An integrated reading/critical thinking/writing approach to skills needed for success in college. Extensive writing practice with emphasis on purpose, organization and revision for clarity and correctness. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A course in the basic principles of writing college-level, academic essays, including a short research paper. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement, ENL 100 or TLC 090. Three lecture.
A course in the basic principles of writing college-level, documented critical essays, including a longer research paper. Prerequisite: ENL 101. Three lecture.
A course surveying the basic principles of preparing reports and other work-related documents. The course will emphasize the generation of documents used in engineering, science and business. Prerequisite: ENL 101. Three lecture.
Students will study and write media scripts for television and radio commercials, documentaries, instruction videos, dramatizations, interviews, questionnaires/surveys. Three lecture.
Basic principles of magazine production. Students serve as staff for the Northern Flight Literary and Fine Arts Magazine, learning fundamentals of editorial selection, copy editing, proofreading, design, layout and exposure to such computer programs as Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Three lecture.
Students serve as editors and oversee all aspects, except budget issues, of the production of the Northern Flight Literary and Fine Arts Magazine, working with the NF staff. Editors organize timelines for production, supervise editorial selection, editing, design layout, printing proofs, as well as collaborate with college personnel in general advertising and establishing exhibits. Prequisite: ENL 201 Three lecture.
Students will study the history, form, format and style of the screenplay genre, observe film clips, read screenplay models and movie reviews, write a movie review, write a treatment and first act of an original screenplay script. As a final project, students will read and/or direct their scripts. Three lecture.
A survey of influential and widely-known literature of the Western world through the Renaissance. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of literature of the Western world from the Renaissance to the 20th Century. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of significant writers, works and developments in English literature from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and 18th Century. Meets the common program requirements for English or Humanities majors. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of the significant writers, works and developments in English literature from the Romantic Movement to the Modern/Post-Modern period. Meets the common program requirements for English or Humanities majors. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of selected readings in American literature from the colonial period to 1865. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of readings in American literature from 1865 to the present. Pre-requisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
A survey of writers of the Southwestern United States, emphasizing Anglo, Native American and Mexican-American writers. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
Native-American literature, including traditional oral literature as well as related problems and perspectives of understanding contemporary Native-American writing. Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement. Three lecture.
Elements of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and drama. The student will be required to create and submit individually designed projects according to his/her specific writing interests. Prerequisite: ENL 101. Three lecture.
Extended practice in the art of writing fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction and drama. Emphasis on creative, individual expression and critical rewriting. Prerequisite: ENL 236. Three lecture.
Part 1 of 3 one-credit courses presenting strategies for cultivating classroom discussion. Tailored to grade level in four modules (grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-10, 11-15). Qualifies as credit for teachers and teacher aides seeking recertification. One lecture.
Review of children's literature from a variety of world cultures, including application of literary criteria to folk and modern literature for children. Elementary curriculum supported and developed through literature. Prerequisites: ENL 101 and ENL 102. Three lecture.
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