ENG - English   

ENG 175 - Critical Writing I   (3 Credits)
   Study and practice of the process of composition, concentrating on exposition.  In addition to emphasis on audience and purpose, coursework focuses on the principles of unity, development, coherence, and sentence effectiveness in the paragraph and essay.   Accuracy, correct grammar, and vocabulary development are also emphasized.

ENG 176 - Critical Writing II   (3 Credits)
   Study and practice of the standard methods of development (Definition, Division, Example, Comparison, Cause, and Process) as techniques for development in writing.  Coursework will focus on each method individually and then on a combination of methods employed for different writing purposes (Description, Narration, Argument, and Exposition).  Accuracy, grammar, and vocabulary development are also emphasized. 
   Prerequisite: ENG 175

ENG 235 - Self-representation, Professionalism, and Technology   (3 Credits)
   Through a series of hands-on assignments and case studies, students will learn the basics of presenting themselves professionally in written and oral discourse, in both physical and virtual mediums.  We will discuss and practice communicating respectfully, yet clearly through mediums such as letters and memos as well as emails and other on-line postings.  The course will focus on the different types of professional audiences that might read the texts students generate, and we will discuss the appropriate tones to use with each prospective audience.  The course will also address crucial oral and visual means of communication, and students will be asked to consider the ways people present themselves in a variety of contexts, including the classroom, workplace, and popular mediums like MySpace.com, Facebook.com, and YouTube.com.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 236 - Expository Writing II   (3 Credits)
   This course applies the principles learned in Critical Writing I and II (ENG 175 and ENG 176) to argumentative writing.  The course begins by applying argumentative rhetorical strategies to general issues, then focuses on specific workplace issues, and concludes by applying argumentative strategies to the analysis of literature.  Throughout the course, arguments are grounded in close readings of common texts, and accurate assessment, summary and quotation are emphasized.
   Prerequisites:  ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 255 - Approaches to Literature   (3 Credits)
   The course acquaints students with the basic tools for beginning to analyze and discuss literature. Students will therefore read excerpts from a variety of different literary genres, including drama, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film. The mechanics and terms specific to each genre will be discussed.
   Prerequisite: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 256 - Creative Writing   (3 Credits)
   The course provides a treatment of the elements of fiction, drama, and poetry from the writer's point of view. Students work with the instructor and other students to analyze their creative works. Imagination and personal experience are both employed as tools used during the creative process of writing. With consultation from students, the instructor will determine specific genres to emphasize.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 270 - Introduction to Fiction Writing   (3 Credits)
   A treatment of the elements of fiction from the writer's point of view. Elements covered are Getting Started (Freewriting, Journal Keeping), Story Form and Structure (Conflict, Crisis, and Resolution), Showing and Telling (Detail), Characterization (Direct and Indirect Methods of Presentation of Character), Fictional Place and Time (Setting, Atmosphere), Point of View (Narrator, Person) and Revision. Imagination and personal experience are both employed as tools used during the creative process of writing.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 274 - Survey of British Literature   (3 Credits)
   Students will study the stylistic and thematic characteristics of the important periods of British literature. Students will become aware of the historical, social, and political contexts for each of the periods. Students will become familiar with the key figures and major works within each period.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 276 - Survey of American Literature   (3 Credits)
   Students will study a selection of American texts that were central to the development of a uniquely American vein of literature. We will trace the development of a variety of American identities and examine the cultural and intellectual changes that paralleled these developments.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 300 - Workplace in Film   (3 Credits)
   This course studies film as the dominant literary genre of the twentieth century.  Focusing on contemporary films set in workplace environments, the course seeks to define cultural beliefs and anxieties surrounding work and life in our modern times.  The course brings the fields of literary studies and film analysis to bear directly on business issues.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176

ENG 343 - Contemporary American Culture   (3 Credits)
   Meeting at the crossroads of philosophy and cultural studies, this course examines excerpts from contemporary literature, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as contemporary film, to detect trends in cultural beliefs and world views, especially those pertaining to personal and social responsibility.

ENG 340 - www.eculture.com   (3 Credits)
   The Internet has transformed our lives in many ways, and we frequently hear about the economic and sociologic changes, for good and bad. This course focuses on the cultural changes, for good and bad, brought on by the advent of the World Wide Web. The course will cover the typical spectrum of cultural categories: art, music, literature, and film. The course will also recognize the Internet itself as a cultural medium.

ENG 376 - American Literature   (3 Credits)
   This course examines selected works of American literature from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetic writings in relation to their context in American social and intellectual history as they trace the evolution of the American dream and our national identity.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, HUM 104

ENG 421 -  Literary Criticism   (3 Credits)
   The way we read a text determines the kind of information we gain from it. This course will examine different methodologies (psychoanalysis, feminist, deconstruction, etc.) for reading texts, and students will explore a variety of texts in light of these methodologies in order to understand what is offered by each.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176, ENG 255 or permission of instructor

ENG 424 - Great Books Seminar   (3 Credits)
   This seminar is designed to examine key works of literature representative of the social, political, and philosophical climate of their times. The course familiarizes the student with works that have had the most influence upon the world and encourages the student to analyze and evaluate these works in the context of his or her own education and experience.
   Prerequisites: ENG 175, ENG 176, ENG 255 or consent of instructor

ENG 465 - Research Writing I (3 Credits)
A capstone writing and research course which uses an adaptation of the scientific method to initiate survey, experimental or qualitative research related to the student’s major. This course must be taken in the senior year. Students will design, research, draft, and revise a "mini-thesis" on an important topic in their major. Special attention will be paid to the use of the Internet in conducting research.
   Prerequisites: ENG 176, STA 326. This course replaces ENG 475.

ENG 466 - Research Writing II   (3 Credits)
   This course builds upon the foundation of research established in ENG 465, which required a significant piece of research in the student's major. In this course students will prepare an analysis of the credibility and reliability of research sources with special attention to Internet sources. Students will also be required to write a piece of writing typically found in their major based on a detailed audience analysis. The student will be exposed to basic statistical software used to display the results of analytical research. Students will use PowerPoint to present polished, formal presentations summarizing their work. Special attention will be paid to the skills required to put a written research document into an oral presentation.
   Prerequisite: ENG 465

ENG 485 - Presentation and Debate I   (3 Credits)
   A senior-year course which applies modern communication theory to business and professional speaking. Students research and analyze speech writing and speech delivery, and develop persuasive techniques for interpersonal, group, and public communication.
   Prerequisites: ENG 176, MGT 303. This course replaces ENG 280.

ENG 486 - Presentation and Debate II   (3 Credits)
   This course is designed to develop and enhance the business student's oral and written skills in argumentation and debate.  Students will analyze and discuss the philosophical bases and principles of debating skills as they apply to proposals, meetings, group problem solving, and negotiations.  
   Prerequisites:  ENG 485, MGT 303. This course replaces ENG 480.