One of the following: English 3103-3104l or level 5 on English Department Placement Test, or advanced placement in English. Students should have adequate knowledge of English syntax and vocabulary.

Introduction to basic rhetorical patterns of expository prose such as narrative, definition, comparison and contrast, argument and persuasion, with an emphasis on the organization, clarity, coherence and logic of the written product. Frequent writing exercises.

One of the following: English 3103-3104, or English 3011-3012, or level 5 on English Department Placement Test, or advanced placement in English. Students should have adequate knowledge of English syntax and vocabulary. English 3231 required unless the instructor gives permission to enroll.

The writing of the research paper is the main focus of the work, taken step by step. Précis writing, the résumé, the job application letter, book reports and book reviews, the bibliography. Individual conferences with instructor required.

One of the following: English 3103-3104, or English 3011-3012, or level 5 on English Department Placement Test, or advanced placement in English. Students should have adequate knowledge of English syntax and vocabulary.

A wide range of scientific readings is used as the basis for descriptive and analytic reports and theoretical essays. Recommended as part of the second year of English for students in Natural Sciences and in other science-oriented programs.

News gathering and reporting. Practice in writing features, editorials, book reviews, sports stories. Emphasis on straight news reporting.

Intensive individual work in the writing of literary forms.

Study of methods and practices of literary translation. Emphasis on textual analysis, rhetorical analysis, and recreation of difficulties and "impossibilities" of source-language texts. A course mainly of praxis aimed at understanding complexities of "literary" translation and overcoming its difficulties.

To provide a historical and linguistic perspective on the generis of creole languages in the Americas as "legitimate" and fully-formed language vehicles.

One of the following: English 3103-3104, or English 3011-3012, or level 5 on English Department Placement Test, or advanced placement in English.

A study of the development of American literature from its beginnings through Whitman and Dickinson, based on major authors and major trends.

A study of the development of American literature from Mark Twain through the present, based on major authors and major trends.

Study of the perception, description, analysis, and improvement of human communication. Emphasis on the verbal and nonverbal dimensions of communication and the primary message systems.

Introductory course in the theory and practice of public speaking. Critical analysis of speeches.

Practice in oral English through participation in parliamentary procedure. Emphasis on formulating a constitution, conducting meetings, making motions, voting, adjourning meetings and preparing minutes.

An examination of human nonverbal communication behaviors and their contributions to the human communication process from both intra and intercultural perspectives.