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3.00 Credits
This course enables senior English and English Education majors to analyze and synthesize the key issues of the discipline through detailed studies of literature and close readings of texts, considering their aesthetic values, social and political ideologies, rhetorical and genre strategies, and major biographical facts about the authors. Students compile annotated bibliographies, make oral presentations, write short papers analyzing critical problems, and write one 20-25 page scholarly essay based on their research. Prerequisites: Any ELIT course, COSK2230 and 75 credits, or permission of department head.
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This course examines spoken language from a formal, scientific perspective. The major concerns are the interrelated systems that comprise language, namely the phonetic, phonological, morphological, and semantic systems. Also studied are the regional, historical, and social variations of language. Primary attention is given to the English language, though examples of systems in other languages are also analyzed, as are the constraints of social situations and attitudes toward language and language instruction. Prerequisite: COSK1221 or COSK1225
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This course is designed to integrate the study of the structure of English with work on grammar and mechanics. The course incorporates traditional, structural, and transformational theories of grammar so as to help students to better understand their language intuitions and instincts through a variety of ways of understanding and explaining English grammar and usage. The course avoids role learning and engages students in analytical thinking; it encourages learning concepts through prototypical cases and applying these cases to the analysis of the usual and exceptional. The course emphasizes an understanding sentence patterns, word forms and functions, style and meaning, grammatical terminology, and usage and correctness. It is strongly recommended that Education and Communication majors take ENGL2540(The Study of Language) before taking this course. 3 credits Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and any ELIT course
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This course introduces college students to creative writing. In a workshop setting, students are asked to produce original pieces of poetry, short fiction, and drama. Students will critique their own and peers' pieces, use revision and editing techniques, share their pieces in small and large group, and discuss ways in which creative writing may be taught and shared with others. Additionally, students will submit at least one piece for publication. This course is unusual in its emphases both on oral performance in all three genres and on effective reading of others' writings as a source for original work. Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and any ELIT course
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Technical Writing focuses on writing a variety of documents for technical audiences: letters, instructions, memos, proposals, and reports. Students will select an ideal client in their field of study for this class, and many of the documents they create will be directed toward that client. This course stresses the importance of process, audience analysis, technical communication, oral communication, visual design and usability.
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3.00 Credits
This course (Teaching English and Communication in the Secondary School) prepares the prospective teacher of English and communication to face the theoretical and practical challenges of the profession. The course enables teacher candidates to clarify and articulate their own teaching philosophies and practices through reading, discussing, and reflecting on some of the major contributions to the nature of instruction in and evaluation of adolescent and classic literature, composition, grammar, and media studies. Some attention is given to the links between theory and classroom materials. Prerequisites: ELIT1040, ELIT1050, ELIT1060 (EN244 or EN250 or EN257 and permission of Department Head)
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In this course, you will accomplish the following: Learn strategies to edit and revise scientific and technical writing. Practice proofreading, copyediting, and comprehensive editing skills
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3.00 Credits
Perfect knowledge of grammar, punctuation, and other mechanical aspects. Understand electronic editing methods. Understand an editor's responsibilities, his/her relationship to the writer, and the roles of an editor within an organization. Consider organizational style guides, forms of technical editing in different industries, and the impact of technology on editing and style. Edit for organization and visual design in printed and online documents.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the nature and place of discourse, especially persuasive discourse, in society and in history. Much attention is given to classical, modern, and contemporary rhetorical systems; to the mutual influence of rhetoric and other academic disciplines; and to the relationship of rhetoric, communication, and various media. Also considered are rhetorical criticism, audience-text-writer constraints, and how these constraints interact to make meaning. Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and any ELIT course
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3.00 Credits
This course explores theories and central issues surrounding the performance and teaching of writing. Studens examine connections among composition theories, practices in teaching writing, and the role of personal experience in writing. The emphasis is on developing a theoretical understanding of how people write, but pragmatic issues also receive attention. The course addresses the following questions: Why do we write? How do we learn to write? What writing processes do we or could we use? What theories or values are embedded in our conceptualizations of how people learn to write and in our definitions of the writing process? What kinds of environments foster the learning writing? Prerequisite: 60 credits
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