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ENG 215 (Formerly EN 231) - Survey of American Literature to 1900 English 215 is a one semester course designed to provide the student with an appreciation of American poetry, fiction and drama by presenting the achievements of classic American writers of the late seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in their historical context. By reading and discussing in class a number of representative works from William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and others, students should develop greater analytic power, literary insight and deeper understanding of the main currents of American thought (3 Credits). Prerequisites: ENG105 and ENG110
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This course will recognize the changing role women have experienced culturally, sexually, and psychologically through their writing. The course will also question biases and stereotypes that have defined women's roles in the United States and compare them to contemporary attitudes toward women and their culture. (3 Credits) Prerequisites: ENG105 and ENG110
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In this course, students will read, analyze, and discuss literary works written by African Americans. Beginning with works written by enslaved African Americans, this course will include writings representative of Reconstruction, The Great Migration, The Harlem Renaissance, Black Realism, The Black Arts Movement, Modernism, and Post-Modernism. Genres studied will include poetry, fiction, drama, historical narratives, biography, film and music, specifically jazz, blues, and hip-hop. This course will also look at the connection between culture and politics by reading the texts of key writers such as Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, and others. (3 Credits) Prerequisites: ENG105 and ENG110
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Intro to Creative Writing introduces students to three genres of writing: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students will practice writing in different forms and learn the basic tools necessary to produce a piece of creative writing. Learning to analyze writing critically is another key component of this course. After all, reading is an essential part of becoming a strong creative writer. The class will a foster a workshop environment in which students will peer edit and provide feedback on each others work, using guidelines and criteria provided by the instructor. Feedback given by the students and instructor will assist the student during the revision process. Shorter, spontaneous assignments will combine with longer assignments to refine student writing. Prerequisite: ENG105. (3 credits)
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This course will examine the genre of the short novelor novellaespecially its traditional and innovative narrative techniques, its various ways of constructing authorial point-of-view, its mode of plot compression, its diverse range of styles, and its respective place among canonical texts. Authors may include Graham Greene, Truman Capote, Nella Larson, Honore de Balzac, Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Don DeLillo, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and John Steinbeck. (3 credits) Prerequisites: ENG105 and ENG110
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Professional and Technical Writing familiarizes the student with both business correspondence and the technical writing skills required by business and industry. The course emphasizes gathering and synthesis of information in the compilation of written and oral projects. The student will complete the following technical documents: informational reports, progress reports, recommendation reports, proposals and grants, definitions, and instructions. Some reports are compiled collaboratively. Some of these projects require the creation/inclusion of infographics and may be delivered as oral reports and/or uploaded for online viewing. (3 Credits) Prerequisite: ENG105
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Introduction to Poetry is a creative writing class that focuses on the genre of poetry. Students will learn and employ the basics of the genre, such as figurative language, similes, metaphors, line breaks, and concrete imagery. Students will also practice writing in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet, villanelle, narrative poetry, and free verse. The course will include a study of classic and contemporary poetry and entail in-class and out-of-class writing assignments. Students will produce a final portfolio of work drafted, workshopped, and revised during the semester. ( 3 credits) Prerequisites: ENG105
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Literature and the Environment will address the role that literature can play in our understanding of the environment. The course will cover a wide timespan and various genres, including investigative journalism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Texts covered may include the American Transcendental period of the 1800s, investigative environmental writing of the 1960s, and contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. We will also identify techniques though which poets, essayists, journalists, fiction, and nonfiction writers have addressed environmental questions through the form and context of their works. Lastly, through close reading, critical thinking, class discussions, and analytical writing, we will investigate the ways in which literature can impact how people relate to nature and the environment. (3 Credits) Prerequisites: ENG 105 and ENG 110
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This course will primarily focus on the genres of fiction and creative nonfiction. Writing assignments may include flash fiction, short stories, feature writing, and memoir writing. Short, spontaneous writing prompts will be used to generate ideas for longer, graded assignments. The writing process will include peer editing and feedback to assist with the revision process. Students will also be required to study the work of contemporary authors. At the end of the semester, students will produce a portfolio of final work. Prerequisite: ENG105. (3 credits)
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Students will learn the process of grant writing and understand meeting the requirements of a request for proposal. After completing this course students will have the basic foundation for writing grant applications. (3 credits) Pre-requisites: ENG105
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