2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course descriptions are presented alphabetically by subject or discipline.
The semester hours of credit to be earned for each course is indicated by the number to the right of the course title.
On the basis of application data and Basic Skills Assessment, the College may require students to take certain courses numbered 010-099 in order to better prepare for college-level work.
Courses can be offered only if there is sufficient enrollment and if funds and staff are available. The College reserves the right to cancel courses with insufficient registration and to make necessary changes in the schedule of courses. Some courses may be offered alternate years only.
Elective Choices in Program Requirements
Business Administration: Accounting, business, computer science, economics and office administrative careers
Humanities: Art, communications, English, foreign languages, humanities, music, sign language, philosophy, and theater.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mathematics
Science: Biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and science
Social Science: Courses from anthropology, economics, education, history, political science, psychology, interdisciplinary, and sociology
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ENG* 093 Introduction to College Reading & Writing
Credits: 3
A course designed to provide students with reading, writing, research, and documentation skills necessary for college level work. Placement will be based on the Basic Skills Assessment in reading and writing. Credit for this course does not apply toward a degree or certificate.
Prerequisite: ENG* 086 with C or better, or ENG* 063 with C or better, or placement in ENG* 093 on the Basic Skills Assessment
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ENG* 096 Introduction to College Composition
Credits: 6 (institutional credit only)
This course prepares students for the reading and writing demands in Composition and other college-level courses by integrating reading, writing, and critical thinking. Student writing will focus on understanding, reporting on, reacting to, and analyzing the ideas of others. Texts will serve as models and sources for students to refine their skills in exposition, interpretation, and argumentation. Students learn and practice specific college-level skills through critical reading and writing, class discussions, lectures, group presentations, or workshops. This course does not satisfy an English requirement or an elective in any degree program, nor do its credits count toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Placement is based on BSA scores
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ENG* 101 Composition
Credits: 3
Composition focuses on the study and practice of effective written communication across a variety of rhetorical situations. The course develops skills in applying language conventions, engaging with and using authoritative sources, and crafting logical arguments.
Prerequisite: ENG* 093 with a grade of C or better, ENG* 064, ENG* 066, or ENG* 096 with a grade of B+ or better, or placement in ENG* 101 on Basic Skills Assessment
Embedded Competency: Ethical Dimensions of Humankind; Continuing Learning & Information Literacy
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English
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ENG* 101S Composition with Embedded Support
Credits: 6
Composition focuses on the study and practice of effective written communication across a variety of rhetorical situations. The course develops skills in applying language conventions, engaging with and using authoritative sources, and crafting logical arguments. Composition with Embedded Support meets the same outcomes as ENG* 101 , but offers students additional support through supplemental instruction, increased time on task, focused workshops, and/or tutoring. This course is for students who have completed ENG* 096 with a C or higher or who have tested into ENG* 093 on the BSA but feel that they can carry a six-credit load to fulfill both the developmental and ENG* 101 requirements in one semester.
Prerequisite: ENG* 086, ENG* 064, ENG* 066 or ENG* 096 with a C or better, placement in ENG* 093 or ENG* 101S, Composition with Embedded Support on the Basic Skills Assessment.
Embedded Competency: Ethical Dimensions of Humankind; Continuing Learning & Information Literacy
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English
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ENG* 102 Literature & Composition
Credits: 3
This course will continue the development of composition skill and critical thinking through the study of literary texts, including poetry, drama, fiction, and/or non-fiction. Students will analyze texts and consider historical and cultural contexts, including matters of human diversity. Writing assignments will help students find their voices and enhance their ability to read and write in various disciplines.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English
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ENG* 110 Introduction to Literature
Credits: 3
This is an introduction to various genres of literature, including fiction, poetry, and drama. Class discussion, writing assignments, and other activities emphasize interpretation and analysis of literary works and their cultural contexts and introduce resources for the study of literature. Through careful attention to the written word, students develop and enhance their ability to think critically.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better
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ENG* 114 Children’s Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of children’s literature, including discussion of the genre’s development from oral traditions and folktales, through Grimm’s fairy tales, to contemporary writing for children. Course materials and activities will focus on the purposes, sub-genres, forms, and conventions of children’s literature; the application of literary criticism to poetry, fiction, and non-fiction for children; the importance of cultural, historical, and social contexts; and the presentation of literature and literary concepts to children.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 145 Western Literature
Credits: 3
This course examines the culture and heritage of the Western world through the close reading and discussion of literature, including drama, fiction, and poetry. Each section will be organized around a topic to be traced through the ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern/contemporary periods. Course requirements include critical papers and a final exam.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
Embedded Competency: Continuing Learning & Information Literacy
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 198 Special Topics: Composition Plus
Credits: 3
ENG* 198 Special Topics: Composition Plus is a workshop course providing embedded support for ENG* 101 students in need of additional reading and writing help. Support will include mandatory computer lab attendance, grammar discussions, assignment reviews, specialized research exercises, and intensive one-on-one conferencing. This workshop combined with a designated ENG* 101 creates a 6-credit composition pairing, three credits of which will be used as ENG* 101 credit and three credits that may be used as General Education credits. Students are selected for the workshop based on Accuplacer test scores, entrance essay grading criteria, or instructor recommendation.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 concurrent enrollment
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ENG* 202 Technical Writing
Credits: 3
The course prepares students for writing in the workplace. Students will individually and collaboratively develop reports, proposals, manuals, memos, and other workplace documents in paper, electronic, and oral forms, to include a major project. Students will learn to distill research and analysis in documents that are clearly organized, concise, readable, well-edited, and carefully focused for their audiences.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 with grade of C or better; Recommended: CSA* 105 or basic computing skills, including word processing
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 212 Crime and Detective Fiction
Credits: 3
A study of the development of the sub-genre, the detective story, from its early nineteenth century inception to the present day with special emphasis on Poe, Dickens, Doyle, Christie, and the modern masters. The social aspect and romantic narrative mode of detective fiction is critically studied. The readings are supplemented with films.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Also recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
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ENG* 214 Drama
Credits: 3
The study of drama as literature from the Greeks to the works of contemporary playwrights. Students will learn how to apply various forms of traditional and modern literary criticism while examining form, style, and dramatic conventions with reference to historical and cultural contexts. Classroom activities and assignments will emphasize the writing of critical analysis using clear textual and contextual citations.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 220 Studies in American Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of American writers from James Fenimore Cooper to Stephen Crane, including major figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Harriet Wilson, Walt Whitman, and Kate Chopin. Literary works will be studied in their historical contexts. Various forms of literary criticism such as traditional, social, psychological, and archetypal are applied to these works to explain fully their value as American literature.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
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ENG* 223 Contemporary American Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of American writers 1945- present. Authors likely to be included are Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Jack Kerouac, John Updike, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Ralph Ellison, and John Barth. Special emphasis will be placed on narrative modes such as primitivism, realism, naturalism, expressionism, surrealism, modernism, and post-modernism.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 225 19th Century American Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of American writers from James Fenimore Cooper to Stephen Crane, including major figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Harriet Wilson, Walt Whitman, and Kate Chopin. Literary works will be studied in their historical contexts. Various forms of literary criticism such as traditional, social, psychological, and archetypal are applied to these works to explain fully their value as American literature.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Also Recommended: ENG* 110
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ENG* 255 Black Literature Worldwide
Credits: 3
An intensive survey into literature written by African-American and other authors of African descent from 1900 to the present which will help students read, understand, and enjoy fiction, poetry, and drama by ethnic writers. The curriculum traces the development of African-American consciousness in literature, its Afrocentric origins, and the development of artists as they explore themselves and present experiences from socio-political, literary, and historical points of view. Each student is expected to participate fully in the following: critical thinking, close reading of texts with attention to details, class discussions, journal and essay writing, and special projects. Discussions will focus on understanding the universality of situations facing the protagonists regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic circumstances, and how these factors shape and define the characters.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or permission of instructor
TAP Competency: Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 262 Women in Literature
Credits: 3
This course examines the aims and achievements of selected contemporary women authors in the various genres: short story authors such as Doris Lessing, Joyce Carol Oates, and Alice Walker; poets such as Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Janice Mirikitani; and dramatists such as Catherine Hayes. The essay will be studied by examining women’s publications. Students will also use the perspective gained from contemporary feminist literary criticism to examine the extent and effect of gender stereotyping in literature.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 275 Biblical and Classical Literature
Credits: 3
This course will study key texts in the early development of Western literature. Works will include the Old and New Testaments, Greek and Roman texts (including plays, epics, philosophy, and history), and older literature on which the above are based. All texts will be studied critically, with emphasis on the historical and cultural contexts that produced them. Papers and exams will be required.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Written Communication in English; Critical Analysis & Logical Thinking
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ENG* 281 Creative Writing
Credits: 3
An introduction to the techniques of writing poetry, short fiction, and drama. Students will develop their personal styles while using writing for self-expression. Each student will create one complete work of short fiction by the end of the course.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 ; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Appreciation of the Aesthetic Dimensions of Humankind
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ENG* 282 Creative Writing: Poetry
Credits: 3
An introduction to modern and contemporary American and world poetry and the techniques of writing poetry. Students in this course will discover their voices through workshop discussion and editing of their own and others’ poems. They will also study how to appreciate verse and critically evaluate the trends in contemporary poetry.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or permission of instructor
TAP Competency: Appreciation of the Aesthetic Dimensions of Humankind
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ENG* 283 Creative Writing Fiction
Credits: 3
An introduction to modern and contemporary American and world fiction and the techniques of writing fiction. Students in this course will discover their voices through workshop discussion and editing of their own and others’ writing. They will also study how to appreciate prose fiction and critically evaluate the trends in fiction.
Prerequisite: ENG* 101 or permission of instructor; Recommended: ENG* 102 or ENG* 110
TAP Competency: Appreciation of the Aesthetic Dimensions of Humankind
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