English
| ENGL 1101 English Composition I |
3-0-3 |
A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing
in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation,
and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. Includes
Regents' Essay practice and work in the Learning Resources Center, as required.
Final grade of "C" or better necessary to receive course credit.
Special sections of the course may be offered that focus on the needs
of those international students for whom English is a second language.
Such sections will include a required lab hour in the Learning Resources
Center, but they will remain three-credit-hour courses.
| ENGL 1102 English Composition II |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: "C" or better in ENGL 1101
A composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels
of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, that emphasizes interpretation and
evaluation, and that incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods.
Includes Regents' Essay practice and work in the Learning Resources Center,
as required.
Special sections of the course may be offered that focus on the needs
of those international students for whom English is a second language.
Such sections will include a required lab hour in the Learning Resources
Center, but they will remain three-credit-hour courses.
| ENGL 2000 Business Communication |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisites: ENGL 1102, SPCH 2400
Introduction to the communication skills needed in the business world,
learned through exposure to mock business situations. The job search is
covered and emphasis is placed on writing business correspondence and delivering
business-related oral presentations.
| ENGL 2010 Technical Writing |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Introduction to organization, style, and mechanics of technical and
professional writing. Includes practice in writing such typical documents
as technical descriptions, instructions, proposals, and recommendation
reports. Emphasis placed on planning, organizing, and writing reports;
designing visual aids; and editing. Among other assignments, at least one
complete technical report is required.
| ENGL 2110 World Literature |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of important works of world literature. Includes Western and
non-Western literature and deals with a variety of literary forms such
as poetry, drama, nonfiction, short stories, and novels.
| ENGL 2120 British Literature |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of important works of British literature. Includes a variety
of literary forms such as poetry, drama, nonfiction, short stories, and
novels. The course presents literature as a reflection of culture and the
history of ideas.
| ENGL 2130 American Literature |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of important works of American Literature. Includes a variety
of literary forms such as poetry, drama, nonfiction, short stories, and
novels. The course presents literature as a reflection of culture and the
history of ideas.
| ENGL 2141 Western Literature I |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of literature of the Western world from the Greeks through
the Renaissance. The course includes drama, poetry, prose fiction, and
nonfiction. It emphasizes literature as an art and as a reflection of the
history of ideas.
| ENGL 2142 Western Literature II |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of literature of the Western world from about 1600 to the
present. The course includes drama, poetry, prose fiction, and nonfiction.
It emphasizes literature as an art and as a reflection of the history of
ideas.
| ENGL 2200 Japanese Literature |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Study of Japanese literature in English translation, from its beginnings
to the contemporary period. Includes works from poetry, fiction, and drama.
The formation and development of Japanese aesthetics and culture, and their
relationship to literature, will be addressed.
| ENGL 4000 Literature and Technology |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Course examines connections between the literary and technological
worlds. Emphasizes the manner in which all genres of literature reflect
the problems, concerns, and solutions posed by technology.
| ENGL 4100 Science Fiction |
3-0-3 |
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Study of selected works of science fiction both by mainstream writers
and by those specializing in the genre. Emphasizing science fiction as
a bridge between technology and human values, the course deals with such
themes as nonhuman intelligence, man in space, the future of society, and
the promises and dangers of technology.
| ENGL 4901-4903 Special Topics |
variable credit-1 to 3 hours |
Prerequisite: Consent of the department head
Special topics in literature. Offered by the department at its discretion.