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Course Descriptions

The courses listed herein  have been approved by the faculty as authorized by the Board of Trustees.  Prerequisites (if any) and the General Education Requirement(s) which each course fulfills (if any) are noted following each course description.

Current course offerings are available in Merlin.
 

Education
  

  • EDUC 411 - Equity and Access in Systems of Education

    4.00 credit hours
    Students examine and analyze their role as an advocate for equity in systems of education. Drawing from leadership perspectives, students investigate educational theories and practices instituted locally, nationally and globally. The goal of this course is to assist students to both understand these systems and develop the knowledge and skills to be agents of change.

    Prerequisite(s): Education Majors: EDUC 320  or EDUC 322 ; Non-Education Majors: Junior standing.
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Ethical Dimensions, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life, Experiencing Place.


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  • EDUC 432 - Characteristics of Students with Disabilities

    3.00 credit hours
    Examines the identifying characteristics of students with physical and neurological disabilities as defined under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are studied along with the definitions of different disabilities and incidence rates. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 432 and MEDU 532.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 330 .


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  • EDUC 433 - Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities

    3.00 credit hours
    Effective instructional methods, strategies, accommodations and modifications, in multiple content areas, as they relate to teaching K-12 students with high incidence disabilities in inclusive settings. Strategies to collaborate with colleagues and with parents/families of students with disabilities are also covered, including co-teaching, family-educator conferences and working effectively with paraprofessionals. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 433 and MEDU 533.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 432 .


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  • EDUC 434 - Diagnosis and Assessment of Students with Disabilities

    3.00 credit hours
    Prepares students in the field of education with knowledge, skills and experience related to: 1) diagnostic and educational assessment instruments and methods; 2) administration and scoring of diagnostic and educational assessments; 3) interpretation of assessment results; 4) data-based decision making regarding placement, instructional planning and evaluation of students with disabilities; 5) communication of diagnostic and educational assessment results to colleagues and parents. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 434 and MEDU 534.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 432  and EDUC 433 .


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  • EDUC 438 - HS/MS Methods: Art

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching visual arts at the HS and MS level are explored. Postmodern principles, multiple media and technological processes are applied to content areas. Art education students develop interdisciplinary lesson plans that improve students’ expressive and analytical capacities.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 440 - HS/MS Methods: English

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching English (literature, composition and language) at the high school and middle school level are explored. Consideration is given to such issues as instructional planning in a multicultural setting, teaching reading in the content areas and writing across the curriculum.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 442 - K12 Methods: World Languages

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching foreign languages at the HS, MS and elementary school levels are explored.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent Enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 444 - HS/MS Methods: Mathematics

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching mathematics at the HS and MS level are explored. Consideration is given to such issues as instructional planning in a multicultural setting, teaching reading in the content areas and writing across the curriculum.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 446 - HS/MS Methods: Science

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching science (biology, chemistry and physics) at the HS and MS level are explored.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 448 - HS/MS Methods: Social Studies

    4.00 credit hours
    Current research and methods of teaching social studies at the HS and MS level are explored.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 322  and EDUC 360 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 403  and EDUC 490 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 460 - Elementary Methods-Literacy II

    4.00 credit hours
    Prepares teacher candidates to know, understand, and use concepts from reading, language and child development to teach various literacy skills to students in elementary and middle grades. Candidates will develop techniques to support students in applying their developing literacy skills to different situations, materials and ideas. This includes a focus on writing, speaking and listening skills within the literacy curriculum.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program, EDUC 320 , EDUC 324  and EDUC 326 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 401  and EDUC 491 . 
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • EDUC 462 - Reading Assessment Tools and Strategies

    4.00 credit hours
    Students are introduced to an examination of the nature of the reading process and the tools and strategies used to evaluate reading development. Emphasis is placed on the use of assessment to strengthen and extend the reading abilities of MS students. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 462 and MEDU 562.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 460 .


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  • EDUC 463 - Diagnostic Reading Instruction

    4.00 credit hours
    Students are introduced to the nature of literacy development and the learning difficulties children may face as they develop as readers. The focus of the course is on the interactive view of reading ability and disability, which suggests that reading is the process of constructing meaning through interaction between the reader, the text and the context of the reading situation. Students are exposed to a variety of alternative teaching strategies and materials to help students solve their problems with reading. Emphasis is placed on a holistic and ongoing approach to the diagnostic process and the relationship between diagnostic assessment and instructional planning. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 463 and MEDU 563.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 462 . Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 464 .


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  • EDUC 464 - Diagnostic Reading Practicum

    1.00 credit hours
    Students use a variety of alternative teaching strategies and materials while working with elementary/MS students in a supervised practicum setting. Students conduct a multifaceted diagnostic assessment to identify individual reading abilities and difficulties and develop a plan for intervention based on assessment results. Emphasis is placed on applying techniques learned in EDUC 462 /MEDU 562 and EDUC 463  /MEDU 563. Students may not receive credit for both EDUC 464 and MEDU 564.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 462 ; Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 463 .


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  • EDUC 490 - HS/MS/K12 Field Experience III

    1.00 credit hours
    Provides students with an extended field experience in a MS or HS classroom in the student’s major content area (art, English, foreign language, mathematics, music, science, or social studies). Students complete 75 hours of supervised field work applying research-based methods and techniques to actual teaching situations under the joint supervision of the cooperating classroom teacher and the NCC supervisor. While 75 hours are required for this field experience, candidates will complete 20-25 hours in placements prior to the start of NCC’s academic term in order to experience start of school activities. This course is graded pass/no pass. Students are required to provide proof of health insurance. Registration for this course at least 15 days prior to the first day of the term is strongly encouraged as additional background checks may be required; an additional fee could be incurred based on district requirements for background checks. Background check required. Tuberculosis test required.

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 438 , EDUC 440 , EDUC 442 , EDUC 444 , EDUC 446 , EDUC 448  or MUED 453 ; EDUC 403 .


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  • EDUC 491 - Elementary Field Experience III

    1.00 credit hours
    Provides students with an extended field experience in elementary school classroom. Students complete 75 hours of supervised field work applying research-based methods and techniques to actual teaching situations under the joint supervision of the cooperating classroom teacher and the NCC supervisor. While 75 hours are required for this field experience, candidates will complete 20-25 hours in placements prior to the start of NCC’s academic term in order to experience start of school activities. This course is graded pass/no pass. Students are required to provide proof of health insurance. Registration for this course at least 15 days prior to the first day of the term is strongly encouraged as additional background checks may be required; an additional fee could be incurred based on district requirements for background checks. Background check required. Tuberculosis test required.

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 460  and EDUC 401 .


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  • EDUC 492 - Pre-Residency Seminar

    1.00 credit hours
    Supports candidates as they begin the final stages of the teacher education program, with a focus on the co-teaching model and preparation for the Teacher Performance Assessment.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program; completion of all professional education coursework; passing score(s) in the Illinois Licensure Testing System required content test(s).


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  • EDUC 494 - Residency Seminar

    4.00 credit hours
    This seminar engages students to expand their knowledge and skills in topics such as engaging instruction, effective assessment, data driven decision-making, parent communication and analysis and reflection on instruction. Focus is given to all tasks of the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA). Additionally, attention is given to aspects of professional development, professional service and community involvement.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program; completion of all professional education coursework; passing score(s) in the Illinois Licensure Testing System required content test(s).
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Social Sciences, Community Engaged Learning.
    iCon(s): Experiencing Place.


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  • EDUC 496 - Student Teaching Residency

    8.00 credit hours
    A five-day per week, full day student teaching experience in an elementary, MS or HS classroom. Candidates assume all of the responsibilities of teaching (planning, instruction, assessment, record keeping, etc.) using a co-teaching model building up to full responsibility. Students are required to provide proof of health insurance. Registration for this course at least 15 days prior to the first day of the term is strongly encouraged as additional background checks may be required; an additional fee could be incurred based on district requirements for background checks. Background check required. Tuberculosis test required.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program; completion of all professional education coursework; passing score(s) in the Illinois Licensure Testing System required content test(s).


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Electrical Engineering
  

  • ELEC 150 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering

    4.00 credit hours
    Fundamental concepts of electrical circuits, components and measurement techniques. Lecture/Laboratory.


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  • ELEC 200 - Digital Logic I

    4.00 credit hours
    Students learn to design digital logic building blocks and to create combinational and sequential logic circuits. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 100 .


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  • ELEC 250 - Circuit Analysis I

    4.00 credit hours
    Basic circuit analysis, nodal and mesh, equivalent circuits, independent and dependent sources, power and multi-phase circuits. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 100 .


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  • ELEC 251 - Circuit Analysis II

    4.00 credit hours
    Network analysis techniques of direct and alternating current theory. Transient forced and complete responses of circuits. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ELEC 250 .


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  • ELEC 300 - Electromechanics I

    4.00 credit hours
    Introduction to electromechanical systems, design criteria, failure analysis, electrical and mechanical interfaces. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ELEC 150 .


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  • ELEC 330 - Motors and Actuators

    4.00 credit hours
    Fundamentals of motor design and operation, electronic drives, encoders, linear actuators. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in ELEC 251 .


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  • ELEC 460 - Electronic Controls

    4.00 credit hours
    Temperature controls, PWM motor control, industrial processes, photosensitive devices, opto coupling, timers and transducers. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ELEC 251 .


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  • ELEC 470 - FPGA Design

    4.00 credit hours
    Introduces students to advanced design methodologies and practical design approaches for high-performance FPGA applications. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ELEC 280 .


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Engineering
  

  • ENGR 100 - Introduction to Engineering

    2.00 credit hours
    An overview of specific engineering majors, laboratory safety, competitions, internships, research, post-graduate opportunities and employment options. Examines the relevancy of a liberal arts foundation and how it relates to the field of engineering.


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  • ENGR 110 - The Engineering Method

    2.00 credit hours
    Methods and practices employed to develop, commercialize and distribute products and services dependent on engineering will be presented. Includes descriptions of the four major career paths available to engineers. Lecture/Laboratory.


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  • ENGR 120 - Engineering Calculations

    2.00 credit hours
    Develops the student’s ability to use MATLAB to solve various engineering problems. Lecture/Laboratory.


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  • ENGR 350 - Measurements I

    4.00 credit hours
    Methods for digital data acquisition; measurements of pressure, temperature, flow rate, heat transfer and static forces and moments. Lecture/Laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): MECH 210  and PHYS 211 .


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  • ENGR 431 - Industrial Metrology and Statistics

    2.00 credit hours
    An exploration of the tools and methods used to monitor and control production processes, product characteristics and performance including evaluating process stability, detect rates MTTF and MTBF.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.


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English
  

  • ENGL 100 - English as a Second Language I

    4.00 credit hours
    Introduction to American Academic English for non-native speakers. The focus is on listening and speaking skills, including presentation and in-class participation skills, vocabulary and idiom practice, while also introducing and practicing academic reading and writing skills through readings on American culture.


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  • ENGL 102 - English As a Second Language II

    4.00 credit hours
    Advanced practice in writing, reading, speaking and listening skills in American Academic English for non-native speakers. The focus is on Academic writing (summaries, essays), readings on American culture and history, vocabulary and idiom practice, and essentials of advanced English grammar.


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  • ENGL 104 - How to Read Stories and Novels

    2.00 credit hours
    Designed for any student who wants to interpret the imaginary worlds of writers across 500 years of texts. From early stories to sci-fi, students learn to make sense of stories in their varied forms. Depending on instructor and content, may include field trips to fiction readings and/or The American Writer’s Museum.

    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities.
    iCon(s): Being Human.


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  • ENGL 106 - How to Read and Write Poems

    2.00 credit hours
    Designed for any student who wants to practice reading poems or songs, the most ancient and popular writing in the world. Students learn to write and interpret different poetic forms and explore timeless struggles in both ancient and contemporary verse. Students also practice writing poems. Depending on instructor and content, may include field trips to poetry readings in Chicago.

    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 108 - Appreciating Plays and Screenplays: Text

    2.00 credit hours
    Designed for any student who wants to read dramas for stage and screen, interpret plays, and critique live stage performances. Students also practice writing plays. Depending on instructor and content, may include field trips to plays in and around Chicago.

    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 112 - Creative Writing for Self-Discovery

    4.00 credit hours
    Students learn ways expressive writing helps in the discovery of self and world. Focus is on fundamentals of creativity and the benefits of a regular imaginative writing practice as a means of developing insight, personal growth and well-being.

    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Being Human, Examining Health.


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  • ENGL 118 - College Humor Magazine Practicum

    0.00-2.00 credit hours
    Practical experience on the staff of the College humor magazine, The Kindling. Students may register for 1.00 credit hour for graded work as writers, photographers, artists and designers. Editors register for 2.00 credit hours. A maximum of six credit hours may be earned in English department practica.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .


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  • ENGL 120 - College Literary Magazine Practicum

    0.00-2.00 credit hours
    Practical experience on the staff of the College literary magazine, 30 North. Students may register for 1.00 credit hour for graded work as writers, photographers, artists and designers. Editors register for 2.00 credit hours. A maximum of six credit hours may be earned in English department practica.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .


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  • ENGL 122 - Children’s Literature

    2.00 credit hours
    An exploration of children’s genres from picture books to fiction and poetry across historical periods and nations. Students consider how these texts often foreground reading and interpretation. Students may create children’s texts and evaluate their appeal.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Ethical Dimensions.
    iCon(s): Being Human.


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  • ENGL 124 - Young Adult Fiction

    2.00 credit hours
    An exploration of Y.A. genres from fiction, graphic novels and poetry across the 19th–21st centuries of various ethnicities and nations. Students consider how these texts often foreground reading and interpretation. Students may create Y.A. texts, evaluating their appeal.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.


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  • ENGL 200 - Gateway: Introduction to English

    4.00 credit hours
    This gateway course introduces critical and creative methods with a focus on close reading and effective writing. Theoretical and imaginative approaches are explored and practice given in reading, writing and analyzing a variety of texts. Students are introduced to disciplinary conventions and basic research strategies in English.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Being Human.


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  • ENGL 202 - British Literature to 17th Century: Beowulf and Milton

    4.00 credit hours
    Close reading focused on Continental traditions and socio-political contexts that influenced Beowulf, di Pizan, Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, Milton and more. Students trace the figure of the monster in literature produced between the 8th–17th centuries.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .


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  • ENGL 204 - Literature and Culture of the Long 18th Century

    4.00 credit hours
    Students study texts before and just after the so-called “Age of Reason,” from the late 17th to early 19th centuries, in both British and Early American contexts. Focus on the rise of individualism, science and colonial expansion, with slavery and genocide in its wake. Literature across time.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .


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  • ENGL 206 - British Literature and Culture of the 19th–21st Centuries

    4.00 credit hours
    Students explore 19th–21st century texts, a time of contradictions, with progress in science, industry, the expansion and then losses of the British Empire, and the rise of democratic movements (suffrage, labor, anti-imperial resistance) in and beyond England. Literature across time.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities.
    iCon(s): Experiencing Place.


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  • ENGL 208 - American Literature and Culture of the 19th–21st Centuries

    4.00 credit hours
    Students explore 19th–21st century American literature and culture through a survey of poets, essayists, fiction writers, playwrights and filmmakers who grappled with principles and practices of American democracy. Romantic, realist, modern and postmodern writers offer diverse perspectives on what it means to live in relation to the promise of “we the people.”

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Experiencing Place.


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  • ENGL 212 - Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies: Text/Technologies

    4.00 credit hours
    Students examine theoretical, stylistic and ethical issues connected with writing in various rhetorical situations, including digital environments. Focus on writing about ethically charged issues such as artificial intelligence, digital technology, biotechnology and transhumanism.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  or CARD 102 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Writing Intensive.
    iCon(s): Innovating the World.


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  • ENGL 214 - Graphic Narratives

    4.00 credit hours
    An introduction to foundational concepts in visual design, narrative structure and multimodality. From 1200 AD to the present, illuminated manuscripts, broadsides, comic books and websites have combined words and images, playing a part in literature and pop culture. Students explore the history of the word/image interface through critical and creative work.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Being Human.


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  • ENGL 216 - Place and Travel Writing

    4.00 credit hours
    A workshop-based public and professional writing course focusing on writing about travel; nature and ecology; and immersion or experiential writing. Place, setting and location inspire in myriad ways; mindful of this, students read and collaboratively analyze professional and peer practitioners for craft. Students also write, edit and revise original place-based and travel writing for workshop.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Global Understanding.
    iCon(s): Experiencing Place.


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  • ENGL 222 - Global Literature/Postcolonial Literature

    4.00 credit hours
    Students explore literature from the erstwhile colonies in South Asia, Africa and Australia to examine the relation between representation and nationalism. Students focus in particular on identity, gender, resistance and reconciliation. World Literatures.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106  or ENGL 108 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Global Understanding.


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  • ENGL 224 - Environmental Literature

    4.00 credit hours
    (Same as: ENVI 224 .) Encompasses the classics of nature writing from Anglo-American literary traditions to the practice of eco-criticism, through which a wider range of novels and other texts can be analyzed. With these texts, students explore how literature participates in cultural formations of the relations among humans, their environment and other forms of life. Readings include several genres: poetry, non-fiction and science-fiction from the 19th century to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 ; ENVI 120 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Innovating the World.


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  • ENGL 232 - Black Narrative

    4.00 credit hours
    From slave narratives to folk tales to fiction, storytelling has played a role in asserting the value of black lives and challenging oppression. Students examine black narratives as channels for creative expression and social intervention. Discussions focus on how historical contexts and literary traditions interact; how racism shapes the social map and personal experience; and how gender, sexuality and class intersect.

    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.


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  • ENGL 234 - Gender and Literary Feminisms

    4.00 credit hours
    (Same as GSST 234 .) Students explore gender’s place in literature from a variety of cultures, time periods and genres. Discussions focus on representations of gender; how creative writing links to political work to challenge inequality; how writers interrogate the category “woman”; and how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality and religion.

    Prerequisite(s): GSST 100  or one 100-level English course.
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.


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  • ENGL 240 - Beginning Poetry

    2.00 credit hours
    Practice in the writing of poetry, with attention paid to the various techniques, approaches—free verse or formal verse—and the close reading of contemporary poets. Introduction to workshop-based peer critique and a regular writing and revision practice.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequality, Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 242 - Beginning Creative Nonfiction

    2.00 credit hours
    An introduction to creative nonfiction emphasizing memoir, personal essays and narrative nonfiction. Students read and collaboratively analyze the work of professional and peer practitioners for craft, and write, edit and revise original creative nonfictions for workshop.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequality, Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 244 - Beginning Fiction

    2.00 credit hours
    An introduction to literary fiction emphasizing micro, flash and short fiction. Students read and collaboratively analyze the work of professional and peer practitioners for craft, and write, edit and revise original short fictions for workshop.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequality, Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 246 - Beginning Playwriting

    2.00 credit hours
    An introduction to stage drama emphasizing monologues, ten-minute plays, short sketches and performance pieces. Students read and collaboratively analyze the work of professional and peer dramatists for craft, and write, edit and revise original scripts for class performance and workshop.

    Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 104 , ENGL 106 , ENGL 108  or ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequity, Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 250 - Writing for Social Change

    4.00 credit hours
    A workshop-based writing course emphasizing the close reading and production of equity-minded texts that challenge existing power structures. Studying writing of social change movements of the past, students learn the arts of writing to change the world through individual and collaboratively designed projects for publics. Writing and Rhetoric.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 270 - Foundations of Language Study

    4.00 credit hours
    An introduction to linguistic principles through a study of modern English. Students examine approaches to language and linguistics: morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology and semantics. Child language acquisition, adult second language acquisition and recent developments in neuroscience and computer science are also introduced.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101  and CARD 102 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Global Understanding.
    iCon(s): Thinking Globally.


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  • ENGL 272 - English Grammar, Usage and Style

    2.00 credit hours
    Students explore the rules native English speakers employ in daily language use. Drawing on grammatical theories, the focus is on sentence structures and the classification of words. Students examine rhetorical grammar and issues of “correctness,” learning skills for analyzing sentences.


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  • ENGL 274 - English Language Arts

    4.00 credit hours
    An exploration of how literature, writing and grammar are taught in secondary school settings. Students examine historic and current theories of Language Arts pedagogy, analyzing and evaluating approaches to develop a better understanding of contemporary issues and best practices. Workshops on writing and revising processes.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101 , CARD 102  and EDUC 101 ; ENGL 270  and ENGL 272  recommended.


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  • ENGL 280 - Introduction to Professional Writing

    4.00 credit hours
    Using a reader-centered approach, students are introduced to strategies for writing effectively in the workplace. Rhetorical theories and practices join multimodal writing and presentation skills to help students transfer from school-to-work contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Ethical Dimensions.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 282 - Writing in STEM Professions

    4.00 credit hours
    An exploration of the conventions, genres, and ethical issues involved in writing within STEM fields. Students read field-specific texts to analyze and evaluate effective writing. Workshops and collaborative, multimodal final projects.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Ethical Dimensions.
    iCon(s): Sustaining our World.


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  • ENGL 302 - Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

    4.00 credit hours
    An intensive study of the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. Depending on the instructor, the focus may include Shakespeare’s works in relation to the period; world literatures that influenced Early Modern plays; queering Shakespeare; or, Shakespeare’s ethics and values in response to the social and political world he and his contemporaries engaged. Other instructors may approach Shakespeare’s plays in relation to their more recent representations in film, or on television or stage. Credit may not be earned for both ENGL*304 AND ENGL*302.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.


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  • ENGL 308 - American Dreaming

    4.00 credit hours
    Students explore writers and/or topics across 19th–21st American literature and culture. Topics, genres and time periods vary by instructor, but may include themes such as the American Dream; embodiment and social class; a single writer or several studied for comparison and contrast; a movement or school in American literature; a particular region; or a recurring theme such the American Dream, LGBTQ literature or Latinx writers. Literature across time.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.


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  • ENGL 310 - Writers of the Americas in the New Millennium

    4.00 credit hours
    Students explore the literature and culture of the Americas—U.S., Latinx, Caribbean, Canadian and others since 2001. Focus is on novels, poetry or plays concerned with urgent contemporary themes, such as literature and trauma or post-humanism. Subjects vary depending on instructor. Literature across time.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.


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  • ENGL 312 - Multimedia Authoring

    4.00 credit hours
    Students focus on writing for computer-based media and engage new rhetoric of information technology. Emphasis is on learning not just a particular application, but understanding theoretical and practical skills in interface and narrative design; typography; layout; color; imagery; and media integration. Students work collaboratively and present their final projects. Writing and Rhetoric.

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Community Engaged Learning.
    iCon(s): Innovating the World.


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  • ENGL 314 - Writing Commentary and Cultural Criticism: The Public Intellectual

    4.00 credit hours
    A workshop-based public and professional writing course for student-critics who want to learn the art and craft of opinion commentary for publication. Reading for content and craft, students propose, pitch, write and edit shorter, timely pieces such as op-eds, first person essays, humor/satire, polemics, jeremiads and arts or other reviews, as well as longer essays of cultural criticism. Writing and rhetoric.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and ENGL 242 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.
    iCon(s): Engaging Civic Life.


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  • ENGL 322 - Cosmopolitan 20th–21st Century England: Global Identities in British Literature and Culture

    4.00 credit hours
    Students focus on British literature after WWII. The world wars and the Kinder Transport; Cold War and defections from the former U.S.S.R.; the rise of the U.S. as a global superpower as England’s empire faded; and the immigration of populations from former colonies—all profoundly affect England’s identity. Students explore the literature, theatre, dance and films produced by these new generations of immigrant British as they negotiate their dual heritage. World Literatures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.


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  • ENGL 324 - Pop Genres of the 19th–21st Centuries

    4.00 credit hours
    Advanced study in literary and cultural studies across time and place. With the rise of mass media comes a proliferation of multimedia pop genres: books, movies, TV shows, video games and memes. The most robust include adventure stories, fantasy, horror, mystery, romance, sci-fi, western, post-human and weird tales. Content varies depending on instructor. Identity and Culture.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.


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  • ENGL 332 - Multicultural American Literature

    4.00 credit hours
    Emerging from a history of colonization, slavery and mass immigration, American culture is multiple and its literary landscape diverse. Students explore that diversity through the works of Latinx, Asian-American, African-American and/or Indigenous writers, examining the complexity of “American” identity as it is defined and contested. What happens when different cultures collide? How do historical, linguistic, philosophical and artistic traditions shape literary form and content? Culture and Identity.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
    iCon(s): Challenging Inequity.


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  • ENGL 334 - Critical Theory

    4.00 credit hours
    Advanced focus on primary theoretical texts. Students analyze and synthesize the range of theories that have shaped debates in literary and cultural studies. Considering multiple lenses of inquiry, students use close reading and questioning to engage key concepts: language, narrative, subjectivity, identities and the shaping force of material histories on persons and texts. Critical frames are brought into relation to consider their relevance to literature and life. Culture and Identity.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and one 200-level literature course.
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities.
    iCon(s): Being Human.


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  • ENGL 340 - Advanced Poetry

    4.00 credit hours
    A workshop-based class in which students explore traditional and experimental writing techniques to understand what a poem is and/or does. Students analyze and evaluate their own work and that of contemporary poets through critical writing. A portfolio of poems is required as the final project.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and ENGL 240 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Writing Intensive.


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  • ENGL 342 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction

    4.00 credit hours
    An advanced workshop-based course in which students propose, write and edit an extended creative nonfiction manuscript, and, with peer and professor support, write and revise the first two chapters of a proposed manuscript. Students research publication venues and learn to prepare and pitch longer-form nonfiction manuscripts.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and ENGL 242 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Writing Intensive.


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  • ENGL 344 - Advanced Fiction

    4.00 credit hours
    An advanced workshop-based course in which students propose, write and edit a thematically linked short literary fiction collection for potential submission and publication.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and ENGL 244 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts, Writing Intensive.


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  • ENGL 346 - Advanced Playwriting

    4.00 credit hours
    An advanced workshop-based course in which students propose, write and edit an extended one-act play, dramatic series or thematically linked sequence of sketches. Working with peers to develop longer-form comedies and dramas, scriptwriters learn to polish their plays and performance pieces for potential submission.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  and ENGL 246 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Arts.


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  • ENGL 370 - Sociolinguistics: Language/Social Context

    4.00 credit hours
    The principles and methods used to study language as a social and cultural phenomenon, examined from the linguistic viewpoint—the search for social explanations for language use—and the social scientific viewpoint analyzing facts about language to illuminate social structure.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 270  recommended.


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  • ENGL 372 - History of the English Language

    4.00 credit hours
    A study of the external and internal history of the English language from Old English to contemporary English. Students explore the historical evolution of major regional and social varieties of English and examine the question of usage in the context of sociocultural change.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 270  recommended.


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  • ENGL 380 - Professional and Grant Writing

    4.00 credit hours
    Students study the mechanics of proposal writing and the complex aspects of “grantsmanship” as they develop skills in identifying sources of grant funding, conducting research for applications, and crafting proposals to readers’ interests. Other advanced professional writing genres practiced. Collaborative final project.    
     

    Prerequisite(s): CARD 101 ; ENGL 212  recommended.
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Community Engaged Learning.


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  • ENGL 382 - Multimodal Professional and Technical Writing

    4.00 credit hours
    Students become proficient multimodal media creators, able to analyze, evaluate and revise professional and technical documents. A collaborative final project is developed with any program or office at the College, or with potential community partners.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 212  recommended.
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Ethical Dimensions.
    iCon(s): Innovating the World.


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  • ENGL 384 - Wicked Writing Problems at Work

    2.00 credit hours
    Students examine workplace writing problems, drawing on case studies and researching potential areas of conflict uncertainty, and opportunity for professional writers. Collaborative final project and public presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 212 .
    Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Writing Intensive.


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  • ENGL 390 - Special Topics

    4.00 credit hours
    Topics vary depending on instructor, but may focus on a single writer; a theorist or theoretical perspective; a period of time and place. If writing-focused, varying topics such as hybrid and digital genres; the rise of the chapbook; writing Y.A. fiction; novella writing; the ethics of workplace writing; truth in writing in an age of “fake” media, and so on. If language-focused, varying topics such as language and gender, language in politics, education or media; or a consideration of the ways class, race and nations use language in the struggle for legitimacy and control.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .


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