English

This course is designed to support English language learners as they work toward the communication skills necessary for professional and academic achievement. Students will receive instruction and practice in professional and academic communication, both verbal and written, with a focus on situational and interpersonal communication.

The student will master the writing process, including strategies for invention, organization, revision, and editing. The student will develop critical skills in reading, thinking and writing. Writing assignments will emphasize analysis and argument and the student will master research writing and documentation. All formal essays will require research. AAS: Communications elective. IAI: C1 900.

The student will continue to develop the writing skills studied in ENGL 1613. This course is designed to prepare students to write in multiple rhetorical situations including academic and professional fields of study. To receive credit toward the IAI General Education Requirements, this course must be completed with a grade of C or better. AAS: Communications elective. IAI: C1 901R.

The student will explore poetry for various criteria including language, style, imagery, form, rhythm, and sound. Both classical and modern poetry will be studied. Students will engage in writing exercises as an opportunity to develop their own poetry. Evaluation will be based on class participation, essays, individual assignments and a final exam. IAI: H3 903.

This course explores the world of film, emphasizing aesthetics, film theory, and critical analysis. Students will examine film as a medium for communication, as an art form, and as a form of entertainment. IAI: F2 908.

In this course, students will read and analyze texts from a variety of literary forms and periods. The student will engage with multiple approaches to determine literary meaning, form, and value through the application of various critical perspectives, including multiple literary theories. IAI: H3 900.

The student will study Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre, ideas, culture, and politics as context and influence on William Shakespeare's writing. Through detailed examination of specific plays and sonnets, students will apply theories of modern criticism and debate interpretations in order to enhance their understanding of the human condition. Evaluation is based on reading the assigned literature and responding to it through study guides, discussion, formal essays, and exams. AAS: Humanities elective. IAI: H3 905.

This course is taught at a study abroad site. Survey of major writers from 1800 to the present. IAI: H3 913.

This course introduces a wide variety of children's literature with a focus toward development of personal critical judgment and skill in analysis of these works as literary and artistic forms. Texts will be chosen which give students a broad knowledge of children's literature and an understanding of the historical development of the genre. Specific areas that may be examined include fairy tales, fantasy, adventure stories, animal stories, domestic family fiction, realism, illustration, and book series. IAI: H3 918.

The student will be introduced to literature of the Ancient Mediterranean, the Early and Middle periods of South Asia and East Asia, the Early and Classical Middle East, Early Africa, Early Modern Europe, and the Early Americas from the beginning of oral and written literature to the 1600s. The student will demonstrate orally and in writing the interrelationships of social history, culture, geography, literature, and the other arts. IAI: H3 906.

The student will be introduced to the literature of South Asia and East Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Australia and New Zealand from the 1700s to the present. The student will demonstrate orally and in writing the interrelationship of social history, culture, geography, literature, and the other arts. AAS: Humanities elective. IAI: H3 907.

This course is offered through the Study Abroad program. Consult an advisor in Student Affairs for more details.

The student will be introduced to American literature from its beginnings to 1865. This course focuses on the interrelationship of social history and American writers and texts. AAS: Humanities elective. IAI: H3 914.

The student will be introduced to American literature from 1865 to the present. This course focuses on the interrelationship of social history and American writers and texts. IAI: H3 915.

The student will sharpen his or her perceptions and ability to express them creatively. Published and peer examples of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama will be read and analyzed. The student will compose original works within the four genres of creative writing. AAS: Humanities elective.

The student will examine an overview of the historical development of journalism followed by study and practice which emphasizes the development of professional news gathering and writing. Students will study and write each of the following: news stories, sports stories, feature articles, book reviews, interviews, publicity releases and organizational newsletters. IAI: MC 919 Mass Communications.