College Catalog 2014-15

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENG 1113 — ENGLISH COMPOSITION I — ENG 1113 prepares the student to think critically and compose texts for academic and professional rhetorical situations. Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 0114 and/or ENG 0124 with a grade of “C” or better, or ACT English score of 17 or COMPASS Writing Score of 74. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 1123 — ENGLISH COMPOSITION II — ENG 1123 is a continuation of English 1113 with emphasis on research, argumentation, and composition. Readings, essays, and a research paper are required. Prerequisite: ENG 1113 with a grade of “C” or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 1113 and 1123 — HONORS ENGLISH COMPOSITION — Designed to develop the expository writing skills of academically talented students. Emphasizes logical thinking, objective analysis, clear organization and precise writing. Special attention given to critical reading, to written analysis, to using the library, and to documented research writing. Enrollment open to students with a 25 composite and an English score of 27 on the ACT. Six semester hours credit. ENG 2133 — CREATIVE WRITING — ENG 2133 involves reading and writing poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and/or drama. Prerequisite: ENG 1113 with a grade of C or better or ACT English sub score of 25 or above. Three lecture hours.. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2153 — TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR — ENG 2153 focuses on the basic elements of English grammar and mechanics. Beginning with parts of speech, it covers basic sentences patterns, pronouns, troublesome verbs, subject-verb agreement, spelling, diction, punctuation and mechanics: all of the aspects of traditional grammar that writers — including elementary teachers introducing language skills to children — may encounter. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2223 — AMERICAN LITERATURE I — ENG 2223 surveys representative prose and poetry of the United States from its beginnings to the Civil War. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2233 —AMERICAN LITERATURE II — ENG 2233 surveys representative prose and poetry of the United States from the Civil War to the present. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit.. ENG 2323 — BRITISH LITERATURE I — ENG 2323 surveys British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the Restoration and Eighteenth Century. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2333 — BRITISH LITERATURE II — ENG 2333 surveys British literature from the Romantic Period to the present. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2353 — HONORS BRITISH LITERATURE I — ENG 2353 is designed for students who have a special interest in English Literature and who have at least a “B” average in ENG 1113 and ENG 1123. A study of English Literature from its beginnings until 1798. An individualized course with attempts to program the study of literature to the student’s major interests and skills. Enrollment by invitation. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2363 — HONORS BRITISH LITERATURE II — ENG 2363 is designed for students who have a special interest in English Literature and who have at least a “B” average in ENG 1113 and ENG 1123. A study of English Literature from 1798 until the present. An individualized course which attempts to program the study of literature to the student’s major interests and skills. Enrollment by invitation. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit ENG 2423 — WORLD LITERATURE I — ENG 2423 surveys texts representative of global and historical diversity from ancient world through early modern world. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. ENG 2433 — WORLD LITERATURE II — ENG 2433 surveys texts representative of global and historical diversity from the Enlightenment Period to the present. Prerequisites: ENG 1113 and ENG 1123 with a grade of C or better. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit.

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