Course Descriptions

ENG 371 - Literature and History I

• Explain the way a literary work can be analyzed and interpreted against the backgrounds of the literature of its particular period, citing several relevant authors for comparison
• Survey a literary movement or historical era within the ancient, medieval, or renaissance periods with references to canonical and non-canonical texts as well as a variety of literary genres, relating the literary history of the period to concurrent political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic histories
• Identify specific literary movements, as well as the socio-cultural implications of those movements, within the ancient, medieval, or renaissance periods
• Explain ways in which literature contributes to our knowledge of a particular period by aligning itself with or by articulating a significant different from dominant disclosures
• Demonstrate knowledge of representative texts from specific periods and/or movements

ENG 372 - Literature and History II

• Explain the way a literary work can be analyzed and interpreted against the background of the literature of its particular period, citing several relevant authors for comparison
• Survey a literary movement or historical era within the Modern period with reference to canonical and non-canonical texts as well as a variety of literary genres, relating the literary history of the period to concurrent political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic histories
• Identify specific literary movements, as well as the socio-cultural implications of these movements, within the modern period
• Explain ways in which literature contributes to our knowledge of a particular period by aligning itself with or by articulating a significant different from dominant discourses
• Demonstrate knowledge of representative texts from specific periods and/or movements

ENG 373 - Literature and History III

• Explain the way a literary work can be analyzed and interpreted against the background of the literature of its particular period, citing several relevant authors for comparison.
• Survey a literary movement or historical era within the modern period with reference to canonical and non-canonical texts as well as a variety of literary genres, relating the literary history of the period to concurrent political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic histories.
• Identify specific literary movements, as well as the sociocultural implications of those movements, within the modern period.
• Explain ways in which literature contributes to our knowledge of a particular period by aligning itself with or by articulating a significant difference from dominant discourses.
• Demonstrate knowledge of representative texts from specific periods and/or movements.

ENG 374 - Literature and History IV

• Explain the way a contemporary literary work can be analyzed and interpreted in the context of contemporary literature citing several relevant authors for comparison
• Survey contemporary literature with references to canonical and non-canonical texts as well as a variety of literary genres, relating the literary history of the period to concurrent political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic histories
• Identify specific contemporary literary movements, as well as the socio-cultural implications of those movements
• Explain ways in which literature contributes to our knowledge of a particular period by aligning itself with or by articulating a significant difference from dominant discourses
• Demonstrate knowledge of representative contemporary texts

ENG 377 - Literature and Philosophy

• Contrast the philosophical and literary ideals of a cultural tradition with competing traditions or predecessors.
• Define the elements of a philosophy of art or literature relevant to a literary tradition.
• Apply a theoretical framework to representative literature from a historical period or movement, citing several relevant authors for comparison.
• Identify the representative literary forms of a particular historical period or movement.
• Survey a literary and philosophical movement with reference to philosophical texts and a variety of literary genres.

ENG 380 - Studies in Drama

• Identify the formal elements and generic conventions of drama, including plot, character, and scene, and explain how formal choices contribute to meaning.
• Compare and contrast dramatic works based on theme, genre, historical context, and/or cultural content.
• Identify and explain the theatrical elements and conventions of drama and will be able to relate the material production of plays to historical and/or cultural conditions.
• Understand and express the thematic concerns of plays as aesthetic works.
• Write formal and informal responses to dramatic texts that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought about the writer’s own assumptions, effective inquiry, and responsible interpretations.

ENG 391 - Workshop

ENG 396 - Individual Study

ENG 397 - Honors

ENG 398 - Special Topics

ENG 399 - Seminar

ENG 404 - Advanced Technical Writing

• Analyze organizational contexts
• Analyze the ethical considerations involved in the technical communication
• Analyze the cultural considerations involved in technical communication
• Use and improve appropriate conventions and formal elements
• Construct arguments that are based on sound evidence and appeal to several audiences at once
• Conduct research that can be used to support arguments
• Test, edit and revise designs and ideas in online documents
• Understand the differences necessary in writing for different levels of audience
• Work in an editor’s role to improve the documents, presentations and critical thought of others   
• Identify and incorporate cultural differences as they communicate with audiences from another culture  

ENG 415 - Critical Studies in American Literature

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of literary and critical theories.
• Respond to a range of secondary criticism and/or critical theory in their own writing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in research methodologies.
• Identify the characteristic themes, techniques, and conventions of a representative group of texts in American literature focused by theme, author, theoretical approach, or social and historical context.
• Develop a thesis-driven argument that is focused by specific interpretive or analytical questions, that is supported by evidence from multiple texts, and that synthesizes multiple perspectives.
• Apply theoretical approaches to literary texts at an advanced level.

ENG 417 - Critical Studies in World Literature

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of literary and critical theories.
• Respond to a range of secondary criticism and/or critical theory in their own writing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in research methodologies.
• Identify the characteristic themes, techniques, and conventions of a representative group of texts in World literature focused by theme, author, theoretical approach, or social and historical context.
• Develop a thesis-driven argument that is focused by specific interpretive or analytical questions, that is supported by evidence from multiple texts, and that synthesizes multiple perspectives.
• Apply theoretical approaches to literary texts at an advanced level.

ENG 418 - Literary and Critical Theory (Put on reserve 9/16/18)

• Write formal and informal responses to literary and critical theory that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought, effective inquiry, perception of patterns in language features, and responsible generalization.
• Recognize and critique the argument underlying critical writings.
• Apply selected theories to specific literary works.
• Explain the basic premises of selected theories.
• Relate critical perspectives to the history of western ideas.

ENG 419 - Critical Studies in British Literature

• Demonstrate knowledge of literary and critical theories.
• Respond to secondary criticism and/or criticism theory in their own writing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in research methodologies.
• Identify the characteristic themes, techniques, and conventions of a representative group of texts in English literature focused by theme, author, theoretical approach, or social and historical context.
• Develop a thesis-driven argument that is focused by specific interpretive or analytical questions, that is supported by evidence, and that synthesizes multiple perspectives.
• Apply theoretical approaches to literary texts.

ENG 422 - Teaching Young Adult Literature

• Read and respond to a broad range of award-winning texts written specifically for young adult readers in multiple genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, and essays.
• Plan and present lessons describing how literary elements such as plot, character, theme, setting, tone, point of view, and figurative language relate to literary meaning in texts for adolescents.
• Develop strategies for teaching young adult literature that engage students (orally, visually, and in writing) in interpreting, evaluating, and responding critically to print and non-print texts.
• Demonstrate the ability to read, write, and communicate proficiently.
• Identify and evaluate the contributions of current and past authors of young adult literature.
• Participate in small & large group discussions identifying current issues regarding the writing, reading, and study of adolescent literature and examining and referencing professional literature from periodicals related to the field.

ENG 423 - History of the English Language

• Identify phonetic sound segments and sound classes of Modern English using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major historical events impacting the development of the English language.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major phonological and grammatical changes in Old English, Middle English, and Modern English.
• Apply knowledge of the sound systems, inflectional systems, and syntactic systems in the analysis of literary texts from Old, Middle, and Modern English.

ENG 429 - Teaching Writing in Middle-level Humanities

• Demonstrate knowledge of reading, writing, and communication as developmental processes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current state standards (EALRs, GLEs) and [CCSS: Common Core State Standards] in writing.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the writing process, its components (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing), and its recursive, interactive, and collaborative nature.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the traits of effective writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence structure, conventions, and presentation).
• Demonstrate knowledge of the role and interaction of audience, purpose, and form.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current state standards (EALRs, GLEs, CCSS) in communication.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the interrelationships of reading and writing, and listening and speaking.
• Model meta-cognition through the use of think-alouds and read-alouds.
• Integrate higher level thinking skills into lesson designs.
• Model and scaffold meta-cognitive processes for a wide variety of tasks and text.
• Model and scaffold the writing process, its components (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing), and its recursive, interactive, and collaborative nature.
• Model and scaffold the traits of effective writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence structure, and conventions).
• Demonstrate a variety of ways to incorporate opportunities for students to use oral communication and presentation.
• Support discussion of controversial issues by emphasizing and modeling the importance of evidence, objectivity, active listening, and mutual respect.
• Demonstrate ongoing and long-term monitoring of student progress in social studies and language arts content and skills.
• Document and communicate students’ progress toward the GLEs and [CCSS] for social studies, reading, writing, and communication using multiple sources of evidence (qualitative and quantitative evidence).
• Interpret assessment results to inform instruction.

ENG 430 - Teaching Writing in the Secondary School

• Demonstrate an understanding of the writing process, its components, and its recursive, interactive, and collaborative nature.
• Demonstrate how mode {expository, persuasive, and narrative) and form shape writing.
• Recognize and evaluate the traits of effective writing (e.g. development of ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence structure, and conventions).
• Apply current state standards {GLEs) in reading, writing, and oral communication.
• Read and apply relevant educational theory and research findings {from books, peer reviews, journals, reports, classroom data, and proceedings of professional conferences, videotapes, electronic and non-electronic databases) to classroom practices.
• Explain the need for continued professional development to remain current in best practices as a practitioner of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Demonstrate the ability to read, write, and communicate proficiently.
• Apply the knowledge of the English language, reading processes, the process of writing, literature, non-print media, theory, and research findings to design and implement instruction.
• Model higher level thinking skills and scaffold metacognitive processes for a wide variety of literacy tasks.
• Create reading, writing, and discussion opportunities which promote respect for and support of individual differences (e. g., ability, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, and race).
• Provide students with strategies that enable them to write effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using the writing process.
• Use current state standards (GLEs) to evaluate student performance in writing.

ENG 431 - Principles and Practices of TESOL

• Plan and modify instruction to assure learner engagement and achievement.
• Explain how to create supportive environments that promote respectful classroom interactions and engage all learners in purposeful language learning.
• Differentiate between formative and summative assessment strategies used to promote the continuous intellectual and linguistic development of each learner.
• Incorporate in lesson plans evidence of knowing who learners are and understanding how their communities, heritages, and goals shape learning and expectations of learning.
• Demonstrate proficiency in social, business/workplace or academic English, with attention to the four traditional skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
• Articulate processes by which learners acquire a new language in and out of classroom settings.
• Design lessons to help learners acquire the language they need to successfully communicate in the subject or content areas they want/need to learn about.

ENG 432 - Phonetics and Phonology

• Learn international phonetic symbols and use them to transcribe English speech and describe the English sound system.
• Analyze stress, rhythm, phonological processes, phonological prominence, and intonation in connected speech.
• Apply knowledge and skills to areas of own interest in interlanguage phonology of English.

ENG 434 - Discourse Analysis

• Discuss topics in discourse analysis, using appropriate terminology.
• Describe approaches to discourse analysis, noting the contexts for which they were developed.
• Analyze various types of spoken and written discourse.
• Apply skills and knowledge to own areas of interest.
• Apply skills and knowledge to own areas of interest.

ENG 435 - Linguistics, Literature, and TESOL

• Distinguish linguistic form from literary form and characterize their complementary nature.
• Describe linguistic approaches to the language of literature (poetry, prose, and drama).
• Conduct linguistic analysis of literary texts.
• Apply knowledge of linguistics and literature to areas of own interest.

ENG 437 - Pedagogical Grammar and Discourse

• Analyze complex linguistic structures, attending to the structures themselves, their meanings, and the pragmatic conditions governing their use.
• Articulate how attention to linguistic form, meaning, and use can both contribute to the linguistic development of ESOL students and stimulate the students’ own professional growth.
• Demonstrate connections between theory and practice.
• Analyze and evaluate ESOL grammar textbooks or proficiency-assessment tools.
• Discuss topics in discourse analysis, using appropriate terminology.

ENG 453 - Studies in Fiction

• Identify the formal elements and generic conventions of fiction and explain how formal choices contribute to meaning.
• Compare and contrast works of fiction based on theme, subgenre, historical context, and/or historical context.
• Analyze and discuss the development of a genre in relation to specific historical, material, or cultural conditions.
• Discuss and analyze the thematic concerns of fictional works.
• Write formal and informal responses to fictional works that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought about the writer’s own assumptions, effective inquiry, and responsible interpretation.
• Apply theoretical approaches to the analysis of fictional texts.

ENG 454 - Studies in Nonfiction

• Identify the formal elements and generic conventions of literary nonfiction and explain how formal choices contribute to meaning.
• Compare and contrast works of nonfiction based on theme, subgenre, historical context, and/or historical context.
• Analyze and discuss the development of a genre in relation to specific historical, material, or cultural conditions.
• Discuss and analyze the thematic concerns of works of nonfiction.
• Write formal and informal responses to works of nonfiction that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought about the writer’s own assumptions, effective inquiry, and responsible interpretation.
• Apply theoretical approaches to the analysis of nonfictional texts.

ENG 455 - Studies in Poetry (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)

• Identify the formal elements and generic conventions of poetry and explain how formal choices contribute to meaning.
• Compare and contrast poetic works based on theme, genre, historical context, and/or historical context.
• Analyze and discuss the development of a genre in relation to specific historical, material, or cultural conditions.
• Discuss and analyze the thematic concerns of poetic works.
• Write formal and informal responses to works of nonfiction that demonstrate engagement, reflective thought about the writer’s own assumptions, effective inquiry, and responsible interpretation.
• Apply theoretical approaches to the analysis of poetry.

ENG 456 - Studies in Rhetoric

• Demonstrate a foundational understanding of key rhetorical thinkers and theorists from a range of historical periods or from a range of theoretical approaches.
• Analyze and critique discursive objects using rhetorical theories.
• Demonstrate a close understanding of a small selection of rhetorical theories or approaches.
• Participate in discussions of current case studies or critical analyses involving rhetorical analysis and/or criticism.
• Undergraduate students will demonstrate a knowledge of scholarly conversations surrounding current case studies or critical analyses that deploy rhetorical analysis or criticism.
• Undergraduate students will demonstrate the ability to develop analytical arguments at the advanced undergraduate level.

ENG 460 - Cinema Studies V: Advanced World Cinema

• Synthesize elements of one or more international film cultures, including historical evolution; aesthetic features; cultural, social and political influences; thematic explorations; and directorial schools and trends. 
• Analyze and critique particular films that are representative of the relevant international cinema.
• Assess trans-global impacts and the ongoing discourse with Hollywood cinema.
• Estimate the impact of colonialism and post-colonial forces on world cinema.

ENG 461 - Studies in Film and Culture

• Relate the history of a minority culture (the peoples of a specific race, ethnicity or culture) in film as subjects, actors and creators.
• Analyze “film image” in stereotype formation and social constructs of “self” vs. “other.”
• Critically examine the portrayal of a specific race, ethnicity or culture in film.
• Juxtapose the dominant discourse of the minority culture with the emerging use of film by members of that culture as part of a larger struggle for “cultural relevance and survivance”
• Critically discuss of how minority filmmakers & actors are reframing the discourse of film making.

ENG 462 - Studies in Film and/or Television Genres

• Describe the theory of genre as it applies to film and/or television
• Examine cinematic works/ television series of a single genre such as film noir, horror, animation, musical, etc.
• Articulate an overview of the dominant stylistic, thematic, and ideological features of a cinematic or television genre.
• Analyze, critically evaluate, and prepare critical reviews of films/TV series as characteristic of a specific genre.
• Recognize and articulate the cultural and social contexts that shape film genres in various historical periods, including issues of diversity and gender, American national identity, and international perspectives

ENG 463 - Studies in the Film Auteur

• Gain understanding of the theory of auteurship and a broad overview of the set of major American and international auteur directors.
• Gain an overview of the dominant stylistic, thematic, and ideological features of the works of select major American and international auteur directors.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the cinematic works of a single auteur director such as Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Chabrol, John Ford, Zhang Yimou, Chaplin, Woody Allen, Bergman, etc.

ENG 464 - Advanced Fiction Writing

• Compose original literary fiction that demonstrates a thorough knowledge of character development, dialogue, exposition and setting
• Experiment with point of view, diction, and syntax to achieve a distinctive voice
• Apply revision techniques modeled in the text to clarify and deepen original passages and scenes
• Analyze contemporary collections of stories and/or novels, taking advantage of visiting writers particularly, to consider how such books are structured and arranged, and read individual stories, analyzing them from a writer’s point of view, considering tools of the craft
• Develop oral presentation skills, both in literary performances and in group and/or individual presentations
• Analyze the literary market and develop strategies for publication

ENG 465 - Advanced Poetry Writing

• Identify and analyze poetic genres.
• Compose and experiment with forms, discursive structures, and voice in original works of poetry.
• Contribute effectively and meaningfully to workshop discussions of creative works-in-progress.
• Apply revision techniques to the development of quality poems.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the structures and conventions of contemporary poetry books and develop criteria for comparative analysis of contemporary creative work.
• Develop strategies that lead to publication success.

ENG 466 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing

• Deepen their understanding of creative nonfiction by studying the works of selected professional writers, with sustained attention on at least one booklength work.
• Develop their oral presentation skills by presenting their knowledge of the craft and/or a particular creative nonfiction writer or work and/or each other’s work.
• Continue to develop research skills.
• Develop critical skills by responding to each other’s drafts.
• Recognize and submit their work to appropriate literary markets.
• Learn how to articulate the effectiveness of “voice” and will learn to develop their own individual voices, modulating tone and experimenting with irony as appropriate.
• Develop their revision/editing skills to become their own best editors.
• Learn to perform their work.

ENG 467 - Advanced Narrative Screenwriting (Put on reserve 9/16/2014.)

• Demonstrate their knowledge of appropriate film terminology.
• Demonstrate an ability to utilize the “tools” of script analysis and identify what worked and what didn’t work in the narrative.
• Apply skills developed in class to convey mood, energy, character, narrative structure and dramatic intent.
• Write or rewrite an original or adapted feature length screenplay for film or television.

ENG 468 - Contemporary Writers Colloquium

• Identify and analyze forms and structures of creative writing (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry).
• Incorporate critical mentoring and feedback into the revision of creative writing.
• Apply and further develop genre craft techniques to the creation of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.
• Further develop criteria to use in comparative analysis of contemporary creative writing.
• Contribute effectively to discussions of creative work-in-progress.
• Develop an understanding of the publication process–from initial creation to manuscript submission.
• Identify and analyze education and career options in creative writing.
• Analyze literary readings by visiting writers.
• Contextualize pieces of contemporary creative writing within current critical discourses.

ENG 472 - Research Methods for Workplace Writers

• Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of workplace writing research methods.
• Compare and contrast the advantages and limitations of a variety of workplace writing research methods.
• Propose research using one or two specific workplace writing research methods.
• Design research projects using commonly used written report documents.
• Demonstrate presentation skills appropriate to a workplace writing research project.
• Demonstrate collaboration skills.
• Conduct ethical low-risk research with human participants.

ENG 473 - Grant Writing: Theory and Practice

• Demonstrate regular participation and interaction as an active and engaged member of our learning community.
• Engage in a documented writing process that incorporates revision in response to instructor and peer response feedback. 
• Identify and implement appropriate research methods for identifying individual or organizational needs, locating appropriate sources of funding, and fulfilling RFP and grant application requirements.  
• Analyze grant and proposal audiences and learn how to fulfill a specific rhetorical purpose by adapting writing and document design principles (style, tone, graphics, page design) for these audiences.  
• Demonstrate and articulate an understanding of theoretical issues facing professional grant writers and their clients. 
• Recognize and construct the basic elements of a grant proposal: cover letters or forms, abstracts/executive summaries, tables of contents, narratives incorporating problem statements, purpose statements, goals and objectives, and budgets (if required). 

ENG 476 - Integrated Humanities at the Middle-level Grades

• Utilize Reading and Language Arts theories and research related to communication through reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and thinking.
• Align reading skills through the learning progressions to state and national standards.
• Develop integration projects that Incorporate literature, language arts, and social studies (history, geology, economics, civics, & social studies).
• Integrate literacy experiences In all learning environments.
• Develop learning progressions that utilizes meta-cognition reading strategies.
• Utilize current standards and the essential components of reading fluency, phonics, vocabulary & comprehension as they apply to the humanities for the young adolescent.

ENG 484 - Manastash: Literary Editing

• Demonstrate teamwork and oral communication skills in the context of literary editing.
• Evaluate poetry, fiction, drama and creative nonfiction for a particular readership.
• Demonstrate knowledge of professional literary magazine editing processes.
• Apply methods of professional correspondence in a literary magazine context.
• Apply principles for organizing creative work in a literary magazine.

ENG 485 - Manastash: Literary Design and Production

• Design a print literary magazine that meets professional design standards for four-color print production.
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic standards of final copyediting and proofreading for a professional publication.
• Gain a working knowledge of commonly used desktop publishing programs wed to produce professional documents.
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate by participating in literary arts events.

ENG 488 - Teaching Portfolio

• Demonstrate how reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and thinking are interrelated.
• Display an understanding of the role of technology in communication.
• Use major sources of research and theory, e.g. books, periodicals, reports, classroom data, proceedings of professional conferences, videotapes, electronic and non-electronic data bases, to understand the relationship between research and practice.
• Examine, evaluate, and select resources such as textbooks, other print materials, video, film, recordings, and software which align with the English language arts curriculum and support continued professional growth.
• Develop interdisciplinary teaching strategies and materials.

ENG 489 - Senior Colloquium

• Revise their work in a variety of genres, one of which will be a literary analysis. Other genres may include creative and technical writing, rhetorical analysis, and/or linguistics.
• Incorporate sources as appropriate, using MLA conventions.
• Practice articulating constructive feedback on peer work to develop their sense of audience, increase their repertoire of revision and editing strategies, and work collaboratively.
• Demonstrate grammatical and rhetorical proficiency.
• Reflect on their own revision process and evaluate the development of their writing skills.

ENG 490 - Cooperative Education

ENG 491 - Workshop

ENG 492 - Practicum

• Apply research based instructional strategies and assessments.
• Demonstrate a respect for the worth and contributions of all learners.
• Engage in reflective practice.
• Use research models to reflect upon their own teaching.

ENG 493 - Online Practicum

• Demonstrate multi-modal writing and editing skills.
• Apply multi-modal writing and editing skills in a multi-genre publishing context.
• Collaboratively plan a large-scale multimodal publishing project.
• Demonstrate multi-modal collaboration skills to support the creation, design, and editing of student writing for an online audience.
• Evaluate and revise writing from a wide range of professional and creative genres.
• Apply knowledge of writing as appropriate to professional and publishing contexts.

ENG 496 - Individual Study

ENG 497 - Honors

ENG 498 - Special Topics

ENG 499 - Seminar

ESL 050C - Oral Communication 1

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 050G - Grammar 1

• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in both oral and written communication
• Identify and correct common grammatical errors in own writing and speaking

ESL 050R - Reading 1

• Apply reading skills to comprehend and respond to reading passages and novels.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary knowledge to comprehend reading passages and novels.

ESL 050W - Writing 1

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 060C - Oral Communication 2

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 060G - Grammar 2

• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in both oral and written communication
• Identify and correct common grammatical errors in own writing and speaking

ESL 060R - Reading 2

• Apply readings skills to comprehend and respond to reading passages and novels.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary knowledge to comprehend reading passages and novels.

ESL 060W - Writing 2

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 070C - Oral Communication 3

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 070G - Grammar 3

• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in both oral and written communication
• Identify and correct common grammatical errors in own writing and speaking

ESL 070R - Reading 3

• Apply readings skills to comprehend and respond to reading passages and novels.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary knowledge to comprehend reading passages and novels.

ESL 070W - Writing 3

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 080C - Oral Communication 4

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 080G - Grammar 4

• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in both oral and written communication
• Identify and correct common grammatical errors in own writing and speaking

ESL 080R - Reading 4

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 080W - Writing 4

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 090A - Academic Skills Preparation

• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to complex academic lectures, presentations, and conversations
• Demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary from the academic word list
• Identify appropriate services on campus for various needs
• Demonstrate the use of appropriate register with professors and classmates

ESL 090C - Oral Communication 5

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 090R - Reading 5

• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in speaking.
• Apply listening skills to comprehend and respond to lectures, presentations, and conversations.
• Demonstrate appropriate vocabulary usage in oral communication.

ESL 090T - Test Preparation

• Demonstrate knowledge of test taking skills.
• Apply level appropriate writing skills to academic writing.
• Apply readings skills to comprehend and respond to reading passages and novels.
• Demonstrate level appropriate fluency and accuracy in listening and speaking.

ESL 090W - Writing 5

• Apply level appropriate writing skills to personal and academic writing.
• Demonstrate level appropriate vocabulary usage in written communication.
• Demonstrate level appropriate grammar usage in written communication.

ESL 100AR - Academic Research

 

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: Completion of the UESL Program with a recommendation (received a B or higher in ESL90R and ESL90W and ESL90OC and either ESL90T or ESL90A); or received TOEFL 71 iBT or higher; or IELTS 6.0 or higher. Co-requisites: ESL 100CC and ESL 100LS and ESL100 RW and ESL 100RV.

Credits: (2)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Compare and contrast international and American academic standards for scholarship.
• Choose from various information databases and formulate search strategies.
• Evaluate resources and select material following best practices of academic honesty, digital citizenship, and plagiarism in American academics.
• Employ effective research strategies.
• Compose and write elements of a research paper.

ESL 100CC - Academic Classroom Culture

• Participate effectively in a variety of academic situations.
• Apply time management skills appropriately to the task.
• Apply knowledge of plagiarism avoidance to writing projects and presentations.
• Identify appropriate services on campus for various needs.
• Interact with appropriate register with professors and classmates.
• Employ ethical behavior both in academic life as well as outside of class.
• Participate in community service and/or civic engagement.

ESL 100LS - Academic Listening and Speaking

• Retell and summarize information from a lecture or listening passage.
• Synthesize and respond to lecture information.
• Utilize critical thinking skills.
• Engage in advance note taking.
• Deliver a prepared, purposeful presentation based on information from lectures or other information sources.

ESL 100RV - Academic Reading and Vocabulary

• Apply reading skills to comprehend and respond to academic reading passages.
• Utilize critical thinking skills.
• Comprehend vocabulary from the Academic Word List.

 Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/1/18

ESL 100RW - Research Writing

• Apply advanced writing skills to academic writing assignments.
• Utilize critical thinking skills.
• Identify critical information for a particular issue and synthesize that information in written prose.
• Integrate multiple sources into a written project in a meaningful and relevant way.

ENST 201 - Earth as an Ecosystem

• Describe the process of science and how it informs our knowledge of the natural world
• Analyze and interpret information to assess human-environment relationships
• Analyze current research to develop and defend positions on environmental issues
• Explain the interrelationships between biotic and abiotic systems on earth
• Model how a system changes when its components change

ENST 202 - Environment and Society

• Define and recognize the effects of human population increase on food production, environmental quality, and natural resource supply; evaluate ways that world population has altered the environment and biosphere
• Demonstrate and differentiate various viewpoints and trade-offs about how to handle controversial environmental issues, such as: fertilizer use, water management and pollution, waste management and storage, population control, and air pollution
• Distinguish and contrast the roles of technological innovations in relationship to population dynamics and resource consumption

ENST 298 - Special Topics

ENST 299 - Seminar

ENST 300 - Applied Environmental Sciences

• Collect and analyze field data from natural and behavioral sciences.
• Interview stakeholders concerning class project topic.
• Assess public attitudes on topic related to class. For example, attend public hearings, city council meeting, etc.
• Survey a broad scope of environmental issues relevant to today’s world.
• Relate identified problem to local and world scale.

ENST 303 - Environmental Management

• Develop an understanding of the practical applications and theoretical aspects of environmental management systems.
• Gain an appreciation of the technical, geopolitical, and economic aspects of natural resource management.
• Become familiar with applied strategies, terminologies, and technical aspects of resource management so that he or she may understand technical data and how resource decisions are made.
• Become a better-informed citizen who can take a leadership position when discussions arise dealing with land and resource management issues.
• Demonstrate written and oral communication skills.

ENST 304 - Environmental Methods and Analysis

• Distinguish between data and inference.
• Identify best analytical tool to be used for a particular environmental problem.
• Validate significance of data through error analysis.
• Communicate effectively about analytical tools in a discipline not directly related to theirs.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative versus qualitative analytical tools and identify situations for which each type of analysis is appropriate

 Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/20/2012

ENST 310 - Energy and Society

• Describe and explain the technical, geopolitical, socioeconomic, and environmental aspects of energy resources and energy systems.
• Interpret literature about energy issues with a goal of illustrating the multifaceted impacts that energy resources have on the built and natural environment
• Analyze different energy systems from multiple perspectives to model geopolitical factors that impact on the economics and sustainability of energy production and consumption
• Analyze information about social, economic, political, and environmental effects of energy use to construct and defend positions on energy policy

ENST 330 - Environmental Leadership and Advocacy

• Identify the characteristics of social movements to critically examine the question whether environmentalism is a ‘movement’ and if so, to examine its goals, principles, and ideologies.
• Identify multiple theories of leadership and ascertain whether the requirements for excellence in environmental leadership differ from the requirements of for excellence in leadership in general
• Describe the role of interest groups and non-governmental organizations in our society-the pervasiveness, proliferation, and effectiveness of these groups in influencing public policy in environmental and natural resource management.
• Describe the public hearings/meeting process and identity strategies to effectively organize and use the public hearings process to the participant’s advantage.
• Identify and describe the common functions performed by environmental and natural resource leaders in an environmental organization that comprise transactional leadership.
• Effectively use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information for a campaign.
• Design an environmental campaign.
• Demonstrate competency in the tasks performed by environmental advocates.

ENST 360 - Environmental Justice

• Recognize and explain causal influences of colonialism, commodification of land and labor, and capitalism in environmental and social justice problems/crises
• Identify and describe roles of policy-making, regulation, and law in health and environmental protection
• Distinguish concerns, objectives, and strategies of environmental justice activists and compare and contrast them with those of environmental movement activists
• Observe, describe, and explain particular environmental justice cases
• Demonstrate influences of class, race, ethnicity, and gender on how environmental problems impact people and communities
• Propose and evaluate potential strategies for environmental justice activists and their communities
• Summarize and assess achievements of the environmental justice movement and identify and describe emerging challenges as natural and political environments change

ENST 396 - Individual Study

ENST 397 - Honors

ENST 398 - Special Topics

ENST 399 - Seminar

ENST 444 - Environmental Policy Formulation

• Describe the policy process in the U.S. and identify the variables that influence environmental policy outcomes.
• Identify the steps in a rational-comprehensive policy analysis framework.
• Identify a range of environmental policy instruments (e.g., regulation, tradable permits, taxes, subsidies, legal instruments) and articulate their strengths and limitations as applied to environmental problems.
• Identify and describe the multi-faceted dimensions of a variety of environmental “problems” (e.g., climate change, endangered species protection, energy development).
• Formulate an environmental policy that attempts to resolve an environmental problem.

ENST 455 - Environmental Literature

• Read and to savor a sampling of some of this country’s finest creative writing
• Appreciate the variety and depth of aesthetic reaction to the environment
• Understand the historical development of American attitudes toward nature
• Come to terms with your own feelings about the natural world
• Freely express your own relationship with nature through the writing of poetry
• Elucidate the inherent cultural bias of human-environment relationships
• View the environmental debate within the framework of political ecology
• See that ultimately, humans construct the concept of nature as a dynamic ground

ENST 460 - Environmental Law

• Identify the variety of socio-political drivers present and the principal methods of creating legislative change.  
• Identify and explain the economic, social, and political factors that influence laws and administrative rules.
• Assess significant legislative articles, and identify administrative gaps using legal analysis. 
• Describe the diffusion and adaptation of environmental laws effectively using concepts taught in the course.

ENST 487 - End-of-Major Capstone

• Prepare a professional presentation of their strengths, both written and oral, to be given to future employers or graduate schools.
• Create connections with potential employers and formulate a plan for seeking employment.
• Reflect on their strengths and weaknesses as potential employees and how they relate to their experience at CWU.
• Evaluate their academic experiences in the environmental studies program at CWU, both in the classroom and outside of it.

ENST 490 - Cooperative Education

ENST 491 - Workshop

ENST 495 - Senior Research

• Create and propose an independent research project in environmental studies based on the scientific method that addresses a current knowledge gap.
• Design and implement sound, scientific procedures to collect empirical data that will answer research question(s).
• Utilize accepted methods of analyses to determine and analyze whether the data collected answers the research questions.
• Evaluate by use of rationality and logical inference to reach sound conclusions about the contribution, addressing both strengths and limitations, of their research contribution to science.