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Home » Academics » Fellowships & Scholarships » Peace Corps Prep Program » PCPP Curriculum

PCPP Curriculum

PCPP CurriculumThe PCPP Curriculum list below is an extensive but not entirely comprehensive list of the courses accepted. Please see this as a representative list and recognize that it evolves with the College’s course offerings. Additional courses, including ones transferred from other institutions or overseas programs, may be presented for possible approval.

African Studies

AFST 121 African History and Cultures

Anthropology

ANTH 236 Anthropology of the City
ANTH 263 Whose Amazon?: Environment, Society, and Development in the Amazon River Basin
ANTH 265 Latin American Societies and Culture
ANTH 315 War and Peacemaking
ANTH 362 Immigration Policy and the Immigrant Experience
ANTH 365 Race and Ethnic Relations

Asian Studies

ASST 250 Intermediate Topics in Asian Studies
ASST 350, 450 Advanced Topics in Asian Studies

Biology

BIO 101 Influenza – From 1918 until 2009
BIO 101 Microbes and Society
BIOL 354 Human Infectious Diseases

Lily VanBusiness Administration

BA 371 Non Profit Accounting
BA 368 International Business

Chinese

CHIN 355 Studies in the Culture and Civilization of China

East Asian Languages and Cultures

EALC 251 Pre-modern Chinese Culture
EALC 253 Modern Chinese Culture
EALC 250: Topics in East Asian Languages and Cultures
EALC 350: Advanced Topics in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Education

EDUC 225 Schools and Society
EDUC 250 Topics in Education
EDUC 351 The Learner-Teacher Interaction
EDUC 475 The Learner, the Teacher, and the Curriculum

Economics/International Economics and Finance (INEF)

ECO 234 Development Economics
ECO 242 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
ECO 280 Health Economics
ECO 481 International Trade and Policy

Jake PritchardEnglish

ENG 255 World Literatures
ENG 364 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures

French

FR 235 Explorations in French Literature
FR 250 Intermediate Topics in French

Global Science, Technology, and Society

GSTS 250 Intermediate Topics in Global Science, Technology, and Society
GSTS 350-450 Advanced Topics in Global Science, Technology, and Society

Environmental Studies

ENVS 235 Fundamentals of Environmental Studies
ENVS 250 Topics in Environmental Studies
ENVS 230, 330 Globalization
ENVS 350, 450 Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies
ENVS 479 Environmental Policy

History

HIST 113 East Asian Civilization
HIST 123 Survey of Latin American History
HIST 221 Red, White, and Black: Race and Culture in Colonial Latin America
HIST 225 Latin America in the 21st Century
HIST 320 Mexico and Central America
HIST 322 Andean Nations
HIST 327 Latin American Social Revolutions

Rachel BranamanLeadership

LEAD 120 Introduction to Leadership
LEAD 240 Studies in Leadership (Offered in Fall semesters only, Prerequisite: LEAD 120)

Philosophy

PHIL 207, 307 Environmental Philosophy

Political Science

PSCI 130 Contemporary International Politics
PSCI 140 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSCI 240 Introduction to Asian Politics
PSCI 230/330 Globalization
PSCI 235 Model United Nations
PSCI 236 Model United Nations
PSCI 241 Chinese Politics
PSCI 242 Comparative Asian Politics
PSCI 332 International Human Rights
PSCI 345 African Politics
PSCI 430 International Relations Theory
PSCI 432 U.S. Foreign Policy
PSCI 434 International Law
PSCI 440 Advanced Comparative Politics

Jake PritchardPsychology

PSY 340 1 Cultural Psychology

Religious Studies

REL 110 The Life and Teachings of the Buddha
REL 115 Hinduism
REL 220 1 Illness, Medicine, and Healing in Asian Religions REL 405 Indian and Tibetan Philosophies

Spanish

SPAN 250 Intermediate Topics in Hispanic Civilization and Culture
SPAN 350 Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature
SPAN 355 Peninsular Literature
SPAN 356 Spanish-American Literature

Speech

SPCH 455 Intercultural Communication

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