EngL: English course descriptions

DVRE 099 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (Periodically) 3 Credits
This course is designed for students whose native language is not English and is aimed at developing the student's listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English.

ENGL 100 ENGLISH USAGE AND MECHANICS (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
This course is an intensive study of fundamental usage, mechanics, vocabulary development, and paragraph essay development, including the use of the Learner's Log to reinforce written expression and to intensify language skills development. These skills will be reinforced via computer-assisted instruction.

ENGL 101 COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Composition and Literature I teaches the rhetorical, analytical, and comprehension skills necessary for academic success. The students are instructed to emulate the rhetorical strategies of professional writers. They use the word processor for writing and editing their essays. Throughout this course, students are given opportunities to develop oral communication skills and to continue their growth as readers and writers through exposure to interdisciplinary readings, ranging from the natural and social sciences to the humanities. (NOTE: May be taken for honors credit.)

ENGL 102 COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE II (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a final course grade of "C" or higher. Composition and Literature II builds on the skills developed in Composition and Literature I (ENGL 101), focusing on analysis, synthesis and evaluation, logical thinking, the techniques of argument, writing about literature, and preparation of the documented essay. (NOTE: May be taken for honors credit.)

ENGL 210 INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course is an introduction to the study of standard English grammar and its usage. The focus will be on lexical categories (parts of speech) with the goal of understanding how words from different lexical categories work together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. The course will also explore how the basic English sentence can be transformed into other forms (such as questions, passive constructions, and compound and complex sentences) for rhetorical effectiveness.

ENGL 236 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 102. This course is an introduction to the major literary genres (such as poetry, drama, the novel, the short story, autobiography, etc.), literary terms and critical concepts, and literary research tools and techniques.

ENGL 250 INTRODUCTION TO FILM (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course is an introduction to the historical, technical, and aesthetic development of film.

ENGL 253 POPULAR CULTURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course will examine and analyze popular culture and its representation in different media ranging from such diverse examples as hip-hop music to sci-fi cinema. Specifically, manifestations of popular culture in literature, film, television, music, and advertising will be assessed, as will the growing role of technology in the creation and understanding of culture. In addition, this course will assess the rhetorical situation of the examined texts, and analyze those texts through the application of traditional rhetorical and literary methods.

ENGL 255 ADVANCED COMPOSITION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course builds on the competencies developed in ENGL 101 and 102, stressing greater awareness of vocabulary, logic, rhetoric, and grammar. Through interdisciplinary readings, this course assists the students in communicating their ideas with simplicity and clarity.

ENGL 256 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course is an introductory experience in the writing of short stories and poetry, with attention given to techniques and forms. Students' work will be submitted for workshop criticism by the instructor and peers, but emphasis will be on published works as models.

ENGL 257 CREATIVE WRITING II: FICTION (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 256 or permission of instructor. This course emphasizes the development of skills in writing in the genre of fiction - both short fiction and novel chapters. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original work, with an emphasis on technique and with close examination of published texts as models. Students read and respond to their peers' original creative work in terms of technique and form, with close examination of published texts as models. Voice and style will be introduced.

ENGL 258 CREATIVE WRITING II: POETRY (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 256 or permission of instructor. This course emphasizes the development of skills in writing in the genre of poetry, both traditional and experimental. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original work, with an emphasis on technique and form and with close examination of published texts as models. Voice and style will be introduced.

ENGL 259 CREATIVE WRITING II: DRAMA (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 256 or permission of instructor. This course emphasizes the development of skills in writing in the genre of drama, both the short play and the full-length drama. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original work, with an emphasis on technique and form and close examination of published texts as models. Voice and style will be introduced.

ENGL 260 CREATIVE WRITING II: NON-FICTION PROSE (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 256 or permission of instructor. This course emphasizes the development of skills in writing in the genre of non-fiction prose, more recently referred to as "creative non-fiction." It is conducted as a workshop to critique students' original creative work, with an emphasis on technique and form and close examination of published texts as models. Voice and style will be introduced.

ENGL 301 ENGLISH LITERATURE I (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of the literature of England, with emphasis on the masterpieces of that country's early literary periods: Old English, Middle English, English Renaissance, and the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.

ENGL 302 ENGLISH LITERATURE II (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of the literature of England, with an emphasis on the masterpieces of the Romantic, Victorian, and twentieth century periods.

ENGL 303 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BRITISH LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of British literature focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: medieval romance; the picaresque novel; gothic literature; literature, obscenity, and the law; fairy tales and fantasy literature; utopian literature; post-colonial literature; and literature and the other arts.

ENGL 316 AMERICAN LITERATURE I (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of American writers and writings from colonial times to the mid-nineteenth century. Selected works will be examined in historical context and in their relationship to the political, social, and intellectual milieu in which they were produced.

ENGL 317 AMERICAN LITERATURE II (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of American writers and writings, from the rise of realism to the present. This course includes considerations of the development of the American writer as reflected in American literature and the study of literary trends within the specified period.

ENGL 318 AMERICAN FICTION SINCE 1945 (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an examination of the leading novelists and the major trends in American fiction since World War II.

ENGL 319 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of American literature focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: Native American literature; Asian American literature; Chicano/a American literature; travel literature; Cold War literature; American autobiography; literature of specific geographic locations such as Washington, DC, New York, or the Pacific Rim; and literature and the other arts.

ENGL 324 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE I TO 1926 (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course traces the development of the African American literary tradition from the end of the eighteenth century to the midst of the Harlem Renaissance in 1926. It will cover a variety of genres, including slave narratives, poetry, personal correspondence, essays, short stories, autobiographies, and novels. It will examine many literary conventions and innovations, including tropes such as the "talking book" and the "tragic mulatto," and techniques such as written vernacular and jazz poetry.

ENGL 325 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE II, 1926 TO THE PRESENT (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course traces the development of the African American literary tradition from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. It will examine the ways that modern and contemporary African American writers have explored political, social, and aesthetic issues in a variety of genres: essays, poetry, fictionalized autobiography, novels, plays, etc. Among the many topics we will consider are: the "New Negro," migration from the rural south to the urban north and west, the emergence of the Black Arts Movement, and the current "renaissance" in African American arts and letters.

ENGL 326 LITERATURE OF THE CARIBBEAN (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 23. This course is an introductory survey of Caribbean literature from 1929 to the present, including short stories, poetry, drama, essays, and the novel. Consideration is given to the developing Caribbean national consciousness and political independence as reflected in the literature of the Caribbean.

ENGL 327 AFRICAN LITERARY EXPRESSION (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a survey of selected poetry, short fiction, and novels of contemporary writers of West Africa and East Africa. Consideration also will be given to the oral and narrative traditions in Africa and their contributions to modern African literature.

ENGL 328 LITERATURE OF THE EAST (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course provides an exploration of selected masterpieces of the literature of China, Japan, and India.

ENGL 329 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SHORT STORY (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course provides an in-depth exploration of selected major African American short story writers, such as Chesnutt, Hughes, Baldwin, Wright, Kelley, Petry, Bontemps, etc.

ENGL 330 AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY AND POETICS (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course provides an in-depth exploration of selected African American poets and their impact on American culture. Poets studied might include Phyllis Wheatley, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka. The course also seeks to enlarge and complicate our sense of African American and African diasporic poetics by looking at poets who rarely show up in the literature curriculum including Melvin B. Tolson, Bob Kaufman, Stephen Jonas, Kamau Brathwaite, Harryette Mullen, and Tracie Morris.

ENGL 331 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR TRADITION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236.This course is a study of the African American vernacular tradition from the period of enslavement to the present. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: spirituals, ballads, tales, speeches, sermons, work songs, blues, jazz, spoken word and rap songs. This course will also examine the ways in which the vernacular tradition informs the African American literary canon, including writing by Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Etheridge Knight, Amiri Baraka, and Paule Marshall.

ENGL 337 LITERATURE FOR ADOLESCENTS (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102, ENGL 236, EDUC 101, and passing scores on PRAXIS I. This course emphasizes readings in major genres, current and classic; determines reading levels for appropriate selection of classroom literature; explores interests and needs of adolescents; identifies sources of literary material for adolescents; and emphasizes techniques for and improving skills in the reading of various types of prose and poetry.

ENGL 338 WORLD LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION I (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a survey of major works of international literature from classical antiquity to the Renaissance, including epics, lyric poetry, tragedies, melodramas, prose, and prose fiction. This course will emphasize the major works and writers that have had the most direct impact on modem institutions, philosophies, and literature.

ENGL 339 WORLD LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION II (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an exploration of cultural values, traditions, and the universal questions of man and human existence, using selected international works, including African and Caribbean.

ENGL 340 MODERN DRAMA (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102. This course considers trends in the theatre through analysis of representative plays by playwrights from Ibsen to the present. Analyses of developments in society and in the theatre as shaping forces in drama are conducted.

ENGL 345 INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS I (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course is an introduction to trends in contemporary linguistic theory, language acquisition, and dialects, with special emphasis on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

ENGL 346 INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS II (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 345. This course focuses on the most important syntactic rules of English and how these rules interact in the formation of individual sentences. Close attention will be given to analyzing English sentences.

ENGL 353 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of literature written by and about women, focusing upon special topics beyond the traditional categories of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: contemporary women writers, women of the postcolonial world, images of women in Renaissance literature, and mothers and daughters in twentieth century American fiction.

ENGL 357 CREATIVE WRITING III: FICTION (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and junior status, with at least one course in the ENGL 257 260 series or permission of creative writing instructor. This course provides advanced practice in the techniques of writing fiction. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original creative work, emphasizing the relationship between content (including technique and form) and style and published work as models.

ENGL 358 CREATIVE WRITING III: POETRY (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and junior status, with at least one course in the ENGL 257 260 series or permission of creative writing instructor. This course provides advanced practice in the techniques of writing poetry. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original creative work, emphasizing the relationship between content (including technique and form) and style, with close reading of published works as models.

ENGL 359 CREATIVE WRITING III: DRAMA (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and junior status, with at least one course in the ENGL 257 260 series or permission of creative writing instructor. This course provides advanced practice in the techniques of writing drama. It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original creative work, emphasizing the relationship between content (including technique and form) and style, with close reading of published work as models.

ENGL 360 CREATIVE WRITING III: NON-FICTION (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and junior status, with at least one course in the ENGL 257 260 series or permission of creative writing instructor. This course provides advanced practice in the techniques of writing non-fiction prose, most recently referred to as "creative non-fiction." It is conducted primarily as a workshop to critique students' original creative work, emphasizing the relationship between content (including technique and form) and style, with close reading of published work as models.

ENGL 361 TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 102. This course is a study of the particular requirements of technical and report writing, coupled with a review and refinement of basic grammar and composition skills, designed to prepare students for career-related assignments using sophisticated software packages.

ENGL 362 ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING II (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 102. Recommendation by Computer Science Department. This course covers advanced skills of technical and report writing. Included will be the use of specialized terminology, proofreading, editing, long report/manual writing, job orientation, and sophisticated software applications.

ENGL 370 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of Caribbean literature focusing upon special topics outside the traditional spheres of period and genre. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: the lyrics of calypso; Caribbean "yard" literature; Caribbean autobiographical literature; Caribbean folk literature; Caribbean poetry; Negritude writers of the Caribbean; the literature of colonization.

ENGL 401 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an intensive study of the development of the English novel, from Richardson and Fielding to the present.

ENGL 402 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD IN ENGLISH LITERATURE (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course alternates with 403. It is a study of the Romantic Movement through close examination of the chief works of writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron.

ENGL 403 VICTORIAN LITERATURE (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course alternates with 402. It is a study of selected writers of prose and poetry during the nineteenth century: Mill, Carlyle, Arnold, Huxley, Ruskin, Pater, Tennyson, Browning.

ENGL 404 ENGLISH PROSE AND POETRY IN THE RENAISSANCE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course explores representative works of the Renaissance, with special attention to More, Sidney, Eliot, Ascham, Lyly, and Bacon. Consideration is given to the social and intellectual environment of the period, as well as to the development of literary techniques.

ENGL 405 ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course alternates with ENGL 406. It is an examination of the major poetic movements and the major writers of the period: Metaphysical poetry, the work of Jonson and Herrick, Cavalier poetry, the Baroque poets, and the poetry of Milton and Dryden.

ENGL 406 RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course alternates with 405 and is a study of the literature of England, from the Restoration of Charles II (1666) to the publication of The Lyrical Ballads (1798). Focus is on the most important trends and developments in representative works of this period, including the political, cultural, and intellectual background of the age.

ENGL 407 SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES AND HISTORIES (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course examines Shakespeare's early comedies and histories, including some attention to Shakespeare's historical sources and his use of dramatic technique, imagery, and language.

ENGL 408 SHAKESPEARE'S PROBLEM PLAYS, TRAGEDIES, AND ROMANCES (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course examines some of Shakespeare's problem plays, tragedies, and romances and Elizabethan literary, social, and theatrical traditions. Consideration also will be given to Shakespeare's development as a dramatist and his use of dramatic technique, imagery, and language, particularly as they affect modern interpretation and stage production.

ENGL 409 CHAUCER (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is a study of Chaucer's main texts in relation to fourteenth century literature and society.

ENGL 416 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an in-depth exploration of the developments in American poetry, prose, and drama from 1900 to the present. Focus is on old trends, such as realism, naturalism, and existentialism, and on current trends.

ENGL 417 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course provides an analysis of the major trends in current literature-poetry, fiction, drama-with special emphasis on works written during the past decade, the Jewish and African American schools of fiction, the absurd drama, and experimental poetry.

ENGL 418 MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS ((Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course provides an intensive study of major American writers, from Poe to the present. This course will focus on no more than six authors in any given semester to permit analysis of background, characteristic themes, style, and critical response.

ENGL 424 NEO-SLAVE NARRATIVES (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 324 or ENGL 325 This course studies fictionalized and poetic treatment of the traditional slave narrative as rendered by contemporary African American writers such as Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Octavia Butler, Charles Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Robert Hayden, Margaret Walker, Ernest Gaines and Lalita Tademy.

ENGL 425 SEMINAR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE (Alternate Spring Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236; ENGL 324 or ENGL 325. This course is an examination of novels and collections of short fiction by major contemporary African American novelists, such as Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Ernest Gaines, etc.

ENGL 436 MODERN EUROPEAN NOVEL (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This course is an examination of major novelists of Britain and the continent, with emphasis on the development of the novel from nineteenth century realism and naturalism to stream of consciousness, existentialism, and surrealism.

ENGL 437 LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of chair. This course is an examination of theories of literature and practical judgments of literary works. Attention will be given to major critics, from Plato through Derrida: Classicism, Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Victorian criticism, and twentieth century criticism, including new criticism, structuralism, reception theory, Marxist political criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, feminist criticism, and deconstruction.

ENGL 438 SEMINAR FOR MAJORS (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of chair. This course is an intensive review of the field of English designed to prepare majors and minors for graduate study and professional careers. The course will include individual readings and research, a major paper to be presented at the senior symposium, and the comprehensive senior examination.

ENGL 445 ADVANCED GRAMMAR (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 102. This course is a practical focus on language form and usage. It is an intensive study of American English grammar, drawing upon contributions from traditional language scholarship and from more recent communicative approaches to grammar study.

ENGL 446 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Alternate Fall Semesters) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing. This course is a study of the origin and development of the English language. Some attention is given to the development of the English vocabulary, semantics, and social, regional and functional varieties of English usage.

ENGL 455 ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING I (Fall Every Three Years) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 256 and ENGL 257. This course allows the more advanced student the opportunity to develop greater skills in writing fiction, poetry, plays, or nonfiction prose. It is conducted primarily as a workshop. Advanced Creative Writing I provides extensive analyses of students' works in progress.

ENGL 456 ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING II (Spring Every Three Years) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 455 or permission of instructor. This course is an independent study in creative writing designed for the serious student writer who will work closely with a faculty member to produce a novella, a group of short stories, a collection of poetry, a play, or a significant work of creative nonfiction.

ENGL 461 EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE WRITING I (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 361 and ENGL 362. This course provides specialized training in the area of grantsmanship and salesmanship.

ENGL 462 EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE WRITING II (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 461. This course emphasizes the preparation of technical articles, proposals, abstracts, formal reports, etc., for individual portfolio.

ENGL 463 INTERNSHIP IN TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE WRITING (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 462: This course is a field experience in technical and administrative writing, supplemented by seminars to reinforce required job skills. Partial credit for suitable work experience is granted.

ENGL 464 DOCUMENT DESIGN AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of at least one word processing system, ENGL 101 and 102, and ENGL 361 or permission of instructor. This course will introduce basic desktop publishing elements including file formats, color, and pre-press terminology. Students will discover what equipment and software is recommended for creating newsletters, brochures, and manuals as well as use of peripherals needed for desktop design such as laser printers and scanners. In addition, students also learn the design concepts necessary to create effective visual communications. NOTE: Strong computing skills and additional lab time are highly recommended.

ENGL 465 CREATING HYPERTEXT FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of at least one word processing system, ENGL 101 and 102, and ENGL 361 or permission of instructor. This course focuses on developing information for software products, with an emphasis on online and hypertext delivery media. Includes a focus on the documentation-project cycle, documentation teams, and collaboration with technical experts. Emphasizes the contents, organization, format, and style typical of software documentation. Introduces online help, hypertext, and web publishing. NOTE: Strong computing skills and familiarity with webpage development are highly recommended.

ENGLISH 466 TECHNICAL EDITING (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of at least one word processing system, ENGL 101 and 102, and ENGL 361 or permission of instructor. This course is an intensive study of and practicum for editing and designing complex documents such as technical manuals, proposals, and research reports. The course will provide students with the skills necessary for editing these documents as it applies to invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. Students will examine strategies for document management and explore the theoretical justifications for making editing decisions.

ENGL 470 METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of chair based on PRAXIS results. This course is a study of the objectives, methods, and materials in teaching English in the secondary school.

ENGL 498 TEACHING A SECOND LANGUAGE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course is a study of the new techniques and procedures for teaching a second language. Problems of teaching the language and the culture, traditional methods, audio, oral, and cognitive approaches will be discussed.

FREN: FRENCH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FREN 101 FIRST YEAR FRENCH I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Designed for beginners, this classroom/laboratory course provides an introduction to the basic language skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing), with emphasis on audio-lingual and writing skills. Laboratory work required.

FREN 102 FIRST YEAR FRENCH II (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 101. This course is a continuation of FREN 101, with additional drill in the Language Laboratory and increasing attention in class to the relationship between speaking and writing. Laboratory work required.

FREN 201 SECOND YEAR FRENCH I (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 102. This course provides continued development of skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing, with oral discussion and continued presentation of grammar and syntax. Laboratory work required.

FREN 202 SECOND YEAR FRENCH II (Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 201. This course focuses on intensive reading of texts dealing with literature and culture, with emphasis on speaking and writing along with vocabulary expansion. Laboratory work required.

FREN 301 FRENCH CONVERSATION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 202. This course is designed to develop aural oral proficiency in French through a variety of classroom and laboratory learning experiences.

FREN 302 FRENCH CONVERSATION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 301. This course is a continuation of FREN 301. Emphasis is placed on the development of aural/oral proficiency through discussion of contemporary events.

FREN 303 INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 302. This course focuses on French literature from the Middle Ages to 1800. This course consists of reading and analysis of representative texts of the major authors.

FREN 304 INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 303. This course is a continuation of FREN 303 and presents French literature from 1800 to the present.

FREN 305 FRENCH PHONETICS (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 302. This course is an intensive study of French pronunciation and diction. Practice in discriminating French phonemes and allophones and in transcribing in phonetic symbols is provided. Recitation of poems and rhythmic prose.

FREN 322 FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: French 201 and 202. This course is a study of the literature and cultural traditions of the French-speaking world outside of France, including Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. The study will focus on the following genres of postcolonial Francophone literature written by women: novels, short stories, legends, poetry, and drama.

FREN 326 FRANCOPHONE CULTURES AND LITERATURES (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 302. This course is a comprehensive study of the origin and development of the cultures of the French speaking world, including Louisiana, Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Quebec, Senegal, and the Bight of Benin. The study includes the literatures of these and other French-speaking areas.

FREN 327 FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: FREN 302. This course is a comprehensive study of the origin and development of France and her place in history, with emphasis on her social, economic, intellectual, artistic, and cultural contributions.

FREN 340 FRENCH FOR BUSINESS (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. This course is designed to prepare business professionals to communicate effectively with French-speaking people and to enable students to embark on a career in international business by introducing them to the conventions and vocabulary of French-speaking business enterprises. This course prepares students for the certification of the Paris Chamber of Commerce.

READ: READING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

READ 100 LITERAL READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
This course emphasizes study skills, test taking strategies, vocabulary development, and literal comprehension skills of main idea and supporting ideas.

READ 101 COLLEGE READING SKILLS (Spring) 3 Credits
This course emphasizes essential college reading skills, with focus on application of reading strategies to textbooks.

SPAN: SPANISH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

SPAN 101 FIRST YEAR SPANISH I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
The first level of beginning Spanish courses is designed to develop the four basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with emphasis on oral communication and an increased awareness of Hispanic culture. Lab is required.

SPAN 102 FIRST YEAR SPANISH I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or equivalent. The second level in the sequence of beginning Spanish courses is designed to develop the four basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, with emphasis on oral communication-and an increased awareness of Hispanic culture. Lab is required.

SPAN 201 SECOND YEAR SPANISH I (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or equivalent. The third level in the sequence of beginning Spanish courses is designed to develop the four basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, with emphasis on oral communication and an increased awareness of Hispanic culture. Lab is required.

SPAN 202 SECOND YEAR SPANISH II (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or equivalent. The fourth and final level in the sequence of beginning Spanish courses is designed to develop the four basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, with emphasis on oral communication and an increased awareness of Hispanic culture. This course includes readings on the African contribution to Hispanic culture. Lab is required.

SPAN 204 SPANISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY (Fall Only) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent. This course is a study of sound patterns in Spanish, aimed at improving pronunciation and intonation, avoiding interference from the English language, and developing near native fluency.

SPAN 301 CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION 1 (Fall) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent. This course is a review of grammatical structures, vocabulary building through reading and exercises, and analysis of structure and style. Focus is on writing skills.

SPAN 302 CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION II (Fall, Spring) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or equivalent. This course is designed to build vocabulary, practice grammatical structures, and develop fluency in the Spanish language.

SPAN 303 SPANISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent. This course is designed to equip personnel of various professions (medical, business, law enforcement, etc.) with relevant vocabulary and communication skills. Content varies.

SPAN 307 308 SPANISH STRUCTURE I and II (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 302 or equivalent. This course focuses on the phonological system of Spanish, with attention to dialect differences and distribution of high level phonological units. Morphological, syntactic and semantic structure of Spanish, with emphasis on present-day approaches to the analysis of language structure, is explored.

SPAN 311 SPANISH FOR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY (Periodically) 3 Credits
Designed for business administration and communications majors, this course primarily uses the audio lingual method to acquaint personnel in the business environment with the fundamentals of communication under constraint conditions. It addresses the needs of people in the business world to understand and be understood in spoken and written Spanish. This is a practical course to develop skills in the utilization of Spanish in the business and technological environment, with emphasis on computer and communication technologies.

SPAN 400 INDEPENDENT STUDY (As Needed) 1 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 and/or permission of instructor. This course consists of special projects and independent study in Spanish language, literature, and/or culture, under the direction and supervision of a member of the Spanish staff.

SPAN 401 SPANISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: SPAN 301, 302 or equivalent. This course is a comprehensive study of the origin and development of Spain and its place in human history, with emphasis on its socioeconomic, artistic, and cultural contributions.

SPAN 402 SPANISH AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisites: SPAN 301, 302 or equivalent. This course is an exploration of the history of Latin America including Spanish, Portuguese, African and Indian cultural heritage from discovery to the present.

SPAN 405 ADVANCED LANGUAGE COMPOSITION AND STYLISTICS (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 302 or equivalent. This course provides instruction in guided composition on the basis of style analysis of Spanish prose models and language. Emphasis is on style and on students' awareness of contemporary forms of expression to enhance the quality of their own composition. Conducted in Spanish.

SPAN 415 OPEN SEMINAR IN SPANISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 302 or permission of instructor. This course is an analytical and detailed study of the literary production of a Spanish writer or school or a particular literary genre and its language. The topic is to be announced for every semester. Conducted in Spanish. May be taken more than once.

SPAN 416 OPEN SEMINAR IN SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 302 or permission of instructor. This course is an analytical and detailed study of the literary production of a Spanish American writer, school, or a particular literary genre and its language. Topic to be announced for every semester. Conducted in Spanish. May be taken more than once.

SPAN 430 OPEN SEMINAR IN HISPANIC CULTURE AND LANGUAGE (Periodically) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 302 or permission of instructor. This course is an intensive study of a particular period, problem, or aspect of Hispanic culture and language. Conducted in English. Open to all students. Topic is to be announced for every semester. May be taken more than once.

SPAN 440 BILINGUAL (SPANISH ENGLISH) TEACHING IN THE ELEM SCHOOL (As Needed) 3 Credits
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or equivalent. This course focuses on procedures and problems in teaching specific subject areas in Spanish in the elementary school. The student prepares materials and aids.