English (ENG)

Required of all students who need to learn or develop basic skills in grammar as well as sentence and paragraph development in order to write on a college level.

Exploration and practice of expository writing with an emphasis on grammar and mechanics, essay organization, and idea development. Students will be expected to think critically and analytically about their ideas and the ideas of others, and to write about the impact or influence of others' ideas on their own views. Activities and assignments will provide opportunities for original and analytical writing, as well as engaging the writing students are doing in other classes.

Students will continue to develop their research, thinking, and writing skills through wide-ranging readings, class discussion, vocabulary work, and a number of intermediate-length papers requiring formal documentation.

Students explore the nature of research-based writing and practice it through critical thinking and writing exercises, discussion of significant ideas, the testing of style and voice, and the development of a research-based essay.

Students become familiar with the tradition and practice of non-fiction writing in a variety of forms, including creative, autobiographical, and research-based. Work includes analysis of readings, discussion of prominent ideas, testing of style and voice boundaries, and writing to interact with an audience through an organic approach to form.

Students become familiar with the tradition and practice of non-fiction writing in a variety of forms, including creative, autobiographical, and research-based. Work includes analysis of readings, discussion of prominent ideas, testing of style and voice boundaries, and writing to interact with an audience through an organic approach to form.'

This course is a critical study of selected classics of Western spirituality, this course focuses on the works of St. Augustine, Medieval women mystics, Pascal, and John Bunyan. Additional titles will be provided for special projects, depending on individual interest.

Students learn to gather, produce and evaluate hard news, sports, editorials, commentary, and special features for print and electronic media.

Fundamental literary and visual elements of children's literature are applied to selected works as tools for evaluation and analysis. Students will become familiar with evaluation criteria for children's literature and be able to demonstrate their understanding through presentations and projects. The course is designed for students preparing to teach grades K-8, with some attention to pre-K.

Fundamental literary and visual elements of children's literature are applied to selected works as tools for evaluation and analysis. Students will become familiar with evaluation criteria for children's literature and be able to demonstrate their understanding through presentations and projects. The course is designed for students preparing to teach grades K-8, with some attention to pre-K.

A survey of significant British writers, novelists, dramatists, and poets with special attention to the political, social, and religious implications and influences of each work.

A survey of major writers and literary movements in the United States since 1865. Readings include novels, poetry, short fiction, and drama, by authors such as James, Dickinson, Dreiser, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Pound, Eliot, Hughes, and O'Neill.

A survey of the American literary scene since 1865, including an array of representative novelists, dramatists and poets.

The course covers a diverse selection of adolescent literature. Students will practice literary analysis, will apply evaluation criteria to each work to assess if and how the text might be used in the classroom, and will investigate critical issues such as censorship. The course is designed for students preparing to teach in middle and/or high school.

This course examines a set of well-known works drawn from the principal literary genres. Students will read each work closely with an instructed understanding of the basic principles of literary engagement. A weekly sequence of online and in-class discussions followed by response essays helps the student gain progressive confidence in the tasteful study of literature, inspiring a habit of ongoing reading.

A critical study of the representative works of the African-American literary canon, this course examines its major genres and historical movements, shedding light upon the collective experience of the African diaspora in America.

A survey of the history of the English language from the Anglo-Saxons to the present, as well as grammatical analysis from traditional, structuralist and transformational-generative perspectives.

A survey of the history of the English language from the Anglo-Saxons to the present, as well as grammatical analysis from traditional, structuralist and transformational-generative perspectives. Fulfills Honors Program credit hour requirement.

Surveys literary aesthetics and contemporary theories of reading literature. Through the analysis of selected works of literature, the student develops well-informed standards of criticism.

Writing in a variety of literary forms with an emphasis on the craft of writing.

Students will build on the foundational skills learned in ENG357 with more in-depth explorations of genre, style, voice, and language. Students will also develop a substantive writing project of their own design, in consultation with the instructor. During workshop sessions, they will present their projects to the class and engage in constructive discussion about their work.

An exploration of classic literature from ancient Greece to the present day, in foundational works epitomizing the western literary tradition. Authors include Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, and Woolf, among others.

Recurrent character types, images, and plot patterns are studied in foundational works epitomizing the western tradition. Authors include Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Blake, Dostoevsky, Woolf, and Faulkner.

Examines heroism alternately as a transcendent idea and culturally-defined concept. The evolution of the hero, villain, and anti-hero is charted throughout history in the works of authors such as Homer, Malory, Shakespeare, Goethe, Shelley, Dostoevsky, Crane, Hemingway, Achebe, and Camus.

Courtship and love as forces which can either exalt or degrade the human spirit are seen as manifested in works of authors such as Virgil, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Barrett-Browning, de Laclos, Dreiser, and Robbe-Grillet.

Courtship and love as forces which can either exalt or degrade the human spirit are seen as manifested in works of authors such as Virgil, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Barrett-Browning, de Laclos, Dreiser, and Robbe-Grillet.

Examines comic literature in order to understand the unique characteristics of comedy as a means of depicting human nature and critiquing society. Writers may include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Moliere, Voltaire, Swift, Dickens, Shaw, Wilde, Twain, and Satrapi.

This course will explore representative novels, poetry, and short fiction, drawn from regions such as the Middle East, India, Africa, and East Asia. Students will read both ancient and modern classics, gaining an understanding of their cultural and historical contexts. Additional readings will also engage recent developments in theory and globalization, including the demographic shift of Christianity to the global south and east.

For years it has been the contention of scholars and critics alike that one of the best ways to learn about and understand a culture is to study its literature. Although it is an impossible task to learn the non-western world in one semester, we will explore representative novels, poetry, and short fiction from each major region of the world. We will also engage recent developments in globalization, including the shift of Christianity to the global south and east.

Students will read influential plays drawn from the history of drama. Beginning with ancient Greece and ending in the 20th century, the course will trace the rise of key ideas in western civilization in parallel with developments in dramatic form and staging. Authors include Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Wilde, Ibsen, Sartre, Miller, and Hansberry.

A critical study of representative poetical works of European and American Literature with optional texts from other regions of the world. Equips the student for deeper level reading and response to poetry. Active dialogue in class on assigned readings and a progressive sequence of writing assignments intended to develop critical thinking and interpretive skills.

An exploration of different novels, from the classical to the cutting edge. Featured authors may include Cervantes, Defoe, Dostoevsky, Eliot, Goethe, Dickens, James, Woolf, or Jackson. The course will also trace the history and theory of the novel.

A critical study of selected classics of spirituality, this course focuses on the works of a range of distinguished history makers from the Pre-Christian to the Modern era. The Vedic texts, St. Augustine, Boethius, Medieval women mystics, Aquinas, Pascal, John Bunyan, Shakespeare, John Donne, and Madam Guyon make up the major portion of the readings. Additional titles provided, depending on individual needs or interest.

Humanity's relationship with nature, and the human investigation of and speculation about nature, are studied through the works of writers such as Faulkner, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Edwards, Muir, Leopold, Quammen, and Phillip K. Dick.

Explores the human struggle to know and relate to God, through a variety of literary texts (and at least one film). Authors include Augustine, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, Hawthorne, C.S. Lewis, James Baldwin, Frederick Buechner, and others.

This course explores the human experience of suffering, examining the ways that people have faced and sought to overcome the forms of darkness they face: spiritual, emotional, familial, societal, and existential. Texts include the biblical book of Job, along with writers such as Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Kafka, Jacobs, Wiesel, Nabokov, Pamuk, and C.S. Lewis. Students will also consider theology related to hope and recent theory concerning trauma.

The effort of man to turn catastrophe into a triumph of the human spirit is reflected in the tragic insight of writers which may include Aeschylis, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Jacobs, Wiesel, and the book of Job.

Students will gain a foundational understanding of Shakespeare s works, drawn from the genres of history, tragedy, comedy, and romance. Although the course will emphasize literary analysis, students will also consider aspects of theatrical performance, staging, and film adaptation of these plays. An examination of Shakespeare s life and times, plus traditional and contemporary theory, will enhance the primary readings. This course does NOT meet the general education upper division literature requirement.

This class will examine the many facets of writing for film and television. Attention will be paid to both the long and short form script. Students will learn what makes up a good screenplay, including characterization, beats, scenes, acts, and dialogue. Each student will complete a major writing project.

Significant literature/research chosen in consultation with the instructor. Review and evaluation include colloquy with divisional faculty and/or written report.