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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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Academic departments and programs are generally listed in alphabetical order. All courses are listed under the department or program in which they are offered. Courses which are cross-listed will appear in more than one place.
Course Designations
Courses of instruction are designated by a system of four-digit numbers within each department. The first digit in the number indicates the class standing that a student must attain to be eligible for the course. To interpret the numbering system, students need to know that:
- Courses generally for freshmen are numbered in the series beginning 1000. Freshmen may not register for any course numbered 2000 or above, except by placement or with the permission of the instructor. Similarly, sophomores may not register for courses numbered 3000 or above, or juniors 4000 or above, with exceptions permitted only by the instructor.
- Cross-listed courses are courses appropriate to more than one department or area.
- The number of credit hours per course is indicated below the course title. Courses which may be taken for variable credit (applied music lessons, independent studies, internships, etc.) or which can be repeated for credit are so indicated.
- Prerequisites for each course are so indicated following the description.
- Special Topics, Internships, and Independent Studies courses are listed with numbers separated by semicolons. These courses may be taken in any order.
- The (FR) designation after a number indicates that the course is offered only as a first-year seminar.
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EDU 3151 - Field Practicum in Elementary Music Credits: 0
A 2 to 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a Professional Development School is the field experience
These are for elementary education students only.
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EDU 3314 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics Credits: 4
A focus on pedagogical issues in elementary and middle grade mathematics education. This includes an analysis of principles for mathematics teaching and learning. Important course topics include content and pedagogy related to number and operation, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis and probability. The course also focuses on problem-based learning and the use of technology in instruction. A 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS) is the field experience for this course. This course is completed concurrently with Education 3312.
Prerequisites Formal admission to education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, and 2015; Mathematics 1106, 2242, and 3342; junior status.
Co-requisite EDU 3312 Teaching Science & Social Studies in the Elementary School, EDU 3114 Field Practicum/EDU 3112 Field Practicum
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EDU 3324 - Balanced Literacy Instruction and Materials Credits: 4
An examination of theoretical and practical issues related to the design and implementation of a comprehensive balanced literacy program. Candidates critically analyze and implement developmentally appropriate instructional practices for phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. The course content addresses the organization and management of balanced literacy instruction and incorporates the selection and strategic use of effective instructional materials. A 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS) is the field experience for this course.
This course is for Elementary Education students only.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, and 2015.
Co-requisite EDU 3124 Field Practicum.
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EDU 3348 - Secondary Physical Education Methods Credits: 4
An in-depth study of specific methods for the student’s teaching field including national and state curriculum standards in the field, classroom management techniques applicable to the discipline, and varied behavioral management strategies including affective concerns.
A 2.5- hour, twice a week practicum for the semester in a secondary Professional Development School (PDS) is the field experience for this course.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, and 2240.
Co-requisite Field Practicum EDU 3140-3151.
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EDU 3349 - Elementary Physical Education Methods Credits: 4
An in-depth study of specific methods for the student’s teaching field including national and state curriculum standards in the field, classroom management techniques applicable to the discipline, and varied behavioral management strategies including affective concerns.
A 2.5- hour, twice a week practicum for the semester in a secondary Professional Development School (PDS) is the field experience for this course.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, and 2240.
Co-requisite Field Practicum EDU 3140-3151.
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EDU 3395 - Internships in Education Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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EDU 3398 - Independent Studies in Education Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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EDU 4105 - Field Practicum in Assessment for Literacy Instruction Credits: 0
A 2 to 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a Professional Development School is the field experience
These are for elementary education students only.
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EDU 4117 - Field Practicum for Reading in the Content Areas I Credits: 0
A 2 to 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a Professional Development School is the field experience
These are for elementary education students only.
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EDU 4118 - Field Practicum for Reading in the Content Areas II Credits: 0
A 2 to 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a Professional Development School is the field experience
These are for elementary education students only.
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EDU 4205 - Assessment for Literacy Credits: 4
An examination of research-supported informal and formal literacy assessment techniques, processes, and instruments within an interactive assessment-instruction framework. The course content incorporates administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting procedures for a variety of assessment tools. Candidates analyze and select valid, reliable assessments to screen, diagnose, monitor progress, and measure literacy achievement. Throughout the semester, candidates apply intervention techniques and the assessment-instruction process to a case study of a struggling primary reader. A 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a Professional Development School is the field experience for this course.
This course is for Elementary Education students only.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, 2015, and 3324.
Co-requisite EDU 4105 Field Practicum.
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EDU 4417 - Reading in the Content Areas I Credits: 4
An examination of essential components of the reading process, instructional frameworks, and literacy development across the curriculum. Participants will analyze reader and text factors, and develop instructional techniques for enhancing vocabulary acquisition, writing to learn, and reader-text interactions. The course content addresses text structure, instructional materials, and technological resources within the context of content literacy. Classroom observations and practicum experiences are integral components of the learning process.
A 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a secondary Professional development school is the field experience for this course. This course is for Secondary or PK12 Education students only.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1141, and 2240; junior status.
Co-requisite EDU 4117 Field Practicum.
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EDU 4418 - Reading in the Content Areas II Credits: 2
Extends the concepts presented in EDU 4417 Reading in the Content Areas, Part I. The course content addresses formal and informal assessment practices, instructional resources, and reading/writing techniques within the context of a secondary content classroom. Candidates will administer, interpret, and evaluate classroom and individual assessment measures and implement relevant instructional techniques in a practicum setting.
A 2.5-hour, twice a week practicum for the semester at a secondary Professional Development school is the field experience for this course. This course is for Secondary or PK12 Education students only. This course is for Secondary or PK12 Education students only.
Prerequisites Formal admission to Education minor; Praxis I; Education 1111 or 1114, 2240, 4417, senior status.
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EDU 4425 - Elementary Student Teaching – Full Semester – Professional Development School Placement Credits: 12
An internship teaching in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS). Experiences involve full-time teaching with all related planning responsibilities and the extracurricular expectations of the classroom teacher.
There is an extra fee for this course.
Prerequisites Praxis I, a minimum 2.75 GPA overall and in the academic major, a “C” or better in all EDU program courses, completion of major requirements, completion of all the minor requirements leading to student teaching, and permission of the Education Department.
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EDU 4432 - Secondary Student Teaching (Middle School) Credits: 6
An internship teaching in a middle level Professional Development School (PDS). Experiences proceed from introductory participation to the assumption of full teaching assignment with all related planning responsibilities and the extracurricular involvements of the professional teacher.
There is an extra fee for this course.
Prerequisites Praxis I, a minimum 2.75 GPA overall and in the academic major, a “C” or better in all EDU program courses, completion of major requirements, completion of all minor requirements leading to student teaching, and permission of the Education Department.
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EDU 4434 - Secondary Student Teaching (High School) Credits: 6
An internship teaching in a Professional Development School (PDS) at the high school level. Experiences proceed from introductory participation to the assumption of full teaching assignment with all related planning responsibilities and the extracurricular involvements of the professional teacher.
There is an extra fee for this course.
Prerequisites Praxis I, a minimum 2.75 GPA overall and in the academic major, a “C” or better in all EDU program courses, completion of major requirements, completion of all minor requirements leading to student teaching, and permission of the Education Department.
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EDU 4442 - Student Teaching (P-6 Art, Choral & Instrumental Music, or Physical Education) Credits: 6
An internship teaching in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS). Experiences proceed from introductory participation to the assumption of full teaching assignment with all related planning responsibilities and the extracurricular involvements of the professional teacher.
There is an extra fee for this course.
Prerequisites Praxis I, a minimum 2.75 GPA overall and in the academic major, a “C” or better in all EDU program courses, completion of major requirements, completion of all minor requirements leading to student teaching, and permission of the Education Department.
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EDU 4444 - Student Teaching (7-12 Art, Choral and Instrumental Music, or Physical Education) Credits: 6
An internship teaching in a secondary Professional Development School (PDS). Experiences proceed from introductory participation to the assumption of full teaching assignment with all related planning responsibilities and the extracurricular involvement of the professional teacher.
There is an extra fee for this course.
Prerequisites Praxis I, a minimum 2.75 GPA overall and in the academic major, a “C” or better in all EDU program courses, completion of major requirements, completion of all minor requirements leading to student teaching, and permission of the Education Department.
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EDU 4495 - Internships in Education Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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EDU 4498 - Independent Studies in Education Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENG 1002 - College Composition Credits: 4
Instruction in the organization, coherence, and development required for college papers. Intensive study of the conventions of written English, including grammar, punctuation, and sentence construction.
Placement determined by the English department.
Only offered in the fall semester
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ENG 1101 - Introduction to College Writing: the Argument Credits: 4
Instruction in how to write clear, correct, and effective expository prose; practice in careful, analytical reading of significant literature; training in research techniques.
Placement determined by the English department.
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ENG 1103 - Introduction to Journalism Credits: 4
A study of the news media in America, including how they work, their strengths, weaknesses, problems, and priorities with an emphasis on print journalism and journalists. Students also receive instruction in the art of news reporting and writing.
Prerequisites English 1101.
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ENG 1150 - Horror in the Postmodern Age Credits: 2
In this course, we will explore our so-called “postmodern” condition through contemporary horror films and novels, which speak to the peculiar fears and anxieties of our era.
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ENG 1162 - Fantasy, Myth, and Spirit
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ENG 2110 - Writing About Literature Credits: 4.00
Instruction in the practice of writing about and responding to literary texts, this course is designed to help writers learn and use effective rhetorical strategies and stylistic techniques to improve their academic writing, understand and practice literary analysis, and sharpen information literacy skills. Students will produce essays in response to select genres of literature. This course does not count toward the major in English.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites ENG 1101
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis
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ENG 2204 - Advanced News Reporting and Writing Credits: 4
Advanced skills in news reporting and writing. Students learn and practice interviewing and other forms of news gathering and apply those methods in a variety of news and feature stories.
Prerequisites English 1103.
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ENG 2205 - Media Ethics Credits: 4
An examination of the various ethical dilemmas that confront members of the news media, including conflict of interest, “freebies,” invasion invasion of privacy, reporter-source problems, advertiser and corporate pressures, and the use of deception to gather news. Students analyze and debate actual ethical quandaries and attempt to find workable solutions.
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ENG 2206 - Creative Writing—Poetry Credits: 4
A workshop in writing poetry. Student poems will be critiqued weekly in the class workshop. Students will read and analyze modern and contemporary poetry by such authors as Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath, William Stafford, and Robert Hayden.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.
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ENG 2207 - Creative Writing—Fiction Credits: 4
A workshop in writing short fiction. Student writing will be critiqued weekly in the class workshop. Students will read and analyze modern and contemporary short fiction by such authors as Welty, Hemingway, O’Connor, and Oates.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.
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ENG 2208 - Advanced Composition Credits: 4
Designed to support writers’ development as prose stylists. Primary emphasis placed on students’ own nonfiction writing – about objects, places local or distant, and people familiar or famous. Students learn to generate material, to revise prose for fluidity and grace, and to recognize how style affects readers. Students also read published literary nonfiction (profiles, literary journalism, nature writing, memoir) to learn about craft in prose, imitate the techniques of published writers, and reflect on the creative process.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.
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ENG 2209 - Memoir Writing Credits: 4
A creative-writing course in which students learn techniques for turning autobiographical experiences into nonfiction stories. Students read published works (memoir, essay) to explore the craft of creative nonfiction. Student writing will be critiqued regularly in the class workshop.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites English 1101
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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ENG 2210 - Media and Politics Credits: 4
Examination of the “symbiotic” relationship between the news media and public officials in America. Special emphasis is placed on the interplay between the press and presidency and between the press and Congress.
Cross-listed with Political Science 2210.
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ENG 2211 - Grammar and Usage Credits: 4
An overview of the structure of the English language, introducing the discipline of grammatical analysis. Students encounter both traditional grammar and more recent linguistic approaches and consider some current problems in the teaching of grammar in the schools.
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ENG 2212 - Professional Communication Credits: 4
An opportunity for students to practice and think critically about communication in the workplace. Assignments will focus on writing forms and topics suitable for students’ fields of major interest. Students will complete individual and collaborative projects designed to help them write clearly and effectively for audiences both within their professions and outside of them. Particular emphasis will be placed on electronic communication forms.
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ENG 2213 - Literary Methods Credits: 4
An introduction to literary methods and critical approaches to literature through a variety of texts written in English. Students will master vocabulary and analytical methods needed to analyze texts, understand the outlines of literary history, explore major approaches to literary criticism, and gain experience in writing critical papers.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2214 - Editing and Desktop Publishing Credits: 4
Exposure to workplace practices of professional editors and desktop publishers. Students gain practice with developmental editing and copywriting as well as with the production of brochures, fliers, and newsletters. Special attention is paid to the rhetorical choices that arise in the editing and publishing process.
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ENG 2215 - Newspaper Practicum Credits: 2
This practicum is designed to provide students with real life experiences in newspaper publishing. The practicum involves story selection, research, editing, proofreading, layout, photography, graphics, ad sales and newspaper distribution. With the guidance of the instructor, students plan and create The McDaniel Free Press, which focuses on college life.
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ENG 2216 - Newspaper Practicum Credits: 2
This practicum is designed to provide students with real life experiences in newspaper publishing. The practicum involves story selection, research, editing, proofreading, layout, photography, graphics, ad sales and newspaper distribution. With the guidance of the instructor, students plan and create The McDaniel Free Press, which focuses on college life.
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ENG 2217 - Growing up in America Credits: 4
The journey from childhood to adulthood has always been a prominent theme in American literature. By studying a selection of bildungsromane and memoirs, we will be able to consider the psychological and social formation of these characters in relation to American culture. We will ask such questions as: “Do these works reflect the experience of growing up in America, or create it?” and “How do these works shape us as Americans?” We will also examine how the experience of growing up in America is affected by the race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity of the protagonist—and how these differences alter his or her definition of the American dream.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical; Textual Analysis
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ENG 2220 - World Literature Credits: 4
A survey of global literature from the earliest times to the present. Works will vary, but representatives from the world’s major literature will be included each semester. Significant eastern literary texts will be studied, but particular attention will be given to the founding texts of western literature.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2229 - Medieval Visions and Visionaries Credits: 4.00
An introduction to medieval English literary texts that chronicle or frame themselves as visionary accounts, including dream visions, folk stories of apparitions, and accounts of spiritual revelation. We will analyze both the flexibility and limitations of writing in these genres, and explore how literary texts about visionary experience - real or imagined - provide insight into how medieval people understood their world, states of consciousness, and the reliability (or lack thereof) of the physical senses.
Prerequisites English 1101
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2230 - Beowulf to Malory Credits: 4
This course surveys the major works of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early 16th century, with attention given to their literary technique and the ways in which the works are shaped by and respond to the cultures in which they were produced. In addition to Beowulf, students will explore works by Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, medieval women writers, Thomas Malory, and others.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2231 - Renaissance Literature Credits: 4
A survey of English poetry and prose from 1530 to 1660 with attention to the development of a national literature, to the discovery of new forms of poetry and prose, and to the recurrence of significant themes. Among others, students consider the works of More, Sidney, Wyatt, Spenser, Donne, and Milton.
Prerequisites English 1101
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2232 - Enlightenment Literature Credits: 4
An exploration of the diverse body of literature after 1620 shaped by the movement toward modern scientific inquiry. Study of the writings of Enlightenment philosophers and scientists, such as Bacon, Locke and Newton, forms a basis for analysis of literary texts by Swift, Dryden, Pope, Behn, Johnson, Austen, Doyle and others.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2233 - Romantics Credits: 4
A survey of the revolutionary literature of the late 18th- and early 19th-century “Romantic” movement in England. Students will explore Romantic poetry and prose in its historical context, beginning by examining how writers both perpetuate and rebel against Enlightenment ideas, and ending by considering how their legacy is felt today. Authors studied include Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mary Shelly, P.B. Shelly, and Keats.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2234 - Victorian Literature Credits: 4
A survey of the major literary and historical developments of the Victorian period. Authors covered will include a selection from the following: Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Dickens, Elliot, Thackeray, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hopkins, and Wilde.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2241 - American Literature I: Liberty and Slavery Credits: 4
An exploration of America’s most important idea: liberty. Readings from the nation’s founders will be juxtaposed with accounts of colonial and early national life written by captives, slaves, transcendentalists, romancers, and poets with a focus on the idea of liberty, as the authors write it into being, exercise it, seek it, suffer from its lack, and celebrate it. Authors include Jefferson, Wheatley, Equiano, Franklin, Emerson, Stowe, Douglass, Jacobs, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Dickinson, Whitman, and Octavia E. Butler.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2242 - American Literature II: Realism and Naturalism Credits: 4
The course presents a survey of American literature from 1865-1914. Authors include Jewett, Twain, James, Gilman, Chopin, Crane, Norris, Wharton, Dreiser, and Cather. The course will examine literary works in depth as well as explore the social, cultural, and historical forces that contributed to the creation of a vigorous native literature during the dynamic five decades between the American Civil War and World War I.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2243 - American Literature III: Modern and Contemporary Credits: 4
This course presents a survey of American Literature from World War I to the present. Students examine the major movements of Modernism and Postmodernism by genre, starting with poetry and moving through short stories and novels to the popular novel. Students consider these texts in their historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and psychological contexts. This survey includes readings by Frost, Stevens, Hughes, Plath, Rich, Wright, Faulkner, Cheever, O’Connor, and Morrison.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2250 - Post-Colonial Literature Credits: 4
An exploration of literature written in English by people of the variety of races and cultures that once were part of the British Empire. Works covered reflect and represent their experiences and creative genius. Writers studied include Conrad, Rushdie, and Chinua Achebe.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2251 - Literature by Women I Credits: 4
A survey of literature written in English by women from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. Course readings include poems, speeches, memoirs, plays, and novels. Students examine selected works that explore women’s evolving roles in society and the many facets of women’s unique position, experience, and perspective on the world.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2252 - Topics in Popular Literature Credits: 4
An examination of the literary and cultural significance of a number of sub-genres of popular literature, including the detective story, spy story, western, science fiction, fantasy, love romance, and other popular forms. Writers covered include Conan Doyle, Hammett, Christie, Fleming, Wells, and Burroughs.
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ENG 2253 - Southern Literature Credits: 4
An examination of regional literature of the American South. Students examine the emergence and persistence of themes such as miscegenation, misogyny, racism, incest, the grotesque, and the power of the past. Writers covered include Angelou, Faulkner, O’Connor, Warren, Walker, Hurston, and Porter.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2254 - Nature Writing Credits: 4
A consideration of various responses to the natural world and the ways in which writers have described their encounters with it. Students focus on creative non-fiction, beginning with a brief foray into foundational work by nineteenth century authors such as Thoreau and John Muir, then concentrating on the work of more recent writers like Dillard, Berry, Abbey, and Lopez. Students will produce their own creative nonfiction responses to nature.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2255 - Others: Short Story Cycle Credits: 4
This course examines the literary genre of the short story cycle, a novel-length grouping of inter-related stores linked by character, setting, and theme. Many of the cycles focus on ethnic and multi-cultural voices in 20th and 21st century American fiction. Works by such modern/contemporary authors as Steinbeck, Welty, Faulkner, Cisneros, Clair, Butler, Tan, Diaz, and Danticat may be explored
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2256 - American Poetry Credits: 4
An examination of significant American poetry from colonial times to the present. Poets covered will include Bradstreet, Wheatley, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Williams, Pound, and others.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2258 - African American Literature I Credits: 4
An examination of the African American oral and written literary legacy, tracing its history as a distinct literary tradition as well as an important part of the dominant American literary tradition. Students examine and discuss poetry, plays, short stories, essays, and novels from all literary periods.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2260 - Horror Fiction Credits: 4
An investigation of the dark and popular world of horror fiction, with special emphasis on the Gothic tradition within British and American literature since 1764. Students examine and discuss why horror stories fascinate, and how anxieties about sexuality, the unconscious mind, scientific discoveries, social injustice, and other topics are translated into the horror literature we read.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2261 - Literature by Women II Credits: 4
A survey of literature written in English by women since Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women.” Texts considered include poems, speeches, nonfiction, plays, short stories, and novels. Students examine selected works that explore women’s evolving roles in society and the many facets of women’s unique position, experience, and perspective on the world.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2264 - Historical Novels of the Black Diaspora Credits: 4
The course focuses on novels that are set in the historical past and informed by key events, figures or periods. It examines works by African American, British and West Indian authors and queries the effect of location, time and culture (particularly religious beliefs) on characters’ choices and decisions. Students will consider how cultural beliefs and historical circumstances contribute to a diversity of perspectives on race, gender, community and human responsibility. Finally, we will interrogate the relationship between the texts: Is there thematic continuity? Is the fact of dispersion, discrimination or oppression the basis of connection? What is gained or lost in analyzing these texts as part of the Black Diaspora?
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2265 - Special Topics in English Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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ENG 2268 - African American Literature II Credits: 4
An examination of the African American literary tradition as a distinct area of study both informed by and exerting influence upon the dominant American literary tradition. Students examine and discuss poetry, plays, short stories, essays and novels from the mid 20th through the early 21st century.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2270 - Twentieth-Century British Literature Credits: 4
This course surveys twentieth-century British literature and the social, cultural, and historical circumstances in which these works of literature were produced. This course will examine literary and cultural developments including the impact of Freudian thought, the impact of the two world wars, stream of consciousness, fragmentation, Angry Young Men, “The Movement,” imperial devolution, and the growing diversity of British literature. Authors include a selection from among the following: Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Stevie Smith, Phillip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Mark Haddon, Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2272 - Popular Romance Fiction Credits: 4.00
An investigation of the most popular form of fiction in the western world: the romance novel. Readings begin with the advent of the modern form of the romance novel in England in 1740, but are drawn mostly from the nineteenth-through-twenty-first century American romance novel. Students explore the popularity of romance fiction and consider its depiction of courtship and sexuality through a variety of critical approaches including formalist, feminist, and gender studies.
McDaniel Plan: Multiculutural, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2295 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 2298 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENG 3306 - Approaches to the Study of Language Credits: 4
An introduction to the principles and methods of linguistics, the study of human language as a natural phenomenon. The course begins with an examination of the foundational subfields of morphology, syntax, phonetics, phonology, and semantics, then moves on to examine historical linguistics and the development of the many dialects of modern English.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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ENG 3307 - New Media Writing Credits: 4
An exploration of the shifting expectations for writing in digital environments. Students analyze and produce Web-based writing designed for real audiences, and, in the process, address various cultural and ethical issues involved in digital communication, such as the construction of identity through word and image, the rearticulation of gender, race and class, and issues of accessibility.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression.
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ENG 3308 - Writing in Law and Policy Credits: 4
A study of the conventions of legal and analytical writing. Focused on analysis of legal problems and the presentation of findings in forms employed by legal and paralegal professionals, attention will also be devoted to critiquing new developments in the profession.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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ENG 3309 - Approaches to Everyday Discourse Credits: 4
An introduction to rhetorical methods for analyzing such “texts” as speeches, editorials, advertisements, sports writing, movie reviews, and talk radio programs. Students will learn to identify patterns in everyday discourse and to recognize and explain the persuasive powers these forms exert over audiences. The course develops students as critical observers and consumers of everyday discourse.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3310 - Rhetorical Approaches to Nonfiction Literature Credits: 4
Intensive study of nonfiction prose literature including autobiography, biography, essay, journalism, and polemic. Students learn methods of textual analysis drawn from rhetoric, stylistics, and narrative theory. They also explore the relationship between “literary” and more pragmatic forms of discourse and examine the persuasiveness of narrative.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3312 - Writing for Nonprofit Organizations Credits: 4
An introduction to the various genres produced by and for local, national, and international nonprofit organizations. Assignments may include the development of mission statements, fundraising letters, grants, brochures, podcasts, websites and other public relations material. Students will also analyze the contemporary social, cultural and economic trends, which create unique challenges and opportunities for the nonprofit sector. Integral to this course is the opportunity for students to work with and write for area nonprofit organizations.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Junior or Senior Standing
McDaniel Plan: Departmental Writing
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ENG 3341 - British Novel I Credits: 4
A survey of the British novel from its beginnings in the early eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. In addition to studying theories explaining the novel’s relatively recent emergence as a dominant literary form, students will examine novels by DeFoe, Fielding, Richardson, Austen and others within their social, intellectual and historical contexts.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3342 - British Novel II Credits: 4
A survey of the British novel from the Victorian era to the present day. Students address the social, intellectual, and historical contexts of significant works as well as the themes and continuing development of the form of the novel.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3343 - The American Novel Credits: 4
This course surveys American novels from it inception, Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland, to the present day. Topics addressed include social, intellectual, and historical contexts, as well as theme and the developing form of the novel.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3350 - Shakespeare Credits: 4
A survey of Shakespeare’s major poetic and dramatic works. In addition to background on Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre, the early portion of the course covers the narrative poem Venus and Adonis and the Sonnets. The remainder of the course is dedicated to the study of major comedies from Love’s Labors Lost to The Tempest, history plays from Richard II to Henry V, and the major tragedies.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with Theatre Arts 3350.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3352 - Advanced Topics in Popular Literature Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic from a genre or genres of popular literature. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’
interests and needs.
Prerequisites English 2213
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ENG 3360 - Chaucer Credits: 4
An examination of The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and the minor poems as well as focus on the influence of continental authors on Chaucer’s works.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3362 - Austen Credits: 4
A study of Jane Austen’s novels and juvenilia with special focus on the place of women in regency society and Austen’s place in the history of the novel in English.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3363 - Major Figures and Groups I (British) Credits: 4
An intensive study of the work of a major British writer or group of writers.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3364 - Major Figures and Groups II (American) Credits: 4
An intensive study of the work of a major American writer or group of writers.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3365 - Special Topics in English Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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ENG 3370 - Medieval & Renaissance Inquiries Credits: 4.00
An advanced seminar that engages critical theory in the field of literary studies to analyze a theme in medieval and/or Renaissance literary texts and the historical cultures that produced them.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of the instructor
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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ENG 3381 - Fiction Credits: 4
A study of British or American fiction, either in the novel or short story as a type of literary expression.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3395 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 3398 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENG 4492 - Senior Seminar Credits: 4
The capstone to the English major emphasizes techniques and methods of literary criticism. Seniors explore different themes, genres, or topics each semester, and each prepares a major paper.
Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course, a 2.00 GPA in major, and permission of instructor.
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ENG 4495 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 4498 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENV 1131 - Environmental Problem Solving Credits: 4
This course is the introductory course for environmental science. An interdisciplinary study of environmental problems that considers world populations, energy, air and water pollution, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and environmental health. Class discussion will center on solutions including technical and human behavioral modifications that can lead to the sustainable use of our environment.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Embedded Laboratory
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ENV 1151 - Sustainability Credits: 4
This course will introduce students to the implications of and approaches to sustainability: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Through discussion, lecture, readings, and field trips, students will address the questions of what resources need to be shared, ethics and methods of equitable distribution, and the scientific and social accounting of those resources. Students will also explore emerging fields of endeavor that tend toward sustainability, including permaculture, bioregionalism, environmental and natural building, ecological engineering, green business, and international agreements.
McDaniel Plan: International Western, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understaning
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ENV 1165 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Recent selections include Chesapeake Bay Blues and Field Guide to Maryland.
Prerequisites none or permission of the instructor as indicated.
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ENV 2116 - Energy and the Environment Credits: 4
Consumption of energy resources maintains and advances civilizations. Working from basic physical concepts and models of depletion and growth, we’ll learn how the human race exploits available renewable and non-renewable resources. We will also compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of various means of energy extraction, generation, and distribution associated with such energy sources as fossil fuels, solar, biomass, and nuclear. Finally, understanding energy also means considering environmental impacts. To this end, we’ll explore how energy extraction and consumption impact our Earth’s biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry.
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ENV 2117 - Environmental Geology Credits: 4.00
How do geological processes on the surface of the Earth affect human societies? How do humans change Earth’s surface? These two questions will be addressed as this course explores the geological processes that interact with the global environment and human societies. Major environmental geological problems will be addressed such as water and soil resources, mineral resources, and geological hazards. Special attention will be given to local environmental geology problems in Maryland. Examples of laboratory activities include reading and interpreting topographic maps, slope stability, groundwater and surface water resources, and earthquakes.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory
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ENV 2120 - Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4.00
This course will cover the fundamentals of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, why it is important, and how it is being applied in such diverse fields as urban planning, marketing, health, criminal justice, political
science, natural resources, and land conservation. In addition to basic theoretical perspectives in Sociology and Environmental Policy, the class will focus on practical applications of spatial research, using lab work as vehicles to explore and implement spatial research and methodologies.
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning
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ENV 2203 - Science of Soil, Water and Air Credits: 4
This course will focus on chemical cycles in the Earth’s natural environment. Topics introduced will include aqueous environmental chemistry, including water pollution and treatment, and atmospheric environmental chemistry, including air pollution, smog, and greenhouse gases, Additional topics covered will be soil chemistry, energy sources, and hazardous wastes. Laboratory exercises will address current environmental questions and students will learn specific instrumental and laboratory techniques in the chemical analysis of natural materials including rocks, soil, and water.
Prerequisites Two semesters in any of the sciences or permission of the instructor.
Course includes laboratory.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry with a Laboratory
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ENV 2207 - Environmental Management Credits: 4
This course explores the relationship between society and natural resources. Students will learn how environmental policies and ecological science impact the management of watersheds, forests, grasslands, and wildlife. A focus on ecosystem management emphasizes how humans can achieve sustainable ecological and social communities.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ENV 2215 - Environmental Policy Credits: 4
An investigation of the history, institutions, and decision-making processes that shape environmental policy in the United States. The course will emphasize the roles of and relationship between local, state, and federal governments as well as industry, science, and public opinion in environmental management and protection.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ENV 2265 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Recent selections include Chesapeake Bay Blues and Field Guide to Maryland.
Prerequisites none or permission of the instructor as indicated.
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