Bachelor of Arts in English

This course outlines basic study and research techniques, the use of libraries, and the importance of research methodology and analysis for the social sciences. It is a writing intensive course that requires a sound understanding of written communication. Students enrolling in this course should be familiar with proper citations and documentation, grammar and syntax, organizing their writing, and parts of a paper. (Prerequisite: ENGL101 or ENGL102).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101),Effectiveness in Writing(ENGL102)

This course will provide students with a foundation in the history and linguistics of the English language. The course will emphasize social, political, and other external historical events influencing language change, as well as the internal history of the language. Attention will be given to the various language systems (personal identity, phonetics, phonology, morphology, graphics, syntax, lexicon, language variation, historical linguistics, language and the brain, and semantics), as well as to the literature from the different historical periods. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

In this course, students will study selected texts in English literature from Beowulf through the 18th century, including prose, fiction and nonfiction, drama, and poetry, with a focus on the historical and cultural contexts and issues relevant to the time. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

In this course, students will examine selected texts in English literature from the 18th century to the present, including prose, fiction and nonfiction, drama, and poetry, with a focus on the historical and cultural contexts and issues relevant to the time. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will cover the major elements of some of Shakespeare's writings, including his histories, comedies, tragedies, and sonnets. The course will focus on the plays both as literature to be read and discussed as well as theatrical scripts for realization in a performance setting. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course offers a chronological survey of British poetry from the Anglo-Saxon era through the twentieth century. The poetry will be examined within the social and cultural contexts in which it was produced. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course provides an examination of American society and culture through literature, using fiction that covers different eras, personalities, and issues. Stress is placed on characterization and other literary techniques, as well as on the nature of American society itself and fiction's place in that society. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course provides a survey of the major American poets, poetic style, and poetry from colonial to contemporary times, examining in the process what a poem is and how meaning is created through the use of literary devices. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course is designed to expose students to literary theory. Students will read essays that cover key components of literary analysis such as Marxism, feminist theory, structuralism, and post-modernism, among others. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

Women writers have influenced thinking around the world, but this was not always recognized until recently. This course is an inclusive survey of women writers from around the globe, in both the Eastern and Western tradition, in all literary genres, through specific literary contributions from historical and modern times. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will introduce students to core journalism skills and the historical, social and political context of journalistic practice. The course provides instruction in on-line journalism, news writing, story structure, interviewing techniques and a working understanding of the code of ethics and legal issues which impact journalistic practice. (Prerequisite: ENGL101 or ENGL102).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101),Effectiveness in Writing(ENGL102)

This course will give students the opportunity to study the elements of fictional writing. Students will experiment with a variety of forms, including poetry, fiction, and drama. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will focus on the kinds of communication typically found in the workplace, and will include the major concepts of technical writing: audience analysis, ethics, collaboration, graphics and design, concepts common to all types of technical communication. In this course, the student will prepare letters, memos, instructions, proposals, and written and oral reports. Because the Internet has become an important tool in the workplace, it will also cover the basics of using the Internet as a research tool. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course teaches students how to communicate professionally in the business community. It emphasizes business language and style. Included in the course are exercises that instruct students how to write clear, well-structured, effective letters, bulletins, e-mails, instructions, memos, manuals, reports, and other business writing. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course presents modern linguistic theories and their application to literature and teaching of English. Included will be an examination of how various grammatical models represent the complexities of sound, sequence, and structure of language. Also included will be the topics of word meaning, language variation, language and context, oral and written discourse, writing systems, literature analysis, grammar, and language planning in teaching English. (Prerequisite: ENGL101)

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course is designed to help students become knowledgeable and productive freelance writers. It will help them prepare written articles for publication in magazines and newspapers. Writing assignments will parallel the study of a current text and will result in submissions designed for publication and sale. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course extends the writing approaches and practices encountered in ENGL120. Students will continue to explore ways to generate ideas for stories, but a more central focus will be on deepening existing writings and finding new challenges in familiar material. Students will also explore additional types of storytelling, such as prose poetry, flash fiction, screenwriting, and visual poetry. Students will explore their own “voice” and develop a writing process unique to themselves. (Prerequisite: ENGL120).

Pre Reqs: Creative Writing(ENGL120)

This course examines the genius and influence of Ernest Hemingway and his works on world literature. Students will study works selected for the sort of quality and precision that would define Hemingway’s art of writing and earn the respect and recognition of the Nobel Committee for his “powerful, style-making mastery of the art of modern narration.”

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will cover African-American literature from the earliest times to the present; development of prose and poetry, the novel; and the evolution of African-American political and social discourse through literature. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course provides a survey of traditional and modern King Arthur legends focusing its attention on Arthur himself as well as other prolific characters. Emphasis will be placed on analysis of Arthur and his primary companions through discussion board interaction and critical response essays that culminate in an independent research project investigated by each student that will maintain the overall theme and direction of this course.

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course examines modern epic fantasy literature through the novel Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The Mists of Avalon is an epic fantasy tale of love, loyalty, betrayal, kingship, and magic. Taking a different view from the legend, it is told from the perspective of the women of Avalon. Since the Arthurian Legends were some of the earliest fantasy stories, a closer examination of the elements within these legends will give students a better, deeper understanding of what all is involved in creating the modern fantasy epic. Prerequisite: ENGL101.

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course provides a survey of folk literature and storytelling. Special emphasis is placed on identifying archetypes, themes, and motifs, which are the common threads of orally transmitted literature across place and time. Assigned readings represent a sampling of folklore from around the world, from ancient to modern eras. Subjects include: magic, nature, heroism, adventure, and the nature of life and death. Students will participate in both a personal folk narrative and a research project. Prerequisite: ENGL101

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

A study of major Latin American writers and literary movements beginning with the Twentieth-Century. This course challenges students to think critically about issues of race, class, gender, culture and identity in order to understand contemporary Latin America through representative literary texts. Prerequisite: ENGL101.

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course provides an introduction to Russian literature, beginning with the earliest works and continuing through the mid-1800s. It focuses on short stories and explores how Russian literature affects a variety of art forms in Russia, such as dance, music, and opera. Russian Literature examines such aspects of Russian literary technique as irony, metaphor, and dualism. Students will also analyze differences between translations and how such differences may alter the interpretation of a work. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will focus on Middle Eastern culture through an analysis of major Middle Eastern literary works including literature from ancient through modern times. The works studied represent a broad survey of the literature available from the Middle East, including works from ancient Mesopotamia, works available from classical Arabic, and works that span the ages passed down by oral tradition and only recently recorded. The novel as interpreted by eastern rather than western sensibilities is also examined. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course presents African literature from various countries across the continent with a close examination of the ways in which prose, poetry, and drama reveal the depths and beauty of the African culture and its people. Prerequisite: ENGL101.

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course is an introduction to Contemporary Asian-American Literature and will present the major themes and issues in a new and growing interdisciplinary field of scholarly research and literary texts. The primary objective of the course is to engage and introduce students to selected texts from the growing canon of works in Asian American Studies and Literature. (Prerequisite: ENGL101).

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course focuses on the dynamic cultural diversity of 20th and 21st century American Literature. The course readings will include poetry, short stories, and novels from a wide range of authors from different sociological, ethnological, or regional backgrounds and will concentrate on how these pieces help to create the current American literary identity. (Prerequisite: ENGL101)

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will explore the literature of Medieval Europe. Students will study a wide range of texts and genres hailing from various medieval cultures – from epic poetry to chivalric romance, from crusading songs to fabliaux and satire – in order to gain an appreciation for the diversity and richness that medieval European literature has to offer. Major authors covered in this course include Chretien de Troyes, Marie de France, Chaucer, Dante, Boccaccio and Sir Thomas Malory. Secondary readings (from primary source material and from scholarly articles and books) will be supplied in order to help students gain a clearer sense of the contexts and cultures from which these texts emerged. Prerequisite ENGL 101.

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course will cover a broad selection of Chaucer's works, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and various Dream Visions and other shorter poems. The focus will be on both the works themselves, and the historical and literary contexts in which Chaucer was working in latter 14th-century England. (Prerequisite ENGL101.)

Pre Reqs: Proficiency in Writing(ENGL101)

This course is designed to provide a solid foundation for undergraduate study in the online environment. Students will be introduced to learning theory, the tools available in the online classroom and campus, and online research. Identification of personal learning style allows students to improve their study/learning techniques and prepares them to succeed in college level courses. Students will be introduced to formatting and citation styles. APUS policy and procedure is addressed. There is an emphasis on written communication to assist students in the transition to the online environment.

The culminating point of an undergraduate’s career, this senior course offers students the rhetorical knowledge and research practices needed to write and to research successfully in any discourse community within which they might find themselves—as students, professionals, and citizens. While university students are projected to make several career changes within their working lifetimes, these transitions and the challenges of their complex personal and public lives will require critical thinking skills and informed flexibility. This course is designed to polish students’ writing, analytical, and English skills so that they may confidently confront the challenges and demands of specialized research and written communication. According to their affinity, seniors are invited to pursue literary interests in the compositions of this course, and conduct research in other academic or professional areas. This course will provide students with the opportunity to complete an approved academic research exercise that demonstrates knowledge of a selected field of study. This is a capstone course to be taken after all other English courses have been satisfactorily completed. Student must have SENIOR standing to register.