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EN 101 English Composition I (F/S/SU)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 090 and EN 099 OR minimum acceptable test scores for placement in college-level English.
An introduction to basic composition. The major thrust is directed toward achieving competency in writing a composition.

EN 102 English Composition II (F/S/SU)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 101, Challenge Examination, or CLEP.
A continuation of EN 101. The student is exposed to additional forms of the composition and is expected to demonstrate a higher level of proficiency in writing. Major emphases are the research paper and literary forms.

EN 115 Technical Writing I
3 Semester Hours
This course is an intermediate composition and communication course which includes analytical and critical reading, elementary logic, persuasion, and a discipline-related research paper and presentation.

121 Creative Writing (F/S/SU)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102 or permission of instructor.
Offers students and members of the community an opportunity to practice writing poetry, fiction, and/or drama.

EN 122 Magazine Editing (O)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 121.
This is a course intended to provide the student with an opportunity to improve creative writing skills and experience the many facets of literary magazine production. The course allows the student to participate in layout, design, format, printing and editing of submitted materials thus enabling him/her to better understand the literary process.

EN 200 English Literature Before 1800 (F/S)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102.
Survey of English literature to the Romantic period.

EN 201 American Literature Before 1865 (F/S)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102.
This course surveys the major writers and major periods of literary development in the United States from 1620 to 1865.

EN 202 English Literature Since 1800 (F/S)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102.
Survey of English literature from the Romantic period.

EN 204 American Literature Since 1865 (F/S)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102.
This course is a survey of the major writers and major periods of literary development in the United States from 1865.

EN 210 Appalachian Literature (S)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 101.
A survey of selected fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prose about Appalachia and its people from Colonial times to the present, with emphasis on recent fiction which may involve students in projects of collecting folklore and folk history.

EN 219/ED 219 Adolescent Literature (O)
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 102.
This course emphasizes the reading and evaluation of literature written for and by young adults (middle, junior, and senior high school students). By analyzing reading resources, the reading interests, and developmental needs of adolescents and by classroom observations of reading/literature instruction, the student will develop the ability to help students to select literature for independent reading and guide them in analyzing group reading choices. Strategies to stimulate reading for information and for pleasure will include the reading of a wide variety of adolescent literature reflecting cultural, ethnic

EN 275 Special Topics in English (O)
1-3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: EN 101.
Presents courses in English which the College expects to offer only once or occasionally in response to specific community needs. The course may consist of seminars, specialized or individual instruction, and/or research in an area related to English.


Last Update - 05/21/2007

 
 
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and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges.


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