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WRT 104  Writing emphasizing the sharing of information. Varieties and strategies of expository writing for differing audiences and situations. Genres may include reports, proposals, letters, reviews, websites, academic essays.

WRT 302  Experience with writings that sustain or reshape culture. May include profiles, reviews, food and fashion writing, liner and exhibition notes. Requires sustained fieldwork and out-of-class technology practice.

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ENGL 1010 Composition I is recommended for all first-year students and required for many, depending on curriculum.The purpose of this course is to enable students to write fluent, accurate and effective essays, including research and documentation assignments.

ENGL 2010 Composition II This course is an extension of Composition I (ENGL 1010). While in Composition I the emphasis is upon short expositional pieces, students of Composition II concentrate on development of the central idea in writing essays and, wherever appropriate, in descriptive and narrative prose. Course work includes writing at least one paper based on reading and research. Literature of an appropriate type is read and analyzed in terms of rhetorical statement, structure and device.

ENGL 1005 College Writing This course focuses on the writing process: planning organizing, developing, drafting and revising. Course activities begin with paragraphs and progress to essays and include research documentation assignments.

ENGL 0500 Basics of Composition This course provides a comprehensive review of skills required in college-level writing courses including grammar usage, sentence variety, paragraph development, critical reading and thinking, brief essays, and research-paper elements.

ENGL 0250 Compensatory Writing Skills This writing course is for students who need to learn and/or review paragraph form and basic sentence skills: parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization and sentence formation. By writing paragraphs, students will demonstrate their ability to plan organize and express ideas effectively and in grammatically correct sentences.

ENGL 1200 Introduction to Literature This course examines a variety of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama) as expressions of the human desire to communicate philosophy, experience, and attitudes. Examples found in diverse literary cultures from ancient times to the present are the basis for reading, analyzing, and evaluating these forms of verbal expression.

ENGL 1430 Creative Writing This course is an introduction to the craft of writing in its various forms including the personal essay, fiction, poetry and drama. Students produce work in these genres and develop critical objectivity through analysis of their creations as well as those of their classmates and published writers.

ENGL 1100 (Now COMM 1100) Public Speaking This one-semester basic course in speech is designed to develop each student’s ability to communicate effectively in his or her academic, business and social life. The major emphasis is on the preparation and delivery of formal speeches, but many areas of the communication process are explored.

ENGL 2040 World Literature This course examines literature of the world in translation from the Enlightenment to the present in order to understand literature as a reflection and expression of its times, the humanities, and the modern world.

ENGL 0890 Critical Reading In this course the student develops critical reading and thinking skills that are essential for college and workplace success. Focus is on building an enhanced vocabulary, as well as examining author’s purpose and point of view, drawing inferences and applying advanced comprehension strategies. In addition, a work of nonfiction is required reading.

ENGL 0850 Basic College Reading This course teaches the reading skills essential for success in college and everyday life. It focuses on the strategies needed for developing vocabulary, as well as strategies for improving comprehension and retention of college textbook material. In addition, a novel is required reading.