English

As Needed
Designed to prepare students for ENG 110 and general academic writing, ENG 020 emphasizes critical reading techniques, writing for a college environment, and basic research skills. Through frequent writing assignments and feedback sessions, students develop fundamental skills in paragraph writing and in gathering sources for various disciplines. Grammar and punctuation proficiency are also emphasized in sentence drills, online assignments, assessment surveys, and essay rubrics.
As a college-preparatory course, ENG 020 does not count toward graduation, does not earn college credit, and does not count in GPA calculations.

Fall
Effective Writing for the Workplace emphasizes the techniques of writing the types of documents regularly encountered in a variety of work environments stressing careful thinking, word choice, sentence structure, and methods of organization. Students practice the writing of clear, coherent, and unified documents, including but not limited to emails, business letters, and reports. The use of correct grammar and mechanics is highly emphasized with a considerable amount of the course dedicated to learning and understanding standard punctuation and grammar. There is no research requirement for this course; this course is not intended for transfer to other colleges or universities.

Fall, Spring, Summer
This course emphasizes the techniques of writing expository essays with stress upon careful thinking, word choice, sentence structure, and methods of organization. Students practice the writing of clear, coherent, and unified paragraphs and essays. Editing skills and the use of correct grammar and mechanics are also emphasized. Students are taught research skills and are required to write an argumentative research paper. This is the standard college English composition course.
 

Fall, Spring, Summer
ENG 200 English Composition II: Studies in Literature emphasizes the study of literary terms and techniques frequently used in literature.  This course introduces students to major themes found in fiction, poetry, and drama.  Students are required to read various types of literature and must be able to respond to their readings in well-developed essays and in an analytical research paper, as well as to participate in class discussions.  This is a standard college-level introductory literature course.
 

Professional Writing emphasizes the techniques and strategies for engaging with and writing a variety of documents encountered in contemporary work environments. The course stresses careful, critical thinking, word choice, sentence structure, document design, writing for a potentially diverse audience, and the new role artificial intelligence plays in daily workplace writing. Students will practice the writing of clear, effective, and unified documents, including but not limited to emails, proposals, reports, and instructions. The design of aesthetically-pleasing, accessible, and effectively organized documents is highly emphasized in this course. A major component of Professional Writing is understanding the role of formatting and rhetoric in writing for specific purposes. Ultimately, this course prepares students to enter into any workplace writing situation with confidence and grace.

Fall, Spring, Summer
This course emphasizes the skills involved in doing research in various fields and writing about the results. The basic skills of summary, paraphrase, and quotation and the writing of accurate and balanced summaries of articles are taught. Critical thinking and the writing of critiques are emphasized, as is the ability to create a well thought-out synthesis of multiple sources. Information-gathering skills are also stressed. Finally, the student will research and write a lengthy research project.

Spring
ENG 215 Creative Writing reviews various writing styles and methods. Students study these methods by analyzing published works and student examples. Students are expected to produce original, insightful works using accurate grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style conventions. Proofreading, revising, and peer editing skills are taught. This is a standard college creative writing course.

Fall, Spring
The strategies and techniques of writing letters, memos, and reports are emphasized for situations that arise in business. Business communication skills are developed and refined through assignments that include the writing of positive letters, negative letters, and other business messages. For greater development of these skills, a business report and an oral report are assigned to apply principles for writing analytical or informational reports. This is a required course for some majors.

Fall
This course stresses the application of skills central to all types of communication that technical personnel are called upon to write. The course involves training in the writing of definitions, descriptions, instructions, proposals, reports, and other technical documents. For greater development of these skills, a formal report is assigned to apply principles for writing reports that are unique to technical professions.

Fall - Even Year
This course surveys American literature from the pre-colonial period to the Civil War. The roots of the American experience and the major currents in American thought are discussed. Significant works of American writers, traditional and non-traditional, are studied for their literary value and in their historical and philosophical contexts.

Spring - Odd Year
This course surveys American literature from the Civil War to the present. Significant works of American writers, traditional and non-traditional, are studied for their literary value and in their historical and philosophical contexts.

This course begins with the roots of the English language and of English literature, including the epic Beowulf and the works of Chaucer and other Middle English authors. Shakespeare and other authors of the Early Modern era are studied, in addition to significant authors through the eighteenth century. The student will learn to enjoy and appreciate the literary and cultural heritage of the English language in its historical and philosophical contexts.

This course surveys British literature from the Romantic period to the present. The course begins with the origins of the Romantic Movement in the late eighteenth century. The impact of the Industrial Revolution and the social and cultural developments of the nineteenth century provide the context of the Victorian era. The rapid cultural and philosophical changes of the twentieth century and their impact on British writers are also discussed. The student's enjoyment of significant and influential works of British writers, traditional and nontraditional, is enhanced by understanding the cultural, historical, and philosophical context of these works.

Spring - Even Year
This course is designed to introduce students to writing by women in various genres including poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. Students will also consider how social class, race, ethnicity, historical time period, and other factors influence women writers.

Fall - Odd Year
This course introduces students to Western and non-Western masterworks in translation, across multiple cultures and eras, focusing on works of seminal cultural significance. Works will be read in their literary, historical, philosophical, and cultural context to give a sense of the variety and diversity of the human experience as revealed in literature.