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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
From Greece in 300BC to Broadway today, playwrights have taken on the daunting task of creating a slice of human drama that can be performed in (usually) three hours or less. We will read and watch a variety of plays to see how writers have created characters, wars, heavens, hells, pasts, and futures ? and brought them to life on a tiny stage in front of a live audience. From classic to cutting edge, the themes of heroism, pride, sex, love, war, and the range of human experience are brought to life in every scene.
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3.00 Credits
Using the sports program at Nichols as well as issues and events in the larger sports worls, students will develop the skills of bona fide sportswriters. The course will involve reporting on actual sports events, writing feature stories about athletes and their sports, and composing columns that combine good research with thoughtful opinion. Along the way, students will learn planning and interviewing skills and reinforce the foundations taught in their freshman writing course.
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3.00 Credits
This is a writing workshop course in which students will explore their own experiences and ideas while learning how to effectively share those ideas with readers. The course will focus on writing experiences including autobiography, profiles of others, creative literary non-fiction, and pieces that relate to world events and the society and culture around us. In addition to extensive writing, students will read model essays.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students interested in journalism and those who want to improve their written communication skills. Intensive hands-on work in various aspects of news writing combined with analysis of the influence of media?s role in the world.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be the focuses study of a single author or pair of authors. Each semester will have its own focus. The course will ask students to take an in-depth look at an author's work, their world, their biography, adn the critical reception of their work.
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3.00 Credits
This course will study theories and reading acquisition, along with strategies to develop effective pedagogy in middle and hig school reading classes. It will be based on a survey of current research. It will focus on how to determine appropriate reading level for disparate students and how to develop life-long readers.
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3.00 Credits
This course is offered on an occasional basis and addresses topics and themes of special interest not covered in the standard course offerings in English.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to demonstrate proficiency in the study of English, this course requires in-class presentations, indepth critical analysis, research, and a paper of considerable length. The content of the course varies and is determined by the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Students complete this course in conjunction with any literature course they have teaken. The course will be run similar to an independent study in that students will work one-on-one with a professor of their choice. By Exploring an area of interest, researching their topic of literature, and reading multiple texts, students compose a paper of significant length to cap off their English major experience. Senior standing only.
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3.00 Credits
Student will complete an internship in order to expolore opportunities in publishing, journalism, marketing, communications, education, and variety of other fields which welcome English majors' skills.
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