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  • ENGL 229: Foundations in Creative Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    A writing-intensive course that increases student understanding of language and the writing process through an exploration of forms of creative writing. Topics may include various genres including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. An emphasis will be placed on: the value of original imaginative content; effective methods for offering feedback; incorporating such feedback in meaningful revision; line-by-line editing; and the development of a signature style. Course work will include concentrated writing assignments, readings, discussions, and in-class workshops. Credit will not be given for both ENGL 224 and 229. Prerequisite:    ENGL 114, ENGL 115, or HONR 106
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  • ENGL 238: Technical/Professional Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Introduces the process, techniques, and forms of technical writing. Students learn to apply the writing process from research through drafting to editing for clarity, conciseness, and accuracy. Includes using graphics and analyzing audience to convey information clearly and effectively. Students create writing assignments important to the technical communication field including memos, letters, resumes, instructions, and presentations. A major research project in the disciplines gives students additional experience in developing specific forms of professional writing required in their academic area.
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  • ENGL 242: Foundations in Literary Histories

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    A writing-intensive foundational study of time periods that are influential to literary interpretation and their contexts. Specific topics will vary by instructor. Students will be introduced to the major tenets of literary histories or movement(s) and will engage in close reading of various texts. Throughout the semester, students will frequently engage in the practice of critical reading and writing about literature.
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  • ENGL 243: The Art of the Film

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    The course provides an introduction to film and to the fundamentals of how it communicates as an art form and a cultural medium. Screenings in the course are chosen to emphasize the variety of narrative film by including literary adaptations of fiction and drama, classical American movies, foreign-language films, and examples of independent and silent cinema. The course aims to help students acquire skills of watching and responding that will enable them to become more knowledgeable and perceptive viewers, more aware of how movies work to shape our ideas about life and social experience. This course satisfies a Category B general education requirement.
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  • ENGL 244: Foundations in Cultural Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    A writing-intensive foundational study of culture and its impact on literary production and consumption. Specific topic will vary by instructor. Students will be introduced to various modes of cultural production (music, art, television, gaming, visual culture, etc.), with special attention to any given cultural model relationship to a particular social, historical, or racial context. Throughout the semester, students will frequently engage in the practice of critical reading and writing about culture.
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  • ENGL 246: Foundations in Ethnic Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    A writing-intensive foundational study of ethnicity in literature and minoritized authors. Specific topic will vary by instructor. Students will be introduced to the diverse literary heritage and equally diverse culture of the United States, including African American, American Jewish, Arab American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Indigenous communities. Throughout the semester, students will frequently engage in the practice of critical reading and writing about literature.
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  • ENGL 248: Introduction to Culturally Diverse Literature of the U.S.

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Introduces literature by writers of African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American descent. Representative authors may include John Edgar Wideman, Junot Diaz, Leslie Marmon Silko and Amy Tan. Expect to write analyses of the assigned readings. Course satisfies general education diversity requirements; fulfills general education literature requirement for Category B.
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  • ENGL 250: Literature and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Read, think, and write about literature and its elements as appropriate for the general education curriculum. Students will study literature authored by an array of writers, including those of African American, Latinx, Asian American, and Indigenous descent. Course satisfies general education literature requirement.
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  • ENGL 307: Poetry Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Provides students the opportunity to develop their creative skills in writing poetry. Students will explicate examples of the form and independently compose a number of original poems. Utilizing a workshop approach, students will hone their analytic abilities by offering considered criticism to classmates, gaining insight into the editing and revision process.
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  • ENGL 308: Fiction Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    Provides students the opportunity to develop their creative skills in writing fiction. Students will explicate examples of short stories and independently compose a number of original works of fiction demonstrating a significant understanding of the key elements of narrative. Utilizing a workshop approach, students will hone their analytic abilities by offering considered criticism to classmates, gaining insight into the editing and revision process.
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