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4.00 Credits
Using background readings on the importance of leadership and on qualities of the leader, this course will examine short works of literature that focus on characters who demonstrate leadership abilities and will examine the conditions under which leaders emerge. Interpretive essay and a research paper are required. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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The quest for peace has served as a literary theme for writers from all cultures. This course examines the advocacy and obstacles to peace, conflict resolution and the peace process in works ranging from the Greek tradegy to the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King. Interpretive essay and research paper are required. Offered periodically. Preequisite: ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
Selected case histories provide materials for an examination of legal themes which focus on the linguistic and narrative structure of legal writing and the logic of law. Students will write essays based on readings and discussions. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
Literature has long served as a repository of cultural values, transmitting societies norms and conflicts, possibilities and problems. This course will read literary selections as carriers of cultural values and as instruments of values-clarification. Short essays and a research paper are required. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement
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4.00 Credits
Known as the poetry of emotion, the lyric has been an important vehicle of expression for poets from ancient to present day cultures. The course explores lyrics from a cross cultural perspective, focusing on the methods poets have employed in order to convey the private, emotional lives of their speakers to the "public," their audience of readers. Poets include Sapho, Shakespeare, Keats, Cullen, Brooks, and Gunn Allen. In addition to studying the lyric, students will read and evaluate critical articles, as well as compose reading journals and documented essays in response to the texts. Offered annually. Prerequisite: EC II placement
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4.00 Credits
This course is aimed at developing students' personal responses to literature. The focus will be on specific literary genres such as poetry, drama, novel, short story, and non-fiction prose. The readings will cover a variety of periods and cultures. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: EC II placement
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4.00 Credits
This course is a historical and contemporary examination of how immigration, race and ethnicity have helped shape both American national identity and personal identity. Students will explore the political, social, educational, and economic aspects of immigration with emphasis on how minority populations adapted to American culture, while at the same time, changing American culture in the process. This study explores the writing of activists, political leaders, authors, and other social reformers to discover how they used the written word as a vehicle for change. Students will read articles, speeches memoirs, poems and short fiction and discuss the various societal issues that they would like to address through writing. Their work will reach audiences beyond their class and serve tangible purposes for community groups and the students themselves.
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4.00 Credits
Languague plays a role in nearly every human activity and experience. This course will provide an introduction to ways in which psychology, educational theory, sociology, biology, and linguistics contribute to the understanding of the uniquely human features of language, as well as to what we share with other phonics, language acquisition, animal communication, and nonverbal sign systems Issues of gendered language, bilingualism, and dialects will also be discussed . Offered periodically. Prerequsite: ED II placement
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a bridge between the English Composition II course that fulfills the Basic Education Program and the more demanding courses in Grammar and Composition at the 3000 level. The course will build students' writing skills by focusing on the grammatical rules and conventions demanded in formal written English. The study of grammar will be reinforced by exercises and writing assignments designed to give students the accuracy and confidence they need to write clearly and analytically. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the psychology of language and the relations among languages, behavior, and cognitive processes. It examines the psychology of learning and considers cultural motivations in language acquisition. Prerequisite: EMS
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