EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION COURSES

Experiential education, involving "learning by doing" outside the classroom, has been a relatively understated but successful part of the Williams curriculum for a number of years. In addition to the use of traditional laboratory work in the natural sciences and studio work in art, faculty have been challenging students to become engaged more personally in the Williams curriculum through field work, whether in the form of research, sustained work on special projects or through placement with community organizations. Courses which include experiential learning provide students with opportunities to encounter firsthand the issues that they read and study about, requiring them to apply academic learning to nonacademic settings and challenging them to use their experiences in those settings to think more critically and deeply about what they are studying. Courses involving experiential education as defined above range from fully integrated off-campus programs such as the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program (page 144) and Williams in New York (page 144) to courses involving one small field research project. The amount and nature of the experiential component(s) varies according to the instructor's judgment.

A range of non-credit experiential education opportunities is also available to interested students. Community service, internships, research, and the Museum Associates Program of the College Museum of Art all provide students the chance to "learn by doing" outside the classroom. Information on each of these opportunities is provided below.

Community Service:

Opportunities to apply creative energy and initiative abound in community organizations in the Williams College area. Service ranges from tutoring or building homes with Habitat for Humanity, to working with developing non-profit organizations such as Northern Berkshire Creative Arts. For more information, go to the Lehman Community Service Council homepage on the College website at <http://wso.williams.edu: 8000/orgs/lehman/> or contact Rick Spalding, College Chaplain and Coordinator of Community Service (Richard.E.Spalding@williams.edu).

Internships and Research Opportunities:

A wide variety of summer internship opportunities are available to interested students through the Office of Career Counseling (OCC) and the Center for Environmental Studies (CES). Research opportunities are also available through individual departments. Information about OCC's Williams College Alumni Sponsored Summer Internships can be found at http://www.williams.edu/resources/occ/ or by contacting Ron Gallagher, Assistant Director of Career Counseling (Ronald.L.Gallagher@williams.edu). Information about CES's summer internship and research opportunities can be found at www.williams.edu/CES/resources/summeropps.htm or by contacting Sarah Gardner, Assistant Director of the Center for Environmental Studies, Kellogg House (Sarah.S.Gardner@williams.edu). Information about research opportunities sponsored by individual departments is available from Department Chairs.

Museum Associates:

The Museum Associates Program of the Williams College Museum of Art provides students an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of art and art history, to learn about the field of museum education, and to develop valuable communication and public speaking skills while working with the public. The only academic requirement is the completion of ArtH 101-102. Applications are accepted every spring. For more information, contact Rebecca Hayes, Director of Education at Rebecca.L.Hayes@williams.edu.

For more information about experiential education at Williams College, visit the Experiential Education website at www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/exped/ or contact Paula Consolini, Coordinator of Experiential Education at 597-4588 (pconsoli@williams.edu)

Students interested in incorporating fieldwork into courses not listed here should contact the Coordinator for help. Inclusion of experiential components depends on permission of the instructor.

SEMESTER COURSES:

AFR 235(F) African Rhythm, African Sensibility

AFR 245/MUS 242(F) Monk and the Bebop Revolution

AMST 201(F,S) Introduction to American Studies

ARTH 201(F) American Landscape History

ARTH 308/ENVI 308(S) The North-American Park Idea

ARTH 508(S) Art and Conservation: An Inquiry into History, Methods and Materials

BIOL 220/ENVI 220(S) Field Botany and Plant Natural History

BIOL 302/ENVI 312(F) Communities and Ecosystems

CHIN 352(S) Bridging Theory and Practice: Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

ENGL 376(F) Documentary Technologies

ENVI 102(S) Introduction to Environmental Science

ENVI 302(F) Environmental Planning Workshop

ENVI 397/398(F,S) Independent Study of Environmental Problems

EXPR 309(F) Exploring Creativity

GEOS 105(F) Geology Outdoors

GEOS 206/ENVI 206(S) Renewable Energy and the Sustainable Campus

GEOS 214(S) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

LATS 220(F) Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City

LATS 230(F) Approaching Performance Studies

LATS 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Afro-Latin Diaspora

LING 400(F) Linguistics Research Seminar

MAST 104(S) Oceanography

MAST 211(F,S) Oceanographic Processes (Williams/Mystic Program)

MAST 311(F,S) Marine Ecology (Williams/Mystic Program)

MAST 351(F,S) Marine Policy (Williams/Mystic Program)

MAST 352(F,S) America and the Sea, 1600-Present (Williams/Mystic Program)

POEC 402(S) Political Economy of Public Policy Issues

PSYC 352(S) Clinical and Community Psychology

PSYC 353(F) Behavioral Medicine

PSYC 372(F) Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning

REL 286(F) Shopping, Desire, Compulsion and Consumption

RUSS 206(S) Topics in Russian Culture: Feasting and Fasting in Russian History

WNY 307T(F,S) Work/Ethics: Frameworks for Observing People at Work (Williams in New York Program)

WNY 308(F) Explorations in the Urban Outback (Williams in New York Program)

WNY 309(F) Covering the Other: A Course in Cross-Cultural and Community-based Film (Williams in New York Program)

WNY 310(S) Art, Space and the City (Williams in New York Program)

WNY 311(S) Imagining New York City (Williams in New York Program)

WINTER STUDY 2008 (note WSP 2009 courses will be listed in the Catalog):

AMST 15 Contemporary American Songwriting

AMST 25 Asian American Experimental Poets and Artists in New York City

ANSO/REL 10 Meditation-Based Stress Reduction: Adopting a Mindfulness Practice

ANSO 11 Berkshire Farm Center Internship

ANSO 12 Children and the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse

ARTH 25 At the Junction of Aesthetics and Commerce: A Close Look at Antique and New Production Rugs and Textiles in the US and Turkey

ARTS 11 The Animate Image

CHIN 13 Theory and Practice of Chinese Cooking

JAPN 10 Japanese Animation

ASTR 10 Applied Aerodynamics

BIOL 16 Rhythm Based Conflict Resolution: An Experiential Approach

CHEM 11/SPEC 11 Science for Kids

CHEM 15 "You are Not Listening!" Exploring Interpersonal Conflict

CHEM 16 Glass and Glassblowing

CLAS 11 Roman Food in Antiquity

CSCI 12 Computer Animation Production

ECON 12 Personal Financial Planning

ECON 25 Gender, Video and Social Activism in Senegal

ENGL 10 Fictions of Domesticity

ENGL 14 Jazz and Poetry Workshop

ENGL 25 Morocco

ENVI 14 Advocating for the Environment

ENVI 25 Sustainable Resource Management on Eleuthera Island

GEOS 10 The Digital Darkroom

GEOS 12 Landscape Photography

GERM 25 Berlin

LEAD 18 Wilderness Leadership

LING 10 Linguistic Typology and the Science of Constructed Languages

LING 12 Preliminary Introduction to American Sign Language

MATH 10 Pilates: Fitness, Philosophy and Physiology

MATH 11 Teaching Mathematics at BarT

MATH 14 Creating Fractals

MATH 16 Knitting: The Social History and Craft Form

MATH 17 Tournament Bridge

MUS 10 Symphonic Winds: Music of Louis Andriessen and Stephen Sondheim

MUS 14 Brazilian Music

MUS 16 Zimbabwean Marimba Music

PHIL 11 Aikido and Ethics

PHYS 12 Meet the Right Side of Your Brain: Drawing as a Learnable Skill

PHYS 15 Livres des Artists-The Artist Book

PSCI 21 Fieldwork in Public and Private Non-Profits

PSCI 25 Williams in NOLA (New Orleans)

PSYC 13 Get Focused and Step It Up- Climate Change Activism

PSYC 15 Ephquilts: An Introduction to Traditional Quiltmaking

PSYC 17 Teaching Practicum

PSYC 18 Psychology in Action

REL 24 The Reformation in Europe

REL 25 Explorations in Solidarity: A Meeting of Minds and Hearts in Nicaragua

RUSS 24 Resettling Refugees in Maine

RUSS/SPEC 25 Williams in Georgia

SPEC 10 Quest for College: Early Awareness in Berkshire County Schools

SPEC 14 Emergency Medical Technician

SPEC 19 Medical Apprenticeship

SPEC 21 Psychology of the Workplace, A Field Study

SPEC 24 Eye Care and Culture on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua

SPEC 27 Teaching Practicum in New York City Schools

SPEC 35 Making Pottery on the Potter's Wheel