2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 27, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

  • LEC — Lecture
  • LAB — Laboratory
  • DIS — Distance Education
  • CLN — Clinic
  • EX — Experiential
  • IND — Individual Study
  • SD — Studio
 

English

  
  • ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of Third World Literature, film, and theory that emerged during and after Western rule. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 37100 - Twentieth-Century American Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on twentieth-century American literature, with attention given to major cultural and historical movements, canonical and emerging authors, various genres. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction And Fantasy


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Representative works of science fiction and fantasy examined in relation to both mainstream and popular literature. Emphasis is on technique, theme, and form. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 37700 - Major Modern Poetry


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The development of new trends in, and the interrelationships among, the poetry of Ireland, Britain, and the United States. Poets central to modernism, such as Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Williams, and Stevens, will be emphasized, and students also will read more recent poets. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 37900 - The Short Story


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A historical and critical study of nineteenth- and twentieth-century short stories - Irish, British, American, and Continental. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 38100 - The British Novel


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of representative British novels from the eighteenth century to recent times. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 38200 - The American Novel


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of representative American novels of the nineteenth century to recent times. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 38303 - Thinking Through Dance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In this course, students will examine performance as an aesthetic and social phenomenon, with a special emphasis on dance. They will respond critically to issues raised by various human movement practices through discussion and writing, analyzing aesthetic, cultural, social, philosophical, historical, and political issues vis a vis dance and other arts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 38800 - Literature And Culture In Context


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth examination of literature or culture in context. May examine a theme, a pattern, an issue, a form within or across national traditions, genres, historical periods. Alternatively, may examine a significant author or text in context. Repeatable on a different topic. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 39000 - Practicum In Tutoring Writing


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A practicum to teach undergraduates to teach writing in the one-to-one setting of a writing lab. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 39100 - Composition For English Teachers


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Required for English Teaching majors. INtensive practice in writing exposition and in annotating high school students’ compositions. This course involves equal amounts of theory and practice in developing writing assignments, responding to student writing, supporting students as they write, and classroom strategies for teaching composition. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 39600 - Studies In Literature And Language


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. A course in the study of a special topic directed by an instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content of the course falls. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 40300 - Literary Theory


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar addresses three major concerns in the study of literature: the problem and the possibility of theory; the problems of canon, form and genre; and the problems of meaning and significance. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 40400 - Web Page Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides students with a theoretical understanding of and practical training in developing Web sites. Students will learn the basics of HTML, and working with Java and Javascript. Emphasis is on analysing real-world contexts (e.g., promotional, informational, instructional) and users of Web sites while authoring texts that meet these needs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 40600 - Review Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive practice in the writing of book, film, and theatre criticism, as well as reviews of musical programs and art exhibits. Readings in critics to serve as possible models. Audience analysis of newspapers and periodicals that would be potential markets. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 40700 - Intermediate Poetry Writing


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) OR (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND ENGL 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study and practice of methods of composing poetry, with primary emphasis on the student’s own work. Workshop criticism and discussion of published writing. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 40900 - Intermediate Fiction Writing


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) OR (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND ENGL 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Writing of several short fictional narratives. Study of short story techniques in published stories and student manuscripts. Workshop criticism. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 41000 - Introduction To Creative Nonfiction Writing


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) OR (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND ENGL 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Writing of several short works of creative nonfiction. Study of creative nonfiction techniques in published texts and student manuscripts. Workshop criticism. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 41100 - Studies In Major Authors


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the literary, critical, or cinematic works of one or two influential authors or directors. A project-based capstone seminar containing a significant research component. May be repeated for credit only with a different topic. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 41200 - Studies In Genre


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of literary or cinematic works that share distinctive formal features. A project-based capstone seminar containing a significant research component. May be repeated for credit only with a different topic. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 41300 - Studies In Literature And History


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00 A study of literature or film produced during a well-defined historical period from the view of its social, political, religious, and economic contexts. A project-based capstone seminar containing a significant research component. May be repeated for credit only with a different topic. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 41400 - Studies In Literature And Culture


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of literature or film from the perspective of the cultural norms and values it expresses, celebrates, and challenges. A project-based capstone seminar containing a significant research component. May be repeated for credit only with a different topic.Credit Hours: 3.00.


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  • ENGL 41800 - Short Fiction Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of short techniques and practice in the craft of short story literary fiction writing. Workshop environment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 42000 - Business Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Workplace writing in networked environments for management contexts. Emphasizes organizational context, project planning, document management, ethics, research, team writing. Typical genres include management memos, reports, letters, e-mail, resumes (print and online), oral presentations. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: English Composition


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  • ENGL 42001 - Careers In English


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Each student will complete an experiential, supervised internship in an English-related field, or a substantial writing project related to his or her professional goals. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 42501 - Writing For New Media


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course invites students to explore the emergence of new media (primarily online, interactive digital media) both in theory and in practical production terms as writers; students will examine how researchers define new media and experiment with repurposing traditional forms of print media to meet these challenges. Topics will include participatory culture, convergence theory, knowledge communities, transmedia production, among others. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 42601 - Writing For Social Media


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce student’s to the contexts and forms of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, among others. Student will became familiar with a range of social media tools, analyze and discuss their uses and implications, understand the writer’s role in creating social media, and create various projects in different media centered around social media. This course will provide the tools and experience to successfully utilize social media for strategic endeavors. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 42700 - Senior Writing Project


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course consists of a research and writing project in professional writing. Such a project should be a culmination of student coursework in professional writing, including the internship or supervised writing. As determined by the instructor in consultation with the student, projects may be in technical writing, business or industrial report writing, technical or scientific journalism, or literary journalism. Individual conferences only; no class meetings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 42800 - Special Topics In Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course devoted to a specific topic in public writing and rhetoric. Sample topics include public health, writing with data, and environmental writing.  


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  • ENGL 43100 - Web Usability: Writing And Reading On The Web


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course assists students in writing effective Web-based content and understanding how to make Web sites usable. Course examines how users interact with Web sites, how/when sites are successful, and how/when they are not. Students will learn how to write effective online content for Web and Intranets/Extranets, understand usability issues, and conduct user testing of Web sites. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 43300 - Writing Proposals And Grants


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Writing Proposals and Grants is a professional writing workshop that teaches students to write workplace proposals and grants in for-profit and not-for-profit companies and organizations. Students will also learn how to write business plans, a specialized form of proposal. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 43500 - Topics In Writing For Interactive Digital Media


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on examining a specific topic related to writing for interactive digital media. Sample topics include writing for Web-based shared or social media, such as blogs, wikis, and social networks, editing online content, or digital storytelling, among others. Specific attention paid to applications and examples in the areas of education, business, and entertainment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 43600 - Writing For Informational Interactive Media


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an introduction to writing for informational interactive media. Material presented includes: the role of the interactive writer, thinking interactively, interactive structure, script format and the special challenges of presenting information interactively. We will study sample informational interactive programs and scripts including: e-learning, educational and reference CDs and DVDs, and multimedia exhibits, among others. Students will create an original design proposal for an informational interactive application with flowchart, script, and treatment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 43700 - Writing For Video Games


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an introduction to writing for narrative interactive media. Material presented includes: the role of the interactive writer, thinking interactively, interactive structure, script format, digital storytelling and the special challenges of presenting information interactively. We will study sample narrative interactive programs and scripts including computer/video games, simulations, and worlds, among others. Students will create an original design proposal for a narrative interactive application with flowchart, script, and treatment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 43800 - Games And Gamification


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course introduces students to the theory/practice of game-based learning and creating/incorporating both digital and analog games for instructional purposes in the classroom and in the workplace. Additionally, students will explore gamification, a somewhat newer construct that refers to using principles of game mechanics in non-game situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical reading of The Canterbury Tales in Middle English, with attention to the literary and cultural background. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shakespeare’s dramatic craftsmanship, poetry, humor, characterization, psychology, and modern pertinence illustrated in representative tragedies, comedies, and history plays. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 44300 - Intermediate Creative Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, storytelling, and/or hybrid form theory and techniques, both in published texts and student manuscripts. Students produce multiple texts and drafts. Workshop criticism.


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  • ENGL 44400 - Milton


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth study of Milton’s work, including some of his early lyric poems, prose, and major works-Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 45100 - Feature Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. (COM 45100) Examination of magazine staff organization, market analysis, and editorial consent. Study of, and practice in, the writing of a variety of nonfiction materials. Emphasis is on the adaptation of topics and presentation of editorial policies and reader groups. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 46000 - Studies In Women’s Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of literary works by women according to a specific theme, historical period, genre, or culture, e.g., Nineteenth-Century Women Novelists, Madness in Women’s Writing, Caribbean Women Writers. May be repeated only with different topic. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 46900 - Issues In Contemporary Criticism And Theory


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of recent critical movements and texts. Emphasis on methods of literary analysis, including philosophical, cultural, and formalist approaches. Discussion of, for example, structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, poststructuralist, and emerging non-Western critical schools. The teaching schedule may incorporate screening time. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 47000 - Advanced Topics in Rhetorical Studies


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D AND ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D) OR (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D AND ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D) AND (ENGL 20400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 30400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 39100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 40500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 42000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 42100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 25200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 30000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 35800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 49000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of rhetorical theories and practices past and present. Includes readings in primary texts in the history and theory of rhetoric. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 48000 - Internship In Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Assigned internships in business, industrial and other professional situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 48700 - Community Engaged Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides students with meaningful application of content presented and learned through literature. This is achieved via hands-on engagement experience with local community organizations and completion of a relevant project. In-depth reading of diverse literature relevant to the community and/or partner organization scaffolds and strengthens the engagement project. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 49101 - Special Topics In English Language And Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Each time the course is taught, it will focus on a topic that is not currently offered in the catalogue. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 49200 - Literature In The Secondary Schools


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of the theory, research and pedagogy supporting the teaching of literature at the secondary level. Topics include text selection, instructional strategies, adolescent literacy, student engagement and the use of alternative texts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 50100 - Introduction To English Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to graduate studies in English with special emphasis on research and reference tools, methods of bibliography, and the writing of scholarly papers. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the basic composition requirement and 6 credit hours in English. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50200 - Practicum In Teaching College Composition


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Reading professional literature, preparing syllabi; evaluating student papers, leading discussions. Required of all teaching assistants in their initial semesters. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50400 - Practicum In The Teaching Of English Composition I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Prepares new graduate aides in the Department of English and Philosophy to teach freshman English. Orients new graduate aides to issues in college and provides practice in applications of those issues. This course is not, however, part of the master’s degree requirement. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50600 - Introduction To English And General Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. General study of language and linguistic theory with emphasis on English. Problems and methods in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Current techniques of linguistics analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 51600 - Teaching English As A Second Language: Theoretical Foundations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of theories of learning and teaching English as a second/foreign/international language. Focus is on current theories and their implications for practice. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 51800 - Teaching English As A Second Language: Principles And Practices


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of issues and principles in ESL/EFL program development. Emphasis is on practical application of theory in a variety of English learning and teaching contexts in the U.S. and abroad. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 53400 - Seventeenth-Century Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Nondramatic literature from 1603 to 1660. Particular emphasis upon such figures as Jonson, Donne, Marvell, and Herbert, with representative prose from Bacon, Browne, Burton, and others. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 53500 - Restoration And Early Eighteenth-Century Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of nondramatic literature from 1660 to 1744, from Clarendon through Thomson. Emphasizes Bunyan, Dryden, Pope, and Swift. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54100 - Studies In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical reading of The Canterbury Tales and related works in Middle English, with attention to the literary and cultural background and to secondary studies. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 54300 - Shakespeare In Critical Perspective


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shakespeare’s plays read in context of historical and contemporary literary theory and criticism, considering such issues and approaches as structuralism, Marxism, deconstruction, new historicism, colonialism, sexuality, race, and gender. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 54400 - Milton


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of Milton’s poetry and prose, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost, and some attention to the social, political, and literary background. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54700 - British Romanticism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Readings from among the works of the High Romantics and other figures; discussion of historical, philosophical, cultural debates of the era, with attention to current critical and theoretical developments in the field. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54800 - Victorian Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of selected English poetry and prose, largely nonfiction, from circa 1830-1900. Includes readings from such figures as Arnold, Barrett, Bronte, Browning, Carlyle, Mill, Rosetti, Ruskin, and Tennyson. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 55400 - American Literary Culture 1820-1860


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasizes cultural inventory, definition, and production in early nineteenth-century literary culture. The approach is intertextual, moving back and forth between the emerging culture and literary productions, and between one author and other authors. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 55800 - American Literature In The Later Nineteenth Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of American literature from about 1865 to 1900. Addresses realism, regionalism, naturalism, and other related movements. Focuses on such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Stowe, Davis, Stoddard, Alcott, Twain, Howells, James, Jewett, Chopin, Crane, Chesnutt, and Norris. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 57800 - Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of American fiction from about 1900 to 1945. Addresses naturalism, social realism, modernism, and related movements, and such writers as Dreiser, Wharton, Stein, Lewis, Toomer, Cather, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Glasgow, Roth, Dos Passos, Miller, Faulkner, Hurston, Wright, and Welty. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 57900 - Modern British Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical study of twentieth-century novels, mainly before World War II, by such writers as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Joyce, and Woolf. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 58000 - Theories Of Modernity And Postmodernity


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of theories and models of modernity and postmodernity, with emphasis on cultural and critical issues. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 58200 - Adopting Composition Theory Into Practice, Northwest Indiana Writing Project Institute


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In-depth examination into various theories surrounding the teaching of writing and the adoption of those theories to actual classroom practice. Typically offered Summer.


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  • ENGL 58501 - Assessment Of Written Texts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In-depth examination into the various theories surrounding the assessment of written texts, with an emphasis on student texts. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 58900 - Directed Writing


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Writing (creative, popularly technical, biographical, historical, philosophical) on subjects of the student’s choice. Individual conferences only; no class meetings. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 59000 - Directed Reading


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directs the reading of students with special interests. Guides students in profitable reading in subjects of their own choice. Individual conferences; no class meetings. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 59100 - Introduction To Composition Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of major contemporary theories of invention and style, including such topics as heuristics; the aims and modes of discourse; stylistics; readability theories; sentence-combining; error analysis; audience; and evaluation. Applications to teaching will be made. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59300 - Contemporary British Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical study of the British novel since World War II. Survey of scholarship and criticism. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59500 - Contemporary American Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of contemporary and postmodern American fiction within various formal, theoretical, and cultural contexts, including multiculturalism, postructuralism, and gender analysis, among others. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59600 - Advanced Studies In Literature Or Language


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of a topic within the instructor’s fields of specialization. Emphasis on scholarly analysis and research. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 59700 - Contemporary Black Feminist Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intense examination of recent literary works by black women along with various critical theories constructed about black women’s literature, beginning with the premise that black feminism is a “sign to be interrogated, a locus of contradictions.”. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 60200 - Introduction To Literary Methods


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the methods of literary study, including investigation of significant critical modes, bibliographic techniques, and research paper writing. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 60500 - Computers In Language And Rhetoric


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar that investigates how computers figure in contemporary theories of text and text making. Typical topics: critiques of technology, hypertext, cyberspace, computer-mediated communication, Internet, electronic writing, online research, pedagogy, and publishing. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 60600 - Seminar In Poetry Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in the writing of poetry. Workshop criticism. Study of the work of established writers. Prerequisite: admission to the MA program in creative writing. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 60900 - Seminar In Fiction Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in the writing of fiction. Workshop critiques. Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing program. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 67200 - Seminar In Women’s Literature And Feminist Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A variable topic course investigating gender as a category of analysis. Intensive study of one or two women authors, of a particular genre or period, or of a critical issue relevant to women’s literature and/or feminist theory. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 68000 - Seminar In Rhetoric And Composition


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 59100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A variable content course dealing with topics such as cultural studies and composition, medieval rhetoric, renaissance rhetoric, literacy, historiographies of rhetoric, qualitative studies, and professional writing theory. Prerequisite: ENGL 59100. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 69100 - Seminar In The English Language Arts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDCI 61300) Problems in the teaching of English: literature, language, rhetoric. Attention to recent scholarship and to its application in the public schools. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 69600 - Seminar In Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of special subjects. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 69800 - Research MA Or MFA Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MA Or MFA Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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Engineering

  
  • ENGR 15100 - Software Tools For Engineers


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to MATLAB and engineering problem solving with MATLAB. Students will be introduced to arrays, relational and logical operations, control flow of sequence, selection and repetition, function definition, 2-D and 3-D graphics, data analysis, Graphical User Interface (GUI) development and Simulink. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    General Education: Technology


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  • ENGR 17100 - Engineering Fundamentals I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 5.00. An introduction to approaches and techniques for solving engineering problems. Software tools are introduced and used for solving engineering case studies. Engineering report writing is included. Presentation techniques are also demonstrated. In the laboratory, students use various software packages to solve real-world problems. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: GEUR


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  • ENGR 18100 - Engineering Fundamentals II


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 5.00. A more advanced approach to engineering problem solving. More in-depth use is made of programming and applications software. Students work in teams to perform real-world case studies, using several programming languages and software packages. Numerous oral and written presentations are required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 18600 - First Year Seminar For Engineers


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The course will provide the foundations for students enabling them to: learn to succeed, work together in teams, understand the field chosen for study, and orient to the University life and environs. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: First Year Experience


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  • ENGR 19000 - Elementary Engineering Design


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085

    Credit Hours: 2.00. An introduction to engineering design. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGR 19500 - First-Year Engineering Projects


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 45000 - Engineering Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Preparation for the senior design project course, ENGR 46100. Case studies are used to examine how a major project is accomplished, from start to finish. Ways to avoid and/or correct design problems are examined. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 45100 - Engineering Analysis II


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced engineering methods and applied math to prepare students for the senior design project course, ENGR 46100. The course will focus on numerical techniques in engineering analysis including finite element analysis, finite difference analysis, quadrature and more. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGR 46100 - Engineering Design Experience


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone project course, designed to integrate the various subjects the student has studied. Both individual and group project formats may be used. An oral presentation and written project report is required at the end of the semester. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 49900 - Engineering


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 9.00. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by staff. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Entrepreneur

  
  • ENTR 10000 - Introduction To Entrepreneurship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic business skills are surveyed and case studies of successful entrepreneurs will be studied to develop a broad understanding of this important force in the economy. Guest speakers and selected readings will introduce the student to the scope of opportunities that exist for entrepreneurs. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 25000 - Opportunity Identification


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is for those who are seriously interested in starting a new business. Too many businesses are started on the basis of hunches, or trying to copy others. This course will prepare students to systematically search for and evaluate business opportunities that not only fit the prevailing economic environment, but also match the in individual’s needs and experiences. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENTR 30000 - Growing The Firm


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasizes the strategic management of growth associated with a rapidly changing business,as distinguished from “small business management”, which could include small enterprise units that are static. Teaches the practical aspects of managing a growing business on a day-to-day basis. Practical application to “intrapreneurship”, such as growing a division or department within a larger organization. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 30100 - Introduction To Technical Entrepreneurship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic business skills are surveyed and case studies of successful entrepreneurs in high-tech businesses and will be studied to develop a broad understanding of this important force in the economy. Guest speakers and selected readings will introduce the student to the scope of opportunities that exist for promoting the growth of technical entrepreneurship. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 30200 - Creative Thinking And Innovation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores the very earliest stages of firm and product development: the process of idea generation, evaluation, and development. In addition to idea generation, focus will be on identifying ideas and developing products that have the best chance of success in the marketplace. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENTR 30300 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    Prerequisite(s): FIN 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBG 33300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. For students interested in business start-up or management of a growing firm. Exposure to the principles, methods and tools used in financial planning, analysis, and control of the small business enterprise. Covers short-term financial planning and control, creation of pro forma financial statements, and business valuation techniques. Presents how and where to seek financing via a variety of debt and equity sources. Permssion of Department required. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENTR 31001 - Launching A New Venture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is for those interested in launching their own business. The course will focus on tying together all of the students’ entrepreneurship education to date, including finance, marketing, management and operations, business planning, and many more core business classes so that students will be ready to launch their company before the end of the class. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Spring.


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