2006–2007 Academic Catalog - Concordia University Ann Arbor

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EMG442 Current Issues in Emergency Management credits: 3
Covers the background, components, operations, and current issues of the emergency management
discipline and practice. Topics include mitigation, response, recovery, preparedness,
crisis communication, and the new terrorist threat. (ADP)
ENG101 English Composition credits: 3
This course is designed to help students refine their writing style. Group and written work
promote skills in critical reading, peer editing and revising. The students develop strategies
for researching and for effectively incorporating source material into their writing. A
research paper is required.
ENG224 Creative Writing: Poetry credits: 1
Students will read and write poetry, assessing the effects of style, technique and words
choices that they, their fellow students and published poets have made in their poetry.
ENG257 LLP credits: 0
The student has the opportunity to earn credit by writing a college-level paper reflecting
learning in this subject through experience, reflection, concept formation, and application
of those concepts to new situations. The paper is evaluated by a Concordia faculty member.
ENG258 PST credits: 0
The student petitions to gain academic credit through verification of completed collegelevel
training (seminars, workshops, licenses, apprenticeships, etc.) conducted in a non-collegiate
setting. The petition is evaluated by a Concordia faculty member.
ENG295 Independent Study in English credits: 1
Sophomore level independent study.
ENG301 Advanced Composition (w) credits: 3
Students examine various aspects of persuasion while continuing to develop an effective,
lucid style. PREREQUISITES: ENG101
ENG302E Creative Writing: Fiction credits: 1
A workshop course in the nature and techniques of fiction writing. Students will read from
an anthology in order to find models for their own writing, as well as read and critique one
another's work. At the end of the course, students compile their writing into a portfolio
with introduction.
ENG311 Introduction to Poetry credits: 3
This course is designed to give students skills for evaluating and interpreting poetry. By
increasing their knowledge of the nature as well as the elements of poetry, students will
improve their abilities to read, understand and appreciate poetry. PREREQUISITES: ENG101
ENG312 Introduction to Drama credits: 3
Close reading of 20 to 25 plays in their historical and theatrical context. Special emphasis is on
form, themes, conventions, devices and mythological background. PREREQUISITES: ENG101
ENG313 Introduction to Fiction credits: 3
Students read representative prose fiction, including both short stories and novels of
American, English, continental or minority writers of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
The student's awareness of the distinction of this genre is increased through a study of various
fictional modes, forms, conventions, and styles. PREREQUISITES: ENG101
ENG314 Development of the Novel credits: 3
Students explore the development of the novel into a major genre, the form being related to
social, cultural and intellectual backgrounds. Critical analysis of works by novelists such as
Cervantes, Defoe, Fielding, Goethe, Shelley, Austen, Balzac, Flaubert, Dickens, Eliot,
Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Joyce, Woolf, Mann, Camus, Achebe, Morrison, Coetzee, and others.
PREREQUISITES: ENG101