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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course study the literary texts, historical contexts, and critical debates of a significant literary period or movement. Course content may include exploration of corresponding cultural phenomena such as visual and performing arts, music, and film. Possible periods include Romantic, Postmodern, Classical, and Medieval. Selection varies depending on student interest and faculty availability.
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course undertake intensive study of one, two, or three major authors. Possible authors include Chaucer, Dickinson, Austen and Woolf, C. S. Lewis, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and Mark Twain among others. Selection varies depending on student interest and faculty availability.
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course study literary topics and genres in English, American, and world literature. Possible topics include images of women in literature, religious autobiography, science fiction, and literature of the American West, among others. Selection varies depending on student interest and faculty availability.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides practical application of the writing skills learned in the classroom. Internships are arranged individually for the students and supervised directly by the instructor. Experiences may include working for publishers, magazines, public relations firms, and other organizations in which writing is emphasized. Enrollment is contingent upon department approval. Meets the general studies upper-division writing intensive requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students integrate their Christian faith and values with their private and public lives as professionals in the careers established for the English major, such as teaching, ministry, law, business, medicine, government service, and library science. The assigned readings, class discussions, and required essays and thesis aid in the process of integration. Meets the general studies senior seminar requirement. Prerequisites: senior standing; completion of the majority of the units required for God's Word and the Christian Response; completion of the majority of coursework in the English major; and upper-division writing intensive course
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Consists of a program of study concentrating on assigned readings, discussions, and writing arranged between, and designed by, a student of upper-division standing and a full-time professor. An independent study fee is assessed for each enrollment in this class.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course provides instruction in research design and technique, and gives students experience in the research process. The one-unit expectation encompasses no fewer than 30 hours of work with accompanying reading, log, writing, and seminar presentation within the department or in a university research symposium. No more than one unit may be used to fulfill preparatory readings requirement. An independent study fee is assessed for each enrollment in this class. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This is a senior-level "capstone" type of independent study/researchexperience, involving the student in a unique project with a sophisticated level of research, synthesis, analysis, and communication. The one-unit expectation encompasses no fewer than 30 hours of work with accompanying readings, log, instructor discussions, and writing of summary analysis and conclusions. The thesis or project may result in formal thesis, published article, or electronic media. No more than one unit may be used to fulfill preparatory readings requirement. An independent study fee is assessed for each enrollment in this class. Prerequisites: upper-division writing intensive course completed or instructor's permission; and junior or senior standing
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3.00 Credits
This class examines the complexities of ethnic and racial diversity in the United States, exploring the historical and cultural aspects of how ethnic minority groups have been affected by social inequality in America. The course provides an overview of concepts and terms essential to studies and discussions within the discipline of ethnic studies. Covered terms include: race, racism, racialization and racialism, ethnicity and ethnic identity, ethnonationalism or ethnic nationalism, panethnicity, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, segregation, marginalization, diversity, pluralism, multiculturalism, affirmative action, enculturation, acculturation, assimilation, and self-determination. This survey course provides an overview of the discipline of ethnic studies as a whole. Topics of study include: the social construction of race and ethnicity, notions of identity and citizenship, and analyses of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos and Latinos, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. The effect of culture on spiritual experience and identity are also examined.
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3.00 Credits
This class introduces students to the history and experiences of Asian Americans. Using the analytical lens of sociological inquiry, students examine immigration patterns, sociopolitical and economic challenges, as well as issues encountered by Asian Americans due to racism and/or ignorance. The course also explores the contributions of Asian cultures to the fabric of American life.
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