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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to provide students with the basic editing skills required in print journalism. Topics range from grammar, syntax and style to planning, scheduling and ethical considerations. Prerequisite: EN 111, EN 1 61 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to introduce students to the techniques and styles of technical writing, with special attention to the use of visuals and to some basic principles of formatting and design for technical documents. Students examine and write the following: short reports, definitions, technical descriptions, instructions, abstracts, process explanations, proposals, letters and resumes. Prerequisite: C or better in EN 111.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to introduce students to the basic elements of writing fiction. Students read and discuss each other's short stories in a workshop environment. The purpose of this workshop is to encourage students to shift their perspective from that of readers (an interpretive approach to fiction) to that of writers (a functional approach to fiction). The emphasis is on how a short story works as opposed to what a short story means. The focus is on the development of narrative technique to enhance the awareness of thematic content, enabling students to better express a wider range of thoughts and emotions. Prerequisite: C or better in EN 111 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to develop the skills required to read the plays and poems of Shakespeare. Students will read and discuss at least twelve plays - four comedies or romances, four histories, and four tragedies - and be tested on each play with both essay and short-answer exams. Plays selected will cover the range of Shakespeare's works from the early 1590's to 1 611.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed for close study of fiction and non-fiction works by African American writers in the 19th and 20th centuries. In this class, we will explore themes within the chosen texts, the historical context in which they were written, and how they speak to people of all races today. Themes include re-reading and re-writing of history, the marginalization of African American people, and the formation of identity in the world today.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed as a study of the work of major American poets from mid-twentieth century to present. Emphasis is on aesthetic, as well as on the historical, social and/or political contexts that inform the poetry.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to heighten the student's expressive ability through the refinement of the actor's tools (emotions, body and voice) and the development of a critical approach to the dramatic text.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to develop the student's skill in oral rhetoric. Emphasis is on research, organization and presentation of speeches that inform and persuade. Delivery, style and audience analysis are stressed. Extemporaneous speeches are evaluated by the group.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to place emphasis on recognition of the physical mechanisms that affect and produce the human voice. It presents a study of diction towards the goal of becoming an effective speaker of standard American English speech. It is designed for Radio-TV majors.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to develop a student's awareness of and appreciation for the resources of written and spoken language, with emphasis on the types and techniques of poetry and the styles of major poets.
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