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This course is a survey and history of children's literature from various cultures. Topics include authors and illustrators, principles of selection, evaluation, and integration of literature, fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats to enrich classroom activities and encourage a lifelong love of reading. Special attention is placed on techniques for using literature throughout pre-K- second grade classrooms.

Accurate written and oral communication in all kinds of professional contexts saves organizations time and money, and promotes goodwill. This is an advanced professional-technical writing and communication course that focuses on the further development, refinement, and sharpening of skills previously introduced in EN-205. The course is based on the premise that sounding professional means using a simple, concise style and making the communication worth reading. Topics taught include: audience analysis; research methods; questionnaire and survey preparation; data collection, interpretation, and documentation; and composition of reports in special formats. Students are encouraged to relate course materials to their major programs and summarize and analyze case studies in those areas. Students research and prepare an in-depth proposal that relates to their majors using primary and/or secondary data. Collaboration is crucial for today's professional. This requires strong listening and interpersonal skills. Students research, prepare, and deliver an oral group presentation that incorporates visual material. 

 

 

This course is intended to develop students’ competency in assessing the myriad ways in which cultural beliefs, fears, and taboos intersect, both historically and globally. Classroom interaction, daily observations of modern folklore, and assigned readings help students to recognize the universal moral implications of cultural narratives.

This course introduces students to a selection of major works from the classical, medieval, renaissance, and modern periods that have contributed to world literary tradition. Genres include heroic tales, romances, fable, myths, and legends.

Family is forever, but is that a good thing? In this course, students identify collective familial fears of hauntings through the lens of contemporary literature. Class discussion, assigned readings, and analytical papers allow students to examine the modern symbolism of a haunted home and recognize universal themes of loss and legacy.

This course builds on the foundations of critical thinking, reading, and writing, with an emphasis on applying these skills within a professional, public, or academic environment. The objective of the course is to develop writers who write clear, grammatical, well-structured prose, and who can discover and convey compels ideas critically in various applications. Students continue to build an e-portfolio with original work that focuses on current topics selected from the social sciences. Students create a portfolio for graduate and professional school, job, or internship applications, among other needs.

This course enhances students’ awareness of culture, race, and identity by examining how diverse authors treat time in their works. Class discussion, assigned readings, and analytical papers allow students to have a better grasp on how the passing of time affect their lives and how it has shaped the past.