A preparatory course of study emphasizing the basic grammatical, logical, and rhetorical skills that produce effective themes. NOTE: This course is a prerequisite to WRT 120 for students who have been placed in ENG 020. Credits earned in 0-level courses do not count toward the total hours of credit needed for graduation.
ENG 030 English for Non-Native Speakers (3)
Individualized instruction for the non-native speaker; conversational English, formal written English, reading and listening comprehension, and grammar. (Students should seek placement advice from the ESL program staff before registering.) NOTE: This course is a prerequisite to WRT 120 for students who have been placed in ENG 020. Credits earned in 0-level courses do not count toward the total hours of credit needed for graduation.
WRT 120 Effective Writing I (3)
An intensive course in writing that emphasizes skill in organization, argumentation, and analysis as well as practice with a different of styles of writing appropriate for disciplinary, professional, and personal uses.
ENG 130 Effective Writing I for Non-Native Speakers (3)
An intensive course in writing for the non-native speaker of English, emphasizing skill in organization and awareness of styles of writing and levels of usage as ways of expressing and communicating experiences. NOTE: For non-native speakers of English, ENG 130 is comparable to WRT 120, but it is for international students only. (Students should seek advice from the ESL Program staff before registering.)
ENG 131 Effective Writing II for Non-Native Speakers (3)
Continues the expository writing experience offered to non-native speakers in ENG 130, and explores techniques of gathering, evaluating, and selecting materials to be used in writing research papers. NOTE: For non-native speakers of English, ENG 131 is comparable to WRT 121, but it is for international students only. (Students should seek advice from the ESL Program staff before registering.)
ENG 132 Effective Speaking I for Non-Native Speakers (3)
After a brief introduction to the differences between writing and speaking, this course focuses on giving directions, explaining concepts, asking questions, giving presentations, and engaging in small talk, interviewing, and extensive pronunciaton drills.
ENG 134 Idioms in the Context of American Culture (3)
Through the use of modern American movies, this course helps students learn the meanings of idioms in context. Students practice using these idioms in drills and exercises.
ENG 200 Intermediate Composition (3)
A workshop that provides intensive instruction for students who experience difficulty in writing. Not open to first-year students.
WRT 204 Critical Writing: Approaches to Popular Culture (3)
The strategies of critical theory and critical writing will be used to examine and explain popular culture. Students will research issues common to the humanities, arts, and sciences, and explore issues presented in multi-media texts, including print, television, film, music, and art.
This course emphasizes that writing is a means of critically reflecting on, analyzing, and communicating personal experience and representations of the "self." It includes instruction in traditional forms of personal writing (such as autobiographies and resumes), as well as less familiar forms (such as web pages). Academic research will provide historical and social context for this exploration of the concept of "experience."
WRT 206 Critical Writing: The Multidisciplinary Imagination (3)
What role does imagination play in advancing new knowledge and new perspectives? Is imagination as important for scientists and politicians as it is for artists and philosophers? Readings and research assignments address topics related to the role imagination plays in breaking new ground in the sciences, arts, social sciences, and humanities. Writing assignments cover issues such as style, language, purpose, audience, and types of writing.
WRT 208 Critical Writing: Entering the Public Sphere (3)
Publication is a goal for many writers. Reporters, scientists, poets, academics, and others write for publication. This class will explore various public forums and public uses for writing and will require students to write for professional and/or class-produced print forums. The class will also produce its own publication about writing-related news and events that students will learn about by conducting documented research projects.
ENG 215 Views on Literacy (3)
The historical and social contexts of English literacy. Emphasis on writing.
WRT 220 Critical Writing: Special Topics (3)
This course introduces students to styles of academic writing suitable to a variety of disciplines as wells as to research practices such as selecting, gathering, citing, and evaluating sources. The course is offered with a special theme designed by the instructor.
ENG 230 (also LIN 230) Introduction to Linguistics (3)
Basic concepts of language description, classification, change, reconstruction, dialectology, and sociolinguistics. Prerequisite for all courses in English.
ENG 270 Publishing (3)
A practical examination of the general components of the publishing field with emphasis on book production.
ENG 271 Typography (3)
This course provides students with experience in production of books, using historical and modern methods of design. PREREQ: ENG 270.
ENG 275 Literary Editing and Publishing (3)
Experience in publishing the student literary magazine Daedalus: editing, proofing, photographic selection and layout, and printing.
ENG 304 Essay Workshop (3)
Experience in reading and writing essays, with focus on revision, on the use of the public "I," and on appropriate voice. Attention to invention.
Introduction to document design and production, desktop publishing, and issues of technological impact on written communication.
ENG 330 English Phonology (3)
Phonemics and morphophonemics in English. Writing systems and phonemic-graphemic relationships in English. Historical development of English sounds. PREREQ: ENG 230.
A detailed analysis of the modern descriptive approach to the study of English grammar and how it compares with the traditional approach. PREREQ: ENG 230.
ENG 335 History of the English Language (3)
Review of the influences on the development of the English language. PREREQ: ENG 230.
ENG 339 History and Dialects of American English (3)
Development of the English language in America since colonial settlement. American and British English. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of the regional and social dialects of American English. PREREQ: ENG 230.
ENG 340 Sociolinguistic Aspects of English (3)
The study of language in its social context; the ethnography of communication; language and society, social classes, ethnic groups, politics, sex, and education. PREREQ: ENG 230.
ENG 350 Introduction to English as a Second Language (3)
Exploration of the scope of the filed, types of programs, and general approaches to instruction.
ENG 368 Business and Organizational Writing (3)
The nature of communication within business and organizations. Theoretical basis and practical application.
ENG 371 Technical Writing (3)
Instruction in the forms and techniques of written, oral and visual communication currently practiced in the scientific and technical professions. A series of coordinated assignments leads to a final project in the student's field of professional study. PREREQ: WRT 121.
ENG 375 Strategies for Writing in the Workplace (3)
Strategy and politics of client-centered and competitive writing that achieves objectives for the professions and organizations.
ENG 390 Teaching English in Secondary Schools (3)
Review of language arts requirements in secondary schools. Special reference to grade-placement with adoption of materials, appraisal of results, and development of programs of study. PREREQ: ENG 230, 331, and 335, EDM 300, EDP 351, and EDS 306.
ENG 392 Writing and Teaching Writing in Secondary English (3)
Introduces students to major theorists in composition and literary theory, including Britton, Emgi, Heath, Murray, Moffett, Perl, and Graves. Provides opportunities to write in all the modes -- for all the purposes and audiences -- required by most secondary school curricula, and to analyze these writing experiences in terms of sociocultural, cognitive, and other psychological theory and research.
ENG 395 Internship (3-12)
Intensive practical experience with selected businesses, media, and public agencies. Limited to qualified students who have earned a minimum of 80 credit hours.
ENG 397 Writing Tutoring (3)
Theory and practice of writing tutoring, especially for those who plan a career in teaching or who are focusing on the remediation or development of language and writing skills.
Practical yearbook production experience in a closely supervised framework. PREREQ: ENG 270 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 414 Tutoring Practicum (1)
Supervised experience as an undergraduate tutor for any of the English tutoring programs (e.g. Department of English or Academic Development Program [ADP] tutoring, etc.).
ENG 430 Language Seminar (3)
Studies in English language and linguistics. PREREQ: ENG 230 and at least junior standing.
ENG 445 Women Writing: Autobiography (3)
A writing seminar directed toward the reading of women's autobiographies and the writing of personal autobiographical narratives. A writing-emphasis course.
ENG 450 Prose Writing Seminar (3)
This variable-topic seminar concentrates on problems in advanced writing, focusing on prose analysis and its application to student writing and revision.
English Requirements and Electives
Approved Distributive Requirement Course
Approved Interdisciplinary Course
Course may be taken again for credit
