This course will provide support and additional instruction for Rhetoric and Composition I (ENGL 121). Students will expect to apply the ENGL 099 course outcomes and content to ENGL 121 course concepts. Key ENGL 099 concepts include writing academic compositions and exploring metacognitive values and behaviors that will increase academic success.

This course is designed to help students to write effectively. Instruction is offered in the basic elements of rhetoric; much practice is given in composing essays. IAI Code: C1 900

This course provides a continuation of Rhetoric and Composition I (ENGL 121) by focusing on critical skills in thinking, reading, and writing. Skills are developed in writing to inform, persuade, and evaluate. Emphasis is placed on producing a documented, multi-source research essay. IAI Code: C1 901R

Improves those skills necessary to understand, critically evaluate, and respond to persuasive prose (advertising, editorials, essays, etc.), literature, and information in the subject areas.

This course introduces students to various forms of creative writing, with an emphasis on poetry and fiction. Students will produce, workshop, and present original works.

Explores literary trends in twentieth century poetry and fiction. Living authors and recently published works will be included.

Introduces the student to prose fiction. Designed to improve the student's ability to read the short story and the novel critically with keener understanding and appreciation. IAI Code: H3 901

Introduces the student to poetry designed to deepen the student's insight into the relation between literary theme and form by close analysis of poems. IAI Code: H3 903

Examines the literature of America from the Colonial period through the Civil War. Emphasis will be on major themes, authors, and the relation between the literature and the historical events of the period. IAI Code: H3 914

Examines the literature of America from the Civil War to the present. Emphasis will be on major themes and writers of the time, especially in fiction and poetry. IAI Code: H3 915

Examines the literature of England from the Anglo- Saxon period through the 17th Century. The course focuses attention on repeated themes in English literature, on the relationship between the literature and the world picture of each era, and on the question of literary form. IAI Code: H3 912

Examines the literature of England from the Age of Reason to modern times with emphasis on the works of the most representative and influential authors. IAI Code: H3 913

Studies representative comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. Designed to give special attention to the development of Shakespeare as a dramatist in his own time and his significance today. IAI Code: H3 905

This course explores the literary depiction and construction of gender roles and identities in various genres, with a special emphasis on literature by women writers. IAI Code: H3 911D

An introduction to a wide variety of children's literature for ages preschool through 6th grade, both historical and contemporary, including such genres as fantasy, fairy tales, poetry, historical fiction, speculative fiction, etc. The course encourages critical thinking and the development of analytical skills that are used in the understanding and evaluation of children's literature.

This course will introduce literary works by writers who identify with various American ethnic groups, with an emphasis on African American, Asian American, Indigenous American, Jewish American, and Latin/e American writers. Emphasis will be on discussing and analyzing the concepts of ethnicity and Americanness. Students will be tasked with thinking, reading, and writing critically while examining a variety of texts. IAI Code: H3 910D