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3.00 Credits
Students in this advanced writing course develop their abilities as writers of non-fiction prose. Emphasis is on developing voice and perfecting style whether for composing personal essays or for presenting research. Students can expect to participate in class writing workshops as well as experience a short review of grammar and mechanics. Required of all students planning to teach English in secondary education. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Conducted as a workshop, this course considers a step-by-step approach to the business of freelance writing. Students learn how to select a topic and then market story ideas and ultimately articles to editors. Learning to write well will be the emphasis of the class. Students will read, analyze and study a wide range of articles as they develop their writing style. NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH JOUR 312 OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Conducted as a workshop, this course considers the theory and practice of writing reviews and opinion pieces. Students will review a variety of popular art forms, and will develop skills in writing editorial and opinion pieces. The study and critique of local and national reviewers and opinion writers will also be included. NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH JOUR 315 OFFERED EVERY OTHER FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This seminar considers special topics in American literature from colonial settlement through the Civil War. Each course is organized by a theme, by a central critical question or questions, or by a genre, literary movement, period, or major figure. Recent topics include: Transcendentalism and the American Renaissance, and Civil War Literature. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 240 OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This seminar considers special topics in American literature from the Civil War to the present. Each course is organized by a theme, by a central critical question or questions, or by a genre, literary movement, period, or major figure. Recent topics include: Contemporary American Drama, American Literature and Social Reform, The Immigrant in American Literature, and African-American Fiction and Film Noir. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 240 OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This seminar considers literature from outside the mainstream of American, English and Western European literary traditions by focusing on Native American literature or Islamic literature. Each course offering will be organized by a theme, by a central critical question or questions, or by a genre, literary movement, period or major figure. With the approval of the department an advanced literature course or a foreign language may fulfill this requirement for the major. It is recommended but not required that students complete ENGL 200 before taking this course. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
A critical study of the major plays of Shakespeare, their place in the development of English drama, and their current performances on stage and screen. Required of all English majors. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 230 OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the historical development of the English language from its origins in Anglo-Saxon to its current incarnations around the globe. Students will learn basic principles of linguistic description and analysis, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The course will follow the diachronic development of the language through the cultural and historical changes which produced Old, Middle and Modern English, including the impact of Norman French, Renaissance Greek and Latin, and the intercultural exchange precipitated by the growth of the British Empire. In addition the class will examine the role of key literary figures such as Chaucer and Shakespeare in establishing standard dialects and developing vocabulary and syntax. Students will complete exercises in linguistics, take regular tests on the course material, and complete research projects in etymology and usage. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY THIRD SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
What happens when we read literature? How does a literary work come to "mean"? What do literary textstell us about the nature of language? What do they tell us about the culture they're part of? And what's thedifference, really, between literary texts and other kinds of writing? Many literary critics and theorists have pondered these questions lately, and we'll explore them too, by studying primary texts in criticism and theory written since the 1960s. The particular focus of the course will vary, but will typically involve some discussion of structuralism and post-structuralism, feminist criticism, and cultural studies. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY THIRD SPRING SEMESTER
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Work in a professional setting appropriate for English majors, in an area of interest to the student, involving part-time or full-time employment by a cooperating business, office, or agency. NOTES: ARRANGED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER
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