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Undergraduate Bulletin 2010-2012

Course Descriptions

 
  

  • EDUC 386 - Education in a Diverse Society


    This course asks candidates to examine the challenges and opportunities of teaching in a diverse society. The central aspects of diversity are examined as they affect students in grades K-12. Candidates create instructional teaching units adapted to diverse learners. Fifteen field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , EDUC 320 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education program.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • EDUC 400 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Science in Middle and Secondary Schools


    This course introduces candidates to teaching methodologies, safety issues, assessment techniques, and curricular issues as they pertain to the teaching of science for candidates preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 401 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching English in Middle and Secondary Schools


    This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of English and language arts for candidates preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315  and EDUC 386 .
  

  • EDUC 402 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Art in the K-12 Classroom


    This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of art for candidates preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315  and EDUC 386 .
  

  • EDUC 403 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Mathematics in Middle and Secondary Schools


    This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of mathematics for students preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315  and EDUC 386 .
  

  • EDUC 404 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Modern Foreign Language in the K-12 Classroom


    This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of modern foreign language for candidates preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 406 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools


    This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of social science for candidates preparing for initial certification. Thirty-five field experience hours are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 455 - Internship Reading Intervention


    This internship aims to provide undergraduate students with experience in personalized instruction, cooperative groups, and theme-related experiences as they tutor children in the Hephzibah Reading Academy at Dominican University. Course work prepares undergraduate students to conduct individual assessments of the children at the beginning and end of the program. Under the guidance of Dominican faculty, veteran teachers, and academy administrators, they plan for individual tutoring. Finally, they prepare an evaluation on a child whom they work with for the Hephzibah Children’s Association. (1 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

  

  • EDUC 461 - Content Area Reading, Social Studies, and Assessment


    This course includes a study of instructional strategies and techniques for reading, writing, and research in the content areas. Candidates apply these techniques to social studies materials and develop lessons for teaching both content and literacy strategies. Content area trade books, and assessment tools and techniques for diagnosis, instructional planning, and evaluation of achievement are investigated. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 320 , EDUC 360 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education program.
  

  • EDUC 490 - Clinical Practice Seminar: Elementary and Middle


    This seminar meets in conjunction with clinical practice during the semester in which clinical practice is completed. The purpose of the seminar is to provide candidates with an opportunity to examine and discuss the experiences of their clinical practice and to connect those experiences to the framework of their academic preparation. Issues relevant to the professional educator are topics of seminar meetings. Course work includes the completion of the professional portfolio. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 491 - Clinical Practice Seminar: Middle and Secondary


    This seminar meets in conjunction with clinical practice during the semester in which clinical practice is completed. The purpose of the seminar is to provide candidates with an opportunity to examine and discuss the experiences of their clinical practice and to connect those experiences to the framework of their academic preparation. Issues relevant to the professional educator are topics of seminar meetings. Course work includes the completion of the professional portfolio. (2 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 492 - Clinical Practice: K-12 Modern Foreign Language


    This full-time guided experience takes place in assigned elementary, middle, and/or secondary schools for one full semester. The candidate is placed in two different schools in order to gain experience teaching modern foreign language to students in grades K-12. Under the supervision of mentor teachers, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis. (10 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 495 - Clinical Practice: Elementary and Middle


    This full-time guided experience takes place in an assigned elementary or middle school for one full semester. Under the supervision of a mentor teacher, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis. (10 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 496 - Clinical Practice: Middle and Secondary


    This full-time guided experience takes place in an assigned middle or secondary school in the candidate’s major field for one full semester. Under the supervision of a mentor teacher, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis. (10 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.

  

  • EDUC 497 - Clinical Practice: K-12 Art


    This full-time guided experience takes place in assigned elementary, middle, and/or secondary schools for one full semester. The candidate is placed in two different schools in order to gain experience teaching art to students in grades K-12. Under the supervision of mentor teachers, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis. (10 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.

  

  • ENGL 100 - College Writing


    Development of skill in reading academic texts and writing clear and correct sentences, coherent paragraphs, and short essays that draw on ideas from personal experience and assigned readings to develop a thesis. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination.

  

  • ENGL 101 - Composition I: Writing as Discovery and Action


    Writing is a way of discovering and shaping our world, as well as a way of acting in the world. Through a variety of interrelated reading and writing assignments, with an emphasis on essays and other short forms, students in this course will explore how to use writing to learn, to create, and to act, particularly in the university but also in the world outside the university. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100  or placement through examination. Students who have earned a grade of D in ENGL 100  will be required to take ENGL 103  concurrently with English 101.
  

  • ENGL 102 - Composition II: Writing as a Way of Knowing


    Students and teachers in the university use a complex set of reading and writing practices to create and share knowledge and to pose and solve both theoretical and practical problems. In this course, students will learn how to use these practices to pose questions, do appropriate reading and research to answer those questions, and present their answers in papers that observe the conventions of academic writing. This course includes the Information Access Workshop required of undergraduates. A student must receive a grade of C- or higher to fulfill the Core Curriculum Foundation Requirement. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or placement through examination. Students who have earned a grade of D in ENGL 101  will be required to take ENGL 103 concurrently with English 102.
  

  • ENGL 103 - Writing Tutorial


    Individualized writing instruction through the university writing center. Placement examination results may require some students to take this course in conjunction with ENGL 100  and ENGL 101  as a prerequisite for ENGL 102 . This course may also be required by instructors for students taking ENGL 102 . This course is graded on a satisfactory/fail basis and may be taken for credit more than one time. (1 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Placement or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENGL 190 - Intermediate Composition


    For students who have completed ENGL 101  and ENGL 102  or the equivalents, this course offers further instruction and practice in writing essays and other kinds of academic papers. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): Placement (transfer students only), ENGL 102 , or equivalent.
  

  • ENGL 210 - Autobiography


    Study of the literary genre of autobiography with emphasis on both autobiography and memoir. Literary analysis of autobiographical writings by authors such as Frederick Douglass, Virginia Woolf, Richard Wright, Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Tobias Wolff. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    Study of the fundamentals of good writing in a variety of literary genres – poetry, fiction, drama. Analysis of the work of professionals and students. Short critical and creative pieces in the three genres are required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 220 - Explorations: Turning Points on the Origin of Stories


    Could storytelling be one of our most ancient behaviors, which helped us survive and evolve as a species, or is it a more recent, cultural development? Would knowing the answer to this question make a difference in how we understand stories? Drawing on insights from both science and literature, this course will explore these and related questions, which are the focus of lively, ongoing debates among evolutionary scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, literary critics and story tellers. (3 hours)

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 226 - King Arthur: From Myth to Fiction


    Exploration of the early historical and fictional sources for King Arthur with the goal of making sense of the modern manifestations of Arthuriana. Students will read representative texts from Geoffrey of Monmouth (the first historian of Arthur) to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. This course will also focus on the new genre of Arthurian movies. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 .

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 227 - Songs of the Spirit


    Exploration of literature that expresses the spirit reaching for the divine. Reading and discussion of selections from Psalms of David, Piers Plowman, George Herbert’s The Temple, Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems, African-American spirituals, T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, and contemporary lyrics of various religious traditions. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 228 - Classical Drama


    Origin, development, and function of Greek classical drama and comedy; close study of selected plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 229 - Sacramental Imagination


    Lectures and seminars engaging the themes of sin and salvation, and examining through poems, plays, films, and novels the sacramental signs of grace and the imagined presence of the divine in the world. Guest lecturers from theology, history, art history, and English will foster a multi-disciplinary approach to the themes. (3 hours)

    Listed also as Theology 229.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 230 - World Literature


    Study of classic texts in Western and non-Western world literature. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 234 - Bible, Mythology, and Literature


    In addition to selected books of the Bible and classical myths, students will explore the relation of the Bible and myth to works of literature. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 240 - Forms of Drama


    A survey of the development of significant dramatic forms from the classical period through the modern with a focus on tragedy and comedy. The course includes consideration of representative plays and critical documents from each period. (3 hours)

    Listed also as THEA 240 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 247 - Literary London and Beyond


    Study of literature about London and its environs. A survey of selected texts – poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama – from the 14th century to the present. See STA 247  for optional additional credit hour. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 248 - Modern Irish Literature


    Study of a variety of genres in modern Irish literature, including poetry, prose, drama, and nonfiction prose. Exploration and analysis of writings by authors such as Joyce, Yeats, Beckett, O’Casey, Heaney, Boland, O’Brien, and Friel. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 250 - Poetry: Form, Feeling, Meaning


    An introduction to the study of poetry, with particular attention to the ways in which poets use formal structure to express feeling and make meaning. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 260 - The English Drama


    Survey of the development of the English drama, medieval through modern. (3 hours)

    Listed also as THEA 260 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 261 - Shakespeare’s Romantic Couples


    Study of several of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, “dark” comedies, and romances, emphasizing his handling of the genre: comedy. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 262 - Shakespeare’s Tragic Families


    Study of several of Shakespeare’s tragedies and at least one of his history plays, emphasizing his handling of the genre: tragedy. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the Literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 270 - The English Essay


    Analysis of the genre: its structure and the techniques used in development of the form from its beginnings to the present; application of various critical theories to individual essays. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 272 - Writing for English Majors


    Study and practice of the fundamentals of writing in a variety of genres with emphasis on the elements of form. Close attention to the design of the whole piece, to the role of style in communicating its meanings, and to the stylistic and rhetorical functions of sentence structure and grammar. Analysis of professional and student models. Several short papers and writing exercises will be required. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 ; English majors or minors only. Must be completed before accumulating 90 credit hours. May be taken concurrently with 300-level courses in the major.
  

  • ENGL 274 - Introduction to English Studies


    An introduction to the formal study of written texts, principally but not exclusively literary, with emphasis on critical concepts, theories, and methods; instruction in close reading, research, and writing for English majors. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and sophomore standing. Must be taken before accumulating 90 credit hours. May be taken concurrently with 300-level courses in the major.
  

  • ENGL 277 - Women, Gender, and Literature


    Exploration of the development of women’s writing and writings about women and gender through study and analysis of literary (narrative, poetry, drama) and nonliterary texts. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 284 - The English Novel


    The development of the English novel from Defoe to the present. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 285 - The American Novel


    Survey of the most important developments in the American novel from its beginnings to the present. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 286 - American Short Story


    The rise and development of the American short story from its beginnings to the present. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 287 - Contemporary Multiethnic U.S. Literature


    Study of multiethnic U.S. literature with a particular emphasis on modern and contemporary U.S. writers. By examining a variety of texts by writers from diverse backgrounds, students will trace the ways in which U.S. writers have represented intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, language, class, and nation in literature. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the Multi-cultural and Literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 289 - U.S. Latino/a Literature


    Study of U.S. Latino/a literature. Literary texts may focus on the representation of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, and other Latino/a communities of the United States. The course examines the cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts of Latino/a literature. Texts are in English, although many authors mix English with different varieties of Spanish. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature and Multi-cultural core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 290 - Modern British Fiction


    Study of major trends and developments in British fiction since World War I. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 291 - Modern American Fiction


    Study of major trends and developments in American fiction since World War I. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 292 - Modern Drama


    Study of major trends and developments in drama, principally English and American. (3 hours)

    Listed also as THEA 292 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 293 - Modern Poetry


    Study of major trends and developments in poetry, principally English and American. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 294 - Southern Literature


    Examination of modern Southern literature and what is often referred to as the Southern Renaissance (1920-1950), with an emphasis on authors such as William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and Tennessee Williams. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 295 - The Chicago Scene in Literature


    Fiction and poetry written by Chicago writers or by writers who have used the city as a background for their works. The course covers the period from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 to the present. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • ENGL 297 - Postcolonial Literature


    Study of a selection of writings by authors whose works reflect postcolonial conditions. These writers may inhabit a formerly colonized nation or describe cultural changes after the end of empires. Selected writers from the African, Caribbean, Indian, Irish, and American diasporas. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area and multicultural requirements.
  

  • ENGL 298 - African-American Literature


    Study of major African-American writers and the literary and historical movement to which these writers contributed. (3 hours)

    Listed also as BWS 298 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area and the multicultural core requirements.
  

  • ENGL 306 - Medieval Literature


    Study of romances, lyrics, visions, and plays from the early and high Middle Ages. Students will read from Beowulf to Malory in translation. Excludes the Canterbury Tales. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 310 - 16th Century English Literature


    Study of a variety of genres written during the Renaissance in England. Special attention to works of Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, and the “new poetry” of humanism. (3 hours)
  

  • ENGL 316 - 17th Century English Literature 1600-1660


    Study of selected works of the pre-Restoration period with emphasis on works of Jonson, Milton, Donne, and Herbert. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 317 - Restoration and 18th Century British Literature


    Study of selected works of the period with emphasis on the works of Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 322 - 19th Century British Literature


    Study of major writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods, including the Romantic poets and the Victorian poets, novelists, and prose writers. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 326 - 20th Century British Literature


    Study of modernity’s distinguishing features in poetry, prose fiction, drama, and nonfiction with emphasis on Yeats, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Beckett, Auden, Orwell, and Heaney. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 333 - The Art of Editing


    Instruction in editorial practices followed in a variety of contexts: academic, journalistic, literary, and organizational (for-profit and nonprofit). Students will have opportunities to practice in real-world settings the skills they acquire in the course. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 , and junior standing or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENGL 335 - Writing as Social Action


    Study of the theory and practice of writing as a social action. Students will read literary and nonliterary texts aimed at social transformation; meet with local social service organizations to study their mission, activities, and needs; and work in collaboration with students from ART 357  to develop materials needed to promote and raise funds for one or more of these organizations. This course requires off-campus service hours. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENGL 336 - Writing at Work


    In this course you will learn to write effective resumes and cover letters, as well as correspondence, proposals, and reports in response to real-world situations and simulated case studies. In the second half of the semester, you will have the opportunity to work on a committee for a class enterprise that students will help select. We will collaborate at times with ENGL 333 - The Art of Editing , and will use the online writing platform CompClass to facilitate our goal of effective work-related writing. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and junior standing or consent of the instructor.
  

  • ENGL 337 - Writing Life Stories


    Study and practice in the literary genre of autobiography with emphasis on memoir. Students will use autobiographical selections by professional and student writers as models to compose a portfolio of short essays – “fragments” of their own autobiography. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and ENGL 211 .
  

  • ENGL 338 - Writing Fiction


    Study and analysis of effective short fiction by professional and student writers. Students will compose a portfolio of original short stories. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and ENGL 211 .
  

  • ENGL 339 - Writing Poetry


    Study and analysis of effective poetry by professional and student writers. Students will compose a portfolio of original poems. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and ENGL 211 .
  

  • ENGL 340 - Writing Drama


    Study and analysis of effective drama by professional and student writers. Students will compose an original script for a one-act play. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and ENGL 211 .
  

  • ENGL 342 - American Native/Colonial and Revolutionary Literature


    Study of American literature from its origins to 1830, highlighting the European encounter with native cultures, the colonial experience, and the beginnings of a national literature. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 343 - American Romantic and Realist Literature


    Study of American literature from 1830 to 1914, highlighting the transcendentalists, the realists, regional writers, and literary naturalism. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 344 - American Modern and Postmodern Literature


    Study of American literature from 1914 to the present, highlighting the major movements of the 20th century, including modernism, the New Negro Renaissance, and postmodernism. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 345 - Advanced Academic Writing


    Development of skills in writing and presenting academic papers. Students will write a substantial annotated bibliography and literature review on a chosen topic, work toward completion of an extended academic paper on that topic, and give two presentations. This course is open to students in any major and is particularly recommended for students who plan to apply to graduate or professional school and students who are preparing honors projects. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  and junior standing or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENGL 354 - Chaucer


    Detailed study of the Canterbury Tales. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 358 - Shakespeare


    Study of Shakespeare’s ideas and craftsmanship in a variety of his plays and of the critical response to his work. (3 hours)

    Listed also as THEA 358 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274  or consent of instructor (ENGL 274  may be taken concurrently).
  

  • ENGL 402 - Teaching Writing


    Preparation for teaching writing in secondary or middle school. Students study theories and practices related to the teaching of writing and serve as teaching assistants in ENGL 101  or ENGL 102 , preparing and teaching lessons, evaluating papers, and assisting composition students with their writing. This course is a prerequisite for EDUC 401 . (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 272 . This course is offered in the summer only.
  

  • ENGL 403 - Teaching Literature


    Preparation for teaching literature in secondary or middle school. Students study theories and practices related to the teaching of literature and serve as teaching assistants in 200-level literature courses, preparing and teaching lessons, evaluating papers, and leading small discussion groups. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 274 .
  

  • ENGL 404 - Comprehensive Examination


    Selected readings in preparation for the senior comprehensive examination. Completion of the comprehensive exam with a passing grade is required for graduation. (1 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing; enrollment in ENGL 412 .
  

  • ENGL 412 - English Senior Integrating Seminar


    A culminating seminar for English majors emphasizing literary history, theories, and genres, as well as research and oral presentations, leading to a personal exit interview. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.

  

  • ENGL 420 - Modern Journeys


    (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.

  

  • ENGL 421 - Piers Plowman


    (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.

  

  • ENGL 422 - American Literary Realism


    (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.

  

  • ENGL 423 - Literary Darwinism and Contemporary Critical Theory


    (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.

  

  • ENGL 450 - Independent Study


    With the consent of the cooperating professor and the department head, an advanced student may undertake a program of independent reading in a particular genre or period or writing of a particular type, if a comparable course is not offered in the same year. The work may extend beyond a semester if the cooperating professor approves. (1-8 hours)
  

  • ENGL 455 - Internship


    Employment in an approved workplace for a designated number of hours a week under the guidance of a faculty member and workplace supervisor. The student will be given training and practice in writing tasks as agreed upon by the student, workplace supervisor, faculty member, and director of internships. (3-6 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 333  or ENGL 336 , junior standing, and consent of instructor.
  

  • ENVS 292 - Dimensions of the Environment


    Who will win “the survival of the fittest:” nature or us? Find out what happens when our cultures compete with nature. Study major environmental concerns through field trips and online tools, and discover what you need to know about the race between our environment and us. (4 hours)

    Listed also as BIOL 292 .
  

  • ENVS 295 - Politics and Environment


    Federal control of environmental issues has been replaced by a new phenomenon: civil environmentalism, or cooperation between the private and the public sectors – business and nonprofit groups, local, state and federal governments. Students will use an interdisciplinary, hands-on approach to a local area or issue in order to explore this developing field. (3 hours)

    Listed also as POSC 295 .

    This course will satisfy the social science core area requirement.
  

  • ENVS 362 - Theology and Ecology


    Both ecological crises and attempts to respond to these crises raise profound religious and theological issues this course seeks to address. Theological traditions to be considered during a particular semester might include Thomism, “Christian Realism,” liberation theology, feminism and Catholic social thought. (3 hours)

    Listed also as THEO 362 .

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.

    This course will satisfy the theology core area requirement.
  

  • ENVS 455 - Internship


    Training in an environmental organization. (1-8 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing and consent of instructor.

  

  • FREN 101 - Elementary French I


    This course introduces students to the French language by listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French in a cultural context. Through a study of French grammar and vocabulary, students will develop a basic proficiency in all language skills. (4 hours)
  

  • FREN 102 - Elementary French II


    This course continues to develop the four language skills. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 101  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 111 - Intermediate French


    This course is designed to reinforce and build upon basic skills in French through grammar review, short readings and compositions, conversational practice, and practice in comprehension. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 102  with a minimum grade of “C-“ or placement through examination.
  

  • FREN 211 - Communicating in French


    This course continues the development of reading and writing skills with an emphasis on written and spoken communications. Visual, oral, and written materials form the point of departure for work that enhances students’ communication skills. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 111  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 260 - Introduction to French Literature


    The primary objective of this course is to teach students to read critically. Cultural and literary issues in French and Francophone literature will be explored using various texts from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Students will be introduced to French literary terminology and explication de texte. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 302  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • FREN 261 - French Culture and Civilization


    A survey of the French political, social, economic and cultural history from the Paleolithic period to the Revolution in 1789. Using selected readings, films, websites, and music, this course examines how major historic events helped shape French society. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 211  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 262 - French Culture and Civilization II


    A survey of the French political, social, economic, and cultural history from the Revolution of 1789 to the present. Using selected readings, films, websites, and music, this course examines how major historic events helped shape French society. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 261  or instructor consent.
  

  • FREN 272 - Oral French


    This course seeks to develop oral proficiency in French and to enhance oral comprehension through a variety of speaking and listening activities. Students will acquire the essential vocabulary needed to communicate in everyday life, simulate real-life situations, and discuss various topics of contemporary interest. The course also introduces French phonetics and pays particular attention to pronunciation and intonation. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 211  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 289 - Introduction to French and Francophone Cinema: From Pictures to Pixels 1890 to the Present


    This course traces the history of French cinema from the first films produced by the Lumiere brothers to the latest films coming out of France and the larger French-speaking world. (This course is conducted in English.). (3 hours)

    Listed also as BWS 289  and MFL 289 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 .

    This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
  

  • FREN 301 - Advanced Discussion


    Development of increased fluency in the spoken language in a variety of forms through conversations, reports, etc., and the use of relevant contemporary materials contained in short stories, films, magazines, newspaper articles, and videos. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 272  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 302 - Advanced Grammar and Composition


    Development of writing skills with emphasis on the complexities of structure and idiom; composition techniques and grammar review. (4 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 211  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN 319 - Professional French


    Advanced study of written and oral French as it applies to the business and other professional careers. This course prepares students for the Paris Chamber of Commerce examination. (4 hours)
  

  • FREN 353 - Contemporary France Through Film


    This course introduces students to cinematic representations of contemporary French society, in the context of the changing political, social and cultural climate of the last 20 years, with particular attention to the issues of youth, gender, and ethnicity. All films are in French with English subtitles. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 211 .
  

  • FREN 374 - France in Its Literature


    Analysis and discussion of representative literary works, with an emphasis on the manner in which they reflect the cultural reality of France. (3 hours)

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 260  and FREN 261  or consent of instructor.
 

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