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  • ENGL 1100: Composition I

    2.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course provides guided practice in writing college-level papers and must be taken during your first year (preferably first semester) at the College of St. Catherine. Course readings are drawn from a variety of prose models from diverse cultures. Written exercises and assigned papers focus on purpose, organization, paragraph development, sentence structure, revision and grammatical conventions.
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  • ENGL 1110: Composition II

    2.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course is designed to allow the application and expansion of critical reading, writing and thinking skills through understanding of the research process. You will demonstrate an ability to state and support a thesis; to gather, evaluate and organize information; to write in a clear and coherent style; and to develop an understanding of audience and voice. Prerequisite: ENGL 1100.
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  • ENGL 1200: Oral Communication For College

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    In this course you will develop the listening and speaking skills necessary for college and learn about U.S. academic culture and expectations. You will listen to lectures about education in the U.S., cross-cultural communication and other topics; practice various listening skills to enhance your comprehension; and work on your note-taking skills. In addition, you will make numerous oral presentations to develop your skill and confidence speaking in front of a class. Prerequisite: For non-native speakers of English; by placement or instructor?s permission only.
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  • ENGL 2000: Writing For Life: Developing Skill And Confidence

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    Designed to develop writing skills that will prove useful for a lifetime, this class will help you to discover your voice, generate and organize your ideas, explore the role of audience and purpose, navigate your way through grammar and mechanics basics, and edit for clarity and correctness. From invention to revision, the writing process is the focus here. You will have the valuable opportunity to share your writing with peers in small groups and meet with your instructor in individual conferences. Skills learned in the class will enhance academic and professional careers.
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  • ENGL 2010: Introduction to Creative Writing

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course allows you to explore realms of imaginative writing. You will produce poems and stories along with other genres, including possibly plays, memoirs, and experimental intermixings and cross-overs. As the first course of the creative writing sequence, you try out a number of styles, forms and approaches to language and gain exposure to a broad range of creative work. Offered every semester. Also offered in Weekend College. This course does not meet the liberal arts core requirement in literature, nor, while writing intensive, does this course fulfill a writing intensive requirement.
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  • ENGL 2040: Introduction to Professional Writing

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    Positions with magazines, businesses, the media and Web sites are common career options for writers. Professional writing requires a unique set of skills that builds upon, but is not the same as, other types of writing expertise such as academic writing, poetry and fiction writing and memoir. In this course, you will learn how to develop topics into thoughtful, creative and marketable works. You will hone your skills in areas like in-depth interviewing, background research and editing. More importantly, you will practice, discuss and receive feedback on the specific type of writing you will do as a professional writer.
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  • ENGL 2050: Rhetorical Grammar

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course focuses on the grammar of standard written English from the rhetorical perspective, that is, how the topic, purpose and audience affect the writer?s grammatical and stylistic choices. In addition, the sociocultural significance of grammatical usage in U.S. society, and issues and concerns that surround the teaching of grammar are addressed. Appropriate for education majors and students who wish to strengthen their grammar skills. Also offered in Weekend College.
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  • ENGL 2100: Creative Writing

    2.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This writing-based literature course introduces you to a variety of ways in which the written word can be used to express, analyze and critique an array of personal, cultural and political themes and experiences. You will study closely the writings of emerging, established and renowned authors working in a variety of genres (journals, short fiction, drama, poetry, memoir). You simultaneously engage in a series of creative writing exercises and projects that allow you to explore the implications of the written word in your daily life. In addition, you are required to attend several readings by published authors in the local community, as well as give a final reading of your own creative works at the end of the term. Prerequisite: ENGL 1100.
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  • ENGL 2120: The Immigrant Perspective in Literature

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course explores the immigrant perspective in literature, in particular issues of cultural adaptation and change, and educational aspirations of immigrant women in the U.S. You will read novels written by and about immigrants in the U.S. and readings that provide the historical and socio-cultural context for the novels. You will increase your fluency and comprehension in reading academic English and develop analytical and critical reading skills. You will explore ideas and themes, and expand your vocabulary in a reading journal, and work on developing and organizing your ideas through the process approach to writing papers. In addition, you will develop confidence and ease contributing to class/group discussions. Meets the liberal arts core requirement in literature. Prerequisite: For non-native speakers of English; by placement or instructor?s permission only.
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  • ENGL 2130: Written Communication For College

    4.00 Credits
    St Catherine University

    This course focuses on research-based writing and includes extensive practice paraphrasing, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, integrating and documenting outside sources. Also addressed are the cultural assumptions of U.S. academic writing, with particular attention given to plagiarism and personal voice. You will complete a research paper on a topic of your own choosing, preferably related to your intended major. You will also work on editing your papers for errors. ENGL 2130 is a writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: For non-native speakers of English; by placement or instructor?s permission only.
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