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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course surveys representative works of major American and British poets and their influence on contemporary poetry. Poets such as Frost, Eliot, Hughes, Dylan Thomas and Yeats may be included. This course fulfills the College's Humanities Core requirement.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students read masterpieces of the short story and novel, increasing their understanding and appreciation of the genres by examining their elements and forms. This course fulfills the College's Humanities Core requirement.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces drama as both literature and performing art, examining its characteristic elements, forms and modes of presentation. The class will explore this art form through studying several plays within their cultural contexts. This course fulfills the College's Humanities Core requirement.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn to understand and appreciate poetry by examining the elements and types of poetry from different eras and cultures. This examination provides students with a foundation for understanding language usage in all forms of written communication. This course fulfills the College's Humanities Core requirement.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Our Relationship with the Earth In a time of environmental crisis, it has become necessary to ask ourselves some serious questions about how humans relate to and interact with the natural world. Through carefully selected readings, written responses and discussions, this seminar-type course examines how essayists, poets, naturalists, novelists and activists have approached these questions, lived them and reconciled them in their own ways. This course fulfills the College's General Core requirement in Environmental Issues.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will examine the popular genre of crime writing and crime stories, both from its historical roots to the modern books of today. Exploring this intriguing genre, students will analyze real crime stories and fictional writings as they appear in short story and novel form. This English course offers Criminal Justice and Psychology majors an English elective that is pertinent and challenging from the perspective of their discipline. This course fulfills the College's Humanities Core requirement.
  • 6.00 Credits

    Internship 3 or 6 credits This course allows students to extend their educational experience into such areas as journalism, publishing, editing and broadcasting. Work will be supplemented by appropriate academic assignments and jointly supervised by a representative of the employer and a faculty member of the department. Students must submit a job description and resume to the Director of Career Services prior to their experience. Students are responsible for filling out the appropriate Southern Vermont College Internship forms from the Internship Coordinator and abiding by the College's policies on internships. A grade of pass or fail is assigned to internships.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides theory and practice in developing speaking, presentation and listening skills to meet the special demands of communicating in the professional or business setting. Formal presentations and one-on-one encounter skills including negotiating, "defusing"situations, hearing the subtext and giving and receiving criticism are some of the topics explored. Prerequisite: En100 or permission of Division Chair
  • 3.00 Credits

    The specific skills required for audiences in professional and business arenas are studied in this course. Business correspondence, resumes, short and long reports and proposals are required writing. Students explore current technological enhancements in word processing and other software in this field and are encouraged to incorporate them in their work. Word processing skills are highly recommended. Prerequisite: En101- 102 or permission of Division Chair
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to give students a sound background for reading and understanding Shakespeare. Representative plays are studied to teach the development of the playwright's art.
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