2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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The undergraduate course numbering system is as follows:
0100 - Lower Level Courses
0200 - Upper Level Courses
0300 - Upper Level Courses
Not every course listed in this Bulletin is offered annually. Definitive information about course offerings and class hours is available at the time of registration through the Office of the Registrar. Insufficient enrollment or changing conditions may occasionally necessitate the withdrawal of scheduled courses. Please check with appropriate departments to determine if the courses sought are being offered and when they are scheduled.
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EDUC 0337 - Practicum II: Early Childhood Pre K-2
Credits: 6
A minimum of 150 clock hours of supervised student teaching experience in grades Pre K 2. Guidelines for evaluation are identified in the Westfield State University Student Teaching Handbook.
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EDUC 0338 - Practicum: Elementary
Credits: 12
A minimum of 300 clock hours of supervised student teaching experience in grades 1 6. Guidelines for evaluation are identified in the Westfield State University Student Teaching Handbook.
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EDUC 0343 - Appraisal and Evaluation Techniques in Occupational Education
Credits: 3
Appraisal of the development and significance of educational measurements as they relate to the vocational school student. Emphasis on uses and limitations of standardized tests; construction, validation and limitations of classroom tests; analysis, interpretation, and utilization of test results.
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EDUC 0344 - Developing and Implementing a Standards-Based Curriculum In Vocational Technical Education
Credits: 3
Concepts relating to career education will be defined. Development activities relating to career education will be explored in order to enable students to implement curriculum through various areas of concentration. Through an integrated curriculum, learning activities which involve the occupational world and its facilities will be identified.
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EDUC 0351 - Teaching Methods for Vocational Technical Education-Instructional Strategies
Credits: 3
Covers theories, techniques of instruction, use of audio visual equipment, preparing lesson plans for class or unit, and evaluation of student learning.
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EDUC 0354 - Educational Planning and Evaluation: Middle and Secondary Schools
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the work of teachers at the middle and high school levels. Students are provided theoretical grounding and practical experiences in curriculum planning, instructional strategies, classroom assessment, classroom management, and professionalism. This course also prepares students for reflective, collaborative, and culturally responsive pedagogical practices. A 30-hour pre-practicum that involves teaching, classroom observation, and completing a Field Experience Manual is a requirement of the course.
Prerequisites: EDUC 0220 and EDUC 0221 .
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EDUC 0357 - Managing Student Behavior in a Healthy and Safe Environment
Credits: 3
Shop, academic, related classroom and cooperative placement sites; safety, priority population, developmental psychology with focus on adolescent psychology, learning styles, and disciplines.
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EDUC 0358 - Teaching Methods for Vocational Technical Education – Educating and Assessing the Vocational Technical Education Learner
Credits: 3
This course is designed to prepare vocational technical teachers with the knowledge and tools to instruct and assess the technical, academic, and employability skills of vocational technical education students. Students in this course will be able to identify, develop, and model appropriate learning activities and assessments for the vastly divergent student population in vocational-technical education.
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EDUC 0360 - Community Engaged Learning for Educators
Credits: 3, 6 or 9
This civic engagement course involves a full semester of field experience in a selected area school or agency that serves diverse populations (120 hours for 3 credits or 240 hours for 6 credits or 360 hours for 9 credits). A civic engagement education placement provides an opportunity for the student to engage with professionals, students, family and community members, as they apply, test, evaluate, and integrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions developed in the professional teacher preparation program. Students will engage in service as a mutually beneficial relationship with children or adolescents, their families and their communities. Additionally, students’ occupational/academic/civic engagement interests will determine placements, which may include more than one setting and/or working with a small cohort on a project. Course requirements include weekly reflections connecting student observations and work in the placement to the scholarly work, multiple on-campus seminars, a civic engagement project, and final presentation.
Prerequisites: Permission of Chair of the Education Department.
Note: This course is not a substitute for practicum (student teaching). It does not meet the practicum requirement(s) for initial teacher licensure.
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EDUC 0363 - Sheltered English Immersion
Credits: 3
This course will provide pre-service teachers with the knowledge, skills and dispositions essential to effectively shelter their content instruction to ensure that the prospective English language learners (ELLs) in their classrooms will successfully access curriculum and achieve academic success. This course will also help future teachers understand the social and cultural issues that contribute to the schooling of ELLS, expand their knowledge of how language functions within academic content teaching and learning, and how children and adolescents acquire a second language. This course will provide candidates with research-based protocols, methods and strategies to integrate subject area content with language and literacy development. The course will take into account the MA English Language Development (ELD) World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards in order to support ELL students’ success with all Massachusetts curriculum standards for PreK-12 learners.
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EDUC 0364 - Practicum: Middle School
Credits: 12
A minimum of three hundred (300) clock hours of supervised student teaching in a selected middle school under the joint supervision of an experienced cooperating practitioner and University supervisor.
Prerequisites: Permission.
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EDUC 0369 - Practicum: Secondary School
Credits: 12
A minimum of three hundred (300) clock hours of supervised student teaching in a selected secondary school under the joint supervision of an experienced cooperating practitioner and University supervisor.
Prerequisites: Permission.
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EDUC 0370 - Language and Communication Development and Intervention
Credits: 3
This course will examine language and communication with an emphasis on continuity and variation in development. Students will be introduced to the developmental process of acquiring oral and written language and communication skills. In addition students will examine the impact of exceptional learning needs and cultural and linguistic diversity on language and communication development and use. Students will explore strategies for assessing and supporting language and communication skills, including the use of augmentative and alternative communication approaches and other assistive technologies. Students will consider language and communication teaching from a Universal Design for Learning perspective and will be exposed to culturally responsive interventions that support oral and written language proficiency and communicative competence.
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EDUC 0371 - Special Education Curriculum
Credits: 3
This course offers a foundation in special education curriculum design, development, and implementation. Course participants will investigate how special educators design and teach units reflecting high expectations that are anchored in rich content and authentic learning and assessment experiences. Culturally responsive curricula and teaching practices that meet the needs of all learners are explored and implemented through readings, discussions and guided activities in unit lesson development. Differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are practices applied to a backwards design approach to curriculum development. The dual mandate of inclusion and meeting individual needs requires that special educators must develop a wide array of subject matter knowledge, develop skills in instructional approaches which support differentiation, use a variety of assessment tools, and analyze the results to continue in the design of effective and rigorous standards-based units of instruction. As part of the course, students develop a unit and apply course knowledge, skills and understandings. In their field placements students construct and implement lessons informed by assessments. Throughout the course, students engage in critical reflection upon all curricular components including cultural, linguistic and community responsiveness, the maintenance of a safe and well-managed classroom, and the development of a collaborative learning environment for students, families, and team members. A 30-hour field experience in an approved special education setting for students with moderate disabilities is required.
Prerequisites: Grade of B or Better in EDUC 0221 and in either EDUC 0319 or EDUC 0354 , or permission of instructor.
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EDUC 0374 - Career Education and Transition for Students with Disabilities
Credits: 3
This course addresses appropriate transitional planning for adolescents having significant special needs as they prepare to move from educational systems to the adult service system. Inclusion of additional professionals from vocational rehabilitation, counseling, social work, and related areas in the established educational process will be studied. Specific focus will be on state-of-the-art approaches to transition and its impact on-curriculum. This course addresses the mandates of P.L. 98-199, MA Ch 688, and P.L. 94-142.
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EDUC 0376 - Developmental Disabilities and Self-Determination
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to explore educational, social, and legal issues that affect the opportunities of individuals with developmental disabilities. A developmental disability is a delay or failure to progress through the milestones of childhood at a typical rate. Educational assessment and programming will focus on the developmental domains of motor, psycho-social, communication, and cognitive functioning. A key aspect of working effectively with students with developmental disabilities is collaboration with families. this course will explore the realities of having a child with a disability and what schools, specifically teachers, can do to support the child and the family. A continuum of educational and community services will be described in order to acquaint students with options needed to promote learning and self-determination throughout their lifetime.
Prerequisites: EDUC 0221 .
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EDUC 0377 - Learning Disabilities and Instructional Strategies
Credits: 3
This course introduces teacher candidates to the history and current practices in the diagnosis and remediation of learning difficulties, including the identification of specific learning disabilities and major theories of etiology. The discrepancy model and Response to Intervention (RTI) approach to the identification of students with learning disabilities will be examined. A variety of informal and formal methods of assessment and instructional strategies will also be explored. Participants will be introduced to the legal requirements, purpose, format and content of and Individualized Education Program (IEP) and how to utilize assessment information in the development of goals and objectives. The course will take a whole-child approach to the development of learning strategies, in which the impact of learning difficulties and student’s social and emotional development will be emphasized along with cultural and contextual considerations.
Prerequisites: EDUC 0221 .
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EDUC 0378 - Behavior Support for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the importance of creating and maintaining a safe and collaborative learning environment that values diversity and empowers students with emotional and behavioral challenges to be problem-solvers. Case studies and materials require candidates to explore a variety of tiered approaches as they learn to assess through observation and the analysis of data to determine skills that are lacking in the social emotional competencies. Behavior support plans that honor family background and consider the home, the school, and the community are developed. Philosophies, expectations, and practices of retributive versus restorative justice are examined to determine effects on relationships, the over-representation of males and people of color in this population, and the criminalization of school populations. The identification process and the use of behavior management principles for students with emotional and behavioral disorders are addressed.
Prerequisites: EDUC 0220 and EDUC 0221 , or permission of instructor.
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EDUC 0379 - Teaching Methods for Vocational Technical Education – Using Research-Based Practices to Develop Effective Instructional Strategies
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide vocational technical teachers with an understanding of brain functioning, learning styles, and instruction. Vocational technical educators will learn how to develop an instructional unit that focuses on readiness assessment, use of learning styles, attention to whole-brain teaching, interpersonal skills, knowledge and skill assessment. (Pending Governance Approval)
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EDUC 0380 - Critical Multicultural Education
Credits: 3
The course provides a foundation in the theory and practice of Critical Multicultural Education. Students are guided in an examination of the ways in which socially constructed categories of difference shape the perspectives and opportunities of groups in the United States. These categories include, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, ability status, and sexual orientation. The course explores the role that education plays in relationships between social groups and institutional power. Students will be introduced to critical theories and practices such as culturally relevant teaching.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
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EDUC 0381 - Early Intervention: Birth to Age Five
Credits: 3
This course offers teacher candidates the opportunity to consider the range of exceptional learning needs that pose challenges for infants, toddlers, and preschool children, as well as assessment and intervention approaches that support young children’s learning and development. Course topics include the social and legal context of early intervention and early childhood special education, culturally responsive and family-centered approaches to working with young children with disabilities, the use of assistive technologies, supports for young dual-language learners, and practices that offer positive behavioral guidance to young children. A 15-hour field experience in an approved inclusive PreK setting is required.
Pre/co-requisite: EDUC 0221
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EDUC 0384 - Integrating Vocational and Academic Curricula
Credits: 3
Integrating vocational and academic curricula will be examined by reviewing its history, standard practices, and the cognitive science related to integration of subjects. Actual and hypothetical models will be studied. Students will develop an integrated education plan for a course, a program, or a school.
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EDUC 0386 - Accommodations and Supports Medical/Social/Communication
Credits: 3
This course is a systematic study of neurophysiological deviations that cause severe disabilities. Emphasis is also placed on method and techniques for increasing motivation and improving performance. Students will develop an understanding of concepts and procedures necessary to work cooperatively with medical professionals, physical therapists, occupation therapists, communication specialists, and parents. Fifteen hours of field experience are required.
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EDUC 0390 - Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities in Vocational Technical Education
Credits: 3
This course will provide vocational technical educators with an overview of the Federal and State Special Education Laws and Regulations and how they are implemented in schools in Massachusetts. Students will learn about the elements of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the roles of special and general educators. Students will also learn how to design curriculum and instruction using the information on the IEP and how to modify their related classrooms and vocational technical shops/laboratories to accommodate students with disabilities. (Pending Governance Approval)
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EDUC 0396 - Seminar Recent Developments: Computers in Education
Credits: 3
This course requires no previous experience with computers and will be comprised of three major components: (a) an introduction to software tools for teachers, (b) exposure to and analysis of commercially available educational software and hardware, (c) an analysis of both practical and theoretical issues related to the use of microcomputers in education.
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EDUC 0397 - Practicum: Moderate Special Needs
Credits: 12
For Pre-K-8: A minimum of 300 supervised hours in an inclusive general education setting or 75 supervised hours in an inclusive general education setting and 225 supervised hours in a separate or substantially separate setting for students with moderate disabilities. For Grades 5-12: A minimum of 300 supervised hour in approved settings. A minimum of 150 hours in an academic major setting and minimum of 150 hours in an inclusive general education classroom or 75 hours in an inclusive general education classroom and 75 hours in a substantially separate setting for students with disabilities. Liberal Studies Majors complete a minimum of 300 hours entirely in special education settings.
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EDUC 0398 - Special Topics in Education
Credits: 3
An in-depth study of a limited or specialized area within the education field. Course content will vary according to the area of specialization of the instructor and the interest of the students. May be repeated if course content differs.
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EDUC 0399 - Independent Study
Credits: 3-9
Education majors are allowed to receive up to a maximum of nine academic credits, at the rate of three credits per semester, for engaging in independent study. Each study is taken as a part of a student’s regular course load only. The student engaged in independent study will select and develop topics in the field of Education and related fields in cooperation with a professor from the Education department, and the approval of the chair.
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ENGL 0101 - English Composition I
Credits: 3
A writing course that provides instruction in the process of composing academic essays. Students strengthen techniques in three stages - pre-writing, drafting, and revising - in order to compose well-structured papers written in proficient American English. While responding to the first-year read and other texts, students learn and practice the fundamentals of rhetoric, ways to incorporate texts into their writing, critical reading of texts, and sentence and paragraph development. In addition to writing informally throughout the semester, writers compose at least 16 pages of formal writing and produce a final portfolio that includes at least one major assignment focused on the first-year read. All students must take this course the first semester of their freshman year.
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ENGL 0102 - English Composition II: Writing About Texts
Credits: 3
A course that asks students to write about and read predominately nonfiction texts that promote/engender critical inquiry and to examine and write about issues from multiple perspectives. While bringing a range of texts into conversation with one another, ENGL 0102 continues to facilitate writing strategies introduced in ENGL 0101 and provides extended instruction in research methods. Students will complete one or more projects with documentation. All ENGL 0102 courses have a specific theme or are linked with a course from another discipline, so students need to exercise care and examine options when choosing sections. Successful completion of this course includes a portfolio requirements.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101
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ENGL 0103 - Speech
Credits: 3
A course that gives students an opportunity to practice the fundamental principles of oral communication. It includes experience in organizing and delivering various kinds of talks, participating in group and panel discussions, and evaluating speech habits. Voice quality, articulation, and pronunciation are studied.
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ENGL 0105 - English Composition I Seminar (Honors)
Credits: 3
Students with outstanding writing ability will analyze and employ rhetorical strategies through classroom discussion and expository writing. Permission of instructor. This course fulfills the ENGL 0101 core requirement.
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ENGL 0108 - Introduction to Film
Credits: 3
Examines the aesthetic elements of film including cinematography, editing, sound, script, acting, direction, and mise-en-scene. The study of film also may include contexts such as cultural roles, genre, political issues, economics, and history.
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ENGL 0110 - English Composition II Seminar (Honors)
Credits: 3
For students who have been invited from ENGL 0105 or who have been recommended by their ENGL 0101 instructors. Students focus on the critical and appreciative reading of poetry, fiction, drama, and the essay, and on interpretive and analytical writing about literature. Techniques of research are discussed and practiced. This course fulfills the ENGL 0102 core requirement.
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ENGL 0112 - Introduction to Black American Literature
Credits: 3
Introduces a diverse array of significant works by Black American writers drawn from various genres, regions, and periods and considered in the historical and cultural contexts of the Black experience. Students will gain a better understanding and appreciation for the diversity and complexity of Black American literary production and cultures. Students will also practice literary analysis and close reading skills and gain familiarity with foundational critical concepts in Black American literary studies. Intended for all majors.
ENGL 0202
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ENGL 0115 - Introduction to Native American Literature
Credits: 3
Introduces a diverse array of significant works by Native American writers drawn from various genres, regions, and periods, and tribal nations and considered in the historical and cultural contexts of the Native American experience. Students will also practice literary analysis and close reading skills and gain familiarity with foundational critical concepts in Native American literary studies. Intended for all majors.
ENGL 0205
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ENGL 0117 - Introduction to Asian American Literature
Credits: 3
This course introduces major Asian American writers and critical issues concerning Asian American literature and culture. It will establish a foundation through critical reading of Asian American texts and explore Asian American identities and various aesthetic forms of cultural production by Asian American writers. It will also direct students’ critical attention to the ongoing construction of Asian American identities. Students will practice analysis and close reading skills, improve oral and written communication skills, and gain familiarity with foundational critical concepts in Asian American literary studies. Intended for all majors.
ENGL 0207
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ENGL 0200 - Writing for Teacher Candidates
Credits: 3
Writing review for education majors is designed for teacher education students who show a need for improved skills in writing academic arguments and summaries. Aspects of writing such as structure and grammar will also be reviewed. Education program majors who do not earn a 2.8 in English Composition I and English Composition II are required to take this course.
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ENGL 0206 - Principles and Applications of Grammar
Credits: 3
Designed for students preparing to teach English Language Arts and others seeking a review of language conventions, this class will cover the fundamentals of English grammar, such as sentence types and structure, case and agreement, and the definitions of key terms in the study of language. Students will also review the conventions of usage, mechanics, and punctuation. In addition, students who are preparing for careers as teachers will learn pedagogical techniques and best practices for teaching these areas as outlined in national standards, while other students will learn how to become more competent editors of writing.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 and junior standing, or permission of instructor
ENGL 0106
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ENGL 0210 - British Literature to 1780
Credits: 3
A survey of the literature of the British Isles and Ireland to the nineteenth century in its cultural contexts. Students will read and explore texts such as Beowulf, the Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare sonnets, paradise Lost, and Gulliver’s Travels. Literary and intellectual currents if Medieval feudalism, Early Modern humanism, and the Enlightenment will be given significant attention. he early part of the course will be read generally in Early Modern or Modern English.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0212 - British Literature from 1780 to the Present
Credits: 3
Students read British classics from the late eighteenth century to the present, by authors such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mary Shelley, Dickens, Lawrence, and Woolf. This course emphasizes identifying the connections between literature, history, philosophy, and the arts. Literary and intellectual currents of the Romantic, Victorian, and post-war periods are examined closely. Essential for the serious student of literature and required of all English majors.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0213 - Introduction to British Literature
Credits: 3
Introduces students to a range of British literary texts representing various genres and time periods. Students develop skills that will enable them to read British literature with greater pleasure and understanding. The interrelations of literature, the arts, and social history receive considerable attention. Course readings may focus on a shared theme(s). Intended for non-English majors, this course does not satisfy English major requirements. English majors should instead take required British literature surveys.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0215 - Introduction to American Literature
Credits: 3
Introduces students to a range of American literary texts representing various genres and time periods. Students develop skills that will enable them to read American literature with greater pleasure and understanding. The interrelations of literature, the arts, and social history receive considerable attention. Course readings may focus on a shared theme(s). Intended for non-English majors, this course does not satisfy English major requirements. English majors should instead take required American literature surveys.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0216 - American Literature to 1865
Credits: 3
This survey course introduces students to writings from the time of exploration to the Civil War. Students explore the diversity of literary expression in the early period, through readings of genres such as travel journals, captivity narratives, Puritan poetry, Native American oral narratives, sermons and slave narratives; students then study the development of the novel and the emergence of distinctive poetic voices in the nineteenth century. The course considers literature in relation to such artistic, historical, and cultural topics as contacts between diverse cultures, social reform movements, transcendentalism, and sentimentalism. Intended for serious students of literature, and required of all English majors.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0217 - American Literature Since 1865
Credits: 3
This survey course introduces students to the expansive range of works comprising American literature from 1865 to the present. Students explore diverse voices, genres, and themes that offer a vision of America’s complex plurality. The course considers literature in relation to such artistic, historical, and cultural topics as regionalism, naturalism, realism, feminism, the Harlem Renaissance, developments in poetry, modernism, postmodernism, experimentation, civil rights movements, ethnic identity, and multiculturalism. Intended for serious students of literature, and required of all English majors.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0218 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
Credits: 3
This course will serve as an introduction to postcolonial literature and theory and critical race theory. Students will examine literature through the lens of postcolonial and critical race theories, reading in tandem both imaginative literature and secondary scholarship. The course readings will consist of literatures of the Global South (including Asia, Africa, South America, the Caribbean, etc.) and of minority and indigenous writing in the U.S. Students will engage with key critical concepts that may include: diaspora, decolonization, globalization, racial difference, black radical feminism, and intersectionality.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102
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ENGL 0221 - World Literature
Credits: 3
This course introduces the diverse yet underrepresented cultures and literatures from at least three geographical locations of the world to initiate a dialog around global understanding of history and human experience. This course will help students recognize literary figures, texts, themes, and movements within the given historical period(s) under study, identify literary genres and devices, and draw the connections between different themes and ideas presented in literature. Through a critical study of literary texts, either in English or in translation, this course will establish a foundation to promote intellectual growth by strengthening students’ abilities to think analytically and creatively about literature and by developing their sensitivity to cultural diversity. In addition to interpreting and synthesizing representative texts from different literary traditions, students will practice writing reflectively about literary texts and themes by applying the conventions of academic writing to create an essay that is rhetorically cohesive, sufficiently evidenced, and stylistically sound. Note: This course can be repeated if the themes and texts are different. Intended for all majors.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0228 - Introduction to Shakespeare
Credits: 3
Students gain a basic understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare as a theatre artist and poet by reading selected plays by Shakespeare. Focus is on Shakespeare’s themes, poetry, theatre, times, dramatic genres, and characters. No student may receive credit for this course if credit is received for either ENGL 0317 or ENGL 0318 .
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0240 - Cultural Studies
Credits: 3
The study of American culture through the study of various art forms, such as literature, film, music, visual arts, television, and performance in an interdisciplinary context with an emphasis on critical analysis of cultural texts and events from multiple perspectives including differences in race, class, and gender. This course is always offered with a particular focus, such as an historical period, a current topic, or a specific theoretical approach. Issues of formal differences, varied multicultural and multi-ethnic reception, and universal human response are considered as the class acquires a critical vocabulary. Students will also enter the creative process and explore first-hand the different attributes of some of the genres studied.
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ENGL 0246 - Creative Writing
Credits: 3
For qualified students interested in identifying and developing their special writing abilities. The techniques of writing fiction, drama, and verse will be studied.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101
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ENGL 0275 - Journalism I
Credits: 3
An introduction to print journalism. Students find out how to report and operate a newspaper by gathering information and writing stories. Reporters develop techniques, learn to write various types of beat and specialty reports, concentrate on meeting deadlines, and discuss libel law and ethical issues. Students write at least six articles.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0276 - Writing About the Arts
Credits: 3
An introduction to the techniques of reviewing and criticizing the arts. Students will read classic and contemporary reviews of drama, film, dance, architecture, painting, literature, and music, and will review various contemporary works and performances. The course will be useful for students who would like a better understanding of aesthetics, of the contemporary arts, and of the techniques of effective writing.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0285 - Basics of Film Writing
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to screenwriting. They first will learn the syntax of film – the various kinds of shots and how those shots can be combined to create meaning or to tell a story. They will then learn how their own ideas can be transcribed into scripts. They will try their hands at three of the main modes of screenwriting: each student will write a brief documentary, an adaptation, and an original story. Students also will screen and discuss examples of these three kinds of movies.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0287 - World Drama
Credits: 3
This course deals mainly with discussion, interpretation, and critical evaluation of selective texts from the world’s drama (from the Greeks to the present) emphasizing genres and periods. Consideration also will be given to the ideas, structures, styles, and techniques of dramatic literature.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0295 - Gateway to Advanced Literary Study
Credits: 3
Designed to help prepare students for advanced coursework in literature, this gateway class will situate a critical approach in the context of developments in literary studies; offer advanced instruction in literary research techniques (including formal library instruction); require further practice in close reading strategies, participating in seminar discussions, reading literary criticism and writing about literary texts; and give students the opportunity to work closely with faculty members in their areas of expertise. Topics vary by semester; this class should be taken in the junior year or second semester of the sophomore year.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 and two of the following: ENGL 0210 , ENGL 0211 , ENGL 0212 , ENGL 0216 , ENGL 0217 , or ENGL 0221
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ENGL 0300 - Development of the Novel
Credits: 3
A reading of exemplary models of the genre by early to modern writers, such as Richardson, Fielding, Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Joyce and Faulkner. Origins, theory, and shaping influences in the development of the novel will be considered.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0301 - Tutoring Writing
Credits: 2-3
Designed for students from all disciplines, this course will teach students to help their peers - now and in the future - with writing projects. The course will suit those interested in working as tutors or teachers and those interested in pursuing a career that involves writing and/or collaboration. Students will focus on improving their abilities to read, evaluate, and respond verbally to drafts. To this end, students will practice unpacking writing assignments, analyzing texts in different genres and disciplines, and providing feedback to one another. Students will also complete a number of formal and informal writing assignments, such as journal entries, a project proposal, and a research paper. Students enrolled in Tutoring Writing for two credits will not be expected to write the research essay and will complete the course by the first week in November.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 , sophomore or junior standing, a 4-10 page writing sample, and permission of the instructor.
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ENGL 0302 - Writing Matters: History, Theory, Technology, and Action
Credits: 3
This course aims to help students synthesize their experiences as writers over the course of their college careers and provide a wider context for understanding not only their own writing development, but also the power of writing as a form of social action. Course readings will introduce key concepts in Writing Studies, examining the histories, technologies, and processes of writing.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102
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ENGL 0303 - Persuasive Communication
Credits: 3
Introduces students to the study of rhetoric and the characteristics of persuasive discourse. Theories, principles, and methods of persuasion, from classical to contemporary, will be discussed. Topics explored include ethical issues, types of evidence, and the persuasive use of language and symbols. Students will have the opportunity to analyze and construct a variety of persuasive messages, such as editorials, speeches, and media campaigns.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0305 - Grant Writing
Credits: 3
This course will examine the rhetorical moves of successful grants on the federal, state, and foundation level in a variety of disciplines to determine how they work to create compelling proposals and powerful projects. Students will learn how to identify funding sources on the web, how to develop projects, and how to meet a funder’s requirements in the text and format of a grant proposal. Assignments will include short analytical papers, letters of interest, a short corporate or foundation proposal, and a longer state or federal proposal. Students will learn how to revise proposals to meet a variety of funders’ requirements. This class will be of interest to those who may plan to work in a variety of fields including the sciences, social services, education, the arts, non-profit sectors, and public agencies.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102
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ENGL 0311 - The British Novel
Credits: 3
A study of the development of the novel as a genre, its literary origins and its relationship to society. Readings begin with 18th-century novelists such as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne and continue with 19th-century representatives: Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, and Conrad.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0312 - Queer Literatures and Theory
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: EGST 0312
Introduces the field of queer theory as a framework for approaching literary texts by and about GLBT individuals that explore and challenge seemingly stable identity categories of gender and sexuality and their intersections with race, class, and ability. Recognizing queer theory’s roots in social activism, GLBT social movements, history, culture, and identity, participants will explore some of the major critical trends in queer theory. Particular attention will be paid to literary texts and understanding the socio-cultural frameworks within which they are produced, with consideration of issues such as global diversity, oppression, and social activism.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0317 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Histories
Credits: 3
A study of the tragedies and histories of Shakespeare, including some consideration of his sources, his use of Elizabethan ideas, and his theatre.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0318 - Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances
Credits: 3
A study of the comedies and romances, including some consideration of Shakespeare’s sources, his use of Elizabethan ideas, and his theatre.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0319 - Victorian Literature
Credits: 3
A study of literary responses to the impact of industrialism, science, and modernism upon England’s society and culture between 1830 and 1900. Readings include work by: Carlyle, Ruskin, Newman, Mill, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, Eliot, among others.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0322 - Practicum Seminar: English Education
Credits: 2
Designed to accompany student teachers’ semester of practicum in classrooms, the seminar aims to guide students to think about and address daily classroom challenges and questions, larger issues in teaching and learning, as well as to offer support for completing English Education curriculum components needed for graduation and teacher certification. Seminar topics will include pedagogy and content, classroom management, unit plan development, assessment, family and community engagement, and professional development. The course models the use of theory intersected with practice as a means to respond, in a more thoughtful way, to current and future teaching. Required for Secondary Education English students enrolled in practicum.
Corequisite: EDUC 0364 or EDUC 0369
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ENGL 0323 - The American Novel
Credits: 3
Readings will include at least one major work of fiction by each member of a selected group of American novelists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0324 - Advanced Studies in Black American Literature
Credits: 3
An advanced study of selected significant works by Black American writers, may focus on one or more genres, movements, themes, or periods. Students read literary theory, conduct research on, and write about critical approaches to Black American literary studies. Intended for advanced students of literature.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 , and one 200-level English course in Literature.
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ENGL 0325 - Advanced Studies in Native American Literature
Credits: 3
An advanced study of selected significant literary works by Native American writers. May focus on one or more genres, movements, themes, or periods. Students read literary theory, conduct research on, and write about critical approaches to Native American literary studies. Intended for advanced student of literature.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 , and one 200-level English course in Literature.
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ENGL 0326 - Advanced Studies in Global Women’s Literature
Credits: 3
This course is an advanced study of selected works by women writers from multiple regions of the world. May focus on socio-historical issues, stylistic choices, feminist-womanist, postcolonial, and other related theoretical-critical approaches. Students will build on analytical and writing skills through both oral and written assignments and conduct research on critical approaches to global women’s literary studies. Intended for advanced students of literature.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 , one 200-level English course in Literature.
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ENGL 0327 - Contemporary Cross-Cultural Literature
Credits: 3
A comparative study of contemporary Non-Western literature from regions such as Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. Works from various genres will be considered in the context of their cultural implications as well as their distinctive literary features. Selections from Western literature may also be included for comparison.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0329 - Career Preparation for Writers
Credits: 3
The course introduces students to the methods of becoming a professional writer. Students will craft and revise cover letters and resumes, apply for jobs, and study interview techniques. Students will revise writing from other contexts to develop a thorough professional dossier, the contents of which they will use for job application writing samples and/or submit for publication to local and nationally distributed newspapers and magazines. Students will work with a faculty or staff member on a writing-based project that builds their resumes.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 0330 - An Introduction to Modern Literary Criticism
Credits: 3
Examines significant types of literary criticism from classical theories to contemporary critical approaches. Among the types of criticism that may be included are New Criticism, Myth and Archetype, Freudianism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Semiotics, and Feminism. Emphasis will be on the application of theories to specific literary texts.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0331 - Special Topics in Professional Writing
Credits: 3
This course allows students to concentrate on development of professional writing for non-journalistic purposes, including specific applications of business and technical writing such as grant writing, writing internet content, writing procedures and regulations, or cross-disciplinary courses on turning data (financial, scientific, demographic) into words. The course will be offered with a topical focus. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0332 - Romantic Literature
Credits: 3
A study of the prose and poetry of the major writers of the Romantic Age.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0333 - Advanced Studies in Asian American Literature
Credits: 3
This course seeks to examine Asian American literature in relation to heterogeneous histories, cultural productions, and multiple issues that shape Asian American literary and cultural studies as a field. The contents may include literary texts of different genres and themes from different time periods that reflect experiences of Asian Americans in society. Students will read literary theory, participate in scholarly inquiry, conduct research on, and writ about critical approaches to Asian American literary texts. Intended for advanced students of literature.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 and one 200-level English course in Literature.
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ENGL 0334 - Special Topics in Rhetoric
Credits: 3
Investigates selected issues, problems, periods, schools of thought, theorists, or concepts in rhetoric, such as Aristotle’s rhetoric, the rhetoric of science and technology, feminist rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory, history of rhetoric, and rhetoric of the environment. May be repeated if topic is different.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0335 - Special Topics in Creative Writing
Credits: 3
This course allows students to concentrate on development of writing in particular forms, genres, or a topical focus, depending on the semester. Possible focuses might be the long poem, comedy, crime fiction, experimental fiction, the tragic screenplay, or a sustained creative thesis. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0337 - Visual Rhetoric for Publishing Professionals
Credits: 3
This course examines how images and text work together to communicate ideas clearly and powerfully in printed documents. Students will apply principles of rhetoric to the analysis of various genres of documents, considering how a document draws meaning from and speaks to its historical and cultural context. Through production of multi-model compositions, students will apply theories of perception, principles of usability, cultural sensitivity, and aesthetics to develop greater mastery over the elements of page design.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102
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ENGL 0338 - Young Adult Literature in the ELA Classroom
Credits: 3
This course prepares students for a career as a middle and/or secondary school English teacher, and focuses on the reading and teaching of young adult literature. Topics addressed include ideas about adolescents and their learning practices; analysis of texts from a range of young adult genres; methods for teaching young adult literature; lesson and unit design.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
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ENGL 0339 - Literature of the Eighteenth Century
Credits: 3
Students read the literary genres popular in the Age of Reason, including satires, essays and poems by major writers such as Pope, Swift, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Smart, and Burns. The importance of both letter-writing and conversation in the social and artistic life of the period receives considerable attention.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0340 - Creative Non-Fiction
Credits: 3
A course exploring the art of writing traditional and experimental essays, memoir, vignettes, and profiles. Students will have the opportunity to write within a variety of fields, such as science, nature, history, and psychology. A mixture of literature and journalism, “Creative Non-Fiction” explores the power of style as it helps students more fully develop their prose voices.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0246 or ENGL 0275 or COMM 0275
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ENGL 0341 - Seminar in Major British and American Authors
Credits: 3
A study of significant works by major literary figures. Each seminar will feature the works of one or two literary figures. The names of the figures will be announced in advance of the seminar and will be included in the course title.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0342 - The Freelancer
Credits: 3
This hands-on course will examine the craft and business of freelance writing. We’ll consider a spectrum of freelance opportunities, from interviews to editing, develop writer’s platforms and social media presence, set up accounting and submissions systems, learn about contracts, write and submit query letters, and write non-fiction work with the goal of paid publication. Throughout the semester, we will pose critical questions about the role of freelancers in our culture.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 or permission of instructor
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ENGL 0344 - Studies in Satire
Credits: 3
An exploration of the delights and dangers of satiric writing. Readings include such writers as Horace, Juvenal, Swift and Twain, as well as contemporary satirists.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0345 - Writing Fiction
Credits: 3
For students interested in exploring the elements of fiction including narration, character, plot, dialogue, symbolism, setting, and form. We focus on student work through workshop and the practices of invention, drafting, revision cycles, feedback, performing and publishing. Assignments will develop students’ imagination, knowledge of experimental range, and habits of the discipline. Students will develop their individual artistic purpose, as well as their critical abilities-including for their own work-in writing, workshop discussions, self-reflective statements, and conferences with the professor.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0246 or permission of the instructor.
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ENGL 0346 - Writing Poetry
Credits: 3
For students interested in practicing the craft of poetry. This course emphasizes the importance of foundational skills and builds on the collaborative workshop and revision processes students learn in ENGL 0246; it also introduces the publication submissions process. As a way to encourage students to become responsible literary citizens, the course emphasizes the importance of reading contemporary poetry widely and of sharing work in public spaces.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0246 or permission of the instructor.
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ENGL 0347 - Advanced Critical Writing
Credits: 3
Designed to develop formal writing ability on scholarly topics. Intensive library research will precede all writings. The goal of the course is to provide students with the research and writing skills necessary in the preparation of papers of publishable quality.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0348 - History of the English Language
Credits: 3
The course traces the development of the English language from its beginnings to the present. How did the structure, sounds and meaning of our language change? What forces influenced these changes? The course explores such topics as: the influence of Romans, Vikings, and other groups; the impact of the Norman Conquest and the invention of the printing press; and the work of significant linguists and lexicographers such as Noah Webster.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0350 - Methods of Teaching English in the Secondary and/or Middle School
Credits: 3
This course prepares students for a career as a middle and/or secondary school English teacher. The course features theories and practice focused on: teaching strategies in speaking, reading, writing, and listening; lesson and unit design; incorporating students’ diverse backgrounds into curriculum design and implementation; differentiating to support and to challenge students; assessment techniques; presentation of lessons; collaborating with peers and colleagues; reflection on practice. A 30-hour field experience in an approved middle or high school are required for this course.
Prerequisites: 24 credits in the literature concentration and permission of the instructor.
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ENGL 0361 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Credits: 3
This upper-level workshop course in writing a chapbook, a 25-30 page collection of poetry, aims to help students fully understand how a poetry manuscript is written and compiled. The course will emphasize writing poems on a particular theme, idea, or concept, in a variety of forms and styles so they make a cohesive collection; on revising individual poems; and shaping the arc of the collection. Special attention will be given to submitting individual poems and the chapbook as a whole for publication in nationally distributed literary journals and presses. The class is structured as a studio workshop with mandatory individual conferences with the professor. Requirements include a public reading from the student’s chapbook and submission of work for publication in nationally distributed literary journals and presses.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0246 and ENGL 0346
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ENGL 0364 - American Drama
Credits: 3
Emphasis on the development of the dramatic form in America. Plays that are read and discussed demonstrate that there is a native American dramatic tradition and that experimentation is one of its characteristics. The plays also reflect significant development in and through culture.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0365 - Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Credits: 3
An examination of the subjects of dramatic theory and criticism from both historical and practical viewpoints. Students are acquainted with the major theoretical and critical statements about western theatre from the Greeks to the present day. Students read historically important drama theorists and critics, and apply the ideas and principles they have learned to their own written analyses of assigned dramatic texts, video screenings, and live theatrical productions.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0367 - Film Theory and Criticism
Credits: 3
A study of the basics of film communication, various film modes, and structure. A development of bases for evaluation of films according to communicative and aesthetic values will be a primary aim.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0370 - Modern Drama
Credits: 3
Modern theatre is characterized by its international nature and its diversity of subject, style, and setting. This course will chronologically examine the development of modern drama from Ibsen to the present with specific attention to crucial social, political, and scientific influences and pivotal plays.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0371 - Playwriting
Credits: 3
Introduction to the craft recommended for students with some experience in both creative writing and theatrical production.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0373 - Literary Journalists
Credits: 3
An examination of a group of writers who have combined the traditional elements of fiction and non-fiction. The course will focus on the work of contemporary journalists and consider a number of writers who address critical theories that shed light on the development of literary journalism.
Prerequisites: One 200-level literature course.
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ENGL 0375 - Journalism II
Credits: 3
Students employ advanced techniques in beat and specialty reporting for print journalism. Reporters in the course run a “mock newspaper” working in various editorial aspects of the newspaper. Reporters complete a series of articles, including but not limited to conference and meeting reports, features, profiles, commentaries, and police and court news and editorials.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0275 or COMM 0275 or COMM 0204 .
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ENGL 0376 - Modern British and American Poetry
Credits: 3
Reading and discussion of the foremost English and American poets of the 20th century. Special attention is given to the experimental forms and the modern thought of the poetry.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0102 .
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ENGL 0377 - Feature Writing
Credits: 3
An introduction to reporting and writing non-fiction stories suitable for publication in a range of digital and print formats including newspapers, magazines, blogs, and newsletters. Focus will be on the basics of storytelling: vivid description, character development, background, and plot. This course prepares students for internships and careers in print and digital journalism.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0275 or permission of instructor.
Pre/co-requisite: ENGL 0275 or COMM 0275 or COMM 0204 or permission of instructor
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