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3 credits (All Semesters) Prerequisites: score of 75 or better on COMPASS test or a grade of "C-" or better in ENGL/ID 78 . Instruction and practice in expository writing. Emphasizes specific writing and revision techniques to develop coher-ence, conciseness, clear and forceful style and voice, and thinking skills. Assignments range from short pieces to essays and a short research paper. Mastery of the basics of grammar and mechanics is assumed.
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3 credits (Fall Semester) An introduction to the reading, enjoyment, interpretation, critical analysis and appreciation of selected poetry.
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3 credits (Spring Semester) This introductory course focuses on the reading, enjoy-ment, and critical analysis of the short story and the novel. Students will read world literature, as well as contemporary writers of the American West; minority writers; and writers focusing on the lives of immigrants, expatriates and firstgeneration Americans.
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3 credits (Fall Semester) Comparative mythology examines the fundamental principles and motifs present in mythologies from around the world. Students in this course will study eight mythic types: the mono-myth; shamanism; the concept of feminine and masculine principles; the four functions of mythology and mythological symbolism. Each of these components will be examined through myths from Egyptian, Asian, African, Norse, European, Celtic and Indigenous North and South American traditions.
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3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) Prerequisite or Corequisite: ID 31 or instructor's consent. This is the first-level developmental course devoted to improving basic English skills for native speakers. (Note: Non-native speakers are referred to ENGL 50.) Based on as-sessment of student needs, instruction emphasizes grammar, mechanics, sentence structure and paragraph development with an emphasis on expository writing. Course may be re-peated for a total of six credits. Students receiving financial aid or veterans benefits should check with the Financial Aid Office before repeating this course. This course is cross-refer-enced with ID 15.
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3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) Prerequisites: a grade of "C-" or better in BUS 130C or ENGL 111W . This course develops skills in writing for technical applica-tion: resumes, reports, business letters and fundamentals of research--the type of writing found in business, science and industry.
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3 credits (Intermittently) This course includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, Latin and Greek roots, words derived from other languages. Class activi-ties emphasize directed practice to expand usable vocabulary.
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3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) Prerequisites: a grade of "B-" or better in ENGL 111W o r instructor ? consen t. Refines specific writing techniques and develops control of style and voice. Emphasizes the essay form, writing for a specific audience. Advanced rhetorical and persuasive forms, elementary logic and research technique s. ENGL 206GH European Literature of the 20th Centu ry 3 credits (Intermittentl y) Prerequisites: ENGL 111W or equivalent . "The oldcountry..." mysterious, exotic, sophisticated, and full of contradictions: yet a much romanticized and nostal-gically remembered "home" for so many Americans. This lecture and discussion course will focus on great writings and films of 20th century Europe, and familiarize students with crucial events of European art and hi story. ENGL
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3 credits (Spring Semester) Survey course designed to give students a broad overview of the evolving canon of influential works produced in American Literature from 1865 to the present. Students will examine a variety of authors including African-American, Native-American, Asian, and Hispanic writers, and will focus on increasing awareness of how historical, economic, social, and geographical concerns help to mold our unique American identity.
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3 credits (Fall Semester) This is a survey course that introduces students to Ameri-can literature and examines the evolving canon of American literature since the late 1700's, comparing and contrasting the contributions of women and African-American writ-ers, such as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin, with those of more traditional canonical authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, and Vladmir Nabokov. The course will study works that deal with the following subject areas: utopias, race and race conscious-ness, nature, religion and mythology, love and sex, war and gender. The course will focus on the question of whether or not art can ever be separate from the politics of culture and of time. Students will read different genres (poetry, novels, essays, short stories and memoirs) and contrast different critics ideas on literary theory.
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