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A review of traditional grammar designed to prepare students for advanced work in language and grammar. This course will run for a half-semester.
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We are all members of communities, whether geographical or familial or hobbyist or academic. Every community we participate in has its own way of thinking, talking, and writing. Literacy is at the heart of every community practice. In this course, students will learn more about literacy and community, create texts that introduce and explore communities of interest, and create reflective practices on reading, writing, language, learning, and creating. Building from the social literacy framework, this course engages students in participatory action research in the area of community writing.
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- Writing Intensive
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Topic-oriented course in literature. May be repeated with change of topic.
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This course examines how literary texts engage with and represent the natural world and humanity's place in it. It studies literature from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations to explore topics such as climate change, sustainability, environmental ethics, human/nonhuman relations, and ecology. Possible course topics might include Latinx Environmentalisms, Eco-Disaster Fiction, Global Environmental Justice, and Victorian Environments.
Specific topics in multicultural literature with detailed study of a particular period, region, or group in the United States and their contributions to a diverse literature. Topics include African American Literature, American Indian Literature, Southern Writers of Color, and others. May be repeated as topics change.
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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Animals and Literature is a required class for the Human-Animal Studies minor. The course examines literature focusing on animals from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations. By analyzing the role of animals in various literary texts, students will develop a greater understanding of human-animal interactions and relationships, will be exposed to ethical issues surrounding human-animal relationships, and will understand and engage in theoretical issues central to Human-Animal Studies. Topics may vary and the course can be repeated with change in content.
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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Topics in British literature covering various periods, literary movements, and themes. The course will study works of fiction, poetry, and drama, and their historical and cultural contexts. Potential topics include Victorian Literature & Art, Gothic Literature, British Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature, Performing Identity in Early Drama, Monsters and Magic, and others. This course may be repeated with change of topic.
This topics course examines some of the major developments in US literature. In reading a variety of canonical and noncanonical works, students will develop a greater understanding of US literature within specific sociocultural transformations and attendant literary movements. The course may be taught thematically, with possible topics including postcolonialism, environmental studies, immigration, and popular culture. May be repeated with change of topic.
Introduction to authors, genres, illustrations, and works of literature published for elementary age children. Current and classic works.
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Theory, practice, and materials for teaching English language arts in middle school and high school, with particular attention to literature.
Theory, practice, and materials for teaching English language arts in middle school and high school, with particular attention to language and writing.
The English language considered structurally (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) and sociolinguistically (geographical and social dialects, gender issues, acquisition of first and second language, standard and nonstandard forms).
This course introduces students to sociolinguistics with some specific focus on the role of culture and language in education. Topics of study focus on diverse student populations in American schools, particularly language learners. The course examines the interaction between language(s) and culture and helps students explore how individuals are members of many communities and are influenced by a host of different cultural markers, such as language, race, ethnicity, regionalism, social class, gender, and other differences.
Students will examine a current area of interest in the field of Writing Studies, including the topic's theoretical, scholarly, and pedagogical implications for writing and/or the teaching of writing. This course can be repeated for credit as the topic changes each time it is offered.
Selected topics course on literature about gender and gendered experiences
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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Studies in selected authors. Specific authors change. May be repeated with content changes.
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- Writing Intensive
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This course examines Shakespeare's poetry and dramatic works within their social and historical context. The plays will be considered as both literary texts and dramatic performances.
Study of literature from the 21st century, with an emphasis on how these works reflect contemporary concerns.
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- ENG 275W
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This course critically examines a wide array of literature, non-fiction essays and articles, film and art to explore the historical experiences of diverse Arab American communities. The course will begin by discussing major issues in the field, the history of immigration and citizenship, and developments in Arab American writing. Students will learn about waves of immigration from the 1880s onward, the literary communities that formed, and their contemporary legacy. The course will enable the students to better comprehend the historical and cultural contexts in which Arab American literature has evolved and the diverse perspectives of individual writers and artists.
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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Topics have included genres such as fantasy or historical fiction and thematic topics such as survival or journeys. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
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Selected periods of literary study.
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Extensive reading in an area for which the student has had basic preparation.
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- Consent
Topics on themes, issues, and developments in genres of the literatures of the world. Content changes. May be repeated.
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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A study of selected novels from a variety of time periods and cultures, including Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
This writing-intensive course surveys the earliest Native American literary works, from oral tradition and songs to contemporary works and authors, with a particular emphasis on tribal and cultural contexts that identify these works as Native American.
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- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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