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Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course prepares students for graduate study in English with
training in Humanities Computing. Students will apply their knowledge
of resources (traditional and electronic) and methodologies. Students
will obtain an overview of contemporary literature theory to explore
resulting issues and conflicts. Students will advance their knowledge
of Humanities Computing by learning about available Humanities
Computing resources; by studying TEI (Text Encoding Initiative), HTML
(HyperText Markup Language), and SGML (Standard Generalized
Markup Language); by writing web pages and hypertext applications
with HTML, and by analyzing and preparing electronic texts (including
SGM-L Standard General Markup Language.

ENGL 545 ADVANCED GRAMMAR
Former course number 445 Prerequisite: None
Credits: 3
This course is a practical focus on language form and use. It is an
intensive study of American English grammar, drawing upon
contributions from traditional language scholarship and from more
recent communicative approaches to grammar study.

ENGL 601 RHETORICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES I
Former course number 503 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course will trace the historical influence of the 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.
Students will experience the principles of rhetorical theory first-hand
through a series of assignments (described on the syllabus). With its
emphasis on argument and the relationship between writer, text, and
audience, the course could be useful for practicing classroom teachers
as well as those intending to enter the classroom.

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

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