TCC Home Page                               

TEXT ONLY

Site Search:
Welcome CenterAcademicsWorkforce DevelopmentNew StudentsCurrent StudentsFaculty and StaffDonorsCommunity
rollover on the links above to activate the sub menus
Bb, Email, SIS
myTCC myTCC Library
 

English Course Descriptions

ENG 1 Preparing for College Writing I
4 credits
Helps students discover and develop writing processes needed to bring their proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into their respective curricula. Guides students through the process of starting, composing, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week.
ENG 3 Preparing for College Writing II
4 credits
Emphasizes strategies within the writing process to help students with specific writing situations. Develops techniques to improve clarity of writing and raise proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into particular curricula. Prerequisite: Placement Test or ENG 1. Lecture 4 hours per week.
ENG 4 Reading Improvement I
4 credits
Helps students improve their reading processes to increase their understanding of reading materials. Includes word forms and meanings, comprehension techniques, and ways to control reading pace. Prerequisite: Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week.
ENG 5 Reading Improvement II
4 credits
Helps students read critically and increase appreciation of reading. Guides students in making inferences, drawing conclusions, detecting relationships between generalizations and supporting details. Includes interpreting graphic aids and basic library skills. Prerequisite: Placement Test or ENG 4. Lecture 4 hours per week.
ENG 8 Writing and Reading Improvement II
6 credits
Emphasizes strategies within the writing and critical reading processes to help students with specific writing and reading assignments. Encourages an appreciation for clear writing and practical reading applications. Lecture 6 hours per week.
ENG 108 Critical Reading and Study Skills
3 credits
Helps students improve their reading and learning processes. Includes advanced comprehension strategies and study skills such as time management, note-taking, studying from textbooks and other reading materials, taking examinations, and using the library. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 111 College Composition I
3 credits

Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes. Writing activities will include exposition and argumentation with at least one researched essay. Prerequisite: Placement Test. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 112 College Composition II
3 credits

Continues to develop college writing with increased emphasis on critical essays, argumentation, and research, developing these competencies through the examination of a range of texts about the human experience. Requires students to locate, evaluate, integrate, and document sources and effectively edit for style and usage.  Prerequisite: ENG 111 or equivalent and ability to use word processing software.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 115 Technical Writing
3 credits
Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected reading. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 121-122 Introduction to Journalism I-II
3 credits each
Introduces students to all news media, especially news gathering and preparation for print. Prerequisite: ENG 111 or 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 125 Introduction to Literature
3 credits

Introduces students to a range of literary genres that may include poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and other cultural texts, as it continues to develop college writing.  Prerequisite: ENG 111. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 131 Technical Report Writing I
3 credits
Offers a review of organizational skills including paragraph writing and basic forms of technical communications, various forms of business correspondence, and basic procedures for research writing. Includes instruction and practice in oral communication skills. Prerequisite: ENG 111. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 139 College Grammar
3 credits
Studies formal English grammar and effective expression with attention to recognizing and employing appropriately the various levels of English usage, thinking logically, speaking and writing effectively, editing, evaluating content and intent of both spoken and written English, and punctuating correctly. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 210 Advanced Composition
3 credits
Helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 211-212 Creative Writing I-II
3 credits each
Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 241 - 242 Survey of American Literature I-II
3 credits each
Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 243-244 Survey of English Literature I-II
3 credits each
Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 246 Major American Writers
3 credits
Examines major writers of American literary history. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 251-252 Survey of World Literature I-II
3 credits each
Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 253-254 Survey of African-American Literature I-II
3 credits each
Examines selected works by black American writers from the colonial period to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 255 Major Writers in World Literature
3 credits
Examines major writers selected from a variety of literary traditions. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 261-262 Advanced Creative Writing I-II
3 credits each
Guides the student in imaginative writing in selected genres on an advanced level. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 276 Southern Literature
3 credits
Examines the themes and techniques of selected writers dealing with the American South as a distinctive cultural entity. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 279 Film and Literature
3 credits
Examines the translation of literature into film viewing and writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.

2007-2008 Catalog

top