AFRS 2000 Introduction to Africana Studies ....................................3 Crts

AFRS 3102 The African and African American Family.....................3 Crts

This is an upper division course, which focuses upon the unique development of the African and African-American family within the traditional and modern context both within continental Africa and the Americas . Relevant topics concerning the African American family will be studied. Particular attention will be given to the survival role the family has served for African peoples.

Prerequisite: AFRS 2000

AFRS 3111 The Africana Woman......................................................3 Crts

This course specifically addresses the role of African women in the development of modern and post modern society in Africa and the diaspora. The unique continuing contribution of Africana women in the ongoing transformation of social relations is the central theme and topical focus of this course. The course will exam the various political tendencies within the African women's movement. It will also explore the underlying social causes of male chauvinism, gender violence, and gender role transformation within the context of race and class oppression.

Prerequisite: AFRS 2000

ARTS 1101 Introduction to Art...........................................................3 Crts

An exploration of the basic elements and principles of two- and three-dimensional art. A look at how artists apply the elements, principles, materials, and techniques to create their own style. The works of contemporary African-American artists are highlighted.

ARTS 3201 Drawing I........................................................................ 3 Crts

Basic drawing materials and techniques. Elements and principles of art are studied through still life and nature subject matter. Introduction to computer drawing is optional.

ARTS 3211 Drawing II...................................................................... 3 Crts

An introduction to the study of landscape and the human figure. Elements and principles of design will be reviewed. The course explores various materials and techniques. Basic introduction to computer drawing is optional.

ARTS 3301 Printmaking I ..................................................................3 Crts

An exploration of line, texture, pattern, and shape combined with the basic techniques of relief printmaking in the production of woodcuts and linoleum cuts.

ARTS 3311 Printmaking II.................................................................3 Crts

Basic elements of design, composition, and drawing applied to the techniques of relief printmaking in the production of woodcuts and linoleum cuts.

ARTS 3401 Basic Design I ................................................................3 Crts

Basic elements, principles, materials, and techniques of two-dimensional visual art. Students are expected to research and write.

ARTS 3411 Basic Design II............................................................... 3 Crts

Basic elements, principles, materials, and techniques of three-dimensional visual art. Students are expected to research and write.

ARTS 3501 Crafts I............................................................................ 3 Crts

Experiences in significant craft materials: wood, fabrics, fibers, and metals. Students learn elementary loom weaving techniques, fabric printing and painting, jewelry and metal work, macrame, and techniques of wood crafts.

ARTS 3502 Crafts II...........................................................................3 Crts

Continuation of Crafts I. Emphasis on jewelry and metal work.

ARTS 3601 African-American Art......................................................3 Crts

Study of African-American Art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century.

ARTS 4101 Illustration I.....................................................................3 Crts

Exploration of illustration as a means of communicating ideas in nonverbal/pictorial ways. A variety of drawing styles, techniques, and materials will be explored in creation of drawings and illustrations for this class.

ARTS 4111 Illustration II...................................................................3 Crts

Exploration of basic design, composition, style, and techniques and the development of problem solving skills in the creation of finished illustrations. A variety of drawing styles, techniques, and materials will be explored.

ARTS 4301 Painting I..........................................................................3 Crts

Painting media and techniques of oil, acrylic, or watercolor.

ARTS 4311 Painting II....................................................................... 3 Crts

Continuation of Painting I. Emphasis on advanced techniques and easel and mural designs.

ARTS 4601 Art History .....................................................................3 Crts

Chronological review of art of the ancient world in prehistoric times to the study of the visual arts during the twentieth century. Field visits to city, county, and state museums and galleries.

ARTS 4701 Ceramics......................................................................... 3 Crts

Study of ceramics materials and processes such as modeling, hand building, and basic wheel techniques. Emphasis on designing, constructing, glazing, and firing earthenware and stoneware clays.

ARTS 4711 Sculpture......................................................................... 3 Crts

Study of three-dimensional forms and the limitations of sculptural media. Experiences include work in clay, wood, stone, metal, and plastic.

ARTS 4801 Interior Design............................................................... 3 Crts

Planning, designing, and decorating single and multiroom dwellings to meet modern aesthetic needs.

ARTS 4811 Weaving.......................................................................... 3 Crts

Techniques of weaving on four harness table or floor looms. Recent trends and developments are studied for creative drafting and pattern weaving. The course also covers concepts of design, color, and texture as used in textile construction.

ENGL 1102: English Composition II................................................. 3 Crts

Designed to further develop college-level reading and writing skills. Includes analysis of literary texts and specialized application of the research and writing skills learned in ENGL1101.
Minimum passing grade is "C."

ENGL 2111: World Literature I........................................................ 3 Crts

A survey of important works of world literature from ancient times through the mid-seventeenth century.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102

ENGL 2112: World Literature II..................................................... 3 Crts

A survey of important works of world literature from the mid-seventeenth century to the present.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102

ENGL 2104. Advanced Composition..................................................3 Crts

Further practice in writing the basic composition forms, plus intensive study of semantics, logic, rhetoric, and grammar. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor. Required for English majors.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.

ENGL 2105. Practical Criticism.................................................... 3 Crts

Practice in literary analysis, close reading, and research, utilizing standard literary terminology and the Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation style. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor. Required for English majors and minors.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.

ENGL 2121. Introduction to English Literature................................3 Crts

A survey of English writing from Beowulf to the Romantic period.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 2122. Introduction to English Literature II ...........................3 Crts

A survey of English writing from the Romantic period to the contemporary period.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 2104. Advanced Composition................................................. 3 Crts

Further practice in writing the basic composition forms, plus intensive study of semantics, logic, rhetoric, and grammar. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor. Required for English majors.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.

ENGL 2105. Practical Criticism........................................................3 Crts

Practice in literary analysis, close reading, and research, utilizing standard literary terminology and the Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation style. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor. Required for English majors and minors.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.

ENGL 2121. Introduction to English Literature I............................. 3 Crts
A survey of English writing from Beowulf to the Romantic period.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 2122. Introduction to English Literature II............................3 Crts

A survey of English writing from the Romantic period to the contemporary period.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

A study of the main currents of literary thought and expression in America from the colonial period to 1865.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 2132. Introduction to American Literature II ........................3 Crts

A study of the main currents of literary thought and expression in America from 1865 to the present.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 3011. Medieval English Literature........................................ 3 Crts

Literature in the Middle English and Scots dialects (some works are studied in modern translations), including verse romances, the allegorical tradition, the poetry of Chaucer, drama, and folk ballads.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3012. Renaissance English Literature....................................3 Crts

Literature primarily of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, with emphasis on the transition from medieval to modern ideas, the rise and flowering of English drama, and the emergence of contrasting prose styles and schools of poetry. Includes such writers as Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Johnson, Donne, Bacon, and Milton.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3013. Neoclassic English Literature...................................... 3 Crts

Literature from the Restoration through most of the eighteenth century, with emphasis on Neoclassic ideals and modes, the comedy of manners, the rise of modern prose, the prevalence of satire and the heroic couplet, and the cult of sensibility. Includes such writers as Congreve, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and Boswell.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3014. Romantic English Literature.........................................3 Crts

The genesis of Romantic theory and the beginning of the Romantic revolt in English; significant literary aspects of the movement as shown in the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; in the prose writing of Hazlitt, DeQuincey, Hunt, Lamb, and Scott.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3015. Victorian English Literature......................................... 3 Crts

Literature during the reign of Queen Victoria, showing the merging of the Romantic tradition into the era of modern doubt. Includes such writers as Carlyle, Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Ruskin, Meredith, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Pater, Hopkins, and Wilde.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3016. Modern English Literature ..........................................3 Crts

Literature from the Edwardian period through the two world wars and decolonization to the present. Includes such writers as Hardy, Shaw, Conrad, Yeats, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Eliot, Graves, Auden, Thomas, Beckett, Osborne, Pinter, and Stoppard.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 3111. Major Authors Since 1950 ...........................................3 Crts

A survey of major trends and works in world literature, including American, of recent times. Covers such topics as drama of the absurd, magical realism, and feminism.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3121. (Also RPHS 3121). The Bible as Literature................ 3 Crts

Critical survey of the various forms of literature found in the Old and New Testaments.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3211. African-Caribbean Literature...................................... 3 Crts

An introduction to the literature of the Caribbean produced by writers of African descent. Includes such writers as Walcott, Braithwaite, Lamming, Marshall, Kincaid, Cesaire, and Guillen.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3212. African-American Oral Tradition.................................3 Crts

Studies African-American folklore, preaching, and speaking and the lyrics of spirituals, blues, and rap in relation to African roots, historical conditions, and literary practice.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3213. African Literature......................................................... 3 Crts

An introduction to the "orature" and literatures (anglophone and, in translation, vernacular, francophone, Swahili, and Arabic) of sub-Saharan Africa. Includes such writers as Achebe, Soyinka, Armab, Okri, Ngugi, Senghor, Beti, Oyono, Fagunwa, Salih.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3216. African-American Poetry...............................................3 Crts

Surveys African-American poetry from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary poetry, examining its relationships to the oral tradition and to literary, social, and political influences. Includes such writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, and Rita Dove.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 3321. Introduction to Language Study....................................3 Crts

A general survey of linguistic science with emphasis on phonetics, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 3322. The History of the English Language...........................3 Crts

A study of the historic-comparative method, linguistic change, and the history of the English language, with extensive treatment of the development of English in America.

Prerequisite: ENGL 3321.

ENGL 3323. Advanced Grammar and Syntax.................................. 3 Crts

Intensive analysis and application of the structure of contemporary English, with emphasis on parts of speech, the verb system, and sentence structure. Theoretical issues, such as prescriptive versus descriptive grammar, may also be discussed.

Prerequisite: ENGL 3321. Spring, alternate years.

ENGL 3411. Creative Writing: Fiction.............................................. 2 Crts

Practice in writing fiction, with readings in technique, analysis of sample fictional works, and instruction in submitting writings for publication. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 3412. Creative Writing: Drama............................................. 2 Crts

Practice in writing drama, with readings in technique, analysis of sample plays, and instruction in submitting works for production. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 3413. Creative Writing: Poetry.............................................. 2 Crts

Practice in writing poetry, with readings in technique, analysis of sample poems, and instruction in submitting writings for publication. Frequent papers and conferences with instructor.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 3621. The Epic Tradition........................................................ 3 Crts

A study of the epic from classical antiquity to Milton.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105.

ENGL 4011. Shakespeare..................................................................3 Crts

Background, home life, and parentage of Shakespeare; Elizabethan theatrical traditions and conventions. Opportunity for reading and critical discussion of the great tragedies, comedies, and historical plays of the author.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

An evaluative study of works of great English novelists. Rise and development of the English novel, together with an analytical appraisal of four elements -- setting, character, plot, and philosophy. Readings and discussion of various types, with emphasis upon the variety of methods by which the novel interprets life.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2121 and 2122.

ENGL 4101/SPEH 4101. Advanced Speech.......................................3 Crts

Emphasizes self-improvement in all phases of diction and delivery; provides experience in various speaking situations.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

ENGL 4112. History of Literary Criticism.........................................3 Crts

A survey of literary criticism from Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, and the Sophists through the modern and early contemporary period (including formalism, ethical criticism, structuralism, and the Black Arts Movement). Emphasis on classic texts.

Prerequisite: English 2205.

ENGL 4211. African-American Drama..............................................3 Crts

Studies the development of African-American theater from minstrels to modern theater workshops and the plays of such writers as Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Ntozake Shange, and August Wilson.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 4217. African-American Fiction..............................................3 Crts

A critical survey focusing on leading themes and techniques in the short stories and novels of such authors as Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, and Gloria Naylor.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 4218. African-American Nonfiction........................................3 Crts

Surveys African-American nonfiction from the early slave narratives to the present, including W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley, Alice Walker, and others.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 4311. Romantic American Literature.....................................3 Crts

Focuses on the Romantic movement in the United States. Includes such writers as Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2131 and 2132.

ENGL 4321. American Literary Realism......................................... 3 Crts

Focuses on the Realist and Naturalist movements in the United States, including local color writers. Includes such writers as Twain, Crane, James, Norris, Chesnutt, Chopin, and Dreiser.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2131 and 2132.

ENGL 4331. Modern American Novel...............................................3 Crts

A survey from the early twentieth century to the present, with emphasis on leading themes and techniques. Includes such writers as Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Bellow, Vonnegut, and Morrison.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2131 and 2132.

ENGL 4332. American Short Story....................................................3 Crts

A survey of the development of the short story as a literary form from Poe to the present. Includes such writers as Harte, Henry, Anderson, Faulkner, Hemingway, O'Connor, Updike, Carver, and Barthelme.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2131 and 2132.

ENGL 4335. Modern American Poetry..............................................3 Crts

A survey of poetry in the twentieth century, with emphasis on leading themes, techniques, and movements. Includes such writers as Frost, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Cummings, Williams, Hughes, Roethke, Ginsberg, Lowell, Plath, and Dove.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2131 and 2132.

ENGL 4400. Special Topic..................................................................3 Crts

The topic changes each time the course is offered. Examples of topics include The Gullah Culture, Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature, Islamic Literature (in translation), Latin American Fiction (in translation), and Japanese Literature (in translation). Can be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: ENGL 2104 and 2105, or consent of instructor.

ENGL 4551: Postcolonial Studies.......................................................3 Crts

An exploration of such concerns as race, gender, nationality, and postcolonial subjectivity. Texts studied will include such writers as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipul, Salman Rushdie, Grace Nichols, and Okot p?Bitek, along with such theorists and critics as Homi Bhabha and Frantz Fanon.

Prerequisite: ENGL 2205

ENGL 4611: Practicum/Workshop: Small Press Production..........3 Crts

Hands-on course in all phases of journal and small book production, from conception to distribution. Participants will work on individual book projects and collaboratively develop a nationally distributed literary journal. Working as members of a production team, students will gain practical experience in areas such as budgeting, manuscript solicitation, review, and editing; product design, layout, and camera-ready copy preparation; post-production activities such as LC cataloguing, distribution, and promotion. (Cross-listed as Communications course.) On demand.

Prerequisite: ENGL 2205 and Consent of the instructor.

ENGL 4621: Intro. to Contemporary Popular Culture Studies.........3 Crts

Examines pop culture icons and issues since WWII in both American mainstream and counterculture milieus, from Hollywood to Hip Hop. Studies current (modern and postmodern) trends in pop culture/culture theory (from Frankfurt School materialist socialism to techno-theory). Multicultural orientation.

Prerequisite: ENGL 2205

ENGL 4631: Literary and Cultural Theory........................................3 Crts

After a brief review of structuralism (Jakobson, Levi-Strauss, Todorov, Saussure), the course focuses on current (modern and postmodern) trends in literary and cultural theory. Introduction to major schools/tendencies, including Marxist materialism, Frankfort School materialist socialism, dialogic and semiotic analysis, deconstruction, reader-response criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, new historicism, materialist feminism, and African-American feminism. Analysis of works by representative figures. In addition to discussing the various theories themselves, students will apply theoretical approaches to close reading/analysis of specific works of literature and culture, including analyzing the same work (or artifact) from two (or more) theoretical perspectives.

Prerequisite: ENGL 2205

ENGL 4641: Hypermedia and Humanities Research...................... 3 Crts

Team-taught in conjunction with Computer Information Systems. Applies current methods and trends in interactive computer technology to the preparation and presentation of scholarly research in the humanities. Internet-based group projects integrating audio, visual, and written material using current multimedia presentational software will be required. Students will learn to research on the Internet, create stand-alone multimedia presentations, and develop interactive hypermedia presentations on the Net. (Cross-listed as a CIS course.) On demand.

Prerequisites: CISM 3136 or equivalent and ENGL 1102.

ENGL 339: Alternative Forms of Creative & Critical Writing.........3 Crts

Writing workshop that explores creative nonfiction, various forms of experimental poetry and prose; the impact of orality, performance, and intermedia on printed text, and the intersection of "creative" and "critical" writing (how can the critical--discursive, analytical--act also be "creative"? to what extent do both tendencies allow for forms of serious imaginative play?). Particular issues and examples are investigated within a larger theoretical framework; tutored by representative examples of modern and postmodern experimental writing produced by an ethnically and culturally diverse range of authors, students will enact a similar creative play in their own writing projects. Multimedia and collaborative projects/presentations encouraged.

Prerequisites: English 2205.

ENGL 4700: Senior Seminar I............................................................3 Crts

A capstone course in which students will be guided to synthesize previous coursework through intensive study of literary movements, genrnges, and authors. Methods include small group discussion, formal and informal oral presentations, and conferences with the professor. Each student will prepare a major paper demonstrating skill in research, writing, and critical thinking. Spring.

Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of the department head.

ENGL 4800: Honors Thesis................................................................3 Crts

Independent study resulting in a thesis. [Lecture 1 hr; Lab 2 hrs]

Prerequisite: Open by permission only to students with a minimum 3.0 average.

MUSC 1408 Band Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 1409 Band Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 2408 Band Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 2409 Band Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 3408 Band Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 3409 Band Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 4408 Band Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 4409 Band Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour

MUSC 1608 Choral Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 1609 Choral Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 2608 Choral Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 2609 Choral Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 3608 Choral Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 3609 Choral Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 4608 Choral Organization (1st Semester) 1 hour
MUSC 4609 Choral Organization (2nd Semester) 1 hour

THEA 2101 Introduction to Theater.................................................. 3 Crts

A course designed to introduce the student to the theatre arts and theatre appreciation. An option for those satisfying the core requirements.

THEA 3101 Elementary Acting......................................................... 2 Crts

Study and practice in the fundamentals of acting technique based on play and character analysis. The importance of voice, posture, gesture, and movement in theatrical expressiveness is stressed.

THEA 4101 Introduction to Drama................................................... 3 Crts

A course designed to acquaint students with some of the significant dramas past and present. Prerequisite: Completion of core curriculum requirements.

THEA 4111 Play Production.............................................................. 3 Crts

A course designed to prepare students to stage a play. The course provides exposure to some of the structural elements and those of spectacle. It begins with a concept of drama in transition and branches off into some of the theories behind drama and its production.

THEA 4201 Play Auditioning and Directing...................................... 2 Crts

A course teaching students how to select a play, choose a cast, and produce a play.

Prerequisite: THEA 4111