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ENGLISH

ENG 01, 03, 04, and 05 require satisfactory scores on the English placement test. ENG 111 requires a qualifying score on the English placement test or on the English Proficiency Test (EPT) for nonnative speakers. ENG 111 is a prerequisite for ENG 112.

ENG 01 (5 CR.)

PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WRITING I

Helps students discover and develop writing processes needed to bring their proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into their respective curricula. Guides students through the process of starting, composing, revising, and editing. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

ENG 02 (3 CR.)

SPELLING AND VOCABULARY STUDY

Helps students to improve spelling and develop vocabulary. Reviews common spelling patterns. Familiarizes the student with basic prefixes, suffixes, root words, and other word formations. Teaches effective use of the dictionary and thesaurus. Stresses recognizing words in reading context and using them effectively in writing. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 03 (5 CR.)

PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WRITING II

Emphasizes strategies within the writing process to help students with specific writing situations. Develops techniques to improve clarity of writing and raise proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into particular curricula. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

ENG 04 (5 CR.)

READING IMPROVEMENT I

Helps students improve their reading processes to increase their understanding of reading materials. Includes word forms and meanings, comprehension techniques, and ways to control reading pace. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

ENG 05 (5 CR.)

READING IMPROVEMENT II

Helps students read critically and increase appreciation of reading. Guides students in making inferences, drawing conclusions, and detecting relationships between generalizations and supporting details. Includes interpreting graphic aids and basic library skills. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

ENG 09 (3 CR.)

INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IN WRITING

Focuses on individual writing needs as required by placement test scores. Provides support for students simultaneously enrolled in ENG 111. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 50

READING AND WRITING FOR TEACHER ENTRANCE EXAMS (2 CR.)

Provides students with review and practice for the reading and writing portions of the licensure examination required of all beginning teachers in Virginia. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading for comprehension, the writing process and test-taking. Prerequisite: ENG 111 suggested. Lecture 2 hours per week.

ENG 100 (3 CR.)

BASIC OCCUPATIONAL COMMUNICATION

Develops ability to communicate in occupational situations. Involves writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Builds practical skills such as handling customer complaints, writing various types of letters, and preparing for a job interview. (Intended for certificate and diploma students.) Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 108 (3 CR.)

CRITICAL READING AND STUDY SKILLS

Helps students improve their reading and learning processes. Includes advanced comprehension strategies and study skills such as time management, note-taking, studying from textbooks and other reading materials, taking examinations, and using the library. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 111-112 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

COLLEGE COMPOSITION I-II

Prerequisites are a satisfactory score on appropriate English proficiency examinations and four units of high school English or equivalent. Develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of writing based on experience, observation, research, and reading of selected literature. Guides students in learning writing as a process, understanding the audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information, composing, revising, and editing. Supports writing by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 115 (3 CR.)

TECHNICAL WRITING

Prerequisite is ENG 111 or division approval. Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected reading. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 116 (3 CR.)

WRITING FOR BUSINESS

Prerequisite is ENG 111 or division approval. Develops ability in business writing through extensive practice in composing business correspondence and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content appropriate to a specific audience and purpose. Includes instruction in formatting and editing. Introduces students to business discourse through selected readings. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 121-122 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 111 or 112 or division approval. Introduces students to all news media, especially news gathering and preparation for print. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 123 (3 CR.)

WRITING FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Prerequisite is ENG 111 or division approval. Introduces basic web page design. Teaches students how to outline, compose, organize, and edit written materials for publication on the World Wide Web. Teaches students how to design basic webpages, compose website layout, and develop website navigation for a variety of possible audiences. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 131 (3 CR.)

TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING I

Offers a review of organizational skills including paragraph writing and basic forms of technical communications, various forms of business correspondence, and basic procedures for research writing. Includes instruction and practice in oral communication skills. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 135 (3 CR.)

APPLIED GRAMMAR

Develops ability to edit and proofread correspondence and other documents typically produced in business and industry. Instructs the student in applying conventions of grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics. Prerequisite ENG 134 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 139 (3 CR.)

COLLEGE GRAMMAR

Studies formal English grammar and effective expression with attention to recognizing and employing appropriately the various levels of English usage, thinking logically, speaking and writing effectively, editing, evaluating content and intent of both spoken and written English, and punctuating correctly. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 150 (3 CR.)

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Surveys the history of children's literature, considers learning theory and developmental factors influencing reading interests, and uses bibliographic tools in selecting books and materials for recreational interests and educational needs of children. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 210 (3 CR.)

ADVANCED COMPOSITION

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Helps students refine skills in writing nonfiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 211-212 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

CREATIVE WRITING I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 215-216 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION I-II

Introduces the student, in a workshop setting, to the fundamentals and techniques of writing short and long fiction. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 217-218 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY I-II

Introduces the student, in a workshop setting, to the fundamentals and techniques of writing poetry. Lecture or workshop 3 hours per week.

ENG 219 (3 CR.)

CREATIVE WRITING: DRAMA

Introduces the student to the fundamentals and techniques of writing plays. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 221-222 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

ADVANCED JOURNALISM I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 122. Provides instruction in news and feature writing and other aspects of journalism. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 230 (3 CR.)

MYSTERY IN LITERATURE AND FILM

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Studies the mystery as a genre, including history, types, and cultural aspects of stories, novels, plays, and film adaptations. Involves critical reading, writing, and viewing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 237 (3 CR.)

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines selected poetry, emphasizing the history of the genre. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 241-242 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 243-244 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 245 (3 CR.)

MAJOR ENGLISH WRITERS

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines major writers in English literary history. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 251-252 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 253-254 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines selected works by African-American writers from the colonial period to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 255 (3 CR.)

MAJOR WRITERS IN WORLD LITERATURE

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines major writers selected from a variety of literary traditions. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 256 (3 CR.)

LITERATURE OF SCIENCE FICTION

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines the literary and social aspects of science fiction, emphasizing development of ideas and techniques through the history of the genre. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 257 (3 CR.)

MYTHOLOGY

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Studies selected mythologies of the world as literature, emphasizing their common origins and subsequent influence on human thought and expression. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 261-262 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Guides the student in imaginative writing in selected genres on an advanced level. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 271 (3 CR.)

THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE I

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines selected works of Shakespeare. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 273-274 (3 CR.) (3 CR.)

WOMEN IN LITERATURE I-II

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines literature by and about women. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 276 (3 CR.)

SOUTHERN LITERATURE

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Examines the themes and techniques of selected writers dealing with the American South as a distinctive cultural entity. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 279 (3 CR.)

FILM AND LITERATURE

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or its equivalent or division approval. Examines literature and film as related forms of art and cultural expression. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 280 (3 CR.)

WRITING USER MANUALS

Prerequisite is ENG 112 or division approval. Provides instruction on how to design, write and test a manual. Focuses on the principles used in writing technical manuals, the document process, design and drafting procedures, and finally, testing and revising the manual. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 290 (1-5 CR.)

COORDINATED INTERNSHIP

ENG 291 (3 CR.)

WRITING FOR THE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER I

Prerequisite is ENG 111 or 112 or division approval. Provides instruction in news and feature writing and other aspects of journalism. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ENG 295 (1-5 CR.)

TOPICS IN:

ENG 297 (1-5 CR.)

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

ENG 298 (1-5 CR.)

SEMINAR AND PROJECT

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