Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
English
ENG-002 Developmental Writing ( 3 ) A review of sentence , paragraph and essay structure , this course prepares the student for college writing . Prerequisites :
ENG-101 College English ( 3 ) This course focuses on the personal and expository components of rhetoric . Emphasis is given to writing processes and logic through constant practice in sentence combining and through organizing and styling paragraphs and themes . Peer review of student writing is included . Prerequisites :
ENG-102 Introduction to Literature ( 3 ) Students explore literary genres from selected world masterpieces with emphasis on style and philosophic import and write themes of critical analysis . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-103 Play Production ( 3 ) This course emphasizes the fundamentals of play production - script selection , casting , blocking , lighting , publicity and culminates in the production of a play . Prerequisites :
ENG-105 Grammar Review ( 3 ) This class reviews the basics of traditional grammar - classes of words and sentences , inflections and functions of English , syntactical relationships and usage - and examines alternative grammar systems . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-200 Public Speaking ( 3 ) This is a course in public speaking with emphasis on informative , argumentative and persuasive skills along with the sharpening of student ' s ability to listen and analyze . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-2000 The Arts and the Imagination ( 3 ) ENG-2001 Arts and Ideas ( 3 ) This is an introductory course designed to give the student an appreciation of the literary and fine arts . The course examines ideas rooted in justice , philosophy , spirituality , politics , science , education , art , and psychology through literature that spans the evolution of those ideas . The course requires both analytical and creative responses to these ideas so that students can express their understanding of the complex relationship among thought , writing , art and society . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-201 British Literature I ( 3 ) Students in this course read and discuss selected major figures in English literature from the Anglo- Saxon Period through the eighteenth century . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-202 British Literature II ( 3 )
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