NOTE: Courses marked with an asterisk (*) require special fees.
□ = General Education
Course (Primary Competency Addressed)
● Arts As Catalyst General Education Course (Primary Competency
Addressed)
ENG 001 English as a second Language: Reading
Intensive introduction to basic English reading skills for the non-native speaker. Systematic expansion of English vocabulary, including idioms and academic terms. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Placement test.
ENG 001, ENG 002, ENG 003 are taken at the same time.
ENG 002 ENGLISH as a second language: Writing
Intensive introduction to the fundamental structures of English composition for the non-native speaker. Emphasis on acquisition and reinforcement of grammatical patterns, sentence structure, and expository paragraph. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Entry-level placement test.
ENG 001, ENG 002, ENG 003 are taken at the same time.
ENG 003 English as a second language: Speaking/Listening
Intensive practice in the listening and speaking skills needed for academic use. Emphasis on acquisition of English sounds, stress, and intonations. Introduction to note taking. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Entry-level placement test.
ENG 001, ENG 002, ENG 003 are taken at the same time.
ENG 100 Academic English skills for second language students I**
Intensive review of fundamental structures of the English language for the non-native speaker. Emphasis on acquisition and reinforcement of grammatical patterns, examination of current usage, vocabulary development, and improvement in reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills essential to increased English language proficiency at the college level. Admission determined by entry level placement testing. The course meets six hours per week.
Prerequisite: Intermediate score on entry-level placement or 1 c.u.
ENG 001 and ENG 002 and ENG 003 and approval of the EAP Administration.
This course does not carry general education elective credit.
ENG 104 Academic English skills for second language students: Speaking/Listening**
This course for non-native speakers offers intensive practice in speaking skills, with emphasis on vocabulary usage, sentence structure, and pronunciation. Development of note taking skills through extensive practice. (Meets 4 hours/week) 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Entry-level placement test or ENG 003
and approval of the EAP Administration. Corequisite: ENG 100.
This course does not carry general education elective credit.
** Formerly known as English as a Second Language
ENG 106 Writing and analysis I: English Composition
This course teaches writing as a process, including requiring a number of written drafts per essay and short, in-class written assignments. The focus is on developing students’ college-level competence in reading, writing, and classroom decorum. There will also be an introduction to the Blackboard online, course-management system. Some classes are held in the writing/computer labs; scheduled weekly workshops may be assigned. Required of all students. (Students must receive a grade of C- or better to advance to ENG 107). 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Placement test or ACF 97 or ENG 110.
ENG 107 Writing and analysis II: Literature
This course is to encourage students to think through writing. It will emphasize the development of critical thinking and the honing of analytic skills, as well as, the writing of longer and more challenging essays and the appreciation of the importance of written language and literature as a tool for learning. Some classes are held in the writing/computer labs; scheduled weekly workshops may be assigned. Required of all students. (Successful completion of this course requires a grade of C-or better and passing the English 107 Exit Essay Exam). 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a grade of C- or better.
ENG 110 Academic ENglish Skills for Second Language STudents II**
Continuation of ENG 100, for more advanced students with considerable proficiency in English who need greater facility in reading and writing skills. Intensive practice in analytical reading and full-length essay writing. Empha-sis on analyzing essays and expressing ideas idiomatically through effective use of diction, syntax, style. Special attention to individual problems. The course meets six hours per week. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 100 or high score on entry-level placement testing
and approval of the EAP Administration.
Corequisite: ENG 111.
This course does not carry general education elective credit.
ENG 111 Academic English Skills for Second Language Students: Reading/Writing** (Formerly ENG 97)
Introduces the non-native speaker to basic reading and writing skills with emphasis on the literal, interspective and applied approach. Students will learn to express their ideas in short essays. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 100 or high score on entry-level placement testing
and approval of the EAP Administration.
Corequisite: ENG 110.
This course does not carry general education elective credit.
ENG 120 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
● (Communication Skills)
Introduction to the craft of writing. Frequent in-class and home assignments to explore various writing techniques and hone developing skills. This course culminates in a final portfolio of completed fiction, poetry and short drama. Designed primarily for freshmen. 1 c.u.
Corequisites: ENG 106, ENG 107.
ENG 122 SPEECH AND ORAL COMMUNICATION
This course is designed to develop skills in extemporaneous speaking, interview techniques, formal presentations and listening; some emphasis on voice and diction. 1 c.u.
Corequisite: ENG 106.
ENG 125 introduction to literature: World literature
● (Aesthetic Appreciation)
An introduction to the various literary genres: poetry, drama and fiction. Specific syllabus at the discretion of the instructor, but texts will come from the continents of Africa, Asia, Central and South America and from the Pacific Islands. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 128 Introduction to mass communications (Formerly ENG 228)
The nature and effect of contemporary mass media; history of the mass media; regulations regarding present and future uses; economic restraints and social control. 1 c.u.
ENG 150 INTRODUCTION TO literature: Western Literature
● (Communication Skills)
An introduction to various literacy genres: poetry, drama and fiction. Specific syllabus at the discretion of the instructor. Emphasis on the literature of western Europe and the United States. Focus on literature and its relation to society.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better. 1 c.u.
ENG 200 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
An introduction to various literary genres: poetry, drama and the novel. Specific syllabus at the discretion of the instructor, but to include such writers as Shakespeare, Donne, Browning, Frost, Cummings, Thomas, Fitzgerald, Heller, A. Miller, O'Neill, Woolf and Ellison. Emphasis on literature and its relation to society as well as on the literary genres illustrated by major writers.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better. 1 c.u.
ENG 202 ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Selected works of English and American literature, in all three major genres, focusing on a particular issue or topic of contemporary interest, such as sports, women in literature, science fiction, popular culture, existentialism, religion. Emphasis on how the various writers present these problems in styles peculiar to their genres. Students may repeat this course once for credit with consent of discipline coordinator. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 203 THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I (Formerly ENG 303)
Selected works in English literature with emphasis on historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, including material from Beowulf to Boswell. Lecture and discussion.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better. 1 c.u.
ENG 204 THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II (Formerly ENG 304)
Selected works in English literature with emphasis on historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, including material from the romantic period to the Second World War. Lecture, discussion. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 208 SOPHOMORE CORE-SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Also HUM/PSC 208)
□ (Community Orientation and Citizenship)
Justice and responsibility in a multicultural, multiracial society. A team-taught course by professors of various disciplines bringing to bear the insights of different academic fields on the modern world. Lectures plus discussions in small groups. Students may be expected to undertake projects on or off campus to give a practical application to classroom work. May be taken either as a Humanities or Social Science distribution credit. Has General Education designation. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 212 voice and speech production
□ (Communication Skills)
Improvement of the speaking voice is the focus of this course. Attention will be paid to developing a pleasing tone, strong articulation, proper pronunciation, and correct breathing. Students will also learn the International Phonetic Alphabet. The course is highly recommended for those students interested in radio, television, teaching and business. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 122.
ENG 213 Oral interpretation of literature
● (Aesthetic Appreciation)
Oral interpretation is defined as the study of literature through performance. The course is designed to train students to use their bodies and voices to interpret poetry, drama and prose, children’s literature, world literature and documentary material. Students will present literature in individual and ensemble performances. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better and 200 level HUM.
ENG 214 interviewing
□ (Communication Skills)
This course is designed to teach students good interviewing techniques. Focusing primarily on journalistic applications, this course can also be helpful to anyone needing to develop interviewing skills; i.e., anyone interested in careers in human services. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 215 Playwrighting
A seminar in the art and craft of playwrighting. Through classroom discussions, selected readings, writing assignments and critical feedback, each student creates a one-act play which is presented to the College community in an informal program of staged readings. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better,
ENG 120 or consent of the instructor.
ENG 216 The Short Story
□ (Aesthetic Appreciation)
The study of the short form through the reading and analysis of classic and contemporary short stories and hands-on experimentation with literary and craft concerns. Authors might include Poe, Baldwin, Hawthorne, Joyce, Jamaica Kincaid and Flannery O’Connor. Students will create an original short story at the end of the course. 0.5 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better. Corequisite: ENG 107.
ENG 217 The Lyric
□ (Aesthetic Appreciation)
The relationship between language and music from traditional ballads to Hip-Hop. Formal analysis of song lyrics and poetry, hands-on experimentation with a variety of formal and styles. 0.5 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG106 with a final grade of C- or better. Corequisite: ENG 107.
ENG 220 Intermediate Creative Writing
● (Communication Skills)
Intensive work in fiction and poetry writing for students who have mastered the basic tools of the craft. Study of contemporary models from outstanding poets and writers. Short readings on the writer’s craft from such practitioners as Raymond Carver, Flannery O’Connor, Quincy Troupe and Andre Breton. this course culminates in a portfolio of original poetry and/or fiction and a reading of original work for the college community. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better,
ENG 120 or consent of the instructor.
ENG 221 Writing for Radio and television
This course is designed to introduce students to the mechanics of writing for the electronic media of radio and television. Primarily devoted to broadcast news writing, students will also learn how to create special formats such as sports, specials and commentary. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Journalism I.
ENG 222 African/American LITERATURE (Also AFS 222)
Selected poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, and
essays by African/
American authors, with emphasis on literary excellence. Authors range from
Phillis Wheatley to Frederich Douglas, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker,
and Ishmael Reed. Lecture, discussion. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 223 Women in LITERATURE
The study of outstanding women writers of poetry and fiction; how their perspectives differ from men working at the same time and how they are the same. American writers will be emphasized but others will be studied. Writers might include Morrison, Hurston, Murdoch, Atwood, Woolf, Barnes, Erdrich and Cisneros. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 226 Literature of Race, Class and Gender
□ (Multicultural/Multiracial Awareness)
Varied works of literature that illustrate how different races, ethnic groups, genders, and classes view themselves and each will be studied. Included are works of Philip Roth, Mary Gordon, Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 227 RELIGION AND LITERATURE See REL 227
ENG 230 JOURNALISM I
Basic procedures and practices in journalistic writing and editing: writing news, features, columns, editorials and sports; editing, proofreading, layouts, and headlines; use of photographs; practical experience in college community publications. 1 c.u.
ENG 235 STAGE COMEDY: ARISTOPHANES TO DURANG See CAT 235
ENG 240 ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING
Students will be taught how to write effective, argumentative, descriptive and narrative essays by writing extensively and analyzing carefully the works of modern masters such as Orwell, McPhee and Didion. Assignments can be tailored to various majors. c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 241 JOURNALISM II
Newspaper production, investigative reporting, broadcast writing, magazine writing, journalistic ethics. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 230 or consent of the instructor.
ENG 242 deskTop publishing* (Also BUS 242)
A hands on introduction to the world of publishing, with a strong emphasis on the use of the personal computer, laser jet printer, and scanner. Writing, editing, text-processing, page design, typography, layout and printing will be covered, and students will create their own newsletter as a final project. 1 c.u.
ENG 250 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS
Course addresses problems faced by women and minorities and other subjects of current interest in mass communications. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Course may be repeated. 1 c.u.
ENG 251 The Art of Fiction
A study of the entire genre of fiction, including some novels. Emphasis will be placed on fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 252 THE art OF DRAMA (Formerly The Development of Drama)
Selected plays representing the major periods of the drama from the Greeks to the present, with attention to the religious, social, and theatrical forces that shaped these works. Lecture and discussion. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 253 The art of poetry (Formerly Modern Poetry)
A study of the genre of poetry with emphasis on formal innovations and evolution of the art form. Focus will vary according to instructor’s discretion. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 254 THE ARTS IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION I (Also CAT 254)
A general education course examining how the arts developed and functioned in early western civilizations, including ancient Greece, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Literature will serve as the core including, works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante and Shakespeare, but there will be considerable discussion of sculpture, painting, music and philosophy when appropriate. Emphasis will vary with the instructor but the listed authors will always be considered. Students will write frequently about works studied. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 255 THE ARTS IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION II (Also CAT 255)
A continuation of ENG/CAT 254 but not necessarily dependent on it. The course will consider the function and development of the arts in America and Europe from the Enlightenment until World War II. Authors to be included will be Swift, Melville, Joyce, Woolf and Hughes; painters will include Hogarth, Turner, Delacroix and Picasso; composers will include Beethoven, Mozart, Stravinsky and Ellington. Students will write frequently about these figures. Emphasis will vary with the instructor but all listed authors will be considered. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 262 Small group communication
Course is devoted to human communication in a small group-setting involving 3-15 individuals. Focus is on within-group interaction, its functions, processes, and structures. Students will learn theories and methods of leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving. Effective management of small-sized meetings such as committees will be emphasized. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 265 Organizational communication
Addresses all aspects of human communication in the context of profit and nonprofit organizations. Course will achieve two major goals. On the collective level, it will cultivate knowledge of how organizational efficiency or productivity may be achieved through effective communication. On the individual level, it will equip students with communication skills needed in pursuit of future careers. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 278 american literature survey i: major american WRITERS
An historical and cultural survey of major American figures of the 19th century, including new research on women and African-American figures. Writers may include Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson, Poe, Hawthorne and Frederick Douglass. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 279 American literature survey II: modern american authors
A study of literature of the United States in the first half of the 20th century. Writers may include Faulkner, Cather, O’Neil, Elliot, Pound, Hughes, Hurston and Hemingway. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 290 VIDEO PRODUCTION I*
● (Aesthetic Appreciation)
See CAT 290
ENG 301 interpersonal communication
□ (Communication Skills)
Understanding interpersonal communication through research, theory and practical application is the focus of this course. Students will learn how to manage and develop better interpersonal relationships with intimates, at work, and in the community. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 309 Advanced Fiction Writing
Intensive work in fiction writing within the context of contemporary fiction. Study of modernist and post-modernist techniques. Frequent writing assignments designed to help students gain technical control of their writing and find their individual writer’s voice. This course culminates in a portfolio of original fiction (short stories or a novel in-progress) and a public reading of original fiction for the College community 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better,
ENG 220 or consent of the instructor.
ENG 310 Intercultural Communications
Course provides a cross-cultural perspective in addressing various topics of human communication (e.g., verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, relationship maintenance, conflict management). Students will learn current trends towards globalization, study underlying cultural differences in communication and practices of cultural adaptation and accommodation. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better and 200 level HUM.
ENG 341 Advanced Poetry Writing
Intensive work in poetry writing within the context of
contemporary poetry. Study of the competing schools of modern poetry, from
the New Formalists
to the Nuyoricans. Frequent writing assignments designed to help students
find their individual poetic voice. This course culminates in a portfolio
of
original poetry and a public reading of original poetry for the College
community 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better;
ENG 220 or consent of the instructor.
ENG 342 Writing for the Professions (Formerly Technical Writing)
Advanced expository prose particularly designed for students in science and business but open to all who wish to improve their writing techniques. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 344 SHAKESPEARE: THE HISTORIES AND ROMANCES
□ (Aesthetic Appreciation)
An intensive, critical analysis of Shakespeare’s English history plays beginning with the Henry VI plays and ending with The Tempest and later romances. Special emphasis on the historical background and Shakespeare’s dramatic development. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 345 SHAKESPEARE: THE COMEDIES
□ (Aesthetic Appreciation)
An intensive, critical examination of Shakespearean
comedy beginning with
The Comedy of Errors and including all major comedies up to
Troilus and
Cressida. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 346 SHAKESPEARE: THE TRAGEDIES
□ (Aesthetic Appreciation)
An intensive, critical examination of Shakespeare’s tragedies from Titus Andronicus to Coriolanus, with special attention to Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 351 Major African and Asian Writers
A study of the works of major figures of of African and Asian literature in their own context, as well as in the ways they influenced Western writing. Many eras will be represented by such works as the Tale of Genji, The Dream of the Red Chamber, The Mahabharata, and others. Modern figures could include Mishima, Achebe, Soyinka, and Gordimer. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 352 Major Writers of Europe
Some of the major writers of continental Europe of different eras and cultures studied in the context of their cultures. Writers will include Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Racine, Dostoevsky, Yourcenar, Duras and Kafka. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 353 Nineteenth Century British Literature
A study of the prose and poetry of the Nineteenth Century when literature faced questions about industrialization, evolution, the role of the alienated artist and the demands of democracy and widening literacy. Writers include Gaskell, Dickens, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Carlyle, Arnold, Ruskin, Christina Rosetti and Wilde. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG/HUM 208.
ENG 355 Modern British Literature
Modern English writers in their cultural and historical contexts; their responses to Freud, Marx, Darwin and Einstein; their reactions to the Depression, World War II and its aftermath. Writers might include Joyce, Yeats, Eliot, Orwell, Greene, Woolf, Richardson, Wolcott and Murdoch. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG/HUM 208.
ENG 356 Major Latin American and Caribbean Writers
Major figures in the literature of Latin America and the Caribbean in translation. Writers will include, Allende, Borges, Vargas Llosa, Fuentes, Hijuelos, Wolcott, Marquez and Paz. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: 200 level HUM or consent of the instructor.
ENG 357 Broadcast Journalism
□ (Communication Skills)
This course is designed to involve students in the writing, reporting and producing of news for radio and television. They will develop skills and techniques needed to work in broadcast news. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 212.
ENG 390 COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP
Field study in newspapers, television and radio stations, advertising and public relations firms, and other communications institutions. Field placement required. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 228, and at least three other courses in the
communications
concentration. Junior standing and consent of the instructor.
This course may be repeated once for credit.
ENG 401 A BRITISH OR AMERICAN Master IN DEPTH
Original writings of a major British or American writer and the chief criticism. Among those considered: Chaucer, Milton, Joyce, Faulkner, Melville, Woolf and Hurston. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better.
ENG 402 literary criticism and advanced research
A capstone course for English majors in the Literature Concentration. Students will read major texts of literary theory and they will conduct original and advanced literary research resulting in a long writing project. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing in the major.
ENG 415 Television Studio*
● (Aesthetic Appreciation)
See CAT 415
ENG 460 SEnior Thesis in Creative Writing
For English/Writing Concentration majors only. Preparation of a final undergraduate portfolio of original poetry or fiction. In-depth study of one craft element in a twentieth century writer’s work. Solo reading of original work for the Humanities Division and the College community. 1 c.u.
Prerequisites: ENG 107 with a final grade of C- or better; ENG 309 or ENG 341.
