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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102. Survey of English literature analyzes development of poetry, drama and novel as genres. Presents significant philosophical, historical and aesthetic influences; emphasis on such figures as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Browning, Tennyson, Arnold, Carlyle, Shaw, Conrad, Yeats and Eliot. Three class hours weekly.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102. Studies Shakespeare's dramatic art through his treatment of character, theme, form, and structure. Readings include early and later tragedies, comedies, histories, and non-dramatic works. Includes focus on Shakespeare as a representative of Elizabethan England. Papers required on topics such as biographical materials, dramatic companies, theatres, sources, criticism. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of required literature courses. Alternate academic years
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Survey course covers traditional and contemporary children's literature. Fairy tales and other works emerging from oral tradition, picture books, poetry, juvenile novels, and non-fiction and informational books are all considered, for both general literary qualities and what they offer to children. Course develops critical perceptiveness. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: Required for Early Childhood students and for those planning a career in elementary education. May also be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of required literature courses.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 102, required. Develops the abilities of students interested in creative writing with an emphasis on the techniques used in writing modern short stories and poems. Practice is provided in preparing manuscripts for possible publication. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of any required English course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. A basic course focusing on writing and preparing information for the mass media. Covers techniques for writing for print (newspaper and magazine), broadcast (radio and television), advertising, public relations and online media. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of a required English course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Designed to develop an ability to meet, with some ease and competence, demands for speaking by the educated person: concepts, physical behavior, vocal quality, preparation, organization; development and delivery of basic types of public speeches. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: Course is required in certain curricula and may be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of a required literature course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. The theories and principles of group communication. Designed to enable students to develop problem- solving, decision-making, conflict management, and leadership skills in group situations. Students participate in group projects to set goals, plan strategies, and present results. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: Course is required in certain curricula and may be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of a required literature course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102. Representative writers of post- World War II America, focusing on the ways that novels reflect contemporary society. Selected writers include Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Flannery O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, John Updike, Eudora Welty, John O'Hara, Truman Capote, Philip Roth and others. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of required literature courses. Offered upon indication of need
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101-102. Detailed introduction to the poetry genre through reading, listening to, discussing, and writing about poems and poets. Not confined to any period or nationality; rather, considers a wide range of possibilities, styles and concerns of poetry. Special attention to the work of selected poets, both old and new, for a sense of individuality and variety of vision and language. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be taken as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of any required English course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Literary survey of the Bible including epic literature, lyric poetry, epistolary literature, wisdom literature and prophetic literature. The course's intent is to present a non-theological approach to Bible study with emphasis on its literary merit as evidenced through the various types of literature previously listed. Three class hours weekly. NOTE: May be used as an English or Liberal Arts elective, but cannot be taken in lieu of required literature courses. Alternate academic years
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