1976-1977 Academic Catalog

Language and Literature 59 language and literature Associate Proiessors: Harmon Bergen, Edward L. Greenwood, Edward E. Spencer, Chairman Assistant Professors: Pat L. Dixon, Ronald M. Grosh Instructor: Carmen Shirk The Language and Literature Department 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 masterpieces of English and American and World Literature; (3) to teach intelligent standards for evaluating Iiterature; (4) to provide a general knowledge of the chronology and the social and intellectual background of English and American Literature; (5) to pre– pare students for graduate work in the field of English; (6) to prepare teachers of Eng– lish. 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 LL 130 Rhetoric and Composition. Students who have taken the CEEB advanced placement test will be given credit, determined by the Chairman of the English department. Career Opportunities. Teaching; Journalism Linguistics - translation work; Editing; Copy Writer; Pre-Law; Pre-medical; Pre-commerce; and Personnel Rela– tions. Requirements for a Major in English. Sixty hours including 223 or 303; 305 or 306; 231; 335; 421; and 422. The English Major is strongly encouraged to enroll in cognate courses such as history, philosophy, etc. Requirements for a Minor in English. Twenty-four or twenty-five hours including Fundamentals of English; Rhetoric and Composition; World Literature; one course from American literature or English literature; electives(s) from Advanced Com– position; Creative Writing; Journalism; The English Language; or Shakespeare. Communication Major. Ninety quarter hours. A student with a Communication major will select course work well distributed over the following areas: Advanced composition, English language, and linguistics, literature, including English, Ameri– can, and world literature; speech and drama; journalism; and reading. 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; 12 to 14 quarter hours in journalism; and 8 quarter hours in reading. The certificate is valid for teaching an integrated com– munications course and all of the component areas. English LL 120 LL 130 LL302 LL305 LL306 LL335 LL Fundamentals of English ................................. .4 Rhetoric and Composition ............................... .4 Creative Writing or LL223 Advanced Comµosition ...........3 The English Language or ..................................5 Principles of Linguistics ...................................3 Shakespeare ............................................5 Literature ..............................................10