2018-2019 Catalog

Jun 02, 2024

2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

The numbers in parentheses following course titles indicate (1) hours per week of lecture, (2) hours per week of laboratory and (3) semester credit hours. An asterisk (*) following these three figures indicates variable or alternative credit, and the last figure represents the maximum variation in semester credit hours. In general, credit hours for these variable courses may range from one to the number indicated.

The frequency of offering follows the meeting and credit hour information. Courses offered every year are designated by semester(s) only. Courses offered every other year are designated by semester and odd/even year.

Note: Since most courses are not offered every semester, students should be aware that failure to take a required course when it is offered may delay graduation.

Any course may be offered on demand should sufficient interest be demonstrated and should a qualified instructor be available. “Demand” courses with a defined content will be offered as regularly as practical for the host department.

At the end of the course description, the following information will be given when applicable: laboratory information, corequisites (“concurrent enrollment”) and prerequisites, cross listed courses (“same as”), special fees, and pertinent information about the use of the course.

Courses and Numbering

All courses are listed alphabetically by course prefix and numerically within each prefix. The department and college assignments are also noted. ACU uses a three-digit course numbering system. Courses numbered 100 to 299 are lower-level courses (primarily for freshmen and sophomores). Courses numbered from 300 to 499 are upper-level, or advanced, courses (primarily for juniors and seniors). Courses numbered 500 to 799 are graduate courses. All courses numbered 000 to 099 do not count toward graduation or GPA.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Some courses have prerequisites, which must be met before a student may register for that course, or corequisites, which must be completed simultaneously. In some cases, a student may have special knowledge, skills or background that will enable him or her to perform well in a given class without meeting its prerequisites or corequisites. Such a student should seek special permission from the department offering the course.

Courses listed as corequisite must be taken together. Students may not drop or withdraw from a course with corequisite requirements without dropping or withdrawing from both courses. Students may repeat a course with corequisite requirements alone in subsequent attempts if they fail or do not receive degree credit for the course on the first attempt. However, in courses with a subject code of EACH, EDUC, NURS, or SPAN, students must repeat both corequisite courses if they fail or do not receive credit for one or both courses on the first attempt.

Students should refer to the most recent catalog for course corequisites, prerequisites, and restrictions.

Course Sequencing

Some courses have recommendations of a previous course(s) for appropriate sequencing. Such recommendations are not prerequisites; the system will allow any student meeting a course’s prerequisites to enroll for a course regardless of whether the student meets the sequencing recommendations. Students are cautioned, however, to follow sequencing recommendations when all of the courses in the sequence are on their degree plans.

Independent Study, Special Topics, and Tutorial Courses

Neither an independent study nor a special topics course should be a version or instance of a course that already has been approved for inclusion in the catalog.

Independent Study

An independent study course is a unique, student-initiated and student-driven course. An independent study course should be used to enhance a degree. It should be used as a substitution for degree requirements only in rare circumstances; it should not be used to correct poor planning. All other catalog policies apply.

Independent study courses are usually designed to be worth 3 credit hours. Ideally, independent study courses should make up no more than 6 hours (5 percent) of any student’s undergraduate degree. They should make up no more than 20 percent of any student’s graduate degree. Independent study courses should use the even hundred course number appropriate to the level of study (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, etc.)

Student proposals for independent studies may be approved or denied based on faculty interest or availability and departmental priorities. Students in the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program will incur a separate fee for an independent study course and should contact the Director of the DMin Program for details.

When proposing an independent study, the student should complete the Independent Study Request form and discuss it – including the outcomes and artifacts of the study – with the proposed faculty member. Artifacts should support the student’s and the faculty member’s intended outcomes for the course through research, written work, creative projects, and/or professional projects. If the course is approved by the faculty member, the faculty member is responsible for creating the syllabus for the independent study. The syllabus must include the learning outcomes and how they will be measured.

The syllabus and Independent Study Request form should be submitted to the chair and dean on a timeline that would allow for the proposal to be approved or denied prior to the beginning of the term or part of term in which the course is being proposed. Study Abroad courses should be approved prior to departure from the United States.

Special topics

A special topics course is faculty/department-initiated and faculty-driven. A special topics course will be included in the course schedule for registration in a given term and could be used as a pilot for addition to the curriculum. A substitution form must be submitted for a special topics course to satisfy degree requirement. All other catalog policies apply.

The special topics syllabus must be submitted to the dean before March 1 for a fall course or October 1 for a spring or summer course, so that it will be available for student registration. Special topics courses should choose the course number appropriate to the level of study from the following: 140, 240, 340, 440, 540, 640, 740, etc.

The Texas Common Course Numbering System

The Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) has been designed for the purpose of aiding students in the transfer of general academic courses between colleges and universities throughout Texas. Common courses are freshman and sophomore academic credit courses that have been identified as common by institutions that are members of the common course numbering system. The system ensures that if the student takes the courses the receiving institution designates as common, then the courses will be accepted in transfer.

For further information contact the transfer course coordinator in the Registrar’s Office.

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English
	ENGL 377 - Drama Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Oxford: on demand; Abilene: Spring, odd years Survey of significant plays from ancient Greeks to the present. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 378 - Poetry Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Advanced study of poetry that seems likely to endure. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 380 - Interactive Narratives Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years English 380 introduces the lexicon and theoretical models for the study of interactive narratives (from games, social media, fan literature, or other emerging media). Students will explore how meaning is generated through these narratives, demonstrating the knowledge they gain through reflective writing, researched writing, and project-based assignments. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 401 - Guided Study: Literary Criticism Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 402 - Guided Study: Writing Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 406 - Guided Study: American Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 407 - Guided Study: General Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 409 - Guided Study: British Literature After 1700 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 410 - Language and Literature Internship Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Designed for students who obtain internships requiring or allowing for college credit. Can be taken for 2 or 3 credits, depending on the number of hours required by the internship. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status.
	ENGL 432 - Introduction to Linguistics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Introduction to linguistics including topics such as phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, regional and social language variation, and historical linguistics. Emphasis varies to suit the needs of the class. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 441 - Topics in Literary Criticism and Bibliography Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 442 - Topics in Writing Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 443 - Topics in the English Language Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 445 - Topics in Teaching English and Reading Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 446 - Topics in American Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 447 - Topics in General Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 448 - Topics in British Literature Before 1700 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 449 - Topics in British Literature After 1700 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 459 - English for Secondary Teachers Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Specialized instruction in the content and methods of teaching and testing oral and written composition, grammar, and literature in secondary schools. Required for English certification. Prerequisite: 6 hours of upper-level English.
	ENGL 464 - American Novel Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A study of significant novels. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 470 - Multicultural Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring An introduction to and a study of literature by various cultures in the United States. Includes both general backgrounds and specific authors and works. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 471 - Literature and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, odd years A survey of classic literary texts concerned with faith, doubt, and Christian spirituality from Augustine to the present. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 472 - Film and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring A detailed study of recent and classic films with emphasis on their theological elements and how they are manifestations of culture. Students will develop viewing discernment and the ability to assess and write about thematic elements of films in genres, including romantic comedy, drama, independent, and foreign film. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements and Junior standing.
	ENGL 473 - Rhetoric and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years This course focuses on the intersections of rhetoric and belief. Students examine traditional religious discourse and consider the rhetorical nature of that discourse, as well as examine ways that belief - not just faith in a transcendent being - permeates much (if not all) rhetorical discourse. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 481 - Medieval British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years A survey of major medieval texts with special emphasis on Middle English and Chaucer. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 483 - Shakespeare Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Summer An introduction to comedies, histories, and tragedies with attention to major critical approaches to Shakespearean drama. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 484 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years English poetry and prose of the 17th century, with emphasis on Donne, Herbert, and Milton. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 495 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, odd years A survey of major works and authors with some emphasis on drama. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 496 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A survey of Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, 1780-1900, with emphasis on the major writers. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 497 - Twentieth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Selected writing from British authors throughout the century, covering at least three genres (fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction). Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
	ENGL 499 - Studies in World Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring A senior seminar using contemporary theoretical and critical approaches to selected literatures of the world. Provides a practical introduction to a range of literatures through application of current tools and methods of literary analysis in a discussion setting. Prerequisite: Senior standing. For majors only. A capstone and writing-intensive course.
	ENGL 520 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Writing of literary works grounded in factual reality, using techniques of novelists and poets. Includes autobiography, nature writing, travel narrative, cultural criticism, spiritual memoir. Involves peer review; offers strategies for revision and publication.
	ENGL 522 - Fiction Workshop Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Writing of fiction with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques.
	ENGL 523 - Poetry Workshop Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, odd years Writing of poetry with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques.
	ENGL 525 - Advanced Composition Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Analysis of the writing process, step by step, with practice in the major types (description, narration, evaluation, exposition, persuasion, and research) and with emphasis on revision. A writing-intensive course.
	ENGL 526 - Business and Professional Writing Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Introduction to the theory and accepted practices of composition in occupational fields, including correspondence and report writing based on content in upper-level courses in the student’s major field. Some oral work required.
	ENGL 529 - Rhetoric as Written Discourse Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years A survey of major rhetorical texts from classical times to present. Emphasis on the development of rhetorical theory as it relates to written discourse.
	ENGL 530 - Advanced English Grammar Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Current trends in the analysis of the English language. Recommended for future teachers.
	ENGL 532 - Introduction to Linguistics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Introduction to linguistics including topics such as phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, regional and social language variation, and historical linguistics. Emphasis varies to suit the needs of the class.
	ENGL 551 - Literature for Young Adults Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring A content reading course emphasizing literature and other materials for middle school and high school students. Attention is given to major authors, ground-breaking books, and contemporary materials in various genres.
	ENGL 558 - Teaching English as a Second Language Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring An introduction to the methods and techniques of teaching English as a second language. Prerequisite: ENGL 330 .
	ENGL 562 - American Literature Before 1860 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall A survey of the major writers before the Civil War.
	ENGL 563 - American Literature After 1860 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, Summer A survey of the major writers since the Civil War.
	ENGL 564 - American Novel Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A study of significant novels. May be repeated as content varies.
	ENGL 570 - Multicultural Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring An introduction to and a study of literature by various cultures in the United States. Includes both general backgrounds and specific authors and works. May be repeated as content varies.
	ENGL 571 - Literature and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, odd years A survey of classic literary texts concerned with faith, doubt, and Christian spirituality from Augustine to the present.
	ENGL 572 - Film and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A detailed study of recent and classic films with emphasis on their theological elements and how they are manifestations of culture. Students will develop viewing discernment and the ability to assess and write about thematic elements of films in genres, including romantic comedy, drama, independent, and foreign film.
	ENGL 576 - Fiction Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years Novels and short stories that seem to have earned a permanent reputation. May be repeated as content varies.
	ENGL 577 - Drama Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Oxford: on demand; Abilene: Spring, odd years Survey of significant plays from ancient Greeks to the present. May be repeated as content varies.
	ENGL 578 - Poetry Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Advanced study of poetry that seems likely to endure. May be repeated as content varies.
	ENGL 581 - Medieval British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years A survey of major medieval texts with special emphasis on Middle English and Chaucer.
	ENGL 583 - Shakespeare Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Summer An introduction to comedies, histories, and tragedies with attention to major critical approaches to Shakespearean drama.
	ENGL 584 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years English poetry and prose of the 17th century, with emphasis on Donne, Herbert, and Milton.
	ENGL 595 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, odd years A survey of major works and authors with some emphasis on drama.
	ENGL 596 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A survey of Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, 1780-1900, with emphasis on the major writers.
	ENGL 597 - Twentieth-Century British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Selected writing from British authors throughout the century, covering at least three genres (fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction).
	ENGL 610 - Studies in American Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Emphasis upon literary, social, and intellectual currents as seen in certain significant writings. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours credit.
	ENGL 612 - Studies in British Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring May emphasize genres, themes, or individual writers. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours of credit.
	ENGL 613 - Literary Theory and Faith Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Various topics in contemporary literary criticism and theory. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours of credit.
	ENGL 615 - World Literature Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years Selection of texts for this course ranges freely over the globe, engaging literary works from all countries and cultures. When texts for study are selected from the non-Anglophone world, they are presented in English translation.
	ENGL 620 - Literary Research Methods and Publication Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years An intense, step-by-step guided research experience introducing students to advanced literary research methods, presentation, and publication.
	ENGL 622 - Rhetoric and Belief Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 This course focuses on the intersections of rhetoric and belief. Students examine traditional religious discourse and consider the rhetorical nature of that discourse, as well as examine ways that belief - not just faith in a transcendent being - permeates much (if not all) rhetorical discourse.
	ENGL 623 - Discourse Theory Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Offers a brief historical framework from the sophists to the Scottish Enlightenment. It then explores the implications of major discourse theorists on composition and rhetoric studies.
	ENGL 624 - Non-Traditional Rhetoric Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The course offers immersion into one type of non-traditional rhetoric (visual, feminist, silence, etc.) each time it is taught. Students will read text and theories in the non-traditional rhetoric as well as perform one major analysis.
	ENGL 625 - Rhetorical Methods and Publication Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The course offers experience understanding quantitative and ethnographic research in composition as well as preparing students to perform rhetorical analysis for publication.
	ENGL 631 - Contexts: Studies in a Single Author Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Focusing on a single author, this course encourages a depth of exploration that is not feasible in the format of survey courses. This format allows for an intensive study of the works and context of an author and through this examines multiple modes of literary criticism and theory.
	ENGL 633 - Connections: Studies in a Literary Period Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 This seminar integrates the philosophical, cultural, political, and spiritual underpinnings of period formation, in a transnational, interdisciplinary context through discussions in a seminar setting.
	ENGL 650 - Contemporary Composition Theory Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Contemporary Composition Theory surveys problems, issues, and current threads of discussion within contemporary Composition-Rhetoric scholarship. Prerequisite: Permission from Graduate Director, Department of Language and Literature. Each student must be entered manually by department.
	ENGL 652 - Rhetorical Theory and Praxis Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall An examination of rhetorical theories as they informed praxis, beginning with an overview of the history of rhetoric, then a study of the intersection between rhetorical theory and writing center theory and pedagogy and composition theory and pedagogy.
	ENGL 699 - Master’s Thesis Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 6 This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
English as a Second Language
	FLEN 021 - Low-Intermediate Reading Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Practice in reading for academic purposes across a wide range of content. Emphasizes vocabulary. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 023 - Low-Intermediate Oral Communication Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Oral drills, pronunciation practice, guided conversations, and other activities designed to strengthen oral/aural skills in English. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 027 - Low-Intermediate Grammar Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Grammatical proficiency is improved through the examination of major sentence patterns and grammatical forms. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 029 - Low-Intermediate Writing Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer English composition training based on various topics accessible to the ESL student at this level. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 031 - High-Intermediate Reading Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Practice in reading for academic purposes across a wide range of content. Emphasizes vocabulary. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 033 - High-Intermediate Oral Communication Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Oral drills, pronunciation practice, guided conversations, speeches, class discussions, and other activities designed to strengthen oral/aural skills in English. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 037 - High-Intermediate Grammar Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Grammatical proficiency is improved through the examination of major sentence patterns and grammatical forms. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 039 - High-Intermediate Writing Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer English composition training based on various topics accessible to the ESL student at this level. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 041 - Advanced Reading Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Practice in reading for academic purposes across a wide range of content. Emphasizes vocabulary. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 047 - Advanced Topics in ESL Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Special topics based upon communication needs of students in the course (e.g., oral presentation in the academic setting, research writing, advanced academic reading skills). This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
	FLEN 049 - Advanced Writing Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer English composition training based on various topics accessible to the ESL student at this level. Includes work in writing research papers. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
Engineering
	ENGR 115 - Introduction to Engineering and Physics Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 2 Terms Offered: Fall An introduction to the career fields of engineering and physics. Topics include sub disciplines within engineering and physics, tools and methods used in these fields, and the processes of modeling and problem solving. Computational analytical and design tools will also be introduced. Prerequisite: MATH 124 or simultaneous enrollment. Corequisite: ENGR 116 .
	ENGR 116 - Introduction to Engineering and Physics Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Fall A laboratory class demonstrating and exploring topics covered in ENGR 115 . Physical concepts such as force, work, and energy will be illustrated as well as using these concepts within engineering design. Prerequisite: MATH 124 or simultaneous enrollment. Corequisite: ENGR 115 . Course fee.
	ENGR 131 - Computer Aided Design and Modeling Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring An introductory course in the use of computer aided design (CAD) software for drafting, engineering design, and 3D modeling.
	ENGR 135 - Introduction to Electric Circuits Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Basic electrical measurements and devices, introductory electronics. Emphasis on lab work. Intended for those who will use electronic instruments and methods in their profession. Prerequisite: Simultaneous enrollment in or credit for MATH 185 . Corequisite: ENGR 136 . Same as PHYS 135 .
	ENGR 136 - Introduction to Electric Circuits Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Spring Corequisite: ENGR 135 . Same as PHYS 136 . Course fee.
	ENGR 210 - Digital Logic Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall This course covers fundamental concepts of digital electronics, including binary numbers, binary mathematical operations, error codes, Boolean algebra, Boolean logic simplification, Karnaugh maps, gate-level schematics, combinational logic, sequential logic, latches, flip-flops, counters, clocks, registers, and memory. Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in both ENGR 135 /PHYS 135 and ENGR 136 /PHYS 136 . Corequisite: ENGR 211 .
	ENGR 211 - Digital Logic Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Fall This laboratory course accompanies ENGR 210 , supplementing the theoretical presentation of digital logic from lecture with practical logic circuit building experience using tools such as, but not limited to, power supplies, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, prototyping breadboards, discrete TTL and CMOS logic devices, and FPGAs. Corequisite: ENGR 210 . Course fee.
	ENGR 220 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, even years A study of composition and resolution of forces, equilibrium of force systems, friction, forces acting on and in trusses and frames, centroids, and moments of inertia. Prerequisite: PHYS 220 /PHYS 221 ; MATH 186 or simultaneous enrollment.
	ENGR 222 - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years Study of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, including the governing force-mass-acceleration, work-energy, and impulse-momentum relationships for two- and three-dimensional cases. Prerequisite: ENGR 220 ; MATH 286 or simultaneous enrollment.
	ENGR 281 - Engineering Thermodynamics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring A study of the basic concepts of thermodynamic systems. Addresses the first and second laws of thermodynamics, the properties of pure substances, entropy, ideal gas behavior, power and refrigeration cycle analysis, and use of psychometric charts with applications to engineering systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 222 and MATH 186 .
	ENGR 305 - Environmental Health and Safety for Engineers Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 2 Terms Offered: Spring Provides an overview of environmental health and safety history, regulations, and their application for engineering professionals. In particular this course will include OSHA regulations and permits, MSDS’s, workplace hazards and engineering safeguards. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 .
	ENGR 306 - Engineering Ethics Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Spring The purpose of this course is to provide engineering students with the fundamentals of professional ethics. This course will provide students with a set of tools and concepts that are directly applicable to the personal and professional decisions that may be encountered as practicing engineers. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 .
	ENGR 320 - Material Science Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Application of material science information in applying engineering materials to the design of components. Evaluating, interpreting, and application of industry standards for materials such as American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Petroleum Engineers (API), Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN), and others. Prerequisite: Credit for MATH 185 or placement into MATH 186 or MATH 286 and CHEM 131 /CHEM 133 .
	ENGR 332 - Mechanics of Materials Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall A study of the internal effects of stresses and strains on solid bodies subjected to external loading. Prerequisite: ENGR 220 and MATH 186 .
	ENGR 333 - Fluid Mechanics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Overview of fluid static and dynamic properties; principles of conservation of energy and momentum, flow of real fluid; flow of ideal fluid; laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Application of fluid mechanic laws to engineering problems and design elements. Prerequisite: ENGR 220 . Corequisite: MATH 361 .
	ENGR 334 - Heat and Mass Transfer Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring A study of the rates of heat and mass transfer using the fundamental mechanisms of conduction, convection, and radiation. Prerequisite: ENGR 281 , MATH 361 , and credit for or conncurrent enrollment in ENGR 333 .
	ENGR 342 - Measurement Techniques Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall An introduction to transducers for measuring physical phenomena such as temperature, pressure, and acceleration. Signal processing and statistical concepts related to measured variables are also included. Prerequisite: ENGR 135 , PHYS 222 , and MATH 361 . Corequisite: ENGR 343 .
	ENGR 343 - Measurement Techniques Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Fall A laboratory introduction to transducers for measuring physical phenomena such as temperature, pressure, and acceleration. Signal processing and statistical concepts related to measured variables are also included. Prerequisite: ENGR 136 , PHYS 222 , and MATH 361 . Corequisite: ENGR 342 . Course fee.
	ENGR 350 - Engineering Economics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Application of economic analysis techniques to analyze and compare engineering projects or other type of investments. Topics covered include principles of economic equivalence, time value of money, analysis of investments, comparison of alternatives, equipment depreciation and income taxes, inflation, and uncertainty. Prerequisite: MATH 131 or MATH 185 . May be used to satisfy University Requirements.

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ENGL 377 - Drama

ENGL 378 - Poetry

ENGL 380 - Interactive Narratives

ENGL 401 - Guided Study: Literary Criticism

ENGL 402 - Guided Study: Writing

ENGL 406 - Guided Study: American Literature

ENGL 407 - Guided Study: General Literature

ENGL 409 - Guided Study: British Literature After 1700

ENGL 410 - Language and Literature Internship

ENGL 432 - Introduction to Linguistics

ENGL 441 - Topics in Literary Criticism and Bibliography

ENGL 442 - Topics in Writing

ENGL 443 - Topics in the English Language

ENGL 445 - Topics in Teaching English and Reading

ENGL 446 - Topics in American Literature

ENGL 447 - Topics in General Literature

ENGL 448 - Topics in British Literature Before 1700

ENGL 449 - Topics in British Literature After 1700

ENGL 459 - English for Secondary Teachers

ENGL 464 - American Novel

ENGL 470 - Multicultural Literature

ENGL 471 - Literature and Belief

ENGL 472 - Film and Belief

ENGL 473 - Rhetoric and Belief

ENGL 481 - Medieval British Literature

ENGL 483 - Shakespeare

ENGL 484 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 495 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 496 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 497 - Twentieth-Century British Literature

ENGL 499 - Studies in World Literature

ENGL 520 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop

ENGL 522 - Fiction Workshop

ENGL 523 - Poetry Workshop

ENGL 525 - Advanced Composition

ENGL 526 - Business and Professional Writing

ENGL 529 - Rhetoric as Written Discourse

ENGL 530 - Advanced English Grammar

ENGL 532 - Introduction to Linguistics

ENGL 551 - Literature for Young Adults

ENGL 558 - Teaching English as a Second Language

ENGL 562 - American Literature Before 1860

ENGL 563 - American Literature After 1860

ENGL 564 - American Novel

ENGL 570 - Multicultural Literature

ENGL 571 - Literature and Belief

ENGL 572 - Film and Belief

ENGL 576 - Fiction

ENGL 577 - Drama

ENGL 578 - Poetry

ENGL 581 - Medieval British Literature

ENGL 583 - Shakespeare

ENGL 584 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 595 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 596 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature

ENGL 597 - Twentieth-Century British Literature

ENGL 610 - Studies in American Literature

ENGL 612 - Studies in British Literature

ENGL 613 - Literary Theory and Faith

ENGL 615 - World Literature

ENGL 620 - Literary Research Methods and Publication

ENGL 622 - Rhetoric and Belief

ENGL 623 - Discourse Theory

ENGL 624 - Non-Traditional Rhetoric

ENGL 625 - Rhetorical Methods and Publication

ENGL 631 - Contexts: Studies in a Single Author

ENGL 633 - Connections: Studies in a Literary Period

ENGL 650 - Contemporary Composition Theory

ENGL 652 - Rhetorical Theory and Praxis

ENGL 699 - Master’s Thesis

FLEN 021 - Low-Intermediate Reading

FLEN 023 - Low-Intermediate Oral Communication

FLEN 027 - Low-Intermediate Grammar

FLEN 029 - Low-Intermediate Writing

FLEN 031 - High-Intermediate Reading

FLEN 033 - High-Intermediate Oral Communication

FLEN 037 - High-Intermediate Grammar

FLEN 039 - High-Intermediate Writing

FLEN 041 - Advanced Reading