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3.00 Credits
3 sem hrs cr This course emphasizes critical thinking, argumentative essay writing, in-depth extended research, and literary criticism. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010. Selected sections of ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 Composition I and II are taught using word processing. Students should check each semester's Schedule of Classes for the designation of these sections. Word processing and keyboarding experience are not required for enrollment in these designated sections but are an asset.
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In Literary Studies Abroad, students explore the literary and cultural legacy of selected foreign destinations (which change yearly) through reading, discussion, research, and writing. Students will explore the fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and film associated with the foreign destinations, as well as the societal, cultural, philosophical, and historical forces that influenced their development. Although the course may complement the annual literary study abroad tour available to all students each summer (a tour with destinations paralleling the unique course content specific to that semester, respectively), the course is designed to stand alone as an enjoyable exploration of storied landscapes for the armchair traveler, as well.
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English 2010 provides the opportunity, through reading, discussion, and short projects, to analyze short stories and a novel in terms of their literary characteristics. This course is designed to give students experience in reading and interpreting literature.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes reading and analyzing a variety of literary selection that reflect global/cultural diversity and artistic expression throughout the ages. Prerequisite: ENGL 1020. (Formerly ENG 2010)
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3.00 Credits
Survey of American literature from the time of English colonization through the Civil War. Examines the works of significant writers of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction taking into account the events in history that influenced them.
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This course focuses on developing comprehensible and useful content for websites. Students critique the writing style of current web pages and then design online documentation and develop appropriate online copy.
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A survey of American masterpieces from the Civil War to the present.
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3 sem hrs cr This course is the study of representative works of American prose, poetry, and/or drama beginning with the early settlement period through the twentieth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 1020. (Formerly ENG 2020)
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English Masterpieces I is a survey of major and minor works from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical periods of British literature. Students will examine the fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction of these periods with respect to the literary forms and characteristics of each period, as well as to the societal, cultural, philosophical, and historical forces that influenced their development. Critical and analytical thinking, interacting, and writing are central to the course. In addition to their readings, students will participate in ten weekly online discussions of the readings for that week and complete three homework assignments designed to test their ability to analyze and synthesize their impressions of literary text with those of published critics. These three assignments are designed to improve the students' critical thinking, reading, and writing skills as they interact with literature. Furthermore, students will have six reading quizzes which will be both online and multiple-choice. The discussions, homework assignments, and reading quizzes all help students prepare for the final two components of the course: essays and exams. Students will write a long critical paper, which will incorporate research, and they will demonstrate their knowledge of the course content in three online multiple-choice exams over the Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical periods of British literature, respectively.
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English Masterpieces II is a survey of major and minor works from the Romantic, Victorian, and Contemporary periods of British literature. Students will examine the fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction of these periods with respect to the literary forms and characteristics of each period, as well as to the societal, cultural, philosophical, and historical forces that influenced their development. Critical and analytical thinking, interacting, and writing are central to the course. In addition to their readings, students will participate in ten weekly online discussions of the readings for that week and complete three homework assignments designed to test their ability to analyze and synthesize their impressions of literary text with those of published critics. These three assignments are designed to improve the students' critical thinking, reading, and writing skills as they interact with literature. Furthermore, students will have six reading quizzes which will be both online and multiple-choice. The discussions, homework assignments, and reading quizzes all help students prepare for the final two components of the course: essays and exams. Students will write a long critical paper, which will incorporate research, and they will demonstrate their knowledge of the course content in three online multiple-choice exams over the Romantic, Victorian, and Contemporary periods of British literature, respectively.
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