How to choose 1000鈥憀evel English courses
There is a variety of first-year (1000-level) English courses to suit all inclinations and needs, and all sections with a number ending in 0 or 5 can be used to fulfill the University Writing Requirement. Course codes ending with a 1 (for example, ENGL 1041.03 or ENGL 1051.03) are non-writing requirement sections, and do not fulfill the University Writing Requirement.聽 These non-writing requirement courses are offered in tandem with their writing requirement counterparts, but have a different method of evaluation with less emphasis on essay writing.
ENGL 1005.03, ENGL 1015.03, and ENGL 1025.03 introduce students to the advanced study and analysis of literature.聽 Students in these courses explore works of poetry, prose, drama, and fiction that illustrate the power of language to surprise, move, persuade, and entertain.聽 In addition to helping students strengthen their skills as readers, these courses also offer them the opportunity to become a better writer.
ENGL1005.03 Literature: A Global Perspective. This course offers an introduction to global literature. Examining the work of influential writers from around the world, the course will explore some of the pressing social, political and cultural questions of the present day.
ENGL1015.03 Literature: How it Works. This course provides an overview of literary genres and techniques, and an introduction to the analysis of literary forms and language. Readings will represent a variety of authors, genres, national literatures, and time periods, but the principal emphasis is on the relation of literary form to content and on training students in the close analysis and interpretation of literary meaning.
ENGL1025.03 Literature: Why it Matters. This course considers the value and evaluation of literary works.聽 It addresses such topics as the pleasures of literary reading, the concept of literature, and the criteria used in judging literature.聽 The material includes a selection of literary works, both popular and classic, drawn from early and recent periods, and in different genres.
ENGL/CRWR 1030.06 Reading and Writing Stories is a full-credit course offered in one term.聽 This course has three broad but connected objectives: (a) to introduce students to the advanced study and creation of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction; (b) to develop students鈥 literacy skills so that they will be more critical and responsive readers; and (c) to aid them in refining their skills as imaginative writers.
ENGL 1040.03 Reading Popular Culture introduces students to the skills of critical and close analysis and the basics of academic writing and argumentation.聽 The range of cultural work studied includes print fiction, but is expanded to include other mediums such as film and television, examining the ways in which structure, content, and context come together to create multiple layers of meaning for any given work or cultural moment.
ENGL 1050.03 Pulp Fiction includes the same breadth of chronology and form as the more traditional introductory courses, but challenges and explores the distinctions between 鈥榟igh鈥 and 鈥榣ow鈥 culture to consider the ideological underpinnings of such categorizations.聽 Readings will include 鈥榟igh鈥 and 鈥榣ow鈥 versions of pulp genres such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, gothic/horror, and mystery, from their literary roots to contemporary versions.
ENGL 1060.03 Literature and Science has three central aims: it introduces students to recent debates about these disciplines; it promotes cross-disciplinary scholarship; and it provides instruction in effective writing. Tutorial groups are capped at twenty, making this course ideal for students not familiar with the study of English Literature.
ENGL 1100.03 Writing for University is an introduction to rhetoric and writing that focuses on developing the skills needed to produce analytic and research papers in a range of disciplines. Equipping students with strategies to facilitate all stages of the writing process, the class also introduces grammatical and rhetorical principles that enable effective writers.聽 This course is offered in a section open to students from all programs and disciplines, a section reserved for Kinesiology students, and a section reserved for Nursing and Health Promotion students.