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4.00 Credits
Authors and stories of the ancient world, primarily Greece and Rome, but topics may vary and extend comparatively to other cultures and regions (e.g. Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Old Norse, Native American)or analyze effects of ancient mythologies on writers working in later periods. (May include authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Virgil and Ovid).
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4.00 Credits
Open to majors and non-majors, the course focuses on topics relevant to English Studies. Credit may be earned in several sections of 360, but students must study a different topic in each section. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Humanities. 4.000 Credit Hours Levels: Undergrad - Springfield Schedule Types: Online, Online, Lecture, Lecture, Lecture-Discussion, Online Liberal Arts & Sciences College English Department Course Attributes: UIS: Humanities
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4.00 Credits
This course exposes students to Chinese American literature, culture, and history. It also examines how traditional Chinese culture is transformed in the context of migration. The class reading includes literary works written by Chinese American authors that have attracted scholarly attention in both the United States and China. In addition, we shall read history and critical essays as well as view film and video clips to enhance the students' learning experience. The class discussion will focus on cross-cultural topics in Asian American Studies such as: the cross-dressing heroine Mulan, the mythology of the Monkey King, ethnic food and identity, multiethnic/multiracial families, to name only a few. Through examining Chinese American community's cultural heritage in China as well as its presence in American history and culture, students are expected to gain a comprehensive view of Chinese American literature and in the process to learn about cultural diversity within the United States. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the area of Global Awareness or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of how work determines culture and individual identity. Course Information: Same as LIS 362. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ENG 102. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Open to majors and non-majors, the course meets the ECCE requirement for Engagement Experience and Elective and focuses on topics relevant to English studies. Students may study a different topic in each section. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of Engagement Experience or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Individualized instruction in writing nonfiction. 4.000 Credit Hours Levels: Undergrad - Springfield Schedule Types: Independent Study, Lecture-Discussion, Online Liberal Arts & Sciences College English Department
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches students to tutor high school and college-level students with an emphasis on writing in face-to-face, online, one-to-one, and group tutoring sessions. The course will convene in three chronological formats: orientation of how to tutor, service-learning hours, and reflections on application of tutoring theories in the service-learning hours. Course Information: Same as EXL 378. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of Engagement Experience or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Acquaints students with the writing and research practices of the social and behavioral disciplines. Provides instructions on developing a topic, building a problem or issue, identifying and collecting resources, working with and summarizing sources, in writing an introduction, literature review, and conclusion, and in using APA or MLA format.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to literary genres such as poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and the novel. Students will read and write about a particular genre or a combination of them. Prerequisites: Composition 1 and 2 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of six plays and related sonnets, with close attention to Shakespeare's language, facets of performance, and his insights into human nature. Play selection varies from semester to semester. Course Information: May be repeated if topics vary.
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