2012-2013 College Catalog | Mount Aloysius College EN 307 Critical Thinking in Literature..................................................................................................................3 Credits In reading a series of literary works of various genres, students will evaluate and respond to views of the world represented by those works. Treating each work as an assertion, students will evaluate each assertion within its literary context and against the student’s own background knowledge. Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 111, or permission of the English Department. EN 309 Creative Writing........................................................................................................................................3 Credits Students learn to apply the elements of creative writing in one of the following areas: the short story, the novel, poetry, playwriting, or creative non-fiction. Marketing and submission for publication will be addressed. EN 312 Modern American Novel...........................................................................................................................3 Credits A critical survey of modern American novels. Discussions, lectures, critical papers, and audio-visual presentations provide varied opportunities for examining novelists’ views of American history and values. Prerequisite: EN 110. EN 313 Professional Communication...................................................................................................................3 Credits Examines writing and speaking skills essential for clear communication in different career fields. Emphasizes principles of audience analysis, organization, and clarity within the Natural Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities. Frequent writing, speaking, and research assignments build to a professional report and formal presentation. Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 111. EN 321 Advanced Acting........................................................................................................................................3 Credits A continuation of the exploration of acting begun in EN 120. Students will analyze play scripts (both classical and modern) for scene and character development as well as prepare monologues for use for graduate school or auditions outside the realm of the College. Prerequisite: EN 120. EN 325 Literature of Health and Healing..............................................................................................................3 Credits In this course students will explore issues of physical, psychological, and spiritual health and healing within fiction and nonfiction texts. Readings will reflect both traditional and nontraditional healing experiences. Students will be required to communicate their critical ideas by applying skills in reading, writing, speaking, and research in the humanities through presentation/discussion, written essays, and exams. EN 330 Literature into Film...................................................................................................................................3 Credits This class is a critical examination of the modern film based on other genres, comparing the written to the primarily visual presentation of literature, with emphasis on the techniques and choices made in transferring printed material into film. Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 111, or permission of the English Department. EN 331 Scene Design/Lighting..............................................................................................................................3 Credits This course is the study and creation of all design aspects of a play. In this class, we will be studying design for the stage lights, set, props, costumes, and sound. We will study each of these areas practically, i.e., reading and discussing a series of plays and designing all elements of the world of the play. EN 340 Studies in Poetry........................................................................................................................................3 Credits This course will focus on themes and techniques of classic, romantic, modern and post modern poetry and will be a focus for judging and interpreting poetry’s types and techniques. Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 111. EN 345 Children’s Literature..................................................................................................................................3 Credits This course offers a critical/historical survey of works that have been composed for or appropriated by children. It includes discussion of the specific features of children’s literature and the basic genres and kinds of children’s literature. Issues of literary value versus popular appeal, ideologies of gender, ethnicity, and the family, the endorsement of children’s texts through book awards and censorship will be included. EN 355 Introduction to Linguistics.......................................................................................................................3 Credits This course provides students with an overview of morphology, phonetics and phonology, syntax, and semantics. In addition, the course introduces students to key concepts in psycho- and sociolinguistics, and it incorporates discussions of language acquisition and language teaching. This course offers valuable insights for students of English, education, the social and behavioral sciences, and speech and communication. EN 360 Technical Communication........................................................................................................................3 Credits Examines rhetorical and format issues raised in writing in a technical context. Such issues range from audience analysis to costs and capabilities. Frequent writing assignments culminate in a technical report related to the student’s academic major. Prerequisite: EN 110.
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