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EDMG 513 - Middle Grades English/Language Arts Specialty Methods
This course focuses on effective methods, skills, strategies, and problems of teaching English/language arts in the middle grades. Emphasis is placed on developing reading and writing skills and the integrative nature of the curriculum. Candidates apply various teaching methods, strategies, and techniques during the Internship I experience.
Credit Hours: 2
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EDMG 515 - Middle Grades Mathematics Specialty Methods
This course focuses on effective methods, skills, strategies, and problems of teaching mathematics in the middle grades. Emphasis is placed on developing mathematical problems, task analysis, learner activities, evaluation procedures, literacy, and the integrative nature of the curriculum. Candidates apply various teaching methods, strategies, and techniques during the Internship I experience.
Credit Hours: 2
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EDMG 516 - Middle Grades Science Specialty Methods
This course focuses on effective instructional strategies for teaching principles associated with the middle school science disciplines. Evidence is placed on planning, science process skills, inquiry-based instruction, hands-on/minds-on activities, improvising materials, demonstrations, assessment technigues, literacy across the curriculum, and the integrative nature of the curriculum. Candidates apply various teaching methods, strategies, and techniques during the Internship I experience.
Credit Hours: 2
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Educational Leadership |
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EDLR 510 - Foundations of Educational Leadership
This course will provide an overview of American public school administration to include basic concepts, policies, practices, and principles of educational leadership at the local, state, and federal levels. Participants will examine the role and responsibilities of school administrators and issues impacting school administration.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 571 - School Finance and Management
This course examines the fundamental financial management tasks and procedures in an individual school setting. Further, it develops concepts and skills necessary for the quality operation of educational facilities.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 572 - Organizational Theory
The intent of this course is to study the behavior, structures, and underlying principles of educational organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 573 - Curriculum and Supervision
Students will gain knowledge and understanding about supervision and curriculum theory and its application to classrooms today.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 574 - Interpersonal Relationships
This is an introductory, graduate-level course in interpersonal relations and group processes. It surveys a broad range of topics, including communication, power, managing conflict, leadership styles, and others related to the field of study.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 581 - School and Community Relations
This course will comprehensively examine communication principles and the variety of forces that are involved in school and community relations. Application of essential public relations tools to enhance a school’s mission focused on student learning is a major course objective.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 582 - School Personnel Administration
This course represents a study of personnel administration in public school systems. The course examines selection, orientation, placement, compensation, transfers, separation, and staff development of instructional and support staff.
Prerequisites
EDUC-565.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 585 - Advanced School Law
This course is designed to acquaint students with emerging legal issues that will affect them in roles as educational decision-makers. Students enrolled in this course are expected to have a working knowledge of school law and the material covered in EDUC-565 or a comparable course.
Prerequisites
EDUC-565 or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 596 - Education Leadership Practicum
This course provides students with extensive supervised administrative experiences in local schools in levels PreK – 12.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 610 - School District Leadership
Desire to obtain certification in school leadershipThis is a course in the theory and practice of organizational leadership skills, tasks, responsibilities and challenges as they are applicable to the school superintendency and other district level administrative positions.
Prerequisites
Desire to obtain certification in school leadership
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 667 - The Law of Higher Education
This course examines legal issues relevant to American colleges and universities to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of higher education law for administrators. Topics include the legal governance of higher education, academic freedom, affirmative action, tort liability, and legal issues pertinent to the faculty and students.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
every spring
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EDLR 671 - School Business Leadership
This course examines the fundamental financial management tasks and procedures at the school district level; further, it equips students with skills necessary for planning and operating educational facilities.
Prerequisites
EDLR 571, equivalent course or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 682 - School Personnel Administration
This course represents a study of personnel administration in public school systems. The course examines selection, orientation, placement, compensation, transfers, separation and staff development of instructional and support staff.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of EDU 565 or equivalent
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 685 - Advanced School Law
This course is designed to acquaint students with emerging legal issues that will affect them in roles as educational decision-makers. Students enrolled in this course are expected to have a working knowledge of school law and the material covered in EDUC 565 (School Law) or a comparable course.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of EDUC 565 or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 690 - Middle School Leadership
This course is designed to study the historical, sociological, psychological, and philosophical aspects of the middle level school. Discussion and activities focus on the purpose, function, and implications of current thinking regarding the learner, curriculum, and the middle level school. Students will explore middle grades teaching practice and student learning as well as examine the current literature regarding the middle level organization and practice. The goal of this course is to provide candidates with philosophical perspectives and the knowledge needed to provide leadership in supporting or implementing exemplary middle grades practices.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 692 - School Governance: Problems and Issues
This is an elective course in the Educational Leadership strand of the Ed. S. program. This course explores issues in educational governance and policy in the United States at the federal, state, and local levels. There is a special focus on governance and policy development in Tennessee.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDLR 696 - Practicum in School District Leadership
This course provides students with extensive supervised administrative experiences in local schools in levels PreK – 12.
Credit Hours: 3
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HEDS 500 - Higher Education Environments
This course covers the history and current state of the diverse organizational structures within higher educational settings.
Credit Hours: 3
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HEDS 510 - College Student Development Apprenticeship
Supervised fieldwork in approved institutional placements. Interns will gain competence in core areas of advising, mentoring, assessment, consultation and professional functioning.
Prerequisites
Pre- or co-requisite: COUN-514
Credit Hours: 3
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HEDS 514 - College Student Development
An overview of student development theories and practices in higher education, emphasizing current standards of practice and emerging trends, particularly in Christian higher education.
Credit Hours: 3
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Engineering |
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ENGR 181, 182, 183, 184 - Special Topics in Engineering
Courses used to comply with requests for special topics and studies in engineering. Lecture and laboratory hours will vary with the courses taught. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites
Permission of instructor.
Credit Hours: 1 (181), 2 (182), 3 (183), 4 (184)
When Offered
On demand.
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ENGR 361 - Statics
The application of classical physics principles to study the static equilibrium configurations of rigid bodies. This course emphasizes the proper utilization of vector algebra and free body diagrams to solve problems in engineering statics including vector algebra/calculus of forces and moments, free body diagrams and equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, centroids and centers of gravity, internal forces in trusses and frames, friction and applications to machines, and moments of inertia.
Prerequisites
PHYS-261
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGR 362 - Dynamics
A study of Newtonian 2D and 3D motion of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies under the action of a net force. Oscillating systems are also addressed.
Prerequisites
PHYS-261 with a grade of C- or better.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGR 364 - Fluid Mechanics
A study of the statistical modeling, statics, and dynamics of constrained and unconstrained fluids, using energy and momentum conservation.
Prerequisites
PHYS-261 with a grade of C- or better.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGR 371 - Electrical Circuits
Introduction to analog circuits (composed of resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers), application of Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws and Thevenin and Norton theorems to those circuits, and simulation of circuit design.
Prerequisites
MTHS-262, MTHS-371, MTHS-363, and PHYS-262 with a grade of C- or better.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGR 375 - Computational Physics
A study of the techniques of numerical computer programming and the application of various numerical methods to solving problems in classical and modern physics.
Prerequisites
PHYS-261 with a grade of C- or better.
Credit Hours: 3
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English Language and Literature |
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ENGL 090 - English as a Second Language
An individualized course in English comprehension, conversation and composition for non-native speakers. ENGL-090 is required of all non-native speakers scoring below 80 on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This course is offered for institutional credit only. Credit earned in this course will not count toward the composition requirement and grading will be pass/fail. Students will enroll concurrently in ENGL-091.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 106 - College Writing
A writing course which seeks to teach students to develop clean, well-organized prose. The course emphasizes the writing process with an introduction to rhetorical strategies and culminates with an introduction to the library, research, and documentation. A grade of C or better in this course allows the student to enroll in Rhetoric and Research, ENGL-110 the following semester.
Prerequisites
ACT English score of 19-24 or an SAT recentered verbal score of 430 - 569.
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
This course is also available for students in a Division of Adult Learning program.
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ENGL 110 - Rhetoric and Research
A course focusing on four major writing projects; enables students to review the creative process as it applies to composition, learn the research methodologies and procedures of their chosen discipline (including computer-generated research), internalize approaches to critical thinking, apply basic principles of public speaking, and perform literary analysis.
Prerequisites
ACT English score of 25 or higher, or an SAT recentered verbal score of 570 or higher, or completion of ENGL-105 or 106 with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
Notes
This course is also offered as HONR-EN110 for students in the Kairos Honors Program.
This course is also available for students in a Division of Adult Learning program.
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ENGL 221 - Western Literature: Ancient to Renaissance
Selected literary masterpieces from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance world literature studied in relation to cultural context.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
DAL
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ENGL 222 - Western Literature: Enlightenment to Postmodern
Selected literary masterpieces of the Enlightenment, nineteenth century, and twentieth century studied in relation to cultural context.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
This course is also available for students in a Division of Adult Learning program.
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ENGL 300 - Theories of Reading and Writing (W)
ENGL-300 is designed to acquaint English majors with significant issues within the discipline including critical approaches to reading, writing, teaching, and research. The course introduces literary theory in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with a brief overview of the history of criticism. Students will apply critical theories to a number of literary texts.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
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ENGL 302 - The English Language
This course is intended to give the student an in-depth look at the structure of the English language, focusing on traditional and alternative theories of grammar and principles of linguistics with applications for second-language acquisition.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
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ENGL 308 - Composition Theory (W)
This course introduces students to the field of composition studies. It provides a historical overview of approaches to understanding and teaching writing, and it emphasizes the prominent current theories about writing’s composition, reception, and function within contemporary culture. Students will work both to understand their own writing processes more fully and to learn theoretically-informed strategies for teaching or tutoring other writers.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or EDMG-315
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Spring Semester
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ENGL 309 - Rhetoric for Writers (W)
A survey of the theories and techniques of rhetoric from ancient Greece to the present. Particular attention is given to the ways in which contemporary writers can create appropriate rhetorical strategies for communicating in their own social and cultural contexts.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall Semester
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ENGL 311 - Foundations of Literature in English
This course offers students an opportunity to study the great authors of British literature from the 8th to the 18th century. It provides in depth study of masterworks that have influenced later literature written in English due to the writers’ linguistic contribution and artistic stature in the language.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall Semester
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ENGL 312 - British Literature: 1798 to the Present
A survey of English literature from the Romantic Movement to the present.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Spring Semester
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ENGL 313 - United States Literature I: Colonial Period to 1865
A survey of American literature from the founding of the colonies to the Civil War.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall Semester
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ENGL 314 - United States Literature II: 1865 to the Present
A survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Spring Semester
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ENGL 315 - Young Adult Literature
A survey of young adult literature in a variety of media and genres with emphasis on the use of literature in the junior and senior high school classrooms. Required for teacher licensure in English. This course does not fulfill the core literature requirement.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or EDMG-315
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall Semester
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ENGL 320 - Women Writers
Selected literary masterpieces by women of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, studied in relation to their cultural context.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 321 - Appalachian Studies
This course will provide an overview of Appalachian literature and culture, emphasizing the way in which the history of the region has impacted its art, music, and literature.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 322 - Contemporary Latin American Writers
A study of Latin American cultures through reading, in translation, fiction and poetry written by contemporary Latin American writers.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 323 - Southern Literature
A chronological survey of the literature of the American South. This course examines Southern American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama in its cultural context from colonial times to the present.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 324 - African-American Studies
This course addresses African American literature in the context of history, and culture, with an emphasis on African American contributions to U. S. culture, the struggle for freedom prior to the Civil War, and the press for full enjoyment of civil rights, an ongoing process.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 326 - Multi-Ethnic U.S. Literature
A study of fiction and poetry written by contemporary Latina/o, Native American, African American, and Asian American writers. Particular attention will be given to the social and cultural contexts of these writers.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 350 - Technical and Professional Writing (W)
A course designed to teach students to design documents that communicate technical and professional information effectively and efficiently. Students will learn to analyze the linguistic and design features of existing documents. They will also analyze specific rhetorical situations to understand how audience, purpose, and context shape all professional communication. This course also focuses on ethical issues related to technical writing and the role technology plays in designing, developing, and delivering documents. A writing-intensive, service-learning course.
Prerequisites
ENGL 110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 351 - Introduction to Editing and Publishing
An advanced writing course which provides students with knowledge of and experiences in editing and publishing. Topics covered include copyediting, the production of print and online publications, literary citizenship, book culture, blogging, and writer platforms.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 355 - C. S. Lewis
A course introducing students to the many facets of C. S. Lewis’s writing - theology, allegory, science fiction, fantasy, and literary criticism - with special attention paid to the thematic correlation and technical and rhetorical variation of his fiction and nonfiction.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Offered as part of the England: Literature and Writing cross-cultural trip.
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ENGL 360 - Introduction to Writing Poetry (W)
A study of the techniques of writing poetry by reading and critiquing established and original work in a writing workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 361 - Introduction to Writing Fiction (W)
A study of the techniques of writing fiction by reading and critiquing established and original work in a writing workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
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ENGL 362 - Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction (W)
A study of the techniques of writing nonfiction by reading and critiquing established and original work in a writing workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
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ENGL 363 - Introduction to Playwriting (W)
This course provides a study of the craft of playwriting by reading and watching established plays, as well as writing, critiquing, developing and staging original monologues and short plays in a workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
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ENGL 364 - Introduction to Screenwriting
An introductory course in the foundational theories and techniques of screenwriting. Students will learn to analyze existing screenplays, as well as develop their own craft. They will learn primarily through conceiving, writing, and developing original screenplays. This is a writing-intensive, workshop-based class.
Prerequisites
Engl-110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 365 - Writing Poetry and Place
A study of the techniques of writing poetry that relates to place, emphasizing types and genres of poems that highlight that aspect. Students will accomplish this by reading and critiquing established and original work in a writing workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Offered as part of the England: Literature and Writing cross-cultural trip.
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ENGL 368 - Literary Publishing
This course will introduce students to the basics of publishing a literary journal. The students will analyze a wide variety of literary journals, then create a range of documents that beginning literary magazines would require. Offered in Fall Semester every year. Repeatable for credit.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 1
When Offered
Fall semester only
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ENGL 369 - Lee Review: A Student Christian Literary Arts Magazine
Laboratory course focusing on publication of creative art in a variety of genres. Emphasis on practical application of development, editing, and production of a literary magazine. Offered in spring semester every year. Repeatable for credit.
Prerequisites
ENGL-368
Credit Hours: 1
When Offered
Spring semester only
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ENGL 370 - Writing Articles for Markets (W)
A survey of the techniques of writing commercial articles such as feature, memoir, religion and travel/hobby, with an emphasis on the preparation of materials for publication.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 371 - Film Criticism (W)
This course enables students to learn the process of writing film criticism. Focusing on four major types of writing (simple review, analytical critique, comparative analysis and documented research paper), the course expands students’ critical thinking and develops advanced writing strategies. Students are required to watch, analyze and discuss movies from various genres during the writing process.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 or COMM-200
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 379 - Seminar in Tutoring Writers
A course designed to prepare students to lead effective writing consultations with student writers. Specifically, the course will prepare students to work in Lee University’s Peer Writing Assistant Program as writing center tutors, writing studio facilitators, or peer instructors for ENGL 091. Topics will include understanding writing and tutoring processes, working with diverse students from various disciplines, distinguishing between higher-order and lower-order concerns, and ensuring that students maintain ownership of their writing.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 1
When Offered
Fall and Spring
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ENGL 380 - Introduction to Linguistics
An introduction to scientific language study including morphology, phonology, syntax, pragmatics and the nature of language.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 381 - Language Acquisition and Development
An investigation of the cognitive processes of first and second language acquisition and development with special attention to the acquisition of literacy, language diversity and bilingualism.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
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ENGL 385 - Linguistics for Teaching English as a Second Language
A presentation of the linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociocultural dimensions of second language teaching and learning.
Prerequisites
ENGL-380 and ENGL-381
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Spring Semester
Notes
This course is also offered as LING-385.
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ENGL 390 - Special Topics in English
A course presenting various topics and research concerns. The topic will change to meet student demand and interest.
Prerequisites
Permission of the instructor
Credit Hours: 1, 2, or 3
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ENGL 409 - The Writing Life
This course helps writing majors explore and develop a self-sustaining process and practice of writing. The class will model a professional writing life, allowing students to create their own projects, to compile reading lists of process essays, interviews, and creative pieces in their chosen genre, and to write analytical papers positioning their own work in broader communities of writers.
Prerequisites
ENGL-309, plus one 300-level Writing course (ENGL-360, 361, 362, 363, or 364)
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 410 - Contemporary Literature (W)
Contemporary Literature introduces students to major authors, movements and philosophies that shaped literary art during the last decades of the 20th century (post-1960). The course explores significant works of postmodern fiction, poetry or drama, giving special attention to how Christian faith can and should interact with this literature.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 and one additional 300-level course in the major
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
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ENGL 420 - Senior Thesis
Working under the direct supervision of a faculty member, this course is designed to engage students in a rigorous process of research and drafting resulting in an original, substantive, high-quality work of literary criticism. English elective credit only.
Prerequisites
Engl-300, nine hours of upper-level literature courses, and instructor permission.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 421/422/423 - Internship
A course which allows students to obtain practical skills in jobs related to the English discipline. Students receive one credit hour for every fifty hours worked at the internship placement. Repeatable for credit.
Prerequisites
Requires instructor approval.
Credit Hours: 1 (421), 2 (422), 3 (423)
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ENGL 424 - Practicum in Teaching
A practicum which gives students the opportunity to gain teaching experience, enhance their knowledge of the discipline, and acquire skills that make them more attractive to prospective graduate schools.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of 15 hours of 300- or 400-level major courses, approval of application, and permission of instructor.
Credit Hours: 1
Notes
May be repeated once for a total of two enrollments.
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ENGL 431 - The American Novel (W)
The reading and in-class analysis of representative American novels with some attention to related literary history and with a written analysis of one additional novel by each student.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 432 - The British Novel (W)
The reading and in-class analysis of representative British novels with some attention to literary history and with a written analysis of some aspect of one of the novels.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 433 - Twentieth Century American Drama (W)
This course is a survey of American dramatic literature from the twentieth century. These dramas will be examined in various contexts, including literary movements and critical theory, as well as biographically and historically.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 434 - U.S. Poetry:The New England Tradition (W)
The reading and in-class analysis of representative U. S. poetry with some attention to literary history and a written analysis of a poem by students. This course is offered as part of the American Ethnic Studies: New England Studies trip.
Prerequisites
ENGL 110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 435 - Contemporary British Fiction
This course is intended to expose students to living writers in England. Special focus will be given to the cultural background of the authors and how those relate to contemporary issues in England.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Offered as part of the England: Literature and Writing cross-cultural trip.
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ENGL 442 - Early Modern British Satire and Comedy
A study of Restoration and eighteenth century British poetry and prose, with special attention to Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 443 - English Romantic Period
A study of the Romantic Movement with emphasis on the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats, and on the essays of Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Landor. Some attention will be given to the critical writing and letters of the period.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 444 - Victorian Literature
A study of the literature of Victorian Britain including representative authors of poetry, prose and fiction. The poetry of Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold will be emphasized.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 448 - Modern Literature
Selection and examination of representative authors who wrote between 1850 and World War II.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 450 - Shakespeare
A study of Shakespeare’s histories, comedies, tragedies, and poetry.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 and 311
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 451 - Chaucer
Reading of Chaucer’s major works in Middle English, with brief consideration of other works in the Chaucer canon and attention to medieval English language and custom.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 and 311
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 452 - Milton
A study of John Milton’s poetry, with major emphasis on Paradise Lost, and a brief survey of his prose.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300 and 311
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 453 - T.S. Eliot’s Works
A comprehensive study of selected Eliot works in the major genres of poetry, drama, and critical essay and his immense influence on Anglo-American (even worldwide) literature in the first half of the twentieth century.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 454 - Oxford “Inklings”: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams
A critical study of the three important writers of Christian fiction from Oxford, England, known as the Inklings in the 1930s and 40s: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. The emphasis is on the fiction they wrote for adults as a legacy for serious students of Christian themes.
Prerequisites
ENGL-110
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 460 - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (W)
Advanced training and practice of the techniques of creating poetry through writing, reading and critiquing original work in a workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-360
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 461 - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (W)
An advanced study of the techniques of writing fiction by learning, reading, practicing and critiquing established and original work in a writing workshop setting.
Prerequisites
ENGL-361
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 462 - Advanced Creative Writing-Nonfiction
Advanced training and practice of the techniques of creating nonfiction through writing, reading, and critiquing original work in a workshop setting.
Prerequisites
Any one of the following courses:
ENGL-360, ENGL-361, ENGL-362, ENGL-363, ENGL-364 or ENGL-365
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 463 - Advanced Scriptwriting
An advanced course in the theories and techniques of dramatic writing. Students will analyze the aesthetic of contemporary plays or screenplays. They will learn primarily through conceiving, writing, and developing an original play or screenplay. This is a writing-intensive, workshop-based class.
Prerequisites
ENGL/THEA 363 or ENGL/COMM 364
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 470 - Religious Rhetoric and Spiritual Quest (W)
This course provides an overview of major figures in the history of Christian rhetoric, concentrating on those who influenced the later development of spiritual autobiography and of social/political movements based in Christian faith. Students will both study influential texts and write their own non-fiction works of spiritual quest.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 471 - Rhetorics of New and Digital Media (W)
This is an advanced writing course focused on the rhetorical aspects of digital media. Topics covered include multimedia composition, visual literacy, social media, online communities, and the evolving constructs of authorship and identity in writing for digital environments.
Prerequisites
ENGL-300
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGL 479 - Writing Experience: Practicum (W)
A course providing students practical experience in writing, teaching writing, publishing or editing. The course is designed by the student in consultation with the faculty practicum director, and proposals must be approved by the Department of Language and Literature. Each practicum will include significant writing experience, regular meetings with the faculty director, direct supervision by a sponsor or mentor, and a written analysis of the experience at the course’s end. The practicum will be shaped to meet the student’s particular interest, focusing on creative writing, teaching writing or professional writing.
Prerequisites
ENGL-309 and 12 hours of (W) writing courses
Credit Hours: 3
When Offered
Fall and Spring Semester
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