Moodle at Eckerd College 2025-26 Academic Year

Continued development of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. Grammar review. Increased exposure to Italian culture through film, print, and popular music. Prerequisite: IT 201.

Continuation of introductory basic Japanese with emphasis on the spoken language. The Japanese writing system will also be continued. Prerequisite: JA 101.

Continuation of Intermediate Japanese I. Prerequisite: JA 201.

Continuation of JA 401 Advanced Readings in Japanese. Prerequisite: JA 401.

Courses of selected topics will be offered periodically as determined by the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisites can vary based on the topic selected. See individual course listings for each semester for the specific topic and any prerequisites. You can view special topics course descriptions by copying this URL into your internet browser - https://sites.google.com/a/eckerd.edu/registrar/course-descriptions

Study of influential works in the tradition of the European novel from Don Quixote to the twentieth century, focusing on major innovations in form and subject matter.

How did London evolve from one of the most heavily polluted cities of the 1800s to its current status as a Green City, with its commitment to green infrastructure, biodiversity, rewilding, etc.? What role do nature and environmental initiatives play in driving the cultural, economic, architectural facets of the city? Students will explore these questions and more through readings, visits to museums/cultural sites, and sites associated with London’s green infrastructure initiative, such as city farms, community gardens, urban forests, beehives atop hotels, and historic wholesale food markets that span the history of the city. Using Google Earth, students will create maps incorporating publicly available data from government portals as well as historical maps to visualize and illustrate environmental change over time. They will also use tools to create place markers and delineate areas of environmental restoration, or locations and settings from assigned readings.

If you had the opportunity to know your fate, would you take it? The mythical Greek hero Oedipus struggled with just such information and was not able to avoid a tragic end. Despite this compelling lesson on the dangers of foreknowledge, divination was very popular in the ancient world. In fact, methods of divination can be found in almost all cultures and time periods. In this course we will learn about techniques of divination, from ancient Babylonian astrology to contemporary Tarot cards, by reading about these techniques and even experiencing some of them first hand. Students will find their own "inner eye" by star-gazing, bird-watching, lot-casting, dream-interpreting and card-reading their way through a variety of cultures and time periods, in order to understand how and why people use divination to navigate their worlds, give meaning to humanity's existence, and understand the universe.

This course immerses students in the high-stakes world of international diplomacy and national security. Through real-world case studies, simulations, and direct engagement with former ambassadors, students will gain a deeper understanding of American diplomatic history, and how U.S. foreign policy is carried out overseas. Topics include the structure and function of embassies, the role of ambassadors, crisis response strategies, and the ways in which economic, cultural, and security interests shape global diplomacy. The course culminates in a full-scale simulation of an international emergency in which students must collaborate as country teams to design strategic responses to an unfolding diplomatic crisis.