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ENGLISH ELECTIVES
The English Department offers a number of electives in
the following areas: speech, drama, creative writing,
and humanities. Some electives are open only to juniors
and seniors, but many are open to all students.
Expository Prose
Course Number: 1030
Course Length: semester
Credits: .5
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $ (Cost of paperbacks)
Open To: juniors, seniors
Expository Prose is designed to provide additional
composition opportunities for college-bound juniors
and seniors; individualized instruction on composition
problems and class work on composition effectiveness.
Prerequisite: None
Reading (General)
Course Number: 1010
Course Length: semester
Credits: .5
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $ (Cost of paperbacks)
Open To: All
A corrective and remedial program which focuses on
improving basic reading skills. Word development,
comprehension skills, study skills and learning to appreciate
reading as a lifelong process are the areas of
special concern.
Introduction to Theatre
Course Number: 1015
Course Length: semester
Credits: .5
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $ (Cost of paperbacks)
Open To: All
Introduction to the Theatre is designed to give students
an overall view of theater as a performing art.
Students will acquire skills in both back-stage and
on-stage activities. Major units studied are the following:
structure and variety of drama, history of drama,
pantomime, voice and diction, introduction to acting,
stage lighting and sound, set designs and construction,
costumes and make-up, and the production staff.
Prerequisite: None
Acting
Course Number: 1016
Course Length: semester
Credits: .5
Periods/Week: 5
Fee: $ (Cost of paperbacks)
Open To: All
Acting is for students interested in a more in-depth
study of the principles and techniques of acting. The
following areas will be covered: oral interpretation,
acting techniques, acting in plays, and when possible
a one-act play will be produced in class.
Prerequisite: Introduction to the Theater
Prerequisite: None
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