2007-2008 Academic Catalog

School of Humanities Language and Literature 158 Cedarville University 2007-08 Language and Literature Course Descriptions ENG-1000 Basic English –Fa 3 hours 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-1400 Composition –Fa,Sp 3 hours Designed to assist the student in developing the skills necessary to meet the demands of typical writing situations, both academic and professional. The course will introduce the student to the common expository writing methods of description, narration, analysis, persuasion, and research presentation. ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism –Fa,Sp 3 hours An introductory study of the fundamental skills needed for collecting, organizing, writing, editing, and evaluating material for the common types of news stories, along with a consideration of ethical and legal issues for the print journalist. Strong emphasis on developing journalistic writing skills. Prerequisite: ENG- 1400 Composition. ENG-2230 Advanced Composition –Fa,Sp 3 hours An advanced treatment of the composing process, particularly related to the planning, drafting, revision, and final composition of essays. Writing workshops and peer evaluations are included. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3020 Creative Writing: Short Forms –Su 3 hours Intensive summer study in the writing of specific and various short forms in creative writing (selected by instructor); utilizing a “workshop” approach, with a focus on the completion of a final portfolio. Topics may include, but are not limited to, flash-fiction, the prose poem, and the creative nonfiction short. Prerequisite: ENG-2230 Advanced Composition. ENG-3030 Creative Writing: Fiction –Sp 3 hours Workshop approach to studying, creating, and responding to short stories. Course focuses on the elements of the modern short story from Chekhov forward. Emphasis is on traditional literary fiction; the course does not cover science fiction, fantasy, adolescent fiction, or children’s literature. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3040 Creative Writing: Poetry –Sp 3 hours Provides guided practice, instruction in craft, constructive criticism, and a supportive atmosphere. Students should leave the course with more confidence about how to read and write poetry, as well as knowledge of the tradition, issues, and forms of poetry. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3050 Creative Writing: Nonfiction –Sp 3 hours Intensive study in writing literary nonfiction. Course focuses on sub-genres in contemporary nonfiction: the personal essay, autobiography/the memoir, the short, reportage. Workshop and conference approach. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3060 The English Language –Fa 3 hours 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-1400 Composition. ENG-3070 3 hours Advanced Grammar for Adolescent Teachers –Fa,Sp Review of standard grammar with emphasis on current teaching methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. ENG-3110 Style and Mechanics for Writers –Sp 3 hours Provides reliable principles that make writing clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive as students apply these principles to various texts. (Not for technical and professional communication majors.) Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3220 Advanced Journalism –Sp 2 hours Designed for the student who anticipates writing as a vocation or avocation. The emphasis is on reporting and writing for newspapers and magazines. Topics of study include: beat reporting, developing the in-depth features and series, investigative practices, standards and ethics, community and publisher relations, and manuscript production. Prerequisite: ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism. ENG-3300 Developmental Reading –Sp 3 hours Includes basic philosophies, testing, evaluation, clinical methods, and materials utilized in the prescriptive teaching of basic reading skills in the language arts content area for adolescent/young adult teachers. Field and clinical experiences included. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. (Fee: $25) ENG-3550 Writing Center Theory and Training –Sp 2 hours Designed to orient students to writing center theory and practice. Will train students for employment opportunities in the writing center. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition; permission of instructor. ENG-3620 Practicum in Journalism –Fa,Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. Prerequisite: ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism. ENG-4030 Advanced Workshop: Fiction –Fa 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in fiction writing. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: ENG-3030 Creative Writing: Fiction (odd years) ENG-4040 Advanced Workshop: Poetry –Sp 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in poetry. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: ENG-3040 Creative Writing: Poetry (odd years) ENG-4050 Advanced Workshop: Nonfiction –Sp 2 hours Course provides an opportunity to do high-level work in creative nonfiction. Workshop environment will be rigorous and diagnostic, but also supportive. Prerequisite: ENG-3050 Creative Writing: Nonfiction. (even years) The English department faculty prepare students to think broadly and to evaluate literature and life from a Christian perspective.