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COMP 090 - Standard Writing Practice 0 s.h.
This five-week mini-course provides individualized instruction in writing organization, development, and coherence. Work may include assistance in writing across the curriculum and developing research skills. (1 Institutional Credit)
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COMP 095 - Introduction to College Writing 0 s.h.
Helps students to communicate clearly and coherently in college- level expository prose. Emphasis is placed on understanding the writing process, organizing ideas and information, and editing. Assigned readings serve as models and help to develop analytical and critical reading and writing skills. (3 Institutional Credits)
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COMP 100 - Composition 3 s.h.
Development of clear, effective communication of ideas in writing. Background reading. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. credit. Offered Fall and Spring.
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BC3
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COMP 150 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 s.h.
Workshop in imaginative writing (verse or prose). Open to all students. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. credit. Offered Fall and Spring.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 .
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COMP 200 - Advanced Composition 3 s.h.
Emphasizes advanced work in organization, style, and various rhetorical devices in expository writing. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. credit. Offered Fall and Spring.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 or equivalent.
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COMP 203 - Advanced Composition 3 s.h.
Emphasizes advanced work in organization, style, and various rhetorical devices in expository writing. This course is designed to be taken by Secondary Education—English dual majors, and includes discussion of current theories and practices for teaching writing in secondary schools. Offered Spring only.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 or equivalent, and COMP 200 or COMP 290 .
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COMP 210 - Techniques of the Research Paper 3 s.h.
Application of basic modern methods in the use and acknowledgement of sources and source materials for the college term paper and general beginning research. Open to all students. May be repeated for credit. Offered irregularly.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 .
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COMP 211 - Writing About Nature and the Environment 3 s.h.
Nature writing is a wide-ranging genre that generally combines close observation of the natural world with personal narrative and reflection and - particularly in modern works - a persuasive aspect concerning the environment. In this class we will read works by some of today’s best nature writers and discuss how they use narrative and language to fashion compelling stories about the nature world. We will also use journal-keeping, the study of natural history, and exercises in writing and drawing (including outdoor work) that will help to inform both our discussions and the portfolios of finished work which members of the class will produce. Offered irregularly.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): COMP 150 .
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COMP 237 - Writing Fantasy and SF 3 s.h.
This course will cover different types of fantasy and SF (Speculative and Science Fiction) writing, including high fantasy, magical realism, urban fantasy, steampunk, time travel, alternative history, and hard and soft science fiction. The course will emphasize the creation of believable worlds and characters. Students will compose original works of fantasy and/or SF and workshop those writings with classmates and the instructor. A-E only. Offered every 2-3 years.
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Prerequisite(s): B or higher in COMP 150 or LITR 222 or LITR 237 .
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COMP 239 - Technical and Professional Writing 3 s.h.
This class introduces students to the fields of technical and professional writing by acquainting them with the principles of workplace writing about technology and science. Students will practice and learn (or learn more about) common forms of technical and professional writing like user documentation, usability studies, web sites, resumes, letters, memos, proposals, and reports. Although the course does emphasize science and technology, students from all majors with an interest in writing for the workplace are welcome. This course will be offered once each academic year. Offered Spring only.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 , SoS.
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COMP 260 - Poetry Workshop 3 s.h.
Development of self-expression through writing in conventional and free forms. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. credit. Offered every 2-3 years.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): “B” in COMP 150 or permission of instructor.
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COMP 270 - Fiction Workshop 3 s.h.
Development of proficiency in fiction writing. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. credit. Offered Fall only.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): “B” in COMP 150 or permission of instructor.
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COMP 275 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3 s.h.
The impressive sales of non-fiction works such as Jon Krakauer’s “Into the Wild” and Sebastian Junger’s “The Perfect Storm” have focused popular and critical attention on the rapidly growing popularity of a genre of literature that is now often referred to as creative or literary nonfiction. In this writing-intensive class, we will consider the question of how this type of writing differs from other types of non-fiction. We will examine some of these other literary forms, including the personal essay, the natural history essay, and the memoir, and will compare and contrast the literary techniques used by writers of such works. Each student will be expected to produce three or four finished essay-length works. Offered every 2-3 years.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): COMP 150.
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COMP 290 - Writing About Literature 3 s.h.
This course teaches students to apply college writing skills to the discipline of literary studies. Students will increase proficiency in writing, researching, organizing, and revising skills in order to write successful papers in upper-division literature courses. Course builds on the skills learned in LITR 100 or LITR 150 and is only open to English majors/minors. Should be taken in the sophomore year. Offered Fall and Spring.
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BC3
Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 and LITR 100 or LITR 150 ; SoS; ENGL, CHED, and ECCE majors only.
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COMP 294 - Special Topics in Composition 3 s.h.
Offered according to interest and availability of instructor and requests by students.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 .
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COMP 310 - Screenwriting Workshop 3 s.h.
This course will cover fundamentals of screenwriting such as plot structure, character development, dialogue, and screenplay format. Practical aspects of screenwriting such as creating an effective synopsis and treatment, marketing your script, and legal protection of screenplays will also be discussed. Offered every 2-3 years.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 150 with a “B” or better.
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COMP 315 - Early Literary Criticism 3 s.h.
A composition “clinicum practicum” in which students will submit weekly exercises in imitation of seminal figures in the early history of literary theory and parctice. We will begin with the achievements of the Greek and Roman masters of the literary and critical arts, then focus on the allegorical analyses and constructions of the late classical Neoplatonists and the medieval schoolmen, and end with the literary conventions and excesses of the Renaissance period. Models for imitation will be drawn from the works of such authors as Gorgias, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Longinus, Quintilian, Augustine of Hippo, Boethius, Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Robert of Basevorn, Christine de Pizan, Desiderius Erasmus, Peter Ramus, Thomas Wilson, Margaret Fell, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Theorists’ works will be read in conjunction with literary works exemplifying or defying the prescriptions of the theorists. Like classical, medieval and Renaissance scholars, the students in this class will hone their own composition and critical skills first by imitating the exemplars we will read, and then by developing their own styles and voices. Offered irregularly.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 ; LITR 100 or LITR 150 .
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COMP 339 - Advanced Professional Writing 3 s.h.
Advanced Professional Writing is a writing-intensive elective for students with prior experience in professional writing. A variable topics course, it emphasizes deeper and more focused exploration of specific genres and topics introduced in COMP 239. Students will be expected to engage with major critical and theoretical concerns within professional writing and to produce a significant body of writing. A-E only. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. of credit. Offered once every two years.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 239 or BUS 240 .
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COMP 360 - Advanced Poetry Workshop 3 s.h.
An advanced course in poetry writing, which involves directed writing, discussion of contemporary poetry, and critique of original student writing. A-E only. Offered once every two years.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 260 or COMP 270 or COMP 275 or COMP 310 .
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COMP 370 - Forms of Fiction 3 s.h.
This course surveys a number of narrative forms, with an emphasis on twentieth and twentieth-first century texts. Students explore these forms through extensive reading and creative writing emulations. Fictional forms include modes such as epic, allegory, bildungsroman, fiction of manners, psychological realism, epistolary fiction, dystopia narratives, magical realism, and postmodern parody and pastiche. Offered every 2-3 years.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 150 or COMP 270 .
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COMP 371 - Advanced Fiction Workshop 3 s.h.
An advanced course in fiction writing, which involves directed writing, discussion of contemorary short fiction, and workshop of student writing. Workshop of student writing involves discussion of the merits and need for revision in short stories submitted by students in class. Each story is between 6 and 24 pages in length and requires between 20 and 50 minutes to workshop, depending on length and complexity. Students read the stories in advance of class and prepare written responses in advance, which they then further develop and elaborate in class in discussion with other students. Students are trained in the conventions and aesthetics of contemporary fiction in preparation for workshop participation. Workshops may involve a combination of group-focused and full-class discussions. A-E only. Offered once every two years.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 260 or COMP 270 or COMP 275 or COMP 310 or COMP 370 .
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COMP 375 - Creative Nonfiction:Biography 3 s.h.
This is an advanced course in biography, which involves literary research; discussion of biography as a literary genre; workshops of student writing; and the completion of a 25 page literary biography with citations. Workship of student writing involves discussion of the merits and need for revision in the material submitted by students in class. Students read the selections submitted for discussion prior to class and prepare written responses in advance, which they then further develop and elaborate in class in discussion with other students. Students are trained in the conventions and aesthetics of literary biography in preparation for workshop participation. Workshops may involve a combination of group-focused and full-class discussions. A-E only. Offered once every two years.
Prerequisite(s): SoS; COMP 275 or COMP 290 .
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COMP 390 - Capstone in English 3 s.h.
Composition 390 is a writing-intensive seminar required for seniors in the English major. A variable topics course, it emphasizes the application of analytical, research, and critical thinking skills. Students will be expected to engage with major critical and theoretical concerns within literary studies and to produce a significant body of analytical writing. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. of credit. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): SrS (or departmental waiver); completion of LITR 150 , COMP 200 or COMP 290 , and LITR 250 .
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COMP 394 - Special Topics in Composition 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.
Offered according to availability and interest of instructor and requests by students.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 ; COMP 200 or COMP 290 ; or permission of instructor.
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COMP 397 - Internship in English 1 s.h. - 15 s.h.
Internship experiences are available through the English Department.
Prerequisite(s): Students must fulfill minimum college-wide requirements and JrS
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COMP 399 - Independent Study in Composition 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.
Special studies under department supervision for students who have shown unusual ability in English and other areas. May be continued in successive semesters. Admission by consent of department chair and instructor involved.
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Prerequisite(s): COMP 100 ; COMP 200 or COMP 290 ; or permission of instructor.
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