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ARBC-3500
1–3 hours
Independent Study in Arabic Language and Culture
–Fa, Sp
This course gives opportunity for independent study in a
particular area of Arabic language and culture for students who
demonstrate special interests and ability.
Chinese (CHN)
CHN-1100 Elementary Chinese I
–Fa, Sp
4 hours
This course will teach students elementary levels of Chinese
language proficiency in Mandarin or Putonghua. Students will
develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in
Chinese.
CHN-1200 Elementary Chinese II
–Fa, Sp
4 hours
This course will teach students elementary levels of Chinese
language proficiency in Mandarin or Putonghua. Students will
develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in
Chinese.
Prerequisite: CHN-1100 Elementary Chinese I.
English (ENG)
ENG-0900 Writing Studio
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
This course prepares students for university-level, academic
writing by focusing on the rhetorical situation and exposing
students to a wide variety of writing situations for which
appropriate audiences, purposes, genres, stances, and mediums
must be ascertained. The course aids students with various writing
assignments by workshopping drafts in process for composition
and other courses across the curriculum. While the rhetorical
situation and writing process are emphasized, grammar will be
a major focus as well.
Co-requisite: ENG-1400 Composition; or
permission of instructor.
ENG-1400 Composition
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
Designed to assist the student in developing the skills
necessary to meet the demands of typical writing situations,
both academic and professional. The course will introduce the
student to the common expository writing methods of description,
narration, analysis, persuasion, and research presentation. (Fee:
$25)
ENG-2070 Fundamentals of English Grammar
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
This course is a foundational course for preservice language
arts educators and is a prerequisite for Advanced Grammar.
It covers forms and functions of words, pronoun/antecedent
agreement, subject/verb agreement, and pedagogy.
ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
An introductory study of the fundamental skills needed for
collecting, organizing, writing, editing, and evaluating material for
the common types of news stories, along with a consideration of
ethical and legal issues for the print journalist. Strong emphasis
on developing journalistic writing skills.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
ENG-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
This course is a prerequisite requirement for any 3000-level
creative writing course. The course covers basic instruction
in technique and style for all three genres of creative writing:
fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
ENG-2230 Advanced Composition
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
An advanced treatment of the composing process, particularly
related to the planning, drafting, revision, and final composition
of essays. Writing workshops and peer evaluations are included.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition.
ENG-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers
–Fa, Sp, Su
3 hours
Students will learn to apply reliable principles to make writing
clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive. (Crosslisted with PWID-
3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers)
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
ENG-3020 Creative Writing: Short Forms
–Su
3 hours
Intensive summer study in the writing of specific and various
short forms in creative writing (selected by instructor); utilizing a
“workshop” approach, with a focus on the completion of a final
portfolio. Topics may include, but are not limited to, flash-fiction,
the prose poem, and the creative nonfiction short.
Prerequisite:
ENG-2230 Advanced Composition.
ENG-3030 Creative Writing: Fiction
–Sp
3 hours
Workshop approach to studying, creating, and responding to
short stories. Course focuses on the elements of the modern
short story from Chekhov forward. Emphasis is on traditional
literary fiction; the course does not cover science fiction, fantasy,
adolescent fiction, or children’s literature.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition; ENG-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing.
ENG-3040 Creative Writing: Poetry
–Sp
3 hours
Provides guided practice, instruction in craft, constructive
criticism, and a supportive atmosphere. Students should leave the
course with more confidence about how to read and write poetry,
as well as knowledge of the tradition, issues, and forms of poetry.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition; ENG-2220 Introduction to
Creative Writing.
ENG-3050 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
–Sp
3 hours
Intensive study in writing literary nonfiction. Course focuses
on sub-genres in contemporary nonfiction: the personal essay,
autobiography/the memoir, the short, reportage. Workshop and
conference approach.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition; ENG-
2220 Introduction to Creative Writing.
ENG-3060 The English Language
–Fa
3 hours
Historic treatment of the growth and change in the English
language with some attention to the ideologies implicit in the
development of variant conventions.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
ENG-3070 English Grammar
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
In this course, students will study the conventions of the
English language, which include the grammar and syntax of
standard English. Students will use Reed and Kellogg traditional
sentence diagrams to analyze and to represent the syntax of
English sentences. The course also includes discussions about
contemporary usage. Required of all majors with English as
a teaching field.
Prerequisite for adolescent and young adult
language arts majors only: ENG-2070 Fundamentals of English
Grammar.
ENG-3180 Visual Rhetoric
–Fa
2 hours
Students will be given an overview of visual design principles
and practices related to the technical communication field. During
the course, students will build their design acumen by reading
widely and by participating and leading coherent, comprehensive
discussions. Students will also practice their growing design
expertise by critiquing various visual tratments, writing a treatise
on the Christian approach to visual communication, and by
analyzing visual communication through the lens of a Christian
worldview.
ENG-3200 Practicum in Writing Instruction
–Sp
2 hours
This course is designed to explore and practice the various
methods and theories essential to the teaching of written
expression. Course content includes discussion of and practice
with the CCSS (Common Core) writing standards, the writing
process, and assessment of student writing.
Prerequisite: EDUC-
2300 Assessment and Differentiation.
ENG-3220 Advanced Journalism
–Sp
2 hours
Designed for the student who anticipates writing as a
vocation or avocation. The emphasis is on reporting and
writing for newspapers and magazines. Topics of study include:
beat reporting, developing the in-depth features and series,
investigative practices, standards and ethics, community and
publisher relations, and manuscript production.
Prerequisite: ENG-
2210 Principles of Journalism.
2016–17 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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Course Descriptions
ARBC-3500 – ENG-3220
ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES