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3.00 Credits
Fulfills a General Education Humanities requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. This course will introduce students to some of the major writers of the British Isles through careful study of a variety of literary works from the Romantic period to the present. Engages students with common practices in reading, interpreting and writing about literature, and it will address questions of literary form and genre, the relationship between literary works and the cultures that produce them, and how and why we read. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the importance and scope of the literature for the time period covered by creating connections, both verbal and written, between various texts and authors. 2. Through short written and oral responses and reflections, investigate the significance of a wide variety of genres from the literary movements and time periods covered. 3. Identify and explain the significance of major authors and movements covered in this survey. 4. Analyze and critique a specific literary text in a meaningful and effective fashion, doing far more than stating the obvious. 5. Synthesize relevant scholarly sources with the student's own original ideas in a balanced manner (quotations, paraphrases, and summaries fit nicely with paragraph main ideas and topic sentences). SP
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills a Literature/Humanities General Education requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. Required of all English majors. Introduces literary appreciation, and teaches criticism and terminology as applied to various types of literature, including fiction, poetry, and drama. Requires critical analysis of prose, poetry, and drama. Acquaints students with basic literary terminology, provides a brief survey of pertinent literary theories, and surveys pivotal critical texts. Students respond to texts to understand how meaning is created through transactions among writings, readers and cultures. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the importance and contributions of the major theorists and critical movements covered in this survey. 2. Apply important literary terms and vocabulary to relevant literary and cultural texts. 3. Evaluate the contribution of major theorists and important critical movements to the academic fields of literature and cultural studies. 4. Analyze both canonical and popular literary and cultural texts through specific critical lenses. 5. Create unique researched essays that synthesize theoretical concepts and relevant scholarly research with primary literature. FA, SP
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
For students in all disciplines who wish to work with The Southern Quill, Utah Tech University's literary magazine, and who want to pursue projects in creative writing such as poetry, short stories, plays, and essays. Students must attend weekly meetings and produce works in the genre(s) of their choice. Variable credit: 1.0 - 3.0. Repeatable up to 6 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain and apply the basic tenets of editing and journal production, including but not limited to web development, copy editing, layout and document design, and research. 2. Apply professional and technical writing skills to compose marketing and publicity materials as well as informational documents, email, solicitations, social media, and websites. 3. Professionally meet deadlines and practice professionalism in dealing with campus and community entities. 4. Carry out assigned duties in a timely manner. 5. Analyze various undergraduate literary journals for content and aesthetic considerations. 6. Participate in collaborative learning by working with journal staff members and other interns. 7. Perform investigative and/or observational research, focus relevant details, and integrate research into journals' websites, publications, and publicity materials. 8. Investigate and partake in the process of publication, including journal research. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission. SP
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3.00 Credits
Successful students will understand a common ethical framework, be able to identify when business ethical issues arise and apply the framework to analyze and resolve them. Students also will be able to effectively recognize and model diverse professional communication styles by analyzing various business audiences, writing and presentation purposes, and documents (including extensive formal research reports) based on business communication theory, ethical frameworks and practical application. Dual listed with MGMT 3100. Students may take only one course for credit. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain an ethical framework used in business contexts and identify when ethical issues in business arise for which the framework should be applied. 2. Apply an ethical framework to analyze and resolve ethical dilemmas. 3. Write clear, correct, concise, complete, and culturally aware artifacts for professional contexts. 4. Write, design, and analyze several types of business documents using appropriate media. 5. Synthesize research with their own ideas to produce artifacts and oral presentations that inform and persuade a target audience. 6. Demonstrate the ability to collaborate well with others to produce quality rhetorical documents. Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 (Grade C- or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C- or higher). FA, SP
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3.00 Credits
Required of all English majors, and recommended for other students who wish to expand and deepen their skills in critical reading, critical thinking and integrated analysis within a variety of rhetorical contexts. Students will be asked to write several persuasive, argumentative, and expository essays. Based on rhetorical theory and through practical application, students will be able to effectively recognize and model diverse writing styles by analyzing various audiences, writing purposes, and documents. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Compose (and model) a variety of texts in various genres (or modes), for different audiences and purposes - several of which go above and beyond those of typical freshmen and sophomore composition courses. 2. Compose by way of a variety of written voices for different audiences and purposes (within a variety of rhetorical contexts). 3. Compose at least one academic source-synthesis essay that requires reading (and incorporating) academic research into one's own writing (for an academic context and purpose). 4. Explain the ways in which workplace writing is different from academic writing. 5. Compose at least one document synthesizing primary research, such as interviews or surveys. 6. Identify one's own writing processes and how they can be improved. 7. Submit for possible publication at least one written document composed during English 3030. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). FA, SP
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3.00 Credits
Takes an in-depth approach to the study of a particular topic in creative writing. The focus of the course will be dependent on the instructor but will revolve around a particular creative writing topic, genre, or community-engagement/service-learning opportunity. Repeatable for up to 6 credits (repeated course must be a different topic with a different instructor). Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). FA (odd)
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3.00 Credits
Required of English majors pursuing an emphasis in Professional & Technical Writing, and open to students who wish to create effective professional documents for the workplace. Successful students will demonstrate competence in all aspects of document design, including (but not limited to) the following: overall organization and layout; usability theory, application and testing; data organization and display; visual rhetoric (the use of color, size and white space); and theories of writer-based and reader-based writing. Also examines existing research on how different readers process information in different ways. Students will write their own technical documents, for both print and online contexts, in order to apply knowledge learned in class. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply basic design principles when creating and revising documents. 2. Produce a variety of documents in print and electronic formats appropriate to audience and purpose. 3. Analyze existing documents for contemporary design principles as well as for the rhetoric embodied by the designs. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). SP
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3.00 Credits
Required of English majors pursuing an emphasis in Professional and Technical Writing, and open to other interested students. Focuses on techniques for writing effective grants and proposals, learning about the processes that lead to successful grant and proposal writing, generating and focusing on an idea, writing in a variety of formats, and providing supporting information. Successful students will demonstrate they understand the qualities of an effective proposal through their critiques of funded and non-funded proposals and by writing a proposal. This course is designated as an Active Learning Community Service (ALCS) course. Students provide service in areas of public concern in a way that is mutually beneficial for both the student and community. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Compose a grant proposal that exhibits the fundamental elements of each section. 2. Apply critical thinking when writing the current situation, goal(s), objectives, and tasks. 3. Generate a solid budget and project evaluation plan. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). SP
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3.00 Credits
Provides experienced writers with the opportunity to improve their understanding of narrative prose writing techniques and the elements of fiction, including plot, dialogue, characterization, setting and symbolism. In addition to producing original works of fiction, including short stories, novellas and excerpts from novels, students become proficient in examining, assessing, and critiquing published works of fiction by established writers. All creative materials produced by students will receive critiques in class workshops. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Craft fiction that employs the basic elements of fiction, such as plot, dialogue, characterization, and symbol. 2. Analyze exemplary works of published fiction and use these narratives as models for their own stories. 3. Critique materials produced for class by colleagues, providing suggestions for effective revision. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher) AND ENGL 2250R (Grade C or higher). SP
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3.00 Credits
Provides experienced writers with the opportunity to improve their understanding of poetry writing techniques and the elements of poetry, including rhyme, meter, imagery, symbolism and diction. In addition to producing original works of poetry, students become proficient in examining, assessing, and critiquing published works of poetry by established writers. All creative materials produced by students will receive critiques in class workshops. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain and exhibit an understanding of the basic tenets of poetry, including but not limited to imagery, diction and syntax, sound, rhythm, form, figurative langue, voice, tone and structure, and research. 2. Identify types of poetry; poetry terminology; versification; and poetic forms, and successfully demonstrate a knowledge of these characteristics by developing them within students' own writing. 3. Analyze professional and student texts, recognizing areas where writers successfully exhibit technique as well as where writers need improvement. 4. Collaborate with classmates and writers in a conventional creative writing workshop model. 5. Compose creative works that include investigative, immersive, and/or observational research with focused details and a creative voice. 6. Compose and submit query letters and manuscripts for publication. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher); and ENGL 2250R (Grade C or higher). SP
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