Undergraduate - Lee University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 163
COURSE OFFERINGS
English Language and Literature
ENG 090. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Three hours credit
An individualized course in English comprehension, conversation, and composition for
non-native speakers. English 090 is required of all non-native speakers scoring below 500 on
the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Credit earned in this course will not
count toward the composition requirement, and grading will be pass/fail. This course is
offered for institutional credit only.
ENG 091. BASIC WRITING SKILLS
Four hours credit
A course intended to diagnose deficiencies and strengthen skills related to grammar,
usage, sentence structure and writing. It introduces students to the writing process, promotes
writing based on readings, and encourages writing with confidence. English 091 is the entry
level course for students scoring below 14 on the English section of the ACT (American
College Testing) or below 260 on the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). Students earning a
grade of C or above are eligible for College Writing Workshop; students who earn less than a
C grade will receive a grade of “No Credit.” English 091 involves three classroom hours and
two hours of supervised writing center activities. This course does not apply to the English
composition core requirement.
ENG 105. COLLEGE WRITING WORKSHOP
Four hours credit
A writing course which seeks to teach students to develop clean, well-organized prose. It
emphasizes the writing process with an introduction to rhetorical strategies such as narration,
description, definition and argument-persuasion and culminates with an introduction to
the library, research and documentation. The course involves 3 classroom hours and 2 hours
per week in the writing center. A grade of C or better in this course allows the student to
enroll in Rhetoric and Research, ENG 110. Prerequisite: ACT English score of 14-19; SAT
recentered verbal score of 400-520; or completion of ENG 091 Basic Writing Skills with a
grade of C or better.
ENG 106. COLLEGE WRITING
Three hours credit
A writing course which seeks to teach students to develop clean, well-organized prose. It
emphasizes the writing process with an introduction to rhetorical strategies such as narration,
description, definition and argument-persuasion and culminates with an introduction to
the library, research and documentation. A grade of C or better in this course allows the student
to enroll in Rhetoric and Research, ENG 110. Prerequisite: ACT English score of 20-28
or an SAT recentered verbal score of 530-690.
ENG 110. RHETORIC AND RESEARCH
Three hours credit
A course that focuses on four major writing projects and enables students to review the
creative process as it applies to composition, learn the research methodologies and procedures
of their chosen discipline (including computer-generated research), internalize
approaches to critical thinking, apply basic principles of public speaking, and perform literary
analysis. Prerequisites: ACT English score of 29 or better or an SAT recentered verbal score
above 700 or completion of ENG 105 or 106 with a grade of C or better.
ENG 120. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Three hours credit
Thorough review of formal grammar and grammatical usage which employs traditional
terminology and which is designed for all students—major or non-major—whose pre-college
backgrounds in English grammar are insufficient to enable them to master the skills
of written expression or otherwise pursue satisfactorily their personal and professional development.
No credit toward the English major. Offered Spring Semester. Majors who score
below 70 on the departmental grammar exam must take this course.
ENG 201. ASPECTS OF LITERATURE
Two hours credit
Aspects of literature, in the various genres, in both English and foreign languages (in translation)
based, according to the individual class, on specific themes, on distinctive periods, on
individual or types of authors, or on significant literary movements in the ancient literary