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Department of Humanities<br />
ENG101 English I [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is designed to reinforce effective<br />
and critical reading and writing skills, with<br />
emphasis on summarizing, paraphrasing, citing<br />
sources, and study skills. The course emphasizes<br />
<strong>academic</strong> style and task-based work.<br />
Prerequisites: ENG009, or EEE score 500 -<br />
549, or its equivalent.<br />
ENG102 English II [3-0, 0 cr.]<br />
This course is designed to develop advanced<br />
reading and writing skills associated with<br />
<strong>academic</strong> work. Emphasis is on the analytical<br />
and critical reading of texts, as well as on<br />
writing in a variety of modes. Students<br />
develop a research paper and learn to<br />
formulate researchable questions through<br />
locating appropriate resources in the library,<br />
the community, and the electronic media.<br />
Students also learn to organise their findings,<br />
to develop their manuscript, and to cite their<br />
sources following the <strong>academic</strong> conventions.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG101 English 1, or EEE score<br />
between 600–649, or its equivalent.<br />
ENG202 Sophomore Rhetoric [3–0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is for practice in reading and<br />
writing, both formal and creative. It covers<br />
critical analysis, evaluation, formulation, and<br />
the presentation of verbal and written opinions<br />
based on the best possible evidence. It also<br />
covers the methods of formal argumentation.<br />
Prerequisite ENG102 English II, or EEE score of<br />
650 and above, or its equivalent.<br />
ENG203 Fundamentals of Oral<br />
Communication [3–0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course covers the fundamentals of oral<br />
communication, along with a practice in<br />
platform speaking, in expository and persuasion.<br />
Emphasis is placed on the use of correct and<br />
effective language and organizational skills<br />
in preparing, delivering and evaluating the<br />
different types of oral presentations.<br />
Prerequisite ENG102 English II, or EEE score of<br />
650 and above, or its equivalent.<br />
ENG 211 Literature I [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
Offers a critical study of literature from the<br />
ancient world through the Renaissance with<br />
emphasis on the European and Mediterranean<br />
traditions. Readings chosen emphasize themes<br />
that continue to resonate in the present.<br />
Topics and writers studied may include: Greek<br />
mythology, Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Petronius,<br />
Dante, Rabelais, Anna Bijns.<br />
ENG 212 Literature II [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
Offers a critical study of Western literature from<br />
the seventeenth century through the twentieth<br />
century as a continuation of ENG 211.<br />
Topics and writers may include: Montaigne,<br />
Cervantes, Baroque poetry, Molière, Goethe,<br />
German romanticism, Chekhov, Kafka.<br />
ENG213 Introduction to Language [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is a survey of the theoretical bases<br />
of language study, emphasizing theories of<br />
language origins and developments. Topics<br />
include semantics, syntax, pragmatics, writing<br />
systems, dialects, phonology, and the contrast<br />
between communication, true language, and<br />
artificial language.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.<br />
ENG214 English Grammar [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course is a study of the grammatical<br />
structures, and a critical analysis of the<br />
descriptive uses of grammar.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.<br />
ENG303 Literary Linguistics [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course offers a systematic linguistic<br />
approach to literary analysis, utilizing such<br />
linguistic tools as transitivity and voice,<br />
deixis, tense, modality, etc... It aims at<br />
consolidating students’ knowledge of both<br />
literature and linguistics, by drawing on their<br />
interconnectedness.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.<br />
ENG306 Introduction to Phonetics and<br />
Phonology [3-0, 3 cr.]<br />
This course deals with phonetics, phonological<br />
analysis (including segmental, consonant and<br />
vowel, as well as supra-segmental, stress,<br />
intonations, juncture, pause, and rhythm<br />
features), comparative analysis, and native<br />
language interference in second language<br />
learning. It includes examples from a wide<br />
variety of languages, with special emphasis<br />
on the sound systems of English and Arabic.<br />
Students develop basic skills in comparative<br />
phonological analysis.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG102 English II.<br />
ACADEMIC CATALOG [ 2011-2012 ] SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES<br />
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