A Browsing Guide to Fall 2023 Courses for First Year Students
Browsing for Fall 2023 Courses
In addition to the FYP course, first-year students typically register for three additional courses for the fall semester.
To facilitate "browsing" for courses, the following classes (arranged thematically for exploration purposes only) have seats available for first-year students. For additional details on individual courses (i.e. course descriptions, course times, etc.), please log-in to APR2.
Courses offered in "Changing the World: Justice & Advocacy" consider ways that change, rebellion, dissent, leadership, and other movements can promote equity in our world.
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--Changing the World: Justice & Advocacy themed courses
| African American Art & Visual Culture | AAH-211 |
| Abolition of White Democracy | AFS-3064 |
| Language & Human Experience | ANTH-104 |
| Approaches to Sustainability | ANTH-3078 |
| Elementary Arabic I | ARAB-101 |
| Mediterranean Culture through Cinema | ARAB-3015 |
| Elementary Chinese I | CHIN-101 |
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies & Social Justice | CLAS-103 |
| Introduction to Latino Studies & Latino Cultural Expression | CLAS-105 |
| US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America | CLAS-281 |
| Effects of Globalization on Human Rights | CLAS-352 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| Introduction to Film Studies | DMF-211 |
| Film & Media Action | DMF-3099 |
| Her/Stories | ENG-200 |
| Journalism | ENG-201 |
| Techniques of Fiction | ENG-241 |
| Techniques of Poetry | ENG-242 |
| Techniques of Creative Non-Fiction | ENG-243 |
| Contemporary Indigenous Poetry | ENG-263 |
| Cyborg Literature & Film | ENG-3076 |
| Our Shared Environment | ENVS-101 |
| Introduction to European Studies | EUR-109 |
| Elementary French I | FR-101 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| Environmental Geology w/Lab | GEOL-110WL |
| Global Climate w/Lab | GEOL-112 |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Elementary German I | GER-101 |
| Berlin Hollywood | GER-283 |
| Gender & Society | GNDR-103 |
| Introduction to American Politics | GOVT-103 |
| Comparative Politics | GOVT-105 |
| Introduction to International Relations | GOVT-108 |
| Political Theory | GOVT-206 |
| Minorities & the State | GOVT-3094 |
| Intro GS I:Political Economy | GS-101 |
| Intro GS II:Race, Culture, and Identity | GS-102 |
| Globalization & African Diaspora | GS-262 |
| Global Public Goods | GS-324 |
| Introduction to African Studies | HIST-108 |
| Survey of Caribbean & Latin American Studies | HIST-115 |
| Introduction to Middle East Studies | HIST-160 |
| Her/Stories | HIST-200 |
| Unplanned Republic: 1607-1789 | HIST-222 |
| United States from World War II to the Present | HIST-226 |
| Introduction to Native American History | HIST-229 |
| Colonial Latin America | HIST-233 |
| Modern Latin America | HIST-234 |
| Origins of American Foreign Policy | HIST-243 |
| African American History to 1865 | HIST-263 |
| Elementary Italian I | ITAL-101 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Outdoor Studies Core Course | ODST-100 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 / PHIL-120 |
| Introduction to Philosophy | PHIL-100 |
| Introduction to Religion & Politics | REL-106 |
| Principles of Sociology | SOC-101 |
| Global Problems | SOC-110 |
| Media & Society | SOC-169 |
| Race, Class, & Environmental Justice | SOC-253 |
| Social Identity of Policing | SOC-254 |
| Hidden Faces Historical Capitalism | SOC-273 |
| Elementary Spanish I | SPAN-101 |
| LGBTQ: Latin America & Abiayala | SPAN-3039 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |
| Elementary Swahili W/ Lab | SWAH-101 |
| Swahili Cultures & History of East Africa | SWAH-3003 |
Courses offered in "The Intentional Life: Interconnectedness & Wellness" seek out practices, discussions, and ways of being intentionally connected to one another in our daily lives through our work and our play.
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--The Intentional Life: Interconnectedness & Wellness themed courses
| Approaches to Sustainability | ANTH-3078 |
| Chinese Literature and Film | ASIA-234 |
| Elementary Chinese I | CHIN-101 |
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies & Social Justice | CLAS-103 |
| Introduction to Latino Studies & Latino Cultural Expression | CLAS-105 |
| Effects of Globalization on Human Rights | CLAS-352 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| Introduction to Fiction | ENG-190 |
| Her/Stories | ENG-200 |
| Your Favorite Books | ENG-200 |
| Journalism | ENG-201 |
| English Literature I | ENG-225 |
| English Literature II | ENG-226 |
| American Literature I | ENG-237 |
| Techniques of Fiction | ENG-241 |
| Techniques of Poetry | ENG-242 |
| Techniques of Creative Non-Fiction | ENG-243 |
| The Aftermath of Troy | ENG-253 |
| Contemporary Indigenous Poetry | ENG-263 |
| Cyborg Literature & Film | ENG-3076 |
| We can pickle this | ENVS-3072 |
| Elementary French I | FR-101 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Elementary German I | GER-101 |
| Berlin Hollywood | GER-283 |
| Elementary Italian I | ITAL-101 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Soundscapes | MUS-3024 |
| Outdoor Studies Core Course | ODST-100 |
| Beginning Ballet | PCA-100 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 |
| Introduction to Public Health | PH-216 |
| Introduction to Psychology | PSYC-101 |
| Principles of Sociology | SOC-101 |
| Media & Society | SOC-169 |
| Elementary Spanish I | SPAN-101 |
| LGBTQ: Latin America & Abiayala | SPAN-3039 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |
| Elementary Swahili W/ Lab | SWAH-101 |
| Swahili Cultures & History of East Africa | SWAH-3003 |
Courses in "Figuring it Out: Purpose, Problems & Solutions" engage students in probing problems or purpose to understand solutions and why some are more readily solved than others.
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--Figuring it Out: Purpose, Problems & Solutions themed courses
| Human Origins | ANTH-101 |
| Intro: Archaeology | ANTH-103 |
| Language & Human Experience | ANTH-104 |
| Ancient Civilizations | ANTH-208 |
| Chinese Literature and Film | ASIA-234 |
| General Biology I w/Lab | BIOL-101 |
| The Making of the Fittest | BIOL-3110 |
| General Chemistry w/Lab | CHEM-103 |
| Elementary Chinese I | CHIN-101 |
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies & Social Justice | CLAS-103 |
| Introduction to Latino Studies & Latino Cultural Expression | CLAS-105 |
| US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America | CLAS-281 |
| Effects of Globalization on Human Rights | CLAS-352 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| Introduction to Economics | ECON-100 |
| From Athens to AI | EDUC-3063 |
| American Philosophies in Education | EDUC-353 |
| Journalism | ENG-201 |
| American Literature I | ENG-237 |
| Techniques of Fiction | ENG-241 |
| Techniques of Poetry | ENG-242 |
| Techniques of Creative Non-Fiction | ENG-243 |
| Cyborg Lit & Film | ENG-3076 |
| Our Shared Environment | ENVS-101 |
| Introduction to European Studies | EUR-109 |
| Elementary French I | FR-101 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| The Dynamic Earth w/Lab | GEOL-103 |
| Environmental Geology w/Lab | GEOL-110WL |
| Global Climate w/Lab | GEOL-112 |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Elementary German I | GER-101 |
| Berlin Hollywood | GER-283 |
| Introduction to American Politics | GOVT-103 |
| Comparative Politics | GOVT-105 |
| Introduction to International Relations | GOVT-108 |
| Political Theory | GOVT-206 |
| Minorities & the State | GOVT-3094 |
| Gender, Race, & Health Policy: US & Canada | GS-3058 |
| Global Public Goods | GS-324 |
| Elementary Italian I | ITAL-101 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Stagecraft | PCA-103 |
| Magic Closet: Transform & Re-Purpose | PCA-3045 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 |
| Introduction to Public Health | PH-216 |
| Reasoning | PHIL-202 |
| Astronomy w/Lab | PHYS-102 |
| Global Climate w/Lab | PHYS-112 |
| University Physics | PHYS-151 |
| Introduction to Psychology | PSYC-101 |
| Introduction to Religion & Politics | REL-106 |
| Principles of Sociology | SOC-101 |
| Global Problems | SOC-110 |
| Hidden Faces Historical Capitalism | SOC-273 |
| Elementary Spanish I | SPAN-101 |
| LGBTQ: Latin America & Abiayala | SPAN-3039 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |
| Elementary Swahili W/ Lab | SWAH-101 |
| Swahili Cultures & History of East Africa | SWAH-3003 |
Courses in "Human Invention: Knowledge, Practice & Action" focus on understanding the how and the why, but ultimately end up practicing the “doing."
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--Human Invention: Knowledge, Practice & Action themed courses
| Drawing 1 | AAH-131 |
| Pinhole Cameras & Alternative Processes | AAH-3095 |
| Human Origins | ANTH-101 |
| Intro: Archaeology | ANTH-103 |
| Ancient Civilizations | ANTH-208 |
| Chinese Literature and Film | ASIA-234 |
| Elementary Chinese I | CHIN-101 |
| Effects of Globalization on Human Rights | CLAS-352 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| History of Cinema | DMF-251 |
| Film & Media Action | DMF-3099 |
| Her/Stories | ENG-200 |
| Journalism | ENG-201 |
| Techniques of Fiction | ENG-241 |
| Techniques of Poetry | ENG-242 |
| Techniques of Creative Non-Fiction | ENG-243 |
| Introduction to European Studies | EUR-109 |
| Elementary French I | FR-101 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| The Dynamic Earth w/Lab | GEOL-103 |
| Environmental Geology w/Lab | GEOL-110WL |
| Global Climate w/Lab | GEOL-112 |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Elementary German I | GER-101 |
| Berlin Hollywood | GER-283 |
| Elementary Italian I | ITAL-101 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Intro to Music | MUS-100 |
| Music Theory | MUS-200 |
| Music Video | MUS-281 |
| Beginning Ballet | PCA-100 |
| Stagecraft | PCA-103 |
| Beginning Acting | PCA-107 |
| Rhetoric & Public Speaking | PCA-111 |
| Intro to Theatre | PCA-125 |
| Journalism | PCA-201 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 |
| Introduction to Psychology | PSYC-101 |
| Principles of Sociology | SOC-101 |
| Media & Society | SOC-169 |
| Race, Class, & Environmental Justice | SOC-253 |
| Social Identity of Policing | SOC-254 |
| Hidden Faces Historical Capitalism | SOC-273 |
| Elementary Spanish I | SPAN-101 |
| LGBTQ: Latin America & Abiayala | SPAN-3039 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |
| Elementary Swahili W/ Lab | SWAH-101 |
| Swahili Cultures & History of East Africa | SWAH-3003 |
Courses in "New Horizons: Global & Historical Conversations" invite students to investigate a culture, time, space, and/or place different than St. Lawrence University in the contemporary time.
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--New Horizons: Global & Historical Conversations themed courses
| Survey of Art I | AAH-116 |
| Survey of Art II | AAH-117 |
| Italian Renaissance Art | AAH-202 |
| African American Art & Visual Culture | AAH-211 |
| History of Contemporary Art | AAH-254 |
| Abolition of White Democracy | AFS-3064 |
| Intro: Archaeology | ANTH-103 |
| Language & Human Experience | ANTH-104 |
| Ancient Civilizations | ANTH-208 |
| Approaches to Sustainability | ANTH-3078 |
| Chinese Literature and Film | ASIA-234 |
| Elementary Chinese I | CHIN-101 |
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies & Social Justice | CLAS-103 |
| Introduction to Latino Studies & Latino Cultural Expression | CLAS-105 |
| US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America | CLAS-281 |
| Effects of Globalization on Human Rights | CLAS-352 |
| Introduction to Canada | CNS-101 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| Introduction to Film Studies | DMF-211 |
| History of Cinema | DMF-251 |
| Mediterranean Culture through Cinema | DMF-3015 |
| Introduction to Fiction | ENG-190 |
| Her/Stories | ENG-200 |
| Your Favorite Books | ENG-200 |
| Journalism | ENG-201 |
| English Literature I | ENG-225 |
| English Literature II | ENG-226 |
| American Literature I | ENG-237 |
| Techniques of Fiction | ENG-241 |
| Techniques of Poetry | ENG-242 |
| Techniques of Creative Non-Fiction | ENG-243 |
| The Aftermath of Troy | ENG-253 |
| Contemporary Indigenous Poetry | ENG-263 |
| Cyborg Lit & Film | ENG-3076 |
| Introduction to European Studies | EUR-109 |
| Elementary French I | FR-101 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| Environmental Geology w/Lab | GEOL-110WL |
| Global Climate w/Lab | GEOL-112 |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Elementary German I | GER-101 |
| Berlin Hollywood | GER-283 |
| Gender & Society | GNDR-103 |
| Comparative Politics | GOVT-105 |
| Introduction to International Relations | GOVT-108 |
| Minorities & the State | GOVT-3094 |
| Intro GS I:Political Economy | GS-101 |
| Globalization & African Diaspora | GS-262 |
| Introduction to African Studies | HIST-108 |
| Survey of Caribbean & Latin American Studies | HIST-115 |
| Introduction to Middle East Studies | HIST-160 |
| Her/Stories | HIST-200 |
| Unplanned Republic: 1607-1789 | HIST-222 |
| United States from World War II to the Present | HIST-226 |
| Introduction to Native American History | HIST-229 |
| Colonial Latin America | HIST-233 |
| Modern Latin America | HIST-234 |
| Origins of American Foreign Policy | HIST-243 |
| African American History to 1865 | HIST-263 |
| Elementary Italian I | ITAL-101 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Musics of the World | MUS-210 |
| Intro to Theatre | PCA-125 |
| Intro to Communication Studies | PCA-127 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 |
| Introduction to Philosophy | PHIL-100 |
| Mystery & Meaning | REL-100 |
| Introduction to Religion & Politics | REL-106 |
| Religions of South Asia | REL-221 |
| The Religious Life of Japan | REL-226 |
| Christian Religious Traditions | REL-231 |
| Norse Mythology | REL-242 |
| Global Problems | SOC-110 |
| Race, Class, & Environmental Justice | SOC-253 |
| Social Identity of Policing | SOC-254 |
| Hidden Faces Historical Capitalism | SOC-273 |
| Elementary Spanish I | SPAN-101 |
| LGBTQ: Latin America & Abiayala | SPAN-3039 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |
| Elementary Swahili W/ Lab | SWAH-101 |
| Swahili Cultures & History of East Africa | SWAH-3003 |
Courses in "Visionary Ventures: New Advances & Entrepreneurship" explore ways to reimagine the “old”, develop the “new”, and think about ways to move from “it’s always been done this way” to “how could this be different."
The following courses have seats available for First-Year students.
Fall 2023--Visionary Ventures: New Advances & Entrepreneurship themed courses
| Approaches to Sustainability | ANTH-3078 |
| Introduction to Computer Programming | CS-140 |
| Techniques of Computer Science | CS-219 |
| Introduction to Economics | ECON-100 |
| Introduction to European Studies | EUR-109 |
| French Cuisine | FR-3083 |
| Environmental Geology w/Lab | GEOL-110WL |
| Adirondack Natural History & Environment | GEOL-3019 |
| Pre-Calculus | MATH-134 |
| Calculus I | MATH-135 |
| Calculus II | MATH-136 |
| Multivariable Calculus | MATH-205 |
| Stagecraft | PCA-103 |
| Magic Closet: Transform & Re-Purpose | PCA-3045 |
| Introduction to Peace Studies | PEAC-100 |
| Introduction to Public Health | PH-216 |
| Global Problems | SOC-110 |
| Media & Society | SOC-169 |
| Applied Statistics | STAT-113 |
| Applied Regression Analysis | STAT-213 |