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  • 1.00 Credits

    The literature studied in this course reflects the foundations and values central to the Western cultural and literary tradition. Readings may draw from a range of time periods, areas, and genres. Students respond to these texts through essays, class presentations, computer-based assignments, and group work.
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    This course examines the literature of diversity and cultural perspective. Making use of authors writing from all parts of the globe, students will explore how literature negotiates relationships between a dominant culture and subcultures existing within and alongside it. Applying the tools of literary and cultural analysis to investigate the role of power, the process of establishing community, and the potential for a subculture to find voice in literary texts, this course will expose students to the wide-ranging values, beliefs, and practices that increasingly influence the classroom and workplace. Through written, computer-based, and oral assignments, students will recognize and articulate how various cultural experiences and value systems shape, and are shaped by, each other.
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    This course examines theories and practices of 147literacy,148 a concept highly dependent upon context and enmeshed in economic, social, cultural, and political issues. The seminar will focus on a particular topic, such as literacy narratives and the role of storytelling in learning; diverse perspectives on literacy, including technological, cultural, and workplace literacy; or shifting historical and social perspectives on the notion of literacy. As students apply literacy theories to their own journeys as readers and writers and to their professional organizational contexts, they will analyze how these individual connections and observations reflect wider institutional practices. Classroom activities include response papers and discussions, as well as both collaborative work and an individual final project.
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    The Research Capstone series gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in their course work to a problem, issue, or topic of their own choosing. The range of possible projects is wide, from the development of new curricular material to publishable work in literary criticism or composition studies. ENG 541 is taught in Fall Term, ENG 542 in Spring Term; students must take both courses sequentially. ENG 541 entails class meetings with course work on research methods in composition, literature, and classroom practices, and leads to the development of a project proposal. ENG 542 primarily involves individual regular conferences with a faculty supervisor, leading to the final project. The capstone project should be completed by the end of Spring Term, though it can be submitted as late as the end of summer following ENG 542. Prerequisites: completion of four courses; or completion of three courses, including at least one from literature and one from writing, with a fourth course taken concurrently with ENG 541. Exceptions to this policy are at the discretion of the program coordinator.
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    The Research Capstone series gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in their course work to a problem, issue, or topic of their own choosing. The range of possible projects is wide, from the development of new curricular material to publishable work in literary criticism or composition studies. ENG 541 is taught in Fall Term, ENG 542 in Spring Term; students must take both courses sequentially. ENG 541 entails class meetings with course work on research methods in composition, literature, and classroom practices, and leads to the development of a project proposal. ENG 542 primarily involves individual regular conferences with a faculty supervisor, leading to the final project. The capstone project should be completed by the end of Spring Term, though it can be submitted as late as the end of summer following ENG 542. Prerequisites: completion of four courses; or completion of three courses, including at least one from literature and one from writing, with a fourth course taken concurrently with ENG 541. Exceptions to this policy are at the discretion of the program coordinator.
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    The Field Experience program allows students to test classroom theory in a work setting. Students have traditionally worked in organizations from the downtown Loop to the Chicago land suburbs. You will be a full-time employee for most of January putting in a forty-hour week. Many students have secured full-time employment from their experience. The Field Experience is for one course credit and satisfies a 300-400 level course for graduation requirement. A list of possible worksites will be published in the fall. You should contact the Career Services Office in early September to sign up for site visitations. Deadline to sign up is November 1st. A signed permit from the Director of Career Services must be submitted with registration for FEX 850-15. Prerequiste: Consent of the Director of Career Education.
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    Conversation and fundamental grammatical structures introduced through communicative exercises and practice in reading and writing, speaking, and listening. Cultural context emphasized. Prerequisite: FRN 101 or equivalent for FRN 102. FRN 101 Fall Term; FRN 102 Spring Term.
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    Conversation and fundamental grammatical structures introduced through communicative exercises and practice in reading and writing, speaking, and listening. Cultural context emphasized. Prerequisite: FRN 101 or equivalent for FRN 102. FRN 101 Fall Term; FRN 102 Spring Term.
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    Practical conversation, review of grammar through oral practice, use of films, and other materials. Development of the skills of speaking and listening and the ability to communicate effectively while traveling in French-speaking countries. Intensive review of grammar. Prerequisite: FRN 102 for FRN 201; FRN 201 for 202. FRN 201 Fall Term; FRN 202 Spring Term.
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    Practical conversation, review of grammar through oral practice, use of films, and other materials. Development of the skills of speaking and listening and the ability to communicate effectively while traveling in French-speaking countries. Intensive review of grammar. Prerequisite: FRN 102 for FRN 201; FRN 201 for 202. FRN 201 Fall Term; FRN 202 Spring Term.
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