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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn to communicate factual information objectively for the practical use of a reader. Assignments will include determining audience needs, summarizing and classifying information, describing objects and explaining processes, and composing letters and reports for various purposes. Clear, precise and economical writing is emphasized. Technical Writing is writing from a "technical point of view" andis not limited to writing about "technical"subjects. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" orhigher in ENGL 121 or extensive experience in a specific technology and permission of instructor)
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3.00 Credits
Students will receive an overview of the art and craft of the personal essay and memoir with focus on how to transform personal narrative into literary form and the understanding of how to employ literary fictive techniques such as voice, dialogue, point of view, description, pacing, rate of disclosure, etc. Students will read creative non-fiction essays and critique them with an eye toward developing the skills to employ the techniques used by the authors read and annotated. Students will write, workshop, and revise personal essays, memoirs, and other creative non-fiction writing products and develop a portfolio by the end of the semester.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read and discuss major works of early British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the first half of the 18th century. Readings will include representative works from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and many others, with particular attention to their historical, social, and political contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read and discuss major works of British literature from the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods. The course will examine a broad and diverse range of poetry, prose, drama, and literary essays, tracing the rise and development of key styles, themes, periods, and movements in British literature over the last 200 or so years.
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3.00 Credits
The student will read and respond to masterpieces of world literature from earliest times to the 18th Century. The works' relevance for contemporary readers will be examined. This broad based exploration of the ancient world, as seen through its literary art, exposes students to a wide variety of cultures, histories and regions. Those regions include works from Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan, India, Central Asia, the Americas and Europe. (Prerequisite: ENGL 095, ENGL 097 or passing score on the English Basic Skills test; READ 092, READ 095 or passing score on the Reading Basic Skills Test)
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3.00 Credits
The student will read and respond to selected plays, novels, short stories and essays of world literature from the 18th Century to the present. The works' relevance for contemporary readers will be examined. This broad based exploration of the modern world, as seen through its literary art, exposes students to a wide variety of cultures, religions, histories and regions. Those regions include works from Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan, India, Central Asia, the Americas and Europe. (Prerequisite: ENGL 095, ENGL 097 or passing score on the English Basic Skills test; READ 092, READ 095 or passing score on the Reading Basic Skills Test)
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3.00 Credits
This survey of Early American literature from the Puritans to Walt Whitman covers such writers as Ann Bradstreet, Ben Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emerson and others. Emphasis is placed on literary movements like Transcendentalism, as well as on how American literature reflects American culture.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read works reflecting America's literary growth and evolution in the 20th century. Major writers will be studied in an effort to determine their stature and influence on American literature.
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3.00 Credits
The student will read and respond to a variety of works in children's literature. Principles of criticism will be applied to literature and artistic elements in children's books. The role of literature in the education of the imagination will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
The student will explore the domain of young adult literature by reading a sampling from various genres published for readers ages twelve and up. Students will apply principles of criticism in written and oral discussion.
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