123 DEPARTMENT English Language and Literature Chain Dr. Kathleen Herndon Location: Elizabeth Hall, Room 413 Telephone Contact: Kimberly Webb 801-626-6251 Professors: Gordon Allred, Shannon Butler, Donna Cheney, Merlin Cheney, Diane Krantz, Gary Dohrer, Judith Elsley, Kathleen Herndon, Robert Hogge, Mark LeTourneau, Karen Marguerite Moloney, John Schwiebert, Sally Bishop Shigley, Mahalingam Subbiah, Mikel Vause, Michael Wutz, James Young; Associate Professors: James Russell Burrows, Timothy Conrad, Hal Crimmd, Scott Loughton, Susan McKay, Becky Jo McShane, Victoria Ramirez; Assistant Professors: Scott Rogers, Shelley Thomas; Instructor Specialist: Brad Roghaar; Instructors: Toni As ay, Laurel Barlow, Christy Call, Giana Curtis, Ronald Deeter, Kyra Hudson, Colleen Elwell Huerta, Brooke Kelly, Becky Marchant, Sylvia Newman, Mark Peterson, Gail Yngve, Mary Quiroz-Whisler I he Department of English Language and Literature offers a broad spectrum of language, literature and writing courses. English majors and minors, English teaching majors and minors, English majors with professional and technical writing emphasis and professional and technical writing minors, and English majors with creative writing emphasis, in consultation with English department advisors, can sded programs individually designed to satisfy academic requirements. Furthermore, students preparing for careers in law, medicine, business, public relations and government service may find departmental courses highly beneficial. In addition, the Department of English has designed several courses essential to the general student, including programs in Introductory College Writing and English as a Second Language. Students transferring to Weber State as English majors, with most of their junior and senior status completed, are required to take a minimum of 9 upper division credit hours, minors a minimum of 6 upper division credit hours. This requirement also applies to transfer graduate students. English Composition Requirement Students seeking the Assodate of Applied Sdence degree must pass English EN1010 with a "C" grade (2.0) or better in order to satisfy the Composition requirement. Students seeking any other degree must pass both English EN1010 and EN2010 with "C" grades. Students placed in devdopmental English courses ND0900 and ND0955 must also pass those courses with "C" grades or higher. Please note that English composition courses, whether developmental or not, are sequential and can not be taken out of numerical order. English Placement Students are placed in the English developmental/composition sequence of courses dther by ACT sub-scores or by Accuplacer scores. ACT Sub-scores* ACT English sub-score 29 or higher Accuplacer Scores Not Applicable Course Placement ENGL EN2010 ACT English and Reading sub-scoresbothl7or above Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills scores both 90 or above ENGL EN1010 Lowest ACT English or Reading score from 13-16 Lowest Reading Comprehension or Sentence Skill score from 40-89 ENGL ND0955 or referred to the ESL office for non- native English speakers Lowest ACT English or Reading score 12 or below Lowest Reading Comprehension or Sentence Skill score 39 or below ENGL ND0900 or referred to the ESL office for non- native English speakers ENGL ND0960 does not satisfy the Developmental English Requirement for students admitted to Weber State University after Fall Semester 2005. Students admitted after Fall Semester 200S who take ENGL ND0960 will still be required to take ENGL ND0900 and/or ENGL ND09SS, depending on fair English placement. Resident students for whom English is a second language who score 89 or below on fa Accuplacer Test are required to take fa ESL Placement Test and complete appropriate ESL courses according to fa test results. ESL classes fulfill foreign language credit toward a BA and AA degree or elective credit toward a BS and AS degree. Refer to fa ESL section of this catalog following fa English course descriptions. Learning English for Academic Purposes (LEAP) The Weber State University LEAP Program provides intensive English language courses for students in the process of acquiring English as a second language for academic use. See program description and listings following the list of English course descriptions. English Major bachelor's degree (bs or ba) » Program Prerequisite: Not required. » Minor: Required. » Grade Requirements: A 2.0 or better in all courses required for this major in addition to an overall GPA of 2.00 (C) or higher. » Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation - a minimum of 39 of these must be valid English courses. A total of 40 upper division credit hours is required (courses numbered 3000 and above) - a minimum of 36 of these must be English courses. Advisement English majors are required to meet with a faculty advisor at least twice annually for course and program advisement. If this requirement is not met, students may not be allowed to register for classes within thdr major. Call 801-626-6251 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Admission Requirements Declare your program of study at the English department office, Elizabeth Hall room 413. There are no special admission or application requirements for this program. General Education English majors may eled dther a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree as defined by this University catalog (refer to pages 37-43). The Bachdor of Arts degree is recommended. Consult with a departmental advisorfor detailed general education * ACT scores in English and Reading expire after 2 years. Course Requirements for BS or BA A minimum of 39 credit hours is required in valid English courses, of which at least 36 credit hours must be upper division. English Courses Required (24 credit hours) The following course (early in major) ENGL 3080 Critical Approaches to Literature (3) Writing (one of the following) ENGL 3100 Professional and Technical Writing (3) Advanced College Writing (3) Advanced Fiction Writing (3) Magazine Artide Writing (3) Biographical Writing (3) Language (one of the following) ENGL SI3010 Introduction to Linguistics (3) Structure of English (3) History of the English Language (3) Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing (3) ENGL 3210 ENGL 3250 ENGL 3270 ENGL 3280 ENGL 3030 ENGL 3040 ENGL 3050 General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning S Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science S Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business SEcon MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Health Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2009 - 2010 Catalog