| 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
7 Writing and Reading Improvement I |
6 credits |
| Provides an integrated approach to developing students' writing and reading processes. Prepares students to complete assignments successfully by providing them with reading and writing strategies. Prerequisite: Placement Test. Lecture 6 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
236 Introduction to the Short Story |
3 credits |
| Examines selected short stories emphasizing the history of the genre. Involves critical reading and writing. 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
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. |
