1997-1998 Academic Catalog

Language Minors The minor in creative writing is designed to enhance the student's abilities in the various modes. Course requirements involve 24 hours including: ENG-140 English Composition II .................................... 5 ENG-221 Principles of Journalism .................................. 5 ENG-223 Advanced Composition ................................... 3 ENG-303 CreativeWriting (fiction) ................................ 3 ENG-304 Creative Writing (poetry) ............................... 3 ENG-311 Style and Mechanics ...................................... 4 PWRT-416 Professional Writing Internship (writing for Cedars) ....................................................... 1 The minor in English is designed to enhance the student's knowledge and appreciation of literature and the English language. Course requirements involve 24 hours including: ENG-140EnglishCompositionII .................................... 5 LIT-231 World Literature ............................................... 5 ElectivesinEnglish ....................................................... 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 32 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 ......................................... 3 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 require– ments along with those of another teaching field will qualify for State of Ohio certification. Course requirements include 31 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-309Sociolinguistics .............................................. 4 LING-360Clinica1Experience ........................................ 2 LING-361 Practicum ...................................................... 3 SPAN/LING-370 Teaching Foreign Language .............. 3 CourseDescriptions English Language ENG-100 Basic English-A 4 hours A study of nomenclature, identification, and application in the linguistic process. Admission by departmental designation only. May not be applied toward the hours needed for graduation. ENG-110 English Composition 1-A,W,Sp,Su 5 hours Emphasis is placed on the study of mechanics, sentence structure, and paragraph development. ENG-140 English Composition II-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-303 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 hours An intensive study in the techniques for the creation of short fiction. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-304 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 hours An intensive study in the techniques for the creation of poetic forms. 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 standard 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 stndent 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. (Fee: $25) ENG-362 Practicum in Journalism-A,W,Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. World, English, and American Literature LIT-230 Introduction to Literature-A,Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing the ability to read critically and analyti– cally 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 T.S. Eliot. 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. LIT-251 Major American Authors I-A 5 hours A study of prominent American authors from colonial times to 1900. Prerequisite: Eng-140 English Composition II; LIT-231 World Literature permission of instructor. Not applicable for English major or general education.