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For students completing a Master's degree with the alternate plan paper option.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Elementary Education (MS) | Reading (MS)

For students completing a Master's degree with the creative project option.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Elementary Education (MS) | Elementary Teaching (MS) | Reading (MS)

For students completing the Master's or Specialist degree using the thesis option.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Elementary Education (MS) | Reading (MS)

ENG 100 or Academic Reading and Writing focuses on building students¿ literacy skills in connection to their field of study.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Students in this course approach writing as a subject of study by investigating how writing works across a variety of contexts.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 1A - English Composition

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Computer Engineering Technology (BS) | Electronic Engineering Technology (BS) | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner | Health Communication (BS) | Management Information Systems (BS) | Nursing (BS)

This course examines structural racism and other forms of intersectional oppression in the United States. Students will study unequal power dynamics and analyze implicit and explicit biases. Students will also identify essential skills necessary for living and working in a diverse society with historic and ongoing exclusion.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Study and analysis of elements of prose, poetry and drama in English from earlier periods through contemporary. Emphasizes critical reading of literature. May include such genres as short story, novel, memoir, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poem, play, screenplay.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

Study and analysis of prose, poetry, drama, and film from various genres, time periods, and geographies. Emphasizes critical reading of and writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

The course purpose is to increase students' knowledge of international children's literature that is written in English or translated into English. Students will be introduced to individual books, authors, and methods of responding to literature. This course studies children's literature set in countries such as Afghanistan, WWII Germany,and the Dominican Republic.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

This course will introduce students to Shakespeare's plays (histories, tragedies, and comedies) and sonnets. Students will read, analyze, and develop interpretations of these works, learning about Shakespeare's language, historical situations, and world views.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

Students analyze and apply rhetorical principles in their writing with new media. As members of a media-saturated culture, we know that print text is only one form of writing, and sometimes it is not the most effective choice. Because all of us make sense of texts and issues in a variety of ways, this course asks students to utilize multimodal (visual, aural, etc.) forms of communication and become more informed, critical consumers of new media writing themselves.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

English Writing Studies Minor

Courses will explore literary representations of, and literary contributions made by, under-represented peoples. Students will develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, and increased appreciation of the diversity of human experience. Potential topics include: Multi-Ethnic Literature, Literature and Disability. May be repeated as topics change.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

Courses will introduce students to works of literature from a variety of world cultures. Designed to increase knowledge of world cultures and appreciation and understanding of cultural differences in representation, and in seeing, believing, and being. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading, and writing. May be repeated with different topics.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

Courses will focus on some characteristic ways in which literature addresses and explores the ethical dimensions of human society and the relationships between works and their cultural contexts. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading and writing. May be repeated as topics change.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS) | Human-Animal Studies Minor

The arts and humanities play an important role in our shared challenge of forging an environmentally better future. Poets, filmmakers, photographers, and artists make important environmental interventions. This course explores the emergence of environmental thinking and its development in art, literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, theater, film, and many other areas of the arts and humanities. Topics may include urbanization, land use, environmental politics, human/nonhuman relations, disaster capitalism, environmental fiction, the anthropocene, global environmental justice, energy, and climate change.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Goal Area 10 - People and the Environment | Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Environmental Humanities Minor

Course will explore specialized topics in literature; may be repeated under a different topic.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS)

Introduction to learning the written and oral communication of technical information. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, computer applications, collaborative writing, and usability testing to complete technical communication tasks in the workplace.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 13 - Information Technology | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Automotive Engineering Technology (BS) | Computer Information Technology (BS) | English Studies (BA) | English Writing Studies Minor | Food Science Technology (BS) | Health Communication (BS) | Health Communication Minor | Health Informatics (BS) | Management Information Systems (BS) | Manufacturing Engineering Technology (BS) | Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

Introduction to business communication. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation typical to a business/industry setting. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, software applications, collaboration, and usability testing to complete business communication tasks. Fall, Spring

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 13 - Information Technology | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Computer Application Development (BAS)

Introduction to written and visual communication of technical information in agricultural contexts. Through rhetorical analysis, collaborative and independent writing, and usability testing, students will learn strategies to produce clear, concise, accurate, and effective documents and presentations.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Agribusiness and Food Innovation (BS)

An introduction to literary genres and to the techniques of writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS) | English Literature Minor | English Studies (BA) | Literature (BA)

A review of traditional grammar designed to prepare students for advanced work in language and grammar. This course will run for a half-semester.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Communication Arts and Literature - Education (BS) | Linguistics Minor

Expressive expository and argumentative writing. For anyone interested in developing advanced rhetorical skills such as invention, arrangement, and style in discourse. Especially recommended for students who plan to write as part of their careers or pursue graduate study.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 and permission of instructor

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

English Writing Studies Minor

Topic-oriented course in literature. May be repeated with change of topic.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Literature (BA)

This course examines how literary texts engage with and represent the natural world and humanity's place in it. It studies literature from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations to explore topics such as climate change, sustainability, environmental ethics, human/nonhuman relations, and ecology. Possible course topics might include Latinx Environmentalisms, Eco-Disaster Fiction, Global Environmental Justice, and Victorian Environments.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Literature (BA)

Specific topics in multicultural literature with detailed study of a particular period, region, or group in the United States and their contributions to a diverse literature. Topics include African American Literature, American Indian Literature, Southern Writers of Color, and others. May be repeated as topics change.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

American Indigenous Studies (BS) | Literature (BA)