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Eng 253, Section 166, Survey of American Literature
4 credits $404 PSU
A study of American literature from Puritan beginnings to the middle of
the nineteenth century, including Melville, Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thoreau. Dual Credit Available.
Eng 364, Section 167, American Fiction
4 credits $404 PSU
A study of representative American novelists of the twentieth century
(including Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck), including types of
novels, and movements. Students read and discuss, as literature, eight
titles chosen from the course guide.
Eng 384, Section 168, Contemporary Literature I
4 credits $404 PSU
A study of twentieth-century fiction, primarily British and continental,
emphasizing its relation to intellectual and cultural backgrounds and
its responses to the great events of the century. Major figures, such
as Mann, Camus and Hesse, and major trends or movements are included.
Students read and discuss, as literature, six titles chosen from the course
guide.
Eng 385, Section 169, Contemporary Literature II
4 credits $404 PSU
A study the works of "modern," mostly twentieth-century dramatists
including Ibsen, Shaw, Pirandello, and Brecht. Students read and discuss,
as literature, eight plays described in the course guide.
Wr 115, Section 231, Introduction to College Writing
4 credits $404 PSU
Course is designed to help students increase fluency and confidence in
writing and learn conventions of writing for college. Will also help students
deal with college-level reading. Recommended as a companion to Freshman
Inquiry for those who need or want intensive work on reading and/or writing. Dual Credit available.
Wr 121, Section
239, College Writing
4 credits
$404 PSU
A writing course for lower-division students in which they develop critical
thinking abilities by reading and writing. Increase their rhetorical strategies,
practice writing processes, and learn textual conventions. Includes formal
and informal writing, responding to a variety of readings, and revising
individual pieces for a final portfolio of work. This course is recommended
for any student wishing additional writing experience. Dual
Credit available.
Wr 121B, Section
200, College Writing - Credit by Exam
4credits CBE
$230 PSU
A credit-by-exam option for Wr 121. Students should have a thorough understanding
of the topics covered in the non-CBE section of this course. This challenge
course cannot be taken by a student who has failed the Challenge Exam
offered by the PSU English Department. Dual Credit
available.
Wr 222, Section 173, The Research Paper
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4
credits
$404 PSU
An elective course. The techniques for compiling and writing research
papers. Attention to available reference materials, use of library, taking
notes, critical evaluation of evidence, and conventions for documenting
academic papers. Practice in organizing and writing a long expository
essay based on use of library resources. May not be used by PSU students
to fulfill English major requirements, nonmajor distribution requirements,
or the English composition requirement. Prerequisite: Wr 121 or PSU Freshman
Inquiry. Dual Credit available.
Wr 323, Section
203, Writing as Critical Inquiry
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4 credits $404 PSU
A writing course for upper-division students that offers sophisticated
approaches to writing and reading. Students enhance critical thinking
abilities by reading and writing challenging material, refine their rhetorical
strategies, practice writing processes with special attention to revision
and style, and write and read in a variety of genres. Includes formal
and informal writing and preparing a final portfolio of work. Prerequisite:
Wr 121 or PSU Freshman Inquiry.
Wr 323B, Section
201, Writing as Critical Inquiry - Credit by Exam
4credits CBE
$230 PSU
A credit-by-exam option for Wr 323. Students should have a thorough understanding
of the topics covered in the non-CBE section of this course. This challenge
course cannot be taken by a student who has failed the Challenge Exam
offered by the PSU English Department.
