English (ENGL) 1 English (ENGL) Courses ENGL-101. Writing I. 3 Hours. Specialized instruction and practice in beginning writing. Work in usage, grammar, style, paragraphs, and short essays. Prerequisites: (ELP-120 or ELP-099 or NEIU English Placement Writing 7 - 9 or (Accuplacer WritePlacer 4 - 8 and Accuplacer Sentence Skills 095 - 120) or (Accuplacer WritePlacer 5 - 8 and Accuplacer Sentence Skills 020 - 120) or Accuplacer Writing 200 - 300). ENGL-102. Writing II. 3 Hours. Continuation of practice in composition with emphasis on a variety of forms of writing and long essays, culminating in the annotated research paper. Prerequisite: (ENGL-101 or NEIU English Placement Writing 8 - 9). ENGL-109A. First Year Experience:Chicago's Literary Diversity: Reading The Neighborhoods. 3 Hours. This course explores how literary Chicago enters into discourses on race and ethnicity in twentieth century literature. Beginning with Great Migration, students sample literary history produced by people who settled or passed through Chicago. Writers have used Chicago as a setting for major works and sociological studies have attempted to focus on Chicago's neighborhoods and how they were formed as a result of immigration from other countries and migration from the American South. The course examines several works from popular perspectives, fiction, autobiography, journalism, humor, folktales, cultural criticism and regional studies to reach a better understanding of the city. ENGL-109B. First Year Experience: Reading And Writing The Literary And Political Landscapes Of Chicago. 3 Hours. From the Haymarket "riot" of 1886 to the Pullman Strike of 1894 to the Black Sox scandal of 1919 to the trial of Abbie Hoffman and the Chicago Seven in the aftermath of the Democratic Convention of 1968, Chicago has, to say the least, a colorful and quite literally, explosive political history. As with any major urban center in the United States, Chicago bears the historical scars and contemporary fruits of vibrant and violent class conflict, labor insurgencies, racial strife, immigrant struggles, and activism for social justice. Part and parcel of this historical legacy is a rich spate of cultural production that attempts to comprehend this past in those historical moments and in our contemporary era. ENGL-109C. First Year Experience:Drama And Diversity In Chicago. 3 Hours. In this class, we will analyze and experience Chicago theater. By emphasizing theater that challenges social cultural norms, we will consider how drama works to create and define diverse urban communities and how it offers alternative visions to the status quo. This class will emphasize writing and reading about drama, interviewing theater personnel and taking notes on actual theater performances, and relating art to social and political diversity. We will attend 3-4 performances during the course of the semester. ENGL-109D. First Year Experience:Windy City Words: Ethnolinguistic Chicago. 3 Hours. This course integrates the five foundations of the First-Year Experience (Future Planning, Integral Preparation, Research, Self-Discovery, and Transitions) with concepts from the study of literacy and language. Using the city as a field site, students actively explore the linguistic and cultural diversity of Chicago through independent research, readings, online resources, speakers, and other experiences. ENGL-109E. First Year Experience: Your Chicago: Write On!. 3 Hours. This course interweaves foundations of the First-Year Experience (Future Planning, Integral Preparation, Research, Self-discovery, Transitions) with specific concepts of creative writing. Explore and experience Chicago’s vibrant cultural scene while cultivating literary culture in class. Students study their local literary heritage reading, analyzing, and discussing works of classic and contemporary Chicago authors and attending and annotating literary readings at local bookstores and cafes; experimenting with a range of writing exercises, prompts, and assignments, students will craft their own stories, recognize their unique writing process, and learn techniques to revise and polish their prose, culminating in a student reading. ENGL-201. The World Of Poetry. 3 Hours. A literature course which has three main objectives: 1) to familiarize students with the literary conventions of poetry; 2) to develop in students a critical stance towards literature; and 3) to develop in students an appreciation of both western and non-western cultures as experienced through literature. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-202. The World Of Drama. 3 Hours. A literature course which has three main objectives: 1) to familiarize students with the literary conventions of drama; 2) to develop in students a critical stance towards literature; and 3) to develop in students an appreciation of both western and non-western cultures as experienced through literature. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-203. The World Of Fiction. 3 Hours. A literature course which has three main objectives: 1) to familiarize students with the literary conventions of the short story and novel genres; 2) to develop in students a critical stance towards literature; and 3) to develop in students an appreciation of both western and non-western cultures as experienced through literature. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-203A. The World Of Creative Nonfiction. 3 Hours. The World of Nonfiction is a literature course which has three main objectives: 1) to familiarize students with the literary conventions of creative nonfiction forms, including memoir and personal essay; 2) to develop in students a critical stance toward literature; and 3) to develop in students an appreciation of both western and non-western cultures as experienced through literature. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. 2 English (ENGL) ENGL-205. Literatures And Literacies. 3 Hours. This course an introduction to language arts for elementary education majors. As such, it provides practical foundation in the methods essential to the study of language arts, including active reading, critical thinking, and purposeful writing, and it includes skills such as note taking, quoting, using MLA style, summarizing arguments, and synthesizing and documenting others' opinions. This course will also explore multiple perspectives on controversial topics relevant to literary and literacy studies. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-206. The Bible As Literature. 3 Hours. This course introduces students to the major characters, settings, and literary devices of the Bible. It deepens students’ understanding of the history of canon formation, textual scholarship, and interpretation as it relates to the Bible. Further, it expands their appreciation of the impact of the Bible on literature, history, and culture. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C and ENGL-102 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-209A. Red Scare: Literature Of The McCarthy Era. 3 Hours. The course focuses on the perceived communist threat on 1940s/50s United States and how politics affected writers such as Arthur Miller, Langston Hughes, Lillian Hellman and others as well as screenwriters in Hollywood through such films as On The Waterfront and High Noon. Research papers and projects will draw connections between societal perceptions of the times and their influence on Hollywood films and literature through genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-210. Writing Intensive Program: Methods for English Majors. 3 Hours. Writing Intensive course designed as first course for English majors. Provides practical foundation in the methods essential to English Studies: active reading, critical thinking, and purposeful writing. Skills such as note taking, quoting, using MLA style, summarizing arguments, and synthesizing and documenting others' opinions will be emphasized. Course will also explore multiple perspectives on controversial topics relevant to the discipline. Coursework develops strategies of effective critique, argument, and analysis, and will consist of informal writing, review essays, and thesis-driven analyses of rhetorical and literary texts. Open discussion and critical thinking required. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 with a minimum grade of C and ENGL-102 with a minimum grade of C. ENGL-218. American Literature:Beginnings To 1865. 3 Hours. A course covering representative writing of the Colonial, Early National and Romantic periods in American literature, emphasizing both dominant and emergent themes and literary forms in each period where students will build the necessart cultural literacy for higher-level courses in American Literature. ENGL-219. American Literature:1865 To The Present. 3 Hours. A course covering representative writings of the Realist, Modern and Postmodern periods in American Literature, emphasizing both dominant and emergent themes and literary forms in each period. Here students will gain a broad background for higher-level courses in postbellum American Literature. ENGL-221. English Literature:The Beginnings To C. 1750. 3 Hours. Representative works in English literature from Beowulf to the middle of the eighteenth century. ENGL-222. English Literature: C. 1750 To The Present. 3 Hours. Representative works in English literature from the middle of the eighteenth century to the modern era. ENGL-235. Introduction To Creative Writing I. 3 Hours. Preliminary study to enable students to develop positive