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,Sp 2 hours In this course, students will practice reading visuals as texts, as well as producing visuals that serve as effective texts by balancing ethos, pathos, and logos in ways persuasive to specific audiences. This course seeks to illuminate connections between contemporary visual practices and classical rhetorical theory. 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. 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. ENG-3550 Writing Center Theory and Training–Fa, Sp 1 hour 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-4230 Independent Study in English–Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. Entrepreneurship (ENTR) ENTR-1010 Creative Problem-Solving–Fa, Sp 2 hours This course prepares students to understand and address two pressing issues in organizations today: how to recognize and create new opportunities and how to think more creatively within workplace environments. Students will be introduced to a number of tools, concepts, and approaches including human-centered design, ideation techniques, the importance of embracing ambiguity, personal responsibility, and the place of risk and failure in entrepreneurship, creativity, and life. (Fee:$20) ENTR-1020 Introduction to Entrepreneurship–Fa, Sp 2 hours This course introduces students to the opportunities and challenges associated with the creation and management of startup and small businesses. Students will learn about the Lean Startup framework, which allows founders to test, advance, and improve business ideas and meet important milestones. The course also provides an overview of small business concepts, including topics such as: how to recognize business opportunities, types and characteristics of entrepreneurship, the business life cycle, entrepreneurial economics, intellectual property, product and service research development and acquisition, and the use of technology. ENTR-2030 Entrepreneurial Finance–Sp 2 hours Entrepreneurial Finance differs from traditional corporate finance due to the way startups are founded and funded. This course lays out the financial decision-making process of founders, owners, and CEOs from early to late-stage ventures and covers financial techniques such as bootstrapping, venture capital, public grants, and crowd funding, etc. Students will learn capital table strategy, discover sources and types of venture funding, and calculate startup venture metrics and valuations. English (ENG) ENG-0900 Composition Workshop–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. Corequisites: ENG-1400 Composition; or permission of instructor. ENG-0950 Foundations for College Writing–Fa, Sp 0 hours This course is designed to prepare students to succeed in ENG-1400 Composition. Successful completion of this course will satisfy the English proficiency requirements established in the Cedarville University catalog. ENG-1400 Composition–Fa, Sp 3 hours Designed to assist the student in developing the skills necessary to meet the demands of typical undergraduate writing situations. The course emphasizes critical reading, research, and argumentation, requiring students to apply the writing process, synthesize and document resources into academic discourse, incorporate common writing methods (description, analysis, exposition, and argumentation), and produce effective prose. (Fee: $25) ENG-2010 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 PWID2010 Style and Mechanics for Writers) Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-2020 2 hours Career Development for the English Major–Sp Course will orient students to the marketplace value of an English major. Topics will include skills and personality assessment, career exploration, and the development of a theology of vocation. (Fee: $20) ENG-2070 Fundamentals of English Grammar–Fa 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-2120 3 hours History of Rhetorical Theory and Literary Criticism–Sp A study of the rich philosophic heritage of the West, this course is designed to familiarize students with the writers whose works have shaped rhetorical theory and led to the literary critical canon. We will examine three major questions: What are the functions of rhetoric and literature? What are the intersections between the two? How do we evaluate each? Featured writers will include Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Blair, Grimke, Cady Stanton, Burke, and Bakhtin. 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-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. 2024–25 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 253 Course Descriptions ENG-0900 – ENTR-2030
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