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      Prerequisite: ENG 120. An introduction to children's literature, with attention devoted to picture books, adolescent and intermediate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Specific topics discussed include literary styles, genres, the relationship of art and text, historical developent of literature for children, criteria for evaluating contemporary literature, and ways of creating classroom experiences.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisite: ENG 120. Students write short fiction, including one critical/analytical essay/oral report on a fiction writer of each student's choosing. The class includes writing exercises, in-class group critiques of student work, discussion of assigned works, and individual conferences. The course culminates in a class presentation/reading of revised, selected fiction.
    • 0.00 - 1.00 Credits

      Prerequisite: CMP 120. Students work as staff members on The Highland Echo or Impressions. This course can be taken for a maximum of four credit hours, at one credit hour per semester of service. This course is offered on an S/U basis only.
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      Prerequisite: ENG 120. A course in rhetoric and writing conventions based on a study of grammar and syntax. This course is designed to provide the student with rhetorical options based on an understanding of the function of sentence parts in their relation to one another and to meaning.
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      Prerequisites: ENG 120. A study of works by major British authors, ranging fgrom the Old English period thorugh the eighteenth century. By providing an overiew of the development of the British literary tradition, the course will enable students to situate works studied in advanced and period-specific courses within a broad context. Authors to be studied may include Chaucer, Langland, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Swift, Pope and Johnson.
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      Prerequisite: Junior standing. The history and development of the English language based on textual analysis of Old, Middle and Early Modern English.
    • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisite: ENG 219 Basic principles of linguistics, especially those pertaining to second language acquisition. A survey of the components of language such as syntax, semantics, morphology and phonology, and all major subfields of linquistics such as psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. Studying relationships among psychological, social, and cultural issues that impact second language acquisition.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisites: One course from ENG 213, 214 or 217 and Junior standing. An advanced study of a large body of peer and professional writing that builds upon requisite critical skills. Students will produce fact-based creative writing, including one major critical/analytical essay/oral report on a write of choice. Class will include writing exercises, in-class group critiques of student work, discussion of assigned works and individual conferences.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisite: Junior standing. The study and practice of formats for business, scientific, and technical writing used in corporate and goverment contexts. Practice in information gathering, writing, editing, and speaking is emphasized in both individual and group work.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisites: English 191, 196, 292, or 297; or junior standing and completion of one 100-level (or higher) literature course. A study of the poetry and non-fiction prose of the English Romantic and Victorian periods, focusing on major themes in the respective historical periods. Special emphasis will be placed on interpretive methods as they apply to some of the major texts of the period.