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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of the historical development and grammatical structure of the English language. It will provide intensive study of grammar, usage and the mechanics of punctuation, capitalization and spelling. Emphasis will be directed to practical application of traditional grammar rules in oral and written communication. The course will also provide a foundation for an English major and for foreign language or E.S.L. studies. This course may not be substituted for English courses required for OCC degrees. Prerequisite: ENGL 021 or ENGL 151 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Students will compose and revise expository essays totaling 3500 words, minimum. Through a series of primarily text-based writing assignments, the course reinforces and stresses the further development of critical reading and thinking, the writing process, and information literacy. Prerequisite: ENGL 021 Minimum grade C
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the study of fi ction, poetry and drama, and requires written assignments (totaling 3,500 words, minimum), including at least one documented essay, that build on the writing and research skills developed in ENGL 151. With ENGL 151, this course fulfi lls the 6-credit graduation requirement in English Communication. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
This course provides opportunities for students to write creatively in several genres: creative non-fiction, short stories, poems, and one-act plays. It is fl exibly organized to permit emphasis on the area of major interest to the individual writer. The course introduces terms and structures related to the different literary genres, demonstrated through selections from significant literary texts. Although student work is presented in class regularly, and other students respond to it, the instructor evaluates student accomplishment in the course. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys poetry as a distinct literary genre. Students will study selected lyric, narrative, and dramatic poems representing varied literary traditions. They will discuss and write about poetic themes and structures through reference to relevant cultural and historical contexts. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students learn about dramatic traditions throughout history by studying dramatic literature from ancient to modern times. Students will analyze dramatic works through a historical, political, cultural, and social context, as well as explore elements of drama and presentation. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the evolution of Native American writing from its origins in the oral tradition to its varied expression in modern fi ction, poetry, and non-fi ction. The course will examine the ways in which world view, cosmology, myth and symbol are interwoven to create the rich fabric of Native American storytelling. The writings will be studied in their cultural context as well as for the elements of content, style and meaning. This course satisfies the diversity requirement for the A.A. Liberal Arts degree. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
The course includes short stories, slave narratives, poetry, drama, the novel, beginning with the writings from the 1700s to the 1900s, exploring the struggles, dreams, artistry, wit, conceptions, and perceptions of authors and of voices too long silenced. This course fulfi lls the liberal arts diversity requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
Students will have the opportunity in this course to read and discuss representative writers from non-western nations or cultures in the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, East Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean. The writings will be studied both as literary texts and as representatives of their cultures. Course content will be team taught in discrete instructional units. This course satisfi es the diversity requirement for the A.A. Liberal Arts degree. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the major genres and themes of Chinese literature from approximately 720 BC to the Twentiethcentury. Students will gain insights into the Chinese culture and society through the English translation of selected samples of poetry, short stories, novels, essays and drama. This course satisfi es the diversity requirement for the A.A. Liberal Arts degree. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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