Apr 20, 2024  
2014-2015 Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Course Descriptions



 

 

Education

  
  • EDUC 748 - Supported Literacy Practicum


    Description:
    Clinical appraisal of students in literary programs. Interpret findings, develop and implement corrective measures with continuous analysis and evaluation of students. Final report describing student literacy behaviors, techniques and materials used, and recommendations for post-clinical instruction.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 741 , EDUC 746 , EDUC 747 , or con reg.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 749 - Teacher Action Research in Reading


    Description:
    Qualitative action research applied to teaching reading. Prepare, conduct, and report on classroom reading/writing research.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 750 - Supervision and Administration of Reading Programs


    Description:
    Organization, administration, supervision, and improvement of school reading programs. Apply qualitative action research to examination of school reading programs.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 749  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 751 - Wisconsin Reading Research Symposium


    Description:
    Influence/impact of contemporary issues in literacy on reading educators and student reading achievement. Participate in Wis Reading Research Symposium.

    1 -3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 758 - Cooperating Teacher Fundamentals in Preservice Teacher Education


    Description:
    Methods for planning, supervising, and evaluating student and intern teachers in clinical stages of teacher education programs, with emphases on formative assessments and summative evaluation according to state and national teacher standards. Meets one Wis DPI rule to qualify as cooperating teacher, per Wis Admin Code PI 34.15(6). This course is offered fall and spring semesters for 1 credit in an online format, and offered in the summer for 3 credits in a hybrid format.

    Prerequisites:
    WI Teaching License and 3 years experience.

    1 or 3 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 761 - Mentor Teaching: Research and Practice


    Description:
    Sociological, psychological and pedagogical approaches to design and implement programs for mentor teachers. Practical methods for supervising and assessing teachers according to established standards for professional development.

    Prerequisites:
    Wis teaching license.

    1-3 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 771 - Supervision of Instruction


    Description:
    Evolving concepts and strategies of supervision; role of supervision in facilitating professional development; place of supervision in evaluating curriculum and instruction; develop systems to observe and analyze classroom instruction.

    3 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 772 - Teacher Induction Year


    Description:
    Survey issues and practices encountered by beginning and experienced teachers new to school districts during induction year and through third year of teaching.

    Prerequisites:
    Wis teaching license and contract.

    May be repeated for up to 3 credits provided there is a new focus for each year.

    1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 774 - Advanced Methodology in Special Education


    Description:
    Topics: Severe learning disabilities; severe emotional/behavioral disabilities; severe cognitive/intellectual disabilities; twice-exceptionality; autism spectrum disorders; self-advocacy/life skills.

    Prerequisites:
    Undergrad degree, EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 , special ed certification, or cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different topic and approval of grad coord.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 775 - Alternate Assessment


    Description:
    Emphasis on assessment and evaluation strategies excluding standardized tools. Topics include implementation of state mandates and procedures, design of alternate measures based on content taught in public schools, and formulation of observation and informal measures.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 778 - Parent, Home and Agency Involvement in Educating Children and Youth with Disabilities


    Description:
    Develop understanding of familial needs, behaviors and perspectives for all family members; cite resources/intervention to be applied to families having a child with a disability; learn interaction and communication techniques to use with family and community agencies.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 780 - Curriculum Development, Evaluation and Implementation


    Description:
    Explore how curriculum processes (development, evaluation and implementation) involve various individuals of various beliefs and values. From this comprehensive base concept, you will utilize curriculum concepts to meet the needs of your individual learners: general education, special education and other unique needs.

    Prerequisites:
    Undergrad degree, EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 781 - Teaching Students with Disabilities Practicum -Internship


    Description:
    Professional practice in teaching children with disabilities. Subtitle will designate practicum or internship and specialization area(s).

    Prerequisites:
    Specialization courses.

    1-8 cr.

  
  • EDUC 782 - Action Research: Single Subject Design


    Description:
    Focus on research methodology and topics specific to the field of education. Complete an action research project surrounding an issue of interest/need in your classroom or program through the use of a single subject design. Examine existing research and determine how it may apply to your classroom/program.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 783 - The Reflective Teacher


    Description:
    Renew the spirit of teaching. Explore ways to find balance between professional and personal life; examine professional possibilities; develop clear professional goals; create projections about professional future; examine problems, rewards, and realities inherent in teaching through self-analysis and development of professional portfolio.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 784 - The Creative Teacher


    Description:
    Experience the creative process through readings, active explorations, hands-on and creative exercises to understand the diverse definitions of creativity, be sensitive to its layers and facets, and bring it into the classroom.

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 785 - The Skillful Teacher


    Description:
    Explore teaching models and best practices in education. Learn methods to align a comprehensive assessment plan with instruction and learn to interpret results to make sound educational decisions about instructional design.

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 786 - Foundations of Alternative Education


    Description:
    Introduction and overview of effective teaching practices in alternative education settings; specific responsibilities associated with students at risk, including development and implementation of learning plans.

    Prerequisites:
    Valid teaching license.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 787 - Alternative Education Program Development: Curriculum, Methods and Assessment


    Description:
    Introduction and overview of curricula, methods and assessments or administrative practices for students with alternative learning needs; focus on instructional and administrative practices necessary to accommodate students with alternative needs and abilities.

    Prerequisites:
    Valid teaching license; EDUC 786 .

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 790 - Analysis and Improvement of Educational Programs


    Description:
    For school district in-service needs. Topic and number of credits vary.

    Prerequisites:
    Teaching experience.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 791 - Foundations of Gifted/Talented Education


    Description:
    Overview of history and definitions. Emphases on development, characteristics, and individual learning differences of students with gifts and talents. Identification strategies and program options in the field of gifted/talented education. Introduction to current literature as well as exploration of relevant issues and trends.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 792 - Curriculum Methods for Teaching Students with Gifts and Talents


    Description:
    Curriculum methods designed specifically for identified students with gifts and talents in specialized programs. Curriculum differentiation and instructional strategies/techniques for students with gifts/talents in the general education classroom. Integration of cognitive/affective domains as well as creative and critical thinking skills. Collaboration techniques. Planning of the Differentiated Program Plan. Professional and ethical teaching practice.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 791  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 795 - Practicum in Teaching Students with Gifts and Talents


    Description:
    Observe educational programming for, plan instruction of appropriate learning experiences for, and teach students with gifts/talents using specifically designed methodologies. Program and self-evaluation.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 791  and EDUC 792  or cons instr. May take twice with cons instr.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 796 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Planned study to supplement preparation in area of specialization; regular conferences with staff supervisor.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 798 - Reading Specialist Portfolio


    Description:
    Compile personal/ professional portfolio representing professional growth in best literacy teaching practices, reflection in teaching, life-long learning, risk-taking/embracing change.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 528 , EDUC 749 , EDUC 750 , EDUC 751  or cons instr.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 799 - Thesis


    2-6 credits.


English

  
  • ENGL 101 - Freshman English


    Description:
    Critical reading, logical thinking, and effective writing. Write frequently in and out of class, using specific rhetorical strategies for a variety of purposes and audiences.

    Prerequisites:
    Satisfactory placement test score.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: ENGL; GEP: WC

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 103 - The Myth of …


    Description:
    (Topic will be announced.) The origin and development of a particular myth as it is embodied in folk tales and/or drama, film, novels (e.g. the myth of the Great Lover, the Doctor, the Jew, the Politician).

    Notes:
    May apply 3 cr max of ENGL 103/ENGL 203 /ENGL 303  toward major/minor.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 106 - Reading Fiction


    Description:
    An opportunity to read, discuss, and evaluate outstanding works of fiction.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 108 - Reading Drama


    Description:
    Oral reading and discussion of one play a week (chosen by the class) from dramatic literature.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 150 - Advanced Freshman English


    Description:
    Research and writing using appropriate rhetorical strategies for students with potential for accelerated reading, writing, and research.

    Prerequisites:
    Satisfactory test scores.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: ENGL; GEP: WC

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 157 - Independent Writing


    Description:
    Individualized program for writing improvement based on student needs and personal objectives, taught in conjunction with the Writing Laboratory.

    May repeat for 3 cr max among ENGL 157 , ENGL 257 , ENGL 357 .

    1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • ENGL 200 - Introduction to the Study of Literature


    Description:
    Study of literature, emphasizing development of critical vocabulary, recognition of various forms of literature, and rudimentary analysis of selected works.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 201 - Introduction to Literary Study for the English Major


    Description:
    Major literary genres in their cultural and historical contexts emphasizing development of interpretive and communicative skills necessary to join effectively in the discussion of and writing about literature.

    Prerequisites:
    Declared English major.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 202 - Sophomore English


    Description:
    Analytical reading and writing and the methods of inquiry common to various academic disciplines. Write frequently in and out of class, using suitable sources of information and appropriate documentation methods.

    Prerequisites:
    ENGL 101  or equiv.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: ENGL; GEP: WC

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 203 - Myth of …


    Description:
    Topic will be announced. See ENGL 103 .

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 211 - English Literature I


    Description:
    Emphasis on major writers from Beowulf through pre-Romantics, stressing insight into their works.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 212 - English Literature II


    Description:
    Emphasis on major writers from Romantics to the present, stressing insight into their works.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 213 - American Literature I


    Description:
    Representative works by American writers up to 1865.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 214 - American Literature II


    Description:
    Representative works by American writers since 1865.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 240 - Introduction to Linguistics


    Description:
    Fundamental concepts and methods of the scientific study of languages in their structural, historical, and geographical aspects.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 248 - Introduction to Environmental and Science Writing


    Description:
    Read and produce environmental/science writing such as creative nonfiction prose, natural history essay, news report, investigative journalism report, popular magazine/newspaper feature, pedagogical articles. Introductory readings in the rhetoric and ideology of science writing, eco-criticism, social/environmental justice, ethics of science, history of environmental/science writing.

    Prerequisites:
    Freshman English or cons instr.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 250 - Intermediate Composition


    Description:
    Practice in exploratory, expository, and persuasive discourse.

    Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of freshman English, or cons chair.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 253 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    Description:
    Training and practice for the beginning writer in various forms of poetry and fiction; class discussion of student work.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: ART

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 254 - Introduction to Technical Writing


    Description:
    Introductory training and practice in workplace writing for business, industry, office, lab. With the understanding that writing is shaped by workplace culture and ethics, produce a wide range of written texts including emails, memos, job application materials, grant proposals, formal reports, and manuals.

    Prerequisites:
    Freshman English or cons instr.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 257 - Independent Writing


    Same as ENGL 157 .

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • ENGL 260 - Computer Aids for English Studies


    Description:
    Introduction to uses of computer software in the study of English language and literature. 4 wk module for English majors/minors.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    1 cr.

  
  • ENGL 274 - Literature for Early Childhood


    Description:
    Read, select, and present materials suitable for children, preschool through grade 3. (See Note 4 .)

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 275 - Children’s Literature


    Description:
    Read, select, and present materials suitable for elementary school readers. (See Note 4 .)

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 279 - Chicano and Chicana Literature


    Description:
    An introduction to writing by Chicano and Chicana (Mexican American) authors from 1846 to the present with attention to the historical, political, and cultural contexts of the literature. All texts in English, either originally or in translation.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 280 - American Indian Literature


    Description:
    Literature about the American Indian from oral and written materials by Native American authors and other American writers.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2, MNS; GEP: HU, USD

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 282 - Black Literature


    Description:
    Critical study of works by black writers (e.g., Americans, Africans, West Indians).

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2, MNS; GEP: HU, USD

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 283 - Mythology in Literature


    Description:
    The basic myths of creation, the flood, man’s fall, Olympians and their Roman counterparts, and stories of myth and history that form the basis of literary expression of Western culture; emphasis on Graeco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and Norse myths, as they appear in selected poetry, novels, and plays.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 284 - Introduction to Ethnic Literature in the United States


    Description:
    Introduction to ethnic literature in the U.S. including works by African, Asian, Native American, and Latino writers. Explore how these works address basic issues of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity in a diverse society.

    Prerequisites:
    English major.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 285 - Women in Literature


    Description:
    Examine literature to determine how women are depicted in Western cultural tradition, how images of women have developed and been perpetuated, and how they shape a woman’s sense of who she is and a man’s idea of what she should be.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU, USD

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 286 - Literature and Film


    Description:
    Introduction to theories and concepts of narrative, language, and culture through examination of various prose fiction texts and their film adaptations.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: ART

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 287 - Gay and Lesbian Literature


    Description:
    Introduction to a variety of literary representations of same-sex relationships, belonging to different genres and taken from different cultures and historical periods, in order to discuss how the meanings of and attitudes toward such relationships are culturally variable rather than constant.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU, USD

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 288 - Literature of Human Love and Sexuality


    Description:
    Literature of love, using representative works and authors from various cultures and times such as Lysistrata, the Song of Solomon, Ovid, Chaucer, Donne, Swift, DeSade, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 289 - Popular Literature


    Description:
    Close reading of selected topics with general appeal such as frontier literature, sports literature, speculative fiction, mystery literature. Subtitle will designate area.

    Notes:
    All English courses in the 200 series require sophomore standing as a prerequisite except that they are also open to second semester freshman English majors. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 303 - The Myth of…


    Description:
    Topic will be announced. See ENGL 103 .

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 308 - Reading Drama


    Description:
    Oral reading and discussion of one play a week from dramatic literature.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 309 - Forms and Modes in Literature


    Description:
    Selected works of several writers that are examples of a form or mode, such as the parable in modern literature. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2 by subtitle; GEP: HU

    1-3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 509 .
  
  • ENGL 310 - Modern Short Story


    Description:
    Representative short stories of world literature with emphasis on literary structure, form, and theme.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 311 - English Novel (British)


    Description:
    English novels from (a) early 1700s to 1880 including Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, and George Eliot; or (b) 1880 to the present including Hardy, Joyce, Conrad, Lawrence, Woolf, and Lessing.

    May take once for each period.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 511 .
  
  • ENGL 312 - Modern Drama


    Description:
    Representative dramas of world literature from Ibsen to the present; emphasis on literary structure, form, and theme.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 512 .
  
  • ENGL 313 - American Novel


    Description:
    American novels from (a) late 1700s to 1900 including Hawthorne, Melville, James, and Twain; or (b) 1900 to the present, including Wharton, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, and Bellow.

    May take once for each period.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 513 .
  
  • ENGL 314 - Modern Poetry


    Description:
    Study of 20th century poetry beginning with works of Yeats, Pound, and Eliot.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 514 .
  
  • ENGL 319 - The Novel since 1850


    Description:
    Representative novels of world literature from a variety of cultures with emphasis on literary structure, form and theme.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 519 .
  
  • ENGL 320 - American Realism and Naturalism


    Description:
    Theory and development of realism and naturalism from 19th century to present.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 520 .
  
  • ENGL 321 - English Literature to 1485


    Description:
    Development of English poetry and prose, excluding Chaucer, from Anglo-Saxon through late medieval periods.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 521 .
  
  • ENGL 323 - British Literature Before 1790, Excluding Drama


    Description:
    Development of poetry and prose from (a) 1485-1660 including More, Sidney, Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson; or (b) from 1660-1790 including Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Sam Johnson, Goldsmith.

    May take once for each period.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 523 .
  
  • ENGL 324 - Romantic Movement (British)


    Description:
    Development of romanticism in English poetry and prose, its theory and creation, also survey of pre-Romantic Movement.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 524 .
  
  • ENGL 325 - Victorian Literature (British)


    Description:
    Works revealing the crisis of the individual in an age torn by conflicting values. Major poets and essayists including Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Newman, and Ruskin.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 525 .
  
  • ENGL 327 - Victorian Literature in Transition (British)


    Description:
    Development of the modern spirit in such writers as Hardy, Conrad, Ford, Shaw, Yeats, and the Aesthetes and Decadents.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 527 .
  
  • ENGL 328 - Modernism


    Description:
    Theories and practices of “Modernism” (approx. 1900-1940). Emphasis on literary texts belonging to different genres with discussions including examples from other media (visual arts, music, performance, etc.) in an international context. Formal innovations as well as philosophical, psychological, and sociological preoccupations of several Modernist writers and artists will be covered.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 528 .
  
  • ENGL 329 - The American Renaissance


    Description:
    American literary renaissance of mid-19th century with works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 529 .
  
  • ENGL 330 - Chaucer (British)


    Description:
    Emphasis on the Canterbury Tales and their historical, social, linguistic background.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 530 .
  
  • ENGL 333 - Shakespeare (British)


    Description:
    Early plays.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 533 .
  
  • ENGL 334 - Shakespeare (British)


    Description:
    Tragedies and later plays.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 534 .
  
  • ENGL 336 - Milton (British)


    Description:
    Milton’s poetry and selected prose. Growth of a writer in his historical milieu.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 536 .
  
  • ENGL 342 - English Grammars


    Description:
    Survey of major methods of language analyses that have been applied to English since the 18th century; traditional, structural, and transformation-generative.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 542 .
  
  • ENGL 343 - Sociolinguistics: Language and Dialects of the U.S.


    Description:
    An examination of the languages and different varieties of English spoken in the United States. Various factors are considered in reviewing current patterns of language diversity, including region, socioeconomic level, gender, ethnicity, language contact, language attitudes, and education. U.S. language policies are also examined.

    Prerequisites:
    ENGL 240 , or ENGL 342 , or ENGL 345 , or CSD 266 , or FREN 420 , or GERM 420 , or SPAN 420 , or cons instr.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: SS, USD

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 344 - History of the English Language


    Description:
    Development of English sounds, spelling, inflection, syntax, vocabulary, and dialects from Old English to the present.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 544 .
  
  • ENGL 345 - English Language for Teachers


    Description:
    Overview of history and structure of English and conventions of standard written English. Includes contemporary approaches to teaching grammar, usage, punctuation. Required for teacher certif. English majors/ minors.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 545 .
  
  • ENGL 346 - Old English


    Description:
    Introduction to Old English language and literature.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 546 .
  
  • ENGL 347 - Grant and Proposal Writing


    Description:
    Invention and delivery of grants and proposals in the business, scientific, technical artistic, and educational arenas. Opportunity to write a grant proposal for a campus or community-based organization.

    Prerequisites:
    Completion of Freshman English requirement.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: IS, XL

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 547 .
  
  • ENGL 348 - Advanced Environmental and Science Writing


    Description:
    Produce a single well-researched popular or educational article related to science or the environment and prepare it for submission to a juried publication. Also, readings in the rhetoric and ideology of science writing, eco-criticism, social/environmental justice, ethics of science, history of environmental/science writing.

    Prerequisites:
    Freshman English and ENGL 248 , or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 548 .
  
  • ENGL 349 - Editing and Publishing


    Description:
    Writing, editing, and preparing materials for publication, including consideration of reader/ editor appeal, and ways to market manuscripts.

    Notes:
    [Editor’s note: The class must find a manuscript, produce and sell a book.]

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 549 .
  
  • ENGL 350 - Creative Nonfiction


    Description:
    Art of nonfiction writing using literary devices to write about true events. The course explores creative nonfiction forms and includes class discussion of student work.

    Prerequisites:
    ENGL 250  or ENGL 253 , cons instr., or cons chair.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 351 - Advanced Business Writing


    Description:
    Examine methods of audience analysis and strategies to shape effective written business communication.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr or chair.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 352 - Freelance Writing


    Description:
    Essay writing for personal satisfaction and possible publication; emphasis on most marketable essays, such as the interview/profile, how-to, travel, opinion, humor, familiar essay. Survey of likely markets, advice on how to break in, how to prepare and submit the manuscript, cover and query letters, and copyright information.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr or chair.

    3 cr.

  
  • ENGL 353 - Advanced Creative Writing (Poetry or Fiction)


    Description:
    Intensive study in writing various forms of poetry or fiction; class discussion of student work. May take max 9 cr with 6 cr max under one focus.

    Prerequisites:
    ENGL 253 , cons instr or chair.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 553 .
  
  • ENGL 354 - Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing


    Description:
    Advanced training and practice in workplace writing for business, industry, office, lab. Assuming writing is shaped by workplace culture and ethics, collaboratively produce a few large technical documents in context of simulated and real consultations with local business/ industry.

    Prerequisites:
    Freshman English and ENGL 254 , or cons instr.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 554 .
  
  • ENGL 355 - Methods of Teaching Composition (Middle and Secondary)


    Description:
    Teaching writing as a composing process; theory and practice for middle and secondary levels and for all subjects.

    Prerequisites:
    Admis to Prof Educ Prog (English) or cons chair.

    Notes:
    Does not count toward English major/minor.

    2 or 3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 555 .
  
  • ENGL 356 - Methods of Teaching Literature (Middle and Secondary)


    Description:
    Teaching literature as an exploratory process, beginning with reader response; theory and practice for middle and secondary levels.

    Prerequisites:
    Admis to Prof Educ Prog (English) or cons chair.

    Notes:
    Does not count toward English major/minor.

    2 or 3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 556 .
  
  • ENGL 357 - Independent Writing


    Description:
    See ENGL 157 .

    1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • ENGL 358 - Outdoor Writing


    Description:
    Writing articles and essays on nature and the outdoor experience.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: ER

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 558 .
  
  • ENGL 359 - Novel Writing


    Description:
    Strategies for planning and completing a draft of a novel. Fictional techniques; manuscript preparation and submission; class discussion of student work; individual conferences; readings from first novels and texts on novel writing.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr or chair.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 559 .
  
  • ENGL 360 - Regional Literature (American)


    Description:
    Literature by small group of authors whose writing reflects the concerns of geographic areas. Subtitle will designate area.

    May repeat with different subtitles.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as ENGL 560 .
  
  • ENGL 361 - World Literature


    Description:
    Representative selections of world literature from the earliest times to the 17th century.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: HU2; GEP: HU

    3 cr.

 

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