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178 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
EH 208 Intermediate Writing (1)
The development of intensive analytical skills, precise and extensive vocabulary, and
consciousness of style. A service-learning integrated course. Prerequisite: EH 102 or
placement by English faculty. Fall, Spring.
EH 209 Teaching and Tutoring Writing (½)
Introduces methods for effective tutoring and teaching of writing. Required for students
who serve as tutors in the Writing Center. Instructor consent required.
EH 210 IA Introduction to Fiction (1)
An introduction to the short story, in American, British, and world literature, with some
attention to longer fiction. An Interpretation or Analysis designated course.
EH 212 IA Alternate Worlds: Reading Science Fiction (1)
Develops the skills of reading and interpreting science fiction texts through the close
examination of science fiction stories, the comparison of science fiction to other genres,
and the consideration of theoretical approaches to reading. The course emphasizes the
ability to think critically, including the ability to articulate and examine assumptions and
to imagine alternatives. An Interpretation or Analysis designated course.
EH 215 IA Introduction to Drama (1)
An introduction to dramatic literature from the Greeks to the present. An Interpretation or
Analysis designated course.
EH 218 CE Writing Creative Non-Fiction (1)
An introduction to creative writing in the genre of creative non-fiction. Subgenres
encountered in this course might include participatory journalism, nature writing,
personal memoir, cultural commentary, social media writing, speeches, letters, restaurant
reviews, op-ed pieces, and travel writing. A Creative Expression designated course.
Prerequisite: EH 102 or EH 208.
EH 228 EL ES Ourselves and Others: Gender, Race, and Class in Literature (1)
An introduction to the study of literature through reading, discussion, and community
service. Students examine works of fiction, poetry, and drama that wrestle with
differences of gender, race, and socioeconomic class that have the capacity to divide us as
well as enrich our perspectives. Fifteen hours of community service tutoring at local
after-school programs and providing meals and conversation to women and children at a
local shelter creates a powerful connection between literary study and the lives of our
neighbors. An Experiential Learning and Explorations in Scholarship designated course.
A service-learning integrated course.
EH 229 CI Protest Literature (1)
An introduction to the study of literature through works written specifically to change the
world, or at least some aspect of it. Among the more famous works that have been
labeled “protest literature” are Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Upton
Sinclair’s The Jungle, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, and Kurt Vonnegut’s
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024