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3.00 Credits
Professionalism in the Teaching of English provides student teachers with the opportunity to reflect on their experiences during the student-teaching internship in order to grow as a professional educator. During the course, interns will record and analyze their experiences in the internship and will reflect critically on a variety of factors that impact their own performance as teachers.
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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 COSO1221
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This course will prepare the student to produce written work that is professional, publishable, and accessible to general readers. Students will learn the rules and strategies for creative storytelling and effective communication, writing work that is grammatically and stylistically correct and that meets the varied criteria for professional work in several different formats. In preparation, students will read and analyze a variety of content---delivery media for style and structure; required examples will be made available to students and represent both classic and contemporary writing in media such as magazines, books, and visual---format works. For each weekly class students will produce written assignments in these formats (or take a quiz) as well as discuss related topics. The course goals are for students to: A) be able to write effective and stylistically correct fiction and nonfiction; B) become creative storytellers and persuasive essayists; and C) produce professional---quality, publishable work that is marketable to a wide variety of media with a general appeal.
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publishable, and accessible to general readers. Students will learn the rules and strategies for creative storytelling and effective communication, writing work that is grammatically and stylistically correct and that meets the varied criteria for professional work in several different formats. In preparation, students will read and analyze a variety of content---delivery media for style and structure; required examples will be made available to students and represent both classic and contemporary writing in media such as magazines, books, and visual---format works. For each weekly class students will produce written assignments in these formats (or take a quiz) as well as discuss related topics. The course goals are for students to: A) be able to write effective and stylistically correct fiction and nonfiction; B) become creative storytellers and persuasive essayists; and C) produce professional---quality, publishable work that is marketable to a wide variety of media with a general appeal.
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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 COSO2220 and any ELIT or LITO 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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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with an introductory overview of the role and functions of the practicing engineer. A team-based project is used to emphasize engineering synthesis in terms of the design, fabrications, assembly, and quality functions. Cost estimation and control, inventory control, equipment specification, software and network infrastructure, and other enterprise issues are explored in a technological context. 2 credits lecture, 1 credit lab.
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