Spring 2010 Courses

Course Number Course Title Mode Date and Time
11172 ENC1102H HONORS FRESHMAN COMPOSITION II Face2Face Tu,Th 4:30PM - 5:45PM
1. Honors Composition II
EN 1102H
Course description: (from 2006-07 Undergraduate Catalog)--PR: ENC 1101H with a grade of “C” or better or C.I. and permission of Honors. Same as ENC 1102, (Focus on extensive research in analytical and argumentative writing based on a variety of readings from the humanities—with honors-level content. Emphasis on developing critical thinking and diversity of perspective) with honors-level content. Note on Freshman English Program: ENC 1101 and 1102 must be taken before enrolling in any English course numbered above 1102. The “NC” grading policy applies to this course. Three credit hours.

Using the above as a loose guide for our class, I hope to nurture, encourage and support good writing and researching. Students in this class will learn the skills necessary for the analysis of a variety of texts and become competent researchers familiar with print and electronic resources in disciplines of interest. This class will provide students with enough practice to make them more confident researchers capable of producing analytical essays with good use of details and organization. Students should be able to write with an awareness of audience and purpose and be able to compile and document of a variety of bibliographic sources.
Besides research in your discipline and related writing, this class will examine the representation of Latinos in US media. Students will write in a variety of genre to include but not limited to the following: in class writing, memorandum to classmates, critical essays, reviews and research papers.
21423 LIT3823 HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS Face2Face Tu,Th 12:00PM - 1:15PM

Hispanic Women Writers

This course will survey the writing of Hispanic Women writers in a variety of genre. We'll focus on the rich cultural and literary production of Hispanic Women Writers to provide students with a broader view of how this group is enhancing literature of the Americas. Students will examine how the fiction, non-fiction and poetry created by contemporary Hispanic Women Writers express identity from diverse national origins, woman-centered and feminist perspectives. Themes to be considered include the relationships among identity/self-representation, family, friendship/ sisterhood, motherhood, beauty, voice, history, tradition, spirituality, home and the "American Dream." We will also explore how the texts challenge cultural boundaries of feminine and feminist identity.