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Availability of Courses

The university does not offer all of the courses listed in the catalog each year. The Schedule of Classes should be consulted to determine which courses are offered each semester.

LAE 5195 ED-IP 3(3,0)

CFWP Teacher Consultant: PR: C.I. This course is designed for Fellows of the CFWP Summer Institute who will plan, practice, and present writing inservice components to public schools.

LAE 5295 ED-IP 1-3(1-3,0)

Writing Workshop I: PR: C.I. Students will engage in exploration and practice of effective writing strategies. May include teaching small groups of students. May be repeated for credit.

LAE 5319 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Methods of Elementary School Language Arts: PR: EDG 4323. Principles, procedures, organization and current practices in reading, writing, listening, and talking.

LAE 5337 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Literacy Strategies for Middle and Secondary Teaching: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Designed to assist teachers and graduate students in understanding the adolescent learner. This course will examine theory, strategies, research, resources and implementation options for effective middle and secondary literacy programs.

LAE 5367 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

English Composition and Literature for Teachers of Advanced Placement: PR: Graduate standing and C.I. A two-week summer institute for secondary school teachers preparing to teach Advanced Placement courses.

LAE 5372 AS-ENG 3(2,1)

Theory and Practice in Composition: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Intensive study of theories of composition, with practical experience in the writing laboratory and in composition classes.

LAE 5415 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Children's Literature in Elementary Education: Survey of children's literature: criteria for selection according to literary elements and child development needs. Methods for presenting to children; integrating literature with elementary curricula.

LAE 5465 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Literature for Adolescents: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Selecting and evaluating books for adolescents with emphasis on the use of literature in the development of young people.

LAE 5495 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Assessing Writing: PR: C.I. Students will explore a variety of strategies for assessing students' writing including holistic scoring, primary trait scoring, and portfolio assessment.

LAE 6296 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Writing Workshop II: PR: C.I. This course is designed for Fellows in CFWP Summer Institute. Students research topics about writing and participate in writing response groups.

LAE 6366 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Studies in Adolescent Literature: Analysis of major works in genre, examination of criticism, instructional strategies, and research in teaching adolescent literature.

LAE 6417 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Investigation in Children's Literature: PR: A previous survey course in children's literature. Learning through the utilization of children's literature; literature analysis and evaluation; storytelling; visual and reference materials.

LAE 6616 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Trends in Language Arts Education: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Historical development and trends; English usage systems; materials; instructional strategies.

LAE 6637 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Research in Teaching English: Examination and interpretation of major research in English education. Design of models for research in language instruction in secondary schools.

LAE 6792 ED-IP 3(3,0)

CFWP Teacher/Researcher: PR: C.I. Teachers who have completed a NWP Summer Institute will examine classroom research methods and trends, and design a study to conduct the following year.

LAH 5713 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S.-Latin American Relations: PR: Senior Standing and C.I. The course will analyze U.S.-Latin American relations from an historical perspective. It will be presented through readings and discussion of selected materials.

LAH 6938 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Seminar in Latin American History: May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LEI 6443 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Recreation: A comprehensive study of public, private, and school recreation programs.

LIN 5137 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Linguistics: PR: Senior or graduate standing or C.I. Modern linguistic theories and studies focusing on language acquisition and development, contemporary American English, semantics, and para-linguistics.

LIN 5675 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

English Grammar and Usage: PR: Graduate standing and/or C.I. An overview of modern grammar, including structural, transformational, and rhetorical grammar, along with an examination of controversial usage issues.

LIN 5705 HPA-COMD 3(3,0)

Psycholinguistics: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Foundations of language in affective consciousness and the human nervous system. Pragmatic analysis of word meaning and its precise scientific measurement. Implications for communicative disorders.

LIN 6932 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Problems in Linguistics: PR: LIN 5137. Study of the application of linguistics to various aspects of teaching and communication.

LIT 5028 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Form and Theory of Short Story: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Evolving forms and theories of short fiction and the implications of form and theory.

LIT 5039 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Studies in Contemporary Poetry: English language poetry from 1945 to the present. Emphasis will be on American poets, but others such as English or Australian will be included.

LIT 5097 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Studies in Contemporary Fiction: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Fiction in the last 20 years in the United States and Britain. May be repeated for credit when content is different

LIT 5250 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

The Victorian Age: Poetry: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Poets of the Victorian period, including Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Hopkins, Hardy, the Rossettis, Emily Bronte, and others.

LIT 5269 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Nineteenth-Century Essays: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. English non-fiction prose of the 19th century.

LIT 5309 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Popular Culture and Media: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Study of contemporary media and the literature of popular culture.

LIT 5366 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

The Romantic Revolt (19th Century Literature): PR: Senior standing or C.I. The romantic revolt in poetry and prose; English, American and Continental literature from 1798 to 1832.

LIT 5387 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Captives, Housewives, and Coquettes: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Course considers early American women's literature from 17th to 19th centuries

LIT 5389 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Studies in Gender and Fiction Writing: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Graduate study of gender's implications for teaching and practice of fiction writing

LIT 5556 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Advanced Feminist Theories: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Graduate level Feminist Theories from "French Feminism" to "Critical Race Theories."

LIT 6009 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Literary Genres: PR: Graduate standing. Provenance, structure, and critical problems in a specific genre such as tragedy, the epic, the novel, or the Iyric. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6105 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

World Literature: PR: Graduate standing. Study of the influence on British and American literature of selected foreign works read in translation. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6246 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Major Authors: PR: Graduate standing. Study of a single author or of two or three associated authors, with emphasis on biography, bibliography, and style. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6365 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Movements in Literature: PR: Graduate standing. Study of a movement such as naturalism, romanticism, or classicism, or of a literary period such as the Baroque or the Southern Renaissance. May be repeated for credit when content is different.




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