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ESED 3302 - Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems in Technology Education
Credits: 3
This course introduces the basic components, functions and theories of hydraulic and pneumatic power systems used in Engineering and Technology Education Programs. Topics include pumps, control valves, control assemblies, and switching and control devices. Upon completion, students should be able to understand the operation of a fluid power system, including design, application, and troubleshooting as well as integrating hose components into teaching strategies in P-12 Engineering Technology Education Programs.
Prerequisite(s): ETED 3000 .
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ESED 3310 - Integrating Language, Literacy, and Technology
Credits: 3
This course prepares students to infuse technology into language and literacy instruction. Students will develop technology skills and knowledge based on sound pedagogical principles that reflect research and theory in language and literacy acquisition, with a focus on second language acquisition, and the application of practical and theoretical knowledge to instructional situations.
Prerequisite(s): ESED 2000
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ESED 3320 - Teaching Language and Literacy Skills to Adult Learners
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the instructional needs and challenges of adult learners who are learning English or developing literacy skills. A variety of theories, issues, procedures, methods, and approaches for use in bilingual, English as a second language, and adult literary learning environments will be examined and applied.
Prerequisite(s): ESED 2000
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ESED 3400 - Introduction to International Education
Credits: 3
This course presents education within a global context and the political, cultural, societal, and economic influences in education. Theories of comparative education and global trends and contemporary practices in international education will be examined.
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ESED 3410 - Issues in Global and International Education
Credits: 3
This comparative and international education course will address education policy issues that transcend national boundaries and have implications for educators in fostering social justice and global awareness. The course explores theoretical approaches to understanding the role of education internationally and comparatively in diverse settings.
Prerequisite(s): ESED 2000
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ESED 3420 - Education and International Development
Credits: 3
This course examines the debates and issues surrounding international development and the role education plays in that development, including the possibilities of global cooperation as well as the complexity of educational accountability in disparate societies. Educational development, as influenced by increasing access to technology, and the impacts of educational interventions will be analyzed related to their implications for students, nationally and internationally.
Prerequisite(s): ESED 2000
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ESED 4100 - Internship Capstone with Seminar
Credits: 3
This internship option can serve as a culminating learning experience for BIDS and BIDS Educational Studies students. This experience gives students the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired through academic preparation, while learning the skills of an entry-level practitioner. Experience at an internship site will provide the practical application of course work from the fields of study while developing professional skills.
Prerequisite(s): ESED 2000 or BIDS 3000
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ELET 3101K - Electric Circuit II
Credits: 4
The concept of current, voltage, power, and resistance. The course deals with units, basic electrical laws, series and parallel circuits, network theorems, and instruments. AC sources, capacitance, inductance, and magnetism are introduced. Circuits are analyzed using PSPICE Laboratory work parallels class work and include the use of various AC and DC instruments.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1113
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ELET 3111K - Electric Circuit II
Credits: 4
The second part of the electric circuit sequence. The course deals with impedance and admittance in sinusoidal circuits. Resonant circuits, three-phase circuits, harmonics and transformer theory are also studied. Circuits are analyzed using PSPICE. Laboratory work parallels class work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3101K
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ELET 3201K - Electronics I
Credits: 4
A study of discrete electronic devices. Semiconductor diodes, BJTs and FETs are studied with emphasis on characteristic curves. BJT and FET amplifiers are studied in-depth and various configurations of small and large signal amplifiers are studied. Circuits are analyzed using PSPICE. Laboratory work parallels class work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3101K
Corequisite(s): ELET 3111K
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ELET 3211K - Electronics II
Credits: 4
A study of the characteristics, performance, and application of the most common linear integrated circuits. The emphasis of this course is on operational amplifiers, comparators, multipliers, oscillators, voltage regulation, oscillators, phase-locked loops and data converters. Applications will illustrate use, and laboratory exercises will enhance learning.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3201K
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ELET 3301k - Digital Systems I
Credits: 4
A comprehensive study of binary and hexadecimal numbers, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Karnaugh maps, and combination logic using basic gates. Flip-flops, counters, registers, encoders, and decoders are also presented. Circuit simulation software is used in both classroom and laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3101K
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ELET 3311K - Digital Systems II
Credits: 4
A thorough study of sequential design. Techniques and issues relevant to design will be covered in-depth and project work will emphasize the use of LSI, MSI, and SSI circuits in the application and design of complex digital systems. Analog-to-digital converters (ADC), digital-to-analog converters (DAC), programmable logic devices (PLDs), and introduction to microprocessors are also studied. Circuit simulation software used in both classroom and laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3301k
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ELET 3401K - Microcomputer Interfacing
Credits: 4
A study of microprocessors and microcomputer systems. Related hardware and software issues will be covered. The course also covers memory systems, input/output devices and interfacing mechanisms. Classroom instruction is enhanced by laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3301k
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ELET 3411K - Microcontrollers
Credits: 4
A comprehensive study of micro controller hardware and software. System architecture includes the CPU, timer, serial, and parallel I/O ports, RAM and ROM. The software portion of the course covers assembly language. Classroom instruction will be enhanced by laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3301k
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ELET 3501K - Control Systems
Credits: 4
Analysis and design of linear feedback control systems are studied. Nyquist’s and Routh’s stability criteria, Bode plots, transient behavior, static error coefficients, and the steady-state behavior of various system types are presented. The root-locus method and block diagram representation and simplification are also included. Classroom instruction will be enhanced by laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3111K and MATH 2111
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ELET 3511K - Electrical Machinery
Credits: 4
An introductory course in the characteristics and application of basic electric machinery. Three phase distribution systems, transformers, DC generators, AC generators, DC motors, and AC motors are studied. Laboratory work parallels classroom instruction.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3111K
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ELET 3701K - Data Acquisition Systems
Credits: 4
An introduction to the techniques for interfacing the basic measurement and instrumentation circuitry and systems to monitor physical characteristics such as temperature, pressure, strain, and distance by using data acquisition system. Typical instrumentation and measuring problems will be solved in the laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3101K
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ELET 4101k - Programmable Logic Controllers
Credits: 4
PLC, ladder logic, programming, installation, and troubleshooting of PLC systems. Sensors and their wring, I/O modules and wiring, and fundamentals of plant communications are studied. Laboratory work parallels classroom instruction.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3301k
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ELET 4401K - Industrial Electronics
Credits: 4
A study of the necessary background for understanding the concept and utilization of various electronics devices, circuits and systems which are essential in industrial control and automation. Recent development and practices in industry are presented. Students apply the knowledge from Electronics II and Digital Systems II to develop application-oriented systems.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3211K , ELET 3311K
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ELET 4412K - Instrumentation and Measurement
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide students with basic understanding of instrumentation, sensors, analog and digital signal conditioning. Students will gain experience in designing basic measurement systems ad will become proficient in using laboratory based instrumentation and measurement devices.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3411K
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ELET 4611K - Fiber Optics
Credits: 4
A study of the basic understanding of optics systems, fiber optics, types, and characteristics related to computer communication. Additional coverage includes fiber optic couplers, multiplexes, demultiplexes, and distribution system. Laboratory work parallels classroom instruction.
Prerequisite(s): CSCI 3385K
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ELET 4612K - Industrial Automation and Process Control
Credits: 3
An introduction to Industrial Automation and Process Control. The course will provide comprehensive and accessible coverage of the evolving field of mechatronics for electrical engineering technology students. Students will explore programmable logic controllers, sensors, robotics, process control, and computer numerical control machines - all which are fundamental to the understanding of Industrial Automation and Process Control.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 4101k
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ELET 4621K - Digital Communications
Credits: 4
Sampling, coding, decoding, and digital multiplexing. The course will also cover the networking essential concepts, with emphasis on Microsoft Networking system.
Prerequisite(s): ELET 3311K
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ENGL 0999 - Composition Support I
Credits: 1
This course is designed to support students who are enrolled in ENGL 1101 . ENGL 0999 provides students with support and skill development to improve their readiness for the college-level writing in the co-requisite ENGL 1101 . Students in ENGL 0999 will practice grammar, mechanics, usage, organization and the writing process, as well as receive individualized assistance with writing assignments for ENGL 1101 . A grade of “C” or higher in ENGL 1101 indicate the student has completed requirements for the course. Students who do not successfully complete the requirement for ENGL 1101 , must re-enroll in ENGL 0999 and ENGL 1101 the next semester (Institutional Credit Only).
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ENGL 1101 - English Composition I
Credits: 3
A course designed to develop college-level reading and writing skills. Focuses on vocabulary, analysis of readings, grammar, mechanics, and the steps of the writing process. Introduces documented research and various patterns of organization and development. Minimum passing grade is “C. “
Prerequisite(s): Regular admission or corequisite with ENGL 0999
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ENGL 1102 - English Composition II
Credits: 3
A course designed to further develop college-level reading and writing skills. Includes analysis of literary texts and specialized application of the research and writing skills learned in ENGL 1101 . Minimum passing grade is “C. “
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1101
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ENGL 1104 - Exploring the English Major
Credits: 1
This introductory course to the English major or minor is designed to showcase what is interesting and exciting about the critical study of writing, literature, film, and other language arts, as well as introducing the undecided student to the broad range of careers available to the English major. Corequisite recommended: ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2104 - Advanced Composition
Credits: 3
Extensive practice in composition forms and stylistic techniques. This course requires peer and self-evaluation and frequent conferences with the instructor to guide extensive revision of compositions. Students develop a final portfolio illustrating their expertise in writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2105 - Introduction to Literary Studies
Credits: 3
An introduction to theories and techniques of literary analysis, with practice in reading literary and critical texts, in writing critical essays, and in doing literary research. Includes a survey of critical approaches to literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2111 - World Literature I
Credits: 3
A survey of important works of world literature from ancient times through the mid-seventeenth century.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2112 - World Literature II
Credits: 3
A survey of important works of world literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2120 - British Literature Survey for Majors
Credits: 3
ENGL 2120 is a survey of important works of British literature from the Old English period through the twentieth century. It is intended for English majors and provides a foundation in textual analysis, close reading, the conventions of literary study and terminology.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 or consent of instructor
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ENGL 2121 - British Literature I
Credits: 3
A survey of important works of British literature from the Old English period through the eighteenth century.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2122 - British Literature II
Credits: 3
A survey of important works of British Literature from the Romantic period to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2130 - American Literature Survey for Majors
Credits: 3
ENGL 2130 is a survey of important works of American literature from the time of contact with the first European explorers to the present. It is intended for English majors and provides a foundation in textual analysis, close reading, the conventions of literary study and terminology.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 or consent of instructor
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ENGL 2131 - American Literature I
Credits: 3
A study of the main currents of literary thought and expression in America from the colonial period to 1865.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2132 - American Literature II
Credits: 3
A study of the main currents of literary thought and expression in America from 1865 to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2140 - Introduction to African American Literature
Credits: 3
Survey of important works of African American literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 2220 - African American Literature Survey for Majors
Credits: 3
ENGL 2220 is a survey course designed to introduce and engage English majors and minors in in-depth study of representative works of African American literature, providing a foundation in textual analysis, close reading, the conventions of literary study and terminology.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 or consent of instructor
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ENGL 2322 - Imaginative Writing
Credits: 3
A course designed to provide valuable writing and reading experience for all majors who are interested in expanding their understanding and practice in the area of creative writing and literary analyses. It will enhance their understanding of classroom-learned concepts and practices by providing instructed guidance on the application of their reading, writing, and analyzing skills as they relate to Imaginative Writing (multi-genre creative writing).
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 .
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ENGL 2521 - Introduction to Film
Credits: 3
Introduction to reading and interpreting the language of film through an understanding of filmmaking techniques, cinematic conventions and active viewing practices. The influence of key genres, movements, and figures, both American and international, will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 .
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ENGL 3010 - Literary Theory and Criticism
Credits: 3
A course designed to give English majors guided opportunities to acquire effective methods of writing literary analyses informed by current literary criticism and cultural theories. Required for English majors. ENGL 3010 is a pre- or co-requisite for all upper division courses in literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 , ENGL 2120 , ENGL 2130 , & ENGL 2220 or consent of the instructor.
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ENGL 3011 - Medieval English Literature
Credits: 3
A study of the literature of medieval Britain, from the beginnings to approximately 1500. Addresses texts such as Beowulf, “The Dream of the Rood,” and Arthurian legends as well as authors such as Chaucer and Bede.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2121
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3012 - Renaissance British Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of British Literature of the Renaissance, addressing the prose, poetry, and drama of the long sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Students will engage with writings of authors such as Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare, in light of the historical context from 1485 to 1660.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2121
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3014 - Romantic British Literature
Credits: 3
The genesis of Romantic theory and the beginning of the Romantic revolt in English; significant literary aspects of the movement as shown in the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; in the prose writing of Hazlitt, DeQuincey, Hunt, Lamb, and Scott.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2122
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor.
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ENGL 3015 - Victorian British Literature
Credits: 3
Literature during the reign of Queen Victoria, showing the merging of the Romantic tradition into the era of modern doubt. Includes such writers as Carlyle, Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Ruskin, Meredith, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Pater, Hopkins, and Wilde.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2122
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3016 - Modern British Literature
Credits: 3
Literature from the Edwardian period through the two world wars and decolonization to the present. Includes such writers as Hardy, Shaw, Conrad, Yeats, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Eliot, Graves, Auden, Thomas, Beckett, Osborne, Pinter, and Stoppard.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2122 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3031 - The British Novel
Credits: 3
A study of the rise and development of the novel in English. Includes writers such as Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Bernardine Evaristo, A. S. Byatt, and Michael Frayn.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2120 and ENGL 3010
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ENGL 3121 - The Bible as Literature
Credits: 3
Critical survey of the various forms of literature found in the Hebrew Bible.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3122 - The Bible as Literature II
Credits: 3
An introduction to the literature of the New Testament and to the religious writing contemporary with the Bible known as the Apocrypha. Using the tools of literary and rhetorical analysis, we will explore the meanings the Biblical and Apocryphal texts held for their communities, and the strategies by which the texts construct and convey those meanings.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 or consent of the instructor.
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ENGL 3211 - African-American Drama
Credits: 3
A survey of African-American drama from the early nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary theatre, examining its relationships to the oral tradition and to literary, social, and political influences. Includes such writers as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Alice Childress, Pearl Cleage, Langston Hughes, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ntozake Shange, Anna Deavere Smith, August Wilson, and George C. Wolfe.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2220 or ENGL 2140
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or permission of the instructor
Equivalent
AFRS 3212
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ENGL 3212 - African-American Oral Literature
Credits: 3
Studies African-American folklore, preaching and speaking, and the lyrics of spirituals, blues, and rap in relation to African roots, historical conditions, and literary practice.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2140 or permission of the instructor
Equivalent
AFRS 3212
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ENGL 3216 - African-American Poetry
Credits: 3
A survey of African-American poetry from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary poetry, examining its relationships to the oral tradition and to literary, social, and political influences. Includes such writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, and Rita Dove.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2140 or permission of the instructor
Equivalent
AFRS 3216
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ENGL 3217 - African-American Fiction
Credits: 3
A critical survey focusing on leading themes and techniques in the short stories and novels of such authors as Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, and Gloria Naylor.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2220 or ENGL 2140
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or permission of the instructor
Equivalent
AFRS 3217
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ENGL 3219 - African-American Nonfiction
Credits: 3
A study of African-American nonfiction including slave narratives, political speeches, cultural essays, memoirs, and other life writing. It may cover such authors as W. E. B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Alex Haley, Alice Walker, Barack Obama, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Edgar Wideman, and others.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2220 or ENGL 2140
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or permission of the instructor
Equivalent
AFRS 3219
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ENGL 3310 - American Literature from Contact Period and Colonial Period
Credits: 3
An examination of the development of literature produced in North America from the earliest contact between Native peoples and European explorers to the dawn of the American Revolution.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2131
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3311 - American Literature from Revolution to Civil War
Credits: 3
A study of literary works written in the United States by writers active between 1776 and 1861.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2131
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3312 - Realism and Modernism in American Literature
Credits: 3
Examines significant works in the three major genres of fiction, poetry, and drama from 1860 to 1950 in American literature, especially works exemplary of realism and modernism. Includes writers such as Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Tennessee Williams.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3313 - Postmodern American Literature
Credits: 3
An examination of significant literary works produced in the US since 1950, with an emphasis on writers who push the boundaries of conventional literary practice.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3321 - Introduction to Language Study
Credits: 3
A general survey of linguistics, with emphasis on sociolinguistics, the historical development of the English language, and the structure of contemporary English.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3331 - American Novel
Credits: 3
A survey of the history and major currents of literary expression in America as represented in the American novel. Intended for English Majors and will provide further practice in textual analysis, close reading, and the conventions of literary study and terminology.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3332 - American Short Story
Credits: 3
A genre-based survey examining the development and contexts of the short story as a literary form in American Literature. Includes such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, John Updike, and Tim O’Brien, as well as contemporary authors of short fiction.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 , ENGL 2131 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3335 - American Poetry
Credits: 3
A study of poetry written in America, with an emphasis on significant themes, techniques, and movements.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 , ENGL 2131 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3339 - American Drama
Credits: 3
A study of the variety and development of drama in America, focusing both on theatre as a mode of national expression and on theatre as a reflection of humanity that readily crosses national boundaries. The course will situate modern and contemporary American drama in relationship to American theatre from the eighteenth century to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2132
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3416 - Creative Nonfiction
Credits: 3
Guided practice in the writing of various forms of nonfiction (memoir or autobiography, personal essays, travel writing, cultural criticism) that are distinguished by the use of personal perspectives and literary techniques. Students will study and discuss examples by professional writers and other students, submit frequent writing projects, and hold frequent conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3417 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry
Credits: 3
An introductory course with an emphasis on the craft of poetry writing. Students will explore and deconstruct a variety of poetic forms and conventions and engage in writing exercises that will help create their own poetry manuscript while building skill as writers.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3418 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction
Credits: 3
An introductory course with an emphasis on the craft of fiction writing. Students will examine a variety of fiction texts in order to gain a theoretical understanding of the writing and reading of fiction which will allow them to analyze and critique fiction works.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3419 - Introduction to Technical Writing
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the written, oral, and digital aspects of technical communication. Students will gain proficiency in the techniques of objective reporting on scientific and technical material; the conventions of technical exposition; rhetorical analysis; collaborative writing; the ability of completing tasks in the workplace; language use; and principles of various technical reports, including abstracts, proposals, presentations, and manuals.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3430 - Literary Editing, Publishing, and Marketing
Credits: 3
A course designed to introduce concepts and practices used in producing and marketing literary texts and to provide practical application of the skills needed for successful publishing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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ENGL 3515 - World Drama
Credits: 3
A survey of important dramatic works from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
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ENGL 3531 - World Novel
Credits: 3
A survey of significant novels in World Literature. The course will emphasize discussion of historical, religious, social, and cultural perspectives of the geographic areas and historical periods in which the literature was written.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3535 - World Poetry
Credits: 3
A survey of world poetry in from ancient times through modern. The course will emphasize discussion of historical, religious, social and cultural perspectives of the geographic areas and historical periods in which the literature was written.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3538 - World Nonfiction
Credits: 3
A study of topics, trends, and hallmarks of contemporary international and multicultural nonfiction writing. The course will emphasize discussion of social and cultural perspectives of the geographic areas and historical periods in which the literature was written.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 3620 - Introduction to Digital Storytelling
Credits: 3
This course offers methods and strategies for designing and producing digital media and digital stories. Students will acquire hands-on-experience with a variety of multimedia tools and produce their own published digital works on the Internet and on DVD.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2322
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ENGL 3800 - Peer Writing Tutor Seminar
Credits: 3
This course is designed to examine the theoretical and practical components of writing center work. This course will also introduce students to all facets of writing center consultation and administration.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 with a B or better or ENGL 2104 with a B or better
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ENGL 3900 - Internship for English Majors
Credits: 3
This course is designed to give students practical experience working, researching, and/or studying in a public or private agency related to the field of English. Students will be supervised by the sponsoring agency as well as faculty advisor; all parties will work together to designate individual goals and responsibilities for each student. Intern positions may be obtained in any one of a broad range of relevant organizations, including but not limited to various media outlets, publishing and/or editing firms, non-profits, libraries, governmental agencies, educational and educational support facilities, and legal firms. Students must complete at least 100 hours of onsite work as well as additional writing and research assignments.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
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ENGL 4011 - Shakespeare
Credits: 3
An examination of dramatic and poetic works of William Shakespeare. Students will analyze a number of plays and poems as well as a selection of secondary and critical material.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2121
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4040 - Black British Literature
Credits: 3
A study of the literature produced by Black British writers, chiefly in the years following the major immigration of African Caribbeans to Britain after World War Two, this course will focus consideration on multicultural Britain, the diasporic experience, and modern British politics of race and culture.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4041 - The British Novel
Credits: 3
An evaluative study of works of great English novelists. Rise and development of the English novel, together with an analytical appraisal of four elements - setting, character, plot and philosophy. Readings and discussion of various types, with emphasis upon the variety of methods by which the novel interprets life.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2122
Prerequisite/Corequisite(s): ENGL 3010 , or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4100 - Major Author
Credits: 3
An advanced course that provides an intensive scholarly study of the texts of a single major author (Faulkner, Swift, O’Connor, Chaucer, Morrison, Poe, Dickens, among others) within their literary and cultural contexts. Students will produce a sophisticated piece of researched literary analysis that takes into account the body of criticism on that writer.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4105 - Advanced Playwriting
Credits: 3
An examination of techniques and strategies involved in writing works of drama and the application of those strategies by writing and revising original plays.
Prerequisite(s): 3000-level writing course or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4121 - American Women’s Writing
Credits: 3
A study of writing by American women, from the colonial period to the present, with particular attention to issues of identity and literary authority. The course will consider writers such as Bradstreet, Wheatley, Rowlandson, Fuller, Jacobs, Dickinson, Chopin, Gilman, Wharton, Hurston, Moore, Stein, H. D. , Morrison, Walker, and Angelou.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4200 - African Literature
Credits: 3
A selective survey of the literature of continental Africa, from ancient oral epics, tales, and poems to the postcolonial prose fiction, drama, and poetry of the postcolonial decades. Readings will include works by authors such as Leopold Senghor, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Ayi Kwei Armah, Mariama Ba, Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2220 or ENGL 2140 or consent of the instructor
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ENGL 4220 - African-Caribbean Literature
Credits: 3
A selective survey of literature of the Caribbean, produced by writers of African descent, including folktales, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama. It will consider Francophone, Hispanic, and Anglophone Caribbean authors such as Derek Walcott, Paule Marshall, Maryse Condé, Nancy Morejón, Nicolás Guillen, Jacques Roumain, Edwidge Danticat, and Michelle Cliff. This course satisfies the Africana content area course requirement for English majors.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or consent of the instructor.
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ENGL 4344 - Southern Literature
Credits: 3
A study of literature produced in or about the United States South that examines how literature presents and influences identities, narratives, and cultures of the region, with special emphasis on the twentieth century.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3010 or permission of the instructor
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ENGL 4400-4410 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
An in-depth exploration of a literary topic. The topic changes each time the course is offered. Examples of topics include The Gullah Culture, Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature, Islamic Literature (in translation), Latin American Fiction (in translation), and Japanese Literature (in translation).
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105
Repeatability Can be repeated for credit with different topics.
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ENGL 4401 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
This course is an in-depth exploration of a literary topic. The topic changes each time the course is offered. Examples of topics include The Gullah Culture, Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature, Islamic Literature (in translation), Latin American Fiction (in translation), and Japanese Literature (in translation). Can be repeated for credit with different topics.
Repeatability Yes
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ENGL 4415 - Advanced Technical Writing
Credits: 3
This course will draw on skills learned in Introduction to Technical Writing. Students will work intricately on professional projects that will advance technical writing, audience, reporting, research, visual and design skills to prepare them for industry-level technical writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3419 or permission of the instructor with writing sample
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ENGL 4416 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Seminar
Credits: 3
This course is designed to continue work in the craft and creation of creative non-fiction writing. In this seminar students will closely examine their writing and that of their peers, as well as a variety of creative and academic creative non-fiction texts in order to further a theoretical understanding of the writing and reading of creative nonfiction. Students will write intensely to produce works for peer critique in a workshop setting.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3416 or permission of the instructor with writing sample
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ENGL 4417 - Poetry Writing Seminar
Credits: 3
This course continues work in the craft and creation of poetry writing. In this seminar students will closely examine their writing and that of their peers, as well as a variety of creative and academic poetry texts in order to further a theoretical understanding of the writing and reading of poetry. Students will write intensely to produce works for peer critique in a workshop setting.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3417 or permission of instructor with writing sample
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ENGL 4418 - Fiction Writing Seminar
Credits: 3
This course continues work in the craft and creation of fiction writing. In this smaller workshop format, students will closely examine their writing and that of their peers, as well as a variety of fiction texts in order to further a theoretical understanding of the writing and reading of fiction. Students will write intensely to produce works for peer critique in a workshop setting.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3418 or permission of instructor with writing sample
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ENGL 4551 - Postcolonial Studies
Credits: 3
An exploration of such concerns as race, gender, nationality, and postcolonial subjectivity. Texts studied will include such writers as Jean Rhys, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Grace Nichols, and Okot p’Bitek, along with such theorists and critics as Homi Bhabha and Frantz Fanon.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2112 or permission of the instructor
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ENGL 4621 - Popular Culture Studies
Credits: 3
An examination of American pop culture, with an emphasis on developments since World War II. A study of current trends in pop culture and cultural theory.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2105 and ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2132 or permission of the instructor
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ENGL 4700 - Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
A capstone course in which students will be guided to synthesize previous coursework through intensive study of literary movements, genres, and authors. Methods include small group discussion, formal and informal oral presentations, and conferences with the professor. Each student will prepare a major paper demonstrating skill in research, writing, and critical thinking.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2104 and ENGL 2105 ; senior standing or permission of instructor.
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ENGR 1101 - Introduction to Engineering
Credits: 1
The course consists of material and learning activities that would build and sustain the interest of the student in engineering and that would produce behavioral modification in the student to adequately prepare him/her for a successful academic career in engineering.
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ENGR 2001 - Principles & Applications of Engineering Materials
Credits: 3
The structure-property-processing-performance relationships of engineering materials are described. Materials selection is treated as a part of engineering design.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L
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ENGR 2016 - Computing
Credits: 3
This course encompasses numerical analysis/methods techniques for solving engineering problems using software development. Topics include sources of error in computing, the use of modular software design, basic numerical methods, and optimization.
Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1371 and MATH 3101
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ENGR 2025 - Introduction to Signal Processing
Credits: 4
Introduction to signal processing for discrete-time and continuous-time signals. Filtering. Frequency Response. Fourier Transform. Z Transform. Laboratory emphasizes computer-based signal processing.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2111 or MATH 2111 , and CSCI 1371
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ENGR 2030 - Introduction to Computer Engineering
Credits: 3
Computer system and digital design principles. Architectural concepts, software, Boolean algebra, number systems, combinational datapath elements, sequential logic, and storage elements. Design of DRAM control and I/O bus.
Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1371
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