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  • ENG 200: Writing About Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Writing About Literature is an entry point into the English major, providing the techniques for compositions that demonstrate an informed, critical analysis of literary works. Students will read short fiction, poetry, and drama, develop analytical interpretations supported by research and critical theory, and compose a series of essays that emphasize clear and original understanding of the works appropriate MLA documentation and format.
    ShareENG 200 - Writing About Literature

  • ENG 225: Hip Hop Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course identifies and examines the theoretical, cultural, and socio-historical foundations of Hip Hop. This course will analyze the conceptual roots and principles of Hip Hop particularly examining both the urban American origins of Hip Hop and its wider socio-political implications and influence. This course will also examine the role of the Hip Hop imagination on American and the world.
    ShareENG 225 - Hip Hop Studies

  • ENG 240: Science Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Introduces the foundations, traditions and trends of the genre of science fiction. In examining classic and contemporary works, the course will explore themes such as time travel, social satire dehumanization, utopia, visions of technical innovations and encounters with aliens.
    ShareENG 240 - Science Fiction

  • ENG 250: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course examines methods of language instruction, providing prospective teachers with tools for teaching child, adolescent and adult English Language Learners. Language acquisition theory, assessment, cultural and linguistic context, and Pennsylvania ELL standards for PreK-12 will addressed.
    ShareENG 250 - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

  • ENG 255: Introduction To Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Introducing students to literary analysis, the content of this course varies, but relies most heavily on short stories and emphasizes both critical analyses of the works presented as well as the social/historical contexts in which they were written. Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas as they become familiar with various critical approaches to the texts. Students are asked to identify that which constitutes literary value in a text and are encouraged to broaden their definitions of literary culture.
    ShareENG 255 - Introduction To Literature

  • ENG 258: World Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    World Literature covers western and non-western literary classics and their relevant modern counterparts. The types of literature covered include the epic, the tale, the novel, drama, the essay, and poetry. A comparative approach is used in dealing with such themes as war, adventure, love, social customs, and death and the afterlife.
    ShareENG 258 - World Literature

  • ENG 260: American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The survey of American Literature covers the period of exploration and settlement to the current era. Students will study and write about works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts, and in consideration of what constitutes a national identity in literature. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.
    ShareENG 260 - American Literature

  • ENG 270: English Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course examines the masterpieces of English literature from the epic poem Beowulf to the end of the Renaissance. Students will explore the history, psychology, and theology of the people and their literature from Anglo Saxon times through the Middle Ages, with emphasis on Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The course also includes the Renaissance with a focus on the life and works of William Shakespeare.
    ShareENG 270 - English Literature

  • ENG 275: World Mythologies

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A survey course designed to introduce students to definitions of and theories about myth; to discuss and analyze myths of various cultures around the world and throughout time. The relevance of myth to everyday, modern life will also be stressed. Themes covered will be the creation of the cosmos, the natural environment and humans; ideas about divinity and heroism; concepts about death and the afterlife.
    ShareENG 275 - World Mythologies

  • ENG 276: African American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course will examine the literary contributions of African American writers beginning with works from the oral tradition, with an emphasis on writers' African roots, proceeding chronologically to the contemporary writers of the Neo-realistic (1970-present) movement. The course will also explore historical and cultural issues, as well as societal problems encountered by African American authors from the Colonial through the Antebellum period and into the Harlem Renaissance. The course will introduce students to traditional literary forms including poetry, narrative, and drama, but may also include speeches, letters, sermons, and/or nonfiction essays.
    ShareENG 276 - African American Literature
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