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• ENGL 309: Dramaturgy

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduction to the study and profession of dramaturgy. Study of the historical significance of the dramturg through the reading of early and modern practitioners. Examination of a number of critical theories that students will use to contextualize play scripts under study. Performance of such dramaturgical tasks as identifying script references, historicizing social conventions and customs., comparing translations of notable foreign plays, preparing information packets for actors, directors, and design teams, drafting program notes, and organizing talkbacks. Opportunity to provide services for a department production. Course is cross-listed with THTR 311.
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• ENGL 310: Public Speaking

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Description: Fundamental principles of public speaking, audience analysis, interest, and attention and selection and organization of speech material.
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• ENGL 313: Rhetorical Trends and Traditions

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A survey of the major issues in and uses of rhetorical theory and criticism in contemporary culture, using rhetorical concepts from ancient through contemporary times. Rhetoric is the humanistic study of the ways people manipulate language and try to persuade others in the social world.
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• ENGL 314: Speech and Communication in the Secondary English Classroom

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Offers practical and theoretical approaches to relationships between oral and written communication. Performance based (involving a variety of communication activities) and knowledge based (involving study of research on language arts relationships). Emphasizes integration of the four language arts as well as technology for improving teacher communication skills as well as those of their students.
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• ENGL 321: Persuasive Speech and Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Focuses on the practice of persuasive discourse in speech, writing, and visual media. Includes projects and readings in debate, written argument, and rehearsed and extemporaneous speaking. Students investigate such subjects as rhetorical foundations and applications, language choice and stylistic variations, popular culture, literature, and communication dynamics.
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• ENGL 323: Teaching Literature and Reading in the Secondary School

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces the theory and research on teaching literature and reading in the middle and secondary school. Explores a socio-psycholinguistic approach to reading, reader response theory, and classroom-based research on teaching literature. Engages students as both readers and teachers through practice-based experiences that emphasize genre awareness and visual literacy.
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• ENGL 324: Teaching and Evaluating Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A study of modern approaches to the teaching of writing, including current theories on the composing process, as well as instruction in evaluating, including holistic scoring. Includes practice in writing.
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• ENGL 325: Writing Poetry

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of poetry and on developing an audience for their creative work.
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• ENGL 326: Writing Fiction

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of poetry and on developing an audience for their creative work.
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• ENGL 327: Writing Creative Nonfiction

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A writing workshop for students who wish to focus intensively on the writing and revision of literary nonfiction forms and on developing an audience for their creative work.
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