Review of conventions of grammar and usage. Study of the composing process, thesis development, and essay structure. Enrollment by placement. Does not fulfill the G.E. requirement. Guided practice in writing effectively within a range of rhetorical contexts, and instruction in critical thinking and reading.
Course culminates in a substantial research project.
Reading and analysis of the major forms of literary expression. This course is designed to introduce students to methods of critical reading as applied to significant texts of world literature, including minority or non-Western literature. A survey of English literature from Beowulf to 1700. Individual works will be studied in relation to literary tradition and cultural contexts. A survey of English literature from 1700 to the modern period.