A complete description of each course and when it is offered may be found in the relevant department’s section of the College’s Course Catalog.  Students may obtain more detailed information about experiential elements in a specific course from the instructor.   Students interested in incorporating fieldwork into courses not listed here should contact Coordinator Paula Consolini (pconsoli@williams.edu) for help.

Courses by Sector:

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENVI 302 Environmental Planning Workshop
PSCI 309 Problems & Progress in American Democracy
POEC 402 Political Economy of Public Policy Issues
ECON 11 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
ECON 12 So You Want to Start a Business Some Day—Understanding the Business Plan
ECON 17 Entrepreneurship
PSCI 21 Fieldwork in Public Affairs and Private Non-Profits

EDUCATION
HIST 310 Iraq and Iran in the Twentieth Century
PSYC 372 Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning
PSCI 309 Problems and Progress in American Democracy
ANSO 11 Berkshire Farm Internship
ANSO 12 Children in the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse
ANSO 17 Learning Intervention For Troubled Teens (LIFTT)
BIOL 11 Project BioEyes: Zebrafish Genetics and Development in the K-12 Classroom
CHEM 11 Science for Kids (Same as Special 11)
HIST 12 Reading Childhood
PHIL 26 Resettling Refugees in Maine
POEC 21 Fieldwork in Public and Private Non-Profits
PSYC 18 Residential Treatment Internship in the Berkshires
SPEC 10 Quest for College: Early Awareness in Berkshire County Schools
SPEC 28 Teaching Practica in New York City Schools

HISTORY, GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
LATS 220/AMST 221 Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City
POEC 402 Political Economy of Public Policy Issues
PSCI 309 Problems & Progress in American Democracy
REL 284 What’s at Work?
RUSS 206 Topics in Russian Culture: Feasting and Fasting in Russian History
LGST 21 Creating a Non-Profit Organization
ECON 25/PSCI 24 Coping with Global Crisis: South Africa’s Policy Responses and Their Impacts
POEC 21/PSCI 21 Fieldwork in Public Affairs and Private Non-Profits
PSCI 17 How Court Decisions Impact Public Policy

SOCIAL SERVICES
PHIL 227 Death and Dying
PSYC 352 Clinical and Community Psychology
ANSO 10 Meditation-Based Stress Reduction: Adopting a Mindfulness Practice
ANSO 11 Berkshire Farm Internship
ANSO12 Children and the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse
ANSO 17 Learning Intervention For Troubled Teens (LIFTT)
ECON 22 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
PHIL 26 Resettling Refugees in Maine
PSCI 21 Fieldwork in Public Affairs and Private Non-Profits
PSYC 18 Residential Treatment Internship in the Berkshires
SPEC 15 Ski Patrol Rescue Techniques: Outdoor Emergency Care CPR
SPEC 19 Medical Apprenticeship
SPEC 24 Eye Care and Culture In The Rural Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua

SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BIOL 220/ENVI 220 Field Botany and Plant Natural History
BIOL 302/ENVI 312 Communities and Ecosystems
ENVI 102 Introduction to Environmental Science
ENVI 302 Environmental Planning Workshop
GEOS 105 Geology Outdoors
GEOS 206/ENVI 206 Renewable Energy and the Sustainable Campus
GEOS/ENVI 214 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
WILLIAMS/MYSTIC:
MAST/GEOS/ENVI 104 Oceanography
MAST 211/GEOS 210 Oceanographic Processes (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST 231 Literature of the Sea
MAST 311/BIOL 231 Marine Ecology (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST /ENVI 351 Marine Policy (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST/HIST 352 America and the Sea, 1600–Present (Williams/Mystic Program)
BIOL 21 Science Beyond Williams
ENVI 12 The Changing Forest
ENVI 14 Green Design Workshop and LEED Certification
ENVI 15 Get Focused and Step It Up: Climate Change Activism

CULTURE & MEDIA
AMST 201 Intro to American Studies
LATS 220/AMST 221 Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City
PSCI 309 Problems & Progress in American Democracy
REL 286 Shopping: Desire, Compulsion and Consumption
RUSS 206 Topics in Russian Culture: Feasting and Fasting in Russian History
PHYS 13 Media Immersion: Creativity Through Multimedia Animation and Video Production

ARTS & THEATRE
ARTH/ENVI 201 American Landscape History
ARTH 308/ENVI 308 Three Cities
ARTH 508 Art and Conservation: An Inquiry into History, Methods and Materials
DANC 204 Perceptual Intelligence
AMST 015 Contemporary American Songwriting
ARTH 10 Selling the Cow: Viewbook Design
ARTS 11 Architectural Model Making
ARTS 14 Making Art Together: Collaborative and Collective Practices
ARTS 15/ASTR 15 The Documentation of the Hopkins Observatory
ARTS 16/CHEM 16 Glass and Glassblowing
ARTS 25 Drawing and Painting in Egypt

Departmental Listing

Semester Courses:

AFR 210 Culture and Incarceration
AFR 235(F) African Rhythm, African Sensibility
AFR 302(S) Rastafari: Dread, Politics and Agency
AFR 314(F) Groovin’ the Written Word: The Role of Music in African American Literature
AFR 319(S) Ethnographic Approaches to Africana Studies
AMST 201(F,S) Introduction to American Studies
AMST 302 Public Sphere/Public Space
ARTH/ENVI 201(F) American Landscape History
ARTH 308/ENVI 308(S) Three Cities
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
ENVI 102(S) Introduction to Environmental Science
ENVI 302(F) Environmental Planning Workshop
GEOS 105(F) Geology Outdoors
GEOS 206/ENVI 206(S) Renewable Energy and the Sustainable Campus
GEOS/ENVI 214(S) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
LATS 220/AMST 221 (F) Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City
LING 400(F) Linguistics Research Seminar
MAST/GEOS/ENVI 104(S) Oceanography (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST 211/GEOS 210 (F,S) Oceanographic Processes (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST 231 Literature of the Sea (Williams Mystic Program)
MAST 311/BIOL 231 (F,S) Marine Ecology (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST /ENVI 351(F,S) Marine Policy (Williams/Mystic Program)
MAST/HIST 352(F,S) America and the Sea, 1600–Present (Williams/Mystic Program)
POEC 402(S) Political Economy of Public Policy Issues
PSCI 309(S) Problems and Prospects of Democracy
PSYC 315(S) Hormones and Behavior
PSYC 316(F) Clinical Neuroscience
PSYC 352(S) Clinical and Community Psychology
PSYC 372(F) Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning
REL 284(F) What’s at Work?
REL 286(F) Shopping, Desire, Compulsion and Consumption
RUSS 206(S) Topics in Russian Culture: Feasting and Fasting in Russian History

Winter Study Courses:

AFR 25/LATS 25 Miami: Gateway to the Carribbean
AFR 29/HIST 29 Eyewitness to the Civil Rights Movement:  Mississippi, 1964-1965
AMST 15: Contemporary American Songwriting
ANSO 11 Berkshire Farm Internship
ANSO  12 Children and the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse
ANSO 15/ENVI 15 Sustainable Food Systems, Sourcing and the Triple Bottom Line
ANSO 17 Learning Intervention For Troubled Teens (LIFTT)
ARTH 11 Editorial Cartooning and the Art of Propaganda
ARTS 13 Design Garage
ARTS 25 Art of Experience in Egypt: Visual Documentation of Journey and Encounter
CHIN 10 Theory and Practice of Chinese Cooking
JAPN 13 Japanese Animation
BIOL 10 Observational Drawing from the Natural World
BIOL 11 Project BioEyes: Zebrafish Genetics and Development in the K-12 Classroom
BIOL 21 Science Beyond Williams
CHEM 11 Science for Kids (Same as Special 11)
CHEM 14/PSYCH 14 Beyond Hooking Up: Creating Meaningful Relationships
COMP 20 What Was Monet Thinking?-Understanding Art, for Non-Art Majors
CSCI 10 Designing and Building a Desktop Computer
CSCI 14 LEGO Robotics
ECON 12 So You Want to Start a Business Some Day—Understanding the Business Plan
ECON 17 Entrepreneurship
ECON 22/POEC 22 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
ECON 25/PSCI 24 Coping with Global Crisis: South Africa’s Policy Responses and Their Impacts
ENGL 27 Printmaking on Paper Clay (Same as ArtS 27)
ENGL 29 Peer Writing Tutor Workshop (Same as INTR 29)
ENVI 10 Environmental Education: What, Why and How
ENVI 25 Sustainable Eleuthera: Community Development through Community Gardening
HIST 24 Politics and History in Cuba (Same as PSCI 24 & AFR 24)
HIST 26 Travel Course: Resettling Refugees in Maine (Same as SPEC 26)
LEAD 18 Wilderness Leadership
PHIL 23 Gaudino Winter Study Fellows Program
PHYS 13 Media Immersion: Creativity Through Multimedia Animation and Video Production
POEC 21/PSCI 21 Fieldwork in Public Affairs and Private Non-Profits
POEC 23 Institutional Investment
PSCI 16 Political Aikido-Persuasion, Inspiration, and Strategic Dominance
PSCI 17 How Court Decisions Impact Public Policy (Same as Leadership Studies 17)
PSCI 25 Eye Care and Culture on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
PSCI 26 US-Mexico Border Issues
PSYC 13 Coming Down from the High: 12 Step Recovery and Counseling
PSYC 15 Ephquilts: An Introduction to Traditional Quilt making
PSYC 18 Residential Treatment Internship in the Berkshires
PSYC 19 Psychology Internships
REL 12 Wellness, Yoga, and the Art of Fully Thriving
REL 14 Yoga as Integration of Knowledge and Practice
REL 25 Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths, Many Narratives
RUSS 12 Introducing American Sign Language
RUSS 25 Williams in Georgia (Same as Special 25)
SPEC 10 Quest for College: Early Awareness in Berkshire County Schools
SPEC 19 Medical Apprenticeship
SPEC 21 Experience the Workplace; an Internship with Williams Alumni/Parents
SPEC 26 Travel Course: Resettling Refugees in Maine (Same as HIST 26)
SPEC 28 Teaching Practica in New York City Schools