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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of ENG 101. It helps the student further develop composition skills through literary analysis. Students continue to focus on the writing process as they are introduced to a variety of literary genres including the short story, drama, poetry, and/or the novel. Students complete a documented paper based on library, electronic, and field research.
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Prerequisite: ENG 101
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the basic principles and practices of news reporting and writing. Students are taught to write single-incident news stories, conduct balanced interviews and edit their own copy, employing standard copy editing symbols, and format. Emphasis is also given to the theoretical side of journalism with an overview of its history, present legal controls, ethical issues, and rapidly expanding technology.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course provides further opportunities for students to explore journalism. Students conduct interviews, cover stories around the city and write journalistic articles. Opportunities are provided for specialized coverage in areas such as politics, consumerism, science, education, finance, the arts, social change, and family life. Topics include layout, headline composition, and basics of journalism law.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
The objective of this course is to sharpen students’ creative writing skills in the genres of the short story, poetry, and drama, depending on students’ interests and ability.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches the writing of formal and informal essays, articles, and reviews in a personal voice. Through the reading of modern and contemporary essays students learn to identify the unique qualities of writers in order to develop an individual style applicable to the various disciplines of public and personal writing.
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Prerequisite: A grade of B or better in ENG 201 or ENG 121, or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
The objective of ENG 315 - Playwriting is to sharpen students’ creative writing skills and to teach them the elements of playwriting and character development. Through the reading of one-act plays and practice writing exercises each week, students will learn the craft of playwriting. They will write scenes and create their own one act plays.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 & 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This is a film history and appreciation course, with special emphasis on style, techniques, genres, and themes. During one double period in which a full-length film is shown, students are encouraged to take notes. In the next class, the film is discussed and analyzed. Students will read about the development of the cinema and write essays about well-known films.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
In this course film adaptations of 19th and 20th century fiction are compared to their original versions to determine differences and similarities between literary and cinematic technique. Films based on novels include such award-winning movies as "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest," "Clockwork Orange," and "To Kill A Mockingbird". Also included are film adaptations of stories by writers such as Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ambrose Bierce, and Ernest Gaines. Students will learn terms to describe cinematic effects and techniques.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the genre of the detective story: its principal themes, plots, characters, and settings; the dramatic changes the genre has undergone (particularly in the twentieth century); its relationship to other literature and new directions of the genre today. In addition, the phenomenal popularity of the detective story will be considered: who is the audience and why has the detective story attracted such a large audience?
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course acquaints students with the wide range and varied forms of the short story as it developed in America, Europe, and other continents. Readings will include works by male and female authors of different periods and nationalities, and some attention may be paid to the historical development of the short story as a genre, as well as the cultural contexts in which the assigned stories were written.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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