English
ENG100 Introduction to College Writing - 4 credits
This course is designed for students who need writing instruction and practice before enrolling in ENG120 College Writing. Focusing on correct and clear sentence construction, organized and developed paragraphs, and significant grammar problems, ENG100 mixes short writing assignments, class discussion, and individual conferences. Students may be required to take ENG100 based on their English ACT or their verbal SAT scores. Students who wish to review writing basics may elect, at any point in their college careers, to enroll in ENG100.
ENG111 Advanced Reading and Writing, ESOL - 4 credits
This course, an English for Speakers of Other Languages course, is designed for students whose writing and test scores indicate a need for more English study. It will include work on making presentations, academic reading and writing, vocabulary development and some research skills. This may be an elective, but it is required for students whose high school grades, test scores and/or writing sample indicate a need for such study.
ENG112 Fundamentals of Writing, ESOL - 4 credits
This course, an English for Speakers of Other Languages course, is designed for students whose writing indicates a need to study writing mechanics, grammar and other sentence-level or paragraph-level aspects of writing. This may be an elective but it is required for students whose high school grades, test scores and/or writing sample indicate a need for such study.
ENG120 College Writing - 4 credits
The content of a writing course is writing. For students to become proficient writers in all disciplines, they need to learn how to read and analyze a variety of texts and then practice reading and analyzing texts from various disciplines. Through research and writing, students learn what others are saying and how to integrate those ideas into their own writing. Constant practice will guide students into developing their own voice and style. They will make conscious choices related to audience and academic conventions.
ENG155 Introduction to Literature - 4 credits
Introduction to Literature seeks to excite students about literature--to feed students' passion about literature and to enhance their pleasure from literature. Through a variety of texts, students will encounter other members of the human community and, while in their company, learn about themselves. The course will introduce basic literary terminology.
ENG220 Applied Grammar - 2 credits
To communicate clearly, students must correctly apply the rules that govern the English language. Through reading, discussion, and constant practice, students in this course will examine and use these rules to further develop their writing skills. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
ENG221 Journalism - 4 credits
This course is an introduction to periodical journalism. It focuses on the contemporary practices, issues, and ethics of the profession. Students will practice extensive in-the-field reporting and journalistic writing. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
ENG222 Journalism II Practicum - 1 credit
Journalism II provides an opportunity for "hands-on" experience in all aspects of producing a newspaper: writing, editing, layout, photography, business management, etc. This course is strongly suggested for those who wish to contribute to The Sword (the Concordia student newspaper) on a regular basis.. It is required for the Editor-in-Chief, Technical Editor(s), and Page Editors. Beginning writers and photographers are encouraged to sign up. This workshop style class meets one hour a week, usually in the evenings.
ENG227 Column Writing - 2 credits*
This course will introduce students to the role of columns as vehicles that affect both public opinion and the identities of periodicals. Study of a range of contemporary artifacts will provide a basis for understanding the balance of opinion and reporting in column writing. Students will both analyze and write columns. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
*Students desiring three credits can take this course for two and add a credit with ENG488 Independent Study on this topic.
ENG228 Review Writing - 2 credits*
This course will introduce students to the various roles of the review in our culture. Study of contemporary artifacts will provide a basis for understanding the balance of presentation, critique, and edification in reviewing. Students will both analyze and write reviews. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
*Students desiring three credits can take this course for two and add a credit with ENG488 Independent Study on this topic.
ENG290 Language and Society 4 credits
This course examines the diverse nature of human language and the social factors that influence it such as culture, age, gender, social class, setting, topic, and identity. In its study of languages, dialects, codes, and society, ENG290 attempts to foster multicultural understanding and to diminish American ethnocentrism.
ENG320 Writing in the Workplace - 4 credits
Students in this course will examine the conventions of writing in the workplace. They will practice composing common professional documents, such as cover letters, reports, memos, and other correspondence. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
ENG324 Teaching Writing 1:1 - 2 credits
Often, the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. Students in this course will do just that: improve their own writing, editing, and tutoring skills while helping others express their ideas in writing, develop their own writing voices, and edit their own work. Students will apply what they learn from readings, discussions, and writing assignments by tutoring in the Writing Center each week. (Prerequisite: ENG120)
ENG325 Creative Writing - 4 credits
This course will examine the basic elements of short fiction and poetry and will require students to experiment with both genres. The class is run as a workshop: the main focus will be on the discussion of each other's work. It is also, to a certain extent, a literature course, since what one reads strongly influences what one writes. Assigned readings are intended to give students a fuller understanding of technique as well as a range of artistic possibilities. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG326 Topics in Writing - 2 credits
This course, the topic of which may vary from year to year, is designed to provide intermediate writers with the opportunity to experiment with different writing styles and genres. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG327 Reading and Writing for Hmong - 2 credits
Students enrolled in the class will gain general understanding of the origin of the Hmong language and also be able to read and write basic Hmong.
ENG328 Reading and Writing for Hmong-Intermediate- 2 credits
With regular interactive group activities, students will enhance their Hmong through a series of reading and writing Hmong short stories, poems, proverbs as well as key activities surrounding family and social events. (Prerequisite: ENG327 or have some proficiency in reading and writing Hmong.)
ENG330 Young Adult Literature - 2 credits
By introducing the student to a wide variety of both traditional and recent literature for young adults, this course helps the student become aware of quality adolescent literature. It includes instruction in oral interpretation of the literature, methods of presenting it in the classroom and planning individualized reading programs for young people of high school age. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG338 History & Principles of the English Language - 4 credits
This course provides an introduction to the linguistic study of the English language. Students will learn the basics of English phonology, morphology, syntax, and grammar. Also covered in the course will be the development of the English language over time and the relationship between language and society, including literature, dialects and registers of various English speakers and writers. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG365 British Literature I: Anglo-Saxon, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Restoration, Enlightenment - 4 credits
The beginning course in the survey of British literature covers the Anglo-Saxon period through the middle of the eighteenth century. Selected readings lead to discussions about the growth of nationalism and its reflection in literary pride and canon formation. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG366 British Literature II: Romantics, Victorians, Moderns, Post-Moderns - 4 credits
The survey of British literature continues with selected writings from the Romantic period through to the present day. Readings cover the rise of the novel, the fight for women's rights and the decline of colonialism. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG369 Shakespeare - 4 credits
This course offers a study of Shakespeare's work and its relationship to Elizabethan concepts of poetry and rhetoric as well as to gender and imperialism and government. It explores the rich terrain of Shakespeare imaginative world. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG375 World Literature I: Western Classical Literature - 4 credits
This course examines major authors in the Western literary tradition from the ancient Greeks and Romans through the Middle Ages. Authors include Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Virgil and Dante. This course may offer additional material from other early cultures. (Prerequisites: ENG 120, ENG 155)
ENG376 World Literature II: Geographic or Thematic - 4 credits
Using examples of literature in translation from Asia, South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe, the course will explore themes common around the world in forms distinctive to diverse cultures. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG385 American Literature I: Beginnings to 1860 - 4 credits
Students examine selected works of early American writers with emphasis on Puritanism, literary nationalism, and the period known as the "American Renaissance." Along with examining the literature for aesthetic technique, students discuss significant themes and the literary canon as it relates to minority and women writers. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG386 American Literature II: 1860-Present - 4 credits
Students explore the emergence of local color, realism and naturalism and the fragmentation of modern and post-modern literature between the Civil War and the present. Women and minority writers are important foci. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG420 Persuasive Writing on Contemporary Issues - 4 credits
Research demonstrates that employers want to hire people who have strong writing skills, who can analyze complex issues, and who can think critically. This course develops all of these skills. Intended for the intermediate writer, this course teaches students how to write logical, clear, organized, persuasive arguments on contemporary issues. Examples of assignments might include critical comparisons, reviews, cultural analyses, persuasive essays, and argument-driven research papers. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG440 Literary Theory - 4 credits
In this course students become familiar with various critical theories about literature including structuralism, deconstruction, cultural criticism (especially as related to third world literature), feminist theory and psychoanalytical theory. It prepares them to read critically and helps them to develop their own critical stances. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155 and an upper level English course)
ENG487 Topics in Literature - 2 credits
Topics in Literature offers students an opportunity to study in-depth a literary genre, theme, or movement. Topics will vary from offering to offering. (Prerequisite: ENG155 or permission of the instructor)
ENG488 Independent Study - 1-4 credits
Independent study offers the opportunity to pursue advanced study in language, literature, or communication. Independent study is open only to students with substantial preparatory course work in the discipline involved. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155 and an upper level English course or consent of instructor)
ENG490 Seminar in Literature - 4 credits
Seminars in literature cover varying topics in greater depth than is possible in a survey class. Recent seminar topics include Virginia Woolf: Her Art and Her Influence; Emily Dickinson: Her Circle and Her Influence; Seminar in the African-American Literary Tradition; and Victorian Secrets. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG498 Internship - 1-4 credits
Students participate in a variety of internship programs in editing, publishing, broadcasting, television and public information under the supervision of the faculty and the director of internships for the company or organization granting the internship. (Prerequisites: ENG120, ENG155)
ENG499 Framing the Literary Tradition - 1 credit
This course, taught by all full-time English faculty, for English majors and teacher candidates in language arts, is designed to help the major see patterns in course work. Through review, reading and discussion students will re-examine and synthesize texts and ideas. The English Capstone exam is both written and oral. (Prerequisite: senior year status)
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