This course introduces students to workplace document genres to develop visual and verbal skills in critical analysis and document development.

This course is intended to guide undergraduate students from all disciplines through the stages of writing their undergraduate thesis.

A composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, that emphasizes interpretation and evaluation, and that incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods. Develops communication skills in networked electronic environments, emphasizes interpretation and evaluation of cultural texts, and incorporates research methods in print and on the Internet.

Introduces film techniques and vocabulary in an historical and cultural context. Written texts are supplemented by viewings of specific shots, scenes, and films.

This course examines works of literature dealing overtly with illness and healing, works about or by physicians and other caregivers, and works that raise questions about ethical behavior in the face of sickness.

Examines the transformative impact of various kinds of media on culture, politics, communication, and education.

Explores in depth a theoretical issue central to film and/or television. Among its concerns are authorship, genre history, spectatorship, ideology, narrative theory, and the relationship between these media and social history. [This section focuses on fantasy modes in televisual storytelling including over broadcast, cable, streaming, video, and other longform platforms.]