2021-2022 Course List

Introduction to learning the written and oral communication of technical information. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, computer applications, collaborative writing, and usability testing to complete technical communication tasks in the workplace.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

Goal Areas:

GE-02, GE-13

Introduction to business communication. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation typical to a business/industry setting. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, software applications, collaboration, and usability testing to complete business communication tasks. Fall, Spring

Goal Areas:

GE-02, GE-13

Introduction to written and visual communication of technical information in agricultural contexts. Through rhetorical analysis, collaborative and independent writing, and usability testing, students will learn strategies to produce clear, concise, accurate, and effective documents and presentations.

An introduction to literary genres and to the techniques of writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

A review of traditional grammar designed to prepare students for advanced work in language and grammar. This course will run for a half-semester.

Expressive expository and argumentative writing. For anyone interested in developing advanced rhetorical skills such as invention, arrangement, and style in discourse. Especially recommended for students who plan to write as part of their careers or pursue graduate study.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 and permission of instructor 

Topic-oriented course in literature. May be repeated with change of topic.

Specific topics in multicultural literature with detailed study of a particular period, region, or group in the United States and their contributions to a diverse literature. Topics include African American Literature, American Indian Literature, Southern Writers of Color, and others. May be repeated as topics change.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Animals and Literature is a required class for the Human-Animal Studies minor. The course examines literature focusing on animals from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations. By analyzing the role of animals in various literary texts, students will develop a greater understanding of human-animal interactions and relationships, will be exposed to ethical issues surrounding human-animal relationships, and will understand and engage in theoretical issues central to Human-Animal Studies. Topics may vary and the course can be repeated with change in content.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Representative works from British literature encompassing Beowulf through the Eighteenth Century. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites:

ENG 275W 

Representative works from British Literature, the Romantic Period to the present. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites:

ENG 275W 

Introduction to authors, genres, illustrations, and works of literature published for elementary age children. Current and classic works.

A survey of American Literature from its beginnings to the end of the Civil War. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites:

ENG 275W 

A survey of American Literature from the end of the Civil War to the present. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites:

ENG 275W

Study of the technical underpinnings of fiction and creative nonfiction genres.

Study of the technical underpinnings of poetry.

Introduction to writing personal essays and literary journalism.

Introduction to writing short stories.

Prerequisites:

Select one course: ENG 340 or ENG 341.

Introduction to writing poems.

Prerequisites:

Select one course: ENG 340 or ENG 341.

Theory, practice, and materials for teaching English language arts in middle school and high school, with particular attention to literature.

Theory, practice, and materials for teaching English language arts in middle school and high school, with particular attention to language and writing.

The English language considered structurally (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) and sociolinguistically (geographical and social dialects, gender issues, acquisition of first and second language, standard and nonstandard forms).

This course introduces students to the role of culture and language in education. Topics of study focus on diverse student populations, particularly language learners, in American schools, providing an understanding that every individual is a member of many communities and is influenced by a host of different cultural markers, such as language, race, ethnicity, regionalism, social class, gender, and other differences.

Selected topics course on literature about gender and gendered experiences

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Studies in selected authors. Specific authors change. May be repeated with content changes.