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EEC 307 Leadership and Supervision in Early Education and Care 3 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of effective leadership and supervision in early education and care settings. Current and aspiring early education and care administrators will learn how to foster the professional development of new and veteran teachers; to form enduring and productive partnerships with families; and to recruit and orient substitutes and volunteers. Special emphasis will be placed on how to create a learning culture among the teaching staff. Includes 15-hour field experience. Prerequisite: EEC 105 .
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EEC 308 Supporting Dual Language Learners and Their Families in Early Childhood 3 Credit(s) W-II
Early educators will learn how to support dual language learners in early childhood. Through in-depth written projects, field-based observations and classroom activities and discussions, students will develop the capacity to effectively communicate with linguistically and culturally diverse families, support dual language development, assess the learning needs of young children who are still learning English, and design developmentally appropriate instruction that promotes dual language and literacy development. Strategies for communicating and collaborating with limited or non-English speaking families and for supporting children’s home languages will also be addressed. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required. Prerequisites: EDC115 or EEC105, and ENL110 (or equivalent).
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EEC 309 Anti-Bias Education: Perspectives, and Advocacy in early childhood Education 3 Credit(s)
This course explores historical and current trends and issues in early childhood education, multilingual development, early childhood special education, and developmentally, culturally, and linguistically responsive teaching with an emphasis on anti-bias education, an approach to early childhood education that focuses on respecting and embracing differences and acting against bias and unfairness and universal design for learning principles. Students will also explore the historical role of social advocacy with a focus on how to develop their own advocacy skills. The importance of collaboration and consultation with other professionals and staff in early childhood education will also be explored. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required.
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EEC 310 Early Intervention and Care 3 Credit(s)
This course will provide students with a working knowledge of the history and legal precedence for providing early intervention (EI) services and the knowledge and skills needed to work effectively with young children (birth to three) who are experiencing or are at-risk for developmental delays. Students will explore issues related to the impact that disability conditions have on young children’s learning needs in all developmental domains (i.e., physical, cognitive, language, and social). Culturally-and linguistically-appropriate instructional techniques and family engagement models will also be explored as well as effective ways to collaborate with family, therapists, and other early childhood education professionals. Students participate in a 15-hour field experience during the semester. Prerequisite: EEC 105 .
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EEC 311 Risk Factors in Childhood 3 Credit(s)
This course examines risk factors that affect development during childhood (Birth to 8) as well as effective interventions that can support children and families in the early years. Specifically, the impact of risk factors including socioeconomic status (SES), access (to quality early education or health care), parental characteristics (e.g., education, stress, parenting style), and child characteristics (e.g., behavior, resiliency) on child development, as well as the interaction between and among these factors will be explored. This course will also address effective intervention strategies for fostering positive development among children considered at-risk. Includes 15-hour field experience. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: EEC 105 .
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EEC 312 Collaborating with Families with Young Children 3.0 Credit(s) DPDS
This course focuses on developing an understanding of strategies to engage in socially-just partnerships with families across early childhood contexts including preschools, childcare settings, Part C/early intervention, and other home visiting programs. Students will challenge the ways in which dominant White, middle-class and heteronormative American ideologies about family structure and child-rearing practices, including language and literacy practices, influence educational policy, including special education law, and federal and state early childhood programs (Head Start and Early Head Start, early intervention). Students will investigate power dynamics inherent in family/practitioner relationships and the potential for those power dynamics to result in deficit-based, oppressive family engagement practices. Family-Centered Practice will be offered as a practice modality to assist students in avoiding oppressive family engagement practices. This course is open to all students and required for students in the Early Education and Care major. Three lecture hours per week.
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EEC 319 Administration and Positive Climate in Early Education and Care Programs with Field Experiences 3 Credit(s)
Comprehensive and practical childcare, learning through exploration and inquiry, and family-orientated environments are examined as essential elements in fostering cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development. Emphasis will be on organizing a childcare practice, building administration skills, budgeting and planning childcare programs, hiring and training staff, supervising the day-to-day operations of early childhood settings, and creating a positive climate. Further, this course examines national, state, and local standards and regulations to assure quality outcomes of childcare and advocates for equity and inclusion in childcare practices. The key principles of professional ethics (or the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct) are used to analyze and resolve professional ethical dilemmas with intentional, developmentally, culturally, and linguistically-appropriate perspectives. Three lecture hours per week and occasional field-based assignments. This is a required course for students who apply for EEC administration or Advanced topics pathways and satisfies the MA Department of Early Education requirements for teacher-director.
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EEC 401 Preschool Practicum I 3 Credit(s)
This is the field placement component of a semester-long field experience in an early childhood setting. This course provides intensive guidance in planning, implementing, and assessing learning experiences for young children. This practicum requires spending a minimum of twelve hours weekly in a preschool classroom with a minimum of 150 hours throughout the whole semester. Restricted admission. Prerequisite: EEC 303 . Co-requisite: EEC 401S .
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EEC 401S Preschool Practicum Seminar I 3 Credit(s)
This is the seminar portion of a semester-long field experience in an early childhood setting. This course provides intensive guidance in planning, implementing, and assessing learning experiences for young children. This practicum requires spending a minimum of twelve hours weekly in a preschool classroom with a minimum of 150 hours throughout the whole semester. Admission into any practicum course has departmental requirememts, which are listed in the department’s entry in the catalog. Prerequisite: EEC 303 . Co-requisite: EEC 401 or permission of the Department Chairperson.
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EEC 402 Preschool Practicum II 3 Credit(s)
This is the field placement component of a semester-long field experience in an early childhood setting. This course provides intensive guidance in planning, implementing, and assessing learning experiences for young children. This practicum requires spending a minimum of twelve hours weekly in a preschool classroom with a minimum of 150 hours throughout the whole semester. Admission into any practicum course has departmental requirements, which are listed in the department’s entry in the catalog. Prerequisite: EEC 303 . Co-requisite: EEC 402S or permission of the Department Chairperson.
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EEC 402S Preschool Practicum Seminar II 3 Credit(s)
This is the seminar portion of a semester-long field experience in an early childhood setting. This course provides intensive guidance in planning, implementing, and assessing learning experiences for young children.This practicum requires spending a minimum of twelve hours weekly in a preschool classroom with a minimum of 150 hours throughout the whole semester. Admission into any practicum course has departmental requirements, which are listed in the department’s entry in the catalog. Prerequisite: EEC 303 . Co-requisite: EEC 402 or permission of the Department Chairperson.
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EEC 410 Capstone Seminar in Early Education and Care 3 Credit(s) W-II
In this culminating seminar in Early Education and Care, students will enhance their skills and knowledge in the discipline by analyzing, synthesizing, and reflecting upon what they have learned about assessment, research, policy and practice. Particular emphasis will be placed on communicating with and advocating for children and families. Prerequisite: EEC 401 or EEC 402 .
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ENL 102ESL Composition II for English as a Second Language 3 Credit(s)
This course is exclusively for students whose first language is not English. It builds on the skills taught in . The course teaches students how to conduct basic research and to compose persuasive and research essays on topics of interest to an academic community. At least one system of formal documentation will be discussed in detail. Extensive reading and evaluation of non-fiction texts will be required. Emphasis will be placed on achieving correctness in written English. Equivalent to . Three lecture/activity hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG102E.
Prerequisites: ENG101, , ENG101ESL, or placement by recommendation of the English Department.
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ENL 104 Summer Bridge Writer’s Workshop 3 Credit(s)
This course provides Summer Bridge Academy students with an overview of basic writing and study skills with emphasis on methods of generating writing and revising, reading responses, and research. Attention to sentence-level issues on an individual basis. Students learn about their academic community through writing assignments connecting them to local cultural institutions and to the university first year reading experience as well as participating in weekly writing support sessions. This course does not satisfy any part of the English Department First-Year Writing Program or W-I requirement. This course does count towards graduation. Three lecture hours per week.
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ENL 105 Introduction to College Writing 3 Credit(s) PGR
This course covers topics such as procrastination, writing apprehension, writing blocks, and the writing process to help students assess how their choices affect their writing outcomes. Students practice analyzing texts, finding ideas, drafting, revising, and using conventions for rhetorical effect. Students opt to take this course as a pre-cursor to their W-I. Students who are enrolled in or have already received credit for a W-I course may not enroll in this course. 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisites: Completion of English Department Placement procedure.
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ENL 108 Academic Writing for Multilingual Writers 3 Credit(s)
This course prepares matriculated multilingual student writers for academic writing. Through extensive practice in reading both fiction and non-fiction and writing in a variety of styles and genres, students will improve their ability to write in the stylistic and grammatical conventions of academic English. Students will develop strategies in generating ideas, revising their work, incorporating the ideas of others, and editing. Students will also gain expertise in composing in electronic environments. Three lecture hours a week.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of English Department placement procedure.
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ENL 109 Foundations of Writing (ESL) 3 Credit(s) W
This course provides multilingual student writers an introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare them for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities. Course work includes developing overall proficiency in the stylistic and grammatical conventions of academic writing in English. Three lecture hours.
Prerequisites: Students must complete Writing Self-Placement to enroll in this course and all other first-year writing courses.
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ENL 110H Freshman Honors Writing 3 Credit(s) W-I
This course provides students enrolled in the honors program with an enriched introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare students for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities. Specifically, the course shall emphasize the honors program’s commitment to building a dedicated community that masters intellectual rigor, inquiry, and self-discovery. Prerequisite: Open only to students enrolled in the Honors Program.
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ENL 130 Topics in Literary Expression and Appreciation 3 Credit(s) CEA
What is literature, how is it written, and what does it do? Through a variety of special topics, this course will examine the nature of literary creation. Students will analyze and practice the modes, strategies, and skills of literary expression. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 140 Contemporary British Culture After Empire 3 Credit(s) CS CEA
An exploration of the role of literature in understanding contemporary British society. Through texts from 1945 to the present, this course will examine how literary analysis and cultural criticism provide insight on social relations and institutions in post-war Britain. Students will practice close reading through evidence-based inquiry and analysis as they consider the relationship between historical and social contexts, aesthetics, and representation. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 160 Literature I: Reading Broadly 3 Credit(s)
Literary works from a broad historical range and a variety of genres will be grouped around a common topic and students will examine how writers approach significant questions from different perspectives. “Classics” will be juxtaposed with works from diverse time periods and cultures. Emphasis will be on developing framing questions and reading intertextually. Form, content, and aesthetics will be considered as students work on developing interpretive skills and forming questions. Required of Bachelor of Arts, English Majors. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 161 Literature II: Reading Closely 3 Credit(s)
Through intensive close-reading practices, students will get to know a small number of literary works in great depth. Students will learn research methods as they study myriad aspects of the text(s) and context(s). Areas of focus may include: literary and historical traditions, sources, influences, intertexts, form, genre, aesthetics, thematics, and reception. Required of Bachelor of Arts, English Majors. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 162 Foundations of World Literature 3 Credit(s) HP CEA
What do stories tell us about where we came from and how we got here? An introduction to foundations of world literature through the seventeenth century, the course will consider the role of storytelling and the place of literature in attempts to document and to understand the human past. Attention will be given to what distinguishes literary expression and to how we can read literature alongside other kinds of historical evidence. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENL 206, or ENL 294.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Level I Written Communications course (W-I) or equivalent.
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ENL 163 World Literature, 18th Century to Present 3 Credit(s) CEA WC
An introduction to touchstone works of literature since the eighteenth century from diverse cultures in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The worlds and world views that literary works convey and create are studied in their difference and diversity, in relation to one another, and in relation to the experiences of the reader. Individual courses will be organized around big questions such as “to whom are we responsible?” or “what is the role of the artists?” or around such themes as “empire, colonialism, and globalization,” “gender and sexuality in local and global contexts,” or “friendship”. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG261.
Prerequisite/Co-requisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 164 Topics in Literature and the Human Past 3 Credit(s) HP
How are changing times reflected in literary texts? What enduring and shifting values and ideas does literature convey? Through a variety of special topics, this course will employ a literary lens to examine the human past and will explore the relationship of the past to the present by reading literary texts alongside other forms of historical evidence. Three lecture hours per week. Pre/Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 201 Introduction to Language 3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the major components of language and will explore the ways that language is used on a variety of professional, political, and cultural contexts. Three lecture hours or week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 220 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Credit(s) CEA
An introduction to creative writing, with students practicing writing in genres such as poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will share their work in class and gain exposure to contemporary literature. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG300 or ENL320. Pre/Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 221 Mindful Writing 3 Credit(s) PGR W-II
This course explores mindful writing for the purposes of reducing writing apprehension and increasing writing ease and productivity. Mindfulness introduces present moment awareness to the writing process and rhetorical situation and highlights new aspects concerning audience, prewriting, invention, impermanence, self-talk, emotional reactions to writing occasions, and the embodied and material nature of writing. 3 lecture hours.
Prerequisite: Completion of W-I course
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ENL 225H Advanced Writing in Honors 3 Credit(s) W-II
The course allows students in the Honors Program to use writing to examine topics of interest to an academic audience. Through a range of assignments, students will develop their writing process, consider how to compose in different genre and for difference audiences, and learn to use writing as a tool for critically thinking about a subject.
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ENL 230 Introduction to Poetry 3 Credit(s) CEA
Beginning in the experience of the senses, this course will explore such subjects as figurative languge, symbolism, diction, sound, rhythm, and form as they contribute to the understanding of individual poems. Reading will include selections from both classic and contemporary works, focusing on both historical and cultural context and on individual expression. Students will also be creating their own poems as an aspect of learning to read and appreciate poetry as an art form. Assignments will include a research project involving critical commentary on a single poem, a short literary analysis, and a review of a poetry reading. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 233 Contemporary Society Through Literature 3 Credit(s) CS
An exploration of topics in contemporary society through literature. Each section of this course will focus on a particular topic - for example immigrant identities, urban culture, contemporary Iran or the Bosnian genocide - and examine how literary analysis and culture criticism provide insight on social relations and institutions relevant to the topic. student will practice evidence-based inquiry and analysis through close reading as they consider the relationship between historical and social contexts, aesthetics, and representation. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 234 Audio Storytelling 3 Credit(s) OC W-II
In this workshop, student will learn strategies for analyzing and composing radio-style audio projects in various genres, such as audio documentaries, non-fiction stories and podcasts, for divergent audiences. Drawing on communication theories, students will explore the affordances, effects and potentialities of using sound such as voice, music, sound effects and silence for communicative purposes in a variety of situations. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: W-1
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ENL 235 Studies in Literature 3 Credit(s) W-II
This course uses literature as a focus for developing student writing. Through close, critical reading techniques and writing in a variety of analytical genres related to literary study, students will explore a particular topic in literature. In so doing, students will develop an understanding of the generic conventions of literary scholarship, the process by which knowledge is made in the discipline, and concepts and language for discussing literature. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 240 British Literary Studies I 3 Credit(s)
A study of major British literary figures who are representative of the early, medieval and renaissance periods. Emphasis upon the major characteristics of each literary period and the relationships among them. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG225. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 241 British Literary Studies II 3 Credit(s)
A study of major British literary figures who are representative of the Neo-Classic, Romantic and Victorian periods. Emphasis upon the major characteristics of each literary period and the relationships among them. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG226. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 245H Literature and the Humanities 3.0 Credit(s) CEA
This course exposes students to a variety of literary works and traditions while at the same time encourages them to examine their broader relationship to other creative art forms and areas of humanistic inquiry. Students will gain an understanding of the creative process through engagement with various works, literary and otherwise, and participate in activities and projects that encourage students to create and express themselves. Regular classroom experiences will be augmented by guest lectures by SSU faculty and other specialists, as well as field trips to museums, concerts, and other venues. Open only to students enrolled in the Honors Program. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for either ENL264H or 265H. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 250 American Literary Studies I 3 Credit(s) CEA
A survey of Colonial and early national United States literature, up to and including the Civil War period. Classes may emphasize important Puritan, and antebellum writers as well as other significant traditions of this period. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG355. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 251 American Literary Studies II 3 Credit(s) CEA
This course covers United States literature since the Civil War. Classes may emphasize important realist, naturalist, Modernist, and post-Modernist writers as well as other significant traditions during the late-nineteenth century through to the present day. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit or ENG356. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 253 Multiethnic American Literature 3 Credit(s) W-II DPDS
This course provides a writing-intensive study of the spectrum of ethnic literatures written in the United States since the second half of the twentieth century. The course will focus on the ways that texts convey experiences of belonging and difference in a variety of communities, from the family to the nation. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 255 African American Literature I 3 Credit(s) DPDS
This course will study leading movements and figures in the African American literary tradition up to 1930. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG266, ENG386. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 256 African American Literature II 3 Credit(s) DPDS
This course examines the African American literary tradition from the modern period to the present. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG267 or ENG387. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 262 Classics of World Literature I 3 Credit(s)
A study of selected major works of world literature concentrating on the pre-Christian era. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG296. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 263 Classics of World Literature II 3 Credit(s)
This course is a study of selected major works of literature concentrating on the Christian era and up to the Early Modern era. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG297. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 266 Poetry of Peace and War 3 Credit(s)
A study of a body of poems dealing with questions of peace and war that will strengthen the student’s awareness of the complexity of and the need for peaceful solutions to civil and international conflicts. Research also into non-fiction materials that relate to particular poems. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 250. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 267 Reading World Cultures 3 Credit(s) WC
This course will explore cultural diversity and worldviews expressed in the literature of one or more cultures outside the US. Each course will introduce the literary representation of a particular set of cultural perspectives and their place in an increasingly diverse and interdependent global community. Through reading and responding to texts, students will acquire an understanding of and sensitivity to varied cultural perspectives, challenge and enrich their own views, and develop as global citizens. Three lecture hours per week. Pre- or Co-requisite: W-I course.
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ENL 270 History of the Cinema 3 Credit(s)
A study of the development of film as an aesthetic, cultural, and historical form. Considers film’s interaction with historical contexts, technological developments, and questions of representation. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for MEC245 or ENG245. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 271 Film Analysis 3 Credit(s)
Introduces students to methods of film analysis. Considers the particularities of the medium and vocabulary of film. Explores key debates in film theory including questions of realism, formalism, authorship, and film as language. Investigates influences such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, reception theory, and narrative theory on film analysis. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for MEC246 or ENG246. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 272 Literature and Film 3 Credit(s)
A comparative study of themes, ideas, and styles in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in print and on film. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG317.
Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 276 Classics of World Cinema 3 Credit(s)
This course examines outstanding achievements in world cinema. Emphasis is placed upon how films interact with specific cultural contexts and particular oral, visual, and literary traditions. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for ENG 248. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 282 World Drama 3 Credit(s) WC
This course explores various non-western dramatic traditions, including both ancient and modern examples. Three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG255.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 290 Fictions of Gender and Sexuality 3.0 Credit(s) DPDS
An introduction to LGBTQ+literature this course explores the ways that fictional representations of LGBTQ+gender and sexuality reflects and influence the contexts in which they are written and read Definitions and theories of gender and sexuality will be examined alongside the study of LGBTQ+ literary traditions and key works. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: W-I
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ENL 300 Advanced Writing 3 Credit(s) W-II
A workshop course in advanced expository writing, involving regular peer review of manuscripts and evaluation by the instructor both in class and in conference. Students will focus specifically on various approaches to exposition, techniques for writing, and elements of style. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG400.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 302 Writing Center Practicum 3 Credit(s) W-II
Combines instruction in current practices and theories in teaching composition and practical experience as a tutor in the Writing Center. Course prerequisites, requirements, and application procedures are available in English Department Office. Enrollment is limited to 12 students recommended by faculty. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG502 or ENL502.
Prerequisite: Level I Writing course or equivalent.
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ENL 306 Grammar and Style 3 Credit(s)
This course of grammar for professional writers of prose in areas such as journalism, essay writing, fiction, and professional or business writing. The course will review basic grammar, including the parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and types of sentences. It will focus on correct, efficient, and stylistically distinguished sentence structures. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG325.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 307 Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other languages 3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to contemporary theory and approaches in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The ways that first and second languages are learned will be explored and students will become familiar with an interactive approach to language pedagogy. This course will relate theory and practice and provide an overview of a variety of TESOL contexts. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 308 Language in Society 3 Credit(s)
This course investigates the relationship between language and human society and explored societal and linguistic inequities. A variety of relevant topics will be explored, possibly including language variety; language and ethnicity; language, literacy and education; language contact; language and gender; and aspects of language and culture. Students will learn to apply these concepts in a project involving the analysis of original data. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 310 Introduction to Professional Writing 3 Credit(s) W-II
A general introduction to the large field of professional writing, focusing on the many different types of writing and the specific requirements for each area - business, technical, journalism, internet, media, etc. This course will include classroom analysis and lectures from professionals in the field, with some practical writing assignments due throughout the course. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 301. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 311 Editing for Publication 3 Credit(s) W-II
This course covers literary editing techniques appropriate for the option in professional writing. Students will develop both reading and critical skills, focusing not only on correct grammar and usage, but also on purpose, audience, and especially styles. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG303.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 313 Survey of Journalistic Styles 3 Credit(s)
A survey of journalistic styles in writing, focusing on the interactions between journalism and literature, as, for example, the relationship between periodical journalism and Addison’s essays, or Boswell’s influence on the writing of popular profiles. Attention will also be paid to reading current journalistic pieces in a literary context - reviews, plus critical, social, political, ethical, and legal commentary. Writing assignments, including work for The Log and other campus publications maybe be both practical and analytical. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG314.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 314 Business Writing 3 Credit(s)
Fundamentals of business communication, which involves business vocabulary, letter writing, public relations writing, the mechanics of persuasive style, business reports, etc. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG402.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 316 Travel Writing 3 Credit(s) W-II
This course covers writing and marketing travel articles for newspapers and magazines and writing brochures and publicity for hotels, resorts, and other tourist attractions. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 317 Digital Writing 3 Credit(s) W-II
Digital Writing is a W-III course whose goal is to equip students with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively communicate and create content using forms of digital media. Students will learn how various modalities - visual, alphabetic, and aural-function and intersect in digital writing, and the factors that need to be considered when composing with them. Students will analyze and compose digital texts such as comics, videos, podcasts, websites and blogs. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I.
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ENL 318 Food Writing 3 Credit(s) W-II
Writing about food is a unique literary experience that encourages not only introspection but also community engagement. Food writing explores such topics as cuisine and cultural identity, the global ecological impact of human consumption, and aesthetics and senses of taste. This course teaches the analysis and practice of food writing. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite:W-I.
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ENL 321 The Craft of Poetry 3 Credit(s)
The Craft of Poetry is a writing course that offers a thorough, hands-on exploration of poetic craft. Students will learn about meter and various poetic forms, such as the sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. The course will also cover technique for free verse, concentration on line length, line breaks, and stanza length, with attention given to other poetic elements - word choice, diction, tone, imagery. Students will turn in a portfolio of poems and write short papers. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG403A.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 322 The Craft of Fiction 3 Credit(s)
This writing course uses a sequence of single-focus writing exercises and prose models to promote mastery of the techniques of writing fiction. Topics include narrative structure, characterization, point-of-view, narration, description, voice and dialogue, and prose style. Writing assignments enable students to explore a variety of prose forms. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG407.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 330 Short Story 3 Credit(s) W-II
An examination of the short story as a literary art form. This course will explore the writing of short stories as well as writing about short stories. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG330. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 332 Novel I 3 Credit(s)
A study of the history of the novel throughout the world up to 1850. Topics usually covered will include long prose fiction in classical Europe and Asia prior to the late European renaissance, the rise of the novel in European national literatures during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantic novel and the rise of the Balzacian realism. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 327. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 334 Literature for Young Children 3 Credit(s)
Students study the benefits of reading to children while learning about the origins and genres of children’s literature for ages birth-eight. Wide reading of children’s books builds the foundational knowledge necessary to select, evaluate, research, review, and share children’s literature across early childhood settings. The course emphasizes as well how children’s literature reflects a wide range of ways to support anti-bias/anti-racist education and how children’s literature may be used to support early literacy and social emotional development and to promote social justice. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for EDU321, ENG334, or EDU334.
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ENL 336 Art of the Essay 3 Credit(s)
A study of the essay as a literary genre, focusing not only on its origin and development, but also the aesthetics of the form itself. Readings will include representative “great” essays, some critical commentary, and a collection of essays by a major modern writer. The lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG350.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 337 The Literature of Travel 3 Credit(s)
a literature course focusing on the specialized experience of travel as it is expressed in a variety of literary texts. Attention will be given to analyzing the conventions of travel writing and to identifying those aspects of this writing that qualify it as “literary”. Readings will include prose selections from the long history of travel writing, various poems, and representative modern travel writers. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG353.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 338 Poetry I (Modern) 3 Credit(s)
A study of poetry written from 1900-1945 that covers such writers as Eliot, Yeats, Hughes, Williams, Stevens, and Moore. The course will examine writers’ relations to the era’s major movements. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 390. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 339 Poetry II (Contemporary) 3 Credit(s)
A study of poetry since 1945, beginning with such poets as Bishop, Lowell, O’Hara, Ginsberg, and Plath. The course will consider the influence of such poets and the movements that they represent upon the current landscape of poetry. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 391. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 340 Shakespeare I 3 Credit(s)
An in-depth study of Shakespeare’s histories and comedies–about eight to ten plays–as well as one or more narrative poems. The class will focus on cultural and formal issues and features within Shakespeare’s writings as well as cultural trends that Shakespeare responded to and helped shape. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 328. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 341 Shakespeare II 3 Credit(s)
An in-depth study of Shakespeare’s tragedies and romances–about eight to ten plays–as well as his sonnets. The class will focus on cultural and formal issues and features within Shakespeare’s writings as well as cultural trends that Shakespeare responded to and helped to shape. Three lecture hours per week.ot open to students who have received credit for ENG 332. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 343 British Fiction in the Nineteenth Century 3 Credit(s)
A critical survey of major British novelists of the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the blend of the Romantic, VIctorian, and Realistic traditions found in their works. The readings will be drawn from such writers as Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 335. Prerequisite: ENG 102, ENL 102 , ENG 102E, ENG 103, ENL 103, ENG 106H or and at least one English course at the 200- level or permission of the department chairperson.
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ENL 345 Twentieth Century British Literature 3 Credit(s)
A critical examination of the major texts of twentieth century British literature. Three or four writers will be studied in close detail. The readings will vary from semester to semester. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for ENG340. Prerequisite: ENL 102 .
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ENL 350 American Women Poets 3 Credit(s)
This course will survey the tradition of women poets in America from the Colonial Period to the present. Among the poets studied will be such writers as Bradstreet, Dickinson, Rich, Levertov, Plath, Bishop, Brooks, and Angelou. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG358.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 352 U.S. Latinx Literature 3 Credit(s) DPDS
This course examines U.S. Latinx literary achievements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, considering the various literary traditions, such as Chicano/a, Nuyorican, Cuban-American, and Dominican-American, that together make up U.S. Latinx literature. The focus will be on common concerns of U.S. Latinx writers such as ethnic identity and minority status, prejudice and discrimination, immigration and migration, bilingualism and linguistic hybridity, machismo, and gender roles. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG389.
Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 353 Literature for Young Adults 3 Credit(s)
A study of contemporary writing for young adults at the junior high school level. Other materials in curriculum enrichment are included. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG489.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 354 Native American Literature WC DPDS
This course introduces students to Native American literature and to the historical, literary and cultural influences shaping Native American writers. Special attention is given to such recurrent themes and artistic concerns in Native literature as genocide, sovereignty, relocation, tribal identity, mythology, and orality. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 360 Irish Literature and Culture 3 Credit(s)
This course is a study of various works, including plays, novels, poems, and films, that reflect Irish cultural experiences in the 20th and 21st centuries. This course meets three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG260.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 362 Women and Fiction 3 Credit(s)
The course will study a variety of fiction by twentieth-century women authors and will focus on the authors’ works as chronicles of the life experiences of women as well as expressions of the particular problems and sensibilities of women writers. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG360.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 364 Nineteenth Century European Novel 3 Credit(s)
A study of trends in nineteenth century fiction, including such writers as Balzac, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Bronte. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG226.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 365 Modern European Novel 3 Credit(s)
A study of modern masterpieces, including such writers as Joyce, Proust, Mann, and Kafka and their effect on twentieth century fiction. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 393. Prerequisite: ENL 102 .
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ENL 366 The Caribbean Experience in Literature 3 Credit(s) WC
This course is an introduction to Caribbean literature written in English with emphasis on the contemporary period. Readings are in all literary genres and include such writers as Derek Walcott, Edward K. Brathwaite, V.S. and Shiva Naipaul, Edgar Mittelholzer, Sam Selvon, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Merle Hodge, Jamaica Kincaid, Errol John, Earl Lovelace, Zee Edgell and Olive Senior. Attention is given to the development of distinctively Caribbean techniques and themes. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG399.
Prerequisite: W-I
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ENL 369 Special Topics in Literature 3 Credit(s)
This course involves the intensive study of a single topic in literary studies. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 370 Women in Literature and Film 3 Credit(s)
A comparative study of women’s roles and their depiction in literature and film. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG417.
Prerequisite: W-I or equivalent.
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ENL 372 Graphic Novels 3 Credit(s)
Graphic novels have gained recognition and respect for their merging of written and visual arts. This course will focus on reading, analyzing and evaluating the new form. Major figures, such as Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore and Marjane Satrapi, and significant subgenres, such as autobiographical narratives, superheroes, and mangas, will be examined. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 373 Special Topics in Film 3 Credit(s)
This is an upper division seminar on a special topic in film studies. Three lecture hours per week. Course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 375 American Musical Film 3 Credit(s)
This course emphasizes the emergence of the American musical. Special attention may be given to the interaction of narrative development, moment, and music. Through the analysis of selected films, students may investigate such topics as form, movement, sound, and aesthetic theory. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for MEC247 or ENG247.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 376 Topics in Science Fiction Film 3 Credit(s)
This Film class will examine a range of topics in science fiction film. Three lecture hours per week May be repeatable for credit. Prerequisite: W-I course.
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ENL 380 Modern Drama I 3 Credit(s) W-II
Modern Drama I is a study of some of the major movements of 20th century drama, from the beginnings of Modernism through the Second World War. The course meets for three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG 490. Prerequisite: W-I
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ENL 381 Modern Drama II 3 Credit(s)
Modern Drama II is a study of some of the major movements of the 20th and 21st century drama, from the Second World War to the present. The course meets for three lecture hours per week. It is not open to students who have received credit for ENG491.
Prerequisite: A W-I course.
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ENL 390 Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory 3 Credit(s)
This course is an examination of classic statements of literary criticism and theory from Plato to modern times that delineate the contours and the problems of literary discourse. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG321.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 405 Linguistics 3 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the theoretical study of language and its core areas: phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Other topics may include language as a human neurocognitive system, psycholinguistics, and first and second language acquisition. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG423.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 410 Workshop in Literary Journalism 3 Credit(s)
A writing course in literary journalism requiring students to write assignments intended for publican on-line as well as in newspapers, periodicals, and books. These assignments, including profiles, book reviews, personal reportage, and journalistic essays, reflect the genre’s focus on journalism of enduring literary value, as distinct from the primarily quotidian value of news reporting. Works by professional literary journalists serve as models. Students critique one another’s work and place successful work in the college newspaper. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG313.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 411 Special Topics in Professional Writing 3 Credit(s)
This seminar will focus on a genre or skill for professional writers utilizing feedback and revision, in preparing literary material for print or electronic media. This class is limited to English majors and minors, or with approval by the Department Chairperson. Three lecture hours per week. May be repeated for credit once.
Prerequisites: A W-I course and at least once English course at the 200-level or above.
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ENL 412 Seminar in Modern Publishing 3 Credit(s)
An intensive examination of the field of publishing for professional writers, the class will examine business models for nonfiction book and magazine publishers, professional workflow dynamics in organizations, freelance nonfiction writing, ghost writing, and other forms of work-for-hire for print and electronic media. This course will include collaborative classroom practicum experiences and lectures from professionals in the field, with some practical writing assignments such as pitch and query letters throughout the course. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG470.
Prerequisite: A W-I course and at least one English course at the 200-level or above.
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