Introduction to Anthropology

This course provides an overview of anthropology’s approach to understanding humanity and the human condition from a holistic perspective. Students examine the four subfields of anthropology: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology and cultural anthropology. Students learn how anthropology provides useful knowledge, perspectives and skills to better understand and meet contemporary challenges facing humanity. This course satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in Social Sciences.

Walker
4 Credits
May15 – June 23, 2023
T,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course

Archaeological Field Methods in Indigenous Archaeology

This course provides an introduction to the methods of Indigenous archaeology or archaeology that engages Indigenous people through collaborative archaeology. Working for and with the Rappahannock Tribe, students will learn hands-on archaeological data collection, including documentary research, field excavation and documentation, artifact processing, and preliminary interpretation. Field sites are located in the Port Royal/Port Conway, Virginia vicinity of the Rappahannock River valley and at the Rappahannock Tribal Center in Indian Neck, Virginia. Housing may be available at the University of Mary Washington. For more information, contact jking@smcm.edu.

King
4 Credits
May 16 – June 9, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Anne Arundel Room W104

NSF-REU Archaeological Field School

This REU builds upon St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 25 years as the state’s Public Honors College. This distinction includes a tradition of student driven research and collaboration with faculty in line with the mission of the NSF-REU program. Students will receive comprehensive training in areas of archaeological and museum practice frequently unavailable to undergraduates. By utilizing the latest technology (e.g., drone use and photogrammetry), field methods, and laboratory procedures, participants will gain experience in all stages of archaeological collections generation (i.e. excavation), care (conservation and management), and analysis (materials characterization and cataloging).

Gijanto/Larsen
8 Credits
May 15 – July 7, 2023
M,T,W,R,F
Location: Anne Arundel Hall Room W103

Field School in Historical Archaeology

Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC), in association with St. Mary’s College of Maryland, announces its field school in historical archaeology. HSMC is a state-supported, outdoor museum located at the site of Maryland’s first capital (1634-1694). The main focus of this summer’s excavations is on the yards directly adjacent to the Calvert House. Built in the first decade of Maryland’s settlement by Leonard Calvert, the first Governor, it served as the statehouse of the Province until 1676. Previous testing in the backyard revealed the presence of numerous fences, borrow pits, several outbuildings, and the ditch of a 1645 fort. Excavations will seek to better define the fences, identify outbuildings, and explore selected features to aid in dating the development of the landscape.
For the student, the program is an intensive, 10-week experience in Colonial archaeology. The first week includes lectures on history, archaeological methods, and material culture studies. Students learn artifact identification by working with one of the best archaeological collections of the 17th century, Colonial material in the country. During the following weeks, students participate in excavation, recording and analysis. Guest scholars speak on the history and architecture of the Chesapeake region. Field trips to nearby archaeological sites in Maryland and Virginia are planned. Students will also have the rare opportunity to learn about and help sail the MARYLAND DOVE, a replica of a 17th-century, square-rigged tobacco ship. To apply email: travisP@digshistory.org This course is cross listed with HIST310
Parno
4 credits
May 22 – June 30, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Anne Arundel Hall – N110
Field trip fee: $25.00

Intro to Drawing

An introduction to the fundamental issues, materials, and techniques of drawing. Drawing skills and visual awareness are addressed through formal exercises and creative projects. Emphasis is given to developing an understanding of the basic principles of two-dimensional design and the depiction of form and space. This course satisfies the Core Exploration requirement in Arts.

Meisinger
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 6:00pm – 10:10pm
Location: Montgomery Hall Room 132

Introduction to Visual Thinking

Your ability to derive meaning from what you see is essential in a world suffused with composed objects. To see is to observe, decode, recognize, dissect, identify, experience, and understand. This course serves as a broad introduction to visual literacy, guiding the student through the process of how visual communication works, from the mechanics of sensation and perception to the complex interaction of symbols, subject matter, and context. Art projects, discussions, papers, and journal entries incorporate readings, research and writing components that integrate critical thinking while encouraging the development of visual intelligence. No prerequisites required. This class satisfies the core curriculum art requirement. This class is asynchronous, and can be completed anytime between June 5- July5. All material will be posted and available by the first day of each week. Four group online meetings are required with multiple options for attending.

Patterson
4 Credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 6:00pm – 10:10pm
Online Course (asynchronously and synchronous)

Introduction to Visual Thinking

**THIS COURSE IS FOR NEW INCOMING STUDENTS ONLY**
Your ability to derive meaning from what you see is essential in a world suffused with composed objects. To see is to observe, decode, recognize, dissect, identify, experience, and understand. This course serves as a broad introduction to visual literacy, guiding the student through the process of how visual communication works, from the mechanics of sensation and perception to the complex interaction of symbols, subject matter, and context. Art projects, discussions, papers, and journal entries incorporate readings, research and writing components that integrate critical thinking while encouraging the development of visual intelligence. No prerequisites required. This class satisfies the core curriculum art requirement. All material will be posted and available by the first day of each week. Four group online meetings are required with multiple options for attending.

Patterson
4 Credits
July 17 – August 4, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course (synchronous)

Introduction to Photography

An introduction to the principles of photography and basic photographic processes. Creative problems are explored through the use of a variety of subjects and techniques, including experiments with paper and film, manual exposure, roll-film processing, darkroom printing, and digital retouching. Critiques and discussions of issues in art history and contemporary art. This course satisfies the Core Exploration requirement in Arts.

Kelly
4 Credits
May 15, – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Location: Montgomery Hall Room 049

Fiber Arts

In this introductory 3D course, students will explore Fiber Art and Soft Sculpture. In this course, students will transform nonrigid materials such as cloth, fibers, foam, plastics, paper, and other found materials into three-dimensional forms. Students will use sewing as their primary tool of construction. They will learn techniques in hand sewing, embroidery, and machine sewing- no previous sewing experience required. As a class, we will look at artists and designers that work within the mediums of fiber art and soft sculpture.

Nemeth
4 Credits
May 15, – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Location: Montgomery Hall Room 132

Art History Survey I

This course is a Survey of Western art from the Prehistoric to the Gothic . ARTH250 introduces basic historical and formal methodologies for the general student and art majors and minors. No prerequisite. ARTH250 Survey I and ARTH250 Survey II may be taken independently and in any sequence. This course satisfies the Core Curriculum requirements in Humanities.

Nemeth
4 Credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course

Art History Survey I:Public Humanities Lab from Absence to Presence: Monuments and the Afterlife of Slavery

The past five years have seen monuments in the United States move from being largely ignored local objects to the front-pages of the national news. Confederate statues have been toppled while new monuments honoring enslaved peoples are in the process of being imagined. This course delves into the history of these debates and examines the visual and material cultures of commemoration. Monuments related to the American Civil War, slavery and its abolition will form the focus of discussions as we grapple with critical issues such as the role of monuments in defining historical agency and their influence in shaping contemporary ideas about race, gender, and community today. Conceived as a public humanities lab, the course will equip students with the skills needed to apply this knowledge in public settings and the opportunities to do so. As such, assignments will be practical and collaborative in spirit with a special focus on the College’s recently built Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland. For example, students might organize a community convening relating to the history of slavery or develop a campus walking tour highlighting sites of Black history. This course is crosslisted with MUST390

Fisher
4 Credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Location: Anne Arundel Hall Room W115

Stellar Astronomy and Cosmology with Laboratory

In this course, we will learn the physical laws that govern the origin and evolution of stars and the universe. The topics covered include but are not limited to:
History of astronomy, radiation and spectra, telescopes, distances in astronomy, analysing spectra of stars, life cycle of stars – birth, adolescence, old age, and death; basic ideas about cosmology, cosmological principle, expansion of the universe, contents of the universe, modelling the universe, testing the models.
This course has two elements to it – lecture and laboratory. It satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in Natural Sciences with Laboratory. Formerly called ASTR 151. Not open to students who have received credit for ASTR 151.

Agashe
4 credits
May 15 – June 23, 2023
T,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Location: Schaefer Hall Room 161

Business Law

Legal rights and responsibilities in ordinary business transactions. Prerequisites: BADM 101 and either ECON 102 or ECON 103.
Fortuna
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Online Course

Introduction to Computer Science I

This course surveys computer science and introduces object-oriented programming. A survey of the pivotal fields of computer science, including software engineering, computer networks, programming languages, algorithms, computer architecture, models of computation and operating systems. Students begin to solve simple problems using object-oriented programming. The emphasis is on implementing object-oriented designs. This course is suitable for non-majors who want an overview of computer science and to learn to solve problems with programs. COSC 120 satisfies the Core Exploration requirement in Mathematics.

Chatterjee
4 Credits
May 15 – June 23, 2023
T,W,R,F 9:00am – 11:05am
Online Course

Spatial Economics: Applications to Environmental and Public Health Research

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spatial analysis is increasingly important for economists and policy makers. The theoretical framework for this course is public goods analysis, with a focus on the reasons why markets fail to deliver the efficient level of public goods. In the presence of market failure, economists use valuation techniques to estimate willingness to pay for public goods to inform effective policy development. Spatial analysis can provide critical information to inform such valuations. Students will work with the open-source geographic information system QGIS to learn the fundamentals of spatial analysis. Students will work with environmental and public health data. This course is cross listed with ENST385

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Over the course of this semester students will (1) Use the tools of economics to understand market failure, with a focus on incomplete markets and property rights; (2) Become familiar with the principles of benefit-cost analysis to discriminate between competing resource uses; (3) Read and analyze journal articles, and identify suitable applications for spatial methods; (4) Develop core competencies with geographic information system software; (5) Apply spatial analysis in the context of environmental and public health issues.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the completion of ECON 310, students will be able to:
1) use economic theory to analyze a particular topic;
2) use economic methods to analyze a particular topic;
3) extract and explain the main ideas from readings related to the topic of the course;
At the completion of ENST 385, students will be able to:
4) use an interdisciplinary approach that synthesizes information from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Henderson
4 Credits
June 5- June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course
Students will need to be able to access QGIS remotely

Education In America

This multidisciplinary foundation course involves the examination of education from historical, social, cultural, philosophical, and policy perspectives. The class focuses in particular on the conditions in high-poverty, high-minority schools, and on how more schools could be more equitable than they are at present. A required field experience component is built into this course, in addition to time spent in class. This course is a prerequisite for the MAT program.
Johnson
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:00 am – 11:20 am
LOCATION: Learning Commons Room 211

Teaching Math for Diverse Populations

Students will explore how mathematics for diverse populations (including Special Education and multilingual students) can be taught through various pedagogical principles, with a particular focus on co-taught inclusion settings in K-12 education. A conceptual framework combining current research on culturally responsive teaching, growth mindset, and the need for increased mathematical literacy in a global society will help focus this work. Additionally, students will explore their own mathematical understanding in terms of their procedural proficiency as compared to their conceptual understanding of various math topics including applications with fractions, percents, and decimals; relational thinking and invented algorithms for computation and solving equations; modeling with mathematics using real-life contexts; unpacking the why versus the how of standard formulas used in algebra and geometry, and data analysis. This class is cross-listed with MATH485.
Varner
3 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00 am – 12:10 pm
Online Course

Pre-MAT Intensive 1: Inclusion of Special Populations: Exceptional Learners

This course is part of the Pre-MAT intensive summer program. It is designed for aspiring MAT students who have not completed EDUC 336, Exceptionality, or equivalent. Participation in any part of the pre-intensive requires a daily field placement from May 15-June 9. A volunteer ID number with St. Mary’s County Public Schools is required. If you do not have a volunteer number, complete the background check here by April 15.

For more about the pre-intensive, look here
Pre-MAT intensive: Conceptual and theoretical principles of education
Want to do the MAT but you haven’t completed the education prerequisites? This summer, Educational Studies is offering a pre-MAT intensive program for aspiring teachers.

Interested? Go here for registration information!

This program is for you if:

• You want to start the MAT in July of 2023
• You want to teach art, music, Spanish, English, history, math or science and have completed a major in the area you want to teach
• You want to teach elementary and have completed at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements
• You want to teach special education and have completed EDUC 331, EDUC 339 and at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements

The summer intensive will be held May 15-June 24, 8-4. During the program, you will take coursework and participate in a field placement at a nearby school. The program will be a maximum of 12 credits; summer school tuition and fees are listed here. Note that students enrolled in at least 6 credits in summer can qualify for financial aid; visit our Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information.

Offerings consist of:

• EDUC 386: Required MSDE-approved reading course for secondary and k12 (if you want to teach secondary and haven’t taken EDUC 386), May 15-26 (4 credits)
• EDUC 440.02: Inclusion of special populations: Exceptional learners (if you lack Exceptionality, EDUC 336), May 30-June 2 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.03: Learning and diverse populations (if you lack educational psychology, EDUC 368, or Education in America, EDUC 206), June 5-9 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.04: Human learning (if you lack Educational Psychology, EDUC 368), June 12-16 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.05: Inclusion of special populations: English language learners (if you lack ESL Across the Curriculum, EDUC 491), June 19-24 (2 credits)

If you want to enter the MAT starting July of 2023:

Upon successful completion of this program, you will be accepted into the 2023 MAT provided you:

• Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above
• For students who did not graduate from SMCM: Have a GRE score of 297 or above (click here to register)
• Can submit references from two professors indicating that you have the character and academic skills to succeed in graduate school
• Have passed the appropriate Praxis content area test for the area in which you aspire to teach
• Show through the field placement that you have the appropriate character and disposition to be a teacher
• Have a plan for completing any missing content prerequisites
• For elementary and special education: Have a plan for completing the Maryland-approved reading course (EDU 1085 at CSM or equivalent)
• Complete an MAT application

Questions? Contact Dr. Angela Johnson, acjohnson@smcm.edu

Koch
2 Credits
May 30 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 4:00pm
LOCATION: Learning Commons 2nd Floor

Pre-MAT Intensive 2: Learning and Diverse Populations

This course is part of the Pre-MAT intensive summer program. It is designed for aspiring MAT students who have not completed EDUC 206, Education in America, or equivalent. Participation in any part of the pre-intensive requires a daily field placement from May 15-June 9. A volunteer ID number with St. Mary’s County Public Schools is required. If you do not have a volunteer number, complete the background check here by April 15

For more about the pre-intensive, look here
Pre-MAT intensive: Conceptual and theoretical principles of education
Want to do the MAT but you haven’t completed the education prerequisites? This summer, Educational Studies is offering a pre-MAT intensive program for aspiring teachers.

Interested? Go here for registration information!

This program is for you if:

• You want to start the MAT in July of 2023
• You want to teach art, music, Spanish, English, history, math or science and have completed a major in the area you want to teach
• You want to teach elementary and have completed at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements
• You want to teach special education and have completed EDUC 331, EDUC 339 and at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements

The summer intensive will be held May 15-June 24, 8-4. During the program, you will take coursework and participate in a field placement at a nearby school. The program will be a maximum of 12 credits; summer school tuition and fees are listed here. Note that students enrolled in at least 6 credits in summer can qualify for financial aid; visit our Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information.

Offerings consist of:

• EDUC 386: Required MSDE-approved reading course for secondary and k12 (if you want to teach secondary and haven’t taken EDUC 386), May 15-26 (4 credits)
• EDUC 440.02: Inclusion of special populations: Exceptional learners (if you lack Exceptionality, EDUC 336), May 30-June 2 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.03: Learning and diverse populations (if you lack educational psychology, EDUC 368, or Education in America, EDUC 206), June 5-9 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.04: Human learning (if you lack Educational Psychology, EDUC 368), June 12-16 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.05: Inclusion of special populations: English language learners (if you lack ESL Across the Curriculum, EDUC 491), June 19-24 (2 credits)

If you want to enter the MAT starting July of 2023:

Upon successful completion of this program, you will be accepted into the 2023 MAT provided you:

• Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above
• For students who did not graduate from SMCM: Have a GRE score of 297 or above (click here to register)
• Can submit references from two professors indicating that you have the character and academic skills to succeed in graduate school
• Have passed the appropriate Praxis content area test for the area in which you aspire to teach
• Show through the field placement that you have the appropriate character and disposition to be a teacher
• Have a plan for completing any missing content prerequisites
• For elementary and special education: Have a plan for completing the Maryland-approved reading course (EDU 1085 at CSM or equivalent)
• Complete an MAT application

Questions? Contact Dr. Angela Johnson, acjohnson@smcm.edu

Johnson
2 Credits
June 5 – June 9, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 4:00pm
LOCATION: Learning Commons 2nd Floor

Pre-MAT Intensive 3: Human Learning

This course is part of the Pre-MAT intensive summer program. It is designed for aspiring MAT students who have not completed EDUC EDUC 368, Educational Psychology, or equivalent. Participation in any part of the pre-intensive requires a daily field placement from May 15-June 9. A volunteer ID number with St. Mary’s County Public Schools is required. If you do not have a volunteer number, complete the background check here by April 15

For more about the pre-intensive, look here
Pre-MAT intensive: Conceptual and theoretical principles of education
Want to do the MAT but you haven’t completed the education prerequisites? This summer, Educational Studies is offering a pre-MAT intensive program for aspiring teachers.

Interested? Go here for registration information!

This program is for you if:

• You want to start the MAT in July of 2023
• You want to teach art, music, Spanish, English, history, math or science and have completed a major in the area you want to teach
• You want to teach elementary and have completed at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements
• You want to teach special education and have completed EDUC 331, EDUC 339 and at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements

The summer intensive will be held May 15-June 24, 8-4. During the program, you will take coursework and participate in a field placement at a nearby school. The program will be a maximum of 12 credits; summer school tuition and fees are listed here. Note that students enrolled in at least 6 credits in summer can qualify for financial aid; visit our Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information.

Offerings consist of:

• EDUC 386: Required MSDE-approved reading course for secondary and k12 (if you want to teach secondary and haven’t taken EDUC 386), May 15-26 (4 credits)
• EDUC 440.02: Inclusion of special populations: Exceptional learners (if you lack Exceptionality, EDUC 336), May 30-June 2 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.03: Learning and diverse populations (if you lack educational psychology, EDUC 368, or Education in America, EDUC 206), June 5-9 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.04: Human learning (if you lack Educational Psychology, EDUC 368), June 12-16 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.05: Inclusion of special populations: English language learners (if you lack ESL Across the Curriculum, EDUC 491), June 19-24 (2 credits)

If you want to enter the MAT starting July of 2023:

Upon successful completion of this program, you will be accepted into the 2023 MAT provided you:

• Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above
• For students who did not graduate from SMCM: Have a GRE score of 297 or above (click here to register)
• Can submit references from two professors indicating that you have the character and academic skills to succeed in graduate school
• Have passed the appropriate Praxis content area test for the area in which you aspire to teach
• Show through the field placement that you have the appropriate character and disposition to be a teacher
• Have a plan for completing any missing content prerequisites
• For elementary and special education: Have a plan for completing the Maryland-approved reading course (EDU 1085 at CSM or equivalent)
• Complete an MAT application

Questions? Contact Dr. Angela Johnson, acjohnson@smcm.edu

Ives
2 Credits
June 12 – June 16, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 4:00pm
LOCATION: Learning Commons 2nd Floor

Pre-MAT Intensive 4: Inclusion of Special Populations: English Language Learners

This course is part of the Pre-MAT intensive summer program. It is designed for aspiring MAT students who have not completed EDUC491, ESL Across the Curriculum, or equivalent. Participation in any part of the pre-intensive requires a daily field placement from May 15-June 9. A volunteer ID number with St. Mary’s County Public Schools is required. If you do not have a volunteer number, complete the background check here by April 15.

For more about the pre-intensive, look here
Pre-MAT intensive: Conceptual and theoretical principles of education
Want to do the MAT but you haven’t completed the education prerequisites? This summer, Educational Studies is offering a pre-MAT intensive program for aspiring teachers.

Interested? Go here for registration information!

This program is for you if:

• You want to start the MAT in July of 2023
• You want to teach art, music, Spanish, English, history, math or science and have completed a major in the area you want to teach
• You want to teach elementary and have completed at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements
• You want to teach special education and have completed EDUC 331, EDUC 339 and at least 7 of the 9 content area requirements

The summer intensive will be held May 15-June 24, 8-4. During the program, you will take coursework and participate in a field placement at a nearby school. The program will be a maximum of 12 credits; summer school tuition and fees are listed here. Note that students enrolled in at least 6 credits in summer can qualify for financial aid; visit our Office of Student Financial Assistance for more information.

Offerings consist of:

• EDUC 386: Required MSDE-approved reading course for secondary and k12 (if you want to teach secondary and haven’t taken EDUC 386), May 15-26 (4 credits)
• EDUC 440.02: Inclusion of special populations: Exceptional learners (if you lack Exceptionality, EDUC 336), May 30-June 2 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.03: Learning and diverse populations (if you lack educational psychology, EDUC 368, or Education in America, EDUC 206), June 5-9 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.04: Human learning (if you lack Educational Psychology, EDUC 368), June 12-16 (2 credits)
• EDUC 440.05: Inclusion of special populations: English language learners (if you lack ESL Across the Curriculum, EDUC 491), June 19-24 (2 credits)

If you want to enter the MAT starting July of 2023:

Upon successful completion of this program, you will be accepted into the 2023 MAT provided you:

• Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above
• For students who did not graduate from SMCM: Have a GRE score of 297 or above (click here to register)
• Can submit references from two professors indicating that you have the character and academic skills to succeed in graduate school
• Have passed the appropriate Praxis content area test for the area in which you aspire to teach
• Show through the field placement that you have the appropriate character and disposition to be a teacher
• Have a plan for completing any missing content prerequisites
• For elementary and special education: Have a plan for completing the Maryland-approved reading course (EDU 1085 at CSM or equivalent)
• Complete an MAT application

Questions? Contact Dr. Angela Johnson, acjohnson@smcm.edu

Varner
2 Credits
June 19 – June 24, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Learning Commons 2nd Floor

Graduate Topics in Education Studies: The Chesapeake Writers’ Conference — The Teacher’s Seminar

This seminar is an MSDE-approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course that provides two graduate-level credits from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, which can be used toward fulfilling CPD requirements in Maryland and elsewhere. Participants in the teachers’ seminar will attend a genre-specific workshop like other conference-goers (fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction) but will also meet each morning for the seminar. This approach allows you a robust and uninterrupted writing workshop experience in the genre you gravitate toward and connects you to those who work in your genre and the other teachers at the conference. We see one’s creative practice and interest as the most important means of exciting students about writing. We’ll focus on pedagogically harnessing that skill and enthusiasm in the teachers’ seminar. Whether you’ve been hard at work on a book of poems or your novel has been in the deep freeze, this seminar will be a chance to renew and revitalize your project–and allow you the opportunity to work closely with other teachers also trying to balance teaching and writing. Those folks will offer you fresh eyes on your writing, and you will do the same for them. We’ll discuss infusing the syllabus with creative writing exercises and assignments while covering the writing process, editing, and revision. The coursework for EDUC 790 will include two main items: 1) Conference Journal and 2) Instructional Methods/Plans.

Oliver
2 Credits
June 18 – June 24, 20223
M,T,W,R,F 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: TBD

Creative Writing

This course will consider the nature of the creative process, introduce a variety of approaches to creative writing, and help students discover and develop their own imaginative and analytical resources for telling, through fiction and poetry, the stories they have to tell. This course satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in the Arts. Prerequisite: ENGL 102, CORE 101, or CORE 301.

Coleman
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Location: Montgomery Hall Room 119

Topics in Writing: Chesapeake Writers’ Conference Seminar in Creative Writing

This unique course will be rooted in the intensive experience of the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, during which students will immerse themselves for one week in the art and craft of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction. In addition to attending a daily three-hour workshop in your genre, you will be required to attend all other conference literary events, including daily readings, lectures, craft talks, and panel discussions (there will be approximately two to three such events each day).
Other requirements will include daily journal responses to the literary events of the conference, and thoughtful, constructive responses to your workshop peers’ submissions. You will work out with the professor a short reading list in your genre that you will use as a touchstone for your work. Finally, you will work with the professor via email in revising the work produced in and for your workshop. This, along with the other assignments and an introductory reflection essay on the work, will be due in a portfolio approximately one month after the conference ends. This course is worth two-credits. Prerequisite: 200-level writing course or permission of the instructor.

Oliver
2 credits
June 18 – 24 (on St. Mary’s campus) and correspondence with professor post-conference.
M,T,W,R,F 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: TBD

Spatial Economics: Applications to Environmental and Public Health Research

Spatial analysis is increasingly important for economists and policy makers. The theoretical framework for this course is public goods analysis, with a focus on the reasons why markets fail to deliver the efficient level of public goods. In the presence of market failure, economists use valuation techniques to estimate willingness to pay for public goods to inform effective policy development. Spatial analysis can provide critical information to inform such valuations. Students will work with the open-source geographic information system QGIS to learn the fundamentals of spatial analysis. Students will work with environmental and public health data. This course is cross listed with ECON310

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Over the course of this semester students will (1) Use the tools of economics to understand market failure, with a focus on incomplete markets and property rights; (2) Become familiar with the principles of benefit-cost analysis to discriminate between competing resource uses; (3) Read and analyze journal articles, and identify suitable applications for spatial methods; (4) Develop core competencies with geographic information system software; (5) Apply spatial analysis in the context of environmental and public health issues.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the completion of ECON 310, students will be able to:
1) use economic theory to analyze a particular topic;
2) use economic methods to analyze a particular topic;
3) extract and explain the main ideas from readings related to the topic of the course;
At the completion of ENST 385, students will be able to:
4) use an interdisciplinary approach that synthesizes information from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Henderson
4 Credits
June 5- June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course
Students will need to be able to access QGIS remotely

Field School in Historical Archaeology

Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC), in association with St. Mary’s College of Maryland, announces its field school in historical archaeology. HSMC is a state-supported, outdoor museum located at the site of Maryland’s first capital (1634-1694). The main focus of this summer’s excavations is on the yards directly adjacent to the Calvert House. Built-in the first decade of Maryland’s settlement by Leonard Calvert, the first Governor, it served as the statehouse of the Province until 1676. Previous testing in the backyard revealed the presence of numerous fences, borrow pits, several outbuildings, and the ditch of a 1645 fort. Excavations will seek to better define the fences, identify outbuildings, and explore selected features to aid in dating the development of the landscape.
For the student, the program is an intensive, 10-week experience in Colonial archaeology. The first week includes lectures on history, archaeological methods, and material culture studies. Students learn artifact identification by working with one of the best archaeological collections of the 17th century, Colonial material in the country. During the following weeks, students participate in excavation, recording, and analysis. Guest scholars speak on the history and architecture of the Chesapeake region. Field trips to nearby archaeological sites in Maryland and Virginia are planned. Students will also have the rare opportunity to learn about and help sail the MARYLAND DOVE, a replica of a 17th-century, square-rigged tobacco ship. To apply email: travisP@digshistory.org This course is cross-listed with ANTH410
Parno
4 credits
May 22 – June 30, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Anne Arundel Hall – N110
Field trip fee: $25.00

History of Russian and Soviet Cinema

This course traces Russian and Soviet Cinema from the early 20th Century into the Putin era. As celluloid strips rolled through projectors, light illuminated images to communicate to audiences the stories of Russia’s past, heroized the Communist present and looked towards a future utopia. Film played a central role in messaging presented to the Soviet population. Scholars debate whether Soviet cinema was propaganda, art, or something entirely different. In this course, we will try to develop an answer to this question by considering Soviet cinema as historians, critics, and an audience.

Set against the backdrop of cinema’s purpose in the USSR is the evolution of the Soviet film industry. As each successive general secretary set a new agenda for the Soviet people, they amend cinema’s purpose in the USSR. As innovative directors emerged in the field, new genres of cinema played in theaters to Soviet audiences. We will explore this evolution through many film styles, including silent films, musicals, comedies, war, animation, and science-fiction, to understand their influence on modern Russian cinema.
Krotke-Crandall
4 Credits
May 15 – June 23, 2023
M,W 8:00 am – 12:10 pm
Location: Cole Cinema 147 (Class will be taught hybrid)

S.A.I.L.S – Seahawk Academic Improvement in Learning Strategies

In SAILS we help you to Identify the most useful strategies for you to manage your time, study, take note, and get the grades you want on tests. What we learn is based upon learning science. Yes, that is a thing. We like to call this approach evidence based. That means we rely on scientific studies about what impacts your learning.

2 Credits
July 24 – August 11, 2023
M,T,W,R 6:30-7:30pm
Online Course

Elementary Spanish I

An introduction to the basic structure of spoken and written Spanish for the student beginning the study of Spanish. Introduction to Spanish culture and its relation to the language.

Batiston
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:00am – 11:20am
Online Course

Elementary Spanish II

A continuation of the study of basic grammar and Hispanic cultures begun in ILCS 101, with further attention to communicative goals. Each section of ILCS 102 focuses on a specific cultural topic. This course satisfies the Core Exploration Cultural Literacy requirement if not used to satisfy the Core Curriculum International Language requirement. Prerequisite: ILCS 101 or equivalent as determined by the Foreign Language Proficiency Test.

Batiston
4 Credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R,F 8:00am – 11:20am
Online Course

Elementary Latin I

An introduction to the basic structures of the Latin language, with an emphasis on the acquisition of reading and translation skills. This course is for students who are beginning the study of Latin. This course satisfies the requirement in Language Studies for students under the UG19 catalog or older. It also counts as a general elective.
Required Text: WHEELOCK = Frederick M. Wheelock and R. A. Lefleur, Wheelock’s Latin, 7th Edition, New York: HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN: 9780061997228
Hall
4 credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10 pm
Online Course

Elementary Latin II

A continuation of the study of basic grammar, with an increasing emphasis on the translation of ancient texts. This course satisfies the requirement in Language Studies for students under the UG20 catalog or forward. It also counts as a general elective.
Prerequisite: LNGL101 or equivalent as determined by the Foreign Language Proficiency Test.
Required Text: WHEELOCK = Frederick M. Wheelock and R. A. Lefleur, Wheelock’s Latin, 7th Edition, New York: HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN: 9780061997228.
Hall
4 credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10 pm
Online Course

Teaching Math for Diverse Populations

Students will explore how mathematics for diverse populations (including Special Education and multilingual students) can be taught through various pedagogical principles, with a particular focus on co-taught inclusion settings in K-12 education. A conceptual framework combining current research on culturally responsive teaching, growth mindset, and the need for increased mathematical literacy in a global society will help focus this work. Additionally, students will explore their own mathematical understanding in terms of their procedural proficiency as compared to their conceptual understanding of various math topics including applications with fractions, percents, and decimals; relational thinking and invented algorithms for computation and solving equations; modeling with mathematics using real life contexts; unpacking the why versus the how of standard formulas used in algebra and geometry, and data analysis. This class is cross-listed with EDUC440.
Varner
3 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course

Public Humanities Lab from Absence to Presence: Monuments and the Afterlife of Slavery

The past five years have seen monuments in the United States move from being largely ignored local objects to the front-pages of the national news. Confederate statues have been toppled while new monuments honoring enslaved peoples are in the process of being imagined. This course delves into the history of these debates and examines the visual and material cultures of commemoration. Monuments related to the American Civil War, slavery and its abolition will form the focus of discussions as we grapple with critical issues such as the role of monuments in defining historical agency and their influence in shaping contemporary ideas about race, gender, and community today. Conceived as a public humanities lab, the course will equip students with the skills needed to apply this knowledge in public settings and the opportunities to do so. As such, assignments will be practical and collaborative in spirit with a special focus on the College’s recently built Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland. For example, students might organize a community convening relating to the history of slavery or develop a campus walking tour highlighting sites of Black history. This course is crosslisted with ARTH250

Fisher
4 Credits
June 5 – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Location: Anne Arundel Hall Room W115

General Physics I

Mechanics of particle motion, rotational motion of a rigid body, kinematics and dynamics. Lecture and laboratory. This course satisfies the Core Exploration requirement in the Natural Sciences with Laboratory. Formerly PHYS 131. Not open to students who have received credit for PHYS 131. Co-requisite: MATH 151. Recommended for chemistry, biochemistry and biology majors.

4 credits
May 15 – June 23, 2023
M,W 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Location: Schaefer Hall Room 109

Post-Soviet Politics

The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 irrevocably changed the landscape of global politics. In the 30 years since, the region has remained dynamic and complex. This course is split into three parts. The first examines political developments in Russia and the security and economic infrastructure that has been built in the wake of the Soviet collapse. The second seeks to provide an overview of the region, following a wide geographic arc beginning with the Baltics, and continuing to Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and finally Central Asia. Here, we examine political systems, leadership, regime, and major debates on a country-to-country basis. Lastly, the course will shift the focus from a country analysis to an examination of major themes in post-Soviet politics across state borders, including institutions, democratization, authoritarian consolidation and major conflicts.

Kayser
4 Credits
May 15 – June 23, 2023
T,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course

Mexican Politics

This course is a survey of contemporary Mexican politics. Emphasis is on recent economic and social changes and their impact on Mexico’s political system. Topics include one-party rule, economic and political reforms, the emergence of opposition politics, and democratization. One objective of this course is to explore and understand the political and economic changes that are currently taking place in Mexico and thus allow us a greater understanding of future changes that are certain to occur. The broader objective of this the course is to use the study of political and economic changes that have taken place in Mexico as a way to understand similar processes occurring around the world.

Ugues
4 Credits
May 15, 2023 – June 2, 2023
T,W,R,F 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course

Washington Program

This 8-12 credit course will consist of two weeks of intensive instruction, one prior to the beginning of the internship and the other following the internship, with various sessions and assignments during the summer as well. By combining a rigorous academic program and internship experience, the course meets the requirements of the ELAW program.

The first academic week, on the SMCM campus, will consist of an overview of political actors and groups in Washington, D.C. These daylong intensive sessions will cover policymaking in the U.S. government, the role of advocacy and pressure groups, policy analysis, and international relations. The premise of this week is to give students an idea of how Washington “works” and how the different bureaucracies and organizations work together. In addition, this week will give students some analytical tools to prepare them for their internships, including experience with policy briefs and policy analysis.

The second academic week, in Washington, DC, will start in mid-August before the beginning of the fall semester at St. Mary’s but following the students’ internship experiences. This week will

cover some important themes in politics in the context of what the students learned over the summer. This will be another intensive week of instruction and students are expected to actively participate in the sessions and share their experiences. Some of the themes this week will touch on include the nature of power, the roles of various actors in the policymaking process, and students’ revised assessment of how policy is made.

In between these two week long sessions, students will spend approximately two-and-a-half months at an internship in the Washington area. During the summer, students will meet regularly with St. Mary’s alumni mentors who work in Washington.

Shafqat
8-12 credits
May 15 – May 19 Online
August 14– August 16 in Washington DC

Lifespan Development

This course focuses on human lifespan development from the prenatal period through late adulthood. There are several course goals and critical learning outcomes. Besides learning the basics of human development (e.g., how children first learn language) and developmental theories, this course aims to teach you how researchers study development and to give you the skills to critically evaluate research studies and to write about what you have learned. To reach these goals, the exams, papers, and assignments aim to help you critically analyze what we know about development, recognize what we still need to learn, and to understand the tools researchers use to answer new developmental questions. Prerequisite: PSYC101
Chung
4 Credits
May 15 – June 2, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course

Developmental Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

This course explores the central concepts of cognitive and emotional development with an emphasis on the role neuroscience can play in raising and answering core developmental questions. The course will cover development from infancy through adolescence with a focus on the biological underpinnings that support cognitive and emotional development. We will discuss theoretical and empirical work that encompasses both typical and atypical development and will emphasize a translational approach between basic developmental science and clinical applications. The intention is to (a) lay a foundation so that you may comprehend and conduct research in emotional, and cognitive development and (b) introduce you to different neuroscience perspectives and approaches used to study development. This course will be presented from the perspective of developmental psychology and will focus primarily on the current state of research knowledge (i.e., empirical evidence). This seminar-format course will emphasize your class participation and you will have multiple opportunities to engage with the material in written and spoken form.

PSYC483 satisfies the “Development & Learning” Breadth area
This course counts as an upper-division Neuroscience elective
Prerequisites: PSYC204 with a grade of C- or better, PSYC301 with a grade of C- or better, or with permission of the instructor

Chung
4 Credits
June 5, – June 23, 2023
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course

Greece Study Tour

St. Mary’s Greece Summer Study Tour offers participants the opportunity to gain knowledge of the many layers of history in this part of the world of which influence far greater than the islands that encompass it. Students are able to make the sites, sounds, and structures of their readings come alive and learn that Greece has literally lived and died many times over and is now, most certainly, very much alive.
Taber
4 credits
June 5 – June 28, 2023

Thailand Study Tour

The class will explore traditional and contemporary Buddhist views on the relationships between Buddhist wisdom and social justice, and relates the academic study of Buddhism (from the readings, lectures, and course discussions) to the concrete experiences of being in a Buddhist culture, meeting important Buddhist leaders, and learning first-hand what Engaged Buddhism and Thailand is all about. Students will learn about the philosophical and historical roots of Buddhism but will also step outside the bounds of the classroom and experience how Buddhism is lived and incorporated into the everyday lives of people throughout Thailand.

Schroeder
4 Credits
May 29 – June 19, 2023