31 courses with the subject ENGL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENGL 0921Fundamentals of Writing 14
This course is designed for beginning writers who need additional foundational writing instruction and experience. It provides sequenced instruction in grammar usage, sentence construction, paragraph unity and coherence, and the writing process. Students will study models of effective sentences and paragraphs and then generate their own work. Additionally, this course will focus on building vocabulary for fluency and precision in communication. Completion of this course with a grade of “C” or better is required to continue on to ENGL 0922 . 4C/4/0/0
Placement into this course will be according to college assessment score
ENGL 0922Fundamentals of Writing 24
This course provides credits for certificate and diploma programs and is preparation for ENGL 1711 . In addition to reviewing sentence mechanics, students will study a variety of writing models in both paragraph and essay formats. Students must pass the course with a “C” or better in order to move on to ENGL 1711 . 4C/4/0/0
ENGL 0921 or EAPP 0870 and READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of “C” or better, or appropriate assessment score
ENGL 1711Composition 14
This course emphasizes the process of writing expository and persuasive essays using effective writing skills and a variety of research techniques. The course includes an analysis of primary and/or secondary sources with a focus on critical reading, logical reasoning and academic research writing. 4C/4/0/0
Grade of “C” or better in READ 0722 or READ 0724 and ENGL 0922 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of “C” or better, or appropriate assessment score Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 1
ENGL 1712Composition 22
This course emphasizes critical reading and analytical writing using literature as the basis for composition. The course includes an analysis of primary and/or secondary sources with a focus on academic writing. 2C/2/0/0
Grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1711 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 1
ENGL 1720Introduction to Creative Writing3
In this course we will explore creative writing through reading, analysis, and discussion, and by writing original creative work in multiple genres, including short fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. Students will develop an understanding of creative writing techniques and elements of literature through analysis of writing craft, and literary technique and through practice. Students will analyze and respond critically to creative works in texts and work produced by peers through reading, discussion, group work, workshops, and in writing in order to practice an informed response to creative literature. 3C/3/0/0
Grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1711 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1725Introduction to Fiction Writing3
In this writing course, students explore the writing process including invention, revision, and guided workshops to produce their own original creative work. Students analyze and critically evaluate classic, contemporary, and international fiction with attention to the elements of writing craft, techniques, and theory and apply knowledge of writing craft and theory to produce works of fiction and articulate an informed evaluative response to works of literature including those written by themselves and their peers. Course activities include writing exercises, reading, discussion, group work, workshops, and exploring current fiction writing trends and publication possibilities. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1730Introduction to Technical Writing3
This course introduces students to technical communication and writing for the workplace. The course offers both a structural approach to writing clear and precise professional documents, as well as considering the rhetorical expectations of technical writing. Students will compose formal letters and resumes, researched reports, process essays, and multi-modal communications, including internet publications. Students will learn to compose clear, concise and coherent texts while considering such factors as audience expectations, workplace ethics, and using visuals and audio to successfully convey information in a professional environment. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 1
ENGL 1735Introduction to Non-Fiction- Memoir Writing3
In this writing intensive course, we will explore and analyze nonfiction and memoir essay-writing elements (dialogue, setting, narration, structure, theme, conflict, resolution, etc.) through critical reading of creative nonfiction essays. By discussing and critiquing creative nonfiction and our own writing using workshop sessions to explore our classmates’ writing goals, we will hone creative and critical writing analysis techniques. We will develop an understanding of creative nonfiction and memoir by applying these techniques to our own writing and in discussion of our peers’ work. In this course, we will learn to express our new understanding of creative nonfiction writing techniques by applying informed and critical responses to diverse and contemporary nonfictional pieces. By practicing creative nonfiction writing exercises, creating our own nonfiction pieces, examining writing elements through critical reading responses and exams, and by investigating opportunities and tendencies in our own writing through revision, we will examine the writing process. We will also explore current creative nonfiction writing trends and publication possibilities. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1740Introduction to Literary Studies: the Novel3
This course introduces the skills and approaches of literary studies through the exploration of novels written in or translated into English. Students will read works representing a variety of voices and viewpoints, analyzing novels using a range of critical frameworks. In addition, students will examine the social and cultural contexts in which assigned novels were written, developing an understanding that literature can reflect, critique, and even shape its cultural moment. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1745Introduction to Literary Studies: the Short Story3
This course introduces the skills and approaches of literary studies through the exploration of short stories written in or translated into English. Students will consider the short stories’ historical contexts, critical commentary, and cultural significance, while learning to analyze short stories in terms of meaning, structure, and style. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1750Introduction to Literary Studies: Drama3
This course introduces students to dramatic literature. The course will cover the concepts of dramatic form and terminology necessary for thematic and literary analysis of the genre. Special emphasis will be given to drama in its historical, social, and cultural contexts. In order to understand this art form more fully, the class will study and discuss a sampling of plays that exemplify different kinds of dramatic structure and various time periods. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1755Introduction to Literary Studies: Poetry3
In this introductory literature course, students will analyze poetry with a focus on the formal aspects of meter and poetic structure. This course introduces various traditional and free verse poetic forms while considering how form influences meaning or theme. Students will learn to interpret poems in relation to the social and political contexts in which they were written. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 1760Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing3
In this writing course, students craft creative nonfiction by analyzing its elements through critical reading. Students will hone analysis techniques through discussion and critique of published creative nonfiction and students’ own original work in class workshops. Students will demonstrate understanding of creative nonfiction writing techniques through analyzing classic and contemporary examples of creative nonfiction and original creative nonfiction created by students in the class. Students will explore the writing process through creation and revision of their own short creative nonfiction works. Students will respond critically to creative nonfictional works in texts and work produced by peers through reading, discussion, group work, workshops, and writing. Students will explore current creative nonfiction writing trends and publication possibilities. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1770Introduction to Poetry Writing3
In this writing course, students will practice the writing process through creation and revision of their own original poems and will explore current poetry writing trends and publication possibilities. Course activities include reading, writing, and discussion, along with critical and evaluative analysis of classic, contemporary, and international poetry as well as work written by students. Students will participate in guided peer workshops and will complete critical reading responses, writing exercises, and exams. Students will learn poetry writing craft, techniques, and theory through reading, discussion, and writing practice, and will demonstrate understanding of the elements of poetry writing through their own creative and critical writing. 3C/3/0/0
Some of the most compelling contemporary American literature has been written by first and second-generation immigrants to the United States. This course will cover a number of works that explore the difficult process of cultural adjustment for writers of various racial and ethnic groups. The course will cover the larger narrative of coming to America but also focus on particular literary, socio-cultural and historical issues. Students will discover how language and narrative strategies are employed by writers to create the stories of their lives: intergenerational conflicts, difficulties tied to language, and the formation and re-formation of racial and ethnic identities as writers confront the demands of a new country and life. Immigration and naturalization laws at various moments in US history and how those laws have influenced contemporary literature will be discussed. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 Composition 1 with a grade of “C” or better. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 6 & 7A/B
ENGL 1790Contemporary Writers of Color3
This course examines American literature as a multi-voiced body and considers the contributions to that body by writers of color. Under consideration are writings by Native American, Asian American, African American and Latino authors. Particular attention will be given to issues of race, gender, ethnicity, class, and sexuality, and how these issues are reflected in the complicated construction of identity. As a means of considering how various racial identities are constructed and expressed in literature, contemporary and recently-published work by writers from these groups will be read. In order to provide appropriate context for readings and discussions, the class will consider relevant cultural and social histories of these writers as well. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 6 & 7A/B
ENGL 1795Literature and Film3
This course will focus on analysis of literature and film. Students will read literature and explore visual texts and then their film counterparts. Students will discuss the themes and values expressed in select literature and films and examine how these texts and films affect them as viewers. The class will include limited discussion of film terminology and techniques that filmmakers use. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2721American Literature Survey 13
This literature course is a survey of American novels, essays, poetry and/or short stories up to the Civil War. The course will begin with the captivity narratives and early novels of the pre- and post-Revolutionary War period, and continue with works of American Romanticism and Transcendentalism. The course will seek to incorporate diverse perspectives, including works of enslaved people and formerly enslaved people, native cultures, popular fiction, and women writers. Readings will be enriched by attention to the historical, political and cultural background of the times in which they were written. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2722American Literature Survey 23
This literature course is a survey of American poetry, essays, novels and/or short stories from the end of the Civil War to the present. This course will help the student to discover the definitions of these distinctive genres, their unique boundaries and potential and what distinguishes them from other forms of writing. Readings will be enriched by attention to the historical, political, and cultural background of the time in which the works were written. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2726British Literature Survey 13
In this literature survey course, students will discover the development of a national, and, ultimately, global language and literary history while encountering texts representing diverse voices and viewpoints. This course explores British literature and its historical and cultural contexts from its beginnings in the early medieval period through the late eighteenth century. While analyzing poetry, plays, essays, and/or novels, students will have opportunities to discover that while language and writing conventions change, literature from the past can still speak to us thematically as a reflection of the human experience. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2727British Literature Survey 23
This survey course will follow the development of British literature from the Industrial Revolution, through the rise of Britain as a global power, to its post-colonial present. Students will encounter literary works representing a diverse range of voices and viewpoints while exploring texts in their historical and cultural contexts. Analysis of works in a range of genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, essays, and/or plays, will allow students to encounter the economic, social, and cultural upheavals of recent times through the lens of British literature. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2728Global Literature3
This course introduces students to literature from cultures around the globe, from antiquity to the 21st century, in genres that may include epic poetry, drama, short stories, essays, and/or novels. Through close reading of texts, students explore ways in which literature works to both define and disrupt cultural and social discourse, and discover continuities and differences between cultures across history(ies). Structured thematically, the course may focus on such issues as globalization, identity construction, race and gender, and/or economic justice. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2730Contemporary American Novel3
A study of the American novel from the late nineteenth century to the present. Beginning with realistic novels that reflected vast social changes at the turn of the century, this course seeks to discover the unique boundaries and potential of the contemporary American novel, what distinguishes it from other forms of literature and how the form changed as the American culture changed. The historical, political and cultural background of the time will also be covered in this course, exploring how issues like feminism, civil rights, workers’ rights and the rise of youth culture are reflected in American literature. This course ends with the contemporary novels of the twenty-first century. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2740Native American and Indigenous Literature3
Through analysis of structural and thematic elements, this course explores the unique additions that Native American writers have brought to the traditional literary canon. The course emphasizes historical and cultural aspects of the texts while recognizing each individual writer’s narrative or poetic style. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6 & 7
ENGL 2750African American Literature3
Through an analysis of structural and thematic elements, this course seeks to discover the unique additions that African American writers have brought to the traditional literary canon. Special attention will be given to the historical, political, and cultural context of African-American literature including significant canonical authors and works. Moreover, this course is designed to introduce how African American literary criticism has been instrumental in validating and placing African American works in a literary tradition. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6 & 7
ENGL 2755LGBTQ Writers3
This college literature course, intended for all students, will study works written by members of the LGBTQ community and explore their experiences. We will analyze course readings with a special focus on the distinct concerns, perspectives, and challenges of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer writers. We will view the works both historically, with an emphasis on the issues and challenges of LGBTQ writers within their own time frames, and from a contemporary perspective. The class will also explore the literature of writers or various races and ethnicities within the family of LGBTQ writers. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 6 & 7
ENGL 2760English Novel3
Why did the novel as a genre emerge in England during the beginning of the 18th century? Beginning with Daniel Defoe’s “Moll Flanders”, this course seeks to discover the unique boundaries and potential of the English novel, what distinguishes it from other forms of literature, and how the form changed as the English culture changed. The historical, political, and cultural background of the time will also be covered in this course, so that the student will find the readings to be more interesting and accessible. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2775Introduction to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature3
This course will explore science fiction and fantasy through close and comparative readings of various texts. Together we’ll consider how the writers of these genres respond to the various challenges of the twenty-first century, including shifting gender, politics, war, and the impact of new technologies on culture. This course will largely be concerned with the twin goals of articulating the writer’s critique of present social conditions and exploring how those critiques are constructed. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6
ENGL 2776Women Writers3
This course explores literature written in English by women. Students will analyze course readings with a special focus on the distinct concerns, perspectives, and challenges of women writers. In addition, students will examine the social and cultural contexts in which the texts were written, developing an understanding that literature can reflect, critique, and even shape its cultural moment. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 6 & 7A/B
ENGL 2778Urban Literature-Lost in the City3
This course explores contemporary literature in the context of the urban landscape. Together, we’ll explore the function of the city in literature with attention to how characters both shape and are shaped by an urban existence. Also, how do various writers portray the city? As a labyrinth? A market place of cross-cultural encounters? A place of refuge? A dystopia? Through close and comparative readings we’ll construct an informed understanding of how and why a city is portrayed by a particular writer and to what degree the city itself functions as a meaningful character in literature. 3C/3/0/0
ENGL 1711 with a grade of “C” or better Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 6 & 7A/B
ENGL 2790Special Topics in English
1-6 Variable Credits This course is designed to present additional or unique material and learning experiences within a specified discipline. The course will be based on student need, flexibility, and may be designed to meet various transfer and pre-major course requirements. Please see a current Course Schedule for complete course details.
