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Education of Exceptional Persons |
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EDEX 223 - Reading Methods and Strategies for Students with Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDEX 103 , EDEX 111
Focuses on basic concepts of developmental reading instruction and specially designed instruction for students with diverse needs. Reviews research in the field, examines necessary assessment tools, and surveys current issues, trends, practices, and services. Examines issues and practices related to students who are English language learners. Facilitates the acquisition of new skills through a variety of instructional approaches (e.g., cooperative learning, simulations, role-playing).
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EDEX 269 - Identifying and Understanding Children with Academic and Social Learning Needs from Preschool through Adolescence
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDEX 110 or EDEX 111 , early childhood education/special education majors only
Focuses on evidence-based practices for educating children with special needs for academic instruction and/or social and emotional learning. Reviews literature on characteristics of students with learning and behavior problems and summarizes research on academic interventions, classroom climate, social and emotional learning, and self-regulation strategies. Applies social and behavioral learning theories to management of academic and social instruction. A variety of instructional approaches (e.g., case studies, simulations) are used to facilitate acquisition of new knowledge and to apply the knowledge to educational settings.
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EDEX 278 - Identifying and Understanding Children with Significant Adaptive Behavior and Learning Needs from Birth through Adolescence
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Early childhood education/special education majors only
Focuses on major theoretical principles and basic knowledge regarding the nature and characteristics of children with significant adaptive behavior and learning needs. Presents practical information and explores the positive potential of children with significant needs. Introduces the legal foundation and federal regulations of IDEA that guide the assessment and instructional planning to include the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) and the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Examines information that is critical and generic to instruction in all domains and content areas.
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EDEX 301 - Education of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Secondary Settings
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Secondary education majors and others who will be certified to teach content from K-12
Examines the issues associated with education of students with diverse learning needs, particularly those with disabilities or who are at risk for school failure. Emphasizes special education, particularly the legal rights of students with exceptionalities and their parents, and the responsibilities of educators in addressing those rights. Examines the differential impact of student characteristics on secondary-level school performance and instructional methods proven to be effective in educating students with disabilities and learning style differences. Recommendation: Strongly recommended that this course be taken in the same semester as the designated methods course.
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EDEX 321 - Methods of Teaching Language Arts to Persons with Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDEX 111
A review of typical and atypical characteristics of learners with disabilities in relationship to the language arts. Examines issues related to the preparation and execution of units of instruction in language arts for persons with mental and/or physical disabilities as well as issues and practices related to students who are English language learners. Stresses the use of diagnostic and prescriptive approaches to the integration of language arts across the curriculum with an emphasis on reading.
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EDEX 323 - Instruction of English Language Learners with Special Needs
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Admission to teacher certification
Provides future teachers with the necessary methods to meet the needs of English language learners with special needs in the classroom. Based on knowledge of the behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes of a multicultural approach to learning, instructional methods, appropriate assessment and language acquisition techniques, and use of varied resources are included.
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EDEX 340 - Introduction to Behavior Management in Special Education
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDEX 111 /DISB 111 , EDEX 114 /DISB 114 , PSYC 101
An overview of systematic behavioral change techniques for use with students in a variety of special education settings, including integrated, resource, self-contained, special school, and residential. Emphasizes a case analysis approach to creating and evaluating behavioral changes for students with mild to severe disabilities. (Also offered asDISB 340 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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EDEX 369 - Education of Persons with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Learning Disabilities or Brain Injury
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Focuses on major theoretical positions regarding etiology of emotional/behavioral disorders, learning disabilities and brain injury; definition and identification of the populations; and educational approaches. Reviews research in the field, including current issues, trends, educational practices, and services. Uses a variety of instructional approaches (e.g., cooperative learning, simulations, role-playing) to facilitate acquisition of new knowledge and skills. (Also offered as DISB 369 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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EDEX 378 - Education of Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and Physical/Multiple Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Focuses on major theoretical positions regarding etiology of intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, a wide and diverse range of physical/ multiple disabilities, and other health impairments. Discusses definitions, population characteristics, and educational approaches. Reviews research in the field, including current issues, trends, practices, and services. (Also offered as DISB 378 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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EDEX 415 - Preschool Education for Children with Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Information on assessment, intervention strategies, curriculum, and prescriptive planning for preschool children with disabilities. For departmental majors who are specifically interested in early childhood special education, as an elective for other interested students in related fields, and as a required course for disability services majors.
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EDEX 424 - Strategic Assessment and Instruction in Expository Texts
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Special Education majors, Early childhood education/special education majors, completion of Step 1 of the 3-Step Process
Focuses on methodologies used for assessing, designing, and implementing instruction in expository texts for students with reading and learning disabilities. Addresses the demands of educational environments in which teachers are expected to collaborate in providing direct services to students. Special consideration is given to the growth and development of collaborative practices. In addition, students are expected to collaborate with each other in planning, designing, adapting, and evaluating assessment and instructional activities for a range of content area expository texts.
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EDEX 425 - Methods and Curriculum (Mild-Moderate Disabilities)
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Special Education majors, Early Childhood Education/Special Education majors, completion of Step 1 of the 3-Step Process
An in-depth examination of assessment methods, strategies, and curricula. Emphasizes assessment methods and strategies used in a variety of service models that serve elementary- and secondary-level students with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, mild mental retardation, and high-function autism.
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EDEX 435 - Methods and Curriculum–Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Special Education majors, Early childhood education/special education majors, completion of Step 1 of the 3-Step Process or permission
Emphasizes methods designed to facilitate the development of an integrated, functional, and community-based curriculum that prepares individuals for integration in a wide variety of postschool environments. Particular attention is given to methods and interventions based on the principles of applied behavior analysis.
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EDEX 440 - Ethical and Professional Behavior
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Emphasizes ethical and professional behavior for educational professionals working with individuals with special needs. Focuses on responsible and ethical conduct as it relates to interaction with students and other professionals in direct service, instructional, and/or supervisory roles. Also addresses legal implications related to these roles. (Also offered as DISB 440 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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EDEX 458 - Transition Assessment and Planning for Youth with Disabilities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Reviews litigation and legislation leading to the legal requirement for the provision of Transition Planning for adolescents with disabilities to include post-secondary education and training, employment, and community living outcomes. Develops competencies in the skills necessary to help students with disabilities make a successful transition from school to adult life. Addresses the importance self-determination and other personalsocial
characteristics that must be identified and supported by the transition team throughout the transition planning/implementation process. (Also offered as DISB 458 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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EDEX 460 - Family Perspectives on Disability
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSYC 101
Critically examines families as competent and resourceful systems, students explore ways to collaborate effectively with family members. Focuses on legal and philosophical bases for supporting families in making important decisions affecting the education and care of their children. (Also offered as DISB 460 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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Education of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons |
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EDHL 114 - Introduction to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Deals with the different approaches used in teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing—manual language, oral language, and total communication. The historical background of each approach is presented with its strengths and weaknesses. Criteria for the use of each approach are established in consideration of degree of loss exhibited by the pupil, the age of onset, and the social and psychological implications.
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EDHL 115 - Introduction to American Sign Language
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Deaf education or disability services major or Deaf studies minor or permission
Development of manual dexterity and fluency using fingerspelling. Acquisition of basic American Sign Language syntax, semantics, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Practice in acquiring general information from a signed message and conversing informally on commonly used topics. Exploration of the history of ASL and cultural aspects within the deaf community.
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EDHL 215 - Intermediate American Sign Language
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDHL 115 , 3.0 GPA required for deaf education majors, 2.8 GPA for Deaf studies minors
Emphasizes vocabulary expansion, comprehension of signed information, and development of fluency in conveying a message in American Sign Language. Focuses on idiom-like expressions, number systems, rules, grammar, and conversational language. Total immersion approach is used.
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EDHL 308 - Supporting Language and Communication for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, English Language Learners, and Individuals with Language Disorders
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Special Education majors and EDEX 111; or Deaf Studies minors and EDHL 114; or Speech-language Pathology majors.
Restriction: Special Education and Speech-language Pathology majors and Deaf Studies minors only (please refer to major/minor specific prerequisites).
Reviews normal language development for birth through 12 years and compares it to the language development of children with various types and degrees of hearing loss. Emphasizes specific strategies focused on the assessment and development of English language skills in English language learners (ELL) and deaf and hard-of-hearing children (D/HH).
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EDHL 317 - Sign Language in Educational Settings
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDHL 215 , deaf education major or permission
Focuses on the use of sign language in the schools. Includes the adaptation of American Sign Language to Manually Coded English and Signed English, basic principles of interpreting in an educational setting for future teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and pedagogical methods of including American Sign Language as a language of instruction for deaf students.
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EDHL 417 - Advanced American Sign Language
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDHL 215
A continuation of Intermediate American Sign Language (ASL). Focuses on vocabulary expansion, comprehension of signed information, and development of fluency in conveying a message in ASL. Emphasizes receptive ability as well as overall quality of expression. Additional cultural aspects of ASL are discussed.
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Educational and School Psychology |
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EDSP 102 - Educational Psychology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Promotes an understanding of the principles of psychology governing human behavior, with particular emphasis on the relation to the learner, learning process, and learning situation in an educational environment.
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EDSP 157 - Introduction to Professions in Education
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Introduces high school students to the field of education, as well as the various professions within the field. Acquaints students with the history of education and discusses current issues and trends including societal, political, and cultural influences on the field of education. Familiarizes students with the process of earning a degree in educator preparation at IUP, as well as achieving certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).
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EDSP 257 - Understanding and Taking Standardized Tests
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
For teacher education majors to promote their understanding of the principles of successfully mastering standardized tests such as the Praxis I exam. A particular emphasis on practicing the skills necessary for understanding the assessments. Highlights the application of skill-based decision making in preparing for test taking. Also discusses implications of individual differences and variables that affect performance on standardized tests.
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EDSP 373 - Psychology of Adolescent Education
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDSP 102
A study of significant characteristics, behavior, and educational and social problems of adolescents.
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EDSP 378 - Learning
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDSP 102
Explores learning theories and educational application in the classroom.
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EDSP 468 - Current Topics in Educational Psychology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDSP 102
Enables students to participate in advanced study of current topics at the interface between issues in education and the theories that drive the field. Investigates topics as they apply to specific aspects of teaching and learning. Investigates current academic considerations with a variety of perspectives being integrated to prepare students for addressing the needs of students.
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EDSP 476 - Foundations of Behavior Analysis
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDSP 102 or instructor permission
Introduces behavior analysis through discussion of its philosophical assumptions, theoretical underpinnings, and basic concepts. (Offered as EDSP 376 before 2017-18.)
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EDSP 477 - Assessment of Student Learning: Design and Interpretation of Educational Measures
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or EDSP 102 or permission; admission to teacher certification
Describes major methods and techniques of evaluation used to assess and report the growth, development, and academic achievement of learners in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools, including interpretation of standardized test information.
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EDSP 479 - Interpreting and Critiquing Educational Research
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EDSP 477 or instructor permission
Obtain knowledge and understanding of various designs, components, and principles used in educational research articles and develop application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills which will allow the summarizing and critiquing of a variety of research articles.
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EDSP 493 - Educational Psychology Honors Internship
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: EDSP 102 and admission to Honors Track
A direct experience in one of three centers located in the Educational and School Psychology Department; centers include the Child Study Center and the Center for Rural Gifted Education. Other centers located within the College of Education and Communications or the Teacher Education Program may be considered if approved by the Honors Track director. Repeatable: May be repeated.
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Education |
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EDUC 221 - Seminar in Essential Skills in Peer Mentoring
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Focuses on the critical peer mentoring skills including leadership, professionalism, and interpersonal communication. Instructs students in comprehensive preparation for working one-on-one with mentees, while maintaining confidentiality and respecting appropriate boundaries in the relationship. Demonstrates mentoring skills and proper accountability in supervised field experiences.
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EDUC 242 - Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience I
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Admission to teacher certification
Introduces specific competencies that relate to individual major fields of teaching and university-based instruction, as well as observation/participation in a preK-grade 12 field experience. These competencies incorporate strategies and techniques for addressing the needs of all students, including those with special and English language learning needs.
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EDUC 250 - Labyrinth Seminar
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Focuses on the communication, executive functioning, and inter/intrapersonal demands of college life. Designed to build the necessary skills to navigate the social and academic environment to succeed in the college experience. The seminar includes both teacher- and student-directed topics. Repeatable: This course can be repeated every semester that the student elects to participate in the Labyrinth Center.
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EDUC 281 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
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EDUC 342 - Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience II
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: EDUC 242 , admission to junior standing
Continues to develop and refine competencies that relate to individual major fields of teaching through university-based instruction as well as participation and teaching in a preK-grade 12 school field experience. Also incorporates strategies and techniques for the delivery of instruction to all students, including those with special and English language learning needs. May be repeated for students seeking dual certification.
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EDUC 421 - Student Teaching
Class Hours: var
Credits: 5-6
Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching
An experience in teaching at the elementary level; coordination and visitation by a university faculty member with daily supervision by a cooperating classroom teacher.
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EDUC 440 - Professional Seminar: Teacher as Leader and Researcher Grades 4-8
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Middle-level education 4-8 major, concurrent enrollment in student teaching EDUC 421 and EDUC 441
Provides support in a teacher candidate’s ongoing professional development. Emphasizes guidelines for professional etiquette, ethical behavior, professional practice, and effective interpersonal relations with teachers, paraprofessionals, school and agency personnel, parents, and students in grades 4-8. Examines the theoretical and research basis for classroom practices.
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EDUC 441 - Student Teaching
Class Hours: var
Credits: 5-12
Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching, successful completion of Step 2 of Teacher Education 3-Step Process
An experience in teaching at the elementary or secondary level; coordination and visitation by a university faculty member with daily supervision by a cooperating classroom teacher.
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EDUC 442 - School Law
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Required of all teacher certification students. Includes an overview of legal principles that apply to special areas of education. Must be taken before student teaching.
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EDUC 451 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching
Provides the background to help science majors meet the problems of teaching science. Various inquiry approaches useful in meeting the objectives of a contemporary science class, including special needs students and English-language learners, are taught and exemplified.
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EDUC 452 - Teaching of English and Communication in the Secondary School
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 314 , ENGL 323 , ENGL 324 (or approved equivalents) and admission to Step 1 of the 3-Step Process
A Prerequisite to student teaching in English. Introduces current professional practices in the teaching of English and communications in secondary school.
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EDUC 453 - Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Secondary School
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in SPAN 390 or FRNC 390 /GRMN 390; instructor permission
Helps students develop an understanding of current theories of foreign language learning through exploration of relevant research. Students read about and discuss the implications of key research for teaching in secondary school classrooms. Opportunities are provided to use the theoretical base to design and present classroom lessons and to reflect on the effectiveness of their teaching. Special attention is given to designing performance-based language assessments and to adapting instruction to address the special needs of learners. Taught fall semester only.
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EDUC 455 - Teaching of Social Studies in Secondary Schools
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program
A study of modern methods and techniques for teaching social studies and of current curricula in social studies.
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EDUC 456 - Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary Schools
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program, a declared major in mathematics education, and EDUC 242 with a grade of “C” or better
A study of curricula, standards, methods, and techniques for teaching mathematics in the secondary schools.
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EDUC 461 - Student Teaching
Class Hours: 6
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 6
Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching, successful completion of Teacher Education Step 2
An experience in teaching students with special needs at the preK to grade 8 level; coordination and visitation by a university faculty member with daily supervision by a cooperating teacher.
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EDUC 471 - Student Teaching
Class Hours: 6
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 6
Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching, successful completion of Teacher Education Step 2
An experience in teaching students with special needs at the preK to grade 8 level; coordination and visitation by a university faculty member with daily supervision by a cooperating teacher.
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EDUC 481 - Special Topics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: By permission only
An opportunity to investigate in depth an area of education under professional supervision.
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EDUC 482 - Independent Study
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Provost’s Office
Students with interest in independent study of a topic not offered in the curriculum may propose a plan of study in conjunction with a faculty member. Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.
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EDUC 499 - Multicultural/Multiethnic Education
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: One methods course must be taken before, or concurrently with, EDUC 499
Provides an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity in the United States. Students gain the ability to locate and develop curricular materials appropriate to this country’s diversity.
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Education, Training, and Instructional Technology |
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ETIT 103 - Digital Instructional Technology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Introduces the ever-changing world of instructional technology. Exposes learners to technologies used by educators in delivery, management, instruction, and assessment. Emphasizes the use of technology tools to engage and support learners. Introduces a cloud-based information repository, which is a subscription for purchase required by the College of Education and Communications of IUP education majors.
(Offered as COMM 103 before 2017-18.)
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ETIT 330 - Technology in the Classroom
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Examines approaches for the evaluation and use of various classroom technologies. Explores the development of technology design and how these developments influence the current status of student performance in education. Highlights research that allows them to systematically and creatively apply the concepts and rules learned in the research and practiced in classrooms.
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Effective Teamwork and Communication Studies |
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TMWK 461 - Teamwork and Communication Capstone
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Any independent study, undergraduate research, or honors thesis
Capstone course for those minoring in effective teamwork and communication. Reflective nature of the course builds on core foundational material and in-major teamwork experiences. Emphasizes development of students’ philosophies of teamwork and communication through reflection and practice. Coupling of in-major independent study, undergraduate research, or honors thesis, by means of an interdisciplinary, semester-long project enhances real-world team experiences valued by future employers and graduate programs. Promotes the importance of showcasing team and communication skills to future employers through resume, cover letter, and portfolio. (may be taken concurrently)
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Employment and Labor Relations |
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ELR 314 - Health Policy and Law
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Focuses on understanding the evolution of healthcare policy, health law, and federal and state regulation of healthcare financing programs. Introduces healthcare policy making; critical health policy issues; legislative, regulatory, and legal challenges; and legislative and political processes that impact the healthcare delivery system in the United States. (Cross-listed as NURS 314 .)
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ELR 480 - Introduction to Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Deals with negotiations and conflict resolution techniques. An introduction to current concepts and theories of negotiations and resolving conflict and their application generally to everyday issues. Prepares students to engage in these techniques in workplace issues such as collective bargaining, negotiating contracts and agreements internally as well as externally.
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English |
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ENGL 100 - Basic Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
The student develops the basic English skills necessary for clear and effective communication. Restricted to freshmen whose placement testing essay or portfolio score is a four or under. Does not meet General Education English or Liberal Studies writing requirements.
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ENGL 101 - Composition I
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 100 where required by placement testing
In this first-year writing course, students compose projects in multiple written genres that address specific rhetorical situations. Uses memory, observation, critical reading and viewing, analysis, and reflection to draft, peer review, revise, and edit projects.
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ENGL 121 - Humanities Literature
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
An exploration of literature and the methods of close reading. Through encounters with significant literary texts, students investigate and analyze how literary meaning is constructed; how literature shapes and is shaped by its various contexts; and how literature enables critical
inquiry into values. Includes literary texts by women and people from underrepresented communities. Also offered as FNLG 121 . ENGL 121/FNLG 121 may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats; may not be counted for duplicate credit.
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ENGL 122 - Introduction to English Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: English major/minor; minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 101
Introduces students to English studies by acquainting them with the critical approaches appropriate to the varied subject areas of the discipline. The assumptions and methods of these approaches are considered, especially in the interpretation of literature. At the conclusion, students are able to critically analyze texts and demonstrate those skills in discussion and writing. Required of all English majors.
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ENGL 202 - Composition II
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and sophomore standing
Serves as a bridge between Composition I and students’ professional writing. Develops rhetorical skills for informed inquiry. Also develops the following abilities: writing, critical reading, revising, citing and documenting, speaking and listening, and reflecting.
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ENGL 203 - Introduction to Language Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Introduces the study of linguistics and rhetoric. Considers cultural contexts and issues of power, focusing on questions such as how our brains use language, how language represents the world we live in, and how language influences our actions.
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ENGL 208 - Introduction to Film Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Concentrates on the film as an artistic medium. Eight to 12 motion pictures are shown during semester and are analyzed in class discussions.
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ENGL 210 - British Literature to 1660
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Surveys British literature from its beginnings to about 1660, acquainting students with the experience of reading many of the primary materials (whole works whenever possible or full, free-standing parts) and provides background information concerning the development and flowering of the various genres, the dominant ideas of each period, and the social and cultural context of the separate works.
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ENGL 211 - British Literature to 1660-1900
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Surveys British literature from about 1660 to the beginning of the 20th century, acquainting students with the experience of reading many of the primary materials (whole works whenever possible or full, freestanding parts) and providing them with background information concerning the development and flowering of the various genres, the dominant ideas of each period, and the social and cultural context of the separate works.
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ENGL 212 - American Literature: Beginnings to 1900
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Provides an understanding of American literature from its beginning to about 1900. Concentrates primarily on a relatively small number of major works, each of which helps to illustrate the “spirit of the age” it represents.
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ENGL 213 - British and American Literature Since 1900
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
A survey of major authors and works in British and American literature since 1900. Begins with the shift from Victorianism and late 19th-century literature into modernism, as exemplified by writers such as Woolf, Hemingway, and O’Neill, and continues with postmodernism and contemporary literature.
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ENGL 220 - Advanced Composition
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Primarily seeks to improve writing style, particularly in the more utilitarian forms, such as magazine article and personal essay.
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ENGL 221 - Creative Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or ENGL 122 or FNLG 121
A seminar course in which students are expected to produce a substantial body of written work in one or more of the creative genres, the particular kind of writing chosen with regard to the special interests and abilities of each student.
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ENGL 222 - Technical Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Focuses on helping the student to acquire and to apply communication skills essential to the technical and professional writer.
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ENGL 225 - Introduction to Literature by Women
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Major trends and motifs across genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, autobiography) that reflect themes and subjects of continuing interest to women writers. The intersection of genre with race, ethnicity, and social class is of particular significance.
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ENGL 226 - Survey of Global Literature Since 1900
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Surveys 20th century and contemporary global literature in English and/or translation. Readings are organized around major contexts and themes of colonialism, revolution, decolonization, nationalism, and globalization.
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ENGL 227 - Introduction to Legal Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Introduces legal research and writing. Students learn to prepare research memos, memoranda of law, legal briefs, court observation essays, and other legal documents. Other topics include legal terminology, audience analysis, and case study analysis.
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ENGL 256 - Videogames and Digital Literature
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Surveys videogames as a storytelling medium, focusing on narrative structure, world-building, character development, theme, setting. Includes discussion of mainstream, indie, serious, education, and queer games. Explores the relationship of videogames to broader historical and sociopolitical factors such as national culture, the economics of the game industry, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality.
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ENGL 265 - Law and Literature
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 101 and ENGL 202
Explores the historical and cultural connections between selected legal texts and themes as they relate to novels, poems, films, drama, essays, and other literary genres.
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ENGL 281 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
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ENGL 308 - Critical Theory
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 122
Explores the major writings, writers, issues, technical vocabulary, and critical methods in literary, textual, and cultural studies theory; acquaints students with how such theoretical methods affect the way literary and cultural texts are read, studied, and taught; and enables the students to recognize and engage in theoretical praxis of various kinds.
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ENGL 310 - Public Speaking
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Fundamental principles of public speaking, audience analysis, interest, and attention and selection and organization of speech material.
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ENGL 313 - Rhetorical Trends and Traditions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
A survey of the major issues in and uses of rhetorical theory and criticism in contemporary culture, using rhetorical concepts from ancient through contemporary times. Rhetoric is the humanistic study of the ways people manipulate language and try to persuade others in the social world.
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ENGL 314 - Speech and Communication in the Secondary English Classroom
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 122
Offers practical and theoretical approaches to relationships between oral and written communication. Performance based (involving a variety of communication activities) and knowledge based (involving study of research on language arts relationships). Emphasizes integration of the four language arts as well as technology for improving teachers’ own communication skills as well as those of their students.
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ENGL 321 - Persuasive Speech and Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Focuses on the practice of persuasive discourse in speech, writing, and visual media. Includes projects and readings in debate, written argument, and rehearsed and extemporaneous speaking. Students investigate such subjects as rhetorical foundations and applications, language choice and stylistic variations, popular culture, literature, and communication dynamics.
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ENGL 323 - Teaching Literature and Reading in the Secondary School
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or ENGL 122 , ENGL 202
Introduces the theory and research on teaching literature and reading in the middle and secondary school. Explores a socio-psycholinguistic approach to reading, reader response theory, and classroom-based research on teaching literature. Engages students as both readers and teachers through practice-based experiences that emphasize genre awareness and visual literacy.
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ENGL 324 - Teaching and Evaluating Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 122 , ENGL 202 , English education major or permission
A study of modern approaches to the teaching of writing, including current theories on the composing process, as well as instruction in evaluating, including holistic scoring. Includes practice in writing.
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ENGL 325 - Writing Poetry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 221 or instructor permission
A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of poetry and on developing an audience for one’s creative work.
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ENGL 326 - Writing Fiction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 221 or instructor permission
A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of fiction and on developing an audience for one’s creative work.
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ENGL 327 - Writing Creative Nonfiction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 221 or instructor permission
A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of literary nonfiction forms and on developing an audience for one’s creative work.
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ENGL 328 - Introduction to Linguistics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
An introduction to the study of languages as complex sets of interacting systems needed for human communication in a variety of interpersonal, academic, and professional contexts. Focuses on the fundamentals of sound systems, word structures, sentence structures, text structures, meaning systems, and language-related power systems. Also considers questions of how language develops over time, how languages are made up of a number of varieties, how languages are learned and used, how language use varies for different groups of users, and how these issues are related to cultural contexts including issues of power.
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ENGL 332 - Film Genres
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , ENGL 208
Offers a close examination of classic and contemporary films and film theory from a variety of critical perspectives—for example, spectatorship, auteurism, feminism, historiography, and cultural studies—through a focus on genre.
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ENGL 335 - Literary Nonfiction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Focuses on the study of forms of literary nonfiction, in English, which may include traditional essays, lyric essays, memoir, and/or creative nonfiction depending on the instructor’s expertise.
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ENGL 336 - Language, Gender, and Society
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202 , junior standing
Investigates the various ways that language and gender interact and intersect in society. Examines such questions as: Does society use language to favor one sex over the other? Why is language a crucial component in formulating constructs of masculinity and femininity? What stereotypes of gender-based language are promoted in our society? How can we analyze language to reveal disparate views and treatment of the sexes?
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ENGL 337 - Myth
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Examines the nature and function of the mythic experience and explores the archetypal patterns of myths from various cultures.
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ENGL 340 - The Novel
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Focuses on the forms and theories of the novel as a genre. Emphasizes major writers and movements as well as significant historical developments.
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ENGL 341 - Poetry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Studies the forms and theories of poetry as a genre. Includes study of major writers, movements, and aesthetic developments.
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ENGL 342 - Short Fiction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Studies the form and theory of short fiction as a genre. Emphasizes major writers and movements as well as significant historical developments.
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ENGL 343 - Drama
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Focuses on the forms and theories of drama as a genre. Emphasizes major writers and movements as well as significant historical developments.
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ENGL 344 - Ethnic American Literature
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 , and ENGL 121 or ENGL 122
Concerned with ethnic US experiences as expressed in poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. The topic will vary and be announced in advance. Examples include Asian American, Hispanic, Irish American, Jewish American, and Native American literatures.
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ENGL 347 - Playwriting
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: THTR 111 or instructor permission
A practical exploration of the craft and process of playwriting. Focuses primarily on the practical, “hands-on” experiences approximating the “developmental process” currently in use in the American theater. The student is guided from the initial concept through synopsis, outlines, working drafts, and completion of an original one-act play and a “staged reading” of this project. Either of these courses may be substituted for each other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit. Note: Cross-listed as THTR 347 .
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ENGL 348 - African American Literature
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or ENGL 122 and ENGL 202
Primarily 19th- and 20th-century African American literature (poetry, fiction, nonfiction), including works by Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, spirituals and folk poetry, Harriet B. Wilson, Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Audrey Lorde, and Toni Morrison. Emphasizes historical context and an Afrocentric approach.
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ENGL 350 - Gender and Sexual Orientation in Literature, Theory, and Film
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 01
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202
Introduces literature, film, and theory that focus primarily on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender perspectives. Inquires into the representation of gender and sexuality within historical and cultural contexts.
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ENGL 360 - Editing and Publishing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 202 and ENGL 220 or ENGL 221
A project-based career preparation course focused on creating, editing, and publishing in print and/or electronic forms. Includes theory and practice of editing, practice with publication tools, and group collaboration.
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