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EDUC 3122 - Sheltered English Immersion
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester.
This course prepares teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter their content instruction, so that our growing population of English language learners (ELLs) can access curriculum, achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as participants and future leaders in the 21st century global economy.
Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Communication & Literacy Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) and as deemed appropriate by program advisor.
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EDUC 3300 - Curriculum and Instruction in Middle School
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
This course develops teacher candidates’ abilities to develop and implement curriculum, differentiated instructional strategies, and assessments responsive to the learning and development of young adolescents. A pre-practicum of 25 hours is required if course not taken in conjunction with EDUC 3740. This course is also taken in conjunction with SPED 3720. Required for all Middle School Education majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful passage of Stage One Education Unit Review
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EDUC 3440 - Science in Education
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
This course covers the contemporary thinking, practices, and research in the teaching of science to elementary school students. Emphasis is on providing innovative, hands-on experiences for students. The course will also use appropriate themes to integrate science with other subjects and teach methods that cater to the needs of the students in inclusive classrooms. A pre-practicum of 15 hours is required. Required for all Elementary Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage One Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 3480 - Teaching Math Effectively
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Participants investigate methods and materials used in elementary school programs. Teacher candidates develop essential mathematical concepts and skills that they will use as elementary classroom teachers. This course includes information on how children develop knowledge about mathematical concepts. Participants will understand and be able to use different strategies to explain the meaning of mathematical concepts. A pre-practicum of 15 hours is required. Required for all Elementary Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage One Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 3740 - Onsite Immersion Field Experience
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Facilitates the linking of college coursework to an intensive field-based experience of 125 hours in a classroom over the semester. Supervising practitioners (selected based upon their license and proven skills in their licensure area) and university supervisors guide, support, and evaluate candidate performance throughout the experience, which is graded as satisfactory or non-satisfactory. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 2970 or SPED 2970 , SPED 3510 , SPED 3720 and EDUC 3122 . Required for all Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, and Special Education: Moderate Disabilities 5-12 and Severe Disabilities Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage One Education Unit Review and all concentration-required MTELs.
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EDUC 4020 - Collaboration for the Child: Engaging Families and Community Connections
3 cr. 3 hr. Evening course offered annually.
Families are a child’s first teacher. This course supports the development of skills and dispositions necessary to create healthy, meaningful communication and relationships with families. Candidates will examine their own values and communication styles while practicing strategies to work effectively with diverse families. Candidates will also learn how to collaborate with community agencies to create a network of support for children and families.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1200 , EDUC 2600 . Corequisite: EDUC 4862
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EDUC 4200 - Theories of Language and Second Language Acquisition
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The course introduces current theoretical models of language acquisition focusing on literacy development and developing language skills. It is designed to provide students with an overall understanding of the importance of language development and language acquisition as seen in the education environment. Issues regarding first and second language development will be addressed. Students will focus on how theory and research relate to language instruction.
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EDUC 4550 - Collaboration: Co-Teaching, Building Communities and Working with Families
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course addresses collaboration and consultation in inclusive schools for teacher candidates in the Education Department. It also addresses building community in schools through theories of teaching and social supports. Lastly, a focus on professional and family relationships is explored through a family system framework. This course is taken in conjunction with the student teaching practicum. Required of all Education Department Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4862 - Practicum I in Early Childhood Education
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Early Childhood Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4863 - Practicum II in Early Childhood Education
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a second practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Early Childhood Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4864 - Capstone: Early Childhood Education B-8 Concentration (Nonlicensure)
3 cr. 3 hr. Evening course offered annually.
This capstone seminar is required for all candidates seeking the Early Childhood Education Birth through 8 Concentration (Nonlicensure). Candidates will identify a topic connected with early education and the MA Curriculum Frameworks and MA Early Learning Standards and then review literature on that topic. Candidates will also refine their skills as reflective practitioners through a series of metacognitive activities. As candidates prepare to transition into professional classroom settings, a focus on being an intentional teacher and building quality relationships with children will be explored. Candidates will also develop a professional portfolio and create a set of professional development goals to continue their lifelong learning as an educator, and construct an understanding of themselves as professionals and advocates in the field.
Prerequisite(s): Practicums must be complete.
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EDUC 4882 - Practicum in Elementary Education I
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Elementary Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4883 - Practicum in Elementary Education II
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a second practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Elementary Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4885 - Practicum in Middle School Education I
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Middle School Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4886 - Practicum in Middle School Education II
6 cr. Day course offered every Semester.
Teacher candidates complete a second practicum in an educational setting under the direction of a supervising practitioner who is certified in the area of licensure sought by the candidate and under the guidance of the university supervisor. This course is taken in conjunction with EDUC 4550 . Required of Middle School Education Majors.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage Two Education Unit Review.
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EDUC 4903 - Independent Study in Education
2 cr.
This course provides teacher candidates in early childhood, elementary, and middle school education with the opportunity to do research with staff guidance on a problem in education. The course is limited to juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Department Chair.
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EDUC 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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ECON 1100 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course is a study of the theory of employment, income and growth. Stabilization policy and current problems in American capitalism are emphasized. CTW
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of the University Mathematical Readiness requirement.
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ECON 1200 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
Students examine the theory of the consumer and the business firm in this course. Efficiency in the allocation of resources is examined in four different market structures: pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly. CTW
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of the University Math Readiness requirement.
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ECON 1300 - Consumer Economics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course emphasizes theories of consumption and economic functioning with emphasis on demand, consumer problems, standards of living, policies for protecting consumers and expanding consumption.
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ECON 2010 - Political Economy of Gender
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every spring semester.
The course explores the ways gender plays a role in economic life in expanding or constraining opportunities available to individuals in the U.S. and in the developing world. Topics will include: gender division of labor in paid and unpaid spheres, gendered patterns of employment and unemployment, and discrimination in labor markets. CTW, GDCN
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 or ECON 1200
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ECON 2140 - U.S. Economic History
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course will take a panoramic view of the economic history of the United States, surveying the course of U.S. history from the early European settlement of the 1600s and 1700s up until the contemporary age of globalization, all from the perspective of and with an emphasis upon the economic matters that informed that history. This course is cross-listed as HIST 2140 . CTW
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ECON 2300 - Industrial Organization
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course integrates theory, empirical studies and case studies to analyze the effects of government regulations on the structure and organization of U.S. business firms. Several cases of antitrust legislation are studied. In addition, the course shows how political and economic issues affect industrial organization.
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of the University Mathematical Readiness requirement and ECON 1200 .
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ECON 2400 - Money and Banking
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall. Also offered evenings.
This course focuses on the role of money, credit and banking in the American economy. Special emphasis is placed on the applicability of monetary policy to the problems of economic stability.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 .
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ECON 2500 - Economic Development
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course examines the problems of less developed countries. Topics of discussion include population, income growth, capital formation, unemployment, foreign investment and aid, the role of government and international economics.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 .
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ECON 2550 - Urban Economics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course is a historical and economic explanation of the growth of cities as well as a theoretical analysis of their location, form and economic structure. Current urban problems are also discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 , ECON 1200 .
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ECON 2600 - Public Finance
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course studies the principle of governmental expenditures and revenues. Attention is also devoted to the problems of public debt, fiscal policy and inter-governmental fiscal relations, particularly in reference to the United States.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3000 - History of Economic Thought
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
Within the framework of understanding the relationship between history and economic thought, this course covers the work of the great economists. Starting with the roots of economic thought in the works of the mercantilists and physiocrats, the course turns to the giants in political economy, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall and J. M. Keynes.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 and ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3550 - International Economics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered annually.
This course explores the theories of international trade and their links to theories of economic development and growth. Major current topics in the international economy, including economic competition among countries, debt problems in the Third World and North-South relations, are treated as practical issues against which the theories can be tested.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 , ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3600 - International Finance
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered annually.
The course considers the theory and practice of financial management by governments, corporations and individuals in a changing international monetary environment. The course also discusses the influence of central governments, central banks, and international monetary institutions on interest rates, exchange rates, capital flows and financial stability.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 , ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3650 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
As a second course and more advanced treatment of macroeconomics, this course provides a detailed examination of major topics in macroeconomics. Topics of discussion include theories of consumption, investment, and growth recession, as well as efforts by the government to stabilize the economy through fiscal, monetary, or other measures. This course introduces the Keynesian, neo-classical and Marxian models of the macroeconomy.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 , ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3660 - Intermediate Microeconomics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course analyzes consumer and producer equilibrium in a market economy. The behavior of firms in the four market structures and the behavior of firms and individuals in input markets is examined. Applications of economic theory to concrete economic problems are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of the University Mathematical Readiness requirement, ECON 1200 .
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ECON 3700 - Econometrics
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course is an introduction to econometric methods, statistical inferences and testing hypotheses. Model building techniques and their theoretical justifications are presented and evaluated in terms of their performance.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 1100 , ECON 1200 , , MATH 2200
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ECON 4900 - Independent Study in Economics
3 cr. 3 hr.
The Independent Study is open to students who have the permission of the supervising instructor and the department. Course of study, meetings, and credit are arranged with approval.
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ECON 4940 - Internship in Economics
2 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
The Internship provides work experiences in private or public firms. Students acquire skills useful to professional economists.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, 3.00 Econ. cum, or permission of internship coordinator.
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ECON 4975 - Directed Study
1-6 cr.
Directed study allows a student to carry out a non-research project or participate in an activity under the direct supervision of a faculty member. See the catalog description of Program Alternatives in The Curriculum section for more details.
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ENGL 0100 - Basic College Writing
3 inst. cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
This course explores writing as both process and product to prepare the undergraduate student for Writing I and Writing II. The course will focus on how to plan, draft, and revise analytical and argument essays, and to use correct citation forms. Credits do not count toward graduation.
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ENGL 1100 - Writing I
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
Writing I provides the undergraduate student with the foundation necessary for critical thinking through academic and other professional writing. Students will cultivate the skills of argumentation, uses of evidence, analysis, close reading of texts, and revision as essential elements of the college-level writing process. ART
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ENGL 1200 - Writing II
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
Expanding upon the argumentative and analytical emphases of Writing I, Writing II will foster research-based composition. In Writing II, students will demonstrate in prose their knowledge of rhetoric, employ a variety of research methods, and become familiar with latest information technologies. ART
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ENGL 2000 - American Literature I: Age of Exploration to the Civil War
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
The significant texts of American literature from early Native-American oral narratives to Civil War texts in a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, sermons, journals, letters, and other historical documents are surveyed. We examine how and why certain issues (such as American identity, Puritanism, cultural conflict, gender and racial equality) recur and evolve throughout early American literature. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2010 - Introduction to Cultural Studies
3 cr. 3 hr Offered every fourth Semester.
This course will give students the opportunity to concentrate on a variety of cultural texts and phenomena through the lens of cultural and critical theory. The study of culture is an inherently interdisciplinary investigation, but one that draws heavily on critical theory and Marxist literary theory in its study of complex ideas and experiences. Cultural Studies engages with the study of the meaning and practice of everyday life and systems. In this course, students will consider the history of critiques of culture and the rise of cultural studies as a discipline. In learning to read the signs and signifiers of cultural systems, students will be able to consider topics including resistance and assimilation, subcultural identity, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, disability, globalization, national identity, and cultural geography. ART
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2100 - American Literature II: Civil War to the Present
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course surveys all genres of American writing from 1865 to the present, tracing the effects of social, economic, scientific and artistic turmoil on authors and their works. We explore the interconnections among succeeding eras of American literature: Realism, Modernism and Post-Modernism. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2200 - British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course surveys the major British literary texts from the Anglo-Saxon period through the seventeenth century. During this exploration, we study and discuss significant historical moments as well as cultural developments that defined the literary imagination of these time periods and influenced authors to create their writings. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2210 - British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course examines British literature from the Restoration, Eighteenth-Century, and Romantic eras (1660-1834). The course considers how ‘classical’ and ‘romantic’ authors think about literary authority, influence, and imagination. It also explores cultural and historical contexts as they shape British literature and thought during these eras, with a focus on issues of race, class, and gender. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2220 - British Literature III: Brönte to Rushdie
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course surveys British writers from the Victorian era to the present, tracing their responses to the revolutionary changes in art, music, science and social and economic classes. Representative authors include Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, Barrett-Browning, Wilde, Shaw, Woolf, Joyce and Beckett, authors whose depiction of human nature challenged contemporary concepts of self and society. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2300 - Literature and Disability
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course examines individual, family and societal images of disability through autobiography, biography, fiction, poetry and children’s literature. Students will explore themes around the disability experience using reflective writings, class discussions and activities. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2320 - Script Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This basic course in script writing for film, television and multi-image productions includes information on the preparation of proposals, treatments, storyboards and scripts. Script formats include documentary, educational, corporate and dramatic film/video writing.(credit is not given for both ENGL 2320 and COMM 2320 .)
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ENGL 2323 - Digital Journalism
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
What is the future of Journalism? Technology has given journalists new reporting tools and storytelling & strategies; it has also created an interactive news environment that has fundamentally changed the report’s relationship with the public. In this course, students practice digital storytelling skills, while exploring the social, commercial and technological shifts that have shaped the news media in recent years. The end result is a framework for understanding digital journalism’s emerging role in society.
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ENGL 2330 - Literature and Film
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course involves the critical study of literature and film as means to convey narratives. The conventions of various literary genres and types of films will be considered. Special attention is paid to the adaptation of novels and stories for the screen. Students study a dozen or more motion pictures in depth and compose six to eight critical essays. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2340 - American Political Film and Literature: Conspiracies & Controversies
3 cr. 3 hr Offered every fourth Semester.
This course introduces students to divisive American political controversies of the past century and equips them to analyze Hollywood’s representations of these pivotal events, as well as political discourse in literature. In particular, you will examine cinematic and literary portrayals of the political process, labor and class struggles, and real and imagined government conspiracies. This course is writing intensive; students will write several short film analysis papers, as well as two longer, researched analysis papers. ART, LIT
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ENGL 2400 - World Literature I
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
This course presents a selection of works from around the world, from ancient/classical traditions up to the 16th century. We explore the aspects of the human experience and how they are reflected in the literary traditions of these time periods. Focus is on the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman foundations of Western literature, and on the Confucian, Hindu/Sanskrit, Buddhist, and Islamic underpinnings of literature in Asia and the Middle East. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, GDAN, LIT
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ENGL 2500 - World Literature II
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
This course examines a selection of major works from the mid-17th century to the present. We cover a wide span of cultures, narratives, and genres from the onset of modernity to the present. Focus is on literatures from a variety of non-western cultures and traditions and on interactions between cultures. By setting up various cultures in conversation with each other, students understand the ways in which modernity shapes itself through considerations of gender, class, race, etc. Students who have declared an English Studies major may take concurrently with ENGL 1200 with department approval. ART, GDAN, LIT
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ENGL 2540 - Global Issues in Film
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This course introduces students to crucial global issues of our time, many of which principally concern developing, non-Western nations, but all of which will impact the future of the U.S. Through film viewings, readings, writing, and discussion, students will engage with global problems and learn to develop their own critical viewpoints on complex issues. Students will analyze both documentaries and narrative films as artistic treatments of human problems. Their final project will require an in-depth study of, and presentation on, media representations of global issues pertaining to one nation. This course is cross-listed as IDIS 2540 /POLS 2540 . CTW, GDCN
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2600 - The Bible as Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
The course examines the style, narrative techniques, symbols, and historical settings of the Old and New Testaments. We examine the Bible as a work of literature by thinking about and identifying themes, forms and historical and cultural contexts. We read the Bible in translation and will reflect on how this affects our interpretations. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2620 - Classical Mythology
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This course is an introduction to mythology, with an emphasis on the myths, epics and plays of ancient Greece and Rome. These may include the works of Homer, Euripedes, Hesiod, Virgil, Ovid and others. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2650 - Ethnic American Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This course presents works by significant ethnic writers, such as James Baldwin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, M. Scott Momoday, Toni Morrison and Leslie Marmon Silko. This course is cross-listed with AAST 2650 ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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ENGL 2660 - 19th Century African American Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fall semester.
In this course, we will encounter the poetry, fiction, journals, essays, speeches, and songs of nineteenth-century African-American writers. By paying close attention to the personal as well as cultural forms of expression, we will observe how the anguish, joy, and even the mundane aspects of the early African-American experience translate into a distinct canon of literature. Representative authors include Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Frances E.W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, and W.E.B. Dubois. This course is cross-listed with AAST 2660 ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2670 - 20th Century African American Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every spring semester.
This course surveys the major periods, genres, and authors of African-American literature in the twentieth century. This course also connects African-American literature to the representation of Blacks in music, film live performance, media, and society in general. Representative authors include James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, and Toni Morrison. This course is cross-listed with AAST 2670 ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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ENGL 2700 - The Short Story
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
Significant stories by some of the world’s great writers are read and analyzed to show the evolution of the short story form. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2710 - Introduction to Science Fiction and Fantasy
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course will serve as an intensive introduction to the interconnected genres of science fiction and fantasy. We will read a number of significant authors and texts on three related levels; defining specific formal and thematic elements of each; thinking about some of the main sub-categories and periods through which the genres have developed; and working to develop overall concepts and definitions about the genre’s form, content, and goals. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2720 - Reading Poetry
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
In this course, we will develop techniques to read, understand, perform and appreciate poetry. Through exposure to a wide variety of poetry, we will examine the mechanics of poetic form and also consider the function of poetry in the world, its future and the formation of personal identities through language. LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2750 - Detective Fiction
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
The mystery novel/crime story genre is explored through a range of authors and time periods, including stories from Poe to Conan Doyle, classic British fiction, and its distinctively American counterparts, and significant contemporary works. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2800 - Journalism
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This reality-based course covers all aspects of writing news and feature stories for the print media. Students practice techniques used by feature writers, beat reporters and investigative journalists, as well as exploring the many legal and ethical issues faced by those working in news media. (Credit is not given for both ENGL 2800 and COMM 2800 )
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2810 - Editing and Publishing
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every spring semester.
This class explores the mechanics of editing, issues of attribution, use of sources, balanced coverage and libel laws. In addition, the relationship between editor and writer with reference to agents, the submission and selection process, and collaborating are explored. Students also gain an understanding of writing for special markets, such as education or medicine.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2860 - Introduction to Secondary School Teaching
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.
This course introduces theoretical and practical knowledge of English teaching and learning in the secondary school. Teacher candidates consider the development of adolescents; explore the role of the teacher; learn ways to manage the classroom environment; learn instructional strategies to motivate and engage students with diverse learning styles, interests, and levels of readiness; and examine the use of assessment to measure student growth, and to plan, evaluate and strengthen instruction. A review of legal and ethical principles reinforces the importance of integrating culturally and linguistically diverse students and those with disabilities; collaborating with caregivers; and professional attitudes and behaviors in general. A pre-practicum of 25 hours in required.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5.
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ENGL 2870 - The Structure and Nature of Language
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course studies the history of the English language, theories of language acquisition, and psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic topics. Students will also develop understanding of language systems and grammatical theories. L
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5.
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ENGL 2890 - Storytelling and the Oral Tradition
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
The course studies the oral tradition in European and non-Western contexts. Students examine the oral tradition in classic works as well as its continuance in fairy tales, popular music, story theater and performance art. Students will consider the structure and presentation of traditional, individually composed and family narratives. Each student will give at least two oral presentations before an audience. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2900 - Children’s Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every semester. Also offered evenings.
The course serves as an introductory survey of both classic and contemporary children’s literature. Texts are studied from a variety of perspectives in the contexts of both childhood and society. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2910 - Literature for Young Adults
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
This course is a survey of literature for young adults intended to develop the aesthetic and literary judgment of participants through the study of selected authors and genres. The special challenges and concerns of pre-adolescence through young adults will be explored. Such works as realistic fiction, young adult classics, historical novels, and science fiction will be examined. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2951 - The Grammar Dilemma: Grammar Instruction in the Middle and Secondary School
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years.
Designed for prospective English teachers, students will develop a comprehensive knowledge of English grammar and the pedagogical strategies for helping secondary students develop necessary proficiency in English grammar.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 2999 - Approaches to English Studies
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester. Also offered evenings.
An introduction to the academic study of English and the different ways readers can connect to, think about and experience literature. The course provides an overview of the discipline’s issues and theories and gives students experience in writing practical criticism and using research tools and methods. LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3000 - World Drama
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester. Also offered evenings.
This survey course focuses on non-English language Drama across the ages. The works of the Golden Age of Greece, Moliere, Pirandello, Dario Fo, Brecht, great Spanish writers like Calderon, Lope de Vega and Lorca, Japanese masters like Chicamatzu and Kanimi, might be studied in this course. ART, GDAN, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3010 - American Drama
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This is a survey of American Dramatic Literature from its beginnings in the prerevolutionary British Colonies to the present. The course involves critical reading of dramatic texts. Students will attend productions of plays on and off campus studied in the class. Students will engage in active discussion and analysis of these plays and will be required to write papers on particular authors. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3015 - Writing the Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other fall semester.
This production writing course provides the opportunity to plan and then begin a genre novel project over the semester. Students will also develop world building resources and timelines for completing the novel once the official semester is over.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3020 - Modern Drama
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This course surveys the dramatic Literature and theatre movement from roughly 1800 to the present. Students will read and analyze works of Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht and Beckett among others. The class covers such movements as Realism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Absurdist Drama and the Dada movement. ART, GDA, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3025 - English Studies Abroad
3 cr. 3 hr. As instructor interest
Special topics taken in a foreign study program. The topics covered in this course will vary according to the location of the program, duration of travel, and specialty of the respective instructors. Each version of the course will concentrate on the literary culture of the locale of the program and incorporate the value of travel and intellectual inquiry in the experience of reading, writing, performing, and/or teaching. Possible locations abroad include England, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, India, the Middle East, South Africa, etc. May be taken more than once for credit with departmental approval. GDA, LIT
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ENGL 3026 - Genres, Forms, and Themes in Creative Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered once a year.
This writing-intensive course combines theory and practice for an in-depth exploration of a specific genre, form, or theme in creative writing. Students will examine and apply specific skills and techniques to craft original creative pieces informed by the course topic. Student writing will represent deep investigation and advanced understanding of the chosen genre, form, or theme. This course can be taken twice given different course topics.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3027 - Experimental Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year.
This course explores techniques and genres of writing open to creative experimentation. Students will negotiate the boundaries of literary forms by conducting their own experiments in writing. These could include cross genre and multimedia work, anti-narrative writing, appropriated/found writing, generative literature, and constraint writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3028 - Research for Creative Writers
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other year.
In this class, we will read and write fiction, persona poetry, and investigative creative nonfiction. Students will learn different research methodologies writers use and how writers use sources such as the Internet, archives, and expert interviews. Students will apply such research methodologies to various writing assignments.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3030 - The Middle Ages
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course is an introduction to primary texts of medieval period, c. 500-1500, from both the British Isles and continental Europe, and explores the interconnected literary history of these traditions. Possible readings include the earliest extant Old English epic Beowulf, Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, Norse sagas, and Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. Genres covered may include epic, history, poetry, mysticism, hagiography, romance, and drama. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3035 - Playwrighting
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester. FIRST OFFERING SPRING 2014
This course in Playwrighting will teach students the craft and art of Playwrighting for the Stage. The course will have a professional orientation for Theater Concentration Majors but welcomes all serious upper division students as well. The aim of the course is to foster and augment the motivated student to engage in the writing of new theater works in the professional arena. Cross listed with THEA 3035
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3040 - British Literature Since World War II
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course examines fiction, drama and poetry written in Britain and its former Commonwealth since World War II. Special emphasis is placed on the role imperialism and decolonization has had in literature. Authors examined include A.S. Byatt, Derek Walcott, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie and Michael Ondaatje. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3045 - Media Conscious Storytelling
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every second semester beginning Spring 2015
This writing course will introduce students to crafting original digital and digitally inspired creative stories. In preparation, students will consider contemporary and historical experiments in literatures ranging from print to electronic literature, hypertext, artists’ books, mobile literature, multimedia literary texts, and comparisons of cross media adaptations to equip students to write literary works for and with new media.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1200
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ENGL 3050 - 20th-Century Irish Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
Students will examine poetry and prose from the entire century of Irish writing in this course. Special emphasis is placed on Joyce and Yeats as major writers whose influence continues to shape Irish writers and thinkers. Other authors covered include Roddy Doyle, Lady Gregory, and Sebastian Barry. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3060 - Modern Poetry
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered once every two years.
Chief modern poets of America and England are introduced and close reading is encouraged in the lyric form of writers such as Eliot through Lowell, Plath and other end-of-century writers. Emphasis is on these creators as precursors in a tradition. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3061 - Jewish American Literature & Culture
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course investigates Jewish American participation in the stages of American literary history, but it also examines the larger framing influences that Jewish culture has had on America and the ways in which Jewish Americans have successively reinvented themselves both as Jews and as Americans. Our exploration of Jewish American culture will extend to include attention to the history of Jewish life in America, as well as Jewish contributions to such aspects of the national culture as language, film, music, and diet. ART, GDA, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3070 - European Literature I
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This class will provide a selective survey of European Literature from the Medieval period to 1800, at time period which lays the foundation for many poetic, prose, dramatic genres of Western literature and which spans many political, social, cultural developments. Special emphasis is given to the development of the novel, women’s writing and the development of a “European” literature and tradition. ART, GDA. LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3080 - European Literature II
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
In this course we examine some of the most important recent European works from the past three hundred years. Works read cover not only the different cultures that constitute Europe, but also reflect the changing political landscape that has shaped the landmass that is identified as “Europe.” ART, GDA , LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3090 - Questioning War in Film and Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course examines the narrative and stylistic conventions of war stories, along with the cultural and political implications of screen images and written accounts of violent conflict and its effects. Our main focus will be films and literature that address the human costs of modern warfare and thereby question war itself. We will explore texts representing the experiences of women as well as men and individuals with a range of national, cultural, and political backgrounds. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3091 - Asian Cinemas: Eastern Visions in a Post Colonial World
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course is a survey of classic and contemporary Asian film. The history of colonialism and imperialism in South and East Asia, a legacy that figures prominently in the films we will study. Assessing the stylistic and narrative conventions of Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cinemas, we will recognize how these storytelling traditions often contrast with Hollywood and other Western cinemas. We will become acquainted with the work of some of Asia’s greatest directors. ART, GDAN
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3092 - Transatlantic Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every third semester.
This course will survey significant works from writers across the Atlantic; that is, writing from and about the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and England. By interrogating canonical and non-canonical writing within the particular context of transatlantic cultural exchanges, the course will consider the ways in which cultural and historical factors shape and change the literary subject. ARTS, GDAN, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3100 - World Novel
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
The course investigates significant novels such as Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina representing various countries and periods, as well as stages in the development of this literary form. L, C
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3120 - Golden Age of English Renaissance Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course focuses on the poetry, prose and drama of the English Renaissance’s Golden Age, roughly 1530-1625, beginning with poetry of the Tudor period and ending with drama from the reign of the Stuarts. This period encompasses the work of some of the greatest and best-known English authors, lays the foundation for many genres of literature, and encompasses many political reigns and social and cultural developments. The course will examine major literary forms and genres and topical/thematic concerns of writers, linking these to key social, political, and historical developments. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3210 - Major American Writers of the 20th Century
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
The varied creativity of American writers in this century is explored through the study of fiction, drama, poetry, criticism and the essay. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3220 - American Novel to 1950
3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.
This course provides a close examination of several representative works by major American novelists between 1800 and 1950. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3300 - Women and Literature
3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years. Also offered evenings.
Literature by and about women is examined in light of their roles in society, at work and in relationships. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3460 - Rebels in American Film and Literature: Race, Gender, and Class Outsiders
3 cr. 3 hr Offered every fourth semester.
Students in this course will explore significant trends and breakthroughs in Hollywood’s representation of racial minorities, women, gay people, and the incarcerated. You also will read key literary texts by marginalized voices in society and study the work of scholars in the field of representation studies, learning to apply their methods in your own analytical writing. This course is writing intensive; students will write several short film analysis papers, as well as two longer, researched film analysis papers. ART, LIT
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3480 - Writing for the Web
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Spring.
This course combines theory and practice in examining the unique challenges inherent in writing for the World Wide Web. Students learn the conventions, ethics and laws governing various forms of online writing, including online discussion and reviews, blogs, Web pages, wikis, ezines and collaborative fiction. Students then put this knowledge into practice, creating original content for the Web.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3500 - Creative Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
Critical reading and the process of writing are combined in this course, as students write and edit fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. Creative writing techniques are explored; emphasis is placed on the development of a unique, personal voice. Junior standing or approval of the instructor is required to enroll in this class.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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ENGL 3510 - Fiction Writing
3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.
This course encourages students to explore the writing processes in a supportive workshop. Students will draft, revise, and complete two short fictional pieces, either short stories or segments of longer works. Writers will receive guidance in refining their use of fictional techniques and will learn to develop voice and theme to create effective short stories and novels. Writing partners and peer editing groups will work together to give and receive useful and compassionate editorial feedback.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 .
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