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2016-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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EC 3000 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
(3)
Intermediate Macroeconomics is a social science that focuses on the fundamental determinants of output, employment, prices and interest rates. As an extension of the foundation built in Principles of Macroeconomics, critical economic factors and issues such as technology, the labor force, the capital stock and government policies are investigated. Students gain an understanding of the competing economic analyses explaining macroeconomic problems and the variety of possible alternatives for fiscal, monetary, investment, and labor force policies.
Prerequisite: EC 1000 or EC 1050 , EC 1100 or EC 1150 , introductory statistics.
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EC 3100 - Intermediate Microeconomics
(3)
An advanced study of microeconomics that includes the study of consumer behavior, production theory and general equilibrium. Topics include indifference analysis, costs, isoquants, and welfare economics.
Prerequisite: EC 1000 or EC 1050 , EC 1100 or EC 1150 , introductory statistics.
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EC 3225 - Health Care Issues: Economics and Policy
(3)
This class helps students develop an understanding of the public policy formulation and implementation process, as well as an awareness of the critical economic issues in American health care markets. It also provides an exposure to options for health care policy reform. Students are introduced to health service economic issues of access, technology, labor, equity and efficiency from both domestic and international perspectives. A prior course in economics is helpful.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1000 or EC 1100 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 3225.
(SRII or SRI)
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EC 3300 - Money and Banking
(FN 4300 )
(3)
Overviews the financial and derivatives markets and the institutional environment in which these markets operate. Instruments traded in these markets (equities, bonds, currencies, options, futures, swaps, etc.) and the principles underlying price determination of these instruments is covered. The course also covers ALM (Asset Liability Management) for financial institutions.
Prerequisite: EC 1000 or EC 1050 , EC 1100 or EC 1150 , introductory statistics.
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EC 3400 - The Developing World: Economics, Politics and Culture
(3)
The Developing World has often been viewed through the lens of theory that evolved in the context of what is known as the Developed World. This seminar course assembles profiles of developing countries and regions from a wide variety of sources to give students a foundation to understand theories focused on the Developing World. Such a foundation includes examinations of the interacting forces of economics, culture, politics, and the natural world.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1000 or EC 1100 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 3400.
(SRII or SRI, GPR)
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EC 3750 - Law and Economics
(3)
The purposes of government intervention in markets are the focus of the course. The market failures that government is designed to correct are weighed against government failures. Industry studies are used to illustrate public choices about regulation, deregulation, antitrust, and other legal interventions in markets. Students learn the role of property in our legal system and economic analysis. The structure of the U.S. and foreign legal systems are examined from an economic perspective. Students learn to read, interpret, and apply Supreme Court cases to economic analysis of markets. A prior course in economics is helpful.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1000 or EC 1000 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 3750.
(SRII or SRI)
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EC 3800 - Competitive Analysis: An International Perspective
(MG 3800 )
(3)
A comprehensive course applies modern business and economic principles to study a firm’s international strategic position. The class integrates insights from the theory of the firm, industrial organization, game theory, and complexity analysis which are used in may fields besides Economics. The broad sweep of modern economics and strategy research is organized and presented on a wide variety of issues, such as defining boundaries, “make or buy fallacies,” competitor identification, rivalry, commitment, cooperation, and strategic positioning.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above, MG 3350 or equivalent, and EC 1100 .
Recommended: MK 3000 .
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EC 4001 - Forecasting and Data Analysis for Decision Making
(BUS 6201)
(3)
This course will provide students with the practical business and market research tools required for today’s data-driven decision needs. Understanding your products, customers, competitors, employees and processes is essential to achieve competitive advantage. These business intelligence tools include market research, data mining, forecasting, financial modeling and industry research. This course will focus on the processes and analysis of data using software, not the mathematics.
Prerequisite: EC 1000 or EC 1050 , EC 1100 or EC 1150 , introductory statistics and skills in using windows-based software.
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EC 4200 - International Economics
(3)
This course introduces the student to international trade, with emphasis on the balance of payments, foreign exchange rates and adjustments, the history of trade laws, and current directions in free trade and protectionism.
Prerequisite: EC 1000 or EC 1050 , EC 1100 or EC 1150 , BIA 2200 or introductory statistics.
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EC 4300 - Political Economy: Economics Systems of the World
(3)
Capturing the essence and dynamism of economic systems is the focus of this course. In this discussion-based course, students will engage in critical reflection of the criteria for comparing economic systems, apply criteria to a self-determined research of particular economy, and examine the different types of economic systems. Particular topics include the role of culture in understanding systems, transitioning systems in Eastern Europe, the emerging role of Islam and issues particular to developing countries.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1000 or EC 1100 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 4300.
(SRII, GPR)
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EC 4400 - Industrial Organization
(3)
The study of industrial organization provides a well-organized, widely accepted set of principles about the ways markets fail depending upon how they are structured, how governments do or do not intervene to correct market failures, and the kinds of failures governments experience in trying to correct market failures. The course analyzes the structural characteristics, conduct patterns and social performance of industries with special attention given to major U.S Industries. The point of this analysis is to develop skill in analyzing whether or not government intervention is effective and desirable.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1100 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 4400.
(SRI or SRII)
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EC 4500 - Applied Quantitative Methods
(3)
This course introduces applied concepts in mathematical analysis, statistics, and spreadsheet application. The focus is on providing a background in the quantitative methodology used in areas such as economics, finance, operations management, marketing, and management. Major topics include linear and non-linear functions, linear programming and statistical concepts. Waived in lieu of six hours of undergraduate statistics and quantitative analysis. This course cannot be taken by BSBA majors to apply toward the BSBA degree requirements or by BA in Economics majors to apply toward the BA in Economics.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or post-baccalaureate pre-MBA student.
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EC 4550 - Principles of Economics
(3)
This course examines major topics including role of the price system, the factors which impact prices in resources and product markets, determinants of price level and national income, and the effects of governmental stabilization policies. Waived in lieu of six hours of macro and microeconomics. The course cannot be taken by BSBA majors to apply toward the BSBA degree requirements or by BA in Economics majors to apply toward the BA in Economics.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or post-baccalaureate pre-MBA student.
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EC 4940 - Global Economic Issues
(3)
A seminar course which examines different economic paradigms to analyze current and controversial economic, environmental, political and social issues from a global perspective. Juxtaposition of the interpretations strengthens students’ understanding of competing theories. Research and critical analysis of a chosen issue is presented by students as part of the course.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: (with permission of the department): EC 1000 or EC 1100 ; withdrawal from concurrent course will result in automatic drop of EC 4940.
(GPR)
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Education |
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ED 1320 - Multicultural Clinical Experience
(3)
This course aims to develop students’ ability to better understand the schooling process and the role it plays in diverse cultural settings, social reproduction, and change. Field experiences in school settings will require students to analyze and place these experiences into a broader context beyond their own school experiences. Students are encouraged to take the Missouri General Education Exam (MoGEA) during or after this course and to apply to the Department of Education. This course requires non-credit hour field placement experience.
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ED 2500 - Curriculum and Instruction in Health and Physical Education
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This course examines the goals and methods of elementary health and physical education. Students will look at the role of health education in today’s society and the need for a coordinated health education program in schools. Students will also construct, teach and evaluate a short unit in health education.
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ED 3080 - Integrating the Curriculum through the Arts
(3)
Students consider the curriculum needs of children in preschool to grade 6 as they develop interdisciplinary lessons that involve a variety of art mediums, music, movement and drama. This course is designed to make the multicultural experience easily accessible to teachers. Dances and music are drawn from the folk traditions of African-Americans, Anglo-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Asian-Americans as well as Native Americans. This course celebrates the diversity of our nation through the arts.
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ED 3100 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
(3)
Students will explore and practice the methods for teaching all children, with some special attention given to English Language Learners (ELLs) in elementary school mathematics. Students will problem solve and critically think about the mathematics and mathematics teaching as they re-experience and begin to teach the mathematics of elementary school. In order to develop the ability to evaluate and create mathematics curriculum and instructional plans, students develop lesson plans, a unit plan, collect student data, and begin the practice of data-driven decision making in the classroom. An emphasis is placed on the use of manipulatives, activity-based learning experiences, and differentiated learning in the elementary school classrooms. This course requires non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 3200 - Teaching Elementary School Science
(3)
This course examines the goals, principles, and procedures of science education in elementary schools. Science is examined as both a process and product. Students examine the roles of developing students’ science process skills and understanding of the nature of science as these issues relate to teaching science for concept attainment. The role of science-technology-society connections in science education is emphasized for purposeful curriculum and instructional planning. Issues of successful teaching and learning for a broad range of science learners are addressed through data driven decision making from experiments and student data. This class requires service learning hours.
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ED 3300 - Teaching Elementary School Social Studies
(3)
This course will explore and analyze a variety of issues and approaches to the teaching of elementary school social studies. Students learn about social studies curriculum including the development of a unit of study, lesson plans, authentic student data-driven informal and formal assessments, differentiated learning activities, the integration of technology, and working with culturally diverse learners, including English Language Learners. In addition to learning the methods of teaching social studies, students are engaged in critical thinking and problem solving methods. Students participate in on-campus teaching demonstrations and varied sample instructional activities. This course includes a non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 3450 - Literature in the Classroom
(3)
This course provides a survey of children and young adult literature and aims at expanding levels of literacy for teachers and their prospective students. Students consider various genres of literature as well as award winning books for children. While reading widely in this rich contemporary and classical body of work, particular attention is given to criteria for selection and evaluation of literature for the classroom. Books with alternative views of childhood, families and diversity are examined.
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ED 3620 - Foundations of Classroom Management
(3)
This course is designed to help pre-service teachers organize an enriched learning environment and develop strategies for managing and motivating students to help them become better and more responsible learners. This course is an introduction to the theory and application of management techniques that provide the basis for an effective, efficient, and positive classroom climate. Techniques that result in effective use of time, efficient use of materials and improved student behavior are identified and practiced. Emphasis is placed on the importance of classroom dynamics in creating a proactive approach to classroom management. Non-credit hour field experience is required.
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ED 4005 - Evaluation of Abilities and Achievement
(ED 6005)
(3)
The focus of this course is to investigate evaluation and assessment techniques used in special education for identification, placement, IEP/ITP/IFSP development and prescriptive planning for children and youth with mild/moderate cross-categorical (MM/CC) disabilities. Candidates will learn to interpret assessment guidelines as set forth in the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), understand scoring and interpretation of aptitude and achievement measures used to identify children and youth with MM/CC disabilities and reflect on the ethical dilemmas frequently posed as part of the special education assessment process. Candidates will (a) evaluate and display basic descriptive statistics and measurement concepts used in norm-referenced and criterion-based measurement, (b) administer, score, and interpret informal assessment instruments and teacher-made probes, (c) discuss comprehensive assessment reports, and (d) develop individualized instruction plans in a multidisciplinary team session. Assessment measures will include academic, behavioral, and social skills instruments, as well as the construction of a functional behavioral assessment (FBA). Candidates will examine the role of Response-To-Intervention (RtI) in the pre-referral process.
Prerequisite: (ED 4450 )
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ED 4010 - Foundations of Education
(ED 6010)
(3)
This is a fundamental course that assists students in concentrating on the development of a philosophical, historical, and social model to assist in understanding the complexities, strengths, and problems of present day education. This course challenges students to think critically as they acquire and apply foundational knowledge in education. Foundational areas addressed, include historical, philosophical, sociological, cultural, political, economic, ethical, and legal foundations as well as introductions to the areas of theory, curriculum, and teaching as a career. The main theme for this course is teaching for social justice, where students practice critical literacy, evaluating the evolution of education, analyzing the role of cultural diversity in schools and its effect on instruction, exploring educational philosophies and its influence on instruction, determining the relationship between standards, assessments, and accountability, and debating current issues in education.
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ED 4020 - Fundamentals of Literacy Learning
(ED 6020)
(3)
This course explores literacy instruction designed to improve reading and writing for all students across all content areas. Instruction focuses around problem-solving strategies that allow students to gain meaning from critical interpretation of text in varying contexts, whether print or digital. These differentiated strategies address all types of students that will populate a diverse, modern classroom: English language learners, special education students, and students performing above or below grade level. A broadened definition of literacy is investigated, one that entails not only reading and writing, but coherence, analysis, inference, and synthesis. This approach is presented within the context of scaffolding for students so that all may be able to critically analyze a variety of texts.
Concurrent: ED 4021 for Elementary Education majors only.
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ED 4021 - Literacy Practicum
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Students focus on assessing and teaching various reading/writing instructional strategies through a supervised classroom experience. Classroom opportunities for developing and implementing appropriate literacy activities with individual, small, and large groups are incorporated. Preservice teachers receive on-going guidance in the components of their reading curriculum, e.g., independent reading, guided reading, book talks, word study, and reading aloud.
Concurrent: with ED 4020 for Elementary Education majors only.
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ED 4030 - Technology and Education: Applications and Implications
(ED 6030)
(3)
This course is designed to introduce students to the practical applications of technology in education. The course goals and objectives are reflected in Standard 8 of the Missouri Standards for Teacher Education Programs. This course introduces students to the practical applications of technology in education. Students will develop proficiency with a wide range of software applications and examine and evaluate educational software programs. Students will also examine emerging information technologies that show promise in the field of education and explore how these technologies might be of assistance in meeting the needs of diverse learners through differentiated learning. Students will learn how to identify and select appropriate technology for purposeful curriculum and instructional planning. Students will examine the requirements for the pre-service electronic teacher education portfolio and use software programs to create the framework for their portfolio. This course requires service learning hours.
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ED 4055 - Social and Affective Interventions
(ED 6055)
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This course will apply research-validated practices from eclectic theoretical perspectives to classroom and individual behavior management. Candidates will learn and practice strategies for social and affective intervention from the fields of psycho-educational, behavioral, cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and attribution restructuring therapies. Candidates will design positive behavior support plans, write a behavior intervention program (BIP), and examine the role of tiered intervention in the pre-referral process for students with mild/moderate cross-categorical (MM/CC) disabilities. Social skill development techniques will be reviewed with emphasis placed on students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional/behavioral disorder (EBD), and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Candidates will explore the legalities and prevention of manifestation determination hearings.
Prerequisite: (ED 4450 )
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ED 4060 - Counseling Techniques and Family Advocacy in Special Education
(ED 6060)
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This course is designed to develop personal dispositions and skills necessary to effectively collaborate and conference with parents, caregivers, professionals, and families of children and youth with mild/moderate cross-categorical (MM/CC) disabilities. Emphasis will be placed on applying these skills across multicultural settings. Principles and procedures for fostering collaborative partnerships that lead to outcomes of mutual empowerment will be examined. Self-awareness and human relations skills will be developed. Candidates will engage in reflection on their own personal schemata and belief systems with respect to actively involving parents/caregivers in their children’s education. Technology and resources related to self-determination, parent and family support networks, and community services will be explored.
Prerequisite: ED 4450 .
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ED 4070 - Characteristics and Language Development of Students with Exceptionalities
(ED 6070)
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This course is designed to introduce candidates to the characteristics of students with receptive and expressive language deficits. Candidates will explore general language acquisition, pragmatic and social uses of language development. Candidates will develop appropriate activities, sequence-based learning, and assistive/augmentative communication technology. Non-credit hour field experiences will be required.
Prerequisite: (ED 4450 )
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ED 4080 - Educational Methods in Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical Disabilities
(ED 6080)
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In this course, candidates will apply research validated academic practices to the education of children and youth with mild/moderate cross-categorical (MM/CC) disabilities. Candidates will write individualized student programs including an Individual Education Plan (IEP), an Individual Transition Plan (ITP) and an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP). Salient features of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) will be examined with respect to court cases, amendments and reauthorization. Candidates will learn techniques to integrate IEP and ITP goals into multicultural-sensitive academic, behavioral, social, and transition objectives in the school curriculum. Candidates will create lesson plans and implement lessons, using diagnostic teaching techniques. Instruction focusing on transition skills and post K-12 educational and career opportunities will be included. Issues related to grading and academic advancement will be discussed.
Prerequisite: (ED 4450 )
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ED 4090 - Specialized Instructional Strategies Across the Curriculum for Special Educators
(ED 6090)
(3)
This course utilizes personalized techniques and instructional strategies for remediation of academic learning needs to include students with mild-moderate cross-categorical (MMCC) disabilities in the general education classroom. Candidates will address the role of basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics as related to content area instruction across the curriculum. Special attention will be given to middle school and secondary curricular content and methodology. Candidates will identify student needs and plan individualized and small group instruction utilizing research-based best practices for reading, writing, and math strategies. Differentiated lesson design will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: (ED 4450 )
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ED 4160 - Teaching Middle and Secondary School Mathematics
(ED 6160)
(3)
Students will explore and practice the methods for teaching all children, with some special attention given to English language learners (ELLs), middle and secondary school mathematics. Students will problem solve and critically think about mathematics and mathematics teaching as they re-experience and begin to teach the mathematics of middle and secondary school. In order to develop the ability to evaluate and create mathematics curriculum and instructional plans, students develop lesson plans, a unit plan, collect student data, and begin the practice of data-driven decision making in the classroom. An emphasis is placed on the use of technology, activity-based learning experiences, and differentiated learning in the middle and secondary school classrooms. This course requires non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 4260 - Teaching Middle and Secondary School Science
(ED 6260)
(3)
This course examines the goals, principles and procedures of science education in middle and secondary schools. Science is examined as both a process and product. Students examine the roles of developing students’ science process skills and understanding of the nature of science as these issues relate to teaching science for concept attainment. The role of science-technology-society connections in science education is emphasized. Issues of successful teaching and learning for a broad range of science learners are addressed. This course will prepare the pre-service and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This class requires a non-credit field placement experience. The graduate-level course requires independent accelerated additional coursework appropriate for the graduate level.
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ED 4300 - Child and Adolescent Development in Education
(3)
The physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children and adolescents will be examined in this course. Motivational and learning theories and theorists will be explored applying theory and research to today’s diverse classroom settings. Students will asked to consider the implications of their decisions regarding appropriate selection of curriculum, teaching strategies, and assessment as they apply to the varied needs of children and adolescents.
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ED 4360 - Teaching Middle and Secondary School Social Studies
(ED 6360)
(3)
Students explore and analyze a variety of issues and approaches to the teaching of middle and secondary school social studies. The development of curriculum is emphasized, as well as the development of quality assessments and learning activities. Students participate in on-campus teaching demonstrations and varied sample instructional activities. Students prepare a unit of instruction and demonstrate their understanding of the major concepts and tools of the social studies disciplines. This course, additionally, will prepare the pre-service and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This course includes a non-credit field placement experience. The graduate-level course requires independent accelerated additional coursework appropriate for the graduate level.
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ED 4400 - Assessing Literacy Development and Teaching Elementary Grade Readers
(3)
Students learn to assess literacy development of elementary grade students using a variety of authentic assessment techniques including informal reading inventories, retelling, miscue analysis and spelling. After collecting and reviewing data, students will develop lesson plans including reading strategies, word work and writing to help diverse, including ELL, students develop fluency, comprehension, word analysis (including phonics), and writing skills in appropriate contexts.
Prerequisite: ED 4020 and ED 4021 .
Corequisite: ED 4411 .
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ED 4411 - Practicum in Assessing Literacy Development and Teaching Elementary Readers
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Students engage in continuous assessment including informal reading inventories, retelling, miscue analysis and spelling to develop lessons to meet the diagnostic need of individual children in diverse elementary classrooms, including ELL students. Instructional strategies learned in ED 4020 and ED 4400 will be used to develop fluency, comprehension, word analysis and writing. These strategies are taught in the context of reading and practiced during site field experiences.
Prerequisite: ED 4020 and ED 4021 .
Corequisite: ED 4400 .
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ED 4450 - Foundations of Special Education
(ED 6450)
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This course provides an overview of the theoretical and practical issues of educating students with special needs from the early childhood years through adolescence. The needs of students qualifying for services under the 13 federally-funded disability areas, as well as English Language Learners and the gifted and talented, are addressed with an emphasis on inclusion in the general education classroom. Topics include pedagogical theory and best practices such as differentiated instruction and Response to Intervention (RtI), cultural diversity, legal and ethical considerations related to each area of disability, academic and behavior intervention strategies for elementary and secondary students, consultation and collaboration with special education personnel, assistive technology use, and transition services. This course requires non-credit field experience.
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ED 4460 - Teaching Middle and Secondary School English
(ED 6460)
(3)
Students will explore and analyze a variety of issues and approaches to the teaching of middle and secondary school English. The development of curriculum will be the foundation of the course, from lesson planning through full unit design. Pre-service and in-service teachers will learn how to use formative, summative and standardized student data to drive curricular decisions in the classroom. Differentiated instructional methods will be modeled and practiced; methods emphasized will reflect best practice and current educational technology. This course will prepare the pre-service and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This course also requires a non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 4500 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment in Secondary Education
(ED 6500)
(3)
Students will focus on the application of theory to practice as it pertains to curriculum development, instructional strategies, and assessment practices in secondary classrooms. To demonstrate knowledge and understanding, students develop a unit that includes coherence amongst standards, assessments, and instructional practices. Specific topics of inquiry will include the practice of instructional planning and implementation with technology, collecting student data, and data-driven decision making in order to evaluate and modify curriculum in response to students’ needs. This course includes a non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 4560 - Teaching Foreign Language
(ED 6560)
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Students examine the recent findings of linguists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, cognitive psychologists and educational theorists in curriculum and motivation relative to second language learning. Students appraise methods of foreign language teaching at K-12 levels as they relate to proficiency in listening, reading, writing and speaking, and critically analyze existing methods to give rationale for selection of a preferred method. Additionally, the student works with a practicing professional at a school site. This course, additionally, will prepare the pre-service and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This course requires a non-credit field placement experience.
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ED 4600 - Teaching Elementary Language Arts
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Students receive both a theoretical and practical background in language learning and its connections to literacy acquisition in a language arts program. Particular emphasis is placed on integrating language arts into the total elementary school curriculum by examining the process of developing effective communication skills and integrating content areas. Students learn about language arts curriculum including the development of a unit of study that addresses the development of children’s language and thinking skills, written communication and grammar, listening and speaking skills, spelling and handwriting. Lesson plans, authentic student data-driven informal and formal assessments, differentiated learning activities, the integration of technology, and working with culturally diverse learners, including English language learners will also be a focus. This course requires non-credit field placement experience that provides for implementation and assessment of the student’s unit.
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ED 4660 - Teaching Middle and Secondary School Business Education
(ED 6660)
(3)
Students explore and analyze a variety of approaches to the teaching of business education courses at the middle and high school level. A major focus is upon the development of curriculum, teaching materials, and learning activities appropriate to the business education curriculum. The integration of business education into the total school curriculum is also emphasized and experience is provided through on-campus demonstrations and visits to local school classrooms. Students develop an original plan of study for one of the business education areas during the course of the semester and they develop the ability to create and evaluate curriculum. This course will prepare the pre-service and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This course requires non-credit field experiences.
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ED 4800 - Student Teaching in the Elementary School
(10)
Students serve as interns in local elementary schools and work closely with cooperating teachers and university mentors for fifteen weeks to experience first-hand the responsibility for planning and implementing instruction. Students initially observe, and then gradually assume responsibility for all classroom activities. The course is part of the Professional Semester.
Fee.
Corequisite: ED 4900 .
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ED 4850 - Student Teaching in the Secondary School
(10)
Students serve as interns in local secondary schools and work closely with cooperating teachers and university mentors for fifteen weeks to experience first-hand the responsibility for planning and implementing instruction in their major content field. Students initially observe, and then gradually assume responsibility for all classroom activities. The course is part of the Professional Semester.
Fee.
Corequisite: ED 4900 .
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ED 4900 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Seminar
(3)
This course is taken in conjunction with the student teaching experience. Pedagogy and best practices related to effective instructional, management, and curriculum design strategies are explored in a seminar setting. Topics addressed include learner engagement and motivation, cultural and academic diversity, differentiated learning, authentic assessment, collaboration with colleagues, and legal and ethical issues related to teaching.
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ED 4910 - The Professional Semester Portfolio
(1)
During the final semester of the undergraduate education program, an electronic portfolio, consisting of reflections on the nine Missouri Beginning Teacher Standards, and on Standard 10 addressing the Department of Education Conceptual Framework, is submitted and evaluated by the student’s assigned portfolio mentor. Teacher candidates will also complete the Missouri Professional Competency Profile toward the end of their professional semester examining personal development and future opportunity for growth as an educator. This document, along with the Rockhurst University Jesuit Core Values, and the Department of Education’s Conceptual Framework, will serve as the basis for an oral capstone presentation which is evaluated by the student’s portfolio mentor at the culmination of their professional semester.
Corequisite: ED 4900 .
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EN 1100 - Reading and Study Skills
(1-3)
Students will develop the academic skills that strengthen their learning and strengthen their chances for success in college by improving time management, active reading and listening, note-taking, outlining, and critical thinking. Students will also be introduced to information literacy and begin to work with research materials. Finally, they will work to improve their self-confidence, motivation, and test-taking skills.
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EN 1101 - Advanced Reading and Study Skills
(1-3)
Students will refine the academic skills that support their learning and ensure their chances for success in college by reinforcing time management, active reading and listening, note taking, outlining, and critical thinking. Students will expand their information literacy by evaluating sources, organizing information, and presenting research in oral or written form. Finally, they will solidify their self-confidence, motivation, and test-taking skills.
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EN 1110 - College Composition I
(3)
Fall semester
A course designed to assist students in achieving proficiency in college-level written composition. Includes study of and regular practice in the process of composing and editing as well as relating reading and writing.
(Completing both EN 1110 and 1120 satisfies WCP.)
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EN 1120 - College Composition II
(3)
Spring semester
A course designed to assist students in achieving fuller proficiency in college-level written composition. Includes study of and regular practice in the process of composing and editing as well as relating reading and writing. A greater emphasis is placed upon analytical and interpretive writing; the documented thesis paper that employs research skills is also included.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 .
(Completing both EN 1110 and 1120 satisfies WCP.)
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EN 1140 - English Composition
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
A one-semester course designed to study contemporary rhetorical strategies of composition through close analysis of sample essays which demonstrate skillful use of these principles, by regular written compositions employing designated rhetorical strategies, and by recalling the basic structures of the English language to develop a style appropriate to the audience.
Prerequisite: dean’s approval.
(WCP)
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EN 1150 - Honors Composition
(3)
Intensive study of written communication in three phases: information gathering, message preparation and process and style of delivery.
Prerequisite: honors status or instructor approval.
(WCP)
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EN 1180 - The Research Paper
(1)
This course deals with the basic areas of producing a college-level research paper: generating ideas, developing an adequate thesis, finding proper sources, evaluating sources and taking notes, avoiding plagiarism, integrating source material into a longer work, editing and proofreading, and using appropriate documentation style. A research paper based on these elements will be written in the course.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 or equivalent.
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EN 2740 - World Literature Through the 16th Century
(3)
This course explores representative works of world literature from antiquity to the early modern period, within a framework that compares cultures and historical periods and invites consideration of both what is shared among cultures and what is unique about the culture from which each text emerged. With emphasis on critical thinking, reading, and writing, the course examines several major genres of literature and studies themes, forms, and styles in the literary texts.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 and EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTI)
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EN 2760 - World Literature Since the 16th Century
(3)
This course explores representative works of world literature from the early modern period to the present, within a framework that compares cultures and historical periods and invites consideration of both what is shared among cultures and what is unique about the culture from which each text emerged. With emphasis on critical thinking, reading, and writing, the course examines several major genres of literature and studies themes, forms, and styles in the literary texts.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 and EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTI)
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EN 2800-2890 - Introduction to Literature
(3)
Lecture and discussion courses designed to deepen and extend the student’s sensitivity to and understanding of literature. Courses weave together the study of genre, thematic elements (including ethnic culture) and historical background. Choices are offered by semester. Students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 2900-2989 - Studies in World Literature
(3)
These courses provide a concentrated study of particular themes, genres, or periods of world literature, with emphasis on critical thinking, reading, and writing. The “Studies” courses explore a broad range of representative works of world literature within a framework that compares cultures and historical periods and invites consideration of both what is shared among cultures and what is unique about the culture from which each text emerged.
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EN 2960 - Journeys, Voyages, and Quests
(3)
From Homer’s Odyssey, through Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Voltaire’s Candide, and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, to Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, journeys, voyages, and quests have thematically structured literary works, enabling readers to venture abroad, experience new worlds, and to reflect on what they and the characters in particular works have learned along the way as well as at their ports of call.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTI)
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EN 3000 - Major Figures of British Literature
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This course examines a selection of major authors in the history of English literature with attention given to the developing traditions of English literature and to the use of various literary forms as they appear in the tradition. A selection is made from authors like the Beowulf Poet, Chaucer, the Pearl Poet, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge, Keats, Dickens, Browning, Hopkins, and Eliot.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3110 - Introduction to Creative Writing
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Students will study the three main genres of contemporary creative writing: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Their work will be discussed by the class in a workshop setting. Writing projects will help students practice specific skills such as pacing, dialogue, and meter.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3140 - Introduction to Playwriting
(3)
A course designed to introduce the student to the principles of playwriting including the scenario, plot structure, character, thought, diction, and spectacle. Some attention is given to the requirements of play production in script-writing. Regular creative exercises, workshop readings in the class, and the writing of original drama are required.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3150 - Advanced Composition
(3)
Designed to assist students in mastery of writing techniques and to acquaint students with rhetorical principles and backgrounds useful in developing various types of written communication. Attention is given to rhetorical theories and their practical application through regular writing assignments.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3160 - Writing for the Marketplace
(3)
The course covers four kinds of business documents: letters/memos, marketing/sales brochures, reports, and proposals. It includes editing strategies and techniques incrementally throughout the course. Design, graphics, layout, and analytical commentary are reviewed for structuring readable documents.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3170 - Practical Stylistics
(3)
Designed to acquaint the student with the practical uses of stylistics by reviewing the place of vocabulary, syntax, register, and rhetorical context in written discourse as applied to specific goals of writing. Regular writing assignments are used to apply stylistic principles and readings are analyzed as models.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3180 - Business Writing
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Theory and practice in writing business letters, memos and reports. Includes study of basic communication theory as it applies to writing in these forms.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3190 - Technowriting: the Technologies of Written Communication from the Alphabet to the World Wide Web
(3)
This course focuses on four overlapping kinds of written applications based on network technology: e-mail, information sharing, document management, and office automation. With an ongoing emphasis on technologically based writing that incorporates the best of information available on the Internet, the World Wide Web, and developing multimedia technologies, the course’s purpose is to familiarize the student with the literacy requirements of the 21st century in a technological setting.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3200 - Exploring the Self in Reading and Writing
(3)
Students will read literature that reveals the Self, focusing especially on genres marked by self exploration such as autobiography, memoir, and personal essay. Students will respond to their reading by writing in these same genres, striving to improve as writers and to develop as readers. The class will include instruction in writing, with attention to process, audience, publication, and collaboration in workshops, taking advantage of the natural relationship between reading and writing.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3220 - Chaucer and His World
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The primary focus of this course is Chaucer’s writing. The course begins with his earlier poetry and moves to an in-depth study of The Canterbury Tales. To gain greater insight into Chaucer’s works and his world, students are also introduced to short pieces by other writers of the period, as well as to the art, the music, the social background of the period.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3350 - Shakespeare Seminar I
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An intensive study of the poetry and plays of Shakespeare in their language, structure, backgrounds, characters, and criticism for English majors and those with a deep interest in Shakespeare. Selections are made from the range of Shakespeare’s works.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3360 - Shakespeare Seminar II
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An intensive study of a different selection of the poetry and plays of Shakespeare in language, structure, backgrounds, characters, and criticism for English majors and those with a deep interest in Shakespeare. Selections are made from the range of Shakespeare’s works.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3380 - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
(3)
This course is designed as a survey of the major plays and sonnets of Shakespeare chosen from the comedies, tragedies, and final romances along with a comparative study of the drama of other great Renaissance playwrights like Webster, Ford, and Marlowe. It studies the drama as a genre that encompasses several sub-genres and look at Elizabethan language usage, backgrounds, character, and literary criticism of the dramas.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3400 - British Literature: 17th and 18th Centuries
(3)
Exploring major themes of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, e.g., human sinfulness, social unrest, political corruption, economic change, the course focuses upon political and social satirists like Dryden, Swift, and Pope; novelists like DeFoe, Fielding, and Richardson; dramatists like Dryden, Wycherley, and Sheridan; essayists like Addison, Steele, and Johnson; and, above all, poets like Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Smart and Collins.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3500 - Studies in the English Novel
(3)
Early influences and major trends in the development of the English novel. Emphasis on the form and themes of prose fiction as they appear in Richardson, Fielding, Austen, Scott, Emily Brontë, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Forster, Lawrence and Joyce.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3520 - Jane Austen Study
(3)
An intensive study of selections from the body of Jane Austen’s work, the course is divided into three areas of interest. The primary focus begins on two representative novels, their place in Austen’s developing technique, and a review of the criticisms – both historical and present day – that influenced readers of the novels from the beginning until now. The middle section of the course centers on selected letters and excerpts from influential biographical works. The final highlight of the course is the viewing and reviewing of the recent revival of Austen’s work in the cinema and the critical response thereto.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3530 - The Romantic Period
(3)
Exploring major themes of English Romanticism, e.g., rebellion, self-assertion, primacy of feelings, imaginative perception, the course focuses upon social critics like Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine; novelists like Mary Shelley and the Brontë sisters; and, above all, poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 , and one Level I Literary Mode course.
(LTII)
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EN 3550 - The Victorian Period
(3)
A study of Victorian literature, including poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction prose, the course explores the work of authors such as Tennyson, Hopkins, Arnold, the Brownings, Rossetti, Dickens, Hardy, Wilde, Shaw, Carlyle, Mill, and Newman.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3600 - Early American Literature
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A survey of the highlights of American literature from the first Puritan settlement to the beginning of the Civil War, with emphasis on the puritan, revolutionary, neoclassical, romantic, and transcendal eras of literary production.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3610 - American Literature 1865-1945
(3)
A survey of the rich literary-historical period between the Civil War and the Second World War, with emphasis on the ebb and flow of the period’s major literary and artistic movements (realism, regionalism, naturalism, and modernism) and the expansion of authorship to diverse segments of the population.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3620 - American Literature since 1945
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An examination of literature that has been produced in the U.S. since 1945, with emphasis on the seismic effect of countercultural movements and Civil-Rights-era political commitments on both literary production and recent debates about the tensions between experimental (or “postmodern”) fiction and the ongoing tradition of American literary realism.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3670 - Studies in the American Novel
(3)
An inquiry into how novelists manage such formal elements as character, world, plot, and point of view as well as thematic and stylistic patterns. Intensive analysis of a set of novels that exemplifies the tensions and opportunities of a given theme, style, or historical period.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3680 - Twentieth Century U.S. Drama
(3)
This course studies 1) plays that have contributed to the development of American theater and 2) drama theory – from Aristotle to the present day – relating to tragedy and comedy, to realism, naturalism, expressionism, and surrealism, to theater of social protest, theater of the absurd, etc. Readings include plays of Eugene O’Neill, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, William Gibson, Edward Albee, Horton Foote, Mark Medoff, August Wilson, etc.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3700 - The Structure of Modern English
(3)
A study of contemporary English, considering various approaches including traditional, structural and transformational grammars.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3750 - Development of the English Language
(3)
A study of the history of English, its relationships with other languages, its linguistic changes, structure and dialects.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3800 - Introduction to Film
(3)
This course is designed for students who are interested in discovering a method for analyzing films and a language through which to discuss the value of film as an expressive, cross-cultural art form. The course will introduce students to the fundamentals of film form (mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound) and some of the methodologies (that is, interpretive lenses) through which films get studied. With this knowledge of fundamentals and methodologies, students will examine specific films and discuss the significance of the film experience in general. Students will learn to identify the formal components, common themes, and basic genres that span diverse film cultures. Students’ learning will help them to understand why films are so central to so many different cultures. In short, this course will provide students an opportunity to examine films and the film-going experience from a wide perspective, a perspective that includes formal analysis, reception, and critical interpretation.
Recommended: EN 1110 and EN 1120 ; or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 3810 - Detective Fiction
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An inquiry into detective fiction, from the 19th century to the present and from a variety of national and cultural perspectives. The object of this course is to study detective stories in their international settings focusing on character development, exploitations of the plot, and assessments of local customs from the microcosm of the murder itself to the macrocosm of cultural influence.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 or EN 1150 .
(LTII, GPR)
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EN 3820 - American Literature and the Environment
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In this course, students explore environmental issues as they are expressed both explicitly and implicitly in literary texts. In this two-fold strategy, the primary approach is to study texts that establish environment as their principal focus, works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction broadly classed as “nature writing.” The second approach is to examine the implicit treatment of environment within literary works whose focus is not primarily environmental. Both approaches expose students to writers from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3830 - Utopian and Anti-Utopian Literature
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Emphasis on the many speculations as to what life in the future might be like, both hopes and fears. Readings include Plato’s The Republic, More’s Utopia, Canticle for Leibowitz, Brave New World and A Clockwork Orange.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3840 - Honors Literature and Art
(3)
This interdisciplinary seminar format course studies the presentation of experience in literature and in the visual arts. With the aim of exploring questions about civilization and culture, the quality of progress, the nature of the world and of the human person, the focus is on works conveying such themes as man in the wilderness, the individual vs. society, the hero and the antihero and the quest for meaning and transcendence.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 , and honors status or instructor approval.
(LTII)
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EN 3850 - Literature and Cinema
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This course examines the art of adaption (i.e., the process of translating a narrative from one medium and cultural context to another). Looking closely at the process of translating literature (i.e., novels, short stories, and plays) into film, we will study the way global cross-cultural exchange and encounter get mediated by storytelling conventions that are specific to either the medium of the story (book or movie) or the cultural perspective of the storyteller (author or director).
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII, GPR)
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EN 3870 - Irish Literature
(3)
This course will survey Irish writing in English, with emphasis on the literature of the early 19th century to the present. It will consider, in particular, works of major figures such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, G.B. Shaw, Seamus Heaney, and Brian Friel, as well as the contexts of Irish history and cultural politics.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII, GPR)
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EN 3880 - The Gothic Novel as Genre
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Gothic fiction, a reaction against comfort, security, political stability, and commercial progress, resists the rule of reason. It began with the 1764 publication of Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, and prospered through its steady reference to crags and chasms, torture and terror, and the supernatural – clairvoyance, dreams, ghosts. This course studies a series of representative texts that establish and sustain the genre from the 18th century to now.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3885 - The Contemporary Novel
(3)
A study of some of the most recognized and noteworthy long fiction of the prior 25 years, the course will consider the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, A. S. Byatt, David Lodge, and Salman Rushdie, as well as recent theories of the novel and cultural contexts that bear on the creation, publication, and reception of such works.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 or equivalent.
(LTII)
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EN 3890 - Women and Literature
(3)
This course offers a selection of fiction and poetry by women and about issues traditionally considered important to women. Fiction includes, but is not limited to, works by Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Alice Walker, and Rachel Ingalls. Poetry includes, but is not limited to, works by Emily Dickinson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Rita Dove. Essays by such authors as Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Catherine McKinnon, and Mary Daley are used to complement the poetry and fiction. The course begins with consideration of Virginia Woolf’s contention that in order to create, a woman needs an independent income and a room of her own. Emphasis is on the works of literature as literature.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 3896 - The Literature of Catholicism and Christian Spirituality
(3)
The course will analyze works of literature that explore the Catholic faith, the sacramental experience of Catholicism, and Christian spirituality depicted in human relationships with Christ. The course further highlights issues common to major writers across the centuries, e.g., problems of evil and sinfulness, anguish over personal salvation, the beauty and goodness of God’s creation, the unconditional love of God. To accomplish these aims, the course introduces students to poets like John Donne, George Herbert, and Gerard Manley Hopkins; narrative artists like Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor, and Ron Hansen; dramatists like Thomas Bolt and T.S. Eliot; spiritual autobiographers like Thomas Merton and Therese of Lisieux.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 4120 - Introduction to Screenwriting
(3)
This course provides an introduction to the foundations of screenwriting, including generating ideas, finding a subject, building characters, developing a plot through a beginning, a confrontation, and a resolution, designing individual scenes to advance the story, building momentum for an audience, and achieving a convincing climax. The primary purpose of the course is the production of a complete written script that fulfills the specialized needs of this particular writing genre.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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EN 4150 - The Tradition of Rhetoric: Principles and Practices
(3)
This course examines rhetorical history and theory as it started in classical Greece, developed in ancient Rome, was modified in medieval times, and matured into modern times. The use of rhetoric as a practical force, as a base in the academic tradition, as part of modern media (including the work of Walter J. Ong), and as a necessary part of pedagogy in teaching is reviewed in its methods and concepts as a valuable principle in human communication.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
(LTII)
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EN 4170 - Teaching of Writing
(3)
This course will explore the teaching of writing, both in theory and in practice, by considering an array of approaches, methods, and techniques that inform current research on best practices in composition pedagogy. An intensive, upper-division seminar that focuses on techniques needed by secondary-school teachers of English, topics may include designing writing assignments, the role of reading in writing, teachers’ comments and feedback, and assessment.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 ; junior, senior or graduate standing; or department approval.
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EN 4180 - Report Writing
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Intensive course in the writing of reports usual in business, institutions and government. Includes research, layout and graphics. One original project required.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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