1975-1976 Academic Catalog

Language and Literature 69 Associate Professors: Harmon Bergen, Edward L. Greenwood, Edward E. Spencer, Chairman Assistant Professors: Pat L. Dixon, Ronald M. Grosh Instructor: Carmen Shirk The division of Communication is comprised of A) English Language, B) World, English, and American Literature, C) Spanish, D) German, E) Greek. The English Department seeks to achieve the following objectives: (1) to speak and write correctly and effectively; (2) to read and appreciate the great master– pieces of English and American and World Literature; (3) to teach intelligent standards for evaluating literature; (4) to provide a general knowledge of the chronology and the social and intellectual background of English and American Literature; (5) to prepare students for graduate work in the field of English; (6) to prepare teachers of English. A qualifying test in English grammar is a requirement for the student who elects either of the two programs in English. The qualifying test should be taken by the middle of the sophomore year. An average of 2.5 in English course work is an acceptable criteria for the student who elects the English teaching field program and an average of 3.0 for the student who elects the English major in preparation for graduate school. Students who choose English as a major are expected to acquire a reasonable level of competency in the discipline of the English language. Students receiving a high score on the ACT, or SAT will enroll in the LL121, Advanced Rhetoric and Composition. Students who have taken the CEEB ad– vanced placement test will begin the sequence with LL130, Literature and Com– position. Requirements for a Minor in English. Twenty-four or twenty-five quarter hours including Rhetoric and Composition, 120; Literature and Composition, 130; World Literature, 231; and Major American Writers 232, 233 or Major British Writers, 241, 242; and elective(s) from Creative Writing, 303; The English Lan– guage, 305; Principles of Linguistics, 306; or Shakespeare, 335. Communication Major. Ninety quarter hours. A student with a Communica– tion major wi II select course work well distributed over the following areas: Advanced composition, English language, and linguistics, literature, including English, American, and world literature; speech and drama; journalism; and read– ing. A suggested minimum is 41 quarter hours in English and 27 in speech and drama or 41 in speech and drama and 27 quarter hours in English; 12to14 quarter hours in journalism; and 8 quarter hours in reading. The certificate is valid for teaching an integrated communications course and all of the component areas. English LL120 LL130 LL303 LL305 LL306 Rhetoric and Composition ................................................ 5 Literature and Composition .............................................. 3 Creative Writing ................................................................... 3 The English Language or .................................................... 5 Principles of Linguistics...................................................... 3