Course Descriptions - E

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (ECE)

ECE 204. Nature and Needs of the Young Child. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: EDUC 201. A study of human development through the life span with emphasis on the social, moral, emotional, physical and intellectual characteristics and development of the young child. Includes learning styles and developmental and cultural differences. Observations and laboratory experiences will be required.

ECE 220. Practicum. 5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of director of Educational Field Experiences and adviser. A practicum in a classroom during which the student will be actively involved in the teaching-learning process under the guidance of a professional teacher.

ECE 302. Curriculum & Instructional Design for Early Childhood Education. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: ECE 303. Examines approaches to curriculum development with implications for educational practice. Emphasis will be placed on the development of instructional objectives, units and lesson plans for the young child that are developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive.

ECE 303. Instructional Technology for Early Childhood Education. 1-3-2. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education. Corequisite: ECE 302. Develops skill in selecting and using technology to enhance instruction in the early childhood classroom. Includes a laboratory experience with computers, educational software and multimedia presentations.

ECE 308. Classroom and Behavior Management in Early Childhood Education. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: EDUC 330. A study of models and strategies for implementing effective systems for classroom and behavior management in the pre-school and primary grades. Addresses efficient use of instructional space, time and resources in diverse classroom settings.

ECE 360. Introduction to Reading and Language Arts. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ECE 302. An introduction to the reading process and strategies for teaching reading within the broader framework of the language arts. Emphasis on emergent literacy, whole language and factors that influence literacy development. Students will be involved in public school field experiences.

ECE 364. Children’s Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ECE 302. A survey of literature appropriate for kindergarten and early grade readers. Reviews both current and traditional works in several genres and considers various approaches for teaching such literature.

ECE 398. Internship. 1-15 credit hours. Prerequisite: Permission of Director of Educational Field Experiences and Advisor. A supervised teaching experience for teachers seeking certification renewal credit.

ECE 400. Directed Study. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department chair prior to registration. A concentrated investigation of a particular aspect of education as a topic within a teaching field concentration or degree major. The content of the directed study will be determined jointly by the instructor and the student. ECE 401. Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood Education. 2-6-4. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education and Completion of Teaching Field and Professional Education Sequence. Study of integrating mathematics concepts, principles and processes into the teaching of mathematics in pre-school through fifth grade. Emphasis will be placed upon developmentally appropriate practices in planning, implementing and evaluating instruction in the mathematics curriculum. Includes an extensive field experience as well as media use.

ECE 402. Teaching Science in Early Childhood Education. 2-6-4. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education and Completion of Teaching Field and Professional Education Sequence. Study of integrating science processes, principles and concepts into the teaching of science in pre-school through fifth grade. Emphasis will be placed on the process-oriented inquiry method of teaching science, curriculum goals, design and planning and implementing and evaluating instruction in science. Includes an extensive field experience as well as the use of educational technology.

ECE 403. Teaching Social Studies in Early Childhood Education. 2-6-4. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education and Completion of Teaching Field and Professional Education Sequence. Focuses on the curriculum goals and content for social studies in the early grades. Emphasis will be placed on developing an integrated approach to social studies and on developing inquiry processes appropriate to the age and developmental levels of students in pre-school through fifth grade. Includes an extensive field experience as well as media use.

ECE 404. Teaching Language Arts in Early Childhood Education. 2-6-4. Prerequisite: ECE 360 and ECE 364; Admission to Teacher Education and Completion of Teaching Field and Professional Education Sequence. Study of the integration of language arts and strategies for planning and implementing instruction in pre-school through fifth grade. Includes an extensive field experience as well as media use.

ECE 407. Organization and Administration of the Pre-School. 2-3-3. Prerequisite: ECE 302. This course addresses planning for child care facilities including staffing, licensing, nutrition, health policies, organizing space and materials and parent/community relations. A practicum in a pre-kindergarten setting is a required part of this course. ECE 473. Student Teaching: Early Childhood (P-5). 1-42-15. Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching. Full-time teaching experience under the supervision of a public school cooperating teacher and college supervisor.

ECE 490. Special Topics in Education. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department chair. Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students.

ECONOMICS (ECON)

ECON 103. Economics: Concepts and Issues. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: business majors: All developmental studies courses if required; non-business majors: All developmental studies courses if required. Examines the fundamental questions of economics, beginning with the concept of scarce resources and the consequent need for choice by individuals and society. Economics choices in both consumption and production are examined with an emphasis on economic logic and applications. The roles of government in an economic system as well as the economic basis for trade are studied. For non-business majors.

ECON 133. Economic Development of the United States. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: All developmental studies courses if required; non-business majors: All developmental studies courses if required. An analytical and institutional study of factors contributing to the economic growth and development of the U.S.

ECON 202. Principles of Economics-Micro. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: MATH 105 or 114 or higher; non-business majors: MATH 105 or 114 or higher. Analysis of price and output determination under various market structures, income distribution, resource allocation, domestic problems and international trade.

ECON 203. Principles of Economics-Macro. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: ECON 202 and MATH 106 or 190; non-business majors: ECON 202 and 10 credit hours of MATH numbered 105 or higher. Analysis of socio-economic goals, money and credit systems, theories of national income, employment and economic growth.

ECON 303. Applications in Economics: Concepts & Issues. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: ECON 203. Economics 303 is an issues-oriented course. Current and/or controversial economic topics are presented and examined from different economic, societal and cultural perspectives. There is an emphasis on the role and position of the United States in the world.

ECON 340. Money and Banking. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Monetary theory, monetary and fiscal policies, banking and the Federal Reserve System with emphasis on their effect upon economic activity and business decisions.

ECON 342. Economic Development in Global Perspective. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. An analysis of key development issues both as they relate to individual countries and to factors linking countries, such as international trade and capital flows. Topics addressed include savings, investment, technology, demographics, human resources and economic institutions. Investigates these topics for third world countries and those that are more economically advanced.

ECON 343. Economics of Labor Markets. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Theory of labor markets with an examination of the impact of institutional and market structure on wage and employment levels.

ECON 344. Public and Urban Economics. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Application of economic principles to problems in the public sector. Topics include the optimal provision of public goods, control of externalities, tax incidence, cost-benefit analysis, the Tiebout Hypothesis, fiscal federalism, location theory and the spatial structure of urban areas.

ECON 345. International Trade and Finance. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Principles of international trade and finance. Management of foreign operations of the firm within constraints of international environment; study of international currency flows, exchange rates and international banking practices.

ECON 346. Managerial Economics. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and DSC 312; non-business majors: ECON 203 and DSC 312. Application of the concepts, tools and methods of economic analysis to decision making within the business firm. Topics include evaluation of sequential decisions, decision making under uncertainty, the construction and evaluation of forecast, linear programming and strategic decision models.

ECON 347. History of Economic Thought. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. A history of the development and evolution of economic concepts and doctrines.

ECON 348. Industrial Organization, Public Policy and Regulation. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. A study of the structure, behavior and performance of American industry. The public policy implications, including the workability of competition in various settings, and the structure, implications and results of economic regulation as a public policy response.

ECON 396. Cooperative Study. 1-3 credit hours. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and approval of the Coordinator of cooperative education/internships (KSU Career Services); non-business majors: Not available to non-business majors. A supervised work experience program for a minimum of three academic quarters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on-the-job experience in conjunction with their academic training.

ECON 398. Internship. 1-15 credit hours. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and approval of the Coordinator of cooperative education/internships (KSU Career Services); non-business majors: Not available to non-business majors. A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic quarter with a previously approved business firm, private agency or government agency. A research paper is required to receive credit. For junior or senior students who wish to participate in an on-the-job experience in which they may apply their academic training. The work experience may not be with a current employer. The course will be graded on an S-U basis. Credit is allowed only in elective areas.

ECON 400. Directed Study. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and approval of instructor, major area committee and department chair prior to registration; non-business majors: Approval of instructor, major area committee and department chair prior to registration. Special topics of an advanced nature not in the regular course offerings.

ECON 442. Intermediate Economics-Micro. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Theory of price-quantity determination of inputs and outputs for firms and households with various levels of competition.

ECON 443. Intermediate Economics-Macro. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; non-business majors: 90 credit hours including ECON 203. Analysis of aggregate output and income determination emphasizing the influence of public sector fiscal and monetary policy.

ECON 449. Econometrics. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and DSC 312; non-business majors: ECON 203 and DSC 312. Familiarizes the student with the tools used for estimating and forecasting demand, revenues and cost, as well as demographic characteristics of importance to an individual in a business decision-making position.

ECON 490. Special Topics in Economics 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: business majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business and approval of instructor and department chair; non-business majors: Approval of instructor and department chair. Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students.

EDUCATION (EDUC)

EDUC 201. Teaching and Schools in a Changing Society. 3-6-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and PSY 105 or PSY 201 or ANTH 105 or SOCI 105. An introductory study of current issues and problems in American education from historical, political, economic, social, philosophical, multicultural and global perspectives. Focuses on efforts of schools to adapt to a changing society; the role of the teacher as a professional educator; and, professional ethics. Includes a field experience.

EDUC 210. Nature and Needs of the Learner (P-12). 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and PSY 105 or 201 or SOC 105 or ANTH 105. A study of human development through the life span. Emphasizes social, moral, emotional, physical and intellectual developmental characteristics of pre-school learners through high school. Includes learning styles and cultural differences about perspectives and practices regarding the dimensions of human growth and development.

EDUC 310. Multicultural Perspectives in Teaching and Learning. 2-0-2. Prerequisite: 300 or 400-level curriculum course in appropriate program area. A study of the influence of diversity on teaching and learning in a pluralistic, democratic society. Examines theories and models of instruction for multicultural classrooms.

EDUC 330. Learning, Motivation and Assessment. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: 300-level curriculum course in appropriate program area. Examines theories and principles of learning, motivation and assessment of learning in schools. Particular emphasis is placed on the application of the concepts and principles from these areas in designing learning and assessment tasks in diverse classroom situations.

EDUCATION - SECONDARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL (EDSM)

EDSM 303. Instructional Technology for Middle and Secondary Education. 1-3-2. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education. Corequisite: MGE 302. Develops skills in selecting and using technology to enhance instruction in the middle grades and high school classroom. Includes a laboratory experience with computers, educational software and multimedia presentations.Includes clinical experiences.

ENGLISH (ENGL)

ENGL 020. Principles of Writing. 5-0-0. (No degree credit; Institutional credit, 5 hours.) Basic principles and patterns of writing. Instruction and review for Regents’ Test. Also required of students who have failed the Regents’ Test.

ENGL 099. Developmental English. 5-0-0. (No degree credit. Institutional credit, 5 hours.) Prerequisite: Placement by College Placement Examination, by Admissions Office or by Developmental Studies Department. A developmental studies course that prepares the student for credit courses in English. Emphasizes correct grammar and standard usage as well as basic composition skills.

ENGL 101. Composition I. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 099 and READ 099 if required. Designed to teach principles of good writing. Attention to grammar, sentences, punctuation, diction, mechanics and major forms of discourse. Themes, parallel readings, and a short documented essay required.

ENGL 102. Composition II and Intro. to Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Continuation of English 101. Advanced compositions, including a documented term paper, with parallel readings. Serves as an introduction to literature.

ENGL 203. English Literature to 1800. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A survey of British Literature from Beowulf through Boswell, including women writers, such as Burney, Astell and Osborne, whose works have been re-evaluated in the 20th century.

ENGL 204. English Literature after 1800. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A survey of British literature from Blake through Beckett, including post-colonial writers such as Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer and Derek Walcott.

ENGL 205. World Literature I. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. Major literary works and authors from world literature to about 1650.

ENGL 206. World Literature II. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. Major literary works and authors from world literature after 1650.

ENGL 210. Contemporary English Grammar and Usage. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: English 099 and Reading 099 if required. Introduction to present-day English grammar and usage, including current problems in the basic English sentence.

ENGL 221. American Literature through the Civil War. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Colonial Period to 1865, a survey of representative canonical figures, as well as newly re-evaluated writers, including woman and African Americans.

ENGL 222. American Literature after the Civil War. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. From 1865 to present, a survey of representative canonical figures as well as newly re-evaluated writers, including women and African Americans.

ENGL 260. Grammar for Teachers. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 101, 102, 205 and 206. A study of sentence structure, emphasizing terminology, punctuation, syntax and usage in traditional grammar; includes an overview of modern grammars and examines how the methods of these grammars can help students to better understand language and implement its correct use in both oral and written communication. Also includes approaches for teaching grammar, such as integrating instruction with writing.

ENGL 300. Research and Critical Writing. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Overview of practical criticism and literary research. Emphasis will be placed on the application of critical methods through a series of literary analyses and research papers.

ENGL 301. Fiction. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Study of the fiction writer’s art. Representative readings.

ENGL 302. Creative Writing: Fiction. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Theory and practical experience in the writing of fiction.

ENGL 303. Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Study of the poet’s art. Representative readings.

ENGL 304. Creative Writing: Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Theory and practical experience in the writing of poetry.

ENGL 305. Drama. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Study of the dramatist’s art. Representative readings.

ENGL 306. Creative Writing: Drama. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Theory and practical experience in the writing of plays. ENGL 307. Film as Narrative Art Form. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Study of film as narrative art form, covering such elements as character, theme and symbol. Screenings of selected films.

ENGL 308. Literary Adaptations to Film. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. A study of the relationship between film and literary sources. Screenings of selected films accompaniedby close reading of the literary texts.

ENGL 309. Principles of Teaching Writing 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL: 205 and 206. An exploration of current theories of composition pedagogy and assessment in practice, including a variety of strategies for teaching writing while dealing with institutional policies, such as standardized testing. Students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences.

ENGL. 310. Advanced Grammar. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of sentence structure, emphasizing terminology, sentence structure and punctuation.

ENGL 311. Advanced Composition. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Emphasis on expository and argumentative writing with attention to style, organization and development. Parallel readings.

ENGL 312. Scientific and Technical Writing. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: English 205 and 206. Analysis of and practice in writing process analysis, descriptions of mechanisms, abstracts, user documentation and research reports.

ENGL 320. The Bible as Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or 205 and 206. Study of authors, themes, genres and composition of biblical writings.

ENGL 360. Southern Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of Southern literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, including such major figures as Twain, Faulkner and Welty as well as contemporary writers such as Ernest Gaines and Alice Walker.

ENGL 364. African-American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A survey of major African-American authors in their historical and cultural contexts from the Colonial period to the present.

ENGL 366. Multi-Ethnic American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. This course explores literature written about coming to 'America' (i.e., the United States) and/or becoming 'American.' Drawing on texts from a variety of ethnic/racial groups, the readings and discussion will focus on themes of assimilation and anti-assimilation, as well as on intersections between ethnicity and race with gender and social class in narratives about the construction of national identity.

ENGL 368. Nineteenth-Century American Women’s Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. This course explores the literature written and read by (north) American women of the nineteenth century. Course readings include such authors as Susanna Rowson, Fanny Fern (Sara Parton), Elizabeth Phelps, Caroline Kirkland, Susanna Moodie, Linda Brent ( Harriet Jacobs), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jane Addams and Sarah Orne Jewett.

ENGL 370. Romanticism in American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. From 1800 to 1865, a focus on the canonical figures, such as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville and the Transcendentalists. May include readings in feminist and abolitionist writings.

ENGL 372. Realism and Naturalism in American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. From 1865 to 1914, a focus on major writers such as Twain, James, Crane, Dreiser, Wharton and Chopin.

ENGL 375. Modern American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of the 20th-century American writing to about 1965, including such writers as William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Tennessee Williams and Adrienne Rich.

ENGL 382. Contemporary British and American Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of representative writers since 1960, such as Graham Greene, Isaac Singer, Toni Morrison, and Amy Tan.

ENGL 387. 20th-Century American Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. American poetry from 1900 to the present.

ENGL 396. Cooperative Study. 1-3 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of coordinator of cooperative education/internships (Career Services). A supervised work experience program for a minimum of three academic quarters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on-the-job experience in conjunction with their academic training.

ENGL 398. Internship. 1-15 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of departmental internship adviser. Supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic quarter with a previously approved business firm, private agency or government agency. Credit is allowed only in general or free elective areas.

ENGL 400. Directed Study. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor, curriculum committee, and department chair required prior to registration. Up to five hours of credit. Selected topics of an advanced nature that may include original research. Normally for projects not served through regularly scheduled courses.

ENGL 401. History of the English Language. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of the development of English, with attention to influential historical events, and of the evolving structure of the language. Black English and other influences on American English May be included.

ENGL 402. History of Literary Criticism. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Survey of literary theory from classical times to the present.

ENGL 407. Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 302 or permission of instructor. An advanced fiction-writing workshop which explores major aspects of narrative craft. Extensive fiction writing and revision, workshop discussion and some readings in major authors of short fiction.

ENGL 408. Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 304 or permission of instructor (given on the basis of a portfolio of work submitted in advance.) An advanced poetry-writing workshop which explores major aspects of poetic craft. Extensive poetry writing and revision, workshop discussion and some readings in major poets.

ENGL 410. English Drama to 1642. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of Medieval and Renaissance English drama, excluding Shakespeare. Specific works vary, but include miracle, morality, Jacobean and Caroline plays in historical context. ENGL 411. Chaucer. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study (in Middle English) of Chaucer’s works, especially Canterbury Tales. Includes an examination of Medieval culture, writing techniques and literary contributions.

ENGL 412. Medieval Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of representative authors, including Chaucer and Marie de France. Includes such genres as epic, romance and drama.

ENGL 430. Elizabethan Prose and Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of 16th-century English literature, excluding drama. Authors such as Spenser, Sydney and Shakespeare.

ENGL 431. Shakespeare. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of selected comedies, histories and tragedies, covering the range of Shakespeare’s dramatic art. May include dramatic form and poetic composition as commentaries on the dramatic genres.

ENGL 435. 17th-Century Prose and Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of representative 17th-century poets and essayists, excluding Milton. Authors may include Donne, Herbert, Browne, Marvell and Vaughan.

ENGL 436. Milton. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of selected poetry and prose, with focus on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes.

ENGL 440. 18th-Century Prose and Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of styles and issues from the Restoration through the late 18th century. Special attention to satire, biography and literature by and about women. Figures vary but Aphra Behn, John Dryden, Alexander Pope. James Boswell and Anne Finch are typical.

ENGL 450. English Romanticism. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Survey of English literature, from 1780s to the 1830s, including canonical figures such as Coleridge, Keats, the Shelleys and Wordsworth, as well as newly recognized authors, such as Joanna Baillie, Hannan More and Helen Maria Williams.

ENGL 453. The English Novel: Early Eighteenth Century to Romantic Experiments. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Survey of representative English novelists from the late 17th century to the 1830s. May include such trends and styles of fiction as epistolary, novel-as-history, gothic and domestic fiction.

ENGL 460. Victorian Prose and Poetry. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of representative writers from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century, such as Tennyson, Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, Christina Rossetti and Oscar Wilde.

ENGL 463. The English Novel: Victorian to Modern. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A survey of representative English novelists from the Victorian period to the onset of modernism. May include such authors as Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy.

ENGL 465. Modern British Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. A study of representative 20th-century British writers to the 1960s. Authors such as Joseph Conrad, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot.

ENGL 473. International Novel. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of representative 20th-century world novelists. Authors such as Milan Kundera, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Carlos Fuentes, Albert Camus, Hermann Hess, Franz Kafka, Bruno Schultz, Nadine Gordimer, David Grossman, Isabelle Allende, Naguib Mahfouz, Francois Mauriac, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Chinua Achebe, Laura Esquivel.

ENGL 490. Special Topics in English. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Study of selected topics such as science fiction and fantasy, women in literature, African-American literature, and international literature . Open to English and non-English majors.

ENGL 491. Major Figures in World Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205, 206. This course is designed to concentrate on a significant major author from World Literature. Possible authors include Austen, Dickens, Joyce, Blake, Wordsworth, Melville, Faulkner and Twain in English and others (particularly multicultural world authors such as Mahfouz, Borges, Beckett and Camus) in translation from the original. ENGL 499. Senior Seminar. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206 and completion of 135 credit hours. Detailed study of a literary, artistic, or cultural movement, theme, trend or philosophy with literary texts as the focal point but exploring works in related fields, culminating in the preparation of an original, substantial and researched seminar paper, which is to be presented orally and formally. The course will be open to English and other majors.

ENGLISH EDUCATION (ENED)

ENED 391. English in the Middle Grades. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 205 and 206. Using narrative as a central genre, this course introduces current English teaching philosophy and practice in grades 4 through 8. This course models current ways of integrating technology into the curriculum and identifies a variety of multicultural teaching texts.

ENED 414. Teaching of English/Language Arts (7-12). 10 credit hours. 7-9-10. Prerequisite: SED 302 and permission of the English education program coordinator. An examination and application of curriculum issues, learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional materials and assessment procedures for teaching secondary school English/Language Arts. Includes a secondary school field experience in English teaching and concurrent seminars.

ENED 475. Student Teaching: English (7-12). 1-42-15. Prerequisite: Admission to Student Teaching. Full-time teaching experience in English under the supervision of a secondary school cooperating teacher and a college English education supervisor. Includes a bi-weekly seminar.

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (EXC)

EXC 304. Exceptional Children and Youth. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: 300 or 400-level curriculum course in appropriate program area. Emphasizes the characteristics of exceptional children as they function in today’s schools. This course places special focus on the identification of intellectual, emotional and social needs of exceptional children and the role of the classroom teacher in meeting these needs.