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College English 1
ENG 4104 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Professionals in every area must be able to communicate in writing, and College English develops these writing skills. The College English sequence prepares all School of Professional and Continuing Studies students for college writing in all majors. This course introduces the principles of structured writing with an emphasis on having a clear introductory focus, concrete support, and coherent organization. There will be a special emphasis on peer review and in-class writing. Students complete a required proficiency examination at the end of the course. A writing diagnostic test is given at the first class meeting.
(formerly Critical Writing 1)
College English 2
ENG 4105 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Students continue examination and development of the principles established in College English 1. The course includes critical reading and written responses to selected essays. Students benefit from a special emphasis on reading comprehension, as well as organized responses posed by assigned readings. The course essays may be organized about a specific theme or themes at the instructor's discretion.
(formerly Critical Writing 2)
Prerequisite: ENG 4104 College English 1.
College English Workshop
ENG 4106 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Students continue to develop writing skills learned in College English 1 and 2 and learn the skills and techniques involved in designing and producing a finished documented paper of ten pages. Students review the principles and methods of organized writing in preparation for the required Competency Examination administered at the end of the Workshop.
(formerly Critical Writing Workshop)
Prerequisite: ENG 4105 College English 2.
English Literature 3
ENG 4122 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Students complete their study of English literature by reading work from the Victorian Age through the present, including works by Browning, Tennyson, Dickens, Hardy, Woolf, Lawrence, Lessing, Pinter, and more.
(formerly English Literature: Victorians and Moderns)
American Literature 1
ENG 4123 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
This course examines the roots of American thought and culture to reach a broad understanding of many of the major currents of contemporary American thought. The sermons of Edwards, the autobiography of Franklin, the captivity narratives of Rowlandson and Equiano, the Transcendental musings of Emerson and Thoreau, the stories of Hawthorne and Melville, and the poetry of Bradstreet, Wheatley, and Taylor help shape the direction of American literature.
(formerly Early American Literature: Faith, Reason, and Nature)
Writing for the Professions 1
ENG 4380 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
This course introduces the vocabulary and philosophy of business communications. Students practice planning, writing, and analyzing effective business letters and memoranda.
Prerequisite: ENG 4106 College English Workshop or equivalent. A writing proficiency test is given at the first class meeting.
Writing for the Professions 2
ENG 4381 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Students learn the methods and principles of research and documentation of semi-technical analyses and business reports. The course allows practice in organizing and writing complex forms of business communications.
Prerequisite: ENG 4380 Writing for the Professions 1 or equivalent.
The American Short Story
ENG 4610 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Development of the American short story from its nineteenth-century origins to its present forms. Includes such writers as Poe, Hawthorne, James, Hemingway, Roth, and Updike. |
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