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This course focuses on writings that evolve from cultural, intercultural, and natural environments and offers development of students' critical reading, writing, and thinking skills by focusing on rhetorical situations and the more global contexts of writing. Students enhance their understanding of leadership and cooperation through synthesizing their knowledge and abilities of written communication with knowledge they have gained in other courses. Required for business students. Offered for undergraduate credit only. (Note: Students may not receive credit for more than one of the following: 305, 306, 403). Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and 225 or equivalent and successful completion of the WEPT. Offered: Every semester. 3 hrs
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Introduction to the styles and techniques of reporting and writing basic news through assignments in straight news, features and in-depth stories. Exposure to the history and principles of American journalism. Practical application in in writing news and news feature articles. Also offered as COMM-ST 303WI. 3 hrs
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(Formerly ENGLISH 230). This course takes a student-centered approach to writing about and with technology. The course examines the reciprocity of culture and technology in intersecting local and global contexts. Course materials will vary depending on the instructor, but all sections will use genres of technical writing to explore the relationships between specific institutional and professional environments and such broader issues as economics, gender, history, myth, and nature. Prerequisites: ENGLISH 110, ENGLISH 225 and pass on WEPT. Offered: Every semester. 3 hrs
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(Formerly ENGLISH 220). A course in expository writing for the student with superior writing preparation and ability. The work of the course will include readings on the nature of language, the writing of frequent short essays and a long paper. Admittance by consent of the instructor. (NOTE: Students may not receive credit for more than one of the following: ENGLISH 305, ENGLISH 306,ENGLISH 403). Prerequisites: ENGLISH 110, ENGLISH 225, and successful completion of the WEPT. Offered: Every semester. 3 hrs
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This course is a comprehensive introduction to the theory, methodology, and applications of the science of language. It examines properties of human language, covers all branches of language science, and provides a foundation for a critical understanding of language issues. Required for ENGLISH 470; recommended for ENGLISH 320 and ENGLISH 330. 3 hrs
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A survey of American literature and culture from its beginnings to 1865. This course will cover a range of authors, several genres, and culture forms, which may include fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, oral, contact and/or slave narratives, folklore, and songs. 3 hrs
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A course centered on the short story. Emphasis is placed on three areas: general principles governing the writing of fiction; practice in short fiction (primarily the short story, but including the novella); criticism; and technical skills (including editing and rewriting). Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in or completion of ENGLISH 213 or ENGLISH 214 or instructors permission. 3 hrs
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A seminar of practical application in advanced reporting. Assignments to cover news events and to pursue in-depth news reports on the campus and off. Work is turned in on deadline and critiqued by the instructor. Prerequisites: ENGLISH 110, ENGLISH 225, and successful completion of the WEPT. 3 hrs
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Writing and rewriting poems, with discussion of techniques needed to produce desired effects. Analysis and evaluation of student work. Examination of technical means utilized in selected poems by accomplished poets. Offered: Winter. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or completion of ENGLISH 215 or instructors permission. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
Literary Nonfiction is a writing intensive course in the reading and writing of nonfiction prose as a literary art. We'll survey the historical development of literary nonfiction (especially the essay), sample contemporary authors of the genre, write critical commentary on works we read, and compose personal essays of our own. The course is not exculsively a literary seminar nor a creative writing workshop, but seeks to mix and make connections between these modes, in the tradition of the essay itself. Prerequisites are ENGLISH 110, ENGLISH 225,and completion of the WEPT. 3 hrs
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