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4.00 Credits
4 semester hours Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or 107 This course examines how electronic media are reshaping literature. Students will survey important concepts in poetics, and they will consider how these concepts can be applied to literature online. Reading and writing assignments will acquaint students with established and emerging genres of literature, processes for composing and publishing electronic texts, and literary resources on the Internet.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisites: ENGL 272, 290 or permission of the instructor This course will examine the relationship between nature and technology from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The impact of technology on nature, society, and culture will also be examined. Students will read, discuss, and critique representative examples of fiction and non-fiction literature with nature and technology themes. Students will also apply critical and analytical thinking skills to predict the social, environmental, and cultural impact of technology as well as practical responses to technology in the workplace.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: ENGL 208 This course builds on the work of ENGL 208 through advanced workshop, readings, and discussions to help students increase the range and sophistication of their fiction/creative nonfiction or poetry.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite(s): ENGL 272, 301, 304 (or concurrent enrollment in 304) or permission of the instructor Students will explore the cultural and ethical dimensions of technical communication, including issues such as creating and maintaining effective cross-cultural collaborative teams, conflicting values in international settings, writing across cultures, and designing information, composing visuals, explaining technical concepts, and incorporating effective persuasive strategies for international audiences. Students will also put theory into practice by designing information appropriate and effective for an international community.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or 107 This course offers an introduction to the basic principles of language structure, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Also explored are the physiological, psychological, and social aspects of language acquisition, production, and comprehension. Examples and exercises are taken from a variety of languages, but knowledge of languages other than English is not required.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite(s): ENGL 210, 272, 290 or permission of the instructor Visual rhetoric refers to conveying information through visual aspects of communication rather than through its verbal aspects. Visual rhetoric encompasses document design, the use of graphics, and visual depictions of data. In other words, visual rhetoric explores ways of making documents more effective for their audience, purpose, and content through designing text and incorporating visual elements.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: English 106 or 107 This course covers history of the English language from its earliest Anglo-Saxon beginning to modern times. Course traces the development of the varieties of English: British English, American English, Black English, etc. and emphasizes the growth of English as an international language. Recommended as an upper-level general education course for juniors and seniors.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or 107 or permission of the instructor This is a variable-topic course in which students study and write about significant issues related to the rhetoric of written texts. The course is intended for intellectually lively students, such as prospective teachers, majors in writing, communication, and political science, and others interested in learning more about the nature of writing and the "power" of texts. Specifically, the course will explore how written textspersuade and act upon readers and how writers go about producing such texts. Possible topics include invention, style, audience, argument, classical rhetoric, rhetoric of science, etc. Recommended as an upperlevel general education course for juniors and seniors. May be taken twice, provided the topics are different.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or 107 or permission of the instructor This is a variable-topic course that explores how topics and issues surrounding language, literature, and literacy influence the worlds in which people live. Possible topics include censorship, canon formation, the ebonics debate, high literature vs. popular literature, illiteracy, the uses and abuses of standard English, etc. Also recommended as an upper-level general education course for juniors and seniors. May be taken twice, provided the topics are different.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite(s): ENGL 272, 301, 314 or permission of the instructor Students will learn how to design and usability-test effective online and hardcopy instructions and manuals. The course will focus on the following topics: situational analysis, audience analysis, structure, style, design for selective reading, and graphics. Students will also learn how to design and implement usability tests for instructions and manuals.
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