1987-1988 Academic Catalog

112 DEPARTMENTAL COURSES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENG-110 English Composition I-A, W, Sp, Su 5 hours Emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, the study of mechanics, and sentence structure in preparation for English Composition II. ENG-140 English Composition II-A, W, Sp, Su 5 hours Writing is chiefly expository with emphasis on organizing library ma– terials and the writing of research papers. Prerequisite: ENG-110 English Composition I or equivalent. ENG-221 Principles of Journalism - A 5 hours Fundamentals of collecting, evaluating, writing, copyreading, edit– ing, and headlining material for stories, features, and editori.als. May count toward the English major. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Com– position II. ENG-222 Advanced Composition for Elementary Teachers -A, W, Sp 3 hours Designed to give the elementary teacher further practice in sentenc.e structure and paragraphing. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composi– tion II. ENG-223 Advanced Composition - W, Sp 3 hours An advanced study of basic paragraph structures, methods of research, and the writing of the research paper. Open to any student who desires greater competency in expository writing and esI_>ecially for ~~ose who plan graduate work. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Compos1tJon II. ENG-302 Creative Writing - W 3 hours An emphasis on writing the short story and poetry to help the student perfect his own style. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-305 The English Language - Sp 5 hours An historical treatment of the growth and change in the English lan– guage, with some attention to the ideologie implicit !n the devel?pment of variant conventions. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Compos1t10n II. (Even years) ENG-307 Advanced Grammar for Secondary English Teachers -A 5 hours A review of traditional grammar with emphasis on current methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Field experience in teaching language is included. Prerequisite: ENG-305 The English Language. ENG-322 Advanced Journalism - W 3 hours A course designed for the student who anticipates writing as a vocation or avocation. The emphasis is on magazine writing and the steps toward preparing and submitting a manuscript for publication. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-352 Developmental Reading - W. . 5 ho~rs Includes basic philosophies, current practices, testmg and ev~luat10.n for reading disabilities and correction, ~nd me~hods ~nd. matenals ~t1- lized in the prescriptive teaching of .basic readmg skills m th~ Engl~sh content area in secondary schools. Field and laboratory expenences m– cluded. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. WORLD, ENGLISH, AND AMERICAN LITERATURE LIT-230 Introduction to Literature-Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing ability to read critically and analytic~lly representative examples of literary g~nres throu!?~ use of appropnate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Compos1tJon II. LIT-231, LIT-232 World Literature -A, W, Su 5 hours A survey of great works of the western world which reflect the de– velopment of European thought in its literary expressions. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. Course may be repeated when con– tent changes. LIT-233 Mythology - W 5 hours A study of mythologies, the theories of myth and mythmaking, and ~he development of myth to modem times. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Composition II. LIT-235 American Romanticism - W 5 hours A study of American writers from 1830-1865: emphasis on ~?e, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Prerequ1s1te: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-236 American Realism and Naturalism - Sp 5 hours American literature from 1865-1900, with emphasis on the local color movement; Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Pre– requisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-241 Early English Literature -A 5 hours A study of Old English and Middle English writings through Chaucer. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-242 English Renaissance Literature - Sp 5 hourn A survey of English literature and its background with. emphasis on Malory, the English Bible, More, Sidney, Spen~er, and Eh~a?ethan and Jacobean drama. Prerequisite: ENG-140 Enghsh Compos1t1on II. (even years) LIT-320 Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature - A 3 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to the teaching of composition and literature on the secondary level.