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ENGL 3900 - Professional andTechnicalWriting (3-0-3)
An advanced study and application of principles for effective professional and
technical writing. Topics to include audience and context analysis, ethical
communication, and writing for international readers. Students put these concepts
into practice by writing and designing several professional and technical documents
for both specialist and non-specialist readers. While open to students from all majors,
the course includes entry assessment of writing skills for the baccalaureate degree
program in Communication and Media Studies. Required to earn at least a C in the
course, based on the program-entry-level assessments of writing skills built into the
class.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C).
ENGL 3910 - Professional Editing (3-0-3)
This course focuses on editing documents from a variety of genres and authors. The
course includes proofreading, copyediting, formatting, and recognizing and correcting
grammar, punctuation, andmechanics inwritten documents.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C).
ENGL 4000 - English Internship (3-0-3)
This course is the principal experiential learning opportunity for theEnglishmajor, and
is normally taken no earlier than the junior year. The environment will be appropriate
for an English major, either on or off campus, and should be related to the student's
career interests.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3100 (C).
ENGL 4011 - Critical Theory (3-0-3)
A study of different theoretical approaches to the interpretation of texts and other
cultural objects. These theories are then applied to selected works drawn from
literature, themassmedia, and the finearts.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3100 (C).
ENGL 4020 –Methods of Teaching Literature (3-0-3)
This course prepares English Education majors in the theory and practice of teaching
literature in secondary schools. The class will emphasize planning, selecting and
evaluating instructional materials for grades six through twelve. Students will develop
lessons and units to become effective teachers of writing at the secondary level.
Significant field experiences will include educational interactions with students.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C) and [ENGL 2111 (C), ENGL 2112 (C), ENGL 2121
(C), ENGL2122 (C), ENGL 2131 (C), or ENGL 2132 (C)].
ENGL 4030 –Methods of TeachingWriting (3-0-3)
This course prepares English Education majors in the theory and practice of teaching
writing in the secondary schools. The class will emphasize planning, selecting, and
evaluating instructional materials for grades six through twelve. Students will develop
lessons and units to become effective teachers of writing at the secondary level.
Significant field experiences will include educational interactions with students.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C) and [ENGL 2111 (C), ENGL 2112 (C), ENGL 2121
(C), ENGL2122 (C), ENGL 2131 (C), or ENGL 2132 (C)].
ENGL 4100 - AmericanColonial and Federal Literature (3-0-3)
Major works of American literature from 1588 to 1820, including captivity narratives
andwritings that explore the earlydevelopment of Americaas anation.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C) and [ENGL 2111 (C), ENGL 2112 (C), ENGL 2121
(C), ENGL2122 (C), ENGL 2131 (C), or ENGL 2132 (C)].
ENGL 4110 - AmericanRomanticism (3-0-3)
Major works of American literature from 1820-1860, including Emerson and Thoreau,
as well as writers outside the traditional canon.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 (C) and [ENGL 2111 (C), ENGL 2112 (C), ENGL 2121
(C), ENGL2122 (C), ENGL 2131 (C), or ENGL 2132 (C)].
