- ENG 1 - Preparing for College Writing I
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Helps students discover and develop writing processes needed to bring their proficiency to the level necessary for entrance in to their respective curricula. Guides students through the process of starting, composing, revising, and editing.
Variable hours per week.
1-6 credits
- ENG 2 - Spelling and Vocabulary Study
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Helps students to improve spelling and develop vocabulary. Reviews common spelling patterns. Familiarizes the student with basic prefixes, suffixes, root words, and other word formations. Teaches effective use of the dictionary and thesaurus. Stresses recognizing words in reading context and using them effectively in writing.
Variable hours per week.
1-6 credits
- ENG 4 - Preparing for College Reading I
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Prepares students to be successful in college-level reading assignments with developmentally appropriate materials. Emphasizes strategies within the reading process to help students increase their understanding of reading materials. Includes word forms and meanings, comprehension techniques, ways to control reading pace.
Lecture 1-6 hours per week.
1-6 credits
- ENG 5 - Preparing for College Reading II
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Prepares students to be successful in college-level reading assignments. Emphasizes strategies within the reading process to help students read critically and increse appreciation of reading. Guides the student in making inferences, drawing conclusions, detecting relationships between generalizations and supporting details. Includes interpreting graphic aids and library skills.
Lecture 1-6 hours per week.
1-6 credits
- ENG 8 - Writing and Reading Improvement II
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Emphasizes strategies within the writing and critical reading processes to help students with specific writing and reading assignments. Encourages an appreciation for clear writing and practical reading applications.
Variable hours per week.
6-12 credits
- ENG 9 - Individualized Instruction in Writing
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Focuses on individual writing needs as determined by student and instructor. Provides support for students simultaneously enrolled in other courses or who want additional writing instruction in a tutorial setting.
Variable hours per week.
1-3 credits
- ENG 50 - Reading and Writing for Teacher Entrance Exams
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Provides students with review and practice for the reading and writing portions of the licensure examination required of all beginning teachers in Virginia. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading for comprehension, the writing process, and test-taking. Prerequisite:
ENG 111 suggested.
Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits
- ENG 107 - Critical Reading
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Helps students refine their reading processes. Emphasizes applying and synthesizing ideas. Includes ways to detect organization, make inferences, draw conclusions, evaluate generalizations, recognize differences between facts and opinions, and other advanced comprehension, strategies. May include comprehensive library skills.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 111 - College Composition I
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Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics: develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes. Writing activities will include exposition and argumentation with at least one researched essay.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 112 - College Composition II
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Continues to develop college writing with increased emphasis on critical essays, argumentation, and research, developing these competencies through the examination of a range of texts about the human experience. Requires students to locate, evaluate, integrate, and document sources and effectively edit for style and usage. Prerequisite: Students must successfully complete
ENG 111 or its equivalent, and must be able to use word processing software.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 115 - Technical Writing
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Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected reading.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 137 - Communication Processes I
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Covers content, form, and procedures for research writings, which may include reports, articles, summaries, essays and correspondence. Stresses editing, proofreading skills, sentence structure, and paragraph development. Offers instruction and practice in oral communication skills. May use reading selections for discussions and writing assignments. Part I of II.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- ENG 190 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENG 210 - Advanced Composition
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Helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 215 - Creative Writing - Fiction I
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Introduces the fundamentals and techniques of writing short and long fiction. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 217 - Creative Writing - Poetry I
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Introduces the fundamentals and techniques of writing poetry. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 233 - The Bible As Literature
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Provides an introduction to the study of the Bible as literature. Examines the intent and presentation of major literary genres found in the Bible, refining skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Prerequisite:
ENG 112.'
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 241 - Survey of American Literature I
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Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 242 - Survey of American Literature II
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Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 243 - Survey of English Literature I
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Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 244 - Survey of English Literature II
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Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 245 - Major English Writers
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Examines major writers in English literary history. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 251 - Survey of World Literature I
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Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 252 - Survey of World Literature II
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Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 253 - Survey of African-American Literature I
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Examines selected works by Black American writers from the colonial period to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 254 - Survey of African-American Literature II
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Examines selected works by Black American writers from the colonial period to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 273 - Women in Literature I
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Examines literature by and about women. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 274 - Women in Literature II
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Examines literature by and about women. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 276 - Southern Literature
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Examines the themes and techniques of selected writers dealing with the American South as a distinctive cultural entity. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 295 - Topics In
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Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
