The following courses are usually offered every year, either in the Fall or Spring semesters or both.
This course is designed to help students bring their writing skills to a level desirable for college courses and English 101. Content development, writing style, sentence structures, grammar, organization of thought, and revision are central to the course. Student-teacher and peer conferencing is encouraged. This course is required for students with ACT Reading and English scores of 17 or below, or paper-based TOEFL scores of 500-529.
This course focuses on the composing process. Students will write several essays, one or more of which will include practice in research. Student-teacher and/or peer conferencing is encouraged, as is student use of the writing center.
Students will practice various critical approaches in their written responses to short stories, plays, poems and often a novel. Journal responses to literature are also encouraged. (Prerequisites: ENG 101/107)
An emphasis on written and oral communication, focusing upon invention, content, voice, organization, coherence, style, and mechanics. (Adult Evening Program only)
Short stories, poems, plays, and a novel provide the impetus for class-teacher discussion, peer discussion, and role playing. Creative writing, interpretive writing, research writing, in-class journal writing, and oral reports are also emphasized. (Adult Evening Program only)
This honors level course in academic literacy focuses on college writing, critical thinking, and active reading. Students develop their abilities to analyze source texts, synthesize ideas, and advance arguments in writing. Reading-to-write is emphasized in a syllabus of classic and contemporary texts. (Open to students accepted into the Honors College Program)
This course focuses on the critical reading of literary texts from a variety of genres, times, and voices. Class discussion and writing projects provide opportunity for analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of the texts as students develop increasing academic literacy. (Open to students in the Honors College Program) (Prerequisites: ENG 101/106)
Fiction, drama, and poetry will be discussed in this intensive introduction to literature. Literary terminology, techniques for writing about literature, a brief literary history of British and American literature, and a basic introduction to literary theory will be covered. This course is required for all English, English Secondary Education, and Creative Writing majors and can be substituted for the English 102/107 general education core requirement. (Prerequisites: ENG 101/106)
A course which focuses on current theories of composition, instructional techniques for writing conferences, and writing center theories and practices. (Prerequisite: ENG 101/106 or consent of the instructor.)
This course focuses on writing about and discussing literature-in-translocation and international films from around the world: the Middle East, Continental Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110 or consent of the instructor)
This course provides a thorough examination of English syntax and its underlying structures, specifically to gain understanding of the rules of the written form of American Standard English. Special attention will also be given to how the English language is actively evolving and changing. Required for secondary education English majors. (Prerequisite: ENG 101)
This course will provide an opportunity for English certification majors to survey books in a variety of genres which are of interest to middle school and high school students with special attention to the developmental needs and abilities of students of this age, including gifted learners and reluctant readers. Required for secondary education English majors. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
This course will examine the frontier as a place and idea in early American Literature. Students will read novels ranging from traditional frontier narratives such as James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales to captivity narratives such as Lydia Marie Child’s Hobomok. This course will explore in what ways the experience, landscape,and myth of the frontier shaped American Literature and culture. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
This course will explore the literature of the American Renaissance, a period of amazing artistic and intellectual growth. Students will read authors ranging from Emerson to Alcott, Melville to Dickinson, Hawthorne to Fuller. These authors were particularly interested in creating a literature that was distinctively American. Particular emphasis will be placed on the influence of transcendentalism on these authors and their works. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
This course will examine the influence of capitalism, industrialism, and urban growth on nineteenth-century American literature. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
This course will investigate the origins, objectives, and methods of the Modern and Post modern movements in American Literature as well as explore the diversity of voices and genres contributing to the contemporary American scene. Special attention will be paid to cultural, political, and social issues as they influence and are influenced by this literature. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
The survey of early British literature ranges from Beowulf, one of the earliest old English texts, up to the eighteenth century. We will trace the development of the literary hero as well as focus upon literary history and genre development as we study such authors as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, and Swift. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
Using literary criticism and close textual analysis, this course will examine several of Shakespeare’s plays, representing the dramatic genres of comedy, history, tragedy and romance. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
This course covers the Romantic era of British Literature, 1780-1830, a time of great social change stemming from industrialism, revolutionary ideas from France and elsewhere, innovations in art and music, and a new, more individualized poetic voice. In this context, we will examine journals, novels, poetry, and essays by such authors as Dorothy and William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Percy and Mary Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Emily Brontë. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
From serialized novels by Hardy and Dickens to poetry by Tennyson and Brownings, this course will cover the 1830-1900 Victorian periods of British literature, as well as such influences as the rising middle class, improving education and working conditions, and expanded rights for women. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
Modern British Literature (early 20th century through WWII) to literature of the Contemporary period (WWII to the present) will be covered in this course, along with an examination of the aesthetic, philosophical, and cultural contexts of the era. (Prerequisites: ENG 102/107/110)
Topics will vary and are determined by the instructor. The class will examine an individual author, literary genre, or historical time period. (Prerequisite: ENG 102/107/110)
This class centers on the American involvement in Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1972 through the disciplines of History and English. It also covers to a lesser degree the French colonial experience in Indo-China and the history of the united Vietnam after reunification in 1975. As an interdisciplinary course, the focus is not only on the historical narrative but on the literature of the period as well from American, South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese sources. Film, music, and direct recollections of the US Vietnam veterans are used in the course.
Thesis projects synthesizing literary, historical, biographical, and theatrical elements of plays of Shakespeare and/or early modern dramatists. An advisor from the English or Theatre departments must be assigned as an advisor for this thesis project. Further guidelines for the thesis are available from the Theatre Department. Students will present research/project at Inquirere colloquium.
This course emphasizes the basic elements of English grammar including, but not limited to, sentence structure, verb forms and agreement, tenses, modifiers, articles, punctuation and capitalization. Students will also learn basic academic writing contexts and writing forms including paragraphs, short essays, and an introduction to research writing in the American Education system. This course is required for non-native English speakers who score between 450 and 500 on the TOEFL and do not yet meet other Waldorf placement requirements. (Graded Pass/Fail)
This course will focus on the development of vocabulary and reading skills of English Language Learners. Emphasis will be given to reading comprehension, understanding contextual cues, increasing academic vocabulary, taking notes from written texts, and practicing test-taking skills. This is required for non-native English speakers who score between 450 and 500 on the TOEFL and do not yet meet other Waldorf placement requirements. (Graded Pass/Fail)