36 courses with the subject ENG, 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.
ENG 0160COLLEGE WRITING I: COMP/CRIT THGHT
The first of the course’s three principle assumptions is Rosemont College’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) undergraduate programs are “reading and writing” intensive; students’ opportunities for academic success are directly related to skills such as comprehension, interpretation, analysis and oral and written communication. The college’s tradition and philosophical underpinnings of “meeting the needs of the age” inspire the second assumption: Rosemont’s SGPS programs target both the traditional student and the adult learner, i.e., individuals who are working, possibly raising a family, and may have been out of formal academic settings for years. The SGPS provides courses for learners who may not have the opportunity to continue or complete education within traditional educational settings. This open- ended acceptance of students from all walks of life, across all age cohorts, and across a diversity of living and educational experiences calls for all learners to begin their academic endeavors with a course that introduces concepts, clarifies expectations, and provides guidance for success. The third assumption is based on the “learning curve.” Because acceptance into the SGPS is not predicated on standardized test scores, students of all levels of experience and expertise enter the program equally. However, not every student is prepared for the demand and expectations that govern accelerated degree requirements. This particular course intends to identify those different levels of writing competence and guide students toward appropriate intervention when needed. This introductory course will help allay anxiety, assess needs, and direct learners toward a path of academic success. This course is designed to assist all learners to reflect, assess, and plan the path best suited for their personal development.
1. Students will understand and practice writing and oral communication as a process, using strategies of research, drafting, revision, editing, and reflection. 2. Students will communicate correctly and effectively in writing and in speech, considering audience and purpose. 3. Locate and evaluate (for credibility, sufficiency, accuracy, timeliness, bias, and so on) primary and secondary research materials and observe the rules of academic honesty, intellectual property, and citation style(s). “We seek to develop…open and critical minds” Critical Thinking (3 cr.) Goal: Students will analyze information and ideas carefully and logically from multiple perspectives and develop reasoned solutions to problems.
A study of the techniques and types of poetry and how to read them. The course concentrates on the intricacies of this art form by examining large quantities of traditional and contemporary verse. Offered spring semester.
The techniques and types of fiction taught by close reading and analysis of a variety of short stories, novels, and film. Studies in Fiction is a Multicultural Course that predominantly focuses on American and British texts from the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries. Offered fall semester.
ENG 0206OUR HUMAN CONDITION: WORLD LITERATURE: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL
This course is a survey of world literature (poetry, drama, and fiction) from ancient to medieval writers. We will consider our collective inheritance from these earlier thinkers. Discussions and papers may cover enduring themes such as love, nature, and spirituality. All readings will be translations into English. Fulfills the Global Awareness - Culture General Education requirement.
Students will engage in theoretical readings about, as well as practice of, the digital humanities. Students will collaborate in the production of a major digital humanities project that involves digital humanities theory and practice through work that incorporates web development, and interface design.
A study of selected American novels from Susannah Rowson’s Charlotte Temple to Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. ENG 0222 - MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS TO 1890 A survey of Colonial, Romantic, and Regional American writing with an emphasis on Franklin, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Jewett, Freeman among others. Offered every third year. ENG 0223 - MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS 1890-1940 A survey of Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism in fiction, especially James, Gilman, Chopin, Stephen Crane, Robinson, Fitzgerald, and Eliot. Offered every third year. ENG 0232 - SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900 A study of the writers who have enriched and illuminated the American literary experience from the perspective of African American writers from its earliest inception to 1900. Poetry, slave narratives, autobiographies, speeches, short and long fiction, and the vernacular tradition in its myriad forms will be studied in conjunction with social, political, and religious movements of the time. Representative authors will include Olaudah Equiana, Phyllis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington among others. Offered every other fall. 574
An introduction to reporting and writing literary journalism and to the works of its best-known practitioners (including Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Gay Talese, John Hersey, and John McPhee). Students will receive intensive instruction on nonfiction story structure, narration, scene-setting, dialogue, and characterization and on advanced interviewing and reporting techniques. Prerequisite: COM-0255 or WRT-0255, or by permission of instructor
A survey of fables, folktales, and fairy tales. Readings may range from ancient to contemporary times. Our study will examine these works through additional media: examples may include film, cartoons, and music.
In Social Justice and Contemporary Literature, students will explore literary representations of some of the most challenging and important cultural, historical, and moral issues of our time. Students will study and debate the role of literature in recording and challenging issues in social justice, as well as tensions surrounding inequalities due to race, class, gender, citizenship, war, genocide, (post) colonialism, and/or environmental concerns. The thematic focus will vary. Prerequisite: WRT-0110 or equivalent. Offered spring semester.
ENG 0275MODERN-DAY MONSTERS IN MEDIA AND LITERATURE
An examination of the theme of monstrosity in our current society. Ancient demons and current threats will be considered through a range of readings and digital material.
A close and comprehensive study of the artistry and continuing vitality of William Shakespeare through the consideration of his literature, literary celebrity, modern and contemporary interpretations, and marketing through performance and film. *Cross-listed as THE-0302. Offered every other year. 575
A reading of the novels of Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, William Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, and Thomas Hardy. Offered every third year.
An examination of modernism and modernity in British literature, focusing upon innovations in fiction, film, media, and technology. This class considers novels, short stories, essays, poetry, and periodicals. Offered every other year.
This course considers British, American, and Postcolonial literature and films from 1950 through today. The texts are selected in relation to readings in contemporary literary theory and culture. Offered every third year.
This course will read, listen, reflect on blues and jazz, attending to lyrics, literature influenced by the music, context (such as history and performance), and criticism (of both the music and literature). Our primary focus will be on African American literature and culture.
This seminar will survey American writing between the wars, considering the works but not limited to Frost, Cummings, Stevens, Williams, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. We will aim to identify and study key literary movements and the texts within these movements which help to define “American literature” for years to come. More so, students will critically read and discuss these texts and authors to research the major roles each has played in shaping modern American literature to our current day. In addition, the course attempts to place these writers and their works within the context of the most important literary movements of the time. Students will be able to pinpoint similarities in style, technique, as well as trace literary themes.
(These courses will be offered on a rotational basis, as needed.) An intensive study of an author or topic (Austen, Dickens, Joyce, Lawrence, Wharton, Wilde, Victorian Women), using a seminar format in which students present and defend papers. Offered every year. 1 or 3 credits. 576
English Elective Courses (21 Credits) *Students pursuing English and Secondary Education Certification are required to follow the Literature track, and English students must choose to pursue the Literature or Writing track. Tracks are intended solely to highlight courses that may be relevant to a student’s specific interest in English and to facilitate faculty advising. Tracks are not formally recognized on student transcripts. Discuss with your advisor. Choose* 1 of the Following 2 Tracks: Literature Track Supporting Courses (3 Credits) Students pursuing English and Secondary Education Certification are required to follow this track. With the advisor’s approval, Literature track students may also take a Writing Intensive Communication course. 303
Working toward a definition of the detective genre, we will examine detective writings by American, British, and Canadian authors, from the 19th century to the present. Various subgenres of the detective story will be explored as well.
Slow critical reading of a small number of poetry titles, preferably those not read in full in other classes. American, British, Canadian, and Irish poetry may be considered: readings may be of long poems, complete volumes, or a poet’s entire corpus.
An examination of the history of the book, from the Middle Ages to the present. Topics of study may include: a) manuscripts, b) marginalia, c) the author’s role, d) reading practices, e) printing and the Reformation, f) the scientific revolution, g) copyright, h) and the future of the book.
A study of fundamental texts in literary theory from Plato and Aristotle through the early twentieth century. The course also serves as a forum for seniors to develop their senior thesis and to review questions for the English comprehensive exam. Offered spring semester.
