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ECO 361 - Urban Economics
Stresses location theory and application of microeconomic theory to analysis of urban policy issues. May cover land-use controls, housing, urban poverty, transportation, and urban public finances. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 365 - Economic Democracy and Economic Theory
Contrasts alternatively structured organizations – especially those based on one person/one vote – with traditional capitalistic firm of West, which bases control on property ownership with primary goal of profit maximization. Examines democratic worker-managed firms, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, consumer or producer-controlled cooperatives, and publicly controlled enterprises or financial institutions. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 370 - The Economics of Piracy
From the high seas to digital video discs (DVDs), piracy surrounds us. Piracy evolves with changing technology and legal innovations. Explores economic implications of, and rationale for, piracy in detail. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 371 - International Economic History
Traces the evolution of economic institutions from antiquity to the present. Applies diverse approaches to understand historical processes and structures, concentrating on those relevant to current debates. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 377 - Economics and Cinema
Focuses on how movies employ cinematographic artistry to address economic issues. Students create and present movie proposals including a narrative synopsis, economic context, and an analysis of social-economic issues. Production of short pilot movies highly encouraged. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 381 - Introduction to Econometrics
Presents regression theory, multiple regression, simultaneous equations, identification problems, time-series problems, selected estimating techniques, and basic econometric models. Prerequisite(s): Economics major, ECO 202 , ECO 203 , and ECO 221 .
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ECO 385 - Economics of Health
Uses economic concepts and tools to examine production, delivery and cost, access and utilization of heath care services in the United States. includes demand for health care, the market for health providers and health insurance, and the role of government in the health care market. Discusses the relative merits of national reform efforts and current individual state reform efforts. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 and ECO 203 .
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ECO 403 - Applied Microeconomics
Synthesizes microeconomic theory and methodology for decision making. Emphasizes problem formulation, analysis, and solution. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 , ECO 203 , and ECO 303 .
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ECO 404 - Senior Seminar in Economics
Probes theoretical, applied, or policy economics, as well as issues in historical, institutional, or critical economics studies. Prerequisite(s): ECO 221 , ECO 303 , ECO 304 , and ECO 312 , or consent. May be repeated for credit with consent of department chair.
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ECO 407 - International Finance
Considers balance-of-payments adjustment mechanisms and impact on national economies. Looks at alternative exchange-rate regimes, international movements of capital, foreign-exchange intervention, impact of exchange-rate variations, and objectives and effects of international monetary standards and financial institutions. Prerequisite(s): ECO 304 and ECO 306 .
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ECO 411 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Uses mathematical tools from linear algebra, calculus, and difference equations to analyze economic theories and problems. Looks into consumer choice, production, partial and general equilibrium, economic growth, and macroeconomic models. Prerequisite(s): ECO 303 and ECO 304 .
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ECO 435 - Public Economics
Applies microeconomic theory to analysis of government spending in market economy. Touches upon theory of welfare economics and market failure, principles of expenditure analysis, benefit-cost analysis, government and distribution of income, and public-choice theory. Prerequisite(s): ECO 202 , ECO 203 , ECO 303 , and working knowledge of indifference curve analysis.
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ECO 438 - The Economics of Taxation
Examines principles of tax analysis and U.S. tax system, especially effects of taxes on economic efficiency and distribution of income. Ranges from Federal individual and corporate income taxes to local property and sales taxes. Prerequisite(s): ECO 303 .
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ECO 442 - History of Economic Thought
Chronicles economic theories from ancient to modern times, particularly from the mercantilist period (circa A.D. 1650) and links them to contemporary social and political systems. Prerequisite(s): ECO 221 , ECO 303 , and ECO 304 .
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ECO 448 - Alternative Economic Theories
Surveys Marxism, Austrianism, Post-Keynesianism, institutionalism, feminism, bioeconomism. Contrasts methodology, analysis, and policy prescriptions with those of classical and Keynesian theories that guide economic orthodoxy. Prerequisite(s): ECO 221 , ECO 303 , and ECO 304 .
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Education |
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EDU 100 - Contemporary Issues in Education
Introduces school organization and finance, problems of teaching, alternative schools, curriculum development, local control of education, and policy controversies. Suitable for non-majors. Open to first-year students only.
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EDU 210 - Sport Psychology
Examines the primary psychological constructs related to performance in sport and athletic settings including motivation, performance anxiety, confidence, and achievement goals. Focuses on both theoretical and practical understanding of sport psychology, as well as the ability to apply these ideas across athletic situations.
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EDU 264 - Introduction to Educational Technology
Introduces students to basic technology currently used in elementary classrooms and provides instruction in the use of Windows, E-mail, Excel, PowerPoint, Netscape Composer, electronic portfolios, and the Internet as a research tool. The role of these tools in enhancing student learning and teacher productivity is addressed.
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EDU 271 - School and Society
Chronicles social, political, economic, and historical background of contemporary American school system. Demonstrates how social forces have shaped curriculum, organization, and purposes of formal education. ESOL infused course.
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EDU 272 - Educational Psychology
Covers child development; learning, evaluation, and assessment; and psychology of teaching. Focuses on motivation, perception, personality, intelligence, and learning.
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EDU 280 - Diversity in American Education
Examines cultural pluralism in the classroom: multicultural education, diversity and teaching, bilingual education, racism, tracking, and teacher preparation. ESOL specific course.
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EDU 285 - High School Sports: Contemporary Issues
Examines current issues in American sports emphasizing issues affecting public and private secondary schools. Topics include: gender equity, substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, and tobacco), faculty and academic concerns, the media, risk management, ethnicity, and other relevant issues and problems affecting school sports programs.
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EDU 310 - Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom
Offers students a first-hand study of the components of a 21st Century classroom. They will learn about cutting edge techniques, software, hardware, and learning styles of today’s digital native.
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EDU 324 - Curriculum and Educational Assessment for Diverse Learners
Study of the relationship of curriculum approaches to contemporary issues in school program design and instruction. Encourages cross-cultural awareness, language development, and academic progress of all students. ESOL Specific Course.
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EDU 330 - Counseling in Schools
Familiarizes students with values, myths, and realities of school counseling programs in U.S. elementary and secondary schools. Explores personal decision making, career and academic concerns, and social responsibilities.
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EDU 335 - Content Area Reading in Secondary Schools
Prepares teachers in content areas with tools required to assist students with reading skills. Pre-service teachers will learn strategies to improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills, enabling students to better learn content materials. Prerequisite(s): Secondary Education minors Co-requisite(s): EDU 407 ESOL infused course.
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EDU 358 - Strategies for Classroom Management
Teaches prevention or solution of problems through management of classroom, children, and curriculum. Reviews techniques to move children from external to internal control.
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EDU 385 - Teaching Children with Exceptionalities
Emphasizes useful strategies for teaching special populations, including students with learning disabilities, mental disabilities, emotional disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, communication disabilities, and giftedness. Includes field component.
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EDU 406 - Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management
Emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction in an increasingly diverse school environment based on current research. Includes teaching field experience. Prerequisite(s): Admission to Elementary Education major; EDU 271 or EDU 272 . Co-requisite(s): RED 409 , RED 409L ESOL infused course.
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EDU 407 - Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management in Diverse Secondary Schools
Emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction in an increasingly diverse school environment based on current research. Includes teaching field experience. Prerequisite(s): admission to Secondary Education minor. Passing scores on the General Knowledge (GK) test of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam. Co-requisite(s): EDU 335 ESOL infused course.
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EDU 417 - Teaching (Particular Subject) in Secondary Schools
Explores selection, evaluation, and use of instructional materials to adapt college major to secondary school. Prerequisite(s): Secondary Education minor. Passing scores on the General Knowledge (GK) test of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam. Co-requisite(s): EDU 417L ESOL infused course.
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EDU 417L - Teaching (Particular Subject) in Middle and Secondary School Lab
Requires preinternship field experience of at least four hours weekly in middle and secondary school. Co-requisite(s): EDU 417
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EDU 444 - Educational Statistics, Tests, and Measurements
Focuses on the basic concepts of educational statistics with applications to the theories of tests and measurements. Topics include descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, correlation and prediction, and test theory.
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EDU 470 - Classroom Management
Survey course taken during the student teaching semester. Prepares future teachers in the planning of instruction, organization of classrooms, and the management of student learning and conduct. Examines topics pertaining to teaching such as child abuse, assessments, and job-hunting skills. The ETEP portfolio based on the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices must be completed during this course. Prerequisite(s): All required courses. Co-requisite(s): EDU 490 or EDU 491
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EDU 490 - Student Teaching - Elementary
Provides full-time experience integrating and applying skills in approved local school under direction of master teacher. Prerequisite(s): All Elementary Education major requirements. Co-requisite(s): EDU 470
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EDU 491 - Student Teaching – Secondary
Provides full-time experience integrating and applying skills in approved local school under direction of master teacher. Prerequisite(s): All Secondary Education minor requirements. Co-requisite(s): EDU 470
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EDU 496B - Leadership Skills
Evaluates effects of leadership styles on organizational climate and productivity.
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RED 309 - Fundamentals of Reading
Examines the foundations of reading instruction from historical, linguistic, social, psychological, cognitive, and curricular perspectives. Theoretical base for reading and language arts methodology courses. Explores basic phonics instruction, reading programs in use, nature of reading and writing processes, and balanced approach to reading instruction. Prerequisite(s): Passing scores on the General Knowledge (GK) test of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam. Co-requisite(s): RED 369
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RED 311 - Teaching Writing in Elementary Schools
Students will learn about the nature of the writing process and how to develop learning activities, where the development of good writing will be facilitated among elementary students. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing
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RED 369 - Research-based Practices in Literacy Instruction
Teacher candidates will scaffold student learning by applying comprehensive instructional practices integrating the six components of reading. Teacher candidates will review recent research with an emphasis on techniques used to implement literature and writing experiences across the elementary school curriculum. Co-requisite(s): RED 309
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RED 371 - Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties
Covers administration and interpretation of reading tests and acquisition of the knowledge to plan appropriate strategies to provide optimum growth in students’ reading abilities. Includes 25 hours of field experience. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major. RED 309 and passing scores on the General Knowledge (GK) test of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam.
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RED 409 - Differentiated Literacy and Content Area Instruction
Presents methods for teaching reading, writing, and language in a constructivist, balanced, reading classroom. ESOL infused course. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major, junior standing, RED 309 , and RED 371 . Co-requisite(s): EDU 406 and RED 409L
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EED 319 - Integrated Arts in the Elementary School
Provides the student with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to integrate arts into the education of elementary school children in ways that will enrich and enliven the educational experience for all.
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EED 355 - Teaching (Foreign Language) in the Elementary Schools
Required for all students seeking foreign language certification.
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EED 363 - Social Studies for Elementary Schools
Delves into foundations for social studies, exploring human experience, environmental studies (including conservation), teaching strategies for inquiry learning, problem solving, and concept development. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major.
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EED 364 - Science for Elementary Schools
Stresses major concepts and processes of science: process skills, inquiry strategies, problem solving, environmental and ecological issues, and science in today’s society. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major.
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EED 367 - Health and Physical Education for Elementary Schools
Discusses methods for physical activities for children, concepts and materials of health education, and values underlying programs of personal fitness for children. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major.
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EED 368 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Content, and Methods
Combines mathematical content and teaching methods based on NCTM Standards. Emphasizes problem solving while covering numeration, measurement, geometry, statistics and probability, and number operations. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education major.
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ENG 140 - Composition: Writing about Selected Topics
Develops students’ ability to write college-level essays by practicing strategies of argumentation and by refining skills of invention, completeness, clarity, and mechanical correctness. In order to satisfy the College’s general education requirement for ‘Writing, students must receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in the course. Students may take ENG 140 a second time for credit, so long as a different topic is selected. Section topics are designated by individual instructors.
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ENG 167 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Writing in a variety of genres including fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Focus on peer evaluation (oral and written) as well as that of the professor. Models of these genres are studied not as literature, but as writing samples.
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ENG 190 - Texts and Contexts
Gateway to English major. Theme based course introducing students to the practice of literary analysis and writing. Focusing on skills in close reading using literary and critical terminology on multiple genres. Suitable for non-majors and potential English majors.
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ENG 201 - Major English Writings I
Critical and historical approaches to writers of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, including the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton.
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ENG 202 - Major English Writings II
Critical and historical approaches to writers of the long Eighteenth Century, the Romantic period, and the Victorian Age, including Pope, Swift, Johnson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and Hopkins.
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ENG 204 - African Literature
Introduces major writers and literary movements of Africa.
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ENG 206 - Grammar Bootcamp
Covers basic English grammar as well as more advanced grammar to prepare students for advanced writing courses. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, diction, and cohesion.
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ENG 209 - Introduction to Professional Writing
Offers a foundation in professional writing theory and practice. Using a rhetorical approach, analyzes situations, texts, and audiences to understand and produce effective documents. Appropriate for non-majors.
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ENG 210 - Language and Power
Surveys rhetorical tools leaders have used throughout history to change their societies. Students will analyze how these tools function within speeches, letters, essays, and other literary texts that have persuaded audiences to think, feel, and act in new – sometimes positive, sometimes destructive – ways. By modeling such writing in their own essays, students will practice using these tools to address contemporary social issues while discussing the ethical concerns that responsible citizens must consider whenever they use rhetoric. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 211 - Show and Tell: Visual and Verbal Text Design
Investigates how visuals (pictures, graphics, color, and layout) interact with words to add or disrupt meaning in texts. Studies cutting-edge research on visual perception. Practices document design using InDesign software. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 216 - Sandspur Production
Writing- and design-intensive course that supports production of The Sandspur. Covers various kinds of journalistic writing and news reporting: basic news pieces, features, editorials, and reviews. Provides skills necessary to produce and edit well-written, accurate, insightful stories, and to do journalistic investigation and research. Classroom workshops are conducted before weekly newspaper staff meetings. Familiarizes students with contemporary journalistic practices and issues involving ethics and standards in the media.
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ENG 221 - Topics in World Literature
Introduces major writers and theoretical approaches in one or more literary traditions other than - or in combination with - British and/or American. Specific topics vary. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 229 - Selected Studies in American Literature
Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year.
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ENG 230 - Literary Nonfiction
Allows students to sample a wide array of writing forms and strategies under the heading of “creative nonfiction.” Examines the personal essay, memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, nature writing, and social criticism. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 231 - The Bible as Literature
A study of the Old and New Testaments as works of creative literature, with frequent excursions into poems, plays, and novels influenced by the Bible. Works range from black spirituals to Jesus Christ Superstar.
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ENG 232 - Literature and Experience
Focus may include drama, poetry, and prose. Designed for upper class non-majors.
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ENG 233 - Women Writers
Traces the literature written by women during the past several hundred years with particular interest in the 19th and 20th centuries. Examines, through various genres, the cultural climate and the authors’ central thematic interests.
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ENG 234 - Selected Studies in Literary Themes
Focuses on drama, poetry, fiction, and prose. Suitable for non-majors.
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ENG 235 - Selected Studies in Environmental Literature
A study of poets, novelists, and essayists who have spoken out strongly for the community of the land and the preservation of the environment. Typical authors: Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Burroughs, Muir, Austin, Abbey, Leopold, Rawlings, and Hurston.
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ENG 241 - Film and Literature
Studies the history and aesthetics of film and the relationship of film to literature. Material and focus will vary from year to year. Suitable for non-majors.
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ENG 242 - Contemporary American Short Fiction
Covers short stories written since 1975 by key contemporary authors of short fiction. Topics may include civil rights, feminism, the legacy of Vietnam, or the mundane challenges of simply getting out of bed in the morning and going to work.
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ENG 245 - Selected Studies in Popular Culture
Studies the theories, forms, themes, and genres of popular culture. Compares the ways various media (e.g., fiction, film, television, radio) interpret and present similar subjects. Suitable for non-majors.
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ENG 249 - Darkness Visible – Radio Drama
Studies the almost nonexistent art of radio drama. Students are responsible for writing, directing, producing, and starring in their own weekly radio drama show on Rollins’ WPRK (Tuesdays, 9:00 p.m.).
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ENG 260 - Writer’s Studio
Students will learn about creative potential and how to nurture it. They will take up a writing “practice” that includes regular writing and attention to the conditions under which they are most creative and productive. Responding effectively to the writing of others and basic techniques of craft that good writers use to achieve effect and meaning will be explored. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 267 - Topics/Techniques in Writing
“Topics” version of this course offers an introduction to a very specific genre of writing (fiction, autobiography, humor writing, etc.), giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre and offering a sequence of short reading and writing assignments designed to develop facility in producing the genre. “Techniques” version of this course offers a close study of a specific literary technique (point of view, character/dialogue, narrative design, voice), and requires practicing the technique in short, focused writing assignments with emphasis on both literary and technical excellence. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 268 - Writing Intensives
Seven (7) intensive experiences in specific genres: memoir, short-short story, profile, sonnet, and writing about art. Each session introduces students to a particular type of writing and leads them in a series of exercises to practice writing the genre. Sessions are designed to be fun, informative, and inspirational. Instructors provide specific strategies for tackling a type of writing and for deepening and extending daily writing practice.
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ENG 271 - Personal Writing
Writing by self-discovery and self-expression. Explores writing as a means to discover thoughts, feelings, and intuitions, which would otherwise remain inchoate. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 273 - Journalistic Writing I
Evolution of journalism and contemporary practices of news gathering and writing. Critical analyses of traditional and converging forms of journalism, the journalistic landscape, and student roles as reporters. Emphasizes journalism in the 21st century, and timeless tools essential for reporters. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent.
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ENG 275 - Selected Studies in Minority Literature
Minority literary studies. Offerings vary year to year. Suitable for non-majors.
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ENG 276 - Writing for the Future
How do we depict ourselves when we are communicating on the Internet? How does our understanding of audience shift? This course in the genre of cyberspace writing explores how our own personal reading and writing are being changed by advances in technology, as well as how online forms and practices are reshaping corporate and academic writing. Focusing on new skills we would like to master, we all consider whether our ability to learn is affected by our uses of technology. Previous experience is NOT a prerequisite.
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ENG 277 - Studies in Professional Writing
Studies select topics, genres, and practices in professional writing. Topics may include writing for digital media, writing for communities, business writing, and journalistic writing. Each class involves both theoretical study and skills development.
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ENG 278 - The Beat: Writing and Reporting in the Community
Explores interests with eyes and ears of journalists, picking a beat (e.g., Politics, Environment) to generate stories, identify stories off campus of interest to report on campus. Enables students to evaluate sources, enterprise content, write in lively journalistic styles. Submissions to Sandspur encouraged. Fulfills a core course in Professional Writing Minor. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent.
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ENG 291 - Magical Realism
When a love story filters through the centuries or a man awakens as a giant cockroach (this could happen in Florida); when an owl perches on a window crying sweet warnings or a baron lives his life in the treetops; when a dead baby rises from the grave or the local shopping mall draws us into fairyland – what are we to think? Exploring several works of magical realism, this course offers delightful metaphors, strange dreams, strategies for reading literature, and a whole new way of understanding experience. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 or equivalent.
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ENG 295 - Studies in Nonfiction
Focus on forms, themes, and techniques of specific nonfiction prose genres (biography, environmental writing, etc.). Students study closely both peer and professional examples of the genre, learning to develop their own style and voice in practicing the form. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 300 - Expository Writing
Assumes that writing is a primary way to understand, organize, and give meaning to experience, and is thus an integral part of a liberal studies curriculum. Develops writing strategies and forms that give meaningful shape to attitudes and experiences within the context of previously published ideas. Analysis of professional and anonymous student essays, as well as students’ own writings. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 303 - Historical Approaches to American Literature
Explores representative works from the beginnings of American literature to the present, covering the evolution of literary periodization and changes in literary form, against their historical and cultural backgrounds. Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , ENG 202 or instructor consent.
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ENG 304A - Genre Study in American Literature: Drama
Examines drama in American literature, emphasizing the changing forms and conventions of the genre. Playwrights discussed include Treadwell, Miller, Williams, Hansberry, Shepard, Mamet, and Finley. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 304B - Genre Study in American Literature: Fiction
Examines fiction in American literature, emphasizing the changing forms and conventions of the genre. Focus varies, sometimes by broad literary movement (American Renaissance, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, Postmodernism), sometimes by theme (race, gender, experimentation, the West). Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , ENG 202 or instructor consent.
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ENG 304C - Genre Study in American Literature: Poetry
Examines poetry in American literature, emphasizing the changing forms and conventions of the genre. Focus varies, sometimes by broad literary movement (American Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism), sometimes by theme (race, gender, experimentation). Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , ENG 202 or instructor consent.
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ENG 305 - American Literature I: Beginnings through 1865
Explores representative works of the period, focusing on the evolution of American literary consciousness and shifting literary strategies, against their historical and cultural backgrounds. Includes traditional canonical works, as well as works that expand that canon. Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , ENG 202 or instructor consent.
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ENG 306 - American Literature II: 1865 to Present
Explores representative works of the period, focusing on the evolution of American literary consciousness and shifting literary strategies, against their historical and cultural backgrounds. Includes traditional canonical works, as well as works that expand that canon. Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , ENG 202 or instructor consent.
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ENG 307 - American Literature IV: African American Literature
Explores African American literary forms from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, in the context of the social, historical, economic, and cultural politics of literary production in this specific racial community. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing
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ENG 310 - Studies in Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Studies literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500, in England. Emphasis on the history of the language, the cultural diversity, and the oral-formulaic nature of the poetry. Primary focus: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
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ENG 311 - Studies in Renaissance Literature
Examines English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries, excepting Shakespeare, in the context of the times. Focus varies from term to term, sometimes by genre (prose, lyric, epic, dramatic), sometimes by theme.
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ENG 312 - Studies in Shakespeare
Studies selected poems and plays by Shakespeare, viewed in the context of Elizabethan conventions and ideas. Focus varies from term to term, sometime by genre (comedy, tragedy, history, or romance), sometimes by theme, sometimes by emphasis on lyric and narrative verse.
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ENG 314 - Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the Restoration and neoclassical periods. Focus on novel as a literary genre, comic potential of the war between the sexes, and poets’ efforts to offer the emerging middle class a sense of both the past and the world of ideas.
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ENG 315 - Studies in 19th-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the romantic and Victorian periods. Emphases may include works of either period, the forms of lyric poetry, the rise of the novel, or literary movements in their cultural contexts.
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ENG 319 - Studies in 20th-Century British Literature
Examines major writers and writings of the modern and contemporary periods. Emphases may include movements in poetry, fiction, or drama – especially those that represent experiments in new modes of expression at the beginning and end of the century.
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ENG 321 - Topics in World Literature
Introduces major writers and theoretical approaches in one or more literary traditions other than - or in combination with - British and/or American. Specific topics vary. Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 .
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ENG 324 - Selected Studies in Minority Literature
Minority literary studies. Offerings vary year to year. Suitable for non-majors.
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ENG 325 - Modern Drama
Focuses on American, British, and Continental plays written/produced from 1890 to 1945. Representative playwrights include Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, Synge, O’Neill, Treadwell, Pirandello, and Eliot. Emphasizes critical analysis, historical significance, and issues of performance.
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