminar (1)Fall semesterThis seminar, offered to first-time students, aimsto orient students academically to Rockhurst Universityby introducing them to classmates, faculty,and staff, and by exploring the meaning of theircore studies. It introduces students to serviceactivities and college cultural events. Goals for theseminar are to help students deepen their awarenessof themselves as learners, practice active andreflective ways of learning, and value their experiencesand strengths as a legitimate part of learning.NS 1000. Freshmen in Science Seminar (1)Fall semesterThe purpose of the course is to assist beginningscience/math students in exploring the natureof the study of science and mathematics and toFreshman SeminarsEN 4930. Senior Thesis (1-3)The senior thesis, written under the guidance ofa member of the English Department, is a longer,sustained piece of writing that demonstrates themajor skills of reading, writing, and research in aculminating experience on a topic related to a student’sstudies in the major. Credit varies accordingto the topic chosen. Prerequisite: Senior standingand department chair approval.French (FR)See: Classical and Modern Languages and LiteratureSee Helzberg School of Management section for the Freshmen in Business Seminar description.explore career options in science and mathematics.It does this in the larger realm of the missionand values of Rockhurst University and its scienceand mathematics programs. This course has beendesigned to facilitate partnerships in learning withfaculty, study groups and classmates; to proposetime management strategies; to become moreaware of science requirements in various fieldsof study; to discuss the importance of ethics inscience as well as in the community at large; toevaluate the importance of personal wellness; tovalue diversity with science and the community; toexamine the relationships between interests/values/skills as they relate to career alternatives, and tofoster a sense of becoming “men and women forothers” within a service learning project.German (GR)See: Classical and Modern Languages and LiteratureUndergraduate College of Arts Programs & SciencesCollege of Arts and Sciences125