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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Studies major themes in the cultural heritage of the Western world from Greek tragedy to the modern novel. Readings are from such representative writers as Plato, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Shakespeare, Austen, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Chekhov, Mann, and Sartre. Attention to speaking skills. (G7: Humanities)
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Prerequisite: EN 121 Students study how working women from Colonial times to the present have been portrayed in American literature. Through these images, students recognize significant patterns in the experience of women in the American work force and the persistent issues they face. Readings include the works of such authors as Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Theodore Dreiser, Sylvia Plath, Betty Friedan, and Alice Walker. Films present other images of women and their times. (G7: Humanities)
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Prerequisite: EN 121 Studies the nature and characteristics of comedy. Includes an equal consideration of form and meaning. Materials are from such authors as Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Jonson, Moliere, Congreve; and performers such as Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, and Woody Allen. Includes background readings from such critics as Santayana, Meredith, Frye, Langer, Freud, and Bergson. (G7: Humanities)
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Prerequisite: EN 121 Communication theory is discussed and applied to various areas such as verbal and nonverbal communication and listening in professional contexts. Among the activities the course focuses on are interviews and presentations. Videotaping is used to facilitate learning and assessment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Develops poise and effective public speaking techniques. Students select topics, organize material, and prepare for a variety of videotaped speech activities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Students learn to apply theories of speech perception and production in order to analyze, modify, and control their voices and articulation so they can communicate more effectively. Exercises in listening, voice, and speech are conducted.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Studies techniques of effective communication in the group process. Students learn to become more skillful communicators through the use of speech dynamics as applied to the psychology of communication. Group members are involved in controversial discussions as participants and group leaders. Emphasis is placed on the enlightenment and problem-solving types of discussion.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Students are introduced to the communication process among people from different cultures. The course examines the role cultural patterns, verbal communication, and nonverbal communication play in intercultural relationships. Theory and research in intercultural communication are presented and students apply this information to intercultural encounters.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Focuses on appreciation of the theatre through the study of dramatic art as it evolves from page to stage. Students study the relationship of drama text to performance through reading, acting exercises, and theatre attendance. (G6: Arts)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EN 121 Surveys dramatic literature and the development of theatrical performance. Focuses on the evolution of the use of theatrical space in the history of theatre. Students read representative plays and documents of Greek, Roman, Medieval, Elizabethan, Restoration, and 19th- and 20th-century drama. Attention to speaking skills. (G7: Humanities)
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