Course Catalog

Art & Design 

AR 214 Digital Animation and Motion Graphics  – Professor Gordon Glover

Digital Animation & Motion Graphics moves students with little or no knowledge of digital image creation and manipulation through the steps necessary to create animation, motion graphics, and video composites useful in web, television, gallery, mobile, and cinematic applications.

For Saint Michael’s College students:

CORE: Literature & The Arts

Business Administration

BU 290 Marketing: The Power of Your Personal Brand – Professor Karen Popovich

In today’s digital and professional landscape, personal branding is essential for success. This special topics course equips students with both the strategic marketing skills and self-reflective tools needed to craft a personal brand that authentically reflects their values and professional aspirations. Through experiential learning, students will engage with core marketing principles—such as developing a unique value proposition, understanding target audiences, and creating a consistent brand narrative. These concepts will be applied to the creation of a personal brand that contributes to their communities and stands out in the marketplace.

In addition to case studies, readings, presentations, discussions, and self-reflection, students will conduct interviews with professionals, gaining firsthand insights into personal branding in real-world settings. This practical experience will enhance students’ ability to build and maintain personal brands that contribute to their professional success and broader community engagement. It is designed not only for business administration and accounting majors but also for students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in understanding the power of personal branding in both professional and community contexts.

Please note: This is a topics course and does not satisfy the Marketing requirement for Business majors.

Environmental Studies and Science 

ES 106 Environment and Society  – Professor Trevien Stanger

This course is a social science based investigation of the complex relationship between humans and their environment, with emphasis on the impact people have on the environment in relation to the social, economic, and political contexts in which they take place. Important concepts such as environmental ethics, resource use, sustainable development, climate change adaptation/mitigation are overviewed as well as political economy, institutions for environmental governance, and issues of environmental economics.

ES 107 Environmental Science  – Professor David Heroux

This course is a science-based investigation of the Earth as a system, with application to understanding many issues in contemporary environmental policy. Science is an attempt to discover how nature works. Through careful observation, measurements, experimentation, and modeling, students will explore issues in contemporary environmental science. These include climate change, biodiversity, deforestation, ecosystem structure and function, population, biogeochemical cycling, energy, as well as investigations of environmental problems, their causes, and solutions.

CORE: Scientific Inquiry