English WAC Student Resources

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GE Requirement #1: Writing for the Liberal Arts

ENG 002: Composition (4)

Provides practice and critique in a variety of forms and modes of exposition including personal reflection, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Requires six to eight formal papers, including a documented research paper. Does not apply to the English major or minor. Serves as an elective for the Writing Minor.

Themes may not all be offered in a given semester.

  • Environmental Studies
  • Rhetoric of Civil Rights
  • Stewarding Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture
  • Visual Culture
  • Information Literacy

GE Requirement #2: Writing-Intensive Courses

Writing/Speech Intensive- 2 Courses

(1 course Inside the Major, 1 course Outside the Major)

 

AN-145

Culture Theory

 

 

 

APP-061

Introduction to Leadership

 

 

 

ART-131

Theory and Criticism in the Arts

 

 

 

BIO-114

Genetics

 

 

 

CHM-121

Introductory Analytical Chemistry

 

Effective 18/FA

 

CHM-122

Advanced Analytical Chemistry

 

Effective 18/FA

 

CHM-195

Seminar

 

Not WSI Effective 18/FA

 

COM-015

Public Speaking

 

 

 

COM-101

Theories in Rhetoric and Communication

 

 

 

COM-103

Communication Criticism

 

 

 

CS-130

Creative Software Architectures for Collaborative Projects

 

 

 

CS-195

Senior Seminar

 

 

 

EB-103

History of Economic Thought

TH

 

 

EB-120

American Economic History

TH

 

 

EB-140

Seminar in Executive Leadership

 

Effective 18/FA

 

EB-160

Principles of Marketing

SS

Not SS Effective 18/FA

 

EB-180

Principles of Management

 

No longer offered eff 18/FA

 

EB-191

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development

TG

Effective 18/FA

 

EB-192

Change and Innovation

 

Effective 18/FA

 

ED-100

Explorations in Teaching

SS

 

 

ED-101

Explorations in Teaching

SS

 

 

ED-105

Cultural Diversity & Education

TG

 

 

ENG-

All ENG courses except: ENG 002, 044, 046, 047, 105, 106, 163, 168, 169, 190, 191SS, 197 (some sections of ENG-165 are WSI)

 

 

 

FR-101

Survey of French Literature (Middle ages - 1800)

RIL

 

 

FR-102

Survey of French Literature (1800 - present)

RIL

 

 

FR-103

17th-cen. French Literature: Theatre

RIL

 

 

FR-104

19th-cen. Novel

RIL

 

 

FR-105

20th-cen. French Literature

RIL

 

 

HIS-047/147

Reacting to the Past

TH

 

 

HIS-134

Reformation Spirituality

TH

 

 

HIS-147

Reacting to the Past

TH

 

 

HIS-156

France, 1500 to Present

TH

 

 

HIS-171

Colonial and Revolutionary America

TH

 

 

HIS-182

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

TH

 

 

HIS-188

Women in the Middle East

TG

 

 

HIS-198

Historical Method, Bibliography and Research

 

 

 

IS-020H

Augustine and the Christian Tradition II

US

Augustinian Scholars Only

 

KNS-072

Foundations

 

 

 

KNS-166

Movement: Pedagogy and Leadership

 

 

 

MA-108

Mathematical Analysis

 

 

 

MA-110

Modern Algebra

 

 

 

MA-136

Geometry

 

 

 

MU-121

History of Western Music II

TH

 

 

PHI-015

Intellectual Virtue and Civil Discourse

 

 

 

PHI-131

Theory and Criticism in the Arts

 

 

 

PHI-195

Philosophy Senior Seminar

 

 

 

PHY-022

General Physics Lab I

 

 

 

PHY-024

General Physics Lab II

 

 

 

POL-112

International Org and Law

 

 

 

POL-130

Classical Political Theory

TH

 

 

POL-131

Modern Political Theory

 

 

 

POL-132

American Political Thought

 

 

 

POL-140

Christianity and Politics

 

 

 

PSY-013

Experimental Psychology w/ Lab

 

 

 

PSY-120

Cognitive Psychology w/ Lab

 

 

 

PSY-197

Capstone Senior Research -Psych I

 

 

 

PSY-198

Capstone Senior Research -Psych II

 

 

 

RS-125

Theology

 

 

 

RS-126W

Doctrine of the Word

 

 

 

RS-127W

Catechetical Theology

 

 

 

RS-129W

Interdisciplinary Theology

 

 

 

RS-131W

Seminar in Theology

 

 

 

RS-180

Senior Seminar

 

 

 

SOC-171

Sociological Theory

 

 

 

SOC-180

Human Services & Social Policy

US

 

 

SP-100

Advanced Spanish

MFL

 

 

SP-110

Hispanic Cultures: Spain

 

 

 

SP-111

Hispanic Cultures: Latin America

 

 

 

SP-130

Spanish Film and Literature

 

 

 

SP-172

Golden Age Literature

 

 

 

SP-180

Latin American Women Writers

RIL

 

 

SP-183

20th-cen. Latin-American Poetry

RIL

 

 

SP-184

20th-cen. Latin-American Short Story

 

 

 

TA-009W

Voice and Speech Through Performance Majors Only

 

 

 

TA-120

History of The Theatre I

TH

 

 

TA-121

History of The Theatre II

TH

 

 

TA-124

Survey of Dramatic Theory and Criticism

 

 

 

TA-145

Writing for Performance

RIL

 

 

Writing for Liberal Arts (WLA) – 1 course

 

 

Extracurricular Opportunities

Student Publications

The Horizon

The Phoenix

The Citadel

Creating Writing & Literary Clubs

Writers' Guild: The hope of The Writers’ Guild is to encourage and empower writers and aspiring writers to discover their voice, to improve their writing ability, and to provide a supportive network of fellow writers.

For a complete list of clubs, click here.