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Inactive: English: Composition (ENGC) Courses

Academic Unit: English Language & Lit

ENGC 1011 - University Writing and Critical Reading
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 1011 until 22-JAN-08, ENGC 1012H (inactive, ending 06-SEP-05, starting 21-MAY-01, was ENGC 1812 until 05-SEP-00), ENGC 1011H (inactive, ending 06-SEP-05, was ENGC 1811 until 05-SEP-00), ENGC 1016 (inactive, ending 21-MAY-07), PSTL 1424 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, starting 22-JAN-02, was GC 1424 until 05-SEP-06), ENGC 1014H (inactive, ending 03-SEP-02, starting 21-MAY-01, was ENGC 1814 until 05-SEP-00), WRIT 1301H, WRIT 1301, ENGC 1014 (inactive, ending 21-MAY-07, starting 21-MAY-01), WRIT 3101W (ending 21-MAY-07, starting 16-JAN-01, was WRIT 3101 until 19-JAN-10, was WRIT 1101 until 08-SEP-09, was RHET 1101 until 21-MAY-07), ENGC 1012 (inactive, ending 21-MAY-07, starting 21-MAY-01), ENGC 1013 (inactive, ending 21-MAY-07, starting 21-MAY-01), ENGC 1013H (inactive, ending 06-SEP-05, starting 21-MAY-01, was ENGC 1813 until 05-SEP-00), PSTL 1423 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 22-JAN-02, was GC 1423 until 05-SEP-06), ENGC 1015 (inactive, ending 21-MAY-07, starting 21-MAY-01), WRIT 1011 (inactive, ending 06-SEP-05, was ENGC 1011 until 21-MAY-07), WRIT 1401 (starting 21-MAY-07), PSTL 1422 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 05-SEP-00, was GC 1422 until 05-SEP-06)
Critical reading/interpretation of selected texts. Research in various types of resources. Writing through several drafting steps. Finished writing is revised/edited to meet university-level standards of persuasiveness, precision, and correctness.
ENGC 1601W - English Language and Society [WI SSCI CD]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 1601W until 02-SEP-14, was ENGC 1601 until 05-SEP-00
Provides a general, non-technical understanding of the systematic, dynamic and creative nature of human language, with special application to the English language.
ENGC 3601W - Analysis of the English Language and Culture [WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3601 until 17-MAY-21, was ENGL 3601W until 17-JAN-06, was ENGC 3601 until 05-SEP-00
Introduction to the structure of English, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and to language variation and usage.
ENGC 3602W - Gender and the English Language [WI CD] (Topics course)
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4602W until 02-SEP-14, was ENGL 3602W until 02-SEP-03, was ENGC 3602 until 05-SEP-00
Connections between gender and other social factors which influence the history and future of the English language, including race, ethnicity, class, regional and national variation, religion, and technology. Explorations of gender theories as they relate to social issues, texts, and discourse practices.
ENGC 3603W - World Englishes [WI IP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4603W until 22-MAY-17, was ENGL 3603W until 02-SEP-03, was ENGC 3603 until 05-SEP-00
Historical background, psychosocial significance, and linguistic characteristics of diverging varieties of English spoken around the world, especially in postcolonial contexts (Caribbean, Africa, Asia). Development of local standards/vernaculars. Sociolinguistic methods of analysis.
ENGC 3604 - Public Discourse
(3 cr; Student Option; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3604 until 27-MAY-03
Focuses on popular culture and the media as important modes of cultural discourse--their histories and rhetorics, their systems of production and circulation, their work in constructing us and our work in construing them.
ENGC 3605W - Social Variation in American English [WI CD]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4605 until 02-SEP-14, was ENGL 4605W until 17-JAN-06, was ENGL 3605W until 20-JAN-04, was ENGC 3605 until 05-SEP-00
Description and analysis of English language variation from a sociohistorical perspective in the United States and the Caribbean. Social history of migrations (voluntary and enforced) leading to the development of regional and rural dialects, pidgins, creoles and urban varieties.
ENGC 3606 - Literacy and American Cultural Diversity [CD C/PE]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3741 until 06-SEP-22, was ENGL 3606 until 20-JAN-04
Academic study of the nature, acquisition, institutionalization, and present state of literacy in the United States. Special focus on issues of culturally diverse and disadvantaged members of society. Service-learning component requires tutoring (min. 2 hours per week) of children and adults in community service agencies.
ENGC 3607 - Introduction to Academic Literacy
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 3751W until 17-MAY-21, was ENGL 3751W until 21-MAY-07, was ENGL 3751 until 06-SEP-05, was ENGL 3607 until 03-SEP-02
Introduction to theories of literacy in academic disciplines. Understanding different rhetorical conventions across disciplines with an emphasis on improving academic writing using one-to-one tutoring sessions. Significant commitment to service learning as a peer tutor, this semester and next.
ENGC 3611 - History of the English Language
(4 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3611 until 04-SEP-01
Development of English language from Old English (mid 5th century) to Middle English (around 1100) to Early Modern English (about 1500).
ENGC 3612 - Old English I
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3612 until 02-SEP-03
Introductory study of the language to 1150 A.D. Selected readings in prose and poetry. Some attention to the culture of the Anglo-Saxons.
ENGC 3613 - Old English II
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4613 until 17-MAY-21, was ENGL 3613 until 02-SEP-03, ENGL 4613 (ending 21-MAY-07, was ENGL 3613 until 02-SEP-03, was ENGC 3613 until 04-SEP-01), ENGL 5613 (inactive, ending 27-MAY-03, starting 21-MAY-01, was ENGC 5613 until 04-SEP-01)
Critical reading of texts; introduction to versification. Readings of considerable portions of "Beowulf."
ENGC 3621W - Writing Beyond the Academy [WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3753W until 04-SEP-07, was ENGL 3621W until 02-SEP-03, was ENGC 3621 until 05-SEP-00
Analyses of writing styles, genres, and rhetorical contexts outside the academy in a semester-long internship. Students must have an approved site arranged by the OSLO office and the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the English Department.
ENGC 3632 - Electronic Text
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4721 until 22-JAN-19, was ENGL 3632 until 02-SEP-03
Widespread electronic networking has renewed some perplexing questions about the status and function of text. Investigate many of these and related questions as reframed by the phenomenon of electronic text.
ENGC 3633 - History of Writing Technologies
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 4722 until 05-SEP-23, was ENGL 3633 until 02-SEP-03
Topics include the equivocal relation of memory and writing; literacy, power, and control; secrecy and publicity; alphabetization and other ways of ordering the world; the material bases of writing; typographical design and expression; theories of technological determinism.
ENGC 3641 - Editing for Publication
(4 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 3713 until 03-SEP-13, was ENGL 3641 until 02-SEP-03
Practice professional editing of various kinds of texts, for example, the editing of scientific and technical writing. Introduction to editing levels from substantive revision to copyediting, and computer-mediated editorial practices.
ENGC 5051 - Graduate Research Writing Practice for Non-native Speakers of English
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 5051 until 17-MAY-21
Graduate-level writing techniques/formats for summaries, critiques, research, and abstracts. Persuasion, documentation, structure, grammar, vocabulary, field-specific requirements. Writing through several drafts, using mentor in specific field of study. Revising/editing to meet graduate standards. Discussions.
ENGC 5052 - Graduate Research Presentations and Conference Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was WRIT 5052 until 17-MAY-21
Practice in writing/presenting graduate-level research for conferences or professional seminars. Delivery of professional academic presentations to U.S. audiences. Conference abstract, paper, and poster presentation. Communication in research process. Students select topics from their own research/studies. Format, style, transitions, topic narrowing, non-verbal presentation skills.
ENGC 5602 - Gender and the English Language
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5602 until 04-SEP-07
Introduction to features of English that are gender-marked or gender-biased; connections between language theory and social structures, including class and ethnicity; patterns of women's and men's speech in specific social contexts; gender and writing; sociolinguistics and sexual orientation.
ENGC 5603 - Varieties of World English
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5603 until 04-SEP-07
Historical background, psychosocial significance, and linguistic characteristics of diverging varieties of English spoken around the world, especially in postcolonial contexts (Caribbean, Africa, Asia). Development of local standards and vernaculars. Sociolinguistic methods of analysis.
ENGC 5605 - Social Variation in American English
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5605 until 02-SEP-08
Description and analysis of English language variation from a sociohistorical perspective in the United States and the Caribbean. Social history of migrations (voluntary and enforced) leading to the development of regional and rural dialects, pidgins, creoles, and urban varieties.
ENGC 5611 - History of the English Language
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5611 until 04-SEP-01
Development of the English language from Old English (mid-5th century) to Middle English (around 1100) to Early Modern English (about 1500).
ENGC 5612 - Old English I
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5612 until 04-SEP-07, MEST 4612, ENGL 4612 (starting 02-SEP-08), ENGL 5612 (inactive, was ENGC 5612 until 04-SEP-01), ENGL 3612 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was ENGC 3612 until 04-SEP-01)
Introduction to the language to A.D. 1150. Selected readings in prose and poetry. Some attention to Anglo-Saxon culture.
ENGC 5613 - Old English II (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5613 until 02-SEP-08
Critical reading of texts; introduction to versification. Reading of [Beowulf].
ENGC 5621 - Irish Language I
(4 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5621 until 04-SEP-07
Grammatical structures of modern Irish dialect of Connemara, Co. Galway; development of skills in both oral and written language; vocabulary, manipulation of grammatical structures, speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice; modern Gaelic culture.
ENGC 5622 - Irish Language II
(4 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5622 until 22-JAN-08
Grammatical structures of modern Irish dialect; development of skills in both oral and written language; vocabulary; manipulation of grammatical structures; speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice; modern Gaelic culture.
ENGC 5630 - Theories of Writing and Instruction
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5630 until 02-SEP-14, was ENGL 5742 until 20-JAN-04, was ENGL 5630 until 02-SEP-03
Introduction to major theories that inform teaching of writing in college and upper-level high school curriculums. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
ENGC 5631 - History of Rhetoric and Writing
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5743 until 18-JAN-22, was ENGL 5631 until 02-SEP-03
Surveys, compares, and contrasts assumptions of classical and contemporary rhetorical theory, especially as they influence the interdisciplinary field of composition studies. Rhetoric is one of the chief contributors to this field.
ENGC 5632 - Electronic Text
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5632 until 02-SEP-03, ENGL 5632 (inactive, was ENGC 5632 until 16-JAN-01), ENGL 4721 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 07-SEP-99, was ENGL 3632 until 02-SEP-03, was ENGC 3632 until 04-SEP-01)
Widespread electronic networking has renewed some perplexing questions about the status and function of text. Investigates many of these and related questions as reframed by the phenomenon of electronic text.
ENGC 5640 - Research Methods in Rhetoric, Composition, and Language
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5640 until 04-SEP-01
Research paradigms, methodologies, and procedures used in the field (ethnographic, case-study, historical, critical, quantitative, text-analytical, survey-based, etc.). Emphasis on reading and analyzing existing research studies and on preparing original research. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
ENGC 5650 - Topics in Rhetoric, Composition, and Language (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd, Summer Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5790 until 17-MAY-21, was ENGL 5650 until 02-SEP-03
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
ENGC 5690 - Minnesota Writing Project: Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 30 credits; may be repeated 30 times)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 5690 until 04-SEP-07
Workshops in which writing teachers investigate current theories of writing and writing pedagogy, write for publication, and explore research topics in applied literacy.
ENGC 8600 - Seminar in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 8600 until 17-MAY-21
Students read/conduct research on theories/literature relevant to cross-disciplinary fields committed to writing and to teaching of writing.
ENGC 8610 - Seminar in Language and Discourse Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was ENGL 8610 until 17-MAY-21
Current theoretical and methodological issues in discourse analysis. Social and psychological determinants of language choice (class, ethnicity, gender) in various English-speaking societies. Application to case studies; review of scholarship.

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