2009-2011 - Benedict College

ENGLISH, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND MASS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT 139
Eng 230 Advanced Composition
credit 3 hrs.
The course offers a further examination of the principles of rhetoric and composition and their application
in the students’ writing. The course is designed for students already possessing minimum competency
in writing expository prose. Prerequisite: Eng 137 Freshman Composition II with a grade oof
“C” or better.
Eng 231 World Literature I
credit 3 hrs.
Major works of world literature from its origins to the seventeenth century are surveyed in the course.
Included are selected non-western literature such as African, Asian, and Mediterranean. Emphasis is
placed on basic techniques of literary analysis. An honors section is offered as Eng 231 (H).
Prerequisites: Eng 135 Freshman Composition I and Eng 137 Freshman Composition II.
Eng 232 World Literature II
credit 3 hrs.
Major works of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present are surveyed in the course.
Extended focus will involve writers of African ancestry, not necessarily born or living in Africa.
Emphasis is placed on both the African presence in world literature and basic techniques of literary
analysis. An honors section is offered as Eng 232 (H). Prerequisites: Eng 135 Freshman Composition
I and Eng 137 Freshman Composition II.
Eng 233 English Literature I
credit 3 hrs.
The course surveys major English authors and works from Beowulf to the Restoration Period. This
course includes works of Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton. Emphasis is placed on literary trends, genres,
movements, and periods.
Eng 234 English Literature II
credit 3 hrs.
The course surveys major English authors and works from the late sixteenth century to the present.
This course includes works of such authors as Shakespeare, Swift, Blake, and Yeats.
Eng 237 Oral Communication
credit 3 hrs.
This course is designed to improve the students’ interpersonal, intrapersonal and public communication
abilities to analyze topics, support assertions with proof, amplify ideas, structure messages, use
language in appropriate and imaginative ways, and deliver messages with effective vocal and physical
behavior. The content touches upon the history, theories, and professional practices of speech
communication. Sensitivity to intercultural diversity is a part of the course.
Eng 331 American and Afro-American Literature I
credit 3 hrs.
Significant works by American and Afro-American authors from the Colonial Era to 1920 are covered,
with emphasis on the literary movements and periods and on the moral, social, intellectual, and political
currents reflected in the writings.
Eng 332 American and Afro-American Literature II
credit 3 hrs.
Significant works by American and Afro-American authors from 1920 to the present are covered, with
emphasis on the literary movements and periods and on the moral, social, intellectual, and political
currents reflected in the writings.
Eng 333 Children's Literature
credit 3 hrs.
The course surveys literature suitable for children through grade six. It includes reading and evaluation
of books with attention to the relationship of materials to the needs and interests of children.
Emphas is on methods of teaching literature to children of varying backgrounds, abilities, and interests.
Eng 334 Modern English Grammars
credit 3 hrs.
The course focuses on the analytical methods applied to English grammar, with stress on traditional,
structural, and transformational-generative grammars.
Eng 335 History of the English Language
credit 3 hrs.
The course traces the development of the English language from the earliest stages to the present,
emphasizing sounds, inflections, syntax, vocabulary, and usage.
Eng 336 Studies in English Literature
credit 3 hrs.