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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Creative writing exercises and class activities will help students develop their own projects, such as writing short plays, screenplays, or monologues, or scripting and shooting a short movie. Students will learn about the elements of drama by analyzing the structure and dialogue of a few selected plays, and by actively exploring these ideas in their own writing. Student work will be considered for production. Same as THE 227 Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
The course develops a theme of current interest through a representative selection of literature. See the class description in the preregistration booklet or online for more specific information. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Creative nonfiction relies on truth, on the facts of the world and/or the self as the writer finds - and transforms - them.It is much like fiction in its reliance on scene, dialogue, and storytelling. Yet it can take many forms, such as the personal essay, literary memoir, the travel essay, literary journalism, literary biography, etc. This course will investigate the basic principles of the form, concentrating on principles of literary journalism and the personal essay, and give students the opportunity to produce original works of creative nonfiction. The course may also deal with ethical and critical issues related to truth, perception, memory, and subjectivity. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
This survey course introduces the student to the literature that writers of African and African American heritage created from its beginning in Colonial America to the present time. The course will examine a number of writers, genres, and themes. It will also analyze the historic, socio-political, and cultural forces which helped to shape the African American experience and will emphasize interlocking race, gender, and class perspectives whenever applicable for analyzing literary works. Representative works and writers may include Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Sojourner Truth, Frances E.W. Harper, Charles Chesnutt, W.E.B. Dubois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, August Wilson, and Walter Mosley. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
A careful reading and creative analysis of Shakespeare' s plays with some consideration given to the plays' language,the historical time in which Shakespeare wrote, and the themes that continue to resonate today. A concern for the "man and his times" will supplement the analysis of his comedies, histories, and tragedies. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Writing by women and images of women in literature. Specific subject varies from semester to semester, but readings include both contemporary and classic works. Some possible subjects: women as fictional heroes, images of motherhood in literature, poetry by women, black women writers, women's autobiographical writing, and great female roles in drama. Attention paid in background lectures to recent feminist literary criticism and historical research. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Cultural issues are explored through reading and discussion of significant works that reveal common themes in world literature (such as nature, childhood, gender, conflict, alienation and assimilation, identity, and self-image). Emphasis is on relativity of perspective. May include works from Asia, Africa, Oceania, the Americas, and Europe, with emphasis on non Euro-American literature. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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1.00 Credits
A series of guest speakers from industry, government, consulting, and education share their perspectives on current environmental problems and solutions. In addition, speakers will present career alternatives in environmental science and provide a forum for discussion with seminar participants. 1.5 class hours
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4.00 Credits
A study of the scientific principles and processes underlying the interrelationships between humans and the environment. Concepts used to evaluate problems and options available in dealing with population growth, wise use of natural resources, and environmental degradation and pollution are considered in this course. Major topics include the evolution of human-environment relationships; principles of matter and energy; structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems; and water, food, agriculture, land wildlife and plant resources. Laboratory exercises include field experiences and computer simulations. 3 class hours and 3 laboratory hours
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4.00 Credits
An Introduction in to the rich geologic history and the diverse natural flora and fauna of the region. New England possesses a great assortment of landforms and ecological systems in a relatively small geographic area. The geologic past included volcanoes, lava flows, collisions and divergences of continental plates, and most recently retreating glaciers. This newly renovated landscape made way for a succession of varied forest types and other ecosystems as the flora and fauna adapted to this newly warming and geologically overhauled environment. Geologic history of New England, natural and human disturbance, forest succession, and the resulting shifting mosaic of the biotic community will be discussed. Field experiences require some walking over uneven terrain. 3 class hours and 3 laboratory hours
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