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Students learn to distinguish between various forms of fiction and nonfiction writing by analyzing exemplary writing in both areas and by developing papers on the same general subject approached in various ways. Journalism, feature writing, memoir, and writing with a marketing perspective are some forms sampled in the area of nonfiction. Short stories, plays, screenplays are discussed and tried in the fiction realm. Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 102 or equivalent 5 quarter hours

Students will study important British authors from the beginnings with Beowulf to 1750, focusing on selected major figures in both poetry and prose. Writers from the Early and Later Middle Ages might include the Beowulf Poet, Chaucer and Malory, among others. Renaissance writers might include Sidney, More, Hoby, Donne and Milton, among others. Restoration and later writers might include Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson, among others. Counts in the Humanities or Literature area of General Education Requirements. Prerequisite(s): LAE 101 and LAE 102, or equivalent 5 quarter hours

Students will study important British authors from 1750-1900, focusing on selected major figures in either poetry or the novel. Possible writers might include the Romantic poets, such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Byron, among others. Novelists might include Austen, the Bronte sisters, Dickens, Hardy, Conrad, among others. Counts in the Humanities or Literature area of General Education Requirements. Prerequisite(s): LAE 101 and LAE 102 or equivalent 5 quarter hours

A general overview recommended for students entering the teaching profession. Survey of best of the old and new in prose and verse form the nursery level through elementary grades. Techniques of presentation are discussed. Major emphasis on content and quality of literature. Prerequisite: LAE 102 or equivalent. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities or Literature Area of General Education Requirements.

Masterpieces of world literature from the earliest times to the present, in translation. Syllabus includes primarily western literature-Greek, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Russian- but some attention also given to non-western literature. Prerequisite: LAE 102 or equivalent. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities or Literature area of General Education Requirements.

A study of important literacy works by representatives of minority groups. Specific focus is determined by the individual instructor and can be limited to a particular group, time period, and/or literary type. Students examine how literature functions as protest and in the search for identity. Prerequisite: LAE 102 or equivalent. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities or Literature area of General Education Requirements.

An introduction to the study of language, with emphasis on historical study and on the English language. Covers characteristics, origins and development of language; origins and historical development of the English language in Great Britain and America; descriptive and prescriptive grammar; varieties of American English. Prerequisite(s): LAE 102 or equivalent Counts in the Humanities or Written Communication Area of General Education. 5 quarter hours