ENG 020 Basic English and Reading Comprehension 3 I.C.*
This course teaches the fundamentals of writing, functional usage, and reading comprehension and may, for some students, serve as a prerequisite for further study of composition. It includes a study of grammar, composition, and reading comprehension with an emphasis on the fundamental principles of English language usage. The course assists students in their ability to write clear and concise sentences, to construct effective paragraphs, and to comprehend written materials. Hours of class per week: 3. *3 institutional (non-degree) credits.
ENG 040 Introduction to Writing 3 I.C.*
This course includes a review of grammar components and paragraph development, followed by intensive work in the development of short essays. It emphasizes the writing process, paying special attention to methods of organizing, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or above in ENG 020, or results of COMPASS placement test. Based on the student’s academic background, completion of this course may be necessary preparation for enrollment in courses required for graduation in some academic programs. Hours of class per week: 3. *3 institutional (non-degree) credits.
ENG 103 English I 3 s.h.
This course is designed to improve written and oral communication skills. Students learn to write specific types of essays that are coherent and grammatically and mechanically correct. They also participate in group discussion and/or oral presentation. The course also covers research techniques and procedures for documenting sources. Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or above in ENG 040 or results of COMPASS placement test. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: C.
ENG 104 English II 3 s.h.
This course expands on the written and oral communication skills learned in ENG 103. Assignments focus on students’ understanding, research, and interpretation of such literary genres as short stories, poetry, and drama. Prerequisite: ENG 103. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: C.
ENG 127 Technical/Professional Writing SP 3 s.h.
This course applies the principles of effective writing to specific forms of technical and professional writing. It addresses the skills required to communicate in industrial, business, and technical settings, implementing basic forms of technical writing, including correspondence, résumés, detailed memos, descriptive documents, manuals, and proposals. The emphasis is on instruction and practice to handle real situations faced outside of the classroom. Prerequisite: ENG 103. Hours of class per week: 3.
ENG 128 Honors English II SP 3 s.h.
This course develops the writing and speaking skills of those students whose backgrounds enable them to function in an intense and independently organized study of the arts and sciences. Among other assignments, students prepare an oral and a written presentation on some aspect of the creative process. In any program, this course may be used to meet the requirement of ENG 104. Either ENG 104 or ENG 128, but not both, may be credited toward a degree or certificate. Prerequisite: ENG 103 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: C.
ENG 132 Speech 3 s.h.
The course aims to enrich the student’s ability to communicate. It introduces the students to the forms of public speaking and affords the opportunity to practice both the formal and informal deliveries of speech while maintaining individual expression and creativity. Hours of class per week: 3.
ENG 140 Introduction to Linguistics 3 s.h.
An introduction to the cognitive science of Linguistics, a field of study that examines the phenomena of human communication. The course will look at how language is produced, how it is examined and explained by linguists and how it functions in human communities. Topics covered will include semantics, morphology, phonology, syntax, socio-linguistics, historical linguistics and language obsolescence. Prerequisite: ENG 103. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: S.
ENG 150 Reading & Writing Poetry 3 s.h.
This course explores the poetic tradition through creative writing, analytical writing, and close critical reading of published poems and unpublished student poems. Special attention is given to studying poetic forms and traditions. Prerequisite: “C” or better in ENG 103 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3 General Education: H.
ENG 200 Short Story 3 s.h.
This course surveys the development of the short story, from its origins in the oral tradition to its present form. Through reading and discussion of a wide variety of 19th- and 20th-century short stories, the course emphasizes the artistic development of this literary genre. Course work includes critical papers and group presentations. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 210 Popular Literature 3 s.h.
This course is a close study of popular literature written by various authors working in the traditional five pop genres: detective (crime), romance, adventure, horror and science fiction. Using the historical, psychological and mythological theories that can help shape our understanding of these texts, students will analyze and compare selections representative of and important to each genre. Special attention is given to the study of the patterns and traditions which developed in each genre. Prerequisites: ENG 103, ENG 104. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 222 Children’s Literature 3 s.h.
A survey of all forms of children’s literature and a study of a variety of materials relating to the development of literacy in children. Students carry out critical study and evaluation of many children’s books in the areas of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The course examines criteria for the selection of children’s books for pleasure, enrichment of curriculum areas, and child development. It also examines appropriate presentation techniques. Prerequisites: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3.
ENG 231 Masterpieces of World Literature I FA 3 s.h.
This course surveys world literature from the Greek and Roman classics through the Renaissance. Readings include such representative authors as Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Virgil, Dante, and Chaucer. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 232 Masterpieces of World Literature II SP 3 s.h.
This course surveys world literature from the 17th century to the present. Readings include such representative authors as Voltaire, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Woolf, Mann, and Achebe. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 233 American Literature I FA 3 s.h.
A survey of the literatures of the United States, from pre-Colonial times through the Civil War, with an emphasis on representative figures and movements. Discussions stress the cultural-historical contexts of the readings, emergence of American myths and values, and formation of an identifiable American style. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 234 American Literature II SP 3 s.h.
A survey of the literature of the United States, from the Civil War through the present, with an emphasis on representative figures and movements. Analysis includes the general movements of thought, literary techniques and themes revealed in the works of representative writers. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 235 Modern Drama SP 3 s.h.
An introduction to modern drama as literature, emphasizing such movements as naturalism, expressionism, and theater of the absurd. Readings include such representative European authors as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Lorca, and Ionesco, as well as American playwrights such as O’Neill, Miller, and Williams. Some attention is also paid to non-Western dramas. The course develops appreciation of the theater through class discussion and a required critical writing paper. Students observe a current dramatic production. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 239 Modern Novel SP 3 s.h.
The course explores the evolution of the novel as a genre, from the late 19th through the 20th centuries. It considers the significant cultural, historical and aesthetic developments of this period, paying special attention to the formal, stylistic, and thematic innovations of the major modern and postmodern authors. Selected novelists include Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Ellison, Waugh, Greene, O’Connor, and Pynchon. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 243 English Literature I 3 s.h.
A survey of the first eight centuries of English literature, examining both thematic and stylistic continuity and significant developments over the course of the period. The course will begin with a close reading of Beowulf before proceeding to representative works of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Restoration/Eighteenth Century. Selected readings include the poetry of the Gawain poet, Chaucer, Spenser, Donne, Jonson, Marvell, Milton, Dryden, and Pope; the prose of Malory, Bacon, Swift and Johnson; and the drama of the Mystery Plays, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Wycherley, and Congreve. Discussions will examine pertinent historical, biographical and intellectual contexts of the readings. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 244 English Literature II 3 s.h.
A survey of the last two centuries of English literature, examining both thematic and stylistic continuity and significant developments over the course of the period. The course will begin with a close reading of the major Romantic poets before proceeding to representative works in the Victorian, Modern, and Postmodern periods. Selected readings include the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Hardy, Yeats, Eliot, Auden, and Heaney; the prose of Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf; and the drama of Beckett and Pinter. Discussions will examine pertinent historical, biographical and intellectual contexts of the readings. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 245 World Drama SP 3 s.h.
An examination of major dramas from the Greeks to the late nineteenth century, in light of their literary, theatrical, and socio-cultural values. Readings include representative plays from the following periods and movements: Classical Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Neo-Classicism, the Restoration, Romanticism, and Realism. Genres include tragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, and various hybrids. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3. General Education: H.
ENG 290 Special Topics in Literature 3 s.h.
This course involves an examination of a topic, a theme, an author, a genre, a period, or a literary tradition not covered extensively in other English courses. Topics vary with each offering, but specific topics are announced before pre-registration. The course may be repeated for credit, but prior topics may not be repeated for additional credit. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104 or permission of Instructor. Hours of class per week: 3.
