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EDSP 311 - Characteristics and Instruction of Learning Disabilities & Emotional Disorders (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course provides an in-depth study of definitions, etiology, prevalence, and characteristics associated with learning disabilities (LD) and emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD). Techniques used in identifying and teaching learners with LD or EBD, as well as service delivery models, roles of various professionals, legal issues, ethics, and philosophies related to persons with LD or EBD. The selection and implementation of evidence-based instructional methods related to affective and learning behaviors and procedures for adapting materials to support students with LD and EBD in a variety of educational settings are addressed. F.
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EDSP 312 - Characteristics and Instruction of Intellectual Disabilities and Autism (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course introduces teacher candidates to students with a label of intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism. The course includes definitions, etiology, prevalence, and characteristics of individuals with ID and/or autism. Additionally, candidates in this course investigate service delivery, roles of various professionals, current trends, and philosophies related to persons with ID and/or autism. Learning characteristics, evidence-based teaching strategies, instructional settings, legal issues, ethics, and assessment regarding individuals with ID and/or autism are addressed. F.
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EDSP 320 - Measuring Student Progress: Field Experience (3 credits)
(Prereq: EDSP 310 ) This course is a supervised field experience requiring two full school days per week with students with mild to moderate disabilities at the middle level. An in-depth study of single-subject research methods including data collection, research designs, data display and analysis, and developing research proposals using single-subject methodology is addressed. Knowledge and skills developed in the prior field experience and current coursework are reinforced. S.
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EDSP 321 - Diagnostic Assessment in Special Education (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course provides an overview of assessment terminology, data collection procedures, and the theoretical, legal, and ethical issues related to referral and educational planning. Skills focus on application and interpretation of standardized and curriculum-based assessment data for eligibility, program and progress monitoring decisions in service of individualized education programs. Candidates write individual education programs, develop strategies to modify assessments to accommodate the unique needs of students with disabilities, and communicate assessment information to solicit parent understanding. S.
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EDSP 322 - Secondary Practices and Transition (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course applies research on teacher effectiveness, teacher accountability, and instructional approaches at the secondary level. Strategies in self-regulation, study skills, attention, memory, and motivation; curriculum adaptations, peer mediated instruction including cooperative learning and peer tutoring; and self-advocacy and strategies for facilitating transition into the community, workplace, and postsecondary environments are addressed. F.
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EDSP 323 - Methods and Adaptations for Teaching Reading (K-12) (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course prepares candidates in the area of reading development and effective instructional methodologies specific to students with disabilities with an emphasis on reading practices as they relate to individual learners, readiness activities, phonemic awareness and decoding skills, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension. S.
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EDSP 380 Q* - Current Trends in the Education of Individuals with Exceptionalities PreK-12 (3 credits)
This course is a study of individuals with exceptionalities including learners with mild to severe disabilities, as well as those identified as gifted/talented. Current trends, legal issues, adaptations, and vocational aspects of learners with exceptionalities across the lifespan are addressed. F, S, Su.
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EDSP 410 - Action Research: Practicum (3 credits)
(Prereq: EDSP 320 ) This course is a supervised practicum that extends to internship. This practicum requires three full school days per week with students with mild to moderate disabilities. Candidates are given the opportunity to analyze pedagogical competencies and to build personal strategies for teaching. Knowledge and skills developed in the prior field experience and current coursework are reinforced. The research proposal developed in the prior field experience is used to implement an intervention with a student in a classroom. Candidates continue in this placement for their internship. S.
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EDSP 411 - Collaboration and Consultation in Special Education (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course prepares candidates to serve the needs of individuals with disabilities through effective communication and collaboration with other educators, families, related service providers, paraprofessionals, and personnel from community agencies. Models and strategies for effective collaborative consultation in schools and communities are addressed, including skills for effective communication with families of individuals with exceptional learning needs from diverse backgrounds. F.
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EDSP 412 - Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers (3 credits)
(Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course equips candidates with the knowledge and skills of applied behavior analysis (ABA) as an approach for programming effective interventions for children and youths with disabilities. It focuses specifically on “positive behavior interventions and supports” (PBIS), a research-based approach to interventions designed to prevent problem behavior, encourage environmental management, and promote students’ positive and appropriate behavior. This course also prepares candidates to conduct a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) in order to more efficiently and effectively identify the interventions to address the students’ behavioral needs. F.
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EDSP 414 - Instructional Planning (3 credits)
(Restricted to Special Education majors only) (Prereq: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education) This course focuses on acquiring the basic knowledge and skills required for the development of IEPs and ongoing monitoring of students’ progress toward their IEP goals and objectives/ benchmarks. In addition, subsequent development of instructional lessons based on the student’s learning needs as they relate to their academic/social/behavioral success within the general education curriculum are addressed. F.
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EDSP 420 - Internship Seminar in Special Education (3 credits)
(Prereq: EDSP 410 ) (Coreq: EDSP 450 ) This seminar corresponds with the culminating internship in special education. The course meets regularly in order to provide candidates with the content and support required for successful completion of the internship and induction into the profession. S.
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EDSP 450 - Internship in Special Education (9 credits)
(Prereq: EDSP 410 ) (Coreq: EDSP 420 ) This internship is a full-time supervised field placement. Candidates are assigned to two (2) eight week clinical placements requiring no fewer than 60 instructional days at the elementary, middle and/or secondary levels working with students with learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, and/or mild intellectual disabilities. A critical component of the internship course is the corresponding internship seminar. S.
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ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering (3 credits)
Students are introduced to the engineering profession and various engineering specialists. The course teaches students about engineering teamwork and general design concepts through mini-design projects, and enhances students’ communication skills (through several written and oral reports) that are crucial in engineering. Professional ethics are emphasized. Communication Intensive. S.
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ENGR 201 - Engineering Problem Solving (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGR 101 ) In this course, students work in multi-disciplinary teams to formulate and solve engineering problems using robotics systems and MATLAB. The course covers reading, interpreting, and writing programs, debugging, loops, and conditional statements. Project management principles are also introduced as the framework in which group members cooperate. The course culminates in a design challenge that requires teams to devise a system, component, or process to meet desired needs with given constraints. S.
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ENGR 202 - Engineering Graphics (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGR 101 ) This course is a project-based introduction to engineering graphics using SolidWorks. Topics include sketching, 3D part and assembly creation, and documented drawings. Students will utilize the principles of engineering graphics to visualize, communicate, and analyze solutions to engineering problems. S.
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ENGR 234 - Statics (3 credits)
(=PHYS 234 ) (Prereq: PHYS 211 ) This course deals with systems of forces acting on particles and rigid bodies at rest. The course addresses the finding of resultant forces and torques for various bodies. The covered topics include concentrated and distributed forces, equilibrium in two-and three-dimensions, moments, couples, and other key principals used in engineering design of structures that must remain static while bearing stress or performing a task. F.
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ENGR 235 - Electric Circuits (3 credits)
(=PHYS 235 ) (Prereq: PHYS 137 and MATH 160 , or PHYS 212 ) This course is an introduction to electrical circuit theory and its application to practical direct and alternating current circuits. Topics include: Kirchhoff’s laws, fundamental principles of network theorems, transient and steady-state response of RC, RL and RLC circuits by classical methods, time-domain and frequency-domain relationships, phasor analysis and power. F.
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ENGR 321 - Electronics (3 credits)
(=PHYS 321 ) (Prereq: ENGR 235 or PHYS 235 ) This course covers the analysis, modeling and design of electrical circuits that contain electronic devices. Topics include: properties of electronic materials, behavior of devices such as p-n junction diodes, field effect transistors and bipolar junction transistors, operational amplifiers, and transistors in digital circuits. Electronics design principles via a systems approach is emphasized. S.
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ENGR 398 - Project Management and Communication (1 credit)
(=PHYS 398 ) (Prereq: ENGR 201 ) This course focuses on effective participation, communication, and collaboration in engineering and other applied science fields. The professional and ethical responsibilities of applied scientists and engineers will be discussed, along with project management principles and current topics of importance in the field. S.
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ENGR 399 - Integrated Science and Design (1 to 3 credits)
(Prereq: permission of the instructor and approved contract) In this independent study course, students take concepts of their choosing learned in advanced applied science elective courses and use an engineering approach to either design a solution to a problem integrating those science principles, or study in depth an existing engineering solution. This student experience serves as a bridge between mathematics, the basic sciences and engineering practice. This course may be repeated up to three credit hours. F, S, Su.
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ENGR 430 - Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)
(=PHYS 430 ) (Prereq: PHYS 212 or PHYS 213 ) (Coreq: MATH 320 ) This course is an introduction to fluid mechanics, and emphasizes fundamental concepts and problem-solving techniques. Topics to be covered include fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid kinematics, control volume analysis, Reynolds Transport Theorem, momentum theorem, differential analysis and exact solutions, dimensional analysis and an introduction to turbulence. Applications of fluid mechanics will be highlighted. S.
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ENGR 499 - Senior Design (3 credits)
(Prereq: permission of the instructor) Students will engage in a structured project either under the direction of a faculty member, via an external internship, or through a project of their own design with instructor permission. This major design experience serves to integrate the knowledge and skills that students have developed in earlier course work through the completion of an original project. Students will be required to utilize project management principles throughout the experience and develop a detailed report to be presented both orally in a public forum and in written form. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 101 - Composition (4 credits)
In ENGL 101, students focus on the writing process, paying special attention to prewriting, writing, and revising strategies. The course also introduces elements of academic writing as well as the research process. This class prompts students to hone their critical reading and writing skills as they consider the rhetorical situations that shape all writing tasks. As a hybrid course, ENGL 101 includes a parallel online component, Coastal Composition Commons, which provides uniform and digitally delivered content reinforcing a common set of student learning outcomes. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 101B - Composition (English as a Second Language) (3 credits)
A variation of ENGL 101 for students who speak English as a second language. F.
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ENGL 102 - Composition and Critical Reading (4 credits)
(Prereq: A grade of ‘C’ or better in ENGL 101 ) In ENGL 102, students read and respond to a variety of texts written across disciplinary lines. As they interpret and evaluate these texts by composing functional, rhetorical, and critical analyses, students extend their understanding of the writing process, consider the importance of context, and refine their approaches to research. This hybrid course includes a parallel online component, Coastal Composition Commons, which builds upon the content taught in ENGL 101 and continues to digitally deliver uniform content that stresses an ongoing set of common student learning outcomes. F, S. Su.
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ENGL 102B - Composition and Literature (English as a Second Language) (3 credits)
(Prereq: Completion of an ENGL 101 course with a grade of ‘C’ or better). A variation of ENGL 102 for students who speak English as a second language. S.
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ENGL 103 - Rhetoric and Argumentation (3 credits)
This course provides students with an introduction to rhetorical theory and, as a result, strategies for analyzing the arguments used in a variety of texts. Primarily a course in critical thinking, ENGL 103 supports students’ development as both readers and writers through the application of rhetorical concepts. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 199 - Film Screening Lab (0 to 1 credit)
Required weekly or biweekly screenings of selected films which facilitate understanding and analysis of cinematic expression and its capacity to produce artistic and social influence. Offered in conjunction with a first-year, sophomore, or upper-division English courses. May be repeated if accompanying different courses.
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ENGL 201 Q* - Introduction to Creative Writing (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better) A course that introduces the fundamental elements of craft involved in composing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama using a combination of example readings and writing workshops. Students are encouraged, though not required, to complete a college-level literature course before enrolling in ENGL 201. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 205 - Literature and Culture (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better). This course is designed to provoke and cultivate students’ imaginative and critical understanding of literature in various cultural contexts. Text (in poetry, drama, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction) will vary by section. Each section will examine compelling themes, styles, and cultural arguments within their literary, historical, and philosophical contexts. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 209 Q* - Blue Ridge to Blue Sea: Cultures of the American South (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 ) This course will immerse students in diverse perspectives on the American South by investigating the ways in which the multifaceted cultural spaces and histories from “Blue Ridge” to “Blue Sea” are reflected in literature and other media. Alternating F, S.
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ENGL 211 - Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better) Students read and analyze examples of technical, scientific, and professional writing. Writing assignments may include formal and informal reports, sets of instructions, research papers, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, process analyses, position papers, or mechanism descriptions. Revising and editing skills are taught. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 231 - Film, New Media and Culture (3 credits)
(=NMDC 231 ) (=DCD 231 ) (Prereq: ENGL 101 ) This course is designed to provoke and cultivate students’ imaginative and critical understanding of film and new media in various cultural contexts. The course promotes an active and critical engagement with film, new media texts, and media innovations as a means for analysis and critique within the broader framework of humanistic inquiry. Texts and films will vary by section. F, S.
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ENGL 250 - Introduction to Language and Linguistic Science (3 credits)
This course is an introduction to the interrelated elements of the multi-level system we know of as Language. These different levels include: the production of speech sounds and their mental representations, the formation of those speech sounds into words that have meaning, the organization of those words into phrases and sentences, the construction of meaning based on those sentences, and the ways in which social factors interact with and cause variation at each of these levels of the language system. In this course, students use naturally occurring language data to scientifically analyze the rules underlying each of the different levels of the language system. This scientific study of the language system is referred to as Linguistics. F, S.
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ENGL 277 - Literature Across Cultures (3 credits)
(Prereq: Completion of (1) ENGL 101 and (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 ) This course is designed to introduce students to works of literature in translation from the Eastern and/or Western literary and intellectual traditions. Drawing from a variety of texts, genres, and formats, each section will examine issues of cultural interaction and translation, emphasizing the significance of cross-cultural dialogue and transfer of ideas between world cultures, historical periods, and/or literary movements.
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ENGL 290 - Introduction to Business Communication (3 credits)
(=CBAD 290 ) (Prereq: ENGL 101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better) Students will gain valuable experience with some of the most important types of written and oral communication required in a business and professional context. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 300 - Critical Conversations in English (3 credits)
(Prereq: Completion of (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , and (3) one other 200 level ENGL course) A research-intensive course that offers English majors the opportunity to examine a critical issue current in the discipline of English studies and to participate in a rigorous exchange about this issue with their peers. Depending on the demonstrated scholarly expertise and active research agenda of the instructor, the course will explore a range of theoretical and historical models of reading and reception. English majors should take the course in the first semester of their junior year (or for more advanced majors, during the second semester of their sophomore year). Sections of the course will be offered in both fall and spring semesters and enrollment will be limited to 20 students. This course may be repeated for credit once under a different instructor. F, S.
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ENGL 301 Q* - Creative Writing Workshop (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better). A course that introduces the fundamentals of composing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and other types of creative writing using a combination of example readings and writing workshops. F, S.
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ENGL 302 - The Renaissance (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of English literature of the Sixteenth Century from Thomas More’s Utopia to William Shakespeare’s comedies and histories.
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ENGL 303 - British Literature I (3 credits)
(Writing Intensive) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level course) A survey of representative works illustrating the development of British literature from its beginning through the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on major literary movements understood in relation to their intellectual, social, and political contexts. F.
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ENGL 304 - British Literature II (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level course) A survey of representative works illustrating the development of British literature from the late eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on major literary movements understood in relation to their intellectual, social, and political contexts. S.
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ENGL 305 - American Literature I (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of representative works illustrating the development of American literature from its beginnings through the mid-nineteenth century, with an emphasis on major literary movements understood in relation to their intellectual, social, and political contexts. F.
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ENGL 306 - American Literature II (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of representative works illustrating the development of American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on major literary movements understood in relation to their intellectual, social, and political contexts. S.
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ENGL 307 - The Age of Chaucer (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) Masterpieces of fourteenth-century poetry and drama, including Pearl, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and works of the Wakefield Master. About one-third of the course is devoted to works of Chaucer not read in ENGL 401 .
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ENGL 308 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of the major English poets, dramatists, and prose writers of the Seventeenth Century.
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ENGL 311 - Topics in Shakespeare (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , or any ENGL course at the 200 level or above) In this course students will be familiarized with plays that represent the spectrum of Shakespeare’s drama, including comedies, tragedies, histories, romances, and problem plays. We may approach these texts from cultural, theatrical, socio-historical, and literary perspectives, and read each play closely as an artistic construction, a script for popular consumption, and a commentary on the political atmosphere of a period both similar to and different from our own. We may also consider the present place of Shakespeare’s drama in diverse cultures around the world. F.
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ENGL 314 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A historical and critical study of the prose and poetry of the principal Eighteenth-Century writers. Emphasis on the works of Dryden, Defoe, Pope, Swift, and others.
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ENGL 315 - The British Novel I (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of the British novel from the beginning through the early Victorian era.
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ENGL 316 - The British Novel II (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of the British novel from the mid-Victorian era to the present.
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ENGL 317 - The Romantic Age (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of the Eighteenth-Century transition from Classicism to Romanticism and of major Romantic writers.
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ENGL 318 - The Victorian Age (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of major mid-and late-Nineteenth-Century British writers, including Hardy, George Eliot, Dickens, Tennyson, the Brownings, and others.
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ENGL 320 - Writing Tutor Training (1 credit)
(=UNIV 320 ) (Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , or any ENGL course at the 200 level or above) This course introduces students to both theoretical and practical concerns, issues, and questions central to the work of a writing center. As they investigate current trends in writing center scholarship, a variety of writing center models, and their own practices as tutors, students will question the practice of tutoring as they develop their own reflective stances. As it models effective center practices, this course will benefit current tutors, student hoping to tutor, students interested in education, or those considering graduate school. S.
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ENGL 322 - Latin American Literature in Translation (3 credits)
(=SPAN 322 ) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) Selected readings of Latin American Literature in translation. Students write primary critical essays. All readings are in English. Even years.
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ENGL 323 - Modern British and Irish Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of the works of British and Irish writers from the turn of the Twentieth Century to 1945.
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ENGL 325 - Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature (3 credits)
(Writing Intensive) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of early American literature with emphasis on the religious, philosophical, social, and political aspects.
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ENGL 326 - American Literature 1800-1865 (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A reading of representative works of Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and other writers of the period.
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ENGL 327 - American Literature 1860-1910 (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of American literature from the Civil War to the early Twentieth Century. Emphasis on the changing attitudes reflected in the works of writers of this period.
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ENGL 328 - Modern American Writers (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of the works of American writers in the first half of the Twentieth Century.
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ENGL 329 - Autobiographies, Journals, and Memoirs (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of selected Eighteenth-, Nineteenth-, and Twentieth-Century autobiographical writing in English. Students read selected Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century autobiographies, journals, and memoirs and explore the ways in which recent writers (in particular women and minorities) have challenged and revised the conventions of this genre. Students are required to produce some autobiographical writing.
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ENGL 330 - Realism and Naturalism (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 , ENGL 102 /ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL class) A course that offers an intensive study of the historical phenomenon of literary realism and naturalism as it emerged in nineteenth-century France literature and its subsequent development in and influence on British and American Literature and drama.
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ENGL 331 - Critical Approaches to New Media (3 credits)
(=NMDC 331 ) (Prereq: ENGL 231 or NMDC 231 ) This course is required for a minor. This course introduces students to the criticism and theory defining the field of New Media studies. The class will explore some of the major historical, cultural, sociopolitical, philosophical, and critical trends in this field.
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ENGL 333 - The American Novel (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of selected American novels.
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ENGL 336 - Contemporary American Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of the literary trends in America from 1945 to the present.
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ENGL 339 - Popular Fiction (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL class) What makes popular fiction popular? Why do we find pleasure in reading these texts? How are the various genres (detective, hard-boiled crime, western romance, horror, fantasy, science fiction, and thriller) structured and what cultural viewpoints do these formulas reinforce? As we read and discuss sample of each genre, including works by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Louis L’Amour, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Octavia Bulter, we will be looking at the texts through the critical lenses of literary theory, including psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, and structuralist approaches. We will also use this study of popular fiction to raise questions about authorship, readership, literary value, and the mass marketing strategies used to sell these texts.
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ENGL 341 - African-American Literature, 1750-present (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A survey of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century literature. Emphasis on the classic works of Frederick Douglass, Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison.
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ENGL 350 - Language Variation in North America (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) Language variation in North America is considered from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective. The course covers social, regional, ethnic, gender and style-related language variation among (English) speakers in the United States and Canada. The course will also explore issues of perception and attitude as reflected in evaluations of language varieties and the speakers of those varieties.
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ENGL 351 - Language, Gender and Power (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL class) The course investigates language structure and usage patterns in the context of gender to achieve a better understanding of the way language references, and the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors related to these differences are examined.
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ENGL 352 - African American English (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL class) A course that explores African American English from a linguistics and social perspective. Course content will focus on hypotheses of the development of African American English, linguistic theory as applied to African American English, and social/cultural dimensions of African American English.
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ENGL 353 - Sounds of English (3 credits)
(Prereq: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better) This course introduces the systematic study of the sounds of the English language. Beginning with descriptions of the articulation of sounds through discussions of the acoustic properties of sounds and ending with the ways in which sounds work together to form the words that we have in the English language, the course examines all elements of the English sound. English vowel and consonant sounds are not static entities and we examine the variation in such sounds across English dialects. Application of phonetic and phonological methods in “real world” situations is also highlighted. This course is ideal for students interested in linguistics, speech language pathology, foreign languages, English as a second language, and education. F, S.
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ENGL 354 - English Grammar and Syntax (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) This course examines individual components of modern English grammar from a formal perspective in the formation of phrases, clauses, and sentences. Students will analyze the patterned, rule governed nature of language through a study of syntax in standard and nonstandard varieties of English, especially in examples of written texts, and will apply grammar concepts to their own writing.
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ENGL 362 - Reading and Writing Fiction (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 201 or ENGL 301 ) A literature and workshop course designed to study published contemporary short stories and creates original works of short fiction. Students will read and critique both published and student work. F.
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ENGL 365 - Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 201 or ENGL 301 ) Literature and workshop course designed to study published contemporary creative nonfiction and create original work of creative nonfiction. Students will read and critique both published and student work. S.
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ENGL 368 - Reading and Writing Poetry (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 201 or ENGL 301 ) A course designed to improve the students’ abilities to read and write poetry. The first half of the course focuses on reading poetry in order to understand the craft of its author. The second half of the course is a poetry workshop in which students develop their abilities writing in the genre. S.
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ENGL 371 - Topics in World Literature: East/West Intersections (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , and (3) one other 200 level ENGL course) This course extends students’ understanding of and experiences in different cultures of the world by examining issues of cross-cultural interaction and transfer of ideas between and within world cultures, historical periods, and/or literary movements. The course will also introduce students to some strategies of literary criticism and research on world authors through examination of critical texts appropriate to the topic. In particular, this course will sharpen awareness of the various intersections between traditions of the East and West. Alternating F, S.
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ENGL 372 - Special Topics in Russian Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 102 ) This course will examine literature from Russia and its borderlands (including Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus) with an emphasis on the interrelationships between literature, folklore, history and culture. Semesters may emphasize different regions and historical periods. This course may be repeated for credit once with a different topic. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 375 - Special Topics in World and Anglophone Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) This course extends students’ understanding of and experiences in different cultures of the world by examining issues of cross-cultural interaction and transfer of ideas between and within world cultures, historical periods, and/or literary movements. The course will also introduce students to come strategies of literary criticism and research on world authors through examination of critical texts appropriate to the topic. S.
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ENGL 379 - Topics in Film Studies (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , and (3) one other 200 level ENGL course.) Drawing from a variety of genres and styles, historical movements and production contexts, themes and national traditions, this course explores major concepts in film studies as academic discipline. Course content may privilege the work of a particular director, a movement or theme. The course consists of a 75-minute lecture/discussion session and a mandatory 2-hour screening lab each week.
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ENGL 382 - Contemporary Fiction (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205 ) A study of new fiction in English and other languages (in translation).
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ENGL 386 - Topics in Contemporary Poetry (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , and (3) one other 200 level ENGL course) A study of the poetry of a variety of contemporary American and British poets.
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ENGL 390 - Business and Professional Communication (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 or ENGL 101B ; and ENGL 102 or ENGL 102B ; or ENGL 290 . All with a minimum grade of ‘C’) Designed to improve practical communication, both written and oral. Students learn business style and formats (the letter, memo, resume, and report), as well as strategies for presenting neutral, negative, and persuasive messages. Students will speak on business or professional topics. F, S.
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ENGL 391 - Introduction to New Literacy Studies (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 ) This course provides an introduction to the sub-field of New Literacy Studies, with emphasis on how the discipline works in conversation with the field of Composition and Rhetoric. Students will read theoretical, pedagogical, and narrative texts to engage with questions about how we navigate multiple and layered literacies in everyday life as well as in the academy. F.
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ENGL 393 - Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 ) This course provides an introduction to the concepts, tradition, and practice of rhetorical theory. Paying special attention to the relationship between rhetoric and composition, students will read a number of classical and contemporary texts in order to engage with the questions of rhetoric. F, S.
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ENGL 399 - Independent Study (3 credits)
(Prereq: written contract between student and instructor, approved by adviser, chair of the English Department, and associate dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Approval must be gained by the end of the semester that precedes the semester in which the independent study is undertaken.) A maximum of 12 credit hours of 399 may be applied to a B.A. degree. Courses numbered 399 may not be used to fulfill requirements for core curriculum or English core (Major). This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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ENGL 401 - Chaucer (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A study of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, with some attention to his other major works.
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ENGL 404 - Topics in Non-Shakespearean Renaissance Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , or any ENGL course at the 200 level or above) This course will focus on the study of Renaissance texts in various genres, with emphasis on non-Shakespearean literatures. Readings and themes will vary by semester, but our analysis will include: the construction and representation of high and low cultures of Renaissance literature; the relationship of the literature to the specific political, intellectual, and social environments within which it was produced; the relationship of gender and authorship; and the transhistorical and transcultural influences of Renaissance literature. F, S.
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ENGL 409 - Theories of Gender and Sexuality (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 /ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL class). In this course, we will explore theories that have contributed to current debates about representations of men and women, constructions of femininity and masculinity, and the implications of sexuality. The first half of the course will focus on several key essays in feminist theory. In the second half of the semester, we will explore other developments in gender and sexuality studies, including the origins of queer theory and transgender studies. The study of theoretical works will be interspersed with the application of those theories to works of literature and film. Over the course of the semester we will consider the intersections of gender with race, class, age and nationality as we examine the relevance of reading, writing, and filmmaking to our understanding of gender and sexuality.
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ENGL 411 - English Capstone Seminar (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 300 and Senior standing) This class provides a forum for both reflection upon and assessment of the student’s experience in the major. Readings and writing assignments will focus on the discipline of English in a postgraduate context, the professional potential of the English degree, portfolio construction, and revision of existing writings for publications. The course will also include activities designed to help the department assess its program as well as the opportunity for an exit interview. F.
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ENGL 424 - Studies in British Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) Intensive study of topics selected by the professor teaching the course. This course may be repeated for credit under different topics with the approval of the department chair.
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ENGL 425 - World Dramatic Literature (3 credits)
(=THEA 425 ) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A critical and historical survey of the cardinal works of dramatic literature across the epochs of theatrical performance. The course accents analysis and interpretation.
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ENGL 427 - Studies in Southern Literature (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A critical study of the Twentieth-Century Southern literary tradition. The course examines regional interests shaping the emergence of a Southern literature and the distinctive characteristics of the literature, focusing especially on the writings of William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, Robert Penn Warren, and Walker Percy.
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ENGL 431 - New Media and Literature (3 credits)
(=NMDC 431 ) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 and one other 200 level ENGL course) This course is required for a minor. This class will explore the future (and past) of literature in the digital age. We will begin with some historical examples of hypertext (that is, in its original meaning, text that goes “beyond” or “above” limitations of the written word) from Heraclitus, Dante, early modern broadsides, Blake and Woolf. The second part of the class will be dedicated to encounters with the literature and criticism of New Media. We will continue with some pre-professional preparation designed to make English majors aware of the changing textual landscape of their discipline.
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ENGL 443 - Topics in Women Writers (3 credits)
(Prereq: (1) ENGL 101 , (2) ENGL 102 or ENGL 211 , and (3) one other 200 level ENGL course.) A study of selected works of Western and non-Western women writers.
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ENGL 451 - Introduction to the Study of Language and Modern Grammar (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) An introduction to the general principles concerning the design and function of human language, and an overview of the history of grammar with emphasis upon modern grammatical theory. Illustrative material is drawn from the English language, modern European languages, and others. F.
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ENGL 453 - Development of the English Language (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A study of the origins and development of languages in general, and of English and related languages in particular. No previous knowledge of Old and Middle English necessary. S.
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ENGL 454 - Psycholinguistics (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A survey of selected aspects of the field focusing on the cognitive and behavioral foundations of child and adult language acquisition. Other topics may include developmental and catastrophic language disorders, neurolinguistics, and the language-thought interaction.
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ENGL 457 - Form and Style in Writing (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) A writing intensive course that focuses on the essential processes of research and writing. The course covers the details of format and matters of style for MLA, APA, and Chicago. Students receive help with every step of the process in completing their writing projects.
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ENGL 459 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, a grade of ‘C’ or better in one other ENGL course, and junior standing) Writing that involves different aims, types, and audiences. Students learn theory about composition, rhetoric, and reading. Students also read examples, do library research, and review grammar, punctuation, and editing. F, S, Su.
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ENGL 462 - Writing Workshop-Fiction (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 362 or permission of the instructor) A workshop course in the writing of prose fiction. Students have the opportunity to have their works read and criticized by a group of fellow writers. F.
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ENGL 465 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop (3 credits)
(Prereq: ENGL 365 or permission of the instructor) A workshop course in the writing of creative nonfiction. Students learn the craft of this “fourth genre,” developing skills in memoir, personal essay, nature writing, and/or other subgenres of creative nonfiction. F.
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