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3.00 Credits
A survey of American autobiographies during the nation's 200 years. The class will examine the cultural issues raised by each autobiographer's quest for identity, and investigate the ways autobiographers shape their lives in words. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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This course examines literature reflecting the American experience of immigrants and expressing their search for roots and cultural identity, both in the U.S. and in journeys back to their homelands. The class will explore cultural issues raised in fiction, poetry, drama, and memoirs of writers from a number of countries. Discussion and writing assignments will focus on both analyzing the literature and on examining the students' experiences. Prerequisites: ENG 103-104.
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3.00 Credits
Studies of the pride and prejudice encountered by minority groups in American culture, as expressed in literature and film. At least three of the following "voices," their songs and their out cries, will beheard each semester: the gay and lesbian voice, the Asian-American voice, the Hispanic voice, the Jewish voice, the new immigrant voice, the Native American voice, the voices of the homeless, the drugged, the disenfranchised and other minority voices. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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Elements of writing news stories; style and structure; news sources; types of stories. Discussion and criticism of various kinds of writing for the media, with emphasis on newspapers; consideration of publicity writing. It is recommended that students take ENG/JRN 121 first. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104, and ability to type.
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A survey of contemporary attempts to use the techniques of fiction writing in works of non-fiction and an examination of some outstanding examples of journalistic feature writing, magazine writing, and criticism. Students will have the choice of writing critical reviews or doing non-fiction and related writing. Includes study of one relevant documentary motion picture and one full-length non-fiction work. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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3.00 Credits
A course that provides training in the preparation of professional and technical written reports. Attention is paid to the development of the student's ability to design a coherent report, to organize ideas, and to understand and use specific forms, stylistic conventions, and standard language. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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3.00 Credits
American Nature Writing examines themes in nature writing in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and film. The approach is essentially chronological with studies that focus primarily on nineteenth and twentieth century American writing including regional investigation of the Adirondack and Catskill areas in New York state. The course will target ecology-related issues. Prerequisites: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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3.00 Credits
Can be taken either for English or History credit. Studies the settlement of the American West as it has been reflected in popular literature and films, focusing on the distinction between the actual frontier experience and the way that experience has been presented to us in our entertainment. Special emphasis on the Plains Indian, the mountain men, and the cowboys. Prerequisite: ENG 103, ENG 104.
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3.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to introduce students to several schools of critical theory widely used in literary analysis, including deconstruction, post-colonialism, feminism, Marxism, semiotics, and psychoanalysis. By the end of this course, students will be familiar with the major arguments and questions of the schools studied. This coverage will include where ideas intersect across schools, key debates at the heart of critical analysis, and practical applications. Most usefully, students will complete the course by performing analytical tasks in at least two critical schools. Prerequisites: ENG-103 and ENG-104.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory course in digital logic designed for Electrical and Computer Engineering students. Topics include: number systems, Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean expressions, combinational and sequential networks, state machine design, and networks for arithmetic operations. Prerequisite: MAT 161 or Permission of Instructor. Co-requisite: MAT 162.
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