| |
| |
May 10, 2024
|
|
|
|
|
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]
Course Descriptions
|
|
| |
Engineering/Engineering Tech - Interdisciplinary |
| |
-
UEET 104 - Engineering Connection Seminar III
A broad and contemporary coverage on interdisciplinary nature of engineering design and problem formulation. Computer simulation is integrated to the course contents. Team projects are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: UEET 103.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
UEET 235 - Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology I
Theory and laboratory experiments to demonstrate fundamentals and applications of nanotechnolgy in engineering and sciences. Topics covered are nanosensors, nanoparticles, nano-self-assembly, and marketing aspects of nanotechnology-based products.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: UEET103.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
UEET 301 - Transition to the Profession of Engineering
Exposure to the daily activities of practicing engineers including potential site tours; development of interdisciplinary communication skills; in-depth analysis of case studies in engineering ethics; collaborative project to reinforce technical concepts and teamwork skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing with a declared major in engineering or consent of department.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
UEET 481X - Idea, Innovation, and Impact Accererator Lab
Crosslisted as MGMT 481. Application of the entrepreneurial process with a focus on opportunity identification, ideation, technological innovation, design for social impact, and environmental and social sustainability. Develops knowledge and capabilities about creativity in business, social impact and innovation, design and prototyping, engineering, business plan development, and new venture launch.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
|
English |
| |
-
ENGL 102 - Composition Skills
Developmental composition with an emphasis on frequent writing and extensive revision of expressive, expository, and persuasive essays accompanied by critical reading of both professional and peer nonfiction prose. Weekly tutorials and writing in electronic environments required. Preparation for ENGL 103. Does not count as credit for graduation.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 103 - Rhetoric and Composition I
Writing and revising expressive, expository, and persuasive essays accompanied by the reading of nonfiction prose. Weekly writing assignments. Not used in calculating English major or minor GPA. Grade of C or better required to satisfy foundational studies writing requirement.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 110 - Literature and Popular Culture
Exploration of drama, fiction, film, graphic novels, poetry, and television adaptations to see how writers convince readers to enter the worlds and believe in the characters they create. Survey with selected authors.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 115 - British Identities, British Literature
Britain’s literary traditions and cultures through novels, poetry, drama, non-fiction, and short stories that have captivated readers from early times to now. Historical survey with selected authors.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 116 - American Identities, American Literature
Who Americans are and what shapes their beliefs. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and dramatic works that have challenged or complicated what it means to be “American.” Historical survey with selected authors.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 117 - Literature of Social Justice
Literary exploration of how poverty, discrimination, and systematic oppression have affected diverse people who sought equal opportunity and basic human rights. Survey of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry by selected British, postcolonial, and American authors will demonstrate how creative works have raised readers’ critical consciousness in different periods and contexts.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 200 - Literary Study: Research and Criticism
Introduction to methods and terms used in the study of literature from a broad range of historical periods. Emphasis on a variety of approaches to literary analysis; terminology used in the study of literary genres of poetry, prose, and drama. Intensive practice writing analytical essays on literature. Required of all majors and minors no later than the first semester of upper-division work in literature.
Credits: 3
|
| |
|
| |
-
ENGL 204 - Rhetoric and Composition, Accelerated Researched Writing in the Domains
Concentrated rhetorical approach to critical reading and research-based writing with emphasis on the writing process and preparing students to participate in professional and academic discussions in the three domains: Creativity and Critical Analysis, Nature and Technology, and Society and Culture. Basic research methodology, source evaluation, and collaborative projects required in all sections. Students with credit for ENGL 204 may not take ENGL 103 or ENGL 203. Not used in calculating English major or minor GPA. Grade of C or better required to satisfy foundational studies writing requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Placement only through foundational studies writing examination or a score of 30 or higher on the ACT combined English/Writing Test.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 207 - Fundamentals of English Grammar
Introduction to modern English pedagogical grammar. Traditional terminology and analytical tools used to describe the grammar and use of written Standard English.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 300 - Advanced Essay Composition
A. General. Writing expressive, persuasive, and informative essays and developing appropriate stylistic and organizational techniques. Open to majors, minors, and non-majors.
B. Pre-Law. Designed to meet special writing needs of the pre-law student.
C. Licensure in Teaching. Designed to advance the writing proficiencies especially important to students seeking licensure in either middle or high school English Language Arts. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 301 - Writing Poetry I
Beginning course in writing poetry.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 302 - Writing Fiction I
Beginning course in writing fiction.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 303 - Writing Creative Nonfiction
Writing informal and formal nonfiction essays, emphasizing a literary approach to language and flexibility of form. Essay models include memoir, personal essay, nature essay, segmented essay, and travel essay, and may include biography and history.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Any writing course beyond the freshman level or consent of department.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 304 - Writing Arts Criticism
Practice in writing critical reviews of visual art, music, film, and other art forms. Designed for students who have some knowledge of the art form they choose to write on and who seek guidance in organizing and communicating their judgments.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 305 - Principles of Criticism
Readings in literary theory, relationship between literary theory and critical methods and modes, and principles of evaluation, appreciation, and understanding.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 307 - Drama and Conflict
World drama, from Lysistrata to Angels in America, focusing on themes of struggle, reform, and compassion. Selected authors may represent a specific literary period or include several periods.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 308 - Technical Writing
Principles and strategies for planning, writing, and revising technical documents common in government, business, and industry (e.g., manuals, proposals, procedures, newsletters, brochures, specifications, memoranda, and formal reports). Topics include analysis of audience and purpose, simplifying complex information, document design, and project management.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 309 - Popular Genres
Study of how literature constantly evolves into popular genres such as gothic mysteries, westerns, fantasy, science fiction, young adult adventures, horror, fan fiction, and graphic novels. Explore examples of a selected genre and find out about the social conditions that trigger these texts. Check with department for specific genre and authors covered.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 310 - Ideas and Ideals in World Literature
Translations of epics, religious writing, treatises on love, myths, novels, essays, and plays–ancient to modern, Eastern and Western. How to define what the “classics” are and explore why these works endure. Survey with selected authors.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 311 - Transformative Poetry
How poetic forms and language persuade readers to see the world in new and unconventional ways, and what makes poems powerful in different cultures and times. Survey with selected poets.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 315 - Readings in Shakespeare
Plays and poetry that continue to engage modern audiences with exploration of perennial themes and vivid representations of human experience and conflicts. Credit available for general education and educator licensure candidates in English Language Arts in middle school.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 318 - Dynamics of our Living Language
Introduction to principles of linguistic analysis. Additional topics may include biological foundations of language, linguistic variation and change, language acquisition, and classification of world languages.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 320 - History of the English Language
Survey of the English language from its Indo-European origins to the modern period. Topics include phonology and grammar, the relationships between English and other languages, and the social, political, and cultural forces affecting linguistic change.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 321 - Structure of Modern English
Survey of Modern English and contemporary linguistic methods of analyzing and describing its major structures and their functions.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 322 - Language in American Society
Introduction to the study of language in its social context. Focus on varieties of American English with attention to the status of minority languages. Sociolinguistic approach to language variation by region, social class, ethnicity, gender, and social context. Standardization and attitudes toward dialects and minority languages. Relationship between language and power and social control. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 330 - American Literature to 1830
American literature from the beginnings through the early national period, including such writers as Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Equiano, Rowson, and Cooper.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 331 - American Literature: 1830-1860
Literature of the American Romantic period, including such writers as Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Fuller, Stowe, Thoreau, and Melville.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 332 - American Literature: 1860-1910
Includes such writers as Dickinson, Twain, James, Chopin, Chesnutt, and Wharton.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 333 - American Literature: 1910-1960
Includes such writers as Cather, Stevens, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hurston, and Williams.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 334 - American Literature: 1960-Present
Includes such writers as Bellow, Rich, Morrison, Pynchon, Ashbery, and Kushner.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 335 - Non-Western and Third-World Literature
Study of one non-Western or Third-World literary tradition or a survey of literary traditions, such as African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, or Latin American. May focus on the classic texts produced by these cultures (in translation) or on contemporary texts. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when subject varies.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 337 - Western Literature: Classical and Medieval
Intensive study of representative selections translated from the works of Greek, Roman, and other European writers, such as Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, Virgil, Ovid, Dante, Tasso, Rabelais, and Cervantes.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 338 - Western Literature: Renaissance to 1900
Comparative study of representative works from the early modern period through the 19th century, read in translation, by authors such as Ariosto, Racine, Diderot, Goethe, Baudelaire, and Tolstoy.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 339 - Recent Western Literature
Comparative study of representative modern works, read in translation, by authors such as Chekov, Proust, Kafka, Rilke, Dinesen, Duras, and Calvino.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 340 - The Bible as Literature
Introduction to the Bible as literature, the history and the historical circumstances of its composition, and the structure and style of its principal parts.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 350 - Writing across the Curriculum
Practice in writing skills, conventions, organization, and structuring of prose forms appropriate to the humanities, social sciences, and sciences (e.g., proposals, lab reports, case studies, literature reviews, critiques). Open to majors and non-majors.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 360 - Literature and Other Disciplines
Critical analysis of creative literary works about other disciplines, for example, drama, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction about business, education, law, politics, psychology, science, sports, technology, theology, or visual and performing arts. Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when subject varies.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 363 - Literature and Film
Relationship between film and literature, with specific attention to the aesthetic impact of narrative, drama, and poetry on film and to the significance in film of romanticism, realism, and expressionism as literary modes. Nature and history of the adaptation of literary works to film.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 374 - The American Short Story
Shaping and development of the modern short story as a literary form by American writers, from the early 19th century to the present.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 375 - The American Novel
Development of the American novel from the 18th century to the present.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 376 - American Drama Since 1900
Selected works by representative American playwrights since 1900.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 377 - American Poetry Since 1900
Selected works by representative American poets since 1900.
Credits: 3
|
| |
|
| |
-
ENGL 382 - Women Writers: The Tradition in English
Literary accomplishments of women writing in English, covering a range of genres such as fiction, poetry, essays, and drama. Effects of gender on the reading and writing of literature.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 383 - Gay and Lesbian Literature
Historical survey of lesbian and gay fiction, drama, poetry, and prose by American and British writers such as Shakespeare, Behn, Whitman, Hall, Forster, Ortiz-Taylor, Kushner, Leavitt, and Winterson.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 384 - Literary Nonfiction
Representative readings in literary nonfiction, from autobiography and memoir to the personal and lyric essay, focusing either on a period, such as modern/contemporary, or on a theme. Attention paid to literary qualities fostered in personal writing, and to form, theory, and historical and cultural contexts.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 398 - Topics in the Practice and Theory of Composition
Selected aspects of composition such as advanced rhetorical argumentative writing and writing for publication. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 399 - Topics in American Literature
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 400 - Literary Topics
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 401 - Writing Poetry II
Advanced course in writing poetry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 301.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 402 - Writing Fiction II
Advanced course in writing fiction.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 302.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 403 - Technical Editing
Principles and strategies for preparing technical documents for publication, including editing for content, organization, style, and correctness. Topics include the editor’s roles and responsibilities, the levels of editing, proofreading and copyediting, readability, format, production, and usability testing.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 404 - Theory and Research in Written Composition
A. English Language Arts. Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching and evaluating composition in English Language Arts with emphasis on meeting Common Core Standards for writing in the multicultural classroom. Aligned with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
B. Middle Level Content Areas. Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching and evaluating composition in middle school content areas other than English Language Arts, with emphasis on meeting Common Core Standards for writing in the multicultural classroom. Aligned with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
For A: PRQ: ENGL 300C or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 201.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 405 - Early English Literature
English literature to 1500. Modernized texts used for works which might otherwise present language problems.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 406 - Chaucer
The poetry, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 407 - Shakespeare
Representative comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. Attention given to Shakespeare’s growth as a literary artist and to the factors which contributed to that development; his work evaluated in terms of its significance for modern times.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 408 - The English Renaissance: 1500-1603
Literature during the Early Tudor and Elizabethan periods, as reflected in the work of such writers as More, Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 409 - Milton
Poetry and prose, with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 410 - 17th Century English Literature: 1603-1660
Literature during the Jacobean, Caroline, and Commonwealth periods, as reflected in the work of such authors as Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Browne, Milton, and Marvell.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 412 - Restoration and 18th Century English Literature
Later 17th and 18th century literature, including selections from such representative writers as Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 413 - The Romantic Period
Earlier 19th-century English literature, including selections from such representative authors as Blake, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Austen, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 414 - The Victorian Age
Later 19th-century English literature, including such writers as the Brownings, Tennyson, the Brontës, Dickens, Eliot, Arnold, and Pater.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 420 - Arthurian Literature
Representative medieval works, in both Middle English and translation from European languages, with consideration of their influence on later Arthuriana.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 424 - Topics in Technical Writing
Studies in selected topics of special interest to students, teachers, and practitioners of written technical communication. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 1-3
|
| |
-
ENGL 426 - Digital Writing
Study of the principles and strategies for writing in digital environments, including relevant issues such as ethics, usability, accessibility, utilizing social media, ownership, and privacy. Practice writing web-based genres such as blogs, wikis, social media, and websites.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 432 - Topics in General Linguistics
Selected problems in descriptive, theoretical, applied, or historical linguistics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 433 - Discourse Analysis
Survey of approaches to the study of language above the level of the sentence. Structural and functional analysis of a variety of oral and written genres, such as oral narrative and conversation, literary texts, and written expository prose.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 434X - Language and Gender
Crosslisted as WGST 434. Examination of empirical evidence pertaining to language variation by sex and gender identity within the framework of sociolinguistics. Focuses on characteristics of feminine and masculine speech and conversational styles, societal attitudes towards them, and their implications for men and women in society. Biological foundations and sociogenesis of sex differences in language; interaction effects on language variation of other social variables such as age, class, and ethnic identity; and crosscultural differences.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 451 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition I
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. Exploration of academic discourse in a cross-disciplinary context. Writing and revising essays with special support for grammar and mechanics. Reading of academic prose. Weekly writing assignments. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Placement by testing and consent of department.
Credits: 0
|
| |
-
ENGL 452 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition II
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. Exploration of critical strategies and documented writing in the disciplines. Documented writing required in all sections. Special support for grammar and mechanics. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 451.
Credits: 0
|
| |
-
ENGL 453 - ESL Rhetoric and Composition
Only for graduate students whose native language is not English. A concentrated approach to disciplinary writing with special support for grammar and mechanics. Reading of academic prose. Documented writing required in all sections. Grade of C or better required to satisfy written English proficiency requirement. Not available for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Placement by testing and consent of department.
Credits: 0
|
| |
-
ENGL 470 - The English Novel to 1900
Development of the English novel in the 18th and 19th centuries, including works by such representative authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Austen, Thackeray, the Brontës, Eliot, and Hardy.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 471 - The English Novel Since 1900
Includes works by such representative authors as Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Murdoch, Amis, Naipaul, and Drabble.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 474 - The International Short Story
Birth and development of the short story as an international literary form. Studies short fiction by writers from around the world, from the early 19th century to the present.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 475 - British Poetry Since 1900
Includes works by such representative authors as Hopkins, Yeats, Sitwell, Eliot, Smith, Thomas, and Heaney.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 476 - British Drama Since 1900
Includes works by such representative playwrights as Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard, and Churchill.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 477 - Postcolonial and New Literatures in English
Representative works of new literatures in English by postcolonial South Asian, African, Australian, and Caribbean writers, such as Arundhati Roy, Buchi Emecheta, Ben Okri, Peter Carey, Michelle Cliff, and Derek Walcott.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 479 - Theory and Research in Literature for English Language Arts
Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching the reading of complex texts, including canonical, multicultural, young adult, and informational literature in English Language Arts. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 404, 9 semester hours of literature at the 300 and 400 level, or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 301.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 480 - Materials and Methods of Teaching English Language Arts
A. At the Secondary Level. Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Language Arts. Emphasis on designing coherent and integrated units of instruction, including the strategic use of assessments to foster learning. Developing a variety of activities and multiple representations of concepts to accommodate diverse students’ characteristics and abilities, especially for learners at the high level (9-12). Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
B. At the Middle Level. Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Language Arts. Emphasis on designing coherent and integrated units of instruction, including the strategic use of assessments to foster learning. Developing a variety of instructional activities and multiple representations of concepts to accommodate diverse students’ characteristics and abilities, especially for learners at the middle school level (grades 5-8). Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
For A: PRQ: ENGL 479 or consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 482.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 482 - Clinical Experience in English Language Arts
Discipline-based clinical experience for students seeking educator licensure in English Language Arts. Practicum in teaching methods, assessment, problem solving, and on-site research. Minimum of 50 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated experiences in the setting likely for student teaching.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 480.
Credits: 1-2
|
| |
-
ENGL 483 - Renaissance Literature
Comparative study of works, read in translation, by such continental figures as Petrarch, Erasmus, Machiavelli, Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais, and Cervantes.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 485 - Student Teaching in Secondary English Language Arts
Student teaching for one semester. Assignments arranged through the office of clinical experiences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in consultation with the coordinator of educator licensure in English Language Arts. Ongoing assessment of candidate’s development. Candidates must satisfactorily complete a formal teacher performance assessment. Monthly on-campus seminars. Not available for credit in the major. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 480, ENGL 482, and consent of department.
Credits: 7-12
|
| |
-
ENGL 489 - European Novel
Selected works since 1700, read in translation, by such novelists as Goethe, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Kafka, Duras, and Calvino. Organization may be thematic or chronological.
Credits: 3
|
| |
|
| |
-
ENGL 491 - Honors Directed Study
Directed study in an area of English studies. Open to all department honors students. May be repeated once.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 493 - Writing Creative Nonfiction II
Advanced workshop in writing creative nonfiction. The writing of personal and autobiographical essays with attention paid to extensive revision, formal and thematic experimentation, and considerations about the implications of the self as author and subject. Continues and advances the work begun in Writing Creative Nonfiction.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 303.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENGL 494 - Writing Center Practicum
Crosslisted as ILAS 494X. Theoretical and practical instruction in tutoring, required for all undergraduate writing consultants in the University Writing Center. Includes research on cross-curricular writing tasks in a supervised, on-the-job situation. S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours with consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
|
| |
-
ENGL 495 - Practicum in English
Practical writing and other professional experience in supervised on-the-job situations. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. S/U grading.
Credits: 1-3
|
| |
-
ENGL 496 - Internship in Writing, Editing, or Training
Involves primarily writing, editing, or training in business, industry, or government setting, and that is jointly supervised by the English department’s internship coordinator and an individual from the sponsoring company or organization. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Up to 3 semester hours may be applied toward the English department’s program requirements. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Prior approval by the Department of English, a minimum of 120 contact hours, and other requirements as specified by the department.
Credits: 1-6
|
| |
-
ENGL 497 - Directed Study
Directed study in any area of English studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
|
| |
-
ENGL 498 - Topics in English Studies
Exploration of a topic or theme in English studies via lectures, discussions, and reports. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 1-3
|
| |
-
ENGL 499 - Topics in English Literature
Topics announced. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
|
Environmental Studies |
| |
-
ENVS 100 - Exploring the Environmental Studies Major
Discussion of different emphasis and career options. Includes advising. Internships and research opportunities on campus will be explored. Guest lectures by faculty. Library and literature research skills. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Declared major in environmental studies.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
ENVS 210 - Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems
Overview of how Illinois residents have responded to food problems through local initiatives. Examines different local food models used in DeKalb County and northern Illinois. Local public gardens will be used to explore soil science, food justice, local food, project management, public health, and environmental issues. Opportunities for several on-site visits to food production operations in the region. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work in local public gardens per week.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
ENVS 301 - Environmental Science I: Physical Systems
Physical scientific foundations to facilitate understanding of current environmental issues. Spatially, material includes local, regional, and global scale processes. Temporally, provides context for current environmental changes by supplying an understanding of the Earth’s environment in geologic time. Topics covered are primarily those that relate to environmental processes that have been most subject to human manipulation over the past millennia. Includes at least two Saturday field trips.
Credits: 3
|
| |
Page: 1 <- 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
| 14
… Forward 10 -> 33 |
|
|
|
Print this Page