Jun 01, 2024  
2008-09 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2008-09 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • CS 4463 - Translation Applications

    3 Hours. An introduction to the basic elements of formal language theory: regular expressions, automata, and grammars. The theory will be applied to relevant applications such as programming languages, natural language, and/or web publishing languages, HTML and XML. Prerequisite: CS 2163 and MATH 3023.
  
  • D ED 1112 - Driver Education, Beginners’ Course

    2 Hours. No previous experience necessary. Students are given instruction in class in driving technique. Also, observation and driving in training car. Fee required. Restriction: Limited to students who do not have drivers license.
  
  • D ED 4113 - Driver and Traffic Safety Education I

    3 Hours. A comprehensive course in driver education. This course covers basic requirements for instruction in driver education in Oklahoma high schools. Prerequisite: Driving experience and valid driver’s license.
  
  • D ED 4123 - Driver and Traffic Safety Education II

    3 Hours. Classroom instruction and practice in teaching beginning drivers; traffic research. Prerequisite: D ED 4113. Course requires laboratory experience. Fee required.
  
  • D ED 4143 - Multi-Media Programmed Teaching in Traffic Safety

    3 Hours. A course designed to use programmed teaching methods, by innovative techniques in the area of instructional modules in driver and traffic safety education.
  
  • D ED 4152 - Highway Safety as Related to Alcohol and Narcotics

    2 Hours. Relationship between alcohol and drugs and traffic accident causes. A review of the concepts and educational programs designed to alleviate alcohol and drug-related accidents. Prerequisite: Graduate or upper class students.
  
  • D ED 4213 - Teachers Course in Safety Education

    3 Hours. A study of methods used in general safety with attention given to the prevention of accidents in the home, on the farm, at school, and in traffic.
  
  • D ED 4233 - Simulation in Driver Education

    3 Hours. A course designed for in-service teachers and pre-service teachers and supervisors of driver and traffic education. Deals with simulation use and roles in driver and traffic safety education, methods of instruction, equipment familiarization, program development, and objectives. Prerequisite: D ED 4113 and 4123.
  
  • D ED 4243 - Multiple Car Method in Driver Education

    3 Hours. In-depth study of the multiple car method in driver education to include actual teaching experience with beginning drivers on a multiple car driving range. The course is designed to prepare driver education instructors for initiating or integrating the multiple car method into secondary school driver education program. Fee required.
  
  • D ED 4310 - Driver Improvement Programs and Techniques

    1-3 Hours. Current educational and rehabilitation programs for licensed drivers under the auspices of school systems, motor vehicle departments, traffic courts, police departments, and other agencies. May not be repeated for credit.
  
  • D ED 4331 - Civil Defense Workshop

    1 Hours. A workshop designed for public school teachers to aid in community and family survival as proposed by the state and national Civil Defense Programs.
  
  • D ED 4341 - Workshop in Teaching Motorcycle Safety

    1 Hours. Course designed for in-service teachers and pre-service teachers, as supervisors of driver and traffic safety. Deals with current problems and methods of teaching motorcycle safety. Fee required.
  
  • D ED 4350 - Supervision of Fleet Transportation

    1-2 Hours. Fleet transportation programs including selections of operators, instructional programs for drivers, supervision of drivers, qualifications of supervisors, driver licensing, accident reporting, and minimum standards.
  
  • D ED 4373 - Organization, Administration, & Supervision of Safety Education

    3 Hours. Safety education programs at local, state, and federal levels including the administrative, instructional, and protective aspects of a comprehensive safety program.
  
  • D ED 4380 - Principles of Accident Prevention

    1-3 Hours. Traces the development of safety movement in the U.S., provides a background useful in handling problems and procedures of typical school, industrial, transportation, and emergency safety program.
  
  • D ED 4390 - Directed Readings in Safety

    1-4 Hours. Current and pertinent problems in safety on an individual study or class instruction basis that are not usually presented in other course offerings.
  
  • D ED 4441 - Innovative Methods &Techniques of Teaching Driver Education

    1 Hours. A survey of innovative methods and techniques now used in driver education, including program instruction, multi-car range, and simulation.
  
  • D ED 4541 - Use of Simulation Equipment in Driver Education

    1 Hours. Designed to provide up-to-date information, innovations, and new skills in simulation used in driver education.
  
  • D ED 4641 - Driver Education for Operators of Emergency Vehicles

    1 Hours. Designed for drivers of emergency vehicles; police, fire, and ambulance operators. Special emphasis on driving under emergency conditions.
  
  • D ED 4741 - Safety Education for the Elementary Teacher

    1 Hours. Survey of problems in safety confronted by elementary teachers, with special emphasis on pedestrian and bicycle safety.
  
  • DANC 1002 - Beginning Tap Dance

    2 Hours. Familiarizes students with basic tap dance skills, times steps, and various tap combinations. Involves basic rhythmic exercises and stage presence. Will include a brief history of tap, its evolution, and differences between classic and modern style tap dancing.
  
  • DANC 2242 - Beginning Ballet

    2 Hours. Students will gain knowledge of basic ballet barre exercises, positions, placement, ballet terms, and floor-crossing patterns.
  
  • DANC 2272 - Beginning Theatre Dance

    2 Hours. Instruction in the basic of dance. Emphasis in jazz dancing. Will give students knowledge of beginning techniques, stretches, body placement, and dance steps.
  
  • DANC 2403 - Country Music Theatre Production #

    3 Hours. Designed to help the student become acquainted with the activities Involved In the process of creating and producing a successful country music theatre production. Activities Include public relations, casting, script writing, technical theatre production, and country music performance.
  
  • DANC 3243 - Intermediate Ballet

    3 Hours. Continuation of Beginning Ballet. Building on basics and moving toward advanced techniques. Emphasis on perfecting beginning techniques and expanding knowledge of terminology.
  
  • DANC 3273 - Intermediate Theatre Dance

    3 Hours. Continuation of Beginning Theatre Dance. Moving at a faster pace and building on previous dance knowledge. Emphasis on stage presence.
  
  • DANC 3412 - Dance Choreography

    2 Hours. Instructs students in theatrical stage directions, placement of dancers on stage, and basic choreography skills of difference dance styles. Students will choreograph for swing choirs, theatrical musicals, etc.
  
  • DANC 3801 - Performing Dance Team

    1 Hours. Dance company represents the University by performing at various community events and university activities. Performance schedule varies. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. No more than three credits may apply toward a degree.
  
  • DANC 4273 - Advanced Theatre Dance

    3 Hours. Continuation of Intermediate Theatre Dance. Advanced dance techniques and patterns. Emphasis in creativity, stage placement, and some choreography experience.
  
  • ECED 4113 - Creative Expression for Early Childhood

    3 Hours. Explore stages of development of children in the arts; develop techniques and materials to use in basic art media; develop skills and leadership in music activities through use of an expanded repertoire of traditional rhythms, chants, folk songs, singing games, and action songs; explore play, improvisation and dramatization in creative dramatics. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) or concurrent enrollment in EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.
  
  • ECED 4213 - Cognitive Development of Young Children & the Integrated Curriculum

    Examines cognitive development and instructional concerns related to the young child’s learning of social studies, science, and mathematics. Special emphasis is given to the teaching process, project development, and the use of selected methods and materials. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) or concurrent enrollment in EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching. Successfully completed (grade of “C” or better) 1 of 2 courses: ECED 4113 and/or ECED 4313. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.
  
  • ECED 4313 - Development of Early Childhood Programs

    3 Hours. An overview of historical foundations, child development and theoretical bases, leading authorities, and a variety of educational settings. The student will become knowledgeable of the theoretical basis and child development needs which underlie various program models and the skills, methods and materials emphasized in each type. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) or concurrent enrollment in EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.
  
  • ECED 4510 - Organization and Implementation of Early Childhood Programs

    1-3 Hours. Experiences in planning for and guiding groups of young children in a variety of early childhood settings; with attention given to appropriate methods and materials, use of time, resources, parent and community relations. An examination of multi-dimensional aspects of the early childhood educator’s role in program development. Prerequisite: Admitted to Teacher Education, six hours from ECED 4113, ECED 4213, ECED 4313. Should be taken concurrently with EDUC 4032 – Pre-Internship II. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Laboratory experience is required. If not taken concurrently with EDUC 4032 (Pre-Intern II), student must enroll in one hour practicum EDUC 4811 or 5921.
  
  • ECED 4513 - Organization & Implementation of Early Childhood Programs

    3 Hours. Experiences in planning for and guiding groups of young children in a variety of early childhood setting; with attention given to appropriate methods and materials, use of time, resources, parent and community relations. An examination of multi-dimensional aspects of the early childhood educator’s role in program development. Prerequisite: Admitted to Teacher Education, six hours from ECED 4113, ECED 4213, ECED 4313. Should be taken concurrently with EDUC 4032 – Pre-Internship II. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Laboratory experience is required. If not taken concurrently with EDUC 4032 (Pre-Intern II), student must enroll in one hour practicum EDUC 4811 or 4921.
  
  • ECED 4811 - Practicum

    1 Hours. Course is taken concurrently with ECED 4513 and requires 50 hours of time spent working with students in an early childhood classroom. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in ECED 4513, Organization and Implementation, Early Childhood Programs. Successful completion (grade of”P”) of EDUC 4032, Pre-Internship II.
  
  • ECON 2113 - Principles of Macroeconomics #

    3 Hours. An introduction to modern macroeconomics. Topics considered include a general overview of basic markets and the U.S. economy, international trade, national income accounts, the nature and causes of the business cycle, unemployment, inflation and growth, along with fiscal and monetary policy.
  
  • ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics #

    3 Hours. An introduction to modern microeconomics. Topics considered include market structures and functioning, cost and supply relationships, consumer behavior, demand theory, product and resource pricing, revenue and profit relationships, and business ethics. Prerequisite: ECON 2113.
  
  • ECON 3013 - Money and Banking #

    3 Hours. A historical approach from inception to current developments concerning legal, ethical, and political considerations in regard to commercial banking, thrifts, and the Federal Reserve System. A synthesis of domestic and international variables necessary for economic stabilization. Prerequisite: ECON 2113. (Student cannot earn credit In both ECON 3013 and FIN 3013.)
  
  • ECON 4613 - Government and Business #

    3 Hours. This course examines the government’s response to market failure. Problems considered will include public goods, monopoly, network externalities, and incomplete information and the market’s challenge in providing goods and services under these conditions. Prerequisite: ECON 2213.
  
  • ECON 4633 - International Economics and Trade #

    3 Hours. The theory and application of economic analysis to the sphere of the open economy. Emphasis placed upon United States trade patterns with various nations. Prerequisite: ECON 2113 and 2213.
  
  • ECON 4710 - Special Topics in Economics

    1-4 Hours. Study of an economic topic of current or special interest.
  
  • EDUC 3113 - Educational Psychology

    3 Hours. A required course in the professional education sequence with an emphasis on learning theory. Units in student entry characteristics, the task of instruction, educational tests and measurements and accountability are included within the scope of instruction. Prerequisite: Completion of 45 hours and an overall grade point average of 2.50. EDUC 3113 must be taken concurrently with EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching, and SPED 4433, Introduction to Exceptional Child.
  
  • EDUC 3223 - Educational Evaluation Including Tests and Measurements

    3 Hours. A study of the means of evaluating educational achievement, including the purposes for which evaluations are made, the instruments available for measuring educational achievement, techniques and procedures in common use, and newer devices that are begin proposed. Prerequisite: EDUC 3313.
  
  • EDUC 3312 - Pre-Internship I

    2 Hours. Only those students who have completed an introductory course to teacher education but have not met the field-based clinical experience requirement to satisfy degree/certification requirements for teacher education will be approved for this course. Students are placed in the public schools for a minimum of 8 days during the semester. Students observe in the classroom and participate in activities under the supervision of a professional educator. Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credit hours and an overall grade point average of 2.50. Course is required for Admission to Teacher Education. Students must have approval of Head of Department of Teacher Education to enroll in the course.
  
  • EDUC 3313 - Clinical Teaching/Pre-Internship I

    3 Hours. This course is a study of the role of the school in a democratic society and teaching as a profession. All students enrolled in the course are required to complete a field-based clinical experience in the public schools for a minimum of 8 days during the semester. The clinical experiences include classroom observation and participation in activities at different grade levels under the supervision of a professional educator. Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credit hours, an overall GPA of 2.5, taken the Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET) – verification required. EDUC 3313 must be taken concurrently with EDUC 3113, Educational Psychology, and SPED 4433, Introduction to Exceptional Child.
  
  • EDUC 4030 - Pre-Internship II

    1-4 Hours. A junior-senior level observation and participation experience placing emphasis on a high level of participation in the teaching-learning process. Students shall be required to utilize instructional skills, demonstrate an understanding of human behavior and reflect a general fitness for the role of the professional teacher. Prerequisite: Must be admitted to teacher education and have received a passing score on the Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET). Taken concurrently with EDUC 4353, or ELEd 4313.
  
  • EDUC 4050 - Elementary Intern Teaching (Full Internship Program)

    4-10 Hours. Elementary Intern Teaching includes a complete semester of full-time intern teaching in the school to which the teacher candidate is assigned. Teacher candidates must be accepted by the participating school. Prerequisite: Before enrollment, the student must have: (1) Established 90 hours of college credit with a grade point average of 2.50 or better; (2) An overall grade point average of 2.50 or better in major field and professional core; (3) Credit in EDUC 3313, Educ 4032, Educ 3113, Sped 4433, and appropriate courses in methods of teaching; (4) Been recommended by the department chair of his/her academic major field; (5) Must be admitted to teacher education. Full internship is not offered during the summer sessions. Application to full internship is made through written application at least one semester in advance of the time the student wishes to enroll in his/her internship.
  
  • EDUC 4054 - Elementary Intern Teaching (Full Internship Program)

    4-10 Hours. Elementary Intern Teaching includes a complete semester of full-time intern teaching in the school to which the teacher candidate is assigned. Teacher candidates must be accepted by the participating school. Prerequisite: Before enrollment, the student must have: (1) Established 90 hours of college credit with a grade point average of 2.50 or better; (2) An overall grade point average of 2.50 or better in major field and professional core; (3) Credit in EDUC 3313, Educ 4032, Educ 3113, Sped 4433, and appropriate courses in methods of teaching; (4) Been recommended by the department chair of his/her academic major field; (5) Must be admitted to teacher education. Full internship is not offered during the summer sessions. Application to full internship is made through written application at least one semester in advance of the time the student wishes to enroll in his/her internship.
  
  • EDUC 4056 - Elementary Intern Teaching

    6 Hours. Elementary Intern Teaching includes a complete semester of full-time intern teaching in the school to which the intern is assigned. Application to intern teaching is made through written application at least one semester in advance of the time the student wishes his/her internship. Before enrollment, the student must have: (1) Established 90 hours of college credit with a grade point average of 2.50 or better; (2) An overall grade point average of 2.50 or better in major field and professional core; (3) Credit in EDUC 3313, EDUC 4032, EDUC 3113, SPED 4433, and appropriate courses in methods of teaching; (4) Been recommended by the staff of his/her academic major field; (5) Must be admitted to teacher education. Full Internship is not offered during the summer sessions.
  
  • EDUC 4060 - Secondary Intern Teaching (Full Internship Program)

    4-10 Hours. Secondary Intern Teaching includes a complete semester of full-time intern teaching in the school to which the teacher candidate is assigned. Teacher candidate must be accepted by the participating school. Prerequisite: Before enrollment, the student must have: (1) Established 90 hours of college credit with a grade point average of 2.50 or better; (2) An overall grade point average of 2.50 or better in major field and professional core; (3) Credit in EDUC 3313, EDUC 4032, Educ 3113, and Sped 4433. Students should take Pre-Internship II with appropriate courses in methods of teaching; (4) Been recommended by the department chair of his/her academic major field; (5) Must be admitted to teacher education. Full Internship is not offered during the summer sessions. Application to full internship is made through written application at least one semester in advance of the time the student wishes to enroll in his/her internship.
  
  • EDUC 4252 - Seminar

    2 Hours. Offered in connection with full semester intern teaching assignments by the university staff member responsible for coordination of theory and practice.
  
  • EDUC 4353 - Teaching Methods and Practices

    3 Hours. A general methods course designed to assist the student in interpreting the philosophy and objectives of elementary-secondary education through classroom management, methods of presenting instructional materials, and evaluating results. Includes methods in audio-visual education. Prerequisite: EDUC 3313 and EDUC 3113, admittance to Teacher Education. Must be admitted to Teacher Education. Course must be taken concurrently with EDUC 4032 – Pre-Internship II.
  
  • EDUC 4810 - Individual Studies, Special Topics

    1-3 Hours. Course will have different topics each semester and summer session to allow for addressing current and critical issues in education.
  
  • EDUC 4813 - Sign Language I

    3 Hours. Course will have different topics each semester and summer session to allow for addressing current and critical issues in education.
  
  • EDUC 4813 - Sign Language II

    3 Hours. Course will have different topics each semester and summer session to allow for addressing current and critical issues in education.
  
  • EDUC 4823 - Technology in Education

    3 Hours. Students majoring in the Teacher Education Program must complete this course in order to satisfy degree/certification requirements. Technology in Education focuses on integrating technology into the curriculum through the teaching and learning process. Students are made aware through demonstration and hands-on activities of the selection and application of computer hardware, software, and web-based resources as well as construction of digital tools for classroom instruction and professional development. Relevance of course content is applied through Service Learning projects. Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Intermediate computer skills are expected.
  
  • ELED 4323 - Language Arts in the Elementary School

    3 Hours. Adaptation of the language arts to the needs and maturity levels of elementary school children to promote language development. Includes methods of teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing visual representation with emphasis on the interrelationships among the arts. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) or concurrent enrollment in EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.
  
  • ELED 4343 - Social Studies for the Elementary Grades

    3 Hours. A study of the social studies concepts taught in the elementary school. Emphasis on unit planning and the integration of other curriculum areas with social studies. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) or concurrent enrollment in EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching. Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average.
  
  • ELED 4563 - Management of the Elementary Classroom and Curriculum

    3 Hours. A course designed to aid the elementary education major in synthesizing the elementary education course content and to cover the following topics: Characteristics of good teachers; organizing for teaching in regard to goals, time, and materials; various organizational plans including lesson and unit planning, grouping, and interest centers; observation and guidance of children’s learning in an appropriate learning environment; classroom management skills as related to teaching, control, and discipline and parent conferencing. Prerequisite: Successful completion (grade of “C” or better) of EDUC 3313, Clinical Teaching and EDUC 3113, Educ Psyc. (Note: Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 4032, Pre-Internship II.) Must have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Full admission to Teacher Education is required.
  
  • ENGL 113 - Reading Enhancement

    3 Hours. This course is designed to develop and/or enhance reading skills, thus preparing students for dealing with academic texts specifically and other reading demands in general. High school deficiency in English may be satisfied by completion of this course. (No college credit.)
  
  • ENGL 123 - Writing Enhancement

    3 Hours. Designed to develop basic academic skills in composition, reading, and critical thinking. High school deficiency in English may be satisfied by the successful completion of this course. (No college credit)
  
  • ENGL 1113 - Freshman Composition I #

    3 Hours. Introduction to the processes and types of academic writing, critical reading and critical thinking. Designed to prepare students to write in a variety of academic situations and disciplines. Prerequisite: ENG 0123 if student scores below the qualifying score on the placement test. No major or minor credit.
  
  • ENGL 1123 - Freshman Composition I for Honors Students #

    3 Hours. An enriched program in writing for students who are enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars Program.
  
  • ENGL 1213 - Freshman Composition II #

    3 Hours. Introduction to written argumentation, persuasion, analysis and research through selected literary texts. Designed to reinforce general academic writing and research skills. Prerequisite: ENG 1113. No major or minor credit.
  
  • ENGL 1223 - Freshmen Composition II for Honors Students #

    3 Hours. An enriched program in writing, research about literature for students who are enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars Program.
  
  • ENGL 3023 - Mythology #

    3 Hours. An introduction to mythology through the interpretation of selected world myths.
  
  • ENGL 3033 - Types of Literature #

    3 Hours. Introduces the English major to the various genres of prose and poetry; versification, imagery, and figurative language of poetry; and special tools of research and scholarly indexes to literature to help the student understand and analyze literature. It should be the first literature course taken or be taken concurrently with the first upper division course.
  
  • ENGL 3043 - Young Adult Literature

    3 Hours. This course will examine the growing body of literature directed at the teen-age/young adult audience. The course will identify the characteristics and key components of the literature, and prepare English Education majors to teach it.
  
  • ENGL 3053 - Introduction to Folklore #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the theories, forms, and characteristics of folklore. Provides a background in folklore terminology, genres, and motifs.
  
  • ENGL 3083 - Technical Writing #

    3 Hours. Techniques and methodologies of writing for technical professions, with emphasis on problem solving and developing conciseness, accuracy, and objectivity. Extensive practice in using a variety of technical formats. Prerequisite: ENG 1113 and 1213. Junior standing in major.
  
  • ENGL 3143 - Creative Writing #

    3 Hours. Emphasis on the production of original poetry, drama, and short stories based on study of both traditional and experimental forms of literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 1113 and 1213, or consent of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 3253 - Grammar and Usage #

    3 Hours. A concentrated study of American English grammar with attention to both the descriptive and prescriptive rules.
  
  • ENGL 3413 - World Literature #

    3 Hours. A survey of masterpieces of European, Asian, South American, African and other literature in English translation. Cannot be part of the general education humanities requirements and the English major or minor.
  
  • ENGL 3543 - English Literature I #

    3 Hours. Selected reading of major English writers to 1800. A survey for the general student or the English major or minor of key works, authors, genres, literary history, and criticism.
  
  • ENGL 3653 - English Literature II #

    3 Hours. Selected reading of major English writers from 1800 to the present. A survey for the general student or the English major or minor of key works, authors, genres, literary history, and criticism.
  
  • ENGL 3693 - Short Story #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the reading of short stories that is designed to enable the student to appreciate modern short stories, to make valid interpretations of the stories, and to discriminate between quality and popular fiction.
  
  • ENGL 3773 - American Literature I #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the work of American writers from the colonial period to Emily Dickinson, with attention both to the historical context and to selected works chosen for close analysis.
  
  • ENGL 3883 - American Literature II #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the work of American writers after Emily Dickinson to the present, with attention both to the historical context and to selected works chosen for close analysis.
  
  • ENGL 3913 - African American Writers #

    3 Hours. Historical background and readings of the following genres: poetry, short stories, sermons, essays, speeches, novels, autobiographies, and literary criticism.
  
  • ENGL 4023 - Popular Literature #

    3 Hours. Examination and analysis of popular subgenres of literature which may include science fiction, gothic, mystery, or other subgenres from various literary periods.
  
  • ENGL 4083 - Linguistics #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the study of human language .Topics include the fundamentals of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and other subfields of linguistics.
  
  • ENGL 4093 - Methods and Second Language Acquisition Theory

    3 Hours. An introduction to current theories of second language acquisition and the language teaching methodologies based on these theories.
  
  • ENGL 4123 - Advanced Composition for Teachers I #

    3 Hours. Close examination and practice in various methods, approaches and trends in composition, including writing in rhetorical modes, invention strategies, critical analysis, expressive writing, and process writing. A high level of proficiency in basic writing skills is required.
  
  • ENGL 4133 - Teaching English in High School

    3 Hours. Philosophy, objectives, and methodology of teaching English with emphasis on the responsibilities of the English teacher, preparation and evaluation of materials, oral activities and media for the English class, and application of instructional methods.
  
  • ENGL 4163 - Fiction Writing #

    3 Hours. This course will introduce the student to the fiction analysis via author technique in order to infer the narrative strategy of the individual writer, which might consist of an examination of structure, narrative plan, how style serves content, point-of-view schema, proportion of scene to summary, description to dialogue, or character development to plot advancement, and how much of this is conscious to the writer.
  
  • ENGL 4183 - Practicum in TESOL

    3 Hours. The practice and evaluation of various aspects of the TESOL classroom, including lesson planning, activity selection and design, teaching, testing, and classroom management.
  
  • ENGL 4203 - Shakespeare -Histories and Comedies #

    3 Hours. Examination of selected histories and comedies.
  
  • ENGL 4253 - Advanced Fiction Writing

    3 Hours. This course offers instruction in the elements of fiction that extends beyond basic knowledge with an in-depth forum of instructor/peer review to the intermediate or advanced level fiction writer. Prerequisite: Fiction Workshop or ENGL 3143 Creative Writing, and permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 4263 - History of the Novel #

    3 Hours. Traces the development of the novel to present day. Covers the cultural and historic reasons for the rise in popularity of the novel form and also the novelists who widened the definition of the genre.
  
  • ENGL 4283 - The English Novel #

    3 Hours. Study of themes and techniques of selected British novelists.
  
  • ENGL 4313 - Shakespeare - Tragedies #

    3 Hours. Consideration of the major tragedies.
  
  • ENGL 4333 - Dramatic Literature #

    3 Hours. Analysis of works of drama including British, European, American and other drama, excluding Shakespeare. Course may concentrate on one or more historical periods in drama. Credit may not be earned in both ENGL 4333 and THTR 4303.
  
  • ENGL 4363 - Advanced Composition for Teachers II #

    3 Hours. Emphasis on rhetorical aspects of writing, critical thinking, the writing process, research and argumentation. A high level of proficiency in writing skills is required.
  
  • ENGL 4433 - Screen Writing

    3 Hours. This course introduces the student to the basic elements of the screenwriting craft with special emphasis on the screen treatment and provides them with a forum of instructor/peer review of their work.
  
  • ENGL 4463 - Native American Literature I #

    3 Hours. A study of literary efforts of the American Indian (poetry, novels, short stories, biographies, essays, and other prose works) emphasizing the variety of cultural offerings of the Indian writers to 1940.
  
  • ENGL 4473 - Native American Literature II #

    3 Hours. A study of literary efforts of the American Indian (Poetry, novels, short stories, biographies, essays, and other prose works) emphasizing the variety of cultural offerings of the Indian writers from 1940.
  
  • ENGL 4543 - Women’s Literature #

    3 Hours. Examines writing specifically by women, especially writing which does not necessarily fit into survey courses. Although the course is not feminist, attention will be paid to the cultural background of the literature.
  
  • ENGL 4553 - American Novel #

    3 Hours. An analysis of themes and techniques of major American writers which may include Hawthorne, Melville, James, Twain, Stowe, Wharton, Faulkner, Walker and others, emphasizing critical reading and writing skills.
  
  • ENGL 4603 - 20th Century American Drama #

    3 Hours. Study of major American dramatic works in the twentieth century.
  
  • ENGL 4623 - Studies in Poetry (Individual Authors or Periods) #

    3 Hours.
 

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