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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course stresses the development of writing skills fundamental to expressing ideas, imagination, and opinion. It includes intensive review of the sentence, with some attention to organizing paragraphs and essays. Students are encouraged to develop fluency in written expression, clarity of style, and proficiency in the use of the English language. Does not count toward graduation.
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This course focuses on thematic reading and writing to develop the skills needed to write at college level. Students discuss, analyze and evaluate texts to inform individual writing assignments. Written work must demonstrate organization, development, logic and mastery of grammar/mechanics. Revision is required. Course content includes research writing with MLA documentation.
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This course builds on and further develops the writing skills introduced in ENGL 101 with a focus on issues in the media. Students examine how media reflects, represents and shapes society, while writing in a variety of modes. Students are required to conduct both primary and secondary research, synthesize and integrate researched material into original works, and present individual research in papers and projects.
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This course is an introduction to the process of writing in a variety of genres: poetry, short fiction, and drama. Reading and discussion of contemporary writers of poetry and fiction is required. Introduction to the practice of literary analysis that forms the basis of a workshop focused on the students’ writing.
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3.00 Credits
This course looks critically at motion pictures as art and literature with an emphasis on American film masterpieces. It introduces students to basics of film history, terminology and evolution.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the mass media and its function in society. The class examines issues of ethical decision-making and objectivity in journalism. Students write news stories, features, opinions, and other types of articles, in addition to producing photographs, for the school newspaper, the Eagle’s Eye. Deadlines for issues are set the first week of the semester; students are responsible for meeting them.
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This course is designed to develop effective business writing skills. Planning, organizing, writing and rewriting business communication including letters, memos, reports, proposals, and other persuasive and informative documents.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on approaches to literature that stress close reading with examination of literary genres, styles and techniques. Students interpret and analyze major works and are introduced to various modes of criticism. Student responses to the reading include in-class discussions, parodies, short response papers, and formal analysis papers. Prerequisite: ENGL 104.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers modern issues and themes in literature from within the United States that reflects the various ethnic groups and cultures that comprise our society. Viewpoints are examined and compared.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Introduction to Journalism, and allows students the opportunity to produce the college newspaper, the Eagle’s Eye. Student reporters are responsible for story generation, writing, copy editing, and distribution of the paper. Deadlines for issues are set the first week of the semester; students are responsible for meeting them. Beats will be decided the first week of class and students are responsible for maintaining sources.
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