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Thiscourse is designed as an introduction to the study, appreciation, and most importantly, enjoyment of literary works of poetry, drama, and fiction for non-English majors. In this class, we will aim for several ambitious but equally important goals. First, we will discuss why literature, not only the contemporary ones but also those that were created centuries ago still matters to us living in the twenty first century. Great literary works can still be meaningful even when taken out of their original context of creation. Therefore, secondly, we will see how literary texts initiate, provoke, and engage in creative as well as critical dialogues with the historical, cultural, political, and economic context of their creation and consumption. In this perspective, we will apply interdisciplinary approach and look into some of the art and film works inspired by or closely related to the primary texts. Finally, we will also learn how understanding writers' techniques, literary conventions, and critical currents and perspectives can actually increase your enjoyment of literary works. That is, in contrast to some people's belief (and fear) that critical analysis spoils our reading experience, we will see coming up with not only intuitive but also"reasoned" (critical and analytic) responses can be fun.

This course introduces non-English majors to the study of literature. In this course, we will read from a variety of genres including short stories, poetry, drama, and the novel, and we will explore oral and visual literary forms. Students will develop a deeper appreciation for literature and improve their abilities to discuss and analyze a literary text through a consideration of genre conventions, style, themes, historical context and representations of identity. In addition, students will learn to compose in both textual and multimodal modes of literary scholarship. Required work in this course includes quizzes, three short response papers, two exams, and two literary analysis projects.

This is an FLC class. Students must also register for English 120. If you need to take English 120, this is an opportunity to write essays about the kinds of books that you love to read. Write essays about JK Rowling's Harry Potter, Judy Blume's Blubber, or Sherman Alexie's Diary Of a Part-Time Indian. In this Freshman Seminar we will examine the ways in which literature for children and young adults is governed by the social, religious, and political influences that a particular community may embrace. Should children's books focus on topics such as child abuse? Should fairy tales be censored? While we may not be able to resolve these issues, we will emerge from this class with a better understanding of the interaction between community values, censorship, and children's books. Assignments: 4 short exams, several short papers, and a final book project.

In this course, we seek to understand the differences between love, lust, and passion as presented in literature and film. We will read a novel, a play, short stories, poems, and nonfiction texts. We also view films that depict a variety of human relationships. In our discussions, we analyze the relationships in connection to our own lives. How can we learn from both the good examples and mistakes of others, real or fictional? Students keep journals, write three 2-page response papers, a love poem, a 3-page memoir, and a final 6-8 page research paper. They also give an oral presentation that is based on the research project and take four quizzes. We attend an artistic performance related to our discussions and hold an Academy Awards day.

Technical & Professional Writing will introduce you to the different types of documents found in the workplace. In this class we will focus on how to analyze and understand readers' needs as well as develop a coherent structure, clear style, and compelling page layout. You will also learn useful writing and research strategies that you can use as you write professional correspondence, procedures, resumes, presentations, proposals, and multi-page reports. This section of Technical & Professional Writing also features a service-learning component that involves working directly with an agency or organization. Our service-learning work in this technical writing course will involve developing technical documents for a campus organization, a local non-profit organization, or government agency. This will allow you to work with a real-world audience and will ensure that the significant time you put into your class project leads to meaningful results. The purpose of this course is to acquaint you with a variety of documents you will encounter in the workplace and to help you establish successful strategies for creating them. While individual writing tasks represent the significant bulk of class activities and instruction, you will also participate in collaborative work.

ENGINEERING MAJORS ONLY This course is restricted to engineering majors only. Engineering majors often require a special skill-set and create, write, and publish documents that are highly technical in nature and discipline specific. The objective of English 219 SoE is to instruct engineering students on the types of writing and communication that is necessary for success in varied engineering domains by addressing technical and professional writing from an engineering perspective. Broadly, the course will address concerns of professional, technical, and ethical communication, practical workplace communication skills, research and investigation of contemporary engineering issues, and application of engineering instruction in professional communication contexts.

In English 219, students learn how to write and design documents commonly found in the professional workplace. The course covers principles related to structure, style, research methodology, audience analysis, and document design. Assignments include creating professional letters, memos, procedures, manuals, proposals, and analytical reports.

In this course we study literary works that inspired various musicals. We analyze the process of adaptation, the incorporation of visual and aural components (such as dance and music) with a literary text, and elements of general creativity. We read fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, academic essays, and other texts. We also view and analyze corresponding musicals that are based on the literary works. In addition, we read and complete exercises in Twyla Tharp's book The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, in order to stimulate our own creativity in academic and creative endeavors. Students keep journals, write five short response papers, a 5-page literary and/or film analysis, a 5-page memoir/report, a 3-page reflective essay, and an 8-10 page research paper. They give an oral presentation at the end of the semester that is based on their research paper and take four short quizzes.

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