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ENGL 0150 This is a basic writing course that introduces students to the primary principles of college composition and professional writing skills. The courses' primary skill areas include organizational development, refined grammar and punctuation execution, proper paragraph development, short essay construction, proofreading skills, audience recognition, and rules for formatting. Prerequisite: Writing College Level with Support Placement.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 1150 This course emphasizes the process of writing expository and persuasive essays using effective writing skills and a variety of research techniques. Also included in the course content are critical reading and logical reasoning. Meets MnTC Goal 1. Prerequisite: placement into writing college level.
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 1
ENGL 1200 This course is designed to enhance students' abilities to write technical documents. The content covered will include proposals, research reports, technical manuals, feasibility studies, and process reports. Prerequisite: placement level into Technical Writing. Meets MnTC Goal 1
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 1
ENGL 1300 This course introduces students to the fundamentals of creative writing. the focus is on fiction and poetry; nonfiction and screenwriting may be covered as well . Meets MnTC Goals 1 and 6.
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 1,6
ENGL 1375 This course emphasizes knowledge of the human condition and human cultures, especially in relation to behavior, ideas, and values as demonstrated in short novels. Course topics include, but are not necessarily restricted to, the study of setting, structure, characterization, point of view, and prose style as demonstrated in short novels. The course also covers themes, concerns, and attitudes expressed in fiction across a range of periods. Meets MnTC Goal 6
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 1401 This course examines a diverse collection of short stories from various cultures and periods in history. The course explores the short story as an art form designed to provoke thought and develop critical thinking skills. Weekly classroom discussions inspire new outlooks and elevates knowledge of the human condition. Meets MnTC Goal 6
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 1570 This course focuses on the understanding and analysis of humanity's relationship to its environment, as revealed through particular genres, such as the short story, essay, diary, and poetry. Students will review the major texts in the literature of nature and look at the ethical and philosophical relationship between humans and nature over the centuries, focusing primarily on North America. Meets MnTC Goal 6 and Goal 9
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MNTC Goals: 6,9
ENGL 1625 This course emphasizes the review and analysis of films. This will include how movies reflect and shape the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of the society that produces them. These films will be from various genres and span the entire time frame that movies have been a popular phenomenon. Also included in this course is logical reasoning as well as the investigation of certain aspects of film that set it apart from other literary forms such as technical advances, special effects, camera angles, costuming, cinematography, and lighting. Meets MnTC Goal 5 (Beginning Spring 2018) and Goal 6
Credits: 4
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MNTC Goals: 5,6
ENGL 1630 This course emphasizes the review and analysis of focused genres of films. This will include how a genre reflects the society that produces them and how each genre transcends the limits of its formula. Also included in this course is logical reasoning. Meets MnTC Goal 6
Credits: 1
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 1650 This course emphasizes the review and analysis of various Greek myths. This will include how these myths have reflected and shaped art and history. Also included in the course are critical reading and logical reasoning. Meets MnTC Goal 6
Credits: 4
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 1675 Students will study and evaluate literature (picture books, fables, fairy tales, fantasy fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and more) written for children from first years to preteen years. Topics covered in this course include (but are not limited to) how to study, analyze, and discuss literature; how to engage children in reading and to encourage thoughtful and creative responses to literature; how to evaluate the literary and educational merits of a text; how to introduce children to a variety of cultural and historical perspectives through literature; how to promote the overall joy of reading; and personal reflections on various modern-day concerns with literature.
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 1725 This course emphasizes the review and analysis of selected works of literature. Students will become familiar with the conventions, terminology and expectations of a particular genre of literature. In addition, students will research the authors and the historical times in which they lived. There will be an emphasis on reading literature actively, analyzing literature logically and writing about literature critically. Meets MnTC Goal 6
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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MNTC Goals: 6
ENGL 2000 This course will offer challenging insights into the act of writing. Students will continue to strengthen their writing skills while engaging in analysis of literary texts and secondary sources. In writing critical essays based on that analysis, students will apply rhetorical strategies related to purpose, audience, genre and context. Prerequisite:ENGL 1150 Composition I Meets MnTC Goal 1
Credits: 3
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MNTC Goals: 1
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