2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
CLLL Courses (All)
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Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics
American Sign Language (ASL)
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ASL 001 - (LA) American Sign Language I Semester Hours: 3
Fall
Introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), the natural language of Deaf people in the United States and Canada. Students will learn basic vocabulary, grammar, semantics and conversational skills. Students will also be introduced to the history, social norms and cultural aspects of the Deaf community.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Formerly ASL 191. Credit will be given for ASL 001 or 191, not both.
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ASL 002 - (LA) American Sign Language II Semester Hours: 3
Spring
Continuation of the basic ASL course. This course will emphasize vocabulary building, grammar, conversational skills and mastery of expressive narrative skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ASL 001 or equivalent. Credit will be given for ASL 002 or 192, not both. Formerly ASL 192.
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ASL 003 - (LA) American Sign Language III Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This is the third course in a series, and is designed to review, develop, and refine proficiency in the student’s knowledge and use of American Sign Language. Emphasis is on demonstrating expressive skills in the language. The course will include discussion of current issues and trends affecting the American Deaf Community.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ASL 001 , 002 , or permission of instructor. Credit will be given for ASL 003 or 193, not both. Formerly ASL 193.
Arabic (ARAB)
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ARAB 001 - Elementary Arabic Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring
Fundamental elements of modern standard Arabic. Basic sentence patterns and grammar are taught through intensive classroom drills and graded reading.
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ARAB 002 - Elementary Arabic Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring
Fundamental elements of modern standard Arabic. Basic sentence patterns and grammar are taught through intensive classroom drills and graded reading.
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ARAB 003 - Intermediate Arabic Semester Hours: 3
Fall
This course continues the introduction to the basic features of the Arabic language in the context of Arab culture at large. In learning about modern Arab culture and society, students acquire Modern Standard Arabic (fusha) skills in speaking, listening, writing and reading. They will also be exposed to the features of several Arabic dialects.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 002 or equivalent.
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ARAB 004 - Intermediate Arabic Semester Hours: 3
Spring
Continuation of the introductory Arabic language courses introducing students to the basic features of Modern Standard Arabic (fusha). In addition to mastering elementary speaking, listening, writing and reading skills in MSA, students will be introduced to the features of several Arabic dialects. This is the last class in the intermediate sequence and students will have covered most of the basics of Arabic grammar and be able to conduct simple conversations.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 003 or equivalent.
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ARAB 101 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of student’s skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
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ARAB 102 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of students skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
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ARAB 103 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of students skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
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ARAB 104 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of students skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
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ARAB 105 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of students skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
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ARAB 106 - Advanced Arabic Language Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Rather than six individual courses, ARAB 101-106, an integrated language sequence, gradually develops the student’s proficiency in the spoken language, in writing (including grammar) and in reading. An Arabic reader will be used along with text material ranging from simple stories to more sophisticated language. These readings will include culture and civilization topics. The individual student’s needs and wishes will determine the exact nature of course. A detailed personal record will be maintained to assure the development of students skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
ARAB 004 or the equivalent. Each course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. when topics vary. These courses (ARAB 101-106) may be taken in any order and will be geared to individualized instruction.
Asian Studies (ASST)
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ASST 011 - (CC, IS) Introduction to Chinese Culture Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course explores various aspects of Chinese culture with a focus on the basic values that guide Chinese behavior, formulate Chinese conventions, and constitute the essence of Chinese thinking. Course materials cover history, religion, philosophy, literature, theater, art, language and calligraphy to give students a bird’s eye view of Chinese culture; from different perspectives these aspects of Chinese culture serve as mirrors to reflect the basic Chinese values that lie at the core of class discussion. The course winds up with an East-West comparison, using Western culture as a foil to set off Chinese values.
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ASST 012F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3
Fall
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Consult the class schedule for proper category listing. Students may take only one 012F or 012S seminar.
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ASST 012S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3
Spring
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 012F or 012S seminar.
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ASST 014 - (CC, LT) Vietnam in American, English, French, and Vietnamese Literatures Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course approaches the complex history and culture of Vietnam through narratives written in French, English and Vietnamese. The cross-cultural and cross-continental perspectives adopted will allow students to understand the struggles encountered by those who wish to assert individual creativity against the powerful forces in place to categorize and define their identity. Novels, autobiographical narratives and short stories about colonial Indochina and post-colonial Vietnam will serve as a basis for discussion and exploration. French and Vietnamese works will be read in English translation.
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ASST 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
Fall
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 014F or 012F seminar and only one 014S or 012S seminar.
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ASST 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
Spring
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 014F or 012F seminar and only one 014S or 012S seminar.
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ASST 021 - (CC, IS) Discover Japan: The Nexus of Japanese Culture, History, Politics and Society Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This interdisciplinary course introduces various aspects of the culture, history, society, and politics which have shaped modern Japan. Course materials include readings on contemporary Japan, in addition to literary texts, every day cultural practices, film, and more. When taught as part of the Hofstra in Japan study abroad program, students learn through lectures and field trips.
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ASST 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3
Once a year
Research for and writing of a substantial essay on Asia. Open only to senior Asian Studies majors who are eligible for departmental honors and who secure written permission of the instructor who will supervise the essay.
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ASST 150 A-Z - Special Topics in Asian Studies Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Exploration of specific issues in the discipline of Asian studies. Topics of this course will vary and provide students with the opportunity to work closely with Hofstra faculty on an Asian studies topic. Requirements for the course vary but will usually include course meetings, small group sessions, and field work. Special topics courses are often coordinated with guest scholars — including academics, practitioners, activists and writers — and may include a public lecture that registered students are required to attend. Topics have included: the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, Asia in New York, and others.
Current Special Topics
ASST 150C: Japanese Aesthetics through Flower Arranging
This course introduces Japanese Aesthetics through Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arrangement). Classes will consist of both lecture and hands-on workshops. In addition, students will learn about the history and practice of Ikebana, while building a solid foundation in practicing it as well. During each session, students will complete one flower arrangement (an activity/flower fee of $150 will be collected separately). The style of Ikebana to be taught is based on that of the Ikenobo school, the oldest Ikebana school in Japan.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly Workshops in Asian Studies; 1 s.h.)
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ASST 160 - Asian Studies Internship Semester Hours: 1-6
Periodically
This internship must be in a field with a substantial Asia-related connection and for which training and study in Asian studies would be beneficial. Students are encouraged to pursue internships in the corporate world, as well as in not-for-profit organizations, such as museums or foundations.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
A minimum GPA of 3.0 or permission of the director of Asian studies is required for students to participate in internship courses. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. A minimum of 28 hours on-site work per semester hour is required, in addition to a minimum of 10 hours of academic work. Academic work can include such things as reading, research, term paper and/or final project, to be determined by the faculty adviser in consultation with the student on a case-by-case basis. There will be a minimum of three meetings with the faculty adviser over the course of the internship. Grade will be based on both academic and on-site performance. An on-site evaluation of “poor” will result in a course grade of no higher than C. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
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ASST 168 A-Z - Special Studies in Asian History Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course examines major themes in Asian and Asian American history at the upper division level. Offerings include “Japanese History and Popular Culture: Knowledge, Power, and Representations,” “Gender and Sexuality in Asian History,” “World War II in Asia and the Pacific,” and “Asia and the United States in Historical Perspectives.”
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Credit given for this course or HIST 168 A-Z , not both. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly, ASST 168 Special Studies in Asian History.)
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ASST 195 - Asian Studies Seminar Semester Hours: 3
Once a year
Examination of selected topics from the perspectives of the several disciplines represented by student and faculty members by means of special lectures and student papers.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open only to Asian Studies program students in their senior year.
Chinese (CHIN)
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CHIN 001 - Elementary Chinese Semester Hours: 3
Fall
Introduce the fundamental structure and grammar of Mandarin. Cultivate the integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
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CHIN 002 - Elementary Chinese Semester Hours: 3
Spring
Continuation of CHIN 001. Continuing to cultivate the integrated skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 001 or equivalent.
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CHIN 003 - Intermediate Chinese Semester Hours: 3
Fall
Grammar review. Reading and translation of material of average difficulty.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 002 or equivalent.
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CHIN 004 - Intermediate Chinese Semester Hours: 3
Spring
Readings in contemporary Chinese. Cultivates reading, listening, speaking and writing abilities as they pertain to students’ daily life.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 003 or equivalent.
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CHIN 005 - Advanced Reading Semester Hours: 3
Fall
Cultivates students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities on an advanced level. Includes exposure to long texts related to various aspects of Chinese culture.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 004 or equivalent.
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CHIN 101 - Advanced Chinese Language Semester Hours: 3
Spring
CHIN 101-105 is an integrated sequence of courses, rather than five individual courses. This language sequence further develops students’ speaking, reading and writing abilities. Textual materials will cover increasingly complex topics and range from newspaper reports, essays on Chinese culture and society to works of literature. The individual student’s needs will affect the selection of course materials as well as the emphasis of each course.
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CHIN 102 - Advanced Chinese Language Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
CHIN 101-105 is an integrated sequence of courses, rather than five individual courses. This language sequence further develops students’ speaking, reading and writing abilities. Textual materials will cover increasingly complex topics and range from newspaper reports, essays on Chinese culture and society to works of literature. The individual student’s needs will affect the selection of course materials as well as the emphasis of each course.
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CHIN 103 - Advanced Chinese Language Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
CHIN 101-105 is an integrated sequence of courses, rather than five individual courses. This language sequence further develops students’ speaking, reading and writing abilities. Textual materials will cover increasingly complex topics and range from newspaper reports, essays on Chinese culture and society to works of literature. The individual student’s needs will affect the selection of course materials as well as the emphasis of each course.
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CHIN 104 - Advanced Chinese Language Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
CHIN 101-105 is an integrated sequence of courses, rather than five individual courses. This language sequence further develops students’ speaking, reading and writing abilities. Textual materials will cover increasingly complex topics and range from newspaper reports, essays on Chinese culture and society to works of literature. The individual student’s needs will affect the selection of course materials as well as the emphasis of each course.
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CHIN 105 - Advanced Chinese Language Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
CHIN 101-105 is an integrated sequence of courses, rather than five individual courses. This language sequence further develops students’ speaking, reading and writing abilities. Textual materials will cover increasingly complex topics and range from newspaper reports, essays on Chinese culture and society to works of literature. The individual student’s needs will affect the selection of course materials as well as the emphasis of each course.
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CHIN 113 - Business Chinese I Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course teaches vocabulary and terminology related to business practice in China and the language associated with a business trip to China. This is the first of a two-course sequence on business Chinese.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 005 or permission of instructor.
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CHIN 114 - Business Chinese II Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
The continuation of Business Chinese I .
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHIN 005 or permission of instructor.
Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics (CLLL)
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CLL 012F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3
Fall
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Consult the class schedule for proper category listing. Students may take only one 012F or 012S seminar.
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CLL 012S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3
Spring
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 012F or 012S seminar.
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CLL 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
Fall
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 014F or 012F seminar and only one 014S or 012S seminar.
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CLL 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
Spring
This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 014F or 012F seminar and only one 014S or 012S seminar.
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CLL 030 - (LT) Literature of the Holocaust Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Critical review and analysis of various literary genres including novels, short stories, diaries, memoirs and poems. Both universal and Jewish implications of the tragedy are examined.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
No credit for this course or JWST 030. (Formerly JWST 030)
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CLL 039 - (LT) Goddesses, Gods, and Heroes: Mythology in the Ancient World Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Near Eastern mythology, the Bible and Greek literature focusing on our earliest attempts to order reality and formulate our individual identity.
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CLL 040 - (LT) Literature of the Emerging Europe Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Roman and Christian writers and the medieval literature of England, Germany, Italy, France and Spain as the sources of western consciousness emerging from Judaic, classical and Christian views of reality.
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CLL 041 - (LT) Ancient Novel Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Selected readings in the ancient Greek and Latin novels in English translation, with focus on the origins of the genre, cultural and historical context, questions of sex, gender, and identity, and the relationship between culture and empire.
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CLL 042 - (LT) Ancient Comedy Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Study of the origin and development of Greek and Roman comedy, the particularities of ancient dramatic presentation, and the changing role of comedy in ancient society. Readings from plays of Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence, supplemented by readings from other ancient authors and some comparative material from postclassical drama.
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CLL 043 - (LT) Alexander the Great: Fact and Fiction Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Selected readings on Alexander from the primary sources in English translation and from modern fiction and biography. The goal will be to understand how representations of Alexander change throughout history and reflect the various social, cultural, and political contexts in which they are produced.
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CLL 044 - (LT) Greek and Roman Epics Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Introduction to the study of the genre of epic from its earliest Greek form to its use by the Roman authors, with emphasis on analysis of mythic and heroic themes, methods of composition, and aspects of history and society. The course concentrates on The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer and on Virgil’s The Aenid, but may also cover The Argonautica of the Alexandrian poet Apollonius of Rhodes and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, as well as the epics representative of Silver Latin by Lucan, Silius Italicus and Valerius Flaccus.
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CLL 046 - (LT) Sex and Gender in Antiquity Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course examines the cultural attitudes toward sex and gender in Greek and Roman worlds through the study of ancient philosophical, historical and literary sources. Topics will include definitions of masculinity and femininity, social gender expectations, and representation of women in texts created by and for men. Equal emphasis will be placed on close readings of primary sources and discussion of modern methodologies for the analysis of ancient societies.
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CLL 047 - (LT) Africa, Greece, and Rome Semester Hours: 3
A survey of literary representations of Africa by African, Greek, and Roman writers from the time of Homer until the Arab conquests of the seventh century CE. This course will specifically examine how the intellectual tradition has sought to minimize Africa’s role in shaping ideas about classical Greece and Rome. The colonial narrative is one of marginalization, occlusion, and erasure, but this course will foreground intellectual endeavors that rehabilitate the African presence in the (re)creation of the classical past.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Credit is given for CLL 047 or AFST 047 , but not both.
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CLL 053 - (LT) Faust Theme Semester Hours: 3
Once a year
Comparative treatment of the Faust theme in different centuries (the Renaissance to the twentieth century) and various countries (France, Germany, Spain, England, Russia and the United States).
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CLL 054 - (LT) The Oedipus Theme Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
A comparative analysis of the evolution of the Oedipus theme from its origins
in Greek culture to its modern deployment as both a literary motif and an interpretative
figure.
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CLL 055 - (LT) Zombies in Literature, Film, and Society Semester Hours: 3
This course examines the figure of the zombie in literature, film, and television. The walking dead provide a glimpse into cultural anxieties, particularly those related to race, gender and class. This course examines zombies trans-historically, with investigations into such texts as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Richard Matheson’s I am Legend, Max Brooks’, World War Z, Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, and the television series (and its graphic novel progenitor), The Walking Dead. Course includes readings that help us understand why our culture seems to find the living dead so important.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly CLL 151 Studies in Literature, when given as “Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse.”)
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CLL 075 - (LT) Women Writers in the Romantic Tradition Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Traces elements of Romanticism and its development in the works of major women
writers of the 19th and early 20th century (1810-1932). Includes works by Germaine
de Stael, Mary Shelley, George Sand, Edith Wharton and Colette.
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CLL 120 - (LT) Jewish Humor: From Bible to Borat Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course presents a transnational and transhistorical survey of significant works of Jewish humor from literature, oral narrative, performance, and cinema. Texts selected from Eastern Europe, England, the United States, and Israel demonstrate both the survival and transformations of Jewish comic traditions. Through lectures, discussions, exercises and papers, students gain a broad understanding of the history, psychology, and philosophy of humor related to Jewish arts and letters from around the globe and across the centuries.
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CLL 131 - (LT) Comparative Mythology Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
European, Asian, American and African mythology exemplified in various religious and heroic legends.
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CLL 139 - (CC, LT) Performance, Protest and the Arab World Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course explores cultural expressions of protest and the politics of contemporary performance in the Arab world. Examining works in their historical context, we consider the ways that poetry, theater, dance, music and performance art can constitute forms of political expression considered dangerous to powerful regimes. The course introduces different ways of reading and understanding various performance forms and their political stakes; considers the connections between different cultural forms; and explores the cultural dynamics of Arab protest and resistance movements. Works studied may include Syrian theater, Iraqi performance art, Tunisian hip-hop, Palestinian dance, and Egyptian colloquial poetry.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly CLL 151, Studies in Literature: Performance, Protest and the Arab World.)
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CLL 149 - (LT) Asian Literature Semester Hours: 3
Every other year
Major literary works are examined as a reflection of Asian cultures and as an influence on western culture. CLL 149 focuses on India.
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CLL 150 - (LT) Asian Literature Semester Hours: 3
Every other year
Major literary works are examined as a reflection of Asian cultures and as an influence on western culture. CLL 150 focuses on China and Japan.
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CLL 151 - (LT) Studies in Literature Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring
Designed to treat special subjects or authors at the discretion of the department, but with the student’s interest in view. Such subjects as existentialism, death, and the literary imagination, love in literature, or subjects of a like nature have been topics of recent analysis.
Current Special Topics
Literary Stylistics
Literary stylistics examines how readers interact with literary works, and how they understand and are moved by them. we consider how meanings and effects are generated in the three major literary genres, carrying out stylistic analyses of poetry, drama, and prose fiction in turn. We will analyze brief texts and extracts from English literature, adopting an approach to the analysis of literary texts that can be applied easily to other texts in English and in other languages. Literary Stylistics provides a clear and broad-ranging introduction to stylistic analysis – covering all three literary genres in detail. The course provides an overview of stylistics as a whole and discusses the links between linguistics and literary criticism, and shows the practical ways in which linguistic analysis and literary appreciation can be combined, and illuminated, through the study of literary style. We will cover all the major theories, concepts, and methods required for the investigation of language in literature, from meter to metaphor, dialogue to discourse. It also captures the latest major developments in stylistics, such as corpus, cognitive, and multimodal approaches to the study of style. The course begins with samples of stylistic analyses. Detailed analysis of each genre follows in subsequent modules, with writing assignments designed to develop skills in stylistic analysis. The course also includes a series of checklists of style features to look for when analyzing literary texts.
Avant-Garde
“Avant-Garde (the “frontline”) is an umbrella term describing counter-culture art movements launched in Europe the first half of the twentieth century that spread worldwide. Futurism (Italy, Russia), Expressionism (Germany, USA), Dada (Switzerland, Germany, France, New York) and Surrealism (Europe, USA, Latin America, West Indies) created new styles and processes (photomontage, collage, found objects, automatic writing, frottage, drip painting, etc.), and engaged in “in your face” political activism. Reacting against the culture and morals that led to two catastrophic world wars with manifestoes, performances, signed broadsides, they attacked and satirized the establishment. We will be viewing art, film and reading texts of the above movements and some contemporary trends, movements, artists which they influenced and shaped.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated when topics vary.
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CLL 154 - Doubles, Doppelgängers and Masks in Venice and Japan Semester Hours: 3
Venice and Japan are known for their masks–Carnival masks and Noh masks, respectively. This course covers the various ways that masks are employed in Venice and Japan to draw links between the practices of masking and the structure of society. The course will include investigations into the history of masking in Venice, which extends far beyond the masks of carnival, concepts of “face” and unmasking in Japan, carnival, commedia dell’arte, noh, and bunraku. Our exploration of masking cultures will help us to understand the varieties of masking that can be found.
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CLL 155 - (LT) Medieval Literature Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Medieval literature of England, Germany, France and Spain, with emphasis on the epic, lyric, romance and drama.
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CLL 161 - (LT) Renaissance Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Origins and evolution in Italy. Further developments in France, Spain and England.
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CLL 172 - (LT) European Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
A comparative study of the main aspects of classicism and rationalism in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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CLL 173 - (LT) Sentiment to Sadism in the Early European Novel Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Study of the European novel from the end of the 17th to the end of the 18th century. Focus on the development and decadence of feelings, sentiments, and emotions and how they reflect political and social events of the period.
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CLL 176 - (LT) The Nineteenth-Century Short Story: Chekhov and His Predecessors Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
A survey of European and American short-story writing over the roughly
one-hundred year period from the late eighteenth century to the
appearance of Chekhov’s mature works. Chekhov’s stories represent a
culmination of certain Western European as well as Russian traditions
of the diminutive prose form. The evolution of the Russian short story
will be traced from its formal beginnings (inspired by French
Sentimentalism) through the works of the major nineteenth century prose
writers such as Pushkin and Gogol. Turgenev emerges as a pivotal
figure, having patent affinities with Western writers and providing a
structural model for Chekhov’s stories. The texts from this tradition
will be read together with stories by E.T.A. Hoffman, Kleist,
Maupassant, Melville, Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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CLL 177 - (LT) Organized Crime in Contemporary Culture Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
The subcultures of organized crime groups in countries as different as Mexico, Italy, United States, Russia, Japan, and India manifest striking similarities. In this course we will examine the self-consciously romanticized, demonized, and/or pointedly unglamorous images of organized crime in political discourse, literature, and cinema around the world. We will examine the ways in which literary, cinematic, journalistic, and internet texts portray the lives of organized crime workers within the international marketplace, and how they reflect an increasingly interconnected global economy.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
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CLL 180 - Internship in Comparative Literature and Languages Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
This internship program provides students with practical knowledge and skills required in the fields related to comparative literature and languages.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Prerequisites dependent upon proposed internship and an interview with program director. For each semester hour of credit earned, students will work a minimum of 28 hours on-site in addition to completing a minimum of 10 hours of academic work that will include reading, research, and a final paper or project that situates the internship experience within the broader framework of the academic study of comparative literature and languages. Also required are a minimum of three meetings with a faculty adviser during the course of the internship. Grades will be based on both academic and on-site performance. An on-site evaluation of “poor” will result in a final grade no higher than C.
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CLL 181 - (LT) Hybrid Identities in Literature Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
The French philosopher and social thinker Michel Foucault once wrote that each should “cultivate [his or her] legitimate strangeness.” This course explores characters in world literature from the middle of the 19th century to the present who are caught between cultures, classes or even countries, individuals who are already deemed to be “strange” or difficult to categorize or pigeonhole because they belong to more than one social world. Needless to say, those who acknowledge and actively cultivate any hybrid identity or sense of difference run the risk of a more radical break from the society in which they live; often their multifaceted identities coincide with a multiculturalism that cannot be acknowledged by the monolithic community that surrounds them. We will examine a range of characters in works from Europe, the United States, South America and Asia who exemplify this dynamic of an outsider consciousness, paying particularly close attention to details of language, structure and different methods of literary analysis and theory.
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CLL 182 - (LT) Robot Dreams: Artificial and Human Identities in Literature and Popular Culture Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
In this course, we will trace the issues of mechanization and artificial intelligence in literature and popular culture from the industrial revolution through the age of the Internet and the “hive mind” of rave music. What is the proper response to the possibility if the “dehumanization” of individual identity and mass culture? In attempting to answer this question, writers often find themselves asking what is really human, and how the natural can be effectively distinguished from the manufactured. We will discuss both the resistance to technology and the often difficult embrace of it, reading authors such as Mary Shelley, E.T.A. Hoffman, Karel Capek, Franz Kafka, Stanislaw Lem and William Gibson. We will watch films (Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Matrix and A.I.) that make specific reference to the literary readings of the course, comparing and contrasting them with their source material. We will also examine the topic of false or manufactured identities in cyberspace as a variation on the theme of artificial intelligence.
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CLL 188 - (LT) Psychoanalysis and Literature Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course examines the influence of Freudian psychoanalytic concepts on literature and the arts as well as literary influences on formative psychoanalytic concepts developed by Sigmund Freud. Texts may include The Uncanny and other Essays (Freud), Interpretation of Dreams (Freud), Oedipus the King (Sophocles), Gradiva (Wilhelm Jensen), Sons and Lovers (Lawrence), and films by Hitchcock, Neil Jordan, and others.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Credit for this course or CLL 151 (Psychoanalysis and Literature), not both. (Formerly, CLL 151, Psychoanalysis and Literature.)
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CLL 190 - (LT) World Literature and the Anatomy of Cultural Difference Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Introduces students to the notion of world literature by presenting works from different countries and cultures, languages and traditions in a comparative context, with emphasis primarily on cross-cultural comparisons between Western and non-Western literatures.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
WSC 002 .
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CLL 191 - (LT) Romanticism Semester Hours: 3 or 4
Once a year
Literature and culture of Europe and America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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CLL 193 - (LT) The Color of Literature Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course explores works by ‘writers of color’ and investigates the notion of assigning racial, ethnic, and cultural identity labels to works of literature. Does literature have a color? Can it? How is this relevant to literary study? In a cross-cultural context, we will examine how works of literature reflect the history and discussion of race, ethnicity, and culture in a given society. These works also participate in and give form to issues and debates that extend beyond the work back into society at large.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Same as AFST 193 .
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CLL 194 - Readings in Comparative Literature Semester Hours: 1-4
Periodically
Individualized readings courses to permit the student to pursue topics of special interest.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open to all students with permission of department chairperson. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
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CLL 195 - (LT) Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism Semester Hours: 3
Once a year
Western European literature in the second part of the 19th century.
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CLL 196 - Senior Essay Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Research and writing of a substantial essay in the field of comparative literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open only to senior majors who have secured, before registration, the written permission of the faculty adviser who will supervise the essay. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Note: CLL 196, 197 , 198 satisfy the same major requirement.
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CLL 197 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Research and writing of a substantial essay in the field of comparative literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open only to senior majors who are eligible for departmental honors and who have secured, before registration, the written permission of the faculty adviser who will supervise the essay. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Note: CLL 196 , 197, 198 satisfy the same major requirement.
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CLL 198 - (LT) Advanced Seminar Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Advanced discussion of literary analysis, literary history and literary theory. Topic varies according to semester and professor. Substantial research paper is required. This seminar is open to senior majors and minors, and to qualified advanced junior students by permission. Students need to have completed the majority of their course work for the major before this seminar, which satisfies the Senior Essay requirement of the major.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Note: CLL 196 , 197 , 198 satisfy the same major requirement.
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CLL 199 - (LT) Contemporary European Literature Semester Hours: 3 or 4
Once a year
Modern man as he appears in representative works of contemporary European literature.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
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ESL 001a - Introductory English Grammar, Reading, and Writing Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English with novice-low proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. The course focuses on understanding key word and formulaic phrases across a range of highly contextualized texts, many related to college life. The course will help students improve their vocabulary and understand predictable language, such as found on train schedules, maps, and signs. Students will also derive meaning from short non-complex texts that convey basic information. It will help students meet limited basic practical writing needs using lists, short messages, postcards, and simple notes. Students will also learn how to recombine vocabulary and structures to create simple utterances on familiar (or rehearsed topics). Through this course students will improve their reading and writing skills to the novice-high proficiency level.
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ESL 001b - Introductory Listening and Speaking in English Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English with novice-low proficiency in listening and speaking (ACTFL). In this course, students will learn to successfully manage uncomplicated communicative tasks in predictable social situations. Students will respond to simple, direct questions or requests for information and will learn to ask formulaic questions and understand their responses. Cultural topics covered will include those most necessary for survival in American academic culture, such as basic personal information, preferences, immediate needs (i.e., food and drink, health and wellness), as well as topics related to life on a university campus (i.e., College life, study habits, and time management. Through this course, students’ listening and speaking proficiency will improve though class activities and homework assignments that help them apply their knowledge in the modalities of listening and speaking. Through this course, students will improve their listening and speaking skills to the novice-high proficiency level.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Novice-low proficiency in listening and speaking (ACTFL) as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
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ESL 002a - Intermediate English Grammar, Reading, and Writing I Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with novice-high oral and listening proficiency as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills, interpersonal and presentational oral skills. They will learn to understand short non-complex listening and viewing texts that convey basic information and deal with basic personal and social topics to which the listener or viewer brings personal interest or experience. Students will learn to extract meaning from short connected texts featuring description and narration on familiar topics related to predictable situations, as well as from short news reports from local and national news. They will practice and improve their listening and speaking skills (interpersonal and presentational) by combining and recombining known elements and conversational input. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand spoken texts and speak on a broad range of topics, communicating their own meanings at the intermediate-mid level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Novice-high proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of ESL 001a )
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ESL 002b - Intermediate Listening and Speaking in English I Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with novice-high oral and listening proficiency as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines to enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills, interpersonal and presentational oral skills. They will learn to understand short non-complex listening and viewing texts that convey basic information and deal with basic personal and social topics to which the listener or viewer brings personal interest or experience. Students will learn to extract meaning from short connected texts featuring description and narration on familiar topics related to predictable situations, as well as from short news reports from local and national news. They will practice and improve their listening and speaking skills (interpersonal and presentational) by combining and recombining known elements and conversational input. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand spoken texts and speak on a broad range of topics, communicating their own meanings at the intermediate-mid level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Novice-high proficiency in listening and speaking as defined by the AFTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of ESL 001b )
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ESL 003a - Intermediate English Grammar, Reading, and Writing II Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with intermediate-mid proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines. The course focuses on improving students’ grammar usage, broadening their vocabulary, improving their academic writing, and enhancing their interpretive reading strategies so they can narrate and describe in different time frames when writing about everyday events and situations in paragraph length discourse using complex syntax. Students will use a broad range of texts to study conventions of academic writing, which they will use in practice: generating ideas, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, with the goal of enabling students to master summarizing, paraphrasing, and reflecting upon assigned reading materials. By the end of the course, students will improve their reading and writing skills to the intermediate-high level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-mid proficiency in reading and writing, as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of non-credit bearing ESL 002a )
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ESL 003b - Intermediate Listening and Speaking in English II Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English speaking students with intermediate-mid oral and listening proficiency as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines to enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills, and interpersonal and presentational oral skills. This course focuses on effective strategies for listening to oral presentations, participating in classroom and general academic discourse, giving presentations, and leading discussions. Students will also watch local and national news to promote discussion about the news and the different perspectives embedded in news broadcasts. At the end of the class, students will be able to understand longer spoken texts supported with visual cues (i.e., PowerPoint presentations and video texts) and will be able to provide spoken narrations and descriptions in all time frames in paragraph-length discourse with complex syntax in rehearsed topic areas. By the end of the course, students will improve their listening and speaking skills to the intermediate-high level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-mid proficiency in listening and speaking as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of non-credit bearing ESL 002b )
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ESL 004a - Intermediate English Grammar, Reading, and Writing III Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with intermediate-high proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines. It focuses on improving students’ grammar usage, broadening their vocabulary, enhancing their interpretive reading strategies, analyzing cultural content in the texts, and improving their academic writing so they can narrate and describe in different time frames when writing about everyday events and situations. Students will read a broad range of texts, and improve their mastery of the conventions of academic writing with special attention to well-structured paragraphs and the rhetorical structure of longer essays. By the end of the course students will improve their reading and writing skills to the advanced-low level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-high proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of non-credit bearing ESL ESL 003a )
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ESL 004b - Intermediate Listening and Speaking in English III Semester Hours: 0
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with intermediate-high oral and listening proficiency, as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines, to enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills, and interpersonal and presentational oral skills. Students will practice and improve their skills in understanding spoken English on different topics. The primary goals are the development of interpretive listening and viewing skills with a focus on the language functions of narration and description in all time frames in content areas, including current events. Course activities will also help students expand the range of effective strategies used for listening to presentations and lectures, participating in and leading class discussions, giving presentations, and improving their pronunciation. By the end of the course students will improve their listening and speaking skills to the advanced-low level (ACTFL).
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-high proficiency in listening and speaking as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. (May be demonstrated by successful completion of non-credit bearing ESL 003b )
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ESL 005A - Advanced Reading, Writing, and Grammar I Semester Hours: 0
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is designed for English language learners with advanced-low reading and writing skills as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. Reading and writing tasks will focus on the language functions of narration and description in all time frames, with attention to paragraph-level discourse and complex syntax, building toward reading and writing projects that engage the language functions of argument (sustained opinion) and hypothesis.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-high proficiency in reading and writing (level 4) or placement into level 5 by an appropriate test score.
Repeatable once, not for credit.
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ESL 005B - Advanced Listening, Viewing, and Speaking I Semester Hours: 0
Fall, Spring, Summer
This workshop-style course is student-centered and aims to maximize student opportunities to practice and improve their speaking and listening skills. The course is designed for non-native English-speaking students to polish and enhance their communicative skills in English and to help them succeed in their academic, professional, and social pursuits. The primary goals of the course are the development of students’ interpretive listening and viewing skills as well as the improvement of their interpersonal and presentational speaking skills in paragraph-length discourse, with a focus on the language functions of narration and description in all time frames in content areas including current events and other concrete (non-abstract) topics. The class will help students develop effective strategies for listening to lectures, participating in classroom and general academic discourse, and giving presentations. In addition, the course provides a focus on pronunciation training and opportunities for oral fluency practice.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Intermediate-high proficiency in listening and speaking (level 4) or placement into level 5 by an appropriate test score.
Repeatable once, not for credit.
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ESL 006A - Advanced Reading, Writing, and Grammar ll Semester Hours: 0
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with advanced-mid proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The course focuses on improving students’ grammar usage, broadening their vocabulary, improving their academic writing, and enhancing their interpretive reading strategies. Through the use of a broad range of texts, students study the conventions of academic writing along with a review of grammar and prose mechanics. In this course we teach students to write in extended length about a variety of concrete and abstract topics, in the language functions of argument (supported opinion) and hypothesis, in formal register with significant precision and detail.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-low proficiency in reading and writing (level 5) or placement into level 6 by an appropriate test score.
Repeatable once, not for credit.
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ESL 006B - Advanced Listening, Viewing, and Speaking II Semester Hours: 0
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with advanced-mid oral and listening proficiency as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills, and interpersonal and presentational oral skills to help them succeed in their academic, professional, and social pursuits. Students entering this course are already able to understand descriptions and narrations in speech and are able to describe and narrate in all time frames in paragraph-length discourse using complex syntax in talking about concrete topics. In this course, students will practice and improve their skills in understanding spoken English on abstract topics in extended discourse in the language functions of argument (supported opinion) and hypothesis; in addition, they will improve their skills in giving presentations and participating in academic discussions and debates featuring extended discourse on abstract topics in the language functions of argument (supported opinion) and hypothesis. Specifically, this course focuses on effective strategies for listening to lectures, participating in classroom and general academic discourse, leading discussions, and giving presentations. The course is designed to help advanced English language learners master the oral communication skills necessary to succeed in college and professional settings.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-low proficiency in listening and speaking (level 5) or placement into level 6 by an appropriate placement test score.
Repeatable once, not for credit.
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ESL 105 - Critical Thinking and Academic Writing l Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
This course is designed for non-native English-speaking students with advanced-low reading and writing skills as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. Students will read increasingly longer and more sophisticated texts on a broad range of topics, improving their reading strategies, and will practice various types of academic writing, building toward longer texts written in formal tone, gaining fluency in the organizational structure of writing in the American academic setting. The course will also help students improve their command of English grammar and broaden their vocabulary.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-low proficiency in reading and writing (may be demonstrated by successful completion of non-credit bearing ESL 004a ).
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ESL 106 - Presentation and Leadership Skills for University Success I Semester Hours: 3
This student-centered class for non-native speakers of English aims to maximize opportunities for students to improve their speaking and listening skills. Goals include development of students’ interpretive listening and viewing skills, with a focus on the language function of narration and description. This class will help students develop effective strategies for listening to lectures, participating in classroom and general academic discourse, and give presentations. The course will also provide a focus on pronunciation training and oral fluency practice.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-low proficiency in listening and speaking (may be demonstrated by completion of non-credit bearing ESL 004b ).
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ESL 107 - Phonetics Practicum Semester Hours: 1-2
This student-centered practicum aims to maximize student opportunities to practice and improve their pronunciation and communication skills in context. The course is designed for non-native English-speaking students to polish and enhance their communication skills with a special focus on pronunciation. The course will help students to speak English more clearly, confidently, and accurately by helping students with all aspects of pronunciation including the sounds of English, stress, rhythm, and intonation. The class will provide students with communication practice activities and interactive tasks that focus on different themes which help them improve their pronunciation and communication skills.
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ESL 108 - American Academic Culture in the Classroom Semester Hours: 1-3
This course will focus on the nature of university classroom and course interactions in speaking and writing, with learning tasks focused on typical classroom assignments, including oral presentations, leading discussion, short reports, and written summaries. This course will help students move from advanced low toward advanced high (ACTFL) in terms of their speaking and writing proficiency.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-low proficiency in reading and writing as defined by the ACTFL proficiency guidelines (may be demonstrated by the successful completion of ESL 4a).
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ESL 109 - American Academic Culture Outside the Classroom Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
This course will focus on the nature of university peer interactions outside the classroom, with learning tasks focused on informal social interactions in the context of student clubs and organizations. Learning tasks will help students move from advanced-low proficiency toward advanced-high proficiency (ACTFL). The course is designed to develop nonnative speaker oral and listening skills relevant to establishing and maintaining direct conversation and communication in English. It focuses on a range of skills, including improving listening comprehension, participating in discussions and debates, understanding conversational strategies, giving group presentations, and asking and answering questions.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced low-proficiency in listening and speaking as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (may be demonstrated by successful completion of ESL 004b ).
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ESL 110 - Discourse Strategy Practicum Semester Hours: 1-2
This course will help student improve their English discourse strategies through using logic and critical thinking, and developing presentational skills. Students will participate in different persuasive and informative speech topics. Students will learn to format arguments in English, create mind maps, and list the arguments for both sides of a debate. In this course, students will learn debate formats, and such skills as how to take the floor (and keep it), interpreting resolutions, developing affirmative and negative case constructions, conducting cross-examinations, and evaluating arguments.
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ESL 111 - Critical Thinking and Academic Writing ll Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
This course, designed for nonnative speaker of English with advanced-mid proficiency in reading and writing (ACTFL), focuses on improving students’ grammar usage, broadening vocabulary, improving academic writing, and enhancing interpretive reading strategies. Students will study the conventions of academic writing while reviewing grammar and prose mechanics.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-mid proficiency in reading and writing (may be demonstrated by successful completion of ESL 105 ) as defined by the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
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ESL 112 - Presentation and Leadership Skills for University Success ll Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
This course, designed for non-native speakers of English with advanced-mid oral and listening proficiency (ACTFL), will enhance their interpretive listening and viewing skills and interpersonal and presentational oral skills to help them succeed in academic, professional, and social pursuits. Students will practice and improve skills in spoken English on abstract topics in extended discourse. They will work at improving argument and hypothesis, giving presentations, participating and leading discussions, and other areas of general academic discourse.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Advanced-mid proficiency in listening and speaking (may be demonstrated by completion of ESL 106 ) as defined in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
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