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EDUC 686 - Establishing and Maintaining Learning Communities
This course examines the ways to connect schools and the various publics served by them in both a macro and micro perspective. Connections between community institutions and their roles and responsibilities to the school and family will be explored through class lectures, video presentations, field trips, observations, guest speakers, group discussions, and group activities.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 687 - Managing the Learning Environment
This course is designed for practicing professionals (regular and special educators, school psychologists and counselors) as well those in leadership roles who function as advisors to teachers who serve children and youth that present behavioral challenges in the school or community. Using a case study approach it will revisit the theoretical models of human behavior and examine ways to analyze, identify, change, and maintain positive behavior in the classroom or community. An emphasis will be placed on the student’s leadership role as reflective practitioner who, as an agent of change, can advise in the establishment of class and school wide policies to effectively manage the learning environment.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 701 - Professional Praxis in Modern Education This course intends to define the connections between the dispositions and skills of the doctoral candidate, and that of modern educational issues.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 703 - Quantitative Methods of Research This fundamental research course is designed to develop a working understanding of quantitative research methods and the basic concepts applied in descriptive and inferential statistics. This introductory course will cover quantitative research principles, basic statistical procedures, and interpreting and reporting statistical results. Throughout this course students will develop an original quantitative research proposal.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 705 - Qualitative Methods of Research This foundational research course is designed to introduce students to the meaning and practice of qualitative research to create a working understanding of this methodology. This introductory course will cover the basic principles of qualitative research, including organizing, theoretical frameworks, data collection (interviewing, document analysis, and observations), designing research qustions, analysis, and validation protocols. This course exposes students to traditional methods of qualitative theory such as case study, grounded theory, narrative, phenomenology, and ethnography. This course utilizes the textbook, supplemental resources, lectures, discussions, videos, and student exercises. Throughout this course students will develop an original qualitative research proposal.
Prerequisites None.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 791 - Dissertation I In this course, students will critically engage educational research as an expression of the scientific method and reflect on this process as it relates to the educator’s role. Students will be challenged to know and comprehend paradigms of educational research, apply and analyze statistical methodologies in current and proposed research, and finally synthesize and evaluate professional contributions in research.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 792 - Dissertation II This course leads candidates into a qualitative or quantitative framework of research. From this framework should emerge the candidate’s research question and an appropriate literature review.
Prerequisites EDUC-791
Credit Hours: 3
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EDUC 793 - Dissertation III This course will be managed by the doctoral candidate’s advisor as a directed study, engaging other resources and committee members as needed.
Prerequisites EDUC-792
Credit Hours: 2
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EDUC 794 - Dissertation IV This course will be managed by the doctoral candidate’s advisor as a directed study. The culmination of this course will be the successful completion of the dissertation as determined by the candidate’s committee. May be repeated.
Prerequisites EDUC-793
Credit Hours: 2
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ENGL 530 - Seminar: Appalachian Literature This course will provide an overview of Appalachian history and culture, emphasizing the way in which the history of the region has impacted its art, music and literature, as well as the ways in which the culture of the Appalachian region has significantly affected Amercian culture.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECED 315 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education A course designed to give the prospective teacher an overview of the theoretical models of early childhood education and to provide a broad overview of the historical, sociological and philosophical foundations of the American education system.
Prerequisites EDUC-199 and EDUC-299, or MUED-225.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECED 342 - Observation and Assessment of Young Children This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic assessment techniques appropriate for young children. Also covered are community and school resources instrumental in providing services and referrals.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECED 350 - Children’s Literature and Literacy Development This course will provide a survey of books and related materials appropriate for young children and an introduction to developmentally appropriate techniques for using literature to supplement the development of literacy skills.
Prerequisites EDUC-199
Credit Hours: 2
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ECED 401 - Early Childhood Methods Effective methods and materials for teaching in the preschool and kindergarten. This course is to be taken concurrently with ELED-402. An intensive practicum is an integral part of the methods block.
Prerequisites Admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Credit Hours: 2
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ELED 340 - Principles of Classroom Instruction - Elementary A course designed to introduce students to the methods, skills, and strategies they will need as they become effective teachers in elementary classrooms. The course unites theory and practice by using the instructional methods of classroom discussion, presentations and analysis of case studies. Co-requisite: READ371
Prerequisites Admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Credit Hours: 2 Notes Must be taken concurrently with READ-371 and READ-371S.
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ELED 350 - Children’s Literature A survey of books and stories according to the educational development of children. Required in all elementary education programs.
Prerequisites EDUC-199
Credit Hours: 2
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ELED 402 and 402L - Elementary Grades Methods and Lab Effective methods and materials for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, science, math, and social studies in the elementary grades are included in this course. An intensive practicum is an integral part of the methods block.
Prerequisites Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credit Hours: 4, plus 1 credit-hr lab Notes Requires co-requisite enrollment in ELED-402L (Methods Lab) for 1 credit hr.
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ELED 418 - The Teaching of Health and Physical Education, Grades K-5 This course is designed to equip teacher licensure candidates with the required methods, skills and strategies they need to become effective physical education / health / wellness teachers in the K - 5 classroom.
Prerequisites Admission to Teacher Education Program and SCED-340
Credit Hours: 2 Notes This course must be taken concurrently with its Secondary Education counterparts, SCED-418 and SCED-418L. FALL SEMESTER ONLY |
Education – Middle Grades |
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EDMG 315 - Foundations of Middle Grades Education This course is designed to give the prospective teacher an overview of the theoretical models of middle level education and to provide a broad overview of the historical, sociological and philosophical foundations of the American education system. Students will explore preadolescent and young adolescent characteristics, middle grades teaching, student learning, and organizational characteristics of a middle level school. Twenty hours of tutoring or observations must be completed.
Prerequisites EDUC-199 and EDUC-299.
Credit Hours: 3
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EDMG 340 - Principles of Classroom Instruction - Middle Grades A course designed to introduce candidates to the knowledge of methods, skills, and strategies they will need as they become effective teachers in middle level classrooms. The course unites theory and practice by using the instructional methods of classroom discussion, presentations, and analysis of case studies.
Prerequisites Admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Credit Hours: 2
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EDMG 403 - Middle Grades Methods Effective methods and materials for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, science, math and social studies in the intermediate grades are included in this course. An intensive practicum is an integral part of the methods block.
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315
Credit Hours: 2
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EDMG 406L - Middle Grades Methods Laboratory This course is a co-requisite to the middle grades specialty methods courses. During the specialty methods courses, candidates will spend one-half day in each endorsement area applying the methods, skills, and strategies studies in the specialty methods courses in two middle grades classrooms.
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315, and EDMG-340
Credit Hours: 1 When Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY Notes Students enrolling in EDMG-406L must enroll concurrently in the two Middle Grades Specialty Methods courses appropriate for their endorsement areas.
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EDMG 412 - Middle Grades Social Studies Specialty Methods This course focuses on effective methods, skills, strategies, and problems of teaching the social studies in the middle grades. Emphasis is placed on literacy skills and the integrative nature of the curriculum. Other key topics include using technology, changing demographics, integrative curriculum and instruction, and community service. Candidates apply various teaching methods, strategies, and techniques during the associated laboratory experience (EDMG-406L).
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315, and EDMG-340.
Credit Hours: 2 When Offered FALL SEMESTEER ONLY Notes Requires co-requisite enrollment in EDMG-406L (Middle Grades Methods Laboratory).
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EDMG 413 - 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 associated laboratory experience (EDMG-406L).
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315, and EDMG-340
Credit Hours: 2 When Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY Notes Requires co-requisite enrollment in EDMG-406L (Middle Grades Methods Laboratory).
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EDMG 415 - 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 associated laboratory experience (EDMG-406L).
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315, and EDMG-340
Credit Hours: 2 When Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY Notes Requires co-requisite enrollment in EDMG-406L (Middle Grades Methods Laboratory).
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EDMG 416 - 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 associated laboratory experience (EDMG-406L).
Prerequisites EDUC-315 or EDMG-315, and EDMG-340
Credit Hours: 2 When Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY Notes Requires co-requisite enrollment in EDMG-406L (Middle Grades Methods Laboratory).
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EDMG 512 - Middle Grades Social Studies Specialty Methods This course focuses on effective methods, skills, strategies, and problems of teaching the social studies in the middle grades. Emphasis is placed on literacy skills and the integrative nature of the curriculum. Other key topics include using technology, changing demographics, integrative curriculum and instruction, and community service. Candidates apply various teaching methods, strategies, and techniques during the Internship I experience.
Credit Hours: 2
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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 599 - Cross-Cultural Practicum This course provides students with extensive supervised administrative experiences at international placements 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 - Higher Education Practicum 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: HEDS-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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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 363 - Mechanics of Materials Stress; strain; Hooke’s law, extension, torsion, and bending; beam deflections, column buckling and combined stresses.
Prerequisites ENGR-361
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 24 or below, or an SAT recentered verbal score of 560 or below.
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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-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
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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
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ENGL 290 - Special Topics in English A course presenting various topics and research concerns. The topic will change to meet student demand and interest.
Prerequisites ENGL-110.
Credit Hours: 1, 2, or 3
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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 335 - Topics in Asian Film This course provides a critical analysis of films from South and East Asia. Emphasis is on contemporary and “classic” films from China, Japan, and India. The course begins with the art of film appreciation and analysis and moves on to the genres, themes, and impact of Asian films within the context of their native cultures.
Credit Hours: 3 Notes Also offered as COMM-335 and ASIA-335.
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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 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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