Hidden Gems
**Updated 4 March 2024**
If you are searching for classes that explore intriguing topics, are taught by engaging faculty, and offer small class size, try out one of L&C’s hidden gems. These classes come from a wide variety of departments and may, as a bonus, help meet general education or elective credit requirements.
Looking to round out your schedule with a 1 or 2-credit course? A list of options is at the end of the page.
These courses are all being offered in fall 2024. Please consult WebAdvisor for course prerequisites and restrictions, and to read the full course description.
(Faculty: Want to add your course to the list below? Email Heather Miner at hminer@lclark.edu)
ART 150: Chinese Art
ART 229-F1: Art & Ecology
ART 325: Ovid and the Visual Arts
AS 100: Contemporary Asian Studies
AS 251-F1: Contemporary Korean Culture
CHIN 290-F1: Topics in Chinese Literature in Translation: The Classic Novels
CLAS 320: Greek and Roman Epic
CS 107: Perspectives Computer Science
DSCI 140: Introduction to Data Science
DSCI 240-F1: Data for Good
ECON 298-F1: Business and Economic Forecast
ED 205: Education in a Complex Society
ELI 101: Innovation
ELI 260: Sustainability
ELI 310: Curatorial Affairs in the Arts
ELI 345-01: Practicum: Grant Writing
ELI 345-02: Practicum: Wealth Management
ELI 345-03: Practicum: Sales & Negotiation
ELI 345-04: Practicum: Real Estate & Society
ENG 333: Major Figures: Virginia Woolf
ENVS 490: Topics: Forests
ENVS 490-02: Landscape Mapping & Monitoring
ESS 280: The Fundamentals of Hydrology
ETHS 200-F1: Intro to Ethnic Studies
HEAL 320: Health Care Systems & Stories
HIST 213-F1: Personal Narratives in Chinese History
MUS 106: Workshops in World Music
MUS 236: Music of Asia
PHIL 214-F1: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 217-F1: Topics: Philosophy of Race & Racism
PHIL 241-F1: Data, Privacy, and Ethics
PHYS 106: Physics of Music
PHYS 110: Great Ideas in Physics
POLS 351: Presidential Politics
RELS 102: Food and Religion
RELS 105: Apocalyptic Imagination
RELS 243-F1: Buddhism: Theory, Culture, and Practice
RELS 254-F1: Religion in Modern America, 1865 to Present
RELS 275-F1: Introduction to Islam
RHMS 210-F1: Public Discourse
TH 107: Ballet
TH 108: Contemporary Dance Forms
WLL 140: Fairy Tales Across Cultures
Looking to round out your schedule with a 1 or 2-credit course? The following classes are being offered in fall 2024. Please consult WebAdvisor for class schedule and prerequisites.
AS 156: Art of Tea in Japanese Culture I (2 credits)
CHIN 251-F1: Chinese Conversation (2 credits)
CS 111: Introduction to Cybersecurity (2 credits)
ELI 211-01: Skills Lab Short Course: Data Visualization (1 credit)
ELI 211-02: Skills Lab Short Course: Excel (1 credit)
FREN 261-F1: Conversational French (2 credits)
GERM 251-F1: German Conversation (2 credits)
JAPN 251-F1: Japanese Conversation (2 credits)
Music Performance (MUP): multiple courses (1 and 2 credit options); please consult WebAdvisor for full list
MUP 121: Gamelan Ensemble (1 credit)
MUP 127: Ghanaian Music Ensemble (1 credit)
MUP 128: Zimbabwean Music Ensemble (1 credit)
MUP 129: Indian Music Ensemble (1 credit)
MUP 130: Latin American Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Physical Education/Activities 101 (PE/A): multiple courses (1 credit); please consult WebAdvisor for full list
RUSS 251-F1: Russian Conversation (2 credits)
SPAN 251-F1: Intermediate Spanish Conversation (2 credits)
SPAN 351: Advanced Conversational Spanish (2 credits)
TH 104: Stage Makeup (2 credits)
TH 110A: Theatre Laboratory (2 credits)
TH 110B: Theatre Laboratory (1 credit)
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