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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students are encouraged to sign up for one or two 3-credit supervised internship experiences. Arrangements are made through Career Counseling and the departmental adviser. Pre-Requisite: 90 credits or higher and a GPA of 2.75.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this course students review basic grammar concepts in the context of college-level writing. This writing will include thesis development, paragraph organization, coherent and cohesive practices in essay construction, and analyzing various types of writing situations by focusing on their audience and purpose. Credits are not counted toward the minimum needed for graduation and are not transferable.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to college-level formats and research-based writing including thesis development, organizational strategies, and structure of arguments focused on purpose and audience. Students will learn to research topics and integrate research into their essays, using appropriate documentation and citations. Students will organize a portfolio of their writing that reflects writing processes they have learned. The distance Learning version of HEN112 English I to be offered as an "On-line" course in which more than 80% of the instruction will be completed outside of the classroom. Prerequisite:    HEN 011 (Grade of C or Better)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course moves the student from writing basic papers to engaging in scholarly dialogue through critical thinking, reading, and writing. Students will develop evaluative, analytical, and rhetorical skills through focused discussions, presentations and a variety of research-based papers. The distance Learning version of HEN113 English II to be offered as an "On-line" course in which more than 80% of the instruction will be completed outside of the classroom. Prerequisite:    HEN 112 (Grade of C or Better)
  • 3.00 Credits

    HEN 113 (HON), Honors English II (3) meets the objectives of HEN113 and also introduces students to complex primary texts that influence contemporary perspectives. Students will develop critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, with an emphasis on written discourse, by writing analytical responses to these texts and using them as frames for academic inquiry. This course invites students to be active, critical readers, to read with purpose, and to use writing as a way to solve problems and to re-envision the world through the lens of writers who have helped to shape modern thought. Pre-Requisite: HEN112 , enrolled in the Keystone Honors Program or approval of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this course speech is a theoretical and practical approach to the principles of effective oral communication, with emphasis placed on delivery, enunciation, critical listening, audience analysis, on research with diverse sources and technologies, and on the organization of several types of speaking situations. The course includes instructor and group analysis of each student's ability to formulate a hypothesis and analyze pertinent information for presentation to specific audiences. Prerequisite:    HEN 112
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Writing Intensive Course). This course introduces students to the major genres of narrative fiction, poetry, and drama. It continues to develop the skills of writing, critical reading and research learned in HEN112 and HEN113 while focusing on the study of literature. It is therefore appropriate both for non-majors who are interested in literature, and for English majors who need to develop skills for the critical reading and analysis of literary texts. Prerequisite:    HEN 112 and HEN 113
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Global Studies Intensive Course). World Literature I is a survey of multicultural literature from ancient times to the European Renaissance. Each semester selections are made from ancient Egyptian poetry, the Bible, Classical Greek literature, poetry in early China, an epic from India's Heroic Age, early Islamic literature and the beginnings of a Western literature. The course gives the student a more inclusive world view through a comparative study of the themes of world literature. The course includes an original research project. Pre-Requisite: HEN 113
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Global Studies Intensive Course). World Literature II is a comparative survey of literature from the European Renaissance to the modern age. The multicultural writers come from Europe, Africa, and Asia, examine a variety of subjects and have diverse concerns. Each writer was selected because each has in some way brought to the world a new perspective or "a new lens." Each literary work will be read to locate important ideas and to find the significant center of the work within its own cultural context. The course includes an original research project. Pre-Requisite: HEN113
  • 3.00 Credits

    (Writing Intensive Course). Students will gain knowledge and understanding of key literary movements, concepts, and works in British literature from the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, and the Restoration and the Eighteenth century by reading poems, letters, essays, and novels. Students will undertake heavy reading and writing-intensive activities which will help them learn critical reading strategies and reading comprehension so that they can appreciate British literary art. Students will also write two research-based papers that closely examine particular works, characters, devices, themes, and contexts. Pre-Requisite: HEN113. Prerequisite:    HEN 113