2013-2014 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

102 ENGLISHENGLISH103Major Requirements: English withConcentration in Professional WritingCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.ENG 289Approaches to Literary Study4ENG 311Theory & Criticism4ENG 489Senior Thesis Workshop4One English course in literature before1675 at the 300/400 level: ENG 336,346, 347, 350, or an appropriate topics 4course approved by the student’s advisorOne “outside voices” course at the 200level or above: ENG 251, 258, 261, oran appropriate topics course approved4by the student’s advisorENG 242Writing for Business and Organizations4ENG 483English Internship4CS 100Computer Concepts andApplicationsISP 105OR 4Information Systems andComputer ApplicationsTwo courses in English, or literaturecourses in classics, or appropriate coursesin communications or journalism, orliterature courses in foreign languages8and literatures at the 300/400 leveland approved by the student’s advisorMinor Requirements: EnglishCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLETOTAL 40SEM.HRS.English electives at the 200 levelor above8English electives at the 300/400 level 12TOTAL 20ENGLISH COURSES (ENG)001 Writing Review (2)A workshop for students who would benefit frombrushing up on their writing skills before taking ENG105. Includes meetings with a supportive small groupand weekly conferences with the instructor.Prerequisite: placement or consent. No academiccredit is awarded for this course, but the course gradedoes count toward the course load and overall GPA asif it were a 2-semester hour course. Offered eachsemester.105 College Writing (4)An intensive introduction to several forms ofcollege writing and to the critical thinking andresearch skills essential to producing them. Requiresthe submission of a portfolio that meets standardizedrequirements and is judged proficient by an outsidereader. Three hours per week, plus regular conferenceswith the instructor. A grade of C or higher satisfiesthe first-semester English requirement. Prerequisite:placement. Prerequisite for enrollment during WinterSession or Summer Session 1: consent. Offered eachsemester.107 Practical Grammar (1)A course in practical grammar, usage, andmechanics covering the most important rules tofollow when proofreading. Emphasizes application ofskills to students’ own writing. Offered in selectedWinter Sessions.216 The Short Story (4) TAn introduction to the short story, focusingprimarily on contemporary and innovative fiction byauthors from diverse backgrounds. Prerequisites:ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher. Offered inselected semesters.222 Teaching Grammar and Writing (4)A survey of theoretical and practical approaches toteaching grammar, usage, and writing. Studentsobserve and/or interview experienced elementary,secondary, or college-level teachers of writing andtutor one or more student writers on or off campus.Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Does not fulfill General Studies “T” requirement.Offered each fall.230 Environmental Literature andEcological Reflection (4)Students read and discuss influential works ofenvironmental writing, and then travel to a fieldlocation where they engage in the practice ofenvironmental writing through a series of reflectiveand creative writing exercises. A portfolio of studentwork is published via a course website. Field locationsvary. May not be repeated for additional creditwithout special permission. Prerequisite: ENG 105with a grade of C or higher. Offered in selectedWinter and Summer Sessions.232 Literature Into Film (4) AAn examination of the differences between literaryand film narrative. Both popular fiction and classicsare used in examining how plot, characterization,setting, spectacle, and other aspects of storytellingchange depending on whether the medium is thewritten word, the stage, or the screen. Prerequisites:ENG 105 with grade of C or higher and eithersophomore status or consent. Does not fulfill GeneralStudies “T” requirement. Offered in selected WinterSessions.242 Writing for Businessand Organizations (4)Covers skills needed to write various types ofbusiness and organizational communications.Emphasizes planning, drafting, and editing as well asdeveloping a professional writing style to achieveresults. Gives attention to global ethical issuesconcerning business and to interculturalcommunication. Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a gradeof C or higher, a “T” course, and sophomore status orabove. Offered in selected semesters.250 Studies in Literature (4) TSelected topics that approach literature fromvarious generic, historical, or methodologicalperspectives. Versions of the course may includeseveral different media, but the focus is always onliterature. At least 20 pages of writing are required,including at least one documented essay.Prerequisites: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Offered each semester.251 Diversity in American Literature (4) TAn opportunity to study—and to listen to—voices in American culture that have often beensilenced or ignored. Focuses on ethnic groups such asNative American, African-American, Asian-Americanand Hispanic-American, but also includes peoplemarginalized because of class, gender, or sexualorientation. Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of Cor higher. Offered in selected semesters.258 Topics in African AmericanLiterature (4)TA study of the fiction, non-fiction, and poetry ofAfrican-American authors from the 18th century tothe present. Authors may include Phillis Wheatley,Frederick Douglass, Charles Chesnutt, LangstonHughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and OctaviaButler, as well as new, young writers. Some attentionis given to forms of expression other than literature.Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Offered each semester.259 Literature of Mystery, Crime,and Noir (4)TA study of the mystery genre and its offshoots,crime and noir. Focuses on seminal texts in the genreand contemporary reinterpretations of its formulas.Authors may include Raymond Chandler, JimThompson, Patricia Highsmith, Paul Auster, SaraGran, James Ellroy, and Richard Price, among others.Prerequisites: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Offered in selected semesters.261 Woman Writers (4) TA study of women and their writing. Focus shiftsfrom semester to semester. Topics may includememoir, American writers, contemporary literature,or global perspectives. Students examine societalattitudes and customs and use literary and culturaltheory to contemplate questions of gender.Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Offered in selected semesters.263 World Literature I (4) TA chronological survey of major literary worksfrom Ancient Near Eastern Epic to the EuropeanMiddle Ages. Emphasizes the close reading of ancientliterature within its immediate cultural context andthe analysis of this literature in well-argued papers.Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Identical to CLAS 263. Offered in selected semesters.264 World Literature II (4) TA survey of major works in world literature fromthe Renaissance to the present day emphasizing textsoutside the British and American traditions.Particular attention is given to texts that putthemselves in dialogue with Ancient Near Easternand Classical Greek and Roman literary traditions.Prerequisite: ENG 105 with a grade of C or higher.Identical to CLAS 264. Offered in selected semesters.265 Love, Sex, and Marriage inWestern Literature (4)TA study of the history of the various ways throughwhich we understand romantic love and to a lesserextent, sexuality, masculinity, femininity, andmarriage, as they are represented in literature from theancient Sumerians to the present; considerableattention is also given to art forms other thanliterature. Prerequisites: ENG 105 with a grade of Cor higher. Offered each semester.266 Transatlantic Romanticism (4) TAn intensive exploration of the fertile crosspollinationbetween British Romantic writers, such asWilliam Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge,and American writers of the 19th century such asHenry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily