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EGR 102 - Introduction to Applied Science and Engineering II Credits 2
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: MTH 111 or MTH 113
An introduction to engineering and applied science, which emphasizes development of problem-solving skills through teamwork on projects in engineering mechanics. The course applies calculus and physics to engineering problems, develops written and oral communication skills and uses computer tools for analysis and simulation.
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EGR 110 - Environ Science&Business Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community Science in Engaged Community
Lecture / 3 hours per week
An in-depth course on environmental economic aspects of industrial operations and sustainable development. Basic science and engineering principles are applied to the identification, assessment, and management of occupational health hazards and environmental quality. Cross-listed with MMT 110
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EGR 111 - Introduction to Engineering and Computing Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Learning through Engagement
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: EGR Freshman Only
Introduction to engineering and computing with emphasis on development of problem solving skills through projects. The course is designed to increase the success of first year students. It includes an overview of majors in the college, and the importance of engaged learning. Team work, written and oral communication skills are covered. Ethical issues in engineering and computing are discussed.
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EGR 131 - Intro to Design Credits 1
Lecture / 2 hours per week
Covers computer-graphic design material and develops graphic communication skills.
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EGR 157 - Science of Engineering Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
The scientific principles underlying the practice of various engineering disciplines. This honors-level course is for non-science and non-engineering majors.
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EGR 241 - Eng Mechanics I:Statics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: PHY 111 or PHY 113 and MTH 152 or MTH 154 and at least C- in PHY 111 or PHY 113
The first course in engineering mechanics, with two major objectives: first, to introduce the student to the science of engineering mechanics and second to introduce the student to the art of applying science to the solution of engineering problems. The specific vehicle or curriculum to accomplish these objectives will be a study of the statics of rigid bodies.
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EGR 242 - Eng Mechanics II:Dynamics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: EGR 241; MTH 152 or 154
A continuation of the study of mechanics initiated in EGR 241. Work and energy methods are emphasized. Motion in accelerating coordinate systems and dynamics of system particles lead to the discussion of rigid body dynamics in three dimensions. A number of examples of rigid body motion are discussed.
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EGR 301 - Applied Engineering Math Credits 4
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-requisite: MTH 212 or MNE 212
Mathematical methods useful to all engineering students. They include: elements of linear algebra, matrices, eigenvalue problems, systems of ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, partial differential equations, probability theory, mathematical statistics, and a brief introduction to complex numbers.MATLAB programming required
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EGR 303 - Engineering Economics Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of US Society
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: MTH 152 or MTH 154
Concepts and methods of engineering economics for decision making in engineering. Introduction of common methods of present worth analysis, rate of return, replacement analysis, and decision making under risk. Market evaluation of technology in competitive world markets including technological change, the environment, public goods and governmental trade policies.
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EGR 333 - Intro to Geographic Info Systems Credits 3
Lecture
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and result presentation in a geographical information system through labs and projects.
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EGR 390 - Engineering Internship I Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
Internship
Supervised internships at suitable locations in industry and government. Internships must include training and supervision - both at the place of training and at the academic unit. This valuable form of professional training provides students with the opportunity to develop their engineering skills in an off-campus setting. Term paper required. Credit not be given retroactively. Prior arrangements necessary.
Pass/Not Pass
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EGR 396 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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EGR 415 - Introduction to Environmental Fluid Mechanics Credits 3
Introduction to fluid mechanics concepts in the natural environment, focused on mass, momentum and energy conservation principles and their application to a variety of environmental scenarios. Topics include conservation laws, scaling, shallow water flow, stratified flow, and flow through porous media. The course should be of interest to any engineering student with an interest in environmental applications and is a List B Elective for students in the Environmental Resources Engineering Concentration.
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EGR 490 - Engineering Internship Credits 1 to 3 credits
Supervised internships at suitable locations in industry and government. Internships must include training and supervision - both at the place of training and at the academic unit. This valuable form of professional training provides students with the opportunity to develop their engineering skills in an off-campus setting. Term paper required. Credit not be given retroactively. Prior arrangements necessary.
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EGR 497 - Bioengineering Capstone Design I Credits 2
Lecture / 2 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: BNG 311; Corequisite or Prerequisite ENL 266 or permission of instructor
Professional and management activities of project engineering as a two course sequence. Students working in teams will integrate their learning by selecting a senior Bioengineering design project, leading to a written and oral presentation of a project proposal. Intellectual property rights, ethics and economic issues, as well as applicable regulations will be considered.
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EGR 498 - Bioengineering Capstone Design II Credits 2Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Lecture / 2 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: EGR 497
Application of knowledge gained in various courses to the synthesis, analysis, and design of a system in a particular bioengineering field of interest selected by the student’s team. The product proposed in EGR 497 will be built in EGR 498.
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ENL 99 - Critical Writing & Reading I Workshop Credits 1
Workshop
Requirements: Corequisite: ENL 101
Provides students additional support for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I work. Students develop college-level reading and writing skills and work closely with the instructor as well as independently, in small groups, and as a class.Developmental writing workshop co-requisite for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I.
Exclude Credit
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ENL 100 - Basic English Review Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
This course develops rhetorical awareness and effectiveness, as well as fluency in standard English, through focus on essential features common to any writing situation (purpose, audience needs, content, organization, style and correctness) at the level of the paragraph and basic essay. Requires one hour per week in the Writing/Reading center in addition to three class hours. Preparation for ENL 101.
Exclude Credit
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ENL 101 - Critical Writing and Reading I Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Critical Writing & Reading I
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.
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ENL 102 - Critical Writing and Reading II Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Critical Writing & Reading II
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 101
Synthesis-focused course that builds on ENL 101. Students sharpen analytical skills by reading complex texts across public and academic genres. Students also create individual research questions, build college-level research skills, compose sophisticated syntheses, and revise their own argumentative, academic contributions to a defined conversation. Students leave the course prepared for intermediate reading and writing tasks in a broad variety of disciplines as well as with improved research skills and the reflective habits of successful, life-long learners.
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ENL 196 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ENL 200 - Studies in Literature Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children’s Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200. Cross-listed with BLS 200
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ENL 201 - Major British Writers Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Exploration of British literature from medieval to modern times, focusing on about ten seminal texts by such writers as Chaucer, Malory, Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Austen, Tennyson, Dickens, Joyce, Woolf, Rushdie, and others. Selections from their contemporaries present historical and cultural contexts and offer opportunities to compare views of the course’s unifying theme, which changes each semester.
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ENL 202 - Major American Writers Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of selected works, from several genres, by outstanding American authors.
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ENL 203 - Survey World Lit I Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of selected masterpieces from the Golden Age of Greece to the Renaissance.
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ENL 204 - Survey of World Literature II Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of selected masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present.
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ENL 205 - Travel Literature Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Exploration of contemporary travel writing and the genre it represents, creative nonfiction. It treats the history, forms, and thematic concerns of travel literature and the nature of the “fourth genre” of creative nonfiction. In addition to reading travel literature, students explore a variety of contextual materials online, such as articles, interviews, podcasts, blogs, and videos. A passport to virtual travel, the course examines a wide range of ideas about the world and the ways we live in it and develops one’s sense of global geography.
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ENL 206 - Detective Fiction Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of famous mystery, suspense, and detective fiction.
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ENL 209 - Bible as Literature Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Readings from the Old and New Testament discussed in the context of the history of ideas, literary genres, the effectiveness of communication to the intended audience, and influences on other literature.
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ENL 210 - Lit of American West Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An exploration of the myths and realities of the American West (west of the Mississippi) as they are reflected in literature - e.g., the cowboy, westward expansion, the Spanish conquistadors.
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ENL 211 - American Dream Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of the meaning of success as reflected in works ranging from those of Benjamin Franklin and Horatio Alger to the plays of Arthur Miller. Cross-listed as LST 211. Cross-listed with LST 211
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ENL 212 - Introduction to Shakespeare Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture
A course designed primarily for non-English majors, which examines some of the typical plays of the greatest dramatist in the English language.
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ENL 214 - African American Literature Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Chronological survey beginning with Gustavus Vassa and Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage” and continuing through contemporary writers. Toward the end of the course there will be focus on new women writers and major writers through the 1990s. Cross-listed with BLS 214, LST 214, WGS 214
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ENL 216 - Comedy and Satire Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of the philosophy and psychology of literary and other forms of comedy and satire, including works by such writers as Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Swift, Voltaire, Wilde, Shaw, Waugh, Heller, Vonnegut, and others, as well as film artists such as Chaplin, Sellers, and Woody Allen.
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ENL 217 - Greek Myth & Drama Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An exploration of the role of myth in the creation of the plots of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
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ENL 218 - Literature & Society Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of the relationship between the individual and society through readings in modern literature. Cross-listed as LST 218. Cross-listed with JST 218, LST 218
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ENL 223 - Fantasy Literature Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of fantasy as a genre, comparing other works with Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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ENL 224 - Jewish Literature Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of modern Jewish stories and novels with emphasis on such writers as Singer, Bellow, Wiesel, Malamud, and others. Cross-listed as JST 224.
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ENL 226 - Multicultural Am Lit Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of imaginative literature by writers representing the rich variety of racial, ethnic, religious, social, and regional groups in America. Specific focus of the course may vary depending on the instructor.
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ENL 227 - Semiotics of Culture Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Introduces basic theories of communication and models of semiotic analysis. Topics include iconicity, proxemics, kinetics, and the multiple levels of decoding. Readings include analysis of common cultural artifact, verbal and visual media. Students will analyze popular myths and television and print advertising.
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ENL 236 - Ancient World-Renaissance Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of the origins of English literature embedded in Biblical, Classical, and Medieval sources, with special emphasis on Homer, the Greek dramatists, Virgil, and Dante. Designed to help English majors understand the allusions that enrich English literature.
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ENL 237 - Introduction to Strategic Communication Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequsite: ENL 102
Introduction to principles and theories of strategic communication. Students will develop practices for researching, defining, and engaging strategic communication as a rhetorical effort to persuade and identify audiences in/through various media environments.
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ENL 246 - Women Writers Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature Literature Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
When the subject matter is related to the minor: an examination of the relationship between the woman writer and her work through a study of literature by and about women. Satisfies literature distribution requirement. Cross-listed with BLS 246, WGS 246
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ENL 250 - Introduction to Poetry Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A course in the analysis of poetry showing how formalistic and thematic elements in the poem interact to create meaning through an examination of a variety of poetic forms.
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ENL 251 - Introduction to the Short Story Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A consideration of short fiction to illustrate the history, range, and properties of the genre. The course treats such representative authors as Poe, Hawthorne, Tolstoy, Joyce, Faulkner, and other 19th and 20th century figures from a variety of national literatures.
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ENL 252 - Introduction to The Novel Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of how to read and identify the various types of novels, coupled with an introduction to the history of the novel.
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ENL 253 - Introduction to Drama Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An introductory course in how to read and view a play, including instruction in the nature and methods of tragedy, comedy, melodrama, tragicomedy.
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ENL 254 - Autobiographical Writing Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A course emphasizing the development of techniques of lifewriting through exercises in journal-keeping and autobiographical writing. The course includes readings in sample journals and autobiographies and study of autobiographical theory.
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ENL 255 - Introduction to Film Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Provides beginning students of film with a comprehensive view of its history, aesthetics, and critical terminology. Attention will also be paid to elementary film theory, to a comparison of film with other genres (especially drama and narration), and to representative works of such major figures in the artistic development of the genre as Chaplin, Renoir, Welles, Bergman, Hitchcock, and Kurosawa.
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ENL 257 - Rhetoric I: Introduction to Rhetoric Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 101
The study and contemporary application of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory. Students will apply rhetorical theory in ongoing analyses of a wide range of communication media (written, spoken, visual) and in their own writing.
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ENL 258 - Literary Studies Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Literature
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 102; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts Majors, or permission of instructor
A foundation course for all English majors, examining traditions and innovations in literature and in the study of literature in English. Students develop writing and research skills in the discipline and improve their knowledge of literary terms and forms, literary history and conventions, literary influence, and new and emerging forms and approaches. Genres studied include poetry, drama, fiction, and literary (creative) non-fiction. The course also examines key issues in the profession of literary studies, such as the development of departments of literature, canon formation, and the relationship of literary theory to literary practice.
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ENL 259 - Critical Methods: Theory and Practice Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 102; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts Majors, or permission of instructor
A foundation course for English majors in the literature concentration. Introduce students to literary criticism, as well as critical thinking and writing in English Studies. Emphasis in on the application of principles and methods of literary study to selected texts, which prepares students to examine and respond to texts from a variety of critical perspectives.
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ENL 260 - Intermediate Composition Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 102; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts Majors, or permission of instructor
A course emphasizing the development of skill in organizing materials, the formation of a lively and concrete style and an authentic personal voice, and the growth of useful techniques in the arts of exposition, persuasion, and argumentation.
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ENL 262 - Introduction to Journalism Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An introduction to the principles of journalism, news, and article writing. The course concentrates on reporting practice and techniques, information gathering, writing style, ethics, objectivity in reporting, and current trends in journalism.
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ENL 264 - Communicating in the Sciences Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
Workshop
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Introduction to the writing and communication skills required in the sciences. Students read and analyze scientific texts, create documents to meet the needs of various audiences, and deliver conference-style (oral) presentations.
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ENL 265 - Business Communication Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Introduction to the communication skills required in business and industry. Students will learn how to prepare, produce, revise, and deliver business reports, professional communications, computer-supported presentations, and oral presentations.
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ENL 266 - Technical Communication Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Introduction to the technical communication skills used in business and industry. Students practice techniques for creating, managing, and presenting information in written, oral, visual, and electronic forms and use a variety of tools to research and collaborate on projects that relate to many audiences, purposes, forms, and formats of technical communication.
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ENL 267 - Creative Writing: Poetry Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
The study of contemporary techniques in the writing of poetry. Manuscripts are read and discussed in class and during individual conferences. Workshop format.
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ENL 268 - Creative Writing: Fiction Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Techniques of writing fiction. Guides students through writing and refining short fiction. This course develops students’ abilities to create and revise short stories reflecting an understanding of the elements of fiction, including characterization, dialogue, plot, setting, point of view, and theme. In addition, students will analyze their own writing, peer stories, and model stories. Students will learn how to respond to the writing of their peers and offer helpful feedback. Workshop format.
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ENL 269 - Creative Writing: Drama Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
A study of the fundamental principles of dramaturgy. Manuscripts are read and discussed in class and during individual conferences. Workshop format.
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ENL 270 - Speech Communication Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An introduction to the art of public speaking through the study of effective principles combined with practice in speaking before a group.
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ENL 271 - Oral Interpretation of Literature I Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Study of and practice in the oral interpretation of literary works with heavy emphasis on acting and the Stanislavski method. Cross-listed with BLS 271
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ENL 272 - Oral Interpretation of Literature II Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
Study of and practice in the oral interpretation of literary works with heavy emphasis on acting and the Stanislavski method.
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ENL 274 - Digital and Media Literacy Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequsite: ENL 102
Introduction to digital and media literacy. Introduction to foundational literacy practices in digital media analysis and composition. Students learn core concepts in digital media studies while also developing foundational skills in composing texts across genres and modes¿written, visual, and aural. Students will also learn and employ various rhetorical tactics to develop skills in questioning and troubleshooting with technology.
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ENL 276 - Contemporary International Films Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL102
An intensive study of outstanding films with attention to the techniques of film criticism.
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ENL 296 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ENL 298 - Experience Program Credits 1
Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalog on Other Learning Experiences.
Credit / No Credit
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ENL 300 - Survey of British Literature I Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of British literature from Beowulf to 1798, with attention given to the cultural and historical context.
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ENL 302 - Survey of British Literature II Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of British literature from 1798 to the mid-20th Century, with attention given to cultural and historical context.
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ENL 303 - Survey of American Literature I Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A survey of American writing from the Colonial Period to the Civil War, with emphasis on the historical, cultural, and philosophical developments which parallel the development of an American literature.
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ENL 304 - Survey of American Literature II Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A continuation of ENL 303. A survey of American writing from the Civil War to the present, with some emphasis on historical, cultural, and philosophical developments in America during the period covered.
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ENL 305 - Medieval Literature Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
An exploration of the range of vernacular literatures that developed during the European Middle Ages between the decline of the Roman empire and the height of the Renaissance, roughly during the period from 500-1500 CE. May also include comparative analysis of literary texts from within this historical time period but from outside Europe.
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ENL 307 - The English Renaissance Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A chronological overview of the major literary works, themes, and genres of the English Renaissance from Caxton and the inception of printing through Milton and the last of the great Renaissance epics. The course focuses on the development of poetic genres and on representative prose forms. Writers studied include Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, Vaughn, and Milton.
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ENL 308 - The Enlightenment Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of English Neo-classical and Pre-romantic writings by Dryden, Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, and others.
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ENL 309 - Romantic Age Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A survey of English literature from 1796-1832 stressing the major poets - Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, with some study of novels and personal essays.
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ENL 310 - Victorian Age Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of the major English writers of nonfiction from 1832-1900, covering some prose nonfiction (Carlyle, Ruskin, Mill), but emphasizing such poets as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Rossetti, Swinburne, Meredith, Hopkins, and Housman.
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ENL 311 - Western Literature I Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Studies the origins of English literature embedded in Biblical, Classical and Medieval sources, with special emphasis on Homer, the Greek dramatists, Virgil, and Dante. Designed to help English majors understand the allusions that enrich English literature.
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ENL 314 - Colonial American Lit Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of 17th and 18th Century American literature from Captain John Smith through Benjamin Franklin with emphasis on the historical background and the various types of literature produced in the period.
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ENL 315 - American Renaissance Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of selected major writers from mid 19th century America: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Fuller and Douglass. Additional readings about the intellectual and social movements of the period are required.
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ENL 316 - The 19th Century American Novel Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of American novelists from Cooper to Crane and Chopin with focus on individual novels as works of art and as examples of the development of the novel form in America in the 19th century.
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ENL 317 - 19 Cent American Poetry Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A careful study of the major American poets of the 19th century from Freneau to Whitman and Dickinson.
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ENL 318 - Chaucer Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Intensive and critical reading of Chaucer’s major writings with attention to his cultural context. This course is designed primarily for English majors.
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ENL 319 - Shakespeare Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A careful reading of Shakespeare’s plays selected from the comedies, tragedies, and histories. The course explores Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist, the reasons for his reputation as the greatest poet in the language, and the manner in which his plays reflect Elizabethan custom, attitudes, and beliefs. Some outside readings required in Shakespearean criticism and in the background of the period.
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ENL 320 - Major Author Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Intensive and critical reading of a major author with attention to cultural contexts. Selected author will vary and be identified each time the course is scheduled. Course may be repeated with change of author.
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ENL 321 - Golden Age of Drama Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Representative plays from the most famous and most productive eras in the history of world drama - Fifth Century B.C. Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the age of Molière, and the realistic and romantic drama of 19th century France and Germany.
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ENL 323 - Postcolonial Theory & Criticism Credits 3
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Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258
Introduction to basic concepts, keywords questions and critical debates in the field of postcolonial theory and criticism. The course will begin with an examination of the term “postcolonial” before engaging with a variety of postcolonial thinkers and historical contexts. Key ideas and issues explored will include: colonialism, Orientalism, empire, nationalism, race, gender and sexuality, migration, globalization and diaspora.
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ENL 326 - Studies in Modern Irish Literature and Culture I Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Development of Irish literature from the end of the 19th century through the first decades of the 20th century. Writers include Yeats, Joyce, Synge, O’Casey. The course examines the cultural, historical, and political background of Anglo-Irish relations.
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ENL 328 - Survey of African American Literature I Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Survey of African American Literature from colonial times to the turn of the twentieth century. Course surveys genres of poetry, slave narrative, fiction, essay, and drama with attention to the social, political, and cultural histories of African Americans from slavery to freedom to Reconstruction. This course may also include sections on oral narratives (oral slave narratives, speeches, folktales, and sermons) and music (such as sorrow songs and spirituals).
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ENL 329 - Survey of African American Literature II Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
Survey of African American Literature from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Course begins with the work of DuBois and Washington and continues through the Harlem Renaissance, the post-war period, the Black Arts Era, into the present, paying particular attention to the women writers who led the post-1970s Renaissance. Course examines all genres of literature and may also include sections on oral literature (such as spoken word poetry) and music (such as jazz, rap, and hip hop). Like the Survey of African American Literature I, this course pays particular attention to the social, political, intellectual, and cultural climate surrounding the literature.
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ENL 331 - Postcolonial Literature Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
An introduction to 20th century Anglophone Postcolonial Literature from Africa, Caribbean, and South Asia. Course surveys genres of fiction, drama, poetry, theoretical writing, with attention to the socio-political and historical contexts. This course may also include study of other cultural forms such as films.
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ENL 333 - Modern British Poetry Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of the chief trends and the major poets and movements in modern British poetry.
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ENL 334 - The Victorian Novel Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
A study of the Victorian novel, both historically and generically, from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy, including works by Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Trollope, Meredith and Hardy.
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ENL 335 - 20th Century American Fiction Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of the 20th-century American novel including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, West, and McCullers.
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ENL 336 - 20th Century American Fiction - 1945 to the Present Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of significant fiction in America since the middle of the 20th century, including Bellow, Ellison, Heller, Pynchon, LeGuin, Doctorow, Morrison, O’Brien, and others.
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ENL 337 - 20th Century American Poetry Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of major American poets of this century from Frost to Richard Wilbur.
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ENL 338 - Modern Drama Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of modern dramatists from Ibsen, Chekhov, and Strindberg through such playwrights as Shaw, Brecht, O’Neill, Galsworthy, Eliot, Williams, Miller, Giraudoux, Albee, Pinter, and Ionesco.
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ENL 339 - American Drama Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
A study of American drama from its beginnings to the present.
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ENL 340 - Literature & Psychology Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Any 200-level ENL course OR 60 completed credit hours
An introduction to psychological interpretations of literary works, including character analysis, ethnopoetics, and the psychology of audience. The course requires reading of selected literary texts in all genres, as well as works by psychoanalytical literary critics, philosophers, and anthropologists.
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ENL 341 - Copywriting Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 101 & ENL 102 or permission of instructor
Explores copywriting theories, principles, and techniques. Students will learn to compose within a variety of copywriting genres, such as space advertising, brochures, sales letters, radio scripts, and interactive advertising.
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ENL 345 - Literary Theory Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ENL 258; English Majors, Minors, Liberal Arts English Concentrations, or permission of instructor
Introduction to key primary documents in the history of literary theory, from Plato and Aristotle through contemporary critical theory.
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