Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities 225 Students will focus on the writing process, writing for specific audiences, collaboration with peers, and on the interrelationship between reading and writing. To enter 1010 the student must have 17 or higher on the ACT English portion, or equivalent. Student must complete ENGL 1010 satisfactorily (a grade of "C" or better) before enrolling in ENGL 2010. ENGL 2010 EN - Intermediate College Writing Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] Summer [lst Blk, 2nd Blk, Online] This course will focus on writing arguments, conducting research, and documenting sources. Students will continue to learn practices of successful academic writing including the writing process, writing for specific audiences, and collaboration with peers. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 with "C" grade or better, AP Language and Composition or Literature and Composition examination with a score of 3 or better, ACT English and Reading score of 29 or better, CLEP with essay test with a score of 50 or better, or articulated transfer credit from another regionally accredited college or university. ENGL 2100 - Technical Writing Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] Summer [Online] This course prepares students for on-the-job writing and emphasizes the importance of audience analysis, graphics, and document design. Students study and practice writing and designing a variety of technical documents as they learn to write clearly, concisely, and persuasively to a specific audience for a specific purpose. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010. ENGL 2200 HU/DV - Introduction to Literature Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] An introduction to three major literary genres, fiction, poetry, and drama, drawn from a diverse range of authors from various cultures and historical periods. Students will learn how to read literary texts closely and critically, and how literature—reading more generally—can have a meaningful part of their daily lives. Course includes relevant practice in the principles of successful writing, including drafting, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010 with a "C" grade or better or equivalent. ENGL 2220 HU/DV - Introduction to Fiction Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] An introduction to short stories, novellas, and novels, selected from a diverse range of authors from various cultures and historical periods. Students will learn how to read fiction carefully and critically, and how fiction can have a meaningful part in their daily lives. Course includes relevant practice in the principles of successful writing, including drafting, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010 with a "C" grade or better or equivalent. ENGL 2240 HU/DV - Introduction to Poetry Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] An introduction to poetry written in English, selected from a diverse range of authors from various cultures and historical periods. Students will develop the critical and interpretive skills necessary to appreciate the craft of poetry as a valid and important way of talking about human experiences. Course includes relevant practice in the principles of successful writing, including drafting, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010 with a "C" grade or better or equivalent. ENGL 2250 CA - Creative Writing Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] In this Gen Ed course students will learn in a workshop setting to write original pieces in three genres that may include the following: short stories, poetry, creative non- fiction, and plays. As models for their own writing, students will read exemplary pieces from each genre taught from different eras and cultures, in order to build a vocabulary base. Thus, students will become familiar with aspects of storytelling such as story arc, characterization, and dialogue; and aspects of poetry such as rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language, for use in their own writing. Through regular exercises, students will generate ideas for creating original writing such as stories, poems, plays, and creative essays, and will refine oral and communicative skills. Students will critique and be critiqued by the entire class in order to revise early drafts, will analyze selected texts, and will evaluate their own and others' work. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010 with a "C" grade or better or equivalent. ENGL 2260 CA - Introduction to Writing Short Fiction Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course introduces students to writing original short fiction in a workshop setting. Students will read as models a judicious sampling of stories by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, and others as selected by the professor in order to build a vocabulary for analyzing aspects of storytelling such as plot, story arc, characterization, dialogue, meaningful detail, and story pacing. Using guided writing exercises and journaling, students will develop ideas from these sources to create original fiction for a series of in-class workshops. Students will critique, and be critiqued by, the entire class, in order to revise their stories. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 2010 with a "C" grade or better or equivalent. Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog