May 21, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Engineering Technology

  
  • ENGT 4200 - Linear Electronics

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3240 , 3280  and permission of instructor
    Description: Introduction to linear integrated circuits, analyzing, modeling, and the performance of operational amplifiers and linear integrated circuits; circuit functions and applications with emphasis on operational amplifiers and other state-of-the-art devices.  Completion of capstone project course for the electrical/electronics option; this integrating experience requires students to working on project deliverables and final report.
  
  • ENGT 4210 - Control Systems

    3
    Description: Introduction to fundamentals of control systems beginning with analog analysis and mechanical concepts such as gears, springs, friction and inertia, and covers feedback control theory that links electrical and mechanical concepts.
  
  • ENGT 4220 - Communication Systems II

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3220 , ENGT 3280  
    Description:  Transmitting medium and methods of getting signals from transmitters to receivers such as transmission lines, wave propagation, antennas, waveguides and radar, microwave and lasers, and fiber optics are covered.  Students will prepare a capstone design project proposal including system requirements, selection of hardware, software, timetable, tasks, budget and interim report.
  
  • ENGT 4240 - Mechatronics Design

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3040 , 3840 , 4120  
    Description: Introducing mechanical design of mechatronics systems.  Includes problem analysis, design, material selection and performance analysis.
  
  • ENGT 4250 - Linear Electronics and Capstone Experience

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 4220  
    Description: Linear electronics circuits and devices; circuits applications; analyzing, and performance modeling and of operational amplifiers and other devices.  Completion of capstone project for electronics option, this integrating experience requires students to work on project deliverables and final report.
  
  • ENGT 4290 - Mechatronics Capstone

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 4240  
    Description: Design and analysis of a complete mechatronics systems using sensors, actuators and controllers.
  
  • ENGT 4330 - Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Systems

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3330  
    Description: Hybrid propulsion system design and control to include prime mover design, external charging systems, design of onboard electrical power generation systems, and systems used to control hybrid propulsion devices.
  
  • ENGT 4390 - Automotive Capstone Project

    3
    Prerequisite: All requirements as listed in Engineering Technology “Capstone Project Courses Requirements” and Advisor approval
    Description: Integrated work experience allowing students to apply the knowledge gained from the engineering technology core and automotive concentration courses to real industry problems.  Students will be required to solve an industry problem relevant to automotive design or manufacturing processes within an industrial or simulated industrial setting.
  
  • ENGT 4500 - Occupational Safety and Health

    3
    Prerequisite: Junior standing
    Description: This course covers study of the causes and types of accidents and safety hazards in the work place. OSHA Acts and Standards and ethical issues to improve safety and hazards. Proper method of accident investigation and accident reporting are covered thoroughly. Also covered are topics based on Safety Analysis, Safety and Health Training, and Safety Management.
  
  • ENGT 4710 - Fluid Mechanics

    3
    Prerequisite: MATH 1810  or ENGT 1400 , and PHYS 2010 /2011  
    Description: Physical phenomenon of fluid flows in closed pipes and open channels using fundamental laws and empirical formulae. Fluid properties, manometry, fluid pressure, quantity of flow, submerged bodies, and buoyancy.
  
  • ENGT 4715 - Wood Design

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 1020  and (ENGT 1200  or MATH 1730 ); 
    Description: Design of wooden floors, beams, joists, columns, trusses, connections and bracing by using the latest National Design Standards (NDS) ASD/LRFD specifications.  Also student will calculate bending moments, shear forces and deflection to design build up sections using ASCE maximum loads.
  
  • ENGT 4720 - Advanced Computer Aided Design

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 1020  or permission of instructor
    Description: Use of computers in design and drafting of complex shapes and machine components through construction of two or three-dimensional or isometric drawings. Other topics include blocks, attributes, bills or materials, external references, and paper space drawing and printing.
  
  • ENGT 4730 - Applied Solid Modeling

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 2730  
    Description: Applications of solid object modeling using Pro Engineer software. Generation of 3D solid models of complex objects and traditional 2D engineering drawings including sections, elevations, and auxiliary views from solid models. Use of solid models in engineering design and analysis.
  
  • ENGT 4740 - Steel Design

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3020  
    Description: A study of the fundamental theories and principles used to design simple steel structures.
  
  • ENGT 4750 - Reinforced Concrete

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3020  
    Description: Common practices of design and construction of reinforced concrete beams, columns, roofs and foundations using ACI codes.
  
  • ENGT 4790 - Construction Capstone Project

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3720 , 4715  
    Description: Modern methods for managing construction projects, including Critical Path Method (CPM), resource allocation, and flow of funds.  Practical applications are made through simulated projects.
  
  • ENGT 4795 - Civil Capstone Project

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 4020 , 4740  or ENGT 4750  
    Description:  A Civil Capstone Project. Modern methods for managing construction projects, including Critical Path Method (CPM), resource allocation and flow of funds.  Practical applications are made through simulated projects.  Student will produce a complete design of a project, detail drawings, schedules and estimates for a project.
  
  • ENGT 4800 - Machine Design

    3
    Prerequisite: (ENGT 1400  or MATH 1810 ) and ENGT 3020 , 2730  
    Description: Overview of machines, mechanical systems, and machine dynamics. Transmission components and applications. Machine element design based on strength of materials. Machine element failure. Introduction to machine operation, maintenance, and condition monitoring.
  
  • ENGT 4810 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3850 , 3020 , 3000 , MATH 1530  
    Description: Conversion of working drawings to programs for computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Methods of selecting the appropriate manufacturing processes for specific applications and the application of lecture topics to laboratory exercises. Lecture and laboratory content emphasize quality control techniques. Students will begin the initial phases of the manufacturing capstone project for the course ENGT 4890.
  
  • ENGT 4820 - Vibrations and Noise in Mechanical Systems

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3050 , 3840  
    Description: Basic concepts of vibration analysis in mechanical systems.  Theory and application to noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) problems in vehicles and other systems.  Acoustics, measurement of vibration and noise.
  
  • ENGT 4850 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 2000 , 2020  
    Description: Introduction to the manufacturing enterprise, manufacturing systems; computer integration in product design, production and operations planning and scheduling, production process systems, production support systems, and enterprise resources.
  
  • ENGT 4870 - Facilities and Equipment for Environmental Engineering Technology

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3710  
    Description: Facilities, structures and equipment developed to treat or remove environmental wastes. Emphasis on operation of facilities and equipment at engineering technology level. Current methods for handling and treatment of solid, liquid, and gaseous industrial and municipal wastes.
  
  • ENGT 4880 - Refrigeration Machines and Power Systems

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 3030  
    Description: Application of thermodynamic principles to understanding and improving power systems and refrigeration machines. Rankine, Otto, Diesel, and Brayton cycles for power; vapor compression and absorption machines for refrigeration.
  
  • ENGT 4890 - Manufacturing Capstone

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 4810 , requirements as listed in “Capstone Project Courses Requirement,” and Advisor approval
    Description: An integrated work experience allowing students to apply the knowledge gained from Engineering Technology core and manufacturing concentration courses. Students will be required to solve a real-life problem relevant to a manufacturing process or system, within an industrial setting by developing a strategy for problem resolution and then applying that strategy for project completion.
  
  • ENGT 4895 - Mechanical Capstone

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGT 4800 , 3840 , 3030 , 2730  
    Description: An integrated work experience allowing students to apply the knowledge gained from the Engineering Technology core and mechanical specialization courses.  Students will be required to solve real problems relevant to mechanical engineering technology by developing a strategy for problem resolution and applying the strategy for project completion.
  
  • ENGT 4900 - Senior Seminar

    1
  
  • ENGT 4910 - Senior Project

    3
    Prerequisite: Departmental Chair approval
    Description: Reserved for ENGT students who need a class for graduation that is not being offered or is closed due to low enrollment. May also be used to study a topic not offered as a regular course.
  
  • ENGT 4991 - Special Problems

    3
    Prerequisite: Departmental Chair approval
    Description: Reserved for ENGT students who need a class for graduation that is not being offered or is closed due to low enrollment. May also be used to study a topic not offered as a regular course.
  
  • ENGT 4992 - Special Problems

    3 to 4
    Variable Credit Hours 3 to 4
    Prerequisite: Departmental Chair approval
    Description: Reserved for ENGT students who need a class that includes an Engineering Technology laboratory for graduation that is not being offered or who need a class that is closed due to low enrollment. May also be used to study a topic not offered as a regular course.

English

  
  • ENGL 340A - Arthurian Romance

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Various versions of the Arthurian legend from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
  
  • ENGL 340B - Native American Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: A Native American writing and oratory from pre-Columbian Trickster Tales to recent novels.  Special attention will be paid to Native American cultures, sovereignites and EuroAmerican acculturation, reading such writers as Samson Occom, Zitkala-Sa, Leslie Marmon Silko and Sherman Alexie.
  
  • ENGL 340C - Modern Southern Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Southern writers with special emphasis on those of the 20th century.
  
  • ENGL 340D - Mythology and Folklore

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Southern writers with special emphasis on those of the 20th century.
  
  • ENGL 340F - Women Writers: Topics in Women Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Examination of significant issues or topics reflected in women’s literature from a variety of cultures and perspectives. Topics will be selected by individual instructors.
  
  • ENGL 340G - Critical Studies: African American Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Selected readings in African American literature with an emphasis on different critical approaches to literature.
  
  • ENGL 340H - African Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: African writers in English since the colonial experience. Illuminates the character, literary and thematic concerns of the works studied. Students will read from West, East, and South African authors.
  
  • ENGL 340J - Shakespeare on Film and Stage

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 3150  or permission of instructor
    Description: This course will examine Shakespeare in performance through a reading of texts, watching live theater, and viewing significant 20th and 21st century movie adaptations and filmed stage productions.  Students will examine the effectiveness of film in translating Shakespeare’s language and the varied interpretations of Shakespeare on film and on stage.
  
  • ENGL 340L - Early American Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Major and minor writers from the first arrival of the Europeans to 1776.
  
  • ENGL 340M - U.S. Latino/a Literatures

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Studies in the Latino/Latina literatures of the United States with emphasis on Cuban-American, Puerto Rican, Mexican-American, and Dominican-American literary and cultural traditions.
  
  • ENGL 340N - LGBTQ Literature Across Cultures

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 ;
    Description: Cross-cultural studies in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer literature. Topics, approaches, and readings will vary with individual instructors.
  
  • ENGL 340P - Topics in World Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Reading and analysis of literature in translation from various cultures and time periods. Topics, critical approaches, genres, and writers will vary with individual instructors.
  
  • ENGL 340R - Century’s End: Race and Gender at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Examination of the ways in which race and gender were constructed and construed in American culture from 1890 to 1914 through study of relevant fiction, nonfiction, and film.
  
  • ENGL 340S - Literature of the English Bible

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 , 1010 , 1020  
    Description:  Careful analysis of large portions of the 1611 King James Bible, in order to understand genres and forms of biblical literature, problems of translation and literary influences of this work.
  
  • ENGL 340T - German Literature in Translation

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Selected readings in German literature to study a specific topic or genre or era.  The course is taught in English.
  
  • ENGL 340W - Critical Studies in Women’s Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Selected readings in Anglo-American women’s literature with an emphasis on feminist, new historicist, and other contemporary critical approaches involving race, class, and gender issues.
  
  • ENGL 360A - American Drama

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: American drama as literature. Drama written in the 20th century, especially the works of Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Maxwell Anderson, Lillian Hellman, Edward Albee, and others.
  
  • ENGL 360B - American Short Story

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: The historical and literary backgrounds of the American short story; extensive reading, discussion, and presentation of analyses of representative stories.
  
  • ENGL 360C - English Drama 1580-1780

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Examination of selected non-Shakespearean plays of the Renaissance and of representative plays of the Restoration and 18th century as well as exposure to the nature of theaters of these periods and to the general character of the criticism of this literature.
  
  • ENGL 360D - Literary Criticism

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: An exploration of critical approaches to literary texts and a study of recent developments in the theory of language and literature.
  
  • ENGL 360E - Modern Drama

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Important plays from Ibsen to the present. Also includes Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Shaw, and others.
  
  • ENGL 360F - Modern Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Selected modern works of prose fiction by European as well as British and American authors.
  
  • ENGL 360G - Modern Poetry

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Modern British and American poets with emphasis on poets of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  
  • ENGL 360H - Literature and Film Across Cultures

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Study of films that are adapted from literature and literary texts from which they have been created. Readings and films will represent various cultures. Selections, critical approaches, and topics will vary with individual instructors.
  
  • ENGL 370A - 17th Century British Prose and Poet

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Readings in prose, metaphysical poetry, and the Cavalier lyricists including Bacon, Donne, Milton, Jonson, Herrick, and Herbert.
  
  • ENGL 460A - Major Medieval Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One major writer or selected major writers of the Middle Ages will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460B - Major Renaissance Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major writers of the Renaissance will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460C - Major 18th Century Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major writers of the 18th century period will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460D - Major Romantic Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major writers of the Romantic period will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460E - Major Victorian Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major writers of the Victorian period will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460F - Major American Writers I

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major American writers of prose will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460G - Major American Writers II

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major American poets will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460H - Major Modern British Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: One or two major British writers of the 20th century will be studied in depth.
  
  • ENGL 460I - Special Topics in Film Studies

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: This course will focus on special topics in film studies, including film history, film interpretation, and/or film theory.  May be taken twice for a maximum of six (6) hours.
  
  • ENGL 460J - Film Auteurs

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Film auteurs are directors whose creative vision is so distinctive that they can be considered the “authors” of their films.  In-depth study of two or three auteurs, defining and comparing their styles.  Examples:  Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Jane Campion.  May be taken twice for a maximum of six (6) credit hours.
  
  • ENGL 1010 - English Composition I

    3
    Prerequisite: DSPR 0800 with grade of “C” or better or DSPR score of 4 and DSPW 0800 with grade of “C” or better or DSPW score of 4
    Description: Development of the student’s writing skills through a process of thinking, researching, planning, writing, reviewing, revising, and editing expository essays.
  
  • ENGL 1020 - English Composition II

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  with a “C” or better
    Description: Development of the student’s writing skills through a process of thinking, researching, planning, writing, reviewing, revising, and editing expository essays.
  
  • ENGL 1100 - Technical and Report Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  with a “C” or better
    Description: Introduction to technical writing for students whose jobs will require writing. Coursework simulates actual working conditions and skills, including professional language, audience-analysis, data collection and organization, and page design, with practice in reports, proposals, instructions, and other professional documents, working with word processing, desktop publishing, and graphics computer programs.
  
  • ENGL 1210 - English as a Second Language

    4
    Prerequisite: (1) Status as an international student whose native language is not English. (2) The minimum proficiency in English that is required of foreign students for admission to the University (500 minimum score on TOEFL). This is a one-year series of courses designed to meet the special linguistic needs of international students of permanent residents whose native language is not English. ENGL 1210-ENGL 1220  do not satisfy the communication requirement in the Liberal Arts core, nor do they count toward graduation. ENGL 1210-ENGL 1220  do NOT satisfy the ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020  requirement, but they do count toward semester accumulated hours.
    Description: Development of English language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
  
  • ENGL 1220 - English as a Second Language

    4
    Prerequisite: (1) Status as an international student whose native language is not English. (2) The minimum proficiency in English that is required of foreign students for admission to the University (500 minimum score on TOEFL). This is a one-year series of courses designed to meet the special linguistic needs of international students of permanent residents whose native language is not English. ENGL 1210 -1220 do not satisfy the communication requirement in the Liberal Arts core, nor do they count toward graduation. ENGL 1210 -1220 do NOT satisfy the ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020  requirement, but they do count toward semester accumulated hours.
    Description: Focuses on composition, the process of organizing thoughts, writing, revising and editing. Works of established writers are analyzed and discussed.
  
  • ENGL 2070 - Introduction to Film Studies

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1020  
    Description: An introduction to the fundamentals of film studies, especially the history and forms of films, films as narratives, film genres, film theory and criticism, and approaches to writing film reviews and film essays.  Films are viewed in and outside of class.
  
  • ENGL 2200 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Writing and analysis of poetry and short stories.
  
  • ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature

    3
    Course Changes: number from ENGL 2030 and title from Intro to World Literature
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  with a grade of “C” or higher, and ENGL 1020 ;
    Description: An overview of world literature that will include works from different periods. This course is a prerequisite to all ENGL upper-division literature courses.
  
  • ENGL 2700 - Scientific Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: For students in scientific disciplines, this course presents strategies of writing clearly for both fellow scientists and policymakers. Subjects include the writing process and collaboration, effective sentence style, and the accurate and correct use of scientific language.
  
  • ENGL 3010 - Studies in American Literature I

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Advanced analysis and background study of American texts written before 1866.
  
  • ENGL 3020 - Studies in American Literature II

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Advanced analysis and background study of American texts written after 1865.
  
  • ENGL 3100 - Studies in British Literature I

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Advanced study of medieval and early modern British literature with an emphasis on critical and theoretical approaches.
  
  • ENGL 3130 - Studies in British Literature II

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 ;
    Description: Advanced study of 19th and 20th century British literature with an emphasis on critical and theoretical approaches.
  
  • ENGL 3150 - Shakespeare

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Reading of selected plays and poems including a comedy, a tragedy, a history play, and a romance. The choice of works will be made after class has been surveyed. Some attention will be given to the life and times of Shakespeare.
  
  • ENGL 3200 - Expository Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Instruction in the art of expository writing that introduces students to the aims of discourse; the methods for applying rhetorical schemes and tropes, including the use of symbolism; the use of grammar in the service of style; academic formats and styles of writing; and the paradigms for various types of writing projects.
  
  • ENGL 3210 - Writing Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 , 2200  
    Description: The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of short stories.
  
  • ENGL 3220 - Writing Poetry

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 , 2200  
    Description: The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of poems.
  
  • ENGL 3230 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2200 ;
    Description: The student is guided individually, and as a member of a group, in the writing and analysis of creative non-fiction.
  
  • ENGL 3310 - Stories for Creative Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Exposes readers and writers of fiction to a body of classic short stories: by Americans, other writers of the English language, and non-English-speaking writers in translation.
  
  • ENGL 3320 - Poetry for Creative Writers

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Exposes readers and writers of poetry to a variety of contemporary poems: by Americans, other writers of the English language, and, possibly, non-English-speaking writers in translation.
  
  • ENGL 3420 - The Adolescent Experience in Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Emphasizes thematic connections between adolescent literature as a late-20th century genre and traditional literature from various literary perspectives. Particular focuses: aesthetic qualities, portrayal of adolescent developmental tasks, representation of adolescence in diverse cultural contexts, and application in Secondary-English classrooms. Required for English majors in teacher licensure program.
  
  • ENGL 3500 - Advanced Technical Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1020 , 1100 , 1010  
    Description: Technical writing as a professional discipline, for students planning careers as technical writers or who anticipate that technical writing will be among their major duties in their chosen fields. Styles and forms in technical writing, emphasizing audience analysis and other social aspects of technical writing along with page design and desktop publishing. Extensive use of computers.
  
  • ENGL 3510 - Technical Report Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1100  or 3500  
    Description: Designed to give the student extensive practice in designing, writing and producing a variety of technical papers, reports, and manuals. Projects determined by student’s major and interests. Extensive use of sophisticated graphics and desktop publishing equipment.
  
  • ENGL 3600 - Professional Writing and Editing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1020 , 1100  
    Description: Writing common to professions outside of business, academic writing, report writing, industrial writing, scientific discourse, empirical research, and environment writing.
  
  • ENGL 3700 - Business Writing

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  with a “C” or higher, ENGL 1020  
    Description: Writing common to business, including rhetoric, style, and graphic design in memos, letters instructions, researched reports, and proposals.
  
  • ENGL 4210 - Writing Workshop: Fiction

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 3210  and permission of instructor
    Description: An opportunity to develop skills learned and projects begun in 3210. The student is guided individually and as a member of a group through rigorous analysis and criticism of their work.
  
  • ENGL 4220 - Writing Workshop: Poetry

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 3220  and permission of instructor
    Description: An opportunity to develop skills learned and projects begun in 3210. The student is guided individually and as a member of a group through rigorous analysis and criticism of their work.
  
  • ENGL 4230 - Workshop, Creative Non-Fiction

    3
    Course Changes: number from ENGL 4200
    Prerequisite: ENGL 3200 , 3230 ;
    Description: Students are guided individually, and as members of a group, in the writing of creative non-fiction.  Assignments may include the following:  personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, and travel stories.
  
  • ENGL 4300 - Literary Writers’ Marketplace

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: This course helps writers understand how editors assess writing that has been submitted for publication.  The course also helps students determine whether a piece of writing is appropriate for a press.  Students produce book review essays as a means of acquiring skill at making this determination.
  
  • ENGL 4400 - Teaching English in Secondary School

    3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  
    Description: Description: Surveys research-based instructional strategies in secondary English education in these areas: language, communication, listening and speaking, writing/research, logic, informational texts, literature, media, assessment, and adaptive instruction for diverse population including English Language Learners.  This class requires 5 weeks in Residency I with specific performance assessment requirements.
  
  • ENGL 4500 - Technical Writing Theory and Research

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1100  or permission of instructor
    Description: A study of theoretical issues in technical, professional, and scientific writing, including ethics, rhetoric, usability, design, cognition, and international communication.
  
  • ENGL 4600 - Topics in Literature and Language

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330 , junior status, permission of instructor and onsite supervisor
    Description: Study of selected topic in literature, linguistics or writing as determined by the instructor.  May be taken twice for credit for a maximum of six hours.
  
  • ENGL 4610 - Professional Writing Internship

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1100 , junior or senior status, permission of instructor and onsite supervisor
    Description: Practical experience in technical or professional writing. Students must produce documents meeting the requirements of the instructor and the onsite supervisor. May be taken twice for credit for a maximum of six hours.
  
  • ENGL 4620 - Literary Journal Internship

    3
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission only
    Description: Students exemplifying an aptitude for literary editing will be invited to participate.  This hands-on opportunity to learn publishing consists of attending meetings to establish evaluation criteria, reading, voting, and providing commentary on ten to twenty weekly submissions, and completing a reflection paper about this learning experience.
  
  • ENGL 4635 - Dramaturgy Internship

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  and instructor permission
    Description: This internship offers students the opportunity to put literary research and criticism to use as resident dramaturgs for one of the APSU Theatre and Dance season shows. Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, students
    will perform extensive research on the play and its production history and act as literary advisors for the production.
  
  • ENGL 4650 - Independent Study in Language or Literature

    3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2330  
    Description: Under special circumstances a student may be assigned an academic project not otherwise available. The assignment must be approved by the departmental chair.
 

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