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'This expository writing and critical reading course develops the writing and reading skills needed in other college courses. Students will practice writing clear, well-developed, grammatically correct essays, and will improve their ability to examine the main ideas and assumptions of written texts. Students consider the ways in which language reflects and shapes life and thought within perceived communities. Through a library component, students will learn to locate written and electronic sources of information. Students will compile a portfolio of their written work in the course for self-evaluation. The grade NC (no credit) is given to students who have not achieved a grade of C or better but who have completed all coursework. NC is given one time only.
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(Also COM 104) A study in the fundamental principles of public speaking, with emphasis on organization and presentation. The course includes practice in preparing outlines and presenting extemporaneously a series of expository and persuasive speeches.
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3.00 Credits
(Also COM 125) This course examines the process by which discreet events become news, and then provides the training to allow the student to evaluate critically, structure and present in a realistic and ethical context those events in a written format appropriate to various media, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the Internet. Similarities and differences among various media practices such as advertising and public relations, will be explored.
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This course surveys English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the early 17th century, including works by Caedmon the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Margery Kempe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Emphasizing tradition, the course investigates the interaction between literary conventions and social history.
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This course surveys literature in English from 1650 to 1840 and highlights the relationship between Britain and America as motherland to colony. It considers the effect of, and reactions to, the ideas transmitted to the New World. Topics examined include the influence of the Puritan Revolution, the development of satire, the rise of the novel, the Romantic Movement, Transcendentalism, and the development and expression of American identity. The course includes such diverse authors as Dryden, Swift, Columbus, Bradstreet, Wordsworth, Emerson, Barrett, Browning, Tennyson, Poe, and Douglass.
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3.00 Credits
American Literature since 1840 is a survey course, which paired with ENG 211 (British Literature Since 1840), will give students a wide breadth of exposure to representative texts of the literature written in English during this ever-increasing time period. The two courses are presented with a dual theme, which is agreed upon by the instructors involved and exemplifies the connections that can be made between British and American texts.
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3.00 Credits
British Literature since 1840 is a survey course which, paired with ENG 206 (American Literature Since 1840), will give students a wide breadth of exposure to representative texts of the literature written in English during this time period. The two courses are presented with a dual theme, which is agreed upon by the instructors involved and exemplifies the connections that can be made between British and American texts.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the writings of African-Americans from 1850 to the present. In addition to reading the literature, students will also consider the historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts important to understanding current African-American studies. Possible topics: a survey of African-American literature, African-American women, slave narratives and autobiography, contemporary fiction, or modern African-American drama.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores traditional and contemporary critical schools, including such approaches to literature as biographical, historical, psychological, formalist, mythic, Marxist, and feminist.
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3.00 Credits
This course builds on the skills developed in ENG 101, but focuses on research writing. Students will learn how to formulate research questions, identify and search both print and electronic sources, and incorporate these sources into their analysis and synthesis of their critical reading and writing about discipline-based subjects. Students will present an Objectives portfolio at least twice during the semester to demonstrate their progress toward meeting the objectives of the course. In order to receive credit for this course, students must earn a C or better. The grade NC (No Credit) is given to students who have not achieved a grade of C or better but who have completed all coursework. NC is given one time only. Pre-requisite: ENG 101 or equivalent. Take ENG-101;
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