2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeENG 211 Modern English Grammar . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 orequivalent. Overview of languagedevelopment, correctness and usage inEnglish. Focus on system of rulesunderlying English grammar. Coursemeets requirements of MissouriDepartment of Elementary andSecondary Education for additionalcertification in English 7-12. Studentsmust already have education degree withcertification in another area.JOURNALISMJRN 120 Introduction to Journalism . .3Survey of journalism, including historyand study of various media. Emphasis onjournalistic principles, writing,editingand makeup, including work on officialstudent publications.JRN 240 Writing for the Print Media .3Prerequisites: ENG 101. Introductorycourse in developing skills in writing andreporting for print media. Attention givento news releases, feature stories, andreporting techniques. Introduction to useof photography.JRN 280 Journalism Practicum . . . . . .3Prerequisites: One of the following mustbe completed: JRN 120 or instructor'spermission. Practical application ofnewswriting, editing, and makeup skills.Emphasizes production experience onofficial student publications.LITERATURELIT 200 World Mythology . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Survey of centralmyths of Greece, Middle East, Africa,India, Native America, and China.Emphasis on how myths have shapedvarious cultures. Course fulfills A.A. andA.A.S. general education requirement.LIT 210 American LiteratureFrom 1620-1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Study ofdevelopment of U.S. literary traditionbeginning with early colonists throughCivil War. Reading and discussion ofmajor authors of poetry, fiction, dramaand historical documents. Course fulfillsA.A. and A.A.S. general educationrequirement.LIT 215 Introduction to Poetry . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Close study ofpoetry with special emphasis on varietiesof poetic form and means ofinterpretation and evaluation. Worksstudied international in nature and fromat least three different centuries. Coursefulfills A.A. and A.A.S. generaleducation requirement.LIT 216 Dramatic Literature . . . . . . . .3Introductory course in dramaticliterature stressing influences of pastupon modern theater, commonality anddifferences between theatrical and filmeddrama, and transformation of writtenscript to live or film production. Coursefulfills A.A. and A.A.S. generaleducation requirement.LIT 230 Contemporary Fiction . . . . . . .3Introduction to American andinternational fiction written from 1960 topresent. Includes short and long fictionwith major emphasis on similarities anddifferences of cultural narratives thatreflect global village. Course fulfills A.A.and A.A.S. general educationrequirement.LIT 235 Literature ofPopular Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Course rotatesamong science fiction, detective fiction,western fiction, and fiction ofsupernatural. Course fulfills A.A. andA.A.S. general education requirement.LIT 240 Contemporary Literature . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101 Survey of postmodernliterature from 1946 to present.Includes reading and discussion ofpoems, essays, short stories, plays, andnovels representative of global andmulticultural nature of contemporarysociety. Course fulfills A.A. and A.A.S.general education requirement.LIT 241 (SOC 241) SociologyThrough Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101, SOC 101.Application of sociological concepts toliterature to analyze socio-historicalevents. Course fulfills A.A. and A.A.S.general education requirement.LIT 250 Survey of English Literature I . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Overview ofearliest works written in English. Tracesdevelopment of various forms ofliterature from beginnings in early Anglo-Saxon poetry through Shakespeare'splays. Course fulfills A.A. and A.A.S.general education requirement.LIT 260 Survey of English Literature II . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Overview ofEnglish literature beginning withRomantics and continuing throughModern Age. Includes poetry, drama,fiction and essays. Course fulfills A.A.and A.A.S. general educationrequirement.LIT 265 Fiction to Film . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101 Investigates fictionand film with emphasis on uniquenessand relationship, common narrativeelements that convince reader andviewer of correspondence to life, and ofprocess of translation from one narrativeform to another. Course fulfills A.A. andA.A.S. general education requirement.LIT 270 Introduction to WorldLiterature Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Exploresfoundations of Western literary traditionsincluding classical world, Middle Ages,Renaissance, Enlightenment, RomanticMovement, and existentialism. Coursefulfills A.A. and A.A.S. generaleducation requirement.LIT 299 Topics in Literature . . . . . . . . .3Prerequisite: ENG 101. Variety of specialliterature studies offered. Course fulfillsA.A. and A.A.S. general educationrequirement.128