1993-1994 Academic Catalog

LIT-238 American Authors--W 5 hours A study of major American authors. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. Does not count toward a straight English major or professional LIT-320 Methods of Literature--A 3 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to the teaching of composition and literature on the secondary level. LIT-323 Directed Readings 1-4 hours Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by providing primary and secondary material in preparation for an independent study of a major literary genre, or LIT-329 British Beginnings t1111ron(]u1111 H~emuss,am~e --Sp hours A study of major canonical writings from Old, Middle, and early Modern periods. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-330 British Literature: From Renaissance to Romanticism--W hours A study of the metaphysicals, Milton, Pope, Swift and Johnson. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-331 The Novel 4 hours A reading and analysis of representative novels of the period from Sterne to Barnes. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-334 Nineteenth Century 5 hours A study of the major Romantic Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Arnold and Tennyson. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-335 Shakespeare--W 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-336 American Realism Naturalism--Sp 5 hours American literature from 1865-1900, with emphasis on the local color movement; Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major or permission of instructor. Contemporary 5 hours A study of post World War I writers whose reflect the dominant thought patterns and values of the 20th century. Prereq– uisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of ms:tru1ctc>r. ( LIT-338 Contemporary hours A study of representative and significant 20th century British writers, especially those reflective of modern ideologies. Prerequi– site: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permis– sion of instructor. American Romanticism--W hours A study of American writers from 1830-1865, emphasis on Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Prerequi– site: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permis– sion of instructor. LIT-342 American Novel hours A study of the historical development of the American novel, and an analysis of the writings of major American novelists from Cooper to Faulkner. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-413 Literature 4 hours Emphasis upon the relationships among styles, theory, criticism, and dramatic construction. Can be applied to meet English or speech requirements, but not both. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status or permission of instructor. LIT-421 Criticism--Sp 3 hours A study of major critical theories from ancient times to the present. Prerequisite: 200 or 300 level literature course. Required for all secondary and English majors. LIT-422 Seminar--W 3 hours Designed help the student synthesize his major areas of study. Required of all senior English majors. LIT-423 Study in English 1-4 hours Independent in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. LIT-442 European Novel 4 hours A study of the 19th and 20th century influence on the novel from Balzac to Camus. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Litera– ture, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-449 Special Topics hours An investigation of such literary phenomena that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest. 3 hours Students will learn to proof using the techniques that professional proofreaders have found most practical and effective. PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics Writers 4 hours A prescriptive approach to a clear, concise prose which is grammatically correct. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. PWRT-315 Public Relations Writing 5 hours A study in which students learn to generate newsletters, press releases, and sales literature. Prerequisites: PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers and PWRT-317 Graphic Design. PWRT-316 Technical Communication hours A study of technical communication in which students learn to produce effective technical documents. Prerequisite: PWRT-317 Graphic Design. PWRT-317 Graphic Design 5 hours This course provides instruction for the development of effective and usable graphics for professional documentation. Students will gain proficiency in desktop publishing and computer graphics tools. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. PWRT-413 Technical Editing 3 hours This course addresses the roles, responsibilities, and practices of the editor of technical communication. Students learn how to establish effective relationships with authors, edit manuscripts to make them clear to readers or consistent with the policies of an organization, mark copy for typesetters, and create and use style guides. Prerequisite: PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers and PWRT-316 Technical Communication. PWRT-414 Report 5 hours A study of the techniques necessary for writing clear, well– organized reports of various kinds. Prerequisite: PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics and PWRT-316 Technical Communication. PWRT-415 for Professional Communicators 5 hours Students will participate in a class project incorporating new technology and alternative ideas for information development. Prerequisites: PWRT-416 Technical Communication and PWRT- 414 Report Writing. PWRT-416 Professional Writing Internship 1-16 hours A work-study program arranged and administered by the department in which advanced professional writing students receive a variety of job-related experiences in a writing environment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. each quarter Development of basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening in Spanish, along with an introduction to Hispanic cultures. (Offered also in the summer, odd years) SPAN-271,272IntermediateSpanish--A,W 5 hours each nn!llrir•~r Grammar review, composition, conversation, and readings Spanish literature and culture. Prerequisite: SPAN-173 or instructor's approval, or placement by exam.