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DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSESDEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSENG 104TECHNICAL REPORT WRITINGPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditDesigned to provide students with skills needed in their technicalprograms and jobs. Students will learn a variety of approachesin writing, short and long technical reports, manuals andother technical documents. Students will also be introduced todocument design, formatting and using visual aids. Technicalwriting style will be emphasized throughout the course.ENG 109ADVANCED WRITINGPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditIn a workshop environment, students will work on polishingtheir style.The focus is on variety in sentence structure andverb choice, clarity, concision, coherence and elegance in writing.In addition to short personal essays, students will work onan autobiography or biography of family members.ENG 110 (IAI: EGL 922)CREATIVE WRITING: POETRYPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better or consent of instructor3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditStudents write poetry in a variety of genres, learn the structureand elements of poetry and the writing process, anddemonstrate an understanding of the critical terminology of thecreative writer.ENG 111 (IAI: EGL 924)CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION PROSEPrerequisite: ENG 101 Composition I (3) with C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditStudents study the elements of nonfiction and the critical terminologyof the creative writer and produce fully developedworks of nonfiction. Students explore themselves, their identityand their world through writing autobiography, family history,and observations on culture, places and time periods.ENG 211 (IAI: H3 914; EGL 911)AMERICAN LITERATURE IPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course studies American literature from the pre-colonialperiod to the Civil War and includes the style, techniques andthemes of the major writers responsible for shaping the traditionsof American literature. Emphasis is on understandingmajor literary movements in their intellectual, social and politicalcontexts.ENG 212 (IAI: H3 915; EGL 912)AMERICAN LITERATURE IIPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course is a study of American literature from the Civil Warto the present. Emphasis is placed on the peculiarly American aswell as universal themes which recur throughout poetry, drama,short stories and novels of major American writers. Major literarymovements will be studied in relation to intellectual, socialand political contexts.2006-2008 CATALOGENG 215 (IAI: H3 910D)AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATUREPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditSurvey course emphasizing the interpretation and expression ofthe Black experience in America as it is found in poetry, thenovel, the short story and drama. Particular emphasis is placedon trends and themes as revealed in changes in style and contentwhen viewed from the perspective of literary history.ENG 220CHILDREN’S LITERATUREPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hours creditThis course will focus on the importance of children’s literaturefor children from preschool to adolescence and its enjoymentat home and in the classroom.Through reading a varied selectionof books, students will learn to evaluate, select, discuss anduse literature for children. It is recommended for teachers,aides, librarians and parents. (same as ED 220)ENG 221 (IAI: H3 903)INTRODUCTION TO POETRYPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditStudents read and enjoy poetry of various types and periods.Through close reading of selected poems, students learn toappreciate the beauty and art of poetry and its relevance totheir own lives and emotions.ENG 231 (IAI: H3 912; EGL 913)BRITISH LITERATURE IPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course surveys British literature from its Anglo-Saxonbeginnings through 18th-century Neoclassicism.Writers andtheir works are studied in relation to their intellectual, socialand political contexts.ENG 232 (IAI: H3 913; EGL 914)BRITISH LITERATURE IIPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course surveys British literature from 1800 to the presentwith an emphasis on major literary movements understood inrelation to their intellectual, social and political contexts.ENG 240 (IAI: H3 901; EGL 917)INTRODUCTION TO FICTIONPrerequisite: ENG 101 with a C or better3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course is an introduction to fiction with special emphasison understanding and appreciation of the short story.The primaryfocus is on developing the student’s ability to read critically,to learn about the principal literary elements of fiction,and to improve writing skills through the use of literature assubject matter.130