Academic Catalog

ENGLISH (ENGL)

ENGL 101  ~COMPOSITION 1  
3 Credit Hours  
Students write a minimum of twenty formally evaluated pages in order to expand skills necessary to express ideas and feelings effectively in expository essays centered on rhetorical patterns and strengthening critical thinking skills. 4,000 - 5,000 words evaluated writing. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ACT English with a score of 18 or SAT Verbal/Reading Score with a score of 480 or EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE with a score of 480 or SAT Verbal with a score of 480 or WV Summative Assessment Engl. with a score of 3 or AENG - English Placement with a score of 250  
Pre/Corequisite(s): ENGL 101L  
ENGL 101L  ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 LAB  
1 Credit Hour  
This lab provides structured learning support for ENGL 101, offering tailored instruction in the specifics of the writing process; grammar, punctuation and sentence structure; various forms of documentation; and the traditional rhetorical modes.
Corequisite(s): ENGL 101  
ENGL 102  ~COMPOSITION 2  
3 Credit Hours  
Enhancing skills for writing research-based informative and/ or argumentation papers using analysis, synthesis, drawing conclusions from credible sources. Refining research skills, documenting, citing. Employing traditional rhetorical patterns to create an argument. 4,000 - 5,000 words evaluated writing. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 103  ENGL GRAMMAR USAGE AND STYLE  
3 Credit Hours  
Intense study of syntax, grammar, word-forms, punctuation and various accepted writing styles. Designed for new writers, editors, and secretaries. (3 lecture)
ENGL 107  TECHNICAL WRITING 1  
3 Credit Hours  
Develops technical writing skills by applying various approaches used to communicate in technical environments. Includes writing structural descriptions, operational descriptions, process explanations, analytical summaries and other technical reports. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ACT English with a score of 18 or SAT Verbal/Reading Score with a score of 480 or EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE with a score of 480 or SAT Verbal with a score of 480 or WV Summative Assessment Engl. with a score of 3 or AENG - English Placement with a score of 250  
Pre/Corequisite(s): ENGL 107L  
ENGL 107L  TECHNICAL WRITING 1 LAB  
1 Credit Hour  
This lab provides structured learning support for Technical Writing 1, offering tailored instruction in the specifics of ENGL 107: the writing process; grammar, punctuation, sentence structure; and various writing approaches used in a technical environment. (2 lab)
Corequisite(s): ENGL 107  
ENGL 108  TECHNICAL WRITING 2  
3 Credit Hours  
Continues development of students' technical writing skills. Expands problem-solving abilities through writing technical content associated with the principles of inductive/ deductive reasoning. Emphasizes student interaction to complete applied writing assignments, research, and analytical reports that may include pictorial and statistical data. Clarity and organization are stressed. Develops skills in writing in response to other writers' ideas through reading and interpreting technical and non-technical materials. Requires strong grammar and usage skills. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 107 or ENGL 101  
ENGL 131  ~TYPES OF LITERATURE 1  
3 Credit Hours  
A genre approach with an emphasis on the development of critical reading and writing skills through the definition, analysis, and personal experience of poetry and drama. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 132  ~TYPES OF LITERATURE 2  
3 Credit Hours  
English 132 course provides a survey of narrative fiction. Using a genre approach, we will examine short stories, novellas and novels. Emphasis is on the analysis, critical evaluation and personal experience of literature. (3 lecture)
ENGL 210  INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING  
3 Credit Hours  
An open enrollment introduction to writing in different literary forms - poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and plays. Includes development of clarity, originality and personal style. (3 lecture)
ENGL 213  CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY  
3 Credit Hours  
Introduction to the writing of poetry; practice in the basics of image, metaphor, line, form, sound, and voice; the basics of seeking an audience. (3 lecture)
ENGL 214  CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION  
3 Credit Hours  
An introduction to the writing of creative nonfiction, including literary journalism, personal essay, characterization and scene, detail and description, distinctive voice and point of view, and memoir. (3 lecture)
ENGL 215  CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION  
3 Credit Hours  
Introduction to the writing of fiction. (3 lecture)
ENGL 221  ~WORLD LITERATURE 1  
3 Credit Hours  
Masterworks from Western culture through mid-17th Century with emphasis on universal themes and changing attitudes toward them. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 222  ~WORLD LITERATURE 2  
3 Credit Hours  
Representative master works of literature from throughout the world from the mid-17th Century through the present times with emphasis on universal themes and changing attitudes toward them. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 227  FILM AS ART  
3 Credit Hours  
"Reading" film as visual and sound experience. Basic concepts of narrative film form and style: film time and space, elements of theatre in film, cinematography, editing and sound. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 241  ~AMERICAN LITERATURE 1  
3 Credit Hours  
A survey of themes, writers, and literary eras in the United States from the pre-national period to 1865. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 242  ~AMERICAN LITERATURE 2  
3 Credit Hours  
A survey of themes, writers, and literary eras in the United States from 1865 to the present. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 257  INTRO TO SCIENCE FICTION  
3 Credit Hours  
An exploration of the development of science fiction and fantasy through the study of representative works. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 260  INTRNATL TRAVEL/LIT STUDIES  
3 Credit Hours  
A combination of the study of literature from different areas of the world and a tour to those sites for further setting and background research. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 261  ~ENGLISH LITERATURE 1  
3 Credit Hours  
Representative works from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century; Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and others. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 262  ~ENGLISH LITERATURE 2  
3 Credit Hours  
Representative works from the Romantic period through the 21st Century. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 285  GENDER IN LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Exploration of multiple definitions and understanding of gender roles and labels, often accompanied by stereotypes, as portrayed in a variety of literary genres, films, and other materials. How personal and cultural assumptions interact with individual interpretation and perception of what are often considered archetypal roles. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 290  CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SKILLS  
1-3 Credit Hours  
A review of both verbal and written communication skills, needed by public school teachers with emphasis on grammar and effective speaking (Individualized as much as possible). (The course is geared toward, but not limited to education majors.) (1-3 lecture)
ENGL 293  COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE  
1 Credit Hour  
(1 lecture)
ENGL 297  SPECIAL TOPICS  
1-3 Credit Hours  
(1-3 lecture)
ENGL 299  INDEPENDENT STUDY  
1-3 Credit Hours  
(1-3 lecture)
ENGL 308  ADVANCED WRITING  
3 Credit Hours  
Advanced Writing develops enhanced techniques expected in academic and professional writing. This course concentrates on formats, audience analysis, research and documentation, editing, proofreading, and revision, and the integration of source materials from various disciplines. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 316  INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION  
3 Credit Hours  
(3 lecture)
ENGL 320  MEDIEVAL LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Examines works written primarily in the British Isles in the period between 500-1500. Exact topics will vary but may include Old and Middle English texts, the Arthurian legends, religious writings, and Chaucer and his contemporaries. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 325  SHAKESPEARE  
3 Credit Hours  
Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 330  MILTON  
3 Credit Hours  
Milton's poems and selected prose. Discussion of literary context of Neoclassicism. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 107 or ENGL 111  
ENGL 334  SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL WRITING  
3 Credit Hours  
Upper-level course requiring the study of reading, practices, technical/scientific writing conventions; using graphics and professional writing. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 335  THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT  
3 Credit Hours  
An upper division survey of the works of the major Romantic writers. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 340  THE VICTORIAN ERA  
3 Credit Hours  
An upper division concentration on major Victorian writers and an overview of cultural and literary criticism of the time. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 345  MODERN LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Examines the influence of culture and thought on the themes, styles, literary devices and approaches of Modern authors. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 350  APPROACHES TO TCHNG GRAMMAR  
3 Credit Hours  
Topics include: grammar development and diversity, rules of Standard English, methods of analyzing language structure and materials and methods of instruction and assessment that lead to achievement of contemporary educational expectations. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111  
ENGL 356  TOPICS IN NATIVE AMERICAN LIT  
3 Credit Hours  
This is a specialized topics course reflecting current trends and issues in Native American Literature and culture. Topic subjects vary per semester. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 102 or ENGL 112) and (ENGL 101 or ENGL 111)  
ENGL 387  TOPICS IN WOMEN'S LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Syllabus will vary per term. Topics include women writers outside of Great Britain and the United States; comparative women writers; women's writing on a particular theme or topic. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 101 or ENGL 111) and (ENGL 102 or ENGL 112)  
ENGL 388  WOMEN WRITERS  
3 Credit Hours  
(3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 or ENGL 112  
ENGL 397  SPECIAL TOPICS  
1-3 Credit Hours  
(1-3 lecture)
ENGL 399  INDEPENDENT STUDY  
1-3 Credit Hours  
(1-3 lecture)
ENGL 403  CHILDREN'S LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Development of children's literature with emphasis on modern books; examination of illustration; skills of evaluation, selection, and use of books and non-print materials toward achievement of 21st Century learning goals. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 404  ADOLESCENT LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Comprehensive introduction to adolescent literature framed within rich literary, historical and social context. Close reading within a critical context which relies on knowledge of the building blocks of literature. Use of print and non- print materials toward achievement of 21st Century Learning goals. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 406  PLAYWRITING  
3 Credit Hours  
Develop basic skills in playwriting techniques through the examination of written theatrical works, attendance at live performances, and completion of classroom exercises. Self-expression will be emphasized. (3 lecture)
ENGL 410  REGIONAL LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
A study of regional essayists, short story writers, poets, novelists, dramatists, and writers of creative nonfiction in relation to ideological and cultural background, style, and subject matter. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 415  AMERICAN VOICES  
3 Credit Hours  
Students examine literature by one or more American authors representative of particular movements, eras, genres, styles, themes, cultures, or other relevant perspectives. Focus may vary each semester. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 420  SINGLE AUTHOR FOCUS  
3 Credit Hours  
This course provides in-depth study of a single author's literary work. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 425  TOPICS IN CONTEMP GLOBAL LIT  
3 Credit Hours  
Specialized topics, which may vary per semester, will provide students with the opportunity to discuss, interpret, compare, and critique contemporary literature by international authors. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 430  COMPARATIVE LITERATURE  
3 Credit Hours  
Using literary texts, "comparative literature" promotes studying intercultural relations that cross national boundaries, multicultural relationship, and the interactions between literature, the arts, the sciences, technology, history, political science, philosophy, and linguistic boundaries and other disciplines. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 444  WRITER'S WORKSHOP  
3 Credit Hours  
Stressing both creativity and skill development and practice, the Writers' Workshop offers an opportunity to work with others to create, shape, and polish poetry, fiction, playwriting and creative non-fiction writing. Other topics include manuscript preparation, critiquing, editing, and marketing. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 107  
ENGL 450  LITERARY CRITICISM  
3 Credit Hours  
The study of literary criticism from Aristotle to modern times. (3 lecture)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or ENGL 107