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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is composition course introduces students to the skills, habits and conventions necessary to prepare inquiry-based research for college. While off ering students techniques and practices of invention and revision, this theme-based composition course teaches students the expectations of college-level research, academic devices for exploring ideas and rhetorical strategies for completing investigative writing. Prerequisite: Freshmen who have passed the ACT writing exam (7 or higher), who have completed the John Jay sequence of EAP 121 and EAP 131 courses, or who are qualifi ed through transfer credits will be eligible for this course. Note: ENG 101 is a prerequisite for all 200-level courses. It is suggested that students visit the Writing Center or Center for English Language Support for at least six hours of tutoring during their ENG 101 course.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is composition course introduces students to the rhetorical characteristics of cross-disciplinary writing styles. Instructors choose a single theme and provide students with reading and writing assignments, which address the diff ering literacy conventions and processes of diverse fi elds. Students learn how to apply their accumulated repertoire of aptitudes and abilities to the writing situations presented to them from across the disciplines. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or a transferable course from another institution. Note: ENG 201 is a prerequisite for all courses at the 300-level or above.
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3 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES, 3 CREDITS Students learn to write poetry through reading and imitating the techniques of the great poets of the past and present. Use of fi xed forms like the limerick, haiku, and sonnet to generate poetry. Variations on standard genres like the nature description, seduction poem, or aubade. Imitating catalogues, extended metaphors, tone of voice. How to publish poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Supervised practice in the writing of fi ction, including popular fi ction, with classroom analysis and discussion of student work. Strong emphasis on dialogue and characterization techniques. Depending on student interest, specifi c types of fi ction may be considered, such as mystery novels, Gothic romances and science fi ction. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Journalistic writing such as news articles, editorials, reviews, interviews and feature articles. Newspaper and magazine production are approached in theory and through actual practice. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Development of the writing skills required for careers in law, business, civil service, or public administration. Extensive practice in the various forms of correspondence, interoffi ce memos, informal reports, minutes of meetings, summaries, briefi ngs and presentations. Preparation of job application letters and résumés. Practice in proofreading, revising,editing. Development of reading comprehension through close study of business-related writings. One or more sections of English 235 will be designated as Computer Laboratory sections. Students who enroll in these sections have the opportunity to learn word processing techniques and are required to spend approximately two extra hours per week in the laboratory, outside of class time, to complete their assignments on the computer. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A non-specialized follow-up to the required composition courses. Nonfi ction writing that explores the interaction of structure and content, purpose and audience. Use of prewriting techniques, self-editing, peer criticism. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course is an in-depth introduction to the craft of legal writing. Skills to be acquired range from writing legal memoranda, briefs and pleadings, to negotiating and draft ing contracts. Students will gain experience in reading and interpreting judicial opinions, as well as applying legal rules to factual scenarios. Deductive reasoning, forensic rhetoric and English grammar will receive substantial attention. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th e course entails intensive study of and practice in writing in a variety of argument templates, using the principal rhetorical forms, with an eye toward developing eff ective techniques of proofreading and editing. Intensive grammar and style instruction enable students to off er global and sentence-level responses to the writing of peers. One hour weekly practicum required. Prerequisite: Grade of B+ or higher in the ENG 101-102 or ENG 101-201 sequences
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Advanced Argument Writing and Response: Th eory and Practice takes the work begun in Argument Writing to a higher level. Th is writingintensive course combines the composition practice with exposure to theories and paradigms of responses to writing. Assignments include advanced argument papers and analytical critiques of writing specifi c to the discipline. Students hone their critical skills and become expert judges of the composition process, their own writing, and of writing across the curriculum through reading and discussion of theoretical texts that refl ect a variety of methodologies. A practicum is required. Prerequisite: ENG 255
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