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This is a 1 credit hour, 1 contact hour, just-in-time remediation course which will have, as its corequisite, English 1101, thus fulfilling national-, state-, and System-wide mandates. The course will meet for one hour, once a week, for 16 weeks in addition to the class meeting of the corequisite English 1101 course in which the student is enrolled. The course has a required computer-based Adaptive Learning Software component that must be completed on the student's own time outside of the classroom. This class is taken along with English 1101 as a corequisite and may be facilitated by the same professor, although the course is malleable to different methods of delivery as deemed necessary by the department.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Corequisite:Â ENGL 1101
Hours:
1
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This course focuses on developing academic and professional written communication through a variety of rhetorical strategies. Using an inclusive variety of nonfiction texts as models, the course emphasizes critical thinking and analysis, as well as introductory academic research skills. Student must meet placement requirements prior to enrolling.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Placement requirements must be met. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
Notes:
A grade of C or higher is required
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This course focuses on developing academic and professional written communication through a variety of rhetorical strategies. Using an inclusive variety of nonfiction texts as models, the course emphasizes critical thinking and analysis, as well as introductory academic research skills. This is an enriched version of ENGL 1101 that incorporates honors program academic standards. Students must meet placement requirements prior to enrolling.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Honors program
Hours:
3
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This course develops skills in written analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of an inclusive variety of texts and emphasizes critical thinking skills, increased stylistic sophistication, and the application of advanced research methods. This course fosters evidence-based reasoning, writing, and communication while developing responsible and respectful inquiry in diverse local and global societies. Students must meet placement requirements prior to enrolling.Â
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL1101 or ENGL1101H with a grade of C or higher. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
Notes:
A grade of C or higher is required
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This course develops skills in written analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of an inclusive variety of texts and emphasizes critical thinking skills, increased stylistic sophistication, and the application of advanced research methods. This course fosters evidence-based reasoning, writing, and communication while developing responsible and respectful inquiry in diverse local and global societies. Students must meet placement requirements prior to enrolling.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1101 or ENGL1101H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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Introduction to organization, style, and mechanics of technical and professional writing. Includes practice in writing such typical documents as technical descriptions, instructions, proposals, and recommendation reports. Emphasis placed on planning, organizing, and writing reports; designing visual aids; and editing. Among other assignments, at least one complete technical report is required.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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Students will develop their understanding of a broad range of topics concerning professional writers, specifically the kinds of work and roles they have. The course will include the history of the field and feature assignments such as rhetorical analysis and document design. It will develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 with grades of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is an introductory study of structural grammar and Standard English usage.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys world literatures from the beginnings through the seventeenth century. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of world literatures from the beginnings through the seventeenth century. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This course is an enriched version of ENGL 2111 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys world literatures from the eighteenth century to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
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This course surveys world literatures from the eighteenth century to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This is an enriched version of ENGL 2121 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a survey of diverse literary texts with a focus on gender. It involves reading, analyzing, and interpreting notable works within their historical, social, and cultural contexts while considering the ethical values and the spectrum of gendered human experiences reflected in the texts.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys British literatures from the Early Medieval period to the end of the eighteenth century. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a survey of British Literature from the Early Medieval period to the end of the eighteenth century. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This is an enriched version of ENGL 2121 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys British literatures from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys British literatures from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This is an enriched version of ENGL 2122 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys American literatures from the beginnings to the Civil War. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
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This course surveys American literatures from the beginnings to the Civil War. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This is an enriched version of ENGL 2131 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys American literatures from the Civil War to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher. eCore sections also require the completion of the eCore Introduction Quiz.
Hours:
3
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This course surveys American literatures from the Civil War to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect. This is an enriched version of ENGL 2132 that incorporates honors program academic standards.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Honors program and ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys African American texts from the slave narrative to contemporary literatures. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse texts within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course surveys Native (US) American literatures, especially works from 1900 to the present. Students read, analyze, and interpret notable literary works from several tribes within their historical and social contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course explores relationships between film and literature, such as cinematic adaptations of literary texts and cinema as text. Students interpret diverse literary texts and films within their historical, social, and generic contexts, considering the aesthetic, cultural, and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
Notes:
Course is equivalent to MDST 2150
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This course surveys the diverse literary cultures of the United States, especially the literary cultures of national, social, or ethnic groups that have traditionally been marginalized. Students read, analyze, and interpret diverse literary texts within their cultural and historical contexts, considering the aesthetic and ethical values they reflect.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course examines how authors represent Latina/o experiences in the USA. Students will analyze texts from several cultures, especially Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and/or Dominican-American.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 credit with C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course offers students instruction in writing, editing, and designing a literary and art publication. As a practicum, it allows students the opportunity to work on the production of the annual magazine.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
Hours:
1
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This course offers students instruction in writing, editing, and designing a literary and art publication. As a practicum, it allows students the opportunity to work on the production of the annual magazine.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
Hours:
2
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This course is an introduction to a variety of academic, professional, and public genres. Emphasis is placed on evaluation and integrating various kinds of evidence. The course considers the composing process in light of rhetorical theory, current research in writing, and technological advancements.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 with grades of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is an introduction to communication theory and principles and their applications to business documents and presentations. It includes extensive practice in writing and articulating ideas clearly, accurately, creatively, and ethically in business environments. Note: For non-English majors.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher, mastery of keyboarding skills, and proficiency with word processing software
Hours:
3
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This is a course on creative writing-creative nonfiction, poetry, prose, and drama-with concern for the relation of form to content, viewpoint, narrative voice, audience, syntax, imagery, and diction. Issues related to publication and writing will be a significant focus of the course as well.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This is a course on poetry writing, with concern for the relation of form to content, viewpoint, audience, syntax, imagery, and diction. Issues related to publication and writing for publication will be a significant focus of the course as well.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This is a course on fiction writing, with concern for the relation of form to content, viewpoint, narrative voice, audience, syntax, imagery and diction. Issues related to publication and writing for publication will be a significant focus of the course as well.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This is a course on nonfiction genres, which includes personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, nature, travel, and science writing, cultural criticism, and other forms. Issues related to publication and writing for publication will be a significant focus of the course as well.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102Â or ENGL 1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This is a course on developing the skills needed to write stage plays, with a concern for dramatic form and theory. Issues related to play development and production will be a significant focus of the course as well.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102H with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course functions as an introduction to upper-level coursework in literature, providing an initial survey of modern critical theories for interpreting literature and advanced instruction in literary research, writing, and presentation strategies.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: One 2100-level literature survey course with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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Designed for teachers of language, this course explores how language and culture affect values and perceptions.
Hours:
3
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Designed for teachers of language, this course discusses principles of linguistics and theories of first- and second-language acquisition.
Hours:
3
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This course emphasizes the knowledge, understanding, and use of standards-based practices, assessments and strategies related to planning, implementing and managing ESL and content instruction, including classroom organization, teaching strategies for developing and integrating language skills and choosing and adapting classroom and multimedia resources.
Hours:
3
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This course is a detailed introduction to the background, origins, development, and structure of the English language and the fundamental tools and concepts used in the study of a language's history.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to English linguistics and some of its important subfields, including the structure of English (its phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics), psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the syntax of English and introduces theories of structural, generative, and functional grammars. This course assumes a mastery of prescriptive English Grammar.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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An introductory survey of rhetorical theory, with an emphasis on theories of political and civic discourse. Intensive study of classical and contemporary rhetoric, with some attention to theory from other historical periods. Works from the traditional canon of Western rhetoric and works that represent alternative Western traditions will be studied.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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Intensive analysis of and practice in writing varieties of creative nonfiction with attention to different audiences, purposes, and contexts. Emphasis is placed on exploring new genres and writing with increased effectiveness and sophistication. The course considers the writing process in light of the history of rhetoric and rhetorical theory (including principles of visual rhetoric), current research in composition studies, and changing writing technologies.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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Students will study and write effective arguments with emphasis on the contexts of public and academic environments. The course will feature extensive writing and revision, workshop discussion, and readings of classical and contemporary arguments. In accordance with department goals, it will develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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A study of research methods and writing strategies essential to the criticism and interpretation of literary texts. Practice in writing and making public presentations on literary topics.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course involves advanced study of the principles and practices of technical and professional writing and includes planning, organizing, and writing technical descriptions, instructions, proposals, and recommendation reports, as well as designing visual aids and editing. Assignments include individual and group projects and at least one complete technical report.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course will focus on the writing of poetry and/or fiction (focus will vary with semester/instructor.) Students will read and analyze a variety of published poetry. The course includes a workshop format for peer discussion and revision of students' work.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2200-level Creative Writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course will focus on the writing of poetry. Students will read and analyze a variety of published poetry; further, the course includes a workshop format for peer discussion and revision of student poetry.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2200-level Creative Writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is an advanced study of fiction with concern for the relation of form to content, viewpoint, narrative voice, audience, syntax, imagery, and diction; further, the course includes a workshop format for peer discussion and revision of students' fiction.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2200-level Creative Writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on formal analysis, the history of the genre, and its variations across cultures and includes a workshop format for peer-discussion and revision of student's nonfiction.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2200-level Creative Writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course involves advanced study of playwriting with concern for dramatic form and theory and includes a workshop format for peer-discussion and revision of student plays.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2200-level Creative Writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is an introduction to the culture of and careers in publishing, providing broad professional knowledge of acquisitions, editing, design, publicity, and rights. Editorial principles, production, marketing problems, distribution methods and informational systems and techniques will be discussed. Literary tastes in publishing will also be examined.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of poetry, approaches to poetry, and theories of poetry.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is the study of the development of prose fiction from the eighteenth century to present.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of short stories from various cultures. This course emphasizes recognition of recurrent formal and thematic patterns and introduces methods of literary interpretation and analysis appropriate to understanding and teaching the short story.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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A comprehensive study of the theatrical literature of the world, from ancient through modern.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the creative nonfiction with the emphasis on formal analysis, the history of the genre, and its variations across cultures.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to the mythologies of the world and the uses that writers make of them.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how immigrant authors represent immigrant experiences across time and place. Students will analyze texts by men and women from several different primary cultures who are writing about first as well as second-generation immigrant experiences to several countries. Students will read appropriate works of theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how Caribbean authors represent Caribbean culture and experiences across time and place. Students will analyze texts by men and women from several different Caribbean islands and read appropriate works of theory and criticism as well as analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how Indian authors represent Indian cultures and experiences across time and place. Students will analyze texts by men and women from several different areas of India and read appropriate works of theory and criticism as well as analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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The course will study the literary representation and self-representation of women and the question of the female identity-in a cultural, social, and psychological sense-in world literature. The class will encompass works from the 8th Century to the present. After a brief overview of gender theory, the course will offer students an understanding of how countries, cultures, and individuals approach the formation of an identity.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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The course will study the question of identity-both personal and national-in postcolonial works around the globe. Postcolonial literature occurs at different times for different countries (and cultures), but the majority of the literature will be in the modern era. After a brief overview of the colonial mindset, including such concepts as mimicry and the Other, the course will offer students an understanding of how countries, cultures, and individuals approach the formation of an identity that is both separate from and linked to the former colonizer.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course examines how African authors represent African culture and experiences across time and place. Students will analyze texts by men and women from four broad geographic areas (Northern, West, East, and Southern) and several individual countries to see how specific historical, cultural, colonial, linguistic, and religious influences shape African literary expressions. Additionally, we will read appropriate works of Postcolonial theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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Chinese literature extends back thousands of years. This course, instead of a survey of Chinese literature, is designed to study a selection of Chinese literary masterpieces (prose, poetry, and drama) from different periods. Students will read these works in relation to their historical and social contexts, explore their meanings and ideas, analyze their artistic techniques, and discuss how they reflect a particular time and place and what they mean to us today. Topics may include family and tradition, individual and society, past and present, man and nature, the change of cultural and social values, and women's role in society. This course emphasizes interactive learning. The instructor will encourage students to raise questions, broaden their perspectives, and become self-aware through their reading activities.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of major works of Old and Middle English literature.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is an examination of English Renaissance prose, poetry, and/or drama, exclusive of Shakespeare.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of major British writers from 1660 to 1789.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of Romanticism as a literary, social, and historical phenomenon.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the major writers in both prose and poetry in the context of the social conditions in England from 1832 to 1900.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the major writers in both poetry and prose in the context of the social and political conditions in England beginning from the twentieth century.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of American Literature and literary culture during the Colonial and Early National Periods.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of American prose and poetry between 1820 and 1860 with emphasis on Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of major works of American literary realism and naturalism.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of American texts written between 1900 and 1945/50 as part of the Modernist movement.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of American Literature from 1950 to the present, including texts, authors, and literary trends of the contemporary period.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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Students will develop their understanding of a broad range of topics concerning composing and publishing in digital spaces, including platforms, Internet writing genres, and rhetorical awareness in composing on social media. The course will include the study of current models of digital and multimodal composing and the history of the field as it pertains to changes in the job landscape within Professional and Technical Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, and Publishing. The course will feature assignments and readings on topics such as digital multimodal composition; audio and video editing; composing print, digital, and networked texts, design as composition; digital storytelling; rhetorical identity and other web texts. In accordance with department goals, it will develop composing and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course leads students on an intellectual journey to examine the idea of peace, within different Eastern and Western historical and cultural contexts to reveal its complexities and ways that conditions of peace can unsettle political and social relationships.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This practicum provides instruction and supervised practice in skills and techniques to be used in one-on-one or small-group tutorials and teaching. The student will receive instruction and continued supervision throughout the semester. This course may not be repeated.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 3050
Hours:
2
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This practicum provides advanced instruction and practice in skills and techniques to be used in one-on-one or small group tutorials and teaching. This course may not be repeated.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 3910
Hours:
1
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This practicum provides advanced instruction and practice in skills and techniques to be used in one-on-one or small group tutorials and teaching. This course may not be repeated.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 3910 and ENGL 3915
Hours:
1
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An introduction to sociolinguistics, the course examines regional and social dialects, language standards, gendered language, creoles and pidgins, "political correctness," politeness, rudeness, sarcasm, slang, "bad" language, humor, naming practices, e-language, and global Englishes.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course involves intensive analysis of and practice in a selected topic in writing. Emphasis is placed on writing professionally for publication and on professional and community outreach.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature, each with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is an introductory survey of eastern rhetorics, with emphasis on theories of language and writing from historical and contemporary rhetorians. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing various understandings of rhetoric and placing these understandings within the historical and social context in which they arose.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, and ENGL 3120, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This special topics course examines representative primary texts by significant literary theorists, arguments about the nature of literature and literary experience, and the historical roots of selected theories. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, and ENGL 2900, each with a grade of C or higher, or permission of the instructor
Hours:
3
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This course is a culmination of the creative writing sequence within the Writing and Publication Concentration for English Majors. A project proposal will be due the first week of class and must reflect the creative writing curriculum at 91ÁÔÆæ: poetry, fiction, playwriting, or creative nonfiction. Students will work toward the completion of a short manuscript that will be submitted for publication by the end of the semester.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2270, ENGL 2275, ENGL 2280, ENGL 2285, or ENGL 2290, and ENGL 3175, ENGL 3180, ENGL 3185, or ENGL 3190, both with grades of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This selected topics course examines representative texts by a figure or figures in a specified genre or sub-genre outside of those currently established by the ENGL 3000-level genre series, as well as the specified genre's conventions, rhetoric, and social, aesthetic, and cultural significance.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is an in-depth study of Asian literature in English and in English translation, which involves interpreting and writing about significant Asian literary works within their historical, social, and cultural contexts, along with relevant critical and theoretical readings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is an in-depth study of Asian drama and performance, which involves interpreting and writing about significant works of Asian drama and performance within their historical, social, and cultural contexts, along with relevant critical, historical, and theoretical readings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the major works of Chaucer, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales, all studied in the original Middle English.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of the tragedies and romances with a focus on their historical contexts and on the major interpretive approaches.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is study of the histories and comedies with a focus on their historical background and on the major interpretive approaches.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of both Elizabethan and Jacobean Shakespeare. This course will include selections from Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, and poetry. The focus of the course will be upon historical backgrounds and the major interpretive approaches.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course seeks to introduce the student to the literary and historical world of London (and in some cases England beyond London) through lecture, readings, and a trip to selected locations for a first-hand archeo-literary experience. Students may take this course more than once for credit only if the course covers a different period than the one already taken for credit.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature course, each with a grade of B or higher
Hours:
3
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A study of Milton in the context of his classical background and late Renaissance environment. Major emphasis on the poetry.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course provides an intensive study of a single author or group of important authors representative of the literature of the United Kingdom and/or the British Isles. Course can be repeated for six credit hours.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
-
This course offers a focused study of a movement, theme, critical approach or sub-genre in the literature of the United Kingdom and/or the British Isles. May be repeated for up to 9 hours of credit.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course explores the experiences of aging and death through literature of various genres. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will explore this aspect of human experience with literary texts as a springboard to greater understanding.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102, ENGL 2000-level course, with a C or better
Hours:
3
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This course examines works by African American writers from any era or eras. The course may draw upon interdisciplinary materials to emphasize the developing relationship between black writers and American history, law, politics, and social science.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
-
This course is an in-depth study of texts written west of the 100th meridian. Major categories to be studied are Native American writing, Chicano writing, environmental literature and nature writing, texts of the Western exploration and the "Manifest Destiny" tradition, texts of the intermountain and urban west, as well as class "Westerns."
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course examines works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Asian languages.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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Works of literature by Latina- and Latino-US writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Spanish.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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This course is a detailed study of a body of texts, literary movements, author(s), or themes in nineteenth-century American literature not otherwise covered in other course offerings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
-
This is a detailed study of a body of texts, literary movements, author(s), or themes in twentieth-century American literature not otherwise covered in other course offerings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is a study of literatures from a variety of non-mainstream American cultures, including an examination of texts, authors, and themes from these literatures.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course is an examination of the literature of the South with a background study of the literary tends of the nineteenth century and a concentration on writers of the Southern Renaissance and beyond.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This course will examine Appalachian literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Students will analyze and interpret texts within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. A particular focus will be on studying the unique characteristics of the region while interrogating some of the generalizations, myths, and stereotypes associated with the region and its people. In fulfilling the goals of the 91ÁÔÆæ mission, this course engages students in critical inquiry and analysis that prepares them to live fuller, more introspective lives in diverse local and global settings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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Students will study grant writing and the organizational genres (such as social media, promotional literature, position or "white" papers, donor and constituent messages, and mission-related documents) that support and develop grants. It will feature extensive writing and revision, workshop discussion, and analysis of the grant writing process in many non-profit organizations. In accordance with department goals, it will develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
-
This course is a detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listings.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
1-3
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This course is a detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listings. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
1-3
-
This course is a detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listings. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
1-3
-
This is the capstone class for the English Major with a Writing Concentration. Review of training in scholarship, review of a personal writing portfolio, extensive discussion of writing theory, and preparation for professional careers as well as graduate school. The development of a sound sense of identity as a professional in writing will be encouraged. It is recommended that students take the Senior Seminar in their final year; however, to accommodate unusual circumstances, advanced students may request the instructor's permission to take the class as juniors.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
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This capstone class is for the English major with a Literature Concentration and includes review of training in scholarship, review of personal reading schedules, and preparation for professional careers as well as graduate school. Development of a sound sense of identity as a professional in the field of English will be encouraged. It is recommended that students take the Senior seminar in their final semester; however, to accommodate unusual circumstances, advanced students may request instructor's permission to take the class as juniors.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher, as well as at least 18 hours of upper-level credit in the English major.
Hours:
3
-
Students preparing to be English teachers will learn about methods and materials for teaching reading, writing and speaking in grades 6-12, including the use of technology. Students will analyze and assess student writing, design an English course, and demonstrate effective teaching. Students will also observe and teach English classes in the public schools, under the direction of the professor.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 3050 and successful application for progression to upper division courses in the College of Education
Hours:
3
-
This course includes study of composition theory and its application to the teaching of composition. Students will analyze and assess student essays and design a writing course and program.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230 and one ENGL 2100-level literature or ENGL 2200-level creative writing course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
-
This course involves practical experience and written reflection in a seminar setting. This course can be taken as many as three times for credit, totaling no more than 12 hours. No more than 6 credit hours for internships can count toward the English major.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisites: Permission of the Department, ENGL 2050, ENGL 2230, and one ENGL 2100 or 2200-level literature course, each with a grade of C or higher.
Hours:
3
Courses for M.A.T
A student enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching, Secondary Education - English (6-12), will be enrolled in the Culture, Language & Leadership program. You will need to take the education courses required by the Culture, Language & Leadership department as well as the following for English:
- ENGL 6950
- ENGL 7990 (required)
- ENGL (6000-7000 level) - Three electives (Chosen by the student with the advice of his/her English department advisor)
- ENGL (6000-7000 level) - One elective (needed only if planning to teach at college level)
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Intensive analysis of and practice in a selected topic in writing. Emphasis is placed on writing for publication and on professional and community outreach.
Hours:
3
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A detailed introduction to the background, origins, development, and structure of the English language and the fundamental tools and concepts used in the study of a language's history.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to English linguistics and some of its important subfields, including the structure of English (its phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics), psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to sociolinguistics, the course examines regional and social dialects, language standards, gendered language, creoles and pidgins, "political correctness", politeness, rudeness, sarcasm, slang, "bad" language, humor, naming practices, e-language, and global Englishes.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ENGL 6020
Hours:
3
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Assumes a mastery of prescriptive English grammar. A study of the grammatical structure of English in relation to rhetorical and logical structural linguistics, transformational-generative grammar, and rhetorical grammar.
Hours:
3
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Intensive analysis of and practice in a selected topic in writing. Emphasis is placed on writing for publication and on professional and community outreach.
Hours:
3
-
An introductory survey of rhetorical theory, with an emphasis on theories of political and civic discourse. Intensive study of classical and contemporary rhetoric, with some attention to theory from other historical periods. Works from the traditional canon of Western rhetoric and works that represent alternative Western traditions will be studied.
Hours:
3
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Intensive analysis of and practice in the various approaches to writing including defining, summarizing, classifying, comparing, and persuading. The course also considers the composing process in light of rhetorical theory, current research, and technological advancements.
Hours:
3
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This special topics course examines representative primary texts by significant literary theorists, arguments about the nature of literature and literary experience, and the historical roots of selected theories. May be repeated for credit.
Hours:
3
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This course involves advanced study of the principles and practices of technical and professional writing and includes planning, organizing, and writing technical descriptions, instructions, proposals, and recommendation reports, as well as designing visual aids and editing. Assignments include individual and group projects and at least one complete technical report.
Hours:
3
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A study of poetry, approaches to poetry, and theories of poetry.
Hours:
3
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Studies in the development of prose fiction from the eighteenth century to the present.
Hours:
3
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A study of short stories from various cultures. The course emphasizes recognition of recurrent formal and thematic patterns, and introduces methods of literary interpretation and analysis appropriate to understanding and teaching the short story.
Hours:
3
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A comprehensive study of the theatrical literature of the world, from ancient through modern.
Hours:
3
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A study of the 'fourth genre,' creative nonfiction, with emphasis on formal analysis, the history of the genre, and its variations across cultures. This course introduces methods of literary interpretation and analysis appropriate to understanding and teaching various forms of creative nonfiction.
Hours:
3
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An introduction to the mythologies of the world and the uses that writers make of them.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how immigrant authors represent immigrant experiences across time and place. This is not to say, however, that these are monolithic representations. Rather, we will analyze texts by men and women from several different primary cultures who are writing about first as well as second generation immigrant experiences to several countries. Additionally, we will read appropriate works of theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how Caribbean authors represent Caribbean culture and experiences across time and place. This is not to say, however, that these are monolithic representations. Rather, we will analyze texts by men and women from several different Caribbean islands. Additionally, we will read appropriate works of theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how Indian authors represent Indian culture and experiences across time and place. This is not to say, however, that these are monolithic representations. Rather, we will analyze texts by men and women from different areas of India. Additionally, we will read appropriate works of theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Hours:
3
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This course will study the literary representation and self- representation of women and the question of the female identity-in a cultural, social, and psychological sense-in world literature. The class will encompass works from the 8th century to the present. After a brief overview of gender theory, the course will offer students an understanding of how countries, cultures, and individuals approach the formation of an identity.
Hours:
3
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This course will study the question of identity-both personal and national-in postcolonial works around the globe. Postcolonial literature occurs at different times for different countries (and cultures), but the majority of the literature will be in the modern era. After a brief overview of the colonial mindset, including such concepts as mimicry and the Other, the course will offer students an understanding of how countries, cultures, and individuals approach the formation of an identity that is both separate from and linked to the former colonizer.
Hours:
3
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This course examines how African authors represent African culture and experiences across time and place. This is not to say, however, that these are monolithic representations. Rather, we will analyze texts by men and women from four broad geographic areas (Northern, West, East, and Southern) and several individual countries to see how specific historical, cultural, colonial, linguistic, and religious influences shape African literary expressions. Additionally, we will read appropriate works of Postcolonial theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Hours:
3
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Chinese literature extends back thousands of years. This course, instead of a survey of Chinese literature, is designed to study a selection of Chinese literary masterpieces (prose, poetry, and drama) from different periods. Students will read these works in relation to their historical and social contexts, explore their meanings and ideas, analyze their artistic techniques, and discuss how they reflect a particular time and place and what they mean to us today. Topics may include family and tradition, individual and society, past and present, man and nature, the change of cultural and social values, and women's role in society. This course emphasizes interactive learning. The instructor will encourage students to raise questions, broaden their perspectives, and become self-aware through their reading activities.
Hours:
3
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A study of major works of old and middle English literature.
Hours:
3
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A study of the major works of Chaucer, with emphasis on the Canterbury Tales, all studied in the original Middle English
Hours:
3
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An examination of English Renaissance prose, poetry, and/or drama, exclusive of Shakespeare.
Hours:
3
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A study of the tragedies and romances with a focus on their historical contexts and on the major interpretive approaches
Hours:
3
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A study of the histories and comedies with a focus on their historical background and on the major interpretive approaches.
Hours:
3
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A study of both Elizabethan and Jacobean Shakespeare. This course will include selections from Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, Romances, and Poetry. The focus of the course will be upon historical backgrounds and the major interpretive approaches. Graduate students will be required to take on extra reading and participation in class in addition to added research and writing assignments.
Hours:
3
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This course seeks to introduce the student to the literary and historical world through lecture, readings, and a trip to selected locations for a first-hand archeo-literary experience.
Hours:
3
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A study of Milton in the context of his classical background and late Renaissance environment. Major emphasis on the poetry.
Hours:
3
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A study of major British writers from 1660 to 1789.
Hours:
3
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A study of Romanticism with emphasis on the major poets.
Hours:
3
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An intensive study of Wordsworth and Coleridge, or Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Hours:
3
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An intensive study of Wordsworth and Coleridge, or Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Hours:
3
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A study of the major writers in both prose and poetry in the context of the social conditions in England from 1832 to 1900.
Hours:
3
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A study of British literature beginning with the twentieth century.
Hours:
3
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An in-depth study of the diverse literary traditions of the American West.
Hours:
3
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Advanced study of American literature and literary culture during the Colonial and Early National Periods, with emphasis on the Enlightenment and on development of the gothic, picaresque, and sentimental novel in America.
Hours:
3
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Advanced study of a body of texts, literary movements, author(s), or themes in nineteenth-century American literature not otherwise covered in other course offerings.
Hours:
3
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Advanced study of a body of texts, literary movements, author(s), or themes in twentieth-century American literature not otherwise covered in other course offerings.
Hours:
3
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American prose and poetry between 1820 and 1860 with emphasis on Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman.
Hours:
3
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A study of major works of American literary realism and naturalism.
Hours:
3
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An in-depth study of the cultural background and major figures of the Modernist movement, 1900-1950.
Hours:
3
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Thematic exploration of American literature from 1950 to the present, including the study of texts, authors, and literary trends of the contemporary period.
Hours:
3
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Content will vary according to writers and movements studied
Hours:
3
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Content will vary according to writers and movements studied
Hours:
3
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Study of literatures from a variety of non-mainstream American cultures, including an examination of texts, authors, and themes from these literatures.
Hours:
3
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An examination of the literature of the South with a background study of the literary trends of the nineteenth century and a concentration on writers of the Southern Renaissance and beyond.
Hours:
3
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A detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listing. This course can be repeated for up to 6 hours of credit.
Hours:
1 - 3
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A detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listings. This course can be repeated for up to 6 hours of credit.
Hours:
1 - 3
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A detailed study of a body of texts which encompass a literary movement, theme, or trend not covered in other catalog listing. This course can be repeated for up to 6 hours of credit.
Hours:
1 - 3
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This course leads students on an intellectual journey to examine the idea of peace within different Eastern and Western historical and cultural contexts to reveal its complexities and ways that conditions of peace can unsettle political and social relationships.
Hours:
3
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Students preparing to be English teachers will learn about methods and materials for teaching, reading, writing, and speaking in middle grades and high school, including the use of technology. Students will analyze and assess student writing and design an English course. Directed observation in the schools is a required part of this course.
Hours:
3
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The course includes study of composition theory and its applications to the teaching of composition. Students will analyze and assess student essays and design a writing course and program.
Hours:
3
-
This selected topics course examines representative texts by a figure or figures in a specified genre or sub-genre outside of those currently established by our 6000-level genre series, as well as the specified genre's conventions, rhetoric, and social, aesthetic, and cultural significance.
Hours:
3
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This graduate-level course provides an intensive study of a single author or group of important authors representative of the literature of the United Kingdom and/or the British Isles. This course can be repeated for 6 hours of credit.
Hours:
3
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This graduate-level course offers a focused study of a movement, theme, critical approach or sub-genre in the literature of the United Kingdom and/or the British Isles. This course can be repeated for credit.
Hours:
3
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This course explores the experiences of aging and death through literature of various genres. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will explore this aspect of human experience with literary texts as a springboard to greater understanding.Â
Hours:
3
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This course examines works by African American writers from any era or eras. The course may draw upon interdisciplinary materials to emphasize the developing relationship between black writers and American history, law, politics, and social science. This graduate-level seminar, offered in tandem with its undergraduate equivalent, requires graduate students to engage in extended research, group activities, and mock-teaching opportunities.
Hours:
3
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This class will examine works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Asian languages.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate program
Hours:
3
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This course examines how authors represent Latino experiences in the United States. Students will analyze texts by men and women from several different Latin-U.S. cultures, especially Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and/or Dominican-American. Students will read relevant works of theory and criticism and analyze how these theories can be applied to the primary texts for the course.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Program
Hours:
3
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This course will examine Appalachian literature from the 19th century to the present. Students will analyze and interpret texts within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. A particular focus will be studying the unique characteristics of the region while interrogating some of the generalizations, myths, and stereotypes associated with the region and its people. In fulfilling the goals of the 91ÁÔÆæ mission, this course engages students in critical inquiry and analysis that prepares them to live fuller, more introspective lives in diverse local and global settings.
Hours:
3
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This capstone course involves a study of ten book-length works in the English discipline, which will culminate in a guest lecture, a portfolio, a written exam, and an oral exam. The student will work in conjunction with a committee chosen from the English faculty; however, the course will be completed as an independent study for the most part. Through the process, the student will develop methods of independent inquiry and self-directed study.
Hours:
3