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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
An independent study in literature or composition in aspects of English studies not otherwise available in scheduled courses. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and Department Chair.
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3.00 Credits
(Alternate years (2010-2011) This course emphasizes the philosophical roots of theories for reading texts from an ethical perspective, and applies those theories to the issues raised in media communications today. In the first half of the semester students will read primary texts of critical theory and apply those readings to a single literary text. The second half of the course will treat the issues involved in the ethics of journalistic writing. Grounded in the ethical critical theory read during the first half of the semester, students will explore questions media professionals confront when writing for publication, such as: What does freedom of the press mean? What is the fourth estate? What constitutes “news” and, once that definition is arrived at, is it ever ethical to withhold news from the public? Students will confront these questions through comprehensive reading, case studies, their own writing, the sharing of their thoughts through blogs and discussion. Prerequisite: COMM/EN 385
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3.00 Credits
(Alternate years 2010-2011) Senior English majors will learn advanced research methods, and prepare a scholarly research paper on a text on which they have done extensive scholarly research and critical study. Students will learn advanced research methods via research activities/worksheets and formal writing. Students will pursue research through the following modules: 1. Identify and read closely a particular text to be the focus of research. 2. Complete a series of research activities about the research topic. 3. Compile an extensive bibliography and review of secondary literature. 4. Write a letter of submission to The Explicator or comparable scholarly venue. 5. Submit a completed 6 - 10-page document that complies to standards for publication submission.
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3.00 Credits
Principles and strategies of creative writing techniques in the genres of poetry and fiction. Students will become acquainted with local and national writing and publishing resources. For the final project, students will work in one genre (poetry or fiction,) to complete a manuscript for submission to Warner Pacific’s literary magazine, Rocinante . Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill participatory Fine Arts Core Studies requirement. Prerequisite: EN 101 or transfer equivalency.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop approach to the writing of nonfiction articles and other nonfiction forms for periodical magazines. Students will write to foster inquiry into topical issues, writing about lives, places, events, and ideas, whether scientific, ethical/philosophical, or historical. Reading and discussion of models; practice in finding ideas, using storytelling and creative writing techniques, gathering materials, incorporating research, and revising. Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill participatory Fine Arts Core Studies requirement. Prerequisite: EN 101 or transfer equivalency.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to introduce the student to the visual and spatial arts, theater, music and architecture by considering subjects, functions, mediums, means of organization, elements and styles of each. Also enables the student to understand the basic assumptions about the arts and to encourage the student to arrive at and communicate his/her own artistic judgments based on study, familiarity and experience. Prerequisite: EN 200
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3.00 Credits
In what way is the city “a theater of social action”, as Lewis Mumford declared it to be? This course examines the role of the arts and cultural expression in the development of urban culture. Students will explore the role of formal and informal theater, music, dance, including mime in the shaping of the city, with the City of Portland as a case study. Prerequisite: URB 140.
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3.00 Credits
(Alternate years 2010-2011) Aesthetic theory from classical Greece to the present. Fundamental principles such as aesthetic experience, art as form and expression, truth in art, morality and art, aesthetic quality. Issues addressed include: What is a work of art? What is the nature of beauty and how is it related to other values? What are the criteria of criticism? Prerequisite: EN 200.
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3.00 Credits
Principles and strategies of creative writing techniques in the genres of poetry and fiction. Students will become acquainted with local and national writing and publishing resources. For the final project, students will work in one genre (poetry or fiction,) to complete a manuscript for submission to Warner Pacific’s literary magazine, Rocinante. Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill either Communications or participatory Fine Arts Core requirements. Prerequisites: EN 101, 200 or transfer equivalency.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop approach to the writing of nonfiction articles and other nonfiction forms for periodical magazines. Students will write to foster inquiry into topical issues, writing about lives, places, events, and ideas, whether scientific, ethical/philosophical, or historical. Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill either Communications or participatory Fine Arts Core requirements. Prerequisites: EN 101, 200 or transfer equivalency.
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