Experiential Education Courses

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The following 2007 - 2008 Williams courses include some form of experiential learning. A complete description of each course may be found in the relevant department’s section of the Williams Course Catalog. Students may obtain detailed information about experiential elements in a specific course from its instructor.

Fall 2007 Courses

  • AFR 222/LATS221/MUS 220(F) Rhythm and Jazz in America, Brazil and Cuba
  • AMST 201 (F, S) Intoduction to American Studies
  • ARTH 201 (F) American Landscape History
  • ARTH 274 Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice
  • BIOL 225/ENVI 225 (F) Natural History of the Berkshires
  • ENVI 302 (F) Environmental Planning Workshop
  • ENVI 397 (F) Independent Study of Environmental Problems
  • GEOS 105 (F) Geology Outdoors
  • LATS 230 (F) Approaching Performance Studies
  • MAST 211 (F, S) Oceanographic Processes (Williams/Mystic Program)
  • MAST 231T (F, S) Literature of the Sea
  • 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)
  • PHYS 109 (F) Sound, Light and Perception
  • PSYC 372 (F) Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning
  • WNY 301T (F, S) Fieldwork in New York (Williams in New York Program)
  • WNY 307 (F) Arts and the City (Williams in New York Program)

Spring 2008 Courses

  • AFR 410/PSCI 302 (S) Race, Culture and Incarceration
  • AMST 201 (F, S) Intoduction to American Studies
  • ARTH 213/ENVI 211 (S) North American Dwellings
  • ARTH 215/ENVI 216 (S) The Aesthetics and Culture of North American Woodlands
  • ARTH 274 Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice
  • ARTH 508 (S) Art and Conservation: An Inquiry into History, Methods and Materials
  • BIOL 220/ENVI 220 (S) Field Botany and Plant Natural History
  • CLAS 103 (S) Greek and Roman Drama: Renewal and Transformation
  • ENVI 101 (S) Humans in the Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • ENVI 102 (S) Introduction to Environmental Science
  • MAST 211 (F, S) Oceanographic Processes (Williams/Mystic Program)
  • MAST 231T (F, S) Literature of the Sea
  • 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)
  • PHYS 108 (S) Heat, Energy and the Environment
  • POEC 402 (S) Political Economy of Public Policy Issues
  • PSYC 352 (S) Clinical and Community Psychology
  • WNY 301T (F, S) Fieldwork in New York (Williams in New York Program)
  • WNY 302 (S) Cinema and the City
  • WNY 306 (S) Street Smarts: Learning to Read the City

Winter Study Courses

  • AMST 015 Contemporary American Songwriting
  • AMST 025 Asian American Experimental Poets and Artists in New York City
  • ANSO 010/REL 010 Meditation-Based Stress Reduction: Adopting a Mindfulness Practice
  • ANSO 011 Berkshire Farm Center Internship
  • ANSO 012 Children and the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse
  • ARTH 025 At the Junction of Aesthetics and Commerce: A Close Look at Antique and New Production Rugs and Textiles in the US and Turkey
  • ARTS 011 The Animate Image
  • CHIN 013 Theory and Practice of Chinese Cooking
  • JAPN 010 Japanese Animation
  • ASTR 010 Applied Aerodynamics
  • BIOL 016 Rhythm Based Conflict Resolution: An Experiential Approach
  • CHEM 011/SPEC 011 Science for Kids
  • CHEM 016 Glass and Glassblowing
  • CHEM 015 “You are not listening!” Exploring Interpersonal Conflict
  • CHEM XX Principles and Techniques of Cooking
  • CLAS 011 Roman Food in Antiquity
  • CSCI 012 LEGO Computer Animation Production
  • ECON 012 Personal Financial Planning
  • ECON 025 Gender, Video and Social Activism in Senegal
  • ENGL 010 Fictions of Domesticity
  • ENGL 014 Jazz and Poetry Workshop
  • ENGL 025 Morocco
  • ENVI 014 Advocating for the Environment
  • ENVI 025 Sustainable Resource Management on Eleuthera Island
  • GEOS 010 The Digital Darkroom
  • GEOS 012 Landscape Photography
  • GERM 025 Berlin
  • LEAD 018 Wilderness Leadership
  • LING 010 Linguistic Typology and the Science of Constructed Languages
  • LING 012 Preliminary Introduction to American Sign Language
  • MATH 010 Pilates: Fitness, Philosophy and Physiology
  • MATH 011 Teaching Mathematics at BarT
  • MATH 014 Creating Fractals
  • MATH 016 Knitting: The Social History and Craft Form
  • MATH 017 Tournament Bridge
  • MUS 010 Symphonic Winds: Music of Louis Andriessen and Stephen Sondheim
  • MUS 014 Brazilian Music
  • MUS 016 Zimbabwean Marimba Music
  • PHIL 011 Aikido and Ethics
  • PHYS 012 Meet the Right Side of Your Brain: Drawing as a Learnable Skill
  • PHYS 15 Livres des Artists—The Artist Book
  • PSCI 021 Fieldwork in Public and Private Non-Profits
  • PSCI 025 Williams in NOLA (New Orleans)
  • PSYC 013 Get Focused and Step It Up- Climate Change Activism
  • PSYC 015 Ephquilts: An Introduction to Traditional Quiltmaking
  • PSYC 017 Teaching Practicum
  • PSYC 018 Psychology in Action
  • REL 024 The Reformation in Europe
  • REL 025 Explorations in Solidarity: A Meeting of Minds and Hearts in Nicaragua
  • RUSS 024 Resettling Refugees in Maine
  • RUSS/SPEC 025 Williams in Georgia
  • SPEC 010 Quest for College: Early Awareness in Berkshire County Schools
  • SPEC 014 Emergency Medical Technician
  • SPEC 021 Psychology of the Workplace, A Field Study
  • SPEC 019 Medical Apprenticeship
  • SPEC 024 Eye Care and Culture on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
  • SPEC 027 Teaching Practicum in New York City Schools
  • SPEC 035 Making Pottery on the Potter’s Wheel