English

Course Code	ENGL 099  Credits 3
Title	Fundamentals of Writing
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	ENGL 099 is an introductory composition course designed to prepare students for the 1A, Written Communication course. Students will study grammar, standard English usage, and rhetorical techniques and strategies. This course emphasizes sentence structure, paragraph development, and organizing and developing the short essay. There is also a strong focus upon reading and analysis of expository essays and other short, mostly non-fiction, works. Students placed into ENGL 099 must attain a passing grade in the course before enrolling in the required 1A, Written Communication course. ENGL 099 carries only credit toward semester load.

Course Code	ENGL 101  Credits 3
Title	English Composition I
Lasc Area	Goal 1A
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	English Composition I is the foundational writing course; special attention is devoted to learning about and using effective writing processes to create logical, engaging, and grammatically and mechanically correct essays suitable for a variety of audiences and purposes. In addition, students will read, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and integrate appropriately and ethically information and ideas from diverse sources and points of view in their writing. MnTC Goal 1.

Course Code	ENGL 183  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to the American Short Story
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course introduces students to the American Short Story from the 19th Century to the present. In this course students will have the opportunity to cultivate an appreciation for American literature, and develop the skills of close reading and analysis of selected works. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 190  Credits 1-3
Title	Topics in English
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This is a topical course and may be repeated when the topic changes.

Course Code	ENGL 201  Credits 3
Title	English Composition II
Prerequisite	ENGL 101
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	This course focuses on analysis and argumentation, with special attention devoted to learning about and producing effective and persuasive academic essays. Many assignments in this course will involve research and thus will require ethical and correct source citation and documentation. Must have successfully completed ENGL 101 or an acceptable placement score. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 202  Credits 3
Title	English Composition and Literature
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	The First-Year Composition and Literature course stresses expository writing (essays that explain, describe, compare, interpret, analyze, and persuade). In this course students will be asked to read and write with thoughtfulness, skill, and honesty, to think critically, to develop and defend their assertions, and to make use of library and other research sources that require crediting the writing of others in a responsible manner. Students will also read numerous works of poetry and drama and other genres. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 215  Credits 3
Title	World Games: International Stories about Sports and Politics
Lasc Area	Goal 6 Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This class uses a variety of literary and cinematic texts to explore how organized sports have been used to help build a national identity, to represent nations in the international sphere, and to express conflicts within and between nations. MnTC Goal 6 and 8.

Course Code	ENGL 234  Credits 3
Title	Mythology
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Introduction to the great myths of Greece and Rome and their influence upon later literature. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 246  Credits 3
Title	Women in Literature
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A study of the various ways women are depicted in imaginative literature and expository prose. Readings vary. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 280  Credits 3
Title	World Literature: East and West
Lasc Area	Goal 7
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Selected writers or literary traditions in world literature with at least one-half of the course focusing on the non-western literature. MnTC Goal 7.

Course Code	ENGL 282  Credits 3
Title	Literature for Non-Majors
Lasc Area	Goal 6
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course is designed to introduce students to significant English, American, and World literatures from a variety of periods, cultures, and literary or critical traditions. The course will introduce students to the process of situating works within larger cultural, historical, and/or biographical contexts. Students will also receive instruction in the process of critical and interpretive reading and writing. MnTC Goal 6.

Course Code	ENGL 285  Credits 3
Title	Scriptwriting
Prerequisite	ENGL 101
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	An introductory workshop in writing scripts for the stage and the screen. Students will be expected to write a short play and a mini-screenplay of 15-20 pages. Scripts will be work-shopped in class.

Course Code	ENGL 286  Credits 3
Title	Writing for the Workplace
Prerequisite	ENGL 101
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	Study and practice in writing non-academic material linked to the experiences of daily life and to practical career situations.

Course Code	ENGL 288  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Creative Writing
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	Practice in the writing of poetry, short fiction, or drama.

Course Code	ENGL 290  Credits 1-4
Title	Topics in English
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Study of a particular literary topic: special approaches or procedures related to the study of language or literature. The course may be repeated when the topic changes.

Course Code	ENGL 300  Credits 3
Title	Introduction to Literary Studies
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course introduces students to the basic elements of literary study, including literary analysis, critical interpretation, and theoretical approaches. Students will study a variety of genres and styles from diverse cultural and historical perspectives. Students will also read exemplary pieces of criticism designed to demonstrate the fundamental tenets of a critical approach. Required of all English majors as a prerequisite for all core and major courses.

Course Code	ENGL 301  Credits 3
Title	Medieval British Literature
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Study of selected major authors and works, sometimes in comparison with European counterparts, exclusive of Chaucer.

Course Code	ENGL 302  Credits 3
Title	English Renaissance Literature
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course will help you to develop the analytical skills required to read, write, speak, and think critically about Renaissance Literature.

Course Code	ENGL 311  Credits 3
Title	Major British Writers I
Prerequisite	ENGL 300
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Selected major writers through Milton. Some attention to literary criticism and research techniques.

Course Code	ENGL 312  Credits 3
Title	Major British Writers II
Prerequisite	ENGL 300
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Selected major writers, Enlightenment through Romantics, Victorians and Moderns. Some attention to literary criticism and research techniques.