English

Guided practice in college-level reading, writing and critical thinking.

Advanced practice in college-level writing from sources and in applying rhetorical strategies.

Introduction to the process and techniques for creating workplace writing. Letters, memos, formal and informal reports, and instructions. Introduction to the rhetoric of workplace writing.

Guided practice of writing skills related to the imaginative uses of language.

Reading and discussion of representative examples of poetry, drama, and fiction, with emphasis on the use of common literary terminology.

Reading and discussion of representative dramatic works from ancient Greek times to the present.

An examination of poetic forms including the uses of figurative language and the techniques of rhythm and meter.

A general introduction to film studies, including analysis of narrative and stylistic elements of films.

The study of literary texts by and about women including gender roles as a literary theme.

The study of texts suitable for reading by elementary-aged school children with emphasis on the analysis of literary characteristics which determine age-appropriateness.

Continuing survey of the western European tradition, including representative text from the Renaissance through the modern world.

A survey of major works and writers in British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the Eighteenth Century.

A survey of major works and writers in British Literature from the Romantic Age to the present.

A survey of major works and writers in American Literature from the British Colonial Period through the Civil War.

A survey of major works and writers in American Literature from the Civil War to the present.

This course examines literary works in genres frequently judged "outside" the literary canon, such as science fiction, detective stories, ethnic and beat literature and focuses on the literary qualities they share with "high" literature.