COURSES OF INSTRUCTION ENG 0103 Basic Writing

This noncredit course is reserved for students demonstrating deficiency in writing abilities. Grading is Pass/Fail. Students will study essential skills for and writing sentences and paragraphs and for reading comprehension. This course does not satisfy any Bluefield College graduation requirement but its credit hours may be used for determining athletic and financial aid eligibility. Students will take a diagnostic test upon completion of the course. Students who wish to drop Basic Writing must get their advisors to initial a drop/add form, which then must be submitted to the Registrar in BC Central.

ENG 1013 Introduction to Writing Process: Intensive

This course meets five days a week either in class or in conference with instructor in order to improve the student’s writing abilities through study and practice of the entire writing process from topic selection through editing. Must earn a “C” or better. Must earn a “C” or better.

ENG 1013 Introduction to Writing Process

This course is designed to improve the student’s writing abilities through study and practice of the entire writing process from topic selection through editing.

Students who wish to drop Introduction to Writing Process must get their advisors to initial a drop/add form, which then must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

Must earn a “C” or better.

ENG 1023 Argumentative and Analytical Writing

This course continues the study and practice of the writing process. To augment

writing skills, students read and analyze selected literature. Student work focuses on reading, research skills, and argumentative/analytical writing. Prerequisite:

ENG 1013. Students who wish to drop Introduction to Argumentative and Analytical Writing must get their advisors to initial a drop/add form, which then must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office. Must earn a “C” or better.

ENG 1033 Advanced Composition

This course offers advanced study and practice in personal narrative and argumentative and analytical writing focusing on documented research, research skills, and responding to literature. Placement by proficiency exam only.

Successful completion of ENG 1033 satisfies the Bluefield College general education requirement in Grammar and Composition.

ENG 2003 Literature Appreciation

An introduction to the study of fiction, poetry and drama. Students will explore a variety of methods for reading, interpreting, and writing about literature. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Spring)

ENG 2013 British Literature I

A survey of British poetry, drama, and nonfiction from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Fall)

ENG 2023 British Literature II

A survey of British poetry, drama, and nonfiction from Romanticism to the present.

This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Spring)

ENG 2033 American Literature I

A survey of American poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction from the Colonial period through the Civil War. This course fulfills the general education requirement.

Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Fall) ENG 2043 American Literature II

A survey of American poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction from the Civil War to the present. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites:

ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Spring) ENG 2053 World Literature I

A survey of Western and Nonwestern poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction from the Ancient period through the Renaissance. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Every Fall) ENG 2063 World Literature II

A survey of Western and nonwestern poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction from the Eighteenth Century to the present. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Even Spring)

ENG 3011, 3012, 3013 Academic Internship

The purpose of this internship is to provide students with hands-on experience in higher education by tutoring literature students, by assisting professors with class presentations, and by teaching several classes, all of which provide the context for evaluating and improving speaking and listening skills. Students are invited to apply by the English faculty. (On Demand)

ENG 3023 Advanced Grammar

An intensive study of the terminology and syntax of the English language.

(Annually)

ENG 3033 History of the English Language

A study of the major historical, linguistic and grammatical developments of the English language. (Annually)

ENG 3043 Introduction to Creative Writing

A workshop in the development of skills in writing fiction and/or poetry. Creative writing is supplemented by readings. (Odd Fall)

ENG 3053 Literature of Children and Adolescents

This course is designed as a survey of children’s and adolescent literature including biographies, fables, myths, non-western literature, traditional and modern fanciful tales and poetry. Students will be introduced to multi-cultural literature in addition to literature designed to help with learning, family, and social needs of children and adolescents. Drama, storytelling, and other responses to literature will be explored. Activities are designed to help students use children’s literature to broaden reading skills, including vocabulary and comprehension. Integration of children’s and adolescent literature into all curricular areas will be a part of all activities. Teaching methods and materials are based on requirements found in the Virginia Standards of Learning for Reading and Language Arts. Prerequisite: One 2000-level Literature Class. (Odd Fall)

ENG 3063 Technical Writing

An introduction to the principles and procedures of effective technical writing such as description of a device, instructions, interpretation of data, and the formal report. Insofar as possible, students write on subjects pertinent to their chosen careers. (On Demand)

ENG 3073 Regional and Ethnic Literature

An introductory survey of literature of American minorities focusing on fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction written by African, Asian, Native-American, Chicano(a), Jewish, and Appalachian authors. Prerequisite: One 2000-level Literature Class. (Odd Spring)

ENG 3111, 3112, 3113 English Internship

This internship provides the opportunity for juniors and seniors to participate in a career-related professional experience. See Criteria for internships on p. 164. The two primary internships are: 1) Tutoring Writing-the study and practice of tutoring peers through the writing process. In addition to classroom work, students will serve as peer tutors in the Academic Center for Excellence. (Every Semester) 2) Editing a literary magazine-students will select material for, edit, and layout the Bluefield College literary magazine, The Bluestone Review. (Every Spring) ENG 3503 Directed Study in English

This course offers the student the opportunity to explore topics of interest under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: JR Standing. (On Demand) ENG 4043 Advanced Creative Writing

A continuation of the writing workshop begun in ENG 3043. Students will focus on one genre: fiction, poetry, or playwriting. Prerequisite: ENG 3043. (Even Spring)

ENG 4063 Creative Nonfiction

An advanced writing course focusing on creative nonfiction and the personal essay. (Even Fall)

ENG 4073 Studies in Rhetoric

An introduction to the study of classical and modern rhetoric, including special attention to invention, audience, organization, logic and style in persuasive prose.

(Even Fall)

ENG 4213 Medieval Literature

A study of major English and European writings from the 12th to the 16th centuries, including Chaucer. This course fulfills the general education requirement.

(On Demand)

ENG 4223 Renaissance British Literature

A study of selected authors, themes, and genres in 16th-century England, exclusive of Shakespeare. This course fulfills the general education requirement.

Prerequisite: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (On Demand) ENG 4233 Shakespeare

A study of selected major works of Shakespeare, the milieu of the English Renaissance, and issues of Elizabethan stagecraft. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Odd Fall) ENG 4243 Eighteenth-Century British Literature

A study of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and drama by such authors as Dryden, Swift, Congreve, Pope, Boswell, and Johnson. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (On Demand)

ENG 4253 Nineteenth-Century British Literature

A study of Romanticism and the Victorian Age, including poets and prose writers, and novelists. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite:

ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Even Fall)

ENG 4263 Nineteenth-Century American Literature

A study of major writers of America’s Romantic period, including Dickinson, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Whitman, Hawthorne, and others. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (Odd Fall)

ENG 4283 Twentieth-and Twenty-First-Century Literature

A study of selected works representing Modernism and Postmodernism worldwide. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite:

ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (On Demand) ENG 4403 English Seminar

A small-group investigation of authors neglected in students’ previous coursework, of different methods of literary criticism, of techniques for writing a scholarly critical essay, and of professional issues. (Every Spring)

ENG 4503 Special Topics in Literature

An intensive study of specific topics in order to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding. This course fulfills the general education requirement. Prerequisite:

ENG 1013 and 1023 or 1033. (On Demand)