This course, the second in a series of two, is designed to teach professional communication skills. Emphasis is placed on research, listening, critical reading and thinking, analysis, interpretation, and design used in oral and written presentations. Upon completion, students should be able to work individually and collaboratively to produce well-designed business and professionally written and oral presentations. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in English compositions. This course introduces the principal genres of literature.
Emphasis is placed on literary terminology, devices, structure, and interpretation.
Upon completion, students should be able to analyze and respond to literature. This course provides intensive study of drama as a literary form, based on close reading of representative texts. Emphasis is placed on the development and analysis of drama. Upon completion, students should be able to interpret, analyze, and discuss the distinguishing features of drama. Emphasis is placed on the development and analysis of the novel.