23 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 031Strategies for College Reading and Writing2
2 lecture Course Description The course is designed for students requiring skill review and support for success in English 101 College Writing. It is an integrated study of reading strategies and college-level composition skills. Corequisite ENGL 101 with same instructor based on placement test scores. Text Maimon, Elaine P., & Kathleen Blake Yancey. A Writer’s Resource: A Handbook for Writing and Research with Connect software . 7 th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2023. Objectives
ENGL 036Foundations of College Reading and Writing4
(4 lecture) Course Description This course is designed for the student requiring in-depth reading and writing skill development to succeed in the college environment. In preparation for ENGL 101 College Writing, the course focuses on essential reading comprehension and retention skills. Note
(3 lecture) Course Description This course stresses the writing process of planning, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing multiple-paragraph essays. Methods of invention, types of development, and the mechanics of effective academic composition are included as well as discussion of plagiarism and source documentation . This course meets the General Education competencies of Information Literacy (IL) and Written Communication (WC). Prerequisite Completion of ENGL 036 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate score on placement test. Text
(3 lecture) Course Description The emphasis of this course is upon persuasion, evaluation, research and writing the research paper. There will be a continuation of careful editing of grammar and sentences. Students will continue the study and writing of thoughtful and organized expositions. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite Completion of ENGL 101 with a grade of “C” or better is required. Text Required
(3 lecture) Course Description The emphasis of this course is upon literary analysis, focused on the standard literary genres and on the process of writing a research paper on a literary topic. Students will continue the study of writing thoughtful and organized expositions as well as careful editing of grammar and sentences. Completion of both ENGL 101 and 104 with a grade of B or higher in each satisfies the Pennsylvania Department of Education Basic Skills test requirements for Reading and Writing for pre-service teaching candidates. This course meets the General Education competencies of Critical Thinking (CT) and Technological Competence (TC). Prerequisite ENGL 101 Text Maimon, Elaine P., and Kathleen Blake Yancey. A Writer’s Resource: a Handbook for Writing and Research. 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2023. Mays, Kelly J. ed. The Norton Introduction to Literature . Shorter 14th Edition, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course will emphasize the preparation, review, and revision of the written and oral communication formats typical of the workplace. This course will also provide an introduction to the uses of electronic and visual communications used in workplace settings. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite ENGL 101 eligible Text Markel, Mike. Technical Communication. 13th ed. Bedford/St Martins, 2021. Objectives The student will be able to A. Evaluate a diverse collection of evidence related to a specific case study. (CT) B. Synthesize the evidence and draw conclusions. (CT) C. Compile a written, verbal, or visual response to the evidence that acknowledges alternative explanations and views. (CT) D. Identify the style characteristics for technical documents. E. Prepare a variety of written and digital documents: memo, letter, email, informal report, instructions. F. Organize and present short presentations. G. Prepare graphics from statistical and text information. H. Identify strategies for effective intercultural communication. Content A. Case Studies B. Technical documents C. Ethical and Legal Considerations D. Charts and Graphs E. Presentation Software Student Evaluation Student learning will be evaluated through the following A. Case Studies B. Case Studies C. Case Studies D. Written assignments E. Digital assignments F. Presentations G. Quizzes and tests H. Final examination and written assignments Bibliography Dwyer, Karen K. Conquer Your Speech Anxiety. 2nd ed. Thomson, 2005. Gurak, Laura J. and Lannon, John M. A Concise Guide to Technical Communication. 3rd ed. Longman, 2007. Jeary, Tony, Kim Dower and J.E. Fishman. Life is a Series of Presentations. Fireside, 2004. Quintanilla, Kelly M., and Shawn T. Wahl. Business and Professional Communication: Keys for Workplace Excellence. 2nd ed. Sage, 2013. Searles, George. Workplace Communication. 6th ed. Longman, 2014. Varner, Iris I and Beamer, Linda. Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011. Woolever, Kristin R. Writing for the Technical Professions. 4th ed. Longman, 2008.
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is the study of preparing, reviewing, revising, and finalizing workplace and technical communication with emphasis on the practice and study of selected types of discourse employed in professional writing situations. Examples from the writing of workplace professionals are analyzed and used as models to demonstrate the transition from academic to professional writing. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite ENGL 101 or ENGL 110. Text SELBER, S. ; M. M. (2025). Technical communication. BEDFORD. Objectives The student will be able to A. Evaluate a diverse collection of evidence related to a specific case study. (CT) B. Synthesize the evidence and draw conclusions. (CT) C. Compile a written, verbal, or visual response to the evidence that acknowledges alternative explanations and views. (CT) D. Apply appropriate technical diction and style in writings. E. Produce a variety of technical writings: instructions, reports, and proposals. F. Prepare graphics from statistical and textual information. G. Organize and present short presentations. H. Prepare job application materials. I. Identify strategies for effective intercultural communication. Content A. Case Studies B. Technical documents C. Charts and Graphs D. Job Application Materials E. Presentation Software Student Evaluation Student learning will be evaluated through the following A. Case Studies B. Case Studies C. Case Studies D. Written assignments E. Written assignments F. Digital assignments G. Presentations H. Quizzes and tests I. Final examination and written assignments Bibliography Gerson, Steven M., and Sharon J. Gerson. Technical Communication: Process and Product. Pearson, 2014. Lannon, John M. Technical Communication. 14th ed. Longman, 2016. Pfeiffer, William S., and Kaye E. Adkins. Technical Communication: A Practical Approach. Pearson, 2013. Riordan, Daniel G. Technical Report Writing Today. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2014. Tebeaux, Elizabeth, and Sam Dragga. The Essentials of Technical Communication. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2014.
(3 lecture) Course Description The course will serve as an introduction to the writing of original poetry and short fiction. Instruction in literary techniques will direct the student’s writing. In addition to working within literary conventions to produce manuscripts, students will be exposed to exemplary texts by selected authors. Students will learn to critique their own work and the work of others by participating in writing workshops. Students will be introduced to markets for creative writing and will be encouraged to submit work for publication. Note Spring semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Kowit, Steve. In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet ‘s Portable Workshop . 2nd ed. Thomasten, ME: Tillbury House Publishers, 2017. Print. VanderMeer, Jeff. Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Revised and Expanded . 1st ed. New York: Abrams, 2018. Print. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course investigates film as an art form in its historic, aesthetic, philosophic, and technical aspects in order to help the student read, appreciate and analyze this contemporary medium of expression. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of professor. Text Required
(3 lecture) Course Description In this course the student will read works of representative American authors from origin narratives to 1865. The course explores American literature’s diverse aesthetic and cultural traditions. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Required Levine, Robert S. and Sandra M. Gustafson, eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature . Vol.l Shorter 10th ed. Norton, 2022. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description The course includes a study of selected plays of William Shakespeare. Primary focus is placed on texts and performances. Secondary focus is placed on the author’s life and times. Note Fall semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Greenblatt, Stephen. The Norton Shakespeare . 3rd ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 2016. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is an examination of the development of modern drama as literature from Ibsen to contemporary dramatists. Note This is not a performance course. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Gainor, J. Ellen, Stanton B. Garner, and Martin Puchner. The Norton Anthology of Drama. Vol. 2. 3rd ed . New York: W.W. Norton, 2018. Print. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description A survey of representative American authors from 1865 to the present, this course explores the continuing genesis and development of American literature’s diverse aesthetic and cultural traditions. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Required Levine, Robert, ed. The Norton Anthology of American Literature . Shorter 10th ed. Vol. 2. Norton, 2022. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is an introduction to the mythology of classical antiquity with emphasis on recognized masterpieces of literature by authors such as, Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Aeschylus, and Philip Vellacott. The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Choephori, the Eumenides . Baltimore: Penguin, 1959. Print. Head, James G., and Linda Maclean. Myth and Meaning. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1976. Print. Homer. The Illiad of Homer . Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Classics, 1990. —. The Odyssey of Homer . Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Classics, 1996. Sophocles, Robert Fagles, and Bernard Knox. The Three Theban Plays; Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus . Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1984. Print Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a reading-intensive study of representative works that present and explore key cultural, social, political, aesthetic, and philosophical issues related to sports. This course operates on the premise that sports is an integral part of human culture and society. Given this premise, students will contextualize sports within this wider context, as well as clarify sports’ role in both reflecting and generating cultural and social change. Moreover, students will contribute their own insights to on-going conversations about sports and culture through writing and discussions. Prerequisite ENGL 101, or permission of the instructor. Text Colas, Yago. Ball Don ‘t Lie: Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 2016. Dryden, Ken. The Game: 30th Anniversary ed. Harper Collins Publishing, 2013. Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich. In Praise of Athletic Beauty . Belknap Press of the Harvard UP, 2006. Sexton, John, Thomas Oliphant, and Peter J. Schwartz. Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game. New York: Penguin, 2013. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a survey of the writings of English authors from Anglo-Saxon times to 1798, with the principal emphasis upon recognized masterpieces of literature. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Note Fall semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Required Greenblatt, Steven, ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 10th ed . Vols. A, B, & C. Norton, 2018. Recommended Lumiansky, R. M., tr. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer . Washington Square Press, 1971. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a survey of the writing of English authors from 1798 through the present, with the principal emphasis upon recognized masterpieces of literature. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Note Spring semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Required Greenblatt, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2. 10th ed. Norton 2019. Recommended Holman, Hugh C. and William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature. 10th ed. Pearson 2006. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description The course investigates the short story, the novella, and the novel. A variety of selections will be studied to highlight development along with focusing on historic, cultural, structural, psychological, political, philosophic, and linguistic contexts by applying contemporary literary theory to the texts. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT). Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Pickering, James H. Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction . 13th ed., Prentice Hall, 2012. Pickering, James H. Reader’s Guide to the Short Story to Accompany Fiction 100, an Anthology of Short Fiction . Pearson Education, 2012. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a study of world literature from the ancient world through 1650, emphasizing Western and Non-Western literary and cultural traditions. The course encourages awareness of a global environment through exploration of selected works including poetry, prose, and drama. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE). Note Fall semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of the instructor. Text Puchner, Martin, et. al, eds. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Shorter 4th ed. Vol. 1 . Norton, 2019. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description Beginning in 1650 and progressing through the present, this course explores both Western and Non-Western literary and cultural traditions. The course encourages awareness of a global environment through exploration of selected works in various genres including poetry, prose, and drama. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE). Note Spring semester only. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of the instructor. Text Puchner, Martin. The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter . Volume 2. 4th ed. Norton, 2019. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description In this course the student will read, discuss, and write about detective stories and novels from the nineteenth century to the present. The three principle types of detectives and genres of detective fiction will be included: amateur sleuths and puzzle stories, private investigators and hardboiled stories, and police investigators and police procedural stories. Prerequisite English 101 or permission of instructor. Text Mansfield-Kelley, Diane and Lois Marchino. The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction . New York: Longman, 2005. At least one novel from each of the three genres. Objectives The student will be able to A. Discuss the stories and novels he/she reads within the context of the history of detection and the history of crime fiction. B. Compare the characteristics of the genres and sub-genres of detective fiction. C. Evaluate the fiction he reads according to the unofficial “rules” of crime fiction. D. Discuss each detective’s philosophy of investigation, along with that philosophy’s inherent view of the social world, within the context of his/her own personal philosophy of investigation and view of society. E. Construct the revealed story, or “back story,” of selected readings. F. Evaluate various detective writers according to the student’s perception of those writers’ potential for the lifelong reader. Content A. History of the detective story. B. The amateur sleuth and the puzzle story. C. The private eye and the hard-boiled story. D. The police detective and the police procedural story. E. Conflicts between levels of investigation. F. The back story/revealed story. G. The unofficial rules of “fair play.” Student Evaluation Three tests, one on each of the major genres; a minimum of two critical papers; and-as required by the instructor-periodic quizzes, journals, class participation, or oral reports. Bibliography Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Richard Layman, eds. Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald: A Literary Referenc e. New York: Carroll and Graf, 1989. Herbert, Rosemary, et al. eds. The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing . New York: Oxford U P, 1999. Knight, Stephen. Detective Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Priestman, Martin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction . Cambridge: Cambridge U P, 1993. Rzepka, Charles K. Detective Fiction. Cultural History of Literature series . Malden: Polity/Blackwell, 2005. Scaggs, John. Crime Fiction. New Critical Idiom series . New York: Routledge, 2005. Symons, Julian. Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. 3rd ed . New York: Mysterious Press/Warner, 1993. Winn, Dilys. Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader’s Companion . New York: Workman, 1984.
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a study of poetry, from traditional to modern, and its structure, styles, movements, devices, techniques, and interpretations. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Kennedy, X. J., and Dana Gioia, eds. An Introduction to Poetry. 13th ed . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. Print. Objectives
(3 lecture) Course Description This course is a study of representative works written by women from numerous historical, social, and literary perspectives. The course is designed to work toward a shared understanding of historical and cultural developments in Women’s Literature from both England and the United States. The course will also emphasize literary theory when applicable. Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Text Sapphire (1996). Push. Penguin Random House: New York, NY. Objectives
