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Extensive practice in writing clear and effective academic prose with special attention to purpose, audience, organization, and style. Instruction in critical analysis and revision.
Instruction in research writing techniques and processes.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 630 or higher or a recommendation from the Directed Self-Placement survey)
The study of selected poetry, plays and works of fiction with an emphasis on developing skills in analysis, interpretation and critical thinking.
This one-hour composition enrichment course provides supplemental academic instruction with an emphasis on the relationship of reading and grammar to writing. Students who have scored below 18 on ACT in English, below 470 on SAT in English, and/or have below a 2.75 cumulative high school GPA are encouraged to enroll in this course.
Study of a specific topic designed to train students in the writing and research skills integral to the discipline of English.
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ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama.
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with a focus on different forms. Includes intensive study of examples of creative nonfiction.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
Focus on literature by and/or about children.
The study of tales, legends and other lore passed on orally or by customary example in groups bound by common background or experience. Subtitle may indicate specific group or groups.
The study of different perspectives used to approach regional mythologies with an emphasis on specific cultural implications, universal themes, moral dimensions and ethical consequences that emerge from the narratives.
Introduce themes and ideas in Indigenous North American literature by studying representative works from authors of one or more Indigenous ethnicities.
Special Notes
ENG 207 cannot be retaken for credit if
ENG 236 "AH2-Native Amer Literature" title was taken in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 or Spring 2022.
This course introduces students to language strategies that will allow them to recognize and use a variety of grammatical and stylistic choices, and to understand the rhetorical effects of those choices on their readers.
This course explores literature written for and about young adults (approx. ages 12-18), including concentration on a particular writer, a theme, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on global diversity and multiculturalism.
This course introduces English linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition) with an emphasis on application to young English language learners.
An examination of the interaction of language with society and the individual, including how language establishes power, gender, and social identity.
This course introduces students to current trends in writing and rhetoric including concepts of remix, assemblage, remediation, and circulation. Emphasizes historical and current practices for producing public-facing writing that engages communities and power.
Instruction in research processes focused on contemporary issues in culture
ENG 122 or ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 630 or higher or a recommendation from the Directed Self-Placement survey
Analysis of sentence structure, order of presentation and use of illustration in writing essential for the technician, engineer, scientist, with emphasis on arranging and stating information clearly.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
This course develops proficiency with digital video production. It is designed as an introductory course to filmmaking, rhetorical theory, and visual rhetoric and design principles.
An introduction to comics and the graphic novel in the United States. Emphasis on visual form, narrative structure, and the impact of new social movements on content.
This introductory course explores the aesthetics of video games, their representations of race, gender, and sexuality, and their increasingly complex moral and ethical decision-making scenarios.
Different approaches to the literature of wonder, including concentration on a particular writer, a theme such as women in science fiction, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on multiculturalism.
Introduce themes and ideas in ethnic American literature by studying representative authors of one or more U.S. ethnicities.
An introduction to the mechanisms of fiction, with a focus on style and voice. Includes intensive study of contemporary short fiction written in English.
An introduction to screenwriting for film and television. Students will study oral and written pitches, formal treatments, and screenplay structure and format.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to the reading and writing of poetry, with a focus on different poetic forms. Includes intensive study of contemporary poetry in English.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to Shakespeare's works for non-majors, including poetry, history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Includes analyses of selected theatrical productions and film adaptations.
Focusing on works of literature in translation, this course explores the varied artistic modes in and through which writers have situated themselves in the world, allowing us to understand the roots of today's interconnected and global cultures.
Study of the early literature of Europe and the Americas in translation. Emphasizes the cultural, historical, and formal appreciation of selected representative works and contribution of the literature to contemporary life and thought.
An in-depth examination of a specific concept or practice in literary and cultural studies. Topics may include "Intertextuality," "Voice," "Social class and social capital," "Allegory."
Course exposes students to generic knowledge, technologies, and skills needed for professional /technical writers. Units include grant/proposal writing, usability testing, user manuals, and resumes.
Emphasizes communication practices of advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations with an orientation toward culture and its influence on community-engaged writing; focus on relations among power, cultures, communities, and rhetorical action.
An intermediate creative nonfiction course. Emphasis on reading and writing personal essays that could be submitted for publication.
A study of literary texts (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and A/V materials) from and/or about a particular nation or geographic/ethnic region with emphasis on innovations in literary form and the social, cultural, national, and political contexts that shape literary movements and production.
This advanced writing course is designed to help students study and employ rhetorical concepts that will enable them to write persuasively in a variety of contexts.
(Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course) and (
ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
Instruction in advanced analysis and production of upper-level college arguments, including extended application of rhetorical and discourse theory. This course emphasizes revision and reflective writing.
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ENG 123 or
ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D- or Completion of GT Intermediate Composition Course)
Different approaches to the literature of wonder, including concentration on a particular writer, a theme such as women in science fiction, or a historical study of the genre.
Course introduces students to the combination of knowledge, practice, and skills needed to edit professional, peer, and their own writing for print publication.
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ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
This course introduces professional genres and technologies. Students compose a green paper, documentation, and a usability report. Technologies include Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The class requires no previous technology experience.
This course explores a specific genre (e.g. the gothic novel, the epic poem, the closet drama) or author (e.g. Jane Austen, Claudia Rankine, Jeremy O. Harris). Content depends on instructor.
An intermediate workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.
An intermediate workshop course focusing on poetry. Emphasis on the analysis of and experimentation with poetic form, and different voices.
This course introduces students to major issues and movements in literary theory and criticism, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory.
This course examines the relationship between the production of language, the formation of diverse cultural identities, and the exercise of forms of power in the context of cultural forms broadly understood.
Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things?
Multiethnic Literatures of the Americas is a variable titled course that focuses on literature written by and about a specific ethnic population in the Americas. Students will examine literature as cultural archive, socio-cultural critique, and cultural reflection.
This course explores participatory culture, adaptation, and transmediation by focusing on one specific author's career as reader and writer.
Focus on a critical, rhetorical, or literary problem or theme.
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ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34) and (Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course)
This course allows students to explore a specific problematic in literary theory and criticism, drawing from more than one theoretical movement, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory. May or may not involve reading literary texts.
A survey of general linguistics as applied to the history of the English language. Includes vocabulary and dictionary study, regional and social dialects, semantics and pragmatics, childhood acquisition of language.
Writing-intensive explorations of key concepts or emerging scholarship in the fields of rhetoric, composition, professional writing, and/or creative writing.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Content includes the history of scholarly editing, study of different editorial approaches and principles, and the construction of a digital scholarly edition.
This course explores emerging scholarship on writing and design technologies. Beyond exposing students to applications that they will encounter as professional writers, the course explores the ontological, epistemological, material, and ethical transformations that new communicative technologies engender.
Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.
One semester of work in public or private agencies, such as state government offices, non-profit organizations, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies or related organizations. 135 hours across the semester for 3 credits. Pro-rated hours for 1 and 2 credit versions.
(GPA-3.0) and (
ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D-)
An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives.