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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission from instructor. This course is an introduction to the study of fiction. Students explore the historical development of fiction as a literary form and learn about the elements of fiction in order to read, interpret, and react critically. In addition, students analyze the interaction of these various elements to create a whole in a work of fiction. Through written and oral discussion of short stories and novels, students work to understand the relationship between author, fiction, and reader.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. This course is designed to teach the skills needed for writing print media. While the focus is on news writing (summary leads, inverted pyramid-style journalism), the course also covers news gathering, coverage of special beats, feature writing, journalism law and ethics. Students will report real events and learn to work on deadline.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. The course explores American literature from pre-colonial years to the Civil War. Readings include non-fiction, such as journals of exploration and captivity, political essays, sermons; and short and long fiction. The course follows chronological order and considers political, social, religious, and economic influences on writers. We will read well-known authors such as Bradstreet, Franklin, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Whitman, and less-widely published minority writers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. The course explores American literature from post-Civil War era to the present. Readings include non-fiction, poetry, drama, and short and long fiction. The course follows chronological order and considers political, social, religious, and economic influences on writers. We will read well-known authors such as Twain, James, B.T. Washington, Chopin, and Faulkner, and less-widely published minority writers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. This course explores literature by Americans of Asian, African, Hispanic and Native heritage. Readings include non-fiction, poetry, short stories and novels. The course is designed to increase student awareness of the multicultural nature of American life and literature. The values and beliefs of non-European cultures in America are examined through the readings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission from instructor. This course introduces students to an international collection of writers, cultures, and literature. Students read a variety of literary genres, and the course approaches literature as a vehicle for analysis and discussion of the global nature of writing and reading, as well as the diversities that the literature reflects.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. A study of basic creative writing techniques, including those employed in fiction, poetry, and drama. Through class participation, students are encouraged to attain the kinds of insights into literature and creativity that accompany artistic expression.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. Literature and Film examines the relationship between literary and cinematic forms of narrative. Through the reading of selected short stories, plays, and novels, and the viewing of feature-length films, this course stresses the similarities and dissimilarities between the two art forms, as well as the nature and processes of adaptation. Students will also develop skills in film analysis and criticism in written responses to the films that are viewed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of instructor. This is a flexible course in which an instructor teaches some aspect of literature, writing and language for which he or she has a special competence when there is sufficient student interest.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or permission of instructor. (Does not fulfill a humanities requirement.) This course focuses on the forms of written communication required to obtain and hold a job, to participate in business, to report in technical and investigative fields and to serve in community or professional organizations. Students will receive instruction and practice in writing summaries, correspondence, instructions, publicity releases, reports, brochures and proposals. Students will also learn to choose a format and style appropriate for their audience and purpose.
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