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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Grade of B in ENGL 050 - Intro to College Reading & Composition I or Minimum grade of C in ENGL 060 - Intro to College Reading & Composition II or appropriate score on placement test. Co-requisite: Each section of this course is linked to a single section of English 111 - English I. English I Workshop is linked to English I and is designed to enhance that course for students who need support in reading/writing. It takes place in a word processing lab where students are coached in structured ways to use the computer as a tool to improve reading and writing skills with an emphasis on process. The combined English I and English I Workshop sections allow students to work on English I reading and writing assignments in a way that is paced, encourages full comprehension of the reading, and provides guidance during revision.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Grade of A in ENGL 050 - Intro to College Reading & Composition I or Grade of A in ENGL 060 - Intro to College Reading & Composition II or appropriate score on placement test. The central purposes of English I are greater fluency and greater control of language and the conventions of grammar and mechanics. Some essays may be drawn from personal experience, but the emphasis is on expository types such as comparison-contrast essays, argumentative essays, critical analysis, and analytical integration of readings. A research paper is required. Non-graded but required writing, such as journal, may be assigned. Student critiques of each other's papers are important components of some sections of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Minimum grade-point average of 3.5 from high school or previous college, or permission of the instructor. Like all sections of English I, English I Honors focuses on the development of greater fluency and greater control of language and conventions of grammar and mechanics. The emphasis is on argumentative essays, critical analysis, and analytical integration of readings. A research paper is required. This honors level course also emphasizes complex and controversial issues as vehicles for writing argumentatively and persuasively. The course focuses on an understanding of opposing points of view, the critical analysis of those views, and the development of persuasive responses to them.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: A grade of A in ENGL 111 - English I with a minimum GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor. 164 RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu English II Honors is a second-semester composition course that continues to refine the writing skills learned in English I, including fluency, coherence, organization, and control of grammar and mechanics. The course focuses on analysis and synthesis of texts, finer points of writing style, and responsible researching skills. Students write a series of documented essays in comparative, analytical, and persuasive modes. A variety of texts serves as the springboard for written and oral analysis as students continue to strengthen and refine their analytical skills through careful examination of readings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. Introduction to Literature examines selected essays and works of poetry, fiction, and drama in ways that encourage more in-depth analytical and critical reading skills. Open to majors and nonmajors, the course is designed for students who desire an introduction to literary study. The course encourages students to utilize careful textual analysis, to explore thematic connections among and between texts, and to recognize and apply literary terminology in class discussions, papers and examinations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This course introduces students to the theoretical foundation for much of contemporary literary and cultural studies. Throughout the course students will apply literary theory to a wide variety of literary texts. In order to understand the ways that literary theory is informed by the disciplines of history, psychology, and philosophy, students will study major critical approaches such as Structuralism, Postmodernism, Ethnic and Race Studies, Psychological Criticism, New Historicism, and Gender Studies. The course is recommended for students who are considering becoming English majors and for all students who want to know more about literary interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. Language, Mind, and Society introduces students to the field of linguistics, which is the study of language and how people use it. The course is organized around four topics: spoken language (conversations, gender differences in speech habits, children's talk), written language (the history of writing and our alphabet, how we read), the varieties of English (the history of English, English dialects, language and prejudice), and language theory (the structure of language, the nature of meaning). Students record and analyze examples of everyday language.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This course will examine attitudes towards the law, legal authority, and legal representatives in selected works of poetry, fiction, and drama from various cultures. The course highlights literary depictions of legal themes and legal personae, examining how various authors employ literature to validate, question, censure and/or criticize aspects of the law and the role of legal figures. The course promotes a thoughtful examination of why authors use legal themes as a vehicle for expression.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This team-taught course draws on texts in the social sciences, in history, and literature to survey the causes and manifestations of racism in diverse cultures, as well as proactive responses to it. The course will focus on racism in western and nonwestern cultures. Case studies will include - but not be limited to - European colonialism, slavery, social Darwinism and eugenics, apartheid and segregation, anti-Semitism, and contemporary conflicts like Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. This course satisfies general education requirements in humanities, literature, or social sciences. It cannot be used as the sole social science course in a degree program that has only one social science course requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. In this literature course the class reads early works from East Asia, India, the ancient Near East, and classical Greece. The emphasis is on understanding the philosophical and cultural context in which the literary works are embedded. Students encounter and examine world views and values quite different from those commonly held in the United States today. Among the topics discussed are mythology, religion, and the nature of the hero.
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