ENG-203 |
Introduction to Poetry |
Students read, discuss, and write about traditional and modern poems, while learning the technical elments of |
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poetry and refine their critical thinking and writing skills by analyzing and interpreting poems. |
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ENG-210 |
Introduction to the Theater |
This course surveys imporant historical periods of theater from Greece to the present day through examination of |
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representative dramas from each period |
3.00 |
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ENG-212 |
Women Authors |
This course explores and surveys the writing of women authors |
3.00 |
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ENG-215 |
Technical Writing |
This course reviews the art of writing as a process that is adaptable to all professions and crafts |
3.00 |
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ENG-216 |
American Literature I |
This course concentrates on major figures in America ' s literature from the Colonial Period through the Age of Transcendentalism. |
3.00 |
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ENG-217 |
American Literature II |
Beginning with the nineteenth century, American Literature II surveys major figures from Realism and Naturalism through Modernism and Postmodernism |
3.00 |
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ENG-218 |
Multicultural Literature |
Through reading the literature of a variety of ethnic and cultural groups, this course provides a historical survey or thematic exploration of multicultural questions and ideas |
3.00 |
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ENG-230 |
History of the English Language |
This course surveys origins of the development of the English language from the Proto-Indo- Europeans of Central Europe through the development of the Danish, Saxon and Germanic tribes to the present-day status of the English language. |
3.00 |
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ENG-240 |
History of Rhetoric |
This course explores classical texts, as well as their influence on contemporary principles and philosophical perspectives and the production of written, oral, visual, and digital texts today. Students will discuss important developments in the history of rhetoric and use rhetorical theory to consider issues related to oral, written, and visual discourse. |
3.00 |
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ENG-272 |
Literature of War |
This course explores how political ideas have been expressed through a variety of literary forms from the Renaissance to the present day. Students analyze the historical context that underlay prominent works of political writing and the choices made by authors in composing them. |
3.00 |
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ENG-286 |
Literature of Medicine |
This series of courses treats popular themes as they appear in literature and the media. |
3.00 |
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ENG-288 |
Film as Art |
This series of courses treats popular themes as they appear in literature and the media. |
3.00 |
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ENG-290 |
The Short Story |
This course analyzes the short story genre and its development in world literature. |
3.00 |
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ENG-299 |
Selected Topics in English |
In this course students have the opportunity to explore genres, concepts or authors selected by the instructor. Course may be repeated for credit if the topic changes. |
3.00 |
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ENG-301 |
World Masterpieces I |
Beginning with the ancient epics of eastern and western cultures and ending with the Renaissance, this course focuses on major writers of world literature |
3.00 |
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ENG-302 |
World Masterpieces II |
Masterpieces from the Early Modern era through contermporary literature are examined |
3.00 |
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ENG-305 |
Persuasive Business Presentations |
Verbal skills essential to effective business presentations, including negotiation, debating, extemporaneous speaking, and interviewing provides the focus of this course. Oral reporting, management briefing, conference and committee leadership, and active listening are addressed as tools to minimize or eliminate barriers to understanding. |
3.00 |
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ENG-306 |
Literary Monster |
In Literary Monsters, we will explore the monster in literature as both a symbol and a functioning character in a story. We will read Beowulf( 9th century), Marie de France ' s werewolf story, " Bisclavret "( 12th century), Mary Shelley ' s Frankenstein( 1818), Robert Louis Stevenson ' s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde( 1886), and excerpts from Bram Stoker ' s Dracula( 1897), as well as more recent works, such as J. K. Rowling ' s Harry Potter series. Literary Monsters includes as well a study of relevant films inspired by the novels. |
3.00 |
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ENG-310 |
Literary Criticism |
This course examines the aesthetics of literature from Plato to contemporary theory |
3.00 |
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