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  • ENGL 402: Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in creative nonfiction. Emphasis will include the craft of the genre as students concentrate on consistency in voice, choices in narrative and psychic distance to events, negotiations of dramatization and reflection, ethos and verisimilitude of an increasingly hostile genre, and control of prose through consistent, evocative technique. The class will also require writing analytically about model texts. Prerequisite: ENGL 401. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 365 and ENGL 401. (2) Discuss original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including psychic distance, dramatization, exposition, verisimilitude, and significant detail. (3) Analyze and discuss the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of creative nonfiction essays. (5) Identify and make use of increasingly complex techniques for essay writing. (6) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary creative nonfiction. (7) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of creative nonfiction and to relevant contemporary criticism about creative nonfiction.
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  • ENGL 403: Fiction Workshop 2

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in fiction. Emphasis will include the craft of the genre as students concentrate on point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, dialogue, and "form(s)" of the short story. The class will also address revision as an explicit aspect of the writing process. Prerequisite: ENGL 366. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 366. (2) Discuss original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including composition, revision, point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, and form. (3) Analyze and discuss the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of short stories. (5) Identify and make use of increasingly complex fictive techniques. (6) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of fiction including both the novel and collections of short stories.
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  • ENGL 404: Fiction Workshop 3

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in fiction. Emphasis will include the craft of the genre as students concentrate on point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, dialogue, and "form(s)" of the short story. The class will also require writing analytically about model texts. Prerequisite: ENGL 403. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 366 and ENGL 403. (2) Discuss original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including composition, revision, point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, and form. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Revise drafts of stories, including texts developed independent of workshop discussion. (5) Identify and make use of increasingly complex fictive techniques. (6) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary fiction. (7) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of fiction including both the novel and collections of short stories and to relevant contemporary criticism about fiction.
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  • ENGL 405: Poetry Workshop 2

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in poetry. Emphasis will include the craft of the genre as students concentrate on form, concrete language, image, poetic conventions, the line, metaphor, and the lyric tradition. The class will also address revision s an explicit aspect of the writing process. Prerequisite: ENGL 367. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 367. (2) Discuss poetry in workshop to demonstrate engagement with craft, prosody, and process-based writing. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and professional poets. (4) Use workshop feedback as an integral part of revising drafts of poems. (5) Identify and make use of increasingly complex received and rhetorical forms for writing poetry. (6) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to entire collections of poems written by a single author.
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  • ENGL 406: Poetry Workshop 3

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in poetry. Emphasis will include the craft, theory, and traditions of the genre. The class will also require students to respond analytically to model texts and/or essays on craft and prosody. Prerequisite: ENGL 405. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 367 and ENGL 405. (2) Discuss poetry in workshop in order to demonstrate engagement with craft, prosody, and process-based writing. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional poets. (4) Revise drafts of poems, including poems discussed in workshop and poems drafted independently. (5) Identify and make use of increasingly complex received and rhetorical forms for writing poetry. (6) Identify form and meter in selected passages of verse using appropriate terminology. (7) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary poetry. (8) Write literary analyses of individual poems, full collections, and/or craft essays, using secondary research sources as appropriate.
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  • ENGL 411: Creative Nonfiction Workshop 4

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in creative nonfiction. Emphasis will include the craft and theory of the genre as students concentrate on consistency in voice, choices in narrative and psychic distance to events, negotiations of dramatization and exposition, ethos and verisimilitude of an increasingly hostile genre, and control of prose through consistent, evocative technique. Students will assemble a mini-collection of their work in creative nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 402. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 365, ENGL 401, and ENGL 402. (2) Lead discussions of original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including psychic distance, dramatization, exposition, verisimilitude, and significant detail. (3) Analyze and discuss the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of creative nonfiction essays. (5) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary creative nonfiction. (6) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of nonfiction and to relevant contemporary criticism about creative nonfiction. (7) Create a manuscript in standard format for the genre that represents a substantial step toward a chapbook-length project or mini-collection.
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  • ENGL 412: Fiction Workshop 4

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in fiction. Emphasis will include the craft of the genre as students concentrate on point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, dialogue, and "form(s)" of the short story. Students will assemble a mini-collection of their work in fiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 404. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 366, ENGL 403, and ENGL 404. (2) Lead discussions of original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including composition, revision, point of view, psychic distance, plot, dialogue, scene, exposition, narrative time frame, flashback, and form. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of short fiction. (5) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary fiction. (6) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of fiction including both the novel and collections of short stories and to relevant contemporary criticism about fiction. (7) Create a manuscript in standard format for the genre that represents a substantial step toward a chapbook-length project or mini-collection.
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  • ENGL 413: Poetry Workshop 4

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in poetry. Emphasis will include the craft, theory, and traditions of the genre. Students will assemble a mini-collection of their work in poetry. Prerequisite: ENGL 406. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 367, ENGL 405, and ENGL 406. (2) Lead discussion of poetry in workshop in order to demonstrate engagement with craft, prosody, and process-based writing. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional poets. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of poems. (5) Identify form and meter in selected passages of verse using appropriate terminology. (6) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary poetry. (7) Write literary analyses of individual poems, full collections, and/or craft essays, using secondary research sources as appropriate. (8) Create a manuscript in standard format for the genre that represents a substantial step toward a chapbook-length project or mini-collection.
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  • ET 204: Programming for Engineering Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Introduction to a modern high-level computer language. Discussion of data types, program structures, common programming tasks, and data storage techniques. Application to representative problems in engineering technology including rudimentary numerical methods and data analysis. Prerequisite: NSET 101 (Introduction to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Technology). Co-requisite: MATH 190 (Calculus I) Course Objectives (1) Apply engineering problem-solving methodology to the design of computer programs (2) Use constants, variables, and built-in functions to create simple programs (3) Expand program capabilities using testing, branching, and looping structures (4) Perform file input and output (5) Create programmer-defined functions (6) Organize related variables in one- and two-dimensional arrays (7) Manipulate character strings using pointers (8) Generate pseudo-random numbers and use them in statistical simulations (9) Sort a set of numerical values (10) Organize related variables using structures
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  • ET 407: Professional Problems in Engineerin

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Consideration of the technical, economic, ethical, and social issues surrounding engineering design. Students working in teams will plan, design, and complete a faculty-approved project that integrates technical and non-technical skills. The course will include case studies, on-line learning experiences, and both written and oral presentations. Prerequisites: 12 credits of Department Major Requirements at the 300 and 400 level Course Objectives (1) Employ a formal approach to engineering project management from the proposal through the delivery of the final product (2) Collaborate with other students in defining and solving engineering problems (3) Prepare and deliver accurate and informative technical reports in both oral and written forms (4) Maintain an accurate and complete laboratory notebook according to accepted industry practices (5) Compare engineering project alternatives using accepted, quantitative economic analysis methods (6) Comply with relevant technical standards, codes, regulations, and laws in engineering design (7) Consider the social and environmental impacts of engineering
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