Academic Catalog

English (ENG)

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ENG081 / Preparatory Academic Writing II
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Emphasizes preparation for college-level composition and related reading tasks with a focus on critical writing, reading, and thinking skills and processes. Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or a grade of "C" or better in ENG071 or ESL077, or permission of Department or Division.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG091 / Preparatory Academic Writing III
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Emphasizes preparation for first year composition with a focus on critical writing, reading, and thinking skills and processes at an increased level of academic complexity. Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or a grade of "C" or better in ENG081 or ESL087, or permission of Department or Division.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG100AE / Composition Skills
1 Credit / 1.0 Periods for Lecture

Developing generative and evaluative writing skills using selected software programs. Prerequisites: Appropriate English placement test score, or a grade of "C" or better in ENG091 or ESL097, or permission of Instructor.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG101 / First-Year Composition
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or (a grade of C or better in ENG091, or ESL097, or WAC101), or (a grade of B or better in ALT100), or (a grade of C in ALT100 and Corequisites: ENG101LL, or ENG107LL, or WAC101, or ENG100A+), or (a grade of C or better in ESL202 and Corequisites: ENG101LL, or ENG107LL, or WAC101, or ENG100A+).

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG102 / First-Year Composition
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process. Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENG101.

SUN  SUN# ENG 1102
Fulfills: First-Year Composition (FYC)
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG107 / First-Year Composition for ESL
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Equivalent of ENG101 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or (a grade of C or better in ENG091, or ESL097, or WAC101), or (a grade of B or better in ALT100), or (a grade of C in ALT100 and Corequisites: ENG101LL, or ENG107LL, or WAC101, or ENG100A+), or (a grade of C or better in ESL202 and Corequisites: ENG101LL, or ENG107LL, or WAC101, or ENG100A+).

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG108 / First-Year Composition for ESL
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Equivalent of ENG102 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process. Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG107.

Fulfills: First-Year Composition (FYC)
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG111 / Technical and Professional Writing
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Covers analyzing, planning, organizing, researching, and writing correspondence, reports, and presentations for specific work-related audiences. Includes integrating data and graphics into work-related documents and presentations. Prerequisites: ENG101 with a grade of C, or better, or permission of Instructor.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG200 / Reading and Writing About Literature
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Emphasis on critical analysis of various genres of literature; includes study of necessary terminology, introduction to methods of literary criticism, and practice in interpretation and evaluation. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102.

Fulfills: Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]; Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]-in combo; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG210 / Creative Writing
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Skills and techniques used in the production of marketable materials for contemporary publications that buy prose fiction, poetry, and expository articles. Prerequisites: ENG102 with a grade of C, or better, or permission of Department or Division. Course Notes: ENG210 may be repeated for a total of six (6) credit hours with permission of Department or Division.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG213 / Introduction to the Study of Language
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Study of language as code; phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics; language acquisition; historical and socio-linguistics. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102, or ENG111, or permission of Instructor.

Fulfills: Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]; Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]-in combo; Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]; Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG215 / Strategies of Academic Writing
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Advanced course in techniques of analyzing and writing academic expository prose. Writing to be research based. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102, or ENG111, or permission of Instructor. Course Notes: General Education Designation: Literacy and Critical Inquiry - [L]

Fulfills: Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG216 / Persuasive Writing on Public Issues
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Advanced course in techniques of analyzing and writing persuasive arguments addressing topics of current public interest. Papers research based. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102.

Fulfills: Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG217 / Personal and Exploratory Writing
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Using writing to explore one's self and the world one lives in; emphasis on journal writing as a source and inspiration for public writing. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101, or ENG107, or equivalent.

Fulfills: Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG218 / Writing about Literature
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Advanced writing course requiring analytical and expository essays about fiction, poetry, and drama. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102.

Fulfills: Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]; Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]-in combo; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]; Literacy & Critical Inquiry [L]-in combo
Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature
ENG235 / Magazine Article Writing
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Basic skills and techniques used by professional writers for publication in magazines. Includes analyzing markets, identifying article slant, research techniques, editing, and submission procedures. Emphasis on nonfiction. Prerequisites: None.

Division: Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature