Course Descriptions

ENG 311 - Business Writing

• Recognize the rhetorical, organizational and stylistic characteristics in a variety of business writing genres.
• Demonstrate a mastery of specific genres for a variety of business writing contexts.
• Demonstrate the ability to select specific business writing genres and characteristics to match specific writing contexts.
• Analyze the relationship between the audience of a business document and the style and tone appropriate to that document.
• Organize materials to match message with structure for readability.
• Demonstrate mastery of expectations for business writing contexts including conciseness, cohesion, clarity and appropriateness.
• Generate audience analysis deliverables that help demonstrate the differences between writing for business audiences and writing for academic audiences.
• Provide writing feedback and revision suggestions for others based on knowledge of business writing conventions and techniques.

ENG 315 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design

• Describe theories of visual rhetoric.
• Develop the vocabulary and rhetorical awareness to critique design elements based on audience, purpose, and goals.
• Analyze how design principles affect readability, functionality, interpretation, and communication of information.
• Design rhetorically effective documents, for both print and web, by applying basic design principles.
• Demonstrate basic technical skills required for industry-specific design software.

ENG 320 - English Grammar

• Describe the development of the English language through successive historical periods
• Recognize the part of speech and function of every word in a complex or compound sentence
• Recognize and correct grammar and punctuation errors in student essays
• Use their knowledge of traditional grammar to revise and edit their own writing
• Describe sentence patterns, sentence forms, and sentence types

ENG 323 - Writing and Editing for Publication

• Articulate criteria to assess effective writing.
• Describe a method for offering feedback to authors.
• Locate and explain common errors in usage, punctuation, and mechanics.
• Use conventional proofreader’s marks to correct common errors in print documents.
• Use software tools to correct common errors in electronic documents.
• Explain the function of a stylebook.
• Provide feedback to authors submitting print or electronic documents.

ENG 329 - Cultural Studies in Literature

• Recognize significant thematics in Cultural Studies as they relate to literature and literary analysis
• Explain how cultural identity intersects with other identity positions like race, gender, disability, class, and nationhood as expressed in literature and literary theory
• Demonstrate how, in literature by writers of diverse cultures, literary texts interact with significant social and cultural movements 
• Analyze the way that literature addresses and redefines cultural identity and norms in particular global contexts and specific eras
• Illustrate, in written and oral form and through interdisciplinary approaches, a knowledge of the foundational language of cultural criticism and analyses of power differentials as they apply to literary study
• Compose arguments about how methods in Cultural Studies can be applied to the analyses of the creation and interpretation of literary texts

ENG 330 - African American Literature

• Discuss and evaluate the socio-political and cultural history out of which African Americans wrote, and write, their works.
• Discuss and analyze African American artistic and literary expressions, such as oral traditions and contemporary literature.
• Identify and evaluate significant texts representing the different genres and periods in African American literature.
• Distinguish, trace, and articulate recurring themes in African American Literature relating to historical as well as cultural and societal issues.

ENG 331 - Latina/o Literature

• Articulate an introductory knowledge of the cultures and histories of the specific Latina/o groups represented in the course.
• Demonstrate an ability to read, interpret, and analyze the literary works of Latinas/os in their historical and cultural contexts.
• Recognize, trace, and articulate literary themes and concepts that appear in Latina/o literature: including changing definitions of national, regional, and personal identity, colonization, racism, the border, nativism, anti-immigration drives, assimilation, transculturation, the American Dream, the barrio, ethnic nationalism, feminism, migrations, borderlands, religion, and the family.

ENG 332 - American Indian Literature

• Discuss and evaluate the socio-political and cultural history out of which American Indian writers wrote, and write, their works.
• Identify significant characteristics of American Indian literary traditions in terms of specific works.
• Distinguish, trace, and articulate recurring themes in American Indian literature relating to historical as well as cultural and societal issues, such as sense of place, family, love, migration and exile, gender, identity.
• Read closely, to interpret effectively, and to analyze and synthesize literary works.

ENG 333 - Asian American Literature

• Discuss and evaluate the socio-political and cultural history out of which Asian American writers wrote, and write, their works.
• Articulate recurring themes in Asian American literature relating to historical as well as cultural and societal issues, such as sense of place, family, love, migration and exile, gender, identity.
• Analyze the influence of global cultures and history on modern Asian American writers and texts. 
• Read closely, to interpret effectively, and to analyze and synthesize literary works.

ENG 334 - American Indian Oral and Nonfiction Literature

• Differentiate between the forms of Indian oral and non-fiction literature, including, ritual and ceremony, creation stories, legend, oratory, and types of autobiography
• Describe and analyze recurring character archetypes, themes and motifs in American Indian myth and legend like the Trickster, Transformer, culture hero, the witch, etc
• Demonstrate their knowledge of the rhetorical structure and function of Indian oratory and its role in Indian/ Western history and cultural conflict
• Identify and characterize forms of Indian autobiography and describe the construction of Indian identity reflected in these forms
• Demonstrate their knowledge of the roles of myth and legend and of ritual and ceremony in American Indian Culture and their influence on American Indian writers
• Demonstrate an ability to read closely, to interpret effectively, and to analyze and synthesize literary works

ENG 335 - Women’s Literature

• Examine what the term “woman writer” suggests about the social construction of gender and “the author.”
• Evaluate beliefs about how gender shapes our roles as readers and define what it means to be a “resisting reader.”
• Recognize and explain different types of feminist literary theory, including commonalities and differences in their assumptions.
• Apply feminist literary theories to “revise” canonical texts and/or illuminate non-canonical texts, as well as to examine how the theories revise traditional assumptions about the canon.
• Recognize how literary works support and/or undermine dominant ideologies and will explain how we evaluate subversion in texts from distinct historical eras and/or cultures.
• Evaluate how literary works help us to understand commonality and differences among women, including those related to class, race, sexuality, cisgender & transgender identities, and/or disability.
• Examine at least one literary work in depth using close reading.

ENG 336 - Race and Literature

• Examine the cultural and ideological base of the idea of “races” in human history.
• Analyze and interrogate the reconstruction and production of knowledge under the political and institutional power structures of colonialism and slavery.
• Identify specific areas where the politics of “race, constitute the production and experience of art, literature, and humanistic knowledge.

ENG 337 - Gender, Sexuality, and LGBTQ+ Literatures

• Recognize significant thematics in the history of LGBTQ+ literatures, including the relationship between gender and identity, discrimination, the fight for rights and representation, queer love etc.
• Analyze how LGBTQ+ identity intersects with other identity positions like race, disability, class, and nationhood as expressed in LGBTQ+ literature and queer theory.
• Illustrate, in written and oral form and through interdisciplinary approaches, a knowledge of the foundational language of queer studies and LGBTQ+ identities.
• Discuss how gender and sexuality interact with significant social and cultural movements in literature by LGBTQ+ writers.
• Analyze and interpret the way that literature addresses and redefines sexuality and sexual norms in particular cultural contexts and specific eras.
• Construct and compose arguments about major thematics in LGBTQ+ literature, gender and sexuality, and applicable queer theory.

ENG 342 - Early American Film History

• Synthesize and demonstrate mastery of the origins of American film, and its stylistic, thematic, cultural and aesthetic evolution from early silent cinema through the films of the mid-20th century.
• Analyze the ways in which American cinema both reflects and shapes national values and mores.  
• Evaluate the role and importance of the Hollywood studio system and the notion of stardom from their early manifestations to the mid-20th century.
• Articulate evolution of film technology from silent cinema to mid-century motion picture techniques.

ENG 343 - Modern American Film History

• Synthesize and demonstrate mastery of the evolving major trends, styles, themes, directorial schools, and cultural thrust of American film from mid-20th century to the present.
• Analyze the ways in which  post-mid-20th century American cinema both mirrors and molds national values and ideological precepts.
• Analyze the ways in which the studio system, the star system, the media, and other forces related to the industry impact cinematic output after mid-20th century.
• Summarize the major developments in cinema technology since mid-20th century.

ENG 344 - Film Theory

• Distinguish between the major film theories and critical approaches
• Utilize key filmic terminology and critical vocabulary.
• Assess major theoretical and critical practices as they relate to a body of film.
• Write professional quality film reviews and analyses.

ENG 347 - Global Perspectives in Literature

• Represent in written and oral form, and through interdisciplinary approaches, a knowledge of the cultures and histories of the national and cultural groups in the non-Western literature discussed.
• Interpret and analyze literatures of the global south to show how diversity, inequality or privilege interact with social, economic, and political power.
• Identify major literary themes and concepts in selected culture such as the representations of individual and cultural identity, the concept of selfhood, gender relations, cultural difference/the clash of culture, revolution, colonialism, etc.
• Identify the processes that shape transnational relationships and global capital through interpretation and analysis of literary works.
• Write analytical papers on course reading applying interdisciplinary methods.

ENG 353 - History of Narrative Film

• Demonstrate their knowledge of the history of the narrative motion picture from the silent era to the present, with attention to important narrative and visual styles, dominant genres, thematic trends, and directors’ approaches.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which cinema reflects, assesses, reaffirms, and critiques culture, particularly American mainstream culture.
• Gain a comprehension of the Hollywood studio system and its influence on shaping cinema in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

ENG 354 - History of Television

• Understand chronology of history of television technology and programs in context of American society in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
• Apply techniques of critical analysis to television programs as cultural texts.
• Trace a specific issue of cultural or social impact as reflected in a particular genre or program example during a specific period in American history.

ENG 355 - History of Documentary (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Trace the development of documentary from its origins in primitive cinema through its changes and applications in reaction to domestic and world events and to technological developments.
• Develop a critical approach for examining the historical evolution of the documentary genre
• Ability to juxtapose the historical development of documentary film/video, technology and/or content/subject matter with the social context of production.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how the chronological development of documentary as a genre and a mode of expression has become a part of societal commentary and how documentary has shaped our sense of ourselves and the “other.”
• Identify and address questions germane to the field, including the distinction between fiction and nonfiction, the creation of truth and truths and the power relationships between documentarians and their subjects.
• Identify and address questions germane to the field, including the formal components used in (re)constructing reality, and documentary’s overall impact on history and culture.

ENG 357 - Writing for Serial Media

• Recall and apply proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format for single-camera and multi-camera television scripts.
• Evaluate and summarize strengths and weaknesses of a television pilot script.
• Analyze a comedy program for story, characters, and style, and write a “spec” scene to be used in that program.
• Analyze a dramatic program for story, characters, style, and emotional through-line, and write a “spec” scene to be used in that program.
• Propose and pitch a concept for an original web series.
• Write an episode for an original web series.

ENG 360 - Survey of World Cinema

• Examine major styles, trends, themes, and directors of a range of world cinematic cultures. 
• Compare particular representative films from each of those countries.
• Evaluate how such films represent a window into the cultures that produced them.
• Summarize the ways various international filmmakers both utilize and challenge the traditions and aesthetic patterns of Hollywood film.

ENG 363 - Shakespeare

• Explain the way that Shakespeare’s works can be analyzed against the Renaissance Intellectual, historical, and cultural background.
• Identify and discuss Shakespeare’s themes, concerns, and conceptions of the human subject.
• Identify key elements of the genres Shakespeare wrote including comedy, tragedy, and “problem play”.
• Interpret and analyze individual plays.

ENG 364 - Fiction Writing

• Write dialogue, point of view, exposition, plot, characterization, and setting.
• Analyze published works of fiction in order to recognize elements of craft–e.g., use of setting, point of view, exposition, structure, plotting, summary, scenes, characterization, dialogue, humor, etc.
• Identify different genres in fiction–e.g., minimalism, magical realism, metafiction, satire, etc., as well as the “shapes” of stories (narrative arcs, character portraits, formal experiments).
• Articulate criteria for effective stories and evaluate the success of various authors.
• Use revision techniques based on reviewers’ and instructor’s comments
• Reassess their original work after oral performance.

ENG 365 - Poetry Writing

• Identify and analyze the variety of forms, styles, voices, and strategies for writing poetry
• Be able to assess drafts of poems and give practical advice about how to improve
• Compose original poetry that employs a variety of forms and strategies
• Revise their work
• Articulate and apply their own aesthetic principles

ENG 366 - Creative Nonfiction Writing

• Learn about the conventions that govern creative nonfiction, what its expectations are, and bow professional writers have manipulated the genre
• Distinguish between varieties of creative nonfiction
• Learn about the overlapping elements common to poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction-e.g., setting, characterization, insight, lyricism, etc.
• Complete and submit a portfolio of revised work that demonstrates their repertoire of creative nonfiction writing skills.
• Recognize the value of drafting, peer feedback and reflection as vital to the creative process
• Learn research strategies to generate and deepen their material

ENG 368 - Multi-Genre Writing Workshop

• Identify and emulate poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction terms and techniques.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions of poetry writing and prose writing.
• Demonstrate useful techniques for contributing to group workshop critiques.
• Practice specific writing skills in each genre studied.
• Identify and practice writing in hybrid forms.
• Demonstrate the revision process in a series of create pieces.

ENG 369 - Variable Topics Writing Workshop

• Analyze works by representative writers who focus on a specific topic or genre to understand the form and tools of the craft.
• Develop oral communications skills.
• Assess drafts and give practical advice about how to improve them.
• Develop revision/editing skills.
• Use voice, imagery, tension, pacing, and placement of factual information as appropriate for the topic.
• Understand marketing strategies for the special topic.

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 381 - Life Hacks for Transfer Student Success

•  Identify common transfer issues and propose strategies for success at CWU.
• Generate connections with faculty and peers in the discipline.
• Plan an efficient pathway to graduation.
• Identify CWU and community resources available for different types of support.
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of discipline specific practices using CWU academic resources.
• Design an individualized plan for engagement in the discipline

ENG 391 - Workshop

ENG 396 - Individual Study

ENG 397 - Honors

ENG 398 - Special Topics

ENG 399 - Seminar

ENG 404 - Advanced Technical Writing

• Recognize and demonstrate how genres function in the technical writing workplace.
• Analyze a new technical writing task and construct new genres to meet the needs of that task.
• Identify and recognize the basic elements, function and purpose of structured authoring in the technical writing workplace.
• Describe and Summarize the features and functions of a content management system in the technical writing workplace.
• Apply knowledge of content managements systems OR structured authoring tools for a technical writing project.
• Analyze the cultural and ethical considerations involved in technical communication

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 - Advanced Literary and Critical Theory

• Recognize and critique the argument underlying critical writings.
• Explain the basic premises of selected theories.
• Apply selected theories to specific literary works.
• Write formal and informal responses to literary and critical theory that demonstrate engagement, effective inquiry, and reflective thought
• Examine at least one theory or theorist in depth.
• Evaluate the critical approaches and their theoretical assumptions by way of developing their own critical orientation as literary scholars and critics

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 420 - English Linguistics

• Demonstrate an understanding of semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology.
• Explain the processes underlying language acquisition and development.
• Apply knowledge of morphology, syntax, and syntactic style in the analysis of 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

• Use international phonetic symbols to transcribe native North American English (NAE) speakers’ and NAE learners’ pronunciation;
• Describe articulatory phonetic features of NAE vowels and consonants and how to teach them
• Analyze and formulate NAE phonological rules of assimilation, dissimilation, deletion, epenthesis, metathesis, and reduction;
• Articulate NAE prosodic features, including stress, rhythm, prominence, intonation in connected speech;
• Demonstrate knowledge of intersections of the NAE sound system with other areas of language and knowledge of pedagogical treatments
• Apply knowledge and skills to areas of own interest in NAE phonology or NAE interlanguage phonology
• Annotate journal articles on a unified topic

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.
• Identify the types of lexical cohesion used in a text representative of a specific genre.(Grad only)

ENG 435 - Linguistics, Literature, and TESOL

• Distinguish linguistic form from literary form and characterize their complementary nature;
• Articulate linguistic foundation of literary theory and its significance in TESOL; 
• Use linguistic approaches to analyzing poetic meters and poems and their significance in TESOL;
• Conduct computational linguistic analyses of narrativity, syntactic complexity, word concreteness, referential cohesion, and deep cohesion;
• Understand statistical methods of analyzing quantitative data involved in computational linguistic analyses;
• Apply knowledge of linguistics and literature to literary textual criticism;
• Apply knowledge of linguistics and literature to literary textual criticism and TESOL.

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

• 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 - 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 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 474 - Professional Writing with New Media

• Engage in scholarly discourse surrounding current case studies or critical analyses for a specific multimedia-based professional writing genre.
• Demonstrate a documented writing process that incorporates revision in response to instructor and peer response feedback. 
• Analyze specialized audiences and learn how to fulfill a specific rhetorical purpose by adapting professional writing theories and principles for these audiences.  
• Articulate an understanding of theoretical, ethical, and practical issues facing writers in a specific multimedia-based professional writing genre. 
• Construct the required elements of a specific multimedia-based professional writing genre, culminating in the final project for the course.

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 used 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

• Apply writing, editing, or design skills in a professional context. 
• Design personal learning objectives for the practicum project that are specific and measurable.
• Plan a large-scale writing, editing, or design project that meets the student’s personal learning objectives.
• Demonstrate advanced collaboration and rhetorical skills by writing for an external client or online audience.
• Develop reflective practices to understand identity formation in academic, professional, and personal contexts.
• Articulate and analyze meaningful connections between research and practice (i.e. the practicum project).

ENG 494 - TESOL Certificate Practicum

• Demonstrate integration of theory and methods into teaching practice
• Develop clear teaching goals and objectives for specified language structures and functions
• Demonstrate effective classroom management strategies and techniques

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.