LAE101.Fundamentals of Composition.First in a two-term sequence of composition courses. Expository, illustrative, and persuasive writing with emphasis on the short essay. Introduction to research and documentation. Prerequisite: Placement. .5 quarter hours

LAE102.Composition and Literature.Second in a two-term sequence of composition courses. Continued practice in expository writing with emphasis on the literary critique. Development of criteria for understanding literature as an art form. Introduction to structure of the major types of literature (such as fiction, poetry, drama) and common terms used in literary criticism. Analysis and discussion of literary technique. Prerequisite: LAE101. .5 quarter hours

LAE104.Report Writing.An introduction to the types of writing required in public agencies or businesses, including the writing of reports or proposals (which have specific guidelines), as well as memoranda, formal and informal letters, summaries, recommendations, and persuasive memos or other arguments. Prerequisite: Placement. .5 quarter hours

LAE201.Intermediate Composition.A course by arrangement for students needing further work in fundamentals of expository writing. This course adapts to the needs of the student or students currently enrolled. Prerequisite: LAE101 or equivalent. .2-5 quarter hours

LAE203.Survey of the English Language.A course in practical English grammar for elementary and secondary teachers, covering traditional syntactical analysis (including the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammars) and introducing students to the study of English language semantics, usage, dialects, history, and the teaching of composition. Fulfills Illinois certification requirement. Does not count as English major or concentration credit. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE210.Writing in the Workplace.An interdisciplinary introduction to various writing tasks which integrate data presentations and economic principles using word processing and computer software applicable to office and workplace writing. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and academic skills assessment. Concurrent enrollment in LAM225 and LAS253. .5 quarter hours

LAE301.Advanced Composition.Advanced instruction and practice in a variety of expository and other writing tasks. Special emphasis on writing with style, clarity, and effectiveness for various audiences. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .2-5 quarter hours

LAE302.Introduction to Creative Writing.Basic techniques of fiction and poetry. Individual instructor may stress one or the other. (Students can inquire ahead.) Wide reading expected as a stimulus to creative expression. Prerequisites: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE303.English Language and Linguistics.General survey of structure and history of the English language, including American English. Course introduces the study of modern linguistics, including phonology, morphology, generative grammar, language acquisition, and dialect study. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE305.Major British Writers I: Beginnings to 1750.A survey of the most important British authors to 1750. Includes such writers as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, and the metaphysical poets, Milton, Pope, Swift. Covers historical-cultural backgrounds and major developments in the history of ideas. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE306.Major British Writers II: 1750 to 1900.A survey of the most important British authors from 1750 to 1900. Includes such writers as Fielding, Sheridan, Austen, Wordsworth, and the Romantic poets, Dickens, Shaw. Covers historical-cultural backgrounds and major developments in the history of ideas. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE307.Literature for Children.A general overview recommended for students entering the teaching profession. Survey of best of the old and new in prose and verse from the nursery level through elementary grades. Techniques of presentation are discussed. Major emphasis on content and quality of literature. (May be taken as separate modules according to age level: LAE307A Early Childhood for 2 quarter hours;or LAE307B Middle School for 3 quarter hours. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE308.World Literature.Masterpieces of world literature from the earliest times to the present, in translation. Syllabus includes primarily western literature-Greek, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Russian-but some attention also given to non-western literature. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE309.Minority Voices in American Literature.A study of important literary works by representatives of minority groups. Specific focus is determined by the individual instructor and can be limited to a particular group, time period, and/or literary type. Students examine how literature functions as protest and in the search for identity. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE310.The Novel.A broad study of technique, structure, and rhetoric of the novel. Individual instructor may focus on the origins and development of the novel, concentrating on the growth of technique and changing cultural concerns, or on representative types of the novel. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE311.The Short Story.Examination of the short story as a literary form. Students learn the tools needed for criticism of fiction. Course can be presented using a historical approach or it may be structured by type. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE312.Poetry.Examination of poetry as a literary genre through critical analysis. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE313.Myth and Mythology.A study of examples of mythology from two or more cultural traditions, possibly including ancient and modern, western and non-western traditions. The mythology will be studied as literature and from the perspective of several major twentieth-century theories of myth. Prerequisites: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours.

LAE315.Art of the Film.An introduction to film theory and film technique, with some reference to the history of film. Emphasis will be placed on the tools used to tell stories in film, e.g., cinematography, editing and sound. Both American and foreign films will be screened and discussed; Intolerance, Metropolis, Citizen Kane, My Darling Clementine, Shoot the Piano Player, The Seventh Seal and 8 ½ are typical of the films covered. Students will also view movies outside of class and write papers analyzing various aspects of filmmaking. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE316.Prose Forms and Styles.A survey of the major forms of contemporary prose writing: novel, essay, short story, non-fiction narrative. Emphasis will be on analysis of each author's style and voice, and of the narrative techniques he or she employs to tell the story most effectively. Works vary from quarter to quarter and may from time to time include some non-English works in translation. Prerequisites: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours.

LAE405.American Writers I: Beginning to 1900: Selected Topics.A brief look at early Puritan literature followed by readings from fiction writers such as Hawthorne, Melville, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Twain, and from poets such as Whittier, Longfellow, Whitman and Dickinson. Emphasis on the influence of social forces on literature and on the emergence of literary forms and conventions. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE406.American Writers II: 1900-1945.A survey of classic 20th century novelists such as Wharton, Dreiser, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, and Steinbeck. Students examine types of fiction such as realism, naturalism, proletarianism, impressionism. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE407.American Writers III: 1945-1970.A survey of the best and most influential writers following World War II and continuing through to the close of the turbulent sixties. Includes primarily fiction writers such as Mailer, O'Hara, Salinger, Cheever, Updike, O'Connor, Baldwin, Kesey, Heller, Roth, Bellow, Malamud, and Nabokov. Takes a look at the stunning contrasts between the fifties and the sixties, politically, socially, ethically, artistically, and psychologically. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE408.Contemporary American Literature: 1970 to the Present.A dynamic overview of the most critically esteemed and widely read writers of the students' own lifetime. Stressing fiction, it includes such names as Updike, Bellow, Pynchon, Barth, Vonnegut, Wolfe, Irving, Roth, Morrison and Walker. Assesses the impact of the sixties and examines literary phenomena such as absurdism and the "new journalism" against the on-going tradition of realism. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE409.20th Century American Women Writers.A survey of American women writers, which examines the special characteristics of writing by women, the growth of protest, and women's role in the 20th -century history of American literature. Individual instructors may choose to focus primarily on fiction, on non-fiction, or on poetry; or an instructor may limit the survey to a particular 20th -century time period or theme. See English Department for details. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE410.Modern British Fiction: 1900-1950.A survey of classic 20th-century British novelists such as James, Lawrence, Joyce, Forster, Woolf, Greene, Orwell, Huxley and Amis. Focuses on the growth and development of technique and on the ethical, psychological, and political concerns of the period. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE415.Popular Literature.Study of well-known types of popular literature (murder mysteries, spy stories, science fiction, romance, westerns, horror stories, etc.) with particular attention to the sociology, psychology and politics of each type. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE420.Current Issues in College Composition.A survey of current issues in composition and rhetoric research with emphasis on their relationships to teaching college writing courses. Such issues include social and cognitive and/or technological influences on academic writers. Prerequisites: LAE102 or equivalent, junior standing or above..5 quarter hours.

LAE425.Literary Criticism and Interpretation.A survey of the major theories and schools of literary criticism with emphasis on twentieth-century approaches such as new criticism, semiotics, deconstruction, reader-response theory and including such special perspectives as psychoanalytic, Marxist and feminist criticism. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours.

LAE434.Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama .Study of the Elizabethan stage and Elizabethan-Jacobean drama and the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. Students read selected comedies, tragedies and histories by Shakespeare and some of his contemporaries. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE450.Fundamentals of Journalism.Introduction to various kinds of journalistic writing appropriate to newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. News-writing, feature-writing, and interviewing are some of the journalistic types covered. Liability laws, guidelines pertaining to plagiarism, copyright laws, and journalistic ethics are discussed. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE460.Editing and Publishing the Small Journal.A course introducing students to the practical skills involved in editing, managing, and publishing a small periodical-for a school, a corporation, or any other enterprise which needs to publish information for its own corporate community or for the public. Some students may get hands-on experience by working with the college's own public relations office or possibly with the school yearbook or newspaper. Journalistic ethics, reporting techniques, and liability laws will also be covered. Most importantly, course introduces students to desktop-publishing software-both Apple and IBM-compatible. More traditional methods of working with printers are also explained. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE461.Writing Promotional and Advertising Copy.A course taught by professionals in the field of advertising and promotion. Students receive coaching and practice in writing spots for radio and television, as well as layout and design for print media and direct mail. Public relations strategies are introduced: how advertising builds and communicates the corporate image. Available markets for writers will be explored. Speakers will discuss working for agencies and writing free-lance. Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent. .5 quarter hours

LAE465.Creative Writing: Humor.An initial discussion of the basic principles of humor, followed by an overview of specific types of humor-writing. This course analyzes various styles of humor, such as iconoclasm, absurdism, exaggeration, "gallows humor," "Jewish humor," etc., in order to imitate their techniques in weekly written assignments. Each student works on development of his or her own comic "voice." Prerequisite: LAE102 or equivalent..5 quarter hours

LAE490.English Independent Study.Opportunity for students in this major or concentration to pursue acceptable study in an aspect of literature or writing independently. Students are assigned to department advisors for guidance and tutoring. .2-5 quarter hours

LAE492.Methods of Research for Writers.A course which teaches writers how to do basic secondary research in a variety of areas likely to be relevant to their future writing, such as: psychology, physiology and medicine, education, literature and the arts, history, natural science, etc. Students must show they can use traditional printed materials as well as computer-assisted research. Instructor reviews guidelines pertaining to plagiarism and copyright laws. Students write a brief, researched paper. This course is usually taught in modules of 1 semester hour per module with a different module being offered each term: LAE 492A in fall, LAE 492B in winter, LAE 492C in spring. Each module covers different discipline areas, responding to student needs. Students can request current academic year's agenda from the English Department. (This is not a writing-intensive course. Contrast LAE 501: Writing from Reading.) .1-3 semester hours

LAE495.English Special Topic.Opportunity for students and faculty to create a course topic not on the regular schedule. (A recent example: The Sixties: Evolution and Revolution.) Students may register for more than one Special Topic in the course of their degree program..2-5 quarter hours

LAE499.English Seminar.A course designed by faculty and students, from time to time, in which students assume a major responsibility for course materials and content, in conventional seminar fashion, with the instructor acting primarily as advisor and evaluator. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. .3-5 quarter hours