2018-19 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

CWRT-3040 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; CWRT-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing. CWRT-3050 Creative 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; CWRT-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing. CWRT-4030 Advanced Fiction –Fa 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in fiction writing. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: CWRT-3030 Fiction (odd years) CWRT-4040 Advanced Poetry –Sp 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in poetry. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: CWRT-3040 Poetry (odd years) CWRT-4050 Advanced Nonfiction –Sp 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in creative nonfiction. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: CWRT-3050 Creative Writing: Nonfiction. (even years) CWRT-4345 1 hour Creative Writing: Portfolio and Performance –Fa, Sp Course provides an opportunity to prepare a final collection of creative writing in close consultation with the advising professor. Students will also organize and present a public reading of their work. Prerequisite: any two 4000-level creative writing workshops. 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-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-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. ENG-3300 Developmental Reading –Sp 3 hours Includes basic philosophies, testing, evaluation, clinical methods, and materials utilized in the prescriptive teaching of basic reading skills in the language arts content area for adolescent/young adult teachers. Field and clinical experiences included. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. (Fee: $25) ENG-3333 Internship –Sp 1-3 hours Department-approved work-study program for advanced English majors or minors to receive academic credit for a career development opportunity in a job related to an English field. (even years) ENG-3550 Writing Center Theory and Training –Sp 2 hours Designed to orient students to writing center theory and practice. Will train students for employment opportunities in the writing center. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition; permission of instructor. ENG-3620 Practicum in Journalism –Fa, Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. Prerequisite: ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism. ENG-4200 Methods of Teaching Writing –Fa 2 hours This course will prepare students to teach writing. Course content will include instructional methodology and conferencing and assessment techniques. Prerequisites: currently enrolled in student teaching or by permission of instructor. ENG-4230 Independent Study in English –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. Film (FILM) FILM-2350 Christian Motifs in Film –Fa 3 hours Study of depictions of Christ and Christ-figures as well as other Christian motifs in film. This course will provide a detailed introduction to the characteristics of the Christ-figure and its most common manifestations in film. The course will focus on viewing and evaluating films containing Christian motifs such as redemption, sacrifice, sin, and faith. This course may be used to satisfy the general education humanities elective requirement. French (FREN) FREN-1910 4 hours Elementary French I –Fa Development of basic skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in French, along with an introduction to French culture. FREN-1920 4 hours Elementary French II –Sp Development of basic skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in French, along with an introduction to French culture. Prerequisite: FREN-1910 Elementary French I. FREN-2910 Intermediate French I –Fa 4 hours Development of all four language skills through grammar review, composition, conversation and readings in French literature and culture. Prerequisite: FREN-1920 Elementary French II; instructor’s approval or placement by exam. FREN-2920 Intermediate French II –Sp 3 hours Development of all four language skills through grammar review, composition, conversation and readings in French literature and culture. Prerequisite: FREN-1920 Elementary French II; FREN- 2910 Intermediate French I; instructor’s approval or placement by exam. FREN-3900 Special Topics in French –Fa, Sp, Su 1-3 hours This course is offered as an intensive and independent study in a particular area of the French language, literature, or culture for individual students who demonstrate special interests and ability. Prerequisite: FREN-2920 Intermediate French II FREN-3910 French Conversation –Fa 3 hours Designed to increase the student’s aural comprehension and oral communication in French. Attention given to pronunciation, vocabulary building, communication strategies, and effective cross-cultural communication. Prerequisite: FREN-2920 Intermediate French II; instructor’s approval or placement by exam. FREN-3920 Contemporary French Culture –Sp 3 hours Exploration of beliefs, behaviors, and values of Francophone cultures through a comparative approach that provides a framework for describing France and the French in relation to others and themselves. Prerequisite: FREN-2920 Intermediate French II; instructor’s approval or placement by exam. FREN-3930 Survey of French Literature –Sp 3 hours This course focuses on a sampling of French literature selections set in historical context. The course includes readings from major French and Francophone authors. Students will gain knowledge of the literature, analyze the techniques used, and gain cultural background and understanding. Prerequisite: FREN-2920 Contemporary French Culture or permission of instructor. German (GER) GER-1810 Elementary German I –Fa 4 hours Development of basic skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in German, along with an introduction to German culture. GER-1820 Elementary German II –Sp 4 hours Development of basic skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in German, along with an introduction to German culture. Prerequisite: GER-1810 Elementary German I. GER-2810 Intermediate German I 4 hours Development of all four language skills through grammar review, composition, conversation, and readings in German literature and culture. Prerequisite: GER-1820 Elementary German II or equivalent . GER- 2820 Intermediate German II 3 hours Development of all four language skills through grammar review, composition, conversation, and readings in German literature and culture. Prerequisite: GER-2810 Intermediate German I or equivalent. GER-3800 Special Topics in German –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Topic chosen by the student and professor, based upon need and interests. Prerequisite: GER-2820 Intermediate German II or equivalent . GER-3810 German Conversation and Composition –Sp 3 hours Students will focus on the productive skills of the German language, speaking and writing. Oral practice in German through speeches and oral reports, along with a review of pronunciation, will provide emphasis on speaking skills. Written versions of speeches and reports, along with a review of grammar, will provide emphasis on writing skills.. Prerequisite: GER-2820 Intermediate German II or equivalent . (even years) GER-3820 Germanic History and Culture –Sp 3 hours This course is designed to introduce students to the history and culture of Central Europe, specifically the region where German is the native language of the inhabitants and where present-day Germany, Austria and Switzerland are located. Students will also learn how Germanic History influenced and played a role in establishing modern-day western cultural norms. Course taught in English. (odd years). GER-3830 Survey of German Literature –Fa 3 hours A survey of German literature from the Middle Ages through the 20th century designed to provide the student with an understanding of the literature and its reflection of the culture. Readings in German and English. Prerequisite: GER-2820 Intermediate German or equivalent . Page 260 2018–19 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2018–19 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 261 Course Descriptions Course Descriptions CWRT-3040 – ENG-3300 ENG-3333 – GER-3830 ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES

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