ENG 014 ACADEMIC WRITING 4-0-0
Review and practice of the basic skills and rules necessary for
successful academic writing. This is a non-credit preparatory
course.
ENG 024 ACADEMIC READING 4-0-0
Review and practice of the basic skills necessary for successful
academic reading. This is a non-credit preparatory course.
ENG 034 ENGLISH
PREPARATORY INDEPENDENT STUDY
This is a non-credit preparatory course.
ENG 103 ENGLISH
COMPOSITION I 3-0-3
Intensive training in methods of exposition leading to the ability
to write coherent, clear, and persuasive essays. Prerequisite:
Adequate SAT verbal score or ACT English score.
ENG 104 INTENSIVE ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 4-1-4
Intensive training in methods of exposition leading to the ability
to write coherent, clear and persuasive essays. This course also
reviews the major conventions used in writing English. A one-hour
weekly lecture will provide a general review of these conventions,
along with a one-hour weekly lab to provide further instruction
either on an individual or group basis. Placement in this course
is determined by SAT verbal score, ACT English score or by successful
completion of non-credit preparatory English courses.
ENG 113 ENGLISH
COMPOSITION II 3-0-3
Continuation of ENG 103. Concentration on research paper and library
methods. Prerequisite: ENG 103 or ENG 104
ENG 133 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 3-0-3
Emphasizes writing clear and effective technical documents and
professional correspondence. Concentrates on audience adaptation,
graphics and document design, electronic and print research, and
technical reports and presentations. Prerequisite: ENG 103 or
ENG 104
ENG 153 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 3-0-3
Introduces the student to literature of some complexity and sophistication,
developing a critical vocabulary and skills in reading on an advanced
level. Analysis of genre: short fiction, poetry, and drama.
ENG 204 BRITISH LITERATURE 4-0-4
A survey of British literature to the present. Prerequisite: ENG
153
ENG 212 MYTHOLOGY 2-0-2
An introduction to world mythology, with emphasis on Greek and
Roman legends. Prerequisite: ENG 153
ENG 214 AMERICAN
LITERATURE 4-0-4
A survey of American literature to the present. Prerequisite:
ENG 153
ENG 223 INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES 2-2-3
Introduces students to the diversity and scope of the field and
professions of English studies, including literary criticism,
cultural studies, composition and rhetoric, professional writing,
and English education. Emphasizes professional opportunities.
Prerequisites: ENG 103 or 104 and ENG 153
ENG 253 READINGS IN WORLD LITERATURE 3-0-3
Readings in selected major works which have influenced thought
and culture. Selections may be drawn from (but not limited to)
such writers as Dante, Juvenal, Confucius, Montaigne, Rabelais,
Cervantes, Moliere, Goethe, and Dostoyevsky. Prerequisite: ENG
153
ENG 263 CONTEMPORARY THEMES IN LITERATURE 3-0-3
A critical study of works of literature selected for their relevancy
to current social, ethnic, minority, and ethical problems. Special
emphasis placed upon minority writers. Prerequisite: ENG 153
ENG 323 RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE 3-0-3
A study of literature from 1660-1798. Authors studied include
Moliere and Restoration playwrights, Swift, Pope, Voltaire, Dr.
Johnson, and others. Prerequisite: ENG 153
ENG 393 TEACHING COMPOSITION 3-0-3
The theory and practice of teaching composition revealed through
an introduction to composition scholarship, a review of grammar,
and an internship with a TSU composition professor. Prerequisite:
ENG 113
ENG 403 BRITISH AND AMERICAN NOVELS I 3-0-3
A chronological study of the major thematic and structural developments
in the novel from its beginnings to the 21st century. Social commentary
and satire on classes, monarchy, empire, war, education, religion,
marriage, middle class morality. Prerequisite: ENG 153
ENG 413 BRITISH AND AMERICAN NOVELS II 3-0-3
A continuation of ENG 403. 1890s to present. Prerequisite: ENG
153
ENG 423 DRAMA 3-0-3
Studies of selected playwrights, movements, trends, and developments
in world drama from the beginnings to the present day. Prerequisite:
ENG 153
ENG 443 POETRY 3-0-3
An investigation of the poetic process through the careful examination
of selected poems and statements about poetry. Prerequisite: ENG
153
ENG 453 ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3-0-3
An advanced study of the principles of structure and style as
applied to the writing of exposition, criticism, and research
papers. Prerequisite: ENG 113
ENG 463 CREATIVE WRITING 3-0-3
Directed experiments in the original composition of literary essays,
plays, short stories, longer narratives, or poems. Prerequisites:
ENG 113, ENG 153
ENG 400X DIRECTED STUDIES IN ENGLISH VARIED (1-3 HRS.)
For senior students of superior ability able to assume a larger
share of the responsibility for designing and pursuing a reading
research project which is academically respectable. Prerequisite:
Permission of Department Chair
Humanities
ARC 292 ARCHITECTURE APPRECIATION 2-0-2
An introduction to the built environment, this course focuses on public, reverential, commercial,
and residential architecture. Students will be introduced to terminology, some construction techniques,
socio-legal implications of high-rise structures, and architectural styles from ancient to postmodern. Structures
from around the world will be viewed and discussed
ART 252 ART APPRECIATION 2-0-2
Designed as an introduction to the arts, this course develops aesthetic-critical responses
and seeks to enhance the enjoyment of works of art. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and
other types of art are analyzed in terms of the elements of art, subject, function, medium,
organization, style, and aesthetic response.
FLM 202 FILM APPRECIATION 2-3-2
Acquaints the student with the art of film criticism. Presents basic cinema
vocabulary, information about film production, theory and history of film,
and practice in analysis of individual films.
MUS 272 MUSIC APPRECIATION 2-0-2
An introduction to the heritage of music culture of the Western world, including musical styles of the
past and style and forms of contemporary music literature. Previous music training nor a prerequisite.