2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

in ENGL 0080 or above and assessmentscore placement in RDNG 0080 or above.Restriction: Students may not enroll in morethan one composition course in one semester.Introduction to WritingENGL 0090 4 CreditsThis course introduces students to basicprinciples of composition, includingorganization, development, unity, andcoherence in paragraphs and brief essays.Special emphasis will be placed on eliminatingcommon errors and increasing fluency.Students enrolled in sections of 0090 meetingfewer than four hours per week must completeone hour per week of supervised writing centertime.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin ENGL 0090 or completion of ENGL 0080with a grade of “C” or higher, and assessmentscore placement in RDNG 0090 or above orcompletion of RDNG 0080 with a grade of “C”or higher.Composition IENGL 1021 4 CreditsMnTC: Goal 01This college composition course for allstudents emphasizes the expository essay,purposeful writing, selection and organizationof material, and fluency. Students will beintroduced to citing and documenting outsidesources. Students enrolled in sections of 1021meeting fewer than four hours per week mustcomplete one hour per week of supervisedwriting center time.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin ENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090with a grade of “C” or higher, and assessmentscore placement in RDNG 1000 or above orcompletion of RDNG 0090 with a grade of“C” or higher. Restriction: Students may notenroll in more than one composition courseconcurrently.Composition IIENGL 1022 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 01This college composition course emphasizesanalytical writing and the techniques ofacademic research using literature and othertexts as the basis for composition.Prerequisite: ENGL 1021 with a grade of “C”or higher. Recommendation: Word processingproficiency.Technical WritingENGL 1025 3 CreditsThis course emphasizes writing in workplaceenvironments using current technology. Typicalassignments include instructions, informationalreports, abstracts and summaries, proposalsfor action, letters of application, and extendedprojects. The course includes considerationof format, design, and visuals. This courseassumes familiarity with a word processingprogram.Prerequisite: ENGL 1021 with a grade of “C”or higher.American Literature: Colonial to Civil WarENGL 2011 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college literature course intended for allstudents will analyze and explore AmericanLiterature from the Colonial Period to the CivilWar. Typical writers may include Bradstreet,Edwards, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller,Hawthorne, Douglass, Melville, Poe, Dickinson,and Whitman.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.American Literature: Civil War to PresentENGL 2012 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 07This college literature course intended for allstudents will analyze and explore AmericanLiterature from the Civil War to the present.Typical writers may include Clemens, Crane,Chopin, James, Cather, Fitzgerald, Hughes,Faulkner, Thurston, Hemingway, and Frost.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.African American LiteratureENGL 2013 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 07This college course intended for all studentswill analyze and explore literature by AfricanAmerican authors. Authors may include AliceWalker, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, ZoraNeal Hurston, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.7 Course DescriptionsPrerequisite: Assessment score placement inRDNG 1000, or completion of RDNG 0090 witha grade of “C” or higher. Recommendation:Completion of ENGL 1021 with a grade of “C”or higher.Minnesota WritersENGL 2014 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college course intended for all studentswill explore literature by Minnesota writers.Selections may include poetry, novels, shortstories, and non-fiction by such writersas Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, JimNorthrup, Allison McGee, Connie Wanek, andBill Holm.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDMG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.American Indian LiteratureENGL 2015 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 07This college literature course intended forall students will analyze and explore anintroductory survey of major literary workswritten by and/or attributed to AmericanIndian authors, from the oral tradition tocontemporary literature. Selections mayinclude works by Sherman Alexie, Black Elk,Ella Vine Deloria, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan,N. Scott Momaday, andLeslie Marmon Silko.Prerequisite: Assessment score placement inRDNG 1000 or above, or completion of RDNG0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Introduction to FolkloreENGL 2018 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 07In this course, students will be introducedto the study of folklore. They will learn tocritically analyze traditional folk literature andcustomary texts through literary, comparative,structural, functional, and contextual methods.Texts may include myths, legends, folktales,riddles, proverbs, and material folklore.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.651.779.3300 143