2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

ENG 101-English Composition 3 Sem.-Hrs.
Principles of rhetoric, grammar and usage; the development of vocabulary
and extensive use of selected reading materials are stressed as fundamentals in
the writing of themes as well as extended papers. Students will be required to
take a writing competency exam as part of the course.
Prerequisite: Placement by exam or ENG 030 with a “C” or higher grade.
ENG 101-English Composition-”Microcomp”
(via microcomputer) 3 Sem.-Hrs.
Objectives and requirements are identical to those for the traditional ENG
101 course. Instead of the standard lecture/demonstration approach, the course
delivery is via computer lessons and student papers are prepared using a wordprocessing
program.
Prerequisite: Placement by exam or ENG 030 with a “C” or higher grade.
ENG 102-Advanced Composition 3 Sem.-Hrs.
Students will develop writing, research and critical thinking skills through diverse
reading assignments, writing assignments, and class discussion in this writing
intensive course. The methods of cause/effect, analogy, and argument will be
discussed and employed culminating in an extended paper employing multiple
patterns and utilizing secondary sources. Students will support their analyses and
assert their conclusions through careful and well-documented research using Modern
Language Association (MLA) citation methods.
Prerequisite: ENG 101.
ENG 104-Writing About Literature 3 Sem.-Hrs.
This writing intensive course is designed to develop awareness of literature as
being central to all arts, to increase levels of literacy and critical faculties, and to broaden
understanding of the human condition. Students will develop writing, research and
critical thinking skills through diverse reading assignments, writing assignments, and
class discussion. By reading poetry, short/long fiction or drama, students learn how
to analyze what they have read. To assist them towards this end, students will apply
literary terms as they respond to the literature. In addition, students will support
their analysis and assert their conclusions through careful and well-documented research
using Modern Language Associations (MLA) citation methods.
Prerequisite: ENG 101.
ENG 120-Critical Analysis and Writing of Literature 3 Sem.-Hrs.
Through intertextuality students will read and respond to a text in writing, focusing
on critical and divergent thinking over increasingly difficult materials. Ongoing
conversations with texts are stressed to aid students in forming connections
within and across works and recognizing archetypal story lines generating insightful
student writing. Texts will be defined broadly to include works of fiction and
nonfiction prose and/or poetry. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation questioning
skills will aid students in developing larger ideas of cultural conversations through
a variety of reading assignments.
Prerequisite: ENG 101.
Corequisite: ENG 104.
ENG 221-Literature of the Western World I 3 Sem.-Hrs.
The reading, study, and discussion of masterpieces of literature from ancient
Classics, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Particular attention is paid, but not
restricted, to major historical periods, important literary artists, the development
of various genres, and philosophical movements.
Prerequisite: ENG 104.
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