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  • ENG 1000: Preparatory and Introductory Composition

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours Develops writing skills both formal and analytical: mechanically sound sentences and paragraphs, spelling, vocabulary development, and sentence variation. The course progresses toward sustained work on sentence and paragraph structure and the organization of short descriptive and expository essays. Studentsmay read each other's work and the work of professional writers to improve their critical and interpretive skills and to discover subjects and strategies for their own essays. Placement into the course will be determined by the performance on the English placement examby students whose ACT English subscore is below 22; the course is open also to other students seeking help with these English composition skills. (Fall) No prerequisites.
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  • ENG 1010: Composition I:Introduction to Academic Writing

    2.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    2 semester hours Sentence and paragraph structure and the organization of short analytic and expository essays. Students may read each other's work and the work of professional writers to improve their critical and interpretive skills and to discover subjects and strategies for their own essays. (Fall) Prerequisites: Satisfactory performance on the English placement exam for students with ACT English subscore below 22; an ACT English subscore of 22 or higher or by a comparable SAT verbal score. Where no ACT or SAT scores are available, placement is by consent of the program chair.
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  • ENG 1020: Composition II:Introduction to Research Writing

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours Continuation of ENG1000 or ENG1010. ENG1020 is the second course in the University's Introduction toWriting sequence. Students read and discuss both fictional and non-fictional prose and prepare related writing assignments, including a substantial research-based argument paper requiring library research and documentation and synthesis ofmaterials gathered fromdiverse sources into a coherently organized paper. (Spring) Prerequisites: ENG1000, ENG1010 or equivalent via transfer or CLEP credit.
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  • ENG 1060: Introduction to Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours Helps students become more competent and productive readers of literature through the examination of works from a variety of periods and genres. Through the reading of novels, short stories, plays and poems froma variety of authors writing during a variety of eras, the course addresses such questions as:How does reading literature differ fromreading other kinds of writing? How does the experience of literature vary according to the type of work one is reading? What is the use or value of reading literature? The course will also aim to provide students with a basic critical vocabulary for the analysis and discussion of literature. (Annually) No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Aesthetic and Philosophical Expression" Group Brequirement.
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  • ENG 1140: Journalism

    3.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    3 semester hours Cross-listed with COM1140. For description see COM1140. ENG/COM2040 Technical and Professional Writing 4 semester hours Mastery of practical forms of organizational writing: letters, memos, reports, emphasizing the preparation of the long formal report common to business, government, and industrial organizations. Emphasizes mastery of the standard forms of organizational communication. (Every other year) Prerequisite: ENG1020.
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  • ENG 2040: Technical and Professional Writing

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours Cross-listed with ENG2040. For description see ENG2040. COM2140 Media Writing 3 semester hours Writing for visual and aural presentation in print, broadcast, and interactivemedia with emphasis on program continuity, commercials, public relations, and promotional campaigns. Students will plan, develop, and write scripts and feature stories intended for publication or broadcast. Prerequisite: ENG/COM1140 or consent of program.
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  • ENG 2060: Creative Writing

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours This course will be primarily concerned with the production and study of creative fiction. Students will study techniques and the imaginative uses of language in short stories, poems, and drama. Participants will read successful examples by diverse writers. Students will read and critique the creative works produced by members of the class in a friendly workshop environment. (Every other year) Prerequisite: ENG1020.
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  • ENG 2100: Linguistics

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours The course is designed to introduce a range of topics within the discipline, from phonetics through phonology, and morphology, to syntax and semantics. Participants will be exposed to the study of prescriptive and descriptive grammars. We will also study child language acquisition, language and the brain, historical linguistics and change over time, social and geographical dialects with a focus on Black English Vernacular (recently referred to as Ebonics) and English as a Second Language issues. (Spring) Prerequisite: ENG1020.
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  • ENG 2200: The Novel

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours Studies the development of the novel from the 18th through the 20th centuries; the focus will be on the English novel, but some attention will be given to American and European instances of the form. The course will also explore a range of critical approaches to the form and to its relationship with the various contexts that shape the way we read novels. (Every other year) Prerequisite: ENG1020. Meets General Education "Aesthetic and Philosophical Expression" Group Brequirement.
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  • ENG 2220: Drama Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    3 semester hours A study of the art of dramatic writing that examines representative world theatre texts, along with their cultural and historic contexts. Organized around genre forms (e.g., verse, five-act, three-act, one-person, non-realism), students analyze the form and its context, do playwriting exercises in the form, and study the masters of the form and their themes/motivations. Part performance analysis skill, part creative writing, part scholarly examination, this course is a unique context for studying and experiencing the vibrancy of theatrical forms, their cultural genesis or relevance, and for broadening skills in creative writing and understanding ancient and modern dramatic texts. Prerequisites: ENG1020, THE1100 or THE1200. Meets General Education "Aesthetic and Philosophical Expression" Group Brequirement.
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