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ENGL 600 PRACTICUM IN TEACHING COLLEGE COMPOSITION
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This practicum provides supervised teaching experience in the freshman
composition program (English 101 or 102) as preparation for teaching at the
community college, college, or university levels. Students will teach one course
under the direction of the Coordinator of Freshman Composition or the
Coordinator of Graduate Studies. They will develop specific instructional units
that meet the goals of the relevant syllabus; grade student essays; keep a journal
of their classroom teaching experiences, focus on the application of the theory
and research; and write a final evaluative paper.

ENGL 601 RHETORICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES I
Former course number 503
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course will trace the historical influence of the Western rhetorical tradition
on today’s discourse as it is used in various contexts and communities. Students
will study the language of rhetorical analysis and apply its principles to various
texts, including essays, letters, and speeches. With its emphasis on argument and
the relationship between writer, text, and audience, the course could be useful
for practicing classroom teachers, prospective teachers, and those preparing for
law school.

ENGL 602 RHETORICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES II
Former course number 504
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course focuses on modern/contemporary rhetorical theories and how to
use these theories to analyze examples of modern/contemporary discourse. The
goal is to determine how an argument is built or meaning created for the digital
age.

ENGL 710 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FICTION
Former course number 510
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This intensive integration of the formal techniques of fiction begins with a review
of the nature of the genre: the different types of short fiction, the graphic novel,
the novella, the novel, subgenres, metafiction, satire, utopian and dystopian

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