2010-2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 231 2010–11 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index ENG-2070 Fundamentals of English Grammar –Fa, Sp 3 hours This course is a foundational course for preservice language arts educators and is a prerequisite for Advanced Grammar. It covers forms and functions of words, pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement, and pedagogy. 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-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing –Fa, Sp 3 hours This course is a prerequisite requirement for any 3000-level creative writing course. The course covers basic instruction in technique and style for all three genres of creative writing: fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. 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-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers –Fa, Sp, Su 3 hours Students will learn to apply reliable principles to make writing clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive. (Crosslisted with TPC- 3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers) 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-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing. 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-2220 Introduction to Creative Writing. 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- 2220 Introduction to Creative Writing. 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. Prerequisite for Adolescent and Young Adult Language Arts majors only: ENG-2070 Fundamentals of English Grammar. 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) ENG-4200 Methods of Teaching Writing –Fa 2 hours This course will prepare students to teach writing. Course content will include instructional methodology and conferencing and assessment techniques. Prerequisite: EDSE-4100 Principles of Teaching: Adolescent and Young Adult; currently enrolled in student teaching or by permission of instructor. ENG-4230 Independent Study in English –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. ENG-4345 1 hour Creative Writing: Portfolio and Performance –Fa, Sp Course provides an opportunity to prepare a final collection of creative writing in close consultation with the advising professor. Students will also organize and present a public reading of their work. Prerequisite: any two 4000-level creative writing workshops. Environmental Science (ENVS) ENVS-1010 Introduction to Environmental Science–Sp 1 hour An entry level course for environmental science majors to introduce the environmental curriculum, initiate camaraderie among students and faculty, and provide guidance in vocational planning. One lecture per week; occasional field trips. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Course Descriptions | ENG-2070 – ENVS-1010