English

Courses

ENG 099: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING

Credits 1

ENG 099, Introduction to College Writing, is a co-requisite English course paired with ENG 101. Emphasis is placed on providing students with additional academic and non-cognitive support with the goal of success in the students’ paired ENG 101 class. The material covered or practiced in the ENG 099 course is complementary to and supportive of material taught in ENG 101 and the needs of the ENG 099 students.

ENG 100: VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL ENGLISH

Credits 3

This course is designed to enhance reading and writing skills for the workplace. Emphasis is placed on technical reading, job-related vocabulary, sentence writing, punctuation, and spelling with substantial focus on occupational performance requirements. Upon completion, students should be able to identify main ideas with supporting details and produce mechanically correct short writing appropriate to the workplace.

ENG 101: ENGLISH COMPOSITION

Credits 3

This course provides instruction and practice in the writing of at least four extended compositions and the development of rhetorical strategies, analytical and critical reading skills, and basic reference and documentation skills in the composition process. English Composition I may include instruction and practice in library usage and information literacy.

ENG 102: ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

Credits 3

English Composition II provides continued instruction and practice in the writing of at least four extended compositions or equivalent assignments of which at least one is a research project using outside sources and/or references effectively and legally. Additionally, English Composition II provides instruction in the development of analytical and critical reading skills in the composition process. English Composition II may include instruction and practice in library usage and information literacy.

ENG 246: CREATIVE WRITING I

Credits 3

This course provides instruction and practice in the writing of critical analysis of imaginative forms of literature. Emphasis is placed on originality in the creative writing process, and this course may include instruction on publishing. Students will compose a significant body of imaginative literature, which may be read by or to the class.

ENG 247: CREATIVE WRITING II

Credits 3

A continuation of ENG 246, this course provides instruction and practice in the writing and critiquing of imaginative forms of literature. Emphasis is placed on originality in the creative writing process, and this course may include instruction on publishing. Students will compose a significant body of imaginative literature, which may be read by or to the class.

ENG 251: AMERICAN LITERATURE I

Credits 3

This course is a survey of American literature from its beginnings to the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 252: AMERICAN LITERATURE II

Credits 3

This course is a survey of American literature from the midnineteenth century to the present. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 261: ENGLISH LITERATURE I

Credits 3

This course is a survey of English/British literature from its inception to the end of the eighteenth century. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 262: ENGLISH LITERATURE II

Credits 3

This course is a survey of English/British literature from the late eighteenth century to the present. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 271: WORLD LITERATURE I

Credits 3

This course is a survey of world literature from its inception to the mid-seventeenth century. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 272: WORLD LITERATURE II

Credits 3

This course is a survey of world literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

ENG 299: DIRECTED STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Credits 1 3

This course, which may be repeated for credit so long as the topics differ, provides the student the opportunity to study an English language or literary topic chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Emphasis is placed on the student’s investigating the topic and reporting the results of the investigation. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the topic through either a written or an oral presentation.