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2019-2020 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EDS 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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EDS 405 - Literacy for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs (3 cr.)
Aspects of the development of listening, speaking, reading, writing, listening, and viewing and representing visually (media literacy), focusing on diverse learners, students who are at-risk, struggling, or identified as having Exceptional Learning Needs (ELN). Exploration of research-based best practices, assessment, Response to Intervention, materials, and techniques to promote literacy development of students who are at-risk, struggling, or who have ELN. Examination of differentiation of curriculum and instruction in the Language Arts, with a focus on reading. Emphasis on multiple approaches: multi-sensory, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading as a lifelong pursuit.
Prerequisite(s): EDS 201 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDS 410 - Foundations of Special Education (3 cr.)
This course provides a foundational understanding of the field of special education, including contemporary issues and controversies. It includes study of the disability classifications, needs of children and youth with exceptionalities, and significant litigation and legislation related to special education. The course will examine program options for students and the roles of teachers. Teacher candidates will learn about differentiated instructional and assessment practices to engage all students in meaningful learning activities.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 230 and matriculation in B.S. Childhood Education; or EDU 230 and matriculation in B.S./M.S.Ed Childhood Education/Special Education; or B.A./M.S.T. Adolescence Education.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDS 424 - Autism Spectrum Disorders (3 cr.)
Descriptions, definitions, and methods of identifying pervasive developmental disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Phelan-McDermid syndrome). The symptoms and assessment instruments or techniques available to alert parents and providers to seek further evaluation by a child study team of the local school district and a developmental pediatrician. Local, state, and national resources for parents and professionals. Current research and debate accociate with the perceived causes of the disorders. Evidence-based strategies for supporting academic and positive behavior outcomes.
Prerequisite(s): EDS 201
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDS 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
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EDS 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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EDS 505 - Literacy for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs (3 cr.)
Aspects of the development of listening, speaking, reading, writing, listening, and viewing and representing visually (media literacy), focusing on diverse learners, students who are at-risk, struggling, or identified as having Exceptional Learning Needs (ELN). Exploration of research-based best practices, assessment, Response to Intervention, materials, and techniques to promote literacy development of students who are at-risk, struggling, or who have ELN. Examination of differentiation of curriculum and instruction in the Language Arts, with a focus on reading. Emphasis on multiple approaches; multi-sensory, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading as a lifelong pursuit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 506 - Assessment, Evaluation, and Learning (3 cr.)
Candidates will learn to select and implement informal and formal assessment tools, strategies, and procedures for students who are at risk or struggling with content, processes, or products. Candidates will learn to select and implement informal and formal assessment tools, strategies, and procedures. Candidates will study how to interpret and use assessment results to make data-based decisions regarding student performance, instruction, curriculum modifications, and placement. Candidates will also learn effective approaches for communicating assessment results to parents, other professionals and specialists, paraprofessionals, and school administrators.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 507 - Prosocial Skills, Positive Behavior Supports B-12 (3 cr.)
Study of techniques to change challenging classroom behaviors both in the academic and social areas. Assessment and analysis of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and the development of a Behavior Improvement Plan (BIP) which includes the identification of antecedent and consequent events. Understand why challenging behavior may occur and long-term strategies to reduce and teach positive alternatives. Provide contextual supports necessary for successful outcomes. Proactive and reactive strategies appropriate for Birth-12. Strengthening the foundation of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP), behavior in school and other settings will be developed. This course fulfills state-mandated requirements for the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 508 - Practicum in Special Education Birth to Grade 2 (6 cr.)
Practicum stresses assessing children’s instructional needs; candidates will focus on developing and delivering appropriate lesson plans; designing curriculum; delivering and evaluating instruction for learners with disabilities in school environments.
Prerequisite(s): BS/MSEd major.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 510 - Introduction to Special Education (3 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to the field of special education. It covers historical and and contemporary issues, important legislation, categories and characteristics of disabilities and needs of learners with exceptionalities. Curriculum, placement options, and various types of student supports, and the roles of teachers in planning, delivering, and assessing appropriate education will be examined. Teacher candidates enrolled in this course will also learn about individualized and differentiated instructional practices to engage all students in meaningful learning activities.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation into BA/MST, MST, or MSEd Special Education programs
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDS 511 - Young Children with Exceptional Learning Needs (3 cr.)
An in-depth look at the philosophy, intervention strategies, service delivery approaches, and professional development for early intervention, preschool and primary grades. Practices and policies appropriate to the needs of infant, preschool children and primary grades with disabilities and/or “at risk” are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 512 - Special Education Capstone (1 cr.)
The members of the special education program faculty strive to make a connective link across the disciplines, place specialties in a larger context, and highlight the student’s scholastic efforts in a revealing and meaningful way. The capstone project will provide students with the opportunities to examine the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Advanced Professional Standards and the Teacher Education Unit Outcomes and connect them to their courses and their practice.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 520 - Specific Learning Disabilities/School and Society (3 cr.)
Exploration of the complexities of the field of learning disabilities; study of the sociological, psychological, educational, vocational, familial, and societal aspects of this exceptional condition; study of the precursors of specific learning disabilities and clinical teaching practices.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 521 - Intellectual and Low-Incidence Disabilities (3 cr.)
Introduction to the history, philosophy, causation, and service delivery models related to the education/habilitation of individuals with developmental and low-incidence disabilities. This includes intellectual disabilities, blindness, deafness, deaf-blindness, and multiple disabilities. Legal issues, ethical practices, and rights of individuals with disabilities will be examined.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 522 - Emotional and Behavior Disorders in School and Society (3 cr.)
Historical, etiological, societal, and psychological nature of behavior disorders, current therapeutic, and educational interventions. Emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches. Problems in the analysis, interpretation, and treatment of disordered behavior will be evaluated.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 523 - Advocacy and School Law in Special Education (3 cr.)
An in-depth examination of litigation and educational law (state and federal) that pertain to persons with disabilities. Introduction to the philosophical and historical legacy of advocacy for and by persons with disabilities. Development of skills and techniques required to become an educational advocate for infants, children, and young adults. Topics of discussion focus on defining disabilities, group process, communication skills, and assertiveness.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDS 524 - Autism Spectrum Disorder (3 cr.)
Descriptions, definitions, and methods of identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder. Understanding the human development of children and ability to identify typical and atypical development. The symptoms and assessment instruments or techniques available to alert parents and providers to seek further evaluation by a child study team of the local school district and a developmental pediatrician. Local, state, and national resources for parents and professionals. Current research and debate associated with the perceived causes of the disorders. Learning to work with students on the spectrum through teaching strategies and techniques. Students will complete a minimum of 50 hours in the field.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDS 525 - Adaptive Technology (3 cr.)
This course is designed to provide special education teacher candidates with an introduction to and overview of Assistive Technology (AT) and its application within the context of early intervention and early childhood education programs for children with disabilities. Teacher candidates will have an opportunity to engage in authentic learning experiences related to the assessment, consideration, selection, and use of AT in areas of play, positioning, mobility, communication, learning, and activities of daily living.
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EDS 531 - Action Research for Teacher-Researchers (3 cr.)
A conceptual framework for educators in their roles as producers and consumers of research. The basic concepts and principles important to planning and implementing action research are explored with emphasis on how educators conduct research in settings where they work as practitioners. The focus will be on sensitizing educators to caveats and ethical issues by developing abilities to frame, analyze, evaluate, and critique research.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDS 536 - Instructional Practices for Students with Disabilities Birth-Grade 2 (3 cr.)
Acquisition of knowledge and skills in curricular and instructional programming for children birth to Grade 2 who have been identified as having, or at risk of developing, developmental disabilities or other disabilities. The use of specific instructional techniques and practices as they apply to pre-elementary school levels or early elementary grades to facilitate success in elementary schools.
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EDS 537 - Instructional Practices for Students with Disabilities Grades 1-6 (3 cr.)
Instructional and curricular programming for school-age children with mild and moderate disabilities, development of individual programs of instruction, instructional objectives, lesson planning and instructional design, curriculum-based assessment and instruction, data-based decision making, application of research-based teaching strategies.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDS 539 - Instructional Practices: Grades 7-12 (6 cr.)
Curricular and instructional programming for learners with mild to moderate disabilities in grades 7-12. Development, implementation and evaluation of instructional objectives and teaching plans. Application of criterion-based instructional procedures. Analysis of factors and conditions that facilitate learning. Use of specific instructional techniques and strategies as they apply to content areas and placement options in grades 7-12. This course addresses the procedures for reporting child abuse (Mandatory Reporter) and tools for preventing violence in the classroom and school (Safe Schools Act, S.A.V.E).
Semester(s) Offered: Summerl
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EDS 543 - Inclusion and Collaboration (3 cr.)
This course focuses on philosophies, strategies, and approaches related to inclusion and collaboration versus mainstreaming, integration and consultation. Students will learn how to plan and implement instructional practices appropriate for all students in an inclusive school community. Students will also learn how to collaborate with various education professionals and families.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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EDS 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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Education (Student Teaching) |
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EDT 494 - Student Teaching (12 to 15 cr.)
Teacher candidates will demonstrate competency in knowledge of content, pedagogy and professional skills by performing all responsibilities expected of an education professional. Issues of personal growth and concerns related to education, democracy in education, multicultural competencies, technology, literacy and effective instruction for all students, families, schools, communities will be discussed in a professional seminar.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 465 and EDU 475 ; major in B.S. Childhood Education or combined B.S./M.S.Ed.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDT 593 - Student Teaching in Teaching and Learning, Early Childhood (2 cr.)
This 20-day (minimum) student teaching experience provides a carefully mentored experience that enhances the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to positively impact learning and development of children from Birth-Grade 2. In student teaching, candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals and small groups in developmentally appropriate settings. The candidate will plan, implement, and assess the results of learning. The candidate will also participate in other duties that are typically performed by teachers in settings serving children in the early childhood period.
Prerequisite(s): Must have completed all coursework in the program.
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EDT 594 - Student Teaching (3 to 12 cr.)
This course is designed for MST Childhood Education and MST Adolescence Education majors. Teacher candidates will demonstrate competency in knowledge of content, pedagogy, and professional skills by performing the responsibilities expected of an education professional. In student teaching, candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals, small groups, and large groups in developmentally appropriate settings. Candidates will plan, implement, and assess the results of learning within the grade range of their certificates. Issues of personal growth and concerns related to education (e.g., democracy in education, multicultural competencies, technology, literacy, special education, and school-home-community connections) will be discussed in a professional seminar. Candidates must take a total of 12 credits. This course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 credits.
Prerequisite(s): majors in MST Childhood Education or Combined BA/MST Adolescence Education or MST Adolescence Education; POI.
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EDT 595 - Student Teaching in Childhood Education Grades 1-6 (6 cr.)
In this field experience, candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals and groups. The candidate will plan, implement, and assess the results of instruction delivered in an educational setting appropriate for students. The candidate will also participate in other duties that are typically performed by teachers in grades 1-6 educational settings.
Prerequisite(s): Students are required to be within six credit hours of program completion.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDT 596 - Student Teaching: Special Education Grades 1-6 (3-6 cr.)
In this field experience, Special Education candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals and groups. The candidate will plan, implement, and assess the results of instruction delivered in an educational setting appropriate for students with identified disabilities. The candidate will also participate in other duties that are typically performed by teachers in grades 1-6 educational settings. Students will complete 20 days of student teaching for each 3 credits earned.
Prerequisite(s): EDS 537
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDT 597 - Student Teaching in Special Education Birth - Grade 2 (3-6 cr.)
In this field experience, Special Education candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals and groups. The candidate will plan, implement, and assess the results of instruction delivered in an educational setting appropriate for students with identified disabilities. The candidate will also participate in other duties that are typically performed by teachers in Birth-Grade 2 educational settings. Students will complete 20 days of student teaching for each 3 credits earned.
Prerequisite(s): EDS 536
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDT 598 - Student Teaching in Special Education Grades 7-12 (3-6 cr.)
In this field experience, Special Education candidates will demonstrate instruction skills and abilities by teaching individuals and groups. The candidate will plan, implement, and assess the results of instruction delivered in educational settings appropriate for students with identified disabilities. The candidate will also participate in other duties that are typically performed by teachers in grades 7-12 educational settings. Students will complete 20 days of student teaching for each 3 credits earned.
Prerequisite(s): EDS 539 for students enrolled in the Special Education MSEd degree program
Corequisite(s): EDS 539 for students enrolled in the Special Education - Grades 7-12 certificate program
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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English |
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ENG 100 - College Writing I (4 cr.)
Entry-level writing course providing extensive practice in writing and reading in order to prepare students for ENG 101 , College Writing II. Readings and writing assignments will vary from section to section, but students will write 300-500 words per week, leading to a minimum of five out-of-class formal assignments (essays and argument-based new media written texts, such as a web-based film review incorporating Internet video excerpts; a podcast and script presenting student views on a new graduation requirement; etc.); at least 5000 words of finished copy by the conclusion of the course. Students will also gain experience with in-class writing. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in order to enroll in ENG 101 . Students who have credit for ENG 101 or its equivalent cannot take ENG 100 for credit. Special sections of ENG 100 are available for students who speak and write English as a second language.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 101 - College Writing II (3 to 4 cr.)
Extensive practice in writing and revising through multiple drafts, with the aim of helping students learn to think critically and to produce coherent college-level texts. Readings and writing assignments will vary from section to section, but students will write a minimum of five out-of-class formal assignments (at least 5000-6250 words or 20-25 pages of finished copy for all five combined), at least one of which will require research and documentation using multiple sources. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in ENG 101 to meet graduation requirements.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): C (2.0) or better in ENG 100 or placement by examination.
General Education Category: Written Expression
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 111 - Visions of America (3 cr.)
Study of literature as means of understanding the narratives of American history, the development of common institutions in American society, how these institutions have affected different groups, and America’s evolving relationship with the rest of the world. Although emphasis will vary, each offering will cover at least a 150-year period and will include aboriginal concerns, immigration, inequality, growth, colonialism, the environment, individual responsibility, issues of power and conflict, and the relationship between history and literature.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: U.S. Civilization (85+ Regents), U.S. Civilization
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 122 - Grammar and Punctuation Workshop (1 to 3 cr.)
Understanding English grammar and punctuation; emphasis on correcting errors in both.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 130 - Topics in English (1 cr.)
Various topics in literature taught at an introductory level. Topics might include single authors (C.S. Lewis, Washington Irving), themes (nuclear war fiction) or genres (melodrama).
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 160 - Introduction to Poetry (3 cr.)
Forms and conventions of poetry, appreciation of poets and their art.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 161 - Introduction to Fiction (3 cr.)
Forms and conventions of prose fiction, appreciation of the art of the short story and of the novel, preparation for more advanced studies in fiction.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 162 - Introduction to Drama (3 cr.)
Forms and conventions of the drama, appreciation of the play on the stage and as literature, preparation for more advanced studies in the drama.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 163 - Introduction to Film and Literature (3 cr.)
Examination and comparison of the narrative arts of film and literature. The course introduces students to film form and literary form, considers analogies between these forms, studies critical theories of film and literature, explores film adaptations, and examines the historical and aesthetic forces out of which film and literature grow.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
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ENG 164 - Introduction to Shakespeare (3 cr.)
Introduction to Shakespeare’s plays for students with little or no previous knowledge of Shakespeare or of drama. Students read and discuss eight to ten plays. Focus on both the aesthetic qualities of the plays–style, structure, tone, technique–and on the penetrating analyses of the human condition they present. Recommended for non-English majors.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 170 - Multiethnic American Literature (3 cr.)
An introduction to the comparative study of the literature produced by diverse U.S. ethnic groups, including Native American oral legends, narratives and testimonies, African American literature, and the writings of Latino and Asian Americans. Selected works serve as a way to understand each group’s response to and relations with U.S. society and institutions, and to the mainstream historical narrative.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENG 185 - Imagery, Narrative, and Character in Creative Writing (3 cr.)
This course is one of two foundational courses required for all English Writing Arts majors. It emphasizes essential concepts and practices, vocabulary, and technical craft common to the four major genres of creative writing (poetry, drama, fiction, creative nonfiction). This course defines the purposes, forms, and practical disciplines of creative writing, emphasizing key habits and fundamental topics including images, how narratives function, perspective, and characterization. Students will learn how to read analytically as writers and begin to apply the fundamental conventions of literary technique through ongoing practice.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG101 or concurrent enrollment in ENG101
General Education Category: Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Once or twice a year
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ENG 186 - Structure, Style, and Voice in Creative Writing (3 cr.)
This course is one of two foundational courses required for all English Writing Arts majors. This course emphasizes complex concepts and conventions of technical literary craft such as structural forms, sequential action, temporal strategies, patterns and meaning, setting, individual style and voice, audience concerns, and the writer’s life. Student writings will develop through multiple revisions to finished products in the four genres: poetry, drama, fiction and creative nonfiction. Although, it is preferable for students to take ENG185 prior to taking ENG186, ENG185 is not a prerequisite.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
Semester(s) Offered: Once or twice per year
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ENG 195 - Fundamentals of Literary Study I: The Literary Text (3 cr.)
A writing intensive introduction to the study of individual literary works, with the relationship between formal properties on the one hand and the pleasures and values of reading on the other. Works studied will include poetry, fiction, and drama, with the greatest emphasis on poetry. This is one of two gateway courses to upper-level literature courses; therefore, learning the vocabulary of literary criticism, and how to write a paper of literary criticism, including research, is essential.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 196 - Fundamentals of Literary Study II: Trends and Movements (3 cr.)
A writing intensive introduction to the study of literary works as representative of trends, movements, and sensibilities, such as Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism, Feminism, and Post-Colonialism. Special attention will be paid to English and American Literatures. This is one of two gateway courses to upper-level literature courses; therefore, learning the vocabulary of literary criticism, including research, is essential.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ENG 201 - Creative Writing (3 cr.)
Introduction to the art of creative writing with emphasis on language, craft and revision. Students will learn and apply the fundamentals of creative writing, and they will learn how to critique poetry and fiction. Attention to other genres as time permits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 208 - Introduction to Writing Poetry (3 cr.)
Introduction to the art of writing poetry with emphasis on language, craft and revision. Students will learn and apply the fundamentals of poetry writing, and they will learn how to critique poetry.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Arts
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ENG 209 - Introduction to Writing Fiction (3 cr.)
Introduction to the art of writing fiction with emphasis on language, craft and revision. Students will learn and apply the fundamentals of fiction writing, and they will learn how to critique fiction.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Arts
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ENG 241 - Literary Criticism (3 cr.)
Introduction to literary criticism, theory, and research methods. Short, frequent essays written from various critical viewpoints followed by a longer final paper.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 245 - American Drama (3 cr.)
Selected American plays of the 19th and 20th centuries including major figures (O’Neill, Williams, Miller), experimental theatre movements, contemporary playwriting and the musical theatre.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: U.S. Civilization (85+ Regents)
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENG 252 - The Bible (3 cr.)
The Bible introduces the student to the historical, literary, and philosophical contexts of this critical text of Western Civilization. A major goal of the class is to help students further appreciate western literature and history through an enriched knowledge of its biblical roots, inspirations, and allusions.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 255 - Literature and Science (3 cr.)
An introduction to literary study and appreciation for the science-minded student. Literary works, forms, conventions, devices, trends, and sensibilities are studied in relationship to the scientific/cultural environments they arise from and respond to. Works studied range from the ancient Greek drama to postmodernism. Poetry, fiction, and drama are included.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
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ENG 262 - The Many Faces of Love (3 cr.)
A Thematic exploration of the variety of literary depictions of love, broadly defined. These include affection, friendship, erotic love, and charity.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 270 - Introduction to African American Literature (3 cr.)
Examines the evolution of African American literature, from its roots in Africa and the slave narrative to contemporary African American writers. Considers prevalent patterns and themes, including orality, identity, double-consciousness, etc. as well as the cultural, ethnic, and political positions that inform this tradition.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENG 271 - Latina/o Literature in the U.S. (3 cr.)
An introduction to the literature produced by Latina/o writers in the United States. From a transnational perspective, explores and critically analyzes various issues and themes such as migration, identity and ethnicity, cultural and linguistic hybridity, conflict and resistance, and the Latina/o constructs of urban and rural. These themes will be critically studied across gender, class, and racial lines.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 292 - Dante: From Hell to Heaven (3 cr.)
Dante From Hell to Heaven is a semester-long exploration of Dante’s three-part medieval epic. Students will read The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and the Paradiso in English to probe the various significations of the mystical journey these texts depict. They will explore allegory as a way of experiencing the world.
Liberal Arts
General Education Category: Western Civilization
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 295 - Ancient Myth and Modern Mythmaking (3 cr.)
A study of the ways in which myth has been used throughout history to define, explain and explore human emotions. The course will cover both ancient myths and modern revisions of them.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Western Civilization
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 297 - Fundamentals of English Language Arts (3 cr.)
This course introduces adolescence education candidates in English language arts to the content knowledge, pedagogical principles, and teacher dispositions necessary to meet NCTE, NYSED, and institutional standards in their field.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 301 - Expository Writing (3 cr.)
A course providing extensive writing practice in various modes of discourse with emphasis on improving the student’s writing style.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , sophomore standing.
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 302 - Writing Poetry (3 cr.)
Development of skills in the writing of poetry through the study of various forms and the disciplines of using them. Experiments with both traditional and modern. Discussion of all work produced.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 or ENG 208 , and ENG 101 .
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 303 - Writing Fiction (3 cr.)
Development of skills in the writing of fiction through the study of literary techniques and the disciplines for using them. Discussion of work produced.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 or ENG 209 , and ENG 101 .
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 304 - Professional Writing (3 cr.)
An overview of the rhetorical principles and theoretical concepts behind professional writing, together with practical application in different writing contexts including web and multimedia. Emphasis on research, writing conventions, tone and style, design, formatting, editing, and revision applied to cover letters, resumes, personal statements, abstracts, memos, multi-media presentations, and social media projects. Students will gain professional writing skills applicable to a wide variety of careers.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 305 - Teaching Writing to Adolescents (3 cr.)
This course connects central theories of composition to the practical action a writing teacher takes in the secondary English classroom (Grades 7-12). Through readings, discussion, and individual and collaborative writing, students heighten their awareness of process and develop an image of the kind of writing teacher they hope to be. Related issues include: designing effective writing assignments, evaluation, peer and teacher conferencing. Students will write in expressive and reflective modes; they will orally synthesize assigned readings on composition theory and pedagogy; and they will design and facilitate a grade-specific writing lesson for the adolescent learner that meets national and state standards.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 297 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 306 - Topics in Writing (3 cr.)
Special topics in writing; topics vary with each offering. Topics might include writing for regional publications, writing autobiography or popular novel. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 311 - English Renaissance Writers (3 cr.)
Non-dramatic prose and poetry from the humanists to 1642. Writers considered: Spencer, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne and Bacon.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 312 - Milton (3 cr.)
Poetry and major prose of John Milton, with attention to lesser writers of the Civil Wars and mid-century (Andrew Marvell, John Bunyan, John Donne, Lucy Hutchinson, Richard Baxter, Robert Hooker, and others). Major texts - Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes - will be considered in their cultural context and in depth.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , ENG 196 , sophomore standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 313 - Eighteenth-Century English Literature I (3 cr.)
This course presents an overview of English literature written during the first half of the long eighteenth century (1660-1714). Major figures include John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Because the literature of the period is intricately tied to politics and history, attention will be paid to philosophical, political, and religious issues.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENG 315 - English Romantic Poetry (3 cr.)
Works of the major Romantic poets–Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 160 or ENG 195 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 316 - Victorian Nonfiction and Poetry (3 cr.)
This course features Victorian writers other than novelists, paying attention to the nonfiction prose of such writers as Ruskin, Carlyle, and Arnold, and the poetry of writers such as Tennyson, the Brownings, and the Rossettis.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 195 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 318 - Playwriting (3 cr.)
Workshop-environment experience in writing for the stage. Scrutiny of the techniques involved in plot, characterization, dialogue and stage technique. Development of monologues, two-character sketches and extended scripts.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 323 - Topics in Literary Expression (3 cr.)
Significant topics, voices, themes or motifs not likely to be emphasized in standard course offerings. Examples: “Women in Drama,” “Nineteenth Century Women Writers,” “The Arthurian Legend,” “Historical Novel.”
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 326 - Modern Short Story (3 cr.)
Study of works of short fiction by twentieth-century writers, with special emphasis on work published after World War II.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Humanities
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 330 - Flash Fiction (3 cr.)
Practice in writing very short fiction (1,000 words maximum). Students will read flash fiction and establish a working definition and criteria for its evaluation so that they may write their own pieces. Workshop intensive. Students should have workshop experience and already understand the dynamics of such a classroom setting.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 or ENG 209 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall and/or Spring
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ENG 333 - Writing Creative Non-fiction (3 cr.)
Examination of and practice in writing creative nonfiction, including such forms as personal experience, biographical sketches, personal opinion, reflection, evocations of place, and historical commentary.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 .
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENG 338 - Utopias in Literature (3 cr.)
Readings in Utopian and Dystopian literature from Plato to the present with emphasis on the last 100 years.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Global Issues
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 339 - Science Fiction (3 cr.)
Science fiction texts and films with emphasis on the treatment of traditional literary themes, the depiction of the human condition, and the exploration of major global issues.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Global Issues
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ENG 342 - American Literature to the Civil War (3 cr.)
A study of American literature published before the Civil War; emphasis on six or seven writers such as Cooper, Poe, Douglass, Stowe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 343 - American Literature from the Civil War to World War I (3 cr.)
A study of American Literature published between the Civil War and World War I. The course will cover various genres. Authors vary but may include Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Wharton, DuBois, Jewett, Dreiser, Sui Sin Far, Ruiz de Burton, Zitkala Sa, and Crane.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENG 344 - Non-Fiction: Words on the World (3 cr.)
This course will engage pre-service English language arts students in exploring non-fiction or informational text with responsive and critical minds and will ready them to model the reading of this genre to an adolescent audience. In conjunction with the revised Common Core Standards, students will respond to non-fiction or informational text that provides prompts for debate, analysis, research and pedagogy. Genres can include: essay, biography, autobiography, memoir, speech, newspaper, magazine, letter, diary, testimonial, commercials, informational brochures, cartoons.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG101.
Semester(s) Offered: 1 Every Year or 1 Every 2 Years (Fall or Spring)
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ENG 346 - 20th Century American Literature to 1960 (3 cr.)
A study of American literature published from 1900 to 1960. The course will cover various genres. Authors vary, but may include Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, W. C. Williams, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Djuna Barnes, Zora Neale Hurston, Flannery O’Connor, James Baldwin, Eugene O’Neill, and Anzia Yezierska.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall and/or Spring
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ENG 347 - American Literature Since 1960 (3 cr.)
A study of American literature published since 1960. The course will cover various genres. Authors vary, but may include Paul Auster, Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Donald Barthelme, Sandra Cisneros, Amiri Baraka, Maxine Hong Kingston, Cynthia Ozick, and Sherman Alexie.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall and/or Spring
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ENG 353 - The Literature of Witness and Trauma (3 cr.)
This course familiarizes students with the “literature of witness” which includes texts that serve as a testimony to traumatic historical events, such as the Holocaust, slavery, “ethnic cleansing,” apartheid, etc. Students will discuss, analyze, and write about this literature which expresses the need to remember these events and calls for social and global justice. The works covered in the course represent writers from across the globe and include autobiography, testimonio, novels, drama, poetry, and film.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Global Issues
Semester(s) Offered: Fall or Spring
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ENG 354 - Film Adaptation (3 cr.)
A study of the history, theory, and practice of film adaptation. Source texts vary but may include novel, short story, drama, graphic novel, and autobiography.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Once per Year or as necessary
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ENG 355 - Greek Drama in Translation (3 cr.)
Greek drama, its origins, its theatre and its themes. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes are considered against the background of 5th and 4th century B.C. Athens; consideration of the meaning of Greek drama for our time.
Liberal arts
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ENG 357 - The Scientific Revolution in English Literature (3 cr.)
This course examines the way that the seventeenth-century’s new technologies of science both influenced and were influenced by literary developments. These technologies–particularly optical lenses, but also air pumps, and chemical and anatomical advances–provided new ways of conceiving both the universe and humanity. They were immediately put to use as political metaphors on the stage, as religious analogies in sermons, and in narrative technique in fiction. Studying their influence on literature of the period also helps us see more clearly the moral and religious concern these technologies sparked–concern that has only intensified today as additional technologies continue to challenge our understanding of ourselves and our place in an increasingly complex world.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ENG 358 - Major Directors and Their Craft (3 cr.)
A critical examination of significant films produced by one or two major directors. Attention to aesthetic and cultural issues, including manipulation of conventions, influence on other filmmakers, and popular and critical reception of works. Special attention to directors as self-conscious craftspersons. Focus on reading and writing that use the formal vocabularies of film studies. May be repeated twice for credit with different directors.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and junior standing, or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Once per Year
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ENG 359 - Grant Writing (3 cr.)
An overview of the basics of the grant writing process from research to submission of the well-written proposal; how to identify funding prospects and plan a grant proposal for federal, state, and private foundation requests. Review winning grant proposals in arts and humanities, education, health, and science. Where practicable, gain field experience by working with local nonprofits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Once a Year or as Staffing Allows
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ENG 363 - Children’s Literature (3 cr.)
Literature, traditional and modern, for children from ages three to twelve. Students will study children’s literature as a literary genre, exploring the history of the genre and the interaction between audience and text.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 364 - Shakespeare (3 cr.)
Analysis of ten to twelve of Shakespeare’s major plays representative of the genres (tragedy, history, comedy, romance) and of the stages in his career as a dramatist.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 365 - Rhetoric and Writing Arts (3 cr.)
This course invites students to contemplate three fundamental questions: What is writing? What is a writer? What does writing do? Explores major ideas concerning written discourse; its rhetorical roots up to the development of composition theory; its variations and functions; issues involving writing aesthetics; the role of literacy, writing and writer in a world increasingly moving from print to multi-media. May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 ; one of the following: ENG 201 , ENG 208 , or ENG 209 .
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ENG 366 - New Media (3 cr.)
This course is designed for students interested in new media as a subject of literary study, a creative medium, and/or the subject of a secondary English Language Arts curriculum. In it, each student cultivates an identity as an informed new media producer-consumer. Students use free software on their own and as a group to create and publish texts on the web.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , junior standing.
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ENG 368 - Grammar for Writing (3 cr.)
This course will examine the nature of English syntax and the application of grammatical concepts to written style. In their study of grammatical structures and the reasons for creating and using them, students, as both writers and prospective English language arts educators, will work with grammar as a meaning-making system that integrates function and form for rhetorical effect.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 369 - Autobiographical Writing/Memoir (3 cr.)
This course focuses upon first person texts about personal and family experience, including the personal essay, memoir and the diary/journal. Students will read, discuss, analyze and write in this genre with an emphasis upon various autobiographical styles and modes - from trauma narratives to the humor essay and the keeping of family histories. The works covered in the course represent a broad swath of memoir/autobiographical material and writing styles. Students will seek to locate and develop their own “writer’s voice” and story narratives while practicing a variety of memoir strategies.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 374 - Anne Frank: Adolescent Self (3 cr.)
Students will closely read the definitive version of Anne Frank’s Diary and examine its lasting impact with critical lenses. Looking backward and forward, they will explore the historical context of the diary and the implications of its future study in the classroom. This course will prompt students to evaluate the merit of Anne Frank’s legendary and iconic status. The readings should elicit informed oral and written responses on the following questions: How has Anne Frank come to represent the lost potential of the murdered children of her generation? How does she provide for us an intimate account of female adolescent development? How does Anne Frank offer us a unique profile of an emerging writer that can serve as a model to other adolescents?
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Humanities
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ENG 375 - Literature for Classroom Teachers (3 cr.)
This course combines a study of current trends, theory, practices, and methods in English Language Arts with a foundation in literature across genres and discipline-specific discourse in the field. This course also instructs candidates in how to apply nation-wide, state, and technological standards to teaching and curriculum design.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 305 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENG 376 - Reading the Jewish Tradition (3 cr.)
Jews refer to themselves as “am hasefer” or “people of the book.” In this course we take that self-description literally, studying a select body of literature that both informs and defines the Jewish experience. This course will include texts from ancient to modern, exploring the themes of storytelling in Talmus/Midrash; folkloric storytelling; the immigrant experience; humor; family; feminism and love. Authors may vary but will likely always include Isaac Babel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cynthia Ozick, Michael Chabon, Chaim Potok, Allegra Goodman, Henry Roth, and poets Yehuda Halevi and Yehuda Amichai.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
General Education Category: Western Civilization
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