| ENGL 0890 Preparing for College Writing,
4 credits
Begins to prepare students for college-level writing. The course provides opportunities to develop confidence, competence, and fluency through practice in writing processes. It also introduces sentence and punctuation strategies, paragraph structure, and essay development.
ENGL 0950 Elements of College Writing,
4 credits
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGL 0890 or achievement of required score on English placement test.
Offers intensive work with writing, revising and editing essays. Attention will be given to rhetorical elements of purpose, audience, thesis, evidence, and tone. Students will read and analyze their own and others’ writing.
ENGL 1102 College Vocabulary, 1 credit
Expands the students’ functional vocabulary range to meet college-level standards for effective reading comprehension and written composition. Course content is organized around various methods of learning vocabulary.
ENGL 1104 Technical Writing, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 1)
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGL 0950 or achievement of required score on English placement test.
Provides instruction in the rhetorical principles and strategies of technical writing. The course will emphasize reports and manuals, which may include progress and process reports, feasibility studies, instructions, procedures, and/or mechanism descriptions.
ENGL 1121 College Writing and Critical
Reading, 4 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 1 and 2)
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENGL 0950 or achievement of recommended score on English placement test.
Provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking. Course content includes the writing process, essential composition skills, and critical reasoning in various rhetorical situations. The course requires effectively reasoned and supported essays including an argumentative research paper.
ENGL 2202 Introduction to Literature, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Introduces students to major forms of literature—novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and creative non-fiction. Focus will be on critical reading and discussion, the elements of literature, and analysis, interpretation, and evaluation. The course will also deal with issues of diversity and may be organized around a particular topic.(Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2203 The Novel, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Students will study novels to gain an awareness of their scope and variety. Characters, setting, plot, theme, and other elements will be discussed in order to analyze, interpret, and evaluate their significance. The course will also deal with issues of diversity and may be organized around a particular topic. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2204 Short Stories, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Selected short stories will be read to explore the scope and variety of this form of literature. Point of view, characterization, language, and other elements will be emphasized; students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the stories. The course will also deal with issues of diversity and may be organized around a particular topic.
(Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2207 Drama, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Students will read a variety of plays to examine a form of literature that can be read or experienced in a theater. Character, dialogue, setting, theme, and other elements will be examined in order to analyze, interpret, and evaluate the dramas. Students may be asked to attend one or more live performances. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended. There may be an additional fee for attending off-campus plays (fee varied by theater and performance).
ENGL 2208 Poetry, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6)
Introduces students to poetry as a form of literature. Figurative language, imagery, allusion, musical devices, pattern, sound, and other poetic elements will be discussed in order to examine and more fully understand the content and meaning of a wide range of poetic expression. The course may have a theme. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2209 Children’s Literature, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6)
Introduces students to the range of literature for children, to critical and affective responses to it, and to criteria for selecting such literature. The course addresses interests of college students, educators, and parents. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2210 International Literature, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 8)
Introduces students to selected literature from nations around the world, such as China, India, Chile, South Africa, and Australia. Focus will be on critical reading and discussion, the elements of literature, and analysis, interpretation, and evaluation. The course may have a theme. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2220 British Literature to 1800, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6)
Introduces major British authors from the early 8th century through the 18th century. Readings and discussions will focus on the cultural and historical significance of the literature. Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the literary works. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2225 British Literature Since 1800,
3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6)
Introduces major British authors from the early 18th century to the early 19th century through today. Readings and discussions will focus on the cultural and historical significance of the literature. Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the literary works. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2230 American Literature to 1865,
3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Focuses on American literature from its beginnings (c.a. 1600) to approximately 1865. Readings may include autobiographies, journals, sermons, and essays, as well as poetry and fiction. Students will gain a sense of the historical and cultural significance of the literature and will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the literary works. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2235 American Literature Since 1865,
3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 6 and 7)
Focuses on American literature from approximately 1865 to the present. Readings will include short fiction and poetry, but may also include novels, plays, essays, and other creative non-fiction. Students will gain a sense of the historical and cultural significance of the literature and will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the literary works. (Successful completion of ENGL 1121 is recommended.)
ENGL 2241 Introduction to Creative Writing,
3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 1 and 6)
Prerequisite: ENGL 1121.
Opportunity for advanced writers to study the theory of and to practice the writing of fiction and poetry. Students will be instructed in contemporary aesthetics, genre, and craft with emphasis on individual creative effort and writing for a public audience.
ENGL 2261 Introduction to Creative
Non-Fiction Writing, 3 credits
(Meets MnTC Goal 1 and 6)
Prerequisite: ENGL 1121.
Opportunity for writers to analyze and write literary non-fiction. Students will be instructed in contemporary aesthetics, genre, and craft with emphasis on individ-ual creative effort and writing for a public audience. Students will explore creative non-fiction in various genres, including New and literary journalism, nature and travel writing, and contemporary memoir writing.
ENGL 2299 Independent Study, 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Two courses in English successfully completed.
Designed to offer the student the opportunity to do extensive programming or research on a specific topic in English.
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