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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED]
Course Descriptions
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ENGL 1301 - Composition I 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
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Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individual and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution. Write in style appropriate to audience and purpose. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts. Use Edited American English in academic essays.
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ENGL 1302 - Composition II 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1301 or Credit for ENGL 1301 by examination.
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Intensive study of and practice in the strategies and techniques for developing research-based expository and persuasive texts. Emphasis on effective and rhetorical inquiry, including primary and secondary research methods; critical reading of verbal, visual, and multimedia texts; systematic evaluation, synthesis, and documentation of information sources; and critical thinking about evidence and conclusions.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborate research processes. Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence. Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action. Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines (e.g., APA, CMS, MLA, etc.)
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ENGL 2307 - Creative Writing I 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
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Practical experience in the techniques of imaginative writing. May include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, or drama.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Write and revise creative work using techniques and strategies employed by experienced writers. Develop the critical ability to read and understand poetry, narrative, and/or drama. Reflect on creative writing in relation to relevant literary and theoretical traditions. Work at advanced levels in at least one creative writing genre.
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ENGL 2308 - Creative Writing II (Inactive effective spring 2017) 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 2307 .
Practical experience in the techniques of imaginative writing. May include fiction nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting or drama.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Write and revise creative work using techniques and strategies employed by experienced writers. Develop the critical ability to read and understand poetry, narrative, and/or drama. Reflect on creative writing in relation to relevant literary and theoretical traditions. Work at advanced levels in at least one creative writing genre.
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ENGL 2311 - Technical and Business Writing 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1301 .
Intensive study of and practice in professional settings. Focus on the types of documents necessary to make decisions and take action on the job, such as proposals, reports, instructions, policies and procedures, e-mail messages, letters, and descriptions of products and services. Practice individual and collaborative processes involved in the creation of ethical and efficient documents.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Recognize, analyze, and accommodate diverse audiences. Produce documents appropriate to audience, purpose, and genre. Analyze the ethical responsibilities involved in technical communication. Locate, evaluate, and incorporate pertinent information. Develop verbal, visual, and multimedia materials as necessary, in individual and/or collaborative projects, as appropriate. Edit for appropriate style, including attention to word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling. Design and test documents for easy reading and navigation.
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ENGL 2322 - British Literature I 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of the development of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Eighteenth Century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic, and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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ENGL 2323 - British Literature II 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of the development of British literature from the Romantic period to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives and attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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ENGL 2327 - American Literature I 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of American literature from the period of exploration and settlement through the Civil War. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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ENGL 2328 - American Literature II 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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ENGL 2332 - World Literature I 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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ENGL 2333 - World Literature II 3 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 0 lab hours.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 or ENGL 2311 .
A survey of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values with the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
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