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emphasis on learning to write analytical essays through a close reading of fiction,
poetry, and drama.
ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral
Communications, Critical Thinking, and Multicultural and Global Perspectives.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 101 with a C- or better.
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
Requirement.
Instructors: (1) Klemer (2) Bent (3) Mahoney
adults. Concentrating on a core of classic children's books, the course treats texts
and illustrations to determine how literature helps the child deal with the world.
ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral
Communications, Critical Thinking, Quantitative Literacy, and Multicultural and Global
Perspectives.
Note: Course will include methods for reading literature to children and fostering
children's language and literacy development. Service-Learning placements (2 hours
per week) will be available to aspiring teachers who wish to practice in school
settings the skills learned in this course.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENG 101.
General Education Electives: Humanities; Literature
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
Requirement.
reflects the diversity of the American experience through its writers. Readings
include such literary forms as letters, journals, essays, autobiographies, and
selections from the Native American oral tradition, as well as traditional genres.
Included will be writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Anne
Bradstreet, Henry David Thoreau, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 101.
General Education Electives: Humanities; Literature
present day. Selections may vary and may include Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Frost,
Hemingway, Morrison and others.
ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral
Communications, Critical Thinking, Multicultural and Global Perspectives, and Social
Responsibility.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 101.
Note: ENG 160 (American Literature I) not required.
General Education Electives: Humanities; Literature
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
Requirement.
the nature of the short story as literature so that the reader may better understand
and enjoy the genre. Short analytical papers and exams are required.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 101.
General Education Electives: Humanities; Literature
discuss the problems with dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels, including
energy insecurity, air pollution, and global warming. Alternatives to be explored
include: conservation, solar energy, wind power, hydropower, biomass, and hydrogen
fuel cells. Students will conduct personal energy audits and cost-benefit analyses.
Additionally, environmental, science, and economic data will be analyzed and
"energy in the news" articles will be used to highlight developments in this rapidly
changing field.
Prerequisites: Placement above or completion of ENG 060; and eligible for MAT
080/Math Module 9.
General Education Elective: Science
ocean evolution; ocean currents, waves, tides; shorelines and shoreline processes;
marine environment. Marine biology: plankton, on the ocean floor; marine fish and
fisheries, seashore life; the intertidal zone; seashore birds; marine mammals. No
science background required.
Prerequisite: Placement above or successful completion of ENG 060 and eligibility for
MAT 080 or completion for Modules 1-8 in Preparation for College Math, and ENG 101.
General Education Elective: Science