1992-1993 Academic Catalog

Spanish Education The Spanish education major provides students with the cultural background and language skills to function in the Spanish classroom as well as the Spanish– speaking world. With the secondary education requirements, this major prepares students to teach in grades K-12 in public and Christian schools. The Spanish Education requirements are listed in the Education Department section of the catalog. Minors The minor in English is designed to enhance the student's knowledge and appreciation of literature and the English language. Course requirements involve twenty-four hours including: ENG-140 English Composition II ............. 5 LIT-231 World Literature ................... 5 Electives in English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The minor in Spanish is designed to enhance the student's understanding and skill in foreign language. Course requirements for the Spanish minor involve thirty-two quarter hours including: SPAN-171,172,173 Elementary Spanish ........ 15 SPAN-271,272 Intermediate Spanish .......... 10 SPAN-361 Spanish Composition .............. 4 (or SPAN-362 Spanish Conversation . . . . . . . . . . 4) Electives in Spanish literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) The TESL program equips students to teach English to individuals whose native language is not English. Students who complete these course requirements along with those of another teaching field will qualify for State of Ohio certification, pending state approval. Course requirements include thirty-one quarter hours including: COM-314 Intercultural Communications . . . . . . . . . 4 ENG-305 History of the English Language ....... 5 ENG-307 Advanced English Grammar .......... 5 LING-308 Linguistics for Language Learning . . . . . 5 LING-309 Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 METH-370/373 Meth. of Teach. Foreign Lang./Eng. 3 LING-360 Clinical Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 LING-361 Practicum ...................... 3 Language and Literature 129 Course Descriptions English Language ENG-100 Basic English 4 hours A study of nomenclature, identification, and application in the linguistic process. Admission by departmental designation only. May not be applied toward the 192 quarter hours needed for graduation. ENG-110 English Composition 1--A,W,Sp,Su 5 houl'S Emphasis is placed on the study of mechanics, sentence structure, and paragraph development. ENG-140 English Composition Il--A,W,Sp,Su 5 hours Emphasis on expository and argumentative modes in composing essays and a research paper. Prerequisite: ENG-110 English Composition I or equivalent. ENG-221 Principles of Journalism--A 5 hours Fundamentals of collecting, evaluating, writing, copyreading, editing, and headlining material for stories, features, and editorials. May count toward the English major. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-223 Advanced Composition--Sp 3 hours The process of composing essays is emphasized. Revision, writing workshops and peer evaluation are included. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-302 Creative Writing--W 3 hours An emphasis on writing the short story and poetry to help the student perfect his own writing style. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-305 The English Language--A 5 hours An 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-140 English Composition II. (even years) ENG-307 Advanced Grammar for Secondary English Teachers– -A 5 hours A review of traditional grammar with emphasis on current teaching methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Field experience in teaching English grammar is included. 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 hours Includes basic philosophies, testing and evaluation, clinical methods, and materials utilized in the prescriptive teaching of basic reading skills in the English content area in secondary schools. Field and clinical experiences included. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. World, English, and American Literature LIT-230 Introduction to Literature--A,Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing ability to read critically and analytically representative examples of literary genres through use of appropriate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-231 World Literature--A,W,Su 5 hours A survey of major works of the Western literary tradition from Homer to Joyce. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-233 Mythology 5 hours A study of mythologies, the theories of myth and mythmaking, and the development of myth to modern times. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II.