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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the tools, experiences, and confidence necessary for entry into ENG* 101. Grammar, punctuation, mechanics, sentence structure, paragraph organization, and basic thematic organization are reviewed. In addition, students read, write, and respond to texts. Research and documentation of sources are introduced and applied to a semester long project. ENG* 063 is required of students whose Basic Skills Assessment indicates that developing their writing skills would enhance their chances for success in college. Credit for this course does not apply toward a degree or a certificate. 3 Credits
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits An intensive course for increasing reading rate and improving comprehension, vocabulary, exam taking, and basic study skills. The course presents important strategies for succeeding in college. Required of students whose Basic Skills Assessment indicates that their chances for success in college would be enhanced by improvement of these skills. Credit for this course does not apply toward a degree or certificate.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits A course designed to provide students with reading, writing, research, and documentations skills necessary for college level work. Placement will be based on the Basic Skills Assessment in reading and writing. Credit for this course does not apply toward a degree or certificate.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Students develop competence in writing academic essays that are clear, logical, and fully developed, employing rhetorical modes such as summary, comparison, analysis, and argument. Research and bibliography skills are involved, as well as reading, critical thinlung, multiple revision, interaction with other students' work, and an understanding of writing as a process. Prerequisite: ENG* 063 and ENG* 073 or ENG* 093, or placement at the ENG* 101 level on the Basic Skills Assessment
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course will provide continued development in writing expository prose and developing critical thinking through the study of selections from literary and/or other texts. Rhetoric will be explored as a dynamic, generative model. Student writing will be concerned with the relationships between the linguistic world of literature, global perspectives, and social experience, allowing students to find their own voices and enhance their writing styles. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This is an introduction to various genres of literature, including fiction, poetry, and drama. Class discussion, writing assignments, and other activities emphasize interpretation and analysis of literary works and their cultural contexts and introduce resources for the study of literature. Through careful attention to the written word, students develop and enhance their ability to think critically. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits A survey of children's literature, including discussion of the genre's development from oral traditions and folktales, through Grimm's fairy tales, to contemporary writing for children. Course materials and activities will focus on the purposes, sub-genres, forms, and conventions of children's literature; the application of literary criticism to poetry, fiction, and non-fiction for children; the importance of cultural, historical, and social contexts; and the presentation of literature and literary concepts to children. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 Recommended: ENG* 110
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits The course prepares students for writing in the workplace. Students will individually and collaboratively develop reports, proposals, manuals, memos, and other workplace documents in paper, electronic, and oral forms, to include a major project. Students will learn to distill research and analysis in documents that are clearly organized, concise, readable, well-edited, and carefully focused for their audiences. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better Recommended: CSA* 105 or basic computing skills, including word processing.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits The study of drama as literature from the Greeks to the works of contemporary playwrights. Students will learn how to apply various forms of traditional and modern literary criticism while examining form, style, and dramatic conventions with reference to historical and cultural contexts. Classroom activities and assignments will emphasize the writing of critical analyses using clear textual and contextual citations. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 Recommended: ENG* 110
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits A survey of American writers 1945- present. Authors likely to be included are Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Jack Kerouac, John Updike, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Ralph Ellison, and John Barth. Special emphasis will be placed on narrative modes such as primitivism, realism, naturalism, expressionism, surrealism, modernism, and post-modernism. Prerequisite: ENG* 101 Recommended: ENG* 110
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