Writing fiction, poetry, drama, and careful analysis of the techniques used by established writers. Study of selected works of Shakespeare. Lecture and discussion on selected masterpieces of world literature from classics to the present. See section on Selected Topics. Analysis of the organization, style, format of both technical and non-technical writing and training in preparation of informal and formal reports related to the student's field of interest.
Research reports, progress reports, proposals, status reports, and user manuals.
English 250D or 292B or 292EB or satisfactory multiple measures assessment of writing skills, and English 251D or 293B or satisfactory multiple measures assessment of reading skills. Expository writing teachings on simple and complete thesis statements as a means of better organization of ideas. Relationship of language to logic, induction and deduction, facts, inferences, judgments, formal and informal fallacies of language and thought. Instructs in writing about issues of critical thinking to develop both thinking and writing skills. Classical, Elizabethan, Restoration, and 20th Century.