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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.

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