Fall Semester 2000 through Summer Semester 2002
Go to current catalog
Fall Semester 2000 through Summer Semester 2002
Go to current catalog
|
|
Professors: Earl R. Anderson (Chairperson), David Evett, John C. Gerlach, John A.C. Greppin, Daniel C. Melnick, Glending Olson, David Richardson; Associate Professors: Louis R. Barbato, Gary D. Engle, P. Jeffrey Ford, Adrienne Gosselin, Ted Lardner, David Larson, Donna Burns Phillips, Sheila Schwartz; Assistant Professors: Rachel Carnell, Gary Dyer, Ruth Schwartz, Batya Weinbaum; Program Directors: Neal C. Chandler (Creative Writing), Mary Murray (Writing Center); Composition Instructor: Cheryl Brooke; Professors Emiriti-Retired: William S. Chisholm, Cynthia Edelberg, Barton Friedman, Louis T. Milic, Leonard M. Trawick, Alberta T. Turner; Associate Professors Emeriti-Retired: James A. Barthelmess, Harold E. Dailey, Matthew Hazelrig, Donald W. Miller, Phillips Salman, Arnold G. Tew.
ENG 101 and 102 (or an approved equivalent writing course) are university-degree requirements, designed to concentrate on composition skills that are essential for success in many college courses. These courses lay the foundation for the university's Writing course requirements. Students should, therefore, enroll in ENG 101 as soon as possible in their college career. Students taking Freshman English at CSU must earn a "C" or better in both ENG 101 and 102 (or equivalent writing course) in order to graduate.
Placement Testing: Before enrolling in ENG 101, all students, including transfer students who have not taken Freshman English, must take the English Placement Exam. Students who are not ready for ENG 101 may be placed in ENG 090. Students enrolled in the Student Development Program must take the comparable exam offered by the Office of Collegiate Studies, and may be placed in ENG 085.
Placement for transfer students with ENG 101 equivalent: Transfer students who enter CSU with three or more credits of Freshman English and are credited with ENG 101 do not have to take the placement exam; they may register for ENG 102 (or equivalent writing course).
Placement testing for students whose native language is other than English: Students whose native language is not English must take the English as a Second Language (ESL) Placement Examination. This exam must be taken before or during the first quarter that the student is enrolled at CSU. Examination times are announced in the CSU course schedules. Students whose native language is not English may be placed in courses in the ESL series, ENG 095-098.
ENG 101-102 as Matriculation Requirements: All students, in order to graduate from Cleveland State University, must complete the Freshman English requirement within the first 45 hours of academic work earned at CSU. Completion of ENG 101 with a grade of "C" or better is prerequisite for admission to ENG 102 (or equivalent writing course). Students who have not completed ENG 102 (or equivalent course) within their first 45 hours may not register for any further courses without registering for the appropriate Writing course.
Matriculation Requirements for Students Admitted under Earlier Catalogues: Students who entered Cleveland State prior to the new curriculum (between fall quarter 1989 and fall quarter 1992) must pass ENG 101 and earn a minimum grade of "C" in ENG 102 by the time they have completed 96 credit hours. Transfer students who began their college enrollment prior to fall 1993 and transferred to CSU before the start of fall 1994 may elect to meet the catalog requirements of either the 1991-1992 Bulletin or the 1992-1994 Bulletin.
Contact information:
For Freshman English: Jane Dugan, (216) 687-2532.
Note: ENG 085-090 do not count toward graduation.
ENG 085 Sentence Grammar and Composition (4-0-4). Review of grammar and punctuation of standard written English, paragraphs, and introduction to the composition of essays. Pass/fail system of grading, but students receive modified letter grades: S(A), S(B), S(C), U(D), U(F). The letter grades in parentheses are not computed in the students' GPA's. Upon completion of this course, students are eligible to enroll in ENG 101. Return to top
ENG 090 Introductory Writing (4-0-4). An intensive review of the writing process intended to improve students' ability to write brief essays. Covers methods of developing ideas and emphasizes the importance of revision. Students learn essential rhetorical concepts so that they can write with a clear sense of audience and purpose. This course also provides a review of sentence grammar for those students for whom it is appropriate. Pass/fail system of grading. Upon successful completion of this course, students are eligible to enroll in ENG 101. Return to top
Note: ENG 095-097 do not count toward graduation.
ENG 095 Intermediate ESL (4-0-4). Prerequisite: Placement by ESL coordinator. An integrated skills approach to communicative competence in academic English as a Second Language. Intermediate academic listening comprehension (lecture note-taking), oral reporting, summarizing, and short essay writing with an emphasis on grammar and vocabulary-building. Return to top
ENG 096 Advanced ESL (4-0-4). Prerequisite: Placement by ESL coordinator. An integrated skills approach to communicative competence in academic English as a Second Language; advanced academic listening comprehension, oral reporting, analysis of Western organizational patterns and writing with an emphasis on reviewing and refining grammar knowledge and building academic vocabulary. Return to top
ENG 097 ESL and Computer Literacy (2-0-2). Prerequisite: Placement by ESL coordinator. An integrated skills approach to computer literacy and ESL written communicative competence at the advanced level; project-based by links to an academic content course or professional needs; search, gathering, and synthesis of information from a number of electronic sources; writing of formal reports in different organizational patterns; continued emphasis on grammar and vocabulary. Return to top
ENG 101 English I (4-0-4). Prerequisite: Placement by Freshman English Placement Exam, or completion of ENG 090, or (for international students) ENG 093-097 placement requirements. Fundamentals of expository writing and the reading of expository prose, word-processing instruction, general information literacy. Topics include thesis development, paragraph structure, transition, logical relations, syntax, dictionary use, and documentation. Writing Center assistance for this course is available by taking ENG 105 (2 credits). Each quarter during the academic year, a special ESL section of ENG 101 is offered, open only to students whose native language is not English. Return to top
ENG 102 English II (3-0-3). Prerequisite: ENG 101 with grade of "C" or better, or placement by Freshman English Placement Exam. Transfer students who are credited with ENG 101 may enroll in ENG 102 without taking the Placement Exam. Research techniques and critical thinking, methods of argument, clarity of organization and expression, preparation of longer writing projects, information literacy specific to the discipline. Assistance for this course is available by taking ENG 105 or 106 (2 credits). Note: students who earn an "A" in ENG 101 may take ENG 201, 300, or 301 in lieu of ENG 102. Return to top
ENG 105 Writing Center I (2 credits). Workshops and tutorials to assist students taking ENG 101 or 102; also available to students for help with writing assignments in other courses. Pass/fail grading system. Return to top
ENG 106 Writing Center II (2 credits). Prerequisite: ENG 105. Workshops and tutorials on writing, with topics based on the particular writing problems experienced by students. Pass/fail grading system. Return to top
Note: Students may earn no more than 4 credit hours for Writing Center courses.
Completion of ENG 101-102 is a prerequisite for all courses numbered ENG 201 and above.
ENG 201 Grammar and Writing for Prospective Teachers (3-0-3). Review of traditional grammar, in conjunction with writing assignments and readings intended to introduce prospective teachers to reading and writing strategies that have professional language arts applications. Students who need extra help with writing may be required to take ENG 106 Writing Center concurrently with ENG 201. Writing. Return to top
ENG 204 Nonwestern Literature (3-0-3). Significant literary works representing cultures of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Includes such authors as Basho, Mo Yan, Mishima, Yosano, Ruben Dario, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Vargas Illosa, the griot Kouyate, Maran, Achebe, and Soyinka. Cross-listed with MLA 204. Arts and Humanities, Nonwestern Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 206 Literature and American Culture (4-0-4). Selected works of American literature illustrating American myths central to our culture's self-conception. Includes such writers as Franklin, Thoreau, Twain, Hemingway, Ellison, and Arthur Miller. Arts and Humanities, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 207 Black Masterpieces (3-0-3). Introduction to the tradition of African-American literature and its underlying historical experiences, cultural values, and modes of literary expression. Western Culture and Civilization, African-American Experience, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 208 Womanism/Feminism (3-0-3). Study of literature reflecting the racial history of the women's movement in America. Content is designed for reading "across cultures," with emphasis on the development of "womanism" which is distinct from "feminism." African-American Experience, Western Culture and Civilization, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 209 Bible as Literature (3-0-3). The Bible in English translation, studied with special attention to its genres and modes of literary expression. Arts and Humanities, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 210 Native American Literature (3-0-3). Introduction to literature by Native Americans, with emphasis on their cultural diversity and their struggle for national survival and identity. Arts and Humanities, Nonwestern Culture and Civilization, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 240 Poetry (4-0-4). British and American poetic genres studied with emphasis on their historical development and critical approaches to them. This course introduces English majors to research and critical techniques needed for the baccalaureate study of literature. Arts and Humanities; Writing. Return to top
ENG 241 Fiction and Drama (4-0-4). British and American fiction and drama, including a Shakespeare play, studied with emphasis on the historical development of these genres and critical approaches to them. This course introduces English majors to research and critical techniques needed for the baccalaureate study of literature. Arts and Humanities; Writing. Return to top
ENG 248 U.S. Ethnic Literature (4-0-4). An introduction to the literature (in English or in translation) of one or more racial/ethnic minority groups in the United States, such as Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans. Topics, texts and approaches will vary depending on the expertise of the instructor. Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 260 Language, Society, and Culture (3-0-3). Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of linguistics and of language in its social and cultural contexts. Cross-listed with LIN 260, ANT 260, and MLA 260. Social Science, Writing. Counts as an elective in the linguistics major. Return to top
ENG 271 Shakespeare and Film (3-0-3). Essential plays of Shakespeare studied and viewed in performance on videotape. Arts and Humanities, Western Culture and Civilization, Writing. Return to top
ENG 280 Classical Literature in Translation (4-0-4). Survey of major literature of ancient Greece and Rome, including the Iliad, the Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, and works by Plato, Euripides, and Sophocles. Classical and Medieval Studies course. Arts and Humanities, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
The Handbook of Undergraduate Studies in English contains full descriptions of upper-division English courses. The handbook may be obtained in the Department of English office, Rhodes Tower 1815. English majors are advised to take ENG 240-241 before taking courses numbered ENG 330 and above. However, transfer students who enter Cleveland State with six sophomore literature credits may take ENG 300 plus another 300-level English course in lieu of ENG 240-241. For nonmajors, one 200-level literature course, or permission of the instructor, is prerequisite for literature courses numbered ENG 303 and above. This prerequisite does not apply to linguistics courses (ENG 310-318).
Courses on Writing and Composition Theory
ENG 300 Writing About Literature (4-0-4). Practical criticism and research techniques in the study of literature. Writing. Return to top
ENG 301 Advanced Expository Writing (4-0-4). Discussion and practice of writing in nonfiction genres such as the essay, technical writing, and journalism. Writing. Return to top
ENG 302 Rhetoric of the Law (4-0-4). Analysis of strategies used in a variety of legal contexts such as closing arguments in criminal trials or arguments before the Supreme Court. Writing. Return to top
ENG 303 Creative Writing (4-0-4). Techniques of nonexpository writing, applicable to poetry, fiction, and drama. Nonmajors are advised to take the course on a pass/fail basis. Return to top
ENG 304 Creative Writing for Teachers (4-0-4). Poetry, fiction, and/or drama-writing with emphasis on its usefulness in teaching writing in the schools. Return to top
ENG 305 Creative Writing Workshop (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ENG 303 or permission of instructor. Craft course in poetry, fiction, playwrighting, or a specialized creative writing topic. May be repeated with change of topic. Return to top
ENG 307 Style (4-0-4). Experiments with the effects of diction, syntax, punctuation, and other linguistic tools in the creation of meaning, using the student's own writing. Writing. Return to top
ENG 308 Composition Theory (4-0-4). Approaches to teaching writing, combined with practical internship experience. Writing. Return to top
ENG 309 Writing Center Practicum (1-4-2). Prerequisite: Permission of instructor based on evaluation of a writing sample. Composition and tutoring theory integrated with practical experience in the teaching of writing. May be repeated for up to four credits. Counts toward the secondary English certification requirement in advanced composition. Writing. Return to top
Linguistics Courses
ENG 310 Traditional Grammar (2 or 4 credits). Survey of traditional grammar, its history and present use in the schools. Linguistics course. Cross-listed with LIN 310. Return to top
ENG 311 Elements of Linguistics (4-0-4). Survey of phonology, morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, semantics, pragmatics, and psycholinguistics with reference to modern English. Linguistics course. Cross-listed with LIN 311. Return to top
ENG 312 Modern English Grammar (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ENG/LIN 311 or ANT/MLA 325. Systematic description of English sentences according to structuralist and transformational-generative principles. Linguistics course. Cross-listed with LIN 312. Return to top
ENG 313 Studies in Linguistics (2 or 4 credits). Core course in a mainstream linguistic topic, such as American English dialects, historical linguistics, morphology, history of the English language, semantics, or sociolinguistics. May be repeated with change of topic. Linguistics course. Return to top
ENG 314 Applied Linguistics (2 or 4 credits). Course in the professional application of linguistics, such as Language Diversity and Teaching English, Lexicography, or English as a Second Language. May be repeated with change of topic. Linguistics course. Cross-listed with LIN 314. Return to top
ENG 318 Language Analysis (2 or 4 credits). Prerequisite: ENG/LIN/MLA/ANT 260 or ENG 311 or a strong background in a foreign language. Topics may include Sanskrit, Hittite, Classical Armenian, Old English, Old Norse, or Gothic, studied with an emphasis on grammar and linguistic issues. May be repeated as the continuing study of one language, or with a change of topic. A two-semester sequence of one language (such as Sanskrit I and II), or a semester of Old English followed by a semester of Old Norse or Gothic, may satisfy the Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement. Students who take Sanskrit I and II (4 credits each) may take second year Sanskrit III and IV (2 credits each). Linguistics course; Classical and Medieval Studies course. Cross-listed with LIN 318. Return to top
Literature Courses
ENG 320 Classical Literature in Translation (4-0-4). Survey of major literature of ancient Greece and Rome, including the Iliad, the Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, and works by Plato, Euripides, and Sophocles. Classical and Medieval Studies course, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 321 British Literature I (4-0-4). Survey of British literature from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings to 1789. Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 322 British Literature II (4-0-4). Survey of British literature from 1789 to modern times. Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 330 Studies in Ancient Literature (4-0-4). Study of a single aspect of ancient Greek, Roman, or other classical literature, such as a writer, genre, theme or period. Classical and Medieval Studies course. Return to top
ENG 331 Studies in Medieval Literature (4-0-4). Topics include Arthurian tradition, Boccaccio, Dante, Malory, medieval drama, or courses in medieval themes. May be repeated with change in topic. Classical and Medieval Studies course. Writing. Return to top
ENG 332 Studies in Renaissance Literature (4-0-4). Sixteenth- and 17th-century authors, genres, themes, or movements, including humanism, the Reformation, metaphysical and cavalier poetry, scientific empiricism, neo-classicism. May be repeated with change in topic. Writing, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 333 Studies in 18th-Century British Literature (4-0-4). Authors, genres, themes, or movements in 18th-century poetry and fiction. Possible topics include the Enlightenment, satire, rise of the novel, and neoclassical and pre-Romantic poetry. May be repeated with change in topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 334 Studies in 19th-Century British Literature (4-0-4). Romantic and Victorian authors, genres, themes, or movements. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 335 Studies in 20th-Century British Literature (4-0-4). Modern and contemporary British authors, genres, themes or movements. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 342 Survey of American Literature (4-0-4). American literature from the 17th century to modern times, intended to provide a sense of historical movements - colonialism, federalism, romanticism, realism, modernism. Return to top
ENG 345 Studies in American Literature (4-0-4). Authors, genres, themes, or movements of significance in American literature. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 346 Studies in American Fiction (4-0-4). Studies in the American short story and/or novel focusing on a specific author, theme, movement, period, or subgenre. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 347 Studies in African-American Literature (4-0-4). Authors, themes, or movements of significance in African-American literature. Topics include slave narratives, Harlem renaissance, literature of the 1950s, African-American women authors. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing, African-American Experience, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 348 Studies in Multicultural Literature (4-0-4). Authors, genres, themes, or movements representing the ethnic diversity of modern American literature. Writing, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 349 Multicultural Literature: Theory and Methods (4-0-4). Interviews, ethnography, theater, poetry, chant, memoir, fiction and criticism by and about minority groups, used to explore functions of literature and society. Role of writer will be explored, as well as aesthetics of literary production; biculturality; cultural hybridity; displacement, and impact of portrayals of one's own community in mass culture. Writing, Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 350 Studies in Fiction (4-0-4). Authors, themes, or movements significant in British, American, European, or world fiction. May be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
ENG 351 Studies in Drama (4-0-4). Authors, themes, or movements significant in British, American, European, or world drama. Writing. Return to top
ENG 352 Studies in Poetry (4-0-4). Authors, themes, or movements significant in British, American, European, or world poetry. May be repeated with change of topic. Return to top
ENG 355 Major Themes or Genres (2 or 4 credits). Themes or genres significant in British, American, European, or world literature. Topics in the past have included European Romanticism, the Faust theme, Literature, and Science. May be repeated with change of topic. Return to top
ENG 360 Studies in Literary Criticism (4-0-4). Study of milestones in criticism by Aristotle, Sidney, Johnson, Wordsworth, and Arnold, and/or of modern and contemporary critical movements such as new criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, feminist criticism, and post-structuralism. Writing. Return to top
ENG 361 Classical Rhetoric (4-0-4). Tradition of rhetoric established in ancient Greece and Rome and its continuing influence on literature and composition. Classical and Medieval Studies course. Writing. Return to top
ENG 363 Gender Issues in Literature (2 or 4 credits). Studies in gender theory and gender issues in literature. Topics may include contemporary feminist themes, the intersection of gender, race, and class; the relationship of gender to voice, technique and genre; and how questions of language are linked to these issues. Human Diversity. Return to top
ENG 364 Popular Culture (4-0-4). Critical methodology and study of genres in such areas as science fiction, the western, gothic romance, comparative studies in literature and film, or mass media aesthetics. Return to top
ENG 370 Chaucer (4-0-4). Study of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and other works. Classical and Medieval Studies course, Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 371 Shakespeare I (4-0-4). Study of Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 372 Shakespeare II (4-0-4). Study of Shakespeare's tragedies and history plays. Western Culture and Civilization. Return to top
ENG 374 Milton (4-0-4). Study of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes and other works of Milton. Return to top
ENG 375 Major Author (4-0-4). Intensive study of a major author writing in English. May be repeated with change of topic. Return to top
ENG 390 Literary Magazine (1 or 2 credits). Prerequisite: Approval of faculty advisor to the literary magazine. Practicum in professional editing, writing and administration of a literary magazine. Graded S/U only; does not count toward the major. Current options are editorial work on the Whiskey Island magazine, or work in the preparation of reviews of poetry books for the Burning Press. May be repeated for up to four credits. Return to top
ENG 396 Independent Study (1 to 3 credits). Prerequisites: Written permission of the instructor and prior approval by the Committee on Instruction in the English Department. Intensive study of a specialized topic growing out of 300-level English course work. Students are limited to one independent study per semester, and may count up to six credits toward the major. A student must be in good academic standing to qualify for an independent study. Independent studies cannot be given as substitutes for courses that normally are offered in the curriculum. Contact the English Department for further information. Return to top
ENG 397 Portfolio Preparation (1 credit). Prerequisites: The student must be enrolled in the Writing Certificate Program and must have earned at least 12 credits toward the Writing Certificate, or, alternatively, must obtain permission from the instructor. Individual or group instruction in the preparation of a professional writing portfolio. Emphasis is on revision of writing projects, and preparation and presentation of texts. Graded S/U only; does not count toward the English major or minor. Offered each semester in the Writing Center. Return to top
ENG 490 Professional Internship (1 or 2 credits). Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty anchor and field supervisor. Internships are available in two fields: Teaching Adult English as a Second Language, and Professional Writing. Students desiring to take the ESL internship must take ENG/LIN 311 or ANT 325 as a prerequisite. Professional writing interns must have completed all university writing requirements. Return to top
ENG 495 Senior Seminar (2 or 4 credits). Prerequisite: English major with senior standing or permission of instructor. Literature studied in the context of significant theoretical questions: an author, genre, or theme considered from a variety of critical perspectives. Students may fulfill the senior seminar requirement by taking one four-credit semester seminar, or a two-semester seminar series of two credits each. The seminar may be repeated with change of topic. Writing. Return to top
