presentations, correspondence, technical reports, and
scientific papers. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1. Prerequisite: ENGL102.
ENGL410
ADVANCED TECHNICAL
WRITING
3 sem. hrs.
This course provides intensive instruction in design-
ing, writing, and editing extended technical docu-
ments. Prerequisite: ENGL404 or permission of
instructor. This course is approved for General
Education Computer Competency.
ENGL440
ESSAY WORKSHOP
3 sem. hrs.
Personal essays short nonfiction pieces based on the
writer's own experiences are part of a rich literary
tradition. In this course, students compose original
essays that receive commentary from the instructor
and their peers. To situate students' writing within a
literary context, the course includes a brief survey of
the history of the personal essay, focusing on selected
authors from the 16th century to the present.
Prerequisite: ENGL385.
ENGL441
ADVANCED FICTION WRITING
3 sem. hrs.
Building on a foundation laid earlier in the writing
concentration, students in this course develop their
ability to prepare full-length novella manuscripts or
extensive portions of a fully realized novel. Students
will also refine their critical thinking, speaking, and
writing skills as they respond to one another's writ-
ings, the lengthy fiction written by masters of the art,
and current literary works. Prerequisite: ENGL402.
ENGL442
ADVANCED POETRY WRITING
3 sem. hrs.
Building on a foundation laid earlier in the writing
concentration, students in this course develop their
ability to match poetic form to subject matter; deepen
their understanding of how poetic tradition influences
poetic practice; and refine their critical thinking,
speaking, and writing skills as they respond to one
another's poems, poems written by masters of the art,
and poems published in current literary periodicals.
Prerequisite: ENGL403.
ENGL443
ADVANCED CREATIVE
NONFICTION
3 sem. hrs.
This course combines the information-gathering tech-
niques of the nonfiction writer observation,
research, and recollection with the stylistic and
rhetorical techniques of the novelist or short-story
writer setting, conflict, character development, nar-
rative voice, dialogue, and metaphor. This course will
acquaint students with the work of contemporary cre-
ative nonfiction writers, and will require students to
draft, revise and edit several extended-length nonfic-
tion prose pieces, with the ultimate objective of pub-
lication. Prerequisite: ENGL440.
ENGL444
ADVANCED SCREENWRITING
3 sem. hrs.
Building on a foundation laid earlier in the writing
concentratation, students in this course develop their
ability to complete a feature-length screenplay using
the accepted professional format and standards.
Prerequisite: ENGL322.
ENGL498
THESIS SEMINAR IN WRITING
3 sem. hrs.
This course provides English/writing majors the
opportunity to demonstrate professional expertise by
planning a semester-long project in a particular writ-
ing genre; making a formal proposal to the seminar as
a whole; participating in regularly scheduled oral and
written critiques of work-in-progress; producing a
ready-for-publication version of the project; and pre-
senting the completed project in a public forum.
Course is open to English majors writing concen-
tration only.
ENGL525
COMPOSITION THEORY
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces students to the theories and
research informing the writing process and the teach-
ing of that process. It also examines the relationship
of grammar instruction to the writing process.
Prerequisites: ENGL101/103 and 102/104 or equiva-
lent.
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT
French Courses
FREN100
INTRODUCTION TO FRANCE
AND THE FRENCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course presents the high points of historico-
social progression from earliest days to the present.
This course provides the student with an appreciation
of the French contribution to the modern world
through the discussion of French geography, history,
government and culture. Lecture is interspersed with
film based on documentary topics or on works of
French literature. This course is approved for General
Education Core 5.
FREN101
FIRST COURSE IN FRENCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the structures of the French
language in a cultural context. The student will not
only develop the basic skills for communication in
the language but also a fundamental awareness of the
cultural diversity of the French-speaking world. This
course is approved for General Education Core 5.
FREN102
SECOND COURSE IN FRENCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course reviews the basic language structures pre-
sented in FREN101 and continues the survey of the
complete set of French grammatical and syntactical
structures. Prerequisite: FREN101 or equivalent.
This course is approved for General Education
Distribution 1.
FREN201
THIRD COURSE IN FRENCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course offers an in-depth review of the four basic
skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) with the
emphasis on grammar and syntax as tools to under-
standing and communicating written and oral French.
Prerequisite: FREN102 or equivalent. This course is
approved for General Education Distribution 1.
FREN202
FOURTH COURSE IN FRENCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course is a continuation of FREN201, although
the two courses do not have to be taken in sequence.
This is an in-depth review of the four basic skills (lis-
tening, speaking, reading, writing) with an emphasis
on grammar and syntax as tools to understanding and
communicating written and oral French. Prerequisite:
FREN102 or equivalent. This course is approved for
General Education Distribution 1.
FREN307
FRENCH COMPOSITION
3 sem. hrs.
This course develops understanding and appreciation
of the structure and style of written French. By exam-
ple, analysis, and practice, students learn to write cor-
rectly and creatively in French. Prerequisite:
FREN202 or permission of the instructor.
FREN308
FRENCH CONVERSATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course offers students practice in spoken French:
review of pronunciation and intonation patterns,
preparation and delivery of dialogues and talks on
topical subjects. Prerequisite: FREN307 or permis-
sion of the instructor.
FREN332
FRENCH CIVILIZATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course provides the student with an appreciation
of the French contribution to the modern world
through the study in the French language of French
geography, history, government, literature, the arts
and sciences. Prerequisite: Permission of staff.
FREN353
THE FRENCH NOVEL IN
ENGLISH
3 sem. hrs.
This course presents a selection of French novels in
translation representing various movements and liter-
ary periods in French literature, from the 17th to the
20th centuries.
FREN390-393 SPECIAL TOPICS: FRENCH
1-12 sem. hrs.
This series consists of a variety of short courses in
specialized areas beyond the content of regular cours-
es. Students may take as many or as few of such
courses as they wish. Credit will be granted at the
equivalence of 15-class hours a semester, plus requi-
site examination procedures. A list of courses offered,
subject to changes, is maintained by the head of the
Department.
FREN407
ADVANCED FRENCH
CONVERSATION AND
COMPOSITION:
INTRODUCTION TO
STYLISTICS
3 sem. hrs.
Review of the finer points of French grammar, syn-
tax, idiomatic constructions, word formation.
Original compositions. Strongly recommended for
future teachers. Prerequisite: FREN202 or consent of
instructor.
FREN451
SURVEY OF FRENCH
LITERATURE
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the student to the great move-
ments of French literature from its beginnings to the
present, with readings and discussion of representa-
tive works. Prerequisite: Permission of the staff.
Course Descriptions/181