ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

EDPS 664 SEMINAR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
(Class 0 to 4, Cr. 1 to 4)
A critical analysis of research, practice, and selected problems
in special education for advanced graduate students.
EDPS 695 INTERNSHIP IN EDUCATION
(Class 0 to 10, Lab. 0 to 30, Cr. 1 to 10)
A special course in selected areas of education, designed to
provide practical field experience under professional supervision
in selected situations related to the candidate's area of
specialization.
EDPS 698 RESEARCH MS THESIS
(Cr. 1 to 18)
Research course for Masters Thesis.
ENGL - English
ENGL 007 WRITING LABORATORY
(Lab. 1)
Emphasis on patterns of organization and fundamentals of
usage in composition for ENGL 104 students with an English
Placement Score between 33 and 37.
ENGL 018 FUNDAMENTALS OF READING
(Class 3)
Aims to build the student's functional reading level to meet
the requirements of college textbooks. Stresses improvement
of the basic silent reading skills of word recognition, vocabulary
building literal comprehension and rate fluency. Some
instruction in study techniques. Individualized and performance-oriented.
ENGL 019 ENGLISH COMPOSITION FOR
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
(Class 3, Lab. 1)
Students English composition for those students whose common
use of English indicates a need for instruction in
English as a second language. An equivalent of ENGL 020.
ENGL 020 FUNDAMENTALS OF WRITING
(Class 3, Lab. 1)
A review of writing fundamentals for those who need further
training and practice. Emphasis will be on English grammar,
punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraph
organization.
ENGL 104 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Emphasis on the organization of the expository theme. Directed
writings of themes based on personal experience, on the relationship
between experience and language, and on the relationship
between experience and ideas.
ENGL 105 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 100
The second half of the basic composition sequence.
Emphasis on the logical and rhetorical problems involved
in writing discursive essays. Directed writing of themes based
largely on reading of discursive prose and imaginative literature.
Normally to be taken immediately following ENGL 104 in
the freshman year.
ENGL 108 ACCELERATED FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
An accelerated composition course that substitutes for
English 104 for students with superior writing ability.
ENGL 186 COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Emphasizes development of effective textbook reading and
review strategies, acquisition of college-level vocabulary, utilization
of library resources, improvement of such classroom
learning skills as lecture note-taking and test taking.
ENGL 201 THE NATURE OF LITERARY STUDY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
A study of literary concepts and critical procedures as applied
to representative poetry, fiction, and drama, with practice in
critical writing.
ENGL 220 TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
A study of application of the principles of good writing in
industrial reporting with emphasis on the techniques of presenting
information graphically as well as in a clear, concise
written form.
ENGL 231 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
Reading and discussion of major works in English,
American, and continental literature to develop an understanding
of style, form, and ideas characteristic of great
works. Emphasis on various types of literature.
ENGL 236 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN LITERATURE
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
Course acquaints students with a new body of literature by
women. Students explore mother-daughter relationships as
presented in this literature to enhance their understanding of
feminist approaches to life. Not open to students with credit
in WOST 236.
ENGL 237 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
How to read poetry intelligently; function of diction, metrics,
figures of speech, and theme; place of a poem in history, uses
of poetry, etc.
ENGL 238 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 108 or ENGL 103
Readings and discussion of selected short stories and several
novels, to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation
of the range, values, techniques, and meanings of reputable
modern fiction.
ENGL 240 SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE OF
ENGLAND: FROM THE BEGINNINGS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
Through The Neoclassical Period An introduction to English
literature from the Anglo-Saxon age through the eighteenth
century neoclassical period, with emphasis on such major
writers as Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare(non-dramatic
work) Donne, Milton, Dryden, Pope, and Johnson. The
course also treats significant minor writers in their relation
to literary movements and ideas.
ENGL 241 SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE
OF ENGLAND: FROM THE RISE OF ROMANTICISM
TO THE MODERN PERIOD
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 103 or ENGL 108
A continuation of ENGL 240, this course surveys English literature
(excluding the novel) from the late eighteenth century to
the twentieth century, with emphasis on such major writers as
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