- 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 3 - Preparing for College Writing II
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Emphasizes strategies within the writing process to help students with specific writing situations. Develops techniques to improve clarity of writing and raise proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into particular curricula.
Variable 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 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 95 - 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
- ENG 101 - Practical Writing I
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Develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of life with emphasis on occupational correspondence and reports. Guides students in learning writing as a process: understanding audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information, composing, revising, and editing. Supports writing by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 105 - Communication in Business and Industry
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Develops ability to communicate effectively in business and industry, emphasizing gathering, organizing, and transmitting information. Primarily for noncurricular, on- site use in business and industry.
Variable hours per week.
1-6 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 123 - Writing for the World Wide Web
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Teaches students how to outline, compose, organize, and edit written materials for publication on the World Wide Web. Teaches students how to design basic web pages, compose website content, design web site layout and develop website navigation for a variety of possible audiences. Prerequisite:
ENG 111 or approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 134 - Grammar for Writing and Speaking
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Studies the various parts of speech with application to both writing and speaking. Includes significant assignments to demonstrate skills in a variety of written and verbal communication, and emphasizes the skills necessary for correct everyday usage of the English language.
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 138 - Communication Processes II
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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 II of II.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- ENG 150 - Children's Literature
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Surveys the history of children's literature, considers learning theory and developmental factors influencing reading interests, and uses bibliographic tools in selecting books and materials for recreational interests and educational needs of children.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 195 - 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
- 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 211 - Creative Writing I
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Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 212 - Creative Writing II
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Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval. Part II of II.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 237 - Introduction to Poetry
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Examines selected poetry, emphasizing the history of the genre. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
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 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 265 - The Modern Short Story
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Studies the modern short story as a literary form. Emphasizes appreciation and interpretation of selected stories. Requires critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 267 - The Modern Novel
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Studies the modern novel. Emphasizes appreciation and interpretation of selected novels. Requires critical reading and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
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 279 - Film and Literature
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Examines the translation of literature into film viewing and writing. Prerequisite
ENG 112 or divisional approval.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENG 298 - Seminar and Project
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Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.
May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
