English

EN 030 provides students the necessary support and foundational knowledge to successfully write college-level paragraphs and essays using a process approach. Students scoring 18 or below on the English section of the ACT must be enrolled concurrently in ENGL130 Rhetoric and Composition.  ENGL 030 does not count in hours toward graduation. Prerequisite: Placement.  

An introduction to college writing and the basic forms of the essay, ENGL 130 teaches students to read and think critically, to write logical, well-developed academic essays; to write in a variety of rhetorical situations; and to develop information literacy skills. Students will write Summary-Response, Rhetorical Analysis, and Researched Analysis essays using MLA style. C or higher required.

Selected topics arranged by division faculty.

A continued emphasis upon the principles of expository writing and research established in ENGL 130. Students will utilize the process method to draft and revise well-developed essays. Students will develop skills for synthesizing primary and secondary texts in research papers, a close reading/explication and/or an annotated bibliography according to MLA standards. In doing so, students will examine the basic genre elements of various literature with selected works used as the basis for discussions, lectures, and student writing. C or higher required.

An investigation of the literature of diverse cultures from antiquity to the Renaissance.

An investigation of the literature of diverse cultures from the Renaissance to the present day.

Principal writers and movements in the literature of North America from the colonial period through the Civil War.

Principal writers and movements in the literature of the United States from the Reconstruction to the present day.

Principal writers and movements in British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the Neoclassicists.

Principal writers and movements in British literature from Romanticism to the present day.

Selected topics arranged by division faculty.

An introduction to the techniques, processes, styles, and major genres of creative writing in a workshop setting.

This course is an introduction to the study of film as an art form and as a product of culture. The course will require outside viewing of assigned films.

This skills-based course trains students in the writing techniques necessary to create positive change in the world, both locally and globally. Students focus on effective and ethical writing about and on behalf of people and social issues, and on grant writing and fundraising. Students read, write, and revise in a variety of genres used in various professions. Emphasis is placed on empowering students to write clear, correct, and persuasive prose.

Investigation of a major movement or period of narrative film, including components of industry and production. Narrative films are both cultural and historical texts and can provide insight into the cultures and histories within which they are created. May be repeated for credit up to 6 hours.

Reading intensive study of Young Adult Literature with major emphasis on current trends, significant authors, and major themes. This course will include workshops on current trends in motivating and preparing young and reluctant young readers to explore the world of literature created specifically for them.

Intensive training in generating correct, clear, and forceful prose with an awareness of a specific audience. Must be taken during the sophomore or junior year.

Intensive instruction and practice in effective writing strategies for career searches, government agencies, business, and industry. Emphasis will be placed upon information gathering and the writing of clear, correct, and properly formatted documents including, but not limited to, persuasive letters and memoranda, summaries, oral and written reports, visuals and descriptions, instructions, PowerPoint, proposals and feasibility studies.

This course is a survey of the major methods of literary criticism of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, beginning with Formalism and most likely including (but not restricted to) psychoanalytical criticism, Marxist criticism, deconstruction, reader-response criticism, feminist and gender criticism, new historicism, and postcolonial criticism. It focuses on how these methodologies can be used to open up literary works in new and creative ways, but rather than encouraging students to pick one or another approach, it enables them to arrive at their own way of approaching literature.

Selected topics arranged by division faculty.

Introduction to modern grammar with special emphasis on structural and transformational grammar.

Overview of the history of the English language from its beginnings to the present day, including grammatical changes, usage, semantics, lexicography, dialect geography, and word origins.

Investigation of a major period and/or movement in British literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.

Investigation of a major movement or period in American Literature. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Investigation of a major movement or period in World Literature. Can be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

An in-depth study of the literature of minority American writers from throughout American literary history within their cultural contexts.

Intensive training in the theory and practice of humanities research, including archival and primary text research, analysis of academic secondary sources, ethnographic research, citation, and the research process, from research questions to communication of findings, which will allow students to refine and focus their research methods.

An intensive craft and process-based workshop in one or more genres of creative writing, building on techniques introduced in EN 250.

Intensive study of the work of one to four significant authors in their cultural context. Authors selected for the course will vary according to the instructor. may be repeated with different authors for up to six credit hours.

Selected topics arranged by division faculty.

Reading or research at a greater depth than in a normal class.

Students may write a substantial research paper on a literary topic, or a substantial creative project. The creative project may be a collection of poems, a collection of short stories, a dramatic script, a novella, or a substantial creative nonfiction project. The thesis will include a reflective introduction that explains the student’s critical methodology or the student’s choice of a model poet, author, or script writer.